[{"pk": 4092318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "When God began to create <sup>[1]</sup> the heavens and the earth \u2014", "comment": "[1] Or <i>In the beginning, God created</i>"}, {"pk": 4092319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God\u2019s wind swept over the waters \u2014"}, {"pk": 4092320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "God said, \u201cLet there be light.\u201d And so light appeared."}, {"pk": 4092321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness."}, {"pk": 4092322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "God named the light Day and the darkness Night. There was evening and there was morning: the first day."}, {"pk": 4092323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "God said, \u201cLet there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate the waters from each other.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "God made the dome and separated the waters under the dome from the waters above the dome. And it happened in that way."}, {"pk": 4092325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "God named the dome Sky. There was evening and there was morning: the second day."}, {"pk": 4092326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "God said, \u201cLet the waters under the sky come together into one place so that the dry land can appear.\u201d And that\u2019s what happened."}, {"pk": 4092327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "God named the dry land Earth, and he named the gathered waters Seas. God saw how good it was."}, {"pk": 4092328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "God said, \u201cLet the earth grow plant life: plants yielding seeds and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds inside it, each according to its kind throughout the earth.\u201d And that\u2019s what happened."}, {"pk": 4092329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The earth produced plant life: plants yielding seeds, each according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit with seeds inside it, each according to its kind. God saw how good it was."}, {"pk": 4092330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "There was evening and there was morning: the third day."}, {"pk": 4092331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "God said, \u201cLet there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will mark events, sacred seasons, days, and years."}, {"pk": 4092332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "They will be lights in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth.\u201d And that\u2019s what happened."}, {"pk": 4092333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "God made the stars and two great lights: the larger light to rule over the day and the smaller light to rule over the night."}, {"pk": 4092334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "God put them in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth,"}, {"pk": 4092335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was."}, {"pk": 4092336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "There was evening and there was morning: the fourth day."}, {"pk": 4092337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "God said, \u201cLet the waters swarm with living things, and let birds fly above the earth up in the dome of the sky.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "God created the great sea animals and all the tiny living things that swarm in the waters, each according to its kind, and all the winged birds, each according to its kind. God saw how good it was."}, {"pk": 4092339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Then God blessed them: \u201cBe fertile and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "There was evening and there was morning: the fifth day."}, {"pk": 4092341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "God said, \u201cLet the earth produce every kind of living thing: livestock, crawling things, and wildlife.\u201d And that\u2019s what happened."}, {"pk": 4092342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "God made every kind of wildlife, every kind of livestock, and every kind of creature that crawls on the ground. God saw how good it was."}, {"pk": 4092343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Then God said, \u201cLet us make humanity in our image to resemble us so that they may take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the crawling things on earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "God created humanity in God\u2019s own image, <br>in the divine image God created them, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>male and female God created them. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb has singular <i>him,</i> referring to <i>humanity.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "God blessed them and said to them, \u201cBe fertile and multiply; fill the earth and master it. Take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, and everything crawling on the ground.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Then God said, \u201cI now give to you all the plants on the earth that yield seeds and all the trees whose fruit produces its seeds within it. These will be your food."}, {"pk": 4092347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "To all wildlife, to all the birds in the sky, and to everything crawling on the ground \u2014 to everything that breathes \u2014 I give all the green grasses for food.\u201d And that\u2019s what happened."}, {"pk": 4092348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "God saw everything he had made: it was supremely good. There was evening and there was morning: the sixth day."}, {"pk": 4092349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The heavens and the earth and all who live in them were completed."}, {"pk": 4092350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "On the sixth <sup>[1]</sup> day God completed all the work that he had done, and on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Sam, Syr; MT <i>seventh</i>"}, {"pk": 4092351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>from all his work, which God created to do</i>"}, {"pk": 4092352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. <b>World\u2019s creation in the garden</b> </pb> On the day the LORD God made earth and sky \u2014"}, {"pk": 4092353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "before any wild plants appeared on the earth, and before any field crops grew, because the LORD God hadn\u2019t yet sent rain on the earth and there was still no human being <sup>[3]</sup> to farm the fertile land,", "comment": "[3] Or <i>man</i> (Heb <i>adam</i>)"}, {"pk": 4092354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "though a stream rose from the earth and watered all of the fertile land \u2014"}, {"pk": 4092355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "the LORD God formed the human <sup>[4]</sup> from the topsoil of the fertile land <sup>[5]</sup> and blew life\u2019s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life.", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>adam</i><br>[5] Heb <i>adamah</i>"}, {"pk": 4092356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east and put there the human he had formed."}, {"pk": 4092357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "In the fertile land, the LORD God grew every beautiful tree with edible fruit, and also he grew the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."}, {"pk": 4092358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides into four headwaters."}, {"pk": 4092359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "The name of the first river is the Pishon. It flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold."}, {"pk": 4092360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "That land\u2019s gold is pure, and the land also has sweet-smelling resins and gemstones. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4092361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush."}, {"pk": 4092362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "The name of the third river is the Tigris, flowing east of Assyria; and the name of the fourth river is the Euphrates."}, {"pk": 4092363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it."}, {"pk": 4092364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD God commanded the human, \u201cEat your fill from all of the garden\u2019s trees;"}, {"pk": 4092365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "but don\u2019t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will die!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the LORD God said, \u201cIt\u2019s not good that the human is alone. I will make him a helper that is perfect for him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "So the LORD God formed from the fertile land all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky and brought them to the human to see what he would name them. The human gave each living being its name."}, {"pk": 4092368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "The human named all the livestock, all the birds in the sky, and all the wild animals. But a helper perfect for him was nowhere to be found."}, {"pk": 4092369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "So the LORD God put the human into a deep and heavy sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh over it."}, {"pk": 4092370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "With the rib taken from the human, the LORD God fashioned a woman and brought her to the human being."}, {"pk": 4092371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "The human <sup>[7]</sup> said, \u201cThis one finally is bone from my bones <br>and flesh from my flesh. <br>She will be called a woman <sup>[8]</sup> <br>because from a man <sup>[9]</sup> she was taken.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>wife</i> (Heb <i>ishshah</i>)<br>[9] Or <i>husband</i> (Heb <i>ish</i>)<br>[7] Or <i>man</i> (Heb <i>adam</i>)"}, {"pk": 4092372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh."}, {"pk": 4092373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they weren\u2019t embarrassed."}, {"pk": 4092374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "The snake was the most intelligent <sup>[1]</sup> of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, \u201cDid God really say that you shouldn\u2019t eat from any tree in the garden?\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb sounds like <i>naked.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "The woman said to the snake, \u201cWe may eat the fruit of the garden\u2019s trees"}, {"pk": 4092376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "but not the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, \u2018Don\u2019t eat from it, and don\u2019t touch it, or you will die.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "The snake said to the woman, \u201cYou won\u2019t die!"}, {"pk": 4092378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "God knows that on the day you eat from it, you will see clearly and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "The woman saw that the tree was beautiful with delicious food and that the tree would provide wisdom, so she took some of its fruit and ate it, and also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."}, {"pk": 4092380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then they both saw clearly and knew that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made garments for themselves."}, {"pk": 4092381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "During that day\u2019s cool evening breeze, they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God in the middle of the garden\u2019s trees."}, {"pk": 4092382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD God called to the man and said to him, \u201cWhere are you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The man <sup>[2]</sup> replied, \u201cI heard your sound in the garden; I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>He</i>"}, {"pk": 4092384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "He said, \u201cWho told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree, which I commanded you not to eat?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The man said, \u201cThe woman you gave me, she gave me some fruit <sup>[3]</sup> from the tree, and I ate.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>some fruit.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD God said to the woman, \u201cWhat have you done?!\u201d And the woman said, \u201cThe snake tricked me, and I ate.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD God said to the snake, \u201cBecause you did this, <br>you are the one cursed <br>out of all the farm animals, <br>out of all the wild animals. <br>On your belly you will crawl, <br>and dust you will eat <br>every day of your life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "I will put contempt between you and the woman, <br>between your offspring and hers. <br>They will strike your head, <br>but you will strike at their heels.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "To the woman he said, \u201cI will make your pregnancy very painful; <br>in pain you will bear children. <br>You will desire your husband, <br>but he will rule over you.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "To the man he said, \u201cBecause you listened to your wife\u2019s voice and you ate from the tree that I commanded, \u2018Don\u2019t eat from it,\u2019 cursed is the fertile land because of you; <br>in pain you will eat from it <br>every day of your life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4092391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Weeds and thistles will grow for you, <br>even as you eat the field\u2019s plants;<br>"}, {"pk": 4092392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "by the sweat of your face you will eat bread \u2014 <br>until you return to the fertile land, <br>since from it you were taken; <br>you are soil, <br>to the soil you will return.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "The man named his wife Eve <sup>[4]</sup> because she is the mother of everyone who lives.", "comment": "[4] Heb sounds like <i>live.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD God made the man and his wife leather clothes and dressed them."}, {"pk": 4092395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD God said, \u201cThe human being <sup>[5]</sup> has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.\u201d Now, so he doesn\u2019t stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever,", "comment": "[5] Or <i>man</i> (Heb <i>adam</i>)"}, {"pk": 4092396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to farm the fertile land from which he was taken."}, {"pk": 4092397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "He drove out the human. To the east of the garden of Eden, he stationed winged creatures wielding flaming swords to guard the way to the tree of life."}, {"pk": 4092398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "The man Adam knew his wife Eve intimately. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain, and said, \u201cI have given life to <sup>[1]</sup> a man with the LORD\u2019s help.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>created;</i> Heb sounds similar to <i>Cain</i>."}, {"pk": 4092399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "She gave birth a second time to Cain\u2019s brother Abel. Abel cared for the flocks, and Cain farmed the fertile land."}, {"pk": 4092400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Some time later, Cain presented an offering to the LORD from the land\u2019s crops"}, {"pk": 4092401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "while Abel presented his flock\u2019s oldest offspring with their fat. The LORD looked favorably on Abel and his sacrifice"}, {"pk": 4092402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "but didn\u2019t look favorably on Cain and his sacrifice. Cain became very angry and looked resentful."}, {"pk": 4092403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD said to Cain, \u201cWhy are you angry, and why do you look so resentful?"}, {"pk": 4092404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "If you do the right thing, won\u2019t you be accepted? But if you don\u2019t do the right thing, sin will be waiting at the door ready to strike! It will entice you, but you must rule over it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Cain said to his brother Abel, \u201cLet\u2019s go out to the field.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Syr, Vulg, Sam; MT lacks <i>Let\u2019s go out to the field.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD said to Cain, \u201cWhere is your brother Abel?\u201d Cain said, \u201cI don\u2019t know. Am I my brother\u2019s guardian?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cWhat did you do? The voice of your brother\u2019s blood is crying to me from the ground."}, {"pk": 4092408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "You are now cursed from the ground that opened its mouth to take your brother\u2019s blood from your hand."}, {"pk": 4092409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "When you farm the fertile land, it will no longer grow anything for you, and you will become a roving nomad on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Cain said to the LORD, \u201cMy punishment is more than I can bear."}, {"pk": 4092411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Now that you\u2019ve driven me away from the fertile land and I am hidden from your presence, I\u2019m about to become a roving nomad on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD said to him, \u201cIt won\u2019t happen; <sup>[3]</sup> anyone who kills Cain will be paid back seven times. The LORD put a sign on Cain so that no one who found him would assault him.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>therefore</i>"}, {"pk": 4092413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Cain left the LORD\u2019s presence, and he settled down in the land of Nod, east of Eden."}, {"pk": 4092414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Cain knew his wife intimately. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain built a city and named the city after his son Enoch."}, {"pk": 4092415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Irad was born to Enoch. Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech."}, {"pk": 4092416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Lamech took two wives, the first named Adah and the second Zillah."}, {"pk": 4092417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and own livestock."}, {"pk": 4092418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "His brother\u2019s name was Jubal; he was the ancestor of those who play stringed and wind instruments."}, {"pk": 4092419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the ancestor of <sup>[4]</sup> blacksmiths and all artisans of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain\u2019s sister was Naamah.", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>the ancestor of.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Lamech said to his wives, \u201cAdah and Zillah, listen to my voice; <br>wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words: <br>I killed a man for wounding me, <br>a boy for striking me;<br>"}, {"pk": 4092421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "so Cain will be paid back seven times <br>and Lamech seventy-seven times.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Adam knew his wife intimately again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth <sup>[5]</sup> \u201cbecause God has given me another child in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Sounds like the Heb verb <i>gave</i>"}, {"pk": 4092423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Seth also fathered a son and named him Enosh. At that time, people began to worship in the LORD\u2019s name."}, {"pk": 4092424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "This is the record of Adam\u2019s descendants. On the day God created humanity, he made them to resemble God"}, {"pk": 4092425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "and created them male and female. He blessed them and called them humanity <sup>[1]</sup> on the day they were created.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>adam</i>"}, {"pk": 4092426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son in his image, resembling him, and named him Seth."}, {"pk": 4092427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "After Seth\u2019s birth, Adam lived 800 years; he had other sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4092428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "In all, Adam lived 930 years, and he died."}, {"pk": 4092429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "In all, Seth lived 912 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "After Kenan\u2019s birth, Enosh lived 815 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "In all, Enosh lived 905 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "In all, Kenan lived 910 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "After Jared\u2019s birth, Mahalalel lived 830 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "In all, Mahalalel lived 895 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "After Enoch\u2019s birth, Jared lived 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "In all, Jared lived 962 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Enoch walked with God. After Methuselah\u2019s birth, Enoch lived 300 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "In all, Enoch lived 365 years. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Enoch walked with God and disappeared because God took him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "After Lamech\u2019s birth, Methuselah lived 782 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "In all, Methuselah lived 969 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son <br>"}, {"pk": 4092452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "and named him Noah, saying, \u201cThis one will give us relief <sup>[2]</sup> from our hard work, from the pain in our hands, because of the fertile land that the LORD cursed.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb resembles the sound of Noah\u2019s name."}, {"pk": 4092453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "After Noah\u2019s birth, Lamech lived 595 years; and he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "In all, Lamech lived 777 years, and he died. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "When Noah was 500 years old, Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "When the number of people started to increase throughout the fertile land, daughters were born to them."}, {"pk": 4092457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The divine beings saw how beautiful these human women were, so they married the ones they chose."}, {"pk": 4092458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cMy breath <sup>[1]</sup> will not remain in humans forever, because they are flesh. They will live one hundred twenty years.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4092459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "In those days, giants <sup>[2]</sup> lived on the earth and also afterward, when divine beings and human daughters had sexual relations and gave birth to children. These were the ancient heroes, famous men.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the Nephilim</i>"}, {"pk": 4092460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD saw that humanity had become thoroughly evil on the earth and that every idea their minds thought up was always completely evil."}, {"pk": 4092461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and he was heartbroken."}, {"pk": 4092462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "So the LORD said, \u201cI will wipe off of the land the human race that I\u2019ve created: from human beings to livestock to the crawling things to the birds in the skies, because I regret I ever made them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But as for Noah, the LORD approved of him."}, {"pk": 4092464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "These are Noah\u2019s descendants. In his generation, Noah was a moral and exemplary man; he <sup>[3]</sup> walked with God.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Noah</i>"}, {"pk": 4092465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth."}, {"pk": 4092466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "In God\u2019s sight, the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence."}, {"pk": 4092467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "God saw that the earth was corrupt, because all creatures behaved corruptly on the earth."}, {"pk": 4092468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "God said to Noah, \u201cThe end has come for all creatures, since they have filled the earth with violence. I am now about to destroy them along with the earth,"}, {"pk": 4092469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "so make a wooden ark. <sup>[4]</sup> Make the ark with nesting places and cover it inside and out with tar.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>ark of gopher wood</i>, an unknown species of tree"}, {"pk": 4092470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "This is how you should make it: four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high."}, {"pk": 4092471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Make a roof <sup>[5]</sup> for the ark and complete it one foot from the top. <sup>[6]</sup> Put a door in its side. In the hold below, make the second and third decks.", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain<br>[5] Or <i>window</i>"}, {"pk": 4092472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cI am now bringing the floodwaters over the earth to destroy everything under the sky that breathes. Everything on earth is about to take its last breath."}, {"pk": 4092473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "But I will set up my covenant with you. You will go into the ark together with your sons, your wife, and your sons\u2019 wives."}, {"pk": 4092474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "From all living things \u2014 from all creatures \u2014 you are to bring a pair, male and female, into the ark with you to keep them alive."}, {"pk": 4092475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "From each kind of bird, from each kind of livestock, and from each kind of everything that crawls on the ground \u2014 a pair from each will go in with you to stay alive."}, {"pk": 4092476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Take some from every kind of food and stow it as food for you and for the animals.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Noah did everything exactly as God commanded him."}, {"pk": 4092478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Noah, \u201cGo into the ark with your whole household, because among this generation I\u2019ve seen that you are a moral man."}, {"pk": 4092479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "From every clean animal, take seven pairs, a male and his mate; and from every unclean animal, take one pair, a male and his mate;"}, {"pk": 4092480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "and from the birds in the sky as well, take seven pairs, male and female, so that their offspring will survive throughout the earth."}, {"pk": 4092481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "In seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will wipe off from the fertile land every living thing that I have made.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Noah did everything the LORD commanded him."}, {"pk": 4092483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters arrived on earth."}, {"pk": 4092484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons\u2019 wives with him entered the ark to escape the floodwaters."}, {"pk": 4092485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "From the clean and unclean animals, from the birds and everything crawling on the ground,"}, {"pk": 4092486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "two of each, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, just as God commanded Noah."}, {"pk": 4092487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "After seven days, the floodwaters arrived on the earth."}, {"pk": 4092488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "In the six hundredth year of Noah\u2019s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day \u2014 on that day all the springs of the deep sea erupted, and the windows in the skies opened."}, {"pk": 4092489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights."}, {"pk": 4092490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "That same day Noah, with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah\u2019s wife, and his sons\u2019 three wives, went into the ark."}, {"pk": 4092491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "They and every kind of animal \u2014 every kind of livestock, every kind that crawls on the ground, every kind of bird <sup>[1]</sup> \u2014", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>every bird, every winged thing</i>"}, {"pk": 4092492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "they came to Noah and entered the ark, two of every creature that breathes."}, {"pk": 4092493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Male and female of every creature went in, just as God had commanded him. Then the LORD closed the door behind them. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>the door.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "The flood remained on the earth for forty days. The waters rose, lifted the ark, and it rode high above the earth."}, {"pk": 4092495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "The waters rose and spread out over the earth. The ark floated on the surface of the waters."}, {"pk": 4092496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "The waters rose even higher over the earth; they covered all of the highest mountains under the sky."}, {"pk": 4092497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "The waters rose twenty-three feet high, covering the mountains."}, {"pk": 4092498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Every creature took its last breath: the things crawling on the ground, birds, livestock, wild animals, everything swarming on the ground, and every human being."}, {"pk": 4092499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Everything on dry land with life\u2019s breath in its nostrils died."}, {"pk": 4092500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "God wiped away every living thing that was on the fertile land \u2014 from human beings to livestock to crawling things to birds in the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left."}, {"pk": 4092501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "The waters rose over the earth for one hundred fifty days."}, {"pk": 4092502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "God remembered Noah, all those alive, and all the animals with him in the ark. God sent a wind over the earth so that the waters receded."}, {"pk": 4092503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "The springs of the deep sea and the skies <sup>[1]</sup> closed up. The skies held back the rain.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the windows of the skies</i>"}, {"pk": 4092504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "The waters receded gradually from the earth. After one hundred fifty days, the waters decreased;"}, {"pk": 4092505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day, the ark came to rest on the Ararat mountains."}, {"pk": 4092506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "The waters decreased gradually until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the mountain peaks appeared."}, {"pk": 4092507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "After forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made."}, {"pk": 4092508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "He sent out a raven, and it flew back and forth until the waters over the entire earth had dried up."}, {"pk": 4092509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters on all of the fertile land had subsided,"}, {"pk": 4092510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "but the dove found no place to set its foot. It returned to him in the ark since waters still covered the entire earth. Noah stretched out his hand, took it, and brought it back into the ark."}, {"pk": 4092511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "He waited seven more days and sent the dove out from the ark again."}, {"pk": 4092512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The dove came back to him in the evening, grasping a torn olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the waters were subsiding from the earth."}, {"pk": 4092513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "He waited seven more days and sent out the dove, but it didn\u2019t come back to him again."}, {"pk": 4092514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "In Noah\u2019s six hundred first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters dried up from the earth. Noah removed the ark\u2019s hatch and saw that the surface of the fertile land had dried up."}, {"pk": 4092515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "In the second month, on the seventeenth day, the earth was dry."}, {"pk": 4092516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "God spoke to Noah,"}, {"pk": 4092517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cGo out of the ark, you and your wife, your sons, and your sons\u2019 wives with you."}, {"pk": 4092518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Bring out with you all the animals of every kind \u2014 birds, livestock, everything crawling on the ground \u2014 so that they may populate the earth, be fertile, and multiply on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "So Noah went out of the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons\u2019 wives."}, {"pk": 4092520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "All the animals, all the livestock, <sup>[2]</sup> all the birds, and everything crawling on the ground, came out of the ark by their families.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>all the livestock.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Noah built an altar to the LORD. He took some of the clean large animals and some of the clean birds, and placed entirely burned offerings on the altar."}, {"pk": 4092522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD smelled the pleasing scent, and the LORD thought to himself, I will not curse the fertile land anymore because of human beings since the ideas of the human mind are evil from their youth. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have done."}, {"pk": 4092523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "As long as the earth exists, <br>seedtime and harvest, <br>cold and hot, <br>summer and autumn, <br>day and night <br>will not cease. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, \u201cBe fertile, multiply, and fill the earth."}, {"pk": 4092525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "All of the animals on the earth will fear you and dread you \u2014 all the birds in the skies, everything crawling on the ground, and all of the sea\u2019s fish. They are in your power."}, {"pk": 4092526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Everything that lives and moves will be your food. Just as I gave you the green grasses, I now give you everything."}, {"pk": 4092527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "However, you must not eat meat with its life, its blood, in it."}, {"pk": 4092528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "I will surely demand your blood for a human life, <br>from every living thing I will demand it. <br>From humans, from a man for his brother, <br>I will demand something for a human life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4092529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Whoever sheds human blood, <br>by a human his blood will be shed; <br>for in the divine image <br>God made human beings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "As for you, be fertile and multiply. Populate the earth and multiply in it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "God said to Noah and to his sons with him,"}, {"pk": 4092532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cI am now setting up my covenant with you, with your descendants,"}, {"pk": 4092533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "and with every living being with you \u2014 with the birds, with the large animals, and with all the animals of the earth, leaving the ark with you. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT includes <i>for all the animals of the earth.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "I will set up my covenant with you so that never again will all life be cut off by floodwaters. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "God said, \u201cThis is the symbol of the covenant that I am drawing up between me and you and every living thing with you, on behalf of every future generation."}, {"pk": 4092536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "I have placed my bow in the clouds; it will be the symbol of the covenant between me and the earth."}, {"pk": 4092537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,"}, {"pk": 4092538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "I will remember the covenant between me and you and every living being among all the creatures. Floodwaters will never again destroy all creatures."}, {"pk": 4092539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The bow will be in the clouds, and upon seeing it I will remember the enduring covenant between God and every living being of all the earth\u2019s creatures.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "God said to Noah, \u201cThis is the symbol of the covenant that I have set up between me and all creatures on earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Noah\u2019s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth came out of the ark. Now Ham was Canaan\u2019s father."}, {"pk": 4092542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "These were Noah\u2019s three sons, and from them the whole earth was populated."}, {"pk": 4092543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Noah, a farmer, made a new start and planted a vineyard."}, {"pk": 4092544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and took off his clothes in his tent."}, {"pk": 4092545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Ham, Canaan\u2019s father, saw his father naked and told his two brothers who were outside."}, {"pk": 4092546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Shem and Japheth took a robe, threw it over their shoulders, walked backward, and covered their naked father without looking at him because they turned away."}, {"pk": 4092547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "When Noah woke up from his wine, he discovered what his youngest son had done to him."}, {"pk": 4092548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "He said, \u201cCursed be Canaan: <br>the lowest servant <br>he will be for his brothers.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4092549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "He also said, <br>\u201cBless the LORD, <br>the God of Shem; <br>Canaan will be his servant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4092550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "May God give space <sup>[2]</sup> to Japheth; <br>he will live in Shem\u2019s tents, <br>and Canaan will be his servant.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb sounds like <i>Japheth.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "After the flood, Noah lived 350 years."}, {"pk": 4092552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "In all, Noah lived 950 years; then he died."}, {"pk": 4092553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the descendants of Noah\u2019s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom children were born after the flood."}, {"pk": 4092554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Japheth\u2019s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras."}, {"pk": 4092555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Gomer\u2019s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah."}, {"pk": 4092556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Javan\u2019s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Sam, <a href='/CEB/13/1/7'>1 Chron 1:7</a>; MT <i>Dodanim</i>"}, {"pk": 4092557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "From these the island-nations were divided into their own countries, each according to their languages and their clans within their nations."}, {"pk": 4092558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Ham\u2019s sons: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Cush\u2019s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah\u2019s sons: Sheba and Dedan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Cush fathered Nimrod, the first great warrior on earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD saw him as a great hunter, and so it is said, \u201cLike Nimrod, whom the LORD saw as a great hunter.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "The most important cities in his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Asshur left that land and built Nineveh, Rehoboth City, Calah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, <sup>[2]</sup> from which the Philistines came. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Casluhim, from which the Philistines set out, and Caphtorim</i>"}, {"pk": 4092567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Canaan fathered Sidon his oldest son, and Heth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. After this the Canaanite clans were dispersed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "The Canaanite boundary extends from Sidon by way of Gerar to Gaza and by way of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim to Lasha. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "These are Ham\u2019s sons according to their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Children were also born to Shem the father of all Eber\u2019s children and Japheth\u2019s older brother."}, {"pk": 4092574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Shem\u2019s sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Aram\u2019s sons: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "To Eber were born two sons: The first was named Peleg, <sup>[3]</sup> because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother\u2019s name was Joktan. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>separation</i>"}, {"pk": 4092578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Obal, Abimael, Sheba, <br>"}, {"pk": 4092581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were Joktan\u2019s sons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Their settlements extended from Mesha by way of Sephar, the eastern mountains. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "These are Shem\u2019s sons according to their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "These are the clans of Noah\u2019s sons according to their generations and their nations. From them the earth\u2019s nations branched out after the flood."}, {"pk": 4092585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "All people <sup>[1]</sup> on the earth had one language and the same words.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>people.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "When they traveled east, <sup>[2]</sup> they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>from the east</i>"}, {"pk": 4092587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "They said to each other, \u201cCome, let\u2019s make bricks and bake them hard.\u201d They used bricks for stones and asphalt for mortar."}, {"pk": 4092588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "They said, \u201cCome, let\u2019s build for ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky, and let\u2019s make a name for ourselves so that we won\u2019t be dispersed over all the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the humans built."}, {"pk": 4092590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "And the LORD said, \u201cThere is now one people and they all have one language. This is what they have begun to do, and now all that they plan to do will be possible for them."}, {"pk": 4092591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Come, let\u2019s go down and mix up their language there so they won\u2019t understand each other\u2019s language.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the LORD dispersed them from there over all of the earth, and they stopped building the city."}, {"pk": 4092593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, it is named Babel, because there the LORD mixed up <sup>[3]</sup> the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD dispersed them over all the earth.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>balal</i>, wordplay on Babel"}, {"pk": 4092594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "These are Shem\u2019s descendants. When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 years; he had other sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "These are Terah\u2019s descendants. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Haran died while with his father Terah in his native land, <sup>[4]</sup> in Ur of the Chaldeans. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>birthplace</i>"}, {"pk": 4092613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Abram and Nahor both married; Abram\u2019s wife was Sarai, and Nahor\u2019s wife was Milcah the daughter of Haran, father of both Milcah and Iscah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Sarai was unable to have children. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (son of Haran), and his son Abram\u2019s wife, Sarai his daughter-in-law. They left Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan, and arriving at Haran, they settled there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. <br>"}, {"pk": 4092617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Abram, \u201cLeave your land, your family, and your father\u2019s household for the land that I will show you."}, {"pk": 4092618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "I will make of you a great nation and will bless you. I will make your name respected, and you will be a blessing."}, {"pk": 4092619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "I will bless those who bless you, <br>those who curse you I will curse; <br>all the families of the earth <br>will be blessed because of you.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>will bless themselves because of you;</i> or <i>will find a blessing because of you</i>"}, {"pk": 4092620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Abram left just as the LORD told him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran."}, {"pk": 4092621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all of their possessions, and those who became members of their household in Haran; and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,"}, {"pk": 4092622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Abram traveled through the land as far as the sacred place at Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites lived in the land at that time."}, {"pk": 4092623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD appeared to Abram and said, \u201cI give this land to your descendants,\u201d so Abram built an altar there to the LORD who appeared to him."}, {"pk": 4092624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "From there he traveled toward the mountains east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshipped in the LORD\u2019s name."}, {"pk": 4092625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Abram set out toward the arid southern plain, making and breaking camp as he went."}, {"pk": 4092626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "When a famine struck the land, Abram went down toward Egypt to live as an immigrant since the famine was so severe in the land."}, {"pk": 4092627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Just before he arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, \u201cI know you are a good-looking woman."}, {"pk": 4092628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "When the Egyptians see you, they will say, \u2018This is his wife,\u2019 and they will kill me but let you live."}, {"pk": 4092629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "So tell them you are my sister so that they will treat me well for your sake, and I will survive because of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw how beautiful his wife was."}, {"pk": 4092631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "When Pharaoh\u2019s princes saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4092632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Things went well for Abram because of her: he acquired flocks, cattle, male donkeys, men servants, women servants, female donkeys, and camels."}, {"pk": 4092633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram\u2019s wife Sarai."}, {"pk": 4092634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, \u201cWhat\u2019s this you\u2019ve done to me? Why didn\u2019t you tell me she was your wife?"}, {"pk": 4092635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Why did you say, \u2018She\u2019s my sister,\u2019 so that I made her my wife? Now, here\u2019s your wife. Take her and go!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they expelled him with his wife and everything he had."}, {"pk": 4092637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Abram went up from Egypt toward the arid southern plain with his wife, with everything he had, and with Lot."}, {"pk": 4092638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold."}, {"pk": 4092639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Abram traveled, making and breaking camp, from the arid southern plain to Bethel and to the sacred place there, where he had first pitched his tent between Bethel and Ai,"}, {"pk": 4092640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "that is, to the place at which he had earlier built the altar. There he worshipped in the LORD\u2019s name."}, {"pk": 4092641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Now Lot, who traveled with Abram, also had flocks, cattle, and tents."}, {"pk": 4092642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "They had so many possessions between them that the land couldn\u2019t support both of them. They could no longer live together."}, {"pk": 4092643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Conflicts broke out between those herding Abram\u2019s livestock and those herding Lot\u2019s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land."}, {"pk": 4092644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Abram said to Lot, \u201cLet\u2019s not have disputes between me and you and between our herders since we are relatives."}, {"pk": 4092645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Isn\u2019t the whole land in front of you? Let\u2019s separate. If you go north, I will go south; and if you go south, I will go north.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Lot looked up and saw the entire Jordan Valley. All of it was well irrigated, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as far as Zoar (this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)."}, {"pk": 4092647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "So Lot chose for himself the entire Jordan Valley. Lot set out toward the east, and they separated from each other."}, {"pk": 4092648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled near the cities of the valley and pitched his tent close to Sodom."}, {"pk": 4092649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "The citizens of Sodom were very evil and sinful against the LORD."}, {"pk": 4092650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "After Lot separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, \u201cFrom the place where you are standing, look up and gaze to the north, south, east, and west,"}, {"pk": 4092651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "because all the land that you see I give you and your descendants forever."}, {"pk": 4092652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth. If someone could count the bits of dust on the earth, then they could also count your descendants."}, {"pk": 4092653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Stand up and walk around through the length and breadth of the land because I am giving it to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "So Abram packed his tent and went and settled by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4092655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "While Amraphel was king of Shinar, Ellasar\u2019s King Arioch, Elam\u2019s King Chedorlaomer, and Goiim\u2019s King Tidal"}, {"pk": 4092656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "declared war on Sodom\u2019s King Bera, Gomorrah\u2019s King Birsha, Admah\u2019s King Shinab, Zeboiim\u2019s King Shemeber, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar."}, {"pk": 4092657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "These latter kings formed an alliance in the Siddim Valley (that is, the Dead Sea <sup>[1]</sup>).", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Salt Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4092658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they revolted."}, {"pk": 4092659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings of his alliance came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,"}, {"pk": 4092660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "and the Horites in the mountains of Seir as far as El-paran near the desert."}, {"pk": 4092661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Then they turned back, came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar."}, {"pk": 4092662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bera (that is, Zoar) took up battle positions in the Siddim Valley"}, {"pk": 4092663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar, four kings against five."}, {"pk": 4092664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Now the Siddim Valley was filled with tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah retreated, they fell into them; and the rest fled to the mountains."}, {"pk": 4092665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "They took everything from Sodom and Gomorrah, including its food supplies, and left."}, {"pk": 4092666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "They also took Lot, Abram\u2019s nephew who lived in Sodom, and everything he owned, and took off."}, {"pk": 4092667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "When a survivor arrived, he told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks of the Amorite Mamre, who was the brother of Eshcol and Aner, Abram\u2019s treaty partners."}, {"pk": 4092668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "When Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he took all of the loyal men born in his household, three hundred eighteen, and went after them as far as Dan."}, {"pk": 4092669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "During the night, he and his servants divided themselves up against them, attacked, and chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus."}, {"pk": 4092670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "He brought back all of the looted property, together with his relative Lot and Lot\u2019s property, wives, and people."}, {"pk": 4092671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "After Abram returned from his attack on Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom came out to the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King\u2019s Valley) to meet him."}, {"pk": 4092672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Now Melchizedek the king of Salem and the priest of El Elyon <sup>[2]</sup> had brought bread and wine,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>God Most High</i>"}, {"pk": 4092673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "and he blessed him, \u201cBless Abram by El Elyon, <br>creator of heaven and earth;<br>"}, {"pk": 4092674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "bless El Elyon, <br>who gave you the victory over your enemies.\u201d <br> Abram gave Melchizedek one-tenth of everything."}, {"pk": 4092675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, \u201cGive me the people and take the property for yourself.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "But Abram said to the king of Sodom, \u201cI promised the LORD, El Elyon, creator of heaven and earth,"}, {"pk": 4092677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "that I wouldn\u2019t take even a thread or a sandal strap from anything that was yours so that you couldn\u2019t say, \u2018I\u2019m the one who made Abram rich.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "The only exception is that the young men may keep whatever they have taken to eat, and the men who went with me \u2014 Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre \u2014 may keep their share.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "After these events, the LORD\u2019s word came to Abram in a vision, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Abram. I am your protector. <sup>[1]</sup> Your reward will be very great.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>shield</i> or <i>benefactor</i>"}, {"pk": 4092680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "But Abram said, \u201cLORD God, what can you possibly give me, since I still have no children? The head of my household is Eliezer, a man from Damascus.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4092681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "He continued, \u201cSince you haven\u2019t given me any children, the head of my household will be my heir.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came immediately to him, \u201cThis man will not be your heir. Your heir will definitely be your very own biological child.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Then he brought Abram outside and said, \u201cLook up at the sky and count the stars if you think you can count them.\u201d He continued, \u201cThis is how many children you will have.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Abram trusted the LORD, and the LORD recognized Abram\u2019s high moral character."}, {"pk": 4092685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to Abram, \u201cI am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "But Abram said, \u201cLORD God, how do I know that I will actually possess it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "He said, \u201cBring me a three-year-old female calf, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "He took all of these animals, split them in half, and laid the halves facing each other, but he didn\u2019t split the birds."}, {"pk": 4092689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "When vultures swooped down on the carcasses, Abram waved them off."}, {"pk": 4092690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "After the sun set, Abram slept deeply. A terrifying and deep darkness settled over him."}, {"pk": 4092691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the LORD said to Abram, \u201cHave no doubt that your descendants will live as immigrants in a land that isn\u2019t their own, where they will be oppressed slaves for four hundred years."}, {"pk": 4092692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "But after I punish the nation they serve, they will leave it with great wealth."}, {"pk": 4092693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."}, {"pk": 4092694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "The fourth generation will return here since the Amorites\u2019 wrongdoing won\u2019t have reached its peak until then.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "After the sun had set and darkness had deepened, a smoking vessel with a fiery flame passed between the split-open animals."}, {"pk": 4092696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "That day the LORD cut a covenant with Abram: \u201cTo your descendants I give this land, from Egypt\u2019s river to the great Euphrates,"}, {"pk": 4092697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "together with the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,"}, {"pk": 4092698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,"}, {"pk": 4092699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Sarai, Abram\u2019s wife, had not been able to have children. Since she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar,"}, {"pk": 4092701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Sarai said to Abram, \u201cThe LORD has kept me from giving birth, so go to my servant. Maybe she will provide me with children.\u201d Abram did just as Sarai said."}, {"pk": 4092702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram\u2019s wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant Hagar and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife."}, {"pk": 4092703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when she realized that she was pregnant, she no longer respected her mistress."}, {"pk": 4092704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Sarai said to Abram, \u201cThis harassment is your fault. I allowed you to embrace my servant, but when she realized she was pregnant, I lost her respect. Let the LORD decide who is right, you or me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Abram said to Sarai, \u201cSince she\u2019s your servant, do whatever you wish to her.\u201d So Sarai treated her harshly, and she ran away from Sarai."}, {"pk": 4092706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger found Hagar at a spring in the desert, the spring on the road to Shur,"}, {"pk": 4092707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "and said, \u201cHagar! Sarai\u2019s servant! Where did you come from and where are you going?\u201d She said, \u201cFrom Sarai my mistress. I\u2019m running away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger said to her, \u201cGo back to your mistress. Put up with her harsh treatment of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger also said to her, \u201cI will give you many children, <br>so many they can\u2019t be counted!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger said to her, \u201cYou are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. <br>You will name him Ishmael <sup>[1]</sup> <br>because the LORD has heard about your harsh treatment.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>God hears</i>"}, {"pk": 4092711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "He will be a wild mule of a man; <br>he will fight everyone, and they will fight him. <br>He will live at odds with all his relatives.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>He will reside near all his relatives.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her, \u201cYou are El Roi\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> because she said, \u201cCan I still see after he saw me?\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>God who sees</i> or <i>God whom I\u2019ve seen</i><br>[4] Heb uncertain; or <i>Have I really seen God and survived?</i>"}, {"pk": 4092713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, that well is called Beer-lahai-roi; <sup>[5]</sup> it\u2019s the well between Kadesh and Bered.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>the Well of the Living One who sees me</i> or <i>whom I\u2019ve seen</i>"}, {"pk": 4092714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, and Abram named him Ishmael."}, {"pk": 4092715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram."}, {"pk": 4092716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, \u201cI am El Shaddai. <sup>[1]</sup> Walk with me and be trustworthy.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>God Almighty</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4092717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "I will make a covenant between us and I will give you many, many descendants.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Abram fell on his face, and God said to him,"}, {"pk": 4092719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cBut me, my covenant is with you; you will be the ancestor of many nations."}, {"pk": 4092720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "And because I have made you the ancestor of many nations, your name will no longer be Abram <sup>[2]</sup> but Abraham. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>ancestor of a multitude</i><br>[2] Or <i>exalted ancestor</i>"}, {"pk": 4092721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "I will make you very fertile. I will produce nations from you, and kings will come from you."}, {"pk": 4092722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "I will set up my covenant with you and your descendants after you in every generation as an enduring covenant. I will be your God and your descendants\u2019 God after you."}, {"pk": 4092723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "I will give you and your descendants the land in which you are immigrants, the whole land of Canaan, as an enduring possession. And I will be their God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "God said to Abraham, \u201cAs for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants in every generation."}, {"pk": 4092725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "This is my covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Circumcise every male."}, {"pk": 4092726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it will be a symbol of the covenant between us."}, {"pk": 4092727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "On the eighth day after birth, every male in every generation must be circumcised, including those who are not your own children: those born in your household and those purchased with silver from foreigners."}, {"pk": 4092728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Be sure you circumcise those born in your household and those purchased with your silver. Your flesh will embody my covenant as an enduring covenant."}, {"pk": 4092729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Any uncircumcised male whose flesh of his foreskin remains uncircumcised will be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "God said to Abraham, \u201cAs for your wife Sarai, you will no longer call her Sarai. Her name will now be Sarah."}, {"pk": 4092731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "I will bless her and even give you a son from her. I will bless her so that she will become nations, and kings of peoples will come from her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Abraham fell on his face and laughed. He said to himself, Can a 100-year-old man become a father, or Sarah, a 90-year-old woman, have a child?"}, {"pk": 4092733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "To God Abraham said, \u201cIf only you would accept Ishmael!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "But God said, \u201cNo, your wife Sarah will give birth to a son for you, and you will name him Isaac. <sup>[4]</sup> I will set up my covenant with him and with his descendants after him as an enduring covenant.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>he laughs</i>"}, {"pk": 4092735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "As for Ishmael, I\u2019ve heard your request. I will bless him and make him fertile and give him many, many descendants. He will be the ancestor of twelve tribal leaders, and I will make a great nation of him."}, {"pk": 4092736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "But I will set up my covenant with Isaac, who will be born to Sarah at this time next year.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "When God finished speaking to him, God ascended, leaving Abraham alone."}, {"pk": 4092738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "Abraham took his son Ishmael, all those born in his household, and all those purchased with his silver \u2014 that is, every male in Abraham\u2019s household \u2014 and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that same day, just as God had told him to do."}, {"pk": 4092739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "Abraham was 99 years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin,"}, {"pk": 4092740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "and his son Ishmael was 13 years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised."}, {"pk": 4092741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "That same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised."}, {"pk": 4092742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "All the men of his household, those born in his household and those purchased with silver from foreigners, were circumcised with him."}, {"pk": 4092743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he sat at the entrance of his tent in the day\u2019s heat."}, {"pk": 4092744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "He looked up and suddenly saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them, he ran from his tent entrance to greet them and bowed deeply."}, {"pk": 4092745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "He said, \u201cSirs, if you would be so kind, don\u2019t just pass by your servant."}, {"pk": 4092746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Let a little water be brought so you may wash your feet and refresh yourselves under the tree."}, {"pk": 4092747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Let me offer you a little bread so you will feel stronger, and after that you may leave your servant and go on your way \u2014 since you have visited your servant.\u201d They responded, \u201cFine. Do just as you have said.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "So Abraham hurried to Sarah at his tent and said, \u201cHurry! Knead three seahs <sup>[1]</sup> of the finest flour and make some baked goods!\u201d", "comment": "[1] One seah is seven and a half quarts."}, {"pk": 4092749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "Abraham ran to the cattle, took a healthy young calf, and gave it to a young servant, who prepared it quickly."}, {"pk": 4092750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Abraham took butter, milk, and the calf that had been prepared, put the food in front of them, and stood under the tree near them as they ate."}, {"pk": 4092751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "They said to him, \u201cWhere\u2019s your wife Sarah?\u201d And he said, \u201cRight here in the tent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "Then one of the men said, \u201cI will definitely return to you about this time next year. Then your wife Sarah will have a son!\u201d Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him."}, {"pk": 4092753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Now Abraham and Sarah were both very old. Sarah was no longer menstruating."}, {"pk": 4092754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, I\u2019m no longer able to have children and my husband\u2019s old."}, {"pk": 4092755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD said to Abraham, \u201cWhy did Sarah laugh and say, \u2018Me give birth? At my age?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Is anything too difficult for the LORD? When I return to you about this time next year, Sarah will have a son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Sarah lied and said, \u201cI didn\u2019t laugh,\u201d because she was frightened. But he said, \u201cNo, you laughed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "The men got up from there and went over to look down on Sodom. Abraham was walking along with them to send them off"}, {"pk": 4092759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "when the LORD said, \u201cWill I keep from Abraham what I\u2019m about to do?"}, {"pk": 4092760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "Abraham will certainly become a great populous nation, and all the earth\u2019s nations will be blessed because of him."}, {"pk": 4092761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "I have formed a relationship with him so that he will instruct his children and his household after him. And they will keep to the LORD\u2019s path, being moral and just so that the LORD can do for Abraham everything he said he would.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the LORD said, \u201cThe cries of injustice from Sodom and Gomorrah are countless, and their sin is very serious!"}, {"pk": 4092763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "I will go down now to examine the cries of injustice that have reached me. Have they really done all this? If not, I want to know.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "The men turned away and walked toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing in front of the LORD. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Some ancient manuscripts read <i>but the LORD remained standing in front of Abraham.</i>"}, {"pk": 4092765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Abraham approached and said, \u201cWill you really sweep away the innocent <sup>[3]</sup> with the guilty? <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>righteous</i><br>[4] Or <i>wicked</i>"}, {"pk": 4092766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "What if there are fifty innocent people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not save the place for the sake of the fifty innocent people in it?"}, {"pk": 4092767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "It\u2019s not like you to do this, killing the innocent with the guilty as if there were no difference. It\u2019s not like you! Will the judge of all the earth not act justly?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cIf I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will save it because of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Abraham responded, \u201cSince I\u2019ve already decided to speak with my Lord, even though I\u2019m just soil and ash,"}, {"pk": 4092770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "what if there are five fewer innocent people than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city over just five?\u201d The LORD said, \u201cIf I find forty-five there, I won\u2019t destroy it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "Once again Abraham spoke, \u201cWhat if forty are there?\u201d The LORD said, \u201cFor the sake of forty, I will do nothing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "He said, \u201cDon\u2019t be angry with me, my Lord, but let me speak. What if thirty are there?\u201d The LORD said, \u201cI won\u2019t do it if I find thirty there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Abraham said, \u201cSince I\u2019ve already decided to speak with my Lord, what if twenty are there?\u201d The LORD said, \u201cI won\u2019t do it, for the sake of twenty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "Abraham said, \u201cDon\u2019t be angry with me, my Lord, but let me speak just once more. What if there are ten?\u201d And the LORD said, \u201cI will not destroy it because of those ten.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "When the LORD finished speaking with Abraham, he left; but Abraham stayed there in that place."}, {"pk": 4092776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "The two messengers entered Sodom in the evening. Lot, who was sitting at the gate of Sodom, saw them, got up to greet them, and bowed low."}, {"pk": 4092777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "He said, \u201cCome to your servant\u2019s house, spend the night, and wash your feet. Then you can get up early and go on your way.\u201d But they said, \u201cNo, we will spend the night in the town square.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "He pleaded earnestly with them, so they went with him and entered his house. He made a big meal for them, even baking unleavened bread, and they ate."}, {"pk": 4092779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom \u2014 everyone from the youngest to the oldest \u2014 surrounded the house"}, {"pk": 4092780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "and called to Lot, \u201cWhere are the men who arrived tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may have sex with them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Lot went out toward the entrance, closed the door behind him,"}, {"pk": 4092782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "and said, \u201cMy brothers, don\u2019t do such an evil thing."}, {"pk": 4092783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ve got two daughters who are virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them whatever you wish. But don\u2019t do anything to these men because they are now under the protection of my roof.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "They said, \u201cGet out of the way!\u201d And they continued, \u201cDoes this immigrant want to judge us? Now we will hurt you more than we will hurt them.\u201d They pushed Lot back and came close to breaking down the door."}, {"pk": 4092785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "The men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house with them and slammed the door."}, {"pk": 4092786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the messengers blinded the men near the entrance of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, so that they groped around trying to find the entrance."}, {"pk": 4092787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "The men said to Lot, \u201cWho\u2019s still with you here? Take away from this place your sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and everyone else you have in the city"}, {"pk": 4092788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "because we are about to destroy this place. The LORD has found the cries of injustice so serious that the LORD sent us to destroy it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Lot went to speak to his sons-in-law, married to his daughters, and said, \u201cGet up and get out of this place because the LORD is about to destroy the city.\u201d But his sons-in-law thought he was joking."}, {"pk": 4092790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "When dawn broke, the messengers urged Lot, \u201cGet up and take your wife and your two daughters who are here so that you are not swept away because of the evil in this city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "He hesitated, but because the LORD intended to save him, the men grabbed him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand, took him out, and left him outside the city."}, {"pk": 4092792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "After getting them out, the men said, \u201cSave your lives! Don\u2019t look back! And don\u2019t stay in the valley. Escape to the mountains so that you are not swept away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "But Lot said to them, \u201cNo, my lords, please."}, {"pk": 4092794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "You\u2019ve done me a favor and have been so kind to save my life. But I can\u2019t escape to the mountains since the catastrophe might overtake me there and I\u2019d die."}, {"pk": 4092795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "This city here is close enough to flee to, and it\u2019s small. It\u2019s small, right? Let me escape there, and my life will be saved.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "He said to Lot, \u201cI\u2019ll do this for you as well; I won\u2019t overthrow the city that you have described."}, {"pk": 4092797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "Hurry! Escape to it! I can\u2019t do anything until you get there.\u201d That is why the name of the city is Zoar. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>small</i>"}, {"pk": 4092798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "As the sun rose over the earth, Lot arrived in Zoar;"}, {"pk": 4092799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "and the LORD rained down burning asphalt from the skies onto Sodom and Gomorrah."}, {"pk": 4092800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD destroyed these cities, the entire valley, everyone who lived in the cities, and all of the fertile land\u2019s vegetation."}, {"pk": 4092801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "When Lot\u2019s wife looked back, she turned into a pillar of salt."}, {"pk": 4092802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "Abraham set out early for the place where he had stood with the LORD,"}, {"pk": 4092803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "and looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah and over all the land of the valley. He saw the smoke from the land rise like the smoke from a kiln."}, {"pk": 4092804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "When God destroyed the cities in the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot away from the disaster that overtook the cities in which Lot had lived."}, {"pk": 4092805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "Since Lot had become fearful of living in Zoar, he and his two daughters headed up from Zoar and settled in the mountains where he and his two daughters lived in a cave."}, {"pk": 4092806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "The older daughter said to the younger, \u201cOur father is old, and there are no men in the land to sleep with us as is the custom everywhere."}, {"pk": 4092807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "Come on, let\u2019s give our father wine to drink, lie down with him, and we\u2019ll have children from our father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "That night they served their father wine, and the older daughter went in and lay down with her father, without him noticing when she lay down or got up."}, {"pk": 4092809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "The next day the older daughter said to the younger, \u201cSince I lay down with our father last night, let\u2019s serve him wine tonight too, and you go in and lie down with him so that we will both have children from our father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "They served their father wine that night also, and the younger daughter lay down with him, without him knowing when she lay down or got up."}, {"pk": 4092811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "Both of Lot\u2019s daughters became pregnant by their father."}, {"pk": 4092812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of today\u2019s Moabites."}, {"pk": 4092813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 19, "verse": 38, "text": "The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi. <sup>[2]</sup> He is the ancestor of today\u2019s Ammonites.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>son of my people</i>"}, {"pk": 4092814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the arid southern plain, and he settled as an immigrant in Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur."}, {"pk": 4092815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Abraham said of his wife Sarah, \u201cShe\u2019s my sister.\u201d So King Abimelech of Gerar took her into his household."}, {"pk": 4092816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "But God appeared to Abimelech that night in a dream and said to him, \u201cYou are as good as dead because of this woman you have taken. She is a married woman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Now Abimelech hadn\u2019t gone near her, and he said, \u201cLord, will you really put an innocent nation to death?"}, {"pk": 4092818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Didn\u2019t he say to me, \u2018She\u2019s my sister,\u2019 and didn\u2019t she \u2014 even she \u2014 say, \u2018He\u2019s my brother\u2019? My intentions were pure, and I acted innocently when I did this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "God said to him in the dream, \u201cI know that your intentions were pure when you did this. In fact, I kept you from sinning against me. That\u2019s why I didn\u2019t allow you to touch her."}, {"pk": 4092820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Now return the man\u2019s wife. He\u2019s a prophet; he will pray for you so you may live. But if you don\u2019t return her, know that you and everyone with you will die!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Abimelech got up early in the morning and summoned all of his servants. When he told them everything that had happened, the men were terrified."}, {"pk": 4092822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, \u201cWhat have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that you have brought this terrible sin to me and my kingdom, by doing to me something that simply isn\u2019t done?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Abimelech said to Abraham, \u201cWhat were you thinking when you did this thing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Abraham said, \u201cI thought to myself, No one reveres God here and they will kill me to get my wife."}, {"pk": 4092825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "She is, truthfully, my sister \u2014 my father\u2019s daughter but not my mother\u2019s daughter \u2014 and she\u2019s now my wife."}, {"pk": 4092826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "When God led me away from my father\u2019s household, I said to her, \u2018This is the loyalty I expect from you: in each place we visit, tell them, \u201cHe is my brother.\u201d\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Abimelech took flocks, cattle, male servants, and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and Abimelech returned his wife Sarah."}, {"pk": 4092828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Abimelech said, \u201cMy land is here available to you. Live wherever you wish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "To Sarah, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve given your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It means that neither you nor anyone with you has done anything wrong. Everything has been set right.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Abraham prayed to God; and God restored Abimelech, his wife, and his women servants to health, and they were able to have children."}, {"pk": 4092831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Because of the incident with Abraham\u2019s wife Sarah, the LORD had kept all of the women in Abimelech\u2019s household from having children."}, {"pk": 4092832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD was attentive to Sarah just as he had said, and the LORD carried out just what he had promised her."}, {"pk": 4092833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was old, at the very time God had told him."}, {"pk": 4092834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Abraham named his son \u2014 the one Sarah bore him \u2014 Isaac. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he laughs</i>"}, {"pk": 4092835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old just as God had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4092836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born."}, {"pk": 4092837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "Sarah said, \u201cGod has given me laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>God has made a joke of me. Everyone who hears about it will laugh at me</i>."}, {"pk": 4092838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "She said, \u201cWho could have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? But now I\u2019ve given birth to a son when he was old!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "The boy grew and stopped nursing. On the day he stopped nursing, Abraham prepared a huge banquet."}, {"pk": 4092840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Sarah saw Hagar\u2019s son laughing, the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham."}, {"pk": 4092841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "So she said to Abraham, \u201cSend this servant away with her son! This servant\u2019s son won\u2019t share the inheritance with my son Isaac.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "This upset Abraham terribly because the boy was his son."}, {"pk": 4092843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "God said to Abraham, \u201cDon\u2019t be upset about the boy and your servant. Do everything Sarah tells you to do because your descendants will be traced through Isaac."}, {"pk": 4092844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "But I will make of your servant\u2019s son a great nation too, because he is also your descendant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "Abraham got up early in the morning, took some bread and a flask of water, and gave it to Hagar. He put the boy in her shoulder sling and sent her away. She left and wandered through the desert near Beer-sheba."}, {"pk": 4092846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Finally the water in the flask ran out, and she put the boy down under one of the desert shrubs."}, {"pk": 4092847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "She walked away from him about as far as a bow shot and sat down, telling herself, I can\u2019t bear to see the boy die. She sat at a distance, cried out in grief, and wept."}, {"pk": 4092848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "God heard the boy\u2019s cries, and God\u2019s messenger called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, \u201cHagar! What\u2019s wrong? Don\u2019t be afraid. God has heard the boy\u2019s cries over there."}, {"pk": 4092849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Get up, pick up the boy, and take him by the hand because I will make of him a great nation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. She went over, filled the water flask, and gave the boy a drink."}, {"pk": 4092851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "God remained with the boy; he grew up, lived in the desert, and became an expert archer."}, {"pk": 4092852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "He lived in the Paran desert, and his mother found him an Egyptian wife."}, {"pk": 4092853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "At that time Abimelech, and Phicol commander of his forces, said to Abraham, \u201cGod is with you in everything that you do."}, {"pk": 4092854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "So give me your word under God that you won\u2019t cheat me, my children, or my descendants. Just as I have treated you fairly, so you must treat me and the land in which you are an immigrant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Abraham said, \u201cI give you my word.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech\u2019s servants had seized."}, {"pk": 4092857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "Abimelech said, \u201cI don\u2019t know who has done this, and you didn\u2019t tell me. I didn\u2019t even hear about it until today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Abraham took flocks and cattle, gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them drew up a treaty. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>covenant</i>"}, {"pk": 4092859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "Abraham set aside, by themselves, seven female lambs from the flock."}, {"pk": 4092860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "So Abimelech said to Abraham, \u201cWhat are these seven lambs you\u2019ve set apart?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "Abraham said, \u201cThese seven lambs that you take from me will attest that I dug this well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba <sup>[4]</sup> because there they gave each other their word.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Well of seven;</i> or <i>Well of giving one\u2019s word</i>"}, {"pk": 4092863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "After they drew up a treaty <sup>[5]</sup> at Beer-sheba, Abimelech, and Phicol commander of his forces, returned to the land of the Philistines.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>covenant</i>"}, {"pk": 4092864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and he worshipped there in the name of the LORD, El Olam. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>the eternal God</i>"}, {"pk": 4092865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "Abraham lived as an immigrant in the Philistines\u2019 land for a long time."}, {"pk": 4092866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, \u201cAbraham!\u201d Abraham answered, \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "God said, \u201cTake your son, your only son whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him up as an entirely burned offering there on one of the mountains that I will show you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Abraham got up early in the morning, harnessed his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together with his son Isaac. He split the wood for the entirely burned offering, set out, and went to the place God had described to him."}, {"pk": 4092869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the place at a distance."}, {"pk": 4092870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Abraham said to his servants, \u201cStay here with the donkey. The boy and I will walk up there, worship, and then come back to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Abraham took the wood for the entirely burned offering and laid it on his son Isaac. He took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together."}, {"pk": 4092872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "Isaac said to his father Abraham, \u201cMy father?\u201d Abraham said, \u201cI\u2019m here, my son.\u201d Isaac said, \u201cHere is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the entirely burned offering?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Abraham said, \u201cThe lamb for the entirely burned offering? God will see to it, <sup>[1]</sup> my son.\u201d The two of them walked on together.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>God will see</i>; or <i>God will provide</i>"}, {"pk": 4092874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "They arrived at the place God had described to him. Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood."}, {"pk": 4092875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4092876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s messenger called out to Abraham from heaven, \u201cAbraham? Abraham?\u201d Abraham said, \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "The messenger said, \u201cDon\u2019t stretch out your hand against the young man, and don\u2019t do anything to him. I now know that you revere God and didn\u2019t hold back your son, your only son, from me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Abraham looked up and saw a single ram <sup>[2]</sup> caught by its horns in the dense underbrush. Abraham went over, took the ram, and offered it as an entirely burned offering instead of his son.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Sam, Syr, Tg; MT <i>a ram behind</i>"}, {"pk": 4092879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "Abraham named that place \u201cthe LORD sees.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> That is the reason people today say, \u201cOn this mountain the LORD is seen.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the LORD sees;</i> or <i>on the LORD\u2019s mountain, it will be provided</i><br>[3] Or <i>the LORD is seen</i>; or <i>the LORD provides</i>"}, {"pk": 4092880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger called out to Abraham from heaven a second time"}, {"pk": 4092881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "and said, \u201cI give my word as the LORD that because you did this and didn\u2019t hold back your son, your only son,"}, {"pk": 4092882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "I will bless you richly and I will give you countless descendants, as many as the stars in the sky and as the grains of sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies\u2019 cities."}, {"pk": 4092883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "All the nations of the earth will be blessed because of your descendants, because you obeyed me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "After Abraham returned to the young men, they got up and went to Beer-sheba where Abraham lived."}, {"pk": 4092885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "After these events, Abraham was told: \u201cMilcah has now also given birth to sons for your brother Nahor."}, {"pk": 4092886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "They are Uz his oldest son, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,"}, {"pk": 4092887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These are the eight Milcah bore for Nahor, Abraham\u2019s brother."}, {"pk": 4092889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "His secondary wife\u2019s name was Reumah, and she gave birth to Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah."}, {"pk": 4092890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Sarah lived to be 127 years old; this was how long she lived."}, {"pk": 4092891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "She died in Kiriath-arba, that is, in Hebron, in the land of Canaan; and Abraham cried out in grief and wept for Sarah."}, {"pk": 4092892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "After he got up from embracing his deceased wife, he spoke with the Hittites:"}, {"pk": 4092893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cI am an immigrant and a temporary resident with you. Give me some property for a burial plot among you so that I can bury my deceased wife near me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "The Hittites responded to Abraham,"}, {"pk": 4092895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cListen to us, sir. You are an eminent man of God among us. Bury your dead in one of our own select burial sites. None of us will keep our own burial plots from you to bury your dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "Abraham rose, bowed to the local citizens the Hittites,"}, {"pk": 4092897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "and spoke with them: \u201cIf you yourselves allow me to bury my dead near me, listen to me and ask Ephron, Zohar\u2019s son,"}, {"pk": 4092898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "to give me his own cave in Machpelah at the edge of his field. Let him give it to me for the full price, to be witnessed by you, as my own burial property.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Now Ephron was a native Hittite. So Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham publicly in order that the Hittites and everyone at his city\u2019s gate could hear:"}, {"pk": 4092900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cNo, sir. Listen, I will give you the field, and I will give you the cave in it. In front of my people\u2019s witnesses, I will give it to you. Bury your dead!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Abraham bowed before the local citizens"}, {"pk": 4092902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "and spoke to Ephron publicly in the presence of the local citizens: \u201cIf only you would accept my offer. I will give you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I can bury my dead there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "Ephron responded to Abraham,"}, {"pk": 4092904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cSir, what is four hundred shekels of silver between me and you for the land so that you can bury your dead?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Abraham accepted Ephron\u2019s offer and weighed out for Ephron the silver he requested publicly before the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver at the current rate of exchange."}, {"pk": 4092906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre \u2014 the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the field\u2019s boundaries \u2014 was officially transferred"}, {"pk": 4092907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "to Abraham as his property in the presence of the Hittites and of everyone at his city\u2019s gate."}, {"pk": 4092908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4092909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "The field and the cave in it were officially transferred from the Hittites to Abraham as his burial property."}, {"pk": 4092910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "As the days went by and Abraham became older, the LORD blessed Abraham in every way."}, {"pk": 4092911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Abraham said to the oldest servant of his household, who was in charge of everything he owned, \u201cPut your hand under my thigh."}, {"pk": 4092912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "By the LORD, God of heaven and earth, give me your word that you won\u2019t choose a wife for my son from the Canaanite women among whom I live."}, {"pk": 4092913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Go to my land and my family and find a wife for my son Isaac there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "The servant said to him, \u201cWhat if the woman doesn\u2019t agree to come back with me to this land? Shouldn\u2019t I take your son back to the land you left?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Abraham said to him, \u201cBe sure you don\u2019t take my son back there."}, {"pk": 4092916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD, God of heaven \u2014 who took me from my father\u2019s household and from my family\u2019s land, who spoke with me and who gave me his word, saying, \u2018I will give this land to your descendants\u2019 \u2014 he will send his messenger in front of you, and you will find a wife for my son there."}, {"pk": 4092917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "If the woman won\u2019t agree to come back with you, you will be free from this obligation to me. Only don\u2019t take my son back there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "So the servant put his hand under his master Abraham\u2019s thigh and gave him his word about this mission."}, {"pk": 4092919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "The servant took ten of his master\u2019s camels and all of his master\u2019s best provisions, set out, and traveled to Nahor\u2019s city in Aram-naharaim."}, {"pk": 4092920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "He had the camels kneel down outside the city at the well in the evening, when women come out to draw water."}, {"pk": 4092921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "He said, \u201cLORD, God of my master Abraham, make something good happen for me today and be loyal to my master Abraham."}, {"pk": 4092922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "I will stand here by the spring while the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water."}, {"pk": 4092923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "When I say to a young woman, \u2018Hand me your water jar so I can drink,\u2019 and she says to me, \u2018Drink, and I will give your camels water too,\u2019 may she be the one you\u2019ve selected for your servant Isaac. In this way I will know that you\u2019ve been loyal to my master.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Even before he finished speaking, Rebekah \u2014 daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah wife of Nahor, Abraham\u2019s brother \u2014 was coming out with a water jar on her shoulder."}, {"pk": 4092925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "The young woman was very beautiful, old enough to be married, and hadn\u2019t known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her water jar, and came back up."}, {"pk": 4092926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "The servant ran to meet her and said, \u201cGive me a little sip of water from your jar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "She said, \u201cDrink, sir.\u201d Then she quickly lowered the water jar with her hands and gave him some water to drink."}, {"pk": 4092928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "When she finished giving him a drink, she said, \u201cI\u2019ll draw some water for your camels too, till they\u2019ve had enough to drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "She emptied her water jar quickly into the watering trough, ran to the well again to draw water, and drew water for all of the camels."}, {"pk": 4092930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "The man stood gazing at her, wondering silently if the LORD had made his trip successful or not."}, {"pk": 4092931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "As soon as the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold ring, weighing a half shekel, <sup>[1]</sup> and two gold bracelets for her arms, weighing ten shekels.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>beqa</i>"}, {"pk": 4092932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "He said, \u201cPlease tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father\u2019s house for us to spend the night?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "She responded, \u201cI\u2019m the daughter of Bethuel, who is the son of Milcah and Nahor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "She continued, \u201cWe have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and a place to spend the night.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "The man bowed down and praised the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4092936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cBless the LORD, God of my master Abraham, who hasn\u2019t given up his loyalty and his faithfulness to my master. The LORD has shown me the way to the household of my master\u2019s brother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "The young woman ran and told her mother\u2019s household everything that had happened."}, {"pk": 4092938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran to the man outside by the spring."}, {"pk": 4092939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "When he had seen the ring and the bracelets on his sister\u2019s arms, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah say, \u201cThis is what the man said to me,\u201d he went to the man, who was still standing by the spring with his camels."}, {"pk": 4092940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "Laban said, \u201cCome in, favored one of the LORD! Why are you standing outside? I\u2019ve prepared the house and a place for the camels.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 32, "text": "So the man entered the house. Then Laban unbridled the camels, provided straw and feed for them and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him,"}, {"pk": 4092942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 33, "text": "and set out a meal for him. But the man said, \u201cI won\u2019t eat until I\u2019ve said something.\u201d Laban replied, \u201cSay it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 34, "text": "The man said, \u201cI am Abraham\u2019s servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD has richly blessed my master, has made him a great man, and has given him flocks, cattle, silver, gold, men servants, women servants, camels, and donkeys."}, {"pk": 4092945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 36, "text": "My master\u2019s wife Sarah gave birth to a son for my master in her old age, and he\u2019s given him everything he owns."}, {"pk": 4092946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 37, "text": "My master made me give him my word: \u2018Don\u2019t choose a wife for my son from the Canaanite women, in whose land I\u2019m living."}, {"pk": 4092947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 38, "text": "No, instead, go to my father\u2019s household and to my relatives and choose a wife for my son.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 39, "text": "I said to my master, \u2018What if the woman won\u2019t come back with me?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 40, "text": "He said to me, \u2018The LORD, whom I\u2019ve traveled with everywhere, will send his messenger with you and make your trip successful; and you will choose a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4092950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 41, "text": "If you go to my relatives, you will be free from your obligation to me. Even if they provide no one for you, you will be free from your obligation to me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 42, "text": "\u201cToday I arrived at the spring, and I said, \u2018LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you wish to make the trip I\u2019m taking successful,"}, {"pk": 4092952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 43, "text": "when I\u2019m standing by the spring and the young woman who comes out to draw water and to whom I say, \u201cPlease give me a little drink of water from your jar,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 44, "text": "and she responds to me, \u201cDrink, and I will draw water for your camels too,\u201d may she be the woman the LORD has selected for my master\u2019s son.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 45, "text": "Before I finished saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder and went down to the spring to draw water. And I said to her, \u2018Please give me something to drink.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4092955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 46, "text": "She immediately lowered her water jar and said, \u2018Drink, and I will give your camels something to drink too.\u2019 So I drank and she also gave water to the camels."}, {"pk": 4092956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 47, "text": "Then I asked her, \u2018Whose daughter are you?\u2019 And she said, \u2018The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor\u2019s son whom Milcah bore him.\u2019 I put a ring in her nose and bracelets on her arms."}, {"pk": 4092957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 48, "text": "I bowed and worshipped the LORD and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me in the right direction to choose the granddaughter of my master\u2019s brother for his son."}, {"pk": 4092958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 49, "text": "Now if you\u2019re loyal and faithful to my master, tell me. If not, tell me so I will know where I stand either way.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 50, "text": "Laban and Bethuel both responded, \u201cThis is all the LORD\u2019s doing. We have nothing to say about it."}, {"pk": 4092960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 51, "text": "Here is Rebekah, right in front of you. Take her and go. She will be the wife of your master\u2019s son, just as the LORD said.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 52, "text": "When Abraham\u2019s servant heard what they said, he bowed low before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4092962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 53, "text": "The servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. To her brother and to her mother he gave the finest gifts."}, {"pk": 4092963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 54, "text": "He and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, the servant said, \u201cSee me off to my master.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 55, "text": "Her brother and mother said, \u201cLet the young woman stay with us not more than ten days, and after that she may go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 56, "text": "But he said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t delay me. The LORD has made my trip successful. See me off so that I can go to my master.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 57, "text": "They said, \u201cSummon the young woman, and let\u2019s ask her opinion.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 58, "text": "They called Rebekah and said to her, \u201cWill you go with this man?\u201d She said, \u201cI will go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4092968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 59, "text": "So they sent off their sister Rebekah, her nurse, Abraham\u2019s servant, and his men."}, {"pk": 4092969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 60, "text": "And they blessed Rebekah, saying to her, \u201cMay you, our sister, become <br>thousands of ten thousand; <br>may your children possess <br>their enemies\u2019 cities.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4092970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 61, "text": "Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left."}, {"pk": 4092971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 62, "text": "Now Isaac had come from the region of <sup>[2]</sup> Beer-lahai-roi and had settled in the arid southern plain.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; LXX <i>through the desert of</i>"}, {"pk": 4092972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 63, "text": "One evening, Isaac went out to inspect the pasture, <sup>[3]</sup> and while staring he saw camels approaching.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; possibly <i>to walk around in the pasture</i> or <i>to meditate in the pasture</i>"}, {"pk": 4092973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 64, "text": "Rebekah stared at Isaac. She got down from the camel"}, {"pk": 4092974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 65, "text": "and said to the servant, \u201cWho is this man walking through the pasture to meet us?\u201d The servant said, \u201cHe\u2019s my master.\u201d So she took her headscarf and covered herself."}, {"pk": 4092975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 66, "text": "The servant told Isaac everything that had happened."}, {"pk": 4092976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 24, "verse": 67, "text": "Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah\u2019s tent. He received Rebekah as his wife and loved her. So Isaac found comfort after his mother\u2019s death."}, {"pk": 4092977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Abraham married another wife, named Keturah."}, {"pk": 4092978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "The children she bore him were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah."}, {"pk": 4092979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan\u2019s sons were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim."}, {"pk": 4092980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "Midian\u2019s sons were Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4092981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac."}, {"pk": 4092982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "To the sons of Abraham\u2019s secondary wives, Abraham gave gifts and, while he was still living, sent them away from his son Isaac to land in the east."}, {"pk": 4092983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "Abraham lived to the age of 175."}, {"pk": 4092984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "Abraham took his last breath and died after a good long life, a content old man, and he was placed with his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4092985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave in Machpelah, which is in the field of Zohar\u2019s son Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre."}, {"pk": 4092986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "Thus Abraham and his wife Sarah were both buried in the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites."}, {"pk": 4092987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "After Abraham\u2019s death, God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac lived in Beer-lahai-roi."}, {"pk": 4092988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham\u2019s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah\u2019s servant, bore for Abraham."}, {"pk": 4092989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "These are the names of Ishmael\u2019s sons, by their names and according to their birth order: Nebaioth, Ishmael\u2019s oldest son; Kedar; Adbeel; Mibsam;"}, {"pk": 4092990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "Mishma; Dumah; Massa;"}, {"pk": 4092991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "Hadad; Tema; Jetur; Naphish; and Kedemah."}, {"pk": 4092992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "These are Ishmael\u2019s sons. These are their names by their villages and their settlements: twelve tribal leaders according to their tribes."}, {"pk": 4092993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Ishmael lived to the age of 137. He took his last breath and died, and was placed with his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4092994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "He established camps <sup>[1]</sup> from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt on the road to Assyria. He died <sup>[2]</sup> among all of his brothers.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>they established camps</i><br>[2] Or <i>He fell</i>"}, {"pk": 4092995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham\u2019s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac."}, {"pk": 4092996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean and the sister of Laban the Aramean, from Paddan-aram."}, {"pk": 4092997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, since she was unable to have children. The LORD was moved by his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant."}, {"pk": 4092998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "But the boys pushed against each other inside of her, and she said, \u201cIf this is what it\u2019s like, why did it happen to me?\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> So she went to ask the LORD.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4092999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "And the LORD said to her, \u201cTwo nations are in your womb; <br>two different peoples will emerge from your body. <br>One people will be stronger than the other; <br>the older will serve the younger.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4093000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "When she reached the end of her pregnancy, she discovered that she had twins."}, {"pk": 4093001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "The first came out red all over, clothed with hair, and she named him Esau."}, {"pk": 4093002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "Immediately afterward, his brother came out gripping Esau\u2019s heel, and she named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born."}, {"pk": 4093003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "When the young men grew up, Esau became an outdoorsman who knew how to hunt, and Jacob became a quiet man who stayed at home."}, {"pk": 4093004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating game, but Rebekah loved Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "Once when Jacob was boiling stew, Esau came in from the field hungry"}, {"pk": 4093006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "and said to Jacob, \u201cI\u2019m starving! Let me devour some of this red stuff.\u201d That\u2019s why his name is Edom. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>red</i>"}, {"pk": 4093007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "Jacob said, \u201cSell me your birthright <sup>[5]</sup> today.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>oldest son\u2019s rights</i>"}, {"pk": 4093008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 32, "text": "Esau said, \u201cSince I\u2019m going to die anyway, what good is my birthright to me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 33, "text": "Jacob said, \u201cGive me your word today.\u201d And he did. He sold his birthright to Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 25, "verse": 34, "text": "So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate, drank, got up, and left, showing just how little he thought of his birthright."}, {"pk": 4093011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "When a famine gripped the land, a different one from the first famine that occurred in Abraham\u2019s time, Isaac set out toward Gerar and toward King Abimelech of the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4093012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD appeared to him and said, \u201cDon\u2019t go down to Egypt but settle temporarily in the land that I will show you."}, {"pk": 4093013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Stay in this land as an immigrant, and I will be with you and bless you because I will give all of these lands to you and your descendants. I will keep my word, which I gave to your father Abraham."}, {"pk": 4093014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "I will give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all of these lands. All of the nations of the earth will be blessed because of your descendants."}, {"pk": 4093015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "I will do this because Abraham obeyed me and kept my orders, my commandments, my statutes, and my instructions.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "So Isaac lived in Gerar."}, {"pk": 4093017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "When the men who lived there asked about his wife, he said, \u201cShe\u2019s my sister,\u201d because he was afraid to say, \u201cmy wife,\u201d thinking, The men who live there will kill me for Rebekah because she\u2019s very beautiful."}, {"pk": 4093018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "After Isaac had lived there for some time, the Philistines\u2019 King Abimelech looked out his window and saw Isaac laughing together with his wife Rebekah."}, {"pk": 4093019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, \u201cShe\u2019s your wife, isn\u2019t she? How could you say, \u2018She\u2019s my sister\u2019?\u201d Isaac responded, \u201cBecause I thought that I might be killed because of her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "Abimelech said, \u201cWhat are you trying to do to us? Before long, one of the people would have slept with your wife; and you would have made us guilty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Abimelech gave orders to all of the people, \u201cAnyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "Isaac planted grain in that land and reaped one hundred shearim <sup>[1]</sup> that year because the LORD had blessed him.", "comment": "[1] An unknown measure of grain"}, {"pk": 4093023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "Isaac grew richer and richer until he was extremely wealthy."}, {"pk": 4093024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "He had livestock, both flocks and cattle, and many servants. As a result, the Philistines envied him."}, {"pk": 4093025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "The Philistines closed up and filled with dirt all of the wells that his father\u2019s servants had dug during his father Abraham\u2019s lifetime."}, {"pk": 4093026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "Abimelech said to Isaac, \u201cMove away from us because you have become too powerful among us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "So Isaac moved away from there, camped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there."}, {"pk": 4093028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Isaac dug out again the wells that were dug during the lifetime of his father Abraham. The Philistines had closed them up after Abraham\u2019s death. Isaac gave them the same names his father had given them."}, {"pk": 4093029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "Isaac\u2019s servants dug wells in the valley and found a well there with fresh water."}, {"pk": 4093030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Isaac\u2019s shepherds argued with Gerar\u2019s shepherds, each claiming, \u201cThis is our water.\u201d So Isaac named the well Esek <sup>[2]</sup> because they quarreled with him.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>quarrel</i>"}, {"pk": 4093031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "They dug another well and argued about it too, so he named it Sitnah. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>accusation</i>"}, {"pk": 4093032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "He left there and dug another well, but they didn\u2019t argue about it, so he named it Rehoboth <sup>[4]</sup> and said, \u201cNow the LORD has made an open space for us and has made us fertile in the land.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>open spaces</i>"}, {"pk": 4093033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "Then he went up from Gerar to Beer-sheba."}, {"pk": 4093034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD appeared to him that night and said, \u201cI am the God of your father Abraham. Don\u2019t be afraid because I am with you. I will bless you, and I will give you many children for my servant Abraham\u2019s sake.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "So Isaac built an altar there and worshipped in the LORD\u2019s name. Isaac pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well."}, {"pk": 4093036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "But Abimelech set out toward him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his ally and Phicol the commander of his forces."}, {"pk": 4093037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "Isaac said to him, \u201cWhy have you come after me? You resented me and sent me away from you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "They said, \u201cWe now see that the LORD was with you. We propose that there be a formal agreement between us and that we draw up a treaty <sup>[5]</sup> with you:", "comment": "[5] Or <i>covenant</i>"}, {"pk": 4093039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "you must not treat us badly since we haven\u2019t harmed you and since we have treated you well at all times. Then we will send you away peacefully, for you are now blessed by the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "Isaac prepared a banquet for them, and they ate and drank."}, {"pk": 4093041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "They got up early in the morning, and they gave each other their word. Isaac sent them off, and they left peacefully."}, {"pk": 4093042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "That day Isaac\u2019s servants informed him about the well that they had been digging and said to him, \u201cWe found water.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 33, "text": "He called it Shibah; <sup>[6]</sup> therefore, the city\u2019s name has been Beer-sheba <sup>[7]</sup> until today.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>Well of giving one\u2019s word</i> or <i>Well of seven</i><br>[6] Or <i>giving one\u2019s word</i> or <i>seven</i>"}, {"pk": 4093044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 34, "text": "When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite."}, {"pk": 4093045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 26, "verse": 35, "text": "They made life very difficult for Isaac and Rebekah."}, {"pk": 4093046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "When Isaac had grown old and his eyesight was failing, he summoned his older son Esau and said to him, \u201cMy son?\u201d And Esau said, \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "He said, \u201cI\u2019m old and don\u2019t know when I will die."}, {"pk": 4093048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "So now, take your hunting gear, your bow and quiver of arrows, go out to the field, and hunt game for me."}, {"pk": 4093049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "Make me the delicious food that I love and bring it to me so I can eat. Then I can bless you before I die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the field to hunt game to bring back,"}, {"pk": 4093051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "Rebekah said to her son Jacob, \u201cI just heard your father saying to your brother Esau,"}, {"pk": 4093052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "\u2018Bring me some game and make me some delicious food so I can eat, and I will bless you in the LORD\u2019s presence before I die.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "Now, my son, listen to me, to what I\u2019m telling you to do."}, {"pk": 4093054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Go to the flock and get me two healthy young goats so I can prepare them as the delicious food your father loves."}, {"pk": 4093055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "You can bring it to your father, he will eat, and then he will bless you before he dies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, \u201cMy brother Esau is a hairy man, but I have smooth skin."}, {"pk": 4093057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "What if my father touches me and thinks I\u2019m making fun of him? I will be cursed instead of blessed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "His mother said to him, \u201cYour curse will be on me, my son. Just listen to me: go and get them for me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food that his father loved."}, {"pk": 4093060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "Rebekah took her older son Esau\u2019s favorite clothes that were in the house with her, and she put them on her younger son Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "On his arms and smooth neck she put the hide of young goats,"}, {"pk": 4093062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "and the delicious food and the bread she had made she put into her son\u2019s hands."}, {"pk": 4093063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "Jacob went to his father and said, \u201cMy father.\u201d And he said, \u201cI\u2019m here. Who are you, my son?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "Jacob said to his father, \u201cI\u2019m Esau your oldest son. I\u2019ve made what you asked me to. Sit up and eat some of the game so you can bless me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "Isaac said to his son, \u201cHow could you find this so quickly, my son?\u201d He said, \u201cThe LORD your God led me right to it.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>made something good happen for me</i>"}, {"pk": 4093066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "Isaac said to Jacob, \u201cCome here and let me touch you, my son. Are you my son Esau or not?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, \u201cThe voice is Jacob\u2019s voice, but the arms are Esau\u2019s arms.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "Isaac didn\u2019t recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau\u2019s arms, so he blessed him."}, {"pk": 4093069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "Isaac said, \u201cAre you really my son Esau?\u201d And he said, \u201cI am.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "Isaac said, \u201cBring some food here and let me eat some of my son\u2019s game so I can bless you.\u201d Jacob put it before him and he ate, and he brought him wine and he drank."}, {"pk": 4093071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "His father Isaac said to him, \u201cCome here and kiss me, my son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "So he came close and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his clothes, he blessed him, \u201cSee, the scent of my son <br>is like the scent of the field <br>that the LORD has blessed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "May God give you <br>showers from the sky, <br>olive oil from the earth, <br>plenty of grain and new wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "May the nations serve you, <br>may peoples bow down to you. <br>Be the most powerful man among your brothers, <br>and may your mother\u2019s sons bow down to you. <br>Those who curse you will be cursed, <br>and those who bless you will be blessed.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4093075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "After Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and just as Jacob left his father Isaac, his brother Esau came back from his hunt."}, {"pk": 4093076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 31, "text": "He too made some delicious food, brought it to his father, and said, \u201cLet my father sit up and eat from his son\u2019s game so that you may bless me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 32, "text": "His father Isaac said to him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d And he said, \u201cI\u2019m your son, your oldest son, Esau.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 33, "text": "Isaac was so shocked that he trembled violently. He said, \u201cWho was the hunter just here with game? He brought me food, and I ate all of it before you came. I blessed him, and he will stay blessed!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 34, "text": "When Esau heard what his father said, he let out a loud agonizing cry and wept bitterly. He said to his father, \u201cBless me! Me too, my father!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 35, "text": "Isaac said, \u201cYour brother has already come deceitfully and has taken your blessing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 36, "text": "Esau said, \u201cIsn\u2019t this why he\u2019s called Jacob? He\u2019s taken me <sup>[2]</sup> twice now: he took my birthright, and now he\u2019s taken my blessing.\u201d He continued, \u201cHaven\u2019t you saved a blessing for me?\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>ya\u2019acob,</i> a wordplay on Jacob"}, {"pk": 4093082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 37, "text": "Isaac replied to Esau, \u201cI\u2019ve already made him more powerful than you, and I\u2019ve made all of his brothers his servants. I\u2019ve made him strong with grain and wine. What can I do for you, my son?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 38, "text": "Esau said to his father, \u201cDo you really have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, my father!\u201d And Esau wept loudly."}, {"pk": 4093084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 39, "text": "His father Isaac responded and said to him, \u201cNow, you will make a home <br>far away from the olive groves of the earth, <br>far away from the showers of the sky above.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 40, "text": "You will live by your sword; <br>you will serve your brother. <br>But when you grow restless, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>you will tear away his harness <br>from your neck.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 41, "text": "Esau was furious at Jacob because his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, When the period of mourning for the death of my father is over, I will kill my brother."}, {"pk": 4093087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 42, "text": "Rebekah was told what her older son Esau was planning, so she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, \u201cEsau your brother is planning revenge. He plans to kill you."}, {"pk": 4093088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 43, "text": "So now, my son, listen to me: Get up and escape to my brother Laban in Haran."}, {"pk": 4093089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 44, "text": "Live with him for a short while until your brother\u2019s rage subsides,"}, {"pk": 4093090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 45, "text": "until your brother\u2019s anger at you goes away and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I suffer the loss of both of you on one day?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 27, "verse": 46, "text": "Rebekah then said to Isaac, \u201cI really loathe these Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women, like the women of this land, why should I go on living?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "So Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and gave him these orders: \u201cDon\u2019t marry a Canaanite woman."}, {"pk": 4093093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Get up and go to Paddan-aram, to the household of Bethuel, your mother\u2019s father, and once there, marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother\u2019s brother."}, {"pk": 4093094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "God Almighty <sup>[1]</sup> will bless you, make you fertile, and give you many descendants so that you will become a large group of peoples.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>El Shaddai</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4093095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "He will give you and your descendants Abraham\u2019s blessing so that you will own the land in which you are now immigrants, the land God gave to Abraham.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "So Isaac sent Jacob off, and he traveled to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau\u2019s mother."}, {"pk": 4093097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "Esau understood that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to marry a woman from there. He recognized that, when Isaac blessed Jacob, he had ordered him, \u201cDon\u2019t marry a Canaanite woman,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "and that Jacob had listened to his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram."}, {"pk": 4093099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "Esau realized that his father Isaac considered Canaanite women unacceptable."}, {"pk": 4093100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "So he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath daughter of Abraham\u2019s son Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth, in addition to his other wives."}, {"pk": 4093101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "Jacob left Beer-sheba and set out for Haran."}, {"pk": 4093102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "He reached a certain place and spent the night there. When the sun had set, he took one of the stones at that place and put it near his head. Then he lay down there."}, {"pk": 4093103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "He dreamed and saw a raised staircase, its foundation on earth and its top touching the sky, and God\u2019s messengers were ascending and descending on it."}, {"pk": 4093104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "Suddenly the LORD was standing on it <sup>[2]</sup> and saying, \u201cI am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>beside it</i> or <i>beside him</i>"}, {"pk": 4093105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "Your descendants will become like the dust of the earth; you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. Every family of earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants."}, {"pk": 4093106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "I am with you now, I will protect you everywhere you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done everything that I have promised you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "When Jacob woke from his sleep, he thought to himself, The LORD is definitely in this place, but I didn\u2019t know it."}, {"pk": 4093108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "He was terrified and thought, This sacred place is awesome. It\u2019s none other than God\u2019s house and the entrance to heaven."}, {"pk": 4093109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "After Jacob got up early in the morning, he took the stone that he had put near his head, set it up as a sacred pillar, and poured oil on the top of it."}, {"pk": 4093110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "He named that sacred place Bethel, <sup>[3]</sup> though Luz was the city\u2019s original name.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>God\u2019s house</i>"}, {"pk": 4093111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "Jacob made a solemn promise: \u201cIf God is with me and protects me on this trip I\u2019m taking, and gives me bread to eat and clothes to wear,"}, {"pk": 4093112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "and I return safely to my father\u2019s household, then the LORD will be my God."}, {"pk": 4093113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "This stone that I\u2019ve set up as a sacred pillar will be God\u2019s house, and of everything you give me I will give a tenth back to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Jacob got to his feet and set out for the land of the easterners."}, {"pk": 4093115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "He saw a well in the field in front of him, near which three flocks of sheep were lying down. That well was their source for water because the flocks drank from that well. A huge stone covered the well\u2019s opening."}, {"pk": 4093116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "When all of the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well\u2019s opening, water the sheep, and return the stone to its place at the well\u2019s opening."}, {"pk": 4093117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "Jacob said to them, \u201cWhere are you from, my brothers?\u201d They said, \u201cWe\u2019re from Haran.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "Then he said to them, \u201cDo you know Laban, Nahor\u2019s grandson?\u201d They said, \u201cWe know him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "He said to them, \u201cIs he well?\u201d They said, \u201cHe\u2019s fine. In fact, this is his daughter Rachel now, coming with the flock.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to them, \u201cIt\u2019s now only the middle of the day. It\u2019s not time yet to gather the animals. Water the flock, and then go, put them out to pasture.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "They said to him, \u201cWe can\u2019t until all the herds are gathered, and then we <sup>[1]</sup> roll the stone away from the well\u2019s opening and water the flock.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4093122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "While he was still talking to them, Rachel came with her father\u2019s flock since she was its shepherd."}, {"pk": 4093123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his uncle, and the flock of Laban, Jacob came up, rolled the stone from the well\u2019s opening, and watered the flock of his uncle Laban."}, {"pk": 4093124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud."}, {"pk": 4093125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "Jacob told Rachel that he was related to her father and that he was Rebekah\u2019s son. She then ran to tell her father."}, {"pk": 4093126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "When Laban heard about Jacob his sister\u2019s son, he ran to meet him. Laban embraced him, kissed him, and invited him into his house, where Jacob recounted to Laban everything that had happened."}, {"pk": 4093127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "Laban said to him, \u201cYes, you are my flesh and blood.\u201d <b>Jacob marries Leah and Rachel</b> </pb> After Jacob had stayed with Laban for a month,"}, {"pk": 4093128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "Laban said to Jacob, \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t have to work for free just because you are my relative. Tell me what you would like to be paid.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah and the younger Rachel."}, {"pk": 4093130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "Leah had delicate eyes, <sup>[2]</sup> but Rachel had a beautiful figure and was good-looking.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; perhaps <i>Leah had poor eyesight</i>"}, {"pk": 4093131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "Jacob loved Rachel and said, \u201cI will work for you for seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "Laban said, \u201cI\u2019d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "Jacob worked for Rachel for seven years, but it seemed like a few days because he loved her."}, {"pk": 4093134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "Jacob said to Laban, \u201cThe time has come. Give me my wife so that I may sleep with her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a banquet."}, {"pk": 4093136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "However, in the evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he slept with her."}, {"pk": 4093137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Laban had given his servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her servant."}, {"pk": 4093138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "In the morning, there she was \u2014 Leah! Jacob said to Laban, \u201cWhat have you done to me? Didn\u2019t I work for you to have Rachel? Why did you betray me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "Laban said, \u201cWhere we live, we don\u2019t give the younger woman before the oldest."}, {"pk": 4093140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "Complete the celebratory week with this woman. Then I will give <sup>[3]</sup> you this other woman too for your work, if you work for me seven more years.\u201d", "comment": "[3] LXX, Sam, Syr, Tg, Vulg; MT <i>we will give</i>"}, {"pk": 4093141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "So that is what Jacob did. He completed the celebratory week with this woman, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife."}, {"pk": 4093142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "Laban had given his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her servant."}, {"pk": 4093143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 30, "text": "Jacob slept with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban seven more years."}, {"pk": 4093144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 31, "text": "When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to have children."}, {"pk": 4093145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 32, "text": "Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben <sup>[4]</sup> because she said, \u201cThe LORD saw my harsh treatment, and now my husband will love me.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>see, a son</i>"}, {"pk": 4093146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 33, "text": "She became pregnant again and gave birth to a son. She said, \u201cThe LORD heard that I was unloved, so he gave me this son too,\u201d and she named him Simeon. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Sounds like the Heb verb <i>hear</i>"}, {"pk": 4093147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 34, "text": "She became pregnant again and gave birth to a son. She said, \u201cNow, this time my husband will embrace me, <sup>[6]</sup> since I have given birth to three sons for him.\u201d So she named him Levi. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>be connected to me</i><br>[7] Sounds like the Heb verb <i>embrace,</i> or <i>connect</i>"}, {"pk": 4093148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 29, "verse": 35, "text": "She became pregnant again and gave birth to a son. She said, \u201cThis time I will praise the LORD.\u201d So she named him Judah. <sup>[8]</sup> Then she stopped bearing children.", "comment": "[8] Sounds like the Heb verb <i>praise</i>"}, {"pk": 4093149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "When Rachel realized that she could bear Jacob no children, Rachel became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, \u201cGive me children! If you don\u2019t, I may as well be dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "Jacob was angry at Rachel and said, \u201cDo you think I\u2019m God? God alone has kept you from giving birth!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "She said, \u201cHere\u2019s my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her, and she will give birth for me. Because of her, I will also have children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "So Rachel gave her servant Bilhah to Jacob as his wife, and he slept with her."}, {"pk": 4093153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "Bilhah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "Rachel said, \u201cGod has judged in my favor, heard my voice, and given me a son.\u201d So she named him Dan. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he judged</i>"}, {"pk": 4093155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Rachel\u2019s servant Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "Rachel said, \u201cI\u2019ve competed fiercely with my sister, and now I\u2019ve won.\u201d So she named him Naphtali. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my competition</i> or <i>my wrestling</i>"}, {"pk": 4093157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "When Leah realized that she had stopped bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as his wife."}, {"pk": 4093158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "Leah\u2019s servant Zilpah gave birth to a son for Jacob,"}, {"pk": 4093159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "and Leah said, \u201cWhat good luck!\u201d So she named him Gad. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>good fortune</i>"}, {"pk": 4093160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "Leah\u2019s servant Zilpah gave birth to a second son for Jacob,"}, {"pk": 4093161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "and Leah said, \u201cI\u2019m happy now because women call me happy.\u201d So she named him Asher. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>happy</i>"}, {"pk": 4093162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "During the wheat harvest, Reuben found some erotic herbs <sup>[5]</sup> in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, \u201cGive me your son\u2019s erotic herbs.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>mandrakes</i>"}, {"pk": 4093163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "Leah replied, \u201cIsn\u2019t it enough that you\u2019ve taken my husband? Now you want to take my son\u2019s erotic herbs too?\u201d Rachel said, \u201cFor your son\u2019s erotic herbs, Jacob <sup>[6]</sup> may sleep with you tonight.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4093164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "When Jacob came back from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, \u201cYou must sleep with me because I\u2019ve paid for you with my son\u2019s erotic herbs.\u201d So he slept with her that night."}, {"pk": 4093165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "God responded to Leah. She became pregnant and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "Leah said, \u201cGod gave me what I paid for, what I deserved for giving my servant to my husband.\u201d So she named him Issachar. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>there is payment</i>"}, {"pk": 4093167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob,"}, {"pk": 4093168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "and she said, \u201cGod has given me a wonderful gift. Now my husband will honor me since I\u2019ve borne him six sons.\u201d So she named him Zebulun. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>honor</i>"}, {"pk": 4093169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "After this, she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah."}, {"pk": 4093170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "Then God remembered Rachel, responded to her, and let her conceive."}, {"pk": 4093171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, \u201cGod has taken away my shame.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "She named him Joseph, <sup>[9]</sup> saying to herself, May the LORD give me another son.", "comment": "[9] Or <i>he adds</i>"}, {"pk": 4093173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, \u201cSend me off so that I can go to my own place and my own country."}, {"pk": 4093174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "Give me my wives and children whom I\u2019ve worked for, and I will go. You know the work I\u2019ve done for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "Laban said to him, \u201cDo me this favor. I\u2019ve discovered by a divine sign that the LORD has blessed me because of you,"}, {"pk": 4093176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 28, "text": "so name your price and I will pay it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 29, "text": "Jacob said to him, \u201cYou know how I\u2019ve worked for you, and how well your livestock have done with me."}, {"pk": 4093178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 30, "text": "While in my care, what little you had has multiplied a great deal. The LORD blessed you wherever I took your livestock. <sup>[10]</sup> Now, when will I be able to work for my own household too?\u201d", "comment": "[10] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4093179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 31, "text": "Laban said, \u201cWhat will I pay you?\u201d Jacob said, \u201cDon\u2019t pay me anything. If you will do this for me, I will take care of your flock again, and keep a portion. <sup>[11]</sup>", "comment": "[11] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 32, "text": "I will go through the entire flock today, taking out all of the speckled and spotted sheep, all of the black male lambs, and all of the spotted and speckled female goats. That will be my price."}, {"pk": 4093181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 33, "text": "I will be completely honest with you: when you come to check on our agreement, every female goat with me that isn\u2019t speckled or spotted and every male lamb with me that isn\u2019t black will be considered stolen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 34, "text": "Laban said, \u201cAll right; let\u2019s do it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 35, "text": "However, on that very day Laban took out the striped and spotted male goats and all of the speckled and spotted female goats \u2014 any with some white in it \u2014 and all of the black male lambs, and gave them to his sons."}, {"pk": 4093184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 36, "text": "He put a three-day trip between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was watching the rest of Laban\u2019s flock."}, {"pk": 4093185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 37, "text": "Then Jacob took new branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees; and he peeled white stripes on them, exposing the branches\u2019 white color."}, {"pk": 4093186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 38, "text": "He set the branches that he had peeled near the watering troughs so that they were in front of the flock when they drank, because they often mated when they came to drink."}, {"pk": 4093187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 39, "text": "When the flock mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to striped, speckled, and spotted young."}, {"pk": 4093188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 40, "text": "Jacob sorted out the lambs, turning the flock to face the striped and black ones in Laban\u2019s flock but keeping his flock separate, setting them apart from Laban\u2019s flock."}, {"pk": 4093189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 41, "text": "Whenever the strongest of the flock mated, Jacob put the branches in front of them near the watering troughs so that they mated near the branches."}, {"pk": 4093190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 42, "text": "But he didn\u2019t put branches up for the weakest of the flock. So the weakest became Laban\u2019s and the strongest Jacob\u2019s."}, {"pk": 4093191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 30, "verse": 43, "text": "The man Jacob became very, very rich: he owned large flocks, female and male servants, camels, and donkeys."}, {"pk": 4093192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "Jacob heard that Laban\u2019s sons were saying, \u201cJacob took everything our father owned and from it he produced all of this wealth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "And Jacob saw that Laban no longer liked him as much as he used to."}, {"pk": 4093194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the LORD said to Jacob, \u201cGo back to the land of your ancestors and to your relatives, and I will be with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah and summoned them into the field where his flock was."}, {"pk": 4093196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "He said to them, \u201cI am aware that your father no longer likes me as much as he used to. But my father\u2019s God has been with me."}, {"pk": 4093197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "You know that I\u2019ve worked for your father as hard as I could."}, {"pk": 4093198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "But your father cheated me and changed my payment ten times. Yet God didn\u2019t let him harm me."}, {"pk": 4093199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "If he said, \u2018The speckled ones will be your payment,\u2019 the whole flock gave birth to speckled young. And if he said, \u2018The striped ones will be your payment,\u2019 the whole flock gave birth to striped young."}, {"pk": 4093200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "God took away your father\u2019s livestock and gave them to me."}, {"pk": 4093201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "When the flocks were mating, I looked up and saw in a dream that the male goats that mounted the flock were striped, speckled, and spotted."}, {"pk": 4093202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "In the dream, God\u2019s messenger said to me, \u2018Jacob!\u2019 and I said, \u2018I\u2019m here.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "He said, \u2018Look up and watch all the striped, speckled, and spotted male goats mounting the flock. I\u2019ve seen everything that Laban is doing to you."}, {"pk": 4093204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a sacred pillar and where you made a solemn promise to me. Now, get up and leave this country and go back to the land of your relatives.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "Rachel and Leah answered him, \u201cIs there any share or inheritance left for us in our father\u2019s household?"}, {"pk": 4093206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "Doesn\u2019t he think of us as foreigners since he sold us and has even used up the payment he received for us?"}, {"pk": 4093207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "All of the wealth God took from our father belongs to us and our children. Now, do everything God told you to do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "So Jacob got up, put his sons and wives on the camels,"}, {"pk": 4093209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "and set out with all of his livestock and all of his possessions that he had acquired <sup>[1]</sup> in Paddan-aram in order to return to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT includes <i>he had acquired, the livestock in his possession.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "Now, while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household\u2019s divine images that belonged to her father."}, {"pk": 4093211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not sending word to him that he was leaving."}, {"pk": 4093212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "So Jacob and his entire household left. He got up, crossed the river, and set out directly for the mountains of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4093213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "Three days later, Laban found out that Jacob had gone,"}, {"pk": 4093214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "so Laban took his brothers with him, chased Jacob for seven days, and caught up with him in the mountains of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4093215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "That night, God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and said, \u201cBe careful and don\u2019t say anything hastily to Jacob one way or the other.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "Laban reached Jacob after Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains. So Laban and his brothers also pitched theirs in the mountains of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4093217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "Laban said to Jacob, \u201cWhat have you done? You have deceived me and taken off with my daughters as if they were prisoners of war."}, {"pk": 4093218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "Why did you leave secretly, deceiving me, and not letting me know? I would\u2019ve sent you off with a celebration, with songs and tambourines and harps."}, {"pk": 4093219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "You didn\u2019t even let me kiss my sons and my daughters good-bye. Now you\u2019ve acted like a fool,"}, {"pk": 4093220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "and I have the power to punish you. However, your father\u2019s God told me yesterday, \u2018Be careful and don\u2019t say anything hastily to Jacob one way or the other.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "You\u2019ve rushed off now because you missed your father\u2019s household so much, but why did you steal my gods?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 31, "text": "Jacob responded to Laban, \u201cI was afraid and convinced myself that you would take your daughters away from me."}, {"pk": 4093223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 32, "text": "Whomever you find with your divine images won\u2019t live. Identify whatever I have that is yours, in front of your brothers, and take it.\u201d Jacob didn\u2019t know that Rachel had stolen them."}, {"pk": 4093224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 33, "text": "Laban went into Jacob\u2019s tent, Leah\u2019s tent, and her two servants\u2019 tent and didn\u2019t find them. So he left Leah\u2019s tent and went into Rachel\u2019s."}, {"pk": 4093225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 34, "text": "Now Rachel had taken the divine images and put them into the camel\u2019s saddlebag and sat on them. Laban felt around in the whole tent but couldn\u2019t find them."}, {"pk": 4093226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 35, "text": "Rachel said to her father, \u201cSir, don\u2019t be angry with me because I can\u2019t get up for you; I\u2019m having my period.\u201d He searched but couldn\u2019t find the divine images."}, {"pk": 4093227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 36, "text": "Jacob was angry and complained to Laban, \u201cWhat have I done wrong and what\u2019s my crime that you\u2019ve tracked me down like this?"}, {"pk": 4093228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 37, "text": "You\u2019ve now felt through all of my baggage, and what have you found from your household\u2019s belongings? Put it in front of our relatives, and let them decide between us."}, {"pk": 4093229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 38, "text": "For these twenty years I\u2019ve been with you, your female sheep and goats haven\u2019t miscarried, and I haven\u2019t eaten your flock\u2019s rams."}, {"pk": 4093230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 39, "text": "When animals were killed, I didn\u2019t bring them to you but took the loss myself. You demanded compensation from me for any animals poached during the day or night."}, {"pk": 4093231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 40, "text": "The dry heat consumed me during the day, and the frost at night; I couldn\u2019t sleep."}, {"pk": 4093232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 41, "text": "I\u2019ve now spent twenty years in your household. I worked for fourteen years for your two daughters and for six years for your flock, and you changed my pay ten times."}, {"pk": 4093233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 42, "text": "If the God of my father \u2014 the God of Abraham and the awesome one of Isaac \u2014 hadn\u2019t been with me, you\u2019d have no doubt sent me away without anything. God saw my harsh treatment and my hard work and reprimanded you yesterday.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 43, "text": "Laban responded and told Jacob, \u201cThe daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks. Everything you see is mine. But what can I do now about my daughters and about their sons?"}, {"pk": 4093235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 44, "text": "Come, let\u2019s make a treaty, you and me, and let something be our witness.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>convenant</i> or <i>testimony</i>"}, {"pk": 4093236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 45, "text": "So Jacob took a stone, set it up as a sacred pillar,"}, {"pk": 4093237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 46, "text": "and said to his relatives, \u201cGather stones.\u201d So they took stones, made a mound, and ate there near the mound."}, {"pk": 4093238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 47, "text": "Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, <sup>[3]</sup> but Jacob called it Galeed. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>mound of witness</i> (Aram)<br>[4] Or <i>mound of witness</i>"}, {"pk": 4093239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 48, "text": "Laban said, \u201cThis mound is our witness today,\u201d and, therefore, he too named it Galeed."}, {"pk": 4093240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 49, "text": "He also named it Mizpah, <sup>[5]</sup> because he said, \u201cThe LORD will observe both of us when we are separated from each other.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>observation</i>"}, {"pk": 4093241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 50, "text": "If you treat my daughters badly and if you marry other women, though we aren\u2019t there, know that God observed our witness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 51, "text": "Laban said to Jacob, \u201cHere is this mound and here is the sacred pillar that I\u2019ve set up for us."}, {"pk": 4093243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 52, "text": "This mound and the sacred pillar are witnesses that I won\u2019t travel beyond this mound and that you won\u2019t travel beyond this mound and this pillar to do harm."}, {"pk": 4093244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 53, "text": "The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor <sup>[6]</sup> will keep order between us.\u201d So Jacob gave his word in the name of the awesome one of his father Isaac.", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT includes <i>their father\u2019s God.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 54, "text": "Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and invited his relatives to a meal. They ate together and spent the night on the mountain."}, {"pk": 4093246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 31, "verse": 55, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> Laban got up early in the morning, kissed his sons and daughters, blessed them, and left to go back to his own place.", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/1/32/1'>32:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4093247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "Jacob went on his way, and God\u2019s messengers approached him."}, {"pk": 4093248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "When Jacob saw them, he said, \u201cThis is God\u2019s camp,\u201d and he named that sacred place Mahanaim. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>two camps</i>"}, {"pk": 4093249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau, toward the land of Seir, the open country of Edom."}, {"pk": 4093250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "He gave them these orders: \u201cSay this to my master Esau. This is the message of your servant Jacob: \u2018I\u2019ve lived as an immigrant with Laban, where I\u2019ve stayed till now."}, {"pk": 4093251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "I own cattle, donkeys, flocks, men servants, and women servants. I\u2019m sending this message to my master now to ask that he <sup>[2]</sup> be kind.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4093252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "The messengers returned to Jacob and said, \u201cWe went out to your brother Esau, and he\u2019s coming to meet you with four hundred men.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "Jacob was terrified and felt trapped, so he divided the people with him, and the flocks, cattle, and camels, into two camps."}, {"pk": 4093254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "He thought, If Esau meets the first camp and attacks it, at least one camp will be left to escape."}, {"pk": 4093255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "Jacob said, \u201cLORD, God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, who said to me, \u2018Go back to your country and your relatives, and I\u2019ll make sure things go well for you,\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "I don\u2019t deserve how loyal and truthful you\u2019ve been to your servant. I went away across the Jordan with just my staff, but now I\u2019ve become two camps."}, {"pk": 4093257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Save me from my brother Esau! I\u2019m afraid he will come and kill me, the mothers, and their children."}, {"pk": 4093258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "You were the one who told me, \u2018I will make sure things go well for you, and I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, so many you won\u2019t be able to count them.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "Jacob spent that night there. From what he had acquired, he set aside a gift for his brother Esau:"}, {"pk": 4093260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,"}, {"pk": 4093261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys."}, {"pk": 4093262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "He separated these herds and gave them to his servants. He said to them, \u201cGo ahead of me and put some distance between each of the herds.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "He ordered the first group, \u201cWhen my brother Esau meets you and asks you, \u2018Who are you with? Where are you going? And whose herds are these in front of you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "say, \u2018They are your servant Jacob\u2019s, a gift sent to my master Esau. And Jacob is actually right behind us.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "He also ordered the second group, the third group, and everybody following the herds, \u201cSay exactly the same thing to Esau when you find him."}, {"pk": 4093266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "Say also, \u2018Your servant Jacob is right behind us.\u2019\u201d Jacob thought, I may be able to pacify Esau with the gift I\u2019m sending ahead. When I meet him, perhaps he will be kind to me."}, {"pk": 4093267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "So Jacob sent the gift ahead of him, but he spent that night in the camp."}, {"pk": 4093268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "Jacob got up during the night, took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the Jabbok River\u2019s shallow water."}, {"pk": 4093269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "He took them and everything that belonged to him, and he helped them cross the river."}, {"pk": 4093270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "But Jacob stayed apart by himself, and a man wrestled with him until dawn broke."}, {"pk": 4093271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "When the man saw that he couldn\u2019t defeat Jacob, he grabbed Jacob\u2019s thigh and tore a muscle in Jacob\u2019s thigh as he wrestled with him."}, {"pk": 4093272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "The man said, \u201cLet me go because the dawn is breaking.\u201d But Jacob said, \u201cI won\u2019t let you go until you bless me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "He said to Jacob, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d and he said, \u201cJacob.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "Then he said, \u201cYour name won\u2019t be Jacob any longer, but Israel, <sup>[3]</sup> because you struggled with God and with men and won.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>God struggles</i> or <i>one who struggles with God</i>"}, {"pk": 4093275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "Jacob also asked and said, \u201cTell me your name.\u201d But he said, \u201cWhy do you ask for my name?\u201d and he blessed Jacob there."}, {"pk": 4093276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "Jacob named the place Peniel, <sup>[4]</sup> \u201cbecause I\u2019ve seen God face-to-face, and my life has been saved.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>face of God</i>"}, {"pk": 4093277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "The sun rose as Jacob passed Penuel, limping because of his thigh."}, {"pk": 4093278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "Therefore, Israelites don\u2019t eat the tendon attached to the thigh muscle to this day, because he grabbed Jacob\u2019s thigh muscle at the tendon."}, {"pk": 4093279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "Jacob looked up and saw Esau approaching with four hundred men. Jacob divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two women servants."}, {"pk": 4093280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "He put the servants and their children first, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last."}, {"pk": 4093281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "He himself went in front of them and bowed to the ground seven times as he was approaching his brother."}, {"pk": 4093282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "But Esau ran to meet him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they wept."}, {"pk": 4093283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "Esau looked up and saw the women and children and said, \u201cWho are these with you?\u201d Jacob said, \u201cThe children that God generously gave your servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "The women servants and their children came forward and bowed down."}, {"pk": 4093285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Leah and her servants also came forward and bowed, and afterward Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed."}, {"pk": 4093286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "Esau said, \u201cWhat\u2019s the meaning of this entire group of animals that I met?\u201d Jacob said, \u201cTo ask for my master\u2019s kindness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "Esau said, \u201cI already have plenty, my brother. Keep what\u2019s yours.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "Jacob said, \u201cNo, please, do me the kindness of accepting my gift. Seeing your face is like seeing God\u2019s face, since you\u2019ve accepted me so warmly."}, {"pk": 4093289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "Take this present that I\u2019ve brought because God has been generous to me, and I have everything I need.\u201d So Jacob persuaded him, and he took it."}, {"pk": 4093290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "Esau said, \u201cLet\u2019s break camp and set out, and I\u2019ll go with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "But Jacob said to him, \u201cMy master knows that the children aren\u2019t strong and that I am responsible for the nursing flocks and cattle. If I push them hard for even one day, all of the flocks will die."}, {"pk": 4093292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "My master, go on ahead of your servant, but I\u2019ve got to take it easy, going only as fast as the animals in front of me and the children are able to go, until I meet you in Seir.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "Esau said, \u201cLet me leave some of my people with you.\u201d But Jacob said, \u201cWhy should you do this since my master has already been so kind to me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "That day Esau returned on the road to Seir,"}, {"pk": 4093295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "but Jacob traveled to Succoth. He built a house for himself but made temporary shelters for his animals; therefore, he named the place Succoth. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>temporary shelters</i>"}, {"pk": 4093296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan on his trip from Paddan-aram, and he camped in front of the city."}, {"pk": 4093297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "He bought the section of the field where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem\u2019s father, for one hundred qesitahs. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] A monetary weight"}, {"pk": 4093298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he set up an altar there and named it El Elohe Israel. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>El, God of Israel</i>"}, {"pk": 4093299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to meet the women of that country."}, {"pk": 4093300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "When Shechem the son of the Hivite Hamor and the country\u2019s prince saw her, he took her, slept with her, and humiliated her."}, {"pk": 4093301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "He was drawn to Dinah, Jacob\u2019s daughter. He loved the young woman and tried to win her heart."}, {"pk": 4093302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "Shechem said to his father Hamor, \u201cGet this girl for me as my wife.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "Now Jacob heard that Shechem defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with the animals in the countryside, so he decided to keep quiet until they got back."}, {"pk": 4093304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "Meanwhile, Hamor, Shechem\u2019s father, went out to Jacob to speak with him."}, {"pk": 4093305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "Just then, Jacob\u2019s sons got back from the countryside. When they heard what had happened, they were deeply offended and very angry, because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sleeping with Jacob\u2019s daughter. Such things are simply not done."}, {"pk": 4093306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "Hamor said to them, \u201cMy son Shechem\u2019s heart is set on your daughter. Please let him marry her."}, {"pk": 4093307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "Arrange marriages with us: give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4093308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "Live with us. The land is available to you: settle down, travel through it, and buy property in it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "Shechem said to Dinah\u2019s father and brothers, \u201cIf you approve of me, tell me what you want, and I will give it to you."}, {"pk": 4093310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "Make the bride price and marriage gifts as large as you like, and I will pay whatever you tell me. Then let me marry the young woman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "Jacob\u2019s sons responded deviously to Shechem and his father Hamor because Shechem defiled their sister Dinah."}, {"pk": 4093312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "They said to them, \u201cWe can\u2019t do this, allowing our sisters to marry uncircumcised men, because it\u2019s disgraceful to us."}, {"pk": 4093313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "We can only agree to do this if you circumcise every male as we do."}, {"pk": 4093314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves. We will live with you and be one people."}, {"pk": 4093315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "But if you don\u2019t listen to us and become circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "Their idea seemed like a good one to Hamor and Hamor\u2019s son Shechem."}, {"pk": 4093317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "The young man didn\u2019t waste any time doing this because he liked Jacob\u2019s daughter so much. He was more respected than anyone else in his father\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4093318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city\u2019s gate and spoke to the men of their city:"}, {"pk": 4093319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cThese men want peace with us. Let them live in the land and travel through it; there\u2019s plenty of land for them. We will marry their daughters and give them our daughters."}, {"pk": 4093320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "But the men will agree to live with us and become one people only if we circumcise every male just as they do."}, {"pk": 4093321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "Their livestock, their property, and all of their animals \u2014 won\u2019t they be ours? Let\u2019s agree with them and let them live with us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "Everyone at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, so every able-bodied male in the city was circumcised."}, {"pk": 4093323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob\u2019s sons and Dinah\u2019s brothers Simeon and Levi took their swords, came into the city, which suspected nothing, and killed every male."}, {"pk": 4093324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem\u2019s household, and left."}, {"pk": 4093325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "When Jacob\u2019s other sons discovered the dead, they looted the city that had defiled their sister."}, {"pk": 4093326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "They took their flocks, their cattle, and their donkeys, whether in the city or in the fields nearby."}, {"pk": 4093327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "They carried off their property, their children, and their wives. They looted the entire place."}, {"pk": 4093328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 30, "text": "Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, \u201cYou\u2019ve put me in danger by making me offensive to those who live here in the land, to the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I have only a few men. They may join forces, attack me, and destroy me, me and my household.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 34, "verse": 31, "text": "They said, \u201cBut didn\u2019t he treat our sister like a prostitute?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "God said to Jacob, \u201cGet up, go to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you ran away from your brother Esau.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Jacob said to his household and to everyone who was with him, \u201cGet rid of the foreign gods you have with you. Clean yourselves and change your clothes."}, {"pk": 4093332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Then let\u2019s rise and go up to Bethel so that I can build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and who has been with me wherever I\u2019ve gone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "So they gave Jacob all of the foreign gods they had, as well as the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the terebinth at Shechem."}, {"pk": 4093334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "When they set out, God made all of the surrounding cities fearful so that they didn\u2019t pursue Jacob\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4093335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "Jacob and all of the people with him arrived in Luz, otherwise known as Bethel, in the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4093336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "He built an altar there and named the place El-bethel, <sup>[1]</sup> because God had revealed himself to him there when he ran away from his brother.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>God of Bethel</i>"}, {"pk": 4093337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "Rebekah\u2019s nurse Deborah died and was buried at Bethel under the oak, and Jacob named it Allon-bacuth. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>oak of weeping</i>"}, {"pk": 4093338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "God appeared to Jacob again, while he was on his way back from Paddan-aram, and blessed him."}, {"pk": 4093339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "God said to him, \u201cYour name is Jacob, but your name will be Jacob no longer. No, your name will be Israel.\u201d And he named him Israel."}, {"pk": 4093340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "God said to him, \u201cI am El Shaddai. <sup>[3]</sup> Be fertile and multiply. A nation, even a large group of nations, will come from you; kings will descend from your own children.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>God Almighty</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4093341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "The land I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I give to you; and I will give the land to your descendants after you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "Then God ascended, leaving him alone in the place where he spoke to him."}, {"pk": 4093343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "So Jacob set up a sacred pillar, a stone pillar, at the place God spoke to him. He poured an offering of wine on it and then poured oil over it."}, {"pk": 4093344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "Jacob named the place Bethel where God spoke to him."}, {"pk": 4093345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "They left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into hard labor."}, {"pk": 4093346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. You have another son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "As her life faded away, just before she died, she named him Ben-oni, <sup>[4]</sup> but his father named him Benjamin. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>my suffering son</i><br>[5] Or <i>right-hand son</i> or <i>strong son</i>"}, {"pk": 4093348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "Rachel died and was buried near the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4093349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 20, "text": "Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. It\u2019s the pillar on Rachel\u2019s tomb that\u2019s still there today."}, {"pk": 4093350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 21, "text": "Israel continued his trip and pitched his tent farther on near the tower of Eder."}, {"pk": 4093351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 22, "text": "While Israel stayed in that place, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah his father\u2019s secondary wife, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons."}, {"pk": 4093352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 23, "text": "The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob\u2019s oldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun."}, {"pk": 4093353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 24, "text": "The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4093354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 25, "text": "The sons of Bilhah, Rachel\u2019s servant, were Dan and Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4093355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 26, "text": "The sons of Zilpah, Leah\u2019s servant, were Gad and Asher. These were Jacob\u2019s sons born to him in Paddan-aram."}, {"pk": 4093356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 27, "text": "Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, that is, Kiriath-arba. This is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived as immigrants."}, {"pk": 4093357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 28, "text": "At the age of 180 years,"}, {"pk": 4093358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 35, "verse": 29, "text": "Isaac took his last breath and died. He was buried with his ancestors after a long, satisfying life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him."}, {"pk": 4093359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the descendants of Esau, that is, Edom."}, {"pk": 4093360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "Esau married Canaanite women: Adah the daughter of the Hittite Elon; Oholibamah the daughter of Anah son of the Hittite Zibeon, <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Sam, Syr; MT <i>daughter</i>"}, {"pk": 4093361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "and Basemath the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth."}, {"pk": 4093362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,"}, {"pk": 4093363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are Esau\u2019s sons born to him in the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4093364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and everyone in his household, and his livestock, all of his animals, and all of the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he moved away from the land of Canaan <sup>[2]</sup> and from his brother Jacob.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Sam; MT <i>to a land</i>"}, {"pk": 4093365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "They had so many possessions that they couldn\u2019t live together. The land where they lived as immigrants couldn\u2019t support all of their livestock."}, {"pk": 4093366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "So Esau, that is, Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir."}, {"pk": 4093367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of Edom, which lies in the mountains of Seir. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "These are the names of Edom\u2019s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau\u2019s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau\u2019s wife Basemath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "Eliphaz\u2019s sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "Timna was the secondary wife of Eliphaz, Esau\u2019s son, and she gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau\u2019s wife Adah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "These are Reuel\u2019s sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Esau\u2019s wife Basemath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "These are the sons of Esau\u2019s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Zibeon\u2019s son: <sup>[3]</sup> she gave birth to Esau, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Sam, Syr; MT <i>daughter</i>"}, {"pk": 4093373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "These are the tribal chiefs from Esau\u2019s sons. The sons of Eliphaz, Esau\u2019s oldest son: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, <br>"}, {"pk": 4093374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the tribal chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are Adah\u2019s sons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "These are the sons of Reuel, Esau\u2019s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These are the tribal chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Esau\u2019s wife Basemath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "These are the sons of Esau\u2019s wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. They are the tribal chiefs of Esau\u2019s wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their tribal chiefs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "These are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who live in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4093379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the Horite tribal chiefs, Seir\u2019s sons, in the land of Edom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Lotan\u2019s sons are Hori and Heman, and Lotan\u2019s sister was Timna. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "These are Shobal\u2019s sons: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 24, "text": "These are Zibeon\u2019s sons: Aiah and Anah. Anah is the one who found water <sup>[4]</sup> in the desert while pasturing his father Zibeon\u2019s donkeys. <br>", "comment": "[4] Syr; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 25, "text": "These are Anah\u2019s children: Dishon and Anah\u2019s daughter Oholibamah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 26, "text": "These are Dishon\u2019s <sup>[5]</sup> sons: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. <br>", "comment": "[5] Sam, Syr; MT <i>Dishan\u2019s</i>"}, {"pk": 4093385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 27, "text": "These are Ezer\u2019s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 28, "text": "These are Dishan\u2019s sons: Uz and Aran. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 29, "text": "These are the Horite tribal chiefs: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4093388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 30, "text": "Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the Horite tribal chiefs, listed according to their chiefs in the land of Seir. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 31, "text": "These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before a king ruled over the Israelites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 32, "text": "Bela, Beor\u2019s son, ruled in Edom; his city\u2019s name was Dinhabah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 33, "text": "After Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 34, "text": "After Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 35, "text": "After Husham died, Hadad, Bedad\u2019s son who defeated Midian in the countryside of Moab, became king; his city\u2019s name was Avith. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 36, "text": "After Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah became king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 37, "text": "After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river became king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 38, "text": "After Shaul died, Baal-hanan, Achbor\u2019s son, became king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 39, "text": "After Baal-hanan, Achbor\u2019s son, died, Hadar became king; his city\u2019s name was Pau and his wife\u2019s name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 40, "text": "These are the names of Esau\u2019s tribal chiefs according to their families, their locations, and their names: Chief Timna, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4093399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 41, "text": "Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, <br>"}, {"pk": 4093400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 42, "text": "Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, <br>"}, {"pk": 4093401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 36, "verse": 43, "text": "Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These are Edom\u2019s tribal chiefs according to their settlements in the land they possessed. This is Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "Jacob lived in the land of Canaan where his father was an immigrant."}, {"pk": 4093403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "This is the account of Jacob\u2019s descendants. Joseph was 17 years old and tended the flock with his brothers. While he was helping the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father\u2019s wives, Joseph told their father unflattering things about them."}, {"pk": 4093404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was born when Jacob was old. Jacob had made for him a long <sup>[1]</sup> robe.", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>many-colored</i>"}, {"pk": 4093405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of his brothers, they hated him and couldn\u2019t even talk nicely to him."}, {"pk": 4093406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "Joseph had a dream and told it to his brothers, which made them hate him even more."}, {"pk": 4093407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "He said to them, \u201cListen to this dream I had."}, {"pk": 4093408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "When we were binding stalks of grain in the field, my stalk got up and stood upright, while your stalks gathered around it and bowed down to my stalk.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "His brothers said to him, \u201cWill you really be our king and rule over us?\u201d So they hated him even more because of the dreams he told them."}, {"pk": 4093410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Joseph had another dream and described it to his brothers: \u201cI\u2019ve just dreamed again, and this time the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "When he described it to his father and brothers, his father scolded him and said to him, \u201cWhat kind of dreams have you dreamed? Am I and your mother and your brothers supposed to come and bow down to the ground in front of you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "His brothers were jealous of him, but his father took careful note of the matter."}, {"pk": 4093413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "Joseph\u2019s brothers went to tend their father\u2019s flocks near Shechem."}, {"pk": 4093414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "Israel said to Joseph, \u201cAren\u2019t your brothers tending the sheep near Shechem? Come, I\u2019ll send you to them.\u201d And he said, \u201cI\u2019m ready.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "Jacob said to him, \u201cGo! Find out how your brothers are and how the flock is, and report back to me.\u201d So Jacob sent him from the Hebron Valley. When he approached Shechem,"}, {"pk": 4093416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "a man found him wandering in the field and asked him, \u201cWhat are you looking for?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "Joseph said, \u201cI\u2019m looking for my brothers. Tell me, where are they tending the sheep?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "The man said, \u201cThey left here. I heard them saying, \u2018Let\u2019s go to Dothan.\u2019\u201d So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan."}, {"pk": 4093419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "They saw Joseph in the distance before he got close to them, and they plotted to kill him."}, {"pk": 4093420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "The brothers said to each other, \u201cHere comes the big dreamer."}, {"pk": 4093421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "Come on now, let\u2019s kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we\u2019ll say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "When Reuben heard what they said, he saved him from them, telling them, \u201cLet\u2019s not take his life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "Reuben said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t spill his blood! Throw him into this desert cistern, but don\u2019t lay a hand on him.\u201d He intended to save Joseph from them and take him back to his father."}, {"pk": 4093424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped off Joseph\u2019s long robe,"}, {"pk": 4093425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "took him, and threw him into the cistern, an empty cistern with no water in it."}, {"pk": 4093426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 25, "text": "When they sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with camels carrying sweet resin, medicinal resin, and fragrant resin on their way down to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 26, "text": "Judah said to his brothers, \u201cWhat do we gain if we kill our brother and hide his blood?"}, {"pk": 4093428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 27, "text": "Come on, let\u2019s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let\u2019s not harm him because he\u2019s our brother; he\u2019s family.\u201d His brothers agreed."}, {"pk": 4093429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 28, "text": "When some Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern. They sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 29, "text": "When Reuben returned to the cistern and found that Joseph wasn\u2019t in it, he tore his clothes."}, {"pk": 4093431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 30, "text": "Then he returned to his brothers and said, \u201cThe boy\u2019s gone! And I \u2014 where can I go now?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 31, "text": "His brothers took Joseph\u2019s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in the blood."}, {"pk": 4093433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 32, "text": "They took the long robe, brought it to their father, and said, \u201cWe found this. See if it\u2019s your son\u2019s robe or not.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 33, "text": "He recognized it and said, \u201cIt\u2019s my son\u2019s robe! A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph must have been torn to pieces!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 34, "text": "Then Jacob tore his clothes, put a simple mourning cloth around his waist, and mourned for his son for many days."}, {"pk": 4093436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 35, "text": "All of his sons and daughters got up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, telling them, \u201cI\u2019ll go to my grave mourning for my son.\u201d And Joseph\u2019s father wept for him."}, {"pk": 4093437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 37, "verse": 36, "text": "Meanwhile the Midianites had sold Joseph to the Egyptians, to Potiphar, Pharaoh\u2019s chief officer, commander of the royal guard."}, {"pk": 4093438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, Judah moved away from his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah."}, {"pk": 4093439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her. After he slept with her,"}, {"pk": 4093440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom she <sup>[1]</sup> named Er.", "comment": "[1] Sam, Tg; MT <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4093441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "She became pregnant again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan."}, {"pk": 4093442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "Then she gave birth to one more son and named him Shelah. She was in Chezib when she gave birth to him."}, {"pk": 4093443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "Judah married his oldest son Er to a woman named Tamar."}, {"pk": 4093444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "But the LORD considered Judah\u2019s oldest son Er immoral, and the LORD put him to death."}, {"pk": 4093445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "Judah said to Onan, \u201cGo to your brother\u2019s wife, do your duty as her brother-in-law, and provide children for your brother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "Onan knew the children wouldn\u2019t be his so when he slept with his brother\u2019s wife, he wasted his semen on the ground, so he wouldn\u2019t give his brother children."}, {"pk": 4093447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD considered what he did as wrong and put him to death too."}, {"pk": 4093448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, \u201cStay as a widow in your father\u2019s household until my son Shelah grows up.\u201d He thought Shelah would die like his brothers had. So Tamar went and lived in her father\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4093449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "After a long time, Judah\u2019s wife the daughter of Shua died. Then, after a period of mourning, he and his neighbor Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah, to those who were shearing his sheep."}, {"pk": 4093450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "Tamar was told, \u201cYour father-in-law is now on his way up to Timnah to shear his sheep.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "So Tamar took off the clothing she wore as a widow, covered herself with a veil, put on makeup, <sup>[2]</sup> and sat down at the entrance to Enaim on the road to Timnah, since she realized that although Shelah had already grown up, she hadn\u2019t been given to him as a wife.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>perfumed herself</i> or <i>wrapped herself up</i>"}, {"pk": 4093452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "Judah saw her and thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face."}, {"pk": 4093453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "He turned to her beside the road and said, \u201cLet me sleep with you,\u201d because he didn\u2019t know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, \u201cWhat will you give me for sleeping with you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "He said, \u201cI will give you a kid goat from my flock.\u201d She said, \u201cOnly if you give me some deposit, as security to guarantee that you will send it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "He said, \u201cWhat kind of deposit should I give you?\u201d And she said, \u201cYour seal, its cord, and the staff in your hand.\u201d He gave these to her, slept with her, and she became pregnant by him."}, {"pk": 4093456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "Then she got up, left, and took off her veil, dressing once again in the clothing she wore as a widow."}, {"pk": 4093457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "Judah sent the kid goat with his neighbor the Adullamite so he could take back the deposits from the woman, but he couldn\u2019t find her."}, {"pk": 4093458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "He asked the locals of that place, \u201cWhere\u2019s the consecrated worker <sup>[3]</sup> who was at Enaim on the road?\u201d But they said, \u201cThere\u2019s no consecrated worker here.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitute</i>"}, {"pk": 4093459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "So he went back to Judah and said, \u201cI couldn\u2019t find her. The locals even said, \u2018There\u2019s no holy woman here.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 23, "text": "Judah said, \u201cLet her keep everything so we aren\u2019t laughed at. I did send this kid goat, but you couldn\u2019t find her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 24, "text": "About three months later, Judah was told, \u201cYour daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and is now pregnant because of it.\u201d And Judah said, \u201cBring her out so that she may be burned.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 25, "text": "When she was brought out, she sent this message to her father-in-law, \u201cI\u2019m pregnant by the man who owns these things. See if you recognize whose seal, cord, and staff these are.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 26, "text": "Judah recognized them and said, \u201cShe\u2019s more righteous than I am, because I didn\u2019t allow her to marry my son Shelah.\u201d Judah never knew her intimately again."}, {"pk": 4093464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 27, "text": "When she gave birth, she discovered she had twins in her womb."}, {"pk": 4093465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 28, "text": "At birth, one boy put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a red thread on his hand, saying, \u201cThis one came out first.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 29, "text": "As soon as he pulled his hand back, his brother came out, and she said, \u201cYou\u2019ve burst out on your own.\u201d So he was named Perez. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>bursting out</i>"}, {"pk": 4093467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 38, "verse": 30, "text": "Afterward, his brother with the red thread on his hand came out, and he was named Zerah. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>dawn</i>"}, {"pk": 4093468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "When Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, Potiphar, Pharaoh\u2019s chief officer, the commander of the royal guard and an Egyptian, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there."}, {"pk": 4093469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man and served in his Egyptian master\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4093470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he did successful."}, {"pk": 4093471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "Potiphar thought highly of Joseph, and Joseph became his assistant; he appointed Joseph head of his household and put everything he had under Joseph\u2019s supervision."}, {"pk": 4093472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "From the time he appointed Joseph head of his household and of everything he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian\u2019s household because of Joseph. The LORD blessed everything he had, both in the household and in the field."}, {"pk": 4093473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "So he handed over everything he had to Joseph and didn\u2019t pay attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome."}, {"pk": 4093474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "Some time later, his master\u2019s wife became attracted to Joseph and said, \u201cSleep with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "He refused and said to his master\u2019s wife, \u201cWith me here, my master doesn\u2019t pay attention to anything in his household; he\u2019s put everything he has under my supervision."}, {"pk": 4093476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "No one is greater than I am in this household, and he hasn\u2019t denied me anything except you, since you are his wife. How could I do this terrible thing and sin against God?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "Every single day she tried to convince him, but he wouldn\u2019t agree to sleep with her or even to be with her."}, {"pk": 4093478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "One day when Joseph arrived at the house to do his work, none of the household\u2019s men were there."}, {"pk": 4093479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "She grabbed his garment, saying, \u201cLie down with me.\u201d But he left his garment in her hands and ran outside."}, {"pk": 4093480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "When she realized that he had left his garment in her hands and run outside,"}, {"pk": 4093481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 14, "text": "she summoned the men of her house and said to them, \u201cLook, my husband brought us a Hebrew to ridicule us. He came to me to lie down with me, but I screamed."}, {"pk": 4093482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 15, "text": "When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his garment with me and ran outside.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 16, "text": "She kept his garment with her until Joseph\u2019s master came home,"}, {"pk": 4093484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 17, "text": "and she told him the same thing: \u201cThe Hebrew slave whom you brought to us, to ridicule me, came to me;"}, {"pk": 4093485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 18, "text": "but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment with me and ran outside.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 19, "text": "When Joseph\u2019s master heard the thing that his wife told him, \u201cThis is what your servant did to me,\u201d he was incensed."}, {"pk": 4093487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 20, "text": "Joseph\u2019s master took him and threw him in jail, the place where the king\u2019s prisoners were held. While he was in jail,"}, {"pk": 4093488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 21, "text": "the LORD was with Joseph and remained loyal to him. He caused the jail\u2019s commander to think highly of Joseph."}, {"pk": 4093489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 22, "text": "The jail\u2019s commander put all of the prisoners in the jail under Joseph\u2019s supervision, and he was the one who determined everything that happened there."}, {"pk": 4093490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 39, "verse": 23, "text": "The jail\u2019s commander paid no attention to anything under Joseph\u2019s supervision, because the LORD was with him and made everything he did successful."}, {"pk": 4093491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, both the wine steward and the baker for Egypt\u2019s king offended their master, the king of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief wine steward and the chief baker,"}, {"pk": 4093493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "and he put them under arrest with the commander of the royal guard in the same jail where Joseph was imprisoned."}, {"pk": 4093494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "The commander of the royal guard assigned Joseph to assist them. After they had been under arrest for some time,"}, {"pk": 4093495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "both of them \u2014 the wine steward and the baker for Egypt\u2019s king who were imprisoned in the jail \u2014 had dreams one night, and each man\u2019s dream had its own meaning."}, {"pk": 4093496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "When Joseph met them in the morning, he saw that they were upset."}, {"pk": 4093497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "He asked the officers of Pharaoh who were under arrest with him in his master\u2019s house, \u201cWhy do you look so distressed today?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "They answered, \u201cWe\u2019ve both had dreams, but there\u2019s no one to interpret them.\u201d Joseph said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t interpretations belong to God? Describe your dreams to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "The chief wine steward described his dream to Joseph: \u201cIn my dream there was a vine right in front of me,"}, {"pk": 4093500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "and on the vine were three branches. When it budded, its blossoms appeared, and its clusters ripened into grapes."}, {"pk": 4093501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, crushed them into Pharaoh\u2019s cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh\u2019s hand.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "Joseph said to him, \u201cThis is the dream\u2019s interpretation: The three branches are three days."}, {"pk": 4093503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "After three days, Pharaoh will give you an audience and return you to your position. You will put Pharaoh\u2019s cup in his hand, just the way things were before when you were his wine steward."}, {"pk": 4093504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "But please, remember me when you are doing well and be loyal to me. Put in a good word for me to Pharaoh, so he sets me free from this prison."}, {"pk": 4093505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "I was stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and here too I\u2019ve done nothing to be thrown into this dungeon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, \u201cIt was the same for me. In my dream, there were three baskets of white bread <sup>[1]</sup> on my head.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "In the basket on top there were baked goods for Pharaoh\u2019s food, but birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 18, "text": "Joseph responded, \u201cThis is the dream\u2019s interpretation: The three baskets are three days."}, {"pk": 4093509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 19, "text": "After three days, Pharaoh will give you an audience and will hang you from a tree where birds will peck your flesh from you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 20, "text": "The third day was Pharaoh\u2019s birthday, and he gave a party for all of his servants. Before all of his servants, he gave an audience to the chief wine steward and the chief baker."}, {"pk": 4093511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 21, "text": "He returned the chief wine steward to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh\u2019s hand."}, {"pk": 4093512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 22, "text": "But the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had said would happen when he interpreted their dreams for them."}, {"pk": 4093513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 40, "verse": 23, "text": "But the chief wine steward didn\u2019t remember Joseph; he forgot all about him."}, {"pk": 4093514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "Two years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing near the Nile."}, {"pk": 4093515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "In front of him, seven healthy-looking, fattened cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds."}, {"pk": 4093516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "Just then, seven other cows, terrible-looking and scrawny, climbed up out of the Nile after them and stood beside them on the bank of the Nile."}, {"pk": 4093517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "The terrible-looking, scrawny cows devoured the seven healthy-looking, fattened cows. Then Pharaoh woke up."}, {"pk": 4093518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "He went back to sleep and had a second dream, in which seven ears of grain, full and healthy, grew on a single stalk."}, {"pk": 4093519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "Just then, seven ears of grain, scrawny and scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them,"}, {"pk": 4093520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "and the scrawny ears swallowed up the full and well-formed ears. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream."}, {"pk": 4093521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "In the morning, he was disturbed and summoned all of Egypt\u2019s religious experts <sup>[1]</sup> and all of its advisors. Pharaoh described his dreams <sup>[2]</sup> to them, but they couldn\u2019t interpret them for Pharaoh.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>magicians</i><br>[2] Sam; MT <i>dream</i>"}, {"pk": 4093522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the chief wine steward spoke to Pharaoh: \u201cToday I\u2019ve just remembered my mistake."}, {"pk": 4093523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me and the chief baker under arrest with the commander of the royal guard."}, {"pk": 4093524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "We both dreamed one night, he and I, and each of our dreams had its own interpretation."}, {"pk": 4093525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "A young Hebrew man, a servant of the commander of the royal guard, was with us. We described our dreams to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us, giving us an interpretation for each dream."}, {"pk": 4093526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "His interpretations came true exactly: Pharaoh restored me to my position but hanged him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 14, "text": "So Pharaoh summoned Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. He shaved, changed clothes, and appeared before Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4093528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 15, "text": "Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cI had a dream, but no one could interpret it. Then I heard that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 16, "text": "Joseph answered Pharaoh, \u201cIt\u2019s not me. God will give Pharaoh a favorable response.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 17, "text": "So Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cIn my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile."}, {"pk": 4093531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 18, "text": "In front of me, seven fattened, stout cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds."}, {"pk": 4093532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 19, "text": "Just then, seven other cows, weak and frail and thin, climbed up after them. I\u2019ve never seen such awful cows in all the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the thin, frail cows devoured the first seven, fattened cows."}, {"pk": 4093534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 21, "text": "But after they swallowed them whole, no one would have known it. They looked just as bad as they had before. Then I woke up."}, {"pk": 4093535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 22, "text": "I went to sleep again <sup>[3]</sup> and saw in my dream seven full and healthy ears of grain growing on one stalk.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT lacks <i>I went to sleep again</i>."}, {"pk": 4093536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 23, "text": "Just then, seven hard and thin ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them,"}, {"pk": 4093537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 24, "text": "and the thin ears swallowed up the healthy ears. I told the religious experts, <sup>[4]</sup> but they couldn\u2019t explain it to me.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>magicians</i>"}, {"pk": 4093538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 25, "text": "Joseph said to Pharaoh, \u201cPharaoh has actually had one dream. God has announced to Pharaoh what he is about to do."}, {"pk": 4093539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 26, "text": "The seven healthy cows are seven years, and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years. It\u2019s actually one dream."}, {"pk": 4093540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 27, "text": "The seven thin and frail cows, climbing up after them, are seven years. The seven thin ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, are seven years of famine."}, {"pk": 4093541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 28, "text": "It\u2019s just as I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do."}, {"pk": 4093542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 29, "text": "Seven years of great abundance are now coming throughout the entire land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 30, "text": "After them, seven years of famine will appear, and all of the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will devastate the land."}, {"pk": 4093544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 31, "text": "No one will remember the abundance in the land because the famine that follows will be so very severe."}, {"pk": 4093545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 32, "text": "The dream occurred to Pharaoh twice because God has determined to do it, and God will make it happen soon."}, {"pk": 4093546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cNow Pharaoh should find an intelligent, wise man and give him authority over the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 34, "text": "Then Pharaoh should appoint administrators over the land and take one-fifth of all the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance."}, {"pk": 4093548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 35, "text": "During the good years that are coming, they should collect all such food and store the grain under Pharaoh\u2019s control, protecting the food in the cities."}, {"pk": 4093549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 36, "text": "This food will be reserved for the seven years of famine to follow in the land of Egypt so that the land won\u2019t be ravaged by the famine.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 37, "text": "This advice seemed wise to Pharaoh and all his servants,"}, {"pk": 4093551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 38, "text": "and Pharaoh said to his servants, \u201cCan we find a man with more God-given gifts <sup>[5]</sup> than this one?\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>like this one, in whom is the spirit of God</i>"}, {"pk": 4093552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 39, "text": "Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cSince God has made all this known to you, no one is as intelligent and wise as you are."}, {"pk": 4093553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 40, "text": "You will be in charge of my kingdom, <sup>[6]</sup> and all my people will obey <sup>[7]</sup> your command. Only as the enthroned king will I be greater than you.\u201d", "comment": "[7] LXX; Heb uncertain, perhaps <i>submit themselves to your command</i><br>[6] Or <i>house</i>"}, {"pk": 4093554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 41, "text": "Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cKnow this: I\u2019ve given you authority over the entire land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 42, "text": "Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph\u2019s hand, he dressed him in linen clothes, and he put a gold necklace around his neck."}, {"pk": 4093556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 43, "text": "He put Joseph on the chariot of his second-in-command, and everyone in front of him cried out, \u201cAttention!\u201d <sup>[8]</sup> So Pharaoh installed him over the entire land of Egypt.", "comment": "[8] An Egyptian loanword similar to the Heb word <i>kneel</i>"}, {"pk": 4093557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 44, "text": "Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cI am Pharaoh; no one will do anything or go anywhere in all the land of Egypt without your permission.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 45, "text": "Pharaoh renamed Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah, and married him to Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of Heliopolis. <sup>[9]</sup> Then Joseph assumed control of the land of Egypt.", "comment": "[9] Heb <i>On</i>"}, {"pk": 4093559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 46, "text": "Joseph was 30 years old when he began to serve Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, when he left Pharaoh\u2019s court and traveled through the entire land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 47, "text": "During the seven years of abundance, the land produced plentifully."}, {"pk": 4093561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 48, "text": "He collected all of the food during the seven years of abundance <sup>[10]</sup> in the land of Egypt, and stored the food in cities. In each city, he stored the food from the fields surrounding it.", "comment": "[10] LXX; MT lacks <i>of abundance.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 49, "text": "Joseph amassed grain like the sand of the sea. There was so much that he stopped trying to measure it because it was beyond measuring."}, {"pk": 4093563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 50, "text": "Before the years of famine arrived, Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, <sup>[11]</sup> gave birth to two sons for Joseph.", "comment": "[11] Heb <i>On</i>"}, {"pk": 4093564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 51, "text": "Joseph named the oldest son Manasseh, <sup>[12]</sup> \u201cbecause,\u201d he said, \u201cGod has helped me forget all of my troubles and everyone in my father\u2019s household.\u201d", "comment": "[12] Or <i>making forget</i>"}, {"pk": 4093565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 52, "text": "He named the second Ephraim, <sup>[13]</sup> \u201cbecause,\u201d he said, \u201cGod has given me children in the land where I\u2019ve been treated harshly.\u201d", "comment": "[13] Sounds like <i>has given me children</i>"}, {"pk": 4093566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 53, "text": "The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,"}, {"pk": 4093567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 54, "text": "and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. The famine struck every country, but the entire land of Egypt had bread."}, {"pk": 4093568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 55, "text": "When the famine ravaged the entire land of Egypt and the people pleaded to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh said to all of the Egyptians, \u201cGo to Joseph. Do whatever he tells you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 56, "text": "The famine covered every part of the land, and Joseph opened all of the granaries <sup>[14]</sup> and sold grain to the Egyptians. In the land of Egypt, the famine became more and more severe.", "comment": "[14] LXX, Syr; MT <i>what was in them</i>"}, {"pk": 4093570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 41, "verse": 57, "text": "Every country came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because in every country the famine had also become more severe."}, {"pk": 4093571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, \u201cWhy are you staring blankly at each other?"}, {"pk": 4093572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019ve just heard that there\u2019s grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we can survive and not starve to death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "So Joseph\u2019s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "However, Jacob didn\u2019t send Joseph\u2019s brother Benjamin along with his brothers because he thought something bad might happen to him."}, {"pk": 4093575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "Israel\u2019s sons came to buy grain with others who also came since the famine had spread to the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4093576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "As for Joseph, he was the land\u2019s governor, and he was the one selling grain to all the land\u2019s people. When Joseph\u2019s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him, their faces to the ground."}, {"pk": 4093577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted like he didn\u2019t know them. He spoke to them with a harsh tone and said, \u201cWhere have you come from?\u201d And they said, \u201cFrom the land of Canaan to buy food.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn\u2019t recognize him."}, {"pk": 4093579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and said to them, \u201cYou are spies. You\u2019ve come to look for the country\u2019s weaknesses.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 10, "text": "They said to him, \u201cNo, Master. Your servants have just come to buy food."}, {"pk": 4093581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants aren\u2019t spies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to them, \u201cNo. You\u2019ve come to look for the country\u2019s weaknesses.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 13, "text": "They said, \u201cWe, your servants, are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, but one is gone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 14, "text": "Joseph said to them, \u201cIt\u2019s just as I\u2019ve said to you. You are spies!"}, {"pk": 4093585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 15, "text": "But here is how to prove yourselves: As Pharaoh lives, you won\u2019t leave here until your youngest brother arrives."}, {"pk": 4093586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 16, "text": "Send one of you to get your brother, but the rest of you will stay in prison. We will find out if your words are true. If not, as Pharaoh lives, you are certainly spies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 17, "text": "He put them all in prison for three days."}, {"pk": 4093588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 18, "text": "On the third day, Joseph said to them, \u201cDo this and you will live, for I\u2019m a God-fearing man."}, {"pk": 4093589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 19, "text": "If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay in prison, and the rest of you, go, take grain back to those in your households who are hungry."}, {"pk": 4093590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 20, "text": "But bring your youngest brother back to me so that your words will prove true and you won\u2019t die.\u201d So they prepared to do this."}, {"pk": 4093591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 21, "text": "The brothers said to each other, \u201cWe are clearly guilty for what we did to our brother when we saw his life in danger and when he begged us for mercy, but we didn\u2019t listen. That\u2019s why we\u2019re in this danger now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 22, "text": "Reuben responded to them, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you, \u2018Don\u2019t do anything wrong to the boy\u2019? But you wouldn\u2019t listen. So now this is payback for his death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 23, "text": "They didn\u2019t know that Joseph was listening to them because they were using an interpreter."}, {"pk": 4093594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 24, "text": "He stepped away from them and wept. When he returned, he spoke with them again. Then he took Simeon from them and tied him up in front of them."}, {"pk": 4093595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put back each man\u2019s silver into his own sack, and to give them provisions for their trip, and it was done."}, {"pk": 4093596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 26, "text": "They loaded their grain onto their donkeys, and they set out."}, {"pk": 4093597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 27, "text": "When they stopped to spend the night, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, and he saw his silver at the top of his sack."}, {"pk": 4093598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 28, "text": "He said to his brothers, \u201cMy silver\u2019s been returned. It\u2019s right here in my sack.\u201d Their hearts stopped. Terrified, they said to each other, \u201cWhat has God done to us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 29, "text": "When they got back to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him everything that had happened to them:"}, {"pk": 4093600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cThe man, the country\u2019s governor, spoke to us with a harsh tone and accused us of being spies in the country."}, {"pk": 4093601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 31, "text": "We told him, \u2018We\u2019re honest men, not spies."}, {"pk": 4093602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 32, "text": "We are twelve brothers, all our father\u2019s sons. One of us is gone, but the youngest is right now with our father in the land of Canaan.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 33, "text": "The man, the country\u2019s governor, told us, \u2018This is how I will know you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me, take grain for those in your households who are hungry, and go."}, {"pk": 4093604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 34, "text": "But bring back your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will give your brother back to you, and you may travel throughout the country.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 35, "text": "When they opened their sacks, each man found a pouch of his silver in his sack. When they and their father saw their pouches of silver, they were afraid."}, {"pk": 4093606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 36, "text": "Their father Jacob said to them, \u201cYou\u2019ve taken my children from me. Joseph\u2019s gone. Simeon\u2019s gone. And you are taking Benjamin. All this can\u2019t really be happening to me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 37, "text": "Reuben said to his father, \u201cYou may put both of my sons to death if I don\u2019t bring him back to you. Make him my responsibility, and I will make sure he returns to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 42, "verse": 38, "text": "But Jacob said to him, \u201cMy son won\u2019t go down with you because his brother\u2019s dead and he\u2019s been left all alone. If anything were to happen to him on the trip you are taking, you would send me \u2014 old as I am \u2014 to my grave in grief.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 1, "text": "The famine was severe in the land,"}, {"pk": 4093610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 2, "text": "and when they had eaten all the grain that they brought from Egypt, their father said to them, \u201cGo back and buy us a little food.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 3, "text": "Judah said to him, \u201cThe man was absolutely serious when he said, \u2018You may not see me again without your brother with you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 4, "text": "If you agree to send our brother with us, then we will go down and buy you food."}, {"pk": 4093613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 5, "text": "But if you don\u2019t agree to send him, then we can\u2019t go down because the man said to us, \u2018You may not see me again without your brother with you.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 6, "text": "Israel said, \u201cWhy have you caused me such pain by telling the man you had another brother?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 7, "text": "They said, \u201cThe man asked us pointedly about our family: \u2018Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?\u2019 So we told him just what we\u2019ve said. How were we to know he\u2019d say, \u2018Bring your brother down here\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 8, "text": "Judah said to his father Israel, \u201cSend the young man with me. Let\u2019s get ready to leave so that we can stay alive and not die \u2014 we, you, and our children."}, {"pk": 4093617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 9, "text": "I will guarantee his safety; you can hold me responsible. If I don\u2019t bring him back to you and place him here in front of you, it will be my fault forever."}, {"pk": 4093618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 10, "text": "If we hadn\u2019t waited so long, we would\u2019ve returned twice by now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 11, "text": "Their father Israel said to them, \u201cIf it has to be, then do this. Take in your bags some of the land\u2019s choice produce, and bring it down to the man as a gift: a little medicinal resin, a little honey, gum, resin, pistachios, and almonds."}, {"pk": 4093620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 12, "text": "Take twice as much silver with you, and take back the silver returned in the top of your sacks. It might have been a mistake."}, {"pk": 4093621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 13, "text": "And take your brother, get ready, and go back to the man."}, {"pk": 4093622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 14, "text": "May God Almighty <sup>[1]</sup> make the man compassionate toward you so that he may send back our other brother and Benjamin with you. But me, if I\u2019m left childless, then I\u2019m left childless.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>El Shaddai</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4093623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 15, "text": "So the men took this gift. They took twice as much silver with them, together with Benjamin. They left, traveled down to Egypt, and received an audience with Joseph."}, {"pk": 4093624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 16, "text": "When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, \u201cBring the men to the house and slaughter an animal and prepare it because the men will have dinner with me at noon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 17, "text": "The man did as Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4093626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 18, "text": "When they were brought to Joseph\u2019s house, the men were frightened and said, \u201cWe\u2019ve been brought here because of the silver put back in our sacks on our first trip so he can overpower us, capture us, make slaves of us, and take our donkeys.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 19, "text": "They approached the man who was Joseph\u2019s household manager and spoke to him at the house\u2019s entrance:"}, {"pk": 4093628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cPlease, Master, we came down the first time just to buy food,"}, {"pk": 4093629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 21, "text": "but when we stopped to spend the night and opened our sacks, there was the exact amount of each man\u2019s silver at the top of his sack. We\u2019ve brought it back with us,"}, {"pk": 4093630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 22, "text": "and we\u2019ve brought down with us additional silver to buy food. We don\u2019t know who put our silver in our sacks.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 23, "text": "He said, \u201cYou are fine. Don\u2019t be afraid. Your God and your father\u2019s God must have hidden a treasure in your sacks. I received your money.\u201d Then he brought Simeon out to them."}, {"pk": 4093632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 24, "text": "The manager brought the men into Joseph\u2019s house and gave them water to wash their feet and feed for their donkeys."}, {"pk": 4093633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 25, "text": "They prepared the gift, anticipating Joseph\u2019s arrival at noon, since they had heard that they would have a meal there."}, {"pk": 4093634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 26, "text": "When Joseph came into the house, they presented him the gift they had brought with them into the house, and they bowed low in front of him."}, {"pk": 4093635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 27, "text": "He asked them how they were and said, \u201cHow is your elderly father, about whom you spoke? Is he still alive?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 28, "text": "They said, \u201cYour servant our father is fine. He\u2019s still alive.\u201d And they bowed down again with deep respect."}, {"pk": 4093637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 29, "text": "Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother\u2019s son, and he said, \u201cIs this your youngest brother whom you told me about? God be gracious to you, my son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 30, "text": "Joseph\u2019s feelings for his brother were so strong he was about to weep, so he rushed to another room and wept there."}, {"pk": 4093639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 31, "text": "He washed his face, came back, pulled himself together, and said, \u201cSet out the dinner.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 32, "text": "So they set out his food by himself, their food by themselves, and the Egyptians\u2019 who ate with him by themselves because Egyptians don\u2019t allow themselves to eat with Hebrews; the Egyptians think it beneath their dignity."}, {"pk": 4093641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 33, "text": "They were seated in front of him from the oldest to the youngest in their exact birth order, and the men looked at each other with amazement."}, {"pk": 4093642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 43, "verse": 34, "text": "Portions of food from Joseph\u2019s table were brought to them, but Benjamin\u2019s portion was five times as large as theirs. So they drank together and were at ease."}, {"pk": 4093643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 1, "text": "Joseph gave commands to his household manager: \u201cFill the men\u2019s sacks with as much food as they\u2019ll hold, and put each man\u2019s silver at the top of his sack."}, {"pk": 4093644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 2, "text": "Put my cup, the silver cup, on top of the youngest brother\u2019s sack, together with the silver for his grain.\u201d So he did just as Joseph told him to do."}, {"pk": 4093645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 3, "text": "At dawn, the men and their donkeys were sent off."}, {"pk": 4093646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 4, "text": "They had left the city but hadn\u2019t gone far when Joseph said to his household manager, \u201cGet ready, go after the men and catch up with them! Ask them, \u2018Why have you repaid hospitality with ingratitude? <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX adds <i>Why have you stolen my silver cup?</i>"}, {"pk": 4093647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 5, "text": "Isn\u2019t this the cup <sup>[2]</sup> my master drinks from and uses to discover God\u2019s plans? <sup>[3]</sup> What you\u2019ve done is despicable.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[2] Syr; MT lacks <i>cup.</i><br>[3] Or <i>uses for divination</i>"}, {"pk": 4093648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 6, "text": "When he caught up to them, he repeated these words."}, {"pk": 4093649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 7, "text": "They replied, \u201cWhy does my master talk to us like this? Your servants would never do such a thing."}, {"pk": 4093650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 8, "text": "The silver that we found at the top of our sacks, we\u2019ve just brought back to you from the land of Canaan. We didn\u2019t steal silver or gold from your master\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4093651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever of your servants is found with it will be put to death, and we\u2019ll be my master\u2019s slaves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 10, "text": "He said, \u201cFine. We\u2019ll do just as you\u2019ve said. Whoever is found with it will be my slave, and the rest of you will go free.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 11, "text": "Everyone quickly lowered their sacks down to the ground and each opened his sack."}, {"pk": 4093654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 12, "text": "He searched the oldest first and the youngest last, and the cup was found in Benjamin\u2019s sack."}, {"pk": 4093655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 13, "text": "At this, they tore their clothing. Then everyone loaded their donkeys, and they returned to the city."}, {"pk": 4093656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 14, "text": "When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph\u2019s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground in front of him."}, {"pk": 4093657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 15, "text": "Joseph said to them, \u201cWhat\u2019s this you\u2019ve done? Didn\u2019t you know someone like me can discover God\u2019s plans?\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>can practice divination</i>"}, {"pk": 4093658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 16, "text": "Judah replied, \u201cWhat can we say to my master? What words can we use? How can we prove we are innocent? God has found your servants guilty. We are now your slaves, all of us, including the one found with the cup.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 17, "text": "Joseph said, \u201cI\u2019d never do such a thing. Only the man found with the cup will be my slave. As for the rest of you, you are free to go back to your father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 18, "text": "Judah approached him and said, \u201cPlease, my master, allow your servant to say something to my master without getting angry with your servant since you are like Pharaoh himself."}, {"pk": 4093661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 19, "text": "My master asked his servants, \u2018Do you have a father or brother?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 20, "text": "And we said to my master, \u2018Yes, we have an elderly father and a young brother, born when he was old. His brother is dead and he\u2019s his mother\u2019s only child. But his father loves him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 21, "text": "You told your servants, \u2018Bring him down to me so I can see him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 22, "text": "And we said to my master, \u2018The young man can\u2019t leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 23, "text": "You said to your servants, \u2018If your youngest brother doesn\u2019t come down with you, you\u2019ll never see my face again.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cWhen we went back to my father your servant, we told him what you said."}, {"pk": 4093667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 25, "text": "Our father told us, \u2018Go back and buy for us a little food.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 26, "text": "But we said, \u2018We can\u2019t go down. We will go down only if our youngest brother is with us. We won\u2019t be able to gain an audience with the man without our youngest brother with us.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 27, "text": "Your servant my father said to us, \u2018You know that my wife gave birth to two sons for me."}, {"pk": 4093670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 28, "text": "One disappeared and I said, \u201cHe must have been torn up by a wild animal,\u201d and I haven\u2019t seen him since."}, {"pk": 4093671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 29, "text": "And if you take this one from me too, something terrible will happen to him, and you will send me \u2014 old as I am \u2014 to my grave in despair.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 30, "text": "When I now go back to your servant my father without the young man \u2014 whose life is so bound up with his \u2014"}, {"pk": 4093673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 31, "text": "and when he sees that the young man isn\u2019t with us, <sup>[5]</sup> he will die, and your servants will have sent our father your servant \u2014 old as he is \u2014 to his grave in grief.", "comment": "[5] Sam, LXX; MT lacks <i>with us.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 32, "text": "I, your servant, guaranteed the young man\u2019s safety to my father, telling him, \u2018If I don\u2019t bring him back to you, it will be my fault forever.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 33, "text": "Now, please let your servant stay as your slave instead of the young man so that he can go back with his brothers."}, {"pk": 4093676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 44, "verse": 34, "text": "How can I go back to my father without the young man? I couldn\u2019t bear to see how badly my father would be hurt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 1, "text": "Joseph could no longer control himself in front of all his attendants, so he declared, \u201cEveryone, leave now!\u201d So no one stayed with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers."}, {"pk": 4093678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 2, "text": "He wept so loudly that the Egyptians and Pharaoh\u2019s household heard him."}, {"pk": 4093679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 3, "text": "Joseph said to his brothers, \u201cI\u2019m Joseph! Is my father really still alive?\u201d His brothers couldn\u2019t respond because they were terrified before him."}, {"pk": 4093680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 4, "text": "Joseph said to his brothers, \u201cCome closer to me,\u201d and they moved closer. He said, \u201cI\u2019m your brother Joseph! The one you sold to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 5, "text": "Now, don\u2019t be upset and don\u2019t be angry with yourselves that you sold me here. Actually, God sent me before you to save lives."}, {"pk": 4093682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 6, "text": "We\u2019ve already had two years of famine in the land, and there are five years left without planting or harvesting."}, {"pk": 4093683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 7, "text": "God sent me before you to make sure you\u2019d survive <sup>[1]</sup> and to rescue your lives in this amazing way.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>survive on earth</i>"}, {"pk": 4093684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 8, "text": "You didn\u2019t send me here; it was God who made me a father to Pharaoh, master of his entire household, and ruler of the whole land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cHurry! Go back to your father. Tell him this is what your son Joseph says: \u2018God has made me master of all of Egypt. Come down to me. Don\u2019t delay."}, {"pk": 4093686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 10, "text": "You may live in the land of Goshen, so you will be near me, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everyone with you."}, {"pk": 4093687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 11, "text": "I will support you there, so you, your household, and everyone with you won\u2019t starve, since the famine will still last five years.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 12, "text": "You and my brother Benjamin have seen with your own eyes that I\u2019m speaking to you."}, {"pk": 4093689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 13, "text": "Tell my father about my power in Egypt and about everything you\u2019ve seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 14, "text": "He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin\u2019s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder."}, {"pk": 4093691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 15, "text": "He kissed all of his brothers and wept, embracing them. After that, his brothers were finally able to talk to him."}, {"pk": 4093692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 16, "text": "When Pharaoh\u2019s household heard the message \u201cJoseph\u2019s brothers have arrived,\u201d both Pharaoh and his servants were pleased."}, {"pk": 4093693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 17, "text": "Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cGive your brothers these instructions: Load your pack animals and go back to the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4093694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 18, "text": "Get your father and your households and come back to me. Let me provide you with good things from the land of Egypt so that you may eat the land\u2019s best food."}, {"pk": 4093695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 19, "text": "Give them these instructions too: Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your children and wives, and pick up your father and come back."}, {"pk": 4093696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t worry about your possessions because you will have good things from the entire land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 21, "text": "So Israel\u2019s sons did that. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh instructed, and he gave them provisions for the road."}, {"pk": 4093698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 22, "text": "To all of them he gave a change of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing."}, {"pk": 4093699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 23, "text": "To his father he sent ten male donkeys carrying goods from Egypt, ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread, and rations for his father for the road."}, {"pk": 4093700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 24, "text": "He sent his brothers off; and as they were leaving, he told them, \u201cDon\u2019t be worried about the trip.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Don\u2019t quarrel during the trip.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 25, "text": "So they left Egypt and returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4093702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 26, "text": "They announced to him, \u201cJoseph\u2019s still alive! He\u2019s actually ruler of all the land of Egypt!\u201d Jacob\u2019s heart nearly failed, and he didn\u2019t believe them."}, {"pk": 4093703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 27, "text": "When they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him, Jacob recovered."}, {"pk": 4093704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 45, "verse": 28, "text": "Then Israel said, \u201cThis is too much! My son Joseph is still alive! Let me go and see him before I die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 1, "text": "Israel packed up everything he owned and traveled to Beer-sheba. There he offered sacrifices to his father Isaac\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4093706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 2, "text": "God said to Israel in a vision at night, \u201cJacob! Jacob!\u201d and he said, \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 3, "text": "He said, \u201cI am El, <sup>[1]</sup> your father\u2019s God. Don\u2019t be afraid to go down to Egypt because I will make a great nation of you there.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>God</i>"}, {"pk": 4093708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 4, "text": "I will go down to Egypt with you, and I promise to bring you out again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Jacob left Beer-sheba. Israel\u2019s sons put their father Jacob, their children, and their wives on the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him."}, {"pk": 4093710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 6, "text": "They took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and arrived in Egypt, Jacob and all of his children with him."}, {"pk": 4093711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 7, "text": "His sons and grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters \u2014 all of his descendants he brought with him to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 8, "text": "These are the names of the Israelites who went to Egypt, including Jacob and his sons. Jacob\u2019s oldest son was Reuben. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 9, "text": "Reuben\u2019s sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 10, "text": "Simeon\u2019s sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, whose mother was a Canaanite. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 11, "text": "Levi\u2019s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 12, "text": "Judah\u2019s sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. Er and Onan both died in the land of Canaan. Perez\u2019s sons were Hezron and Hamul. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 13, "text": "Issachar\u2019s sons were Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 14, "text": "Zebulun\u2019s sons were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 15, "text": "These are the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram. Her daughter was Dinah. All of these persons, including his sons and daughters, totaled 33. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 16, "text": "Gad\u2019s sons were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 17, "text": "Asher\u2019s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah\u2019s sons were Heber and Malchiel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 18, "text": "These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. She bore these to Jacob, a total of 16 persons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 19, "text": "The sons of Jacob\u2019s wife Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 20, "text": "To Joseph, in the land of Egypt, were born Manasseh and Ephraim. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, <sup>[2]</sup> bore them to him. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>On</i>"}, {"pk": 4093725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 21, "text": "Benjamin\u2019s sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 22, "text": "These are Rachel\u2019s sons who were born to Jacob, a total of 14 persons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 23, "text": "Dan\u2019s son <sup>[3]</sup> was Hushim. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>sons</i>"}, {"pk": 4093728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 24, "text": "Naphtali\u2019s sons were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 25, "text": "These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore these to Jacob, a total of 7 persons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 26, "text": "All of the persons going to Egypt with Jacob \u2014 his own children, excluding Jacob\u2019s sons\u2019 wives \u2014 totaled 66 persons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 27, "text": "Joseph\u2019s sons born to him in Egypt were 2 persons. Thus, all of the persons in Jacob\u2019s household going to Egypt totaled 70. <br>"}, {"pk": 4093732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 28, "text": "Israel had sent Judah ahead to Joseph so that Joseph could explain the way to Goshen. Then they arrived in the land of Goshen."}, {"pk": 4093733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 29, "text": "Joseph hitched up his chariot and went to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he arrived, he threw his arms around his neck and wept, embracing him for a long time."}, {"pk": 4093734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 30, "text": "Israel said to Joseph, \u201cI can die now after seeing your face. You are really still alive!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 31, "text": "Joseph said to his brothers and to his father\u2019s household, \u201cLet me go up and inform Pharaoh and tell him, \u2018My brothers and my father\u2019s household who were in the land of Canaan have arrived."}, {"pk": 4093736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 32, "text": "The men are shepherds, because they own livestock. They\u2019ve brought with them their flocks and herds and everything they own.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 33, "text": "When Pharaoh summons you and says, \u2018What do you do?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 46, "verse": 34, "text": "say, \u2018Your servants have owned livestock since we were young, both we and our ancestors,\u2019 so that you will be able to settle in the land of Goshen, since Egyptians think all shepherds are beneath their dignity.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 1, "text": "Joseph went to inform Pharaoh and said, \u201cMy father and brothers with their flocks, herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 2, "text": "From all of his brothers, he selected five men and presented them before Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4093741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 3, "text": "Pharaoh said to Joseph\u2019s brothers, \u201cWhat do you do?\u201d They said to Pharaoh, \u201cYour servants are shepherds, both we and our ancestors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 4, "text": "They continued, \u201cWe\u2019ve come to the land as immigrants because the famine is so severe in the land of Canaan that there are no more pastures for your servants\u2019 flocks. Please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 5, "text": "Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u201cSince your father and brothers have arrived,"}, {"pk": 4093744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 6, "text": "the land of Egypt is available to you. Settle your father and brothers in the land\u2019s best location. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 7, "text": "Joseph brought his father Jacob and gave him an audience with Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh,"}, {"pk": 4093746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 8, "text": "and Pharaoh said to Jacob, \u201cHow old are you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 9, "text": "Jacob said to Pharaoh, \u201cI\u2019ve been a traveler for 130 years. My years have been few and difficult. They don\u2019t come close to the years my ancestors lived during their travels.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 10, "text": "Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left Pharaoh\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4093749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 11, "text": "Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them property in the land of Egypt, in the best location in the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had ordered."}, {"pk": 4093750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 12, "text": "Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and his father\u2019s entire household, in proportion to the number of children."}, {"pk": 4093751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 13, "text": "There was no food in the land because the famine was so severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan dried up from the famine."}, {"pk": 4093752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 14, "text": "Joseph collected all of the silver to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain, which people came to buy, and he deposited it in Pharaoh\u2019s treasury."}, {"pk": 4093753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 15, "text": "The silver from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan had been spent, and all of the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, \u201cGive us food. Why should we die before your eyes, just because the silver is gone?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 16, "text": "Joseph said, \u201cGive me your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock if the silver is gone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 17, "text": "So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food for the horses, flocks, cattle, and donkeys. He got them through that year with food in exchange for all of their livestock."}, {"pk": 4093756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 18, "text": "When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, \u201cWe can\u2019t hide from my master that the silver is spent and that we\u2019ve given the livestock to my master. All that\u2019s left for my master is our corpses and our farmland."}, {"pk": 4093757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 19, "text": "Why should we die before your eyes, we and our farmland too? Buy us and our farms for food, and we and our farms will be under Pharaoh\u2019s control. Give us seed so that we can stay alive and not die, and so that our farmland won\u2019t become unproductive.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 20, "text": "So Joseph bought all of Egypt\u2019s farmland for Pharaoh because every Egyptian sold his field when the famine worsened. So the land became Pharaoh\u2019s."}, {"pk": 4093759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 21, "text": "He moved the people to the cities <sup>[1]</sup> from one end of Egypt to the other.", "comment": "[1] Sam, LXX <i>he made the people slaves</i>"}, {"pk": 4093760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 22, "text": "However, he didn\u2019t buy the farmland of the priests because Pharaoh allowed the priests a subsidy, and they were able to eat from the subsidy Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they didn\u2019t have to sell their farmland."}, {"pk": 4093761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 23, "text": "Joseph said to the people, \u201cSince I\u2019ve now purchased you and your farmland for Pharaoh, here\u2019s seed for you. Plant the seed on the land."}, {"pk": 4093762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 24, "text": "When the crop comes in, you must give one-fifth to Pharaoh. You may keep four-fifths for yourselves, for planting fields, and for feeding yourselves, those in your households, and your children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 25, "text": "The people said, \u201cYou\u2019ve saved our lives. If you wish, we will be Pharaoh\u2019s slaves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 26, "text": "So Joseph made a law that still exists today: Pharaoh receives one-fifth from Egypt\u2019s farmland. Only the priests\u2019 farmland didn\u2019t become Pharaoh\u2019s."}, {"pk": 4093765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 27, "text": "Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. They settled in it, had many children, and became numerous."}, {"pk": 4093766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 28, "text": "After Jacob had lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, and after he had lived a total of 147 years,"}, {"pk": 4093767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 29, "text": "Israel\u2019s death approached. He summoned his son Joseph and said to him, \u201cIf you would be so kind, lay your hand under my thigh, and be loyal and true to me. Don\u2019t bury me in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 30, "text": "When I lie down with my fathers, carry me from Egypt and bury me in their grave.\u201d Joseph said, \u201cI will do just as you say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 47, "verse": 31, "text": "Israel said, \u201cGive me your word!\u201d and Joseph gave his word. Then Israel slumped down at the head of the bed."}, {"pk": 4093770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 1, "text": "After this happened, Joseph was told, <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cYour father is getting weaker,\u201d so he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Tg, Vulg; MT <i>he told</i>"}, {"pk": 4093771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 2, "text": "When Jacob was informed, <sup>[2]</sup> \u201cYour son Joseph is here now,\u201d he <sup>[3]</sup> pulled himself together and sat up in bed.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>he informed</i><br>[3] Heb <i>Israel</i>"}, {"pk": 4093772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 3, "text": "Jacob said to Joseph, \u201cGod Almighty <sup>[4]</sup> appeared to me in Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>El Shaddai</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4093773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 4, "text": "and said to me, \u2018I am about to give you many children, to increase your numbers, and to make you a large group of peoples. I will give this land to your descendants following you as an enduring possession.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 5, "text": "Now, your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I arrived in Egypt are my own. Ephraim and Manasseh are just like Reuben and Simeon to me."}, {"pk": 4093775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 6, "text": "Your family who is born to you after them are yours, but their inheritance will be determined under their brothers\u2019 names."}, {"pk": 4093776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 7, "text": "When I came back from Paddan-aram, <sup>[5]</sup> Rachel died, to my sorrow, on the road in the land of Canaan, with some distance yet to go to Ephrathah, so I buried her there near the road to Ephrathah, <sup>[6]</sup> which is Bethlehem.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Sam; MT <i>Ephrath</i><br>[5] Sam, LXX, Syr; MT lacks <i>aram.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 8, "text": "When Israel saw Joseph\u2019s sons, he said, \u201cWho are these?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 9, "text": "Joseph told his father, \u201cThey\u2019re my sons, whom God gave me here.\u201d Israel said, \u201cBring them to me and I will bless them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 10, "text": "Because Israel\u2019s eyesight had failed from old age and he wasn\u2019t able to see, Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed and embraced them."}, {"pk": 4093780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 11, "text": "Israel said to Joseph, \u201cI didn\u2019t expect I\u2019d see your face, but now God has shown me your children too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Joseph took them from Israel\u2019s knees, and he bowed low with his face to the ground."}, {"pk": 4093782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 13, "text": "Joseph took both of them, Ephraim in his right hand at Israel\u2019s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand at Israel\u2019s right hand, and brought them close to him."}, {"pk": 4093783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 14, "text": "But Israel put out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, the younger one, and his left hand on Manasseh\u2019s head, crossing his hands because Manasseh was the oldest son."}, {"pk": 4093784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 15, "text": "He blessed them <sup>[7]</sup> and said, \u201cMay the God before whom my fathers <br>Abraham and Isaac walked, <br>may the God who was my shepherd <br>from the beginning until this day,<br>", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT <i>Joseph</i>"}, {"pk": 4093785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 16, "text": "may the divine messenger who protected me from all harm, <br>bless the young men. <br>Through them may my name be kept alive <br>and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. <br>May they grow into a great multitude <br>throughout the land.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4093786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 17, "text": "When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim\u2019s head, he was upset and grasped his father\u2019s hand to move it from Ephraim\u2019s head to Manasseh\u2019s head."}, {"pk": 4093787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 18, "text": "Joseph said to his father, \u201cNo, my father! This is the oldest son. Put your right hand on his head.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 19, "text": "But his father refused and said, \u201cI know, my son, I know. He\u2019ll become a people too, and he\u2019ll also be great. But his younger brother will be greater than he will, and his descendants will become many nations.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 20, "text": "Israel blessed them that day, saying, \u201cThrough you, Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, <br>\u2018May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.\u2019\u201d <br> So Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4093790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Israel said to Joseph, \u201cI\u2019m about to die. God will be with you and return you to the land of your fathers."}, {"pk": 4093791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 48, "verse": 22, "text": "I\u2019m giving you one portion more than to your brothers, <sup>[8]</sup> a portion that I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.\u201d", "comment": "[8] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 1, "text": "Jacob summoned his sons and said, \u201cGather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the coming days."}, {"pk": 4093793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 2, "text": "Assemble yourselves and listen, sons of Jacob; <br>listen to Israel your father.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 3, "text": "Reuben, you are my oldest son, <br>my strength and my first contender, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>superior in status and superior in might.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>first of my power</i>"}, {"pk": 4093795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 4, "text": "As wild as the waters, you won\u2019t endure, <br>for you went up to your father\u2019s bed, <br>you went up <sup>[2]</sup> and violated my couch.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>he went up</i>"}, {"pk": 4093796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 5, "text": "Simeon and Levi are brothers, <br>weapons of violence their stock in trade.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 6, "text": "May I myself never enter their council. <br>May my honor never be linked to their group; <br>for when they were angry, they killed men, <br>and whenever they wished, they maimed oxen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 7, "text": "Cursed be their anger; it is violent, <br>their rage; it is relentless. <br>I\u2019ll divide them up within Jacob <br>and disperse them within Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 8, "text": "Judah, you are the one your brothers will honor; <br>your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; <br>your father\u2019s sons will bow down to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 9, "text": "Judah is a lion\u2019s cub; <br>from the prey, my son, you rise up. <br>He lies down and crouches like a lion; <br>like a lioness \u2014 who dares disturb him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4093801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 10, "text": "The scepter won\u2019t depart from Judah, <br>nor the ruler\u2019s staff from among his banners. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Gifts will be brought to him; <br>people will obey him.<br>", "comment": "[3] Sam; MT <i>his feet</i>"}, {"pk": 4093802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 11, "text": "He ties his male donkey to the vine, <br>the colt of his female donkey to the vine\u2019s branches. <br>He washes his clothes in wine, <br>his garments in the blood of grapes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 12, "text": "His eyes are darker than wine, <br>and his teeth whiter than milk.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 13, "text": "Zebulun will live at the seashore; <br>he\u2019ll live at the harbor of ships, <br>his border will be at Sidon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 14, "text": "Issachar is a sturdy donkey, <br>bedding down beside the village hearths. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>stubbornly lying beneath its saddlebags</i>"}, {"pk": 4093806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 15, "text": "He saw that a resting place was good <br>and that the land was pleasant. <br>He lowered his shoulder to haul loads <br>and joined the work gangs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 16, "text": "Dan <sup>[5]</sup> will settle disputes for his people, <br>as one of Israel\u2019s tribes.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>he judges,</i> or <i>settles disputes</i>"}, {"pk": 4093808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 17, "text": "Dan will be a snake on the road, <br>a serpent on the path, <br>biting a horse\u2019s heels, <br>so its rider falls backward.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 18, "text": "I long for your victory, LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 19, "text": "Gad <sup>[6]</sup> will be attacked by attackers, <br>but he\u2019ll attack their back.<br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>he attacks</i> or <i>good fortune</i>"}, {"pk": 4093811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 20, "text": "Asher <sup>[7]</sup> grows fine foods, <br>and he will supply the king\u2019s delicacies.<br>", "comment": "[7] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>from Asher</i>"}, {"pk": 4093812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 21, "text": "Naphtali is a wild doe <br>that gives birth to beautiful fawns. <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>who gives beautiful words</i>"}, {"pk": 4093813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 22, "text": "Joseph is a young bull, <sup>[9]</sup> <br>a young bull by a spring, <br>who strides with oxen. <sup>[10]</sup><br>", "comment": "[9] Heb uncertain<br>[10] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 23, "text": "They attacked him fiercely and fired arrows; <br>the archers attacked him furiously.<br>"}, {"pk": 4093815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 24, "text": "But his bow stayed strong, <br>and his forearms were nimble, <sup>[11]</sup> <br>by the hands of the strong one of Jacob, <br>by the name of the shepherd, the rock of Israel,<br>", "comment": "[11] Heb uncertain; or <i>flexible</i>"}, {"pk": 4093816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 25, "text": "by God, your father, who supports you, <br>by the Almighty <sup>[12]</sup> who blesses you <br>with blessings from the skies above <br>and blessings from the deep sea below, <br>blessings from breasts and womb.<br>", "comment": "[12] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>the Mountain One</i>"}, {"pk": 4093817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 26, "text": "The blessings of your father exceed <br>the blessings of the eternal mountains, <sup>[13]</sup> <br>the wealth of the everlasting hills. <br>May they all rest on Joseph\u2019s head, <br>on the forehead of the one set apart from his brothers.<br>", "comment": "[13] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4093818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 27, "text": "Benjamin is a wolf who hunts: <br>in the morning he devours the prey; <br>in the evening he divides the plunder.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4093819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 28, "text": "These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them by giving each man his own particular blessing."}, {"pk": 4093820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 29, "text": "Jacob ordered them, \u201cI am soon to join my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave that\u2019s in the field of Ephron the Hittite;"}, {"pk": 4093821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 30, "text": "in the cave that\u2019s in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial property."}, {"pk": 4093822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 31, "text": "That is where Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, and where Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and where I buried Leah."}, {"pk": 4093823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 32, "text": "It is the field and the cave in it that belonged to the Hittites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 49, "verse": 33, "text": "After he finished giving orders to his sons, he put his feet up on the bed, took his last breath, and joined his people."}, {"pk": 4093825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 1, "text": "Joseph fell across his father\u2019s body, wept over him, and kissed him."}, {"pk": 4093826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 2, "text": "Joseph then ordered the physicians in his service to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel."}, {"pk": 4093827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 3, "text": "They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days."}, {"pk": 4093828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 4, "text": "After the period of mourning had passed, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh\u2019s household: \u201cIf you approve my request, give Pharaoh this message:"}, {"pk": 4093829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 5, "text": "My father made me promise, telling me, \u2018I\u2019m about to die. You must bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.\u2019 Now, let me leave and let me bury my father, and then I will return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 6, "text": "Pharaoh replied, \u201cGo, bury your father as you promised.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 7, "text": "So Joseph left to bury his father. All of Pharaoh\u2019s servants went with him, together with the elder statesmen in his household and all of the elder statesmen in the land of Egypt,"}, {"pk": 4093832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 8, "text": "Joseph\u2019s entire household, his brothers, and his father\u2019s household. Only the children, flocks, and cattle remained in the land of Goshen."}, {"pk": 4093833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 9, "text": "Even chariots and horsemen went with him; it was a huge collection of people."}, {"pk": 4093834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 10, "text": "When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan River, they observed a solemn, deeply sorrowful period of mourning. He grieved seven days for his father."}, {"pk": 4093835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 11, "text": "When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw the observance of grief on Atad\u2019s threshing floor, they said, \u201cThis is a solemn observance of grief by the Egyptians.\u201d Therefore, its name is Abel-mizraim. <sup>[1]</sup> It is on the other side of the Jordan River.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the Egyptians\u2019 observance of grief</i>"}, {"pk": 4093836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 12, "text": "Israel\u2019s sons did for him just as he had ordered."}, {"pk": 4093837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 13, "text": "His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hittite."}, {"pk": 4093838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 14, "text": "Then <sup>[2]</sup> Joseph returned to Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left with him to bury his father.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT includes <i>after he buried his father.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 15, "text": "When Joseph\u2019s brothers realized that their father was now dead, they said, \u201cWhat if Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible things we did to him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 16, "text": "So they approached <sup>[3]</sup> Joseph and said, \u201cYour father gave orders before he died, telling us,", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr; MT <i>they commanded</i>"}, {"pk": 4093841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 17, "text": "\u2018This is what you should say to Joseph. \u201cPlease, forgive your brothers\u2019 sins and misdeeds, for they did terrible things to you. Now, please forgive the sins of the servants of your father\u2019s God.\u201d\u2019\u201d Joseph wept when they spoke to him."}, {"pk": 4093842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 18, "text": "His brothers wept <sup>[4]</sup> too, fell down in front of him, and said, \u201cWe\u2019re here as your slaves.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>came</i>"}, {"pk": 4093843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 19, "text": "But Joseph said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Am I God?"}, {"pk": 4093844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 20, "text": "You planned something bad for me, but God produced something good from it, in order to save the lives of many people, just as he\u2019s doing today."}, {"pk": 4093845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 21, "text": "Now, don\u2019t be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.\u201d So he put them at ease and spoke reassuringly to them."}, {"pk": 4093846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 22, "text": "Thus Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his father\u2019s household. Joseph lived 110 years"}, {"pk": 4093847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 23, "text": "and saw Ephraim\u2019s grandchildren. The children of Machir, Manasseh\u2019s son, were also born on Joseph\u2019s knees."}, {"pk": 4093848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 24, "text": "Joseph said to his brothers, \u201cI\u2019m about to die. God will certainly take care of you and bring you out of this land to the land he promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 25, "text": "Joseph made Israel\u2019s sons promise, \u201cWhen God takes care of you, you must bring up my bones out of here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 1, "chapter": 50, "verse": 26, "text": "Joseph died when he was 110 years old. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the names of the Israelites who came to Egypt with Jacob along with their households:"}, {"pk": 4093852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,"}, {"pk": 4093853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,"}, {"pk": 4093854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher."}, {"pk": 4093855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The total number in Jacob\u2019s family was seventy. Joseph was already in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Eventually, Joseph, his brothers, and everyone in his generation died."}, {"pk": 4093857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "But the Israelites were fertile and became populous. They multiplied and grew dramatically, filling the whole land."}, {"pk": 4093858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Now a new king came to power in Egypt who didn\u2019t know Joseph."}, {"pk": 4093859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "He said to his people, \u201cThe Israelite people are now larger in number and stronger than we are."}, {"pk": 4093860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Come on, let\u2019s be smart and deal with them. Otherwise, they will only grow in number. And if war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and then escape from the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "As a result, the Egyptians put foremen of forced work gangs over the Israelites to harass them with hard work. They had to build storage cities named Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4093862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But the more they were oppressed, the more they grew and spread, so much so that the Egyptians started to look at the Israelites with disgust and dread."}, {"pk": 4093863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "So the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4093864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "They made their lives miserable with hard labor, making mortar and bricks, doing field work, and by forcing them to do all kinds of other cruel work."}, {"pk": 4093865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The king of Egypt spoke to two Hebrew midwives named Shiphrah and Puah:"}, {"pk": 4093866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cWhen you are helping the Hebrew women give birth and you see the baby being born, if it\u2019s a boy, kill him. But if it\u2019s a girl, you can let her live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Now the two midwives respected God so they didn\u2019t obey the Egyptian king\u2019s order. Instead, they let the baby boys live."}, {"pk": 4093868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "So the king of Egypt called the two midwives and said to them, \u201cWhy are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "The two midwives said to Pharaoh, \u201cBecause Hebrew women aren\u2019t like Egyptian women. They\u2019re much stronger and give birth before any midwives can get to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "So God treated the midwives well, and the people kept on multiplying and became very strong."}, {"pk": 4093871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "And because the midwives respected God, God gave them households of their own."}, {"pk": 4093872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Pharaoh gave an order to all his people: \u201cThrow every baby boy born to the Hebrews into the Nile River, but you can let all the girls live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Now a man from Levi\u2019s household married a Levite woman."}, {"pk": 4093874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that the baby was healthy and beautiful, so she hid him for three months."}, {"pk": 4093875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "When she couldn\u2019t hide him any longer, she took a reed basket and sealed it up with black tar. She put the child in the basket and set the basket among the reeds at the riverbank."}, {"pk": 4093876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The baby\u2019s older sister stood watch nearby to see what would happen to him."}, {"pk": 4093877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s daughter came down to bathe in the river, while her women servants walked along beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds, and she sent one of her servants to bring it to her."}, {"pk": 4093878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "When she opened it, she saw the child. The boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. She said, \u201cThis must be one of the Hebrews\u2019 children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the baby\u2019s sister said to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, \u201cWould you like me to go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s daughter agreed, \u201cYes, do that.\u201d So the girl went and called the child\u2019s mother."}, {"pk": 4093881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s daughter said to her, \u201cTake this child and nurse it for me, and I\u2019ll pay you for your work.\u201d So the woman took the child and nursed it."}, {"pk": 4093882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "After the child had grown up, she brought him back to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, who adopted him as her son. She named him Moses, \u201cbecause,\u201d she said, \u201cI pulled him out <sup>[1]</sup> of the water.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>mashah</i> sounds like Moses <i>(moshe).</i>"}, {"pk": 4093883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "One day after Moses had become an adult, he went out among his people and he saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people."}, {"pk": 4093884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "He looked around to make sure no one else was there. Then he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand."}, {"pk": 4093885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "When Moses went out the next day, he saw two Hebrew men fighting with each other. Moses said to the one who had started the fight, \u201cWhy are you abusing your fellow Hebrew?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He replied, \u201cWho made you a boss or judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?\u201d Then Moses was afraid when he realized: They obviously know what I did."}, {"pk": 4093887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "When Pharaoh heard about it, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses ran away from Pharaoh and settled down in the land of Midian. One day Moses was sitting by a well."}, {"pk": 4093888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Now there was a Midianite priest who had seven daughters. The daughters came to draw water and fill the troughs so that their father\u2019s flock could drink."}, {"pk": 4093889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "But some shepherds came along and rudely chased them away. Moses got up, rescued the women, and gave their flock water to drink."}, {"pk": 4093890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "When they went back home to their father Reuel, <sup>[2]</sup> he asked, \u201cHow were you able to come back home so soon today?\u201d", "comment": "[2] Also called Jethro"}, {"pk": 4093891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "They replied, \u201cAn Egyptian man rescued us from a bunch of shepherds. Afterward, he even helped us draw water to let the flock drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Reuel said to his daughters, \u201cSo where is he? Why did you leave this man? Invite him to eat a meal with us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Moses agreed to come and live with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses as his wife."}, {"pk": 4093894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, \u201cbecause,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019ve been an immigrant <sup>[3]</sup> living in a foreign land.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>ger</i> sounds like <i>Gershom.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "A long time passed, and the Egyptian king died. The Israelites were still groaning because of their hard work. They cried out, and their cry to be rescued from the hard work rose up to God."}, {"pk": 4093896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "God heard their cry of grief, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."}, {"pk": 4093897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "God looked at the Israelites, and God understood."}, {"pk": 4093898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Moses was taking care of the flock for his father-in-law Jethro, <sup>[1]</sup> Midian\u2019s priest. He led his flock out to the edge of the desert, and he came to God\u2019s mountain called Horeb.", "comment": "[1] Also called Reuel"}, {"pk": 4093899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger appeared to him in a flame of fire in the middle of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was in flames, but it didn\u2019t burn up."}, {"pk": 4093900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Moses said to himself, Let me check out this amazing sight and find out why the bush isn\u2019t burning up."}, {"pk": 4093901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "When the LORD saw that he was coming to look, God called to him out of the bush, \u201cMoses, Moses!\u201d Moses said, \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the LORD said, \u201cDon\u2019t come any closer! Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He continued, \u201cI am the God of your father, Abraham\u2019s God, Isaac\u2019s God, and Jacob\u2019s God.\u201d Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God."}, {"pk": 4093904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the LORD said, \u201cI\u2019ve clearly seen my people oppressed in Egypt. I\u2019ve heard their cry of injustice because of their slave masters. I know about their pain."}, {"pk": 4093905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ve come down to rescue them from the Egyptians in order to take them out of that land and bring them to a good and broad land, a land that\u2019s full of milk and honey, a place where the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites all live."}, {"pk": 4093906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Now the Israelites\u2019 cries of injustice have reached me. I\u2019ve seen just how much the Egyptians have oppressed them."}, {"pk": 4093907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "So get going. I\u2019m sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "But Moses said to God, \u201cWho am I to go to Pharaoh and to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "God said, \u201cI\u2019ll be with you. And this will show you that I\u2019m the one who sent you. After you bring the people out of Egypt, you will come back here and worship God on this mountain.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "But Moses said to God, \u201cIf I now come to the Israelites and say to them, \u2018The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,\u2019 they are going to ask me, \u2018What\u2019s this God\u2019s name?\u2019 What am I supposed to say to them?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "God said to Moses, \u201cI Am Who I Am. <sup>[2]</sup> So say to the Israelites, \u2018I Am has sent me to you.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I Will Be Who I will Be.</i>"}, {"pk": 4093912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "God continued, \u201cSay to the Israelites, \u2018The LORD, the God of your ancestors, Abraham\u2019s God, Isaac\u2019s God, and Jacob\u2019s God, has sent me to you.\u2019 This is my name forever; this is how all generations will remember me."}, {"pk": 4093913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cGo and get Israel\u2019s elders together and say to them, \u2018The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me. The LORD said, \u201cI\u2019ve been paying close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019ve decided to take you away from the harassment in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land full of milk and honey.\u201d\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "They will accept what you say to them. Then you and Israel\u2019s elders will go to Egypt\u2019s king and say to him, \u2018The LORD, the Hebrews\u2019 God, has met with us. So now let us go on a three-day journey into the desert so that we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "However, I know that Egypt\u2019s king won\u2019t let you go unless he\u2019s forced to do it."}, {"pk": 4093917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "So I\u2019ll use my strength and hit Egypt with dramatic displays of my power. After that, he\u2019ll let you go."}, {"pk": 4093918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cI\u2019ll make it so that when you leave Egypt, the Egyptians will be kind to you and you won\u2019t go away empty-handed."}, {"pk": 4093919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Every woman will ask her neighbor along with the immigrant in her household for their silver and their gold jewelry as well as their clothing. Then you will put it on your sons and daughters, and you will rob the Egyptians.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Moses replied, \u201cBut what if they don\u2019t believe me or pay attention to me? They might say to me, \u2018The LORD didn\u2019t appear to you!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said to him, \u201cWhat\u2019s that in your hand?\u201d Moses replied, \u201cA shepherd\u2019s rod.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cThrow it down on the ground.\u201d So Moses threw it on the ground, and it turned into a snake. Moses jumped back from it."}, {"pk": 4093923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cReach out and grab the snake by the tail.\u201d So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a rod in his hand."}, {"pk": 4093924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cDo this so that they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors, Abraham\u2019s God, Isaac\u2019s God, and Jacob\u2019s God has in fact appeared to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Again, the LORD said to Moses, \u201cPut your hand inside your coat.\u201d So Moses put his hand inside his coat. When he took his hand out, his hand had a skin disease flaky like snow."}, {"pk": 4093926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Then God said, \u201cPut your hand back inside your coat.\u201d So Moses put his hand back inside his coat. When he took it back out again, the skin of his hand had returned to normal."}, {"pk": 4093927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cIf they won\u2019t believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second sign."}, {"pk": 4093928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "If they won\u2019t believe even these two signs or pay attention to you, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on dry ground. The water that you take from the Nile will turn into blood on the dry ground.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "But Moses said to the LORD, \u201cMy Lord, I\u2019ve never been able to speak well, not yesterday, not the day before, and certainly not now since you\u2019ve been talking to your servant. I have a slow mouth and a thick tongue.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the LORD said to him, \u201cWho gives people the ability to speak? Who\u2019s responsible for making them unable to speak or hard of hearing, sighted or blind? Isn\u2019t it I, the LORD?"}, {"pk": 4093931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Now go! I\u2019ll help you speak, and I\u2019ll teach you what you should say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "But Moses said, \u201cPlease, my Lord, just send someone else.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD got angry at Moses and said, \u201cWhat about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak very well. He\u2019s on his way out to meet you now, and he\u2019s looking forward to seeing you."}, {"pk": 4093934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Speak to him and tell him what he\u2019s supposed to say. I\u2019ll help both of you speak, and I\u2019ll teach both of you what to do."}, {"pk": 4093935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Aaron will speak for you to the people. He\u2019ll be a spokesperson for you, and you will be like God for him."}, {"pk": 4093936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Take this shepherd\u2019s rod with you too so that you can do the signs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, \u201cPlease let me go back to my family in Egypt and see whether or not they are still living.\u201d Jethro said to Moses, \u201cGo in peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD said to Moses in Midian, \u201cGo back to Egypt because everyone there who wanted to kill you has died.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "So Moses took his wife and his children, put them on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. Moses also carried the shepherd\u2019s rod from God in his hand."}, {"pk": 4093940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cWhen you go back to Egypt, make sure that you appear before Pharaoh and do all the amazing acts that I\u2019ve given you the power to do. But I\u2019ll make him stubborn so that he won\u2019t let the people go."}, {"pk": 4093941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Then say to Pharaoh, \u2018This is what the LORD says: Israel is my oldest son."}, {"pk": 4093942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "I said to you, \u201cLet my son go so he could worship me.\u201d But you refused to let him go. As a result, now I\u2019m going to kill your oldest son.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "During their journey, as they camped overnight, the LORD met Moses <sup>[1]</sup> and tried to kill him.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4093944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "But Zipporah took a sharp-edged flint stone and cut off her son\u2019s foreskin. Then she touched Moses\u2019 genitals <sup>[2]</sup> with it, and she said, \u201cYou are my bridegroom because of bloodshed.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>his feet</i>"}, {"pk": 4093945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "So the LORD let him alone. At that time, she announced, \u201cA bridegroom because of bloodshed by circumcision.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD said to Aaron, \u201cGo into the desert to meet Moses.\u201d So he went, and Aaron met him at God\u2019s mountain and greeted him with a kiss."}, {"pk": 4093947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Moses told Aaron what the LORD had said about his mission and all the signs that the LORD had told him to do."}, {"pk": 4093948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Then Moses and Aaron called together all the Israelite elders."}, {"pk": 4093949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Aaron told them everything that the LORD had told to Moses, and he performed the signs in front of the people."}, {"pk": 4093950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "The people believed. When they heard that the LORD had paid attention to the Israelites and had seen their oppression, they bowed down and worshipped."}, {"pk": 4093951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Afterward, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, \u201cThis is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: \u2018Let my people go so that they can hold a festival for me in the desert.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "But Pharaoh said, \u201cWho is this LORD whom I\u2019m supposed to obey by letting Israel go? I don\u2019t know this LORD, and I certainly won\u2019t let Israel go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Then they said, \u201cThe Hebrews\u2019 God has appeared to us. Let us go on a three-day journey into the desert so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. Otherwise, the LORD will give us a deadly disease or violence.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "The king of Egypt said to them, \u201cMoses and Aaron, why are you making the people slack off from their work? Do the hard work yourselves!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Pharaoh continued, \u201cThe land\u2019s people are now numerous. Yet you want them to stop their hard work?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "On the very same day Pharaoh commanded the people\u2019s slave masters and supervisors,"}, {"pk": 4093957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t supply the people with the straw they need to make bricks like you did before. Let them go out and gather the straw for themselves."}, {"pk": 4093958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "But still make sure that they produce the same number of bricks as they made before. Don\u2019t reduce the number! They are weak and lazy, and that\u2019s why they cry, \u2018Let\u2019s go and offer sacrifices to our God.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Make the men\u2019s work so hard that it\u2019s all they can do, and they can\u2019t focus on these empty lies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "So the people\u2019s slave masters and supervisors came out and spoke to the people, \u201cThis is what Pharaoh says, \u2018I\u2019m not giving you straw anymore."}, {"pk": 4093961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Go and get the straw on your own, wherever you can find it. But your work won\u2019t be reduced at all.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "So the people spread out all through the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw."}, {"pk": 4093963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "The slave masters drove them hard and said, \u201cMake sure you make the same daily quota as when you had the straw.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The Israelite supervisors, whom Pharaoh\u2019s slave masters had set over them, were also beaten and asked, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you produce the same number of bricks yesterday and today as you did before?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the Israelite supervisors came and pleaded to Pharaoh, \u201cWhy do you treat your servants like this?"}, {"pk": 4093966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "No straw is supplied to your servants, yet they say to us, \u2018Make bricks!\u2019 Look at how your servants are being beaten! Your own people are to blame!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Pharaoh replied, \u201cYou are lazy bums, nothing but lazy bums. That\u2019s why you say, \u2018Let us go and offer sacrifices to the LORD.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4093968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Go and get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you still need to make the same number of bricks.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "The Israelite supervisors saw how impossible their situation was when they were commanded, \u201cDon\u2019t reduce your daily quota of bricks.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "When they left Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them."}, {"pk": 4093971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "The supervisors said to them, \u201cLet the LORD see and judge what you\u2019ve done! You\u2019ve made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants. You\u2019ve given them a reason to kill us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, \u201cMy Lord, why have you abused this people? Why did you send me for this?"}, {"pk": 4093973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Ever since I first came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has abused this people. And you\u2019ve done absolutely nothing to rescue your people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD replied to Moses, \u201cNow you will see what I\u2019ll do to Pharaoh. In fact, he\u2019ll be so eager to let them go that he\u2019ll drive them out of his land by force.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "God also said to Moses: \u201cI am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4093976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, <sup>[1]</sup> but I didn\u2019t reveal myself to them by my name \u2018The LORD.\u2019", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>El Shaddai</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4093977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "I also set up my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan where they lived as immigrants."}, {"pk": 4093978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ve also heard the cry of grief of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have turned into slaves, and I\u2019ve remembered my covenant."}, {"pk": 4093979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, say to the Israelites, \u2018I am the LORD. I\u2019ll bring you out from Egyptian forced labor. I\u2019ll rescue you from your slavery to them. I\u2019ll set you free with great power and with momentous events of justice."}, {"pk": 4093980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019ll take you as my people, and I\u2019ll be your God. You will know that I, the LORD, am your God, who has freed you from Egyptian forced labor."}, {"pk": 4093981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ll bring you into the land that I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I\u2019ll give it to you as your possession. I am the LORD.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses told this to the Israelites. But they didn\u2019t listen to Moses, because of their complete exhaustion and their hard labor."}, {"pk": 4093983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4093984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cGo and tell Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, to let the Israelites out of his land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "But Moses said to the LORD, \u201cThe Israelites haven\u2019t even listened to me. How can I expect Pharaoh to listen to me, especially since I\u2019m not a very good speaker?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4093986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Nevertheless, the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, giving them orders to let the Israelites go from the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4093987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "These were the leaders of their households. The descendants of Reuben, Israel\u2019s oldest son: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were Reuben\u2019s clans."}, {"pk": 4093988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "The Simeonites: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, a Canaanite woman\u2019s son. These were Simeon\u2019s clans."}, {"pk": 4093989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "These were the Levites\u2019 names by their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years."}, {"pk": 4093990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The Gershonites: Libni and Shimei and their clans."}, {"pk": 4093991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The Kohathites: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years."}, {"pk": 4093992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "The Merarites: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their generations."}, {"pk": 4093993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Amram married Jochebed, his father\u2019s sister. She gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years."}, {"pk": 4093994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "The Izharites: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri."}, {"pk": 4093995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "The Uzzielites: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri."}, {"pk": 4093996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Aaron married Elisheba, Amminadab\u2019s daughter and Nahshon\u2019s sister. She gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."}, {"pk": 4093997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "The Korahites: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans."}, {"pk": 4093998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Aaron\u2019s son Eleazar married one of Putiel\u2019s daughters. She gave birth to Phinehas. These were the leaders of Levite households by their clans."}, {"pk": 4093999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "It was this same Aaron and Moses whom the LORD commanded, \u201cBring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt in military formation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "It was also this same Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "At the time the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,"}, {"pk": 4094002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "the LORD said to him, \u201cI am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, everything that I\u2019ve said to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "But Moses replied to the LORD, \u201cLook, I\u2019m not a very good speaker. How is Pharaoh ever going to listen to me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cSee, I\u2019ve made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet."}, {"pk": 4094005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "You will say everything that I command you, and your brother Aaron will tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites out of his land."}, {"pk": 4094006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "But I\u2019ll make Pharaoh stubborn, and I\u2019ll perform many of my signs and amazing acts in the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "When Pharaoh refuses to listen to you, then I\u2019ll act against Egypt and I\u2019ll bring my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt in military formation by momentous events of justice."}, {"pk": 4094008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "The Egyptians will come to know that I am the LORD, when I act against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them."}, {"pk": 4094010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4094011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,"}, {"pk": 4094012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWhen Pharaoh says to you, \u2018Do one of your amazing acts,\u2019 then say to Aaron, \u2018Take your shepherd\u2019s rod and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, and it will turn into a cobra.\u2019\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>serpent</i>"}, {"pk": 4094013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw down his shepherd\u2019s rod in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it turned into a cobra."}, {"pk": 4094014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Pharaoh called together his wise men and wizards, and Egypt\u2019s religious experts <sup>[2]</sup> did the same thing by using their secret knowledge.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>magicians</i>"}, {"pk": 4094015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Each one threw down his rod, and they turned into cobras. But then Aaron\u2019s rod swallowed up each of their rods."}, {"pk": 4094016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "However, Pharaoh remained stubborn. He wouldn\u2019t listen to them, just as the LORD had said."}, {"pk": 4094017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cPharaoh is stubborn. He still refuses to let the people go."}, {"pk": 4094018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Go to Pharaoh in the morning. As he is going out to the water, make sure you stand at the bank of the Nile River so you will run into him. Bring along the shepherd\u2019s rod that turned into a snake."}, {"pk": 4094019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Say to him, The LORD, the Hebrews\u2019 God, has sent me to you with this message: Let my people go so that they can worship me in the desert. Up to now you still haven\u2019t listened."}, {"pk": 4094020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. I\u2019m now going to hit the water of the Nile River with this rod in my hand, and it will turn into blood."}, {"pk": 4094021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "The fish in the Nile are going to die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians won\u2019t be able to drink water from the Nile.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cSay to Aaron, \u2018Take your shepherd\u2019s rod and stretch out your hand over Egypt\u2019s waters \u2014 over their rivers, their canals, their marshes, and all their bodies of water \u2014 so that they turn into blood. There will be blood all over the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded. He raised the shepherd\u2019s rod and hit the water in the Nile in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood."}, {"pk": 4094024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "The fish in the Nile died, and the Nile began to stink so that the Egyptians couldn\u2019t drink water from the Nile. There was blood all over the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "But the Egyptian religious experts did the same thing with their secret knowledge. As a result, Pharaoh remained stubborn, and he wouldn\u2019t listen to them, just as the LORD had said."}, {"pk": 4094026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Pharaoh turned and went back to his palace. He wasn\u2019t impressed even by this."}, {"pk": 4094027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Meanwhile, all the Egyptians had to dig for drinking water along the banks of the Nile River, because they couldn\u2019t drink the water of the Nile itself."}, {"pk": 4094028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Seven days went by after the LORD had struck the Nile River."}, {"pk": 4094029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo to Pharaoh and tell him: This is what the LORD says: Let my people go so that they can worship me.", "comment": "[1] 7:26 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4094030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "If you refuse to let them go, then I\u2019ll send a plague of frogs over your whole country."}, {"pk": 4094031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "The Nile will overflow with frogs. They\u2019ll get into your palace, into your bedroom and onto your bed, into your officials\u2019 houses, and among all your people, and even into your ovens and bread pans."}, {"pk": 4094032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The frogs will crawl up on you, your people, and all your officials.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "And <sup>[2]</sup> the LORD said to Moses, \u201cTell Aaron, \u2018Stretch out your hand with your shepherd\u2019s rod over the rivers, the canals, and the marshes, and make the frogs crawl up all over the land of Egypt.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/8/1'>8:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4094034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt. The frogs crawled up and covered the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "However, the Egyptian religious experts were able to do the same thing by their secret knowledge. They too made frogs crawl up onto the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, \u201cIf you pray to the LORD to get rid of the frogs from me and my people, then I\u2019ll let the people go so that they can offer sacrifices to the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses said to Pharaoh, \u201cHave it your way. When should I pray for you and your officials and your people to remove the frogs from your houses, courtyards, and fields? They\u2019ll stay only in the Nile.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Pharaoh said, \u201cTomorrow!\u201d Moses said, \u201cJust as you say! That way you will know that there is no one like the LORD our God."}, {"pk": 4094039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The frogs will leave you, your houses, your officials, and your people. They\u2019ll stay only in the Nile.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs that the LORD had brought on Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4094041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD did as Moses asked. The frogs died inside the houses, out in the yards, and in the fields."}, {"pk": 4094042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "They gathered them together in big piles, and the land began to stink."}, {"pk": 4094043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "But when Pharaoh saw that the disaster was over, he became stubborn again and wouldn\u2019t listen to them, just as the LORD had said."}, {"pk": 4094044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cTell Aaron, \u2018Stretch out your shepherd\u2019s rod and hit the land\u2019s dirt so that lice <sup>[3]</sup> appear in the whole land of Egypt.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4094045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "They did this. Aaron stretched out his hand with his shepherd\u2019s rod, hit the land\u2019s dirt, and lice appeared on both people and animals. All the land\u2019s dirt turned into lice throughout the whole land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "The religious experts <sup>[4]</sup> tried to produce lice by their secret knowledge, but they weren\u2019t able to do it. There were lice on people and animals.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>magicians</i>"}, {"pk": 4094047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "The religious experts said to Pharaoh, \u201cThis is something only God could do!\u201d But Pharaoh was stubborn, and he wouldn\u2019t listen to them, just as the LORD had said."}, {"pk": 4094048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cGet up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes out to the water. Say to him, This is what the LORD says: Let my people go so that they can worship me."}, {"pk": 4094049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "If you refuse to let my people go, I\u2019ll send swarms of insects <sup>[5]</sup> on you, your officials, your people, and your houses. All Egyptian houses will be filled with swarms of insects and also the ground that they cover.", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4094050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "But on that day I\u2019ll set apart the land of Goshen, where my people live. No swarms of insects will come there so you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land."}, {"pk": 4094051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "I\u2019ll put a barrier between my people and your people. This sign will happen tomorrow.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD did this. Great swarms of insects came into the houses of Pharaoh and his officials and into the whole land of Egypt. The land was ruined by the insects."}, {"pk": 4094053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Pharaoh called in Moses and Aaron and said, \u201cGo, offer sacrifices to your God within the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Moses replied, \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be right to do that, because the sacrifices that we offer to the LORD our God will offend Egyptians. If we openly offer sacrifices that offend Egyptians, won\u2019t they stone us to death?"}, {"pk": 4094055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "We need to go for a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God as he has ordered us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "So Pharaoh said, \u201cI\u2019ll let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the desert, provided you don\u2019t go too far away and you pray for me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said, \u201cI\u2019ll leave you now, and I\u2019ll pray to the LORD. Tomorrow the swarms of insects will leave Pharaoh, his officials, and his people. Just don\u2019t let Pharaoh lie to us again and not let the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "So Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "The LORD did as Moses asked and removed the swarms of insects from Pharaoh, from his officials, and from his people. Not one insect remained."}, {"pk": 4094060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "But Pharaoh was stubborn once again, and he wouldn\u2019t let the people go."}, {"pk": 4094061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo to Pharaoh and say to him, This is what the LORD, the Hebrews\u2019 God, says: Let my people go so that they can worship me."}, {"pk": 4094062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "If you refuse to let them go and you continue to hold them back,"}, {"pk": 4094063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "the LORD will send a very deadly disease on your livestock in the field: on horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, and flocks."}, {"pk": 4094064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "But the LORD will distinguish Israel\u2019s livestock from Egypt\u2019s livestock so that not one that belongs to the Israelites will die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD set a time and said, \u201cTomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "And the next day the LORD did it. All of the Egyptian livestock died, but not one animal that belonged to the Israelites died."}, {"pk": 4094067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Pharaoh asked around and found out that not one of Israel\u2019s livestock had died. But Pharaoh was stubborn, and he wouldn\u2019t let the people go."}, {"pk": 4094068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \u201cTake handfuls of ashes from a furnace and have Moses throw it up in the air in front of Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4094069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "The ashes will turn to soot over the whole land of Egypt. It will cause skin sores that will break out in blisters on people and animals in the whole land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "So they took ashes from the furnace, and they stood in front of Pharaoh. Moses threw the ash up in the air, and it caused skin sores and blisters to break out on people and animals."}, {"pk": 4094071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "The religious experts <sup>[1]</sup> couldn\u2019t stand up to Moses because of the skin sores, because there were skin sores on the religious experts as well as on all the Egyptians.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>magicians</i>"}, {"pk": 4094072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "But the LORD made Pharaoh stubborn, and Pharaoh wouldn\u2019t listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses."}, {"pk": 4094073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cGet up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh. Say to him, This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they can worship me."}, {"pk": 4094074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "This time I\u2019m going to send all my plagues on you, your officials, and your people so that you will know that there is no one like me in the whole world."}, {"pk": 4094075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "By now I could have used my power to strike you and your people with a deadly disease so that you would have disappeared from the earth."}, {"pk": 4094076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "But I\u2019ve left you standing for this reason: in order to show you my power and in order to make my name known in the whole world."}, {"pk": 4094077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "You are still abusing your power against my people, and you refuse to let them go."}, {"pk": 4094078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Tomorrow at this time I\u2019ll cause the heaviest hail to fall on Egypt that has ever fallen from the day Egypt was founded until now."}, {"pk": 4094079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "So bring under shelter your livestock and all that belongs to you that is out in the open. Every person or animal that is out in the open field and isn\u2019t brought inside will die when the hail rains down on them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Some of Pharaoh\u2019s officials who took the LORD\u2019s word seriously rushed to bring their servants and livestock inside for shelter."}, {"pk": 4094081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Others who didn\u2019t take the LORD\u2019s word to heart left their servants and livestock out in the open field."}, {"pk": 4094082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cRaise your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall on the whole land of Egypt, on people and animals and all the grain in the fields in the land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Then Moses raised his shepherd\u2019s rod toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "The hail and the lightning flashing in the middle of the hail were so severe that there had been nothing like it in the entire land of Egypt since it first became a nation."}, {"pk": 4094085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "The hail beat down everything that was in the open field throughout the entire land of Egypt, both people and animals. The hail also beat down all the grain in the fields, and it shattered every tree out in the field."}, {"pk": 4094086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "The only place where hail didn\u2019t fall was in the land of Goshen where the Israelites lived."}, {"pk": 4094087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, \u201cThis time I\u2019ve sinned. The LORD is right, and I and my people are wrong."}, {"pk": 4094088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Pray to the LORD! Enough of God\u2019s thunder and hail! I\u2019m going to let you go. You don\u2019t need to stay here any longer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said to him, \u201cAs soon as I\u2019ve left the city, I\u2019ll spread out my hands to the LORD. Then the thunder and the hail will stop and won\u2019t return so that you will know that the earth belongs to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "But I know that you and your officials still don\u2019t take the LORD God seriously.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "<sup>[30]</sup> (Now the flax and the barley were destroyed, because the barley had ears of grain and the flax had buds."}, {"pk": 4094092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "But both durum and spelt wheat weren\u2019t ruined, because they hadn\u2019t come up.)"}, {"pk": 4094093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "Moses left Pharaoh and the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. Then the thunder and the hail stopped, and the rain stopped pouring down on the earth."}, {"pk": 4094094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he sinned again. Pharaoh and his officials became stubborn."}, {"pk": 4094095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Because of his stubbornness, Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had told Moses."}, {"pk": 4094096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo to Pharaoh. I\u2019ve made him and his officials stubborn so that I can show them my signs"}, {"pk": 4094097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "and so that you can tell your children and grandchildren how I overpowered the Egyptians with the signs I did among them. You will know that I am the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, \u201cThis is what the LORD, the Hebrews\u2019 God, says: How long will you refuse to respect me? Let my people go so that they can worship me."}, {"pk": 4094099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Otherwise, if you refuse to let my people go, I\u2019m going to bring locusts into your country tomorrow."}, {"pk": 4094100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "They will cover the landscape so that you won\u2019t be able to see the ground. They will eat the last bit of vegetation that was left after the hail. They will eat all your trees growing in the fields."}, {"pk": 4094101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "The locusts will fill your houses and all your officials\u2019 houses and all the Egyptians\u2019 houses. Your parents and even your grandparents have never seen anything like it during their entire lifetimes in this fertile land.\u201d Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4094102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s officials said to him, \u201cHow long will this man trap us in a corner like this? Let the people go so that they can worship the LORD their God. Don\u2019t you get it? Egypt is being destroyed!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, \u201cGo! Worship the LORD your God! But who exactly is going with you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses said, \u201cWe\u2019ll go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we all must observe the LORD\u2019s festival.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Pharaoh said to them, \u201cYes, the LORD will be with you, all right, especially if I let your children go with you! Obviously, you are plotting some evil scheme."}, {"pk": 4094106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "No way! Only your men can go and worship the LORD, because that\u2019s what you asked for.\u201d Then Pharaoh had them chased out of his presence."}, {"pk": 4094107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses: \u201cStretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so that the locusts will swarm over the land of Egypt and eat all of the land\u2019s grain and everything that the hail left.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "So Moses stretched out his shepherd\u2019s rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow over the land all that day and all that night. When morning came, the east wind had carried in the locusts."}, {"pk": 4094109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "The locusts swarmed over the whole land of Egypt and settled on the whole country. Such a huge swarming of locusts had never happened before and would never happen ever again."}, {"pk": 4094110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "They covered the whole landscape so that the land turned black with them. They ate all of the land\u2019s grain and all of the orchards\u2019 fruit that the hail had left. Nothing green was left in any orchard or in any grain field in the whole land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Pharaoh called urgently for Moses and Aaron and said, \u201cI\u2019ve sinned against the LORD your God and against you."}, {"pk": 4094112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Please forgive my sin this time. Pray to the LORD your God just to take this deathly disaster away from me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "So Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind that lifted the locusts and drove them into the Reed Sea. <sup>[1]</sup> Not a single locust was left in the whole country of Egypt.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4094115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "But the LORD made Pharaoh stubborn so that he wouldn\u2019t let the Israelites go."}, {"pk": 4094116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cRaise your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over the land of Egypt, a darkness that you can feel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "So Moses raised his hand toward the sky, and an intense darkness fell on the whole land of Egypt for three days."}, {"pk": 4094118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "People couldn\u2019t see each other, and they couldn\u2019t go anywhere for three days. But the Israelites all had light where they lived."}, {"pk": 4094119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, \u201cGo! Worship the LORD! Only your flocks and herds need to stay behind. Even your children can go with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "But Moses said, \u201cYou need to let us have sacrifices and entirely burned offerings to present to the LORD our God."}, {"pk": 4094121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "So our livestock must go with us. Not one animal can be left behind. We\u2019ll need some of them for worshipping the LORD our God. We won\u2019t know which to use to worship the LORD until we get there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "But the LORD made Pharaoh stubborn so that he wasn\u2019t willing to let them go."}, {"pk": 4094123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Pharaoh said to him, \u201cGet out of here! Make sure you never see my face again, because the next time you see my face you will die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said, \u201cYou\u2019ve said it! I\u2019ll never see your face again!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cI\u2019ll bring one more disaster on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he\u2019ll let you go from here. In fact, when he lets you go, he\u2019ll eagerly chase you out of here."}, {"pk": 4094126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell every man to ask his neighbor and every woman to ask her neighbor for all their silver and gold jewelry.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD made sure that the Egyptians were kind to the Hebrew people. In addition, Pharaoh\u2019s officials and the Egyptian people even came to honor Moses as a great and important man in the land."}, {"pk": 4094128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Moses said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: At midnight I\u2019ll go throughout Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Every oldest child in the land of Egypt will die, from the oldest child of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the oldest child of the servant woman by the millstones, and all the first offspring of the animals."}, {"pk": 4094130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Then a terrible cry of agony will echo through the whole land of Egypt unlike any heard before or that ever will be again."}, {"pk": 4094131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "But as for the Israelites, not even a dog will growl at them, at the people, or at their animals. By this, you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel."}, {"pk": 4094132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Then all your officials will come down to me, bow to me, and say, \u2018Get out, you and all your followers!\u2019 After that I\u2019ll leave.\u201d Then Moses, furious, left Pharaoh."}, {"pk": 4094133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cPharaoh won\u2019t listen to you so that I can perform even more amazing acts in the land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Now Moses and Aaron did all these amazing acts in front of Pharaoh, but the LORD made Pharaoh stubborn so that he didn\u2019t let the Israelites go from his land."}, {"pk": 4094135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,"}, {"pk": 4094136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cThis month will be the first month; it will be the first month of the year for you. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April; cf <a href='/CEB/2/13/4'>Exod 13:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4094137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Tell the whole Israelite community: On the tenth day of this month they must take a lamb for each household, a lamb per house."}, {"pk": 4094138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "If a household is too small for a lamb, it should share one with a neighbor nearby. You should divide the lamb in proportion to the number of people who will be eating it."}, {"pk": 4094139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Your lamb should be a flawless year-old male. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats."}, {"pk": 4094140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "You should keep close watch over it until the fourteenth day of this month. At twilight on that day, the whole assembled Israelite community should slaughter their lambs."}, {"pk": 4094141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "They should take some of the blood and smear it on the two doorposts and on the beam over the door of the houses in which they are eating."}, {"pk": 4094142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "That same night they should eat the meat roasted over the fire. They should eat it along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs."}, {"pk": 4094143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over fire with its head, legs, and internal organs."}, {"pk": 4094144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t let any of it remain until morning, and burn any of it left over in the morning."}, {"pk": 4094145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "This is how you should eat it. You should be dressed, with your sandals on your feet and your walking stick in your hand. You should eat the meal in a hurry. It is the Passover of the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019ll pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I\u2019ll strike down every oldest child in the land of Egypt, both humans and animals. I\u2019ll impose judgments on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "The blood will be your sign on the houses where you live. Whenever I see the blood, I\u2019ll pass over <sup>[2]</sup> you. No plague will destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.", "comment": "[2] Heb verb of the noun <i>Passover</i>"}, {"pk": 4094148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThis day will be a day of remembering for you. You will observe it as a festival to the LORD. You will observe it in every generation as a regulation for all time."}, {"pk": 4094149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "You will eat unleavened bread for seven days. On the first day you must remove yeast from your houses because anyone who eats leavened bread anytime during those seven days will be cut off from Israel."}, {"pk": 4094150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "The first day and the seventh day will be a holy occasion for you. No work at all should be done on those days, except for preparing the food that everyone is going to eat. That is the only work you may do."}, {"pk": 4094151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "You should observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because on this precise day I brought you out of the land of Egypt in military formation. You should observe this day in every generation as a regulation for all time."}, {"pk": 4094152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day, you should eat unleavened bread."}, {"pk": 4094153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "For seven days no yeast should be found in your houses because whoever eats leavened bread will be cut off from the Israelite community, whether the person is an immigrant or a native of the land."}, {"pk": 4094154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "You should not eat anything made with yeast in all your settlements. You should eat only unleavened bread.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Moses called together all of Israel\u2019s elders and said to them, \u201cGo pick out one of the flock for your families, and slaughter the Passover lamb."}, {"pk": 4094156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood that is in the bowl, and touch the beam above the door and the two doorposts with the blood in the bowl. None of you should go out the door of your house until morning."}, {"pk": 4094157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "When the LORD comes by to strike down the Egyptians and sees the blood on the beam above the door and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over that door. He won\u2019t let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you down."}, {"pk": 4094158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "You should observe this ritual as a regulation for all time for you and your children."}, {"pk": 4094159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "When you enter the land that the LORD has promised to give you, be sure that you observe this ritual."}, {"pk": 4094160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "And when your children ask you, \u2018What does this ritual mean to you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4094161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "you will say, \u2018It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for the LORD passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. When he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses.\u2019\u201d The people then bowed down and worshipped."}, {"pk": 4094162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "The Israelites went and did exactly what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron to do."}, {"pk": 4094163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "At midnight the LORD struck down all the first offspring in the land of Egypt, from the oldest child of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the oldest child of the prisoner in jail, and all the first offspring of the animals."}, {"pk": 4094164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "When Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the Egyptians got up that night, a terrible cry of agony rang out across Egypt because every house had someone in it who had died."}, {"pk": 4094165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron that night and said, \u201cGet up! Get away from my people, both you and the Israelites! Go! Worship the LORD, as you said!"}, {"pk": 4094166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "You can even take your flocks and herds, as you asked. Just go! And bring a blessing on me as well!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the land because they thought, We\u2019ll all be dead."}, {"pk": 4094168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "So the people picked up their bread dough before the yeast made it rise, with their bread pans wrapped in their robes on their shoulders."}, {"pk": 4094169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "The Israelites did as Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for their silver and gold jewelry as well as their clothing."}, {"pk": 4094170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "The LORD made sure that the Egyptians were kind to the people so that they let them have whatever they asked for. And so they robbed the Egyptians."}, {"pk": 4094171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. They numbered about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children."}, {"pk": 4094172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "A diverse crowd also went up with them along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds."}, {"pk": 4094173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "They baked unleavened cakes from the dough they had brought out of Egypt. The dough didn\u2019t rise because they were driven out of Egypt and they couldn\u2019t wait. In fact, they didn\u2019t have time to prepare any food for themselves."}, {"pk": 4094174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "The length of time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years."}, {"pk": 4094175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that precise day, all the LORD\u2019s people in military formation left the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "For the LORD, that was a night of intent watching, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For all Israelites in every generation, this same night is a time of intent watching to honor the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the regulation for the Passover. No foreigner may eat it."}, {"pk": 4094178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "However, any slave who has been bought may eat it after he\u2019s been circumcised."}, {"pk": 4094179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "No temporary foreign resident or day laborer may eat it."}, {"pk": 4094180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "It should be eaten in one house. You shouldn\u2019t take any of the meat outside the house, and you shouldn\u2019t break the bones."}, {"pk": 4094181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "The whole Israelite community should observe it."}, {"pk": 4094182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 48, "text": "If an immigrant who lives with you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, then he and all his males should be circumcised. Then he may join in observing it. He should be regarded as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it."}, {"pk": 4094183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 49, "text": "There will be one Instruction for the native and for the immigrant who lives with you."}, {"pk": 4094184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 50, "text": "All the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron."}, {"pk": 4094185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 12, "verse": 51, "text": "On that precise day, the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt in military formation."}, {"pk": 4094186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Dedicate to me all your oldest children. Each first offspring from any Israelite womb belongs to me, whether human or animal."}, {"pk": 4094188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses said to the people, \u201cRemember this day which is the day that you came out of Egypt, out of the place you were slaves, because the LORD acted with power to bring you out of there. No leavened bread may be eaten."}, {"pk": 4094189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Today, in the month of Abib, <sup>[1]</sup> you are going to leave.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, named Nisan after the exile"}, {"pk": 4094190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD will bring you to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. It is the land that the LORD promised your ancestors to give to you, a land full of milk and honey. You should perform this ritual in this month."}, {"pk": 4094191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "You must eat unleavened bread for seven days. The seventh day is a festival to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Only unleavened bread should be eaten for seven days. No leavened bread and no yeast should be seen among you in your whole country."}, {"pk": 4094193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "You should explain to your child on that day, \u2018It\u2019s because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4094194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cIt will be a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead so that you will often discuss the LORD\u2019s Instruction, for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with great power."}, {"pk": 4094195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "So you should follow this regulation at its appointed time every year."}, {"pk": 4094196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cWhen the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you as promised to you and your ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4094197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "you should set aside for the LORD whatever comes out of the womb first. All of the first males born to your animal belong to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "But every first male donkey you should ransom with a sheep. If you don\u2019t ransom it, you must break its neck. You should ransom every oldest male among your children."}, {"pk": 4094199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "When in the future your child asks you, \u2018What does this mean?\u2019 you should answer, \u2018The LORD brought us with great power out of Egypt, out of the place we were slaves."}, {"pk": 4094200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "When Pharaoh refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the oldest offspring in the land of Egypt, from the oldest sons to the oldest male animals. That is why I offer to the LORD as a sacrifice every male that first comes out of the womb. But I ransom my oldest sons.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4094201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "It will be a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with great power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "When Pharaoh let the people go, God didn\u2019t lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, even though that was the shorter route. God thought, If the people have to fight and face war, they will run back to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "So God led the people by the roundabout way of the Reed Sea <sup>[2]</sup> desert. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt ready for battle.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4094204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Moses took with him Joseph\u2019s bones just as Joseph had made Israel\u2019s sons promise when he said to them, \u201cWhen God takes care of you, you must carry my bones out of here with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert."}, {"pk": 4094206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD went in front of them during the day in a column of cloud to guide them and at night in a column of lightning to give them light. This way they could travel during the day and at night."}, {"pk": 4094207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "The column of cloud during the day and the column of lightning at night never left its place in front of the people."}, {"pk": 4094208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell the Israelites to turn back and set up camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea in front of Baal-zephon. You should set up camp in front of it by the sea."}, {"pk": 4094210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Pharaoh will think to himself, The Israelites are lost and confused in the land. The desert has trapped them."}, {"pk": 4094211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019ll make Pharaoh stubborn, and he\u2019ll chase them. I\u2019ll gain honor at the expense of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD. And they did exactly that."}, {"pk": 4094212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "When Egypt\u2019s king was told that the people had run away, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people. They said, \u201cWhat have we done, letting Israel go free from their slavery to us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "So he sent for his chariot and took his army with him."}, {"pk": 4094214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "He took six hundred elite chariots and all of Egypt\u2019s other chariots with captains on all of them."}, {"pk": 4094215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD made Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, stubborn, and he chased the Israelites, who were leaving confidently."}, {"pk": 4094216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "The Egyptians, including all of Pharaoh\u2019s horse-drawn chariots, his cavalry, and his army, chased them and caught up with them as they were camped by the sea, by Pi-hahiroth in front of Baal-zephon."}, {"pk": 4094217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "As Pharaoh drew closer, the Israelites looked back and saw the Egyptians marching toward them. The Israelites were terrified and cried out to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "They said to Moses, \u201cWeren\u2019t there enough graves in Egypt that you took us away to die in the desert? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt like this?"}, {"pk": 4094219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Didn\u2019t we tell you the same thing in Egypt? \u2018Leave us alone! Let us work for the Egyptians!\u2019 It would have been better for us to work for the Egyptians than to die in the desert.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "But Moses said to the people, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Stand your ground, and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never ever see again."}, {"pk": 4094221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD will fight for you. You just keep still.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cWhy do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to get moving."}, {"pk": 4094223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "As for you, lift your shepherd\u2019s rod, stretch out your hand over the sea, and split it in two so that the Israelites can go into the sea on dry ground."}, {"pk": 4094224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "But me, I\u2019ll make the Egyptians stubborn so that they will go in after them, and I\u2019ll gain honor at the expense of Pharaoh, all his army, his chariots, and his cavalry."}, {"pk": 4094225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I gain honor at the expense of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his cavalry.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "God\u2019s messenger, who had been in front of Israel\u2019s camp, moved and went behind them. The column of cloud moved from the front and took its place behind them."}, {"pk": 4094227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "It stood between Egypt\u2019s camp and Israel\u2019s camp. The cloud remained there, and when darkness fell it lit up the night. They didn\u2019t come near each other all night."}, {"pk": 4094228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD pushed the sea back by a strong east wind all night, turning the sea into dry land. The waters were split into two."}, {"pk": 4094229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "The Israelites walked into the sea on dry ground. The waters formed a wall for them on their right hand and on their left."}, {"pk": 4094230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "The Egyptians chased them and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh\u2019s horses, chariots, and cavalry."}, {"pk": 4094231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "As morning approached, the LORD looked down on the Egyptian camp from the column of lightning and cloud and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic."}, {"pk": 4094232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD jammed their chariot wheels so that they wouldn\u2019t turn easily. The Egyptians said, \u201cLet\u2019s get away from the Israelites, because the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand over the sea so that the water comes back and covers the Egyptians, their chariots, and their cavalry.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. At daybreak, the sea returned to its normal depth. The Egyptians were driving toward it, and the LORD tossed the Egyptians into the sea."}, {"pk": 4094235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "The waters returned and covered the chariots and the cavalry, Pharaoh\u2019s entire army that had followed them into the sea. Not one of them remained."}, {"pk": 4094236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "The Israelites, however, walked on dry ground through the sea. The waters formed a wall for them on their right hand and on their left."}, {"pk": 4094237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD rescued Israel from the Egyptians that day. Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore."}, {"pk": 4094238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Israel saw the amazing power of the LORD against the Egyptians. The people were in awe of the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses."}, {"pk": 4094239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: I will sing to the LORD, for an overflowing victory! <br>Horse and rider he threw into the sea!<br>"}, {"pk": 4094240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD is my strength and my power; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>he has become my salvation. <br>This is my God, whom I will praise, <br>the God of my ancestors, whom I will acclaim.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>song</i>"}, {"pk": 4094241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD is a warrior; <br>the LORD is his name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s chariots and his army he hurled into the sea; <br>his elite captains were sunk in the Reed Sea. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4094243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "The deep sea covered them; <br>they sank into the deep waters like a stone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Your strong hand, LORD, is dominant in power; <br>your strong hand, LORD, shatters the enemy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4094245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "With your great surge you overthrow your opponents; <br>you send out your hot anger; it burns them up like straw.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "With the breath of your nostrils the waters swelled up, <br>the floods surged up in a great wave; <br>the deep waters foamed in the depths of the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "The enemy said, \u201cI\u2019ll pursue, I\u2019ll overtake, <br>I\u2019ll divide the spoils of war. <br>I\u2019ll be overfilled with them. <br>I\u2019ll draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4094248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "You blew with your wind; the sea covered over them. <br>They sank like lead in the towering waters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Who is like you among the gods, LORD? <br>Who is like you, foremost in holiness, <br>worthy of highest praise, doing awesome deeds?<br>"}, {"pk": 4094250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "You raised your strong hand; <br>earth swallowed them up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "With your great loyalty you led the people you rescued; <br>with your power you guided them to your sanctuary.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "The peoples heard, they shook in terror; <br>horror grabbed hold of Philistia\u2019s inhabitants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Edom\u2019s tribal chiefs were terrified; <br>panic grabbed hold of Moab\u2019s rulers; <br>all of Canaan\u2019s inhabitants melted in fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Terror and fear came over them; <br>because of your great power, <br>they were as still as a stone <br>until your people, LORD, passed by, <br>until the people you made your own passed by.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "You brought them in and planted them on your own mountain, <br>the place, LORD, that you made your home, <br>the sanctuary, LORD, that your hand created.<br>"}, {"pk": 4094256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD will rule forever and always. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "When Pharaoh\u2019s horses, chariots, and cavalry went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground."}, {"pk": 4094258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron\u2019s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women followed her playing tambourines and dancing."}, {"pk": 4094259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Miriam sang the refrain back to them: Sing to the LORD, for an overflowing victory! <br>Horse and rider he threw into the sea! <br>"}, {"pk": 4094260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Moses had Israel leave the Reed Sea <sup>[3]</sup> and go out into the Shur desert. They traveled for three days in the desert and found no water.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4094261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "When they came to Marah, they couldn\u2019t drink Marah\u2019s water because it was bitter. That\u2019s why it was called Marah. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>bitter</i>"}, {"pk": 4094262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "The people complained against Moses, \u201cWhat will we drink?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD pointed out a tree to him. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. The LORD made a regulation and a ruling there, and there he tested them."}, {"pk": 4094264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cIf you are careful to obey the LORD your God, do what God thinks is right, pay attention to his commandments, and keep all of his regulations, then I won\u2019t bring on you any of the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. I am the LORD who heals you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They camped there by the water."}, {"pk": 4094266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Sin desert, which is located between Elim and Sinai. They set out on the fifteenth day of the second month <sup>[1]</sup> after they had left the land of Egypt.", "comment": "[1] April\u2013May, Iyar"}, {"pk": 4094267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "The whole Israelite community complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert."}, {"pk": 4094268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "The Israelites said to them, \u201cOh, how we wish that the LORD had just put us to death while we were still in the land of Egypt. There we could sit by the pots cooking meat and eat our fill of bread. Instead, you\u2019ve brought us out into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cI\u2019m going to make bread rain down from the sky for you. The people will go out each day and gather just enough for that day. In this way, I\u2019ll test them to see whether or not they follow my Instruction."}, {"pk": 4094270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "On the sixth day, when they measure out what they have collected, it will be twice as much as they collected on other days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, \u201cThis evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "And in the morning you will see the LORD\u2019s glorious presence, because your complaints against the LORD have been heard. Who are we? Why blame us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Moses continued, \u201cThe LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning because the LORD heard the complaints you made against him. Who are we? Your complaints aren\u2019t against us but against the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Moses said to Aaron, \u201cSay to the whole Israelite community, \u2018Come near to the LORD, because he\u2019s heard your complaints.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "As Aaron spoke to the whole Israelite community, they turned to look toward the desert, and just then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared in the cloud."}, {"pk": 4094276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4094277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cI\u2019ve heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them, \u2018At twilight you will eat meat. And in the morning you will have your fill of bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "In the evening a flock of quail flew down and covered the camp. And in the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp."}, {"pk": 4094279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "When the layer of dew lifted, there on the desert surface were thin flakes, as thin as frost on the ground."}, {"pk": 4094280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, \u201cWhat <sup>[2]</sup> is it?\u201d They didn\u2019t know what it was. Moses said to them, \u201cThis is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>man</i> (= <i>What?</i>); cf <a href='/CEB/2/16/31'>Exod 16:31</a>"}, {"pk": 4094281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "This is what the LORD has commanded: \u2018Collect as much of it as each of you can eat, one omer <sup>[3]</sup> per person. You may collect for the number of people in your household.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[3] Two quarts"}, {"pk": 4094282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "The Israelites did as Moses said, some collecting more, some less."}, {"pk": 4094283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "But when they measured it out by the omer, the ones who had collected more had nothing left over, and the ones who had collected less had no shortage. Everyone collected just as much as they could eat."}, {"pk": 4094284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Moses said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t keep any of it until morning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "But they didn\u2019t listen to Moses. Some kept part of it until morning, but it became infested with worms and stank. Moses got angry with them."}, {"pk": 4094286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Every morning they gathered it, as much as each person could eat. But when the sun grew hot, it melted away."}, {"pk": 4094287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "On the sixth day the people collected twice as much food as usual, two omers per person. All the chiefs of the community came and told Moses."}, {"pk": 4094288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "He said to them, \u201cThis is what the LORD has said, \u2018Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. But you can set aside and keep all the leftovers until the next morning.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "So they set the leftovers aside until morning, as Moses had commanded. They didn\u2019t stink or become infested with worms."}, {"pk": 4094290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "The next day Moses said, \u201cEat it today, because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you won\u2019t find it out in the field."}, {"pk": 4094291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "Six days you will gather it. But on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be nothing to gather.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather bread, but they found nothing."}, {"pk": 4094293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cHow long will you refuse to obey my commandments and instructions?"}, {"pk": 4094294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Look! The LORD has given you the Sabbath. Therefore, on the sixth day he gives you enough food for two days. Each of you should stay where you are and not leave your place on the seventh day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "So the people rested on the seventh day."}, {"pk": 4094296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "The Israelite people called it manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and tasted like honey wafers."}, {"pk": 4094297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "Moses said, \u201cThis is what the LORD has commanded: \u2018Let an omer of it be kept safe for future generations so that they can see the food that I used to feed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "Moses said to Aaron, \u201cTake a jar, and put one full omer of manna in it. Then set it in the LORD\u2019s presence, where it should be kept safe for future generations.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "Aaron did as the LORD commanded Moses, and he put it in front of the covenant document for safekeeping."}, {"pk": 4094300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 35, "text": "The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to a livable land. They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4094301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 16, "verse": 36, "text": "<sup>[35]</sup> (An omer <sup>[4]</sup> is one-tenth of an ephah.)", "comment": "[4] Two quarts"}, {"pk": 4094302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "The whole Israelite community broke camp and set out from the Sin desert to continue their journey, as the LORD commanded. They set up their camp at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink."}, {"pk": 4094303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "The people argued with Moses and said, \u201cGive us water to drink.\u201d Moses said to them, \u201cWhy are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the LORD?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained to Moses, \u201cWhy did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "So Moses cried out to the LORD, \u201cWhat should I do with this people? They are getting ready to stone me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo on ahead of the people, and take some of Israel\u2019s elders with you. Take in your hand the shepherd\u2019s rod that you used to strike the Nile River, and go."}, {"pk": 4094307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019ll be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Hit the rock. Water will come out of it, and the people will be able to drink.\u201d Moses did so while Israel\u2019s elders watched."}, {"pk": 4094308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "He called the place Massah <sup>[1]</sup> and Meribah, <sup>[2]</sup> because the Israelites argued with and tested the LORD, asking, \u201cIs the LORD really with us or not?\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>test</i><br>[2] Or <i>argument</i>"}, {"pk": 4094309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim."}, {"pk": 4094310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses said to Joshua, \u201cChoose some men for us and go fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I\u2019ll stand on top of the hill with the shepherd\u2019s rod of God in my hand.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "So Joshua did as Moses told him. He fought with Amalek while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill."}, {"pk": 4094312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel would start winning the battle. Whenever Moses lowered his hand, Amalek would start winning."}, {"pk": 4094313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "But Moses\u2019 hands grew tired. So they took a stone and put it under Moses so he could sit down on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side of him so that his hands remained steady until sunset."}, {"pk": 4094314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword."}, {"pk": 4094315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cWrite this as a reminder on a scroll and read it to Joshua: I will completely wipe out the memory of Amalek under the sky.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses built an altar there and called it, \u201cThe LORD is my banner.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "He said, \u201cThe power of the LORD\u2019s banner! <sup>[3]</sup> The LORD is at war with Amalek in every generation.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4094318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Jethro, Midian\u2019s priest and Moses\u2019 father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for God\u2019s people Israel, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Moses\u2019 father-in-law Jethro took with him Zipporah, Moses\u2019 wife whom he had sent away,"}, {"pk": 4094320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "along with her two sons. One was named Gershom because he said, \u201cI have been an immigrant <sup>[1]</sup> living in a foreign land.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>ger</i> sounds like <i>Gershom.</i>"}, {"pk": 4094321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "The other was named Eliezer <sup>[2]</sup> because he said, \u201cThe God of my ancestors was my helper who rescued me from Pharaoh\u2019s sword.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my God is a helper.</i>"}, {"pk": 4094322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Jethro, Moses\u2019 father-in-law, brought Moses\u2019 sons and wife back to him in the desert where he had set up camp at God\u2019s mountain."}, {"pk": 4094323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "He sent word to Moses: \u201cI, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you along with your wife and her two sons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him. They asked each other how they were doing, and then they went into the tent."}, {"pk": 4094325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Moses then told his father-in-law everything that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians on Israel\u2019s behalf, all the difficulty they had on their journey, and how the LORD had rescued them."}, {"pk": 4094326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Jethro was glad about all the good things that the LORD had done for Israel in saving them from the Egyptians\u2019 power."}, {"pk": 4094327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "Jethro said, \u201cBless the LORD who rescued you from the Egyptians\u2019 power and from Pharaoh\u2019s power, who rescued the people from Egypt\u2019s oppressive power."}, {"pk": 4094328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because of what happened when the Egyptians plotted against them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Jethro, Moses\u2019 father-in-law, brought an entirely burned offering and sacrifices to God. Aaron came with all of Israel\u2019s elders to eat a meal with Moses\u2019 father-in-law in God\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4094330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "The next day Moses sat as a judge for the people, while the people stood around Moses from morning until evening."}, {"pk": 4094331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "When Moses\u2019 father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, \u201cWhat\u2019s this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people are standing around you from morning until evening?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses said to his father-in-law, \u201cBecause the people come to me to inquire of God."}, {"pk": 4094333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "When a conflict arises between them, they come to me and I judge between the two of them. I also teach them God\u2019s regulations and instructions.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Moses\u2019 father-in-law said to him, \u201cWhat you are doing isn\u2019t good."}, {"pk": 4094335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "You will end up totally wearing yourself out, both you and these people who are with you. The work is too difficult for you. You can\u2019t do it alone."}, {"pk": 4094336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Now listen to me and let me give you some advice. And may God be with you! Your role should be to represent the people before God. You should bring their disputes before God yourself."}, {"pk": 4094337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Explain the regulations and instructions to them. Let them know the way they are supposed to go and the things they are supposed to do."}, {"pk": 4094338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "But you should also look among all the people for capable persons who respect God. They should be trustworthy and not corrupt. Set these persons over the people as officers of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens."}, {"pk": 4094339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Let them sit as judges for the people at all times. They should bring every major dispute to you, but they should decide all of the minor cases themselves. This will be much easier for you, and they will share your load."}, {"pk": 4094340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "If you do this and God directs you, then you will be able to endure. And all these people will be able to go back to their homes much happier.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Moses listened to his father-in-law\u2019s suggestions and did everything that he had said."}, {"pk": 4094342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "Moses chose capable persons from all Israel and set them as leaders over the people, as officers over groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens."}, {"pk": 4094343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "They acted as judges for the people at all times. They would refer the hard cases to Moses, but all of the minor cases they decided themselves."}, {"pk": 4094344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Then Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law, and Jethro went back to his own country."}, {"pk": 4094345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "On exactly the third-month anniversary of the Israelites\u2019 leaving the land of Egypt, they came into the Sinai desert."}, {"pk": 4094346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "They traveled from Rephidim, came into the Sinai desert, and set up camp there. Israel camped there in front of the mountain"}, {"pk": 4094347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him from the mountain, \u201cThis is what you should say to Jacob\u2019s household and declare to the Israelites:"}, {"pk": 4094348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "You saw what I did to the Egyptians, and how I lifted you up on eagles\u2019 wings and brought you to me."}, {"pk": 4094349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "So now, if you faithfully obey me and stay true to my covenant, you will be my most precious possession out of all the peoples, since the whole earth belongs to me."}, {"pk": 4094350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "You will be a kingdom of priests for me and a holy nation. These are the words you should say to the Israelites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "So Moses came down, called together the people\u2019s elders, and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4094352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "The people all responded with one voice: \u201cEverything that the LORD has said we will do.\u201d Moses reported to the LORD what the people said."}, {"pk": 4094353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cI\u2019m about to come to you in a thick cloud in order that the people will hear me talking with you so that they will always trust you.\u201d Moses told the LORD what the people said,"}, {"pk": 4094354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "and the LORD said to Moses: \u201cGo to the people and take today and tomorrow to make them holy. Have them wash their clothes."}, {"pk": 4094355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Be ready for the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai for all the people to see."}, {"pk": 4094356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Set up a fence for the people all around and tell them, \u2018Be careful not to go up the mountain or to touch any part of it.\u2019 Anyone who even touches the mountain must be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "No one should touch anyone who has touched it, or they must be either stoned to death or shot with arrows. Whether an animal or a human being, they must not be allowed to live. Only when the ram\u2019s horn sounds may they go up on the mountain.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "So Moses went down the mountain to the people. He made sure the people were holy and that they washed their clothes."}, {"pk": 4094359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "He told the men, \u201cPrepare yourselves for three days. Don\u2019t go near a woman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "When morning dawned on the third day, there was thunder, lightning, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud blast of a horn. All the people in the camp shook with fear."}, {"pk": 4094361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD had come down on it with lightning. The smoke went up like the smoke of a hot furnace, while the whole mountain shook violently."}, {"pk": 4094363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "The blasts of the horn grew louder and louder. Moses would speak, and God would answer him with thunder."}, {"pk": 4094364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD came down on Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain. The LORD called Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up."}, {"pk": 4094365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo down and warn the people not to break through to try to see the LORD, or many of them will fall dead."}, {"pk": 4094366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "Even the priests who come near to the LORD must keep themselves holy, or the LORD will break loose against them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "Moses said to the LORD, \u201cThe people aren\u2019t allowed to come up on Mount Sinai because you warned us and said, \u2018Set up a fence around the mountain to keep it holy.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD said to him, \u201cGo down, and bring Aaron back up with you. But the priests and the people must not break through and come up to the LORD. Otherwise, the LORD will break loose against them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "So Moses went down to the people and told them."}, {"pk": 4094370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Then God spoke all these words:"}, {"pk": 4094371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "You must have no other gods before <sup>[1]</sup> me. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>besides</i>"}, {"pk": 4094373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Do not make an idol for yourself \u2014 no form whatsoever \u2014 of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Do not bow down to them or worship them, because I, the LORD your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents\u2019 sins even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation <sup>[2]</sup> of those who love me and keep my commandments. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>to thousands</i>"}, {"pk": 4094376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Do not use the LORD your God\u2019s name as if it were of no significance; the LORD won\u2019t forgive anyone who uses his name that way. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Remember the Sabbath day and treat it as holy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Six days you may work and do all your tasks, <br>"}, {"pk": 4094379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Do not do any work on it \u2014 not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your animals, or the immigrant who is living with you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Because the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days, but rested on the seventh day. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "Honor your father and your mother so that your life will be long on the fertile land that the LORD your God is giving you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Do not kill. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>murder</i>"}, {"pk": 4094383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Do not commit adultery. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Do not steal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Do not testify falsely against your neighbor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Do not desire your neighbor\u2019s house. Do not desire and try to take your neighbor\u2019s wife, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4094387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking, the people shook with fear and stood at a distance."}, {"pk": 4094388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "They said to Moses, \u201cYou speak to us, and we\u2019ll listen. But don\u2019t let God speak to us, or we\u2019ll die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Moses said to the people, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, because God has come only to test you and to make sure you are always in awe of God so that you don\u2019t sin.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "The people stood at a distance while Moses approached the thick darkness in which God was present."}, {"pk": 4094391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: \u201cSay this to the Israelites: You saw for yourselves how I spoke with you from heaven."}, {"pk": 4094392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "Don\u2019t make alongside me gods of silver or gold for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4094393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "Make for me an altar from fertile soil on which to sacrifice your entirely burned offerings, your well-being sacrifices, your sheep, and your oxen. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I make sure my name is remembered."}, {"pk": 4094394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "But if you do make for me an altar from stones, don\u2019t build it with chiseled stone since using your chisel on the stone will make it impure."}, {"pk": 4094395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t climb onto my altar using steps: then your genitals won\u2019t be exposed by doing so.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the case laws that you should set before them:"}, {"pk": 4094397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "When you buy a male Hebrew slave, he will serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he will go free without any payment."}, {"pk": 4094398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "If he came in single, he will leave single. If he came in married, then his wife will leave with him."}, {"pk": 4094399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master. He will leave single."}, {"pk": 4094400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "However, if the slave clearly states, \u201cI love my master, my wife, and my children, and I don\u2019t want to go free,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "then his master will bring him before God. He will bring him to the door or the doorpost. There his master will pierce his ear with a pointed tool, and he will serve him as his slave for life."}, {"pk": 4094402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shouldn\u2019t be set free in the same way as male slaves are set free."}, {"pk": 4094403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "If she doesn\u2019t please her master who chose her for himself, then her master must let her be bought back by her family. He has no right to sell her to a foreign people since he has treated her unfairly."}, {"pk": 4094404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "If he assigns her to his son, he must give her the rights of a daughter."}, {"pk": 4094405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "If he takes another woman for himself, he may not reduce her food, clothing, or marital rights."}, {"pk": 4094406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "If he doesn\u2019t do these three things for her, she will go free without any payment, for no money."}, {"pk": 4094407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Anyone who hits and kills someone should be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "If the killing wasn\u2019t on purpose but an accident allowed by God, then I will designate a place to which the killer can run away."}, {"pk": 4094409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "But if someone plots and kills another person on purpose, you should remove the killer from my altar and put him to death."}, {"pk": 4094410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Anyone who violently hits their father or mother should be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Anyone who kidnaps a person, whether they have been sold or are still being held, should be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Anyone who curses their father or mother should be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "When two people are fighting and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist so that he is in bed for a while but doesn\u2019t die \u2014"}, {"pk": 4094414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "if he recovers and is able to walk around outside with a cane, then the one who hit him shouldn\u2019t be punished, except to pay for the loss of time from work and to pay for his full recovery."}, {"pk": 4094415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "When a slave owner hits a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner should be punished."}, {"pk": 4094416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "But if the slave gets up after a day or two, the slave owner shouldn\u2019t be punished because the slave is the owner\u2019s property."}, {"pk": 4094417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that she has a miscarriage but no other injury occurs, then the guilty party will be fined what the woman\u2019s husband demands, as negotiated with the judges."}, {"pk": 4094418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "If there is further injury, then you will give a life for a life,"}, {"pk": 4094419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,"}, {"pk": 4094420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "a burn for a burn, a bruise for a bruise, a wound for a wound."}, {"pk": 4094421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "When a slave owner hits and blinds the eye of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the eye."}, {"pk": 4094422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "If he knocks out a tooth of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the tooth."}, {"pk": 4094423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox should be stoned to death, and the meat of the ox shouldn\u2019t be eaten. But the owner of the ox shouldn\u2019t be punished."}, {"pk": 4094424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "However, if the ox had gored people in the past and its owner had been warned but didn\u2019t watch out for it, and the ox ends up killing a man or a woman, then the ox should be stoned to death, and its owner should also be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "If the owner has to pay compensation instead, he must pay the agreed amount to save his life."}, {"pk": 4094426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "If the ox gores a boy or a girl, this same case law applies to the owner."}, {"pk": 4094427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner will pay thirty silver shekels to the slave\u2019s owner, and the ox will be stoned to death."}, {"pk": 4094428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "When someone leaves a pit open or digs a pit and doesn\u2019t cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into the pit,"}, {"pk": 4094429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "the owner of the pit must make good on the loss. He should pay money to the ox\u2019s owner, but he may keep the dead animal."}, {"pk": 4094430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 35, "text": "When someone\u2019s ox hurts someone else\u2019s ox and it dies, then they should sell the live ox and divide its price. They should also divide the dead animal between them."}, {"pk": 4094431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 21, "verse": 36, "text": "But if the ox was known for goring in the past and its owner hadn\u2019t watched out for it, the owner must make good the loss, an ox for an ox, but may keep the dead animal."}, {"pk": 4094432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> When someone steals an ox or a sheep and then slaughters or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for the one ox or four sheep for the one sheep.", "comment": "[1] 21:37 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4094433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> If the thief is caught breaking in and is beaten and dies, the one who killed him won\u2019t be guilty of bloodshed.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/22/1'>22:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4094434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "However, if this happens in broad daylight, then the one who killed him is guilty of bloodshed. For his part, the thief must make good on what he stole. If he has nothing, he must be sold to pay for his theft."}, {"pk": 4094435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "If an animal (whether ox, donkey, or sheep) is found alive in the thief\u2019s possession, he must pay back double."}, {"pk": 4094436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "When someone lets an animal loose to eat in another person\u2019s field and causes the field or vineyard to be stripped of its crop, the owner must pay them back with the best from his own field or vineyard."}, {"pk": 4094437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "When someone starts a fire and it catches in thorns and then spreads to someone else\u2019s stacked grain, standing grain, or a whole field, the one who started the fire must fully repay the loss."}, {"pk": 4094438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "When someone entrusts money or other items to another person to keep safe and they are stolen from the other person\u2019s house and the thief is caught, the thief must pay back double."}, {"pk": 4094439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "If the thief isn\u2019t caught, the owner of the house should be brought before God to determine whether or not the owner stole the other\u2019s property."}, {"pk": 4094440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "When any dispute of ownership over an ox, donkey, sheep, piece of clothing, or any other loss arises in which someone claims, \u201cThis is mine,\u201d the cases of both parties should come before God. The one whom God finds at fault must pay double to the other."}, {"pk": 4094441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "When someone gives a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal to another person to keep safe, and the animal dies or is injured or taken and no one saw what happened,"}, {"pk": 4094442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "the person should swear a solemn pledge before the LORD in the presence of the owner that he didn\u2019t touch the other\u2019s property. The owner must accept that, and no payment needs to be made."}, {"pk": 4094443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "But if the animal was stolen, the person must make full payment to its owner."}, {"pk": 4094444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "If the animal was attacked and ripped apart and its torn body is brought as evidence, no payment needs to be made."}, {"pk": 4094445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "When someone borrows an animal from another and it is injured or dies while the owner isn\u2019t present, full payment must be made."}, {"pk": 4094446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "If the owner was present, no payment needs to be made. If the animal was hired, only the fee for hiring the animal is due."}, {"pk": 4094447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "When a man seduces a young woman who isn\u2019t engaged to be married yet and he sleeps with her, he must marry her and pay the bride-price for her."}, {"pk": 4094448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "But if her father absolutely refuses to let them marry, he must still pay the same amount as the bride-price for young women."}, {"pk": 4094449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t allow a female sorcerer to live."}, {"pk": 4094450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal should be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Anyone who offers sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, should be destroyed."}, {"pk": 4094452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t mistreat or oppress an immigrant, because you were once immigrants in the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t treat any widow or orphan badly."}, {"pk": 4094454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "If you do treat them badly and they cry out to me, you can be sure that I\u2019ll hear their cry."}, {"pk": 4094455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "I\u2019ll be furious, and I\u2019ll kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows, and your children will be orphans."}, {"pk": 4094456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "If you lend money to my people who are poor among you, don\u2019t be a creditor and charge them interest."}, {"pk": 4094457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "If you take a piece of clothing from someone as a security deposit, you should return it before the sun goes down."}, {"pk": 4094458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "His clothing may well be his only blanket to cover himself. What else will that person have to sleep in? And if he cries out to me, I\u2019ll listen, because I\u2019m compassionate."}, {"pk": 4094459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t say a curse against God, and don\u2019t curse your people\u2019s chief."}, {"pk": 4094460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t delay offering the produce of your vineyards and winepresses. Give me your oldest son."}, {"pk": 4094461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "Do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. They should stay with their mother for seven days. On the eighth day, you should give them to me."}, {"pk": 4094462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "You are holy people to me. Don\u2019t eat any meat killed by wild animals out in the field. Throw it to the dogs instead."}, {"pk": 4094463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t spread false rumors. Don\u2019t plot with evil people to act as a lying witness."}, {"pk": 4094464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t take sides with important people to do wrong. When you act as a witness, don\u2019t stretch the truth to favor important people."}, {"pk": 4094465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "But don\u2019t privilege unimportant people in their lawsuits either."}, {"pk": 4094466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "When you happen to come upon your enemy\u2019s ox or donkey that has wandered off, you should bring it back to them."}, {"pk": 4094467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "When you see a donkey that belongs to someone who hates you and it\u2019s lying down under its load and you are inclined not to help set it free, you must help set it free."}, {"pk": 4094468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t undermine the justice that your poor deserve in their lawsuits."}, {"pk": 4094469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "Stay away from making a false charge. Don\u2019t put an innocent person who is in the right to death, because I will not consider innocent those who do such evil."}, {"pk": 4094470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right."}, {"pk": 4094471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t oppress an immigrant. You know what it\u2019s like to be an immigrant, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4094472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "For six years you should plant crops on your land and gather in its produce."}, {"pk": 4094473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "But in the seventh year you should leave it alone and undisturbed so that the poor among your people may eat. What they leave behind, the wild animals may eat. You should do the same with your vineyard and your olive trees."}, {"pk": 4094474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Do your work in six days. But on the seventh day you should rest so that your ox and donkey may rest, and even the child of your female slave and the immigrant may be refreshed."}, {"pk": 4094475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Be careful to obey everything that I have said to you. Don\u2019t call on the names of other gods. Don\u2019t even mention them."}, {"pk": 4094476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "You should observe a festival for me three times a year."}, {"pk": 4094477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread, as I commanded you. Eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, <sup>[1]</sup> because it was in that month that you came out of Egypt. No one should appear before me empty-handed.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, named Nisan after the exile"}, {"pk": 4094478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Observe the Harvest Festival for the early produce of your crops that you planted in the field, and the Gathering Festival at the end of the year, when you gather your crop of fruit from the field."}, {"pk": 4094479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "All your males should appear three times a year before the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4094480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened. Don\u2019t let the fat of my festival offering be left over until the morning."}, {"pk": 4094481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Bring the best of your land\u2019s early produce to the LORD your God\u2019s temple. Don\u2019t boil a young goat in its mother\u2019s milk."}, {"pk": 4094482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "I\u2019m about to send a messenger in front of you to guard you on your way and to bring you to the place that I\u2019ve made ready."}, {"pk": 4094483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "Pay attention to him and do as he says. Don\u2019t rebel against him. He won\u2019t forgive the things you do wrong because I <sup>[2]</sup> am with him.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my name</i>"}, {"pk": 4094484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "But if you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, then I\u2019ll be an enemy to your enemies and fight those fighting you."}, {"pk": 4094485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "When my messenger goes in front of you and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I wipe them out,"}, {"pk": 4094486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "don\u2019t bow down to their gods, worship them, or do what they do. Instead, you should completely destroy them and smash their sacred stone pillars to bits."}, {"pk": 4094487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "If you worship the LORD your God, the LORD will bless your bread and your water. I\u2019ll take sickness away from you,"}, {"pk": 4094488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "and no woman will miscarry or be infertile in your land. I\u2019ll let you live a full, long life."}, {"pk": 4094489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "My terrifying reputation will precede you, and I\u2019ll throw all the people that you meet into a panic. I\u2019ll make all your enemies turn their backs to you."}, {"pk": 4094490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "I\u2019ll send insect swarms in front of you and drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you."}, {"pk": 4094491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "I won\u2019t drive them out before you in a single year so the land won\u2019t be abandoned and the wild animals won\u2019t multiply around you."}, {"pk": 4094492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "I\u2019ll drive them out before you little by little, until your numbers grow and you eventually possess the land."}, {"pk": 4094493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "I\u2019ll set your borders from the Reed Sea <sup>[3]</sup> to the Philistine Sea and from the desert to the River. I\u2019ll hand the inhabitants of the land over to you, and you will drive them out before you.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4094494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "Don\u2019t make any covenants with them or their gods."}, {"pk": 4094495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "Don\u2019t allow them to live in your land, or else they will lead you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a dangerous trap for you."}, {"pk": 4094496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cCome up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel\u2019s elders, and worship from a distance."}, {"pk": 4094497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Only Moses may come near to the LORD. The others shouldn\u2019t come near, while the people shouldn\u2019t come up with him at all.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses came and told the people all the LORD\u2019s words and all the case laws. All the people answered in unison, \u201cEverything that the LORD has said we will do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Moses then wrote down all the LORD\u2019s words. He got up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He set up twelve sacred stone pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4094500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "He appointed certain young Israelite men to offer entirely burned offerings and slaughter oxen as well-being sacrifices to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses took half of the blood and put it in large bowls. The other half of the blood he threw against the altar."}, {"pk": 4094502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he took the covenant scroll and read it out loud for the people to hear. They responded, \u201cEverything that the LORD has said we will do, and we will obey.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Moses then took the blood and threw it over the people. Moses said, \u201cThis is the blood of the covenant that the LORD now makes with you on the basis of all these words.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel went up,"}, {"pk": 4094505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "and they saw Israel\u2019s God. Under God\u2019s feet there was what looked like a floor of lapis-lazuli tiles, dazzlingly pure like the sky."}, {"pk": 4094506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "God didn\u2019t harm the Israelite leaders, though they looked at God, and they ate and drank."}, {"pk": 4094507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cCome up to me on the mountain and wait there. I\u2019ll give you the stone tablets with the instructions and the commandments that I\u2019ve written in order to teach them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "So Moses and his assistant Joshua got up, and Moses went up God\u2019s mountain."}, {"pk": 4094509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "Moses had said to the elders, \u201cWait for us here until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur will be here with you. Whoever has a legal dispute may go to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD\u2019s glorious presence settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from the cloud."}, {"pk": 4094512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "To the Israelites, the LORD\u2019s glorious presence looked like a blazing fire on top of the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. Moses stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights."}, {"pk": 4094514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell the Israelites to collect gift offerings for me. Receive my gift offerings from everyone who freely wants to give."}, {"pk": 4094516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "These are the gift offerings that you should receive from them: gold, silver, and copper;"}, {"pk": 4094517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "blue, purple, and deep red yarns; fine linen; goats\u2019 hair;"}, {"pk": 4094518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "rams\u2019 skins dyed red; beaded leather; <sup>[1]</sup> acacia wood;", "comment": "[1] Or <i>dolphin skins</i>"}, {"pk": 4094519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;"}, {"pk": 4094520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "gemstones; and gems for setting in the priest\u2019s vest <sup>[2]</sup> and chest piece.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4094521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "They should make me a sanctuary so I can be present among them."}, {"pk": 4094522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "You should follow the blueprints that I will show you for the dwelling and for all its equipment."}, {"pk": 4094523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "Have them make an acacia-wood chest. It should be forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high."}, {"pk": 4094524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Cover it with pure gold, inside and out, and make a gold molding all around it."}, {"pk": 4094525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "Cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other."}, {"pk": 4094526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Make acacia-wood poles and cover them with gold."}, {"pk": 4094527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "Then put the poles into the rings on the chest\u2019s sides and use them to carry the chest."}, {"pk": 4094528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "The poles should stay in the chest\u2019s rings. They shouldn\u2019t be taken out of them."}, {"pk": 4094529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "Put the covenant document that I will give you into the chest."}, {"pk": 4094530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Then make a cover of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide."}, {"pk": 4094531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "Make two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold, one for each end of the cover."}, {"pk": 4094532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Put one winged heavenly creature at one end and one winged heavenly creature at the other. Place the winged heavenly creatures at the cover\u2019s two ends."}, {"pk": 4094533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "The heavenly creatures should have their wings spread out above, shielding the cover with their wings. The winged heavenly creatures should face each other toward the cover\u2019s center."}, {"pk": 4094534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "Put the gold cover on top of the chest and put the covenant document that I will give you inside the chest."}, {"pk": 4094535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "There I will meet with you. From there above the cover, from between the two winged heavenly creatures that are on top of the chest containing the covenant, I will deliver to you all that I command you concerning the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4094536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "Make an acacia-wood table, three feet long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high."}, {"pk": 4094537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Cover it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it."}, {"pk": 4094538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "Make a frame around it that is four inches wide and a gold molding around the frame."}, {"pk": 4094539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "Make four gold rings for the table. Fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs."}, {"pk": 4094540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "The rings that house the poles used for carrying the table should be close to the frame."}, {"pk": 4094541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "Make the poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. The table should be carried with these poles."}, {"pk": 4094542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "Make its plates, dishes, jars, and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them of pure gold."}, {"pk": 4094543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "Set the bread of the presence on the table so it is always in front of me."}, {"pk": 4094544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "Make a lampstand of pure hammered gold. The lampstand\u2019s base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals should all be attached to it."}, {"pk": 4094545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 32, "text": "It should have six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4094546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 33, "text": "One branch will have three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals, and the next branch will also have three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals. So it will be for the six branches that grow out of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4094547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 34, "text": "In addition, on the lampstand itself there will be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its flower and petals."}, {"pk": 4094548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 35, "text": "There will be a flower attached under the first pair of branches, a flower attached under the next pair of branches, and a flower attached under the last pair of branches. So it will be for the six branches that grow out of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4094549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 36, "text": "Their flowers and their branches will be permanently attached to it. The whole lampstand should be one piece of pure hammered gold."}, {"pk": 4094550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 37, "text": "Make its seven lamps and set up its lamps so that they direct their light in front of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4094551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 38, "text": "You should also make its tongs and fire pans out of pure gold."}, {"pk": 4094552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 39, "text": "All these items should be made from pure gold weighing one kikkar."}, {"pk": 4094553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 25, "verse": 40, "text": "See to it that you make them according to the blueprint for them that you were shown on the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Make the dwelling with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and deep red yarns. Work figures of winged heavenly creatures into their design."}, {"pk": 4094555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Each curtain should be forty-two feet long and each curtain six feet wide. All the curtains should be the same size."}, {"pk": 4094556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Five curtains will be joined to each other as one set, while the other five curtains will be joined together as a second set."}, {"pk": 4094557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "Make loops of blue thread on the edge of the outer curtain in the first set. Do the same on the edge of the outer curtain in the second set."}, {"pk": 4094558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "Make fifty loops on the one curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set. The loops should be opposite each other."}, {"pk": 4094559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "Then make fifty gold clasps. Join the curtains to each other with the clasps so that the dwelling becomes one whole structure."}, {"pk": 4094560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "You should also make curtains of goats\u2019 hair for a tent over the dwelling. Make eleven curtains."}, {"pk": 4094561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Each curtain should be forty-five feet long and each curtain six feet wide. The eleven curtains should all be the same size."}, {"pk": 4094562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "Join five of the curtains together, and join the six other curtains together. Double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent."}, {"pk": 4094563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "Make fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain in one set and fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain in the second set."}, {"pk": 4094564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Make fifty copper clasps. Put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it becomes one whole structure."}, {"pk": 4094565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "The extra cloth that is left over from the tent curtains, that is, the half curtain that remains, should hang over the back of the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4094566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "Eighteen inches on one side and eighteen inches on the other side of the leftover length of the tent\u2019s curtains will hang over the two sides of the dwelling to cover it."}, {"pk": 4094567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "Then for the tent, make a covering of rams\u2019 skins dyed red and an outer covering of beaded leather. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>dolphin skin</i>"}, {"pk": 4094568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Make acacia-wood boards to stand upright as a frame for the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4094569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "Each board will be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide."}, {"pk": 4094570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "Put two pegs on each board for joining them to each other. Do this for all the dwelling\u2019s boards."}, {"pk": 4094571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Make twenty boards for the dwelling\u2019s southern side."}, {"pk": 4094572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "Then make forty silver bases to go under the twenty boards. There will be two bases under the first board for its two pegs, two bases under the next board for its two pegs, and so on."}, {"pk": 4094573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "For the dwelling\u2019s other side on the north, make twenty boards"}, {"pk": 4094574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on."}, {"pk": 4094575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "For the back of the dwelling on the west, make six boards."}, {"pk": 4094576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "Make two additional boards for the dwelling\u2019s rear corners."}, {"pk": 4094577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "They should be spread out at the bottom but joined together at the top with one ring. In this way, these two boards will form the two corners."}, {"pk": 4094578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "And so there will be eight boards with their sixteen silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on."}, {"pk": 4094579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "You should also make acacia-wood bars: five for the boards on one side of the dwelling,"}, {"pk": 4094580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "five bars for the boards on the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards on the back wall of the dwelling on the west."}, {"pk": 4094581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "The middle bar, halfway up the boards, should run from one end to the other."}, {"pk": 4094582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "Cover the boards with gold. Make gold rings to house the bars. Cover the bars with gold."}, {"pk": 4094583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "Then set up the dwelling according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "Make a veil of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen. Work figures of winged heavenly creatures into its design."}, {"pk": 4094585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "Hang it on four acacia-wood posts covered in gold. They should have gold hooks and stand on four silver bases."}, {"pk": 4094586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 33, "text": "Hang the veil under the clasps, and put the chest containing the covenant there behind the veil. The veil will separate for you the holy from the holiest space."}, {"pk": 4094587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 34, "text": "Place the gold cover on the chest containing the covenant in the holiest space."}, {"pk": 4094588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 35, "text": "Place the table outside the veil, and set the lampstand opposite the table by the south wall of the dwelling. Place the table by the north wall."}, {"pk": 4094589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 36, "text": "Make a screen for the tent\u2019s entrance of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework."}, {"pk": 4094590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 26, "verse": 37, "text": "Make five acacia-wood posts for the screen. Cover the posts with gold. Their hooks should be gold. Cast five copper bases for the posts."}, {"pk": 4094591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Make an acacia-wood altar. The altar should be square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It should be four and a half feet high."}, {"pk": 4094592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "Make horns for the altar and attach them to it, one horn on each of its four corners. Cover it with copper."}, {"pk": 4094593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "Make pails for removing its ashes and its shovels, bowls, meat forks, and trays. Make all its equipment out of copper."}, {"pk": 4094594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "Make for the altar a grate made of copper mesh. Make four copper rings for each of the four corners of the mesh."}, {"pk": 4094595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Slide the mesh underneath the bottom edge of the altar and then extend the mesh halfway up to the middle of the altar."}, {"pk": 4094596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "Make acacia-wood poles for the altar and cover them with copper."}, {"pk": 4094597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Put the poles through the rings so that the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried."}, {"pk": 4094598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "Make the altar with planks but hollow inside. All these should be made just as you were shown on the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "You should also set up the dwelling\u2019s courtyard. The courtyard\u2019s south side should have drapes of fine twisted linen stretching one hundred fifty feet on that side,"}, {"pk": 4094600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts."}, {"pk": 4094601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "Likewise along the north side the drapes should stretch one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts."}, {"pk": 4094602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "The courtyard\u2019s width on the west side should consist of seventy-five feet of drapes with their ten posts and their ten bases."}, {"pk": 4094603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "The courtyard\u2019s width on the front, facing east should be seventy-five feet."}, {"pk": 4094604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "There should be twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on one side with three posts and three bases for them."}, {"pk": 4094605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "There should be twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on the other side with three posts and three bases for them."}, {"pk": 4094606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "For the gate into the courtyard there will be a screen thirty feet long, made of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework. It will have four posts with their four bases."}, {"pk": 4094607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "All the posts around the courtyard will have silver bands, silver hooks, and copper bases."}, {"pk": 4094608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "The courtyard will be one hundred fifty feet long and seventy-five feet wide. Its walls\u2019 height will be seven and a half feet of fine twisted linen and its copper bases."}, {"pk": 4094609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "All the dwelling\u2019s equipment for any use and all its tent pegs and all the courtyard\u2019s tent pegs will be made of copper."}, {"pk": 4094610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "You must require the Israelites to bring you pure oil of crushed olives for the light so that the lamp may be set up to burn continually."}, {"pk": 4094611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "In the meeting tent, outside the veil that hangs in front of the covenant document, Aaron and his sons will tend the lamp from evening to morning in the LORD\u2019s presence. It will be a permanent regulation for the Israelites in every generation."}, {"pk": 4094612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "Summon to you your brother Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to serve me as priests \u2014 Aaron and Aaron\u2019s sons, Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar."}, {"pk": 4094613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Make holy clothing that will give honor and dignity to your brother Aaron."}, {"pk": 4094614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Tell all who are skilled, to whom I have given special abilities, to make clothing for Aaron for his dedication to serve me as a priest."}, {"pk": 4094615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "These are the articles of clothing that they should make: a chest pendant, a vest, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. When they make this holy clothing for your brother Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests,"}, {"pk": 4094616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "they should use gold, blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine linen."}, {"pk": 4094617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "They should make the vest of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen with embroidered designs."}, {"pk": 4094618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "The vest will have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges so that they may be joined together."}, {"pk": 4094619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "The vest\u2019s belt should be attached to it and made in the same way of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen."}, {"pk": 4094620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "Take two gemstones and engrave on them the names of Israel\u2019s sons,"}, {"pk": 4094621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "six names on one stone and the other six names on the other stone, in the order of their birth."}, {"pk": 4094622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "Like a gem cutter who engraves official seals, you will engrave the two stones with the names of Israel\u2019s sons. Mount them in gold settings."}, {"pk": 4094623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "Attach the two stones to the vest\u2019s shoulder pieces as stones of reminder for the Israelites. Aaron will carry into the LORD\u2019s presence their names on his two shoulders as a reminder."}, {"pk": 4094624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "Then make gold settings"}, {"pk": 4094625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "along with two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords. Attach the corded chains to the gold settings."}, {"pk": 4094626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "Make an embroidered chest pendant used for making decisions. Make it in the style of the vest, using gold, blue and purple and deep red yarns, and fine twisted linen."}, {"pk": 4094627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "It will be square and doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide."}, {"pk": 4094628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "Set in it four rows of gemstone settings. The first row will be a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald stones."}, {"pk": 4094629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "The second row will be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a moonstone."}, {"pk": 4094630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "The third row will be a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst."}, {"pk": 4094631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "The fourth row will be a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Their settings will be made of decorative gold."}, {"pk": 4094632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "There will be twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of Israel\u2019s sons. They will be engraved like official seals, each with its name for the twelve tribes."}, {"pk": 4094633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "Make chains of pure gold twisted like cords for the chest pendant."}, {"pk": 4094634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "Make two gold rings for the chest pendant and attach the two rings to the two edges of the chest pendant."}, {"pk": 4094635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "Attach the two gold cords to the two rings at the edges of the chest pendant."}, {"pk": 4094636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "Then fasten the two ends of the cords to the two settings, which you should attach to the vest\u2019s two front shoulder pieces."}, {"pk": 4094637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "Make two gold rings and attach them to the two ends of the chest pendant on its inside edge facing the vest."}, {"pk": 4094638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "Make two gold rings and fasten them on the front of the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the vest, at its seam just above the vest\u2019s belt."}, {"pk": 4094639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "The chest pendant should be held in place by a blue cord binding its rings to the vest\u2019s rings so that the chest pendant rests on the vest\u2019s belt and won\u2019t come loose from the vest."}, {"pk": 4094640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 29, "text": "In this way, Aaron will carry the names of Israel\u2019s sons on the chest pendant for making decisions over his heart when he goes into the sanctuary as a reminder before the LORD at all times."}, {"pk": 4094641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 30, "text": "Put into the chest pendant used for making decisions the Urim and the Thummim, so they will be over Aaron\u2019s heart when he goes into the LORD\u2019s presence. In this way, Aaron will carry the means to make decisions for the Israelites over his heart when in the LORD\u2019s presence at all times."}, {"pk": 4094642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 31, "text": "You will make the robe for the vest all of blue."}, {"pk": 4094643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 32, "text": "The opening for the head should be in the middle of it. The opening should be reinforced by a woven binding, a strong border so that it doesn\u2019t tear."}, {"pk": 4094644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 33, "text": "On its lower hem add pomegranates made of blue, purple, and deep red yarns all around the lower hem, with gold bells between the pomegranates all around it."}, {"pk": 4094645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 34, "text": "A gold bell and a pomegranate should alternate all around the lower hem of the robe."}, {"pk": 4094646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 35, "text": "Aaron will wear the robe when he ministers as a priest. Its sound will be heard when he goes into the sanctuary in the LORD\u2019s presence and when he comes out, so that he will not die."}, {"pk": 4094647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 36, "text": "Make a flower ornament of pure gold and engrave on it like an official seal: \u201cHoly to the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 37, "text": "You should fasten it on the turban with a blue cord. It should be on the front of the turban."}, {"pk": 4094649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 38, "text": "It will be on Aaron\u2019s forehead, and Aaron will take on himself any guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites give as their sacred donations. It will always be on his forehead so that the people may be remembered favorably in the LORD\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4094650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 39, "text": "Weave the tunic out of fine linen. Make the turban out of fine linen. Make a sash decorated with needlework."}, {"pk": 4094651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 40, "text": "For Aaron\u2019s sons, you should also make tunics, sashes, and turbans to mark their honor and dignity."}, {"pk": 4094652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 41, "text": "Put these garments on your brother Aaron and on his sons with him. Anoint them with oil, ordain them, and make them holy to serve me as priests."}, {"pk": 4094653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 42, "text": "You should also make linen undergarments for them to cover their naked skin from their hips to their thighs."}, {"pk": 4094654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 28, "verse": 43, "text": "Aaron and his sons should wear this clothing when they go into the meeting tent or when they approach the altar to minister as priests in the sanctuary. Otherwise, they will bring guilt on themselves and die. This will be a permanent regulation for him and for his descendants after him."}, {"pk": 4094655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Now this is what you should do to make them holy in order to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two flawless rams."}, {"pk": 4094656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "Take unleavened bread, unleavened flatbread made with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil. Make them out of high-quality wheat flour."}, {"pk": 4094657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "Put them all in one basket and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams."}, {"pk": 4094658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the meeting tent and wash them with water."}, {"pk": 4094659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "Then take the priestly clothes and put them on Aaron: the tunic, the vest\u2019s robe, the vest itself, and the chest pendant. Put the vest on him with the vest\u2019s belt."}, {"pk": 4094660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "Set the turban on his head and place the holy crown on the turban."}, {"pk": 4094661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "Take the anointing oil and pour it on his head to anoint him."}, {"pk": 4094662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "Then present his sons and put the tunics on them."}, {"pk": 4094663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "Tighten the sashes on them, on both Aaron and his sons. Wrap the turbans on their heads. It will be a permanent regulation that the duties of priesthood belong to them. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons."}, {"pk": 4094664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "Present the bull at the front of the meeting tent. Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the bull\u2019s head."}, {"pk": 4094665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Then slaughter the bull in the LORD\u2019s presence at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4094666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "Take some of the bull\u2019s blood and smear it on the altar\u2019s horns with your finger. Pour out the rest of the blood at the altar\u2019s base."}, {"pk": 4094667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "Then take all the fat that covers the inner organs, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys along with the fat that is on them, and burn them up in smoke on the altar."}, {"pk": 4094668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "Burn the rest of the meat of the bull, its hide, and the intestines with their contents with a fire outside the camp. It is a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4094669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "Choose one of the rams, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the ram\u2019s head."}, {"pk": 4094670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "Then slaughter the ram. Take its blood and throw it against all the altar\u2019s sides."}, {"pk": 4094671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "Cut up the ram into parts. Wash its inner organs and legs, and put them together with its parts and its head."}, {"pk": 4094672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "Then turn the entire ram into smoke by burning it on the altar. It is an entirely burned offering for the LORD, a soothing smell, a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "Take the second ram, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the ram\u2019s head."}, {"pk": 4094674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "Slaughter the ram. Take some of its blood and smear it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw the rest of the blood against all the altar\u2019s sides."}, {"pk": 4094675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "Then take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle them on Aaron and on his clothes and on his sons and on his sons\u2019 clothes. In this way, Aaron, his sons, and all their priestly garments will be holy."}, {"pk": 4094676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "Take the fatty parts of the ram: the fat tail, the fat around the inner organs, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat around them, and the right thigh (because it is a ram for ordination)."}, {"pk": 4094677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "Add one loaf of bread, one flatbread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that was presented to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Place all of these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and lift them as an uplifted offering in the LORD\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4094679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "Then take them from their hands and turn them into smoke by burning them on the altar with the entirely burned offering as a soothing smell in the LORD\u2019s presence. It is a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "Take the breast of the ram for Aaron\u2019s ordination and lift it as an uplifted offering in the LORD\u2019s presence. It will be your portion."}, {"pk": 4094681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "Make holy the breast that was lifted for the uplifted offering and the thigh that was raised for the gift offering from the ram for the ordination. They belong to Aaron and his sons."}, {"pk": 4094682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "Those parts will be given to Aaron and his sons from the Israelites as a permanent provision, because they are a gift offering. They will be a gift offering from the Israelites, their gift offering to the LORD from their well-being sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4094683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "Aaron\u2019s holy clothes should be passed on to his sons after him. His sons should be anointed in them and ordained in them."}, {"pk": 4094684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 30, "text": "The son who is priest in his place should wear them seven days when he comes into the meeting tent to minister in the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4094685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 31, "text": "Take the ram for the ordination and boil its meat in a holy place."}, {"pk": 4094686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 32, "text": "Aaron and his sons will eat the ram\u2019s meat and the bread that is in the basket at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4094687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 33, "text": "They alone should eat the food that was used to purify them, to ordain them, and to make them holy. No one else should eat it because it is holy."}, {"pk": 4094688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 34, "text": "If any meat for the ordination or any of the bread is left over until morning, then you should burn the leftovers with fire. It shouldn\u2019t be eaten because it\u2019s holy."}, {"pk": 4094689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 35, "text": "Treat Aaron and his sons just as I have commanded you. Ordain them for seven days."}, {"pk": 4094690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 36, "text": "Every day you should offer a bull as a purification offering for reconciliation. You should remove the sin from the altar through a ritual of reconciliation, and you should anoint the altar to make it holy."}, {"pk": 4094691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 37, "text": "Seven days you should perform the ritual of reconciliation for the altar and make it holy. In this way, the altar will become most holy, and whatever touches the altar will also become holy."}, {"pk": 4094692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 38, "text": "Now this is what you should offer on the altar: two one-year-old lambs regularly every day."}, {"pk": 4094693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 39, "text": "Offer one lamb in the morning and offer the other lamb at twilight."}, {"pk": 4094694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 40, "text": "With the first lamb, add one-tenth of a measure of the high-quality flour mixed with a quarter of a hin <sup>[1]</sup> of oil from crushed olives and a quarter of a hin of wine for a drink offering.", "comment": "[1] One hin is approximately one gallon."}, {"pk": 4094695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 41, "text": "With the second lamb offered at twilight, again include a grain offering and its drink offering as in the morning as a soothing smell, a gift offering for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 42, "text": "This should be the regular entirely burned offering in every generation at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance in the LORD\u2019s presence. There I will meet with you, and there I will speak to you."}, {"pk": 4094697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 43, "text": "I will meet with the Israelites there, and it will be made holy by my glorious presence."}, {"pk": 4094698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 44, "text": "I will make the meeting tent and the altar holy. Likewise, I will make Aaron and his sons holy to serve me as priests."}, {"pk": 4094699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 45, "text": "I will be at home among the Israelites, and I will be their God."}, {"pk": 4094700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 29, "verse": 46, "text": "They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could make a home among them. I am the LORD their God."}, {"pk": 4094701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Make an acacia-wood altar for burning incense."}, {"pk": 4094702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "The altar should be square, eighteen inches long and eighteen inches wide. It should be three feet high. Its horns should be permanently attached."}, {"pk": 4094703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "Cover the altar with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. You should also make a gold molding all around it."}, {"pk": 4094704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "Make two gold rings and attach them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They will house the poles used to carry the altar."}, {"pk": 4094705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "Make acacia-wood poles and cover them with gold."}, {"pk": 4094706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "Place the incense altar in front of the veil that hangs before the chest containing the covenant, in front of the cover that is on top of the covenant document where I will meet with you."}, {"pk": 4094707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Aaron will burn sweet-smelling incense on the incense altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps."}, {"pk": 4094708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "And again when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he will burn incense. It should be a regular incense offering in the LORD\u2019s presence in every generation."}, {"pk": 4094709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t offer the wrong incense on the altar or an entirely burned offering or a grain offering. Don\u2019t pour a drink offering on it."}, {"pk": 4094710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "Once a year Aaron should perform a ritual of reconciliation on its horns with the blood of the purification offering for reconciliation. Once a year in every generation he should perform a ritual of reconciliation at the altar. It is most holy to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each of them should pay compensation for their life to the LORD when they are counted. Then no plague will descend on them when they are counted."}, {"pk": 4094713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "Every one who is counted should pay a half shekel according to the official shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs). The half shekel is a gift offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "Every one who is counted, from 20 years old and above, should present a gift offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "When you bring this gift offering to the LORD to pay compensation for your lives, the rich shouldn\u2019t give more and the poor shouldn\u2019t give less than the half shekel."}, {"pk": 4094716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "Take the compensation money from the Israelites and use it to support the service of the meeting tent. It will serve for the Israelites as a reminder in the LORD\u2019s presence of the compensation paid for your lives."}, {"pk": 4094717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "Make a copper basin for washing along with its copper stand. Put it between the meeting tent and the altar, and put water in it."}, {"pk": 4094719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "Aaron and his sons will use it to wash their hands and their feet."}, {"pk": 4094720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "When they go into the meeting tent or approach the altar to minister and to offer a food gift to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they don\u2019t die."}, {"pk": 4094721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "They must wash their hands and their feet so that they don\u2019t die. This will be a permanent regulation for them, for Aaron and his descendants in every generation."}, {"pk": 4094722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "Now take for yourself high-quality spices: five hundred weight of solid myrrh; half as much of sweet-smelling cinnamon, that is, two hundred fifty; two hundred fifty weight of sweet-smelling cane;"}, {"pk": 4094724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "five hundred of cassia \u2014 measured by the sanctuary shekel \u2014 and a hin <sup>[1]</sup> of olive oil.", "comment": "[1] One hin is approximately one gallon."}, {"pk": 4094725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "Prepare a holy anointing oil, blending them like a skilled perfume maker to produce the holy anointing oil."}, {"pk": 4094726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "Use it to anoint the meeting tent, the chest containing the covenant,"}, {"pk": 4094727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "the table and all its equipment, the lampstand and its equipment, the incense altar,"}, {"pk": 4094728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 28, "text": "the altar for entirely burned offerings and all its equipment, and the washbasin with its stand."}, {"pk": 4094729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 29, "text": "Make them holy so that they may be perfectly holy. Whatever touches them will become holy."}, {"pk": 4094730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 30, "text": "Then anoint Aaron and his sons and make them holy to serve me as priests."}, {"pk": 4094731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 31, "text": "Say to the Israelites: This will be my holy anointing oil in every generation."}, {"pk": 4094732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 32, "text": "Don\u2019t allow anyone else to use this oil. Don\u2019t make another oil like it by using the same formula. This oil is holy, and you should regard it as holy."}, {"pk": 4094733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 33, "text": "Whoever blends an oil like it or whoever uses the oil on someone else will be cut off from the people."}, {"pk": 4094734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 34, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: Take an equal amount of each of these spices: gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense."}, {"pk": 4094735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 35, "text": "Like a skilled perfume maker, carefully blend them together and make incense, seasoned with salt, pure and holy."}, {"pk": 4094736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 36, "text": "Beat some of it into a fine powder and put part of it in front of the covenant document in the meeting tent where I will meet with you. You should regard it as perfectly holy."}, {"pk": 4094737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 37, "text": "When you make incense according to this formula, you shouldn\u2019t make any of it for your own use. You should regard it as holy to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 30, "verse": 38, "text": "Whoever makes incense with this same formula to enjoy its fragrance will be cut off from the people."}, {"pk": 4094739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "Look, I have chosen Bezalel, Uri\u2019s son and Hur\u2019s grandson from the tribe of Judah."}, {"pk": 4094741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "I have filled him with the divine spirit, with skill, ability, and knowledge for every kind of work."}, {"pk": 4094742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "He will be able to create designs; do metalwork in gold, silver, and copper;"}, {"pk": 4094743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "cut stones for setting; carve wood; and do every kind of work."}, {"pk": 4094744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "I have also appointed with him Oholiab, Ahisamach\u2019s son from the tribe of Dan. To all who are skillful, I have given the skill to make everything that I have commanded you:"}, {"pk": 4094745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "the meeting tent, the chest containing the covenant, the cover that is on top of it, all the tent\u2019s furnishings,"}, {"pk": 4094746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "the table and its equipment, the pure lampstand with all its equipment, the incense altar,"}, {"pk": 4094747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "the altar for entirely burned offerings with all its equipment, the washbasin with its stand,"}, {"pk": 4094748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "the woven clothing, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons for their service as priests,"}, {"pk": 4094749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "the anointing oil, and the sweet-smelling incense for the sanctuary. They will do just as I have commanded you."}, {"pk": 4094750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4094751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "Tell the Israelites: \u201cBe sure to keep my sabbaths, because the Sabbath is a sign between me and you in every generation so you will know that I am the LORD who makes you holy."}, {"pk": 4094752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "Keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who violates the Sabbath will be put to death. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath, that person will be cut off from the people."}, {"pk": 4094753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "Do your work for six days. But the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest that is holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day will be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "The Israelites should keep the Sabbath. They should observe the Sabbath in every generation as a covenant for all time."}, {"pk": 4094755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites that in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day the LORD rested and was refreshed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, God gave him the two covenant tablets, the stone tablets written by God\u2019s finger."}, {"pk": 4094757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "The people saw that Moses was taking a long time to come down from the mountain. They gathered around Aaron and said to him, \u201cCome on! Make us gods <sup>[1]</sup> who can lead us. As for this man Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don\u2019t have a clue what has happened to him.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>a god</i>"}, {"pk": 4094758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "Aaron said to them, \u201cAll right, take out the gold rings from the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "So all the people took out the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron."}, {"pk": 4094760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "He collected them and tied them up in a cloth. <sup>[2]</sup> Then he made a metal image of a bull calf, and the people declared, \u201cThese are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>formed them into a mold</i> or <i>engraved them with a stylus</i>"}, {"pk": 4094761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf. Then Aaron announced, \u201cTomorrow will be a festival to the LORD!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "They got up early the next day and offered up entirely burned offerings and brought well-being sacrifices. The people sat down to eat and drink and then got up to celebrate."}, {"pk": 4094763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses: \u201cHurry up and go down! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, are ruining everything!"}, {"pk": 4094764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "They\u2019ve already abandoned the path that I commanded. They have made a metal bull calf for themselves. They\u2019ve bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it and declared, \u2018These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cI\u2019ve been watching these people, and I\u2019ve seen how stubborn they are."}, {"pk": 4094766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "Now leave me alone! Let my fury burn and devour them. Then I\u2019ll make a great nation out of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "But Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, \u201cLORD, why does your fury burn against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and amazing force?"}, {"pk": 4094768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "Why should the Egyptians say, \u2018He had an evil plan to take the people out and kill them in the mountains and so wipe them off the earth\u2019? Calm down your fierce anger. Change your mind about doing terrible things to your own people."}, {"pk": 4094769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, whom you yourself promised, \u2018I\u2019ll make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky. And I\u2019ve promised to give your descendants this whole land to possess for all time.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible things he said he would do to his people."}, {"pk": 4094771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses then turned around and came down the mountain. He carried the two covenant tablets in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides, front and back."}, {"pk": 4094772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "The tablets were God\u2019s own work. What was written there was God\u2019s own writing inscribed on the tablets."}, {"pk": 4094773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, \u201cIt sounds like war in the camp.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "But Moses said, \u201cIt isn\u2019t the sound of a victory song. <br>It isn\u2019t the sound of a song of defeat. <br>The sound of party songs is what I hear.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4094775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "When he got near the camp and saw the bull calf and the dancing, Moses was furious. He hurled the tablets down and shattered them in pieces at the foot of the mountain."}, {"pk": 4094776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "He took the calf that they had made and burned it in a fire. Then he ground it down to crushed powder, scattered it on the water, and made the Israelites drink it."}, {"pk": 4094777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "Moses said to Aaron, \u201cWhat did these people do to you that you led them to commit such a terrible sin?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "Aaron replied, \u201cDon\u2019t get angry with me, sir. You know yourself that these people are out of control. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Sam; MT <i>evil</i>"}, {"pk": 4094779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "They said to me, \u2018Make us gods who can lead us. As for this man Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don\u2019t have a clue what has happened to him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4094780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "So I said to them, \u2018Whoever has gold, take it off!\u2019 So they gave it to me, I threw it into the fire, and out came this bull calf!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "Moses saw that the people were out of control because Aaron had let them get out of control, making them an easy target for their enemies."}, {"pk": 4094782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "So Moses stood at the camp\u2019s gate and said, \u201cWhoever is on the LORD\u2019s side, come to me!\u201d All the Levites gathered around him."}, {"pk": 4094783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "Moses said to them, \u201cThis is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: Each of you, strap on your sword! Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Each of you, kill your brother, your friend, and your neighbor!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "The Levites did as Moses commanded. About three thousand people were killed that day."}, {"pk": 4094785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said, \u201cToday you\u2019ve been ordained to the LORD, each one of you at the cost of a son or a brother. Today you\u2019ve gained a special blessing for yourselves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "The next day Moses said to the people, \u201cYou\u2019ve committed a terrible sin. So now I will go up to the LORD. Maybe I can arrange reconciliation on account of your sin.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "So Moses went back to the LORD and said, \u201cOh, what a terrible sin these people have committed! They made for themselves gods <sup>[4]</sup> of gold.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>a god</i>"}, {"pk": 4094788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "But now, please forgive their sin! And if not, then wipe me out of your scroll that you\u2019ve written.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 33, "text": "But the LORD said to Moses, \u201cThe ones I\u2019ll wipe out of my scroll are those who sinned against me."}, {"pk": 4094790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 34, "text": "Now go and lead the people to the place I described to you. My messenger here will go in front of you. When the day of reckoning comes, I\u2019ll count their sin against them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 32, "verse": 35, "text": "Then the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they did with the bull calf that Aaron made."}, {"pk": 4094792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo and leave this place, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt. Go to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, \u2018I\u2019ll give it to your descendants.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4094793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019ll send a messenger before you. I\u2019ll drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites."}, {"pk": 4094794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "Go to this land full of milk and honey. But I won\u2019t go up with you because I would end up destroying you along the way since you are a stubborn people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "When the people heard the bad news, they were sorry. No one put on any jewelry,"}, {"pk": 4094796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "because the LORD had said to Moses, \u201cTell the Israelites, \u2018You are a stubborn people. If I were to go up with you even for a single moment, I would destroy you. So now take off your jewelry, while I figure out what to do with you.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "So after leaving Mount Horeb the Israelites rid themselves of their jewelry."}, {"pk": 4094798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, far away from the camp. He called it the meeting tent. Everyone who wanted advice from the LORD would go out to the meeting tent outside the camp."}, {"pk": 4094799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrance to their tents and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent."}, {"pk": 4094800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "When Moses entered the tent, the column of cloud would come down and stand at the tent\u2019s entrance while the LORD talked with Moses."}, {"pk": 4094801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "When all the people saw the column of cloud standing at the tent\u2019s entrance, they would all rise and then bow down at the entrances to their tents."}, {"pk": 4094802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "In this way the LORD used to speak to Moses face-to-face, like two people talking to each other. Then Moses would come back to the camp. But his young assistant Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, wouldn\u2019t leave the tent."}, {"pk": 4094803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "Moses said to the LORD, \u201cLook, you\u2019ve been telling me, \u2018Lead these people forward.\u2019 But you haven\u2019t told me whom you will send with me. Yet you\u2019ve assured me, \u2018I know you by name and think highly of you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4094804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "Now if you do think highly of me, show me your ways so that I may know you and so that you may really approve of me. Remember too that this nation is your people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD replied, \u201cI\u2019ll go myself, and I\u2019ll help you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses replied, \u201cIf you won\u2019t go yourself, don\u2019t make us leave here."}, {"pk": 4094807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "Because how will anyone know that we have your special approval, both I and your people, unless you go with us? Only that distinguishes us, me and your people, from every other people on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cI\u2019ll do exactly what you\u2019ve asked because you have my special approval, and I know you by name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "Moses said, \u201cPlease show me your glorious presence.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cI\u2019ll make all my goodness pass in front of you, and I\u2019ll proclaim before you the name, \u2018The LORD.\u2019 I will be kind to whomever I wish to be kind, and I will have compassion to whomever I wish to be compassionate."}, {"pk": 4094811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "But,\u201d the LORD said, \u201cyou can\u2019t see my face because no one can see me and live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cHere is a place near me where you will stand beside the rock."}, {"pk": 4094813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "As my glorious presence passes by, I\u2019ll set you in a gap in the rock, and I\u2019ll cover you with my hand until I\u2019ve passed by."}, {"pk": 4094814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "Then I\u2019ll take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face won\u2019t be visible.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cCut two stone tablets like the first ones. I\u2019ll write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke into pieces."}, {"pk": 4094816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "Get ready in the morning and come up to Mount Sinai. Stand there on top of the mountain in front of me."}, {"pk": 4094817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "No one else can come up with you. Don\u2019t allow anyone even to be seen anywhere on the mountain. Don\u2019t even let sheep and cattle graze in front of the mountain.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "So Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning and climbed up Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him. He carried the two stone tablets in his hands."}, {"pk": 4094819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him, and proclaimed the name, \u201cThe LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: \u201cThe LORD! The LORD! <br>a God who is compassionate and merciful, <br>very patient, <br>full of great loyalty and faithfulness,<br>"}, {"pk": 4094821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "showing great loyalty to a thousand generations, <br>forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion, <br>yet by no means clearing the guilty, <br>punishing for their parents\u2019 sins <br>their children and their grandchildren, <br>as well as the third and the fourth generation.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4094822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "At once Moses bowed to the ground and worshipped."}, {"pk": 4094823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "He said, \u201cIf you approve of me, my Lord, please go along with us. <sup>[1]</sup> Although these are stubborn people, forgive our guilt and our sin and take us as your own possession.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT adds <i>my Lord.</i>"}, {"pk": 4094824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD said: I now make a covenant. In front of all your people, I\u2019ll perform dramatic displays of power that have never been done before anywhere on earth or in any nation. All the people who are around you will see what the LORD does, because I will do an awesome thing with you."}, {"pk": 4094825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "Be sure to obey what I command you today. I\u2019m about to drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites."}, {"pk": 4094826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "Be careful that you don\u2019t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a dangerous trap for you."}, {"pk": 4094827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "You must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stone pillars, and cut down their sacred poles."}, {"pk": 4094828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "You must not bow down to another god, because the LORD is passionate: the LORD\u2019s name means \u201ca passionate God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t make a covenant with those who live in the land. When they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they may invite you and you may end up eating some of the sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4094830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "Then you might go and choose their daughters as wives for your sons. And their daughters who prostitute themselves with their gods might lead your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods."}, {"pk": 4094831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t make metal gods for yourself."}, {"pk": 4094832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You should eat unleavened bread for seven days, as I commanded you, at the set time in the month of Abib, <sup>[2]</sup> because it was in the month of Abib that you came out of Egypt.", "comment": "[2] March\u2013April, named Nisan after the exile"}, {"pk": 4094833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "Every first offspring is mine. That includes all your male livestock, the oldest offspring of cows and sheep."}, {"pk": 4094834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "But a donkey\u2019s oldest offspring you may ransom with a sheep. Or if you don\u2019t ransom it, you must break its neck. You should ransom all of your oldest sons. No one should appear before me empty-handed."}, {"pk": 4094835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "You should do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you should rest. Even during plowing or harvesttime you should rest."}, {"pk": 4094836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "You should observe the Festival of Weeks, for the early produce of the wheat harvest, and the Gathering Festival at the end of the year."}, {"pk": 4094837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "All your males should appear three times a year before the LORD God, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4094838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "I will drive out nations before you and extend your borders. No one will desire and try to take your land if you go up and appear before the LORD your God three times a year."}, {"pk": 4094839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened. The sacrifice of the Passover Festival shouldn\u2019t be left over until the morning."}, {"pk": 4094840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "Bring the best of the early produce of your farmland to the LORD your God\u2019s temple. Don\u2019t boil a young goat in its mother\u2019s milk."}, {"pk": 4094841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: \u201cWrite down these words because by these words I hereby make a covenant with you and with Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He didn\u2019t eat any bread or drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words."}, {"pk": 4094843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two covenant tablets in his hand, Moses didn\u2019t realize that the skin of his face shone brightly because he had been talking with God."}, {"pk": 4094844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 30, "text": "When Aaron and all the Israelites saw the skin of Moses\u2019 face shining brightly, they were afraid to come near him."}, {"pk": 4094845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 31, "text": "But Moses called them closer. So Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke with them."}, {"pk": 4094846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 32, "text": "After that, all the Israelites came near as well, and Moses commanded them everything that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai."}, {"pk": 4094847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 33, "text": "When Moses finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face."}, {"pk": 4094848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 34, "text": "Whenever Moses went into the LORD\u2019s presence to speak with him, Moses would take the veil off until he came out again. When Moses came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,"}, {"pk": 4094849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 34, "verse": 35, "text": "the Israelites would see that the skin of Moses\u2019 face was shining brightly. So Moses would put the veil on his face again until the next time he went in to speak with the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "Moses gathered together the whole Israelite community and said to them: These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:"}, {"pk": 4094851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Do your work for six days, but the seventh day should be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest for the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath will be put to death."}, {"pk": 4094852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t start a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day."}, {"pk": 4094853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "Moses said to the whole Israelite community, This is what the LORD has commanded:"}, {"pk": 4094854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Collect gift offerings for the LORD from all of you. Whoever freely wants to give should bring the LORD\u2019s gift offerings: gold, silver, and copper;"}, {"pk": 4094855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "blue, purple, and deep red yarns; fine linen; goats\u2019 hair;"}, {"pk": 4094856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "rams\u2019 skins dyed red; beaded leather; <sup>[1]</sup> acacia wood;", "comment": "[1] Or <i>dolphin skins</i>"}, {"pk": 4094857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "the oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet-smelling incense;"}, {"pk": 4094858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "gemstones; and gems for setting in the priest\u2019s vest <sup>[2]</sup> and in the priest\u2019s chest pendant.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4094859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "All of you who are skilled in crafts should come forward and make everything that the LORD has commanded:"}, {"pk": 4094860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "the dwelling, its tent and its covering, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its posts, and its bases,"}, {"pk": 4094861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "the chest with its poles and its cover, the veil for a screen,"}, {"pk": 4094862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "the table with its poles and all its equipment, the bread of the presence,"}, {"pk": 4094863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "the lampstand for light with its equipment and its lamps, the oil for the light,"}, {"pk": 4094864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "the incense altar with its poles, the anointing oil and the sweet-smelling incense, the entrance screen for the dwelling\u2019s entrance,"}, {"pk": 4094865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "the altar for entirely burned offerings with its copper grate, its poles, and all its equipment, the washbasin with its stand,"}, {"pk": 4094866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "the courtyard\u2019s drapes, its posts, and its bases, and the screen for the courtyard gate,"}, {"pk": 4094867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "the dwelling\u2019s tent pegs and the courtyard\u2019s tent pegs, and their cords,"}, {"pk": 4094868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "the woven clothing for ministering in the sanctuary, and the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and his sons for their service as priests."}, {"pk": 4094869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 20, "text": "The whole Israelite community left Moses."}, {"pk": 4094870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 21, "text": "Everyone who was excited and eager to participate brought the LORD\u2019s gift offerings to be used for building the meeting tent and all its furnishings and for the holy clothes."}, {"pk": 4094871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 22, "text": "Both men and women came forward. Everyone who was eager to participate brought pins, earrings, rings, and necklaces, all sorts of gold objects. Everyone raised an uplifted offering of gold to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 23, "text": "And everyone who had blue or purple or deep red yarn or fine linen or goats\u2019 hair or rams\u2019 skins dyed red or beaded leather brought them."}, {"pk": 4094873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 24, "text": "Everyone who could make a gift offering of silver or copper brought it as the LORD\u2019s gift offering. Everyone who had acacia wood that could be used in any kind of building work brought it."}, {"pk": 4094874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 25, "text": "All the skilled women spun cloth with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and deep red yarns and fine linen."}, {"pk": 4094875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 26, "text": "All the women who were eager to use their skill spun the goats\u2019 hair."}, {"pk": 4094876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 27, "text": "The chiefs brought gemstones and gems to be set in the priest\u2019s vest and the chest pendant,"}, {"pk": 4094877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 28, "text": "spices and oil for light and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet-smelling incense."}, {"pk": 4094878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 29, "text": "All the Israelite men and women who were eager to contribute something for the work that the LORD had commanded Moses to do brought it as a spontaneous gift to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4094879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Moses said to the Israelites: \u201cLook, the LORD has chosen Bezalel, Uri\u2019s son and Hur\u2019s grandson from the tribe of Judah."}, {"pk": 4094880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 31, "text": "The LORD has filled him with the divine spirit that will give him skill, ability, and knowledge for every kind of work."}, {"pk": 4094881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 32, "text": "He will be able to create designs, do metalwork in gold, silver, and copper,"}, {"pk": 4094882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 33, "text": "cut stones for setting, carve wood, do every kind of creative work,"}, {"pk": 4094883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 34, "text": "and have the ability to teach others. Both he and Oholiab, Ahisamach\u2019s son from the tribe of Dan,"}, {"pk": 4094884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 35, "verse": 35, "text": "have been given the skill to do every kind of work done by a gem cutter or a designer or a needleworker in blue, purple, and deep red yarns and in fine linen or a weaver or anyone else doing work or creating designs."}, {"pk": 4094885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cLet Bezalel, Oholiab, and every other skilled worker whom the LORD has given skill, ability, and knowledge for the work of building the sanctuary do all that the LORD has commanded.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "Moses then called together Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had given skill and who was eager to come and do the work."}, {"pk": 4094887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses gave them all the gift offerings that the Israelites had contributed to the work on the sanctuary. They kept bringing him spontaneous gifts, morning after morning."}, {"pk": 4094888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "Finally, all the skilled workers building the sanctuary left their work that they were doing one by one to come"}, {"pk": 4094889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "and say to Moses, \u201cThe people are contributing way too much material for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4094890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "So Moses issued a command that was proclaimed throughout the camp: \u201cEvery man and woman should stop making gift offerings for the sanctuary project.\u201d So the people stopped bringing anything more"}, {"pk": 4094891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "because what they had already brought was more than enough to do all the work."}, {"pk": 4094892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "All the skilled workers made the dwelling out of ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and deep red yarns, with figures of winged heavenly creatures worked into their design."}, {"pk": 4094893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All the curtains were the same size."}, {"pk": 4094894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "They joined five of the curtains to each other and joined the other five curtains to each other."}, {"pk": 4094895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "They made loops of blue thread on the edge of the outer curtain of the first set. They did the same on the edge of the outer curtain of the second set."}, {"pk": 4094896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "They made fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty loops on the outer curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite each other."}, {"pk": 4094897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "They also made fifty gold clasps, and they used the clasps to join the curtains to each other so that the dwelling was one whole structure."}, {"pk": 4094898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "They also made curtains of goats\u2019 hair for a tent over the dwelling. They made eleven curtains."}, {"pk": 4094899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "Each curtain was forty-five feet long and each curtain six feet wide. All eleven curtains were the same size."}, {"pk": 4094900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "They joined five curtains together and the six other curtains together."}, {"pk": 4094901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "They made fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain of the one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set of curtains."}, {"pk": 4094902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "They made fifty copper clasps to join the tent together so that it would be one whole structure."}, {"pk": 4094903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "They also made a covering for the tent of rams\u2019 skins dyed red and an outer covering of beaded leather."}, {"pk": 4094904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "Then they made acacia-wood boards to stand upright as a frame for the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4094905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "Each board was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide."}, {"pk": 4094906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Each board had two pegs for joining them to each other. They did this for all the dwelling\u2019s boards."}, {"pk": 4094907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "They made twenty boards for the dwelling\u2019s southern side."}, {"pk": 4094908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 24, "text": "They made forty silver bases under the twenty boards, with two bases under the first board for its two pegs, two bases under the next board for its two pegs, and so on."}, {"pk": 4094909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 25, "text": "For the dwelling\u2019s other side on the north, they made twenty boards"}, {"pk": 4094910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 26, "text": "and forty silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on."}, {"pk": 4094911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 27, "text": "For the back of the dwelling on the west, they made six boards."}, {"pk": 4094912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 28, "text": "They made two additional boards for the dwelling\u2019s rear corners."}, {"pk": 4094913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 29, "text": "They were spread out at the bottom but joined together at the top with one ring. In this way, these two boards formed the two corners."}, {"pk": 4094914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 30, "text": "And so there were eight boards with their sixteen silver bases, with two bases under every board."}, {"pk": 4094915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 31, "text": "They also made acacia-wood bars: five for the boards on one side of the dwelling,"}, {"pk": 4094916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 32, "text": "five bars for the boards on the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards on the back wall of the dwelling on the west."}, {"pk": 4094917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 33, "text": "They made the middle bar, which was halfway up the boards, run from one end to the other."}, {"pk": 4094918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 34, "text": "They covered the boards with gold. They made gold rings to house the bars and covered the bars with gold."}, {"pk": 4094919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 35, "text": "They made the veil of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, with figures of winged heavenly creatures worked into its design."}, {"pk": 4094920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 36, "text": "They made for it four acacia-wood posts covered in gold with gold hooks and cast four silver bases for them."}, {"pk": 4094921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 37, "text": "They made a screen for the entrance to the tent of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework."}, {"pk": 4094922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 36, "verse": 38, "text": "They made its five posts with hooks. They covered their tops and bands with gold, but made their five bases out of copper."}, {"pk": 4094923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "Bezalel made the chest of acacia wood. It was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high."}, {"pk": 4094924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "He covered the chest with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding all around it."}, {"pk": 4094925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "He cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other."}, {"pk": 4094926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "He made acacia-wood poles and covered them with gold."}, {"pk": 4094927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "He put the poles into the rings on the chest\u2019s sides to use to carry the chest."}, {"pk": 4094928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "He made a cover for the chest out of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide."}, {"pk": 4094929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "He made two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold for the two ends of the cover,"}, {"pk": 4094930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "one winged heavenly creature at one end and one winged heavenly creature at the other. He placed the winged heavenly creatures at the cover\u2019s two ends."}, {"pk": 4094931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "The winged heavenly creatures spread out their wings above, shielding the cover with their wings. The winged heavenly creatures faced each other toward the cover\u2019s center."}, {"pk": 4094932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "He also made the table of acacia wood, three feet long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high."}, {"pk": 4094933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "He covered it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it."}, {"pk": 4094934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "He made a frame around it that was four inches wide and gold molding around the frame."}, {"pk": 4094935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "He made four gold rings for the table. He fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs."}, {"pk": 4094936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "The rings that housed the poles used for carrying the table were close to the frame."}, {"pk": 4094937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "He made the poles used to carry the table out of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold."}, {"pk": 4094938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "He made the containers of pure gold that were to be on the table: its plates, dishes, bowls, and jars for pouring drink offerings."}, {"pk": 4094939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "He also made the lampstand of pure, hammered gold. The lampstand\u2019s base, branches, cups, flowers, and petals were all attached to it."}, {"pk": 4094940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "It had six branches growing out from its sides, three branches on one side of the lampstand and three branches on the other side of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4094941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "One branch had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals, and the next branch also had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a flower and petals. A total of six branches grew out of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4094942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "In addition, on the lampstand itself there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its flower and petals."}, {"pk": 4094943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "There was a flower attached under the first pair of branches, a flower attached under the next pair of branches, and a flower attached under the last pair of branches."}, {"pk": 4094944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "Their flowers and their branches were attached to it. The whole lampstand was one piece of pure hammered gold."}, {"pk": 4094945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "He made its seven lamps and its tongs and its fire pans out of pure gold."}, {"pk": 4094946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "He made the lampstand and all its equipment from pure gold weighing one kikkar."}, {"pk": 4094947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 25, "text": "He made the incense altar out of acacia wood. The altar was square, eighteen inches long by eighteen inches wide. It was three feet high, and its horns were permanently attached."}, {"pk": 4094948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 26, "text": "He covered it with pure gold, including its top, all its sides, and its horns. He also made a gold molding all around it."}, {"pk": 4094949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 27, "text": "He made two gold rings, and he attached them under the molding on two opposite sides of the altar. They housed the poles used to carry it."}, {"pk": 4094950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 28, "text": "He made the poles of acacia wood, and he covered them with gold."}, {"pk": 4094951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 37, "verse": 29, "text": "He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure sweet-smelling incense like a skilled perfume maker."}, {"pk": 4094952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "He made the altar for entirely burned offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It was four and a half feet high."}, {"pk": 4094953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "He made horns for it, one horn on each of its four corners. Its horns were attached to the altar, and he covered it with copper."}, {"pk": 4094954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "He made all the altar\u2019s equipment: the pails, the shovels, the bowls, the meat forks, and the trays. He made all its equipment out of copper."}, {"pk": 4094955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "He made a grate for the altar of copper mesh underneath its bottom edge and extending halfway up to the middle of the altar."}, {"pk": 4094956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "He made four rings for each of the four corners of the copper grate to house the poles."}, {"pk": 4094957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "He made the poles out of acacia wood, and he covered them with copper."}, {"pk": 4094958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "He put the poles through the rings so that the poles were on the two sides of the altar when it was carried. He made the altar with planks but hollow inside."}, {"pk": 4094959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "He made the copper washbasin with its copper stand from the copper mirrors among the ranks of women assigned to the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4094960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "He also set up the courtyard. The courtyard\u2019s south side had drapes of fine twisted linen stretching one hundred fifty feet"}, {"pk": 4094961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts."}, {"pk": 4094962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "Likewise the north side stretched one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts, twenty copper bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts."}, {"pk": 4094963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "On the west side the drapes stretched seventy-five feet, with their ten posts, their ten bases, and silver hooks and bands for the posts."}, {"pk": 4094964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "The front side facing east was seventy-five feet."}, {"pk": 4094965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "There were twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on one side with three posts and three bases for them."}, {"pk": 4094966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "Likewise, there were twenty-two and a half feet of drapes on the other side of the plaza\u2019s gate with three posts and three bases for them."}, {"pk": 4094967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "All the drapes around the courtyard were made of fine twisted linen."}, {"pk": 4094968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "The bases for the posts were made of copper, but the hooks for the posts and their bands were made of silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver, and all the posts surrounding the courtyard had silver bands."}, {"pk": 4094969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "The screen for the gate into the courtyard was made with blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen, decorated with needlework. It was thirty feet long and, along the width of it, seven and a half feet high, corresponding to the courtyard\u2019s drapes."}, {"pk": 4094970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "It had four posts, their four copper bases, their silver hooks, and their tops and bands covered with silver."}, {"pk": 4094971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "All the tent pegs for the dwelling and for the courtyard all around were made of copper."}, {"pk": 4094972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "These are the accounts of the dwelling, the covenant dwelling, that were recorded at Moses\u2019 instructions. They are the work of the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar, Aaron the priest\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4094973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "Bezalel, Uri\u2019s son and Hur\u2019s grandson from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses to make."}, {"pk": 4094974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 23, "text": "Working with Bezalel was Oholiab, Ahisamach\u2019s son from the tribe of Dan, who was a gem cutter, a designer, and a needleworker in blue, purple, and deep red yarns and in fine linen."}, {"pk": 4094975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 24, "text": "The total amount of the gold that was used for construction of the whole sanctuary, gold from the uplifted offerings, was twenty-nine kikkars and seven hundred thirty shekels in weight, measured by the sanctuary shekel."}, {"pk": 4094976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 25, "text": "The silver from the community census totaled one hundred kikkars and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels in weight, measured by the sanctuary shekel."}, {"pk": 4094977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 26, "text": "They gave a beqa per person (that is, half a shekel, measured by the sanctuary shekel) for everyone who was counted in the census, 20 years old and above, 603,550 men."}, {"pk": 4094978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 27, "text": "One hundred kikkars of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and the bases for the veil, one hundred bases from one hundred kikkars of silver, one kikkar for every base."}, {"pk": 4094979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 28, "text": "He used one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels of silver <sup>[1]</sup> to make the hooks for the posts, cover their tops, and make bands for them.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>shekels of silver.</i>"}, {"pk": 4094980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 29, "text": "The amount of copper from the uplifted offering was seventy kikkars and two thousand four hundred shekels in weight."}, {"pk": 4094981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 30, "text": "He used it to make the bases for the meeting tent\u2019s entrance, the copper altar, its copper grate, and all the altar\u2019s equipment,"}, {"pk": 4094982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 38, "verse": 31, "text": "the bases all around the courtyard, and the bases for the courtyard\u2019s gate, all the dwelling\u2019s tent pegs, and all the tent pegs used around the courtyard."}, {"pk": 4094983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "They used the blue, purple, and deep red yarns to make the woven clothing for those ministering as priests in the sanctuary. They made the holy clothes for Aaron as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4094984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "They made the vest <sup>[1]</sup> of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns, and of fine twisted linen.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4094985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "They beat out thin sheets of gold and cut them into threads to work into designs among the blue, purple, and deep red yarns and the fine linen."}, {"pk": 4094986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "They made shoulder pieces for it attached to its two edges so that they could be joined together."}, {"pk": 4094987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "The vest\u2019s belt was attached to it and made in the same way of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns, and of fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4094988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "They prepared the gemstones by mounting them in gold settings and engraving on them the names of Israel\u2019s sons, like an official seal is engraved."}, {"pk": 4094989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "The stones were attached to the vest\u2019s shoulder pieces as reminder stones for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4094990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "They made the embroidered chest pendant in the style of the vest, using gold, blue, purple, and deep red yarns, and fine twisted linen."}, {"pk": 4094991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "They made the chest pendant square and doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled."}, {"pk": 4094992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "They set in it four rows of gemstones. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald stones."}, {"pk": 4094993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "The second row was a turquoise, a sapphire, and a moonstone."}, {"pk": 4094994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "The third row was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst."}, {"pk": 4094995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "The fourth row was a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. The settings around them were decorative gold."}, {"pk": 4094996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 14, "text": "There were twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of Israel\u2019s sons. They were engraved like official seals, each with its name for the twelve tribes."}, {"pk": 4094997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 15, "text": "They made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords, for the chest pendant."}, {"pk": 4094998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 16, "text": "They made two gold settings and two gold rings. They attached the two rings to the two edges of the chest pendant."}, {"pk": 4094999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 17, "text": "They attached the two gold cords to the two rings at the edges of the chest pendant."}, {"pk": 4095000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 18, "text": "Then they fastened the two ends of the two cords to the two gold settings and attached them to the front of the vest\u2019s shoulder pieces."}, {"pk": 4095001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 19, "text": "They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the two edges of the chest pendant, on its inside edge facing the vest."}, {"pk": 4095002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 20, "text": "They made two gold rings and fastened them on the front of the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the vest, at its seam just above the vest\u2019s belt."}, {"pk": 4095003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 21, "text": "The chest pendant was held in place by a blue cord binding its rings to the vest\u2019s rings so that the chest pendant rested on the vest\u2019s belt and didn\u2019t come loose from the vest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 22, "text": "They also made the vest\u2019s robe, woven completely in blue."}, {"pk": 4095005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 23, "text": "The opening of the robe in the middle of it was reinforced with a strong border so that it didn\u2019t tear."}, {"pk": 4095006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 24, "text": "On the robe\u2019s lower hem, they added pomegranates made of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen."}, {"pk": 4095007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 25, "text": "They also made pure gold bells and sewed the bells between the pomegranates, all around the robe\u2019s lower hem,"}, {"pk": 4095008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 26, "text": "with a bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe that is used for ministering as a priest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 27, "text": "They also made the tunics woven out of fine linen for Aaron and his sons,"}, {"pk": 4095010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 28, "text": "the turban of fine linen, the decorated turbans of fine linen, the linen undergarments of fine twisted linen,"}, {"pk": 4095011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 29, "text": "the sashes of fine twisted linen, and of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, decorated with needlework, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 30, "text": "They made the flower ornament for the holy crown out of pure gold. Like the engraving on an official seal, they engraved on it the saying \u201cHoly to the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 31, "text": "They fastened to it a blue cord to tie it to the top of the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 32, "text": "In this way all the work of the meeting tent dwelling was finished. The Israelites did everything just exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 33, "text": "Then they brought to Moses the dwelling, the tent, and all its equipment: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its posts, and its bases, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 34, "text": "the covering of rams\u2019 skins dyed red, the covering of beaded leather, and the veil for a screen, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 35, "text": "the chest containing the covenant with its poles and the cover, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 36, "text": "the table with all its equipment and the bread of the presence, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 37, "text": "the pure lampstand with its lamps set on it and all its equipment, and the oil for the light, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 38, "text": "the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet-smelling incense, the screen for the tent\u2019s entrance, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 39, "text": "the copper altar and its copper grate, its poles, and all its equipment, the washbasin with its stand, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 40, "text": "the courtyard\u2019s drapes, its posts, and its bases, the screen for the plaza\u2019s gate, its cords, and its tent pegs, and all the other equipment for the service of the dwelling, for the meeting tent, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 41, "text": "the woven clothes for ministering as priests in the sanctuary, the holy clothes for the priest Aaron and the clothes for his sons to serve as priests. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 42, "text": "The Israelites did all of the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 39, "verse": 43, "text": "When Moses saw that they in fact had done all the work exactly as the LORD had commanded, Moses blessed them."}, {"pk": 4095026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "Set up the meeting tent dwelling on the first day of the first month. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Abib"}, {"pk": 4095028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "Place the chest containing the covenant inside the dwelling. Hide the chest from view with the veil."}, {"pk": 4095029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "Bring in the table and arrange its items. Bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps."}, {"pk": 4095030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "Place the gold altar for burning incense in front of the chest containing the covenant. Set up the screen at the dwelling\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "Put the altar for entirely burned offerings in front of the entrance to the meeting tent dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "Put the washbasin between the meeting tent and the altar and put water in it."}, {"pk": 4095033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "Set up the courtyard all around. Hang up the screen at the courtyard gate."}, {"pk": 4095034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "Then take the anointing oil and anoint the dwelling and everything in it. Make holy the dwelling and all its equipment, and it will be holy."}, {"pk": 4095035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "Anoint the altar for entirely burned offerings and all its equipment. Make the altar holy, and the altar will be most holy."}, {"pk": 4095036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "Anoint the washbasin with its stand and make it holy."}, {"pk": 4095037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "Then bring Aaron and his sons to the meeting tent\u2019s entrance and wash them with water."}, {"pk": 4095038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "Dress Aaron in the holy clothes. Anoint him and make him holy so that he may serve me as priest."}, {"pk": 4095039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "Then bring his sons and dress them in tunics."}, {"pk": 4095040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "Anoint them like you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing is to the priesthood for all time in every generation."}, {"pk": 4095041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "Moses did everything exactly as the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4095042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the dwelling was set up."}, {"pk": 4095043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 18, "text": "Moses set up the dwelling. He laid out its bases. He set up its boards, inserted its bars, and raised up its posts."}, {"pk": 4095044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 19, "text": "He spread the tent out over the dwelling, and he put the covering of the tent over it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 20, "text": "He took the covenant document and placed it inside the chest. He put the poles on the chest, and he set the cover on top of the chest."}, {"pk": 4095046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 21, "text": "He brought the chest into the dwelling. He set up the veil as a screen to hide from view the chest containing the covenant, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 22, "text": "He placed the table in the meeting tent, on the north side of the dwelling, outside the veil."}, {"pk": 4095048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 23, "text": "He set the bread in its proper place on the table in the LORD\u2019s presence, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 24, "text": "He put the lampstand in the meeting tent, opposite the table on the south side of the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 25, "text": "He set up the lamps in the LORD\u2019s presence, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 26, "text": "He put the gold altar in the meeting tent in front of the veil."}, {"pk": 4095052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 27, "text": "He burned sweet-smelling incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 28, "text": "He also set up the screen at the entrance to the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 29, "text": "He placed the altar for entirely burned offerings at the entrance to the meeting tent dwelling. He offered the entirely burned offering and the grain offering on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 30, "text": "He put the washbasin between the meeting tent and the altar, and put water in it for washing."}, {"pk": 4095056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 31, "text": "Moses, Aaron, and his sons used it to wash their hands and their feet."}, {"pk": 4095057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 32, "text": "Whenever they went into the meeting tent and whenever they approached the altar, they washed themselves, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 33, "text": "He set up the courtyard around the dwelling and the altar, and he hung up the screen at the courtyard\u2019s gate. <b>God\u2019s presence fills the dwelling!</b> </pb> When Moses had finished all the work,"}, {"pk": 4095059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 34, "text": "the cloud covered the meeting tent and the LORD\u2019s glorious presence filled the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 35, "text": "Moses couldn\u2019t enter the meeting tent because the cloud had settled on it, and the LORD\u2019s glorious presence filled the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 36, "text": "Whenever the cloud rose from the dwelling, the Israelites would set out on their journeys."}, {"pk": 4095062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 37, "text": "But if the cloud didn\u2019t rise, then they didn\u2019t set out until the day it rose."}, {"pk": 4095063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 2, "chapter": 40, "verse": 38, "text": "The LORD\u2019s cloud stayed over the dwelling during the day, with lightning in it at night, clearly visible to the whole household of Israel at every stage of their journey."}, {"pk": 4095064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD called to Moses and said to him from the meeting tent,"}, {"pk": 4095065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When any of you present a livestock offering to the LORD, you can present it from either the herd or the flock."}, {"pk": 4095066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "If the offering is an entirely burned offering from the herd, you must present a flawless male, bringing it to the meeting tent\u2019s entrance for its acceptance before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "You must press your hand on the head of the entirely burned offering so that it will be accepted for you, to make reconciliation for you."}, {"pk": 4095068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Then you will slaughter the bull before the LORD. Aaron\u2019s sons the priests will present the blood and toss it against every side of the altar at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the entirely burned offering will be skinned and cut up into pieces."}, {"pk": 4095070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The sons of Aaron the priest <sup>[1]</sup> will light the altar and lay wood on the fire.", "comment": "[1] Some Heb sources, Sam, LXX, Syr, and some Tg sources have <i>Aaron\u2019s sons, the priests,</i> as in <a href='/CEB/3/1/5'>1:5</a>, <a href='/CEB/3/1/8'>8</a>."}, {"pk": 4095071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Aaron\u2019s sons the priests will arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat on the wood that is on the altar fire,"}, {"pk": 4095072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "but the animal\u2019s insides and lower legs must be washed with water. The priest will then completely burn all of it on the altar as an entirely burned offering, a food gift <sup>[2]</sup> of soothing smell to the LORD.", "comment": "[2] Or (here and throughout Leviticus) <i>offering by fire</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/3/3/11'>3:11</a>)"}, {"pk": 4095073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "If the offering is an entirely burned offering from the flock \u2014 whether sheep or goat \u2014 you must present a flawless male."}, {"pk": 4095074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "You must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD. Aaron\u2019s sons the priests will toss its blood against every side of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Once it has been cut into pieces, including the head and the fat, the priest will arrange these out on the wood that is on the altar fire,"}, {"pk": 4095076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "but its insides and lower legs must be washed with water. Then the priest will present all of it and completely burn it on the altar. It is an entirely burned offering, a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "If the offering for the LORD is an entirely burned offering from the birds, you can present your offering from the doves or pigeons."}, {"pk": 4095078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The priest will bring it to the altar. He will tear off its head and completely burn it on the altar. Its blood will be drained against the side of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the priest will remove its throat along with its contents <sup>[3]</sup> and throw it by the east side of the altar, into the place for the ashes.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "He will then tear the bird open by its wings, without splitting it. The priest will completely burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the altar fire. It is an entirely burned offering, a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "When anyone presents a grain offering to the LORD, the offering must be of choice flour. They must pour oil on it and put frankincense on it,"}, {"pk": 4095082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "then bring it to Aaron\u2019s sons, the priests. A priest will take a handful of its choice flour and oil, along with all of its frankincense, and will completely burn this token portion on the altar as a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons as a most holy portion from the LORD\u2019s food gifts."}, {"pk": 4095084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "When you present a grain offering baked in an oven, it must be of choice flour: unleavened flatbread mixed with oil or unleavened wafers spread with oil."}, {"pk": 4095085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "If your offering is grain prepared on a griddle, it must be of choice flour mixed with oil and it must be unleavened."}, {"pk": 4095086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Crumble it into pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering."}, {"pk": 4095087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "If your offering is grain prepared in a pan, it must be made of choice flour with oil."}, {"pk": 4095088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "You will bring the grain offering made in one of these ways to the LORD, presenting it to the priest, who will then bring it to the altar."}, {"pk": 4095089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The priest will remove from the grain offering the token portion and completely burn it on the altar as a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons as a most holy portion from the LORD\u2019s food gifts."}, {"pk": 4095091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "No grain offering that you give to the LORD can be made with yeast. You must not completely burn any yeast or honey as a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "You can present those as first-choice offerings to the LORD, but they must not be entirely burned up on the altar as a soothing smell."}, {"pk": 4095093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "You must season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not omit the salt of your God\u2019s covenant from your grain offering. You must offer salt with all your offerings."}, {"pk": 4095094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "If you present a grain offering to the LORD from the first produce, you must make such an offering from the crushed heads of newly ripe grain, roasted with fire."}, {"pk": 4095095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "You must put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering."}, {"pk": 4095096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "The priest will completely burn the token portion \u2014 some of the crushed new grain and oil along with all of the frankincense \u2014 as a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "If the offering is a communal sacrifice of well-being, <sup>[1]</sup> the one who offers the herd animal \u2014 whether it is male or female \u2014 must present a flawless specimen before the LORD.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>peace offering</i>"}, {"pk": 4095098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "You must press your hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance. Aaron\u2019s sons the priests will toss the blood against every side of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Then you can offer a food gift to the LORD from the communal sacrifice of well-being: the fat that covers and surrounds the insides;"}, {"pk": 4095100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "the two kidneys and the fat around them at the loins; and the lobe on the liver, which should be removed with the kidneys."}, {"pk": 4095101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Aaron\u2019s sons will completely burn all of this on the altar \u2014 along with the entirely burned offering on the wood that is on the altar fire \u2014 as a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "If the offering for a communal sacrifice of well-being for the LORD is from the flock \u2014 whether it is male or female \u2014 you must present a flawless specimen."}, {"pk": 4095103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "If you present a sheep as the offering, you must present it before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "You must press your hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it before the meeting tent. Aaron\u2019s sons will toss the blood against every side of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Then you may offer the fat from the communal sacrifice of well-being as a food gift for the LORD: the whole fat tail, which should be removed close to the tailbone; the fat that covers and surrounds the insides;"}, {"pk": 4095106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "the two kidneys and the fat around them at the loins; and the lobe on the liver, which should be removed with the kidneys."}, {"pk": 4095107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "The priest will then completely burn all of this on the altar as food \u2014 as a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "If the offering is a goat, you must present it before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "You must press your hand on its head and slaughter it before the meeting tent. Aaron\u2019s sons will toss its blood against every side of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Then you may present as your offering \u2014 a food gift for the LORD \u2014 the fat that covers and surrounds the insides;"}, {"pk": 4095111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "the two kidneys and the fat around them at the loins; and the lobe on the liver, which should be removed with the kidneys."}, {"pk": 4095112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "The priest will then completely burn all of this on the altar as food \u2014 as a food gift for a soothing smell. All fat belongs to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "This is a permanent rule for your future generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or blood."}, {"pk": 4095114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Say to the Israelites: Do the following whenever someone sins unintentionally against any of the LORD\u2019s commands, doing something that shouldn\u2019t be done:"}, {"pk": 4095116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "If it is the anointed priest who has sinned, making the people guilty of sin, he must present to the LORD a flawless bull from the herd as a purification offering <sup>[1]</sup> for the sin he has committed.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>sin offering</i> (Heb <i>hatta\u2019t,</i> which recurs frequently in Leviticus)"}, {"pk": 4095117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "He will bring the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the meeting tent and press his hand on the bull\u2019s head. Then he will slaughter the bull before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "The anointed priest will take some of the bull\u2019s blood and take it into the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4095119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "The priest will dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, toward the sanctuary\u2019s inner curtain."}, {"pk": 4095120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the priest will put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of perfumed incense, which is in the meeting tent before the LORD. But he will pour out all the rest of the bull\u2019s blood at the base of the altar of entirely burned offerings, which is at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he will remove all the fat from the bull for the purification offering: the fat that covers and surrounds the insides;"}, {"pk": 4095122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "the two kidneys and the fat around them at the loins; and the lobe on the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys,"}, {"pk": 4095123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "just as this is removed from the ox for the communal sacrifice of well-being. Then the priest will completely burn these on the altar of entirely burned offerings."}, {"pk": 4095124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "But the bull\u2019s hide and all of its flesh, along with its head, lower legs, entrails, and dung \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "all that remains of the bull \u2014 will be taken to a clean location outside the camp, to the ash heap. It should be burned there at the ash heap on a wood fire."}, {"pk": 4095126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "If it is the entire Israelite community that has done something wrong unintentionally and the deed escapes the assembly\u2019s notice \u2014 but they\u2019ve done something that shouldn\u2019t be done in violation of the LORD\u2019s commands, becoming guilty of sin \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "once the sin that they committed becomes known, the assembly must present a bull from the herd as a purification offering. They will bring it before the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4095128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The community elders will press their hands on the bull\u2019s head before the LORD and then slaughter it before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "The anointed priest will take some of the bull\u2019s blood into the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4095130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The priest will dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD toward the inner curtain."}, {"pk": 4095131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Then he will put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the meeting tent. But he will pour all the rest of the blood out at the base of the altar of entirely burned offerings that is at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Then he will remove all the fat from it and completely burn it on the altar."}, {"pk": 4095133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "He will do the same with this bull as he did with the other bull for the purification offering; that is exactly what he must do. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for them, and they will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the priest will take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as the first bull was burned. It is the purification offering for the assembly."}, {"pk": 4095135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "If a leader sins by unintentionally breaking any of the commands of the LORD his God, doing something that shouldn\u2019t be done, and becomes guilty of sin \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "once the sin that he committed is made known to him \u2014 he must bring as his offering a flawless male goat."}, {"pk": 4095137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "He will press his hand on the goat\u2019s head. It will be slaughtered <sup>[2]</sup> at the place where an entirely burned offering would be slaughtered before the LORD. It is a purification offering.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>He will slaughter it \u2026 where he would slaughter</i>"}, {"pk": 4095138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "The priest will take some of the blood from the purification offering and, using his finger, will put it on the horns of the altar of entirely burned offerings. But he will pour the rest of the blood out at the base of the altar of entirely burned offerings."}, {"pk": 4095139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "He will completely burn all of its fat on the altar just as the fat of the communal sacrifice of well-being is burned. In this way the priest will make reconciliation for the leader to remove his sin, and he will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "If any ordinary person <sup>[3]</sup> sins unintentionally by breaking one of the LORD\u2019s commands, doing something that shouldn\u2019t be done, and becomes guilty of sin \u2014", "comment": "[3] Or <i>one of the people of the land</i>"}, {"pk": 4095141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "once the sin they committed is made known to them \u2014 they must bring as their offering a flawless female goat because of the sin that was committed."}, {"pk": 4095142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "They will press their hand on the head of the purification offering. It will be slaughtered <sup>[4]</sup> at the place for the entirely burned offerings.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>They will slaughter it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4095143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "The priest will take some of its blood and, using his finger, will put it on the horns of the altar of entirely burned offerings. But he will pour all the rest of the blood out at the base of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "He will remove all of its fat, just as the fat from a communal sacrifice of well-being is removed. Then the priest will completely burn it on the altar as a soothing smell to the LORD. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for them, and they will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "If you offer a sheep as a purification offering, it must be a flawless female."}, {"pk": 4095146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "You must press your hand on the head of the purification offering. It will be slaughtered <sup>[5]</sup> as a purification offering in the place where the entirely burned offering is slaughtered.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>You will slaughter it</i>."}, {"pk": 4095147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "Then the priest will take some of the blood from the purification offering and, using his finger, will put it on the horns of the altar of entirely burned offerings. But he will pour all the rest of the blood out at the base of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "He will remove all of its fat, just as the fat of a sheep would be removed from the communal sacrifice of well-being. Then the priest will completely burn it on the altar along with the LORD\u2019s food gifts. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for you for the sin you committed, and you will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "If you sin: by not providing information after hearing a public solemn pledge even though you are a witness, knowing something, or having seen something so that you become liable to punishment; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "or by touching some unclean thing \u2014 the dead body of an unclean wild animal, unclean livestock, or unclean swarming creature \u2014 but the fact goes unknown so that you become unclean and guilty of sin; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "or by touching human uncleanness \u2014 any uncleanness that makes one unclean \u2014 and the fact goes unknown, but you later learn of it and become guilty of sin; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "or by carelessly swearing to do something, whether bad or good \u2014 whatever one might swear carelessly \u2014 and the fact goes unknown, but you later learn of it and become guilty of sin concerning one of these things \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4095153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "at that point, when you have become guilty of sin in one of these ways, you must confess how you have sinned"}, {"pk": 4095154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "and bring to the LORD as compensation for the sin that was committed a female from the flock, either a sheep or goat, as a purification offering. The priest will then make reconciliation for you, to remove your sin."}, {"pk": 4095155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "If you can\u2019t afford an animal from the flock, you can bring to the LORD as compensation for your sin two doves or two pigeons, one as a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4095156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "You will bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the purification offering. He will pinch off its head at the back of its neck without splitting it."}, {"pk": 4095157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the purification offering on the side of the altar. The rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4095158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Then, with the second bird, the priest will perform an entirely burned offering according to the regulation. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for you because of the sin you committed, and you will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "If you cannot afford two doves or two pigeons, you can bring as the offering for your sin a tenth of an ephah <sup>[1]</sup> of choice flour as a purification offering. You must not put any oil on it, nor any frankincense, because it is a purification offering.", "comment": "[1] Two quarts; one ephah is approximately twenty quarts dry."}, {"pk": 4095160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "You will bring it to the priest, and the priest will take a handful from it \u2014 the token portion \u2014 and will burn it completely on the altar along with the food gifts for the LORD. It is a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4095161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for you for whichever one of the sins you committed, and you will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest like the grain offering."}, {"pk": 4095162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Whenever you commit wrongdoing, unintentionally sinning against any of the LORD\u2019s holy things, you must bring to the LORD as your compensation a flawless ram from the flock, its value calculated in silver shekels according to the sanctuary\u2019s shekel, as a compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "You will make amends for the way you have sinned against the holy thing: you will add one-fifth to its value and give it to the priest. Then the priest will make reconciliation for you with the ram for the compensation offering, and you will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "If you sin by breaking any of the LORD\u2019s commands, but without realizing it, doing something that shouldn\u2019t be done, and then become guilty and liable to punishment,"}, {"pk": 4095166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "you must bring a flawless ram from the flock, at the standard value, as a compensation offering to the priest. The priest will make reconciliation for you for the unintentional fault that you committed, even though you didn\u2019t realize it, and you will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4095167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "It is a compensation offering. You have definitely become guilty before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> The LORD said to Moses,", "comment": "[1] 5:20 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4095169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "If you sin: by acting unfaithfully against the LORD; by deceiving a fellow citizen concerning a deposit or pledged property; by cheating a fellow citizen through robbery; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "or, though you\u2019ve found lost property, you lie about it; or by swearing falsely about anything that someone might do and so sin, <br>"}, {"pk": 4095171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "at that point, once you have sinned and become guilty of sin, you must return the property you took by robbery or fraud, or the deposit that was left with you for safekeeping, or the lost property that you found,"}, {"pk": 4095172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "or whatever it was that you swore falsely about. You must make amends for the principal amount and add one-fifth to it. You must give it to the owner on the day you become guilty."}, {"pk": 4095173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "You must bring to the priest as your compensation to the LORD a flawless ram from the flock at the standard value as a compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The priest will make reconciliation for you before the LORD, and you will be forgiven for anything you may have done that made you guilty."}, {"pk": 4095175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> The LORD said to Moses:", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/3/6/1'>6:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4095176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Command Aaron and his sons: This is the Instruction for the entirely burned offering \u2014 the entirely burned offering that must remain on the altar hearth all night until morning, while the fire is kept burning."}, {"pk": 4095177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "The priest will dress in his linen robe, with linen undergarments on his body. Because the fire will have devoured the entirely burned offering on the altar, he must remove the ashes and place them beside the altar."}, {"pk": 4095178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "The priest will then take off his clothes, dress in a different set of clothes, and take the ashes outside the camp to a clean location."}, {"pk": 4095179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "The altar fire must be kept burning; it must not go out. Each morning the priest will burn wood on it, will lay out the entirely burned offering on it, and will completely burn the fat of the well-being offering on it."}, {"pk": 4095180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "A continuous fire must be kept burning on the altar; it must not go out."}, {"pk": 4095181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "This is the Instruction for the grain offering: Aaron\u2019s sons will present it before the LORD in front of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "The priest will remove a handful of the choice flour and oil from the grain offering, and all of the frankincense that is on it, and burn this token portion completely on the altar as a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Aaron and his sons will eat the rest of it. It must be eaten as unleavened bread in a holy place; the priests must eat it in the meeting tent\u2019s courtyard."}, {"pk": 4095184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "It must not be baked with leaven. I have made it the priests\u2019 share from my food gifts. It is most holy like the purification offering and the compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Only the males from Aaron\u2019s descendants can eat it as a permanent portion from the LORD\u2019s food gifts throughout your future generations. Anything that touches these food gifts will become holy."}, {"pk": 4095186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day of his anointment: one-tenth of an ephah <sup>[3]</sup> of choice flour as a regular grain offering, half in the morning and half in the evening.", "comment": "[3] Two quarts; an ephah is approximately twenty quarts dry."}, {"pk": 4095188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "It must be prepared on a griddle with oil. You must bring it thoroughly mixed up and must present it as a grain offering of crumbled pieces <sup>[4]</sup> as a soothing smell to the LORD.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "The priest who is anointed from among Aaron\u2019s sons to succeed him will prepare the offering as a permanent portion for the LORD. It will be completely burned as a complete offering."}, {"pk": 4095190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Every priestly grain offering must be a complete offering; it must not be eaten."}, {"pk": 4095191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Say to Aaron and his sons: This is the Instruction for the purification offering: The purification offering must be slaughtered before the LORD at the same place the entirely burned offering is slaughtered; it is most holy."}, {"pk": 4095193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "The priest who offers it as a purification offering will eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the meeting tent\u2019s courtyard."}, {"pk": 4095194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Anything that touches the purification offering\u2019s flesh will become holy. If some of its blood splashes on a garment, you must wash the bloodied part in a holy place."}, {"pk": 4095195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "A pottery container in which the purification offering is cooked must be broken, but if it is cooked in a bronze container, that must be scrubbed and rinsed with water."}, {"pk": 4095196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Any male priest can eat it; it is most holy."}, {"pk": 4095197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "But no purification offering can be eaten if blood from it is brought into the meeting tent to make reconciliation in the holy place; it must be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4095198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "This is the Instruction for the compensation offering: It is most holy."}, {"pk": 4095199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "The compensation offering must be slaughtered at the same place where the entirely burned offering is slaughtered, and its blood must be tossed against all sides of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "All of its fat will be offered: the fat tail; the fat that covers the insides;"}, {"pk": 4095201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "the two kidneys and the fat around them at the loins; and the lobe on the liver, which must be removed with the kidneys."}, {"pk": 4095202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "The priest must burn them completely on the altar as a food gift for the LORD; it is a compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Any male priest can eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy."}, {"pk": 4095204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "The compensation offering is like the purification offering \u2014 they share the same Instruction: It belongs to the priest who makes reconciliation with it."}, {"pk": 4095205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The hide of the entirely burned offering that a priest has offered belongs to the priest who offered it."}, {"pk": 4095206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Any grain offering that is baked in an oven or that is prepared in a pan or on a griddle also belongs to the priest who offered it."}, {"pk": 4095207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "But every other grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, will belong to all of Aaron\u2019s sons equally."}, {"pk": 4095208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "This is the Instruction for the communal sacrifice of well-being that someone may offer to the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4095209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "If you are offering it for thanksgiving, you must offer the following with the communal sacrifice of thanksgiving: unleavened flatbread mixed with oil, unleavened thin loaves spread with oil, and flatbread of choice flour thoroughly mixed with oil."}, {"pk": 4095210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "You must present this offering, plus the leavened flatbread, with the communal thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being."}, {"pk": 4095211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "From this you will present one of each kind of offering as a gift to the LORD. It will belong to the priest who tosses the blood of the well-being offering."}, {"pk": 4095212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "The flesh of your communal thanksgiving sacrifice of well-being must be eaten on the day you offer it; you cannot save any of it until morning."}, {"pk": 4095213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "But if your communal sacrifice of well-being is payment for a solemn promise or if it is a spontaneous gift, it may be eaten on the day you offer it as your communal sacrifice, and whatever is left over can be eaten the next day."}, {"pk": 4095214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "But whatever is left over of the flesh of the communal sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4095215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "If any of it is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who offered it. It will be considered foul, and the person who eats of it will be liable to punishment."}, {"pk": 4095216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Flesh that touches any unclean thing must not be eaten; it must be burned with fire. Any clean person may eat the flesh,"}, {"pk": 4095217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "but anyone who eats the flesh of a communal sacrifice of well-being that belongs to the LORD while in an unclean state will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Whenever anyone touches any unclean thing \u2014 whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean and disgusting creature \u2014 and then eats the flesh of a communal sacrifice of well-being that belongs to the LORD, that person will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Tell the Israelites: You must not eat the fat of an ox, sheep, or goat."}, {"pk": 4095221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "The fat of an animal that has died naturally or the fat of an animal that was killed by another animal may be put to any use, but you must definitely not eat it."}, {"pk": 4095222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food gift could be offered to the LORD, that person will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "You must not consume any blood whatsoever \u2014 whether bird or animal blood \u2014 wherever you may live."}, {"pk": 4095224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "Any person who consumes any blood whatsoever will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Say to the Israelites: If you wish to offer a communal sacrifice of well-being to the LORD, you are allowed to bring your offering to the LORD as your communal sacrifice of well-being. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "Your own hands must bring the LORD\u2019s food gifts. You will bring the fat with the breast so that the breast can be lifted as an uplifted offering before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "The priest will completely burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will go to Aaron and his sons."}, {"pk": 4095229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "You will give the right thigh of your communal sacrifice of well-being to the priest as a gift."}, {"pk": 4095230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "The right thigh will belong to the son of Aaron who offers the blood and fat of the well-being offering."}, {"pk": 4095231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "I have taken the breast of the uplifted offering and the thigh that is given by the Israelites from their communal sacrifices of well-being, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as a permanent portion from the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "This is what Aaron and his sons are allotted from the LORD\u2019s food gifts once they have been presented to serve the LORD as priests."}, {"pk": 4095233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "The LORD commanded that these things be given to the priests by the Israelites, following their anointment. It is their permanent portion throughout their future generations."}, {"pk": 4095234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "This concludes the Instructions for the entirely burned offering, the grain offering, the purification offering, the compensation offering, the ordination offering, and the communal sacrifice of well-being,"}, {"pk": 4095235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "which the LORD commanded Moses at Mount Sinai on the day when he ordered the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD, in the Sinai desert."}, {"pk": 4095236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Take Aaron and his sons with him, the priestly clothing, the anointing oil, a bull for the purification offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread,"}, {"pk": 4095238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "and assemble the whole community at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the community assembled at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Moses said to the community, \u201cThis is what the LORD has commanded us to do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them in water."}, {"pk": 4095242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, and dressed him in the robe. Moses then put the priestly vest on Aaron, tied the woven waistband of the vest around him, and secured the vest to him with it."}, {"pk": 4095243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Moses placed the chest piece on Aaron and set the Urim and Thummim into the chest piece."}, {"pk": 4095244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses placed the turban on Aaron\u2019s head and put the gold flower ornament, the holy crown, on the turban\u2019s front, just as the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4095245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the dwelling <sup>[1]</sup> and everything in it, making them holy by doing so.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tabernacle</i>"}, {"pk": 4095246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its equipment, as well as the basin and its base, to make them holy."}, {"pk": 4095247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron\u2019s head, thereby anointing him to make him holy."}, {"pk": 4095248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Moses brought Aaron\u2019s sons forward, dressed them in tunics, tied sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4095249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Next Moses brought forward the bull for the purification offering. Aaron and his sons pressed their hands on its head."}, {"pk": 4095250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses slaughtered it, then took the blood and, using his finger, put it on all of the altar\u2019s horns, purifying the altar. He poured the rest of the blood out at the altar\u2019s base. Then he made the altar holy so that reconciliation could be performed on it. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>to make reconciliation for it</i> (i.e., the altar)"}, {"pk": 4095251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Moses removed all the fat that was around the insides, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and he completely burned it on the altar."}, {"pk": 4095252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "But the rest of the bull, including its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp just as the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4095253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Moses presented the ram for the entirely burned offering, and Aaron and his sons pressed their hands on its head."}, {"pk": 4095254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Moses slaughtered it, then tossed the blood against all sides of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "He cut up the ram into pieces, and then completely burned the head, pieces, and fat."}, {"pk": 4095256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "After he washed the insides and lower legs with water, Moses completely burned the whole ram on the altar. It was an entirely burned offering for a soothing smell; it was a food gift for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Moses then presented the second ram, the ram for ordination, and Aaron and his sons pressed their hands on its head."}, {"pk": 4095258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "Moses slaughtered it, then took some of its blood and put it on Aaron\u2019s right earlobe, on his right thumb, and on his right big toe."}, {"pk": 4095259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Moses brought forward Aaron\u2019s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, their right thumbs, and their right big toes. Moses tossed the rest of the blood against all of the altar\u2019s sides."}, {"pk": 4095260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Then he took the fat \u2014 the fat tail, all the fat that was around the insides, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat \u2014 as well as the right thigh."}, {"pk": 4095261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one loaf of unleavened flatbread, one loaf of flatbread made with oil, and one unleavened wafer, and he placed these on the fat pieces and on the right thigh."}, {"pk": 4095262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Moses set all of this in Aaron\u2019s and his sons\u2019 hands, then lifted them as an uplifted offering before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "Next Moses took this out of their hands and completely burned it on the altar, along with the entirely burned offering. This was an ordination offering for a soothing smell; it was a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Next Moses took the breast from the ram for the ordination offering and lifted it as an uplifted offering before the LORD. It belonged to Moses as his portion, just as the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4095265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his clothes, and on his sons and their clothes as well. In this way, Moses made holy Aaron, his clothing, and Aaron\u2019s sons and their clothing."}, {"pk": 4095266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "Moses said to Aaron and his sons: \u201cCook the meat at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance. You may eat it there along with the bread that is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I was commanded, <sup>[3]</sup> \u2018Aaron and his sons can eat it.\u2019", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Tg; cf <a href='/CEB/3/8/35'>8:35</a>; MT <i>as I commanded</i>"}, {"pk": 4095267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "But you must burn whatever is left over of the meat and bread with fire."}, {"pk": 4095268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "You must not leave the meeting tent\u2019s entrance for seven days, until the period of your ordination is completed, because your ordination takes seven days."}, {"pk": 4095269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "What was done today was commanded by the LORD, to make reconciliation for you."}, {"pk": 4095270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "You must stay at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance for seven days, day and night, observing the LORD\u2019s requirement so you don\u2019t die, because that\u2019s what I was commanded.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD commanded through Moses."}, {"pk": 4095272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "On the eighth day, Moses called for Aaron, Aaron\u2019s sons, and Israel\u2019s elders."}, {"pk": 4095273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to Aaron, \u201cTake a young bull from the herd as a purification offering and a ram as an entirely burned offering, both flawless animals, and bring them before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Then tell the Israelites, \u2018Take a male goat as a purification offering; a young bull and a sheep \u2014 both one-year-old flawless animals \u2014 as an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4095275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "an ox and a ram as a well-being sacrifice before the LORD; and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today the LORD will appear to you.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "They brought what Moses had commanded to the front of the meeting tent. Then the whole community came forward and stood before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses said, \u201cThe LORD has ordered you to do this so that the LORD\u2019s glorious presence will appear to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses said to Aaron, \u201cCome up to the altar and perform your purification offering and your entirely burned offering, making reconciliation for yourself and the people. Then perform the people\u2019s offering in order to make reconciliation for them, just as the LORD commanded.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Aaron went to the altar and slaughtered the young bull for his purification offering."}, {"pk": 4095280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Aaron\u2019s sons presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the altar\u2019s horns. He poured the rest of the blood out at the altar\u2019s base."}, {"pk": 4095281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "He completely burned on the altar the fat, kidneys, and lobe of the liver from the purification offering, just as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "But he burned the flesh and hide with fire outside the camp."}, {"pk": 4095283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Aaron slaughtered the entirely burned offering. Aaron\u2019s sons handed him the blood, and he tossed it against all sides of the altar."}, {"pk": 4095284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "They handed him the entirely burned offering in pieces, including the head, and he completely burned them on the altar."}, {"pk": 4095285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Then he washed the insides and lower legs and completely burned them on the altar along with the rest of the entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4095286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Next, Aaron presented the people\u2019s offering. He took the male goat for the people\u2019s purification offering, slaughtered it, and offered it as a purification offering like the first purification offering."}, {"pk": 4095287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "He presented the entirely burned offering and did with it according to the regulation."}, {"pk": 4095288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Then he presented the grain offering, took a handful from it, and completely burned it on the altar, in addition to the morning\u2019s entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4095289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Aaron then slaughtered the ox and the ram \u2014 the people\u2019s communal sacrifice of well-being. Aaron\u2019s sons handed him the blood, which he tossed against all sides of the altar,"}, {"pk": 4095290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "and the fat pieces of the ox and ram \u2014 the fat tail, the covering fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver."}, {"pk": 4095291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "They placed these fat pieces on the animals\u2019 breasts, and Aaron completely burned them on the altar."}, {"pk": 4095292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "But Aaron lifted up the breasts and the right thigh as an uplifted offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded."}, {"pk": 4095293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Aaron then raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. After performing the purification offering, the entirely burned offering, and the well-being sacrifice, he came down."}, {"pk": 4095294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Moses and Aaron then entered the meeting tent. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the LORD\u2019s glorious presence appeared to all the people."}, {"pk": 4095295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Fire flew out from before the LORD and devoured the entirely burned offering and the fat pieces on the altar. All the people saw it. They shouted for joy and fell facedown."}, {"pk": 4095296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Nadab and Abihu, two of Aaron\u2019s sons, each took an incense pan. They put fire and incense on them and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them."}, {"pk": 4095297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Then fire flew out from before the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses said to Aaron, \u201cWhen the LORD said, \u2018I will show that I am holy among those near me, and before all the people I will manifest my glorious presence,\u2019 this is what he meant!\u201d But Aaron was silent."}, {"pk": 4095299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Then Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel, Aaron\u2019s uncle, and told them, \u201cGo carry your relatives out from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "So they went forward and carried Nadab and Abihu out by their tunics to a place outside the camp, just as Moses had ordered."}, {"pk": 4095301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses then said to Aaron and his sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, \u201cDon\u2019t dishevel your hair and don\u2019t rip your clothes into pieces, or you will die and bring anger upon the whole community. Your family \u2014 all of Israel\u2019s house \u2014 will mourn the burning the LORD has done."}, {"pk": 4095302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "But you must not leave the meeting tent, or you will die because the LORD\u2019s anointing oil is on you.\u201d So they did what Moses ordered."}, {"pk": 4095303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD said to Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4095304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Both you and your sons must not drink wine or beer when you enter the meeting tent so that you don\u2019t die \u2014 this is a permanent rule throughout your future generations \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,"}, {"pk": 4095306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "and so that you can teach the Israelites all the rules that the LORD spoke to them through Moses."}, {"pk": 4095307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Moses then told Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, \u201cTake the grain offering that is left over from the LORD\u2019s food gifts and eat it unleavened next to the altar, because it is most holy."}, {"pk": 4095308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "You must eat it in a holy place because it is your portion and your sons\u2019 portion from the LORD\u2019s food gifts, as I have been commanded."}, {"pk": 4095309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "You must eat the breast for the uplifted offering and the thigh for the gift offering in a clean place \u2014 both you and your sons and daughters. These things are designated as your portion and your children\u2019s portion from the Israelites\u2019 communal sacrifices of well-being."}, {"pk": 4095310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The Israelites must bring the thigh for the gift and the breast for the uplifted offering along with the food gifts of the fat pieces, to be lifted up as an uplifted offering before the LORD. These will belong to both you and your children as a permanent portion, just as the LORD has commanded.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Moses asked about the male goat for the purification offering, and discovered that it had already been burned. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron\u2019s remaining sons, and asked,"}, {"pk": 4095312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you eat the purification offering in the holy area? It\u2019s most holy, and it was assigned to you for bearing the community\u2019s punishment by making reconciliation for them before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Since its blood wasn\u2019t brought into the sanctuary\u2019s interior, you were to have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I was commanded.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Syr, Tg, Vulg; MT <i>as I commanded;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/3/8/31'>8:31</a>"}, {"pk": 4095314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cLook,\u201d Aaron said to Moses, \u201ctoday they offered their purification offerings and their entirely burned offerings before the LORD, but these things still happened to me! Would the LORD have approved if I had eaten a purification offering today?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "When Moses heard that, he approved. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he was satisfied.</i>"}, {"pk": 4095316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4095317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Say to the Israelites: These are the creatures that you are allowed to eat from the land animals:"}, {"pk": 4095318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "You can eat any animal that has divided hoofs, completely split, and that rechews food."}, {"pk": 4095319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "But of animals that rechew food and have divided hoofs you must not eat the following: the camel \u2014 though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you;"}, {"pk": 4095320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "the rock badger \u2014 though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you;"}, {"pk": 4095321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "the hare \u2014 though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you;"}, {"pk": 4095322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "the pig \u2014 though it has completely divided hoofs, it does not rechew food, so it is unclean for you."}, {"pk": 4095323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "You must not eat the flesh of these animals or touch their dead bodies; they are unclean for you."}, {"pk": 4095324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "You are allowed to eat the following from all water animals: You may eat anything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in sea or stream."}, {"pk": 4095325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "But anything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales \u2014 whether it be any of the swarming creatures in the water or any of the other living creatures in the water \u2014 is detestable to you"}, {"pk": 4095326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "and must remain so. You must not eat their flesh, and you must detest their dead bodies."}, {"pk": 4095327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Anything in the water that does not have fins or scales is detestable to you."}, {"pk": 4095328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Of the birds, the following are the ones you must detest \u2014 they must not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the black vulture, the bearded vulture,"}, {"pk": 4095329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "the kite, any kind of falcon,"}, {"pk": 4095330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "any kind of raven,"}, {"pk": 4095331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, any kind of hawk,"}, {"pk": 4095332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "the tawny owl, the fisher owl, the screech owl,"}, {"pk": 4095333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,"}, {"pk": 4095334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Many of the species in <a href='/CEB/3/11/13-19'>11:13\u201319</a> cannot be identified with certainty."}, {"pk": 4095335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Any flying insect that walks on four feet is detestable to you,"}, {"pk": 4095336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "but you can eat four-footed flying insects that have jointed legs above their feet with which they hop on the ground."}, {"pk": 4095337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Of these you can eat the following: any kind of migrating locust, any kind of bald locust, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper."}, {"pk": 4095338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "But every other flying insect that has four feet is detestable to you."}, {"pk": 4095339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "You make yourself unclean by the following animals \u2014 whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening,"}, {"pk": 4095340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "and anyone who carries any part of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening:"}, {"pk": 4095341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "All animals that have divided hoofs, but they are not completely split, and that do not rechew food are unclean for you \u2014 whoever touches them will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "Of all the animals that walk on four feet, the ones that walk on their paws are unclean for you \u2014 anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Anyone who carries one of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening; these animals are unclean for you."}, {"pk": 4095344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "The following are unclean for you among the small creatures that move about on the ground: the rat, the mouse, any kind of large lizard,"}, {"pk": 4095345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "the gecko, the spotted lizard, the lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Many of the species in <a href='/CEB/3/11/29-30'>11:29\u201330</a> cannot be identified with certainty."}, {"pk": 4095346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "Of all small moving creatures, these are unclean for you \u2014 anyone who touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Moreover, anything on which one of these creatures falls when it is dead will be unclean, whether it is wood, cloth, skin, or funeral clothing \u2014 any such item that can be used to do work. It must be put into water and will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "If any of these creatures fall into a pottery jar, everything inside it will be unclean; you must smash the pot."}, {"pk": 4095349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "If water from such a jar gets on any edible food, it will be unclean; any drinkable beverage in such a jar will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Anything on which a part of these animals\u2019 dead bodies might fall will be unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it must be destroyed; they are unclean for you and must remain that way."}, {"pk": 4095351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "Now, a spring or cistern that collects water is clean, but anyone who touches one of these animals\u2019 dead bodies in it will be unclean. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>in it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4095352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "If any part of these animals\u2019 dead bodies falls on seed that is to be planted, the seed is still clean."}, {"pk": 4095353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "But if water is poured on some seed and part of their dead bodies falls on it, it is unclean for you."}, {"pk": 4095354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "If one of the animals that you are allowed to eat dies naturally, anyone who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "Anyone who eats from the dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries such a dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "Every creature that swarms on the earth is detestable; it must not be eaten."}, {"pk": 4095357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "Among all such creatures that swarm on the earth, you must not eat anything that moves on its belly or anything that walks on four or more feet because they are detestable."}, {"pk": 4095358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "Do not make yourselves detestable by means of any swarming creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean with them or be made unclean by them."}, {"pk": 4095359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "I am the LORD your God. You must keep yourselves holy and be holy, because I am holy. You must not make yourselves unclean by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground."}, {"pk": 4095360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy."}, {"pk": 4095361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 46, "text": "This concludes the Instruction concerning animals, birds, all creatures that live in water, and all the creatures that swarm on the earth,"}, {"pk": 4095362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 11, "verse": 47, "text": "in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean and between creatures that can be eaten and those that cannot."}, {"pk": 4095363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Say to the Israelites: If a woman conceives a child and gives birth to a son, she will be unclean for seven days \u2014 just as she is during her menstrual period."}, {"pk": 4095365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "On the eighth day, the flesh of the boy\u2019s foreskin must be circumcised."}, {"pk": 4095366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "For thirty-three days the mother will be in a state of blood purification. She must not touch anything holy or enter the sacred area until her time of purification is completed."}, {"pk": 4095367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "But if the woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be unclean for two weeks \u2014 just as she is during her menstrual period \u2014 and will be in a state of blood purification <sup>[1]</sup> for sixty-six days.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "When the time of purification is complete, whether for a son or a daughter, the mother must bring a one-year-old lamb as an entirely burned offering and a pigeon or turtledove as a purification offering to the priest at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "The priest will present it before the LORD and make reconciliation for her. She will then be cleansed from her blood flow. This is the Instruction for any woman who has a child, male or female."}, {"pk": 4095370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "But if the mother cannot afford a sheep, she can bring two turtledoves or two pigeons \u2014 one for the entirely burned offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will then make reconciliation for her, and she will be clean."}, {"pk": 4095371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,"}, {"pk": 4095372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "When a person has a swelling, a scab, or a shiny spot on their skin, and it becomes an infection of skin disease <sup>[1]</sup> on their skin, they will be brought to the priests, either to Aaron or one of his sons.", "comment": "[1] The precise meaning is uncertain; traditionally <i>leprosy</i>\u2014a term used for several different skin diseases."}, {"pk": 4095373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "The priest will examine the infection on the skin. If hair in the infected area has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin, then it is an infection of skin disease. Once the priest sees this, he will declare the person unclean."}, {"pk": 4095374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "But if the shiny spot on the skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin and the hair has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the infected person for seven days."}, {"pk": 4095375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "On the seventh day the priest will again examine the infection. If he sees that it has remained the same \u2014 the infection has not spread on the skin \u2014 the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days."}, {"pk": 4095376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "On the seventh day the priest will examine it again. If the infection has faded and has not spread over the skin, the priest will declare the person clean; it is just a rash. The person must wash their clothes, then they will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "But if the rash continues to spread over the skin after they appeared before the priest for purification, they must again show themselves to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "If the priest sees that the rash has spread over the skin, the priest will declare the person unclean; it is a case of skin disease."}, {"pk": 4095379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Whenever someone has an infection of skin disease, they will be brought to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "If the priest sees that there is a white swelling on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is a patch of raw flesh in the swelling,"}, {"pk": 4095381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "then it is a case of chronic skin disease on their skin. The priest will declare the person unclean. The priest will not quarantine such persons, because they are already unclean."}, {"pk": 4095382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "But if the skin disease continues to break out so that the disease covers all of the infected person\u2019s skin from head to toe, as far as the priest can tell \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "then the priest will make an examination. If the skin disease has covered the person\u2019s whole body, the priest will declare the infected person clean. The person has turned entirely white; he is clean."}, {"pk": 4095384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "But as soon as raw flesh appears in the swelling, they will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "When the priest sees the raw flesh, he will declare the person unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; it is a case of skin disease."}, {"pk": 4095386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "But if the raw flesh turns white again, the person will go back to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "The priest will examine it. If the infection has turned white, the priest will declare the infected person clean; at that point, the person is clean."}, {"pk": 4095388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Whenever someone has a boil on their skin, it heals,"}, {"pk": 4095389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "and in place of the boil there is a white swelling or reddish-white shiny spot, it must be shown to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "If the priest sees that it appears to be lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest will declare the person unclean. It is an infection of skin disease that has broken out in the boil."}, {"pk": 4095391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in it, it is not lower than the skin, and it is faded, the priest will quarantine the person seven days."}, {"pk": 4095392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "If it continues to spread over the skin, the priest will declare the person unclean; it is an infection."}, {"pk": 4095393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "But if the shiny spot remains where it was and does not spread, it is just a scar from the boil. The priest will declare the person clean."}, {"pk": 4095394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Whenever there is a burn on someone\u2019s skin, and the raw patch of the burn becomes a reddish-white or white shiny spot,"}, {"pk": 4095395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "the priest will examine it. If the hair has turned white in the shiny spot, and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a case of skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest will declare the person unclean; it is an infection of skin disease."}, {"pk": 4095396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "But if the priest examines it, and there is no white hair in the shiny spot, it is not lower than the skin, and it is faded, the priest will quarantine the person seven days."}, {"pk": 4095397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "On the seventh day the priest will again examine it. If it has continued to spread over the skin, the priest will declare the person unclean; it is an infection of skin disease."}, {"pk": 4095398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "But if the shiny spot remains where it was, has not spread over the skin, and is faded, it is just swelling from the burn. The priest will declare the person clean, because it is just the scar from the burn."}, {"pk": 4095399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "Whenever a man or woman has an infection, whether on the head or in the beard,"}, {"pk": 4095400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "the priest will examine it. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and there is thin yellow hair in it, the priest will declare the person unclean; it is a case of scabies \u2014 a skin disease of the head or beard."}, {"pk": 4095401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "When the priest examines the scabies infection, if it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, but there is no black hair in it, the priest will quarantine the person with the scabies infection for seven days."}, {"pk": 4095402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "On the seventh day the priest will examine the infection again. If the scabies has not spread, there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,"}, {"pk": 4095403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "the person must shave the area, without shaving the scabies. The priest will then quarantine that person another seven days."}, {"pk": 4095404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "On the seventh day the priest will again examine the scabies. If it has not spread over the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest will declare the person clean. They must wash their clothes; then they will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "But if the scabies continues to spread over the skin after the person\u2019s purification,"}, {"pk": 4095406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "the priest must examine it again. If the scabies has spread over the skin at all, the priest does not need to look for the yellow hair; the person is unclean."}, {"pk": 4095407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "But if the priest sees that the scabies has remained the same, and black hair has grown in it, the scabies has healed. The person is clean, and the priest will declare them to be so."}, {"pk": 4095408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "Whenever a man or woman has many white shiny spots on their skin,"}, {"pk": 4095409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 39, "text": "if the priest sees that there are faded white shiny spots on the skin of the body, it is just a rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean."}, {"pk": 4095410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 40, "text": "If someone loses their hair, they are bald, but they are clean."}, {"pk": 4095411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 41, "text": "If the hair is lost at the sides of the forehead, the person has a receding hairline, but they are clean."}, {"pk": 4095412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 42, "text": "But whenever there is a reddish-white infection in the bald spot or in the receding hairline, it is a case of skin disease breaking out there."}, {"pk": 4095413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 43, "text": "The priest must examine it. If the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the bald spot or receding hairline and resembles skin disease on the body,"}, {"pk": 4095414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 44, "text": "the person is afflicted with skin disease; they are unclean. The priest must declare them unclean on account of the head infection."}, {"pk": 4095415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 45, "text": "Anyone with an infection of skin disease must wear torn clothes, dishevel their hair, cover their upper lip, and shout out, \u201cUnclean! Unclean!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 46, "text": "They will be unclean as long as they are infected. They are unclean. They must live alone outside the camp."}, {"pk": 4095417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 47, "text": "Whenever there is an infection of skin disease on clothing \u2014 on wool or linen clothing,"}, {"pk": 4095418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 48, "text": "in the weaving of the linen or wool, or on a skin or skin item \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 49, "text": "and the infection is greenish or reddish on the clothing, the weaving, or the skin or skin item, it is an infection of skin disease. It must be shown to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 50, "text": "The priest will examine the infection and quarantine the infected item seven days."}, {"pk": 4095421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 51, "text": "On the seventh day he will examine the infection again. If the infection has spread in the clothing, the weaving, or the skin, whatever it is used for, the infection is a case of infectious skin disease; the item is unclean."}, {"pk": 4095422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 52, "text": "The priest will burn the clothing, the weaving of the wool or linen, or whatever skin item in which the infection was found, because it is an infectious skin disease; it must be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4095423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 53, "text": "But if the priest sees that the infection has not spread in the clothing, the weaving, or on any skin item,"}, {"pk": 4095424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 54, "text": "the priest will order that the infected piece be washed, and he will quarantine it for another seven days."}, {"pk": 4095425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 55, "text": "After it has been washed, if the priest sees that the infection has not changed its appearance, even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it with fire. It is a fungus, <sup>[2]</sup> whether it is on the inside or outside.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 56, "text": "But if, after it is washed, the priest sees that the infection has faded, he will tear the infected part out of the cloth, the weaving, or the skin."}, {"pk": 4095427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 57, "text": "If it appears again in the cloth, the weaving, or any item of skin, it is starting to break out. You must burn the infected item with fire."}, {"pk": 4095428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 58, "text": "But if the infection disappears from the cloth, the weaving, or any item of skin that you washed, it must be washed again. Then it will be clean."}, {"pk": 4095429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 13, "verse": 59, "text": "This concludes the Instruction about the infection of skin disease in a woolen or linen cloth, weaving, or any skin item, in order to declare whether it is clean or unclean."}, {"pk": 4095430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "This will be the Instruction for anyone with skin disease <sup>[1]</sup> at the time of purification: When it has been reported to the priest,", "comment": "[1] The precise meaning is uncertain; traditionally <i>leprosy</i>\u2014a term used for several different skin diseases."}, {"pk": 4095432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "he will go outside the camp. If the priest sees that the person afflicted with skin disease has been healed of the infection,"}, {"pk": 4095433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "the priest will order that two birds \u2014 wild <sup>[2]</sup> and clean \u2014 and cedarwood, crimson yarn, and hyssop be brought for the person who needs purification.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>live</i> or <i>healthy;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/3/14/6-7'>14:6\u20137</a>"}, {"pk": 4095434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over fresh water in a pottery jar."}, {"pk": 4095435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "He will then take the other wild bird, along with the cedarwood, crimson yarn, and hyssop, and will dip all of this into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water."}, {"pk": 4095436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "He will sprinkle the person who needs purification from skin disease seven times and declare that they are clean. Then the priest will release the wild bird into the countryside."}, {"pk": 4095437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "The person who needs purification will then wash their clothes, shave off all of their hair, and bathe in water; at that point, they will be clean. After that, they can return to the camp, but they must live outside their tent for seven days."}, {"pk": 4095438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "On the seventh day, the person must shave off all their hair again: head, beard, and eyebrows \u2014 everything. They must wash their clothes and bathe in water; then they will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "On the eighth day, that person must take two flawless male sheep, one flawless one-year-old ewe, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah <sup>[3]</sup> of choice flour mixed with oil, and one log <sup>[4]</sup> of oil.", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>ephah;</i> an ephah is approximately twenty quarts dry.<br>[4] Heb <i>log</i>; two-thirds of a pint; also in <a href='/CEB/3/14/12'>14:12</a>, <a href='/CEB/3/14/15'>15</a>, <a href='/CEB/3/14/21'>21</a>, <a href='/CEB/3/14/24'>24</a>"}, {"pk": 4095440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "The priest performing the purification will place these and the person needing purification before the LORD at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "The priest will take one of the male sheep and present it as a compensation offering, along with the log of oil, and will lift them as an uplifted offering before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "The priest will slaughter the sheep at the same place where the purification offering and the entirely burned offering are slaughtered: in the holy area. The compensation offering, like the purification offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy."}, {"pk": 4095443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "The priest will take some of the blood from the compensation offering and will put it on the right earlobe, the right thumb, and the right big toe of the person needing purification."}, {"pk": 4095444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the priest will take some of the log of oil and pour it into his left palm."}, {"pk": 4095445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "The priest will then dip his right finger into the oil and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the priest will put some of the oil that is left in his hand on the right earlobe, the right thumb, and the right big toe of the person needing purification \u2014 this oil will be placed on top of the blood of the compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "The priest will put whatever is left of the oil in his hand on the head of the person needing purification. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for the person before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "The priest will then perform the purification offering and make reconciliation for the person needing purification from their uncleanness. After that, the entirely burned offering will be slaughtered."}, {"pk": 4095449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "The priest will offer up the entirely burned offering and the grain offering on the altar. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for the person, and they will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Now if the person is poor and cannot afford these things, they can bring one male sheep as a compensation offering, to be lifted up in order to make reconciliation for them; a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil; a log of oil;"}, {"pk": 4095451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "and two turtledoves or two pigeons, whatever they can afford \u2014 one as a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4095452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "On the eighth day, they must bring these items for their purification to the priest at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "The priest will take the male sheep for the compensation offering and the log of oil, and will lift them as an uplifted offering before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "The priest will slaughter the sheep for the compensation offering and will take some of its blood and put it on the right earlobe, the right thumb, and the right big toe of the person needing purification."}, {"pk": 4095455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "The priest will pour some of the oil into his left palm."}, {"pk": 4095456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "Next, the priest will sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD using his right finger."}, {"pk": 4095457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "The priest will then put some of the oil that is in his hand on the right earlobe, the right thumb, and the right big toe of the person needing purification \u2014 on top of the same places as the blood of the compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "The priest will put whatever is left of the oil in his hand on the head of the person needing purification, to make reconciliation for them before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "The person will then offer one of the turtledoves or pigeons, whatever they can afford \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "one as a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering along with the grain offering. <sup>[5]</sup> In this way, the priest will make reconciliation before the LORD for the person needing purification.", "comment": "[5] LXX, Syr; MT repeats <i>whatever they can afford</i> at the beginning of <a href='/CEB/3/14/31'>14:31</a>."}, {"pk": 4095461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "This is the Instruction concerning those who have an infection of skin disease but who cannot afford the normal means of purification."}, {"pk": 4095462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4095463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession, and I put an infection of skin disease on a house in the land you possess,"}, {"pk": 4095464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "the homeowner must come and tell the priest, \u201cI think some sort of infection is in my house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "The priest will order that the house be emptied before he comes to examine it so that nothing else in the house will become unclean. After that, the priest will come to examine the house."}, {"pk": 4095466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "If he examines the infection, and the infection in the walls of the house consists of greenish or reddish depressions, which appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall,"}, {"pk": 4095467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "the priest will exit the house, go to the front door, and quarantine the house for seven days."}, {"pk": 4095468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "On the seventh day, the priest will return. If he finds that the infection has spread over the walls of the house,"}, {"pk": 4095469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "the priest will order the stones in which the infection is found to be pulled out and discarded outside the city in an unclean area."}, {"pk": 4095470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "The inside of the house will then be scraped on all sides, and the plaster that has been scraped off must be dumped outside the city in an unclean area."}, {"pk": 4095471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "Then different stones will be used in place of the first ones, and new coating will be used to replaster the house."}, {"pk": 4095472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "If the infection breaks out again in the house after the stones have been pulled out and the house scraped and replastered,"}, {"pk": 4095473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "the priest will return. If he finds that the infection has spread throughout the house, it is a case of infectious skin disease in the house; the house is unclean."}, {"pk": 4095474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "The house must be destroyed \u2014 its stones, wood, and all the plaster in the house. All of it must be taken outside the city to an unclean area."}, {"pk": 4095475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 46, "text": "Anyone who enters the house during the entire period when it is quarantined will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 47, "text": "Anyone who lies down in the house must wash their clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must also wash their clothes."}, {"pk": 4095477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 48, "text": "But if the priest arrives and finds that the infection has not spread after the house was replastered, the priest will declare the house clean because the infection has been healed."}, {"pk": 4095478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 49, "text": "To cleanse the house, the priest will take two birds, cedarwood, crimson yarn, and hyssop."}, {"pk": 4095479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 50, "text": "He will slaughter one bird over fresh water in a pottery jar."}, {"pk": 4095480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 51, "text": "He will then take the cedarwood, hyssop, and crimson yarn, along with the wild <sup>[6]</sup> bird, and will dip all of this into the fresh water and into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered. He will then sprinkle the house seven times.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>live</i> or <i>healthy</i>"}, {"pk": 4095481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 52, "text": "In this way, the priest will cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the wild bird, the cedarwood, the hyssop, and the crimson yarn."}, {"pk": 4095482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 53, "text": "Then he will release the wild bird outside the city into the countryside. In this way, he will make reconciliation for the house, and it will be clean."}, {"pk": 4095483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 54, "text": "This concludes the Instruction concerning every infection of skin disease: for scabies,"}, {"pk": 4095484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 55, "text": "for skin disease on clothing or in houses,"}, {"pk": 4095485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 56, "text": "and for swelling, scabs, or shiny spots,"}, {"pk": 4095486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 14, "verse": 57, "text": "in order to determine when it is unclean or clean. This concludes the Instruction concerning skin disease."}, {"pk": 4095487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4095488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: Whenever a man has a genital emission, that emission is unclean."}, {"pk": 4095489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "This is the nature of the uncleanness brought about by his emission: regardless of whether his genital organ allows his emission to flow or blocks the flow, it is unclean to him."}, {"pk": 4095490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Any bed on which someone with an emission lies will be unclean, and any object on which that person sits will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Anyone who touches such a bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Anyone who sits on something that the one with the emission also sat on must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Anyone who touches the body of the one with the emission must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "If the one with the emission spits on a clean person, the clean person must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Every saddle on which the person with the emission rode will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Anyone who touches anything that has been under such a person will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries such items must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "If the one with the emission touches someone without first rinsing his hands with water, that person must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Any pottery jar that the one with the emission touches must be broken, and any wooden tool must be rinsed with water."}, {"pk": 4095499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "When the man with the emission is cleansed of his emission, he will count off seven days for his purification. He must wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water; then he will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "On the eighth day he will take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the LORD to the meeting tent\u2019s entrance and give these to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The priest will offer them, one as a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for him before the LORD because of his emission."}, {"pk": 4095502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "If it is an emission of semen, the man must bathe his whole body in water and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Any clothing or skin on which there is an emission of semen must be washed in water and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them must bathe in water and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Whenever a woman has a discharge of blood that is her normal bodily discharge, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Anyone who touches anything on which she has sat must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Whenever anyone touches something \u2014 whether it was on the bed or where she has been sitting \u2014 they will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her menstruation gets on him, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Whenever a woman has a bloody discharge for a long time, which is not during her menstrual period, or whenever she has a discharge beyond her menstrual period, the duration of her unclean discharge will be like the period of her menstruation; she will be unclean."}, {"pk": 4095512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "Any bed she lies on during the discharge should be treated like the bed she uses during her menstruation; and any object she sits on will be unclean, as during her menstruation."}, {"pk": 4095513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Anyone who touches these things will be unclean. They must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4095514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "When the woman is cleansed of her discharge, she will count off seven days; after that, she will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "On the eighth day she will take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "The priest will perform a purification offering with one and an entirely burned offering with the other. In this way, the priest will make reconciliation for her before the LORD because of her unclean discharge."}, {"pk": 4095517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "You must separate the Israelites from their uncleanness so that they don\u2019t die on account of it, by making my dwelling <sup>[1]</sup> unclean, which is in their midst.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tabernacle</i>"}, {"pk": 4095518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "This concludes the Instruction concerning those with discharges: men with emissions of semen that make them unclean,"}, {"pk": 4095519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "women during their menstruation, men or women with discharges, and men who have had sexual intercourse with an unclean woman."}, {"pk": 4095520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "After the death of Aaron\u2019s two sons, which happened when they approached the LORD and died, the LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell your brother Aaron that he cannot come whenever he wants into the holy area inside the inner curtain, to the front of the cover <sup>[1]</sup> that is on the chest, or else he will die, because I am present <sup>[2]</sup> in the cloud above the cover.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>mercy seat</i> or perhaps <i>reconciliation cover</i> (Heb <i>kapporet</i>)<br>[2] Or <i>I am seen</i> or <i>I appear</i>"}, {"pk": 4095522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "No, but Aaron must enter the holy area as follows: with a bull from the herd as a purification offering and a ram as an entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4095523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Aaron must dress in a holy linen tunic and wear linen undergarments on his body. He must tie a linen sash around himself and wrap a linen turban around his head. These are holy clothes \u2014 Aaron will first bathe his body in water and then put them on."}, {"pk": 4095524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "He will take from the Israelite community two male goats for a purification offering and one ram for an entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4095525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Aaron will offer the bull as a purification offering to make reconciliation for himself and his household."}, {"pk": 4095526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "He will take the two male goats and place them before the LORD at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4095527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Aaron will cast lots over the two goats: one lot labeled \u201cthe LORD\u2019s\u201d and the other lot labeled \u201cAzazel\u2019s.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>scapegoat</i>"}, {"pk": 4095528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Aaron will present the goat selected by the LORD\u2019s lot and perform a purification offering with it."}, {"pk": 4095529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "But the goat selected by Azazel\u2019s lot will be left standing alive before the LORD in order to make reconciliation upon it <sup>[4]</sup> by sending it away into the wilderness to Azazel.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>over it</i> or <i>for it</i> or <i>with it</i>"}, {"pk": 4095530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Aaron will offer the bull for his purification offering to make reconciliation for himself and his household. He will slaughter the bull for his purification offering."}, {"pk": 4095531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Then he will take an incense pan full of burning coals from the altar, from before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground perfumed incense and bring them inside the inner curtain."}, {"pk": 4095532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "He will put the incense on the fire before the LORD so that the cloud of incense conceals the cover that is on top of the covenant document, or else he will die."}, {"pk": 4095533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "He will take some of the bull\u2019s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the cover from the east side. He will then sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times in front of the cover."}, {"pk": 4095534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he will slaughter the goat for the people\u2019s purification offering, bring the blood inside the inner curtain, and do with it as he did with the bull\u2019s blood: he will sprinkle it on the cover and in front of the cover."}, {"pk": 4095535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "In this way, he will make reconciliation for the inner holy area because of the pollution of the Israelites and because of their rebellious sins, as well as for all their other sins. Aaron must do the same for the meeting tent, which is with them among their pollution."}, {"pk": 4095536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "No one can be in the meeting tent from the time Aaron enters to make reconciliation in the inner holy area until the time he comes out. He will make reconciliation for himself, for his household, and for the whole assembly of Israel."}, {"pk": 4095537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Aaron will then go to the altar that is before the LORD and make reconciliation for it: He will take some of the bull\u2019s blood and some of the goat\u2019s blood and put it on each of the altar\u2019s horns."}, {"pk": 4095538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "He will sprinkle some of the blood on the altar with his finger seven times. In this way, he will purify it and make it holy again from the Israelites\u2019 pollution."}, {"pk": 4095539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "When Aaron has finished reconciling the inner holy area, the rest of the meeting tent, and the altar, he will bring forward the live goat."}, {"pk": 4095540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Aaron will press both his hands on its head and confess over it all the Israelites\u2019 offenses and all their rebellious sins, as well as all their other sins, putting all these on the goat\u2019s head. Then he will send it away into the wilderness with someone designated for the job. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "The goat will carry on itself all their offenses to a desolate region, then the goat will be released into the wild."}, {"pk": 4095542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "After this, Aaron will enter the meeting tent, take off the linen clothes he was wearing when he entered the inner holy area, and will leave them there."}, {"pk": 4095543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "He will bathe his body in water in a holy place and dress in his priestly clothing. Then he will go out and perform the entirely burned offerings for himself and for the people. In this way, he will make reconciliation for himself and for the people."}, {"pk": 4095544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "He will completely burn the fat of the purification offering on the altar."}, {"pk": 4095545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "The one who set the goat free for Azazel must wash their clothes and bathe their body in water; after that they can return to the camp."}, {"pk": 4095546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "The bull and the goat for the purification offerings, whose blood was brought in to make reconciliation in the inner holy area, will be taken outside the camp. Their hides, flesh, and dung will be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4095547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "The person who burns them must wash their clothes and bathe their body in water; after that, they can return to the camp."}, {"pk": 4095548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "This will be a permanent rule for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, <sup>[6]</sup> you must deny yourselves. You must not do any work \u2014 neither the citizen nor the immigrant who lives among you.", "comment": "[6] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4095549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "On that day reconciliation will be made for you in order to cleanse you. You will be clean before the LORD from all your sins."}, {"pk": 4095550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "It will be a Sabbath of special rest for you, and you will deny yourselves. This is a permanent rule."}, {"pk": 4095551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "The priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest after his father will perform the reconciliation, wearing the holy linen clothes."}, {"pk": 4095552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "He will reconcile the holiest part of the sanctuary and will do the same for the meeting tent and the altar. He will make reconciliation for the priests and for all the people of the assembly."}, {"pk": 4095553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "This will be a permanent rule for you, in order to make reconciliation for the Israelites from all their sins once a year. It was done just as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Say to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the Israelites: This is what the LORD has commanded:"}, {"pk": 4095556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, sheep, or goat inside or outside the camp"}, {"pk": 4095557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "but does not bring it to the meeting tent\u2019s entrance to present it as an offering to the LORD in front of the LORD\u2019s dwelling <sup>[1]</sup> will be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have spilled blood. They will be cut off from their people.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tabernacle</i>"}, {"pk": 4095558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "This will make the Israelites bring the communal sacrifices, which they are sacrificing in the countryside, to the LORD, to the priest at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance, and sacrifice them as communal sacrifices of well-being to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "The priest will toss the blood against the LORD\u2019s altar at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance and burn the fat completely as a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "The Israelites must no longer sacrifice their communal sacrifices to the goat demons that they follow so faithlessly. <sup>[2]</sup> This will be a permanent rule for them throughout their future generations.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>promiscuously</i>"}, {"pk": 4095561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "You will also say to them: Anyone from Israel\u2019s house or from the immigrants who live with you who offers up an entirely burned offering or communal sacrifice"}, {"pk": 4095562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "without bringing it to the meeting tent\u2019s entrance in order to offer it to the LORD will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "I will oppose the person who consumes blood \u2014 whether they are from Israel\u2019s house or from the immigrants who live with you \u2014 and I will cut them off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "A creature\u2019s life is in the blood. I have provided you the blood to make reconciliation for your lives on the altar, because the blood reconciles by means of the life. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>as life</i>"}, {"pk": 4095565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "That is why I have told the Israelites: No one among you can consume blood, nor can the immigrant who lives with you consume blood."}, {"pk": 4095566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Anyone who hunts any animal or bird that can be eaten \u2014 whether the hunter is an Israelite or an immigrant who lives with you \u2014 must drain its blood out and cover it with dirt."}, {"pk": 4095567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Again: for every creature\u2019s life, its blood is its life. That is why I have told the Israelites: You must not consume any creature\u2019s blood because every creature\u2019s life is its blood. Anyone who consumes it will be cut off."}, {"pk": 4095568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Anyone, whether citizen or immigrant, who eats an animal that has died naturally or that was killed by another animal, must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening. At that time, they will be clean again."}, {"pk": 4095569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "If they do not wash or bathe their body, they will be liable to punishment."}, {"pk": 4095570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "You must not do things like they are done in the land of Egypt, where you used to live. And you must not do things like they are done in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow the practices <sup>[1]</sup> of those places.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>rules</i> or <i>customs</i>"}, {"pk": 4095573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "No, my regulations and my rules are the ones you must keep by following them: I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "You must keep my rules and my regulations; by doing them one will live; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "No one is allowed to approach any blood relative for sexual contact: <sup>[2]</sup> I am the LORD.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>to uncover nakedness</i>"}, {"pk": 4095576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "You must not uncover your father\u2019s nakedness, which is your mother\u2019s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual contact with her."}, {"pk": 4095577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "You must not uncover the nakedness of your father\u2019s wife; it is your father\u2019s nakedness."}, {"pk": 4095578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with your sister \u2014 regardless of whether she is your father\u2019s daughter or your mother\u2019s daughter, whether born into the same household as you or outside it."}, {"pk": 4095579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with your son\u2019s daughter or your daughter\u2019s daughter, because their nakedness is your own nakedness. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with the daughter of your father\u2019s wife, who was born into your father\u2019s family; she is your sister."}, {"pk": 4095581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with your father\u2019s sister; she is your father\u2019s blood relative."}, {"pk": 4095582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with your mother\u2019s sister because she is your mother\u2019s blood relative."}, {"pk": 4095583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "You will not uncover the nakedness of your father\u2019s brother \u2014 that is, you will not approach his wife for sex; she is your aunt."}, {"pk": 4095584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with your daughter-in-law; she is your son\u2019s wife. You must not have sexual contact with her."}, {"pk": 4095585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "You will not uncover the nakedness of your brother\u2019s wife; it is your brother\u2019s nakedness."}, {"pk": 4095586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with a woman and her daughter. You will not marry her son\u2019s daughter or her daughter\u2019s daughter, thereby uncovering her nakedness. They are her blood relatives; it is shameful."}, {"pk": 4095587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "You must not marry your wife\u2019s sister as a rival and have sexual contact with her while her sister is alive."}, {"pk": 4095588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "You must not approach a woman for sexual contact during her menstrual uncleanness."}, {"pk": 4095589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow Israelite, becoming unclean by it."}, {"pk": 4095590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "You must not give any of your children <sup>[4]</sup> to offer them over to Molech so that you do not defile your God\u2019s name: I am the LORD.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>seed</i>"}, {"pk": 4095591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "You must not have sexual intercourse with a man as you would with a woman; it is a detestable practice."}, {"pk": 4095592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "You will not have sexual relations with any animal, becoming unclean by it. Nor will a woman present herself before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion."}, {"pk": 4095593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these ways because that is how the nations that I am throwing out before you became unclean."}, {"pk": 4095594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "That is also how the land became unclean, and I held it liable for punishment, and the land vomited out its inhabitants."}, {"pk": 4095595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "But all of you must keep my rules and my regulations. You must not do any of these detestable things, neither citizen nor immigrant who lives with you"}, {"pk": 4095596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "<sup>[26]</sup> (because the people who had the land before you did all of these detestable things and the land became unclean),"}, {"pk": 4095597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "so that the land does not vomit you out because you have made it unclean, just as it vomited out the nations that were before you."}, {"pk": 4095598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "Anyone who does any of these detestable things will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "You must keep my requirement of not doing any of the detestable practices <sup>[5]</sup> that were done before you arrived so that you don\u2019t make yourselves unclean by them; I am the LORD your God.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>rules</i> or <i>customs</i>"}, {"pk": 4095600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Say to the whole community of the Israelites: You must be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy."}, {"pk": 4095602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must keep my sabbaths; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "When you sacrifice a communal sacrifice of well-being to the LORD, offer it so that it will be accepted on your account."}, {"pk": 4095605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice or the following day; whatever is left over on the third day must be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4095606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is foul; it will not be accepted."}, {"pk": 4095607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Anyone who eats it will be liable to punishment, because they defiled what is holy to the LORD. That person will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "When you harvest your land\u2019s produce, you must not harvest all the way to the edge of your field; and don\u2019t gather up every remaining bit of your harvest."}, {"pk": 4095609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Also do not pick your vineyard clean or gather up all the grapes that have fallen there. Leave these items for the poor and the immigrant; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "You must not steal nor deceive nor lie to each other."}, {"pk": 4095611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "You must not swear falsely by my name, desecrating your God\u2019s name in doing so; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "You must not oppress your neighbors or rob them. Do not withhold a hired laborer\u2019s pay overnight."}, {"pk": 4095613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "You must not insult a deaf person or put some obstacle in front of a blind person that would cause them to trip. Instead, fear your God; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "You must not act unjustly in a legal case. Do not show favoritism to the poor or deference to the great; you must judge your fellow Israelites fairly."}, {"pk": 4095615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Do not go around slandering your people. <sup>[1]</sup> Do not stand by while your neighbor\u2019s blood is shed; <sup>[2]</sup> I am the LORD.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain<br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "You must not hate your fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your fellow Israelite strongly, so you don\u2019t become responsible for his sin. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>strongly, but don\u2019t become liable for punishment because of it</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "You must not take revenge nor hold a grudge against any of your people; instead, you must love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "You must keep my rules. Do not crossbreed your livestock, do not plant your field with two kinds of seed, and do not wear clothes made from two kinds of material."}, {"pk": 4095619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave engaged to another man, who hasn\u2019t yet been released or given her freedom, there must be a punishment. <sup>[4]</sup> But they will not be put to death because she had not yet been freed.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>an inquiry</i>"}, {"pk": 4095620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "The man must bring as his compensation to the LORD at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance a ram for a compensation offering."}, {"pk": 4095621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "The priest will use the ram for the compensation offering to make reconciliation for him before the LORD on account of the sin he committed. Then he will be forgiven of the sin that he committed."}, {"pk": 4095622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit off-limits. <sup>[5]</sup> For three years it will be off-limits to you; <sup>[6]</sup> it must not be eaten.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>treat its fruit as a foreskin</i><br>[6] Or <i>uncircumcised to you</i>"}, {"pk": 4095623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "In the fourth year, all of the tree\u2019s fruit will be holy, a celebration for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "In the fifth year you can eat the fruit. This is so as to increase its produce for you; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "You must not eat anything with its blood. You must not participate in divination or fortune-telling."}, {"pk": 4095626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "You must not cut off the hair on your forehead or clip the ends of your beard."}, {"pk": 4095627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "Do not cut your bodies for the dead <sup>[7]</sup> or put marks on <sup>[8]</sup> yourselves; I am the LORD.", "comment": "[8] Or <i>tattoo;</i> Heb uncertain<br>[7] Or <i>for the living</i>"}, {"pk": 4095628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "Do not defile your daughter by making her sexually promiscuous or else the land will become promiscuous <sup>[9]</sup> and full of shame.", "comment": "[9] Or <i>making her a prostitute so that the land won\u2019t become a prostitute</i>"}, {"pk": 4095629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "You must keep my sabbaths and treat my sanctuary with respect; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "Do not resort to dead spirits or inquire of spirits of divination \u2014 you will be made unclean by them; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "You must rise in the presence of an old person and respect the elderly. You must fear your God; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "When immigrants live in your land with you, you must not cheat them."}, {"pk": 4095633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "Any immigrant who lives with you must be treated as if they were one of your citizens. You must love them as yourself, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "You must not act unjustly in a legal case involving measures of length, weight, or volume."}, {"pk": 4095635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "You must have accurate scales and accurate weights, an accurate ephah <sup>[10]</sup> and an accurate hin. <sup>[11]</sup> I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.", "comment": "[10] Approximately twenty quarts<br>[11] Approximately one gallon of liquid"}, {"pk": 4095636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "You must keep all my rules and all my regulations, and do them; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "You will also say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or any immigrant living in Israel who gives their children to Molech must be executed. The common people will stone such a person."}, {"pk": 4095639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Moreover, I will set my own face against such a person, cutting them off from their people, because they gave their children to Molech, making my sanctuary unclean and degrading my holy name by doing so."}, {"pk": 4095640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "But if the common people choose to look the other way when someone gives their children to Molech and do not execute such a person,"}, {"pk": 4095641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "I will set my own face against such a person and their extended family, cutting off from their people \u2014 both the guilty party and anyone with them who faithlessly followed Molech."}, {"pk": 4095642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "I will also oppose anyone who resorts to dead spirits or spirits of divination and faithlessly follows those things. I will cut such an individual off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "You must be holy and keep yourselves holy because I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "You will keep my rules and do them; I am the LORD, who makes you holy."}, {"pk": 4095645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "If anyone curses their father or mother, they must be executed. They have cursed their own father and mother; that person\u2019s blood is on their own heads."}, {"pk": 4095646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "If a man commits adultery with a married woman, committing adultery with a neighbor\u2019s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be executed."}, {"pk": 4095647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "If a man has sexual intercourse with his father\u2019s wife, he has uncovered his father\u2019s nakedness. Both of them must be executed; their blood is on their own heads."}, {"pk": 4095648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own heads."}, {"pk": 4095649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "If a man has sexual intercourse with a man as he would with a woman, the two of them have done something detestable. They must be executed; their blood is on their own heads."}, {"pk": 4095650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "If a man marries a woman and her mother as well, it is shameful. They will be burned with fire \u2014 the man and the two women \u2014 so that no such shameful thing will be found among you."}, {"pk": 4095651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be executed and you must kill the animal."}, {"pk": 4095652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "If a woman approaches any kind of animal to mate with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must be executed; their blood is on their own heads."}, {"pk": 4095653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "If a man marries his sister \u2014 his father\u2019s daughter or his mother\u2019s daughter \u2014 and they have sexual contact with each other, it is a disgrace. They will be cut off in the sight of their people. Such a man has had sexual contact with his sister; he will be liable to punishment."}, {"pk": 4095654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "If a man sleeps with a woman during her menstrual period and has sexual contact with her, he has exposed the source of her blood flow and she has uncovered the same. Both of them will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "You must not have sexual contact with your mother\u2019s sister or your father\u2019s sister, because that exposes your own close relative; both of you will be liable to punishment."}, {"pk": 4095656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle\u2019s nakedness. The man and the aunt will be liable to punishment; they will die childless."}, {"pk": 4095657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "If a man marries his brother\u2019s wife, it is indecent. He has uncovered his brother\u2019s nakedness; the man and the woman will be childless."}, {"pk": 4095658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "You must keep all my rules and all my regulations, and do them so that the land I am bringing you to, where you will live, won\u2019t vomit you out."}, {"pk": 4095659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "You must not follow the practices <sup>[1]</sup> of the nations that I am throwing out before you, because they did all these things and I was disgusted with them.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>rules</i> or <i>customs</i>"}, {"pk": 4095660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "But I have told you, \u201cYou will certainly possess their fertile land; I am giving it to you to possess. It is a land full of milk and honey.\u201d I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from all other peoples."}, {"pk": 4095661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "So you must separate between clean and unclean animals, and between clean and unclean birds. Do not become detestable through some animal, bird, or anything that moves on the fertile ground that I have separated from you as unclean."}, {"pk": 4095662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "You must be holy to me, because I the LORD am holy, and I have separated you from all other peoples to be my own."}, {"pk": 4095663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "If someone, whether male or female, is a medium with the dead or a diviner, <sup>[2]</sup> they must be executed. They will be stoned; their blood is on their own head.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>has a spirit of the dead or a spirit of divination</i>"}, {"pk": 4095664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, Say to the priests, Aaron\u2019s sons: None of you are allowed to make yourselves unclean by any dead person among your community"}, {"pk": 4095665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "except for your closest relatives: for your mother, father, son, daughter, brother;"}, {"pk": 4095666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "also for your unmarried sister, who is close to you because she isn\u2019t married \u2014 you may be polluted for her sake."}, {"pk": 4095667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "You must not make yourself unclean for in-laws, defiling yourself by doing so."}, {"pk": 4095668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Priests must not shave bald patches on their heads or cut off the ends of their beards or make gashes in their bodies."}, {"pk": 4095669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "They must be holy to their God so that they do not make their God\u2019s name impure. They must be holy because they offer the LORD\u2019s food gifts, their God\u2019s food."}, {"pk": 4095670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Priests must not marry a woman who is promiscuous and defiled, nor can they marry a woman divorced from her husband, because priests must be <sup>[1]</sup> holy to their God.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>are</i>"}, {"pk": 4095671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "You will treat the priests as holy, because they offer your God\u2019s food. The priests will be holy to you, because I am the holy LORD, who makes you holy."}, {"pk": 4095672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "If the daughter of a priest defiles herself by being promiscuous, she defiles her father. She must be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4095673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "The high priest <sup>[2]</sup> \u2014 the one whose head has been anointed with the anointing oil and who is ordained to dress in the priestly clothing \u2014 must not dishevel his hair or tear his clothing.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the priest who is greater than his brothers</i>"}, {"pk": 4095674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "He must not go near any dead bodies and cannot make himself unclean even for his father or mother."}, {"pk": 4095675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "He must not exit the sanctuary, making his God\u2019s sanctuary impure by doing so, because his God\u2019s anointing oil, which separates, <sup>[3]</sup> is upon him; I am the LORD.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>consecrates</i>"}, {"pk": 4095676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "The high priest must marry a woman who is a virgin."}, {"pk": 4095677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "He cannot marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by promiscuity. He can only marry a virgin from his own people"}, {"pk": 4095678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "so that he doesn\u2019t make his children impure among his people, because I am the LORD, who makes him holy."}, {"pk": 4095679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Say to Aaron: None of your future descendants who have some kind of imperfection are allowed to offer their God\u2019s food."}, {"pk": 4095681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "No one who has an imperfection will be allowed to make an offering: this includes anyone who is blind, crippled, disfigured, or deformed;"}, {"pk": 4095682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "anyone who has a broken foot or hand;"}, {"pk": 4095683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "anyone who is a hunchback or too small; anyone who has an eye disease, a rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] The meaning of several words in <a href='/CEB/3/21/18-20'>21:18\u201320</a> is uncertain."}, {"pk": 4095684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "No descendant of Aaron the priest who has an imperfection will be allowed to offer the LORD\u2019s food gifts; since he has an imperfection, he will not be allowed to offer his God\u2019s food."}, {"pk": 4095685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "He may, of course, eat of his God\u2019s most holy or holy food,"}, {"pk": 4095686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "but since he has an imperfection, he cannot enter toward the inner curtain or officiate at the altar, making these parts of my sanctuary impure by doing so. I am the LORD, who makes them holy."}, {"pk": 4095687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "This is what Moses said to Aaron, his sons, and to all the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell Aaron and his sons to be very careful how they treat the holy things that the Israelites devote to me so that they do not make my holy name impure: I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Say to them: If any descendant of yours should ever come near the holy things that the Israelites have dedicated to the LORD while he is in an unclean state, he will be cut off from before me; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Any descendant of Aaron who is afflicted with skin disease <sup>[1]</sup> or has a discharge cannot eat of the holy things until he is clean. Anyone who touches anything made unclean by a dead body, or who has an emission of semen,", "comment": "[1] The precise meaning is uncertain; traditionally <i>leprosy</i>\u2014a term used for several different skin diseases."}, {"pk": 4095692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "or who touches any swarming creature or another person who makes him unclean \u2014 whatever the uncleanness might be \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "the person who touches these things will be unclean until evening. He must not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water."}, {"pk": 4095694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "Once the sun has set and he has become clean again, he may eat of the holy things, for that is his food."}, {"pk": 4095695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "He must not eat an animal that has died naturally or that was killed by another animal, becoming unclean by doing so; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "The priests must keep my requirement so that they don\u2019t become liable to punishment and die for having made it impure. <sup>[2]</sup> I am the LORD, who makes them holy.", "comment": "[2] Vulg; MT <i>and die in it</i>"}, {"pk": 4095697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "No layperson is allowed to eat the holy offerings. No foreign guest or hired laborer of a priest can eat it."}, {"pk": 4095698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "But if a priest purchases a servant, that person can eat it, and servants born into the priest\u2019s household can also eat his food."}, {"pk": 4095699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "If a priest\u2019s daughter marries a layman, she is not allowed to eat the holy offerings."}, {"pk": 4095700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "But if a priest\u2019s daughter is a widow or divorced and has no children and so returns to her father\u2019s household as when she was young, she can eat her father\u2019s food. But, again, no layperson is allowed to eat it."}, {"pk": 4095701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "If someone eats a holy offering unintentionally, they must provide the priest with an equal item, plus one-fifth."}, {"pk": 4095702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "The Israelites must not make the holy offerings impure that they offer up to the LORD"}, {"pk": 4095703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "or make themselves liable to punishment requiring compensation by eating their own holy offerings. I am the LORD, who makes them holy."}, {"pk": 4095704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites: Whenever someone from Israel\u2019s house or from the immigrants in Israel presents their offering to the LORD as an entirely burned offering \u2014 whether it is payment for a solemn promise or a spontaneous gift \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "for it to be acceptable on your behalf, it must be a flawless male from the herd, the sheep, or the goats."}, {"pk": 4095707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "You must not present anything that has an imperfection, because it will not be acceptable on your behalf."}, {"pk": 4095708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Whenever someone presents a communal sacrifice of well-being to the LORD from the herd or flock \u2014 whether it is payment for a solemn promise or a spontaneous gift \u2014 it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must not have any imperfection."}, {"pk": 4095709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "You must not present to the LORD anything that is blind or that has an injury, mutilation, warts, a rash, or scabs. You must not put any such animal on the altar as a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "You can, however, offer an ox or sheep that is deformed or stunted as a spontaneous gift, but it will not be acceptable as payment for a solemn promise."}, {"pk": 4095711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "You must not offer to the LORD anything with bruised, crushed, torn, or cut-off testicles. You must not do that in your land."}, {"pk": 4095712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "You are not allowed to offer such animals as your God\u2019s food even if they come from a foreigner. Because these animals have blemishes and imperfections in them, they will not be acceptable on your behalf."}, {"pk": 4095713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on it will be acceptable as an offering, a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "But you will not slaughter an ox or sheep and its offspring on the same day."}, {"pk": 4095716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "When you sacrifice a communal sacrifice of thanksgiving for the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it will be acceptable on your behalf."}, {"pk": 4095717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "It must be eaten on the same day; you must not leave any of it until morning; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "You must keep my commands and do them; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "You must not make my holy name impure so that I will be treated as holy by the Israelites. I am the LORD \u2014 the one who makes you holy"}, {"pk": 4095720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "and who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: These are my appointed times, the LORD\u2019s appointed times, which you will declare to be holy occasions:"}, {"pk": 4095723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Work can be done for six days, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of special rest, a holy occasion. You must not do any work on it; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "These are the LORD\u2019s appointed times, holy occasions, which you will celebrate at their appointed times:"}, {"pk": 4095725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD\u2019s Passover is on the fourteenth day of the first month <sup>[1]</sup> at twilight.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4095726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD\u2019s Festival of Unleavened Bread is on the fifteenth day of the same month. You must eat unleavened bread for seven days."}, {"pk": 4095727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "On the first day you will hold a holy occasion and must not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4095728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "You will offer food gifts to the LORD for seven days. The seventh day will be a holy occasion; you must not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4095729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and harvest its produce, you must bring the first bundle of your harvest to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "The priest will lift up the bundle before the LORD so that it will be acceptable on your behalf. The priest will do this on the day after the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4095732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "On the day the bundle is lifted up for you, you must offer a flawless one-year-old lamb as an entirely burned offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "The accompanying grain offering must be two-tenths of an ephah <sup>[2]</sup> of choice flour mixed with oil, as a food gift for the LORD, a soothing smell. The accompanying drink offering must be a quarter of a hin of wine.", "comment": "[2] Four quarts dry; also in <a href='/CEB/3/23/17'>23:17</a>"}, {"pk": 4095734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "You must not eat any bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until the exact day when you bring your God\u2019s offering. This is a permanent rule throughout your future generations, wherever you live."}, {"pk": 4095735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "You must count off seven weeks starting with the day after the Sabbath, the day you bring the bundle for the uplifted offering; these must be complete."}, {"pk": 4095736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "You will count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you must present a new grain offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "From wherever you live, you will bring two loaves of bread as an uplifted offering. These must be made of two-tenths of an ephah of choice flour, baked with leaven, as early produce <sup>[3]</sup> to the LORD.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>firstfruits</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/3/23/20'>23:20</a>"}, {"pk": 4095738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Along with the bread you must present seven flawless one-year-old lambs, one bull from the herd, and two rams. These will be an entirely burned offering to the LORD, along with their grain offerings and drink offerings, as a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "You must also offer one male goat as a purification offering and two one-year-old lambs as a communal sacrifice of well-being."}, {"pk": 4095740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "The priest will lift up the two sheep, along with the bread of the early produce, as an uplifted offering before the LORD. These will be holy to the LORD and will belong to the priest."}, {"pk": 4095741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "On that very same day you must make a proclamation; it will be a holy occasion for you. You must not do any job-related work. This is a permanent rule wherever you live throughout your future generations."}, {"pk": 4095742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "When you harvest your land\u2019s produce, you must not harvest all the way to the edge of your field; and don\u2019t gather every remaining bit of your harvest. Leave these items for the poor and the immigrant; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "Say to the Israelites: On the first day of the seventh month, <sup>[4]</sup> you will have a special rest, a holy occasion marked by a trumpet signal.", "comment": "[4] September\u2013October, Tishrei; also in 23:27, 33, 39, 41"}, {"pk": 4095745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "You must not do any job-related work, and you must offer a food gift to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "Note that the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Reconciliation. It will be a holy occasion for you. You must deny yourselves and offer a food gift to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "You must not do any work that day because it is a Day of Reconciliation to make reconciliation for you before the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "Anyone who does not deny themselves on that day will be cut off from their people."}, {"pk": 4095750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "Moreover, I will destroy from their people anyone who does any work on that day."}, {"pk": 4095751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "You must not do any work! This is a permanent rule throughout your future generations wherever you live."}, {"pk": 4095752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "This is a Sabbath of special rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. You will observe your Sabbath on the ninth day of the month from evening to the following evening."}, {"pk": 4095753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "Say to the Israelites: The Festival of Booths to the LORD will start on the fifteenth day of the seventh month and will last for seven days."}, {"pk": 4095755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "The first day is a holy occasion. You must not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4095756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "For seven days you will offer food gifts to the LORD. On the eighth day you will have a holy occasion and must offer a food gift to the LORD. It is a holiday: you must not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4095757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "These are the LORD\u2019s appointed times that you will proclaim as holy occasions, offering food gifts to the LORD: entirely burned offerings, grain offerings, communal sacrifices, and drink offerings \u2014 each on its proper day."}, {"pk": 4095758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 38, "text": "This is in addition to the LORD\u2019s sabbaths and in addition to your presents, all the payments for solemn promises, and all the spontaneous gifts that you give to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 39, "text": "Note that on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered the land\u2019s crops, you will celebrate the LORD\u2019s festival for seven days. The first day and the eighth day are days of special rest."}, {"pk": 4095760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 40, "text": "On the first day you must take fruit from majestic trees, <sup>[5]</sup> palm branches, branches of leafy trees, <sup>[6]</sup> and willows of the streams, and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain<br>[5] Or <i>hadar trees</i>"}, {"pk": 4095761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 41, "text": "You will celebrate this festival to the LORD for seven days each year; this is a permanent rule throughout your future generations. You will celebrate it in the seventh month."}, {"pk": 4095762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 42, "text": "For seven days you must live in huts. Every citizen of Israel must live in huts"}, {"pk": 4095763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 43, "text": "so that your future generations will know that I made the Israelites live in huts when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 23, "verse": 44, "text": "So Moses announced the LORD\u2019s appointed times to the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Command the Israelites to bring pure, pressed olive oil to you for the lamp, to keep a light burning constantly."}, {"pk": 4095767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Aaron will tend the lamp, which will be inside the meeting tent but outside the inner curtain of the covenant document, from evening until morning before the LORD. This is a permanent rule throughout your future generations."}, {"pk": 4095768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Aaron must continually tend the lights on the pure lampstand <sup>[1]</sup> before the LORD.", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>pure gold lampstand</i>"}, {"pk": 4095769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "You will take choice flour and bake twelve loaves of flatbread, two-tenths of an ephah <sup>[2]</sup> for each loaf.", "comment": "[2] Approximately four quarts dry"}, {"pk": 4095770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "You must place them in two stacks, six in a stack, on the pure table <sup>[3]</sup> before the LORD.", "comment": "[3] Perhaps <i>pure gold table</i>"}, {"pk": 4095771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Put pure frankincense on each stack, as a token portion for the bread; it is a food gift for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Aaron will always set it out before the LORD, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of <sup>[4]</sup> the Israelites, as a permanent covenant.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>from</i> or <i>as a gift of</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "It will belong to Aaron and his sons. They must eat it in a holy place because it is the most holy part of their share of the LORD\u2019s food gifts, a permanent portion."}, {"pk": 4095774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "The son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out among the Israelites. A fight broke out between this half-Israelite <sup>[5]</sup> and another Israelite man in the camp,", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Israelite woman\u2019s son</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/3/24/11'>24:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4095775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "during which the half-Israelite blasphemed the Lord\u2019s name and cursed. So he was brought to Moses. (His mother\u2019s name was Shelomith, Dibri\u2019s daughter from the tribe of Dan.)"}, {"pk": 4095776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "He was put under guard until they could determine the LORD\u2019s verdict."}, {"pk": 4095777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "Take the one who cursed outside the camp. All who heard him will press their hands on his head. Then the whole community will stone him."}, {"pk": 4095779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Tell the Israelites: Anyone who curses God will be liable to punishment."}, {"pk": 4095780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "And anyone who blasphemes the LORD\u2019s name must be executed. The whole community will stone that person. Immigrant and citizen alike: whenever someone blasphemes the Lord\u2019s name, that person will be executed."}, {"pk": 4095781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "If anyone kills another person, they must be executed."}, {"pk": 4095782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Someone who kills an animal may make amends for it: a life for a life."}, {"pk": 4095783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "If someone injures a fellow citizen, they will suffer the same injury they inflicted:"}, {"pk": 4095784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "broken bone for broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The same injury the person inflicted on the other will be inflicted on them."}, {"pk": 4095785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Someone who kills an animal must make amends for it, but whoever kills a human being must be executed."}, {"pk": 4095786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "There is but one law on this matter for you, immigrant or citizen alike, because I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "Moses told this to the Israelites. So they took the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did just as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,"}, {"pk": 4095789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: Once you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must celebrate a sabbath rest to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "You will plant your fields for six years, and prune your vineyards and gather their crops for six years."}, {"pk": 4095791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "But in the seventh year the land will have a special sabbath rest, a Sabbath to the LORD: You must not plant your fields or prune your vineyards."}, {"pk": 4095792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "You must not harvest the secondary growth of your produce or gather the grapes of your freely growing vines. It will be a year of special rest for the land."}, {"pk": 4095793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "Whatever the land produces during its sabbath will be your food \u2014 for you, for your male and female servants, and for your hired laborers and foreign guests who live with you,"}, {"pk": 4095794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "as well as for your livestock and for the wild animals in your land. All of the land\u2019s produce can be eaten."}, {"pk": 4095795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "Count off seven weeks of years \u2014 that is, seven times seven \u2014 so that the seven weeks of years totals forty-nine years."}, {"pk": 4095796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "Then have the trumpet <sup>[1]</sup> blown on the tenth day of the seventh month. <sup>[2]</sup> Have the trumpet blown throughout your land on the Day of Reconciliation.", "comment": "[2] September\u2013October, Tishrei<br>[1] Heb <i>shofar</i>"}, {"pk": 4095797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "You will make the fiftieth year holy, proclaiming freedom throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a Jubilee year <sup>[3]</sup> for you: each of you must return to your family property and to your extended family.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>yobel</i>"}, {"pk": 4095798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee year for you. Do not plant, do not harvest the secondary growth, and do not gather from the freely growing vines"}, {"pk": 4095799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "because it is a Jubilee: it will be holy to you. You can eat only the produce directly out of the field."}, {"pk": 4095800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Each of you must return to your family property in this year of Jubilee."}, {"pk": 4095801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "When you sell something to or buy something from your fellow citizen, you must not cheat each other."}, {"pk": 4095802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "You will buy from your fellow citizen according to the number of years since the Jubilee; he will sell to you according to the number of years left for harvests."}, {"pk": 4095803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "You will raise the price if there are more years, or lower the price if there are less years because it is the number of harvests that are being sold to you."}, {"pk": 4095804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "You must not cheat each other but fear your God because I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "You will observe my rules, and you will keep my regulations and do them so that you can live securely on the land."}, {"pk": 4095806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "The land will give its fruit so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it."}, {"pk": 4095807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "Suppose you ask, \u201cWhat will we eat in the seventh year if we don\u2019t plant or gather our crops then?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4095808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year so that it will make enough produce for three years."}, {"pk": 4095809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "You can plant again in the eighth year and eat food from the previous year\u2019s produce until the ninth year. Until its produce comes, you will eat the food from the previous year."}, {"pk": 4095810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "The land must not be permanently sold because the land is mine. You are just immigrants and foreign guests of mine."}, {"pk": 4095811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Throughout the whole land that you possess, you must allow for the land to be bought back."}, {"pk": 4095812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "When one of your fellow Israelites faces financial difficulty and must sell part of their family property, the closest relative <sup>[4]</sup> will come and buy back what their fellow Israelite has sold.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>next of kin</i>; traditionally <i>redeemer</i>"}, {"pk": 4095813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "If the person doesn\u2019t have someone to buy it back, but then manages to afford buying it back,"}, {"pk": 4095814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "they must calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the person to whom they sold it. Then it will go back to the family property. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>they will go back to their family property;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/3/25/28'>25:28</a>."}, {"pk": 4095815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "If they cannot afford to make a refund to the buyer, whatever was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Jubilee year. It will be released in the Jubilee year, at which point it will return to the family property."}, {"pk": 4095816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "When a person sells a home in a walled city, it may be bought back until a year after its sale. The period for buying it back will be one year."}, {"pk": 4095817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "If it is not bought back before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city will belong to the buyer permanently and their descendants forever. It will not be released at the Jubilee."}, {"pk": 4095818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "But houses in settlements that are unwalled will be considered as if they were country fields. They can be bought back, and they must be released at the Jubilee."}, {"pk": 4095819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 32, "text": "Levites will always have the right to buy back homes in the levitical cities that are part of their family property."}, {"pk": 4095820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 33, "text": "Levite property that can be bought back \u2014 houses sold in a city that is their family property \u2014 must be released at the Jubilee, because homes in levitical cities are the Levites\u2019 family property among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 34, "text": "But the pastureland around their cities cannot be sold, because that is their permanent family property."}, {"pk": 4095822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 35, "text": "If one of your fellow Israelites faces financial difficulty and is in a shaky situation with you, <sup>[6]</sup> you must assist them as you would an immigrant or foreign guest so that they can survive among you.", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 36, "text": "Do not take interest from them, or any kind of profit from interest, but fear your God so that your fellow Israelite can survive among you."}, {"pk": 4095824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 37, "text": "Do not lend a poor Israelite money with interest or lend food at a profit."}, {"pk": 4095825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 38, "text": "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you Canaan\u2019s land and to be your God."}, {"pk": 4095826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 39, "text": "If one of your fellow Israelites faces financial difficulty with you and sells themselves to you, you must not make him work as a slave."}, {"pk": 4095827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 40, "text": "Instead, they will be like a hired laborer or foreign guest to you. They will work for you until the Jubilee year,"}, {"pk": 4095828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 41, "text": "at which point the poor Israelite along with their children will be released from you. They can return to their extended family and to their family property."}, {"pk": 4095829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 42, "text": "You must do this because these people are my servants \u2014 I brought them out of Egypt\u2019s land. They must not be sold as slaves."}, {"pk": 4095830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 43, "text": "You will not harshly rule over them but must fear your God."}, {"pk": 4095831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 44, "text": "Regarding male or female slaves that you are allowed to have: You can buy a male or a female slave from the nations that are around you."}, {"pk": 4095832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 45, "text": "You can also buy them from the foreign guests who live with you and from their extended families that are with you, who were born in your land. These can belong to you as property."}, {"pk": 4095833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 46, "text": "You can pass them on to your children as inheritance that they can own as permanent property. You can make these people work as slaves, but you must not rule harshly over your own people, the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 47, "text": "If an immigrant or foreign guest prospers financially among you, but your fellow Israelite faces financial difficulty and so sells themselves to the immigrant or foreign guest, or to a descendant of a foreigner,"}, {"pk": 4095835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 48, "text": "the Israelite will have the right to be bought back after they sold themselves. One of their relatives can buy them back:"}, {"pk": 4095836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 49, "text": "their uncle or cousin can buy them back; one of their blood relatives from their family can buy them back; or they may be able to afford their own purchase."}, {"pk": 4095837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 50, "text": "The Israelite will calculate with their owner the time from the year they were sold until the Jubilee year. The price of their release will be based on the number of years they were with the owner, as in the case of a hired laborer."}, {"pk": 4095838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 51, "text": "If there are many years left before the Jubilee, the Israelite will pay for their purchase in proportion to their purchase price."}, {"pk": 4095839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 52, "text": "If only a few years are left, they will calculate that and pay for their purchase according to the years of service."}, {"pk": 4095840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 53, "text": "Regardless, the Israelite will be to the buyer like a yearly laborer; the buyer must not harshly rule over them in your sight."}, {"pk": 4095841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 54, "text": "If the Israelite is not bought back in one of these ways, they and their children must be released in the Jubilee year"}, {"pk": 4095842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 25, "verse": 55, "text": "because the Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants \u2014 I brought them out of Egypt\u2019s land; I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4095843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "You must not make any idols, and do not set up any divine image or sacred pillar. You must not place any carved <sup>[1]</sup> stone in your land, bowing down to it, because I am the LORD your God.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "You must keep my sabbaths and respect my sanctuary; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "If you live according to my rules, keep my commands, and do them,"}, {"pk": 4095846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "I will give you rain at the proper time, the land will produce its yield, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit."}, {"pk": 4095847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "Your threshing season will last until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will last until planting time. You will eat your fill of food and live securely in your land."}, {"pk": 4095848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "I will grant peace in the land so that you can lie down without anyone frightening you. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through it."}, {"pk": 4095849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "You will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you in battle."}, {"pk": 4095850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Five of you will chase away a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase away ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you in battle."}, {"pk": 4095851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "I will turn my face to you, will make you fruitful and numerous, and will keep my covenant with you."}, {"pk": 4095852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "You will still be eating the previous year\u2019s harvest when the time will come to clear it out to make room for the new!"}, {"pk": 4095853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "I will place my dwelling <sup>[2]</sup> among you, and I will not despise you.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>tabernacle</i>"}, {"pk": 4095854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "I will walk around among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people."}, {"pk": 4095855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt\u2019s land \u2014 who brought you out from being Egypt\u2019s slaves. I broke your bonds and made you stand up straight."}, {"pk": 4095856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "But if you do not obey me and do not carry out all these commands \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "if you reject my rules and despise my regulations, not doing all my commands and breaking my covenant \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "then I will do the following to you: I will bring horrific things: <sup>[3]</sup> wasting diseases and fevers that make the eyes fail and drain life away. You will plant seed for no reason because your enemies will eat the food.", "comment": "[3] Precise nature of the diseases uncertain"}, {"pk": 4095859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "I will turn my face against you: you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you; and you will run away even when no one is chasing you."}, {"pk": 4095860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "If, despite all that, you still do not obey me, I will punish you for your sins seven more times:"}, {"pk": 4095861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "I will destroy your prideful power. I will turn your sky to iron and your land to bronze"}, {"pk": 4095862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "so that your strength will be spent for no reason: your land will not produce its yield, and the trees of the land won\u2019t produce their fruit."}, {"pk": 4095863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "If you continue to oppose me and are unwilling to obey me, I will strike you for your sins seven more times:"}, {"pk": 4095864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "I will send wild animals against you, and they will kill your children and destroy your livestock. They will make you so few in number that your roads will seem deserted."}, {"pk": 4095865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "If, despite these things, you still do not accept my discipline and continue to oppose me,"}, {"pk": 4095866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "then I will continue to oppose you. I will strike you for your sins seven more times:"}, {"pk": 4095867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "I will bring the sword against you, avenging the breaking of the covenant. <sup>[4]</sup> If you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague on you, and you will be handed over to the enemy.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>executing covenant vengeance</i>"}, {"pk": 4095868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "When I destroy your food supply, ten women will bake bread in a single oven, and they will ration out bread by weight. You will eat but will never get full."}, {"pk": 4095869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "If, despite all this, you still do not obey me and continue to oppose me,"}, {"pk": 4095870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "then I will continue to oppose you \u2014 with anger! I will punish you for your sins seven more times:"}, {"pk": 4095871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4095872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "I will eliminate your shrines, chop down your incense altars, and pile your dead bodies on the dead bodies of your idols. I will despise you."}, {"pk": 4095873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "I will turn your cities into ruins, I will devastate your sanctuaries, and I will not smell the soothing smells of your offerings."}, {"pk": 4095874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "I will personally devastate the land so much that your enemies who resettle it will be astonished by it."}, {"pk": 4095875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 33, "text": "I will scatter you among the nations. I will unsheathe my sword against you. Your land will be devastated and your cities will be ruins."}, {"pk": 4095876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 34, "text": "At that time, while it is devastated and you are in enemy territory, the land will enjoy its sabbaths. At that time, the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths."}, {"pk": 4095877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 35, "text": "During the whole time it is devastated, it will have the rest it didn\u2019t have during the sabbaths you lived in it."}, {"pk": 4095878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 36, "text": "I will bring despair into the hearts of those of you who survive in enemy territory. Just the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to running, and they will run scared as if running from a sword! They will fall even when no one is chasing them!"}, {"pk": 4095879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 37, "text": "They will stumble over each other as they would before a sword, even though no one is chasing them! You will have no power to stand before your enemies."}, {"pk": 4095880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 38, "text": "You will disappear among the nations \u2014 the land of your enemies will devour you."}, {"pk": 4095881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 39, "text": "Any of you who do survive will rot in enemy territory on account of their guilty deeds. And they will rot too on account of their ancestors\u2019 guilty deeds."}, {"pk": 4095882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 40, "text": "But if they confess their and their ancestors\u2019 guilt for the wrongdoing they did to me, and for their continued opposition to me \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 41, "text": "which made me oppose them, so I took them into enemy territory \u2014 or if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make up for their guilt,"}, {"pk": 4095884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 42, "text": "then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will also remember my covenant with Isaac. And my covenant with Abraham. And I will remember the land."}, {"pk": 4095885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 43, "text": "The land will be absent of them and will be enjoying its sabbaths while it lies devastated, free of them. They will be making up for their guilty deeds for no other reason than the fact that they rejected my regulations and despised my rules."}, {"pk": 4095886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 44, "text": "But despite all that, when they are in enemy territory, I will not reject them or despise them to the point of totally destroying them, breaking my covenant with them by doing so, because I am the LORD their God."}, {"pk": 4095887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 45, "text": "But for their sake I will remember the covenant with the first generation, the ones I brought out of Egypt\u2019s land in the sight of all the nations, in order to be their God; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 26, "verse": 46, "text": "These are the rules, regulations, and instructions between the LORD and the Israelites that he gave through Moses on Mount Sinai."}, {"pk": 4095889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4095890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When a person makes a solemn promise to the LORD involving the value of a person,"}, {"pk": 4095891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "if it is the value for a male between 20 and 60 years old, his value is fifty silver shekels according to the sanctuary\u2019s shekel."}, {"pk": 4095892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "If the person is a female, her value is thirty shekels."}, {"pk": 4095893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "If the age of the person is between 5 and 20 years, the value for a male is twenty shekels, for a female ten shekels."}, {"pk": 4095894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "If the age of the person is between one month and 5 years, the value for a male is five silver shekels, for a female three silver shekels."}, {"pk": 4095895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "If the age of the person is 60 years or more, the value is fifteen shekels if the person is male, ten shekels for a female."}, {"pk": 4095896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "But if financial difficulty prevents the promise maker from giving the full value, they must set the person before the priest. The priest will assign the person a value according to what the promise maker can afford."}, {"pk": 4095897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "If a solemn promise involves livestock that can be offered to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD will be considered holy."}, {"pk": 4095898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "The promise maker cannot replace or substitute for it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if one should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute will be holy."}, {"pk": 4095899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "If the solemn promise involves any kind of unclean animal that cannot be offered to the LORD, the promise maker must set the animal before the priest."}, {"pk": 4095900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "The priest will assign it a value, whether high or low. <sup>[1]</sup> Its value will be what the priest says.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>good or bad</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/3/27/14'>27:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4095901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "If the promise maker wishes to buy it back, they must add one-fifth to its value."}, {"pk": 4095902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "When someone dedicates their house to the LORD as holy, the priest will assign a value to it, whether high or low. The value is fixed, whatever value the priest assigns to it."}, {"pk": 4095903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "If the one who dedicates the house wishes to buy it back, they must add one-fifth to its valued price, and it will be theirs again."}, {"pk": 4095904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "If a person dedicates part of the land from their family property to the LORD, the value will be set according to the seed needed to plant it: fifty silver shekels per homer of barley seed."}, {"pk": 4095905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "If the person dedicates the piece of land during the Jubilee year, its value will stay fixed."}, {"pk": 4095906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "But if the person dedicates the piece after the Jubilee year, the priest will calculate the price according to the years that are left until the next Jubilee year, and the value will be reduced."}, {"pk": 4095907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "If the one who dedicates the land wishes to buy it back, they must add one-fifth to its valued price, and it will be theirs again."}, {"pk": 4095908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "But if they do not buy it back or if it was sold to someone else, it is no longer able to be bought back."}, {"pk": 4095909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "When the piece of land is released in the Jubilee year, it will be holy to the LORD like a piece of devoted land; it will be the priest\u2019s property."}, {"pk": 4095910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "If the person dedicates land they purchased to the LORD \u2014 land that is not part of their family property \u2014"}, {"pk": 4095911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "the priest will calculate the amount of its value until the Jubilee year. The person must pay the value on that day as a holy donation to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "In the Jubilee year the piece of land will return to the seller, to the one who is the original owner of the family property."}, {"pk": 4095913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "Every value will be according to the sanctuary\u2019s shekel. The shekel will be twenty gerahs."}, {"pk": 4095914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "But note that a person cannot dedicate any oldest offspring from livestock, which already belongs to the LORD because it is the oldest. Whether ox or sheep, it belongs to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "If it is an unclean animal, it may be bought back at its value plus twenty percent. If it is not bought back, it will be sold at its set value."}, {"pk": 4095916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "Also note that everything someone devotes <sup>[2]</sup> to the LORD from their possessions \u2014 whether humans, animals, or pieces of land from their family property \u2014 cannot be sold or bought back. Every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>places under the ban</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/3/27/29'>27:29</a>), a technique of holy war, in which all is dedicated to the deity who helps in the battle; it often involved total destruction."}, {"pk": 4095917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "No human beings that have been devoted can be bought back; they must be executed."}, {"pk": 4095918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "All tenth-part gifts <sup>[3]</sup> from the land, whether of seed from the ground or fruit from the trees, belong to the LORD; they are holy to the LORD.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>tithes</i>"}, {"pk": 4095919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 31, "text": "If someone wishes to buy back part of their tenth-part gift, they must add one-fifth to it."}, {"pk": 4095920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 32, "text": "All tenth-part gifts from a herd or flock \u2014 every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd\u2019s staff \u2014 will be holy to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4095921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 33, "text": "The one bringing the tenth-part gift must not pick out the good from the bad, and cannot substitute any animal. But if one should substitute an animal, both it and the substitute will be holy and cannot be bought back."}, {"pk": 4095922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 3, "chapter": 27, "verse": 34, "text": "These are the commands that the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert in the meeting tent on the first day of the second month, <sup>[1]</sup> in the second year after they left the land of Egypt:", "comment": "[1] April\u2013May, Iyar"}, {"pk": 4095924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their households, recording the name of every male,"}, {"pk": 4095925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "20 years old and above, who is eligible for military service in Israel. These you and Aaron will enlist in their military units."}, {"pk": 4095926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Take with you one man from each tribe who is the head of his household."}, {"pk": 4095927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "These are the names of the men who will assist you: from Reuben, Elizur, Shedeur\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "from Simeon, Shelumiel, Zurishaddai\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "from Judah, Nahshon, Amminadab\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "from Issachar, Nethanel, Zuar\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "from Zebulun, Eliab, Helon\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "from Joseph\u2019s sons: from Ephraim, Elishama, Ammihud\u2019s son; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, Pedahzur\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "from Benjamin, Abidan, Gideoni\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "from Dan, Ahiezer, Ammishaddai\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "from Asher, Pagiel, Ochran\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "from Gad, Eliasaph, Deuel\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4095937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "from Naphtali, Ahira, Enan\u2019s son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "These are the ones appointed from the community, chiefs of their ancestral tribes and leaders of the divisions of Israel."}, {"pk": 4095939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Moses and Aaron took these men who were selected by name"}, {"pk": 4095940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "and they assembled the entire community on the first day of the second month. They registered them by their clans and their households, recording the name of each male 20 years old and above."}, {"pk": 4095941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Moses enlisted them in the Sinai desert just as the LORD commanded him."}, {"pk": 4095942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "There were the descendants of Reuben, Israel\u2019s oldest, registered by their clans and their households. Every man 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "There were the descendants of Simeon, registered by their clans and their households. Every male 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "There were the descendants of Gad, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Gad were 45,650. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "There were the descendants of Judah, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Judah were 74,600. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "There were the descendants of Issachar, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "There were the descendants of Zebulun, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "From Joseph\u2019s descendants there were the descendants of Ephraim, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "There were the descendants of Manasseh, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "There were the descendants of Benjamin, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "There were the descendants of Dan, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Dan were 62,700. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "There were the descendants of Asher, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Asher were 41,500. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "There were the descendants of Naphtali, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "Those enlisted from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4095966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "These are the ones who were enlisted by Moses, Aaron, and the twelve chiefs of Israel, each from his own household."}, {"pk": 4095967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "All the Israelites 20 years old and above eligible for military service in Israel were enlisted by their households."}, {"pk": 4095968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "All those enlisted were 603,550."}, {"pk": 4095969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "But the Levites, belonging to their own ancestral tribe, weren\u2019t enlisted along with them."}, {"pk": 4095970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4095971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "You must not enlist the tribe of Levi, nor should you take their census along with the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4095972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "Rather, assign the Levites to the covenant dwelling, to all its equipment, and to everything that belongs to it. They will carry the dwelling and all its equipment, perform its religious ceremonies, and camp around the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "When it\u2019s time to break camp, the Levites will take down the dwelling; and when it\u2019s time to make camp, the Levites will set up the dwelling. Any other person who approaches will be put to death."}, {"pk": 4095974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "The Israelites will camp each in their own place under the banner of their own military unit."}, {"pk": 4095975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "But the Levites will camp around the covenant dwelling so that God\u2019s anger will not strike the Israelite community. The Levites will guard the covenant dwelling."}, {"pk": 4095976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "The Israelites did everything exactly as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4095977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4095978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The Israelites will camp each under the banner with the symbol of their household. They will camp around the meeting tent some distance from it."}, {"pk": 4095979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "On the east side toward the sunrise will be the banner of Judah\u2019s camp with its military units. The chief of the people of Judah is Nahshon, Amminadab\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 74,600."}, {"pk": 4095981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Those camping on one side of him are the tribe of Issachar. The chief of the people of Issachar is Nethanel, Zuar\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 54,400."}, {"pk": 4095983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "On the other side, the tribe of Zebulun: the chief of the people of Zebulun is Eliab, Helon\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 57,400."}, {"pk": 4095985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "All those enlisted in Judah\u2019s camp with their military units are 186,400. They will march first."}, {"pk": 4095986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "On the south side will be the banner of Reuben\u2019s camp with its military units. The chief of the people of Reuben is Elizur, Shedeur\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 46,500."}, {"pk": 4095988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Those camping on one side of him are the tribe of Simeon. The chief of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel, Zurishaddai\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 59,300."}, {"pk": 4095990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "On the other side, the tribe of Gad: the chief of the people of Gad is Eliasaph, Reuel\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 45,650."}, {"pk": 4095992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "All those enlisted in Reuben\u2019s camp with their military units are 151,450. They will march second."}, {"pk": 4095993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "The meeting tent and the Levites\u2019 camp will march in the center of the camps. They will march in the same order as they camp: each in position under his banner."}, {"pk": 4095994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "On the west will be the banner of Ephraim\u2019s camp with its military units. The chief of the people of Ephraim is Elishama, Ammihud\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 40,500."}, {"pk": 4095996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "On one side of him is the tribe of Manasseh. The chief of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel, Pedahzur\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 32,200."}, {"pk": 4095998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "On the other side, the tribe of Benjamin: the chief of the people of Benjamin is Abidan, Gideoni\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4095999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 35,400."}, {"pk": 4096000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "All those enlisted in Ephraim\u2019s camp with their military units are 108,100. They will march third."}, {"pk": 4096001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "On the north will be the banner of Dan\u2019s camp with its military units. The chief of the people of Dan is Ahiezer, Ammishaddai\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 62,700."}, {"pk": 4096003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Those camping on one side of him are the tribe of Asher. The chief of the people of Asher is Pagiel, Ochran\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 41,500."}, {"pk": 4096005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "On the other side, the tribe of Naphtali: the chief of the people of Naphtali is Ahira, Enan\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "His military unit and those enlisted in it are 53,400."}, {"pk": 4096007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "All those enlisted in the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will march last under their banners."}, {"pk": 4096008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "These are the enlisted Israelites by their households. The total enlisted in the camps with their military units is 603,550."}, {"pk": 4096009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "But the Levites weren\u2019t enlisted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4096010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "The Israelites did everything exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses: they camped under their banners and they marched by their clans and by their households."}, {"pk": 4096011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the descendants of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai."}, {"pk": 4096012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "These are the names of Aaron\u2019s sons: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."}, {"pk": 4096013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "These are the names of Aaron\u2019s sons, who are the anointed priests and ordained to the priesthood."}, {"pk": 4096014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they made an unauthorized offering to the LORD in the Sinai desert. They didn\u2019t have any sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron."}, {"pk": 4096015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Bring near the tribe of Levi and place them before Aaron the priest. They will assist him."}, {"pk": 4096017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "They will perform duties for him and for the entire community before the meeting tent, doing the work of the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "They will be responsible for all the equipment of the meeting tent and the duties on behalf of the Israelites when they do the work of the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "You will give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been assigned as a gift to him from the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "You will appoint Aaron and his sons to be responsible for the priesthood. Any other person who approaches will be put to death."}, {"pk": 4096021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "I claim the Levites from the Israelites in place of all the oldest males who open an Israelite womb. The Levites are mine"}, {"pk": 4096023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "because all the oldest males are mine. When I killed all the oldest males in the land of Egypt, I reserved for myself all the oldest males in Israel, both humans and animals. They are mine; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert:"}, {"pk": 4096025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Enroll the Levites by their households and their clans. You will enroll all the males over one month old."}, {"pk": 4096026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Moses enrolled them according to the LORD\u2019s word as he was commanded."}, {"pk": 4096027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "These were Levi\u2019s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."}, {"pk": 4096028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "These were the names of Gershon\u2019s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei."}, {"pk": 4096029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Kohath\u2019s sons by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel."}, {"pk": 4096030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Merari\u2019s sons by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi by their households."}, {"pk": 4096031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "To Gershon belonged the clans of Libni and Shimei. These were the clans of the Gershonites."}, {"pk": 4096032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Their enrollment, according to the number of males over one month old, was 7,500."}, {"pk": 4096033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the dwelling on the west side."}, {"pk": 4096034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "The chief of the household of the Gershonites was Eliasaph, Lael\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "In the dwelling, the Gershonites were responsible for the meeting tent, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the meeting tent,"}, {"pk": 4096036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "the curtains of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance of the courtyard surrounding the meeting tent and the altar, and its cords \u2014 all these structures."}, {"pk": 4096037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites. These were the clans of the Kohathites."}, {"pk": 4096038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "The number of males over one month old, who would perform duties for the sanctuary, was 8,600."}, {"pk": 4096039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "The chief of the household representing the clans of the Kohathites was Elizaphan, Uzziel\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "They were responsible for the chest, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the equipment of the sanctuary with which they would minister, and the screen \u2014 all these furnishings."}, {"pk": 4096042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "The head chief over the chiefs of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest. He was supervisor over those performing the duties of the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4096043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "To Merari belonged the clans of Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Merarites."}, {"pk": 4096044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "Their enrollment, according to the number of males over one month old, was 6,200."}, {"pk": 4096045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "The chief of the household representing the clans of the Merarites was Zuriel, Abihail\u2019s son. They were to camp on the north side of the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "The Merarites were assigned responsibility for the frames of the dwelling, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its equipment \u2014 all these items \u2014"}, {"pk": 4096047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "and the pillars of the courtyard all around, their bases, pegs, and cords."}, {"pk": 4096048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 38, "text": "Those camping in front of the dwelling eastward (that is, before the meeting tent on the east side) were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as service for the Israelites. Anyone else who approached would be put to death."}, {"pk": 4096049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 39, "text": "The total enrollment of the Levites, all the males over one month old whom Moses and Aaron enrolled by orders from the LORD, according to their clans, was 22,000."}, {"pk": 4096050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 40, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: Enroll all the oldest males of the Israelites over one month of age and record their names."}, {"pk": 4096051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 41, "text": "Take the Levites for me, in place of all the oldest sons of the Israelites, for I am the LORD, and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the oldest cattle of the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 42, "text": "Moses enrolled all the oldest males of the Israelites as the LORD commanded."}, {"pk": 4096053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 43, "text": "All the oldest males over one month old, recorded by name according to their enrollment, were 22,273."}, {"pk": 4096054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 44, "text": "Then the LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 45, "text": "Take the Levites in place of all the oldest Israelites and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. The Levites are mine; I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 46, "text": "To rescue the 273 remaining oldest Israelites over and above the number of Levites,"}, {"pk": 4096057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 47, "text": "you will receive five shekels each. You will receive them according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs to the shekel."}, {"pk": 4096058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 48, "text": "You will give the money for their rescue to Aaron and his sons."}, {"pk": 4096059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 49, "text": "So Moses took the money from those rescued over and above the ones rescued by the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 50, "text": "He took the money from the oldest of the Israelites, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel."}, {"pk": 4096061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 3, "verse": 51, "text": "Moses gave the money for those rescued to Aaron and his sons according to the LORD\u2019s word, as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4096062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4096063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites by their clans and their households,"}, {"pk": 4096064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do the work of the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites in the meeting tent: the most holy things."}, {"pk": 4096066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "When it\u2019s time to break camp, Aaron and his sons will enter and take down the screening curtain, and they will cover the chest containing the covenant with it."}, {"pk": 4096067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Then they will place a covering of fine leather <sup>[1]</sup> on it. They will spread a whole cloth of blue over it, and they will set its poles in place.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>dolphin skin</i>; see also <a href='/CEB/4/4/8'>4:8</a>, <a href='/CEB/4/4/10-12'>10\u201312</a>."}, {"pk": 4096068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "They will spread a blue cloth on the presentation table and place on it the plates, the dishes, the bowls, and the container for the drink offering. The usual bread will be on it."}, {"pk": 4096069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "They will spread on them a red cloth, cover it with fine leather, and set its poles in place."}, {"pk": 4096070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, its lamps, its extinguishers, its trays, and all the containers for oil that are used in its service."}, {"pk": 4096071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "They will place it and its equipment in a covering of fine leather, and then place it on the carrying frame."}, {"pk": 4096072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "They will spread a blue cloth on the gold altar and cover it with fine leather."}, {"pk": 4096073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "They will take all the service equipment used in the sanctuary, place it in a blue cloth, and cover it with fine leather. Then they will place it on the carrying frame."}, {"pk": 4096074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "They will remove the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth on it."}, {"pk": 4096075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "They will place on it all the equipment used for servicing it, the censers, the meat fork, the shovels, the bowls, all the equipment of the altar. They will spread a covering of fine leather over it and then set its poles in place."}, {"pk": 4096076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Aaron and his sons will finish covering the sanctuary and all the equipment of the sanctuary when it is time to break camp. After that the Kohathites will enter to carry it, but they will not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the objects in the dwelling that the Kohathites are to carry."}, {"pk": 4096077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "But Eleazar son of Aaron the priest will have oversight of the oil for lighting, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, as well as oversight of the entire dwelling and everything in it related to the sanctuary and its equipment."}, {"pk": 4096078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4096079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "You must not let the tribe of the Kohathite clans be eliminated from the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "This is what you must do for them so that they stay alive and don\u2019t die when they approach the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will enter and assign each of them his work and his load."}, {"pk": 4096081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "But they may not enter to look at the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."}, {"pk": 4096082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their households and their clans."}, {"pk": 4096084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "You will enroll those from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do work in the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "This is the duty of the Gershonite clans for work and for carrying the load:"}, {"pk": 4096086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "They will carry the fabric of the dwelling, the meeting tent with its covering, the outer covering of fine leather, the screen for the entrance of the meeting tent,"}, {"pk": 4096087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "the curtains of the courtyard, the screen of the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the meeting tent and the altar, their cords, and all their equipment for their work. They will do everything that needs to be done with these objects."}, {"pk": 4096088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "All the duties of the Gershonites for carrying their load and for their work will be at the command of Aaron and his sons. You will assign to them the responsibility to carry their load."}, {"pk": 4096089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "This is the work of the Gershonite clans in the dwelling. Their responsibility will be under Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."}, {"pk": 4096090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "You will enroll the Merarites by their clans and their households."}, {"pk": 4096091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "You will enroll those from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do work in the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "This is what they are responsible to carry as their work in the meeting tent: the frames of the meeting tent, its bars, pillars, and bases;"}, {"pk": 4096093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "the pillars of the courtyard all around, with their bases, pegs, cords, and all the equipment used with them. You will list by name the objects they are required to carry."}, {"pk": 4096094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "This is the duty of the Merarite clans for all their work in the meeting tent under the supervision of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."}, {"pk": 4096095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "So Moses, Aaron, and the chiefs of the community enrolled the Kohathites by their clans and their households,"}, {"pk": 4096096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "those from 30 to 50 years old who were eligible for work in the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Their enrollment by their clans was 2,750."}, {"pk": 4096098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "These are the enrolled of the Kohathite clans, all who worked in the meeting tent and whom Moses and Aaron enrolled according to the LORD\u2019s command through Moses."}, {"pk": 4096099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "The enrollment of the Gershonites by their clans and their households,"}, {"pk": 4096100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "those 30 to 50 years old who were eligible for work in the meeting tent:"}, {"pk": 4096101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "their enrollment by their clans and their households was 2,630."}, {"pk": 4096102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "These are the enrolled of the Gershonite clans, all who worked in the meeting tent, and whom Moses and Aaron enrolled according to the LORD\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4096103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "The enrollment of the Merarite clans by their clans and their households,"}, {"pk": 4096104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "those 30 to 50 years old who were eligible for work in the meeting tent:"}, {"pk": 4096105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "their enrollment by their clans was 3,200."}, {"pk": 4096106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "These are the enrolled of the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron enrolled according to the LORD\u2019s command through Moses."}, {"pk": 4096107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "All the enrolled Levites whom Moses, Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel enrolled by their clans and their households,"}, {"pk": 4096108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "those 30 to 50 years old who were eligible to do the work and to carry the load of the meeting tent:"}, {"pk": 4096109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "their enrollment was 8,580."}, {"pk": 4096110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "Each was enrolled by the LORD\u2019s command through Moses to work and to carry his load. Each was assigned just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4096111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Command the Israelites to send out from the camp anyone with a skin disease, an oozing discharge, or who has become unclean from contact with a corpse."}, {"pk": 4096113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "You must send out both male and female. You must send them outside the camp so that they will not make their camp, where I live among them, unclean."}, {"pk": 4096114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "The Israelites did so and sent them outside the camp. The Israelites did just what the LORD said to Moses."}, {"pk": 4096115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Tell the Israelites: When a man or a woman commits any sin against anyone else, thus breaking faith with the LORD, that person becomes guilty."}, {"pk": 4096117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Such persons will confess the sin they have done. Each will make payment for his guilt, add one-fifth more, and give it to the injured party."}, {"pk": 4096118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "If the person has no close relative to whom the payment can be made, then the compensation payment will go to the LORD for the priest. This is in addition to the ram of reconciliation by which the guilty party himself is reconciled."}, {"pk": 4096119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Any gift offering from all the sacred donations that the Israelites offer will be the property of the priest."}, {"pk": 4096120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The sacred donations belong to each person alone; whatever anyone gives to the priest will be his."}, {"pk": 4096121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: A man may suspect that his wife has had an affair <sup>[1]</sup> and has broken faith with him,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>goes astray</i>; see also <a href='/CEB/4/5/19-20'>5:19\u201320</a>, <a href='/CEB/4/5/29'>29</a>."}, {"pk": 4096123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "that a man has had intercourse with her unknown to her husband and that she has defiled herself in secret \u2014 even though there are no witnesses and she isn\u2019t caught."}, {"pk": 4096124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "If jealousy overcomes him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if jealousy overcomes him and he is jealous of his wife who hasn\u2019t defiled herself,"}, {"pk": 4096125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "then the man will bring his wife to the priest. He will bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah <sup>[2]</sup> of barley flour. He will not pour oil on it, nor offer frankincense with it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a grain offering for recognition in order to recognize guilt.", "comment": "[2] Two quarts; one ephah is approximately twenty quarts dry."}, {"pk": 4096126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "The priest will bring her close and make her stand before the LORD"}, {"pk": 4096127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "The priest will take holy water in a clay jar, and taking dust from the floor of the dwelling, the priest will place it in the water."}, {"pk": 4096128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "The priest will make the woman stand before the LORD, let the hair of the woman hang down, and place the grain offering for recognition, that is, the grain offering for jealousy, in her hands. The water of bitterness that brings the curse will be in the hands of the priest."}, {"pk": 4096129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the priest will make her swear a solemn pledge, saying to the woman, \u201cIf no man has slept with you and if you haven\u2019t had an affair, becoming defiled while married to your husband, then be immune from the water of bitterness that brings these curses."}, {"pk": 4096130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "But if you have had an affair while married to your husband, if you have defiled yourself, and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you\u201d \u2014"}, {"pk": 4096131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "then the priest must make the woman utter the curse and say to the woman, \u201cMay the LORD make you a curse and a harmful pledge among your people, when the LORD induces a miscarriage and your womb discharges."}, {"pk": 4096132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "And may the water that brings these curses enter your stomach and make your womb discharge and make you miscarry.\u201d And the woman will say, \u201cI agree, I agree.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "The priest will write these curses in the scroll and wipe them off into the water of bitterness."}, {"pk": 4096134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Then he will make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse. And the water that brings the curse will enter her, causing bitterness."}, {"pk": 4096135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "The priest will take the grain offering for jealousy from the woman\u2019s hands, elevate the grain offering before the LORD, and bring it to the altar."}, {"pk": 4096136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "The priest will take a handful of the grain offering as a token part of it and turn it into smoke on the altar. And afterward he will make the woman drink the water."}, {"pk": 4096137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, then the water that brings the curse will enter her, causing bitterness, and her womb will discharge and she will miscarry. The woman will be a curse among her people."}, {"pk": 4096138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "But if the woman hasn\u2019t defiled herself and she is pure, then she will be immune and able to conceive."}, {"pk": 4096139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "These are the instructions about jealousy, when a wife has an affair while married to her husband and defiles herself,"}, {"pk": 4096140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "or when jealousy overcomes a man and he is jealous of his wife. The priest will make the woman stand before the LORD and will follow all these instructions concerning her."}, {"pk": 4096141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "The man will be free from guilt, but the woman will bear her guilt."}, {"pk": 4096142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If a man or a woman makes a binding promise to be a nazirite in order to be dedicated to the LORD,"}, {"pk": 4096144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "that person must refrain from wine and brandy. He or she may not drink wine vinegar or brandy vinegar, nor drink any grape juice or eat grapes, whether fresh or dried."}, {"pk": 4096145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "While a nazirite, the person may not eat anything produced from the grapevine, not even its seeds or skin."}, {"pk": 4096146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "For the term of the nazirite promise, no razor may be used on the head until the period of dedication to the LORD is fulfilled. The person is to be holy, letting his or her hair grow untrimmed."}, {"pk": 4096147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The period of dedication to the LORD also requires that the person not go near a corpse,"}, {"pk": 4096148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "whether father, mother, brother, or sister. Nazirites should not defile themselves because of the death of these people, because they bear the sign of their dedication to God on their heads."}, {"pk": 4096149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "While a nazirite, the person is holy to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "If someone suddenly dies nearby, defiling the head of the nazirite, he or she will shave the head on the day of cleansing; they will shave it on the seventh day."}, {"pk": 4096151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "On the eighth day the person will bring two turtledoves or two young doves to the priest at the entrance of the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "The priest will offer one for a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering. He will seek reconciliation for the person on account of the guilt acquired from the corpse, and he will make the head holy again on that same day."}, {"pk": 4096153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "The person will be rededicated to the LORD as a nazirite and bring a one-year-old male lamb for a compensation offering. The previous period will be invalid, because the nazirite promise was defiled."}, {"pk": 4096154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "This is the Instruction for the nazirite. When the term as a nazirite is completed, the person will be brought to the entrance of the meeting tent"}, {"pk": 4096155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "and offer a gift to the LORD, consisting of a flawless one-year-old male lamb as an entirely burned offering, a flawless one-year-old female lamb as a purification offering, one flawless ram as a well-being sacrifice,"}, {"pk": 4096156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "and a basket of loaves of unleavened bread made with fine flour and mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with their grain offering and their drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "The priest will come close to the LORD and offer the purification and entirely burned offerings."}, {"pk": 4096158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The ram he will offer as a well-being sacrifice to the LORD with the basket of unleavened bread; then the priest will offer the grain offering and the drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The nazirite will shave his ordained head at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance, take the hair from his ordained head, and put it in the fire under the well-being sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4096160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "The priest will take the shoulder from the ram after it is boiled, one piece of unleavened bread from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and place them in the hands of the nazirite after the ordained head is shaved."}, {"pk": 4096161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the priest will raise them as an uplifted offering before the LORD; they are holy to the priest, with the breast of the uplifted offering and the thigh of the gift offering. After this the nazirite may drink wine."}, {"pk": 4096162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "This is the instruction for the nazirite who takes the solemn promise. That person\u2019s offering to the LORD will be in accordance with the nazirite promise, in addition to whatever else the person may have offered. The person must do just as they have promised, in adherence with the nazirite promise."}, {"pk": 4096163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Tell Aaron and his sons: You will bless the Israelites as follows. Say to them:"}, {"pk": 4096165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD bless you and protect you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD lift up his face to you and grant you peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "They will place my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."}, {"pk": 4096169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "On the day when Moses finished setting up the dwelling, he anointed and made it holy. All its equipment, as well as the altar and all its equipment, he also anointed and made holy."}, {"pk": 4096170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "The chiefs of Israel, the leaders of their households, made their presentations. They were the tribal chiefs and those who were in charge of the enlistment."}, {"pk": 4096171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "They brought their offerings before the LORD: six covered wagons and twelve oxen \u2014 a wagon for every two chiefs, and an ox for every chief. They brought them near before the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Take these from them and use them for service in the meeting tent. Give them to the Levites according to their duties."}, {"pk": 4096174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and he gave them to the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites for their duty."}, {"pk": 4096176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites for their duty under the supervision of Ithamar, Aaron the priest\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "But to the Kohathites he gave nothing because their duty concerned the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders."}, {"pk": 4096178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "The chiefs made their presentations for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed. The chiefs presented their offerings before the altar."}, {"pk": 4096179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: One chief per day will present their offering for the dedication of the altar."}, {"pk": 4096180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The one presenting his offering on the first day was Nahshon, Amminadab\u2019s son, from the tribe of Judah."}, {"pk": 4096181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "His offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon, Amminadab\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "On the second day Nethanel, Zuar\u2019s son, the chief of Issachar, presented his offering."}, {"pk": 4096187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "He presented as his offering one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel, Zuar\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "On the third day Zebulun\u2019s Chief Eliab, Helon\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab, Helon\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "On the fourth day Reuben\u2019s Chief Elizur, Shedeur\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur, Shedeur\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "On the fifth day Simeon\u2019s Chief Shelumiel, Zurishaddai\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel, Zurishaddai\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "On the sixth day Gad\u2019s Chief Eliasaph, Deuel\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph, Deuel\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "On the seventh day Ephraim\u2019s Chief Elishama, Ammihud\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 51, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 52, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 53, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama, Ammihud\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 54, "text": "On the eighth day Manasseh\u2019s Chief Gamaliel, Pedahzur\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 55, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels by the sanctuary scale, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 56, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 57, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 58, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 59, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel, Pedahzur\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 60, "text": "On the ninth day Benjamin\u2019s Chief Abidan, Gideoni\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 61, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 62, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 63, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 64, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 65, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan, Gideoni\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 66, "text": "On the tenth day Dan\u2019s Chief Ahiezer, Ammishaddai\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 67, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 68, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 69, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 70, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 71, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer, Ammishaddai\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 72, "text": "On the eleventh day Asher\u2019s Chief Pagiel, Ochran\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 73, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 74, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 75, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, and one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 76, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 77, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel, Ochran\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 78, "text": "On the twelfth day Naphtali\u2019s Chief Ahira, Enan\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4096247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 79, "text": "his offering was one silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;"}, {"pk": 4096248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 80, "text": "one gold bowl weighing ten shekels full of incense;"}, {"pk": 4096249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 81, "text": "one bull from the herd, one ram, one year-old male lamb for an entirely burned offering;"}, {"pk": 4096250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 82, "text": "one male goat for a purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 83, "text": "and for the well-being sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira, Enan\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 84, "text": "This is what the Israelite chiefs provided for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold bowls;"}, {"pk": 4096253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 85, "text": "each silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels and each basin seventy shekels \u2014 all the silver equipment weighed two thousand four hundred shekels according to the sanctuary shekel;"}, {"pk": 4096254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 86, "text": "the twelve gold bowls full of incense weighing ten shekels each according to the sanctuary shekel \u2014 all the gold of the bowls weighed one hundred twenty shekels;"}, {"pk": 4096255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 87, "text": "all the animals for the entirely burned offering were twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offering; twelve male goats for the purification offering;"}, {"pk": 4096256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 88, "text": "and all the animals for the well-being sacrifice were twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed."}, {"pk": 4096257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 7, "verse": 89, "text": "When Moses entered the meeting tent to speak with the LORD, <sup>[1]</sup> he would hear the voice speaking to him from above the cover <sup>[2]</sup> that was on the chest containing the covenant, from between the two winged creatures. In this way he spoke to Moses.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>mercy seat</i> or perhaps <i>reconciliation cover</i> (Heb <i>kapporet</i>)<br>[1] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4096258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you set them up, the seven lamps will give light in front of the lampstand."}, {"pk": 4096260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Aaron did so. He set up its lamps in front of the lampstand as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4096261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "This is how the lampstand was made: it was hammered gold; from its base to its flower it was hammered. Moses made the lampstand according to the vision that the LORD had shown Moses."}, {"pk": 4096262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Separate the Levites from the Israelites and cleanse them."}, {"pk": 4096264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "This is what you will do to them to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification on them, have them shave their bodies, wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves."}, {"pk": 4096265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "They will take a bull from the herd, with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil. You will take a second bull from the herd for a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4096266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "You will bring the Levites before the meeting tent and gather the entire Israelite community."}, {"pk": 4096267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Then you will bring the Levites into the LORD\u2019s presence, and the Israelites will lay their hands on the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Aaron will present the Levites as an uplifted offering in the LORD\u2019s presence from the Israelites so that they may do the LORD\u2019s service."}, {"pk": 4096269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and Aaron will offer one as a purification offering and the other as an entirely burned offering to the LORD in order to seek reconciliation for the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "You will have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and you will present them as an uplifted offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "You will separate the Levites from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine."}, {"pk": 4096272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "The Levites will enter to serve the meeting tent, after you have cleansed them and presented them as an uplifted offering."}, {"pk": 4096273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "They are given over to me from the Israelites in place of all the newborn, the oldest of all the Israelites. I take them for myself."}, {"pk": 4096274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Every oldest male among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal. When I killed all the oldest males in the land of Egypt, I dedicated them to myself."}, {"pk": 4096275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "I have taken the Levites in place of all the oldest among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "I have selected the Levites from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons to perform the service of the Israelites in the meeting tent and to seek reconciliation for the Israelites so that there will not be a plague when the Israelites approach the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4096277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community carried out for the Levites everything the LORD had commanded Moses. That is what the Israelites did for the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Aaron presented them as an uplifted offering in the LORD\u2019s presence, and he sought reconciliation for them in order to cleanse them."}, {"pk": 4096279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "After this the Levites went in to perform their service in the meeting tent before Aaron and his sons. They did for the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning them."}, {"pk": 4096280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "This rule applies <sup>[1]</sup> to the Levites: Everyone 25 years old and above will enter into service, performing the duties for the meeting tent.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>rule applies.</i>"}, {"pk": 4096282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "At 50 years old each will retire from service. They will perform their duties no longer."}, {"pk": 4096283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Each may assist his fellow Levites in the meeting tent with some responsibilities, but he may not perform service. This is how you should assign responsibilities to the Levites."}, {"pk": 4096284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert in the first month <sup>[1]</sup> of the second year after they had left the land of Egypt:", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4096285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Let the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time."}, {"pk": 4096286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "On the fourteenth day of this month at twilight you will keep it at its appointed time. Keep it according to all its regulations and its customary practices."}, {"pk": 4096287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Moses instructed the Israelites to keep the Passover."}, {"pk": 4096288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "At twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month <sup>[2]</sup> they kept the Passover in the Sinai desert. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses.", "comment": "[2] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4096289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "But there were persons who were unclean from contact with a human corpse, and they were unable to keep the Passover on that day. They approached Moses and Aaron that day."}, {"pk": 4096290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "These persons said to him, \u201cAlthough we are unclean from contact with a human corpse, why must we be prohibited from presenting the LORD\u2019s offering at its appointed time with the rest of the Israelites?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Moses said to them, \u201cWait while I listen for what the LORD will command concerning you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Tell the Israelites: When any of you or your descendants are unclean from contact with a corpse or are on a long trip, they may still keep the Passover to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "They will keep it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. <sup>[3]</sup> They will eat the Passover lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.", "comment": "[3] April\u2013May, Iyar"}, {"pk": 4096295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They will keep the Passover according to all its regulations."}, {"pk": 4096296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "But any persons who are clean and not on a trip, yet don\u2019t keep the Passover, those persons will be cut off from their people, because they didn\u2019t present the LORD\u2019s offering at its appointed time. Those persons will bear their sin."}, {"pk": 4096297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "If an immigrant resides among you and wishes to keep the Passover to the LORD, that one also will keep it according to its regulations and its customary practices. There will be one set of regulations for both of you, for the immigrant and for the native of the land."}, {"pk": 4096298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "On the day the dwelling was erected, the cloud covered the dwelling, the covenant tent. At night until morning, the cloud appeared with lightning over the dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "It was always there. The cloud covered it by day, <sup>[4]</sup> appearing with lightning at night.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>by day.</i>"}, {"pk": 4096300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Whenever the cloud ascended from the tent, the Israelites would march. And the Israelites would camp wherever the cloud settled."}, {"pk": 4096301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "At the LORD\u2019s command, the Israelites would march, and at the LORD\u2019s command they would camp. As long as the cloud settled on the dwelling, they would camp."}, {"pk": 4096302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "When the cloud lingered on the meeting tent for many days, the Israelites would observe the LORD\u2019s direction and they wouldn\u2019t march."}, {"pk": 4096303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Sometimes the cloud would be over the dwelling for a number of days, so they would camp at the LORD\u2019s command, marching again only at the LORD\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4096304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Sometimes the cloud would settle only overnight, and they would march when the cloud ascended in the morning. Whether it was day or night, they would march when the cloud ascended."}, {"pk": 4096305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Whether it was two days, or a month, or a long time, the Israelites would camp so long as the cloud lingered on the dwelling and settled on it. They wouldn\u2019t march. But when it ascended, they would march."}, {"pk": 4096306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "They camped at the LORD\u2019s command and they marched at the LORD\u2019s command. They followed the LORD\u2019s direction according to the LORD\u2019s command through Moses."}, {"pk": 4096307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Make two silver trumpets and make them from hammered metalwork. Use them for summoning the community and for breaking camp."}, {"pk": 4096309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "When both are blown, the entire community will meet you at the entrance of the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "When one is blown, the chiefs, the leaders of Israel\u2019s divisions, will meet you."}, {"pk": 4096311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "When you blow a series of short blasts, the camp on the east side will march."}, {"pk": 4096312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "And when you blow a second series of short blasts, the camp on the south side will march. You will blow a series of short blasts to announce their march."}, {"pk": 4096313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "To gather the assembly, blow a long blast, not a series of short blasts."}, {"pk": 4096314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Aaron\u2019s sons the priests will blow the trumpets. This will be a permanent regulation for you throughout time."}, {"pk": 4096315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "When you go to war in your land against an enemy who is attacking you, you will blow short blasts with the trumpets so that you may be remembered by the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies."}, {"pk": 4096316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "On your festival days, your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you will blow the trumpets over your entirely burned offerings and your well-being sacrifices. They will serve as a reminder of you to your God. I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4096317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud ascended from the covenant dwelling."}, {"pk": 4096318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "The Israelites set out on their march from the Sinai desert, and the cloud settled in the Paran desert."}, {"pk": 4096319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "They marched for the first time at the LORD\u2019s command through Moses."}, {"pk": 4096320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "The banner of Judah\u2019s camp marched first with its military units. Nahshon, Amminadab\u2019s son, commanded its military."}, {"pk": 4096321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Nethanel, Zuar\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Issachar."}, {"pk": 4096322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Eliab, Helon\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Zebulun."}, {"pk": 4096323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "The dwelling was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites, who carried the dwelling, marched."}, {"pk": 4096324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "The banner of Reuben\u2019s camp marched with its military units. Elizur, Shedeur\u2019s son, commanded its military."}, {"pk": 4096325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Shelumiel, Zurishaddai\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Simeon."}, {"pk": 4096326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Eliasaph, Deuel\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Gad."}, {"pk": 4096327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "The Kohathites, who carried the holy things, marched. The dwelling would be set up before their arrival."}, {"pk": 4096328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "The banner of Ephraim\u2019s camp marched with its military units. Elishama, Ammihud\u2019s son, commanded its military."}, {"pk": 4096329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Gamaliel, Pedahzur\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4096330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Abidan, Gideoni\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4096331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "The banner of Dan\u2019s camp, at the rear of the whole camp, marched with its military units. Ahiezer, Ammishaddai\u2019s son, commanded its military."}, {"pk": 4096332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Pagiel, Ochran\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Asher."}, {"pk": 4096333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Ahira, Enan\u2019s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4096334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "This was the order of departure of the Israelites with their military units when they set out."}, {"pk": 4096335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said to Hobab the Midianite, Reuel\u2019s son and Moses\u2019 father-in-law, \u201cWe\u2019re marching to the place about which the LORD has said, \u2018I\u2019ll give it to you.\u2019 Come with us and we\u2019ll treat you well, for the LORD has promised to treat Israel well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Hobab said to him, \u201cI won\u2019t go; I\u2019d rather go to my land and to my folk.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Moses said, \u201cPlease don\u2019t abandon us, for you know where we can camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes."}, {"pk": 4096338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "If you go with us, whatever good the LORD does for us, we\u2019ll do for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "They marched from the LORD\u2019s mountain for three days. The LORD\u2019s chest containing the covenant marched ahead of them for three days to look for a resting place for them."}, {"pk": 4096340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "Now the LORD\u2019s cloud was over them by day when they marched from the camp."}, {"pk": 4096341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "When the chest set out, Moses would say, \u201cArise, LORD, let your enemies scatter, and those who hate you flee.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "When it rested, he would say, \u201cReturn, LORD of the ten thousand thousands of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When the people complained intensely in the LORD\u2019s hearing, the LORD heard and became angry. Then the LORD\u2019s fire burned them and consumed the edges of the camp."}, {"pk": 4096344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "When the people cried out to Moses, Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire subsided."}, {"pk": 4096345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "The name of that place was called Taberah, <sup>[1]</sup> because the LORD\u2019s fire burned against them.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the place of burning</i>"}, {"pk": 4096346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "The riffraff among them had a strong craving. Even the Israelites cried again and said, \u201cWho will give us meat to eat?"}, {"pk": 4096347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for free, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic."}, {"pk": 4096348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Now our lives are wasting away. There is nothing but manna in front of us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "The manna was like coriander seed and its color was like resin."}, {"pk": 4096350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "The people would roam around and collect it and grind it with millstones or pound it in a mortar. Then they would boil it in pots and make it into cakes. It tasted like cakes baked in olive oil."}, {"pk": 4096351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "When the dew fell on the camp during the night, the manna would fall with it."}, {"pk": 4096352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Moses heard the people crying throughout their clans, each at his tent\u2019s entrance. The LORD was outraged, and Moses was upset."}, {"pk": 4096353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Moses said to the LORD, \u201cWhy have you treated your servant so badly? And why haven\u2019t I found favor in your eyes, for you have placed the burden of all these people on me?"}, {"pk": 4096354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them, that you would say to me, \u2018Carry them at the breast, as a nurse carries an unweaned child,\u2019 to the fertile land that you promised their ancestors?"}, {"pk": 4096355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Where am I to get meat for all these people? They are crying before me and saying, \u2018Give us meat, so we can eat.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4096356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "I can\u2019t bear this people on my own. They\u2019re too heavy for me."}, {"pk": 4096357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "If you\u2019re going to treat me like this, please kill me. If I\u2019ve found favor in your eyes, then don\u2019t let me endure this wretched situation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cGather before me seventy men from Israel\u2019s elders, whom you know as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the meeting tent, and let them stand there with you."}, {"pk": 4096359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Then I\u2019ll descend and speak with you there. I\u2019ll take some of the spirit that is on you and place it on them. Then they will carry the burden of the people with you so that you won\u2019t bear it alone."}, {"pk": 4096360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "To the people you will say, \u2018Make yourselves holy for tomorrow; then you will eat meat, for you\u2019ve cried in the LORD\u2019s hearing, \u201cWho will give us meat to eat? It was better for us in Egypt.\u201d The LORD will give you meat, and you will eat."}, {"pk": 4096361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "You won\u2019t eat for just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,"}, {"pk": 4096362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "but for a whole month until it comes out of your nostrils and nauseates you. You\u2019ve rejected the LORD who\u2019s been with you and you have cried before him, saying, \u201cWhy did we leave Egypt?\u201d \u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Moses said, \u201cThe people I\u2019m with are six hundred thousand on foot and you\u2019re saying, \u2018I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4096364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Can flocks and herds be found and slaughtered for them? Or can all the fish in the sea be found and caught for them?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cIs the LORD\u2019s power too weak? Now you will see whether my word will come true for you or not.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "So Moses went out and told the people the LORD\u2019s words. He assembled seventy men from the people\u2019s elders and placed them around the tent."}, {"pk": 4096367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD descended in a cloud, spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and placed it on the seventy elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but only this once."}, {"pk": 4096368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Two men had remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the second named Medad, and the spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they hadn\u2019t gone out to the tent, so they prophesied in the camp."}, {"pk": 4096369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "A young man ran and told Moses, \u201cEldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Joshua, Nun\u2019s son and Moses\u2019 assistant since his youth, responded, \u201cMy master Moses, stop them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said to him, \u201cAre you jealous for my sake? If only all the LORD\u2019s people were prophets with the LORD placing his spirit on them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Moses and Israel\u2019s elders were assembled in the camp."}, {"pk": 4096373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "A wind from the LORD blew up and brought quails from the sea. It let them fall by the camp, about a day\u2019s journey all around the camp and about three feet deep on the ground."}, {"pk": 4096374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Then the people arose and gathered the quail all that day, all night, and all the next day. The least collected was ten homers, <sup>[2]</sup> and they laid them out around the camp.", "comment": "[2] Five hundred gallons; one homer is two hundred quarts."}, {"pk": 4096375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "While the meat was still between their teeth and not yet consumed, the LORD\u2019s anger blazed against the people. The LORD struck the people with a very great punishment."}, {"pk": 4096376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "The name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, <sup>[3]</sup> because there they buried the people who had the craving.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>graves of craving</i>"}, {"pk": 4096377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "From Kibroth-hattaavah the people marched to Hazeroth."}, {"pk": 4096378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "When they were in Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses on account of the Cushite woman whom he had married \u2014 for he had married a Cushite woman."}, {"pk": 4096379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "They said, \u201cHas the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn\u2019t he also spoken through us?\u201d The LORD heard it."}, {"pk": 4096380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Now the man Moses was humble, more so than anyone on earth."}, {"pk": 4096381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Immediately, the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, \u201cYou three go out to the meeting tent.\u201d So the three of them went out."}, {"pk": 4096382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the LORD descended in a column of cloud, stood at the entrance of the tent, and called to Aaron and Miriam. The two of them came forward."}, {"pk": 4096383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "He said, \u201cListen to my words: If there is a prophet of the LORD among you, <sup>[1]</sup> I make myself known to him in visions. I speak to him in dreams.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; LXX <i>If there is a prophet of you for the Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4096384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "But not with my servant Moses. He has proved to be reliable with all my household."}, {"pk": 4096385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "I speak with him face-to-face, visibly, not in riddles. He sees the LORD\u2019s form. So why aren\u2019t you afraid to criticize my servant Moses?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD\u2019s anger blazed against them, and they went back."}, {"pk": 4096387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "When the cloud went away from over the tent, Miriam suddenly developed a skin disease flaky like snow. Aaron turned toward Miriam and saw her skin disease."}, {"pk": 4096388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Aaron said to Moses, \u201cOh, my master, please don\u2019t punish us for the sin that we foolishly committed."}, {"pk": 4096389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Please don\u2019t let her be like the stillborn, whose flesh is half eaten as it comes out of the mother\u2019s womb.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "So Moses cried to the LORD, \u201cGod, please heal her!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cIf her father had spit in her face, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and afterward she will be brought back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "So they shut Miriam out of the camp seven days. And the people didn\u2019t march until Miriam was brought back."}, {"pk": 4096393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Afterward the people marched from Hazeroth, and they camped in the Paran desert."}, {"pk": 4096394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, which I\u2019m giving to the Israelites. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each a chief among them."}, {"pk": 4096396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "So Moses sent them out from the Paran desert according to the LORD\u2019s command. All the men were leaders among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, Zaccur\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, Hori\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "from the tribe of Issachar, Igal, Joseph\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, Nun\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, Raphu\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, Sodi\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "from the tribe of Joseph: from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, Susi\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, Gemalli\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "from the tribe of Asher, Sethur, Michael\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, Vophsi\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "from the tribe of Gad, Geuel, Machi\u2019s son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "These are the names of the men whom Moses sent out to explore the land. Moses changed the name of Hoshea, Nun\u2019s son, to Joshua."}, {"pk": 4096410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "When Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, \u201cGo up there into the arid southern plain and into the mountains."}, {"pk": 4096411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "You must inspect the land. What is it like? Are the people who live in it strong or weak, few or many?"}, {"pk": 4096412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Is the land in which they live good or bad? Are the towns in which they live camps or fortresses?"}, {"pk": 4096413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Is the land rich or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back the land\u2019s fruit.\u201d It was the season of the first ripe grapes."}, {"pk": 4096414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "They went up and explored the land from the Zin desert to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath."}, {"pk": 4096415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "They went up into the arid southern plain and entered Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of the Anakites, lived. (Hebron was built seven years before Tanis <sup>[1]</sup> in Egypt.)", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Zoan</i>"}, {"pk": 4096416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Then they entered the Cluster <sup>[2]</sup> ravine, cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and carried it on a pole between them. They also took pomegranates and figs.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>cluster of grapes</i>"}, {"pk": 4096417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "That place was called the Cluster ravine because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut down from there."}, {"pk": 4096418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "They returned from exploring the land after forty days."}, {"pk": 4096419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "They went directly to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Paran desert at Kadesh. They brought back a report to them and to the entire community and showed them the land\u2019s fruit."}, {"pk": 4096420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "Then they gave their report: \u201cWe entered the land to which you sent us. It\u2019s actually full of milk and honey, and this is its fruit."}, {"pk": 4096421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "There are, however, powerful people who live in the land. The cities have huge fortifications. And we even saw the descendants of the Anakites there."}, {"pk": 4096422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "The Amalekites live in the land of the arid southern plain; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the mountains; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "Now Caleb calmed the people before Moses and said, \u201cWe must go up and take possession of it, because we are more than able to do it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "But the men who went up with him said, \u201cWe can\u2019t go up against the people because they are stronger than we.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "They started a rumor about the land that they had explored, telling the Israelites, \u201cThe land that we crossed over to explore is a land that devours its residents. All the people we saw in it are huge men."}, {"pk": 4096426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "We saw there the Nephilim (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We saw ourselves as grasshoppers, and that\u2019s how we appeared to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "The entire community raised their voice and the people wept that night."}, {"pk": 4096428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "All the Israelites criticized Moses and Aaron. The entire community said to them, \u201cIf only we had died in the land of Egypt or if only we had died in this desert!"}, {"pk": 4096429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our children will be taken by force. Wouldn\u2019t it be better for us to return to Egypt?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "So they said to each other, \u201cLet\u2019s pick a leader and let\u2019s go back to Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the assembled Israelite community."}, {"pk": 4096432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "But Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, and Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son, from those who had explored the land, tore their clothes"}, {"pk": 4096433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "and said to the entire Israelite community, \u201cThe land we crossed through to explore is an exceptionally good land."}, {"pk": 4096434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "If the LORD is pleased with us, he\u2019ll bring us into this land and give it to us. It\u2019s a land that\u2019s full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4096435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Only don\u2019t rebel against the LORD and don\u2019t be afraid of the people of the land. They are our prey. <sup>[1]</sup> Their defense has deserted them, but the LORD is with us. So don\u2019t be afraid of them.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>our bread</i>"}, {"pk": 4096436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "But the entire community intended to stone them. <b>The LORD\u2019s anger and Moses\u2019 intercession</b> </pb> Then the LORD\u2019s glory appeared in the meeting tent to all the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cHow long will these people disrespect me? And how long will they doubt me after all the signs that I performed among them?"}, {"pk": 4096438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019ll strike them down with a plague and disown them. Then I\u2019ll make you into a great nation, stronger than they.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Moses said to the LORD, \u201cThe Egyptians will hear, for with your power you brought these people up from among them."}, {"pk": 4096440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "They\u2019ll tell the inhabitants of this land. They\u2019ve heard that you, LORD, are with this people. You, LORD, appear to them face-to-face. Your cloud stands over them. You go before them in a column of cloud by day and in a column of lightning by night."}, {"pk": 4096441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "If you kill these people, every last one of them, the nations who heard about you will say,"}, {"pk": 4096442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "\u2018The LORD wasn\u2019t able to bring these people to the land that he solemnly promised to give them. So he slaughtered them in the desert.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4096443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Now let my master\u2019s power be as great as you declared when you said,"}, {"pk": 4096444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "\u2018The LORD is very patient and absolutely loyal, forgiving wrongs and disloyalty. Yet he doesn\u2019t forgo all punishment, disciplining the grandchildren and great-grandchildren for their ancestors\u2019 wrongs.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4096445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Please forgive the wrongs of these people because of your absolute loyalty, just as you\u2019ve forgiven these people from their time in Egypt until now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the LORD said, \u201cI will forgive as you requested."}, {"pk": 4096447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "But as I live and as the LORD\u2019s glory fills the entire earth,"}, {"pk": 4096448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "none of the men who saw my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the desert, but tested me these ten times and haven\u2019t listened to my voice,"}, {"pk": 4096449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "will see the land I promised to their ancestors. All who disrespected me won\u2019t see it."}, {"pk": 4096450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "But I\u2019ll bring my servant Caleb into the land that he explored, and his descendants will possess it because he has a different spirit, and he has remained true to me."}, {"pk": 4096451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "Since the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valley, tomorrow turn and march into the desert by the route of the Reed Sea.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4096452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4096453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "How long will this wicked community complain against me? I\u2019ve heard the Israelites\u2019 dissent as they continue to complain against me."}, {"pk": 4096454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "Say to them, \u201cAs I live,\u201d says the LORD, \u201cjust as I\u2019ve heard you say, so I\u2019ll do to you."}, {"pk": 4096455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Your dead bodies will fall in this desert. None of you who were enlisted and were registered from 20 years old and above, who complained against me,"}, {"pk": 4096456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "will enter the land in which I promised <sup>[3]</sup> to settle you, with the exception of Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son, and Joshua, Nun\u2019s son.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>raised my hand</i>"}, {"pk": 4096457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "But your children, whom you said would be taken by force, I\u2019ll bring them in and they will know the land that you rejected."}, {"pk": 4096458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "Your bodies, however, will fall in this desert,"}, {"pk": 4096459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "and your children will be shepherds in the desert for forty years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies fall in the desert."}, {"pk": 4096460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "For as many days as you explored the land, that is, forty days, just as many years you\u2019ll bear your guilt, that is, forty years. This is how you will understand my frustration.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "I the LORD have spoken. I will do this to the entire wicked community who gathered against me. They will die in this desert. There they\u2019ll meet their end."}, {"pk": 4096462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "The men whom Moses sent out to explore the land had returned and caused the entire community to complain against him by starting a rumor about the land."}, {"pk": 4096463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "These men died by a plague in the LORD\u2019s presence on account of their false rumor."}, {"pk": 4096464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "But Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, and Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son, survived from those men who went to explore the land."}, {"pk": 4096465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "Moses spoke these words to all the Israelites, and the people mourned bitterly."}, {"pk": 4096466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "They rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain range, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s go up to the place the LORD told us to, for we have sinned.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "But Moses said, \u201cWhy do you disobey the LORD\u2019s command? It won\u2019t succeed."}, {"pk": 4096468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "Don\u2019t go up, for the LORD isn\u2019t with you. Don\u2019t be struck down before your enemies."}, {"pk": 4096469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "The Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you and you will fall by the sword because you turned away from the LORD, and the LORD is no longer with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "Yet they recklessly <sup>[4]</sup> ascended toward the top of the mountains, even though Moses and the LORD\u2019s chest containing the covenant didn\u2019t depart from the camp.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4096471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, who lived in those mountains, descended, struck them down, and beat them all the way to Hormah."}, {"pk": 4096472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land where you will live, which I am giving you,"}, {"pk": 4096474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "and you make a food gift <sup>[1]</sup> to the LORD as a soothing smell for the LORD from the herd or the flock \u2014 whether an entirely burned offering, or a sacrifice to fulfill a solemn promise, or a spontaneous gift, or at your sacred seasons \u2014", "comment": "[1] Or <i>offering by fire</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/3/3/11'>Lev 3:11</a>)"}, {"pk": 4096475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "the one presenting the offering to the LORD will bring a grain offering of one-tenth of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin <sup>[2]</sup> of oil.", "comment": "[2] One hin is approximately one gallon."}, {"pk": 4096476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "You will also offer one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering with either the entirely burned offering or the sacrifice, for each lamb."}, {"pk": 4096477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "For a ram you will offer a grain offering of two-tenths of a measure of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil."}, {"pk": 4096478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "You will also present one-third of a hin of wine for a drink offering as a soothing smell for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "When you offer a bull for an entirely burned offering, or a sacrifice to fulfill a solemn promise, or a well-being sacrifice to the LORD,"}, {"pk": 4096480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "you will present <sup>[3]</sup> with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of a measure of fine flour mixed with a half hin of oil.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>he will present</i>"}, {"pk": 4096481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "You will present a half hin of wine for a drink offering as a food gift that is a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "So will it be done with each ox, each ram, or for any sheep or goat."}, {"pk": 4096483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "However many you offer, you will do the same for each one."}, {"pk": 4096484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Every citizen will perform these rituals in bringing a food gift that is a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "If an immigrant lives with you or has settled among you for many years and would also like to offer a food gift that is a soothing smell to the LORD, that person must do just as you do."}, {"pk": 4096486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The assembly will have the same regulation for you and for the immigrant. The regulation will be permanent for all time. You and the immigrant will be the same in the LORD\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4096487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "There will be one set of instructions and one legal norm for the immigrant and for you."}, {"pk": 4096488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land to which I\u2019m bringing you,"}, {"pk": 4096490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "whenever you eat the land\u2019s food you will present a gift offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "You will present a gift offering from the first bread you bake just like you present a gift offering from the threshing floor."}, {"pk": 4096492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "You will give a gift offering from the first bread you bake for all time."}, {"pk": 4096493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "If by accident you don\u2019t obey all these commands that the LORD spoke to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4096494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "or everything that the LORD commanded you through Moses from the day of the LORD\u2019s command onward for all time,"}, {"pk": 4096495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "then if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the community, the entire community must offer one bull from the herd as an entirely burned offering, a soothing smell to the LORD, with its grain and drink offering according to the specific instruction, and one male goat for a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4096496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "The priest will seek reconciliation for the entire Israelite community. They will be forgiven, because it was unintentional and because they brought their food gift to the LORD, along with their purification offering in the LORD\u2019s presence for their accidental error."}, {"pk": 4096497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "The entire Israelite community and the immigrant residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people acted unintentionally."}, {"pk": 4096498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "If an individual sins unintentionally, that person must present a one-year-old female goat for a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4096499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "The priest will seek reconciliation in the LORD\u2019s presence for the person who sinned unintentionally, when the sin is an accident, seeking reconciliation so that person will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4096500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "There will be one set of instructions for the Israelite citizen and the immigrant residing with you for anyone who commits an unintentional sin."}, {"pk": 4096501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "But the person who acts deliberately, <sup>[4]</sup> whether a citizen or an immigrant, and insults the LORD, that person will be cut off from the people", "comment": "[4] Or <i>with a high hand</i>"}, {"pk": 4096502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "for despising the LORD\u2019s word and breaking his commands. That person will be completely cut off and bear the guilt."}, {"pk": 4096503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "When the Israelites were in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day."}, {"pk": 4096504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the entire community."}, {"pk": 4096505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "They placed him in custody, because it wasn\u2019t clear what should be done to him."}, {"pk": 4096506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses: The man should be put to death. The entire community should stone him outside the camp."}, {"pk": 4096507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "The entire community took him outside the camp and stoned him. He died as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4096508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: Make fringes on the edges of your clothing for all time. Have them put blue cords on the fringe on the edges."}, {"pk": 4096510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "This will be your fringe. You will see it and remember all the LORD\u2019s commands and do them. Then you won\u2019t go exploring the lusts of your own heart or your eyes."}, {"pk": 4096511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "In this way you\u2019ll remember to do all my commands. Then you will be holy to your God."}, {"pk": 4096512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4096513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Korah \u2014 Izhar\u2019s son, Kohath\u2019s grandson, and Levi\u2019s great-grandson \u2014 with Dathan and Abiram, Eliab\u2019s sons, and On, Peleth\u2019s son, descendants of Reuben,"}, {"pk": 4096514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "rose up against Moses, along with two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the community, chosen by the assembly, men of reputation."}, {"pk": 4096515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "They assembled against Moses and Aaron and said to them, \u201cYou\u2019ve gone too far, because the entire community is holy, every last one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the LORD\u2019s assembly?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "When Moses heard this, he fell on his face."}, {"pk": 4096517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "He spoke to Korah and all his community, \u201cIn the morning the LORD will make known who is his, who is holy, and who is able to approach him. The one he chooses for himself is the one who will be able to approach him."}, {"pk": 4096518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "This is what must be done. Korah and your entire community: Take censers for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4096519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Tomorrow put fire in them and place incense on them in the LORD\u2019s presence. The man whom the LORD chooses, that one is holy. You Levites have gone too far!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Moses said to Korah, \u201cListen, you Levites,"}, {"pk": 4096521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "isn\u2019t it enough for you that Israel\u2019s God has separated you from the Israelite community to allow you to approach him, to perform the service of the LORD\u2019s dwelling, and to serve before the community by ministering for them?"}, {"pk": 4096522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "He has allowed you and all your fellow Levites with you to approach him. Yet you also seek the priesthood?"}, {"pk": 4096523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Thus you and your entire community have assembled against the LORD. But Aaron, what is he that you complain about him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, Eliab\u2019s sons. But they said, \u201cWe won\u2019t come up!"}, {"pk": 4096525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Isn\u2019t it enough that you\u2019ve brought us up from a land full of milk and honey to kill us in the desert so that you\u2019d also dominate us?"}, {"pk": 4096526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Moreover, you haven\u2019t brought us to a land full of milk and honey, nor given us the inheritance of field and vineyard. Would you also gouge out the eyes of these men? We won\u2019t come up!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses became very angry and he said to the LORD, \u201cPay no attention to their offering. I haven\u2019t taken a single donkey from them, nor have I wronged any one of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Moses said to Korah, \u201cYou and your entire community should appear before the LORD tomorrow, you, they, and Aaron."}, {"pk": 4096529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Every person should take his censer, place incense on it, and present it before the LORD. Each person will carry his censer, two hundred fifty censers in all, including you and Aaron.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Then every person took his censer, placed fire on it, put incense on it, and stood at the entrance of the meeting tent with Moses and Aaron."}, {"pk": 4096531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Korah gathered the entire community with them to the entrance of the meeting tent. Then the LORD\u2019s glory appeared to the entire community."}, {"pk": 4096532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,"}, {"pk": 4096533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cSeparate yourselves from this community so that I may consume them in a moment.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "They fell on their faces and said, \u201cGod, the God of all living things. If one person sins, should you become angry with the entire community?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD said to Moses,"}, {"pk": 4096536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cSpeak to the community and say, \u2018Withdraw from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram. Israel\u2019s elders followed him."}, {"pk": 4096538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "He spoke to the community: \u201cMove away from the tents of these wicked men and don\u2019t touch anything of theirs, lest you too be wiped out for all their sins.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "They withdrew from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance of their tents with their wives, children, and little ones."}, {"pk": 4096540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "Moses said, \u201cBy this you will know that the LORD sent me to do these deeds and that it wasn\u2019t my own desire."}, {"pk": 4096541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "If all these people die a natural death, or if their fate be that of all humans, then the LORD hasn\u2019t sent me."}, {"pk": 4096542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "But if the LORD performs an act of creation, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them, so that they descend alive to their graves, then you\u2019ll know that these men disrespected the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "As soon as he finished speaking these words, the ground under them split open."}, {"pk": 4096544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, including every human that belonged to Korah and all their possessions."}, {"pk": 4096545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "They along with all their possessions descended alive to their graves, and the earth closed over them. They perished in the middle of the assembly."}, {"pk": 4096546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, \u201cThe earth may swallow us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 35, "text": "Then fire went out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred fifty men offering incense."}, {"pk": 4096548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 36, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> The LORD spoke to Moses:", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/4/17/1'>17:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4096549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 37, "text": "Tell Eleazar, Aaron the priest\u2019s son, to raise the censers from the fire and scatter the ashes about, because they are holy."}, {"pk": 4096550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 38, "text": "Hammer the censers of those who sinned and lost their lives into thin plates for the altar. Since they presented them in the LORD\u2019s presence, they had become holy. They will be a sign for the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 39, "text": "Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers presented by those who had been consumed by fire and hammered them into a covering for the altar,"}, {"pk": 4096552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 40, "text": "just as the LORD instructed him through Moses. This was a reminder for the Israelites that no outsider who isn\u2019t one of Aaron\u2019s descendants should approach to burn incense in the LORD\u2019s presence, so as not to be like Korah and his community."}, {"pk": 4096553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 41, "text": "On the next day the entire Israelite community complained to Moses and Aaron, \u201cYou killed the LORD\u2019s people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 42, "text": "When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the meeting tent. At that moment the cloud covered it, and the LORD\u2019s glory appeared."}, {"pk": 4096555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 43, "text": "Moses and Aaron came to the front of the meeting tent,"}, {"pk": 4096556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 44, "text": "and the LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 45, "text": "Get away from this community, so that I may consume them in an instant. They fell on their faces,"}, {"pk": 4096558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 46, "text": "and Moses said to Aaron, \u201cTake the censer, put fire from the altar on it, place incense on it, go quickly to the community, and seek reconciliation for them. Indeed, the LORD\u2019s anger has gone out. The plague has begun.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 47, "text": "Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the middle of the assembly, for the plague had already begun among the people. He burned incense and sought reconciliation for the people."}, {"pk": 4096560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 48, "text": "He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped."}, {"pk": 4096561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 49, "text": "Those who died from the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died because of Korah."}, {"pk": 4096562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 16, "verse": 50, "text": "Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the meeting tent once the plague stopped."}, {"pk": 4096563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> The LORD spoke to Moses:", "comment": "[1] 17:16 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4096564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and take from them a staff from each household, from each of the chiefs of their households, twelve staffs. Write each person\u2019s name on his staff."}, {"pk": 4096565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Write Aaron\u2019s name on Levi\u2019s staff, for there will be one staff for the leader of each household."}, {"pk": 4096566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "Then you will place them in the meeting tent in front of the chest containing the covenant, where I meet you."}, {"pk": 4096567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "The staff of the person I choose will sprout. Then I will rid myself of the Israelites\u2019 complaints that they make against you."}, {"pk": 4096568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their chiefs gave him a staff, one staff for each chief and his household, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was with their staffs."}, {"pk": 4096569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "The next day Moses entered the covenant tent, and Aaron\u2019s staff of Levi\u2019s household had sprouted. It grew shoots, produced blossoms, and bore almonds."}, {"pk": 4096571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD\u2019s presence to the Israelites. They saw what happened, and each person took back his staff."}, {"pk": 4096572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, \u201cReturn Aaron\u2019s staff in front of the chest containing the covenant to serve as a sign to the rebels so that their complaints against me end and they don\u2019t die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Moses did exactly as the LORD commanded him."}, {"pk": 4096574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "The Israelites said to Moses, \u201cWe are perishing. We are being destroyed. All of us are being destroyed."}, {"pk": 4096575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Anyone who approaches the LORD\u2019s dwelling will die. Are we doomed to perish?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Aaron: You, your sons, and your household will bear the guilt of offenses connected with the sanctuary. You and your sons will bear the guilt of offenses connected with your priesthood."}, {"pk": 4096577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Bring with you your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your father\u2019s tribe, so that they can assist you and serve you and your sons before the covenant tent."}, {"pk": 4096578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "They will perform their duties for you and the service for the entire tent. But they will not approach the holy equipment of the sanctuary or the altar, lest both they and you die."}, {"pk": 4096579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "They will assist you and they will perform the duties of the meeting tent with regard to all the work of the tent. But no outsider may accompany you."}, {"pk": 4096580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "You will perform the duties of the sanctuary and the altar. Then there will no longer be any anger against the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from the Israelites. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service of the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "You and your sons must perform the duties of your priesthood for all the matters of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give you your priestly service as a gift. But an outsider who approaches will die."}, {"pk": 4096583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD spoke to Aaron: I now place you in charge of my gifts, including all the Israelites\u2019 sacred offerings. I have given them to you and your sons as an allowance. This is a permanent regulation."}, {"pk": 4096584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "This is what belongs to you from the most holy offerings, from the offerings by fire: all their offerings, including their grain offerings, their purification offerings, and their compensation offerings. The most holy offerings that they bring to me will be yours and your sons\u2019."}, {"pk": 4096585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "You will eat it as a most holy thing. Every male may eat it. It will be holy to you."}, {"pk": 4096586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "This will also belong to you, your sons, and your daughters: I\u2019m giving you the gift offerings and all the Israelites\u2019 uplifted offerings. This is a permanent regulation. Anyone who is clean in your household may eat it."}, {"pk": 4096587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "All the choice oil, new wine, and the grain\u2019s first harvest that they give to the LORD, I\u2019m giving to you."}, {"pk": 4096588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "The early produce of everything in their land, which they bring to the LORD, will be yours. Anyone who is clean in your household may eat it."}, {"pk": 4096589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Everything that is devoted to the LORD in Israel will be yours."}, {"pk": 4096590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Any oldest male from the womb of any living thing that is presented to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. However, you will redeem the oldest males of humans and of unclean animals."}, {"pk": 4096591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Their redemption price from one month of age you will calculate at five shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs."}, {"pk": 4096592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "But the oldest offspring of a cow, sheep, or goat you may not redeem. They are holy. You must dash their blood on the altar and turn their fat into smoke for a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "But their meat is yours. It will be yours just as the breast of the uplifted offering and the right thigh are yours."}, {"pk": 4096594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "All the holy gift offerings that the Israelites raise to the LORD I have given to you, your sons, and your daughters. This is a permanent regulation. It is a covenant of salt forever in the LORD\u2019s presence, for you and your descendants."}, {"pk": 4096595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD said to Aaron: You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have a share among them. I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "I have given all the one-tenth portions in Israel to the Levites as an inheritance. They are a reward for performing their service in the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "The Israelites will no longer be able to approach the meeting tent, or they will be responsible for their sin and die."}, {"pk": 4096598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "The Levites will perform the service of the meeting tent, and they will be responsible for their own sins. This is a permanent regulation for all time. But they will not inherit land among the Israelites"}, {"pk": 4096599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "because I\u2019ve given the Israelites\u2019 one-tenth portion, which they have raised to the LORD as a gift offering, as an inheritance to the Levites. Therefore, I\u2019ve said to them, \u201cThey won\u2019t inherit land among the Israelites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you receive from the Israelites the one-tenth portion that I have given you from them as your inheritance, you also must present a gift offering to the LORD from it, a tenth from the one-tenth portion."}, {"pk": 4096602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "It will be considered your gift offering, like the grain of the threshing floor and what fills the winepress."}, {"pk": 4096603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "In this way you will also present a gift offering to the LORD from all the one-tenth portions that you take from the Israelites. You will provide from it a gift offering to the LORD for Aaron the priest."}, {"pk": 4096604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "You will present each gift offering to the LORD from all your gifts, from its best portions and its holiest parts."}, {"pk": 4096605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "You will say to them: When you have presented the best portion, it will be considered for the Levites equivalent to the produce of the grain and the produce of the winepress."}, {"pk": 4096606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "You and your household may eat it anywhere, because it is payment for your service in the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "You will not bear guilt after you have presented the best portion. But you must not make the sacred gifts of the Israelites impure, on penalty of death."}, {"pk": 4096608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:"}, {"pk": 4096609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "This is the regulation in the Instruction that the LORD commanded. Tell the Israelites that they must bring you a red cow without defect, which is flawless and on which no yoke has been laid."}, {"pk": 4096610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "You will give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will take it outside the camp and slaughter it in front of him."}, {"pk": 4096611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Eleazar the priest will take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times in front of the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "Then he will burn the cow in front of him, its skin, flesh, and blood, with its dung."}, {"pk": 4096613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "The priest will take cedarwood, hyssop, and crimson cloth and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning."}, {"pk": 4096614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the priest will wash his clothes and bathe his body in water. Afterward the priest will enter the camp, but he will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4096615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "The one who burned the cow will wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, but he will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4096616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "A person who is clean will gather the ashes of the cow and place them outside the camp in a clean place. They will be kept for the water of purification for the Israelite community as a purification offering."}, {"pk": 4096617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who gathers the ashes of the cow will wash his clothes but will be unclean until evening. This will be a permanent regulation for the Israelites and for the immigrant who lives among them."}, {"pk": 4096618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "The person who touches the dead body of any human will be unclean for seven days."}, {"pk": 4096619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "That person must be cleansed with water on the third and seventh days to be clean. If he fails to be cleansed with water on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean."}, {"pk": 4096620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Anyone who touches the body of a human who has died and doesn\u2019t cleanse himself defiles the LORD\u2019s dwelling. Such persons must be cut off from Israel because the water of purification wasn\u2019t sprinkled on them. They remain unclean."}, {"pk": 4096621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "This is the instruction: When anyone dies in a tent, all who go into the tent and all who are in the tent are unclean for seven days."}, {"pk": 4096622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Any open jar without a sealed cover on it is unclean."}, {"pk": 4096623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Anyone in the open field who touches a person slain by the sword, or who died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days."}, {"pk": 4096624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "For the unclean person, they will take some of the ashes of the purification offering and place fresh water with it in a jar."}, {"pk": 4096625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Then a clean person will take hyssop, dip it into the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the jars, on the people who were there, and on anyone who touched bone, the slain, the dead, or the grave."}, {"pk": 4096626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "On the third day and the seventh day the clean person will sprinkle it on the unclean, so that he will have purified him on the seventh day. He will then wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be clean at evening."}, {"pk": 4096627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Any person who is unclean and didn\u2019t cleanse himself will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the LORD\u2019s sanctuary. He didn\u2019t have the water of purification sprinkled on him. He is unclean."}, {"pk": 4096628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "This will be a permanent regulation for them. The one who sprinkles the water of purification will wash his own clothes. Anyone who touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4096629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "Whoever the unclean person touches will be unclean, and the one who touches the unclean will be unclean until evening."}, {"pk": 4096630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "In the first month, <sup>[1]</sup> the entire Israelite community entered the Zin desert and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4096631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Now there was no water for the community, and they assembled against Moses and Aaron."}, {"pk": 4096632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the people confronted Moses and said to him, \u201cIf only we too had died when our brothers perished in the LORD\u2019s presence!"}, {"pk": 4096633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Why have you brought the LORD\u2019s assembly into this desert to kill us and our animals here?"}, {"pk": 4096634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Why have you led us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place without grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates? And there\u2019s no water to drink!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses and Aaron went away from the assembly to the entrance of the meeting tent and they fell on their faces. Then the LORD\u2019s glory appeared to them."}, {"pk": 4096636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cYou and Aaron your brother, take the staff and assemble the community. In their presence, tell the rock to provide water. You will produce water from the rock for them and allow the community and their animals to drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses took the staff from the LORD\u2019s presence, as the LORD had commanded him."}, {"pk": 4096639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. He said to them, \u201cListen, you rebels! Should we produce water from the rock for you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice. Out flooded water so that the community and their animals could drink."}, {"pk": 4096641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, \u201cBecause you didn\u2019t trust me to show my holiness before the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I am giving them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "These were the waters of Meribah, <sup>[2]</sup> where the Israelites confronted the LORD with controversy and he showed his holiness to them.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>confrontation</i>"}, {"pk": 4096643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: \u201cThis is what your brother Israel says: \u2018You know all the adversity that has happened to us."}, {"pk": 4096644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "How our ancestors went down to Egypt and lived in Egypt for a long time. The Egyptians oppressed us as they had our ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4096645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "and we cried out to the LORD. He heard our voice, sent a messenger, and brought us out of Egypt. Now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border."}, {"pk": 4096646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Please let us cross through your land. We won\u2019t pass through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will walk on the King\u2019s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have crossed your border.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Edom said to him, \u201cYou won\u2019t cross through, or I will come out against you with a sword.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "The Israelites said to him, \u201cWe\u2019ll go up by the road. If we drink from your water, either we or our livestock, we\u2019ll pay for it. It\u2019s a small matter. We would only ask to cross on foot.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "But he said, \u201cYou won\u2019t cross.\u201d Then Edom came out against them with a powerful army and a strong hand."}, {"pk": 4096650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Edom refused to allow Israel to cross his border. And Israel turned away from him."}, {"pk": 4096651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "They marched from Kadesh. <b>Aaron\u2019s death at Mount Hor</b> </pb> The entire Israelite community came to Mount Hor."}, {"pk": 4096652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom:"}, {"pk": 4096653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "Aaron will join his ancestors, for he may not enter the land that I\u2019ve given to the Israelites, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah."}, {"pk": 4096654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "Take Aaron and his son Eleazar, and bring them up Mount Hor."}, {"pk": 4096655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "Strip Aaron of his clothes and put them on Eleazar his son. Then Aaron will die there."}, {"pk": 4096656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Moses did as the LORD commanded. They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the entire community."}, {"pk": 4096657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Moses stripped Aaron of his clothes and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there at the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar descended from the mountain."}, {"pk": 4096658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "When the entire community saw that Aaron had died, the entire household of Israel wept thirty days for Aaron."}, {"pk": 4096659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "When the Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain, heard that the Israelites were coming on the Atharim road, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive."}, {"pk": 4096660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Then Israel made a solemn promise to the LORD and said, \u201cIf you give this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD heard the voice of Israel and handed the Canaanites over. They completely destroyed them and their cities, so the name of the place is called Hormah. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>destruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4096662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "They marched from Mount Hor on the Reed Sea <sup>[2]</sup> road around the land of Edom. The people became impatient on the road.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4096663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "The people spoke against God and Moses: \u201cWhy did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us in the desert, where there is no food or water. And we detest this miserable bread!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "So the LORD sent poisonous <sup>[3]</sup> snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4096665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "The people went to Moses and said, \u201cWe\u2019ve sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD so that he will send the snakes away from us.\u201d So Moses prayed for the people."}, {"pk": 4096666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cMake a poisonous snake and place it on a pole. Whoever is bitten can look at it and live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Moses made a bronze snake and placed it on a pole. If a snake bit someone, that person could look at the bronze snake and live."}, {"pk": 4096668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the Israelites marched and they camped at Oboth."}, {"pk": 4096669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the border of Moab toward the east."}, {"pk": 4096670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "From there they marched and camped in the Zered ravine."}, {"pk": 4096671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "From there they marched and camped across the Arnon in the desert that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon was the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites."}, {"pk": 4096672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "For this reason the scroll of the LORD\u2019s wars says: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines. <br>The Arnon <br>"}, {"pk": 4096673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "and the ravines <br>that extend to the settlement of Ar <br>and lie along the border of Moab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "From there they marched to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, \u201cGather the people, and I\u2019ll give them water.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the Israelites sang this song: \u201cWell, flow up! <br>Sing about it!<br>"}, {"pk": 4096676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "The well that the officials dug, <br>that the officials of the people hollowed out <br>with the ruler\u2019s scepter and their staffs.\u201d <br> They marched from the desert to Mattanah;"}, {"pk": 4096677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "from Mattanah to Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth;"}, {"pk": 4096678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "from Bamoth to the valley in the Moabite countryside, to the top of Pisgah overlooking Jeshimon. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>wasteland</i>"}, {"pk": 4096679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon the Amorite king:"}, {"pk": 4096680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cLet us pass through your land. We won\u2019t turn aside into a field or vineyard. We won\u2019t drink water from a well. We will walk on the King\u2019s Highway until we cross your border.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "But Sihon wouldn\u2019t allow the Israelites to cross his border. Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet the Israelites in the desert. When he came to Jahaz, he attacked the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "The Israelites struck him down with their swords and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was fortified."}, {"pk": 4096683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "The Israelites took all these cities. Then the Israelites settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and all its villages."}, {"pk": 4096684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "Now Heshbon was the city of Sihon the Amorite king who had fought against the former king of Moab. He had taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon."}, {"pk": 4096685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Therefore, the poets say: \u201cCome to Heshbon, let it be built. <br>Let the city of Sihon be established.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "Fire went out from Heshbon, <br>flame from Sihon\u2019s city. <br>It consumed Ar of Moab <br>and swallowed up the shrines of the Arnon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "You are doomed, Moab! <br>You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! <br>He gave his sons as fugitives, <br>and his daughters as captives <br>to the Amorite king Sihon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "Yet we have thrown them down, <br>destroying them <sup>[5]</sup> <br>from Heshbon to Dibon. <br>We brought ruin until Nophah, <br>which is by Medeba.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain; LXX <i>their posterity has perished</i>"}, {"pk": 4096689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "Israel settled in the land of the Amorites."}, {"pk": 4096690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "Moses sent spies to Jazer. They captured its villages and took possession of the Amorites who were there."}, {"pk": 4096691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "Then they turned and ascended the road of Bashan. Og, Bashan\u2019s king, came out at Edrei to meet them in battle, he and all his people."}, {"pk": 4096692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: Don\u2019t be afraid of him, for I have handed over all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon."}, {"pk": 4096693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 21, "verse": 35, "text": "They slaughtered Og, his sons, and all his people until there were no survivors. Then they took possession of his land."}, {"pk": 4096694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites marched and camped in the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho."}, {"pk": 4096695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "Balak, Zippor\u2019s son, saw everything that the Israelites did to the Amorites."}, {"pk": 4096696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "The Moabites greatly feared the people, for they were so numerous. The Moabites were terrified of the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, \u201cNow this assembly will devour everything around us, as an ox eats up the grass in the field.\u201d Balak, Zippor\u2019s son, was king of Moab at that time."}, {"pk": 4096698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "He sent messengers to Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, at Pethor, which is by the river in the land of his people, <sup>[1]</sup> to summon him: \u201cA people has come out of Egypt, and they have now covered the land. They have settled next to me.", "comment": "[1] Sam, Syr, Vulg <i>the Ammonites</i>"}, {"pk": 4096699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Now please come and curse this people for me because they are stronger than I am. Perhaps I\u2019ll be able to destroy them and drive them from the land, for I know that whomever you bless is blessed and whomever you curse is cursed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "So the elders of Moab and Midian went with the payment for divination in their hands. They came to Balaam and told him Balak\u2019s words."}, {"pk": 4096701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "He said to them, \u201cSpend the night here and I\u2019ll bring back to you a word exactly as the LORD speaks to me.\u201d So the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam."}, {"pk": 4096702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "God came to Balaam and said, \u201cWho are these men with you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Balaam said to God, \u201cMoab\u2019s King Balak, Zippor\u2019s son, sent them to me with the message,"}, {"pk": 4096704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "\u2018A people has come out of Egypt and covered the land. Now come and curse them for me. Perhaps I\u2019ll be able to fight against them and drive them out.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "God said to Balaam, \u201cDon\u2019t go with them. Don\u2019t curse the people, because they are blessed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak\u2019s officials, \u201cGo to your land, for the LORD has refused to allow me to go with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "The officials of Moab arose, they went to Balak, and they said, \u201cBalaam refused to come with us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Balak continued to send other officials more numerous and important than these."}, {"pk": 4096709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "They came to Balaam and said to him, \u201cThis is what Balak, Zippor\u2019s son, says: \u2018Please let nothing hold you back from coming to me,"}, {"pk": 4096710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "for I\u2019ll greatly honor you and I\u2019ll do anything you ask of me. Please come and curse this people for me.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Balaam answered and said to Balak\u2019s servants, \u201cIf Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I wouldn\u2019t be able to do anything, small or great, to break the command of the LORD my God."}, {"pk": 4096712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Now you also must remain the night here so that I may know what else the LORD may say to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "God came to Balaam in the night and said to him, \u201cIf the men have come to summon you, arise and go with them. But you must do only what I tell you to do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "So Balaam arose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab."}, {"pk": 4096715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "Then God became angry because he went. So while he was riding on his donkey accompanied by his two servants, the LORD\u2019s messenger stood in the road as his adversary."}, {"pk": 4096716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "The donkey saw the LORD\u2019s messenger standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned from the road and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey in order to turn him back onto the road."}, {"pk": 4096717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s messenger stood in the narrow path between vineyards with a stone wall on each side."}, {"pk": 4096718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "When the donkey saw the LORD\u2019s messenger, it leaned against the wall and squeezed Balaam\u2019s foot against the wall, so he continued to beat it."}, {"pk": 4096719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger persisted and crossed over and stood in a narrow place, where it wasn\u2019t possible to turn either right or left."}, {"pk": 4096720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "The donkey saw the LORD\u2019s messenger and lay down underneath Balaam. Balaam became angry and beat the donkey with the rod."}, {"pk": 4096721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "Then the LORD opened the donkey\u2019s mouth and it said to Balaam, \u201cWhat have I done to you that you\u2019ve beaten me these three times?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "Balaam said to the donkey, \u201cBecause you\u2019ve tormented me. If I had a sword in my hand, I\u2019d kill you now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "The donkey said to Balaam, \u201cAm I not your donkey, on whom you\u2019ve often ridden to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?\u201d Balaam said, \u201cNo.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "Then the LORD uncovered Balaam\u2019s eyes, and Balaam saw the LORD\u2019s messenger standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand. Then he bowed low and worshipped."}, {"pk": 4096725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger said to him, \u201cWhy have you beaten your donkey these three times? I\u2019ve come out here as an adversary, because you took the road recklessly in front of me."}, {"pk": 4096726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it hadn\u2019t turned away from me, I would just now have killed you and let it live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 34, "text": "Balaam said to the LORD\u2019s messenger, \u201cI\u2019ve sinned, because I didn\u2019t know that you were standing against me in the road. Now, if you think it\u2019s wrong, I\u2019ll go back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger said to Balaam, \u201cGo with the men. But don\u2019t say anything. Say only that which I tell you.\u201d So Balaam went with Balak\u2019s officials."}, {"pk": 4096729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 36, "text": "When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at Ir-moab, which is on the border of the Arnon at the farthest point of the border."}, {"pk": 4096730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 37, "text": "Balak said to Balaam, \u201cDidn\u2019t I send urgently and summon you? Why didn\u2019t you come to me? Am I really not able to honor you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 38, "text": "Balaam said to Balak, \u201cI\u2019ve now come to you. But I\u2019m only able to speak whatever word God gives me to say. That is what I will speak.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 39, "text": "Then Balaam went with Balak and they came to Kiriath-huzoth."}, {"pk": 4096733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 40, "text": "Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep and sent them to Balaam and the officials who were with him."}, {"pk": 4096734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 22, "verse": 41, "text": "In the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, where he could see part of the people."}, {"pk": 4096735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Balaam said to Balak, \u201cBuild me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Balak did as Balaam had said. Then Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar."}, {"pk": 4096737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Balaam said to Balak, \u201cStay by your entirely burned offering. I will go and perhaps the LORD will grant me an appearance and speak. Whatever he shows me, I will tell you.\u201d Then he went off to a high outlook."}, {"pk": 4096738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "God granted Balaam an appearance. Balaam said to him, \u201cI have arranged seven altars and I have sacrificed a bull and a ram on each altar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD gave Balaam something to say, and said to him, \u201cReturn to Balak and say this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Balaam returned to him, while he and all the officials of Moab were standing next to his entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4096741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he raised his voice and made his address: \u201cFrom Aram Balak led me, <br>the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains. <br>Come, curse Jacob for me; <br>come, denounce Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "How can I curse <br>whom God hasn\u2019t cursed? <br>How can I denounce <br>whom God hasn\u2019t denounced?<br>"}, {"pk": 4096743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "From the top of the rocks I see him; <br>from the hills I gaze on him. <br>Here is a people living alone; <br>it doesn\u2019t consider itself among the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Who can count the dust of Jacob, <br>or number a fourth of Israel? <br>Let me die the death of those who do right, <br>and let my end be like his.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4096745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Balak said to Balaam, \u201cWhat have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemy. But now you\u2019ve blessed him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "He answered and said, \u201cDon\u2019t I have to take care to speak whatever the LORD gives me to say?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Balak said to Balaam, \u201cCome with me, please, to another place where you\u2019ll see them. You\u2019ll see only part of them. You won\u2019t see all of them. Then curse them for me from there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "He took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah. He built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar."}, {"pk": 4096749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Balaam said to Balak, \u201cStand here by your entirely burned offering, while I seek an appearance over there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD granted Balaam an appearance and gave him a message. He said, \u201cReturn to Balak and say this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Balaam approached Balak, who was standing by his entirely burned offering with the officials of Moab. Balak said to him, \u201cWhat did the LORD say?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Balaam raised his voice and made his address: \u201cArise, Balak, and listen; <br>hear me out, Zippor\u2019s son.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "God isn\u2019t a man that he would lie, <br>or a human being that he would change his mind. <br>Has he ever spoken and not done it, <br>or promised and not fulfilled it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4096754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "I received a blessing, and he blessed. <br>I can\u2019t take it back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "He hasn\u2019t envisioned misfortune for Jacob, <br>nor has he seen trouble for Israel. <br>The LORD his God is with him, <br>proclaimed as his king.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "God, who brought them out of Egypt, <br>is like a magnificent wild bull for him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "There is no omen against Jacob, <br>no divination against Israel. <br>Instantly it is told to Jacob, <br>and to Israel, what God performs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "A people now rises like a lioness, <br>like a lion it stands up. <br>It doesn\u2019t lie down until it eats the prey <br>and drinks the blood of the slain.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4096759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Balak said to Balaam, \u201cDon\u2019t curse them or bless them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "But Balaam answered and said to Balak, \u201cDidn\u2019t I say to you, \u2018I\u2019ll do whatever the LORD tells me to\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "Balak said to Balaam, \u201cPlease come and I\u2019ll take you to another place. Perhaps God will prefer it, so that you could curse him for me from there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks Jeshimon. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>wasteland</i>"}, {"pk": 4096763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "Balaam said to Balak, \u201cBuild me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "Balak did just as Balaam said. He offered a bull and a ram on each altar."}, {"pk": 4096765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless the Israelites, so he didn\u2019t go as the other times to seek omens. Instead, he turned toward the desert."}, {"pk": 4096766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping by tribes. Then God\u2019s spirit came on him."}, {"pk": 4096767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "He raised his voice and made his address: \u201cThe oracle of Balaam, Beor\u2019s son; <br>the oracle of a man whose eye is open. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4096768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "The oracle of one who hears God\u2019s speech, <br>who perceives the Almighty\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> visions, <br>who falls down with eyes uncovered.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>Mountain One</i>"}, {"pk": 4096769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, <br>your camps, Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4096770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Like palm groves that stretch out, <br>like gardens next to a river, <br>like eaglewood trees that the LORD has planted, <br>like cedar trees next to water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Water will drip from his branches; <br>his seed will have plenty of water; <br>his king will be higher than Agag, <br>and his kingdom will be lifted up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "God, who brought him from Egypt, <br>is like a magnificent wild bull for him. <br>He will devour enemy nations <br>and break their bones; <br>he will strike with his arrows.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "He crouched and lay down like a lion; <br>like a lioness, who can make her rise? <br>The one blessing you will be blessed, <br>and the one cursing you will be cursed.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4096774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "Balak was angry with Balaam. He pounded his fists. Balak said to Balaam, \u201cI summoned you to curse my enemies, but now you\u2019ve given a blessing these three times."}, {"pk": 4096775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Now get out of here and go home. I told you I\u2019d greatly honor you, but the LORD has denied you any honor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "Balaam said to Balak, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell your messengers, whom you sent to me,"}, {"pk": 4096777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "\u2018If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I wouldn\u2019t be able to break the LORD\u2019s command for good or ill by my own will. I\u2019ll say whatever the LORD says\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4096778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "So now I\u2019m going to my people. Let me advise you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "He raised his voice and made his address: \u201cThe oracle of Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, <br>the oracle of a man whose eye is open.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "The oracle of one who hears God\u2019s speech, <br>and understands the Most High\u2019s <sup>[3]</sup> knowledge, <br>who perceives the Almighty\u2019s <sup>[4]</sup> visions, <br>who falls down with eyes uncovered.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>Mountain One</i><br>[3] Heb <i>Elyon</i>"}, {"pk": 4096781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "I see him, but not now; <br>I look at him, but not nearby. <br>A star comes from Jacob; <br>a scepter arises from Israel, <br>smashing Moab\u2019s forehead, <br>the head of all the Sethites.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Edom will become a possession, <br>Seir a possession of its enemies. <br>But Israel acts powerfully.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "Someone from Jacob will rule <br>and destroy the survivors from Ir.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4096784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "He looked at Amalek <br>and raised his voice <br>and gave his address: <br>\u201cAmalek is foremost among the nations, <br>but its end is to perish forever.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4096785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "He looked at the Kenites <br>and raised his voice <br>and gave his address: <br>\u201cYour dwelling is secure; <br>your nest is set in the rock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4096786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "Yet Kain will burn <br>when Asshur takes you away captive.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4096787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "He raised his voice <br>and made his address: <br>\u201cHow terrible! <br>Who will live when God does this?<br>"}, {"pk": 4096788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "Ships from Kittim will attack Asshur; <br>they will attack Eber, <br>and even he will perish forever.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4096789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Balaam arose, set out, and returned home. Balak also went on his way."}, {"pk": 4096790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "When the Israelites lived at Shittim, the people made themselves impure by having illicit sex with Moabite women."}, {"pk": 4096791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "The Moabite women invited the people to the sacrifices for their god. So the people ate a meal, and they worshipped their god."}, {"pk": 4096792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Israel became attached to the Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry at the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD said to Moses: Take all the leaders of the people and kill them on behalf of the LORD in broad daylight, so that the LORD\u2019s anger turns away from Israel."}, {"pk": 4096794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Moses said to Israel\u2019s officials, \u201cEach of you: kill your men who are attached to the Baal of Peor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "An Israelite man brought a Midianite woman to his brothers in the sight of Moses and the entire Israelite community, who were weeping at the entrance of the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4096796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "When Phinehas (Eleazar\u2019s son and Aaron the priest\u2019s grandson) saw this, he arose in the middle of the community, took a spear in his hand,"}, {"pk": 4096797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "went after the Israelite man into the chamber, and stabbed the two of them, the Israelite man and the woman, through the stomach. Then the plague stopped spreading among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "Yet those who died by the plague numbered twenty-four thousand."}, {"pk": 4096799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Phinehas (Eleazar\u2019s son and Aaron the priest\u2019s grandson) has turned back my rage toward the Israelites. Because he was jealous for me among you, I didn\u2019t consume the Israelites due to my jealousy."}, {"pk": 4096801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, say: I\u2019m now giving him my covenant of well-being."}, {"pk": 4096802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "It will be for him and his descendants a covenant of permanent priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and sought reconciliation for the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "The name of the slain Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of Simeon\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4096804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "The name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, a tribal leader of a Midianite household."}, {"pk": 4096805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Go after the Midianites and destroy them"}, {"pk": 4096807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "because they went after you by the deception they devised for you at Peor with Cozbi, the Midianite chief\u2019s daughter and their sister, who was killed on the same day as the plague during the events at Peor."}, {"pk": 4096808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> After the plague <sup>[2]</sup> the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar, Aaron the priest\u2019s son:", "comment": "[1] 25:19 in Heb<br>[2] <a href='/CEB/4/26/1'>26:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4096809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Take a census of the entire Israelite community, from 20 years old and above by their households, to determine everyone in Israel who is eligible for military service."}, {"pk": 4096810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to the people on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho:"}, {"pk": 4096811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cTake a census of those 20 years old and above as the LORD commanded Moses.\u201d The Israelites who left the land of Egypt were:"}, {"pk": 4096812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "Reuben, Israel\u2019s oldest son. Reuben\u2019s descendants: from Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; from Pallu, the Palluite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Carmi, the Carmite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "These are the Reubenite clans. Their enrollment was 43,730. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Pallu\u2019s descendants: Eliab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "Eliab\u2019s descendants: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram chosen by the community who fought against Moses and Aaron with the community of Korah, when they fought against the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, when the community died and fire devoured 250 persons. They became a warning sign. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "But Korah\u2019s descendants didn\u2019t die. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "Simeon\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; from Jamin, the Jaminite clan; from Jachin, the Jachinite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "from Zerah, the Zerahite clan; from Shaul, the Shaulite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "These are the Simeonite clans, 22,200. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Gad\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Zephon, the Zephonite clan; from Haggi, the Haggite clan; from Shuni, the Shunite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "from Ozni, the Oznite clan; from Eri, the Erite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "from Arod, the Arodite clan; from Areli, the Arelite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "These are the Gadite clans. Their enrollment was 40,500. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "Judah\u2019s descendants: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Judah\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Shelah, the Shelanite clan; from Perez, the Perezite clan; from Zerah, the Zerahite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "Perez\u2019s descendants: from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Hamul, the Hamulite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "These are the Judahite clans. Their enrollment was 76,500. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "Issachar\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Tola, the Tolaite clan; from Puvah, the Punite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "from Jashub, the Jashubite clan; from Shimron, the Shimronite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "These are the Issacharite clans. Their enrollment was 64,300. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "Zebulun\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Sered, the Seredite clan; from Elon, the Elonite clan; from Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "These are the Zebulunite clans. Their enrollment was 60,500. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "Joseph\u2019s descendants according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "Manasseh\u2019s descendants: from Machir, the Machirite clan. Machir fathered Gilead. From Gilead, the Gileadite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "These are Gilead\u2019s descendants: from Iezer, the Iezerite clan; from Helek, the Helekite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "from Asriel, the Asrielite clan; from Shechem, the Shechemite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "from Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; and from Hepher, the Hepherite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 33, "text": "But Zelophehad, Hepher\u2019s son, had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad\u2019s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 34, "text": "These are the Manassehite clans. Their enrollment was 52,700. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 35, "text": "These are Ephraim\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; from Becher, the Becherite clan; from Tahan, the Tahanite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 36, "text": "These are Shuthelah\u2019s descendants: from Eran, the Eranite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 37, "text": "These are Ephraim\u2019s descendants. Their enrollment was 32,500. <br> These are Joseph\u2019s descendants according to their clans."}, {"pk": 4096845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 38, "text": "Benjamin\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Bela, the Belaite clan; from Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; from Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 39, "text": "from Shupham, <sup>[3]</sup> the Shuphamite clan; from Hupham, the Huphamite clan. <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Tg, Vulg; MT <i>Shephupham</i>"}, {"pk": 4096847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 40, "text": "Bela\u2019s descendants were Ard and Naaman: from Ard, the Ardite clan; from Naaman, the Naamite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 41, "text": "These are Benjamin\u2019s descendants according to their clans. Their enrollment was 45,600. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 42, "text": "These are Dan\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. These are the Danite clans according to their clans. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 43, "text": "All the Shuhamite clans according to their enrollment were 64,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 44, "text": "Asher\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Imnah, the Imnite clan; from Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; from Beriah, the Beriite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 45, "text": "From Beriah\u2019s descendants: from Heber, the Heberite clan; from Malchiel, the Malchielite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 46, "text": "The name of Asher\u2019s daughter was Serah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 47, "text": "These are the clans of Asher\u2019s descendants. Their enrollment was 53,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 48, "text": "Naphtali\u2019s descendants according to their clans: from Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan; from Guni, the Gunite clan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4096856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 49, "text": "from Jezer, the Jezerite clan; from Shillem, the Shillemite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 50, "text": "These are Naphtali\u2019s clans according to their clans. Their enrollment was 45,400. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 51, "text": "These are the ones enrolled as Israelites: 601,730."}, {"pk": 4096859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 52, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 53, "text": "The land will be apportioned to these as an inheritance according to the number of names."}, {"pk": 4096861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 54, "text": "To a large clan you will give a large inheritance, and to a small clan you will give a small inheritance. Each will be given its inheritance according to the number of its enrollment."}, {"pk": 4096862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 55, "text": "The land, however, will be apportioned by lot. They will inherit according to the names of their ancestral tribes."}, {"pk": 4096863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 56, "text": "Whether they are large or small, each tribe will inherit by means of the lot."}, {"pk": 4096864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 57, "text": "These are the ones enrolled as Levites according to their clans: from Gershon, the Gershonite clan; from Kohath, the Kohathite clan; from Merari, the Merarite clan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 58, "text": "These are the Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath fathered Amram. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 59, "text": "The name of Amram\u2019s wife was Jochebed, Levi\u2019s daughter, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She gave birth for Amram to Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 60, "text": "To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 61, "text": "Nadab and Abihu died when they made an unauthorized offering to the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 62, "text": "Their enrollment was 23,000, consisting of every male one month old and above. They weren\u2019t enrolled with the Israelites because no inheritance of land was given to them among the Israelites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4096870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 63, "text": "These are the ones whom Moses and Eleazar the priest enrolled. They enrolled the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho."}, {"pk": 4096871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 64, "text": "There wasn\u2019t one person among these from those enrolled by Moses and Aaron the priest when they enrolled the Israelites in the Sinai desert."}, {"pk": 4096872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 26, "verse": 65, "text": "The LORD had said to them, \u201cThey will die in the desert.\u201d Not one of them remained, except Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son, and Joshua, Nun\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4096873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "The daughters of Zelophehad, Hepher\u2019s son, Gilead\u2019s grandson, Machir\u2019s great-grandson, and Manasseh\u2019s great-great-grandson, belonging to the clan of Manasseh and son of Joseph, came forward. His daughters\u2019 names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah."}, {"pk": 4096874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the chiefs, and the entire community at the entrance of the meeting tent and said,"}, {"pk": 4096875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cOur father died in the desert. He wasn\u2019t part of the community who gathered against the LORD with Korah\u2019s community. He died for his own sin, but he had no sons."}, {"pk": 4096876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "Why should our father\u2019s name be taken away from his clan because he didn\u2019t have a son? Give us property among our father\u2019s brothers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Moses brought their case before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Zelophehad\u2019s daughters are right in what they are saying. By all means, give them property as an inheritance among their father\u2019s brothers. Hand over their father\u2019s inheritance to them."}, {"pk": 4096880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say: If a man dies and doesn\u2019t have a son, you must hand his inheritance over to his daughters."}, {"pk": 4096881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "If he doesn\u2019t have a daughter, you will give his inheritance to his brothers."}, {"pk": 4096882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "If he doesn\u2019t have any brothers, you should give his inheritance to his father\u2019s brothers."}, {"pk": 4096883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "If his father had no brothers, you should give his inheritance to his nearest relative from his clan. He will take possession of it. This will be a regulation and a case law for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4096884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cGo up this mountain, Abarim, and look at the land that I\u2019ve given to the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4096885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "You will see it and then join your ancestors just as Aaron your brother has,"}, {"pk": 4096886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "because in the Zin desert, when the community confronted you, you rebelled against my command to show them my holiness by means of the water.\u201d (These are the waters of Meribah <sup>[1]</sup> of Kadesh in the Zin desert.)", "comment": "[1] Or <i>confrontation</i>"}, {"pk": 4096887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses spoke to the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4096888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cLet the LORD, the God of all living things, appoint someone over the community"}, {"pk": 4096889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "who will go out before them and return before them, someone who will lead them out and bring them back, so that the LORD\u2019s community won\u2019t be like sheep without their shepherd.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD said to Moses, \u201cTake Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, a man who has the spirit, and lay your hand on him."}, {"pk": 4096891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "Place him before Eleazar the priest and the entire community and commission him before them."}, {"pk": 4096892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "You will give him some of your power so that the entire Israelite community may obey."}, {"pk": 4096893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will determine for him the decision by lot before the LORD. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him, the entire community, will go out, and at his command they will return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and placed him before Eleazar the priest and the entire community."}, {"pk": 4096895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "He laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD had spoken through Moses."}, {"pk": 4096896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Command the Israelites and say to them: Make sure to offer to me my offering, my food, my food gift as a soothing smell to me at its appointed time."}, {"pk": 4096898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "You will say to them: This is the food gift that you must present to the LORD: two flawless one-year-old lambs as the regular entirely burned offering every day."}, {"pk": 4096899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "One lamb you will offer in the morning and the second at twilight,"}, {"pk": 4096900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "with a tenth of an ephah <sup>[1]</sup> of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with a fourth of a hin <sup>[2]</sup> of beaten oil.", "comment": "[2] One hin is approximately one gallon.<br>[1] One ephah is approximately twenty quarts."}, {"pk": 4096901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "It is the regular entirely burned offering begun at Mount Sinai, a food gift that is a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "Their drink offering will be a fourth of a hin for each lamb. In the sanctuary a drink offering of brandy will be poured out for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "The second lamb you will offer at twilight like the grain offering and the drink offering in the morning. You will offer a food gift that is a soothing smell to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "On the Sabbath day: two flawless one-year-old male lambs and two-tenths of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "This is the entirely burned offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular entirely burned offering and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "At the beginning of every month you will present an entirely burned offering to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "Use three-tenths of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with oil for each bull, two-tenths of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with oil for each ram,"}, {"pk": 4096908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "and one-tenth of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with oil for each lamb. It is an entirely burned offering with a soothing smell, a food gift to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "Their drink offerings will be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third a hin of wine for a ram, and a fourth a hin of wine for a lamb. This is the monthly entirely burned offering for every month through the months of the year."}, {"pk": 4096910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering to the LORD in addition to the regular entirely burned offering and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "On the fourteenth day of the first month <sup>[3]</sup> there will be a Passover offering to the LORD.", "comment": "[3] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4096912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "On the fifteenth day of this month there will be a festival. For seven days unleavened bread will be eaten."}, {"pk": 4096913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "The first day will be a holy occasion. You will not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4096914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "You will bring a food gift, an entirely burned offering to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old. They will be flawless."}, {"pk": 4096915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "Their grain offering will be fine flour mixed with oil. You will offer three-tenths for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,"}, {"pk": 4096916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,"}, {"pk": 4096917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "along with one male goat for a purification offering to seek reconciliation for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4096918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "You will offer these in addition to the entirely burned offering of the morning, which is the regular entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4096919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "Like these, you will also offer each day for seven days a food gift as a soothing smell to the LORD. It will be offered in addition to the regular entirely burned offering and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "The seventh day will be a holy occasion for you. You will not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4096921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "The day of the early produce, when you present your new grain offering to the LORD at your Festival of Weeks, will be a holy occasion for you. You will not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4096922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "You will present an entirely burned offering as a soothing smell to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old."}, {"pk": 4096923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "Their grain offering will be fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,"}, {"pk": 4096924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 29, "text": "and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs."}, {"pk": 4096925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 30, "text": "Offer one male goat to seek reconciliation for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4096926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 28, "verse": 31, "text": "You will offer these in addition to the regular entirely burned offering, its grain offering and drink offerings. They will be flawless."}, {"pk": 4096927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "The first day of the seventh month <sup>[1]</sup> will be a holy occasion for you. You will not do any job-related work. It will be for you a day of the trumpet\u2019s sound.", "comment": "[1] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4096928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "You will offer an entirely burned offering as a soothing smell to the LORD: one bull from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "Their grain offering will be fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,"}, {"pk": 4096930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs."}, {"pk": 4096931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering to seek reconciliation for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4096932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "This is in addition to the monthly entirely burned offering with its grain offering, and the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and drink offerings as prescribed. It will be a soothing smell, a food gift to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4096933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "The tenth day of this seventh month will be a holy occasion for you. You will deny yourselves and not do any work."}, {"pk": 4096934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "You will present an entirely burned offering to the LORD as a soothing smell: one bull from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old. They will be flawless."}, {"pk": 4096935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "Their grain offering will be fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,"}, {"pk": 4096936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs."}, {"pk": 4096937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the purification offering of reconciliation, and the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and drink offerings."}, {"pk": 4096938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "The fifteenth day of the seventh month <sup>[2]</sup> will be a holy occasion for you. You will not do any job-related work. You will celebrate a festival to the LORD for seven days.", "comment": "[2] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4096939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "You will present an entirely burned offering, a food gift as a soothing smell to the LORD: thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old. They will be flawless."}, {"pk": 4096940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "Their grain offering will be fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams,"}, {"pk": 4096941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs."}, {"pk": 4096942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "On the second day: twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "The grain offering and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and drink offerings."}, {"pk": 4096946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "On the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "The grain offering and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "On the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "The grain offering and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "The grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "On the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 30, "text": "The grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 31, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and its drink offerings."}, {"pk": 4096958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 32, "text": "On the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, all flawless."}, {"pk": 4096959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 33, "text": "The grain offering and their drink offering for the bulls, rams, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 34, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 35, "text": "On the eighth day you will have a holiday. You will not do any job-related work."}, {"pk": 4096962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 36, "text": "You will present an entirely burned offering, a food gift as a soothing smell to the LORD: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, all without blemish."}, {"pk": 4096963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 37, "text": "The grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, ram, and lambs will be as prescribed for their number."}, {"pk": 4096964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 38, "text": "There will be one male goat for a purification offering in addition to the regular entirely burned offering with its grain offering and its drink offering."}, {"pk": 4096965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 39, "text": "These you will offer to the LORD at your appointed times in addition to your payments for solemn promises, your spontaneous gifts, your entirely burned offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your well-being sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4096966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 29, "verse": 40, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> Moses told the Israelites everything that the LORD commanded Moses.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/4/30/1'>30:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4096967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of the Israelites: This is what the LORD has commanded:"}, {"pk": 4096968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "When a man makes a solemn promise to the LORD or swears a solemn pledge of binding obligation for himself, he cannot break his word. He must do everything he said."}, {"pk": 4096969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "When a woman makes a solemn promise to the LORD or a binding obligation while she is young and in her father\u2019s household,"}, {"pk": 4096970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "and her father hears her solemn promise or her binding obligation for herself and keeps silent <sup>[1]</sup> \u2014 then all her solemn promises and any of her binding obligations for herself will stand.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>her father is deaf to her</i>."}, {"pk": 4096971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day that he hears her, none of her solemn promises nor any of her binding obligations for herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father expressed disapproval to her."}, {"pk": 4096972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "If she marries while her solemn promise is in effect or makes a statement by which she binds herself,"}, {"pk": 4096973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "and her husband hears it and on the day he hears it keeps silent \u2014 her solemn promises will stand as well as her binding obligations for herself."}, {"pk": 4096974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "But if on the day that her husband hears it he expresses disapproval to her, he can break her solemn promise and the statement by which she bound herself. Then the LORD will forgive her."}, {"pk": 4096975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "Every solemn promise of a widow or a divorced woman who makes a binding obligation for herself will stand."}, {"pk": 4096976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "If a woman makes a solemn promise in her husband\u2019s household or makes a binding obligation for herself with a solemn pledge,"}, {"pk": 4096977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "and her husband hears, keeps silent, and doesn\u2019t express disapproval to her \u2014 then all her solemn promises will stand and all her binding obligations for herself will stand."}, {"pk": 4096978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "If her husband breaks them on the day he hears them, then whatever she said with regard to her solemn promises or the binding obligations for herself will not stand. Her husband has broken them. The LORD will forgive her."}, {"pk": 4096979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "Her husband may allow any solemn promise or any binding pledge of self-denial to stand or be broken."}, {"pk": 4096980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "But if her husband keeps silent from one day to the next, he has upheld all her solemn promises, or all her binding obligations. He has upheld them because he remained silent on the day he heard them."}, {"pk": 4096981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "If he breaks them after he has heard them, he will assume her guilt."}, {"pk": 4096982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "These are the regulations that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a husband and his wife and between a father and his daughter while she is young and in her father\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4096983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4096984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "Take just reparations for the Israelites from the Midianites. Afterward you will join your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4096985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses spoke to the people: \u201cEquip some of your men for battle so that they may go against Midian and execute the LORD\u2019s just punishment against Midian."}, {"pk": 4096986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "You will send out for battle one thousand from each of the tribes of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4096987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "From the thousands of Israel, one thousand from each tribe were selected. Twelve thousand were equipped for battle."}, {"pk": 4096988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses sent them to battle, one thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas, Eleazar the priest\u2019s son, who carried the sanctuary equipment and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand."}, {"pk": 4096989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "They battled against Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male."}, {"pk": 4096990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, along with others slain. They also killed Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, with the sword."}, {"pk": 4096991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "The Israelites took captive the Midianite women, their little ones, all their cattle, their herds, and their possessions."}, {"pk": 4096992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "They burned all the cities where they lived and their encampments."}, {"pk": 4096993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "They took all the spoils of war and the valuable property, both human and animal,"}, {"pk": 4096994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "and they brought the captives, the valuable property, and the spoils of war to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho."}, {"pk": 4096995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the community went to meet them outside the camp."}, {"pk": 4096996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "Moses became angry with the commanders of the army, the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds, who came back from the battle."}, {"pk": 4096997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses said to them, \u201cHave you let all the women live?"}, {"pk": 4096998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "These very women, on Balaam\u2019s advice, made the Israelites break faith with the LORD in the affair at Peor, so there was a plague among the LORD\u2019s community."}, {"pk": 4096999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "Now kill every male child and every female who has known a man intimately by sleeping with him."}, {"pk": 4097000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately by sleeping with him, spare for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4097001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "You will remain outside the camp for seven days. Everyone among you or your captives who has killed a person or touched a corpse must purify themselves on the third and seventh days."}, {"pk": 4097002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "You must also purify every garment, and everything made of leather, goats\u2019 hair, or wood.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "Eleazar the priest said to the men of battle who had gone out to war, \u201cThis is the regulation in the Instruction that the LORD commanded Moses:"}, {"pk": 4097004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and lead \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "anything that can withstand fire \u2014 you will put through the fire and it will be clean. It will also be purified with the water of purification. Anything that isn\u2019t able to withstand fire, you will immerse in water."}, {"pk": 4097006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "You must wash your clothes on the seventh day and you will be clean. Afterward you may enter the camp.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4097008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community\u2019s households must take an inventory of the valuable property and the captives, both human and animals,"}, {"pk": 4097009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "and divide the valuable property between the warriors who went into battle and the entire community."}, {"pk": 4097010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "You will offer as tribute to the LORD from each warrior who went into battle one living being in five hundred, whether human, oxen, donkeys, or flocks."}, {"pk": 4097011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "Take it from the warriors\u2019 half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a gift offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4097012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "But from the Israelites\u2019 half you will take one out of every fifty, whether from human, oxen, donkeys, or flock \u2014 all the animals. You will give them to the Levites who carry out the duties of the LORD\u2019s dwelling."}, {"pk": 4097013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 31, "text": "Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4097014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 32, "text": "The valuable property remaining from the spoils of war that the people of the army had taken was 675,000 sheep,"}, {"pk": 4097015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 33, "text": "72,000 oxen,"}, {"pk": 4097016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 34, "text": "61,000 donkeys,"}, {"pk": 4097017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 35, "text": "and 32,000 women who hadn\u2019t known a man intimately by sleeping with him."}, {"pk": 4097018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 36, "text": "The half-share of those who had gone out to battle numbered 337,500 sheep,"}, {"pk": 4097019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 37, "text": "of which the LORD\u2019s tribute was 675."}, {"pk": 4097020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 38, "text": "The oxen were 36,000, of which the LORD\u2019s tribute was 72."}, {"pk": 4097021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 39, "text": "The donkeys were 30,500, of which the LORD\u2019s tribute was 61."}, {"pk": 4097022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 40, "text": "Humans were 16,000, of which the LORD\u2019s tribute was 32 persons."}, {"pk": 4097023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 41, "text": "Moses gave the tribute, a gift offering for the LORD, to Eleazar the priest as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4097024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 42, "text": "As for the half-share of the Israelites that Moses divided from those who had gone out to battle:"}, {"pk": 4097025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 43, "text": "the community\u2019s half-share was 337,500 sheep,"}, {"pk": 4097026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 44, "text": "36,000 oxen,"}, {"pk": 4097027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 45, "text": "30,500 donkeys,"}, {"pk": 4097028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 46, "text": "and 16,000 humans."}, {"pk": 4097029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 47, "text": "Moses took from the Israelites\u2019 half one out of every fifty, from humans and animals. He gave them to the Levites who carry out the duties of the LORD\u2019s dwelling, just as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4097030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 48, "text": "The commanders over the thousands of the army, officers over thousands and officers over hundreds, approached Moses"}, {"pk": 4097031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 49, "text": "and said to Moses, \u201cYour servants have counted the warriors in our charge and not one of us is missing."}, {"pk": 4097032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 50, "text": "We have brought the LORD\u2019s offering that each found, gold articles \u2014 anklets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces \u2014 to seek reconciliation for ourselves before the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 51, "text": "Moses and Eleazar the priest took all the gold articles from them."}, {"pk": 4097034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 52, "text": "All the gold for the gift offering that was presented to the LORD from the officers of thousands and the officers of hundreds was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels."}, {"pk": 4097035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 53, "text": "Each of the men of battle took spoils of war for himself."}, {"pk": 4097036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 31, "verse": 54, "text": "Yet Moses and Eleazar the priest also received the gold from the officers of thousands and of hundreds, and they brought it to the meeting tent as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4097037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "The livestock owned by the Reubenites and the Gadites were unusually vast and numerous. They saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead were exactly the place for livestock."}, {"pk": 4097038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "So the Gadites and the Reubenites came and said to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the community:"}, {"pk": 4097039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cAtaroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon is"}, {"pk": 4097040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "the land that the LORD struck down before the Israelite community. It is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "They said, \u201cIf you approve our request, give this land to your servants as property. Don\u2019t make us cross the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, \u201cShould your brothers go to war, while you stay here?"}, {"pk": 4097043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "Why would you destroy the Israelites\u2019 resolve to cross into the land that the LORD gave them?"}, {"pk": 4097044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "Your ancestors did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land."}, {"pk": 4097045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "They went up to the Cluster ravine, saw the land, and destroyed the Israelites\u2019 resolve to enter the land that the LORD had given them."}, {"pk": 4097046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD became angry on that day and promised,"}, {"pk": 4097047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "\u2018None of the persons that went up from Egypt, those 20 years old and above, will see the fertile ground that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they didn\u2019t remain true to me,"}, {"pk": 4097048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "except Caleb, Jephunneh the Kenizzite\u2019s son, and Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, because they remained true to the LORD.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4097049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD became angry with the Israelites and made them wander in the desert for forty years until the entire generation had died, which had done evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4097050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "Now you\u2019ve taken the place of your ancestors, a group of sinful men, to intensify the LORD\u2019s anger against Israel."}, {"pk": 4097051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "If you turn away from him, he will turn away again to abandon Israel in the desert. Then you will destroy this entire people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "So they approached him and said, \u201cWe will build walled enclosures here for our livestock and towns for our children."}, {"pk": 4097053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "Then we will eagerly fight in front of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Our children will live in the fortified cities because of the land\u2019s inhabitants."}, {"pk": 4097054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "And we won\u2019t return to our homes until each one of the Israelites takes possession of his property."}, {"pk": 4097055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "We won\u2019t inherit land with them there across the Jordan, because we\u2019ve received our property on the east side of the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "Moses said to them, \u201cDo this and fight before the LORD in war."}, {"pk": 4097057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "All of you who are equipped for war, cross the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his enemies out before him"}, {"pk": 4097058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "and the land is subdued in the LORD\u2019s presence. Then you may return innocently before the LORD and Israel, and this land will be your property before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4097059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "But if you don\u2019t do this, you\u2019ve sinned against the LORD. Know that your sin will find you."}, {"pk": 4097060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "So build towns for your children and walled enclosures for your flocks, but do what you have promised.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "The Gadites and the Reubenites said to Moses, \u201cYour servants will do as my master has commanded."}, {"pk": 4097062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "Our children, wives, livestock, and all of our animals will remain in the cities of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4097063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "But your servants, everyone equipped for war before the LORD, will go over to do battle as my master said.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "Moses made demands for them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, and to the leaders of the households of the Israelite tribes."}, {"pk": 4097065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses said to them, \u201cIf the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each equipped for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you will give them the land of Gilead as a possession."}, {"pk": 4097066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "If, however, they don\u2019t cross with you, equipped for war, they will take possession of property with you in the land of Canaan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "The Gadites and the Reubenites answered, \u201cWe\u2019ll do just as the LORD has spoken to your servants."}, {"pk": 4097068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "We\u2019ll cross into the land of Canaan before the LORD, equipped for war. But the property we inherit will be across the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 33, "text": "So Moses gave to them \u2014 to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph\u2019s son \u2014 the kingdom of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, including the land, its cities, and the territory surrounding the land\u2019s cities."}, {"pk": 4097070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 34, "text": "The Gadites built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,"}, {"pk": 4097071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 35, "text": "Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,"}, {"pk": 4097072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 36, "text": "Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities and walled enclosures for flocks."}, {"pk": 4097073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 37, "text": "The Reubenites built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,"}, {"pk": 4097074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 38, "text": "Nebo, and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They named the cities that they built."}, {"pk": 4097075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 39, "text": "The descendants of Machir, Manasseh\u2019s son, went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there."}, {"pk": 4097076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 40, "text": "So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, Manasseh\u2019s son, and he lived there."}, {"pk": 4097077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 41, "text": "Manasseh\u2019s son Jair went and captured their villages and named them Havvoth-jair. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the villages of Jair</i>"}, {"pk": 4097078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 32, "verse": 42, "text": "Nobah went and captured Kenath and its surrounding villages. He renamed it Nobah after himself."}, {"pk": 4097079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "These were the stages by which the Israelites marched when they left the land of Egypt, according to their military units under the leadership of Moses and Aaron."}, {"pk": 4097080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "Moses recorded the points of departure for each stage of the march at the LORD\u2019s command. These are the stages of their march according to their points of departure."}, {"pk": 4097081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "They marched from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month. <sup>[1]</sup> On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly <sup>[2]</sup> in the sight of all the Egyptians,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>with a high hand</i><br>[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4097082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "while the Egyptians were burying their oldest males, whom the LORD had killed. The LORD also executed judgments against their gods."}, {"pk": 4097083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "The Israelites marched from Rameses and they camped at Succoth."}, {"pk": 4097084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "They marched from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert."}, {"pk": 4097085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "They marched from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol."}, {"pk": 4097086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "They marched from Pi-hahiroth and they crossed through the sea toward the desert. <b>March through the southern desert</b> </pb> Then they traveled three days in the Etham desert and they camped at Marah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "They marched from Marah and arrived at Elim. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees and they camped there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "They marched from Elim and camped by the Reed Sea. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4097089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "They marched from the Reed Sea and camped in the Sin desert. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "They marched from the Sin desert and camped at Dophkah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "They marched from Dophkah and camped at Alush. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "They marched from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "They marched from Rephidim and camped in the Sinai desert. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "They marched from the Sinai desert and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "They marched from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "They marched from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "They marched from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "They marched from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "They marched from Libnah and camped at Rissah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "They marched from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "They marched from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "They marched from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "They marched from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 26, "text": "They marched from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 27, "text": "They marched from Tahath and camped at Terah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 28, "text": "They marched from Terah and camped at Mithkah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 29, "text": "They marched from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 30, "text": "They marched from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 31, "text": "They marched from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 32, "text": "They marched from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 33, "text": "They marched from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 34, "text": "They marched from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 35, "text": "They marched from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 36, "text": "They marched from Ezion-geber and camped in the Zin desert (that is, Kadesh). <br>"}, {"pk": 4097115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 37, "text": "They marched from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 38, "text": "Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the LORD\u2019s command, and he died there in the fortieth year on the first day of the fifth month <sup>[4]</sup> after the Israelites left the land of Egypt. <br>", "comment": "[4] July\u2013August, probably Av"}, {"pk": 4097117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 39, "text": "Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 40, "text": "The Canaanite king of Arad, who ruled in the arid southern plain in the land of Canaan, heard of the Israelites\u2019 coming. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 41, "text": "They marched from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 42, "text": "They marched from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 43, "text": "They marched from Punon and camped at Oboth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 44, "text": "They marched from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the territory of Moab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 45, "text": "They marched from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 46, "text": "They marched from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 47, "text": "They marched from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the Abarim mountains in front of Nebo. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 48, "text": "They marched from the Abarim mountains and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 49, "text": "They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 50, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:"}, {"pk": 4097129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 51, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,"}, {"pk": 4097130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 52, "text": "you will drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. You will destroy all their carved figures. You will also destroy all their cast images. You will eliminate all their shrines."}, {"pk": 4097131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 53, "text": "You will take possession of the land and live in it, because I\u2019ve given the land to you to possess."}, {"pk": 4097132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 54, "text": "You will divide up the land by lot according to your clans. To the large you will make its inheritance large, and to the small you will make its inheritance small. To whomever the lot falls, that place will be his. You will inherit land according to your ancestral tribes."}, {"pk": 4097133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 55, "text": "But if you don\u2019t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those you allow to remain will prick your eyes and be thorns in your side. They will harass you in the land in which you are living."}, {"pk": 4097134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 33, "verse": 56, "text": "Then what I intended to do to them, I\u2019ll do to you."}, {"pk": 4097135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4097136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance. The land of Canaan according to its boundaries:"}, {"pk": 4097137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "Your southern boundary extends from the Zin desert alongside Edom. Your southern border extends from the edge of the Dead Sea on the east. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "Your border will turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim and cross toward Zin. Its limit will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go out to Hazar-addar and cross toward Azmon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "The border will then turn from Azmon to the Egypt ravine. Its limit will be at the Mediterranean Sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your western border. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea you will mark out your boundary to Mount Hor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "From Mount Hor you will mark out your boundary to Lebo-hamath. The limit of the border will be Zedad. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "The border will go out to Ziphron. Its limit will be Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "You will mark out your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "The border will descend from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. The border will go down and meet the eastern slope of the Galilee Sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "The border will descend to the Jordan. Its limit will be the Dead Sea. This will be your land with its borders all around. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "Moses commanded the Israelites: This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes,"}, {"pk": 4097148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "because the tribe of Reuben by their households and the tribe of Gad by their households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance."}, {"pk": 4097149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east."}, {"pk": 4097150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4097151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4097152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land."}, {"pk": 4097153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "from Joseph\u2019s descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4097162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4097163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4097164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses in the Moab plains by the Jordan across from Jericho:"}, {"pk": 4097165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Command the Israelites that they give cities from their inherited property to the Levites in which to live. You will also give the Levites pastures around their cities."}, {"pk": 4097166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "The cities will be theirs in which to live. Their pastures will be for their cattle, their possessions, and all their animals."}, {"pk": 4097167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "The pastures of the cities that you must give to the Levites will extend from the wall of the city outward for one thousand five hundred feet in all directions."}, {"pk": 4097168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "You will measure outside the city on the east side three thousand feet, on the south side three thousand feet, on the west side three thousand feet, and on the north side three thousand feet, with the city in the middle. These will be their cities\u2019 pastures."}, {"pk": 4097169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "Six of the cities that you give to the Levites will be refuge cities. You will allow the person who kills someone to flee there. In addition to these you will give them forty-two cities."}, {"pk": 4097170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "All the cities that you give to the Levites will total forty-eight, along with their pastures."}, {"pk": 4097171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "As for the cities that you give from the property of the Israelites, you will take more from the larger tribes and less from the smaller. Each in proportion to its inheritance will give cities to the Levites."}, {"pk": 4097172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses:"}, {"pk": 4097173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,"}, {"pk": 4097174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "identify for yourselves cities to be refuge cities, where a person who kills someone by accident may flee."}, {"pk": 4097175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "The cities will be for you a place of refuge from the close relative of the dead. The person who killed someone may not be put to death until he stands before the community for judgment."}, {"pk": 4097176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "You will establish six refuge cities for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4097177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "You will establish three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan. They will be the refuge cities."}, {"pk": 4097178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "These six cities will be refuge for Israelites, immigrants, and temporary residents, as a place to flee for anyone who kills a person by accident."}, {"pk": 4097179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "But if someone strikes a person with an iron object and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death."}, {"pk": 4097180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "If someone strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death."}, {"pk": 4097181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "Or if someone strikes with a wood object in hand that could cause death, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death."}, {"pk": 4097182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "The close relative responsible for the blood <sup>[1]</sup> of the dead is the one who will put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he will execute him.", "comment": "[1] Or (here and throughout <a href='/CEB/4/36/1'>Num 36</a>) <i>the close relative of the blood</i>"}, {"pk": 4097183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 20, "text": "If in hatred someone hits another or throws something at him with premeditation, he will be put to death."}, {"pk": 4097184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 21, "text": "Or if in hostility someone strikes another with his hand and he dies, the one who struck is a murderer and he will be put to death. The close relative will put the murderer to death when he meets him."}, {"pk": 4097185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 22, "text": "But if suddenly and without hostility someone hits another or throws any object at him without premeditation,"}, {"pk": 4097186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 23, "text": "or accidentally drops any stone on him that could cause death and he dies \u2014 even though they weren\u2019t enemies and no evil was intended \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 24, "text": "then the community must come to a verdict between the killer and the close relative in accordance with these case laws."}, {"pk": 4097188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 25, "text": "The community will protect the killer from the hand of the close relative and return him to the refuge city where he fled. He will live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with holy oil."}, {"pk": 4097189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 26, "text": "But if the killer ever goes outside the boundaries of the refuge city where he fled"}, {"pk": 4097190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 27, "text": "and the close relative finds him outside the boundary of his refuge city and kills him, he will not be responsible for his blood."}, {"pk": 4097191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 28, "text": "The killer must live in his refuge city until the high priest\u2019s death. After the high priest\u2019s death the killer may return to the land he owns."}, {"pk": 4097192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 29, "text": "These will be the regulations and case laws for all time in all your settlements."}, {"pk": 4097193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 30, "text": "Anyone who kills another will be executed on the evidence of witnesses. But one witness alone cannot testify against a person for a death sentence."}, {"pk": 4097194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 31, "text": "You may not accept a ransom for the life of a killer, who is guilty of a capital crime, for he must definitely be put to death."}, {"pk": 4097195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 32, "text": "You may not accept a ransom for someone who has fled to his refuge city so that he can return and live in the land before the priest\u2019s death."}, {"pk": 4097196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 33, "text": "You may not pollute the land in which you live, for the blood pollutes the land. There can be no recovery <sup>[2]</sup> for the land from the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>reconciliation</i>"}, {"pk": 4097197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 35, "verse": 34, "text": "You will not make the land in which you live unclean, the land in the middle of which I reside, for I the LORD reside among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4097198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "The leaders of the households of the clans of Gilead, Machir\u2019s son and Manasseh\u2019s grandson, of Joseph\u2019s clans, approached and spoke before Moses and the chiefs, who were the leaders of the Israelite households."}, {"pk": 4097199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "They said, \u201cThe LORD commanded my master to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites. But my master was also commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters."}, {"pk": 4097200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "If they are married to someone from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance will be taken away from our household and given to another tribe into which they marry. Then it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance."}, {"pk": 4097201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "At the Israelite Jubilee, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they married. Then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Moses commanded the Israelites according to the LORD\u2019s word: \u201cThe tribe of Joseph\u2019s descendants are correct in what they\u2019re saying."}, {"pk": 4097203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "This is the word that the LORD commands to Zelophehad\u2019s daughters: They may marry whomever seems best to them, but they may only marry into one of the clans of their ancestral tribe,"}, {"pk": 4097204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "so that the inheritance of the Israelites doesn\u2019t transfer from one tribe to another. The Israelites will each retain the tribal inheritance of his ancestral tribe."}, {"pk": 4097205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "Every daughter who inherits land from an Israelite tribe must marry into one of the clans of her father\u2019s tribe. In this way each Israelite will own the land of his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "An inheritance of land may not be transferred from one tribe to another, for the Israelite tribes will each retain its own inheritance.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "Zelophehad\u2019s daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4097208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, Zelophehad\u2019s daughters, married their cousins."}, {"pk": 4097209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "They married into the clan of Manasseh, Joseph\u2019s son. Their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father\u2019s clan."}, {"pk": 4097210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 4, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "These are the commandments and the case laws that the LORD commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho."}, {"pk": 4097211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan River, in the desert, on the plain across from Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab."}, {"pk": 4097212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "(It is eleven days from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea along the Mount Seir route.)"}, {"pk": 4097213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "It was in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, that Moses spoke to the Israelites precisely what the LORD had commanded him for them."}, {"pk": 4097214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> (This was after the defeat of Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and Og, Bashan\u2019s king, who ruled in Ashtaroth and <sup>[1]</sup> Edrei.)", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT lacks <i>and.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Instruction. He said the following:"}, {"pk": 4097216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "At Horeb, the LORD our God told us: You\u2019ve been at this mountain long enough."}, {"pk": 4097217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Get going! Enter the hills of the Amorites and the surrounding areas in the desert, the highlands, the lowlands, the arid southern region, and the seacoast \u2014 the land of the Canaanites \u2014 and the Lebanon range, all the way to the great Euphrates River."}, {"pk": 4097218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Look, I have laid the land before you. Go and possess the land that I <sup>[2]</sup> promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as to their descendants after them.", "comment": "[2] Sam, LXX; MT <i>the Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4097219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "At that same time, I told you: I can\u2019t handle all of you by myself."}, {"pk": 4097220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD your God has multiplied your number \u2014 you are now as countless as the stars in the sky."}, {"pk": 4097221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "May the LORD, your ancestors\u2019 God, continue to multiply you \u2014 a thousand times more! And may God bless you, just as he promised."}, {"pk": 4097222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But how can I handle all your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?"}, {"pk": 4097223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Now, for each of your tribes, choose wise, discerning, and well-regarded individuals. I will appoint them as your leaders."}, {"pk": 4097224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "You answered me: \u201cWhat you have proposed is a good idea.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "So I took leading individuals from your tribes, people who were wise and well-regarded, and I set them up as your leaders. There were commanders over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, as well as officials for each of your tribes."}, {"pk": 4097226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "At that same time, I commanded your judges: Listen to your fellow tribe members and judge fairly, whether the dispute is between one fellow tribe member or between a tribe member and an immigrant."}, {"pk": 4097227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t show favoritism in a decision. Hear both sides out, whether the person is important or not. Don\u2019t be afraid of anyone because the ruling belongs to God. Any dispute that is too difficult for you to decide, bring to me and I will take care of it."}, {"pk": 4097228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "So at that time, I commanded you concerning everything you were to do."}, {"pk": 4097229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "We left Horeb and journeyed through that vast and terrifying desert you saw, on the way to the hills of the Amorites, exactly as the LORD our God commanded us. Then we arrived at Kadesh-barnea."}, {"pk": 4097230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "I said to you: You have come to the hills of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving to us."}, {"pk": 4097231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Look! The LORD your God has laid out the land before you. Go up and take it, just as the LORD, your ancestors\u2019 God, has promised you. Don\u2019t be afraid! Don\u2019t be frightened!"}, {"pk": 4097232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Then all of you approached me, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s send spies ahead of us \u2014 they can check out the land for us. Then they can return with word about the route we should use and bring a report about the cities that we\u2019ll be entering.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "This idea seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe."}, {"pk": 4097234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "These set out and went up into the hills, going as far as the Cluster <sup>[3]</sup> ravine. They walked all around that area.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Eshcol</i> means <i>bunch, a cluster</i> (of grapes); cf <a href='/CEB/4/13/23-24'>Num 13:23\u201324</a>; <a href='/CEB/4/32/9'>32:9</a>."}, {"pk": 4097235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "They took some of the land\u2019s fruit and then came back down to us. They reported to us: \u201cThe land that the LORD our God is giving to us is wonderful!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "But you weren\u2019t willing to go up. You rejected the LORD your God\u2019s instruction."}, {"pk": 4097237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "You complained in your tents, saying things like, \u201cThe LORD hates us! That\u2019s why he brought us out of Egypt \u2014 to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us!"}, {"pk": 4097238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "What are we doing? Our brothers have made our hearts sick by saying, \u2018People far stronger and much taller than we live there, and the cities are huge, with walls sky-high! Worse still, we saw the descendants of the Anakites there!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "But I said to you: Don\u2019t be terrified! Don\u2019t be afraid of them!"}, {"pk": 4097240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD your God is going before you. He will fight for you just as he fought for you in Egypt while you watched,"}, {"pk": 4097241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "and as you saw him do in the desert. Throughout your entire journey, until you reached this very place, the LORD your God has carried you just as a parent carries a child."}, {"pk": 4097242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "But you had no faith in the LORD your God about this matter,"}, {"pk": 4097243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "even though he went ahead of you, scouting places where you should camp, in fire by night, so you could see the road you were taking, and in cloud during the daytime."}, {"pk": 4097244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "The LORD heard what you said. He was angry and he swore:"}, {"pk": 4097245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "Not even one of these people \u2014 this wicked generation! \u2014 will see the wonderful land that I promised to give to your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "The only exception is Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son. He will see it. I will give the land he walked on to him and his children for this reason: he was completely devoted to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4097247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "<sup>[36]</sup> (The LORD was even angry with me because of what you did. \u201cYou won\u2019t enter the land either,\u201d God said."}, {"pk": 4097248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cBut Nun\u2019s son Joshua, your assistant, will enter it. Strengthen him because he\u2019s the one who will help Israel inherit the land.\u201d)"}, {"pk": 4097249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Now as for your toddlers, those you said would be taken in war, and your young children who don\u2019t yet know right and wrong \u2014 they will enter the land. I will give it to them. They will possess it!"}, {"pk": 4097250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "But you all must now turn around. Head back toward the wilderness along the route of the Reed Sea. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4097251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "You replied to me: \u201cWe\u2019ve sinned against the LORD! We will go up! We will fight, just as the LORD our God commanded.\u201d Each one of you grabbed your weapons. You thought it would be easy <sup>[5]</sup> to go up into the hills.", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "But the LORD told me: Tell them: Don\u2019t go up! Don\u2019t fight because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies."}, {"pk": 4097253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "I reported this to you but you wouldn\u2019t listen. You disobeyed the LORD\u2019s instruction. Hotheadedly, you went up into the hills."}, {"pk": 4097254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "And the Amorites who lived in those hills came out to meet you in battle. They chased you like bees give chase! They gave you a beating from Seir all the way to Hormah."}, {"pk": 4097255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "When you came back, you cried before the LORD, but he wouldn\u2019t respond to your tears or give you a hearing."}, {"pk": 4097256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "And so you stayed in Kadesh-barnea for quite some time."}, {"pk": 4097257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Next, we turned around and headed back toward the wilderness along the Reed Sea <sup>[1]</sup> road, exactly as the LORD instructed me. We traveled all around Mount Seir for a long time.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4097258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Eventually the LORD said:"}, {"pk": 4097259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "You\u2019ve been traveling around this mountain long enough. Head north."}, {"pk": 4097260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Command the people as follows: You are about to enter into the territory of your relatives who live in Seir: Esau\u2019s descendants. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves most carefully."}, {"pk": 4097261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t fight with them because I will not give the tiniest parcel of their land to you. I have given Mount Seir to Esau\u2019s family as their property."}, {"pk": 4097262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Of course you may buy food from them with money so you can eat, and also water with money so you can drink."}, {"pk": 4097263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "No doubt about it: the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done. He watched over your journey through that vast desert. Throughout these forty years the LORD your God has been with you. You haven\u2019t needed a thing."}, {"pk": 4097264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "So we passed through the territory of our relatives who live in Seir, Esau\u2019s descendants, leaving the desert road from Elath and from Ezion-geber. Next we turned and went along the Moab wilderness route."}, {"pk": 4097265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD said to me: Don\u2019t aggravate Moab. Don\u2019t fight them in battle because I won\u2019t give any part of their land to you as your own. I have given Ar to Lot\u2019s descendants as their property."}, {"pk": 4097266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "<sup>[9]</sup> (Now the Emim <sup>[2]</sup> had lived there before. They were big and numerous and tall \u2014 just like the Anakim.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Frighteners</i>"}, {"pk": 4097267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Most people thought the Emim were Rephaim, like the Anakim were. But the Moabites called them \u201cEmim.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Additionally, the Horim <sup>[3]</sup> had lived in Seir previously, but Esau\u2019s descendants took possession of their area, eliminating them altogether and settling in their place. That is exactly what Israel did in the land it took possession of, which the LORD gave to them.)", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Cave-dwellers</i> or <i>Hurrians</i>"}, {"pk": 4097269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cSo then, get going. Cross the Zered ravine.\u201d So we crossed the Zered ravine."}, {"pk": 4097270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "It took us a total of thirty-eight years to go from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered ravine. It was at that point that the last of the previous generation, every one of fighting age in the camp, had died, just as the LORD had sworn about them."}, {"pk": 4097271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "In fact, the LORD\u2019s power was against them, to rid the camp of them, until they were all gone."}, {"pk": 4097272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Now as soon as all those of fighting age had died,"}, {"pk": 4097273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "the LORD said to me:"}, {"pk": 4097274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Today you are crossing through the territory of Moab and Ar"}, {"pk": 4097275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "and you will come close to the Ammonites. Don\u2019t aggravate them. Don\u2019t fight with them because I won\u2019t give any part of the Ammonites\u2019 land to you as your own. I\u2019ve given it to Lot\u2019s descendants as their property."}, {"pk": 4097276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Now people thought that land was Rephaim territory as well. The Rephaim had lived there previously. But the Ammonites called them \u201cZamzummim.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Mumblers</i>"}, {"pk": 4097277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "They were large, numerous, and tall, just like the Anakim. But the LORD completely destroyed the Zamzummim before the Ammonites, and they took possession of that area, settling in their place."}, {"pk": 4097278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "That is exactly what God did for Esau\u2019s descendants, who live in Seir, when he completely destroyed the Horites in their presence, and they took possession of the Horites\u2019 area, settling in their place to this very day."}, {"pk": 4097279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "The Avvim, <sup>[5]</sup> who had lived in settlements around Gaza, were completely destroyed by the Caphtorim, who had come from Caphtor. They replaced the Avvim there.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Ruiners</i>"}, {"pk": 4097280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cSo get going. Cross the Arnon ravine. I have handed Sihon the Amorite king of Heshbon and his land over to you. It\u2019s time to possess the area! It\u2019s time to fight him in battle!"}, {"pk": 4097281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Starting right now, I am making everyone everywhere afraid of you and scared of you. Once they hear news of you, they will be shaking and worrying because of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "I then sent messengers from the Kedemoth desert to Sihon, Heshbon\u2019s king, with words of peace:"}, {"pk": 4097283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cPlease let us <sup>[6]</sup> pass through your land. We promise to stay on the road. We won\u2019t step off it, right or left.", "comment": "[6] Heb here and through <a href='/CEB/5/2/29'>2:29</a><i>a</i> is singular <i>me, I.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Please sell us food for money so we can eat; sell us water for money so we can drink. Let us pass through on foot \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "just as Esau\u2019s descendants who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me \u2014 until we cross the Jordan River into the land that the LORD our God is giving to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "But Sihon, Heshbon\u2019s king, wasn\u2019t willing to let us pass through his land because the LORD your God had made his spirit hard and his heart inflexible so that God could hand him over to you, which is exactly how it happened."}, {"pk": 4097287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "The LORD said to me: Look! Right now I\u2019m laying Sihon and his land before you. It\u2019s time to take possession of his land!"}, {"pk": 4097288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "Sihon and all his forces came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz."}, {"pk": 4097289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "But the LORD our God gave him to us. We struck him down, along with his sons, and all his forces."}, {"pk": 4097290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "At that time, we captured all of Sihon\u2019s cities, and we placed every town \u2014 men, women, and children \u2014 under the ban. <sup>[7]</sup> We left no survivors.", "comment": "[7] A technique of holy war that often involves total destruction, in which everything that is destroyed is dedicated to the deity who helps in the battle"}, {"pk": 4097291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "The only things we kept for ourselves were the animals and the plunder from the towns we had taken."}, {"pk": 4097292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Ravine, to the town that is in the valley there, <sup>[8]</sup> even as far as Gilead, there wasn\u2019t a city that could resist us. The LORD our God laid everything out before us.", "comment": "[8] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "But you didn\u2019t go near the Ammonite lands or hillside cities alongside the Jabbok River, in compliance with all <sup>[9]</sup> that the LORD our God had commanded.", "comment": "[9] LXX, Tg Jonathan; MT <i>and all</i>"}, {"pk": 4097294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Next we turned and went up along the road to Bashan. Og, Bashan\u2019s king, came out with all his forces to meet us in battle at Edrei."}, {"pk": 4097295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said to me: Don\u2019t be afraid of him! I have handed him, all his forces, and his land over to you. Do the same thing to him that you did to Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon."}, {"pk": 4097296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "And so the LORD our God also handed Og, Bashan\u2019s king, along with his forces, over to us. We struck them down until no survivor was left."}, {"pk": 4097297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "We also captured all of Og\u2019s towns at that time. There wasn\u2019t a single city that we didn\u2019t take from them \u2014 a total of sixty towns, the entire region of Argob, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan."}, {"pk": 4097298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Each of these towns was fortified with high walls, double gates, and crossbars. Outside the towns there were also a great number of villages. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "We placed them under the ban, just as we did with Sihon, Heshn\u2019s king. Every town \u2014 men, women, and children \u2014 was under the ban. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] See <a href=C:@50 2:34>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/5/2/34'>2:34</a>."}, {"pk": 4097300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "The only things we kept for ourselves were the animals and the plunder from the towns."}, {"pk": 4097301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "So at that time, we took the land that had belonged to the two Amorite kings beyond the Jordan, all the way from the Arnon Ravine to Mount Hermon"}, {"pk": 4097302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[8]</sup> (Sidonians call Hermon \u201cSirion,\u201d but the Amorites call it \u201cSenir\u201d),"}, {"pk": 4097303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "including all the towns on the plateau, in the regions of Gilead and Bashan, and all the way to Salecah and Edrei \u2014 all the towns that belonged to Og\u2019s kingdom in Bashan."}, {"pk": 4097304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "<sup>[10]</sup> (By the way, Bashan\u2019s King Og was the last of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn\u2019t it still in the Ammonite town of Rabbah? By standard measurements, it was thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide.)"}, {"pk": 4097305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "So this is the land we possessed at that time. I gave some of it, from Aroer, which is beside the Arnon River, up through half of the Gilead highlands, along with its cities, to the Reubenites and the Gadites."}, {"pk": 4097306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The rest of the Gilead region and all of Bashan, Og\u2019s kingdom, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (Now the whole Argob area, including all of Bashan, was often called Rephaim Country."}, {"pk": 4097307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, took possession of the entire Argob region, as far as the border with the Geshurites and the Maacathites. He named the Bashan area after himself, Jair\u2019s Settlement. That\u2019s what it\u2019s still called today.)"}, {"pk": 4097308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "I also gave Gilead to Machir."}, {"pk": 4097309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "To the Reubenites and the Gadites, I gave land from the Gilead, as far as the Arnon River \u2014 the middle of the river being the boundary line \u2014 to the Jabbok River, which is the boundary line with the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4097310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Also the desert plain, with the Jordan River as the boundary, from the Galilee Sea <sup>[3]</sup> down to the desert sea (the Dead Sea <sup>[4]</sup>) below the slopes of Mount Pisgah on the east.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the Salt Sea</i><br>[3] Heb <i>Chinnereth</i>"}, {"pk": 4097311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Then I commanded you: Although the LORD your God has given you this land to possess, you must now cross over before the rest of your Israelite relatives as a fighting force ready for battle!"}, {"pk": 4097312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "However, your wives, children, and herds \u2014 I know you have lots of herds! \u2014 may remain in the towns that I have given to you."}, {"pk": 4097313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Once the LORD settles your relatives, as you have been settled, and they also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, each of you can return to the property that I have given to you."}, {"pk": 4097314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "It was at that same time that I commanded Joshua: You saw everything that the LORD your God did to these two kings. That is exactly what the LORD will do to all the kingdoms where you\u2019re going!"}, {"pk": 4097315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid of them because the LORD your God is the one who will be fighting for you."}, {"pk": 4097316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "It was also at that same time that I begged the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4097317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Please, LORD God! You have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. What god in heaven or on earth can act as you do or can perform your deeds and powerful acts?"}, {"pk": 4097318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Please let me cross over the Jordan River so I can see the wonderful land that lies beyond it: those beautiful highlands, even the Lebanon region."}, {"pk": 4097319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "But the LORD was angry with me because of you! He wouldn\u2019t listen to me. He said to me: That\u2019s enough from you! Don\u2019t ever ask me about this again!"}, {"pk": 4097320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "Go up to the top of Mount Pisgah. Look west, north, south, and east. Have a good look, but you will not cross the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4097321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "Instead, command Joshua, strengthen him, and encourage him because he\u2019s the one who will cross the river before this people. He\u2019s the one who will make sure they inherit the land you will see."}, {"pk": 4097322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "After that, we stayed in the valley across from Beth-peor."}, {"pk": 4097323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Now, Israel, in light of all that, listen to the regulations and the case laws that I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and possess the land that the LORD, your ancestors\u2019 God, is giving to you."}, {"pk": 4097324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t add anything to the word that I am commanding you, and don\u2019t take anything away from it. Instead, keep the commands of the LORD your God that I am commanding all of you."}, {"pk": 4097325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "You saw with your own eyes what the LORD did concerning the Baal of Peor. The LORD your God destroyed everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,"}, {"pk": 4097326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "but all of you who stayed true to the LORD your God are alive today."}, {"pk": 4097327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "So pay attention! I am teaching all of you the regulations and the case laws exactly as the LORD my God commanded me. You must do these in the land you are entering to possess."}, {"pk": 4097328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Keep them faithfully because that will show your wisdom and insight to the nations who will hear about all these regulations. They will say, \u201cSurely this great nation is a wise and insightful people!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "After all, is there any great nation that has gods <sup>[1]</sup> as close to it as the LORD our God is close to us whenever we call to him?", "comment": "[1] MT; LXX, Syr, Tg <i>a god so close</i>"}, {"pk": 4097330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Or does any great nation have regulations and case laws as righteous as all this Instruction that I am setting before you today?"}, {"pk": 4097331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "But be on guard and watch yourselves closely so that you don\u2019t forget the things your eyes saw and so they never leave your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren."}, {"pk": 4097332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Remember that <sup>[2]</sup> day when you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me: \u201cGather the people to me. I will declare my words to them so that they will learn to fear me every day of their lives on the fertile land, and teach their children to do the same.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>remember that.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Then you all came close and stood at the foot of the mountain. The mountain was blazing with fire up to the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick smoke!"}, {"pk": 4097334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD spoke to you out of the very fire itself. You heard the sound of words, but you didn\u2019t see any form. There was only a voice."}, {"pk": 4097335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD declared his covenant to you, which he commanded you to do \u2014 the Ten Commandments <sup>[3]</sup> \u2014 and wrote them on two stone tablets.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the ten words</i>"}, {"pk": 4097336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "At that time, the LORD commanded me to teach you all the regulations and the case laws that you must keep in the land that you are entering to possess."}, {"pk": 4097337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "So watch your conduct closely, because you didn\u2019t see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the very fire itself."}, {"pk": 4097338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t ruin everything and make an idol for yourself: a form of any image, any likeness \u2014 male or female \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "or any likeness whatsoever, whether of a land animal, a bird that flies in the sky,"}, {"pk": 4097340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "an insect that crawls on the earth, or a fish that lives in the sea."}, {"pk": 4097341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t look to the skies, to the sun or the moon or the stars, all the heavenly bodies, and be led astray, worshipping and serving them. The LORD your God has granted these things to all the nations who live under heaven."}, {"pk": 4097342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "But the LORD took you and brought you out of that iron furnace, out of Egypt, so that you might be his own treasured people, which is what you are right now."}, {"pk": 4097343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD was angry with me because of your deeds and swore that I couldn\u2019t cross the Jordan River or enter the wonderful land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance."}, {"pk": 4097344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "I will die here in this land. I won\u2019t cross the Jordan River. But you will, and you will take possession of that wonderful land."}, {"pk": 4097345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "So all of you, watch yourselves! Don\u2019t forget the covenant that the LORD your God made with you by making an idol or an image of any kind or anything the LORD your God forbids,"}, {"pk": 4097346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "because the LORD your God is an all-consuming fire. He is a passionate God."}, {"pk": 4097347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Once you have had children and grandchildren and have grown old on the land, if you ruin things by making an idol, in any form whatsoever, and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and anger him,"}, {"pk": 4097348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "I call heaven and earth as my witnesses against you today: You will definitely disappear \u2014 and quickly \u2014 from the land that you are crossing over the Jordan River to possess. You won\u2019t extend your time there but will instead be totally destroyed."}, {"pk": 4097349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD will scatter you among the nations. Only a very few of you will survive in the countries where the LORD will drag you."}, {"pk": 4097350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "There you will worship other <sup>[4]</sup> gods, made of wood and stone by human hands \u2014 gods that cannot see, listen, eat, or smell.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>other.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "You will seek the LORD your God from there, and you will find him <sup>[5]</sup> if you seek him with all your heart and with all your being.", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "In your distress, when all these things happen to you in the future, you will return to the LORD your God and you will obey his voice,"}, {"pk": 4097353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "because the LORD your God is a compassionate God. He won\u2019t let you go, he won\u2019t destroy you, and he won\u2019t forget the covenant that he swore to your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Now look into it: into days long past, before your time \u2014 all the way back to the day God first created human beings on earth, from one end of heaven to the other. Has anything this amazing ever happened? Has anything like it ever been heard of before?"}, {"pk": 4097355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "Has any people ever listened to a god\u2019s voice speaking out of fire, as each of you have, and survived?"}, {"pk": 4097356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "Or has any god ever tried to take one nation out of another nation using tests, miracles, wonders, war, a strong hand and outstretched arm, or awesome power like all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt while you watched?"}, {"pk": 4097357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "You were shown these things so that you would know this: The LORD is the only God. There\u2019s no other god except him."}, {"pk": 4097358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "From heaven he made you hear his voice in order to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire. You heard his words from that very fire."}, {"pk": 4097359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "And because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, God brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his own great power,"}, {"pk": 4097360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "in order to remove larger and stronger nations from before you and bring you into their land, giving it to you as an inheritance. That\u2019s where things stand right now."}, {"pk": 4097361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "Know then today and keep in mind that the LORD is the only God in heaven above or on earth below. There is no other."}, {"pk": 4097362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "Keep the Lord\u2019s regulations and his commandments. I\u2019m commanding them to you today for your well-being and for the well-being of your children after you, so that you may extend your time on the fertile land that the LORD your God is giving you forever."}, {"pk": 4097363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "Then Moses set aside three cities on the eastern side of the Jordan River"}, {"pk": 4097364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "so that anyone who killed someone accidentally and without prior hatred could flee to one of these cities and be safe:"}, {"pk": 4097365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites."}, {"pk": 4097366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "Now this is the Instruction that Moses set before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4097367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "These are the laws and the regulations and the case laws that Moses spoke to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4097368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "This took place across the Jordan River, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, whom Moses and the Israelites defeated when they came out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4097369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "They took possession of his land and the land of Og, Bashan\u2019s king \u2014 the two Amorite kings across the Jordan River to the east \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "from Aroer, which is on the banks of the Arnon River, all the way to Mount Sion, <sup>[6]</sup> also known as Hermon,", "comment": "[6] Syr <i>Sirion</i>; see <a href='/CEB/5/3/9'>3:9</a>."}, {"pk": 4097371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "and all the desert regions across the Jordan River, on the east, down to the Dead Sea, beneath the slopes of Mount Pisgah."}, {"pk": 4097372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Moses called out to all Israel, saying to them: \u201cIsrael! Listen to the regulations and the case laws that I\u2019m recounting in your hearing right now. Learn them and carefully do them."}, {"pk": 4097373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb."}, {"pk": 4097374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD didn\u2019t make this covenant with our ancestors but with us \u2014 all of us who are here and alive right now."}, {"pk": 4097375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD spoke with you face-to-face on the mountain from the very fire itself."}, {"pk": 4097376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "At that time, I was standing between the LORD and you, declaring to you the LORD\u2019s word, because you were terrified of the fire and didn\u2019t go up on the mountain.\u201d The LORD said:"}, {"pk": 4097377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "You must have no other gods before <sup>[1]</sup> me. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>besides</i>"}, {"pk": 4097379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Do not make an idol for yourself \u2014 no form whatsoever \u2014 of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Do not bow down to them or worship them because I, the LORD your God, am a passionate God. I punish children for their parents\u2019 sins \u2014 even to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "But I am loyal and gracious to the thousandth generation <sup>[2]</sup> of those who love me and keep my commandments. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>to thousands</i>"}, {"pk": 4097382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Do not use the LORD your God\u2019s name as if it were of no significance; the LORD won\u2019t forgive anyone who uses his name that way. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Keep the Sabbath day and treat it as holy, exactly as the LORD your God commanded: <br>"}, {"pk": 4097384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Six days you may work and do all your tasks, <br>"}, {"pk": 4097385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Don\u2019t do any work on it \u2014 not you, your sons or daughters, your male or female servants, your oxen or donkeys or any of your animals, or the immigrant who is living among you \u2014 so that your male and female servants can rest just like you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That\u2019s why the LORD your God commands you to keep the Sabbath day. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Honor your father and your mother, exactly as the LORD your God requires, so that your life will be long and so that things will go well for you on the fertile land that the LORD your God is giving you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Do not kill. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>murder</i>"}, {"pk": 4097389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Do not commit adultery. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Do not steal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Do not testify falsely against your neighbor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Do not desire and try to take your neighbor\u2019s wife. Do not crave your neighbor\u2019s house, field, male or female servant, ox, donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Those are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly with a loud voice while on the mountain, from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick smoke. He added no more. God wrote them on two stone tablets, then gave them to me."}, {"pk": 4097394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Now once you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, you came to me \u2014 more specifically, all the chiefs of your tribes and your elders came \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "and you said: \u201cLook here! The LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness. We\u2019ve heard his voice come out of the very fire itself. We\u2019ve seen firsthand that God can speak to a human being and they can survive!"}, {"pk": 4097396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "But why should we die? Surely this massive fire will consume us! If we hear any more of the LORD our God\u2019s voice, we will die."}, {"pk": 4097397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Is there anyone who has heard the living God\u2019s voice speaking out of the very fire itself, like we have, and survived?"}, {"pk": 4097398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "You go and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us all that the LORD our God speaks to you. We\u2019ll listen and we\u2019ll do it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD heard what you said, when you said this to me. The LORD then told me: I heard what the people said when they spoke with you. Everything they suggest is good."}, {"pk": 4097400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "If only their minds were like this: always fearing me and keeping all my commandments so that things would go well for them and their children forever!"}, {"pk": 4097401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "Go and tell them: You may go back to your tents."}, {"pk": 4097402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "But you, Moses, must stay here with me. I will tell you all the commandments, <sup>[4]</sup> the regulations, and the case laws that you must teach the Israelites to do in the land that I am giving them to possess.", "comment": "[4] Heb is singular, <i>commandment</i> (see <a href='/CEB/5/6/1'>6:1</a>)."}, {"pk": 4097403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "So you must carefully do exactly what the LORD your God commands you. Don\u2019t deviate even a bit!"}, {"pk": 4097404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "You must walk the precise path that the LORD your God indicates for you so that you will live, and so that things will go well for you, and so you will extend your time on the land that you will possess."}, {"pk": 4097405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Now these are the commandments, the regulations, and the case laws that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you to follow in the land you are entering to possess,"}, {"pk": 4097406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "so that you will fear the LORD your God by keeping all his regulations and his commandments that I am commanding you \u2014 both you and your sons and daughters \u2014 all the days of your life and so that you will lengthen your life."}, {"pk": 4097407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Listen to them, Israel! Follow them carefully so that things will go well for you and so that you will continue to multiply exactly as the LORD, your ancestors\u2019 God, promised you, in a land full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4097408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Israel, listen! Our God is the LORD! Only the LORD! <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>The LORD is our God, the LORD only;</i> or <i>The LORD is our God, the LORD alone;</i> or <i>The LORD our God is one LORD;</i> or <i>The LORD our God, the LORD is one;</i> or <i>The LORD is our God, the LORD is one.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your being, and all your strength."}, {"pk": 4097410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "These words that I am commanding you today must always be on your minds."}, {"pk": 4097411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Recite them to your children. Talk about them when you are sitting around your house and when you are out and about, when you are lying down and when you are getting up."}, {"pk": 4097412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Tie them on your hand as a sign. They should be on your forehead as a symbol. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; cf <a href='/CEB/2/13/16'>Exod 13:16</a>; Syr <i>sign</i> or <i>mark</i>; Tg <i>phylacteries</i>"}, {"pk": 4097413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Write them on your house\u2019s doorframes and on your city\u2019s gates."}, {"pk": 4097414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Now once the LORD your God has brought you into the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to you \u2014 a land that will be full of large and wonderful towns that you didn\u2019t build,"}, {"pk": 4097415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "houses stocked with all kinds of goods that you didn\u2019t stock, cisterns that you didn\u2019t make, vineyards and olive trees that you didn\u2019t plant \u2014 and you eat and get stuffed,"}, {"pk": 4097416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "watch yourself! Don\u2019t forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery."}, {"pk": 4097417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take your solemn pledges in his name!"}, {"pk": 4097418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t follow other gods, those gods of the people around you \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "because the LORD your God, who is with you and among you, is a passionate God. The LORD your God\u2019s anger will burn against you, and he will wipe you off the fertile land."}, {"pk": 4097420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t test the LORD your God the way you frustrated him at Massah."}, {"pk": 4097421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "You must carefully follow the LORD your God\u2019s commands along with the laws and regulations he has given you."}, {"pk": 4097422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Do what is right and good in the LORD\u2019s sight so that things will go well for you and so you will enter and take possession of the wonderful land that the LORD swore to your ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4097423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "and so the LORD will drive out all your enemies from before you, just as he promised."}, {"pk": 4097424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "In the future, your children will ask you, \u201cWhat is the meaning of the laws, <sup>[3]</sup> the regulations, and the case laws that the LORD our God commanded you?\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>What are the laws\u2026?</i>"}, {"pk": 4097425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "tell them: We were Pharaoh\u2019s slaves in Egypt. But the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand."}, {"pk": 4097426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Before our own eyes, the LORD performed great and awesome deeds of power <sup>[4]</sup> against Egypt, Pharaoh, and his entire dynasty.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>signs and wonders</i>"}, {"pk": 4097427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "But the Lord brought us out from there so that he could bring us in, giving us the land that he swore to our ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "Then the LORD commanded us to perform all these regulations, revering the LORD our God, so that things go well for us always and so we continue to live, as we\u2019re doing right now."}, {"pk": 4097429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "What\u2019s more, we will be considered righteous if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as he commanded us."}, {"pk": 4097430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Now once the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to take possession of, and he drives out numerous nations before you \u2014 the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: seven nations that are larger and stronger than you \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "once the LORD your God lays them before you, you must strike them down, placing them under the ban. <sup>[1]</sup> Don\u2019t make any covenants with them, and don\u2019t be merciful to them.", "comment": "[1] See <a href=C:@50 2:34>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/5/2/34'>2:34</a>."}, {"pk": 4097432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t intermarry with them. Don\u2019t give your daughter to one of their sons to marry, and don\u2019t take one of their daughters to marry your son,"}, {"pk": 4097433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "because they will turn your child away from following me so that they end up serving other gods. That will make the LORD\u2019s anger burn against you, and he will quickly annihilate you."}, {"pk": 4097434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Instead, this is what you must do with these nations: rip down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their sacred poles, <sup>[2]</sup> and burn their idols", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4097435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "because you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God chose you to be his own treasured people beyond all others on the fertile land."}, {"pk": 4097436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "It was not because you were greater than all other people that the LORD loved you and chose you. In fact, you were the smallest of peoples!"}, {"pk": 4097437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "No, it is because the LORD loved you and because he kept the solemn pledge he swore to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with a strong hand and saved you from the house of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4097438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Know now then that the LORD your God is the only true God! He is the faithful God, who keeps the covenant and proves loyal to everyone who loves him and keeps his commands \u2014 even to the thousandth generation!"}, {"pk": 4097439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "He is the God who personally repays anyone who hates him, ultimately destroying that kind of person. The LORD does not waste time with anyone who hates him; he repays them personally."}, {"pk": 4097440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "So make sure you carefully keep the commandment, the regulations, and the case laws that I am commanding you right now."}, {"pk": 4097441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "If you listen to these case laws and follow them carefully, the LORD your God will keep the covenant and display the loyalty that he promised your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your wombs and the fruit of your fertile land \u2014 all your grain, your wine, your oil, and the offspring of your cattle and flocks \u2014 upon the very fertile land that he swore to your ancestors to give to you."}, {"pk": 4097443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "You will be more blessed than any other group of people. No one will be sterile or infertile \u2014 not among you or your animals."}, {"pk": 4097444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD will remove all sickness from you. As for all those dreadful Egyptian diseases you experienced, the Lord won\u2019t put them on you but will inflict them on all who hate you."}, {"pk": 4097445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "You will destroy all the peoples that the LORD your God is handing over to you. Show them no pity. And don\u2019t serve their gods because that would be a trap for you."}, {"pk": 4097446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "If you happen to think to yourself, These nations are greater than we are; how can we possibly possess their land?"}, {"pk": 4097447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "don\u2019t be afraid of them! Remember, instead, what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:"}, {"pk": 4097448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "the great trials that you saw with your own eyes, the signs and wonders, and the strong hand and outstretched arm the LORD your God used to rescue you. That\u2019s what the LORD your God will do to any people you fear."}, {"pk": 4097449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD your God will send terror <sup>[3]</sup> on them until even the survivors and those hiding from you are destroyed.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; perhaps <i>wasp, plague,</i> or <i>pestilence</i>"}, {"pk": 4097450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t dread these nations because the LORD your God, the great and awesome God, is with you and among you."}, {"pk": 4097451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "<sup>[21]</sup> (The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you bit by bit. You won\u2019t be able to finish them off quickly; otherwise, the wild animals would become too much for you to handle.)"}, {"pk": 4097452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD your God will lay these nations before you, throwing them into a huge panic until they are destroyed."}, {"pk": 4097453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe their names out from under the skies. No one will be able to stand before you; you will crush them."}, {"pk": 4097454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Burn the images of their gods. Don\u2019t desire the silver or the gold that is on them and take it for yourself, or you will be trapped by it. That is detestable to the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be placed under the ban too, just like it is! You must utterly detest these kinds of things, despising them completely, because they are under the ban."}, {"pk": 4097456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "You must carefully perform all of the commandment that I am commanding you right now so you can live and multiply and enter and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Remember the long road on which the LORD your God led you during these forty years in the desert so he could humble you, testing you to find out what was in your heart: whether you would keep his commandments or not."}, {"pk": 4097458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "He humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you the manna that neither you nor your ancestors had ever experienced, so he could teach you that people don\u2019t live on bread alone. No, they live based on whatever the LORD says. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>whatever comes out of the LORD\u2019s mouth</i>"}, {"pk": 4097459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "During these forty years, your clothes didn\u2019t wear out and your feet didn\u2019t swell up."}, {"pk": 4097460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Know then in your heart that the LORD your God has been disciplining you just as a father disciplines his children."}, {"pk": 4097461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him,"}, {"pk": 4097462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "because the LORD your God is bringing you to a wonderful land, a land with streams of water, springs, and wells that gush up in the valleys and on the hills;"}, {"pk": 4097463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "a land of wheat and barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;"}, {"pk": 4097464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "a land where you will eat food without any shortage \u2014 you won\u2019t lack a thing there \u2014 a land where stone is hard as iron and where you will mine copper from the hills."}, {"pk": 4097465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "You will eat, you will be satisfied, and you will bless the LORD your God in the wonderful land that he\u2019s given you."}, {"pk": 4097466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "But watch yourself! Don\u2019t forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commands or his case laws or his regulations that I am commanding you right now."}, {"pk": 4097467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "When you eat, get full, build nice houses, and settle down,"}, {"pk": 4097468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "and when your herds and your flocks are growing large, your silver and gold are multiplying, and everything you have is thriving,"}, {"pk": 4097469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "don\u2019t become arrogant, forgetting the LORD your God: the one who rescued you from Egypt, from the house of slavery; <br>"}, {"pk": 4097470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "the one who led you through this vast and terrifying desert of poisonous snakes and scorpions, of cracked ground with no water; the one who made water flow for you out of a hard rock; <br>"}, {"pk": 4097471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "the one who fed you manna in the wilderness, which your ancestors had never experienced, in order to humble and test you, but in order to do good to you in the end. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t think to yourself, My own strength and abilities have produced all this prosperity for me."}, {"pk": 4097473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Remember the LORD your God! He\u2019s the one who gives you the strength to be prosperous in order to establish the covenant he made with your ancestors \u2014 and that\u2019s how things stand right now."}, {"pk": 4097474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "But if you do, in fact, forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, serving and bowing down to them, I swear to you right now that you will be completely destroyed."}, {"pk": 4097475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Just like the nations that the LORD is destroying before you, that\u2019s exactly how you will be destroyed \u2014 all because you didn\u2019t obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice."}, {"pk": 4097476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen, Israel! Today you will cross the Jordan River to enter and take possession of nations larger and more powerful than you, along with huge cities with fortifications that reach to the sky."}, {"pk": 4097477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "These people are large and tall \u2014 they are the Anakim. You know and have heard what people say: \u201cWho can stand up to the Anakim?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Know right now that the LORD your God, who is crossing over before you, is an all-consuming fire! He will wipe them out! He will subdue them before you! Then you will take possession of their land, eliminating them quickly, exactly as the LORD told you."}, {"pk": 4097479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Once the LORD your God has driven them out before you, don\u2019t think to yourself, It\u2019s because I\u2019m righteous that the LORD brought me in to possess this land. It is instead because of these nations\u2019 wickedness that the LORD is removing them before you."}, {"pk": 4097480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "You aren\u2019t entering and taking possession of their land because you are righteous or because your heart is especially virtuous; rather, it is because these nations are wicked \u2014 that\u2019s why the LORD your God is removing them before you, and because he wishes to establish the promise he made to your ancestors: to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."}, {"pk": 4097481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Know then that the LORD your God isn\u2019t giving you this excellent land for you to possess on account of your righteousness \u2014 because you are a stubborn people!"}, {"pk": 4097482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Remember \u2014 don\u2019t ever forget! \u2014 how you made the LORD your God furious in the wilderness. From the very first day you stepped out of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebels against the LORD."}, {"pk": 4097483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Even at Horeb you angered the LORD! He was so enraged by you that he threatened to wipe you out."}, {"pk": 4097484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the covenant tablets that the LORD made with you, I was up there forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread, drank no water."}, {"pk": 4097485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD gave me the two stone tablets, written by God\u2019s finger, and on them were all the words that the LORD had said to you on the mountain, out of the very fire itself, on the day we assembled."}, {"pk": 4097486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "At the end of those forty days and nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets \u2014 the covenant tablets."}, {"pk": 4097487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD said to me, \u201cGet going! Get down from here quickly because your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have ruined everything! They couldn\u2019t wait to turn from the path I commanded them! They\u2019ve made themselves an idol out of cast metal.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD said more to me: \u201cI have seen this people. Look! What a stubborn people they are!"}, {"pk": 4097489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Now stand back. I am going to wipe them out. I will erase their name from under heaven, then I will make a nation out of you \u2014 one stronger and larger than they were.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "So I went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire. The two covenant tablets were in my two hands."}, {"pk": 4097491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "It was then that I saw how you sinned against the LORD your God: you made yourselves a calf, an idol made of cast metal! You couldn\u2019t wait to turn from the path the LORD commanded you!"}, {"pk": 4097492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "I grabbed the two tablets and threw them down with my own hands, shattering them while you watched."}, {"pk": 4097493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Then I fell before the LORD as I had done the previous forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water, all because of the sin that you had committed by doing such evil in the LORD\u2019s sight, infuriating him."}, {"pk": 4097494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "I was afraid of the massive anger and rage the LORD had for you \u2014 he was going to wipe you out! However, the LORD listened to me again in that moment."}, {"pk": 4097495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "But the LORD was furious with Aaron \u2014 he was going to wipe him out! So I also prayed hard for Aaron at that time."}, {"pk": 4097496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "And as for that sinful thing you made, that calf, I took it and I burned it with fire. Then I smashed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was as fine as dust. Then I dumped the dust into the stream that ran down the mountain."}, {"pk": 4097497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Also at Taberah, again at Massah, and then again at Kibroth-hattaavah, you have been the kind of people who make the LORD angry."}, {"pk": 4097498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "And then, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, telling you: \u201cGo up and take possession of the land that I\u2019m giving you,\u201d you disobeyed the LORD your God\u2019s command. You didn\u2019t trust him. You didn\u2019t obey God\u2019s voice."}, {"pk": 4097499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "You\u2019ve been rebellious toward the LORD from the day I <sup>[1]</sup> met you.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Sam <i>he</i> (God) <i>met you</i>"}, {"pk": 4097500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "But I fell on my knees in the LORD\u2019s presence forty days and forty nights, lying flat out, because the LORD planned on wiping you out."}, {"pk": 4097501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "But I prayed to the LORD! I said: LORD, my Lord! Don\u2019t destroy your people, your own possession, whom you saved by your own power, whom you brought out of Egypt with a strong hand!"}, {"pk": 4097502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Remember your servants: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! Don\u2019t focus on this people\u2019s stubbornness, wickedness, and sin."}, {"pk": 4097503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Otherwise, that land out of which you brought us will say: The LORD wasn\u2019t strong enough to bring them into the land he\u2019d promised them. Because he didn\u2019t care for them in the least, he brought them out to die in the desert."}, {"pk": 4097504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "But these are your people! Your own possession! The people you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm!"}, {"pk": 4097505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time the LORD told me: Carve two stone tablets, just like the first ones, and hike up the mountain to me. Construct a wooden chest as well."}, {"pk": 4097506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets \u2014 the ones you smashed \u2014 then you will place them in the chest."}, {"pk": 4097507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "So I built a chest out of acacia wood and carved two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I hiked up the mountain holding the two tablets in my hands."}, {"pk": 4097508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "God wrote on the new tablets what had been written on the first set: the Ten Commandments that the LORD spoke to you on the mountain, from the very fire itself, on the day we assembled there. Then the LORD gave them to me."}, {"pk": 4097509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "So I came back down the mountain. I put the tablets in the chest that I\u2019d made, and that\u2019s where they are now, exactly as the LORD commanded me."}, {"pk": 4097510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> (Now, the Israelites had set out from Beeroth-bene-jaakan <sup>[1]</sup> to Moserah. It was there that Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar succeeded him in the priestly role.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>from the wells of the Jaakanites</i>"}, {"pk": 4097511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "From there the Israelites traveled to Gudgodah, then from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, which is a land with flowing streams."}, {"pk": 4097512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "At that time, the LORD selected the tribe of Levi to carry the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant, to minister before the LORD, to serve him, and to offer blessings in his name. That\u2019s the way things are right now."}, {"pk": 4097513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "That\u2019s why the Levites don\u2019t have a stake or inheritance with the rest of their relatives. The LORD is the Levites\u2019 inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised them.)"}, {"pk": 4097514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Just as the first time, I remained on the mountain forty days and nights. And the LORD listened to me again in this instance. The LORD wasn\u2019t willing to destroy you."}, {"pk": 4097515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the LORD told me: Get going. Lead the people so they can enter and take possession of the land that I promised I\u2019d give to their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Now in light of all that, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you? Only this: to revere the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, by loving him, by serving the LORD your God with all your heart and being,"}, {"pk": 4097517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "and by keeping the LORD\u2019s commandments and his regulations that I\u2019m commanding you right now. It\u2019s for your own good!"}, {"pk": 4097518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Clearly, the LORD owns the sky, the highest heavens, the earth, and everything in it."}, {"pk": 4097519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "But the LORD adored your ancestors, loving them and choosing the descendants that followed them \u2014 you! \u2014 from all other people. That\u2019s how things still stand now."}, {"pk": 4097520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "So circumcise your hearts <sup>[2]</sup> and stop being so stubborn,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the foreskin of your hearts</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/5/30/6'>30:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4097521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "because the LORD your God is the God of all gods and Lord of all lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who doesn\u2019t play favorites and doesn\u2019t take bribes."}, {"pk": 4097522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "He enacts justice for orphans and widows, and he loves immigrants, giving them food and clothing."}, {"pk": 4097523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "That means you must also love immigrants because you were immigrants in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4097524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Revere the LORD your God, serve him, cling to him, swear by his name alone!"}, {"pk": 4097525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "He is your praise, and he is your God \u2014 the one who performed these great and awesome acts that you witnessed with your very own eyes."}, {"pk": 4097526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Your ancestors went down to Egypt with a total of seventy people, but now look! The LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the nighttime sky!"}, {"pk": 4097527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "So love the LORD your God and follow his instruction, his regulations, his case laws, and his commandments always."}, {"pk": 4097528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "And know right now what your children haven\u2019t known or yet witnessed: <sup>[1]</sup> The LORD your God\u2019s discipline, his power, his mighty hand and outstretched arm; <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "the signs and the acts that he performed in the heart of Egyptian territory, against Egypt\u2019s King Pharaoh and all his land; <br>"}, {"pk": 4097530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "what God did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots \u2014 how he made the water of the Reed Sea <sup>[2]</sup> flow over their heads when they chased after you, but the LORD destroyed them, and that\u2019s how things stand right now; <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4097531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "what the Lord did for you in the desert, until you arrived at this place; <br>"}, {"pk": 4097532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the descendants of Eliab the Reubenite, when the ground opened up its mouth and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and every living thing they possessed in the presence of all Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Your own eyes witnessed each of these powerful acts the LORD performed."}, {"pk": 4097534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "So keep every part of the commandment that I am giving you today so that you stay strong to enter and take possession of the land that you are crossing over to possess,"}, {"pk": 4097535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "and so that you might prolong your life on the fertile land that the LORD swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants \u2014 a land full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4097536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "The land you are about to enter and possess is definitely not like the land of Egypt, where you came from, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it by hand <sup>[3]</sup> like a vegetable garden.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>foot</i>"}, {"pk": 4097537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "No, the land you are entering to possess is a land of hills and valleys, where your drinking water will be rain from heaven."}, {"pk": 4097538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "It\u2019s a land that the LORD cares for: the LORD\u2019s eyes are on it constantly from the first of the year until the very end of the year."}, {"pk": 4097539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Now, if you completely obey God\u2019s <sup>[4]</sup> commandments that I am giving you right now, by loving the LORD your God and by serving him with all your heart and all your being,", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>his</i>; MT <i>my</i>"}, {"pk": 4097540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "then he <sup>[5]</sup> will provide rain for your land at the right time \u2014 early rain and late rain \u2014 so you can stock up your grain, wine, and oil.", "comment": "[5] Sam, LXX, DSS (8QMez); Heb, Vulg, Syr, Tg, and several DSS <i>I</i>, in which case the text shifts to direct divine discourse."}, {"pk": 4097541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "He <sup>[6]</sup> will also make your fields lush for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.", "comment": "[6] Sam, LXX, two DSS; Heb, four DSS, Syr, Tg <i>I,</i> in which case the text shifts to direct divine discourse."}, {"pk": 4097542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "But watch yourselves! Otherwise, your heart might be led astray so you stray away, serving other gods and worshipping them."}, {"pk": 4097543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s anger would burn against you. He will close the sky up tight. There won\u2019t be any rain, and the ground won\u2019t yield any of its crops. You will quickly disappear off the wonderful land the LORD is giving to you."}, {"pk": 4097544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Place these words I\u2019m speaking on your heart and in your very being. Tie them on your hand as a sign. They should be on your forehead as a symbol. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain; cf <a href='/CEB/2/13/16'>Exod 13:16</a>; Syr <i>sign</i> or <i>mark</i>; Tg <i>phylacteries</i>"}, {"pk": 4097545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Teach them to your children, by talking about them when you are sitting around your house and when you are out and about, when you are lying down and when you are getting up."}, {"pk": 4097546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Write them on your house\u2019s doorframes and on your city\u2019s gates."}, {"pk": 4097547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Do all that so your days and your children\u2019s days on the fertile land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors are many \u2014 indeed, as many as the number of days that the sky\u2019s been over the earth!"}, {"pk": 4097548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "It\u2019s true: if you carefully keep all this commandment that I\u2019m giving you, by doing it, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in all his ways, and by clinging to him,"}, {"pk": 4097549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "then the LORD will clear out all these nations before you. You will inherit what belonged to nations that are larger and stronger than you are."}, {"pk": 4097550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Every place you set foot on will be yours: your territory will run from the wilderness all the way to the Lebanon range, and from the Euphrates River all the way to the Mediterranean Sea."}, {"pk": 4097551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "No one will be able to stand up to you. Just as he promised, the LORD your God will make the entire land deathly afraid of you wherever you advance in it."}, {"pk": 4097552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Pay attention! I am setting blessing and curse before you right now:"}, {"pk": 4097553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "the blessing if you obey the LORD your God\u2019s commandments that I am giving you right now,"}, {"pk": 4097554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "but the curse if you don\u2019t obey the LORD your God\u2019s commandments and stray from the path that I am giving you today by following other gods that you have not known."}, {"pk": 4097555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Now when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal."}, {"pk": 4097556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "<sup>[29]</sup> (Aren\u2019t both of these mountains across the Jordan River, down along the western road in the region of the Canaanites who live in the desert plain, across from Gilgal, next to the Moreh Oak Grove?)"}, {"pk": 4097557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "So then, once you cross the Jordan River to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you take possession of it, settling down in it,"}, {"pk": 4097558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "you must carefully follow the regulations and the case laws that I am laying out before you right now."}, {"pk": 4097559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the regulations and the case laws that you must carefully keep in the fertile land the LORD, your ancestors\u2019 God, has given to you to possess for as long as you live on that land:"}, {"pk": 4097560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "You must completely destroy every place where the nations that you are displacing worshipped their gods \u2014 whether on high mountains or hills or under leafy green trees."}, {"pk": 4097561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Rip down their altars and shatter their sacred stones. Burn their sacred poles <sup>[1]</sup> with fire. Hack their gods\u2019 idols into pieces. Wipe out their names from that place.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4097562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t act like they did toward the LORD your God!"}, {"pk": 4097563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Instead, you must search for the location the LORD your God will select from all your tribes to put his name there, as his residence, and you must go there."}, {"pk": 4097564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "You must bring your entirely burned offerings, your sacrifices, your tenth-part gifts, your contributions, <sup>[2]</sup> your payments for solemn promises, your spontaneous gifts, and the oldest offspring of your herds and flocks to that place.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the contribution of your hands;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/5/12/11'>12:11</a>, <a href='/CEB/5/12/17'>17</a>"}, {"pk": 4097565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "You will have a feast there, each of you and your families, in the LORD your God\u2019s presence, and you will celebrate all you have done because the LORD your God has blessed you."}, {"pk": 4097566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t act like we\u2019ve been acting here lately \u2014 everyone doing what seems right to them \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "because up to this point you haven\u2019t yet reached the place of rest or the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you."}, {"pk": 4097568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "But you are about to cross the Jordan River and will settle in the land the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance. Then he will give you rest from all your enemies on every side so that you live safely and securely."}, {"pk": 4097569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "At that point, you must bring all that I am commanding you, your entirely burned offerings, your sacrifices, your tenth-part gifts, your contributions, and all your best payments that you solemnly promised to the LORD, to the location the LORD your God selects for his name to reside."}, {"pk": 4097570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Then you will rejoice in the LORD your God\u2019s presence: each of you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites who dwell in your cities because they have no designated inheritance."}, {"pk": 4097571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "But watch yourself! Make sure you don\u2019t offer up your entirely burned offerings in just any place you see."}, {"pk": 4097572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "No, only at the location the LORD selects from one of your tribal areas \u2014 that\u2019s where you must offer up your entirely burned offerings and that\u2019s where you must perform everything I\u2019m telling you."}, {"pk": 4097573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "However, whenever you wish, you may slaughter and eat meat, as the LORD your God sees fit to bless you with such in your cities. People who are polluted and people who are purified can join in the feast, as they would if they were eating gazelle or deer."}, {"pk": 4097574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "But you must not consume any of the animals\u2019 blood. Pour it out on the ground, just like water."}, {"pk": 4097575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Within your cities you are not allowed to eat any of the following: your tenth-part gifts of grain, wine, and oil; the oldest offspring of your herds and flocks; any of the payments you have solemnly promised; your spontaneous gifts or your contributions."}, {"pk": 4097576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Only in the presence of the LORD your God, at the location the LORD your God selects, can you eat these things \u2014 that holds true for you, your son and daughter, your male and female servant, and the Levite who lives in your city. Then celebrate all you have done in the LORD your God\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4097577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "But watch yourself: as long as you are on the land, don\u2019t forget about the Levites."}, {"pk": 4097578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Once the LORD your God has enlarged your territory, as he promised you, and you think to yourself, I\u2019d like to eat some meat (because you have the desire to do so), feel free to do so whenever you want."}, {"pk": 4097579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "But if the location that the LORD your God will choose to put his name is far away from where you live, then slaughter an animal from your herd or flock that the LORD has given you, just as I have commanded you, and eat it in your cities whenever you wish."}, {"pk": 4097580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "But be sure to eat it as if it were gazelle or deer. People who are polluted and people who are purified can feast on it together."}, {"pk": 4097581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "Furthermore, make sure that you don\u2019t consume any of the blood, because blood is life. You must not consume the life along with the meat."}, {"pk": 4097582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "You must not consume any of it. Pour it out on the ground, just like water."}, {"pk": 4097583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "You must not consume any of it so that things go well for you and for your children later because you did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4097584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "Note that you must bring your sacred offerings and your payments for solemn promises to the location the LORD selects,"}, {"pk": 4097585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "offering up your entirely burned sacrifices \u2014 both meat and blood \u2014 on the LORD your God\u2019s altar. The blood from your sacrifices must be poured out on the LORD your God\u2019s altar, but you are allowed to eat the meat."}, {"pk": 4097586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "Observe and obey all these words that I am commanding you so that things always go well for you and your children later because you did what was good and right in the LORD your God\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4097587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "Once the LORD your God has removed from before you all the nations that you are entering and taking possession of, and you have displaced them and are living in their land,"}, {"pk": 4097588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "then watch yourself! Don\u2019t be trapped by following their practices after they\u2019ve been wiped out before you. Don\u2019t go investigating their gods, thinking, How did these nations worship their gods? I want to do the very same thing!"}, {"pk": 4097589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Don\u2019t act like they did toward the LORD your God because they did things for their gods that are detestable to the LORD, which he hates. They even burned their own sons and daughters with fire for their gods!"}, {"pk": 4097590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> Everything I\u2019m commanding you, you must do it with utmost care! Don\u2019t add anything to it or take anything away from it.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/13/1'>13:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4097591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Now if a prophet or a dream interpreter appears among you and performs a sign or wonder for you,", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/13/2'>13:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4097592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "and the sign or wonder that was spoken actually occurs; if he says: \u201cCome on! We should follow other gods\u201d \u2014 ones you haven\u2019t experienced \u2014 \u201cand we should worship them,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "you must not listen to that prophet\u2019s or dream interpreter\u2019s words, because the LORD your God is testing you to see if you love the LORD your God with all your mind and all your being."}, {"pk": 4097594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "You must follow the LORD your God alone! Revere him! Follow his commandments! Obey his voice! Worship him! Cling to him \u2014 no other!"}, {"pk": 4097595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "That prophet or dream interpreter must be executed because he encouraged you to turn away from the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, who redeemed you from the house of slavery; they tried to lead you away from the path the LORD your God commanded you to take. Remove <sup>[2]</sup> such evil from your community!", "comment": "[2] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Similarly, if one of your relatives \u2014 even one of your own siblings \u2014 or your own son or daughter or your dear spouse or best friend entices you secretly, if someone like that says: \u201cCome on! We should follow and worship other gods\u201d \u2014 ones that neither you nor your ancestors have experienced,"}, {"pk": 4097597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "gods from all the neighboring peoples, whether nearby or far away, from one end of the earth to the other \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "don\u2019t give in to them! Don\u2019t obey them! Don\u2019t have any mercy on them! Don\u2019t have compassion on them and don\u2019t protect them!"}, {"pk": 4097599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Instead, you must execute them. Your own hand must be against them from the beginning of the execution; the hand of all the people will be involved at the end."}, {"pk": 4097600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Stone them until they are dead because they desired to lead you away from the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery."}, {"pk": 4097601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "All Israel will hear about this and be afraid. They won\u2019t do that sort of evil thing among you again."}, {"pk": 4097602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Or if you hear about one of your towns the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, that"}, {"pk": 4097603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "certain wicked people have gone out from your community and they\u2019ve led the citizens of their town astray by saying: \u201cCome on! We should follow and worship other gods\u201d \u2014 ones you haven\u2019t experienced before;"}, {"pk": 4097604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "at that point you must look into this situation very carefully to see if it\u2019s true. And if it\u2019s definitely true that this detestable thing was done in your community,"}, {"pk": 4097605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "you must completely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Place it and all that is in it under the ban. <sup>[3]</sup> Put its animals to the sword.", "comment": "[3] See <a href=C:@50 2:34>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/5/2/34'>2:34</a>."}, {"pk": 4097606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Gather all the plunder into the middle of the town\u2019s square. Then burn the city and all of its plunder as an entirely burned offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a heap of rubble forever. It must not be rebuilt."}, {"pk": 4097607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t hold on to any of the banned items \u2014 this will ensure that the LORD turns from his great anger and is compassionate to you, showing you mercy and multiplying you just like he swore to your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4097608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "You must definitely obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you right now, by doing what is right in the LORD your God\u2019s eyes!"}, {"pk": 4097609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "You are the LORD\u2019s children. Don\u2019t cut yourselves and don\u2019t shave your foreheads for the dead,"}, {"pk": 4097610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "because you are a people holy to the LORD your God. You are the ones whom the LORD selected to be his own, to be a treasured people out of all other people on earth."}, {"pk": 4097611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t eat any detestable thing."}, {"pk": 4097612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Here\u2019s a list of animals you are allowed to eat: ox, sheep, goat,"}, {"pk": 4097613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep."}, {"pk": 4097614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "You are also allowed to eat any animal with a divided hoof \u2014 the hoof being divided into two parts \u2014 and that rechews food among the various kinds of animals."}, {"pk": 4097615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "However, here\u2019s a list of animals that either rechew food or have hooves divided in two parts that you are not allowed to eat: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger \u2014 because these rechew food but don\u2019t have divided hoofs, they are off-limits for you; <br>"}, {"pk": 4097616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "and the pig \u2014 because it has a divided hoof but doesn\u2019t rechew food, it\u2019s off-limits for you. You may not eat these animals\u2019 meat, and you must not touch their carcasses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4097617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Here\u2019s a list of the water animals you are allowed to eat: you can eat anything that has fins and scales."}, {"pk": 4097618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "But you aren\u2019t allowed to eat anything that lacks scales or fins. These are off-limits for you."}, {"pk": 4097619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "You are allowed to eat any clean bird."}, {"pk": 4097620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Here\u2019s a list of those you are not allowed to eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,"}, {"pk": 4097621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "the red kite, the black kite, and any kind of bird of prey,"}, {"pk": 4097622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "any kind of raven,"}, {"pk": 4097623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "the ostrich, the nighthawk, the seagull, any kind of hawk,"}, {"pk": 4097624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "the small owl and the large owl, the water hen,"}, {"pk": 4097625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "the desert owl, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,"}, {"pk": 4097626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] The species of many of the birds in <a href='/CEB/5/14/12-18'>14:12\u201318</a> is uncertain."}, {"pk": 4097627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Also, all winged insects are off-limits for you. They are not to be eaten."}, {"pk": 4097628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Any clean winged creature can be eaten, however."}, {"pk": 4097629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "You must not eat any decayed animal flesh because you are a people holy to the LORD your God. You can give decayed animal flesh to the immigrants who live in your cities, and they can eat it; or you can sell it to foreigners. Don\u2019t cook a lamb in its own mother\u2019s milk."}, {"pk": 4097630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "You must reserve a tenth part of whatever your fields produce each year."}, {"pk": 4097631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Eat the tenth part of your grain, wine, oil, oldest offspring of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God in the location he selects for his name to reside so that you learn to fear the LORD your God at all times."}, {"pk": 4097632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "But if the trip is too long, because the location the LORD your God has selected to put his name is far away from where you live so that you can\u2019t transport the tenth part \u2014 because the LORD your God will certainly bless you \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "then you can convert it to money. Take the money with you and go to the location the LORD your God selects."}, {"pk": 4097634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "Then you can use the money for anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever else you might like. Then you should feast there and celebrate in the presence of the LORD your God, along with your entire household."}, {"pk": 4097635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "Only make sure not to neglect the Levites who are living in your cities because they don\u2019t have a designated inheritance like you do."}, {"pk": 4097636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "Every third year you must bring the tenth part of your produce from that year and leave it at your city gates."}, {"pk": 4097637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Then the Levites, who have no designated inheritance like you do, along with the immigrants, orphans, and widows who live in your cities, will come and feast until they are full. Do this so that the LORD your God might bless you in everything you do."}, {"pk": 4097638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Every seventh year you must cancel all debts."}, {"pk": 4097639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "This is how the cancellation is to be handled: Creditors will forgive the loans of their fellow Israelites. They won\u2019t demand repayment from their neighbors or their relatives because the LORD\u2019s year of debt cancellation has been announced."}, {"pk": 4097640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "You are allowed to demand payment from foreigners, but whatever is owed you from your fellow Israelites you must forgive."}, {"pk": 4097641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Of course there won\u2019t be any poor persons among you because the LORD will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,"}, {"pk": 4097642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "but only if you carefully obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice, by carefully doing every bit of this commandment that I\u2019m giving you right now."}, {"pk": 4097643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Once the LORD your God has blessed you, exactly as he said he would, you will end up lending to many different peoples but won\u2019t need to borrow a thing. You will dominate many different peoples, but they won\u2019t dominate you."}, {"pk": 4097644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Now if there are some poor persons among you, say one of your fellow Israelites in one of your cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don\u2019t be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward your poor fellow Israelites."}, {"pk": 4097645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "To the contrary! Open your hand wide to them. You must generously lend them whatever they need."}, {"pk": 4097646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "But watch yourself! Make sure no wicked thought crosses your mind, such as, The seventh year is coming \u2014 the year of debt cancellation \u2014 so that you resent your poor fellow Israelites and don\u2019t give them anything. If you do that, they will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin."}, {"pk": 4097647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "No, give generously to needy persons. Don\u2019t resent giving to them because it is this very thing that will lead to the LORD your God\u2019s blessing you in all you do and work at."}, {"pk": 4097648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Poor persons will never disappear from the earth. That\u2019s why I\u2019m giving you this command: you must open your hand generously to your fellow Israelites, to the needy among you, and to the poor who live with you in your land."}, {"pk": 4097649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "If any of your fellow Hebrews, male or female, sell themselves into your service, they can work for you for six years, but in the seventh year you must set them free from your service."}, {"pk": 4097650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Furthermore, when you set them free from your service, you must not let them go empty-handed."}, {"pk": 4097651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Instead, provide for them fully from your flock, food, and wine. You must give to them from that with which the LORD your God has blessed you."}, {"pk": 4097652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Remember how each of you were slaves in Egypt and how the LORD your God saved you. That\u2019s why I am commanding you to do this right now."}, {"pk": 4097653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "<sup>[15]</sup> (Now if your male servant says to you: \u201cI don\u2019t want to leave your service\u201d because he loves you and your family and because life is good for him in your service,"}, {"pk": 4097654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "then you may take a needle and pierce his ear with it into the doorframe. From that point on, he will be your permanent servant. Do the same thing for female servants.)"}, {"pk": 4097655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t consider it a hardship to set these servants free from your service, because they worked for you for six years \u2014 at a value double that of a paid worker. The LORD your God will bless you in everything that you do."}, {"pk": 4097656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "You must devote every oldest male animal from your herds or flocks to the LORD your God. Don\u2019t plow with your oldest male ox and don\u2019t shear your oldest male sheep."}, {"pk": 4097657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Year after year, you and your family are allowed to eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God, in the location the LORD selects."}, {"pk": 4097658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "But if there is any defect in it, lameness, blindness, any flaw whatsoever, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "You are allowed to eat those in your own cities, whether you are polluted or purified, just as you would eat gazelle or deer."}, {"pk": 4097660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Even so, don\u2019t consume any blood. Pour it out on the ground, like water."}, {"pk": 4097661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Wait for the month of Abib, <sup>[1]</sup> at which time you must perform the Passover for the LORD your God, because the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt at nighttime during the month of Abib.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April; called Nisan in post-exilic period"}, {"pk": 4097662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Offer a Passover sacrifice from the flock or herd to the LORD your God at the location the LORD selects for his name to reside."}, {"pk": 4097663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "You must not eat anything containing yeast along with it. <sup>[2]</sup> Instead, for seven days you must eat unleavened bread, bread symbolizing misery, along with it because you fled Egypt in a great hurry. Do this so you remember the day you fled Egypt for as long as you live.", "comment": "[2] <i>It</i>, the Passover sacrifice"}, {"pk": 4097664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "No dough with yeast should appear in any of your territory for seven days. Furthermore, none of the meat that you sacrificed on the first night should remain until morning."}, {"pk": 4097665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "You are not permitted to offer the Passover sacrifice in any of the cities that the LORD your God is giving you."}, {"pk": 4097666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Instead, you must offer the Passover sacrifice at the location the LORD your God selects for his name to reside, at evening time, when the sun sets, which was the time you fled Egypt."}, {"pk": 4097667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Cook it and eat it in the location that the LORD your God selects. The next morning you can return to your tents."}, {"pk": 4097668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "For six days you will eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a celebration for the LORD your God. Don\u2019t do any work."}, {"pk": 4097669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Count out seven weeks, starting the count from the beginning of the grain harvest."}, {"pk": 4097670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "At that point, perform the Festival of Weeks for the LORD your God. Offer a spontaneous gift in precise measure with the blessing the LORD your God gives you."}, {"pk": 4097671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Then celebrate in the presence of the LORD your God \u2014 you, your sons, your daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites who live in your cities, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows who are among you \u2014 in the location the LORD your God selects for his name to reside."}, {"pk": 4097672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Remember how each of you was a slave in Egypt, so follow these regulations most carefully."}, {"pk": 4097673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Once you have collected the food and drink you need, perform the Festival of Booths for seven days."}, {"pk": 4097674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Celebrate your festival: you, your sons, your daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows who live in your cities."}, {"pk": 4097675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Seven days you must perform the festival for the LORD your God in the location the LORD selects because the LORD your God will bless you in all you do and in all your work. You will be overjoyed."}, {"pk": 4097676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Three times a year every male among you must appear before the presence of the LORD your God in the location he will select: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. They must not appear before the LORD\u2019s presence empty-handed."}, {"pk": 4097677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Each one should have his gift in hand, in precise measure with the blessing the LORD your God gives you."}, {"pk": 4097678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every city that the LORD your God gives you. They must judge the people fairly."}, {"pk": 4097679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t delay justice; don\u2019t show favoritism. Don\u2019t take bribes because bribery blinds the vision of the wise and twists the words of the righteous."}, {"pk": 4097680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Righteousness! Pursue righteousness so that you live long and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you."}, {"pk": 4097681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t plant any tree to serve as a sacred pole <sup>[3]</sup> next to the altar you make for the LORD your God.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4097682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t set up any sacred stone either, because the LORD your God hates such things."}, {"pk": 4097683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t sacrifice to the LORD your God any oxen or sheep that have defects of any kind, because that is detestable to the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "If someone, whether male or female, is found in your community \u2014 in one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you \u2014 who does evil in the LORD your God\u2019s eyes, by breaking God\u2019s covenant,"}, {"pk": 4097685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "by following and serving other gods, and by bowing down to them, to the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly bodies that I haven\u2019t permitted \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "and you hear news about it, then you must look into this situation very carefully. And if it\u2019s definitely true that this detestable thing was done in Israel,"}, {"pk": 4097687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "then you must bring out the man or woman who has done this evil thing to the gates of the city. Stone that person until he or she is dead."}, {"pk": 4097688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Capital punishment must be decided by two or three witnesses. No one may be executed on the basis of only one testimony."}, {"pk": 4097689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "In the execution, the hands of the witnesses must be against the guilty person from the start; the hand of all the people will be involved at the end. Remove <sup>[1]</sup> such evil from your community!", "comment": "[1] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "If some legal dispute in your cities is too difficult for you to decide \u2014 say, between different kinds of bloodshed, different kinds of legal ruling, or different kinds of injury \u2014 then take it to the location the LORD your God selects."}, {"pk": 4097691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Go to the levitical priests and to the head judge in office at that time and look into things there. They will announce to you the correct ruling."}, {"pk": 4097692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "You must then act according to the ruling they announced to you from that location, the one the LORD selects. You must follow very carefully everything they instruct you to do."}, {"pk": 4097693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Act precisely according to the instruction they give you and the ruling they announce to you. Don\u2019t deviate even a bit from the word they announce."}, {"pk": 4097694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "And whoever acts rashly by not listening to the priest who is in office serving the LORD your God or to the head judge will die. Remove <sup>[2]</sup> such evil from Israel!", "comment": "[2] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "All the people will hear about this and be afraid. They won\u2019t act arrogantly anymore."}, {"pk": 4097696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Once you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you and you have taken possession of it and settled down in it, you might say: \u201cLet\u2019s appoint a king over us, as all our neighboring nations have done.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "You can indeed appoint over you a king that the LORD your God selects. You can appoint over you a king who is one of your fellow Israelites. You are not allowed to appoint over you a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites."}, {"pk": 4097698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "That granted, the king must not acquire too many horses, and he must not return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, because the LORD told you: \u201cYou will never go back by that road again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "The king must not take numerous wives so that his heart doesn\u2019t go astray. Nor can the king acquire too much silver and gold."}, {"pk": 4097700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "Instead, when he sits on his royal throne, he himself must write a copy of this Instruction on a scroll in the presence of the levitical priests."}, {"pk": 4097701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "That Instruction must remain with him, and he must read in it every day of his life so that he learns to revere the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this Instruction and these regulations, by doing them,"}, {"pk": 4097702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "by not being overbearing toward his fellow Israelites, and by not deviating even a bit from the commandment. If the king does all that, he will ensure lasting rule in Israel for himself and for his successors."}, {"pk": 4097703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Neither the levitical priests nor any Levite tribe member will have a designated inheritance in Israel. They can eat the sacrifices offered to the LORD, which are the LORD\u2019s portion, <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "but they won\u2019t share an inheritance with their fellow Israelites. The LORD alone is the Levites\u2019 inheritance \u2014 just as God promised them."}, {"pk": 4097705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Now this is what the priests may keep from the people\u2019s sacrifices of oxen or sheep: They must give the priest the shoulder, the jaws, and the stomach."}, {"pk": 4097706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "You must also give the priest the first portions of your grain, wine, and oil, and the first of your sheep\u2019s shearing"}, {"pk": 4097707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "because the LORD your God selected Levi from all of your tribes to stand and minister in the LORD\u2019s name \u2014 both him and his descendants for all time."}, {"pk": 4097708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "Now if a Levite leaves one of your cities or departs from any location in Israel where he\u2019s been living and, because he wants to, comes to the location the LORD selects"}, {"pk": 4097709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "and ministers in the LORD his God\u2019s name, just like his relatives \u2014 the other Levites serving there in the LORD\u2019s presence \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "he is allowed to eat equal portions, despite the finances he has from his family. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Once you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don\u2019t try to imitate the detestable things those nations do."}, {"pk": 4097712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "There must not be anyone among you who passes his son or daughter through fire; who practices divination, is a sign reader, fortune-teller, sorcerer,"}, {"pk": 4097713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "or spell caster; who converses with ghosts or spirits or communicates with the dead."}, {"pk": 4097714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "All who do these things are detestable to the LORD! It is on account of these detestable practices that the LORD your God is driving these nations <sup>[3]</sup> out before you.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4097715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Instead, you must be perfect before the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "These nations you are displacing listened to sign readers and diviners, but the LORD your God doesn\u2019t permit you to do the same!"}, {"pk": 4097717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD your God will raise up a prophet like me from your community, from your fellow Israelites. He\u2019s the one you must listen to."}, {"pk": 4097718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "That\u2019s exactly what you requested from the LORD your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, when you said, \u201cI can\u2019t listen to the LORD my God\u2019s voice anymore or look at this great fire any longer. I don\u2019t want to die!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD said to me: What they\u2019ve said is right."}, {"pk": 4097720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "I\u2019ll raise up a prophet for them from among their fellow Israelites \u2014 one just like you. I\u2019ll put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him."}, {"pk": 4097721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "I myself will hold accountable anyone who doesn\u2019t listen to my words, which that prophet will speak in my name."}, {"pk": 4097722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "However, any prophet who arrogantly speaks a word in my name that I haven\u2019t commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods \u2014 that prophet must die."}, {"pk": 4097723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Now, you might be wondering, How will we know which word God hasn\u2019t spoken?"}, {"pk": 4097724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Here\u2019s the answer: The prophet who speaks in the LORD\u2019s name and the thing doesn\u2019t happen or come about \u2014 that\u2019s the word the LORD hasn\u2019t spoken. That prophet spoke arrogantly. Don\u2019t be afraid of him. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>bothered by it</i> (the prophecy)"}, {"pk": 4097725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Once the LORD your God has eliminated those nations \u2014 whose land the LORD your God is giving you \u2014 and you displace them, settling into their cities and their houses,"}, {"pk": 4097726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "you must designate three cities for your use in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess."}, {"pk": 4097727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Mark out the roads to them <sup>[1]</sup> and divide the regions of the land the LORD your God is apportioning to you into three parts. These cities are the places to which a person who has killed can escape.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain and lacks <i>to them</i>."}, {"pk": 4097728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Here is the rule concerning a person who killed someone and is permitted to escape to one of these cities and live: If it is someone who killed his neighbor accidentally, without having hated that person previously;"}, {"pk": 4097729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "or if someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to chop some wood, and while swinging an ax to cut down the tree, the axhead flies off its handle and hits the neighbor, who subsequently dies \u2014 these kinds of killers may escape to one of these cities and live."}, {"pk": 4097730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Otherwise, the blood avenger will chase after the killer out of rage and \u2014 especially if the distance to one of these cities <sup>[2]</sup> is too far \u2014 might catch and kill him, even though a death sentence was not in order because the killer didn\u2019t have prior malice toward the other.", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>to one of these cities.</i>"}, {"pk": 4097731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "This is why I am commanding you as follows: Designate three cities for your use."}, {"pk": 4097732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Now if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he swore to your ancestors \u2014 and he will give you all the land he swore to give to them"}, {"pk": 4097733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "as long as you keep all this commandment that I am giving you right now by doing it, by loving the LORD your God, and by always walking in his ways \u2014 you can add three more cities for your use along with the first three."}, {"pk": 4097734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Innocent blood must not be spilled in the land the LORD your God is giving to you as an inheritance, or it will be bloodshed that will be required of you."}, {"pk": 4097735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "But if someone does hate a neighbor and ambushes him, rising up against him and attacking him so he dies, and then escapes to one of these cities,"}, {"pk": 4097736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "elders from the killer\u2019s hometown will send word, and the killer will be sent back from there. They will then hand him over to the blood avenger, and he will be executed."}, {"pk": 4097737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Show no mercy to such killers. Remove <sup>[3]</sup> innocent bloodshed from Israel so that things go well for you.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Now in the land the LORD your God is giving you, in your allotted property that you will receive there, you must not tamper with your neighbor\u2019s property line, which has been previously established."}, {"pk": 4097739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "A solitary witness against someone in any crime, wrongdoing, or in any sort of misdeed that might be done is not sufficient. The decision must stand by two or three witnesses."}, {"pk": 4097740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Now if a spiteful witness comes forward against someone, so as to testify against them falsely,"}, {"pk": 4097741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "the two persons who have a legal suit must stand before the LORD, before the priests, and before the judges that are in office at that time."}, {"pk": 4097742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "The judges will look into the situation very carefully. If it turns out that the witness is a liar \u2014 that the witness has given false testimony against his fellow Israelite \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "then you must do to him what he had planned to do to his fellow Israelite. Remove <sup>[4]</sup> such evil from your community!", "comment": "[4] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "The rest of the people will hear about this and be afraid. They won\u2019t do that sort of evil thing among you again."}, {"pk": 4097745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Show no mercy on this point: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."}, {"pk": 4097746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "When you march out to battle your enemies and you see horses, chariots, and a fighting force larger than yours, don\u2019t be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, the one who brought you up from Egypt, is with you."}, {"pk": 4097747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "As you advance toward the war, the priest will come forward and will address the troops."}, {"pk": 4097748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "He will say to them: \u201cListen, Israel: Right now you are advancing to wage war against your enemies. Don\u2019t be discouraged! Don\u2019t be afraid! Don\u2019t panic! Don\u2019t shake in fear on account of them,"}, {"pk": 4097749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "because the LORD your God is going with you to fight your enemies for you and to save you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "The officials will also say to the troops: \u201cIs there anyone here who has just built a new house but hasn\u2019t yet dedicated it? He can leave and go back to his house; otherwise, he might die in the war and someone else would dedicate the house."}, {"pk": 4097751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Or is there anyone here who has planted a vineyard but hasn\u2019t yet put it to good use? He can leave and go back to his house; otherwise, he might die in the battle and someone else would use the vineyard."}, {"pk": 4097752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Or is there anyone here who is engaged but not yet married? He may leave and go back to his house; otherwise, he might die in the battle and someone else would marry his fianc\u00e9e.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "The officials will continue to address the troops, stating: \u201cIs there anyone here who is afraid and discouraged? He can leave and go back to his house; otherwise, his comrades might lose courage just as he has.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Once the officials have completed their speech to the troops, the army commanders will assume leadership of the forces."}, {"pk": 4097755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "When you approach a city to fight against it, you should first extend peaceful terms to it."}, {"pk": 4097756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "If the city responds with peaceful terms and surrenders to you, then all the people in the city will serve you as forced laborers."}, {"pk": 4097757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "However, if the city does not negotiate peacefully with you but makes war against you, you may attack it."}, {"pk": 4097758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD your God will hand it over to you; you must kill all the city\u2019s males with the sword."}, {"pk": 4097759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "However, you can take for yourselves the women, the children, the animals, and all that is in the city \u2014 all its plunder. You can then enjoy your enemies\u2019 plunder, which the LORD your God has given you."}, {"pk": 4097760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "That\u2019s what you must do to all the cities that are located far away from you \u2014 specifically, those cities that don\u2019t belong to these nations here."}, {"pk": 4097761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "But in the case of any of the cities of these peoples \u2014 the ones the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance \u2014 you must not spare any living thing."}, {"pk": 4097762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Instead, you must place these under the ban: <sup>[1]</sup> Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites \u2014 just as the LORD your God commanded you.", "comment": "[1] See <a href=C:@50 2:34>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/5/2/34'>Deut 2:34</a>."}, {"pk": 4097763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Then they can\u2019t teach you to do all the detestable things they did for their gods, with the result that you end up sinning against the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "Now if you have been attacking a city for some time, fighting against it and trying to conquer it, don\u2019t destroy its trees by cutting them down with axes. You can eat from those trees; don\u2019t cut them down! Do you think a tree of the field is some sort of warrior to be attacked by you in battle?"}, {"pk": 4097765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "That said, if you know that a tree is not a food-producing tree, you are allowed to destroy it, cutting it down and using it in the siege against the city that is fighting against you until it falls."}, {"pk": 4097766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "If a corpse is found on the ground the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and the identity of the killer is unknown,"}, {"pk": 4097767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "your elders and judges must come out and measure the distances to the cities nearest the body."}, {"pk": 4097768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Once it is determined which city is closest to the dead body, its elders must take a young cow that hasn\u2019t been used or yet pulled a plow,"}, {"pk": 4097769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "and those elders will take the cow down to a ravine with a flowing stream \u2014 one that has not been plowed or planted \u2014 and they will break the cow\u2019s neck right there in the river valley."}, {"pk": 4097770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the priests, the descendants of Levi, will step forward because the LORD your God selected them to minister for him and to bless in the LORD\u2019s name, and because every legal dispute and case of assault is decided by them."}, {"pk": 4097771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "All the elders of the city closest to the corpse will wash their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the river valley."}, {"pk": 4097772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "They will then solemnly state: \u201cOur hands did not shed this blood. Our eyes did not see it happen."}, {"pk": 4097773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "LORD, please forgive your people Israel, whom you saved. Don\u2019t put the guilt of innocent bloodshed on your people Israel.\u201d Then the bloodguilt will be forgiven them."}, {"pk": 4097774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "But you must remove <sup>[1]</sup> innocent bloodshed from your community; do only what is right in the LORD\u2019s eyes.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "When you wage war against your enemies and the LORD hands them over to you and you take prisoners,"}, {"pk": 4097776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you fall in love with her and take her as your wife,"}, {"pk": 4097777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "bringing her into your home, she must shave her head, cut her nails,"}, {"pk": 4097778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "remove her prisoner\u2019s clothing, and live in your house, mourning her father and her mother for one month. After that, you may consummate the marriage. You will be her husband, and she will be your wife."}, {"pk": 4097779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "But if you aren\u2019t pleased with her, you must send her away as she wishes. You are not allowed to sell her for money or treat her as a slave because you have humiliated her."}, {"pk": 4097780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Now suppose a man has two wives \u2014 one of them loved and the other unloved. Both wives bear children, but the oldest male is the unloved wife\u2019s child."}, {"pk": 4097781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "On the day when the man decides what will go to each of his children as an inheritance, he isn\u2019t allowed to treat his loved wife\u2019s son as the oldest male rather than his unloved wife\u2019s son, who is the real oldest male."}, {"pk": 4097782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Instead, he must acknowledge the unloved wife\u2019s son as the oldest male, giving to him two-thirds of everything that he owns, because that son is the earliest produce of his physical power. The oldest male\u2019s rights belong to that son."}, {"pk": 4097783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Now if someone has a consistently stubborn and rebellious child, who refuses to listen to their father and mother \u2014 even when the parents discipline him, he won\u2019t listen to them \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "the father and mother will take the son before the elders of that city at its gates."}, {"pk": 4097785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Then they will inform the city\u2019s elders: \u201cThis son of ours is consistently stubborn and rebellious, refusing to listen to us. What\u2019s more, he\u2019s wild and a drunkard.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "Then all the people of that town will stone him until he dies. Remove <sup>[2]</sup> such evil from your community! All Israel will hear about this and be afraid.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "Now if someone is guilty of a capital crime, and they are executed, and you then hang them on a tree,"}, {"pk": 4097788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "you must not leave the body hanging on the tree but must bury it the same day because God\u2019s curse is on those who are hanged. <sup>[3]</sup> Furthermore, you must not pollute the ground that the LORD your God is giving to you as an inheritance.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg, Tg Neofiti <i>God\u2019s curse is on those who are hanged;</i> Syr, Tg Onqelos <i>those who curse God are to be hanged;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t just watch your fellow Israelite\u2019s ox or sheep wandering around and do nothing about it. You must return the animal to its owner."}, {"pk": 4097790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "If the owner doesn\u2019t live nearby, or you don\u2019t know who owns the animal, then you must take care of it. It should stay with you until your fellow Israelite comes looking for it, at which point you must return it to him."}, {"pk": 4097791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Do the same thing in the case of a donkey. Do the same thing in the case of a piece of clothing. Do the same thing in the case of anything that your fellow Israelite loses and you end up finding. You are not allowed to sit back and do nothing about it."}, {"pk": 4097792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t just watch your fellow Israelite\u2019s donkey or ox fall down in the road and do nothing about it. You must help your fellow Israelite get the animal up again."}, {"pk": 4097793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Women must not wear men\u2019s clothes, and men must not wear women\u2019s clothes. Everyone who does such things is detestable to the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "If you come across a bird\u2019s nest along your way, whether in a tree or on the ground, with baby birds or eggs, and the mother is sitting on the baby birds or eggs, do not remove the mother from her young."}, {"pk": 4097795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "You must let the mother go, though you may take the young for yourself so that things go well for you and so you can prolong your life."}, {"pk": 4097796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Whenever you build a new house, you must build a railing for the roof so that you don\u2019t end up with innocent blood on your hands because someone fell off of it."}, {"pk": 4097797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t plant your vineyards with two types of seed; otherwise, the entire crop that you have planted and the produce of the vineyard will be unusable. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>sanctified</i>"}, {"pk": 4097798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t plow with an ox and a donkey together."}, {"pk": 4097799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t wear clothes that mix wool and linen together."}, {"pk": 4097800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "Make tassels for the four corners of the coat you wear."}, {"pk": 4097801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Suppose a man gets married and consummates the marriage but subsequently despises his wife."}, {"pk": 4097802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "He then spreads false claims about her to the point that she has a bad reputation, because he said such things as, \u201cI married this woman, but when I went to have sex with her, I couldn\u2019t find any proof that she was a virgin.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "At that point, the young woman\u2019s father and mother will bring proof of her virginity to the city\u2019s elders at the city gate."}, {"pk": 4097804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "The young woman\u2019s father will say to the elders: \u201cI gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but he doesn\u2019t like her anymore."}, {"pk": 4097805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "That\u2019s why he has spread false claims about her, saying, \u2018I couldn\u2019t find any proof that your daughter was a virgin.\u2019 But look! Here\u2019s proof of my daughter\u2019s virginity.\u201d At that point they will spread out the blanket in front of the city\u2019s elders."}, {"pk": 4097806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "The city\u2019s elders must then take that husband and punish him."}, {"pk": 4097807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "They will fine him one hundred silver shekels, giving that to the young woman\u2019s father, because that husband gave one of Israel\u2019s virgin daughters a bad reputation. Moreover, she must remain his wife; he is never allowed to divorce her."}, {"pk": 4097808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "However, if the claim is true and proof of the young woman\u2019s virginity can\u2019t be produced,"}, {"pk": 4097809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "then the city\u2019s elders will bring the young woman to the door of her father\u2019s house. The citizens of that city must stone her until she dies because she acted so sinfully in Israel by having extramarital sex while still in her father\u2019s house. Remove <sup>[2]</sup> such evil from your community!", "comment": "[2] Or <i>burn</i>; so also <a href='/CEB/5/22/22'>22:22</a>, <a href='/CEB/5/22/24'>24</a>"}, {"pk": 4097810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "If a man is found having sex with a woman who is married to someone else, both of them must die \u2014 the man who was having sex with the woman and the woman herself. Remove such evil from Israel!"}, {"pk": 4097811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "If a young woman who is a virgin is engaged to one man and another man meets up with her in a town and has sex with her,"}, {"pk": 4097812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "you must bring both of them to the city gates there and stone them until they die \u2014 the young woman because she didn\u2019t call for help in the city, and the man because of the fact that he humiliated his neighbor\u2019s wife. Remove such evil from your community!"}, {"pk": 4097813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "But if the man met up with the engaged woman in a field, grabbing her and having sex with her there, only the man will die."}, {"pk": 4097814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t do anything whatsoever to the young woman. She hasn\u2019t committed any capital crime \u2014 rather, this situation is exactly like the one where someone attacks his neighbor and kills him. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] See <a href='/CEB/5/19/11'>19:11</a>."}, {"pk": 4097815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "Since the man met up with her in a field, the engaged woman may well have called out for help, but there was no one to rescue her."}, {"pk": 4097816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "If a man meets up with a young woman who is a virgin and not engaged, grabs her and has sex with her, and they are caught in the act,"}, {"pk": 4097817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "the man who had sex with her must give fifty silver shekels to the young woman\u2019s father. She will also become his wife because he has humiliated her. He is never allowed to divorce her."}, {"pk": 4097818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "<sup>[4]</sup> A man cannot marry his father\u2019s former wife so that his father\u2019s private matters are not exposed. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>so that he doesn\u2019t uncover his father\u2019s skirt</i><br>[4] <a href='/CEB/5/23/1'>23:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4097819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> No man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off can belong to the LORD\u2019s assembly.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/23/2'>23:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4097820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "No one born of an illegitimate marriage <sup>[2]</sup> can belong to the LORD\u2019s assembly either. Not even the tenth generation of such children can belong to the LORD\u2019s assembly.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Ammonites and Moabites can\u2019t belong to the LORD\u2019s assembly. Not even the tenth generation of such people can belong to the LORD\u2019s assembly, as a rule,"}, {"pk": 4097822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "because they didn\u2019t help you with food or water on your journey out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, from Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse you."}, {"pk": 4097823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "But the LORD your God wasn\u2019t interested in listening to Balaam. The LORD your God turned that curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you."}, {"pk": 4097824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "So don\u2019t be concerned with their health and well-being as long as you live."}, {"pk": 4097825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t detest Edomites, because they are your relatives. Don\u2019t detest Egyptians because you were immigrants in their land."}, {"pk": 4097826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Children born to them are permitted to belong to the LORD\u2019s assembly starting with the third generation."}, {"pk": 4097827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "When you are camped in battle against your enemies, guard yourself from every possible evil."}, {"pk": 4097828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "If an individual in the camp becomes polluted due to a nighttime emission, he must exit the camp area and not reenter."}, {"pk": 4097829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "When the next evening arrives, he must wash with water; and when the sun sets, he can come back to the camp."}, {"pk": 4097830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "The latrines <sup>[3]</sup> must be outside the camp. You will use them there, outside the camp.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg <i>place of the hand</i> (a euphemism); MT has only <i>hand</i>."}, {"pk": 4097831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Carry a shovel with the rest of your gear; once you have relieved yourself, use it to dig a hole, then refill it, covering your excrement."}, {"pk": 4097832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "Do these things because the LORD your God travels with you, right in the middle of your camp, ready to save you and to hand your enemies over to you. For this reason your camp must be holy. The LORD must not see anything indecent among you, or he will turn away from you."}, {"pk": 4097833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t return slaves to owners if they\u2019ve escaped and come to you."}, {"pk": 4097834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "They can stay with you: in your own community or in any place they select from one of your cities, whatever seems good to them. Don\u2019t oppress them."}, {"pk": 4097835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "No Israelite daughter is allowed to be a consecrated worker. <sup>[4]</sup> Neither is any Israelite son allowed to be a consecrated worker. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitute</i><br>[4] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitute</i>"}, {"pk": 4097836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t bring a female prostitute\u2019s fee or a male prostitute\u2019s <sup>[6]</sup> payment to the LORD your God\u2019s temple to pay a solemn promise because both of these things are detestable to the LORD your God.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>a dog</i>"}, {"pk": 4097837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t charge your fellow Israelites interest \u2014 whether on money, provisions, or anything one might loan."}, {"pk": 4097838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "You can charge foreigners interest, but not your fellow Israelite. Do this so that the LORD your God blesses you in all your work on the land you are entering to possess."}, {"pk": 4097839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "When you make a promise to the LORD your God, don\u2019t put off making good on it, because the LORD your God will certainly be expecting it from you; delaying would make you guilty."}, {"pk": 4097840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "Now if you simply don\u2019t make any promises, you won\u2019t be guilty of anything."}, {"pk": 4097841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "But whatever you say, you should be sure to make good on, exactly according to the promise you freely made to the LORD your God because you promised it with your own mouth."}, {"pk": 4097842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "If you go into your neighbor\u2019s vineyard, you can eat as many grapes as you like, until full, but don\u2019t carry any away in a basket."}, {"pk": 4097843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "If you go into your neighbor\u2019s grain field, you can pluck ears by hand, but you aren\u2019t allowed to cut off any of your neighbor\u2019s grain with a sickle."}, {"pk": 4097844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Let\u2019s say a man marries a woman, but she isn\u2019t pleasing to him because he\u2019s discovered something inappropriate about her. So he writes up divorce papers, hands them to her, and sends her out of his house."}, {"pk": 4097845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "She leaves his house and ends up marrying someone else."}, {"pk": 4097846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "But this new husband also dislikes her, writes up divorce papers, hands them to her, and sends her out of his house (or suppose the second husband dies)."}, {"pk": 4097847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "In this case, the first husband who originally divorced this woman is not allowed to take her back and marry her again after she has been polluted in this way because the LORD detests that. Don\u2019t pollute the land the LORD your God is giving to you as an inheritance."}, {"pk": 4097848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "A newly married man doesn\u2019t have to march in battle. Neither should any related duties be placed on him. He is to live free of such responsibilities for one year, so he can bring joy to his new wife."}, {"pk": 4097849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Millstones or even just the upper millstone must not be pawned, because that would be pawning someone\u2019s livelihood."}, {"pk": 4097850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "If someone is caught kidnapping their fellow Israelites, intending to enslave the Israelite or sell them, that kidnapper must die. Remove <sup>[1]</sup> such evil from your community!", "comment": "[1] Or <i>burn</i>"}, {"pk": 4097851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Be on guard against outbreaks of skin disease <sup>[2]</sup> by being very careful about what you do. You must carefully do everything the levitical priests teach you, just as I have commanded them.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; traditionally <i>leprosy</i>\u2014a term used for several different skin diseases"}, {"pk": 4097852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Remember, after all, what the LORD your God did to Miriam on your departure from Egypt!"}, {"pk": 4097853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "When you make any type of loan to your neighbor, don\u2019t enter their house to receive the collateral."}, {"pk": 4097854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "You must wait outside. The person to whom you are lending will bring the collateral to you out there."}, {"pk": 4097855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "Moreover, if the person is poor, you are not allowed to sleep in their pawned coat."}, {"pk": 4097856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "Instead, be certain to give the pawned coat back by sunset so they can sleep in their own coat. They will bless you, and you will be considered righteous before the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t take advantage of poor or needy workers, whether they are fellow Israelites or immigrants who live in your land or your cities."}, {"pk": 4097858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Pay them their salary the same day, before the sun sets, because they are poor, and their very life depends on that pay, and so they don\u2019t cry out against you to the LORD. That would make you guilty."}, {"pk": 4097859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "Parents shouldn\u2019t be executed because of what their children have done; neither should children be executed because of what their parents have done. Each person should be executed for their own guilty acts."}, {"pk": 4097860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t obstruct the legal rights of an immigrant or orphan. Don\u2019t take a widow\u2019s coat as pledge for a loan."}, {"pk": 4097861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Remember how you were a slave in Egypt but how the LORD your God saved you from that. That\u2019s why I\u2019m commanding you to do this thing."}, {"pk": 4097862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "Whenever you are reaping the harvest of your field and you leave some grain in the field, don\u2019t go back and get it. Let it go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows so that the LORD your God blesses you in all that you do."}, {"pk": 4097863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Similarly, when you beat the olives off your olive trees, don\u2019t go back over them twice. Let the leftovers go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows."}, {"pk": 4097864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Again, when you pick the grapes of your vineyard, don\u2019t pick them over twice. Let the leftovers go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows."}, {"pk": 4097865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "Remember how you were a slave in Egypt. That\u2019s why I am commanding you to do this thing."}, {"pk": 4097866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Now two people have a disagreement and they enter into litigation and their case is decided, with the judges declaring one person legally right and the other legally liable."}, {"pk": 4097867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "If the guilty party is to be beaten, the presiding judge will have that person lie down and be punished in his presence \u2014 the number of blows in measure with the guilt determined."}, {"pk": 4097868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Give no more than forty blows. If more than that is given, your fellow Israelite would be completely disgraced in your eyes."}, {"pk": 4097869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain."}, {"pk": 4097870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man\u2019s wife must not go outside the family and marry a stranger. Instead, her brother-in-law should go to her and take her as his wife. He will then consummate the marriage according to the brother-in-law\u2019s duty."}, {"pk": 4097871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "The brother-in-law will name the oldest male son that she bears after his dead brother so that his brother\u2019s legacy will not be forgotten in Israel."}, {"pk": 4097872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "If the brother does not want to marry his sister-in-law, she can go to the elders at the city gate, informing them: \u201cMy brother-in-law refuses to continue his brother\u2019s legacy in Israel. He\u2019s not willing to perform the brother-in-law\u2019s duty with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "The city\u2019s elders will summon him and talk to him about this. If he doesn\u2019t budge, insisting, \u201cI don\u2019t want to marry her,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "then the sister-in-law will approach him while the elders watch. She will pull the sandal off his foot and spit in his face. Then she will exclaim: \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s done to any man who won\u2019t build up his own brother\u2019s family!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "Subsequently, that man\u2019s family will be known throughout Israel as \u201cthe house of the removed sandal.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "If two men are fighting with each other \u2014 a man and his fellow Israelite \u2014 and the wife of one of them gets into the fight, trying to save her husband from his attacker and does so by reaching out and grabbing his genitals,"}, {"pk": 4097877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "you must cut off her hand. Show no mercy."}, {"pk": 4097878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t have two different types of money weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one."}, {"pk": 4097879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t have two different types of ephahs in your house, a large one and a small one."}, {"pk": 4097880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "Instead, you must have only one weight, complete and correct, and only one ephah, also complete and correct, so that your life might be long in the fertile land the LORD your God is giving you."}, {"pk": 4097881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "What\u2019s more, all who do such things, all who do business dishonestly, are detestable to the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Remember, after all, what Amalek did to you on your departure from Egypt:"}, {"pk": 4097883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "how he met up with you on the way, striking from behind those who were lagging back because you were weak and tired, and because he didn\u2019t fear God."}, {"pk": 4097884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "So once the LORD your God gives you relief from all the enemies that surround you in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you must wipe out Amalek\u2019s memory from under the heavens. Don\u2019t forget this!"}, {"pk": 4097885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Once you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and are settled there,"}, {"pk": 4097886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "take some of the early produce of the fertile ground that you have harvested from the land the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then go to the location the LORD your God selects for his name to reside."}, {"pk": 4097887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him: \u201cI am declaring right now before the LORD my <sup>[1]</sup> God that I have indeed arrived in the land the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT and most versions read <i>your</i>."}, {"pk": 4097888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "The priest will then take the basket from you and place it before the LORD your God\u2019s altar."}, {"pk": 4097889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "Then you should solemnly state before the LORD your God: \u201cMy father was a starving Aramean. He went down to Egypt, living as an immigrant there with few family members, but that is where he became a great nation, mighty and numerous."}, {"pk": 4097890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "The Egyptians treated us terribly, oppressing us and forcing hard labor on us."}, {"pk": 4097891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "So we cried out for help to the LORD, our ancestors\u2019 God. The LORD heard our call. God saw our misery, our trouble, and our oppression."}, {"pk": 4097892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with awesome power, and with signs and wonders."}, {"pk": 4097893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "He brought us to this place and gave us this land \u2014 a land full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4097894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "So now I am bringing the early produce of the fertile ground that you, LORD, have given me.\u201d Set the produce before the LORD your God, bowing down before the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Then celebrate all the good things the LORD your God has done for you and your family \u2014 each one of you along with the Levites and the immigrants who are among you."}, {"pk": 4097896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "When you have finished paying the entire tenth part of your produce on the third year \u2014 that is the year for paying the tenth-part \u2014 you will give it to the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows so they can eat in your cities until they are full."}, {"pk": 4097897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "Then announce before the LORD your God: \u201cI have removed the holy portion from my <sup>[2]</sup> house, and I have given it to the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows \u2014 in full compliance with your entire commandment that you commanded me. I haven\u2019t broken your commandments. I haven\u2019t forgotten one!", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; MT lacks <i>my</i>."}, {"pk": 4097898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "I haven\u2019t eaten from the holy portion while mourning, nor did I remove it while I was polluted, nor have I dedicated any of it to the dead. I\u2019ve obeyed the LORD my God\u2019s voice. I\u2019ve done everything just as you commanded me."}, {"pk": 4097899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Please look down from your holy home, from heaven itself, and bless your people Israel and the fertile land that you have given us \u2014 a land full of milk and honey \u2014 just like you promised our ancestors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "This very moment the LORD your God is commanding you to keep these regulations and case laws. So keep them and do them with all your mind and with your entire being!"}, {"pk": 4097901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "Today you have affirmed that the LORD will be your God and that you will walk in his ways and follow his regulations, his commandments, and his case laws, and that you will obey his voice."}, {"pk": 4097902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Today the LORD has gotten your agreement <sup>[3]</sup> that you will be his treasured people, just like he promised \u2014 by keeping his commandments \u2014", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "in order to set you high above all the other nations that he made in praise, fame, and honor; and so that you are a people holy to the LORD your God, just as he said you would be."}, {"pk": 4097904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Moses and Israel\u2019s elders commanded the people: Keep all of the commandment that I am giving you right now."}, {"pk": 4097905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "The same day you cross the Jordan River to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster."}, {"pk": 4097906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "Once you have crossed over, write on the stones all the words of this Instruction because you will have entered <sup>[1]</sup> the land the LORD your God is giving to you \u2014 a land full of milk and honey \u2014 exactly as the LORD, your ancestors\u2019 God, promised you.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>in order that you might enter</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "Once you have crossed over the Jordan River, set up these stones that I\u2019m telling you about right now on Mount Ebal. Cover them with plaster"}, {"pk": 4097908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "and build an altar there for the LORD your God \u2014 an altar of stones that haven\u2019t been cut with iron tools."}, {"pk": 4097909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "(You must build the LORD your God\u2019s altar with uncut stones.) Then offer up on that altar entirely burned sacrifices to the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Offer up well-being sacrifices and eat them there, celebrating in the LORD your God\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4097911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "Make sure to write all the words of this Instruction on the stones plainly and clearly."}, {"pk": 4097912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Moses and the levitical priests said to all Israel: Quiet down and listen, Israel! This very moment you have become the people of the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4097913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "So obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice. Do his commandments and his regulations that I\u2019m giving you right now."}, {"pk": 4097914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "That same day Moses commanded the people:"}, {"pk": 4097915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Once you have crossed over the Jordan River, the following tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4097916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "And these are the tribes that will stand on Mount Ebal for the cursing: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4097917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "The Levites will address every individual Israelite with a loud voice:"}, {"pk": 4097918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who makes an idol or an image \u2014 things detestable to the LORD, made by artisans \u2014 and sets it up secretly.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Amen</i>; also in the following verses"}, {"pk": 4097919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who belittles their father or mother.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who tampers with their neighbor\u2019s property lines.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who misleads a blind person on a road.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who obstructs the legal rights of immigrants, orphans, or widows.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who has sex with his father\u2019s wife, because that exposes his father\u2019s private matters.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>because that uncovers his father\u2019s skirt</i>"}, {"pk": 4097924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who has sex with any kind of animal.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who has sex with his sister, whether his father\u2019s daughter or his mother\u2019s daughter.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who has sex with his mother-in-law.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who kills his neighbor in secret.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who accepts money to kill an innocent person.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cCursed is anyone who doesn\u2019t support the words of this Instruction by carrying them out.\u201d All the people will reply: \u201cWe agree!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4097930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "Now if you really obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice, by carefully keeping all his commandments that I am giving you right now, then the LORD your God will set you high above all nations on earth."}, {"pk": 4097931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "All these blessings will come upon you and find you if you obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice:"}, {"pk": 4097932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field."}, {"pk": 4097933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "Your own fertility, your soil\u2019s produce, and your livestock\u2019s offspring \u2014 the young of both cattle and flocks \u2014 will be blessed."}, {"pk": 4097934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Your basket and your kneading bowl will be blessed."}, {"pk": 4097935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "You will be blessed when you are out and about and blessed when you come back."}, {"pk": 4097936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD will defeat any enemies who attack you. They will come against you from one direction but will run for their lives away from you in seven different directions."}, {"pk": 4097937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD will command the blessing to be with you \u2014 in your barns and on all the work you do \u2014 and he will bless you on the land the LORD your God is giving you."}, {"pk": 4097938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD will establish you as his own, a holy nation, just as he swore to you, if you keep the LORD your God\u2019s commandments and walk in his ways."}, {"pk": 4097939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "All the earth\u2019s peoples will see that you are called by the LORD\u2019s name, and they will be in awe of you."}, {"pk": 4097940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD will make good things abound for you \u2014 whether the fertility of your womb, your livestock\u2019s offspring, or your fertile soil\u2019s produce \u2014 on the very land that the LORD swore to your ancestors to give to you."}, {"pk": 4097941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD will open up for you his own well-stocked storehouse, the heavens, providing your land with rain at just the right time and blessing all your work. You will lend to many nations, but you won\u2019t have any need to borrow."}, {"pk": 4097942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD will make you the head of things, not the tail; you will be at the top of things, not the bottom, as long as you obey the LORD your God\u2019s commandments that I\u2019m commanding you right now, by carefully doing them."}, {"pk": 4097943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t deviate even a bit from any of these words that I\u2019m commanding you right now by following other gods and serving them."}, {"pk": 4097944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "But if you don\u2019t obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice by carefully doing all his commandments and his regulations that I am commanding you right now, all these curses will come upon you and find you."}, {"pk": 4097945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field."}, {"pk": 4097946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed."}, {"pk": 4097947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Your own fertility, your soil\u2019s produce, your cattle\u2019s young, and your flock\u2019s offspring will be cursed."}, {"pk": 4097948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "You will be cursed when you are out and about and cursed when you come back."}, {"pk": 4097949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD will send calamity, confusion, and frustration on you no matter what work you are doing until you are wiped out and until you disappear \u2014 it\u2019ll be quick! \u2014 because of the evil acts by which you have abandoned him. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>me</i>, in which case the text shifts to direct divine discourse."}, {"pk": 4097950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD will make a plague stick to you until he has totally wiped you off the fertile land you are entering to possess."}, {"pk": 4097951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD will strike you with consumption, fever, and inflammation; with scorching heat and drought; <sup>[2]</sup> with destruction and disease for your crops. <sup>[3]</sup> These things will chase you until you are dead and gone.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>blight and mildew</i><br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "The sky over your head will be as hard as bronze; the earth under your feet will be like iron."}, {"pk": 4097953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD will turn the rain on your land into dust. Only dirt will fall down on you from the sky until you are completely wiped out."}, {"pk": 4097954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD will hand you over defeated to your enemies. You will go out against them by one direction, but you will run for your life away from them in seven different directions. All the earth\u2019s kingdoms will be horrified by you."}, {"pk": 4097955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "Your corpses will be food for every bird in the sky and animal on earth; no one will frighten them off."}, {"pk": 4097956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD will afflict you with Egyptian inflammation, hemorrhoids, <sup>[4]</sup> rash, and itch. You will be untreatable.", "comment": "[4] Qere; Kethib <i>tumors</i>"}, {"pk": 4097957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD will make you go crazy, make you blind, make your mind confused."}, {"pk": 4097958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 29, "text": "You will fumble around at high noon as blind people fumble around in darkness. Your plans won\u2019t prosper. Instead, you will be constantly oppressed and taken advantage of without any savior."}, {"pk": 4097959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 30, "text": "You might get engaged to a woman, but another man will have sex with her. You might build a house, but you won\u2019t get to live in it. You might plant a vineyard, but you won\u2019t enjoy it."}, {"pk": 4097960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 31, "text": "Your ox will be slaughtered while you watch, but you won\u2019t get to eat any of it. Your donkey will be stolen right out from under you, and it won\u2019t come back. Your flocks will be given to your enemies. No one will save you."}, {"pk": 4097961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 32, "text": "Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation while you watch; you will long for them constantly, but you won\u2019t have the power to do anything about it."}, {"pk": 4097962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 33, "text": "The produce of your land and all your hard work will be consumed by people you don\u2019t know. You will be nothing but oppressed and mistreated constantly."}, {"pk": 4097963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 34, "text": "The sights your eyes see will drive you insane."}, {"pk": 4097964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD will strike you with horrible inflammation in your knees and legs, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head. You will be untreatable."}, {"pk": 4097965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 36, "text": "The LORD will send you and the king that you appoint over you far away to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known. There you will worship other gods made of wood and stone."}, {"pk": 4097966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 37, "text": "You will become a horror, fit only for use in proverbs and in insults by all the nations where the LORD drives you."}, {"pk": 4097967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 38, "text": "You might scatter a lot of seed on the field, but you will gather almost nothing because the locusts will eat it all."}, {"pk": 4097968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 39, "text": "You might plant lots of vineyards and work hard in them, but you won\u2019t drink any wine or harvest the grapes because worms will devour them."}, {"pk": 4097969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 40, "text": "You might have many olive trees throughout your territories, but you won\u2019t cover yourself with their oil because your olive trees will fail."}, {"pk": 4097970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 41, "text": "You might have sons and daughters, but they won\u2019t be yours for long because they will be taken away as prisoners."}, {"pk": 4097971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 42, "text": "Crickets will take over all your trees and your soil\u2019s produce."}, {"pk": 4097972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 43, "text": "The immigrants who live among you will be promoted over you, higher and higher! But you will be demoted, lower and lower!"}, {"pk": 4097973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 44, "text": "They will lend to you, but you will have nothing to lend to them. They will be the head of things; you will be the tail."}, {"pk": 4097974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 45, "text": "That\u2019s how all these curses will come over you, pursuing you, reaching you until you are completely wiped out, because you didn\u2019t obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice by keeping his commandments and his regulations that he gave you."}, {"pk": 4097975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 46, "text": "These things will be a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever."}, {"pk": 4097976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 47, "text": "Because you didn\u2019t serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly above all else, <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4097977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 48, "text": "you will serve your enemies \u2014 the ones the LORD will send against you \u2014 during famine, drought, nakedness, and total depravation. God will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has wiped you out."}, {"pk": 4097978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 49, "text": "The LORD will bring a distant nation \u2014 one from the far ends of the earth \u2014 against you as fast as the eagle flies: a nation that speaks a language you can\u2019t understand,"}, {"pk": 4097979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 50, "text": "a stern nation that doesn\u2019t go easy on the very old or show pity to the very young."}, {"pk": 4097980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 51, "text": "That nation will devour your livestock\u2019s offspring and your soil\u2019s produce until you yourselves are destroyed because you will have no grain, wine, or oil left \u2014 nor any young from your cattle or offspring from your flocks \u2014 that is, until that nation annihilates you."}, {"pk": 4097981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 52, "text": "That nation will attack you in all your cities until your high, reinforced walls that you thought were so safe fall down across your entire countryside. That nation will attack you in all your cities throughout the land the LORD your God has given you."}, {"pk": 4097982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 53, "text": "You will eat the offspring of your own womb \u2014 the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God gave you \u2014 because of the desperate and dire circumstances that your enemy has brought on you."}, {"pk": 4097983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 54, "text": "Even the most gentle and refined man among you will scowl at his brother or his own dear wife, or the last of his surviving children."}, {"pk": 4097984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 55, "text": "He won\u2019t want to give them any of his children\u2019s flesh that he will be eating because he has no other food due to the desperate and dire circumstances that your enemy has brought on you in all your cities."}, {"pk": 4097985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 56, "text": "Even the most gentle and refined woman among you, who is so refined and gentle she wouldn\u2019t stomp her foot on the ground, will scowl at her own dear husband, her son, or her daughter \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 57, "text": "not wanting to give them any of the afterbirth she pushed out or the babies she bore, because she will be eating them secretly while starving due to the desperate and dire circumstances that your enemy will bring on you in your cities."}, {"pk": 4097987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 58, "text": "If you don\u2019t carefully keep all the words of this Instruction that are written in this scroll, by fearing the awesome and glorious name of the LORD your God \u2014"}, {"pk": 4097988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 59, "text": "the LORD will overwhelm you and your descendants with severe and chronic afflictions, and with terrible and untreatable sicknesses."}, {"pk": 4097989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 60, "text": "He\u2019ll put on you all the Egyptian diseases about which you were so afraid; they will stick to you!"}, {"pk": 4097990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 61, "text": "What\u2019s more, the LORD will bring on you all the other diseases and plagues that aren\u2019t written in this Instruction scroll until you are completely wiped out."}, {"pk": 4097991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 62, "text": "Once as countless as the stars in the night sky, only a few of you will be left alive \u2014 all because you didn\u2019t obey the LORD your God\u2019s voice."}, {"pk": 4097992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 63, "text": "And just as before, the LORD enjoyed doing good things for you and increasing your numbers, now the LORD will enjoy annihilating and destroying you. You will be torn off the very fertile land you are entering to possess."}, {"pk": 4097993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 64, "text": "The LORD will scatter you among every nation, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known \u2014 gods of wood and stone."}, {"pk": 4097994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 65, "text": "Among those nations you will have no rest and no place to call your own. <sup>[6]</sup> There the LORD will give you an agitated mind, failing eyes, and a depressed spirit.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>resting place for the sole of your foot</i>"}, {"pk": 4097995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 66, "text": "Your life will seem to dangle before your very eyes. You will be afraid night and day. You won\u2019t be able to count on surviving for long."}, {"pk": 4097996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 67, "text": "In the morning you will say: \u201cI wish it was nighttime,\u201d but at nighttime you will say, \u201cI wish it was morning\u201d \u2014 on account of your tortured mind, which will be terrified, and because of the horrible sights that your eyes will see."}, {"pk": 4097997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 28, "verse": 68, "text": "Finally, the LORD will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the route I promised you would never see again. There you will try to sell yourselves as slaves \u2014 both male and female \u2014 but no one will want to buy you."}, {"pk": 4097998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> These are the words of the covenant the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.", "comment": "[1] 28:69 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4097999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Moses summoned all Israel, saying to them: You\u2019ve seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, his servants, and all his land \u2014", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/29/1'>29:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4098000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "the great trials your eyes witnessed, those awesome signs and wonders!"}, {"pk": 4098001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "But until this very moment, the LORD hasn\u2019t given you insight to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear."}, {"pk": 4098002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ve led you in the wilderness forty years now; neither the clothes on your back nor the sandals on your feet have worn out."}, {"pk": 4098003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "Neither have you eaten bread nor drunk wine or beer during this time \u2014 so that you would know that I am the LORD your God. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>that I, the LORD, am your God</i>."}, {"pk": 4098004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "When you arrived here, Sihon, Heshbon\u2019s king, and Og, Bashan\u2019s king, marched out to fight against us, but we defeated them."}, {"pk": 4098005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "We took possession of their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of Manasseh\u2019s tribe."}, {"pk": 4098006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "So then keep the words of this covenant and do them so you can succeed in all you do."}, {"pk": 4098007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "Right now, all of you are in the presence of the LORD your God \u2014 the leaders of your tribes, <sup>[4]</sup> your elders, and your officials, all the Israelite males,", "comment": "[4] LXX, Syr; MT <i>your leaders, your tribes</i>"}, {"pk": 4098008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "your children, your wives, and the immigrants who live with you in your camp, the ones who chop your wood and those who draw your water \u2014"}, {"pk": 4098009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "ready to enter into the LORD your God\u2019s covenant and into the agreement that the LORD your God is making with you right now."}, {"pk": 4098010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "That means the Lord will make you his own people right now \u2014 he will be your God just as he promised you and just as he swore to our ancestors: to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."}, {"pk": 4098011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "But I\u2019m not making this covenant and this agreement with you alone"}, {"pk": 4098012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "but also with those standing here with us right now before the LORD our God, and also with those who aren\u2019t here with us right now."}, {"pk": 4098013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "You know firsthand how we used to live in Egypt and how we passed right through the nations that you passed through."}, {"pk": 4098014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "You saw the horrific things, the filthy idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, that they had with them."}, {"pk": 4098015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "Make sure there isn\u2019t any one among you right now \u2014 male or female, clan or tribe \u2014 whose mind is turning from being with the LORD our God in favor of going to serve these nations\u2019 gods. Make sure there isn\u2019t any root among you that is sprouting poison and bitterness."}, {"pk": 4098016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "When that kind of person hears the words of this agreement, they congratulate themselves, thinking: I\u2019ll be fine even though I insist on being stubborn. This would cause something wet to dry up and become like something parched. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain; perhaps the agricultural imagery of <a href='/CEB/5/29/18'>29:18</a> is continued here or the terms are metaphors for human states."}, {"pk": 4098017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD won\u2019t be willing to forgive that kind of person; instead, the LORD\u2019s anger and passion will smolder against that person. Every curse written in this scroll will stretch out over them, and the LORD will wipe out their name from under the heavens."}, {"pk": 4098018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "Out of all Israel\u2019s tribes, the LORD will single them out for disaster in compliance with all the covenant curses that are written in this Instruction scroll."}, {"pk": 4098019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "Future generations, your children after you, or foreigners from distant lands will say: Look <sup>[6]</sup> at all that land\u2019s plagues and the sicknesses that the LORD laid on it!", "comment": "[6] Or <i>after they see</i>"}, {"pk": 4098020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "Look at all its land burned by sulfur and salt, unsuitable for planting, unable to grow or produce any vegetation, as devastated as Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD devastated in anger and wrath!"}, {"pk": 4098021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Indeed, all nations will ask: Why did the LORD do this to this land? What led to this terrible display of anger?"}, {"pk": 4098022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "They will deduce: It was because those people abandoned the covenant of the LORD, their ancestors\u2019 God, which he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4098023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "They followed other gods, serving them and worshipping them \u2014 other gods that they hadn\u2019t experienced before and that the Lord hadn\u2019t designated for them."}, {"pk": 4098024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s anger burned against that land, and he brought against it every curse written in this scroll."}, {"pk": 4098025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD ripped them off their land in anger, wrath, and great fury. He threw them into other lands, and that\u2019s how things still stand today."}, {"pk": 4098026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "The secret things belong to the LORD our God. The revealed things belong to us and to our children forever: to keep all the words of this covenant."}, {"pk": 4098027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Now, once all these things happen to you, the blessing and the curse that I\u2019m setting before you, you must call them to mind as you sit among the various nations where the LORD your God has driven you;"}, {"pk": 4098028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "and you must return to the LORD your God, obeying his voice, in line with all that I\u2019m commanding you right now \u2014 you and your children \u2014 with all your mind and with all your being."}, {"pk": 4098029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the LORD your God will restore you as you were before and will have compassion on you, gathering you up from all the peoples where the LORD your God scattered you."}, {"pk": 4098030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "Even if he has driven you to the far end of heaven, the LORD your God will gather you up from there; he will take you back from there."}, {"pk": 4098031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD your God will bring you home to the land that your ancestors possessed; you will possess it again. And he will do good things for you and multiply you \u2014 making you more numerous even than your ancestors!"}, {"pk": 4098032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants so that you love the LORD your God with all your mind and with all your being in order that you may live."}, {"pk": 4098033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you and chase you."}, {"pk": 4098034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "But you will change and obey the LORD\u2019s voice and do all his commandments that I\u2019m commanding you right now."}, {"pk": 4098035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD your God will help you succeed in everything you do \u2014 in your own fertility, your livestock\u2019s offspring, and your land\u2019s produce \u2014 everything will be great! Because the LORD will once again enjoy doing good things for you just as he enjoyed doing them for your ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4098036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "and because you will be obeying the LORD your God\u2019s voice, keeping his commandments and his regulations that are written in this Instruction scroll, and because you will have returned to the LORD your God with all your heart and all your being."}, {"pk": 4098037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "This commandment that I\u2019m giving you right now is definitely not too difficult for you. It isn\u2019t unreachable."}, {"pk": 4098038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "It isn\u2019t up in heaven somewhere so that you have to ask, \u201cWho will go up for us to heaven and get it for us that we can hear it and do it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "Nor is it across the ocean somewhere so that you have to ask, \u201cWho will cross the ocean for us and get it for us that we can hear it and do it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "Not at all! The word is very close to you. It\u2019s in your mouth and in your heart, waiting for you to do it."}, {"pk": 4098041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "Look here! Today I\u2019ve set before you life and what\u2019s good versus death and what\u2019s wrong."}, {"pk": 4098042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "If you obey the LORD your God\u2019s commandments that <sup>[1]</sup> I\u2019m commanding you right now by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments, his regulations, and his case laws, then you will live and thrive, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>if you obey the LORD your God\u2019s commandments.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and so are misled, worshipping other gods and serving them,"}, {"pk": 4098044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "I\u2019m telling you right now that you will definitely die. You will not prolong your life on the fertile land that you are crossing the Jordan River to enter and possess."}, {"pk": 4098045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "I call heaven and earth as my witnesses against you right now: I have set life and death, blessing and curse before you. Now choose life \u2014 so that you and your descendants will live \u2014"}, {"pk": 4098046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "by loving the LORD your God, by obeying his voice, and by clinging to him. That\u2019s how you will survive and live long on the fertile land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors: to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."}, {"pk": 4098047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Moses said <sup>[1]</sup> these words to all Israel,", "comment": "[1] LXX, DSS (1QDeut<sup>b</sup>) <i>When Moses had finished speaking</i>"}, {"pk": 4098048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "telling them: I\u2019m 120 years old today. I can\u2019t move around well anymore. Plus, the LORD told me \u201cYou won\u2019t cross the Jordan River.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "But the LORD your God, he\u2019s the one who will cross over before you! He\u2019s the one who will destroy these nations before you so you can displace them. Joshua too will cross over before you just like the LORD indicated."}, {"pk": 4098050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD will do to these enemies the same thing he did to the Amorite kings Sihon and Og, and to their land, when he destroyed them."}, {"pk": 4098051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD will lay them out before you, and you will do to them exactly what the command I\u2019ve given you dictates."}, {"pk": 4098052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "Be strong! Be fearless! Don\u2019t be afraid and don\u2019t be scared by your enemies, because the LORD your God is the one who marches with you. He won\u2019t let you down, and he won\u2019t abandon you."}, {"pk": 4098053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Moses called Joshua and, with all Israel watching, said to him: \u201cBe strong and fearless because you are the one who will lead <sup>[2]</sup> this people to the land the LORD swore to their ancestors to give to them; you are the one who will divide up the land for them.", "comment": "[2] Sam, Vulg, Syr; MT, Tg <i>accompany</i>"}, {"pk": 4098054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "But the LORD is the one who is marching before you! He is the one who will be with you! He won\u2019t let you down. He won\u2019t abandon you. So don\u2019t be afraid or scared!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Moses wrote this Instruction down and gave it to the priests \u2014 the Levites who carry the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant \u2014 and to all of the Israelite elders."}, {"pk": 4098056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "Moses then commanded them: At the end of seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Booths,"}, {"pk": 4098057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the location he selects, you must read this Instruction aloud, in the hearing of all the people."}, {"pk": 4098058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "Gather everyone \u2014 men, women, children, and the immigrants who live in your cities \u2014 in order that they hear it, learn it, and revere the LORD your God, carefully doing all the words of this Instruction,"}, {"pk": 4098059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "and so that their children, who don\u2019t yet know the Instruction, may hear it and learn to revere the LORD your God for as long as you live on the ground you are crossing the Jordan River to possess."}, {"pk": 4098060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses: \u201cIt\u2019s almost time for you to die. Summon Joshua. The two of you must present yourselves at the meeting tent so I can command him.\u201d So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the meeting tent."}, {"pk": 4098061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud; the cloud pillar stood at the tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4098062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD then said to Moses: \u201cSoon you will rest with your ancestors, and the people will rise up and act unfaithfully, going after strange gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon me, breaking my covenant that I made with them."}, {"pk": 4098063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "At that point my anger will burn against them, and I\u2019ll be the one who abandons them! I\u2019ll hide my face from them. They will become nothing but food for their enemies, <sup>[3]</sup> and all sorts of bad things and misfortunes will happen to them. Then they will say: \u2018Haven\u2019t these terrible things happened to us because our God is no longer with us?\u2019", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>for their enemies.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "But I will hide my face at that time because of the many wrong things they have done, because they have turned to other gods!"}, {"pk": 4098065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "So in light of all that, you must write down this poem and teach it to the Israelites. Put it in their mouths so that the poem becomes a witness for me against them."}, {"pk": 4098066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "When I bring the Israelites to the land I swore to their ancestors, which is full of milk and honey, and they eat, get full, then fat, and then turn toward other gods, serving them and disrespecting me and breaking my covenant,"}, {"pk": 4098067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "then, when all kinds of bad things and misfortunes happen to them, this poem will witness against them, giving its testimony, because it won\u2019t be lost from the mouths of their descendants. Yes, I know right now what they are inclined to do, even before I\u2019ve brought them into the land I swore.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "So Moses wrote this poem down that very day, and he taught it to the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "Then the Lord commissioned Joshua, Nun\u2019s son: \u201cBe strong and fearless because you are the one who will bring the Israelites to the land I swore to them. I myself will be with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "Once Moses had finished writing in their entirety all the words of this Instruction scroll,"}, {"pk": 4098071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "he commanded the Levites who carry the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant as follows:"}, {"pk": 4098072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cTake this Instruction scroll and put it next to the chest containing the LORD your God\u2019s covenant. It must remain there as a witness against you"}, {"pk": 4098073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "because I know how rebellious and hardheaded you are. If you are this rebellious toward the LORD while I\u2019m still alive, it\u2019s bound to get worse once I\u2019m dead!"}, {"pk": 4098074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "Assemble all of your tribes\u2019 elders and your officials in front of me, so I can speak these words in their hearing, and so I can call heaven and earth as my witnesses against them,"}, {"pk": 4098075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "because I know that after I\u2019m dead, you will ruin everything, departing from the path I\u2019ve commanded you. Terrible things will happen to you in the future because you will do evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, aggravating him with the things your hands have made.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Moses recited in their entirety the words of this poem in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel:"}, {"pk": 4098077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "Heaven! Pay attention and I will speak; <br>Earth! Listen to the words of my mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "My teaching will fall like raindrops; <br>my speech will settle like dew \u2014 <br>like gentle rains on grass, <br>like spring showers on all that is green \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4098079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "because I proclaim the LORD\u2019s name: <br>Give praise to our God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "The rock: his acts are perfection! <br>No doubt about it: all his ways are right! <br>He\u2019s the faithful God, never deceiving; <br>altogether righteous and true is he.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "But children who weren\u2019t his own <sup>[1]</sup> <br>sinned against him with their defects; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>they are a twisted and perverse generation.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain<br>[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "Is this how you thank the LORD, <br>you stupid, senseless people? <br>Isn\u2019t he your father, your creator? <br>Didn\u2019t he make you and establish you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4098083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "Remember the days long past; <br>consider the years long gone. <br>Ask your father, he will tell you about it; <br>ask your elders, they will give you the details:<br>"}, {"pk": 4098084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "When God Most High divided up the nations \u2014 <br>when he divided up humankind \u2014 <br>he decided the people\u2019s boundaries <br>based on the number of the gods. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] DSS (4QDeut<sup>j</sup>), LXX; MT <i>the Israelites</i>"}, {"pk": 4098085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "Surely the LORD\u2019s property was his people; <br>Jacob was his part of the inheritance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "God found <sup>[4]</sup> Israel in a wild land \u2014 <br>in a howling desert wasteland \u2014 <br>he protected him, cared for him, <br>watched over him with his very own eye.<br>", "comment": "[4] Vulg, Syr, and others; Sam, LXX, Tg Onkelos <i>sustained him</i>"}, {"pk": 4098087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Like an eagle protecting its nest, <br>hovering over its young, <br>God spread out his wings, took hold of Israel, <br>carried him on his back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD alone led Israel; <br>no foreign god assisted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "God <sup>[5]</sup> made Israel <sup>[6]</sup> glide over the highlands; <br>he fed him <sup>[7]</sup> with food from the field, <br>nursed him with honey from a boulder, <br>with oil from a hard rock:<br>", "comment": "[7] Sam, Syr, LXX, Tg; MT <i>he ate</i><br>[6] Or <i>him</i><br>[5] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4098090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "curds from the herd, milk from the flock, <br>along with the best of lambs, <br>rams from Bashan, he-goats too, <br>along with the finest wheat \u2014 <br>and for drink, wine from the juiciest grapes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "Jacob ate until he was stuffed; <sup>[8]</sup> <br>Jeshurun <sup>[9]</sup> got fat, then rebellious. <sup>[10]</sup> <br>It was you who got fat, thick, stubborn! <sup>[11]</sup> <br>Jeshurun <sup>[12]</sup> gave up on the God who made him, <br>thought the rock of his salvation was worthless.<br>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>kicked</i><br>[11] Heb uncertain<br>[12] Or <i>he</i><br>[8] DSS (4QPhyl<sup>n</sup>), Sam, LXX; MT lacks <i>Jacob ate until he was stuffed.</i><br>[9] A poetic name for Israel; see also <a href='/CEB/5/33/5'>33:5</a>, <a href='/CEB/5/33/26'>26</a>."}, {"pk": 4098092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "They made God <sup>[13]</sup> jealous with strange gods, <br>aggravated him with detestable things.<br>", "comment": "[13] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4098093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "They sacrificed to demons, not to God, <br>to deities of which they had no knowledge \u2014 <br>new gods only recently on the scene, <br>ones about which your ancestors had never heard. <sup>[14]</sup><br>", "comment": "[14] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "You deserted <sup>[15]</sup> the rock that sired you; <br>you forgot the God who gave birth to you!<br>", "comment": "[15] LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD saw this and rejected <br>out of aggravation his sons and his daughters. <sup>[16]</sup><br>", "comment": "[16] Or, following LXX, DSS (4QPhyl<sup>n</sup>), and correcting <i>the LORD saw this and was jealous; he spurned his sons and daughters.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "He said: I will hide my face from them \u2014 <br>I will see what becomes of them \u2014 <br>because they are a confused generation; <br>they are children lacking loyalty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "They provoked me with \u201cno-gods,\u201d <br>aggravated me with their pieces of junk. <br>So I am going to provoke them with \u201cNo-People,\u201d <br>aggravate them with a nation of fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "A fire burns in me \u2014 <br>it will blaze to the depths of the grave; <sup>[17]</sup> <br>it will destroy the land and its crops; <br>it will blacken the base of the mountains.<br>", "comment": "[17] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4098099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "I\u2019ll throw <sup>[18]</sup> on them disaster after disaster; <br>I\u2019ll destroy them with my arrows:<br>", "comment": "[18] LXX"}, {"pk": 4098100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "devastating hunger, consuming plague, bitter sickness. <br>I\u2019ll send animal fangs after them, <br>venom from dust crawlers too.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "Outside, in the streets, the sword will bereave! <br>Inside, in the safest room, there will be terror <br>for young men and women, <br>nursing baby and senior citizen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "I thought about it: I could have struck them down, <sup>[19]</sup> <br>erased them from human memory,<br>", "comment": "[19] Heb uncertain; LXX <i>scattered them</i>"}, {"pk": 4098103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "but their enemies\u2019 rage concerned me; <br>their opponents might misunderstand. <br>They might say, \u201cOur strong hands, <br>not the LORD\u2019s, did all this,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "because they are not a thoughtful nation; <br>they lack any insight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "If they had any wisdom, they would understand this; <br>they would discern what will become of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "How could one person chase off a thousand in battle? <br>How could two people make ten thousand flee for their lives? <br>Only because their rock sold them off, <br>only because the LORD handed them over!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "But, no, their rocks can\u2019t compare to our rock! <br>Our enemies are completely stupid. <sup>[20]</sup><br>", "comment": "[20] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "Their roots run straight from Sodom \u2014 <br>from the fields of Gomorrah! <br>Their grapes are pure poison; <br>their grape clusters, nothing but bitter;<br>"}, {"pk": 4098109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 33, "text": "their wine is snake poison, <br>venom from a cruel cobra.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 34, "text": "Don\u2019t I have this stored up, <br>sealed in my vaults?<br>"}, {"pk": 4098111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 35, "text": "Revenge is my domain, so is punishment-in-kind, <br>at the exact moment their step slips up, <br>because the day of their destruction is just around the corner; <br>their final destiny is speeding on its way!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 36, "text": "But the LORD will acquit his people, <br>will have compassion on those who serve him, <br>once he sees that their strength is all gone, <br>that both prisoners and free people are wiped out. <sup>[21]</sup><br>", "comment": "[21] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 37, "text": "The Lord will ask, \u201cWhere are their gods \u2014 <br>the rocks they trusted in \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4098114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 38, "text": "who ate up the fat of their sacrifices, <br>who drank their sacred wine? <br>They should stand up and help you! <br>They should protect you now!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 39, "text": "Now, look here: I myself, I\u2019m the one; <br>there are no other gods with me. <br>I\u2019m the one who deals death and gives life; <br>I\u2019m the one who wounded, but now I will heal. <br>There\u2019s no escaping my hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 40, "text": "But now I\u2019m lifting my hand to heaven \u2014 <br>I swear by my own eternity:<br>"}, {"pk": 4098117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 41, "text": "when I sharpen my blazing sword <br>and my hand grabs hold of justice, <br>I\u2019ll pay my enemies back; <br>I\u2019ll punish in kind everyone who hates me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 42, "text": "I\u2019ll make my arrows drink much blood, <br>while my sword devours flesh, <br>the blood of the dead and captured, <br>flowing from the heads of enemy generals.\u201d <sup>[22]</sup><br>", "comment": "[22] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 43, "text": "Heavens: <sup>[23]</sup> Rejoice with God! <sup>[24]</sup> <br>All you gods: bow down to the Lord! <sup>[25]</sup> <br>Because he will avenge his children\u2019s <sup>[26]</sup> blood; <br>he will pay back his enemies; <br>he will punish in kind those who hate him; <sup>[27]</sup> <br>he will cleanse his people\u2019s land. <sup>[28]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[25] This line is missing in Heb; it is found in DSS (4QDeut<sup>q</sup>); LXX <i>him for the Lord</i>.<br>[26] DSS (4QDeut<sup>q</sup>), LXX; MT <i>his servants</i><br>[27] DSS (4QDeut<sup>q</sup>), LXX; MT lacks this line.<br>[24] DSS (4QDeut<sup>q</sup>), LXX; MT <i>his people</i><br>[28] Sam, DSS (4QDeut<sup>q</sup>), LXX, Vulg; MT <i>his land his people</i> or <i>his land for his people;</i> or, correcting, <i>he will wipe away his people\u2019s tears.</i><br>[23] DSS (4QDeut<sup>q</sup>), LXX; MT <i>nations</i>"}, {"pk": 4098120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 44, "text": "So Moses came and recited all the words of this poem in everyone\u2019s hearing; Joshua, <sup>[29]</sup> Nun\u2019s son, joined him.", "comment": "[29] Sam, Syr, Tg Neofiti; MT <i>Hoshea</i>"}, {"pk": 4098121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 45, "text": "When Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,"}, {"pk": 4098122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 46, "text": "he told them: Set your mind on all these words I\u2019m testifying against you right now, because you must command your children to perform carefully all the words of this Instruction."}, {"pk": 4098123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 47, "text": "This is no trivial matter for you \u2014 this is your very life! It is by this means <sup>[30]</sup> alone that you will prolong your life on the fertile land you are crossing the Jordan River to possess.", "comment": "[30] Or <i>word</i>"}, {"pk": 4098124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 48, "text": "The LORD spoke to Moses that very same day:"}, {"pk": 4098125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 49, "text": "\u201cHike up the Abarim mountains, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho. Take a good look at the land of Canaan, which I\u2019m giving to the Israelites as their property."}, {"pk": 4098126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 50, "text": "You will die on the mountain you have hiked up, and you will be gathered to your people just like your brother Aaron, who died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,"}, {"pk": 4098127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 51, "text": "because the two of you were unfaithful toward me in front of the Israelites at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the Zin wilderness, because you didn\u2019t treat me with proper respect before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 32, "verse": 52, "text": "You can look at the land from the other side of the river, <sup>[31]</sup> but you won\u2019t enter there.\u201d <sup>[32]</sup>", "comment": "[31] Heb lacks <i>of the river.</i><br>[32] LXX; MT, Sam, Vulg, Syr, Tg add <i>to the land that I am giving to the Israelites</i>"}, {"pk": 4098129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "This is the blessing that Moses the man of God gave the Israelites before he died."}, {"pk": 4098130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "He said: The LORD came from Sinai: <br>from Seir he shone like the dawn on us, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>from Paran Mountain he beamed down. <br>Thousands of holy ones were with him; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>his warriors were next to him, ready. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>angels;</i> Heb uncertain<br>[2] Correction; cf LXX, Sam, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>he came from Ribeboth-kodesh</i><br>[1] Correcting with LXX, Vulg, Syr, Tg Onkelos (see <a href='/CEB/5/33/4'>33:4</a>); MT and Sam <i>on them</i>"}, {"pk": 4098131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "Yes, those who love <sup>[4]</sup> the nations \u2014 <br>all his holy ones \u2014 were at your command; <br>they followed your footsteps; <br>they got moving when you said so.<br>", "comment": "[4] Correction; MT <i>lover of</i>"}, {"pk": 4098132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "Moses gave the Instruction to us \u2014 <br>it\u2019s the prized possession of Jacob\u2019s assembly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "A king came to rule in Jeshurun, <br>when the people\u2019s leaders gathered together, <br>when Israel\u2019s tribes were one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cI pray that Reuben lives, doesn\u2019t die, <br>though his numbers are so few.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses said this to Judah: <br>\u201cLORD, listen to Judah\u2019s voice! <br>Bring him back to his own people, <br>strengthen his hands; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>be his help against every enemy.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>with his hands he contended</i>"}, {"pk": 4098136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he told Levi: <br>\u201cGive your Thummim to Levi, <sup>[6]</sup> <br>your Urim to your faithful one \u2014 <br>the one you tested at Massah, <br>the one you challenged by Meribah\u2019s waters;<br>", "comment": "[6] DSS (4QDeut<sup>h</sup>, 4QTest) and LXX; MT lacks <i>Give to Levi.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "the one who said of his own mother and father: <br>\u2018I don\u2019t consider them as such\u2019; <br>of their siblings: \u2018I don\u2019t recognize them\u2019; <br>of their own children, \u2018I don\u2019t know them\u2019 \u2014 <br>but who obeyed your words <br>and who guarded your covenant!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "They teach your case laws to Jacob, <br>your Instruction to Israel. <br>They hold sweet incense to your nose; <br>put the entirely burned offering on your altar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "I pray that the LORD blesses Levi\u2019s strength, <br>favors his hard work, <br>and crushes the insides of his enemies <br>so that those who hate him can\u2019t fight anymore.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to Benjamin: <br>\u201cThe LORD\u2019s dearest one <br>rests safely on him. <br>The Lord always shields him; <br>he rests on God\u2019s chest.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "Then he told Joseph: <br>\u201cI pray that his land is blessed by God: <br>with heaven\u2019s gifts from above, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>with the deep waters stretching out underneath;<br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>from the dew</i>"}, {"pk": 4098142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "with the gifts produced by the sun, <br>with the gifts generated by the moon; <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>moons</i> or <i>months</i>"}, {"pk": 4098143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "with the best fruit from ancient mountains, <br>with the gifts of eternal hills;<br>"}, {"pk": 4098144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "with the gifts of the earth and all that fills it, <br>and the favor of the one who lives on Sinai. <sup>[9]</sup> <br>I pray that all these rest on Joseph\u2019s head, <br>on the crown of that prince among brothers.<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>lives in a bush</i>"}, {"pk": 4098145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "A firstborn bull <sup>[10]</sup> \u2014 that\u2019s how majestic he is! <br>A wild ox\u2019s horns \u2014 those are his horns! <br>With them he gores all peoples <br>completely, to the far ends of the earth! <br>His horns <sup>[11]</sup> are Ephraim\u2019s tens of thousands. <br>His horns are Manasseh\u2019s thousands.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[11] Or <i>they</i>; also in the next line<br>[10] Sam, LXX, Vulg; DSS (4QDeut<sup>h</sup>) and Heb <i>the oldest offspring of his bull</i>"}, {"pk": 4098146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "Then he told Zebulun: <br>\u201cZebulun: celebrate when you are out and about; <br>Issachar: celebrate when you are at home in your tents!<br>"}, {"pk": 4098147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "They call all sorts of people to the mountain, <br>where they offer right sacrifices. <br>It\u2019s true: They\u2019re nourished on the sea\u2019s abundance; <br>they are nourished on buried treasures in the sand.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he told Gad: <br>\u201cMay Gad\u2019s broad lands <sup>[12]</sup> be blessed! <br>He lives like a lion: <br>he rips an arm, even a head!<br>", "comment": "[12] Or <i>the one who makes Gad large</i>"}, {"pk": 4098149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "He chose the best part for himself <br>because there, where the commander\u2019s portion was, <br>the leaders of the people gathered together. <sup>[13]</sup> <br>Gad executed the LORD\u2019s justice <br>and the Lord\u2019s judgments for Israel.\u201d <sup>[14]</sup><br>", "comment": "[14] Heb uncertain<br>[13] Cf LXX; MT <i>there the commander\u2019s portion was reserved; he came at the front of the people</i> or <i>there was the portion of the respected commander; the people\u2019s leaders came.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "Then he told Dan: <br>\u201cDan is a lion cub. <br>He jumps up from Bashan.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "Then he told Naphtali: <br>\u201cNaphtali \u2014 you are full of favor, <br>overflowing with the LORD\u2019s blessing \u2014 <br>go possess the west and the south!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "Finally, he told Asher: <br>\u201cAsher is the most blessed of sons. <br>I pray that he\u2019s his brothers\u2019 favorite \u2014 <br>one who dips his foot in fine oil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "I pray that your dead bolts are iron and copper, <br>and that your strength lasts all your days.\u201d <sup>[15]</sup><br>", "comment": "[15] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 26, "text": "Jeshurun! No one compares to God! <br>He rides through heaven to help you, <br>rides majestically through the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 27, "text": "The most ancient God is a place of safety; <sup>[16]</sup> <br>the eternal arms are a support. <sup>[17]</sup> <br>He drove out the enemy before you. <br>He commanded: \u201cDestroy them!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[17] Or <i>He shatters the most ancient forces.</i><br>[16] Or <i>He humiliates the oldest gods.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 28, "text": "So Israel now lives in safety \u2014 <br>Jacob\u2019s residence <sup>[18]</sup> is secure \u2014 <br>in a land full of grain and wine, <br>where the heavens drip dew.<br>", "comment": "[18] Or <i>fountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4098157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 33, "verse": 29, "text": "Happy are you, Israel! Who is like you? <br>You are a people saved by the LORD! <br>He\u2019s the shield that helps you, <br>your majestic sword! <br>Your enemies will come crawling on their knees to you, <br>but you will stomp on their backs! <sup>[19]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[19] Or <i>their shrines</i>"}, {"pk": 4098158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Moses hiked up from the Moabite plains to Mount Nebo, the peak of the Pisgah slope, which faces Jericho. The LORD showed him the whole land: the Gilead region as far as Dan\u2019s territory;"}, {"pk": 4098159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "all the parts belonging to Naphtali along with the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, as well as the entirety of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea;"}, {"pk": 4098160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "also the arid southern plain, and the plain \u2014 including the Jericho Valley, Palm City \u2014 as far as Zoar."}, {"pk": 4098161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses: \u201cThis is the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I promised: \u2018I will give it to your descendants.\u2019 I have shown it to you with your own eyes; however, you will not cross over into it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Moses, the LORD\u2019s servant, died \u2014 right there in the land of Moab, according to the LORD\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4098163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "The Lord buried him in a valley in Moabite country across from Beth-peor. Even now, no one knows where Moses\u2019 grave is."}, {"pk": 4098164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight wasn\u2019t impaired, and his vigor hadn\u2019t diminished a bit."}, {"pk": 4098165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "Back down in the Moabite plains, the Israelites mourned Moses\u2019 death for thirty days. At that point, the time for weeping and for mourning Moses was over."}, {"pk": 4098166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, was filled with wisdom because Moses had placed his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to Joshua, and they did exactly what the LORD commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4098167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "No prophet like Moses has yet emerged in Israel; Moses knew the LORD face-to-face!"}, {"pk": 4098168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "That\u2019s not even to mention all those signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in Egypt \u2014 to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to his entire land \u2014"}, {"pk": 4098169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 5, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "as well as all the extraordinary power that Moses displayed before Israel\u2019s own eyes!"}, {"pk": 4098170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "After Moses the LORD\u2019s servant died, the LORD spoke to Joshua, Nun\u2019s son. He had been Moses\u2019 helper."}, {"pk": 4098171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cMy servant Moses is dead. Now get ready to cross over the Jordan with this entire people to the land that I am going to give to the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "I am giving you every place where you set foot, exactly as I promised Moses."}, {"pk": 4098173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Your territory will stretch from the desert and the Lebanon as far as the great Euphrates River, including all Hittite land, up to the Mediterranean Sea on the west."}, {"pk": 4098174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "No one will be able to stand up against you during your lifetime. I will be with you in the same way I was with Moses. I won\u2019t desert you or leave you."}, {"pk": 4098175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Be brave and strong, because you are the one who will help this people take possession of the land, which I pledged to give to their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4098176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cBe very brave and strong as you carefully obey all of the Instruction that Moses my servant commanded you. Don\u2019t deviate even a bit from it, either to the right or left. Then you will have success wherever you go."}, {"pk": 4098177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Never stop speaking about this Instruction scroll. Recite it day and night so you can carefully obey everything written in it. Then you will accomplish your objectives and you will succeed."}, {"pk": 4098178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ve commanded you to be brave and strong, haven\u2019t I? Don\u2019t be alarmed or terrified, because the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Joshua gave orders to the people\u2019s officers:"}, {"pk": 4098180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cGo through the camp and give orders to the people. Say, \u2018Get supplies ready for yourselves because in three days you will be crossing over the Jordan to enter the land and take it over. The LORD your God is going to give it to you as your possession.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Joshua addressed the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh:"}, {"pk": 4098182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cRemember the command that Moses the LORD\u2019s servant gave you: \u2018The LORD your God will give you rest and give you this land.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Your wives, children, and cattle may remain in the land that Moses has given you on the east side of the Jordan. But all you brave fighters, organized for war, must cross over in front of your fellow Israelites. You must help them"}, {"pk": 4098184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "until the LORD gives a rest like yours to your fellow Israelites and they too take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return and take over the land that belongs to you, which Moses the LORD\u2019s servant has given you on the east side of the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "They answered Joshua, \u201cWe will obey everything you have commanded us and go anywhere you send us."}, {"pk": 4098186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "We will obey you in the same way that we obeyed Moses. Just let the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses!"}, {"pk": 4098187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Anybody who stubbornly opposes what you declare and doesn\u2019t obey any of your commands will be put to death. Be brave and strong!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim. He said, \u201cGo. Look over the land, especially Jericho.\u201d They set out and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab. They bedded down there."}, {"pk": 4098189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Someone told the king of Jericho, \u201cMen from the Israelites have come here tonight to spy on the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "So the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab: \u201cSend out the men who came to you, the ones who came to your house, because they have come to spy on the entire land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. Then she said, \u201cOf course the men came to me. But I didn\u2019t know where they were from."}, {"pk": 4098192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "The men left when it was time to close the gate at dark, but I don\u2019t know where the men went. Hurry! Chase after them! You might catch up with them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the flax stalks that she had laid out on the roof."}, {"pk": 4098194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The men from Jericho <sup>[1]</sup> chased after them in the direction of the Jordan up to the fords. As soon as those chasing them went out, the gate was shut behind them.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>from Jericho.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Before the spies bedded down, Rahab went up to them on the roof."}, {"pk": 4098196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "She said to the men, \u201cI know that the LORD has given you the land. Terror over you has overwhelmed us. The entire population of the land has melted down in fear because of you."}, {"pk": 4098197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Reed Sea <sup>[2]</sup> in front of you when you left Egypt. We have also heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites on the other side of the Jordan. You utterly wiped them out.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4098198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "We heard this and our hearts turned to water. Because of you, people can no longer work up their courage. This is because the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below."}, {"pk": 4098199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Now, I have been loyal to you. So pledge to me by the LORD that you in turn will deal loyally with my family. Give me a sign of good faith."}, {"pk": 4098200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, and sisters, along with everything they own. Rescue us from death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "The men said to her, \u201cWe swear by our own lives to secure yours. If you don\u2019t reveal our mission, we will deal loyally and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So she lowered the spies on a rope through the window. Her house was on the outer side of the city wall, and she lived inside the wall."}, {"pk": 4098203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Then she said to them, \u201cGo toward the highlands so that those chasing you don\u2019t run into you. Hide there for three days until those chasing you return. Then you may go on your way.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "The men said to her, \u201cWe won\u2019t be responsible for this pledge you made us swear"}, {"pk": 4098205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "unless, when we come into the land, you tie this red woven cord in the window through which you lowered us. Gather your father, your mother, your brothers, and your whole family into the house with you."}, {"pk": 4098206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Those who go outside the doors of your house into the street will have only themselves to blame for their own deaths. We won\u2019t be responsible. If anyone lays a hand on those who are with you in the house, we will take the blame for their death."}, {"pk": 4098207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "But if you reveal our mission, we won\u2019t be responsible for this pledge you made us swear.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "She said, \u201cThese things will happen just like you said.\u201d She sent them away and they went off. Then she tied the red cord in the window."}, {"pk": 4098209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "The spies went out and entered the highlands. They stayed there for three days until those chasing them came back. Those chasing them had searched all along the road but never found them."}, {"pk": 4098210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Then the two men came back down from the highlands. They crossed the Jordan and came to Joshua, Nun\u2019s son. They told him everything that had happened to them."}, {"pk": 4098211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "They said to Joshua, \u201cThe LORD has definitely given the entire land into our power. In addition, all of the land\u2019s population has melted down in fear because of us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Joshua took down the camp early in the morning. He and all the Israelites marched out of Shittim and came to the Jordan, where they stayed overnight before crossing."}, {"pk": 4098213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "At the end of three days the officers went through the middle of the camp."}, {"pk": 4098214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "They commanded the people, \u201cAs soon as you see the LORD your God\u2019s chest containing the covenant and the levitical priests carrying it, you are to march out from your places and follow it."}, {"pk": 4098215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "But let there be some distance between you and it, about three thousand feet. Don\u2019t come near it! You will know the way you should go, even though you\u2019ve never traveled this way before.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Joshua said to the people, \u201cMake yourselves holy! Tomorrow the LORD will do wonderful things among you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Joshua said to the priests, \u201cLift up the covenant chest. Go along in front of the people.\u201d So they lifted up the covenant chest and went in front of the people."}, {"pk": 4098218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua, \u201cToday I will begin to make you great in the opinion of all Israel. Then they will know that I will be with you in the same way that I was with Moses."}, {"pk": 4098219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "You are to command the priests who carry the covenant chest, \u2018As soon as you come to the bank of the Jordan, stand still in the Jordan.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Joshua said to the Israelites, \u201cCome close. Listen to the words of the LORD your God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Joshua said, \u201cThis is how you will know that the living God is among you and will completely remove the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites before you."}, {"pk": 4098222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Look! The covenant chest of the ruler of the entire earth is going to cross over in front of you in the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Now pick twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe."}, {"pk": 4098224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The soles of the priests\u2019 feet, who are carrying the chest of the LORD, ruler of the whole earth, will come to rest in the water of the Jordan. At that moment, the water of the Jordan will be cut off. The water flowing downstream will stand still in a single heap.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "The people marched out from their tents to cross over the Jordan. The priests carrying the covenant chest were in front of the people."}, {"pk": 4098226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "When the priests who were carrying the chest came to the Jordan, their feet touched the edge of the water. The Jordan had overflowed its banks completely, the way it does during the entire harvest season."}, {"pk": 4098227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "But at that moment the water of the Jordan coming downstream stood still. It rose up as a single heap very far off, just below Adam, which is the city next to Zarethan. The water going down to the desert sea (that is, the Dead Sea) was cut off completely. The people crossed opposite Jericho."}, {"pk": 4098228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "So the priests carrying the LORD\u2019s covenant chest stood firmly on dry land in the middle of the Jordan. Meanwhile, all Israel crossed over on dry land, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "When the entire nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,"}, {"pk": 4098230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cPick twelve men from the people, one man per tribe."}, {"pk": 4098231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Command them, \u2018Pick up twelve stones from right here in the middle of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests had been firmly planted. Bring them across with you and put them down in the camp where you are staying tonight.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Joshua called for the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one man per tribe."}, {"pk": 4098233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Joshua said to them, \u201cCross over into the middle of the Jordan, up to the LORD your God\u2019s chest. Each of you, lift up a stone on his shoulder to match the number of the tribes of the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "This will be a symbol among you. In the future your children may ask, \u2018What do these stones mean to you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Then you will tell them that the water of the Jordan was cut off before the LORD\u2019s covenant chest. When it crossed over the Jordan, the water of the Jordan was cut off. These stones will be an enduring memorial for the Israelites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "The Israelites did exactly what Joshua ordered. They lifted twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, matching the number of the tribes of the Israelites, exactly as the LORD had said to Joshua. They brought them over to the camp and put them down there."}, {"pk": 4098237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan where the feet of the priests had stood while carrying the covenant chest. They are still there today."}, {"pk": 4098238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Meanwhile, the priests carrying the chest were standing in the middle of the Jordan. They stood there until every command that the LORD had ordered Joshua to tell the people had been carried out. This was exactly what Moses had commanded Joshua. The people crossed over quickly."}, {"pk": 4098239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "As soon as all the people had finished crossing, the LORD\u2019s chest crossed over. The priests then moved to the front of the people."}, {"pk": 4098240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "The people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over, organized for war ahead of the Israelites, exactly as Moses had told them."}, {"pk": 4098241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Approximately forty thousand armed for war crossed over in the LORD\u2019s presence to the plains of Jericho, ready for battle."}, {"pk": 4098242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD made Joshua great in the opinion of all Israel on that day. So they revered him in the same way that they had revered Moses during all of his life."}, {"pk": 4098243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua,"}, {"pk": 4098244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cCommand the priests carrying the chest containing the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "So Joshua commanded the priests, \u201cCome up from the Jordan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The priests carrying the LORD\u2019s covenant chest came up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet touched dry ground. At that moment, the water of the Jordan started flowing again. It ran as before, completely over its banks."}, {"pk": 4098247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. <sup>[1]</sup> They camped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4098248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Joshua set up at Gilgal those twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "He said to the Israelites, \u201cIn the future your children will ask their parents, \u2018What about these stones?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Then you will let your children know: \u2018Israel crossed over the Jordan here on dry ground.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "This was because the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you until you crossed over. This was exactly what the LORD your God did to the Reed Sea. <sup>[2]</sup> He dried it up before us until we crossed over.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4098252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "This happened so that all the earth\u2019s peoples might know that the LORD\u2019s power is great and that you may always revere the LORD your God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "All the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard that the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over. Then their hearts melted. They lost all courage because of the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "At that time the LORD said to Joshua, \u201cMake yourself flint knives. Circumcise the Israelites for a second time.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "So Joshua made flint knives for himself. He circumcised the Israelites at Foreskins Hill."}, {"pk": 4098256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "This is the reason Joshua did so: All the people who went out of Egypt, that is, all the men who were soldiers, had died in the desert on the way after they left Egypt."}, {"pk": 4098257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "All the people who went out were circumcised. But none of the people born in the desert on the way after they had left Egypt had been circumcised."}, {"pk": 4098258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "This was because the Israelites journeyed forty years in the desert until the whole nation died off. These were the men old enough to fight who went out from Egypt and who hadn\u2019t obeyed the LORD. The LORD had pledged to them never to show them the land that the LORD had pledged to their ancestors to give us. It is a land full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4098259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Joshua circumcised their children, the ones the LORD had set in their place. They were uncircumcised because they hadn\u2019t been circumcised on the way."}, {"pk": 4098260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "After the whole nation had undergone circumcision, they remained in the camp until they got well again."}, {"pk": 4098261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the LORD said to Joshua, \u201cToday I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.\u201d So the place was called Gilgal, <sup>[1]</sup> as it is today.", "comment": "[1] Gilgal sounds like the Heb verb <i>galal</i>, \u201cto roll away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The Israelites camped in Gilgal. They celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month <sup>[2]</sup> on the plains of Jericho.", "comment": "[2] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4098263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "On the very next day after Passover, they ate food produced in the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain."}, {"pk": 4098264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "The manna stopped on that next day, when they ate food produced in the land. There was no longer any manna for the Israelites. So that year they ate the crops of the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4098265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up. He caught sight of a man standing in front of him with his sword drawn. Joshua went up and said to him, \u201cAre you on our side or that of our enemies?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "He said, \u201cNeither! I\u2019m the commander of the LORD\u2019s heavenly force. Now I have arrived!\u201d Then Joshua fell flat on his face and worshipped. Joshua said to him, \u201cWhat is my master saying to his servant?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "The commander of the LORD\u2019s heavenly force said to Joshua, \u201cTake your sandals off your feet because the place where you are standing is holy.\u201d So Joshua did this."}, {"pk": 4098268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Jericho was closed up tightly because of the Israelites. No one went out or came in."}, {"pk": 4098269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua, \u201cLook. I have given Jericho and its king into your power, along with its mighty warriors."}, {"pk": 4098270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Circle the city with all the soldiers, going around the city one time. Do this for six days."}, {"pk": 4098271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Have seven priests carry seven trumpets made from rams\u2019 horns in front of the chest. On the seventh day, circle the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets."}, {"pk": 4098272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHave them blow a long blast on the ram\u2019s horn. As soon as you hear that trumpet blast, have all the people shout out a loud war cry. Then the city wall will collapse, and the people will rise up, attacking straight ahead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "So Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, called the priests. He said to them, \u201cLift up the covenant chest. Let seven priests carry seven trumpets made from rams\u2019 horns in front of the LORD\u2019s chest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to the people, \u201cGo forward. Circle the city. Let the armed soldiers go in front of the LORD\u2019s chest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "As soon as Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying seven ram\u2019s horn trumpets moved forward in front of the LORD. They blew the trumpets. The LORD\u2019s covenant chest followed."}, {"pk": 4098276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "The initial group of soldiers was going in front of the priests who were blowing the trumpets. The rear guard was coming behind the chest, with trumpets blowing continuously."}, {"pk": 4098277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Joshua ordered the people, \u201cDon\u2019t shout. Don\u2019t let your voice be heard. Don\u2019t let a word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you, \u2018Shout!\u2019 Then shout!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "He made the LORD\u2019s chest circle the city, going around one time. They went back to the camp and stayed there overnight."}, {"pk": 4098279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Joshua got up early in the morning. The priests lifted up the LORD\u2019s chest."}, {"pk": 4098280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets made from rams\u2019 horns were going in front of the LORD\u2019s chest, blowing trumpets continuously. The armed soldiers were going in front of them. The rear guard was coming after the LORD\u2019s chest, blowing trumpets continuously."}, {"pk": 4098281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "They circled the city one time on the second day. Then they went back to the camp. They did this for six days."}, {"pk": 4098282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "On the seventh day, they got up at dawn. They circled the city in this way seven times. It was only on that day that they circled the city seven times."}, {"pk": 4098283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "The seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets. Then Joshua said to the people, \u201cShout, because the LORD has given you the city!"}, {"pk": 4098284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The city and everything in it is to be utterly wiped out as something reserved for the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute is to stay alive, along with everyone with her in her house. This is because she hid the messengers we sent."}, {"pk": 4098285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "But you, keep away from the things set aside for God so that you don\u2019t desire <sup>[1]</sup> and take some of the things reserved. That would turn the camp of Israel into a thing doomed to be utterly wiped out and bring calamity on it.", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb <i>wipe out as something reserved for God</i>"}, {"pk": 4098286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "All silver and gold, along with bronze and iron equipment, are holy to the LORD. They must go into the LORD\u2019s treasury.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the people shouted. They blew the trumpets. As soon as the people heard the trumpet blast, they shouted a loud war cry. Then the wall collapsed. The people went up against the city, attacking straight ahead. They captured the city."}, {"pk": 4098288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Without mercy, they wiped out everything in the city as something reserved for God \u2014 man and woman, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys."}, {"pk": 4098289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Joshua spoke to the two men who had scouted out the land. \u201cGo to the prostitute\u2019s house. Bring out the woman from there, along with everyone related to her, exactly as you pledged to her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "So the young men who had been spies went and brought Rahab out, along with her father, her mother, her brothers, and everyone related to her. They brought her whole clan out and let them stay outside Israel\u2019s camp."}, {"pk": 4098291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "They burned the city and everything in it. But they put the silver and gold, along with the bronze and iron equipment, into the treasury of the LORD\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4098292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Joshua let Rahab the prostitute live, her family, and everyone related to her. So her family still lives among Israel today, because she hid the spies whom Joshua had sent to scout out Jericho."}, {"pk": 4098293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "At that time Joshua made this decree: \u201cAnyone who starts to rebuild this city of Jericho will be cursed before the LORD. Laying its foundations will cost them their oldest child. Setting up its gates will cost them their youngest child.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4098294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD was with Joshua. News about him spread throughout the land."}, {"pk": 4098295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites did a disrespectful thing concerning the items reserved for God. Achan was the son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, great-grandson of Zerah. He was from the tribe of Judah. He took some of the things reserved for God. So the LORD was furious with the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel. He said to them, \u201cGo up. Scout out the land.\u201d So the men went up and scouted out Ai."}, {"pk": 4098297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "They came back to Joshua and said to him, \u201cThere is no need for all of the people to go up. Two or three thousand men could go up and strike Ai. Don\u2019t make all of the people bother going there. There are just a few of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "So about three thousand men from the people went up in that direction. But they fled from the men of Ai."}, {"pk": 4098299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "The men of Ai struck down approximately thirty-six of them. They chased them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim. They struck them down on the slope. Then the hearts of the people melted and turned to water."}, {"pk": 4098300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Joshua ripped open his clothes. He, along with the elders of Israel, lay flat on their faces before the LORD\u2019s chest until evening. They put dust on their heads."}, {"pk": 4098301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Joshua said, \u201cOh no, LORD God! Why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan? Was it to hand us over to the power of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been prepared to live on the other side of the Jordan!"}, {"pk": 4098302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Please forgive me, LORD. What can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?"}, {"pk": 4098303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "The Canaanites and the whole population of the land will hear of it. They will surround us and make our name disappear from the earth. What will you do about your great name then?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua, \u201cGet up! Why do you lie flat on your face like this?"}, {"pk": 4098305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Israel has sinned. They have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the things reserved for me and put them with their own things. They have stolen and kept it a secret."}, {"pk": 4098306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The Israelites can\u2019t stand up to their enemies. They retreat before their enemies because they themselves have become a doomed thing reserved for me. I will no longer be with you unless you destroy the things reserved for me that are present among you."}, {"pk": 4098307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Go and make the people holy. Say, \u2018Get ready for tomorrow by making yourselves holy. This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: \u201cIsrael! Things reserved for me are present among you. You won\u2019t be able to stand up to your enemies until you remove from your presence the things reserved for me.\u201d\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "In the morning, come forward tribe by tribe. Whichever tribe the LORD selects must come forward clan by clan. Whichever clan the LORD selects must come forward family by family. Whichever family the LORD selects will come forward by individual soldiers."}, {"pk": 4098309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "The person selected, who has the things reserved for God, must be put to death by burning. Burn everything that belongs to him too. This is because he has violated the LORD\u2019s covenant and has committed an outrage in Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Joshua got up early in the morning. He made Israel come forward tribe by tribe. The tribe of Judah was selected."}, {"pk": 4098311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "He made the clans of Judah come forward. He selected the clan of Zerah. He made the clan of Zerah come forward as individual soldiers. Zabdi was selected."}, {"pk": 4098312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "He made each soldier of his family come forward. Achan was selected. He was a son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, great-grandson of Zerah, and of the tribe of Judah."}, {"pk": 4098313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Joshua said to Achan, \u201cMy son, give glory to the LORD the God of Israel. Tell me what you have done. Don\u2019t hide anything from me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Achan answered Joshua, \u201cIt\u2019s true. I\u2019ve sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:"}, {"pk": 4098315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Among the booty I saw a single beautiful robe in the Babylonian style, two hundred shekels of silver, and a single gold bar weighing fifty shekels. I desired them and took them. Now they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver on the bottom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Joshua sent messengers. They ran to the tent. There it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver on the bottom."}, {"pk": 4098317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "They took the things from inside the tent. They brought them to Joshua and to all the Israelites and emptied them out before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Joshua seized Achan, Zerah\u2019s son, along with the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, flocks, tent, and everything that belonged to him. All Israel joined Joshua. They brought them up to Achor Valley."}, {"pk": 4098319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Joshua said, \u201cYou have brought disaster to us! May the LORD bring disaster to you today!\u201d Then all Israel stoned him. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones."}, {"pk": 4098320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "They raised over him a great pile of stones that is still there today. Then the LORD turned away from his fury. So he named that place Achor Valley. <sup>[1]</sup> It is still called that today.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Calamity Valley</i>"}, {"pk": 4098321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid or terrified. Take the entire army with you. Start to go up to Ai. Look! I have given the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land into your power."}, {"pk": 4098322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king. But you may take its booty and cattle as plunder. Set your ambush behind the city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "So Joshua and the whole army got ready to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand brave soldiers. He sent them out by night."}, {"pk": 4098324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "He commanded them, \u201cLook. You are to ambush the city from behind. Don\u2019t move too far away from the city. Be ready, all of you."}, {"pk": 4098325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "I will approach the city with all the people. When they come out against us the same way as before, we will flee from them."}, {"pk": 4098326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city. They will think, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee from them."}, {"pk": 4098327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "But you will rise up from the ambush and take over the city. The LORD your God will give it into your power."}, {"pk": 4098328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "As soon as you seize the city, set it on fire. Act according to the LORD\u2019s word. Indeed, I have given you an order!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Joshua sent them off, and they went to set the ambush. They stayed between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. Joshua spent that night among the people."}, {"pk": 4098330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Joshua got up early in the morning and mustered the people. Then he and the elders of Israel went up in front of the people to Ai."}, {"pk": 4098331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The entire army that was with him went up. They moved in close, in front of the city. Then they camped north of Ai, with the valley between them and Ai."}, {"pk": 4098332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "He took about five thousand men and positioned them as an ambush between Bethel and Ai to the west of the city."}, {"pk": 4098333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "The people positioned the main camp on the north side of the city and its rear guard on its west side. That night, Joshua went into the middle of the valley."}, {"pk": 4098334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "As soon as the king of Ai saw this, he and all his troops, the men of the city, hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle. They moved out to the battleground on the slopes down toward the Jordan. <sup>[1]</sup> He didn\u2019t know that there was an ambush set against him behind the city.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the Arabah</i>"}, {"pk": 4098335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them. They fled in the direction of the desert."}, {"pk": 4098336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Next, all the troops who were still in the city were called out to chase them. They chased after Joshua and so let themselves be drawn away from the city."}, {"pk": 4098337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "No one who hadn\u2019t gone out after Israel was left in either Ai or Bethel. They left the city wide open and chased after Israel."}, {"pk": 4098338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua, \u201cPoint the dagger in your hand toward Ai, because I will give it into your power.\u201d So Joshua pointed the dagger in his hand toward the city."}, {"pk": 4098339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "The ambush quickly rose from its place. As soon as he reached out his hand, it charged. They entered the city and captured it. They set the city on fire at once."}, {"pk": 4098340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the men of Ai turned around. They caught sight of the smoke of the city rising toward the sky. They had no chance to flee one way or the other. The troops who were fleeing toward the desert turned against the pursuit."}, {"pk": 4098341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city was rising. So they turned and struck down the men of Ai."}, {"pk": 4098342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "When other Israelites came out of the city to confront them, the men of Ai were caught in the middle. Some Israelites were on one side of them and some on the other. The Israelites struck them down until there was no one left to escape."}, {"pk": 4098343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "But they seized the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua."}, {"pk": 4098344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Israel finished killing the entire population of Ai that had chased them out into the open wasteland. All of them were finished off without mercy. Then all Israel went back to Ai and struck it down without mercy."}, {"pk": 4098345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Twelve thousand men and women died that day, all the people of Ai."}, {"pk": 4098346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Joshua didn\u2019t pull back the hand that was stretched out holding a dagger until he had wiped out the whole population of Ai as something reserved for God."}, {"pk": 4098347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "However, Israel did take the cattle and other booty of that city as plunder for themselves, in agreement with the command that the LORD had given Joshua."}, {"pk": 4098348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "Then Joshua burned Ai. He made it a permanently deserted mound. That is still the case today."}, {"pk": 4098349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sundown, Joshua gave an order, and they took his body down from the tree. They threw it down at the opening of the city gate. Then they raised over it a great pile of stones that is still there today."}, {"pk": 4098350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4098351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "This was exactly what Moses the LORD\u2019s servant had commanded the Israelites. It is what is written in the Instruction scroll from Moses: \u201can altar of crude stones against which no iron tool has swung.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> On it they offered entirely burned offerings to the LORD and sacrificed well-being offerings.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/27/5-6'>Deut 27:5\u20136</a>"}, {"pk": 4098352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the Instruction from Moses, which Moses had written earlier."}, {"pk": 4098353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "All Israel \u2014 with its elders, officers, and judges \u2014 were standing on either side of the chest. They were facing the levitical priests who carry the LORD\u2019s chest containing the covenant. They included both immigrants and full citizens. Half stood facing Mount Gerizim and half stood facing Mount Ebal. This was exactly what Moses the LORD\u2019s servant had initially commanded for the blessing of the Israelite people."}, {"pk": 4098354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the Instruction, both blessing and curse, in agreement with everything written in the Instruction scroll."}, {"pk": 4098355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "There wasn\u2019t a single word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read aloud in the presence of the entire assembly of Israel. This assembly included the women and small children, along with the immigrants who lived among them."}, {"pk": 4098356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "All the kings on the west side of the Jordan heard about this, including those in the highlands, the lowlands, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea toward Lebanon. They were Hittites and Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites."}, {"pk": 4098357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "They formed an alliance to fight Joshua and Israel."}, {"pk": 4098358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "In contrast, when the population of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,"}, {"pk": 4098359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "they acted cleverly. They set out pretending to be messengers. <sup>[1]</sup> They took worn-out sacks for their donkeys and worn-out wineskins that were split and mended.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and were wearing worn-out clothes. All the bread in their supplies was dry and crumbly."}, {"pk": 4098361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal. They said to him and to Israel, \u201cWe have come from a distant country. So now, make a treaty with us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Israel said to the Hivites, \u201cPerhaps you live among us. How then could we make a treaty with you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Then they said to Joshua, \u201cWe are your servants.\u201d Joshua said to them, \u201cWho are you? Where have you come from?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "They said to him, \u201cYour servants have come from a very distant country because of the reputation of the LORD your God. We have heard a report about him and everything he did in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4098365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "We heard about everything he did to the two kings of the Amorites on the east side of the Jordan, Heshbon\u2019s King Sihon and Bashan\u2019s King Og, who was in Ashtaroth."}, {"pk": 4098366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Our elders and all the population of our land said to us, \u2018Take along supplies for the journey. Go meet them and say to them, \u201cWe are your servants. So now make a treaty with us.\u201d\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "This is our bread. On the day we left to come to you we took it warm from our houses as supplies. But now here it is, dried up and crumbly."}, {"pk": 4098368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "These wineskins were new when we filled them. But here they are, split open. These clothes and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "The Israelites <sup>[2]</sup> took some of their supplies, but they didn\u2019t ask for any decision from the LORD.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>men</i>"}, {"pk": 4098370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Joshua made peace with them. He made a treaty with them to protect their lives. The leaders of the community made a solemn pledge to them."}, {"pk": 4098371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Three days after the Israelites made a treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were actually their neighbors and were living among them."}, {"pk": 4098372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "So on the third day the Israelites marched out and came to their cities: Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim."}, {"pk": 4098373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "But the Israelites didn\u2019t strike at them. This was because the leaders of the community had made a solemn pledge to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The entire community grumbled against the leaders."}, {"pk": 4098374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Then all the leaders said to the whole community, \u201cWe have made a solemn pledge to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. So we can\u2019t touch them now."}, {"pk": 4098375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "This is what we\u2019ll do with them. We\u2019ll let them live so that wrath won\u2019t come down on us because of the solemn pledge that we made to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "The leaders went on to say to them, \u201cLet them live.\u201d So they became woodcutters and water haulers for the whole community, exactly as the leaders had intended for them."}, {"pk": 4098377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Joshua called for the Gibeonites and spoke to them: \u201cWhy have you deceived us by saying, \u2018We live very far away from you,\u2019 when actually you live among us?"}, {"pk": 4098378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "So now you are cursed. Some of you will always serve as woodcutters and water haulers for my God\u2019s house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "They answered Joshua, \u201cYour servants had been told that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the entire land and to wipe out all its population on your account. So we feared for our very lives because of you and did this thing."}, {"pk": 4098380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Now, here we are in your power. Do to us whatever seems good and proper to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "So Joshua treated them in this way. He spared them from the power of the Israelites, and they didn\u2019t kill them."}, {"pk": 4098382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "That day Joshua assigned them as woodcutters and water haulers for the community and for the LORD\u2019s altar, located wherever God <sup>[3]</sup> would choose. That is still the case today.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4098383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Jerusalem\u2019s King Adoni-zedek heard that Joshua had captured Ai and had wiped it out as something reserved for God. Joshua did the same thing to Ai and its king that he had done to Jericho and its king. He also heard that the population of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them."}, {"pk": 4098384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Adoni-zedek and his people <sup>[1]</sup> were very afraid, because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai. All its men were soldiers.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4098385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "So Jerusalem\u2019s King Adoni-zedek sent word to Hebron\u2019s King Hoham, Jarmuth\u2019s King Piram, Lachish\u2019s King Japhia, and Eglon\u2019s King Debir:"}, {"pk": 4098386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cCome up and help me. We will strike at Gibeon, because it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the five kings of the Amorites gathered. These were the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. They went up with all their armies, camped against Gibeon, and attacked it."}, {"pk": 4098388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "The people of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: \u201cDon\u2019t desert your servants! Come to us quickly. Rescue us! Help us! All the Amorite kings from the highlands have assembled together against us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "So Joshua went up from Gilgal with the entire army and all the bravest soldiers."}, {"pk": 4098390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the LORD said to Joshua, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of them. I have given them into your power. Not a single one of them can stand up against you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Joshua quickly attacked them, having come up overnight from Gilgal."}, {"pk": 4098392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD threw them into a panic before Israel. Joshua struck a mighty blow against them at Gibeon. He chased them on the way up to Beth-horon and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah."}, {"pk": 4098393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When they were fleeing from Israel and were on the slope of Beth-horon, the LORD threw down large stones from the sky all the way to Azekah. So they died. More died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword."}, {"pk": 4098394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "On the day the LORD gave the Amorites into the power of Israel, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of the Israelites: \u201cSun, stand still at Gibeon! <br>and Moon, at the Aijalon Valley!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless <br>until a nation took revenge on its enemies. <br> Isn\u2019t this written in the Jashar scroll? So the sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky. For a whole day, it was in no hurry to go down."}, {"pk": 4098396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "There hasn\u2019t been a day like it before or since, when the LORD responded to a human voice. The LORD fought for Israel."}, {"pk": 4098397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Joshua along with all Israel came back to the camp at Gilgal."}, {"pk": 4098398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Then those five kings fled and hid in the cave at Makkedah."}, {"pk": 4098399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "It was reported to Joshua, \u201cThe five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Joshua said, \u201cRoll large stones over the mouth of the cave. Station some men by it to guard them,"}, {"pk": 4098401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "but don\u2019t you stay there. Chase after your enemies and attack them from the rear. Don\u2019t let them enter their cities, because the LORD your God has given them into your power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Joshua and the Israelites finished dealing them a stunning blow until they were finished off. Some survivors among them escaped into the fortified cities."}, {"pk": 4098403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the whole people came back safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a single person threatened the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Joshua said, \u201cOpen up the mouth of the cave. Bring those five kings out of the cave to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "They did so. They brought the five kings out of the cave to him: the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon."}, {"pk": 4098406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for every Israelite. He said to the military commanders who had gone out with him, \u201cCome forward. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.\u201d So they went forward and put their feet on their necks."}, {"pk": 4098407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Joshua said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid or terrified. Be brave and strong, because this is how the LORD will deal with all the enemies you fight.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Next, Joshua struck them down. He put them to death and then hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until evening."}, {"pk": 4098409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "At sundown, Joshua gave an order, and they took them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones over the mouth of the cave. The stones are still there to this very day."}, {"pk": 4098410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "On that day, Joshua captured Makkedah. With a sword, he struck it and its king without mercy. He wiped them out, treating everyone in the city as something reserved for God. He left no survivors. He did to the king of Makkedah exactly as he had done to the king of Jericho."}, {"pk": 4098411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Then Joshua along with all Israel moved on from Makkedah to Libnah. They attacked Libnah."}, {"pk": 4098412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD also gave it and its king into the power of Israel. With a sword, he struck it and everyone in it without mercy. He left no survivors in it. He did to its king exactly as he had done to the king of Jericho."}, {"pk": 4098413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Joshua along with all Israel moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They camped near it and attacked it."}, {"pk": 4098414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "The LORD gave Lachish into the power of Israel. Joshua captured it on the second day. With a sword, he struck it and everyone in it without mercy, just exactly as he had done to Libnah."}, {"pk": 4098415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "Then Gezer\u2019s King Horam came up to help Lachish. But Joshua struck him and his people down, until no survivors were left."}, {"pk": 4098416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "Joshua along with all Israel moved on from Lachish to Eglon. They camped against it and attacked it."}, {"pk": 4098417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "They captured it on the same day and struck it down without mercy. On that day, he wiped out everyone in it as something reserved for God, just exactly as he had done to Lachish."}, {"pk": 4098418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "Joshua along with all Israel went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it."}, {"pk": 4098419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "They captured it and struck it down without mercy, along with its king, all its towns, and everyone in it. He left no survivors, just exactly as he had done to Eglon. He wiped out the city and everyone in it as something reserved for God."}, {"pk": 4098420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "Joshua along with all Israel turned back to Debir and attacked it."}, {"pk": 4098421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "He captured it along with its king and all its cities. They struck them down without mercy and wiped out everyone in it as something reserved for God. He left no survivors. Exactly as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king \u2014 exactly as he had done to Libnah and its king."}, {"pk": 4098422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "So Joshua struck at the whole land: the highlands, the arid southern plains, the lowlands, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He wiped out everything that breathed as something reserved for God, exactly as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded."}, {"pk": 4098423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "Joshua struck them down from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole land of Goshen as far as Gibeon."}, {"pk": 4098424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "Joshua captured all these kings and their land all at the same time. This was because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel."}, {"pk": 4098425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 10, "verse": 43, "text": "Then Joshua along with all Israel came back to the camp at Gilgal."}, {"pk": 4098426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "King Jabin of Hazor heard about this. So he sent word to Madon\u2019s King Jobab, to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph."}, {"pk": 4098427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "He sent word to the kings from the north part of the highlands, in the desert plain south of Chinneroth, in the lowlands, and in Naphoth-dor on the west."}, {"pk": 4098428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "He sent word to the Canaanites from east and west, to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the highlands, and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4098429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "They went out with all their battalions as a great army. They were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. There were very many horses and chariots."}, {"pk": 4098430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "All these kings came together. They came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel."}, {"pk": 4098431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD said to Joshua, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow, I will make them all dead bodies in Israel\u2019s presence. Cripple their horses! Burn their chariots!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Joshua along with the entire army launched a surprise attack against them at the waters of Merom."}, {"pk": 4098433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD gave them into Israel\u2019s power. They struck them down. They chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, then to the east as far as the Mizpeh Valley. They struck them down until no survivors were left."}, {"pk": 4098434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Joshua dealt with them exactly as the LORD had told him. He crippled their horses and burned their chariots."}, {"pk": 4098435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Joshua turned back at that time. He captured Hazor and struck down its king with the sword. Hazor had been the head of all those kingdoms in the past."}, {"pk": 4098436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "They struck down everyone there without mercy, wiping them out as something reserved for God. Nothing that breathed was left. Hazor itself he burned."}, {"pk": 4098437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Joshua captured all these kings and their cities. He struck them down without mercy. He wiped them out as something reserved for God. This was exactly as Moses the LORD\u2019s servant had commanded."}, {"pk": 4098438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "But Israel didn\u2019t burn any of the cities that still are standing on their mounds. Joshua burned only Hazor."}, {"pk": 4098439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "The Israelites took all the valuable things from those cities and the cattle as plunder for themselves. But they struck down every person without mercy until they had wiped them out. They didn\u2019t let anything that breathed survive."}, {"pk": 4098440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "What the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, Moses had commanded Joshua, and Joshua did exactly that. He didn\u2019t deviate a bit from any command that the LORD had given Moses."}, {"pk": 4098441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "So Joshua took this whole land: the highlands, the whole arid southern plain, the whole land of Goshen, the lowlands, the desert plain, and both the highlands and the lowlands of Israel."}, {"pk": 4098442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "He took land stretching from Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the Lebanon Valley. He captured all their kings. He struck them down and killed them."}, {"pk": 4098443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time."}, {"pk": 4098444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "There wasn\u2019t one city that made peace with the Israelites, except the Hivites who lived in Gibeon. They captured every single one in battle."}, {"pk": 4098445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Their stubborn resistance came from the LORD and led them to wage war against Israel. Israel was then able to wipe them out as something reserved for God, without showing them any mercy. This was exactly what the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4098446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "At that time, Joshua went and wiped out the Anakim from the highlands. He wiped them out from Hebron, from Debir, and from Anab, from the whole highlands of Judah, and the whole highlands of Israel. Joshua wiped them out along with their cities as something reserved for God."}, {"pk": 4098447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "The Anakim no longer remained in the land of the Israelites. They survived only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod."}, {"pk": 4098448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "So Joshua took the whole land, exactly as the LORD had promised Moses. Joshua gave it as a legacy to Israel according to their tribal shares. Then the land had a rest from war."}, {"pk": 4098449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites struck down these kings of the land and took over their land on the east side of the Jordan. This ran from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon and included the whole eastern part of the desert plain."}, {"pk": 4098450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "First there was the Amorites\u2019 King Sihon, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer by the rim of Arnon Valley and then from the middle of the valley as far as the Jabbok Valley, the border of the Ammonites. This was half of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4098451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "He ruled the desert plain up to the east side of the Chinneroth Sea. This ran southward in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth at the foot of the Pisgah slopes as far as the east side of the desert plain (that is, the Dead Sea) and"}, {"pk": 4098452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "the territory next to it. <sup>[1]</sup> Then there was Bashan\u2019s King Og. He was one of the last of the Rephaim. He lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>next to it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead down to the border of Heshbon\u2019s King Sihon."}, {"pk": 4098454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses the LORD\u2019s servant and the Israelites struck them down. Moses the LORD\u2019s servant gave their land as property to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Joshua and the Israelites struck down these kings of the land and took over their land on the west side of the Jordan. This ran from Baal-gad in the Lebanon Valley as far as Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as shares of property."}, {"pk": 4098456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "This was in the highlands, in the lowlands, in the desert plain, in the slopes, in the desert, and in the arid southern plain. The land belonged to Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. They were:"}, {"pk": 4098457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "the king of Jerichoone <br>the king of Ai (which is near Bethel)one <br>"}, {"pk": 4098458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "the king of Jerusalemone <br>the king of Hebronone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "the king of Jarmuthone <br>the king of Lachishone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "the king of Eglonone <br>the king of Gezerone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "the king of Debirone <br>the king of Gederone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "the king of Hormahone <br>the king of Aradone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "the king of Libnahone <br>the king of Adullamone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "the king of Makkedahone <br>the king of Bethelone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "the king of Tappuahone <br>the king of Hepherone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "the king of Aphekone <br>the king of Lasharonone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "the king of Madonone <br>the king of Hazorone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "the king of Shimron-meronone <br>the king of Achshaphone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "the king of Taanachone <br>the king of Megiddoone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "the king of Kedeshone <br>the king of Jokneam in Carmelone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "the king of Dor in Naphath-dorone <br>the king of Goiim of Gilgalone <br>"}, {"pk": 4098472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "the king of Tirzahone <br>Total of all kings:thirty-one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4098473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Joshua had reached old age. The LORD said to him, \u201cYou have reached old age, but much of the land remains to be taken over."}, {"pk": 4098474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "This is the land that remains: All the districts of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites."}, {"pk": 4098475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "(The land stretching from the Shihor near Egypt northward as far as the Ekron territory is considered to be Canaanite. There are five rulers of the Philistines, for Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.) The land of the Avvites"}, {"pk": 4098476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "in the south. The whole land of the Canaanites, along with Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek and as far as the Amorite border."}, {"pk": 4098477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The land of the Gebalites and the whole Lebanon eastward, stretching from Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath."}, {"pk": 4098478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cI myself will remove the entire population of the highlands from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim before the Israelites, that is, all the Sidonians. You have only to allot it to Israel as a legacy exactly as I commanded you."}, {"pk": 4098479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "So now divide up this land as a legacy for the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh. You will give it out from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. The Mediterranean Sea is the border. <sup>[1]</sup>\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>You will give it out from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. The Mediterranean Sea is the border.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "As for the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, <sup>[2]</sup> the Reubenites and Gadites together with it had already taken their legacy that Moses had given them on the east side of the Jordan. It was exactly what Moses the LORD\u2019s servant had given them.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>As for the other half of the tribe of Manasseh.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "It ran from Aroer by the rim of the Arnon Valley and the city in the middle of the valley through the whole Medeba plateau as far as Dibon."}, {"pk": 4098482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "It included all the cities of the Amorites\u2019 King Sihon, who ruled in Heshbon, as far as the Ammonite border."}, {"pk": 4098483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "It also included Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah \u2014"}, {"pk": 4098484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "the entire kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. He survived as the last of the Rephaim. Moses had struck down and removed them."}, {"pk": 4098485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "But the Israelites didn\u2019t remove the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath still live among Israel today."}, {"pk": 4098486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "It was only to the tribe of Levi that he gave no legacy. Their legacy consists of the fire offerings for the LORD, the God of Israel, exactly as he had promised them."}, {"pk": 4098487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses provided for the clans of the Reubenite tribe."}, {"pk": 4098488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Their territory ran from Aroer by the rim of the Arnon Valley and the city in the middle of the ravine, and the whole plateau as far as Medeba."}, {"pk": 4098489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "It included Heshbon and all its cities that are on the plateau: Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,"}, {"pk": 4098490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,"}, {"pk": 4098491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Kiriathaim, Sibmah, the Zereth-shahar highlands,"}, {"pk": 4098492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth."}, {"pk": 4098493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "It included all the cities of the plateau and the whole kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon. Moses had struck him down, along with Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the leaders of Midian. They had lived in the land as princes of Sihon."}, {"pk": 4098494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "In addition to those others slain, the Israelites killed the fortune-teller Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, with the sword."}, {"pk": 4098495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "The border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan and the territory next to it. This was the legacy of the people of Reuben \u2014 for their clans, their cities, and their settlements."}, {"pk": 4098496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Moses provided for the clans of the Gadite tribe."}, {"pk": 4098497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Their territory was Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer near Rabbah."}, {"pk": 4098498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "It also ran from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the territory of Lidebir."}, {"pk": 4098499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon. This was the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon. It included the Jordan and the territory next to it up to the tip of the Chinnereth Sea on the east side of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "This was the legacy of the Gadites \u2014 for their clans, their cities, and their settlements."}, {"pk": 4098501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "Moses provided for half the tribe of Manasseh. It was for the clans in half the tribe of the people of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "Their territory ran from Mahanaim, all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all sixty of the tent villages of Jair that are in Bashan."}, {"pk": 4098503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "Half of Gilead along with Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, belonged to the people of Machir son of Manasseh. It belonged to the clans for half of the people of Machir."}, {"pk": 4098504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "Moses assigned these territories when he was in the Moab plains on the other side of the Jordan, east of Jericho."}, {"pk": 4098505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "But Moses gave no legacy to the tribe of Levi. The LORD God of Israel is their legacy, exactly as he promised them."}, {"pk": 4098506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites received these inheritances in the land of Canaan. Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes assigned them."}, {"pk": 4098507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Their legacy was assigned by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded the nine and a half tribes through Moses."}, {"pk": 4098508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "In fact, Moses had given out the legacy of the two and a half tribes on the other side of the Jordan. But he gave no legacy among them to the Levites."}, {"pk": 4098509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "The people of Joseph consisted of two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites weren\u2019t given any portion of the land, except cities to live in and pastureland for their cattle and flocks."}, {"pk": 4098510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "The Israelites divided up the land exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4098511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "In Gilgal, the people of Judah approached Joshua. Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, \u201cYou know what the LORD said to Moses, man of God, about you and me when we were in Kadesh-barnea."}, {"pk": 4098512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "I was 40 years old when Moses the LORD\u2019s servant sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout out the land. I brought back a report to him of what I really thought."}, {"pk": 4098513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "My companions who had gone up with me made the people\u2019s heart melt. But I remained loyal to the LORD my God."}, {"pk": 4098514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "So Moses pledged on that day, \u2018The land on which you have walked will forever be a legacy for you and your children. This is because you remained loyal to the LORD my God.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Now look. The LORD has kept me alive, exactly as he promised. It is forty-five years since the LORD spoke about this to Moses. It was while Israel was journeying in the desert. Now look. Today I\u2019m 85 years old."}, {"pk": 4098516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019m just as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength then was as my strength is now, whether for war or for everyday activities."}, {"pk": 4098517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "So now, give me this highland that the LORD promised me that day. True, the Anakim are there with large fortified cities, as you yourself heard that day. But if the LORD is with me, I should be able to remove them, exactly as the LORD promised.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "So Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son, as a legacy."}, {"pk": 4098519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "So Hebron still belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as a legacy today. This was because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4098520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba. Arba had been the greatest of the Anakim.) Then the land rested from war."}, {"pk": 4098521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "The land determined by lot for the clans of the Judahite tribe ran southward to the border of Edom. The Zin wasteland was the southern limit."}, {"pk": 4098522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Their south border ran from the end of the Dead Sea, from the bay that faces south."}, {"pk": 4098523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "It went south from the ascent of Akrabbim, passed on to Zin, and went up south of Kadesh-barnea. It passed on to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka."}, {"pk": 4098524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "It passed on to Azmon and went by the border <sup>[1]</sup> of Egypt. The border ended at the sea. This will be their south border.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Wadi</i>, traditionally Brook; LXX <i>their south border</i>; MT <i>your south border</i>"}, {"pk": 4098525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "The east border was the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The border on the north side ran from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "The border went up to Beth-hoglah and passed north of Beth-arabah. The border went up to the Stone of Bohan (Reuben\u2019s son)."}, {"pk": 4098527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "The border went up to Debir from the Achor Valley, turning north to Gilgal. Gilgal was opposite the ascent of Adummim, which was south of the ravine. The border passed on to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel."}, {"pk": 4098528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "The border went up by the valley of Ben-Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite city, Jerusalem, on the south. The border went up to the top of the mountain that is opposite the Hinnom Valley on the west, which is at the north end of the Rephaim Valley."}, {"pk": 4098529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "The border turned from the top of the mountain to the waters of Nephtoah Spring and went to the cities of Mount Ephron. The border turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim)."}, {"pk": 4098530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "The border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir. It passed on to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed by Timnah."}, {"pk": 4098531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "The border went to the slope of Ekron on the north. The border turned toward Shikkeron, passed on to Mount Baalah, and went to Jabneel. The border ended at the sea."}, {"pk": 4098532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "The west border was the Mediterranean Sea and its shoreline. This was the border surrounding the clans of the Judahites."}, {"pk": 4098533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "In agreement with the LORD\u2019s command to him, Joshua gave a portion among the Judahites to Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son. It was Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak)."}, {"pk": 4098534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Caleb removed the three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. They were the offspring of Anak."}, {"pk": 4098535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he went up from there against the population of Debir. Debir used to be called Kiriath-sepher."}, {"pk": 4098536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Caleb said, \u201cI will give Achsah my daughter in marriage to whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "So Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb\u2019s brother, captured it, and Caleb gave him Achsah his daughter in marriage."}, {"pk": 4098538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Now when she arrived, she prodded Othniel into asking for a field from her father. After she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "She said, \u201cGive me a blessing. Since the land you\u2019ve given me is in the arid southern plain, you should also give me springs of water.\u201d So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs."}, {"pk": 4098540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "This is the legacy for the clans of the tribe of the people of Judah."}, {"pk": 4098541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "The outlying cities of the tribe of the people of Judah ran down to the border of Edom. In the arid southern plain: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,"}, {"pk": 4098542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,"}, {"pk": 4098543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,"}, {"pk": 4098544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,"}, {"pk": 4098545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),"}, {"pk": 4098546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "Amam, Shema, Moladah,"}, {"pk": 4098547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,"}, {"pk": 4098548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba and its dependent cities, <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX and <a href='/CEB/16/11/27'>Neh 11:27</a>; Heb <i>Biziothiah</i>"}, {"pk": 4098549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "Baalah, Iim, Ezem,"}, {"pk": 4098550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,"}, {"pk": 4098551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,"}, {"pk": 4098552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. In total: twenty-nine cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "In the lowlands: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,"}, {"pk": 4098554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,"}, {"pk": 4098555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,"}, {"pk": 4098556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim. In total: fourteen cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,"}, {"pk": 4098558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "Dilan, Mizpeh, Jokthe-el,"}, {"pk": 4098559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,"}, {"pk": 4098560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,"}, {"pk": 4098561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah. In total: sixteen cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 42, "text": "Libnah, Ether, Ashan,"}, {"pk": 4098563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 43, "text": "Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,"}, {"pk": 4098564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 44, "text": "Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah. In total: nine cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 45, "text": "Ekron, its dependent cities and surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 46, "text": "From Ekron toward the sea, everything that was near Ashdod and its surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 47, "text": "Ashdod, its dependent cities and surrounding areas. Gaza, its dependent cities and surrounding areas as far as the border of Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea and its shoreline."}, {"pk": 4098568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 48, "text": "In the highlands: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,"}, {"pk": 4098569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 49, "text": "Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),"}, {"pk": 4098570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 50, "text": "Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,"}, {"pk": 4098571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 51, "text": "Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. In total: eleven cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 52, "text": "Arab, Dumah, Eshan,"}, {"pk": 4098573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 53, "text": "Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,"}, {"pk": 4098574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 54, "text": "Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior. In total: nine cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 55, "text": "Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,"}, {"pk": 4098576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 56, "text": "Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,"}, {"pk": 4098577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 57, "text": "Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah. In total: ten cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 58, "text": "Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,"}, {"pk": 4098579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 59, "text": "Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon. In total: six cities and their surrounding areas. Tekoah, Ephrathah (that is, Bethlehem), Peor, Etam, Koulon, Tatam, Sores, Karem, Gallim, Bether, and Manahath. In total: eleven cities and their surrounding areas. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>Tekoa, Ephrathah \u2026 surrounding areas.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 60, "text": "Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah. In total: two cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 61, "text": "In the desert: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,"}, {"pk": 4098582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 62, "text": "Nibshan (the Salt City), and En-gedi. In total: six cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 15, "verse": 63, "text": "But the people of Judah couldn\u2019t remove the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So today the Jebusites still live along with the people of Judah in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4098584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The land determined by lot for the people of Joseph went out from the Jordan near Jericho eastward to the waters of Jericho. It went up by the desert from Jericho to the Bethel highlands."}, {"pk": 4098585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "It goes from Bethel to Luz and passes on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth."}, {"pk": 4098586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "It goes down westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer. It ends at the sea."}, {"pk": 4098587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their legacy."}, {"pk": 4098588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "This was the territory for the clans of the people of Ephraim. The border of their legacy ran from Ataroth-adar on the east as far as Upper Beth-horon."}, {"pk": 4098589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "The border goes to the sea. Michmethath is on the north. The border turns east of Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it east of Janoah."}, {"pk": 4098590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "It goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touches Jericho, and goes to the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "From Tappuah the border goes westward by the Kanah Valley. It ends at the sea. This is the legacy for the clans of the Ephraimite tribe."}, {"pk": 4098592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "It included cities set apart for the people of Ephraim within the legacy of the people of Manasseh, all the cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "But they didn\u2019t remove the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So today the Canaanites, who were used for forced labor, still live within Ephraim."}, {"pk": 4098594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Land was determined by lot for the tribe of Manasseh, who was actually Joseph\u2019s oldest son. Gilead and Bashan belonged to Machir, who was Manasseh\u2019s oldest son and Gilead\u2019s father. This was because he was a warrior."}, {"pk": 4098595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "So an allotment took place for the rest of the clans of the people of Manasseh \u2014 for the people of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the male descendants by their clans."}, {"pk": 4098596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Zelophehad was Hepher\u2019s son, Gilead\u2019s grandson, Machir\u2019s great-grandson and Manasseh\u2019s great-great-grandson. Zelophehad had no sons, only daughters, who were named Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah."}, {"pk": 4098597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "The daughters approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, and the leaders. They said, \u201cThe LORD commanded Moses to give us a legacy along with our male relatives.\u201d So in agreement with the LORD\u2019s command, they were given a legacy along with their uncles."}, {"pk": 4098598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "Manasseh had ten parcels in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan on the other side of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "This was because the daughters of Manasseh received a legacy along with his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the people of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath, which is opposite Shechem. The border went south to the population of En-tappuah."}, {"pk": 4098601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh. But Tappuah itself belonged to the people of Ephraim, even though it was on the border of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "The border went down by the Kanah Valley. South of the ravine are those cities that belong to Ephraim, even though they are located among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh lay on the north side of the ravine and ended at the sea."}, {"pk": 4098603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "What lay south of the border belonged to Ephraim, and what lay north of it belonged to Manasseh. The sea was its border. The territory bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east."}, {"pk": 4098604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Belonging to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher were Beth-shean and its dependent cities, Ibleam and its dependent cities, the population of Dor and its dependent cities, the population of En-dor and its dependent cities, the population of Taanach and its dependent cities, and the population of Megiddo and its dependent cities. (The third one is Naphath.) <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "The people of Manasseh couldn\u2019t take over these cities, and the Canaanites were determined to live in this land."}, {"pk": 4098606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "When the Israelites grew strong, they subjected the Canaanites to hard labor but didn\u2019t remove them."}, {"pk": 4098607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua: \u201cWhy have you only given us a single lot and a solitary parcel for a legacy? We are a numerous people whom the LORD has blessed so richly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Joshua said, \u201cYes, you are a numerous people. So go up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, because the Ephraimite highland is too small for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "The people of Joseph said, \u201cThe highland isn\u2019t enough for us. But all the Canaanites who live in the valley region have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its dependent cities and those in the Jezreel Valley.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Joshua then said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, \u201cYou are a numerous people and possess great strength. You will have more than a single lot."}, {"pk": 4098611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "The highland will belong to you. Because it is a forest, you can clear it. Its farthest limits will be yours. You will definitely remove the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "The whole community of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh and set up the meeting tent there. The conquered land lay before them."}, {"pk": 4098613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Among the Israelites, seven tribes were left that had not yet received their legacy."}, {"pk": 4098614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Joshua said to the Israelites, \u201cHow long will you avoid going to take over the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?"}, {"pk": 4098615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Pick out three men for each tribe. I will send them out, and they will go up and travel throughout the land. They will write a description of it as the basis for determining their legacy. Then they will come back to me."}, {"pk": 4098616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "They will divide up the land among themselves into seven portions. Judah will stay on its territory to the south. The house of Joseph will stay on their territory to the north."}, {"pk": 4098617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "But you will write a report in seven parts and bring the report back here to me. Then I will cast the lot for you here, before the LORD our God."}, {"pk": 4098618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "However, there won\u2019t be a portion among you for the Levites because their legacy is the priesthood of the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their legacy on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the LORD\u2019s servant gave it to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "When the men had prepared to go, Joshua gave orders to those going to write a description of the land. \u201cGo and travel around the land, write about it, and return to me. I will cast the lot for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "So the men went and passed through the land and wrote about it in a document, city by city, in seven sections. They came back to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh."}, {"pk": 4098621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided up the shares of the land for the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "The lot for the clans of the Benjaminite tribe appeared first. The border of their allotment went out between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph."}, {"pk": 4098623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Their border on the north side ran from the Jordan. The border went up to the slope of Jericho on the north. It went up westward in the highlands and ended at the wasteland of Beth-aven."}, {"pk": 4098624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "The border passed on from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz on the south (that is, Bethel). The border went down to Ataroth-adar on the mountain that is south of Lower Beth-horon."}, {"pk": 4098625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "The border turned and came around southward on the west side, running from the mountain that is opposite Beth-horon on the south. It ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the people of Judah. This was its west side."}, {"pk": 4098626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "The south side ran from the limits of Kiriath-jearim. The border went out westward. It then proceeded to the waters of Nephtoah Spring."}, {"pk": 4098627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "The border went down to the foot of the mountain that is opposite the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the north part of the Rephaim Valley. It went down through the Hinnom Valley to the slope of the Jebusite city on the south. It then went down to En-rogel."}, {"pk": 4098628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "It turned northward. Then it went to En-shemesh and then to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the Stone of Bohan (Reuben\u2019s son)."}, {"pk": 4098629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "It passed on to the slope of Beth-arabah <sup>[1]</sup> on the north and went down into the desert plain.", "comment": "[1] LXX and <a href='/CEB/6/15/6'>Josh 15:6</a>; MT <i>slope opposite the desert plain</i>"}, {"pk": 4098630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "The border passed on to the slope of Beth-hoglah on the north. The border ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea, at the southern mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border."}, {"pk": 4098631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "The Jordan bordered it on the east side. This is the legacy of the Benjaminite clans according to its borders."}, {"pk": 4098632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "The cities of the clans of the Benjaminite tribe are Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,"}, {"pk": 4098633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,"}, {"pk": 4098634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,"}, {"pk": 4098635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. In total: twelve cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,"}, {"pk": 4098637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,"}, {"pk": 4098638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,"}, {"pk": 4098639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath. In total: fourteen cities and their surrounding areas. This is the legacy of the Benjaminite clans."}, {"pk": 4098640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "The second lot fell to Simeon. The legacy of the clans of the Simeonite tribe lay inside the legacy of the people of Judah."}, {"pk": 4098641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "They had in their legacy: Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah,"}, {"pk": 4098642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,"}, {"pk": 4098643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,"}, {"pk": 4098644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,"}, {"pk": 4098645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen. In total: thirteen cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan. In total: four cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "In addition were all the areas that surround these cities as far as Baalath-beer and Ramah of the arid southern plain. This is the legacy of the clans of the Simeonite tribe."}, {"pk": 4098648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Some of the portion of the people of Judah belonged to the legacy of the people of Simeon. This was because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them. So the people of Simeon received a legacy inside Judah\u2019s legacy."}, {"pk": 4098649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "The lot turned up third for the clans of Zebulun. The border of their legacy ran as far as Sarid."}, {"pk": 4098650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Their border went up westward to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and touched the ravine that is opposite Jokneam."}, {"pk": 4098651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "It reversed from Sarid eastward toward the east to the border of Chisloth-tabor. It went to Daberath and then up to Japhia."}, {"pk": 4098652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "From there it passed on the east side, running eastward to Gath-hepher and Eth-kazin. Going to Rimmon, it bent toward Neah."}, {"pk": 4098653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "The border turned north of Hannathon and ended at the Iphtah-el Valley."}, {"pk": 4098654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "They also owned Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; in total: twelve cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "These cities and their surrounding areas are the legacy of Zebulun\u2019s clans."}, {"pk": 4098656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "The lot went out fourth for the clans of Issachar."}, {"pk": 4098657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Their border ran toward Jezreel. They also owned Chesulloth, Shunem,"}, {"pk": 4098658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,"}, {"pk": 4098659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,"}, {"pk": 4098660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez."}, {"pk": 4098661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "The border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan; in total: sixteen cities with their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "These cities and their surrounding areas are the legacy for the clans of the Issachar tribe."}, {"pk": 4098663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "The lot went out fifth for the clans of the tribe of Asher."}, {"pk": 4098664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "Their border included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,"}, {"pk": 4098665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. It touched Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath."}, {"pk": 4098666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "The border reversed eastward to Beth-dagon. It touched Zebulun and the Iphtah-el Valley on the north, also Beth-emek and Neiel. It went to Cabul on the north,"}, {"pk": 4098667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "as far as Great Sidon. They also owned Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah."}, {"pk": 4098668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "The border turned around to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre. The border turned around to Hosah and ended at the sea. They also owned Mahalab, <sup>[1]</sup> Achzib,", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Mehebel</i>"}, {"pk": 4098669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; in total: twenty-two cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "These cities and their surrounding areas are the legacy for the clans of the Asher tribe."}, {"pk": 4098671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "For the people of Naphtali, the lot went out sixth. For the clans of Naphtali"}, {"pk": 4098672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "their border ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "The border reversed westward to Aznoth-tabor. It went from there to Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east."}, {"pk": 4098674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "They also owned the fortified cities Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,"}, {"pk": 4098675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,"}, {"pk": 4098676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,"}, {"pk": 4098677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 38, "text": "Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; in total: nineteen cities and their surrounding areas."}, {"pk": 4098678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 39, "text": "These cities and their surrounding areas are the legacy for the clans of the Naphtali tribe."}, {"pk": 4098679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 40, "text": "The lot went out seventh for the clans of the Danite tribe."}, {"pk": 4098680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 41, "text": "The territory of their legacy was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,"}, {"pk": 4098681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 42, "text": "Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,"}, {"pk": 4098682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 43, "text": "Elon, Timnah, Ekron,"}, {"pk": 4098683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 44, "text": "Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,"}, {"pk": 4098684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 45, "text": "Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,"}, {"pk": 4098685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 46, "text": "Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, along with the territory opposite Joppa."}, {"pk": 4098686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 47, "text": "But the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them. So the people of Dan went up and attacked Leshem and captured it. They struck it down without mercy. They took it over and settled it. Then they named Leshem as Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor."}, {"pk": 4098687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 48, "text": "These cities and their surrounding areas are the legacy for the clans of the Danite tribe."}, {"pk": 4098688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 49, "text": "So when they finished assigning the borders of the land, the Israelites gave to Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, a legacy among them."}, {"pk": 4098689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 50, "text": "By the LORD\u2019s command, they gave him the city that he asked for. This was Timnath-serah in the highlands of Ephraim. He built a city and lived in it."}, {"pk": 4098690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 19, "verse": 51, "text": "These are the legacies that Eleazar the priest, Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes assigned by lot at Shiloh. They did this before the LORD at the entrance of the meeting tent and finished dividing up the land."}, {"pk": 4098691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD spoke to Joshua:"}, {"pk": 4098692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cSay to the Israelites, \u2018Set up refuge cities for yourselves. I spoke to you about these through Moses."}, {"pk": 4098693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Anyone who kills by striking down someone unintentionally or by mistake may flee there. These places will be a refuge for you from any member of the victim\u2019s family seeking revenge."}, {"pk": 4098694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "The killer will flee to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and explain their situation to the elders of that city. The elders are to let the killer into the city and provide a place of refuge for the killer to live with them."}, {"pk": 4098695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "If a member of the victim\u2019s family follows, seeking revenge, they won\u2019t hand the killer over. This is because the killer struck down the neighbor by accident and hadn\u2019t been an enemy in the past."}, {"pk": 4098696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "The killer will live in that city until there can be a trial before the community or <sup>[1]</sup> until the death of the one who is high priest at that time. Then the killer may return home, back to the city from which the flight began.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the highlands of Naphtali, Shechem in the highlands of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the highlands of Judah."}, {"pk": 4098698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "On the other side of the Jordan east of Jericho, they set up Bezer in the wasteland on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "These cities were the ones designated for all the Israelites and for immigrants residing among them. Anyone who struck down a person by mistake could flee there and escape death at the hand of some member of the victim\u2019s family seeking revenge, until there could be a trial before the community."}, {"pk": 4098700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "The heads of the levitical families approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes."}, {"pk": 4098701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan: \u201cThe LORD gave a command through Moses to give us cities to live in and their pasturelands for our cattle.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "So the Israelites gave the Levites the following cities and their pasturelands out of their own legacy. This was in agreement with the LORD\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4098703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "The lot went out for the clans of the Kohathites. The descendants of Aaron the priest from among the Levites acquired thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4098704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "The rest of the descendants of Kohath acquired ten cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "The descendants of Gershon acquired thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half of Manasseh located in Bashan."}, {"pk": 4098706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "The descendants of Merari acquired twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun."}, {"pk": 4098707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "So the Israelites gave these cities and their pasturelands to the Levites by lot, exactly as the LORD had commanded through Moses."}, {"pk": 4098708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "They gave the following cities, identified here by name, from the tribe of the Judahites and the tribe of the Simeonites."}, {"pk": 4098709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "The cities belonged to the descendants of Aaron, one of the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the lot had fallen to them first."}, {"pk": 4098710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the highlands of Judah and the pastures around it. (Arba was the father of Anak.)"}, {"pk": 4098711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "But they had already given the fields of the city and its surrounding areas to Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son, as his property."}, {"pk": 4098712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave: Hebron, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Libnah and its pastures;"}, {"pk": 4098713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "Jattir and its pastures; Eshtemoa and its pastures;"}, {"pk": 4098714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Holon and its pastures; Debir and its pastures;"}, {"pk": 4098715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Ain and its pastures; Juttah and its pastures; and Beth-shemesh and its pastures. Total from these two tribes: nine cities."}, {"pk": 4098716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its pastures, Geba and its pastures,"}, {"pk": 4098717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Anathoth and its pastures, and Almon and its pastures. In total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "This is the total of all the cities of the priests descended from Aaron: thirteen cities with their pastures."}, {"pk": 4098719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Other clans from the levitical descendants of Kohath still remained from among the descendants of Kohath. Some of their allotted cities were from the tribe of Ephraim."}, {"pk": 4098720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "They gave them: Shechem, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures in the highlands of Ephraim; Gezer and its pastures;"}, {"pk": 4098721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "Kibzaim and its pastures; and Beth-horon and its pastures; in total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "From the tribe of Dan: Elteke and its pastures, Gibbethon and its pastures,"}, {"pk": 4098723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Aijalon and its pastures, Gath-rimmon and its pastures; in total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "From half the tribe of Manasseh: Taanach and its pastures, and Gath-rimmon and its pastures; in total: two cities."}, {"pk": 4098725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "This is the total of all cities for the clans of the remaining descendants of Kohath: ten cities with their pastures."}, {"pk": 4098726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "To the descendants of Gershon, one of the clans of the Levites, from half the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; and Beeshterah and its pastures; in total: two cities."}, {"pk": 4098727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "From the tribe of Issachar: Kishion and its pastures, Daberath and its pastures,"}, {"pk": 4098728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "Jarmuth and its pastures, En-gannim and its pastures; in total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "From the tribe of Asher: Mishal and its pastures, Abdon and its pastures,"}, {"pk": 4098730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "Helkath and its pastures, and Rehob and its pastures; in total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, the refuge city for the killer, and its pastures; Hammoth-dor and its pastures; and Kartan and its pastures; in total: three cities."}, {"pk": 4098732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "This is the total of all cities of the Gershonites for their clans: thirteen cities with their pastures."}, {"pk": 4098733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "To the clans of the descendants of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam and its pastures, Kartah and its pastures,"}, {"pk": 4098734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 35, "text": "Dimnah and its pastures, Nahalal and its pastures; in total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 36, "text": "From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer and its pastures, Jahaz and its pastures,"}, {"pk": 4098736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 37, "text": "Kedemoth and its pastures, and Mephaath and its pastures; in total: four cities. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX and <a href='/CEB/13/6/78-79'>1 Chron 6:78\u201379</a> (Heb <a href='/CEB/13/6/63-64'>6:63\u201364</a>); some Heb manuscripts lack <a href='/CEB/6/21/36-37'>21:36\u201337</a>."}, {"pk": 4098737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 38, "text": "From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures; Mahanaim and its pastures;"}, {"pk": 4098738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 39, "text": "Heshbon and its pastures; Jazer and its pastures; in total: four cities."}, {"pk": 4098739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 40, "text": "As for the cities of the descendants of Merari for their clans, the remaining clans of the Levites, their total allotment was twelve cities."}, {"pk": 4098740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 41, "text": "This is the total of all the cities of the Levites within the property of the Israelites: forty-eight cities with their pastures."}, {"pk": 4098741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 42, "text": "Each of these cities had its pastures around it. This was the case for all these cities."}, {"pk": 4098742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 43, "text": "The LORD gave to Israel all the land he had pledged to give to their ancestors. They took it over and settled there."}, {"pk": 4098743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 44, "text": "The LORD gave them rest from surrounding danger, exactly as he had pledged to their ancestors. Not one of all their enemies held out against them. The LORD gave all their enemies into their power."}, {"pk": 4098744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 21, "verse": 45, "text": "Not one of all the good things that the LORD had promised to the house of Israel failed. Every promise was fulfilled."}, {"pk": 4098745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4098746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou obeyed everything that Moses the LORD\u2019s servant commanded you. You have also obeyed me in everything that I have commanded you."}, {"pk": 4098747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "During these many years, you never once deserted your fellow Israelites. You faithfully obeyed the command of the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4098748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD your God has now given rest to your fellow Israelites, exactly as he promised them. So turn around and go back home. Go to the land where you hold property, which Moses the LORD\u2019s servant gave you on the other side of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4098749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Just be very careful to carry out the commandment and Instruction that Moses the LORD\u2019s servant commanded you. Love the LORD your God. Walk in all his ways and obey his commandments. Hold on to him and serve him with all your heart and being.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Joshua blessed them. He sent them away, and they went home."}, {"pk": 4098751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "Moses had provided for half of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. But Joshua provided for the other half on the west side of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites. When he sent them back home, Joshua also blessed them."}, {"pk": 4098752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "He said to them, \u201cReturn home with great wealth and many cattle, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil taken from your enemies among your own people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "So the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh went back. They left the Israelites at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. They went to the land of Gilead, to the land that they owned. They had settled there at the LORD\u2019s command given by Moses."}, {"pk": 4098754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "They came to the districts <sup>[1]</sup> of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan. The people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, an altar that appeared to be immense.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Geliloth</i>"}, {"pk": 4098755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the Israelites heard a report: \u201cLook. The people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the far edge of the land of Canaan. It lies in the districts of the Jordan on the Israelite side!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to go up to war against them."}, {"pk": 4098757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4098758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "They sent with him ten leaders, one leader from each important family among the tribes of Israel. Each was the head of an important family among the military units of Israel."}, {"pk": 4098759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "They came to the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and spoke with them."}, {"pk": 4098760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "They said, \u201cHere is what the LORD\u2019s entire community says: \u2018What\u2019s this disrespectful thing that you\u2019ve done to the God of Israel? Today you\u2019ve turned away from following the LORD by building yourselves an altar as an act of rebellion against the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "Wasn\u2019t the offense of Peor enough for us? Even today we still haven\u2019t cleansed ourselves from that sin, when there was a plague on the LORD\u2019s community!"}, {"pk": 4098762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Today you are turning away from following the LORD. If you rebel against the LORD today, he will be angry with the entire community of Israel tomorrow."}, {"pk": 4098763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "If your own property is unclean land, then cross over into the land of the LORD\u2019s property and settle among us. That\u2019s where the dwelling of the LORD stands. But don\u2019t rebel against the LORD. And don\u2019t involve us in rebellion <sup>[2]</sup> by building an altar for yourselves other than the altar of the LORD our God.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>rebel against us</i>"}, {"pk": 4098764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Didn\u2019t Achan, Zerah\u2019s son, do such a disrespectful thing with the items reserved for God? Wrath came on the entire community of Israel. And he wasn\u2019t the only one to die for his crime.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the military units of Israel:"}, {"pk": 4098766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cThe LORD is God of gods! The LORD is God of gods! He already knows, and now let Israel also know it! If we acted in rebellion or in disrespect against the LORD, don\u2019t spare us today."}, {"pk": 4098767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "If we\u2019ve built ourselves an altar to turn away from following the LORD or to offer on it an entirely burned offering or gift offering, or to perform well-being sacrifices on it, let the LORD himself seek punishment."}, {"pk": 4098768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "No! The truth is we did this out of concern for what might happen. In the future your children might say to our children, \u2018What have you got to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?"}, {"pk": 4098769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD has set the Jordan as a border between us and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no portion in the LORD!\u2019 So your children might make our children stop worshipping the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "As a result we said, \u2018Let\u2019s protect ourselves by building an altar. It isn\u2019t to be for an entirely burned offering or for sacrifice.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "But it is to be a witness between us and you and between our descendants after us. It witnesses that we too perform the service of the LORD in his presence through our entirely burned offerings, sacrifices, and well-being offerings. So in the future your children could never say to our children, \u2018You have no portion in the LORD.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "We thought, If in the future they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we could say, \u2018Look at this replica of the altar of the LORD that our ancestors made. It isn\u2019t for entirely burned offerings or for sacrifice but to be a witness between us and you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4098773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD and turn away today from following the LORD by building an altar for an entirely burned offering, gift offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands before his dwelling!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the community, and the heads of the military units of Israel who were with him heard the words that the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh spoke and approved them."}, {"pk": 4098775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "So Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, \u201cToday we know that the LORD is among us, because you haven\u2019t done a disrespectful thing against the LORD. Now you\u2019ve delivered the Israelites from the power of the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders left the people of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead and came back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. They brought word back to them."}, {"pk": 4098777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "The Israelites agreed and blessed God. They no longer spoke of going to war against them to destroy the land where the people of Reuben and Gad were living."}, {"pk": 4098778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 22, "verse": 34, "text": "The people of Reuben and Gad referred to the altar in this way: \u201cIt is a witness between us that the LORD is God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "A long time passed. The LORD had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua had grown very old."}, {"pk": 4098780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, their heads, their judges, and their officers. He said to them, \u201cI\u2019ve grown very old."}, {"pk": 4098781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "You\u2019ve seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you. It is the LORD your God who fights for you."}, {"pk": 4098782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Look. I\u2019ve allotted to you these remaining nations as a legacy for your tribes, along with all the nations I have destroyed. They stretch from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea."}, {"pk": 4098783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD your God will force them out before you and remove them from you. Then you will take over their land, exactly as the LORD your God has promised you."}, {"pk": 4098784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Be very strong. Carefully obey everything written in the Instruction scroll from Moses. Don\u2019t deviate a bit from it either to the right or to the left."}, {"pk": 4098785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t have anything to do with these nations that remain with you. Don\u2019t invoke the names of their gods or take oaths by them. Don\u2019t serve them or worship them."}, {"pk": 4098786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Hold on to the LORD your God instead, exactly as you\u2019ve done right up to today."}, {"pk": 4098787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cThe LORD has removed great and powerful nations before you. To this day, no one has stood up to you."}, {"pk": 4098788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "A single one of you puts a thousand to flight. This is because the LORD your God fights for you, exactly as he promised you."}, {"pk": 4098789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "For your own sake, be very careful to love the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4098790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "But if you should turn away and join the rest of these nations that remain with you, intermarry with them, and associate with each other,"}, {"pk": 4098791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "then know for certain that the LORD your God won\u2019t keep on removing these nations before you. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you. They will be a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you vanish from this fertile land that the LORD your God has given you."}, {"pk": 4098792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cLook. I\u2019m now walking on the road to death that all the earth must take. You know with all your heart and being that not a single one of all the good things that the LORD your God promised about you has failed. They were all fulfilled for you. Not a single one of them has failed."}, {"pk": 4098793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "But in the same way that every good thing that the LORD your God promised about you has been fulfilled, so the LORD could bring against you every bad thing as well. He could wipe you out from this fertile land that the LORD your God has given you."}, {"pk": 4098794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you to keep, and go on to serve other gods and worship them, then the LORD will be furious with you. You will quickly vanish from the fertile land that he has given you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel, its leaders, judges, and officers. They presented themselves before God."}, {"pk": 4098796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Then Joshua said to the entire people, \u201cThis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates. They served other gods. Among them was Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor."}, {"pk": 4098797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "I took Abraham your ancestor from the other side of the Euphrates. I led him around through the whole land of Canaan. I added to his descendants and gave him Isaac."}, {"pk": 4098798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Mount Seir to Esau to take over. But Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4098799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "Then I sent Moses and Aaron. I plagued Egypt with what I did to them. After that I brought you out."}, {"pk": 4098800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and you came to the sea. The Egyptians chased your ancestors with chariots and horses to the Reed Sea. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4098801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Then they cried for help to the LORD. So he set darkness between you and the Egyptians. He brought the sea down on them, and it covered them. With your own eyes you saw what I did to the Egyptians. You lived in the desert for a long time."}, {"pk": 4098802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cThen I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They attacked you, but I gave them into your power, and you took over their land. I wiped them out before you."}, {"pk": 4098803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Moab\u2019s King Balak, Zippor\u2019s son, set out to attack Israel. He summoned Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, to curse you."}, {"pk": 4098804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "But I wasn\u2019t willing to listen to Balaam, so he actually blessed you. I rescued you from his power."}, {"pk": 4098805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Then you crossed over the Jordan. You came to Jericho, and the citizens of Jericho attacked you. They were Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites. But I gave them into your power."}, {"pk": 4098806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "I sent the hornet <sup>[2]</sup> before you. It drove them out before you and did the same to the two kings of the Amorites. It wasn\u2019t your sword or bow that did this.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "I gave you land on which you hadn\u2019t toiled and cities that you hadn\u2019t built. You settled in them and are enjoying produce from vineyards and olive groves that you didn\u2019t plant."}, {"pk": 4098808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cSo now, revere the LORD. Serve him honestly and faithfully. Put aside the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and serve the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "But if it seems wrong in your opinion to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Choose the gods whom your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But my family and I will serve the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the people answered, \u201cGod forbid that we ever leave the LORD to serve other gods!"}, {"pk": 4098811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD is our God. He is the one who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. He has done these mighty signs in our sight. He has protected us the whole way we\u2019ve gone and in all the nations through which we\u2019ve passed."}, {"pk": 4098812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD has driven out all the nations before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because he is our God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "Then Joshua said to the people, \u201cYou can\u2019t serve the LORD, because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He won\u2019t forgive your rebellion and your sins."}, {"pk": 4098814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "If you leave the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn around and do you harm and finish you off, in spite of having done you good in the past.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the people said to Joshua, \u201cNo! The LORD is the one we will serve.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "So Joshua said to the people, \u201cYou are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.\u201d They said, \u201cWe are witnesses!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cSo now put aside the foreign gods that are among you. Focus your hearts on the LORD, the God of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "The people said to Joshua, \u201cWe will serve the LORD our God and will obey him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people and established just rule for them at Shechem."}, {"pk": 4098820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "Joshua wrote these words in God\u2019s Instruction scroll. Then he took a large stone and put it up there under the oak in the sanctuary of the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "Joshua said to all the people, \u201cThis stone will serve here as a witness against us, because it has heard all the LORD\u2019s words that he spoke to us. It will serve as a witness against you in case you aren\u2019t true to your God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "Then Joshua sent the people away to each one\u2019s legacy."}, {"pk": 4098823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "After these events, Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, the LORD\u2019s servant, died. He was 110."}, {"pk": 4098824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "They buried him within the border of his own legacy, in Timnath-serah in the highlands of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash."}, {"pk": 4098825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua. They had known every act the LORD had done for Israel."}, {"pk": 4098826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 32, "text": "The Israelites had brought up the bones of Joseph from Egypt. They buried them at Shechem in the portion of field that Jacob had purchased for one hundred qesitahs from the descendants of Hamor the father of Shechem. They became a legacy of the descendants of Joseph."}, {"pk": 4098827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 6, "chapter": 24, "verse": 33, "text": "Eleazar son of Aaron died. They buried him at Gibeah, which belonged to his son Phinehas. It had been given to him in the highlands of Ephraim."}, {"pk": 4098828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "After Joshua\u2019s death, the Israelites asked the LORD, \u201cWho should go up first to fight for us against the Canaanites?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cThe tribe of Judah will go up. I\u2019ve handed over the land to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "So the tribe of Judah said to the tribe of Simeon, their brothers, \u201cCome up with us into our territory, and let\u2019s fight against the Canaanites. Then we\u2019ll go with you into your territory too.\u201d So Simeon went with them."}, {"pk": 4098831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "When Judah went up, the LORD handed them the Canaanites and Perizzites. They defeated ten thousand men at Bezek."}, {"pk": 4098832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "There they found Adoni-bezek at Bezek, fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites."}, {"pk": 4098833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Adoni-bezek fled, but they chased after him, captured him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes."}, {"pk": 4098834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "He said, \u201cSeventy kings with severed thumbs and big toes used to pick up scraps under my table, so God has paid me back exactly for what I did.\u201d They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died."}, {"pk": 4098835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The people of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They killed its people with their swords and set the city on fire."}, {"pk": 4098836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Afterward, the people of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the highlands, the southern plain, <sup>[1]</sup> and the western foothills. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>shephelah</i><br>[1] Heb <i>negeb</i>"}, {"pk": 4098837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Judah moved against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron, known before as Kiriath-arba, and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai."}, {"pk": 4098838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "From there they moved against those who lived in Debir, known before as Kiriath-sepher."}, {"pk": 4098839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Caleb said, \u201cI\u2019ll give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who defeats and captures Kiriath-sepher.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb\u2019s younger brother, captured it; so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife."}, {"pk": 4098841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "When she arrived, she convinced Othniel to ask her father for a certain piece of land. As she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Achsah said to Caleb, \u201cGive me a gift. Since you\u2019ve given me land in the southern plain, give me springs of water.\u201d So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs."}, {"pk": 4098843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "The descendants of Moses\u2019 father-in-law the Kenite went up with the people of Judah from Palm City into the Judean desert, which was in the southern plain near Arad. They went and lived with the Amalekites. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX (cf <a href='/CEB/9/15/6'>1 Sam 15:6</a>); MT <i>people</i>"}, {"pk": 4098844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the Judahites went with the Simeonites, their brothers, and they defeated the Canaanites who lived in Zephath, and they completely destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>destruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4098845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and all their territories."}, {"pk": 4098846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Thus the LORD was with the tribe of Judah, and they took possession of the highlands. However, they didn\u2019t drive out those who lived in the plain because they had iron chariots."}, {"pk": 4098847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "They gave Hebron to Caleb, just as Moses had commanded, and they drove out from there the three sons of Anak."}, {"pk": 4098848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "But the people of Benjamin didn\u2019t drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites still live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem today."}, {"pk": 4098849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "In the same way, Joseph\u2019s household went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them."}, {"pk": 4098850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "When they sent men to spy on Bethel, previously named Luz,"}, {"pk": 4098851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, \u201cShow us the way into the city, and we\u2019ll be loyal to you in return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "So he showed them the way into the city. They killed the city\u2019s people with their swords, but they let that man and all his relatives go."}, {"pk": 4098853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "The man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city. He named it Luz, which is still its name today."}, {"pk": 4098854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "The tribe of Manasseh didn\u2019t drive out the people in Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, or any of their villages. The Canaanites were determined to live in that land."}, {"pk": 4098855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "When Israel became stronger they forced the Canaanites to work for them, but they didn\u2019t completely drive them out."}, {"pk": 4098856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "The tribe of Ephraim didn\u2019t drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites kept on living there with them."}, {"pk": 4098857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The tribe of Zebulun didn\u2019t drive out the people living in Kitron or Nahalol. These Canaanites lived with them but were forced to work for them."}, {"pk": 4098858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "The tribe of Asher didn\u2019t drive out the people living in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob."}, {"pk": 4098859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "The people of Asher settled among the Canaanites in the land because they couldn\u2019t drive them out."}, {"pk": 4098860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "The tribe of Naphtali didn\u2019t drive out the people living in Beth-shemesh or Beth-anath but settled among the Canaanites in the land. The people living in Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work for them."}, {"pk": 4098861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "The Amorites pushed the people of Dan back into the highlands because they wouldn\u2019t allow them to come down to the plain."}, {"pk": 4098862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "The Amorites were determined to live in Har-heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but Joseph\u2019s household became strong, and the Amorites were forced to work for them."}, {"pk": 4098863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "The border of the Amorites ran from the Akrabbim pass, from Sela, and upward."}, {"pk": 4098864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, \u201cI brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your ancestors. I said, \u2018I will never break my covenant with you,"}, {"pk": 4098865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "and you are not to make a covenant with those who live in this land. You should break down their altars.\u2019 But you didn\u2019t obey me. What have you done?"}, {"pk": 4098866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "So now I tell you, I won\u2019t drive them out before you, but they\u2019ll be a problem <sup>[1]</sup> for you, and their gods will be a trap for you.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "When the LORD\u2019s messenger spoke these words to all the Israelites, they raised their voices and cried out loud."}, {"pk": 4098868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "So they named that place Bochim, <sup>[2]</sup> and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD there.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>weepers or weeping</i>"}, {"pk": 4098869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites each went to settle on their own family property in order to take possession of the land."}, {"pk": 4098870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The people served the LORD throughout the rest of Joshua\u2019s life and throughout the next generation of elders who outlived him, those who had seen all the great things that the LORD had done for Israel."}, {"pk": 4098871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Joshua, Nun\u2019s son and the LORD\u2019s servant, died when he was 110 years old."}, {"pk": 4098872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "They buried him within the boundaries of his family property in Timnath-heres in the highlands of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash."}, {"pk": 4098873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "When that whole generation had passed away, another generation came after them who didn\u2019t know the LORD or the things that he had done for Israel."}, {"pk": 4098874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the Israelites did things that the LORD saw as evil: They served the Baals;"}, {"pk": 4098875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "and they went away from the LORD, their ancestors\u2019 God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods from among the surrounding peoples, they worshipped them, and they angered the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "They went away from the LORD and served Baal and the Astartes."}, {"pk": 4098877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "So the LORD became angry with Israel, and he handed them over to raiders who plundered them. He let them be defeated by their enemies around them, so that they were no longer able to stand up to them."}, {"pk": 4098878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Whenever the Israelites marched out, the LORD\u2019s power worked against them, just as the LORD had warned them. And they were very distressed."}, {"pk": 4098879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the LORD raised up leaders <sup>[3]</sup> to rescue them from the power of these raiders.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>judges</i>"}, {"pk": 4098880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "But they wouldn\u2019t even obey their own leaders because they were unfaithful, following other gods and worshipping them. They quickly deviated from the way of their ancestors, who had obeyed the LORD\u2019s commands, and didn\u2019t follow their example."}, {"pk": 4098881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD was moved by Israel\u2019s groaning under those who oppressed and crushed them. So the LORD would raise up leaders for them, and the LORD would be with the leader, and he would rescue Israel from the power of their enemies as long as that leader lived."}, {"pk": 4098882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "But then when the leader died, they would once again act in ways that weren\u2019t as good as their ancestors\u2019, going after other gods, to serve them and to worship them. They wouldn\u2019t drop their bad practices or hardheaded ways."}, {"pk": 4098883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "So the LORD became angry with Israel and said, \u201cBecause this nation has violated my covenant that I required of their ancestors and hasn\u2019t obeyed me,"}, {"pk": 4098884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "I in turn will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "As a test for Israel, to see whether they would carefully walk in the LORD\u2019s ways just as their ancestors had done,"}, {"pk": 4098886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "the LORD left these nations instead of driving them out immediately or handing them over to Joshua."}, {"pk": 4098887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the nations that the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had no firsthand knowledge of the wars of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4098888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "They survived only to teach war to the generations of Israelites who had no firsthand knowledge of the earlier wars:"}, {"pk": 4098889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "the five rulers of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, Sidonians, and Hivites who lived in the highlands of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath."}, {"pk": 4098890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "They were to be the test for Israel, to find out whether they would obey the LORD\u2019s commands, which he had made to their ancestors through Moses."}, {"pk": 4098891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "So the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites."}, {"pk": 4098892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "But the Israelites intermarried with them and served their gods."}, {"pk": 4098893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "The Israelites did things that the LORD saw as evil, and they forgot the LORD their God. They served the Baals and the Asherahs. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherim</i>; perhaps objects or a pole devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4098894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD became angry with Israel and gave them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim. The Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years."}, {"pk": 4098895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "But then they cried out to the LORD. So the LORD raised up a deliverer for the Israelites, Othniel, Kenaz\u2019s son, Caleb\u2019s younger brother, who rescued them."}, {"pk": 4098896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD\u2019s spirit was in Othniel, and he led Israel. When he marched out for war, the LORD handed over Aram\u2019s King Cushan-rishathaim. Othniel overpowered Cushan-rishathaim,"}, {"pk": 4098897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "and the land was peaceful for forty years, until Othniel, Kenaz\u2019s son, died."}, {"pk": 4098898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The Israelites again did things that the LORD saw as evil, and the LORD put Moab\u2019s King Eglon in power over them, because they did these things that the LORD saw as evil."}, {"pk": 4098899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "He convinced the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, defeated Israel, and took possession of Palm City."}, {"pk": 4098900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "So the Israelites served Moab\u2019s King Eglon eighteen years."}, {"pk": 4098901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD. So the LORD raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud, Gera\u2019s son, a Benjaminite, who was left-handed. The Israelites sent him to take their tribute payment to Moab\u2019s King Eglon."}, {"pk": 4098902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Now Ehud made for himself a double-edged sword that was about a foot and a half long, and he strapped it on his right thigh under his clothes."}, {"pk": 4098903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Then he presented the tribute payment to Moab\u2019s King Eglon, who was a very fat man."}, {"pk": 4098904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "When he had finished delivering the tribute payment, Ehud sent on their way the people who had carried it."}, {"pk": 4098905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "But he himself turned back at the carved stones near Gilgal, and he said, \u201cI have a secret message for you, King.\u201d So Eglon said, \u201cHush!\u201d and all his attendants went out of his presence."}, {"pk": 4098906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his cool second-story room, and he said, \u201cI have a message from God for you.\u201d At that, Eglon got up from his throne."}, {"pk": 4098907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Ehud reached with his left hand and grabbed the sword from his right thigh. He stabbed it into Eglon\u2019s stomach,"}, {"pk": 4098908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "and even the handle went in after the blade. Since he did not pull the sword out of his stomach, the fat closed over the blade, and his guts spilled out. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Ehud slipped out to the porch, and closed and locked the doors of the second-story room behind him."}, {"pk": 4098910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "After Ehud had slipped out, the king\u2019s servants came and found that the room\u2019s doors were locked. So they thought, He must be relieving himself in the cool chamber."}, {"pk": 4098911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "They waited so long that they were embarrassed, but he never opened the doors of the room. Then they used the key to open them, and there was their master lying dead on the ground!"}, {"pk": 4098912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Ehud had gotten away while they were waiting and had passed the carved stones and escaped to Seirah."}, {"pk": 4098913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "When he arrived, he blew the ram\u2019s horn in the Ephraim highlands. So the Israelites went down from the highlands with Ehud leading them."}, {"pk": 4098914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "He told them, \u201cFollow me, for the LORD has handed over your enemies the Moabites.\u201d So they followed him, and they took control of the crossing points of the Jordan in the direction of Moab, allowing no one to cross."}, {"pk": 4098915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "This time, they defeated the Moabites, about ten thousand big and strong men, and no one escaped."}, {"pk": 4098916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "Moab was brought down by the power of Israel on that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years."}, {"pk": 4098917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "After Ehud, Shamgar, Anath\u2019s son, struck down six hundred Philistines with an animal prod. He too rescued Israel."}, {"pk": 4098918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "After Ehud had died, the Israelites again did things that the LORD saw as evil."}, {"pk": 4098919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "So the LORD gave them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, and he was stationed in Harosheth-ha-goiim."}, {"pk": 4098920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "The Israelites cried out to the LORD because Sisera <sup>[1]</sup> had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed the Israelites cruelly for twenty years.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4098921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, <sup>[2]</sup> was a leader of Israel at that time.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>a woman of torches</i>"}, {"pk": 4098922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "She would sit under Deborah\u2019s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraim highlands, and the Israelites would come to her to settle disputes."}, {"pk": 4098923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "She sent word to Barak, Abinoam\u2019s son, from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, \u201cHasn\u2019t the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, issued you a command? \u2018Go and assemble at Mount Tabor, taking ten thousand men from the people of Naphtali and Zebulun with you."}, {"pk": 4098924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019ll lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin\u2019s army, to assemble with his chariots and troops against you at the Kishon River, and then I\u2019ll help you overpower him.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Barak replied to her, \u201cIf you\u2019ll go with me, I\u2019ll go; but if not, I won\u2019t go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Deborah answered, \u201cI\u2019ll definitely go with you. However, the path you\u2019re taking won\u2019t bring honor to you, because the LORD will hand over Sisera to a woman.\u201d Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh."}, {"pk": 4098927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "He summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men marched out behind him. Deborah marched out with him too."}, {"pk": 4098928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses\u2019 father-in-law, and had settled as far away as Elon-bezaanannim, which is near Kedesh."}, {"pk": 4098929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "When it was reported to Sisera that Barak, Abinoam\u2019s son, had marched up to Mount Tabor,"}, {"pk": 4098930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Sisera summoned all of his nine hundred iron chariots and all of the soldiers who were with him from Harosheth-ha-goiim to the Kishon River."}, {"pk": 4098931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Deborah said to Barak, \u201cGet up! This is the day that the LORD has handed Sisera over to you. Hasn\u2019t the LORD gone out before you?\u201d So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men behind him."}, {"pk": 4098932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD threw Sisera and all the chariots and army into a panic <sup>[3]</sup> before Barak; Sisera himself got down from his chariot and fled on foot.", "comment": "[3] MT adds <i>before the edge of the sword.</i>"}, {"pk": 4098933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Barak pursued the chariots and the army all the way back to Harosheth-ha-goiim, killing Sisera\u2019s entire army with the sword. No one survived."}, {"pk": 4098934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Hazor\u2019s King Jabin and the family of Heber the Kenite."}, {"pk": 4098935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, \u201cCome in, sir, come in here. Don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d So he went with her into the tent, and she hid him under a blanket."}, {"pk": 4098936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Sisera said to her, \u201cPlease give me a little water to drink. I\u2019m thirsty.\u201d So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and hid him again."}, {"pk": 4098937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he said to her, \u201cStand at the entrance to the tent. That way, if someone comes and asks you, \u2018Is there a man here?\u2019 you can say, \u2018No.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "But Jael, Heber\u2019s wife, picked up a tent stake and a hammer. While Sisera was sound asleep from exhaustion, she tiptoed to him. She drove the stake through his head and down into the ground, and he died."}, {"pk": 4098939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Just then, Barak arrived after chasing Sisera. Jael went out to meet him and said, \u201cCome and I\u2019ll show you the man you\u2019re after.\u201d So he went in with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead, with the stake through his head."}, {"pk": 4098940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "So on that day God brought down Canaan\u2019s King Jabin before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4098941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "And the power of the Israelites grew greater and greater over Canaan\u2019s King Jabin until they defeated him completely."}, {"pk": 4098942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, Deborah and Barak, Abinoam\u2019s son, sang:"}, {"pk": 4098943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "When hair is long in Israel, <br>when people willingly offer themselves \u2014 bless the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4098944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Hear, kings! <br>Listen, rulers! <br>I, to the LORD, <br>I will sing. <br>I will make music to the LORD, <br>Israel\u2019s God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4098945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "LORD, when you set out from Seir, <br>when you marched out from Edom\u2019s fields, the land shook, <br>the sky poured down, <br>the clouds poured down water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "The mountains quaked <br>before the LORD, the one from Sinai, <br>before the LORD, the God of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4098947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "In the days of Shamgar, Anath\u2019s son, <br>in the days of Jael, caravans ceased. <br>Those traveling by road <br>kept to the backroads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Villagers disappeared; <br>they disappeared in Israel, <br>until you, <sup>[1]</sup> Deborah, arose, <br>until you arose as a mother in Israel.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4098949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "When they chose new gods, <br>then war came to the city gates. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Yet there wasn\u2019t a shield or spear to be seen <br>among forty thousand in Israel!<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "My heart is with Israel\u2019s commanders, <br>who willingly offered themselves among the people \u2014 bless the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4098951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "You who ride white donkeys, <br>who sit on saddle blankets, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>who walk along the road: tell of it.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "To the sound of instruments <sup>[4]</sup> at the watering places, <br>there they repeat the LORD\u2019s victories, <br>his villagers\u2019 victories in Israel. <br>Then the LORD\u2019s people marched down to the city gates.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4098953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cWake up, wake up, Deborah! <br>Wake up, wake up, sing a song! <br>Arise, Barak! <br>Capture your prisoners, <br>Abinoam\u2019s son!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4098954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Then those who remained marched down against royalty; <br>the LORD\u2019s people marched down <sup>[5]</sup> against warriors.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb adds <i>for me</i>."}, {"pk": 4098955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "From Ephraim they set out <sup>[6]</sup> into the valley, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>after you, Benjamin, with your people! <br>From Machir commanders marched down, <br>and from Zebulun those carrying the official\u2019s staff.<br>", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT <i>in Amalek</i><br>[6] Or <i>From Ephraim their root</i>"}, {"pk": 4098956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "The leaders of Issachar came along with Deborah; <br>Issachar was attached to Barak, <br>and was sent into the valley behind him. <br>Among the clans of Reuben <br>there was deep soul-searching.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cWhy did you stay back among the sheep pens, <br>listening to the music for the flocks?\u201d <br>For the clans of Reuben <br>there was deep soul-searching.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Gilead stayed on the other side of the Jordan, <br>and Dan, why did he remain with the ships? <br>Asher stayed by the seacoast, <br>camping at his harbors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Zebulun is a people that readily risked death; <br>Naphtali too in the high countryside. <br>"}, {"pk": 4098960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Kings came and made war; <br>the kings of Canaan fought <br>at Taanach by Megiddo\u2019s waters, <br>but they captured no spoils of silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "The stars fought from the sky; <br>from their orbits they fought against Sisera.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "The Kishon River swept them away; <br>the advancing river, the Kishon River. <br>March on, my life, with might! <br>"}, {"pk": 4098963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Then the horses\u2019 hooves pounded <br>with the galloping, galloping of their stallions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cCurse Meroz,\u201d says the LORD\u2019s messenger, <br>\u201ccurse its inhabitants bitterly, <br>because they didn\u2019t come to the LORD\u2019s aid, <br>to the LORD\u2019s aid against the warriors.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4098965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "May Jael be blessed above all women; <br>may the wife of Heber the Kenite <br>be blessed above all tent-dwelling women.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "He asked for water, and she provided milk; <br>she presented him cream in a majestic bowl.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "She reached out her hand for the stake, <br>her strong hand for the worker\u2019s hammer. <br>She struck Sisera; <br>she crushed his head; <br>she shattered and pierced his skull.<br>"}, {"pk": 4098968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "At her feet he sank, fell, and lay flat; <br>at her feet he sank, he fell; <br>where he sank, there he fell \u2014 dead. <br>"}, {"pk": 4098969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "Through the window she watched, <br>Sisera\u2019s mother looked longingly <sup>[8]</sup> through the lattice. <br>\u201cWhy is his chariot taking so long to come? <br>Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot horses delayed?\u201d<br>", "comment": "[8] LXX; MT <i>cried</i>"}, {"pk": 4098970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Her wisest attendants answer; <br>indeed, she replies to herself:<br>"}, {"pk": 4098971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cWouldn\u2019t they be finding and dividing the loot? <br>A girl or two for each warrior; <br>loot of colored cloths for Sisera; <br>loot of colored, embroidered cloths; <br>two colored, embroidered cloths <br>as loot for every neck.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4098972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "May all your enemies perish like this, LORD! <br>But may your allies be like the sun, rising in its strength. <br> And the land was peaceful for forty years."}, {"pk": 4098973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites did things that the LORD saw as evil, and the LORD handed them over to the Midianites for seven years."}, {"pk": 4098974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The power of the Midianites prevailed over Israel, and because of the Midianites, the Israelites used crevices and caves in the mountains as hidden strongholds."}, {"pk": 4098975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Whenever the Israelites planted seeds, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners would invade."}, {"pk": 4098976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "They would set up camp against the Israelites and destroy the land\u2019s crops as far as Gaza, leaving nothing to keep Israel alive, not even sheep, oxen, or donkeys."}, {"pk": 4098977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "They would invade with their herds and tents, coming like a swarm of locusts, so that no one could count them or their camels. They came into the land to destroy it."}, {"pk": 4098978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "So Israel became very weak on account of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4098979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "This time when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,"}, {"pk": 4098980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "the LORD sent them a prophet, who said to them, \u201cThe LORD, Israel\u2019s God, proclaims: I myself brought you up from Egypt, and I led you out of the house of slavery."}, {"pk": 4098981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "I delivered you from the power of the Egyptians and from the power of all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land."}, {"pk": 4098982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "I told you, \u2018I am the LORD your God; you must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.\u2019 But you have not obeyed me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s messenger came and sat under the oak at Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites."}, {"pk": 4098984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger appeared to him and said, \u201cThe LORD is with you, mighty warrior!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "But Gideon replied to him, \u201cWith all due respect, my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his amazing works that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, \u2018Didn\u2019t the LORD bring us up from Egypt?\u2019 But now the LORD has abandoned us and allowed Midian to overpower us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD turned to him and said, \u201cYou have strength, so go and rescue Israel from the power of Midian. Am I not personally sending you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "But again Gideon said to him, \u201cWith all due respect, my Lord, how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I\u2019m the youngest in my household.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD replied, \u201cBecause I\u2019m with you, you\u2019ll defeat the Midianites as if they were just one person.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>each and every one of them</i>"}, {"pk": 4098989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Gideon said to him, \u201cIf I\u2019ve gained your approval, please show me a sign that it\u2019s really you speaking with me."}, {"pk": 4098990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t leave here until I return, bring out my offering, and set it in front of you.\u201d The Lord replied, \u201cI\u2019ll stay until you return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "So Gideon went and prepared a young goat and used an ephah <sup>[2]</sup> of flour for unleavened bread. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.", "comment": "[2] An ephah is approximately twenty quarts."}, {"pk": 4098992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Then God\u2019s messenger said to him, \u201cTake the meat and the unleavened bread and set them on this rock, then pour out the broth.\u201d And he did so."}, {"pk": 4098993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire came up from the rock and devoured the meat and the unleavened bread; and the LORD\u2019s messenger vanished before his eyes."}, {"pk": 4098994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Gideon realized that it had been the LORD\u2019s messenger. Gideon exclaimed, \u201cOh no, LORD God! I have seen the LORD\u2019s messenger face-to-face!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "But the LORD said to him, \u201cPeace! Don\u2019t be afraid! You won\u2019t die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "So Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and called it \u201cThe LORD makes peace.\u201d It still stands today in Ophrah of the Abiezrites."}, {"pk": 4098997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "That night the LORD said to him, \u201cTake your father\u2019s bull and a second bull seven years old. Break down your father\u2019s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah <sup>[3]</sup> that is beside it.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>asherim</i>; perhaps objects or a pole devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4098998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Build an altar to the LORD your God in the proper way on top of this high ground. Then take the second bull and offer it as an entirely burned offering with the wood of the Asherah that you cut down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4098999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his household and the townspeople to do it during the day, he did it at night."}, {"pk": 4099000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "When the townspeople got up early in the morning, there was the altar to Baal broken down, with the asherah image that had been beside it cut down, and the second bull offered on the newly built altar!"}, {"pk": 4099001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "They asked each other, \u201cWho did this?\u201d They searched and investigated, and finally they concluded, \u201cGideon, Joash\u2019s son, did this!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "The townspeople said to Joash, \u201cBring out your son for execution because he tore down the altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah that was beside it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "But Joash replied to all who were lined up against him, \u201cWill you make Baal\u2019s complaint for him? Will you come to his rescue? Anyone who argues for him will be killed before morning. If he is a god, let him argue for himself, because it was his altar that was torn down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "So on that day Gideon became known as Jerubbaal, meaning, \u201cLet Baal argue with him,\u201d because he tore down his altar."}, {"pk": 4099005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "Some time later, all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners joined together, came over, and set up camp in the Jezreel Valley."}, {"pk": 4099006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s spirit came over Gideon, and he sounded the horn and summoned the Abiezrites to follow him."}, {"pk": 4099007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "He sent messengers into all of Manasseh, and they were also summoned to follow him. Then he sent messengers into Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali too, and they marched up to meet them."}, {"pk": 4099008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "But then Gideon said to God, \u201cTo see if you really intend to rescue Israel through me as you have declared,"}, {"pk": 4099009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "I\u2019m now putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece but all the ground is dry, then I\u2019ll know that you are going to rescue Israel through me, as you have declared.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "And that is what happened. When he got up early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung out enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water."}, {"pk": 4099011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "Then Gideon said to God, \u201cDon\u2019t be angry with me, but let me speak just one more time. Please let me make just one more test with the fleece: now let only the fleece be dry and let dew be on all the ground.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "And God did so that night. Only the fleece was dry, but there was dew on all the ground."}, {"pk": 4099013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all of the people with him rose early and set up camp beside the Harod spring; Midian\u2019s camp was north of theirs, in the valley by the Moreh hill."}, {"pk": 4099014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said to Gideon: \u201cYou have too many people on your side. If I were to hand Midian over to them, the Israelites might claim credit for themselves rather than for me, thinking, We saved ourselves."}, {"pk": 4099015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "So now, announce in the people\u2019s hearing, \u2018Anyone who is afraid or unsteady may return home from Gideon\u2019s mountain.\u2019\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> At this, twenty-two thousand people went home, and ten thousand were left.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Mount Gilead</i>"}, {"pk": 4099016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD said to Gideon, \u201cThere are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will weed them out for you there. Whenever I tell you, \u2018This one will go with you,\u2019 he should go with you; but whenever I tell you, \u2018This one won\u2019t go with you,\u2019 he should not go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "So he took the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, \u201cSet aside those who lap the water with their tongues, as a dog laps, from those who bend down on their knees to drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "The number of men who lapped was three hundred, and all the rest of the people bent down on their knees to drink water, with their hands to their mouths. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] MT places the words <i>with their hands to their mouths</i> after the word <i>lapped.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the LORD said to Gideon, \u201cWith the three hundred men who lapped I will rescue you and hand over the Midianites to you. Let everyone else go home.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "So the people gathered their supplies and trumpets, <sup>[3]</sup> and Gideon sent all the Israelites home, but kept the three hundred. Now Midian\u2019s camp was below Gideon in the valley.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the ones who lapped took the people\u2019s supplies and trumpets for themselves.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "That night the LORD said to him, \u201cGet up and attack the camp, because I\u2019ve handed it over to you."}, {"pk": 4099022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "But if you\u2019re afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah,"}, {"pk": 4099023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "and you\u2019ll hear what they are saying. May you then get the courage to attack the camp.\u201d So he went down with his servant Purah to the outpost of the armies that were in the camp."}, {"pk": 4099024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The Midianites, Amalekites, and other easterners were spread across the valley like a swarm of locusts; their camels were too many to count, like the grains of sand on the seashore."}, {"pk": 4099025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Just when Gideon arrived, there was a man telling his friend about a dream. He said, \u201cGet this! I had a dream that a loaf of barley bread was rolling into the Midianite camp. It came to a tent and hit it, and the tent collapsed. In fact, it rolled the tent over upside down, so it fell flat.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "His friend replied, \u201cCan this be anything other than the sword of the Israelite Gideon, Joash\u2019s son? God has handed over Midian and its entire camp to him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its meaning, he worshipped. Then he returned to the Israelite camp and said, \u201cGet up! The LORD has handed over the Midianite camp to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "He divided the three hundred men into three units and equipped every man with a trumpet and an empty jar, with a torch inside each jar."}, {"pk": 4099029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cNow watch me,\u201d he ordered them, \u201cand do what I do. When I get to the outpost of the camp, do just what I do."}, {"pk": 4099030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "When I blow the trumpet, along with all who are with me, then you blow the trumpets, all of you surrounding the whole camp. And then shout, \u2018For the LORD and for Gideon!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Gideon and one hundred of his men moved to the outpost of the camp at the middle watch of the night, when they had just changed the guards. Then they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands."}, {"pk": 4099032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "So the three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars, holding the torches with their left hands and blowing the trumpets in their right hands. And they called out, \u201cA sword for the LORD and for Gideon!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Each man stood fast in his position around the camp, and the entire camp took off running, shouting, and fleeing."}, {"pk": 4099034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD turned the swords of fellow soldiers against each other throughout the whole camp. The camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, beside Tabbath."}, {"pk": 4099035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "The Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and all of Manasseh were called out, and they chased after the Midianites."}, {"pk": 4099036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Gideon sent messengers into all of the Ephraim highlands, saying, \u201cGo down to meet the Midianites and take control of the Jordan\u2019s waters as far as Beth-barah.\u201d So all the Ephraimite men were called out, and they took control of the Jordan\u2019s waters as far as Beth-barah."}, {"pk": 4099037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "They also captured two Midianite officers, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb\u2019s Rock, and killed Zeeb at Zeeb\u2019s Winepress. Then they went on chasing the Midianites, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4099038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the Ephraimites said to him, \u201cWhy did you offend us this way by not calling us when you went to fight the Midianites?\u201d And they argued with him fiercely."}, {"pk": 4099039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "But he said to them, \u201cWhat have I done now, compared to you? Aren\u2019t Ephraim\u2019s leftovers better than Abiezer\u2019s main harvest?"}, {"pk": 4099040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "God handed you the Midianite officers Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do compared to you?\u201d When he said this, their anger against him passed."}, {"pk": 4099041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Then Gideon came to the Jordan. As he and the three hundred men with him crossed over, they were exhausted but still giving chase."}, {"pk": 4099042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "So he said to the people of Succoth, \u201cPlease give some loaves of bread to those who are on foot, because they\u2019re exhausted, but I\u2019m chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "But the officials of Succoth replied, \u201cHaven\u2019t you already almost gotten your hands on Zebah and Zalmunna? Why should we give food to your army now?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cJust for that,\u201d Gideon said, \u201cwhen the LORD has handed over Zebah and Zalmunna to me, I\u2019m going to beat your skin with desert thorns and briars!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request. And the people of Penuel responded in the same way the people of Succoth had."}, {"pk": 4099046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "So he also told the people of Penuel, \u201cWhen I return in victory, <sup>[1]</sup> I\u2019ll break down this tower!\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>in peace</i>"}, {"pk": 4099047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their camp, about fifteen thousand men, all the ones who were left from the easterners\u2019 entire camp. One hundred twenty thousand armed men had fallen."}, {"pk": 4099048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Gideon marched up the caravan road <sup>[2]</sup> east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the camp while it was off-guard.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the road of the tent dwellers</i>"}, {"pk": 4099049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he chased after them. He captured the two Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna and threw the entire army into panic."}, {"pk": 4099050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Gideon, Joash\u2019s son, returned from the battle by the Heres Pass."}, {"pk": 4099051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "He captured a young man from the people of Succoth and interrogated him. He listed for Gideon the seventy-seven officials and elders of Succoth."}, {"pk": 4099052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "So Gideon went to the people of Succoth and said, \u201cHere are Zebah and Zalmunna! You made fun of me because of them by saying, \u2018Haven\u2019t you already almost gotten your hands on Zebah and Zalmunna? Why should we give food to your exhausted men now?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Then he seized the city\u2019s elders, and he beat <sup>[3]</sup> the people of Succoth with desert thorns and briars.", "comment": "[3] Cf <a href='/CEB/7/8/7'>8:7</a>, cf LXX; MT <i>he taught a lesson to</i>"}, {"pk": 4099054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "He also broke down Penuel\u2019s tower, and killed the city\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4099055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, \u201cWhat kind of men were those whom you killed at Tabor?\u201d They replied, \u201cThey were just like you; each one looked like a king\u2019s son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cThey were my brothers,\u201d Gideon said, \u201cmy own mother\u2019s sons. As surely as the LORD lives, I promise that if you had let them live, I wouldn\u2019t kill you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "So he ordered his oldest son Jether, \u201cStand up and kill them.\u201d But the young man didn\u2019t draw his sword because he was afraid, since he was still young."}, {"pk": 4099058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "So Zebah and Zalmunna said, \u201cYou stand up and strike us yourself, because as they say, \u2018A man is measured by his strength!\u2019\u201d So Gideon stood up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels\u2019 necks."}, {"pk": 4099059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Then the Israelites said to Gideon, \u201cRule over us, you and then your son and then your grandson, because you\u2019ve rescued us from Midian\u2019s power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "Gideon replied to them, \u201cI\u2019m not the one who will rule over you, and my son won\u2019t rule over you either. The LORD rules over you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "But Gideon said to them, \u201cMay I make one request of you? Everyone give me the earrings from their loot\u201d; the Midianites had worn gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites."}, {"pk": 4099062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cWe\u2019ll gladly give them,\u201d they replied. And they spread out a piece of cloth, and everyone pitched in the earrings from their loot."}, {"pk": 4099063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, not counting the crescents, the pendants, and the purple robes worn by the Midianite kings, or the collars that were on their camels\u2019 necks."}, {"pk": 4099064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Gideon fashioned a priestly vest <sup>[4]</sup> out of it, and put it in his hometown of Ophrah. All Israel became unfaithful there because of it, and it became a trap for Gideon and his household.", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4099065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "So Midian was brought down before the Israelites and no longer raised its head. The land was peaceful for forty years during Gideon\u2019s time."}, {"pk": 4099066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Jerubbaal, Joash\u2019s son, went home to live with his own household."}, {"pk": 4099067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Gideon had seventy sons of his own because he had many wives."}, {"pk": 4099068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "His secondary wife who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech."}, {"pk": 4099069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "Gideon, Joash\u2019s son, died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites."}, {"pk": 4099070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Right after Gideon died, the Israelites once again acted unfaithfully by worshipping the Baals, setting up Baal-berith as their god."}, {"pk": 4099071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "The people of Israel didn\u2019t remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the power of all their enemies on every side."}, {"pk": 4099072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "Nor did they act loyally toward the household of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in return for all the good that he had done on Israel\u2019s behalf."}, {"pk": 4099073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Abimelech, Jerubbaal\u2019s son, went to his mother\u2019s brothers in Shechem. He spoke to them and to the entire clan of the household to which his mother belonged:"}, {"pk": 4099074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cAsk all the leaders of Shechem, \u2018Which do you think is better to have ruling over you: seventy men \u2014 all of Jerubbaal\u2019s sons \u2014 or one man?\u2019 And remember that I\u2019m your flesh and blood!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "So his mother\u2019s brothers spoke all these words on his behalf to all the leaders of Shechem. They decided to follow Abimelech because they said, \u201cHe\u2019s our relative.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, who became his posse."}, {"pk": 4099077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "He went to his household in Ophrah and killed all seventy of his brothers, Jerubbaal\u2019s sons, on a single stone. Only Jotham the youngest of Jerubbaal\u2019s sons survived, because he had hidden himself."}, {"pk": 4099078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Then all the leaders of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled and proceeded to make Abimelech king by the oak at the stone pillar <sup>[1]</sup> in Shechem.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice and called out, \u201cListen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!"}, {"pk": 4099080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cOnce the trees went out to anoint a king over themselves. So they said to the olive tree, \u2018Be our king!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cBut the olive tree replied to them, \u2018Should I stop producing my oil, which is how gods and humans are honored, so that I can go to sway over the trees?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cSo the trees said to the fig tree, \u2018You come and be king over us!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThe fig tree replied to them, \u2018Should I stop producing my sweetness and my delicious fruit, so that I can go to sway over the trees?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cThen the trees said to the vine, \u2018You come and be king over us!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cBut the vine replied to them, \u2018Should I stop providing my wine that makes gods and humans happy, so that I can go to sway over the trees?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cFinally, all the trees said to the thornbush, \u2018You come and be king over us!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cAnd the thornbush replied to the trees, \u2018If you\u2019re acting faithfully in anointing me king over you, come and take shelter in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the thornbush and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cSo now, if you acted faithfully and innocently when you made Abimelech king, and if you\u2019ve done right by Jerubbaal and his household, and have treated him as his actions deserve \u2014"}, {"pk": 4099089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from Midian\u2019s power,"}, {"pk": 4099090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "but today you\u2019ve risen up against my father\u2019s household, killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and made Abimelech, his female servant\u2019s son, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he\u2019s your relative \u2014"}, {"pk": 4099091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "so if you\u2019ve acted faithfully and innocently toward Jerubbaal and his household today, then be happy with Abimelech and let him be happy with you."}, {"pk": 4099092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and burn up Abimelech.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Jotham ran away. He fled to Beer and stayed there for fear of his brother Abimelech."}, {"pk": 4099094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years."}, {"pk": 4099095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Then God stirred up ill will between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and they acted like traitors toward Abimelech."}, {"pk": 4099096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "This occurred because of the violence done to Jerubbaal\u2019s seventy sons. Their blood came back on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who supported him when he killed his brothers."}, {"pk": 4099097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "As an act against him, the leaders of Shechem set ambushes on the hilltops that robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. This was reported to Abimelech."}, {"pk": 4099098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "Then Gaal, Ebed\u2019s son, and his relatives came passing through Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem shifted their allegiance to him."}, {"pk": 4099099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "They went out into the field, cut off clusters from their vineyards, trampled them out, and had a celebration. They entered their god\u2019s temple and ate, drank, and made fun of Abimelech."}, {"pk": 4099100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Gaal, Ebed\u2019s son, said, \u201cWho is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem that we ought to serve him? Didn\u2019t this son of Jerubbaal and his deputy Zebul once serve the men of Hamor, Shechem\u2019s father? Why should we of all people serve him?"}, {"pk": 4099101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "If only this people were under my command! I would push Abimelech aside! I <sup>[2]</sup> would tell Abimelech, \u2018Build up your army and march out for battle.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4099102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "When Zebul the city\u2019s ruler heard the words of Gaal, Ebed\u2019s son, he became angry."}, {"pk": 4099103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "He sent messengers to Abimelech at Arumah <sup>[3]</sup> to say, \u201cWatch out! Gaal, Ebed\u2019s son, and his relatives have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.", "comment": "[3] Cf <a href='/CEB/7/9/41'>9:41</a>; Heb <i>Tormah</i>"}, {"pk": 4099104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Now, you and the men who are with you: Get up tonight and set an ambush in the fields."}, {"pk": 4099105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "Then in the morning, at sunrise, rise early and rush on the city. Just as he and the men with him are marching out to face you, you can do to him whatever you wish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "So Abimelech and all the men who were with him got up that night and set an ambush around Shechem in four companies."}, {"pk": 4099107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "When Gaal, Ebed\u2019s son, came out and stood in the entrance of the city\u2019s gate, Abimelech and the men with him sprang up from the ambush."}, {"pk": 4099108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, \u201cLook! People are coming down from the hilltops.\u201d Zebul replied to him, \u201cThe shadows on the hills just look like persons to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "But Gaal spoke up again, \u201cLook! People are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one company is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the Diviners\u2019 Oak</i>"}, {"pk": 4099110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "Then Zebul replied to him, \u201cWhere\u2019s all your talk now, you who said, \u2018Who is Abimelech that we ought to serve him?\u2019 Aren\u2019t these the men you despised? Now march out and fight them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "So Gaal marched out at the head of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech."}, {"pk": 4099112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "Abimelech routed him, and he ran away. Many fell wounded, all the way up to the entrance of the gate."}, {"pk": 4099113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "Afterward, Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove away Gaal and his relatives so they couldn\u2019t stay in Shechem."}, {"pk": 4099114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "The next day, the men of Shechem went out into the fields. When it was reported to Abimelech,"}, {"pk": 4099115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "he took his men, divided them into three companies, and set an ambush in the fields. As soon as he saw the men coming from the city, he sprang upon them and attacked them."}, {"pk": 4099116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 44, "text": "Abimelech and his company charged forward and took a position at the entrance of the city\u2019s gate, while the other two companies charged at all those in the fields and attacked them."}, {"pk": 4099117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 45, "text": "Abimelech fought against the city that entire day. He captured the city and killed its people. Then he leveled the city and scattered salt over it."}, {"pk": 4099118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 46, "text": "When all the leaders in the Tower of Shechem heard about this, they entered the side rooms in the El-berith temple."}, {"pk": 4099119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 47, "text": "It was reported to Abimelech that all the leaders from the Tower of Shechem had gathered in one place."}, {"pk": 4099120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 48, "text": "So Abimelech and all the men who were with him went up on Mount Zalmon. He grabbed an ax, cut off a bundle of branches, and hoisted them onto his shoulder. Then he ordered the men who were with him, \u201cHurry up and do what you\u2019ve seen me do!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 49, "text": "Each one of the men cut off a bundle as well and followed Abimelech. They piled them up against the side rooms and set fire to the side rooms above them. So all the people in the Tower of Shechem died too, about one thousand men and women."}, {"pk": 4099122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 50, "text": "Then Abimelech moved on to Thebez, set up camp against it, and captured it."}, {"pk": 4099123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 51, "text": "But there was a strong tower inside the city. All the men and women and all the city\u2019s leaders had fled there, shut themselves inside, and climbed to the tower\u2019s roof."}, {"pk": 4099124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 52, "text": "Abimelech came to the tower to storm it. But when he approached the tower\u2019s entrance to set it on fire,"}, {"pk": 4099125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 53, "text": "a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech\u2019s head and cracked his skull."}, {"pk": 4099126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 54, "text": "He quickly cried out to the servant who carried his armor, \u201cDraw your sword and kill me. Don\u2019t let it be said of me, \u2018A woman killed him.\u2019\u201d So his servant stabbed him, and he died."}, {"pk": 4099127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 55, "text": "When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home."}, {"pk": 4099128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 56, "text": "Thus God paid back Abimelech for the evil he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers."}, {"pk": 4099129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 9, "verse": 57, "text": "God also paid back the people of Shechem for their evil. The curse of Jotham, Jerubbaal\u2019s son, had come upon them."}, {"pk": 4099130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah and grandson of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to rescue Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraim highlands."}, {"pk": 4099131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "For twenty-three years he led Israel; then he died and was buried in Shamir."}, {"pk": 4099132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "After Tola, Jair from Gilead arose, and he led Israel for twenty-two years."}, {"pk": 4099133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "He had thirty sons who were mounted on thirty donkeys and controlled thirty towns in the land of Gilead \u2014 these are still known as Havvoth-jair today."}, {"pk": 4099134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon."}, {"pk": 4099135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the Israelites again did things that the LORD saw as evil. They served the Baals and the Astartes, as well as the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They went away from the LORD and didn\u2019t serve him."}, {"pk": 4099136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD became angry with Israel and handed them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4099137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Starting that year and for the next eighteen years, they beat and bullied the Israelites, especially all the Israelites who lived on the east side of Jordan in the territory of the Ammonites in Gilead."}, {"pk": 4099138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to make raids into Judah, Benjamin, and the households of Ephraim. So Israel was greatly distressed."}, {"pk": 4099139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, \u201cWe\u2019ve sinned against you, for we went away from our God and served the Baals.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD replied to the Israelites, \u201cWhen the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,"}, {"pk": 4099141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to me, didn\u2019t I rescue you from their power?"}, {"pk": 4099142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "But you have gone away from me and served other gods, so I won\u2019t rescue you anymore!"}, {"pk": 4099143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Go cry out to the gods you\u2019ve chosen. Let them rescue you in the time of your distress.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The Israelites responded to the LORD, \u201cWe\u2019ve sinned. Do to us whatever you see as right, but please save us this time.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. And the LORD could no longer stand to see Israel suffer."}, {"pk": 4099146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "The Ammonites called out their army and made camp in Gilead, while the Israelites gathered and set up their camp at Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4099147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Gilead\u2019s rulers said to each other, \u201cWhoever is willing to launch the attack against the Ammonites will become the leader over all those living in Gilead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. Gilead was his father, but he was a prostitute\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4099149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Gilead\u2019s wife gave birth to other sons for him, and when his wife\u2019s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah away. They told him, \u201cYou won\u2019t get an inheritance in our father\u2019s household because you\u2019re a different woman\u2019s son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "So Jephthah ran away from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Worthless men gathered around Jephthah and became his posse."}, {"pk": 4099151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Sometime afterward, the Ammonites made war against Israel."}, {"pk": 4099152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "And when the Ammonites attacked Israel, Gilead\u2019s elders went to bring Jephthah back from the land of Tob."}, {"pk": 4099153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "They said to him, \u201cCome be our commander so we can fight against the Ammonites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "But Jephthah replied to Gilead\u2019s elders, \u201cAren\u2019t you the ones who hated me and drove me away from my father\u2019s household? Why are you coming to me now when you\u2019re in trouble?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Gilead\u2019s elders answered Jephthah, \u201cThat may be, but now we\u2019re turning back to you, so come with us and fight the Ammonites. Then you\u2019ll become the leader over us and everyone who lives in Gilead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "And Jephthah said to Gilead\u2019s elders, \u201cIf you bring me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them over to me, I alone will be your leader.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Gilead\u2019s elders replied to him, \u201cThe LORD is our witness; we will surely do what you\u2019ve said.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "So Jephthah went with Gilead\u2019s elders, and the people made him leader and commander over them. At Mizpah before the LORD, Jephthah repeated everything he had said."}, {"pk": 4099159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, \u201cWhat is the problem between us that you\u2019ve come against me to make war in my land?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "The Ammonite king responded to Jephthah\u2019s messengers, \u201cWhen the Israelites were coming up from Egypt, they seized my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peacefully!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Jephthah again sent messengers to the Ammonite king"}, {"pk": 4099162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "and said to him, \u201cJephthah states: Israel didn\u2019t seize the land of the Moabites or the land of the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4099163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "When they were coming up from Egypt, the Israelites went through the desert to the Reed Sea <sup>[1]</sup> and came to Kadesh.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4099164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the Israelites sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, \u2018Please allow us to pass through your land\u2019; but the Edomite king refused. They sent the same request to the king of Moab, and he was unwilling. So the Israelites stayed at Kadesh."}, {"pk": 4099165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cLater they journeyed into the desert but went around the lands of Edom and Moab, arriving on the east side of the land of Moab and setting up camp on the other side of the Arnon. They never entered Moabite territory, because the Arnon was the boundary of Moab."}, {"pk": 4099166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites and king of Heshbon and said to him, \u2018Please allow us to pass through your land to our own place.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Yet Sihon didn\u2019t trust the Israelites to pass through his territory. He assembled his entire army, set up camp at Jahaz, and went to war with the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4099168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD, Israel\u2019s God, handed over Sihon and his entire army to the Israelites, and they defeated Sihon. So the Israelites took possession of all the land of the Amorites who were living in that area."}, {"pk": 4099169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "They took possession of all the Amorite territory from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the desert to the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4099170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cSo now that the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, will you take possession of their land?"}, {"pk": 4099171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Shouldn\u2019t you possess what Chemosh your god has given you to possess? And shouldn\u2019t we possess everything that the LORD our God has given us to possess?"}, {"pk": 4099172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Do you now have a better case than Moab\u2019s King Balak, Zippor\u2019s son? Did he make an accusation against the Israelites or go to war with them?"}, {"pk": 4099173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Why didn\u2019t you take back this territory while the Israelites lived in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the towns along the branches of the Arnon for three hundred years?"}, {"pk": 4099174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "I haven\u2019t sinned against you, but you\u2019re doing me wrong by making war against me. Let the LORD, who is the judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "But the Ammonite king refused to listen to the message that Jephthah sent to him."}, {"pk": 4099176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s spirit came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he crossed over to the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4099177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Jephthah made a solemn promise to the LORD: \u201cIf you will decisively hand over the Ammonites to me,"}, {"pk": 4099178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "then whatever comes out the doors of my house to meet me when I return victorious from the Ammonites will be given over to the LORD. I will sacrifice it as an entirely burned offering.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Jephthah crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to him."}, {"pk": 4099180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "It was an exceptionally great defeat; he defeated twenty towns from Aroer to the area of Minnith, and on as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were brought down before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4099181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "But when Jephthah came to his house in Mizpah, it was his daughter who came out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was an only child; he had no other son or daughter except her."}, {"pk": 4099182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, \u201cOh no! My daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You are my agony! For I opened my mouth to the LORD, and I can\u2019t take it back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "But she replied to him, \u201cMy father, you\u2019ve opened your mouth to the LORD, so you should do to me just what you\u2019ve promised. After all, the LORD has carried out just punishment for you on your enemies the Ammonites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "Then she said to her father, \u201cLet this one thing be done for me: hold off for two months and let me and my friends wander the hills in sadness, crying over the fact that I never had children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cGo,\u201d he responded, and he sent her away for two months. She and her friends walked on the hills and cried because she would never have children."}, {"pk": 4099186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "When two months had passed, she returned to her father, and he did to her what he had promised. She had not known a man intimately. But she gave rise to a tradition in Israel where"}, {"pk": 4099187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "for four days every year Israelite daughters would go away to recount the story of the Gileadite Jephthah\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4099188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The Ephraimites were called up for battle and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, \u201cWhy did you cross over to fight the Ammonites and not call us to go with you? We\u2019re going to burn down your house over you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Jephthah replied to them, \u201cMy people and I were in a great conflict with the Ammonites. But when I cried out to you, you didn\u2019t rescue me from their power."}, {"pk": 4099190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "When I saw that you weren\u2019t going to rescue me, I risked my own life and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. So why have you marched against me today to fight me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought the Ephraimites. The Gileadites defeated the Ephraimites, because they had said, \u201cYou are fugitives from Ephraim! Gilead stands within Ephraim and Manasseh.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "The Gileadites took control of the Jordan\u2019s crossing points into Ephraim. Whenever one of the Ephraimite fugitives said, \u201cLet me cross,\u201d the Gileadites would ask him, \u201cAre you an Ephraimite?\u201d If he said, \u201cNo,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "they would tell him, \u201cThen say <b>shibboleth</b>.\u201d But he would say, \u201c<b>sibboleth</b>,\u201d because he couldn\u2019t pronounce it correctly. So they would seize him and kill him at the Jordan\u2019s crossing points. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites fell at that time."}, {"pk": 4099194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Jephthah led Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the towns in Gilead."}, {"pk": 4099195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel."}, {"pk": 4099196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married his thirty daughters to those outside his clan, and brought in thirty young women from outside for his sons. He led Israel for seven years."}, {"pk": 4099197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4099198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "After Ibzan, Elon from Zebulun led Israel; he did so for ten years."}, {"pk": 4099199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun."}, {"pk": 4099200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "After Elon, Abdon, Hillel\u2019s son from Pirathon, led Israel."}, {"pk": 4099201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "He had forty sons and thirty grandsons mounted on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years."}, {"pk": 4099202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Abdon, Hillel\u2019s son from Pirathon, died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the Amalekite highlands."}, {"pk": 4099203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites again did things that the LORD saw as evil, and he handed them over to the Philistines for forty years."}, {"pk": 4099204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Now there was a certain man from Zorah, from the Danite clan, whose name was Manoah. His wife was unable to become pregnant and had not given birth to any children."}, {"pk": 4099205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, \u201cEven though you\u2019ve been unable to become pregnant and haven\u2019t given birth, you are now pregnant and will give birth to a son!"}, {"pk": 4099206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Now be careful not to drink wine or brandy or to eat anything that is ritually unclean,"}, {"pk": 4099207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "because you are pregnant and will give birth to a son. Don\u2019t allow a razor to shave his head, because the boy is going to be a nazirite for God from birth. He\u2019ll be the one who begins Israel\u2019s rescue from the power of the Philistines.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the woman went and told her husband, \u201cA man of God came to me, and he looked like God\u2019s messenger \u2014 very scary! I didn\u2019t ask him where he was from, and he didn\u2019t tell me his name."}, {"pk": 4099209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to me, \u2018You are pregnant and will give birth to a son, so don\u2019t drink wine or brandy or eat anything that is ritually unclean, because the boy is going to be a nazirite for God from birth until the day he dies.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Manoah asked the LORD, \u201cPlease, my Lord,\u201d he said, \u201clet the man of God whom you sent come back to us once more, so he can teach us how we should treat the boy who is to be born.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "God listened to Manoah, and God\u2019s messenger came once more to the woman. She was sitting in the field, but her husband Manoah wasn\u2019t with her."}, {"pk": 4099212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "So the woman hurriedly ran and informed her husband. She said to him, \u201cThe man who came to me the other day has just appeared to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Manoah got up and followed his wife. He came to the man and said to him, \u201cAre you the man who spoke to this woman?\u201d \u201cI am,\u201d he replied."}, {"pk": 4099214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Manoah said, \u201cNow when your words come true, what should be the rules for the boy and how he should act?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger answered Manoah, \u201cThe woman should be careful to do everything that I told her."}, {"pk": 4099216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "She must not consume anything that comes from the grapevine, drink wine or brandy, or eat anything that is ritually unclean. She must be careful to do everything I have commanded her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Manoah said to the LORD\u2019s messenger, \u201cPlease let us persuade you to stay so we can prepare a young goat for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s messenger replied to Manoah, \u201cIf you persuaded me to stay, I wouldn\u2019t eat your food. If you prepare an entirely burned offering, offer it to the LORD.\u201d Indeed, Manoah didn\u2019t know that he was the LORD\u2019s messenger."}, {"pk": 4099219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Manoah said to the LORD\u2019s messenger, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger responded to him, \u201cWhy do you ask my name? You couldn\u2019t understand it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "So Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. While Manoah and his wife were looking, an amazing thing happened:"}, {"pk": 4099222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "as the flame from the altar went up toward the sky, the LORD\u2019s messenger went up in the altar\u2019s flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown on the ground."}, {"pk": 4099223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger didn\u2019t reappear to Manoah or his wife, and Manoah then realized that it had been the LORD\u2019s messenger."}, {"pk": 4099224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Manoah said to his wife, \u201cWe are certainly going to die, because we\u2019ve seen God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "But his wife replied to him, \u201cIf the LORD wanted to kill us, he wouldn\u2019t have accepted the entirely burned offering and grain offering from our hands. He wouldn\u2019t have shown us all these things or told us all of this now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the LORD blessed him."}, {"pk": 4099227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD\u2019s spirit began to move him when he was in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol."}, {"pk": 4099228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Samson traveled down to Timnah. While he was in Timnah, a Philistine woman caught his eye."}, {"pk": 4099229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "He went back home and told his father and mother, \u201cA Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye; now get her for me as a wife!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "But his father and mother replied to him, \u201cIs there no woman among your own relatives or among all our people that you have to go get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?\u201d Yet Samson said to his father, \u201cGet her for me, because she\u2019s the one I want!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "His father and mother didn\u2019t know that the LORD was behind this. He was looking for an opening with the Philistines, because they were ruling over Israel at that time."}, {"pk": 4099232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Samson traveled down to Timnah with his father and mother. When he came to the vineyards in Timnah, suddenly a lone young lion came roaring to meet him."}, {"pk": 4099233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD\u2019s spirit rushed over him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one might tear apart a young goat. But he didn\u2019t tell his father or mother what he had done."}, {"pk": 4099234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he traveled down and talked with the woman; she was the one Samson wanted."}, {"pk": 4099235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "After a while, he came back again to marry her. He turned aside to look at the lion\u2019s remains, and there was a swarm of bees with honey inside the lion\u2019s skeleton."}, {"pk": 4099236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "He scooped the honey into his hands, eating it as he continued along. When he got to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they ate it too. But he didn\u2019t tell them that he had scooped the honey from the lion\u2019s skeleton."}, {"pk": 4099237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "His father traveled down to the woman, and Samson put on a feast there, as was the custom for young men."}, {"pk": 4099238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "When the townspeople saw him, they selected thirty companions to be with him."}, {"pk": 4099239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Samson said to them, \u201cLet me tell you a riddle. If you can figure it out and tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I\u2019ll give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes."}, {"pk": 4099240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "But if you can\u2019t tell me the answer, then it\u2019s you who have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.\u201d So they replied to him, \u201cTell your riddle; let\u2019s hear it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "He said to them, \u201cOut of the eater there came something to eat. <br>Out of the strong there came something sweet.\u201d <br> For three days they couldn\u2019t tell the answer to the riddle."}, {"pk": 4099242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "On the fourth <sup>[1]</sup> day they said to Samson\u2019s wife, \u201cSeduce your husband so he\u2019ll tell us the answer to the riddle, or else we\u2019ll set fire to you and your household. Were we invited here just to become poor?\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; MT <i>seventh</i>"}, {"pk": 4099243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "So Samson\u2019s wife cried on his shoulder and said, \u201cYou hate me! You don\u2019t love me! You told a riddle to my people but didn\u2019t tell me the answer.\u201d He replied to her, \u201cLook, I haven\u2019t even told the answer to my father and mother. Why should I tell it to you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "But she cried on his shoulder for the rest of the seven days of the feast. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her the answer, for she had nagged him. And she told her people the answer to the riddle."}, {"pk": 4099245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "So on the seventh day, before the sun set, the townspeople said to him, \u201cWhat\u2019s sweeter than honey? <br>What\u2019s stronger than a lion?\u201d <br> He replied to them, \u201cIf you hadn\u2019t plowed with my heifer, <br>you wouldn\u2019t have figured out my riddle!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4099246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s spirit rushed over him, and he went down to Ashkelon. He killed thirty of their men, stripped them of their gear, and gave the sets of clothes to the ones who had told the answer to the riddle. In anger, he went back up to his father\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4099247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "And Samson\u2019s wife married one of those who had been his companions."}, {"pk": 4099248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife, bringing along a young goat. He said, \u201cLet me go into my wife\u2019s bedroom.\u201d But her father wouldn\u2019t allow him to go in."}, {"pk": 4099249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Her father said, \u201cI was so sure that you had completely rejected her that I gave her in marriage to one of your companions. Don\u2019t you think her younger sister is even better? Let her be your wife instead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Samson replied, \u201cNo one can blame me now for being ready to bring down trouble on the Philistines!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Then Samson went and caught three hundred foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails."}, {"pk": 4099252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "He lit the torches and released the foxes into the Philistines\u2019 grain fields. So he burned the stacked grain, standing grain, vineyards, and olive orchards."}, {"pk": 4099253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "The Philistines inquired, \u201cWho did this?\u201d So it was reported, \u201cSamson the Timnite\u2019s son-in-law did it, because his father-in-law gave his wife in marriage to one of his companions.\u201d So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death."}, {"pk": 4099254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Samson then responded to them, \u201cIf this is how you act, then I won\u2019t stop until I get revenge on you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "He struck them hard, taking their legs right out from under them. <sup>[1]</sup> Then he traveled down and stayed in a cave in the rock at Etam.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>struck them hip and thigh</i>"}, {"pk": 4099256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "The Philistines marched up, made camp in Judah, and released their forces on Lehi."}, {"pk": 4099257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "The people of Judah asked, \u201cWhy have you marched up against us?\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve marched up to take Samson prisoner,\u201d they replied, \u201cand to do to him just what he did to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "So three thousand people from Judah traveled down to the cave in the rock at Etam and said to Samson, \u201cDon\u2019t you realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?\u201d But he told them, \u201cI did to them just what they did to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the people of Judah said to him, \u201cWe\u2019ve come down to take you prisoner so we can turn you over to the Philistines.\u201d Samson responded to them, \u201cJust promise that you won\u2019t attack me yourselves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cWe won\u2019t,\u201d they said to him. \u201cWe\u2019ll only take you prisoner so we can turn you over to them. We won\u2019t kill you.\u201d Then they tied him up with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock."}, {"pk": 4099261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "When Samson arrived at Lehi, the Philistines met him and came out shouting. The LORD\u2019s spirit rushed over him, the ropes on his arms became like burned-up linen, and the ties melted right off his hands."}, {"pk": 4099262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "He found a donkey\u2019s fresh jawbone, picked it up, and used it to attack one thousand men."}, {"pk": 4099263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Samson said, \u201cWith a donkey\u2019s jawbone, <br>stacks on stacks! <br>With a donkey\u2019s jawbone, <br>I\u2019ve killed one thousand men.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4099264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "When he finished speaking, he tossed away the jawbone. So that place became known as Ramath-lehi. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Jawbone Hill</i>"}, {"pk": 4099265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Now Samson was very thirsty, so he called out to the LORD, \u201cYou are the one who allowed this great victory to be accomplished by your servant\u2019s hands. Am I now going to die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "So God split open the hollow rock in Lehi, and water flowed out of it. When Samson drank, his energy returned and he was recharged. Thus that place is still called by the name En-hakkore <sup>[3]</sup> in Lehi today.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Caller\u2019s Spring</i>"}, {"pk": 4099267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Samson led Israel for twenty years during the time of the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4099268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "One day Samson traveled to Gaza. While there, he saw a prostitute and had sex with her."}, {"pk": 4099269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "The word spread <sup>[1]</sup> among the people of Gaza, \u201cSamson has come here!\u201d So they circled around and waited in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night long, thinking, We\u2019ll kill him at the first light in the morning.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>spread.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "But Samson slept only half the night. He got up in the middle of the night, grabbed the doors of the city gate and the two gateposts, and pulled them up with the bar still across them. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the hill that is beside Hebron."}, {"pk": 4099271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Some time after this, in the Sorek Valley, Samson fell in love with a woman whose name was Delilah."}, {"pk": 4099272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "The rulers of the Philistines confronted her and said to her, \u201cSeduce him and find out what gives him such great strength and what we can do to overpower him, so that we can tie him up and make him weak. Then we\u2019ll each pay you eleven hundred pieces of silver.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "So Delilah said to Samson, \u201cPlease tell me what gives you such great strength and how you can be tied up and made weak.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Samson replied to her, \u201cIf someone ties me up with seven fresh bowstrings that aren\u2019t dried out, I\u2019ll become weak. I\u2019ll be like any other person.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that weren\u2019t dried out, and she tied him up with them."}, {"pk": 4099276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "While an ambush was waiting for her signal in an inner room, she called out to him, \u201cSamson, the Philistines are on you!\u201d And he snapped the bowstrings like a thread of fiber snaps when it touches a flame. So the secret of his strength remained unknown."}, {"pk": 4099277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Delilah said to Samson, \u201cYou made a fool out of me and lied to me. Now please tell me how you can really be tied up!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "He replied to her, \u201cIf someone ties me up with new ropes that haven\u2019t been used for work, I\u2019ll become weak. I\u2019ll be like any other person.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out to him, \u201cSamson, the Philistines are on you!\u201d Once again, an ambush was waiting in an inner room. Yet he snapped them from his arms like thread."}, {"pk": 4099280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "And Delilah said to Samson, \u201cUp to now, you\u2019ve made a fool out of me and lied to me. Tell me how you can be tied up!\u201d He responded to her, \u201cIf you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on a loom and pull it tight with a pin, then I\u2019ll become weak. I\u2019ll be like any other person.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>and pull it\u2026 other person.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "So she got him to fall asleep, wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric on a loom, <sup>[3]</sup> and pulled it tight with a pin. Then she called out to him, \u201cSamson, the Philistines are on you!\u201d He woke up from his sleep and pulled loose the pin, the loom, and the fabric.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>so she got him\u2026 on a loom.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Delilah said to him, \u201cHow can you say, \u2018I love you,\u2019 when you won\u2019t trust me? Three times now you\u2019ve made a fool out of me and not told me what gives you such great strength!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "She nagged him with her words day after day and begged him until he became worn out to the point of death."}, {"pk": 4099284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "So he told her his whole secret. He said to her, \u201cNo razor has ever touched my head, because I\u2019ve been a nazirite for God from the time I was born. If my head is shaved, my strength will leave me, and I\u2019ll become weak. I\u2019ll be like every other person.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "When Delilah realized that he had told her his whole secret, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, \u201cCome one more time, for he has told me his whole secret.\u201d The rulers of the Philistines came up to her and brought the silver with them."}, {"pk": 4099286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "She got him to fall asleep with his head on her lap. Then she called a man and had him shave off the seven braids of Samson\u2019s hair. He began to weaken, <sup>[4]</sup> and his strength left him.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>she began to torment him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "She called out, \u201cSamson, the Philistines are on you!\u201d He woke up from his sleep and thought, I\u2019ll escape just like the other times and shake myself free. But he didn\u2019t realize that the LORD had left him."}, {"pk": 4099288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "So the Philistines captured him, put out his eyes, and took him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze chains, and he worked the grinding mill in the prison."}, {"pk": 4099289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "But the hair on his head began to grow again right after it had been shaved."}, {"pk": 4099290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "The rulers of the Philistines gathered together to make a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to hold a celebration. They cheered, \u201cOur god has handed us Samson our enemy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, \u201cOur god has handed us our enemy, the very one who devastated our land and killed so many of our people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "At the height of the celebration, <sup>[5]</sup> they said, \u201cCall for Samson so he can perform for us!\u201d So they called Samson from the prison, and he performed in front of them. Then they had him stand between the pillars.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>When their hearts were glad</i>"}, {"pk": 4099293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "Samson said to the young man who led him by the hand, \u201cPut me where I can feel the pillars that hold up the temple, so I can lean on them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "Now the temple was filled with men and women. All the rulers of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand more men and women were on the roof watching as Samson performed."}, {"pk": 4099295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "Then Samson called out to the LORD, \u201cLORD God, please remember me! Make me strong just this once more, God, so I can have revenge on the Philistines, just one act of revenge for my two eyes.\u201d <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] or <i>so I can have revenge on the Philistines for one of my two eyes</i>"}, {"pk": 4099296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Samson grabbed the two central pillars that held up the temple. He leaned against one with his right hand and the other with his left."}, {"pk": 4099297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "And Samson said, \u201cLet me die with the Philistines!\u201d He strained with all his might, and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people who were in it. So it turned out that he killed more people in his death than he did during his life."}, {"pk": 4099298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "His brothers and his father\u2019s entire household traveled down, carried him back up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had led Israel for twenty years."}, {"pk": 4099299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Once there was a man named Micah who lived in the Ephraim highlands."}, {"pk": 4099300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to his mother, \u201cThe eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you led you to declare a curse and even to repeat it when I could hear. I have that silver. I\u2019m the one who took it, and now I\u2019ll give it back to you.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> His mother replied, \u201cMay the LORD bless you, my son!\u201d", "comment": "[1] The words <i>and now I\u2019ll give it back to you</i> are relocated from the end of <a href='/CEB/7/17/3'>17:3</a> in Heb."}, {"pk": 4099301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "When he gave the eleven hundred pieces of silver back to his mother, she said, \u201cI wholeheartedly devote this silver to the LORD, to be made into a sculpted image and a molded image for my son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "So he gave the silver back to his mother, and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used it for a sculpted image and a molded image. And they were placed in Micah\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4099303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "This man Micah had his own sanctuary. <sup>[2]</sup> He made a priestly vest <sup>[3]</sup> and divine images <sup>[4]</sup> and appointed one of his sons to be his personal priest.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>ephod</i><br>[2] Or <i>god\u2019s house</i><br>[4] Heb <i>terafim</i>"}, {"pk": 4099304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "In those days there was no king in Israel; each person did what they thought to be right."}, {"pk": 4099305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the area of the Judahite clan. He was a Levite residing there as an immigrant."}, {"pk": 4099306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle as an immigrant wherever he could find a place. He came to Micah\u2019s house in the Ephraim highlands while he was making his way. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>to carry on his work</i>"}, {"pk": 4099307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWhere are you from?\u201d Micah asked him. He replied, \u201cI\u2019m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I\u2019m looking to settle as an immigrant anywhere I can find a place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "So Micah said to him, \u201cStay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I\u2019ll give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your basic needs.\u201d <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb adds <i>and the Levite went.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "The Levite agreed to stay with him; and the young man became like one of his own sons."}, {"pk": 4099310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Micah appointed the Levite so that the young man became his personal priest and lived in Micah\u2019s sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4099311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "And Micah said to himself, Now I know that the LORD will give me good things, because a Levite has become my priest."}, {"pk": 4099312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "In those days there was no king in Israel. Also in those days the tribe of Dan was searching for a territory of their own to live in, since no permanent territory had been assigned to them among the tribes of Israel up to that point."}, {"pk": 4099313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "The Danites sent five men from their whole clan, strong men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy on the land and explore it. They told them, \u201cGo explore the land.\u201d So they went into the Ephraim highland as far as Micah\u2019s house, and they spent the night there."}, {"pk": 4099314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "When they were in the area of Micah\u2019s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. They turned in there and said to him, \u201cWho brought you here? What are you doing in these parts? What is there for you here?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cMicah has done a lot for me,\u201d he replied to them. \u201cHe hired me to be his personal priest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "They said to him, \u201cAsk for an answer from God so we can know whether we\u2019ll be successful on this trip we\u2019ve taken.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "The priest replied to them, \u201cGo in peace. The LORD is watching over you on this trip you\u2019ve taken.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "So the five men journeyed on until they reached Laish. There they saw that its people were living without worry in the same way as the Sidonians, undisturbed and secure. Nobody held back anything in the land, so no one had to hoard. <sup>[1]</sup> Yet they lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone else. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>with Aram</i><br>[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "When the men came back to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol, they asked them, \u201cWhat did you find?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cCome on,\u201d they replied, \u201clet\u2019s march up against them! Indeed, we\u2019ve seen the land, and it\u2019s very good. Right now you\u2019re doing nothing! Don\u2019t hold back from going and taking possession of the land."}, {"pk": 4099321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "When you arrive, you\u2019ll come upon a secure people and a wide-open land, because God has given to you a place where nothing on earth is lacking.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "At this, six hundred men from the Danite clan at Zorah and Eshtaol set out armed for battle."}, {"pk": 4099323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "They marched up and made camp at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is still known as Dan\u2019s Camp today."}, {"pk": 4099324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "From there they crossed into the Ephraim highlands and came to Micah\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4099325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the five men who had gone to spy on the land around Laish reported to their relatives, \u201cDid you know that there is a priestly vest, divine images, a sculpted image, and a molded image in these buildings? Now think about what you should do!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "So they turned in there and went to the young Levite\u2019s house in Micah\u2019s compound and greeted him."}, {"pk": 4099327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "While the six hundred Danites armed for battle stood at the entrance of the gate,"}, {"pk": 4099328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "the five men who had gone to spy on the land moved up, went inside, and took the sculpted image, the priestly vest, the divine images, and the molded image. The priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed for battle"}, {"pk": 4099329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "when these five entered Micah\u2019s sanctuary and took the sculpted image, the priestly vest, the divine images, and the molded image. The priest said to them, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cShut up!\u201d they said to him. \u201cPut your hand over your mouth! Come with us and be a father and a priest for us. Would you rather be a priest for one man\u2019s household or a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "The priest was convinced, so he took the priestly vest, the divine images, and the sculpted image and went along with the people."}, {"pk": 4099332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "They headed back on their way, but they put the children, the livestock, and the prized possessions in front of them."}, {"pk": 4099333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "After they had gone a good distance away from Micah\u2019s house, the men who were in the houses around Micah\u2019s home were summoned for battle and caught up to the Danites."}, {"pk": 4099334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "They called out to the Danites, who turned around and said to Micah, \u201cWhy have you summoned men for battle?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Micah replied, \u201cYou\u2019ve taken my gods that I made, and the priest, and have gone off! What do I have left? How can you ask me what is wrong?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "But the Danites said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t raise your voice with us or else hotheaded men will attack you, and you and your household will lose your lives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the Danites went on their way. When Micah realized that they were too strong for him, he turned around and went home."}, {"pk": 4099338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "The Danites took along the things that Micah had made, as well as the priest who had been with him, and came to Laish, to a people who were undisturbed and secure. They killed the people and burned down the city."}, {"pk": 4099339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "No one was there to rescue them because the city was far away from Sidon and had no dealings with anyone else. <sup>[3]</sup> It was in the Beth-rehob Valley. They rebuilt the city and settled in it.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>with Aram</i>"}, {"pk": 4099340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "They renamed the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan who had been one of Israel\u2019s sons; but in fact, the original name of the city was Laish."}, {"pk": 4099341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "The Danites set up the sculpted image for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom and grandson of Moses, <sup>[4]</sup> and his sons became priests for the Danite tribe until the land went into exile.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Manasseh</i>"}, {"pk": 4099342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "They kept for themselves the sculpted image that Micah had made throughout the whole time that God\u2019s sanctuary was in Shiloh."}, {"pk": 4099343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "In those days when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living as an immigrant in the far corners of the Ephraim highlands. He married a secondary wife from Bethlehem in Judah."}, {"pk": 4099344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "In an act of unfaithfulness toward him, his secondary wife left him and went back to her father\u2019s household at Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there four full months."}, {"pk": 4099345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Then her husband set out after her to convince her to come back. He had his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. She took him into her father\u2019s house, and when the young woman\u2019s father saw him, he was happy to welcome him."}, {"pk": 4099346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Since his father-in-law, the young woman\u2019s father, insisted, he stayed with him three days, eating, drinking, and spending the night there."}, {"pk": 4099347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning, and he got ready to set out. But the young woman\u2019s father said to his son-in-law, \u201cEat a little food to give you strength, and then you can go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "So the two of them sat down and ate and drank together. The young woman\u2019s father said to the man, \u201cWhy not spend the night and enjoy yourself?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "When the man got ready to set out, his father-in-law persuaded him, and he spent the night there again."}, {"pk": 4099350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to set out, and the young woman\u2019s father said, \u201cHave some food for strength.\u201d So the two of them ate, sitting around until late in the day."}, {"pk": 4099351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "When the man got ready to set out with his secondary wife and servant, his father-in-law, the young woman\u2019s father, said, \u201cLook, the day has turned to evening, so spend the night. Seriously, the day is over. Spend the night here and enjoy yourself. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey, and you can head home.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "But the man was unwilling to spend another night. He got up, set out, and went as far as the area of Jebus, that is, Jerusalem. He had a couple of saddled donkeys and his secondary wife with him."}, {"pk": 4099353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "When they were near Jebus, the day was totally gone. The servant said to his master, \u201cCome on, let\u2019s turn into this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "But his master replied to him, \u201cWe won\u2019t turn into a city of foreigners who aren\u2019t Israelites. We\u2019ll travel on to Gibeah."}, {"pk": 4099355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cCome on,\u201d he said to his servant, \u201clet\u2019s reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "So they traveled on, and the sun set when they were near Gibeah in Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4099357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "They turned in to enter there, so they could spend the night in Gibeah, and he went and sat down in the city square. But no one offered to take them home to spend the night."}, {"pk": 4099358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Then in the evening, an old man was coming home from his daily work in the fields. This man was from the Ephraim highlands and was an immigrant in Gibeah, the people of that place being Benjaminites."}, {"pk": 4099359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "He looked up and saw the traveler in the city square. \u201cWhere are you heading and where have you come from?\u201d the old man asked."}, {"pk": 4099360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cWe\u2019re traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the far corners of the Ephraim highlands,\u201d he replied to the old man. \u201cThat\u2019s where I\u2019m from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I\u2019m heading to my home. <sup>[1]</sup> But no one has offered to take me in tonight.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>to the LORD\u2019s house</i>"}, {"pk": 4099361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "We\u2019ve got our own straw and feed for our donkeys, plus food and wine to provide for me, the woman, and my servant with us. We don\u2019t need anything.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "The old man answered, \u201cYou\u2019re welcome to stay with me, <sup>[2]</sup> but let me take care of all your needs. Just don\u2019t spend the night in the square.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Peace be with you</i>"}, {"pk": 4099363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "And he took him into his house. He mixed feed for the donkeys, and they washed their feet, ate, and drank."}, {"pk": 4099364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "While they were relaxing, suddenly the men of the city, a perverse bunch, surrounded the house and started pounding on the door. They said to the old man, the owner of the house, \u201cSend out the man who came to your house, so we can have sex with him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "The owner of the house went outside and said to them, \u201cNo, my friends, please don\u2019t commit such an evil act, given that this man has come to my home as a guest. Don\u2019t do this disgraceful thing!"}, {"pk": 4099366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "Here\u2019s my daughter, the young woman, and his secondary wife. Let me send them out, and you can abuse them and do whatever you want to them. But don\u2019t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "But the men refused to listen to him. So the Levite grabbed his secondary wife and sent her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They finally let her go as dawn was breaking."}, {"pk": 4099368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "At daybreak, the woman came and collapsed at the door of the man\u2019s house where her husband was staying, where she lay until it was daylight."}, {"pk": 4099369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "When her husband got up in the morning, he opened the doors of the house and went outside to set out on his journey. And there was his secondary wife, lying at the entrance of the house, with her hands clutching the doorframe."}, {"pk": 4099370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cGet up,\u201d he said to her, \u201clet\u2019s go.\u201d But there was no response. So he laid her across a donkey, and the man set out for home."}, {"pk": 4099371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "When he got home, he picked up a knife, took his secondary wife, and chopped her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces. Then he sent them into all the areas of Israel."}, {"pk": 4099372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "Everyone who saw it said, \u201cHas such a thing ever happened or been seen since the time when the Israelites came up from the land of Egypt until today? Think about it, decide what to do, and speak out!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba, as well as from the area of Gilead, marched out, and the group assembled as one body in the LORD\u2019s presence at Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4099374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "The commanders of the people and of all the tribes of Israel took their place in the assembly of God\u2019s people, four hundred thousand foot soldiers armed with swords."}, {"pk": 4099375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "And the Benjaminites got word that the Israelites had marched up to Mizpah. The Israelites inquired, \u201cTell us how this evil act happened.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, \u201cMy secondary wife and I came to Gibeah of Benjamin to spend the night,"}, {"pk": 4099377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "and the leading citizens of Gibeah tried to attack me. They surrounded me in the house at night and were determined to kill me. They abused my secondary wife until she died."}, {"pk": 4099378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "I took her, chopped her up, and sent her pieces into every part of Israel\u2019s territory, because they had committed a disgraceful act in Israel."}, {"pk": 4099379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "All you Israelites, say what you think should be done here and now!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "At this, all the people stood as one to say, \u201cNot a single one of us is going home or returning to our house!"}, {"pk": 4099381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "This is what we\u2019re now going to do to Gibeah: We\u2019ll march up <sup>[1]</sup> against it as the lot determines.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>We\u2019ll march up.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "From all the tribes of Israel, we\u2019ll get ten men for every hundred, one hundred for every thousand, and one thousand for every ten thousand to take supplies for the troops who are going to pay back <sup>[2]</sup> Gibeah of Benjamin for the disgraceful act they\u2019ve done in Israel.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Cf LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "So all the Israelites joined together and were united as one against the city."}, {"pk": 4099384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "The Israelite tribes sent men throughout the whole tribe of Benjamin with this message: \u201cWhat about this evil act that happened among you?"}, {"pk": 4099385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Now hand over those perverse men in Gibeah so that we can execute them and remove the evil from Israel.\u201d But the Benjaminites refused to comply with the demand of their own relatives the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4099386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Instead, the Benjaminites from all the cities came together at Gibeah to march out for battle against the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4099387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "On that day, the Benjaminites called up from their cities twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, not counting those living in Gibeah. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg, Syr; MT adds <i>seven hundred specially chosen men were called up.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Out of this entire army, seven hundred specially chosen men were left-handed, and every one of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss."}, {"pk": 4099389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Not counting Benjamin, the Israelites called up four hundred thousand men armed with swords, and every one of them was a trained warrior."}, {"pk": 4099390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the Israelites marched up to Bethel to ask for direction from God. They inquired, \u201cWho should go up first to fight against the Benjaminites for us?\u201d And the LORD said, \u201cLet the tribe of Judah be first.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "So the next morning, the Israelites got up and camped near Gibeah."}, {"pk": 4099392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "They marched out to fight against the Benjaminites, lining up in battle formation against them at Gibeah."}, {"pk": 4099393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "But the Benjaminites marched out from Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelite men that day."}, {"pk": 4099394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": " So the Israelites went back up and wept before the LORD until evening. They asked the LORD, \u201cShould we move in again to fight our relatives the Benjaminites?\u201d And the LORD replied, \u201cMarch out against them.\u201d The Israelite troops regrouped and lined up in battle formation again in the same place they had lined up the first day."}, {"pk": 4099395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "The Israelites moved in against the Benjaminites the second day."}, {"pk": 4099396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "But the Benjaminites marched out of Gibeah to meet them on that second day and cut down another eighteen thousand Israelite men, all of whom were armed with swords."}, {"pk": 4099397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "Then all the Israelite troops went back up to Bethel and wept, just sitting there in the LORD\u2019s presence. They fasted that whole day until evening. Then they offered entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Now in those days the chest containing God\u2019s covenant was there,"}, {"pk": 4099399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "and Phinehas, Eleazar\u2019s son and Aaron\u2019s grandson, was in charge of ministering before it. The Israelites asked the LORD, \u201cShould we march out once again to fight our relatives the Benjaminites or should we give up?\u201d And the LORD replied, \u201cMarch up, for I\u2019ll hand them to you tomorrow.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "So the Israelites set ambushes around Gibeah."}, {"pk": 4099401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "Three days later, the Israelites marched out against the Benjaminites. They lined up for battle against Gibeah as before."}, {"pk": 4099402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "When the Benjaminites came out to meet them, they were drawn away from the city. They began to strike down some of the troops just like the last time, about thirty Israelites along the main roads, one of which goes up to Bethel and one to Gibeah, as well as in the open fields."}, {"pk": 4099403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "The Benjaminites thought, They\u2019re being wiped out before us like the first time. But the Israelites had planned, We\u2019ll retreat and draw them away from the city toward the main roads."}, {"pk": 4099404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "The Israelites moved from their position and reformed their battle lines at Baal-tamar. Then the Israelites who had been set in ambush charged out from their positions west of Gibeah. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Geba</i>"}, {"pk": 4099405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "Ten thousand specially chosen men from all the Israelites came against Gibeah. The fighting was fierce, and the Benjaminites didn\u2019t realize that disaster was almost on them."}, {"pk": 4099406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD wiped out the Benjaminites before Israel. The Israelites slaughtered twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminite men that day, all of them armed with swords."}, {"pk": 4099407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "Then the Benjaminites saw that they had been defeated. The Israelites had given ground to the Benjaminites because they relied on the ambush that they had set around Gibeah."}, {"pk": 4099408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "Indeed, those in the ambush had dashed swiftly into Gibeah and killed all the people in the city with their swords."}, {"pk": 4099409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 38, "text": "The plan between the main force of the Israelites and those in the ambush was that when they sent up a big cloud of smoke from the city,"}, {"pk": 4099410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 39, "text": "the Israelites would turn around in battle. The Benjaminites had begun to defeat some of the Israelites and had killed about thirty men, thinking, They are definitely going to be wiped out before us, as in the first battle!"}, {"pk": 4099411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 40, "text": "But then the column of smoke began to rise from the city. When the Benjaminites looked back, there was the entire city going up in smoke to the sky."}, {"pk": 4099412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 41, "text": "The main force of the Israelites turned around, and the Benjaminites lost heart, because they recognized that disaster had fallen on them."}, {"pk": 4099413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 42, "text": "They turned back before the Israelites in the direction of the desert, but the fighting caught up with them, and those from the towns were slaughtering them there. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 43, "text": "They encircled the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, <sup>[7]</sup> and trampled them to the east of Gibeah.", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT <i>to a resting place</i>"}, {"pk": 4099415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 44, "text": "Eighteen thousand Benjaminites fell, all of whom were strong warriors."}, {"pk": 4099416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 45, "text": "When they turned back and fled toward the desert to the rock of Rimmon, the Israelites picked off another five thousand men on the main roads. And when they caught up with them at Gidom, they struck down two thousand more."}, {"pk": 4099417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 46, "text": "All in all, the total number of Benjaminites who fell that day was twenty-five thousand men, all of whom were armed with swords and were strong warriors."}, {"pk": 4099418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 47, "text": "Six hundred men turned back and fled toward the desert to the rock of Rimmon. They stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months."}, {"pk": 4099419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 20, "verse": 48, "text": "But the Israelites turned their attention to the rest of the Benjaminites and massacred them entirely \u2014 the city, the people, even the animals, and everything else they found. They also burned down every city they came across."}, {"pk": 4099420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites had made a pledge at Mizpah, declaring, \u201cNone of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "But the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, raising their voices and crying bitterly."}, {"pk": 4099422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cLORD, God of Israel,\u201d they said, \u201cwhy has this happened among us that as of today one tribe will be missing from Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "And the next day, the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4099424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the Israelites asked, \u201cWere there any out of all the tribes of Israel who didn\u2019t march up to the assembly before the LORD?\u201d Indeed, they had made a solemn pledge that anyone who didn\u2019t march up before the LORD at Mizpah would be put to death."}, {"pk": 4099425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "The Israelites had a change of heart concerning their relatives the Benjaminites. They said, \u201cToday one tribe has been cut off from Israel."}, {"pk": 4099426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "What can we do to provide wives for the ones who are left, since we ourselves have made a pledge before the LORD not to allow our daughters to marry them?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "So they asked, \u201cIs there anyone from the tribes of Israel who didn\u2019t march up before the LORD at Mizpah?\u201d There was! No one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the assembly at the camp."}, {"pk": 4099428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "When the people\u2019s attendance was taken, not one of those who lived in Jabesh-gilead had been there."}, {"pk": 4099429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "The community dispatched twelve thousand warriors there with these orders: \u201cGo kill all the people in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children."}, {"pk": 4099430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "Here\u2019s what you should do: Exterminate every man and every woman who has slept with a man.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Among the people of Jabesh-gilead, they found four hundred young women who had not known a man intimately or slept with one, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan."}, {"pk": 4099432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "The whole community then sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon and offered them a truce. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>peace</i>"}, {"pk": 4099433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "So the Benjaminites returned at that time, and they gave them the women from Jabesh-gilead that they had allowed to live. Even so, there weren\u2019t enough for them."}, {"pk": 4099434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Since the people had a change of heart concerning the Benjaminites because the LORD had caused a rupture in the tribes of Israel,"}, {"pk": 4099435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "the community elders said, \u201cWhat can we do to provide wives for the ones who are left, seeing that the Benjaminite women have been destroyed?"}, {"pk": 4099436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "There must be a surviving line for those who remain from Benjamin,\u201d they continued, \u201cso that a tribe won\u2019t be erased from Israel."}, {"pk": 4099437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "But we can\u2019t allow our daughters to marry them, for we Israelites have made this pledge: \u2018Let anyone who provides a wife for Benjamin be cursed!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "However,\u201d they said, \u201cthe annual festival of the LORD is under way in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "So they instructed the Benjaminites, \u201cGo and hide like an ambush in the vineyards"}, {"pk": 4099440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "and watch. At the moment the women of Shiloh come out to participate in the dances, rush out from the vineyards. Each one of you, capture a wife for yourself from the women of Shiloh and go back to the land of Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4099441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "When their fathers or brothers come to us to object, we\u2019ll tell them, \u2018Do us a favor for their sake. We didn\u2019t capture enough women for every man during the battle, and this way you are not guilty because you didn\u2019t give them anything willingly.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "And that is what the Benjaminites did. They took wives for their whole group from the dancers whom they abducted. They returned to their territory, rebuilt the cities, and lived in them."}, {"pk": 4099443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Likewise, the Israelites set out from there at that time, heading home to their respective tribes and clans. They all left there for their own territories."}, {"pk": 4099444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 7, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "In those days there was no king in Israel; each person did what they thought to be right."}, {"pk": 4099445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "During the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. A man with his wife and two sons went from Bethlehem of Judah to dwell in the territory of Moab."}, {"pk": 4099446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The name of that man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the territory of Moab and settled there."}, {"pk": 4099447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "But Elimelech, Naomi\u2019s husband, died. Then only she was left, along with her two sons."}, {"pk": 4099448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "They took wives for themselves, Moabite women; the name of the first was Orpah and the name of the second was Ruth. And they lived there for about ten years."}, {"pk": 4099449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "But both of the sons, Mahlon and Chilion, also died. Only the woman was left, without her two children and without her husband."}, {"pk": 4099450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Then she arose along with her daughters-in-law to return from the field of Moab, because while in the territory of Moab she had heard that the LORD had paid attention to his people by providing food for them."}, {"pk": 4099451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "She left the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law went with her. They went along the road to return to the land of Judah."}, {"pk": 4099452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, \u201cGo, turn back, each of you to the household of your mother. May the LORD deal faithfully with you, just as you have done with the dead and with me."}, {"pk": 4099453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "May the LORD provide for you so that you may find security, each woman in the household of her husband.\u201d Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept."}, {"pk": 4099454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "But they replied to her, \u201cNo, instead we will return with you, to your people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Naomi replied, \u201cTurn back, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Will there again be sons in my womb, that they would be husbands for you?"}, {"pk": 4099456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Turn back, my daughters. Go. I am too old for a husband. If I were to say that I have hope, even if I had a husband tonight, and even more, if I were to bear sons \u2014"}, {"pk": 4099457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "would you wait until they grew up? Would you refrain from having a husband? No, my daughters. This is more bitter for me than for you, since the LORD\u2019s will has come out against me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her."}, {"pk": 4099459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Naomi said, \u201cLook, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her gods. Turn back after your sister-in-law.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "But Ruth replied, \u201cDon\u2019t urge me to abandon you, to turn back from following after you. Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God."}, {"pk": 4099461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do this to me and more so if even death separates me from you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her about it."}, {"pk": 4099463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "So both of them went along until they arrived at Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem, the whole town was excited on account of them, and the women of the town asked, \u201cCan this be Naomi?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "She replied to them, \u201cDon\u2019t call me Naomi, <sup>[1]</sup> but call me Mara, <sup>[2]</sup> for the Almighty <sup>[3]</sup> has made me very bitter.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>El Shaddai</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i><br>[1] Naomi means <i>pleasant</i>.<br>[2] Mara means <i>bitter</i>."}, {"pk": 4099465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "I went away full, but the LORD has returned me empty. Why would you call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has deemed me guilty?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Thus Naomi returned. And Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, returned with her from the territory of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest."}, {"pk": 4099467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Naomi had a respected relative, a man of worth, through her husband from the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz."}, {"pk": 4099468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, \u201cLet me go to the field so that I may glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose eyes I might find favor.\u201d Naomi replied to her, \u201cGo, my daughter.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "So she went; she arrived and she gleaned in the field behind the harvesters. By chance, it happened to be the portion of the field that belonged to Boaz, who was from the family of Elimelech."}, {"pk": 4099470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He said to the harvesters, \u201cMay the LORD be with you.\u201d And they said to him, \u201cMay the LORD bless you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Boaz said to his young man, the one who was overseeing the harvesters, \u201cTo whom does this young woman belong?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The young man who was overseeing the harvesters answered, \u201cShe\u2019s a young Moabite woman, the one who returned with Naomi from the territory of Moab."}, {"pk": 4099473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "She said, \u2018Please let me glean so that I might gather up grain from among the bundles behind the harvesters.\u2019 She arrived and has been on her feet from the morning until now, and has sat down for only a moment.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Boaz said to Ruth, \u201cHaven\u2019t you understood, my daughter? Don\u2019t go glean in another field; don\u2019t go anywhere else. Instead, stay here with my young women."}, {"pk": 4099475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Keep your eyes on the field that they are harvesting and go along after them. I\u2019ve ordered the young men not to assault you. Whenever you are thirsty, go to the jugs and drink from what the young men have filled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Then she bowed down, face to the ground, and replied to him, \u201cHow is it that I\u2019ve found favor in your eyes, that you notice me? I\u2019m an immigrant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Boaz responded to her, \u201cEverything that you did for your mother-in-law after your husband\u2019s death has been reported fully to me: how you left behind your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people you hadn\u2019t known beforehand."}, {"pk": 4099478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "May the LORD reward you <sup>[2]</sup> for your deed. May you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you\u2019ve come to seek refuge.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "She said, \u201cMay I continue to find favor in your eyes, sir, because you\u2019ve comforted me and because you\u2019ve spoken kindly to your female servant \u2014 even though I\u2019m not one of your female servants.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "At mealtime Boaz said to her, \u201cCome over here, eat some of the bread, and dip your piece in the vinegar.\u201d She sat alongside the harvesters, and he served roasted grain to her. She ate, was satisfied, and had leftovers."}, {"pk": 4099481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Then she got up to glean. Boaz ordered his young men, \u201cLet her glean between the bundles, and don\u2019t humiliate her."}, {"pk": 4099482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Also, pull out some from the bales for her and leave them behind for her to glean. And don\u2019t scold her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed what she had gleaned; it was about an ephah <sup>[3]</sup> of barley.", "comment": "[3] An ephah is approximately twenty quarts of grain."}, {"pk": 4099484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "She picked it up and went into town. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She brought out what she had left over after eating her fill and gave it to her."}, {"pk": 4099485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Her mother-in-law said to her, \u201cWhere did you glean today? Where did you work? May the one who noticed you be blessed.\u201d She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, \u201cThe name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Naomi replied to her daughter-in-law, \u201cMay he be blessed by the LORD, who hasn\u2019t abandoned his faithfulness with the living or with the dead.\u201d Naomi said to her, \u201cThe man is one of our close relatives; he\u2019s one of our redeemers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Ruth the Moabite replied, \u201cFurthermore, he said to me, \u2018Stay with my workers until they\u2019ve finished all of my harvest.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, \u201cIt\u2019s good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, so that men don\u2019t assault you in another field.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Thus she stayed with Boaz\u2019s young women, gleaning until the completion of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law."}, {"pk": 4099490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, \u201cMy daughter, shouldn\u2019t I seek security for you, so that things might go well for you?"}, {"pk": 4099491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Now isn\u2019t Boaz, whose young women you were with, our relative? Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor."}, {"pk": 4099492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "You should bathe, put on some perfume, wear nice clothes, and then go down to the threshing floor. Don\u2019t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking."}, {"pk": 4099493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "When he lies down, notice the place where he is lying. Then go, uncover his feet, and lie down. And he will tell you what to do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Ruth replied to her, \u201cI\u2019ll do everything you are telling me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "So she went down to the threshing floor, and she did everything just as her mother-in-law had ordered."}, {"pk": 4099496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Boaz ate and drank, and he was in a good mood. He went over to lie down by the edge of the grain pile. Then she quietly approached, uncovered his legs, and lay down."}, {"pk": 4099497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "During the middle of the night, the man shuddered and turned over \u2014 and there was a woman lying at his feet."}, {"pk": 4099498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWho are you?\u201d he asked. She replied, \u201cI\u2019m Ruth your servant. Spread out your robe <sup>[1]</sup> over your servant, because you are a redeemer.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>wing;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/8/2/12'>2:12</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/91/4'>Ps 91:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4099499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "He said, \u201cMay you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter! You have acted even more faithfully than you did at first. You haven\u2019t gone after rich or poor young men."}, {"pk": 4099500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "And now, my daughter, don\u2019t be afraid. I\u2019ll do for you everything you are asking. Indeed, my people \u2014 all who are at the gate \u2014 know that you are a woman of worth."}, {"pk": 4099501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Now, although it\u2019s certainly true that I\u2019m a redeemer, there\u2019s a redeemer who is a closer relative than I am."}, {"pk": 4099502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Stay the night. And in the morning, if he\u2019ll redeem you \u2014 good, let him redeem. But if he doesn\u2019t want to redeem you, then \u2014 as the LORD lives \u2014 I myself will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "So she lay at his feet until morning. Then she got up before one person could recognize another, for he had said, \u201cNo one should know that the woman came to the threshing floor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "He said, \u201cBring the cloak that you have on and hold it out.\u201d She held it out, and he measured out six measures of barley and placed it upon her. Then she <sup>[2]</sup> went into town.", "comment": "[2] MT <i>he</i>; other Heb sources, Syr, Vulg <i>she</i>"}, {"pk": 4099505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "She came to her mother-in-law, who said, \u201cHow are you, my daughter?\u201d So Ruth told her everything the man had done for her."}, {"pk": 4099506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "She said, \u201cHe gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, \u2018Don\u2019t go away empty-handed to your mother-in-law.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cSit tight, my daughter,\u201d Naomi replied, \u201cuntil you know how it turns out. The man won\u2019t rest until he resolves the matter today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Meanwhile, Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Just then, the redeemer about whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. He said, \u201cSir, come over here and sit down.\u201d So he turned aside and sat down."}, {"pk": 4099509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Then he took ten men from the town\u2019s elders and said, \u201cSit down here.\u201d And they sat down."}, {"pk": 4099510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Boaz said to the redeemer, \u201cNaomi, who has returned from the field of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech."}, {"pk": 4099511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "I thought that I should let you know and say, \u2018Buy it, in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.\u2019 If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you <sup>[1]</sup> won\u2019t redeem it, tell me so that I may know. There isn\u2019t anyone to redeem it except you, and I\u2019m next in line after you.\u201d He replied, \u201cI will redeem it.\u201d", "comment": "[1] MT <i>he;</i> LXX, Syr <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4099512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Boaz said, \u201cOn the day when you buy the field from Naomi, you also buy <sup>[2]</sup> Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead man, in order to preserve the dead man\u2019s name for his inheritance.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Vulg; MT <i>On the day that you buy the field from Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite</i>"}, {"pk": 4099513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "But the redeemer replied, \u201cThen I can\u2019t redeem it for myself, without risking damage to my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself. You can have my right of redemption, because I\u2019m unable to act as redeemer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "In Israel, in former times, this was the practice regarding redemption and exchange to confirm any such matter: a man would take off his sandal and give it to the other person. This was the process of making a transaction binding in Israel."}, {"pk": 4099515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the redeemer said to Boaz, \u201cBuy it for yourself,\u201d and he took off his sandal."}, {"pk": 4099516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, \u201cToday you are witnesses that I\u2019ve bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon."}, {"pk": 4099517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "And also Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I\u2019ve bought to be my wife, to preserve the dead man\u2019s name for his inheritance so that the name of the dead man might not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his hometown \u2014 today you are witnesses.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, \u201cWe are witnesses. May the LORD grant that the woman who is coming into your household be like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel. May you be fertile in Ephrathah and may you preserve a name in Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4099519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "And may your household be like the household of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah \u2014 through the children that the LORD will give you from this young woman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. He was intimate with her, the LORD let her become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son."}, {"pk": 4099521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "The women said to Naomi, \u201cMay the LORD be blessed, who today hasn\u2019t left you without a redeemer. May his name be proclaimed in Israel."}, {"pk": 4099522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "He will restore your life and sustain you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law who loves you has given birth to him. She\u2019s better for you than seven sons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Naomi took the child and held him to her breast, and she became his guardian."}, {"pk": 4099524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The neighborhood women gave him a name, saying, \u201cA son has been born to Naomi.\u201d They called his name Obed. <sup>[3]</sup> He became Jesse\u2019s father and David\u2019s grandfather.", "comment": "[3] Obed means <i>one who serves (God).</i>"}, {"pk": 4099525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "These are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,"}, {"pk": 4099526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab,"}, {"pk": 4099527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,"}, {"pk": 4099528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed,"}, {"pk": 4099529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 8, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David."}, {"pk": 4099530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite <sup>[1]</sup> from the highlands of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was from the tribe of Ephraim, and he was the son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Ramathaim-zophim</i>"}, {"pk": 4099531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Elkanah had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah didn\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4099532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Every year this man would leave his town to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of heavenly forces in Shiloh, where Eli\u2019s two sons Hophni and Phinehas were the LORD\u2019s priests."}, {"pk": 4099533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Whenever he sacrificed, Elkanah would give parts of the sacrifice to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4099534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "But he would give only one part of it to Hannah, though he loved her, because the LORD had kept her from conceiving. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; Syr <i>But he would give a double portion to Hannah, because he loved her, though the LORD had kept her from conceiving.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "And because the LORD had kept Hannah from conceiving, her rival would make fun of her mercilessly, just to bother her."}, {"pk": 4099536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "So that is what took place year after year. Whenever Hannah went to the Lord\u2019s house, Peninnah would make fun of her. Then she would cry and wouldn\u2019t eat anything."}, {"pk": 4099537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cHannah, why are you crying?\u201d her husband Elkanah would say to her. \u201cWhy won\u2019t you eat? Why are you <sup>[3]</sup> so sad? Aren\u2019t I worth more to you than ten sons?\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>your heart</i>"}, {"pk": 4099538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "One time, after eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah got up and presented herself before the LORD. <sup>[4]</sup> (Now Eli the priest was sitting in the chair by the doorpost of the LORD\u2019s temple.)", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>presented herself before the LORD.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Hannah was very upset and couldn\u2019t stop crying as she prayed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Then she made this promise: \u201cLORD of heavenly forces, just look at your servant\u2019s pain and remember me! Don\u2019t forget your servant! Give her a boy! Then I\u2019ll give him to the LORD for his entire life. No razor will ever touch his head.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "As she kept praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth."}, {"pk": 4099542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Now Hannah was praying in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice was silent, so Eli thought she was drunk."}, {"pk": 4099543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cHow long will you act like a drunk? Sober up!\u201d Eli told her."}, {"pk": 4099544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cNo sir!\u201d Hannah replied. \u201cI\u2019m just a very sad woman. I haven\u2019t had any wine or beer but have been pouring out my heart to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t think your servant is some good-for-nothing woman. This whole time I\u2019ve been praying out of my great worry and trouble!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Eli responded, \u201cThen go in peace. And may the God of Israel give you what you\u2019ve asked from him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cPlease think well of me, your servant,\u201d Hannah said. Then the woman went on her way, ate some food, and wasn\u2019t sad any longer. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT lacks <i>sad.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "They got up early the next morning and worshipped the LORD. Then they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sex with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her."}, {"pk": 4099549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, which means \u201cI asked the LORD for him.\u201d <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Samuel means <i>God has heard</i> but here is connected to the Heb verb <i>to ask.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and keep his solemn promise,"}, {"pk": 4099551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Hannah didn\u2019t go. \u201cI\u2019ll bring the boy when he is weaned,\u201d she told her husband, \u201cso he can be presented to the LORD and stay there permanently. I will offer him as a nazirite forever.\u201d <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>I will offer\u2026 forever.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cDo what seems best to you,\u201d said her husband Elkanah. \u201cStay here until you\u2019ve weaned him. But may the LORD bring to pass what you\u2019ve <sup>[8]</sup> promised.\u201d So the woman stayed home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.", "comment": "[8] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4099553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "When he had been weaned and was still very young, <sup>[9]</sup> Hannah took him, along with a three-year-old bull, <sup>[10]</sup> an ephah <sup>[11]</sup> of flour, and a jar of wine, and brought him to the LORD\u2019s house at Shiloh.", "comment": "[11] An ephah was approximately twenty quarts.<br>[10] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), Syr; MT <i>three bulls</i><br>[9] Or <i>and the boy was a boy</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli."}, {"pk": 4099555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cExcuse me, sir!\u201d Hannah said. \u201cAs surely as you live, sir, I am the woman who stood here next to you, praying to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "I prayed for this boy, and the LORD gave me what I asked from him."}, {"pk": 4099557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "So now I give this boy back to the LORD. As long as he lives, he is given to the LORD.\u201d Then they worshipped there before the LORD. <sup>[12]</sup>", "comment": "[12] Some Heb manuscripts, Syr, Vulg; MT he (Eli?) <i>worshipped</i>; DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>) <i>and she</i> (Hannah) <i>left him there and worshipped the LORD</i>."}, {"pk": 4099558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the LORD. <br>My strength <sup>[1]</sup> rises up in the LORD! <br>My mouth mocks my enemies <br>because I rejoice in your deliverance.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my horn</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/9/2/10'>2:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4099559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "No one is holy like the LORD \u2014 <br>no, no one except you! <br>There is no rock like our God! <br>"}, {"pk": 4099560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t go on and on, talking so proudly, <br>spouting arrogance from your mouth, <br>because the LORD is the God who knows, <br>and he weighs every act. <br>"}, {"pk": 4099561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The bows of mighty warriors are shattered, <br>but those who were stumbling now dress themselves in power!<br>"}, {"pk": 4099562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who were filled full now sell themselves for bread, <br>but the ones who were starving are now fat from food! <br>The woman who was barren has birthed seven children, <br>but the mother with many sons has lost them all!<br>"}, {"pk": 4099563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD! <br>He brings death, gives life, <br>takes down to the grave, <sup>[2]</sup> and raises up!<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4099564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD! <br>He makes poor, gives wealth, <br>brings low, but also lifts up high!<br>"}, {"pk": 4099565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "God raises the poor from the dust, <br>lifts up the needy from the garbage pile. <br>God sits them with officials, <br>gives them the seat of honor! <br>The pillars of the earth belong to the LORD; <br>he set the world on top of them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4099566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "God guards the feet of his faithful ones, <br>but the wicked die in darkness <br>because no one succeeds by strength alone. <br>"}, {"pk": 4099567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD! <br>His enemies are terrified! <br>God thunders against them from heaven! <br>The LORD! <br>He judges the far corners of the earth! <br> May God give strength to his king <br>and raise high the strength of his anointed one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4099568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the LORD under Eli the priest."}, {"pk": 4099569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Now Eli\u2019s sons were despicable men who didn\u2019t know the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "This was how the priest was supposed to act with the people: Whenever anyone made a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest\u2019s assistant would come with a three-pronged fork in hand."}, {"pk": 4099571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He would thrust it into the cauldron or the pot. <sup>[3]</sup> Whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. This is how it was done for all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.", "comment": "[3] Cf DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); Heb has four different words for pots."}, {"pk": 4099572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "But with Eli\u2019s sons, <sup>[4]</sup> even before the fat was burned, the priest\u2019s assistant would come and say to the person offering the sacrifice, \u201cGive the priest some meat to roast. He won\u2019t accept boiled meat from you.\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT adds <i>only raw.</i><br>[4] MT lacks <i>with Eli\u2019s sons</i>."}, {"pk": 4099573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "If anyone said, \u201cLet the fat be burned off first, as usual, then take whatever you like for yourself,\u201d the assistant would reply, \u201cNo, hand it over now. If not, I\u2019ll take it by force.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "The sin of these priestly assistants was very serious in the LORD\u2019s sight because they were disrespecting the Lord\u2019s own offering."}, {"pk": 4099575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Now Samuel was serving the LORD. He was a young boy, clothed in a linen priestly vest. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4099576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "His mother would make a small robe for him and take it to him every year when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4099577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: \u201cMay the LORD replace <sup>[7]</sup> the child of this woman that you gave back to the LORD.\u201d Then they would return home.", "comment": "[7] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>give</i>"}, {"pk": 4099578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD paid attention to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the LORD\u2019s service."}, {"pk": 4099579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Eli was very old, but he heard everything his sons were doing to the Israelites, and how they had sex with the women who served at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance."}, {"pk": 4099580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Eli said to his sons, \u201cWhy are you doing these terrible things that I\u2019m hearing about from everybody?"}, {"pk": 4099581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "No, my sons. Don\u2019t do this. <sup>[8]</sup> The report I hear spreading among God\u2019s people isn\u2019t good.", "comment": "[8] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>Don\u2019t do this.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "If someone sins against someone else, God can intercede; but if someone sins against the LORD, who will intercede then?\u201d But they wouldn\u2019t obey their father because the LORD wanted to kill them."}, {"pk": 4099583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "Meanwhile, the boy Samuel kept growing up and was more and more liked by both the LORD and the people."}, {"pk": 4099584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Now a man of God came to Eli and said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: I revealed myself very clearly to your father\u2019s household when they were slaves <sup>[9]</sup> in Egypt to the house of Pharaoh.", "comment": "[9] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), LXX; MT lacks <i>slaves.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "I chose your father from all of Israel\u2019s tribes to be my priest, to go up onto my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest <sup>[10]</sup> in my presence. I also gave all of the Israelites\u2019 food offerings to your father\u2019s household.", "comment": "[10] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4099586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Why then do you kick my sacrifices and my offerings \u2014 the very ones I commanded for my dwelling place? Why do you respect your sons more than me, getting fat off the best parts of every offering from my people Israel?"}, {"pk": 4099587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Because of all that, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I had promised that your household and your father\u2019s household would serve me forever. But now \u2014 this is what the LORD declares: I\u2019ll do no such thing! No. I honor those who honor me, and whoever despises me will be cursed."}, {"pk": 4099588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "The days are coming soon when I will eliminate both your children <sup>[11]</sup> and the children of your father\u2019s household. There won\u2019t be an old person left in your family tree.", "comment": "[11] LXX; MT <i>arm</i> or <i>power</i>"}, {"pk": 4099589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "You\u2019ll see trouble in my dwelling place, though all will go well for Israel. <sup>[12]</sup> But there will never be an old person in your family tree.", "comment": "[12] Heb uncertain; LXX and DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>) omit <a href='/CEB/9/2/31'>2:31</a><i>b</i>-32<i>a</i>."}, {"pk": 4099590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "One of your descendants whom I don\u2019t eliminate from serving at my altar will cry his <sup>[13]</sup> eyes out and be full of grief. Any descendants in your household will die by the sword. <sup>[14]</sup>", "comment": "[14] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>die by men</i> or <i>die as men</i><br>[13] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), LXX; MT <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4099591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "And what happens to your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will be a sign for you: they will both die on the same day."}, {"pk": 4099592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "Then I will establish for myself a trustworthy priest who will act in accordance with my thoughts and desires. I will build a trustworthy household for him, and he will serve before my anointed one forever."}, {"pk": 4099593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "Anyone left from your household will come and beg him for a bit of silver or a loaf of bread, saying: \u2018Please appoint me to some priestly duty so I can have a scrap of bread to eat.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Now the boy Samuel was serving the LORD under Eli. The LORD\u2019s word was rare at that time, and visions weren\u2019t widely known."}, {"pk": 4099595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "One day Eli, whose eyes had grown so weak he was unable to see, was lying down in his room."}, {"pk": 4099596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "God\u2019s lamp hadn\u2019t gone out yet, and Samuel was lying down in the LORD\u2019s temple, where God\u2019s chest <sup>[1]</sup> was.", "comment": "[1] Traditionally <i>ark</i>"}, {"pk": 4099597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD called to Samuel. \u201cI\u2019m here,\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4099598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Samuel hurried to Eli and said, \u201cI\u2019m here. You called me?\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t call you,\u201d Eli replied. \u201cGo lie down.\u201d So he did."}, {"pk": 4099599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Again the LORD called Samuel, so Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, \u201cI\u2019m here. You called me?\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t call, my son,\u201d Eli replied. \u201cGo and lie down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "<sup>[6]</sup> (Now Samuel didn\u2019t yet know the LORD, and the LORD\u2019s word hadn\u2019t yet been revealed to him.)"}, {"pk": 4099601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "A third time the LORD called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, \u201cI\u2019m here. You called me?\u201d Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy."}, {"pk": 4099602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "So Eli said to Samuel, \u201cGo and lie down. If he calls you, say, \u2018Speak, LORD. Your servant is listening.\u2019\u201d So Samuel went and lay down where he\u2019d been."}, {"pk": 4099603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD came and stood there, calling just as before, \u201cSamuel, Samuel!\u201d Samuel said, \u201cSpeak. Your servant is listening.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said to Samuel, \u201cI am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of all who hear it tingle!"}, {"pk": 4099605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "On that day, I will bring to pass against Eli everything I said about his household \u2014 every last bit of it! <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the beginning and the end</i>"}, {"pk": 4099606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "I told him that I would punish his family forever because of the wrongdoing he knew about \u2014 how his sons were cursing God, <sup>[3]</sup> but he wouldn\u2019t stop them.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>to themselves</i>, one of several intentional scribal corrections to avoid the phrase <i>cursing God</i>"}, {"pk": 4099607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Because of that I swore about Eli\u2019s household that his family\u2019s wrongdoing will never be reconciled by sacrifice or by offering.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Samuel lay there until morning, then opened the doors of the LORD\u2019s house. Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli."}, {"pk": 4099609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "But Eli called Samuel, saying: \u201cSamuel, my son!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m here,\u201d Samuel said."}, {"pk": 4099610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWhat did he say to you?\u201d Eli asked. \u201cDon\u2019t hide anything from me. May God deal harshly with you and worse still if you hide from me a single word from everything he said to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. \u201cHe is the LORD, \u201d Eli said. \u201cHe will do as he pleases.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "So Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him, not allowing any of his words to fail."}, {"pk": 4099613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was trustworthy as the LORD\u2019s prophet."}, {"pk": 4099614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh because the LORD revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh through the LORD\u2019s own word."}, {"pk": 4099615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "And Samuel\u2019s word went out to all Israel. <b>The Philistines capture God\u2019s chest</b> </pb> In those days the Philistines gathered for war against Israel, <sup>[1]</sup> so Israel went out to engage the Philistines in war. Israel camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>In those days\u2026 against Israel</i>."}, {"pk": 4099616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "The Philistines readied themselves to fight Israel. When the battle was joined, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield."}, {"pk": 4099617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "When the troops returned to the camp, Israel\u2019s elders said, \u201cWhy did the LORD defeat us today before the Philistines? Let\u2019s bring the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant from Shiloh so it can go with us and save us from our enemies\u2019 power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the chest containing the covenant of the LORD of heavenly forces, who sits enthroned on the winged heavenly creatures. <sup>[2]</sup> Eli\u2019s two sons Hophni and Phinehas were there with the chest containing God\u2019s covenant.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>cherubim</i>"}, {"pk": 4099619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "When the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant entered the camp, all Israel let out such a loud shout that the ground shook."}, {"pk": 4099620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "When the Philistines heard the sound of that shout, they asked, \u201cWhat is that loud shouting in the Hebrew camp about?\u201d When they learned that the LORD\u2019s chest had come into the camp,"}, {"pk": 4099621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "the Philistines were afraid and said, \u201cA god has come into that camp! We\u2019re doomed,\u201d they said, \u201cbecause nothing like this has ever happened before."}, {"pk": 4099622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "We\u2019re doomed! Who will deliver us from the grip of these powerful deities? They are the same gods who struck the Egyptians in the desert with every kind of wound."}, {"pk": 4099623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Pull yourselves together and act like men, Philistines! Otherwise, you\u2019ll serve the Hebrews like they\u2019ve been serving you. Act like men and fight!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated, and everyone fled to their homes. It was a massive defeat: thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers fell,"}, {"pk": 4099625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "God\u2019s chest was taken, and Eli\u2019s two sons Hophni and Phinehas died."}, {"pk": 4099626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "That very day, a Benjaminite ran from the battle to Shiloh. His clothes were torn, and dirt was on his head."}, {"pk": 4099627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "When he got there, Eli was sitting in a chair beside the road, waiting because he was nervous about God\u2019s chest. The man arrived and gave the news to the city, and the whole city cried out."}, {"pk": 4099628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Eli heard the sound of the cry and said, \u201cWhat\u2019s all this noise about?\u201d The man hurriedly went and told Eli the news."}, {"pk": 4099629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "<sup>[14]</sup> (Now Eli was 98 years old, and his eyes stared straight ahead, unable to see.)"}, {"pk": 4099630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "The man told Eli, \u201cI\u2019m the one who just came from the battle. I fled from the battle today.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the report, my son?\u201d Eli asked."}, {"pk": 4099631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The messenger answered, \u201cIsrael has fled from the Philistines. The army has suffered a massive defeat. Also, your own two sons Hophni and Phinehas have died, and God\u2019s chest has been taken!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "At the mention of God\u2019s chest, Eli fell backward off the chair beside the gate. His neck broke, and he died because he was an old man and overweight. Eli had judged Israel for forty years."}, {"pk": 4099633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Now Eli\u2019s daughter-in-law, Phinehas\u2019 wife, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news that God\u2019s chest had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she doubled over and gave birth because her labor pains overwhelmed her."}, {"pk": 4099634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "As she was about to die, the women standing by helping her said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. You\u2019ve given birth to a son!\u201d But she didn\u2019t answer or pay them any attention."}, {"pk": 4099635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "She named the boy Ichabod, <sup>[3]</sup> saying, \u201cThe glory has left Israel,\u201d referring to the capture of God\u2019s chest and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.", "comment": "[3] Meaning <i>Where is the glory?</i>"}, {"pk": 4099636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cThe glory has left Israel because God\u2019s chest has been taken,\u201d she said."}, {"pk": 4099637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "After the Philistines took God\u2019s chest, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod."}, {"pk": 4099638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Then the Philistines took God\u2019s chest and brought it into Dagon\u2019s temple and set it next to Dagon."}, {"pk": 4099639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "But when the citizens of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen facedown on the ground before the LORD\u2019s chest! So they took Dagon and set him back up where he belonged."}, {"pk": 4099640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon again, fallen facedown on the ground before the LORD\u2019s chest \u2014 and this time Dagon\u2019s head along with both his hands were cut off and lying on the doorstep! Only Dagon\u2019s body <sup>[1]</sup> was left intact.", "comment": "[1] Cf LXX"}, {"pk": 4099641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "That\u2019s why to this day Dagon\u2019s priests or anyone else who enters his temple in Ashdod doesn\u2019t step on the threshold."}, {"pk": 4099642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD\u2019s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod: God terrified them and struck them in Ashdod and its surroundings with tumors. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Kethib; Qere <i>hemorrhoids</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/5/28/27'>Deut 28:27</a>); also in <a href='/CEB/9/5/9'>5:9</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/5/12'>12</a>"}, {"pk": 4099643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "When Ashdod\u2019s inhabitants saw what was happening, they said, \u201cThe chest of Israel\u2019s God must not stay here with us because his hand is hard against us and against our god Dagon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "So they summoned all the Philistine rulers to a meeting and asked, \u201cWhat should we do with the chest of Israel\u2019s God?\u201d The people of Gath said, \u201cLet the chest of Israel\u2019s God be moved to us.\u201d So they moved the chest of Israel\u2019s God to Gath. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "But once they moved it, the LORD\u2019s hand came against the city, causing a huge panic. God struck the city\u2019s inhabitants, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them."}, {"pk": 4099646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Then they sent God\u2019s chest to Ekron, but as soon as God\u2019s chest entered Ekron, the inhabitants cried out, \u201cWhy have you moved the chest of Israel\u2019s God to us? In order to kill us and our people?\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), LXX"}, {"pk": 4099647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "So they summoned all the Philistine rulers to a meeting and said, \u201cSend the chest of Israel\u2019s God away! Let it go back to its own home so it doesn\u2019t kill us and our people,\u201d because there was a deadly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there."}, {"pk": 4099648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "The people who didn\u2019t die were struck with tumors, and the screams of the city went all the way up to heaven."}, {"pk": 4099649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s chest was in Philistine territory for seven months."}, {"pk": 4099650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners. \u201cWhat should we do with the LORD\u2019s chest?\u201d they asked. \u201cTell us how we should send it back to its own home.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "They replied, \u201cIf you are returning the chest of Israel\u2019s God, don\u2019t send it back empty, but be sure to return a guilt offering to him. <sup>[1]</sup> Then you will be healed, and it will become clear to you why God\u2019s hand hasn\u2019t left you alone.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>be sure to return it with a compensation offering</i>."}, {"pk": 4099652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cWhat compensation offering should we return to him?\u201d they asked. The priests and diviners replied: \u201cFive gold tumors <sup>[2]</sup> and five gold mice, <sup>[3]</sup> matching the number of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague came on all of you and your rulers.", "comment": "[3] LXX lacks <i>and five gold mice.</i><br>[2] Kethib; Qere <i>hemorrhoids</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/5/28/27'>Deut 28:27</a>); also in <a href='/CEB/9/6/5'>6:5</a>; see <a href=C:@90 6:11>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/9/6/11'>6:11</a>."}, {"pk": 4099653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "You must make images of your tumors and the mice that have devastated the land. Honor Israel\u2019s God. Perhaps he will lighten the weight of his hand on you, your gods, and your land."}, {"pk": 4099654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Why be stubborn like the Egyptians and Pharaoh? After God had dealt harshly with them, didn\u2019t they send the Israelites on their way?"}, {"pk": 4099655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "So get a new cart ready along with two nursing cows that have never been yoked before. Harness the cows to the cart, but take any of their calves that are following back home."}, {"pk": 4099656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Next, take the LORD\u2019s chest and put it in the cart. Set the gold items that you are giving God as a compensation offering in a box next to the chest. Then send it on its way."}, {"pk": 4099657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Then watch what happens: If the cart goes up the road to its own territory toward Beth-shemesh, then Israel\u2019s God has brought this great disaster on us. If the cart goes another way, then we\u2019ll know that it wasn\u2019t God\u2019s hand that struck us. It happened to us randomly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "The rulers <sup>[4]</sup> did just that. They took two nursing cows and harnessed them to the cart, penning their calves up at home.", "comment": "[4] See <a href='/CEB/9/6/12'>6:12</a>; MT <i>men</i>."}, {"pk": 4099659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "They put the LORD\u2019s chest on the cart along with the box containing the gold mice and the images of their tumors. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>hemorrhoids;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/9/6/17'>6:17</a>, the Qere form for the Hebrew written form of <i>tumors</i> used in <a href='/CEB/9/6/4-5'>6:4\u20135</a>"}, {"pk": 4099660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "The cows went straight ahead, following the road to Beth-shemesh. They kept to one route, mooing as they went, without turning right or left. The Philistine rulers followed them as far as the territory of Beth-shemesh."}, {"pk": 4099661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the chest, they were overjoyed at the sight."}, {"pk": 4099662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "The cart entered the field belonging to Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped right by a large stone. They chopped up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as an entirely burned offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "The Levites unloaded the LORD\u2019s chest and the box that was with it that contained all the gold items, and they set them on the large stone. That very day the people of Beth-shemesh offered entirely burned offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "When the five Philistine rulers witnessed this, they went straight back to Ekron."}, {"pk": 4099665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "These are the gold tumors that the Philistines returned as a compensation offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron."}, {"pk": 4099666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The gold mice matched the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers, from fortified cities to country villages. And the large stone <sup>[6]</sup> they set the LORD\u2019s chest on is a witness even now in the field that belongs to Joshua of Beth-shemesh.", "comment": "[6] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "But God struck down some of the people from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the LORD\u2019s chest. God struck seventy people, <sup>[7]</sup> and the community grieved because the LORD had struck them so severely.", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT adds <i>fifty thousand people.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "The people of Beth-shemesh said, \u201cWho can stand before the LORD, this holy God? Where can he go that is away from us here?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim. \u201cThe Philistines returned the LORD\u2019s chest!\u201d they said. \u201cCome down and take it back with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "So the people of Kiriath-jearim came and took the LORD\u2019s chest. They brought it to Abinadab\u2019s house, which was on the hill. Then they dedicated Eleazar, Abinadab\u2019s son, to care for the LORD\u2019s chest."}, {"pk": 4099671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Now a long time passed \u2014 a total of twenty years \u2014 after the chest came to stay in Kiriath-jearim, and the whole house of Israel yearned for <sup>[1]</sup> the LORD.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; LXX <i>searched for</i>"}, {"pk": 4099672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, \u201cIf you are turning to the LORD with all your heart, then get rid of all the foreign gods and the Astartes you have. Set your heart on the LORD! Worship him only! Then he will deliver you from the Philistines\u2019 power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "So the Israelites got rid of the Baals and the Astartes and worshipped the LORD only."}, {"pk": 4099674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Next Samuel said, \u201cAssemble all Israel at Mizpah. I will pray to the LORD for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "So they assembled at Mizpah, and they drew water and poured it out in the LORD\u2019s presence. They fasted that same day and confessed, \u201cWe have sinned against the LORD.\u201d Samuel served as judge of the Israelites at Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4099676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had assembled at Mizpah, the Philistine rulers went up to attack Israel. When the Israelites learned of this, they were afraid of the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4099677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The Israelites said to Samuel, \u201cPlease don\u2019t stop praying to the LORD our God for us, so God will save us from the Philistines\u2019 power!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "So Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as an entirely burned offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out in prayer to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him."}, {"pk": 4099679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "While Samuel was offering the entirely burned offering, the Philistines advanced to attack Israel. But the LORD thundered against the Philistines with a great blast on that very day, throwing the Philistines into such a panic that they were defeated by Israel."}, {"pk": 4099680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "The Israelite soldiers came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines. They struck them down until they reached a place just below Beth-car."}, {"pk": 4099681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah. <sup>[2]</sup> He named it Ebenezer, <sup>[3]</sup> explaining, \u201cThe LORD helped us to this very point.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Meaning <i>stone of help</i><br>[2] LXX, Syr; MT <i>Ha-shen</i> (the tooth)"}, {"pk": 4099682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "So the Philistines were defeated, and they stopped coming into Israelite territory. The LORD\u2019s hand was against the Philistines throughout Samuel\u2019s life."}, {"pk": 4099683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "The towns the Philistines had captured from Israel, from Ekron to Gath, were returned to Israel. Israel also recovered the territory around those two cities from the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites."}, {"pk": 4099684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Samuel served as Israel\u2019s judge his whole life."}, {"pk": 4099685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Each year he traveled between Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, serving as Israel\u2019s judge in each of those locations."}, {"pk": 4099686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Then he would return to Ramah because that\u2019s where his home was. In Ramah too he served as Israel\u2019s judge, and that is also where he built an altar to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Now when Samuel got old, he appointed his sons to serve as Israel\u2019s judges."}, {"pk": 4099688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "The name of his oldest son was Joel; the name of the second was Abijah. They served as judges in Beer-sheba."}, {"pk": 4099689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "But Samuel\u2019s sons didn\u2019t follow in his footsteps. They tried to turn a profit, they accepted bribes, and they perverted justice."}, {"pk": 4099690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "So all the Israelite elders got together and went to Samuel at Ramah."}, {"pk": 4099691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "They said to him, \u201cListen. You are old now, and your sons don\u2019t follow in your footsteps. So appoint us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "It seemed very bad to Samuel when they said, \u201cGive us a king to judge us,\u201d so he prayed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD answered Samuel, \u201cComply with the people\u2019s request \u2014 everything they ask of you \u2014 because they haven\u2019t rejected you. No, they\u2019ve rejected me as king over them."}, {"pk": 4099694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "They are doing to you only what they\u2019ve been doing to me <sup>[1]</sup> from the day I brought them out of Egypt to this very minute, abandoning me and worshipping other gods.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>to me</i>."}, {"pk": 4099695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "So comply with their request, but give them a clear warning, telling them how the king will rule over them.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>telling them the lawful practice of the king</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/9/8/11'>8:11</a>; cf <a href='/CEB/9/10/25'>10:25</a>."}, {"pk": 4099696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Samuel explained everything the LORD had said to the people who were asking for a king."}, {"pk": 4099697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThis is how the king will rule over you,\u201d Samuel said: \u201cHe will take your sons, and will use them for his chariots and his cavalry and as runners for his chariot."}, {"pk": 4099698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "He will use them as his commanders of troops of one thousand and troops of fifty, or to do his plowing and his harvesting, or to make his weapons or parts for his chariots."}, {"pk": 4099699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, or bakers."}, {"pk": 4099700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his servants."}, {"pk": 4099701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "He will give one-tenth of your grain and your vineyards to his officials and servants."}, {"pk": 4099702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "He will take your male and female servants, along with the best of your cattle <sup>[3]</sup> and donkeys, and make them do his work.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>young men</i>"}, {"pk": 4099703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and then you yourselves will become his slaves!"}, {"pk": 4099704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you chose for yourselves, but on that day the LORD won\u2019t answer you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "But the people refused to listen to Samuel and said, \u201cNo! There must be a king over us"}, {"pk": 4099706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "so we can be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Samuel listened to everything the people said and repeated it directly to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Then the LORD said to Samuel, \u201cComply with their request. Give them a king.\u201d Samuel then told the Israelite people, \u201cGo back, each of you, to your own hometown.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "There was a wealthy man from the tribe of Benjamin named Kish. He was the son of Abiel son of Zeror son of Becorath son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite."}, {"pk": 4099710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "He had a son named Saul, who was a handsome young man. No one in Israel was more handsome than Saul, and he stood head and shoulders above everyone else."}, {"pk": 4099711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "When the donkeys belonging to Saul\u2019s father Kish were lost, Kish said to his son Saul, \u201cTake one of the servant boys with you and go look for the donkeys.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "So he traveled through the highlands of Ephraim and the land of Shalishah, but they didn\u2019t find anything. They traveled through the land of Shaalim, but still found nothing, so they crossed back into the land of Benjamin, but they still couldn\u2019t find the donkeys."}, {"pk": 4099713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "When they came to the territory of Zuph, Saul said to the boy who was with him, \u201cLet\u2019s go back before my father stops worrying about the donkeys and starts worrying about us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "But the boy said to him, \u201cListen, there\u2019s a man of God in this town. He\u2019s famous \u2014 everything he says actually happens! So let\u2019s go there. Maybe he\u2019ll be able to tell us which way we should go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Saul said to his young boy, \u201cBut if we go, what should we bring to the man? The food in our bags is all gone. We don\u2019t have any gift to offer the man of God. Do we have anything?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cHere,\u201d the boy answered Saul, \u201cI\u2019ve got a quarter-shekel of silver. I\u2019ll give that to the man of God so he tells us which way to go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[8]</sup> (Earlier in Israel, someone going to consult with God would say, \u201cLet\u2019s go to the seer,\u201d because the people who are called prophets today were previously called seers.)"}, {"pk": 4099718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Saul said to the boy, \u201cGreat idea! Let\u2019s go.\u201d So they went into the town where the man of God lived."}, {"pk": 4099719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "They were going up the hill to the town when they met some young women coming out to draw water. \u201cIs the seer here?\u201d they asked them."}, {"pk": 4099720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cHe\u2019s just ahead of you,\u201d they answered. \u201cHurry up! He has just come to town because there is a sacrifice today for the people at the shrine."}, {"pk": 4099721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "You\u2019ll find him as soon as you enter the town, before he goes up to the shrine to eat. The people won\u2019t eat until he gets there, because he must bless the sacrifice. Only after that can the invited guests eat. Now get going because you\u2019ll find him momentarily.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "So Saul and the boy went up to the town, and as they entered it, suddenly Samuel came toward them on his way up to the shrine."}, {"pk": 4099723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Now the day before Saul came, the LORD had revealed the following to Samuel:"}, {"pk": 4099724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cAbout this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the Benjaminite territory. You will anoint him as leader of my people Israel. He will save my people from the Philistines\u2019 power because I have seen the suffering of <sup>[1]</sup> my people, and their cry for help has reached me.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>the suffering of.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, \u201cThat\u2019s the man I told you about. That\u2019s the one who will rule <sup>[2]</sup> my people.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX; Heb uncertain, perhaps <i>restrain</i> or <i>gather (troops);</i> cf <a href='/CEB/9/10/1'>10:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4099726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and said, \u201cPlease tell me where the seer\u2019s house is.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m the seer,\u201d Samuel told Saul. \u201cGo on ahead of me to the shrine. You can eat with me today. In the morning I\u2019ll send you on your way, and I will tell you everything you want to know."}, {"pk": 4099728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, don\u2019t be worried about them because they\u2019ve been found. Who owns all of Israel\u2019s treasures, anyway? Isn\u2019t it you and your whole family?\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>But for whom does all Israel yearn if not for you and your whole family?</i>"}, {"pk": 4099729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m a Benjaminite,\u201d Saul responded, \u201cfrom the smallest Israelite tribe, and my family is the littlest of the families in the tribe of Benjamin. Why would you say something like that to me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Samuel took Saul and his young servant and brought them to the banquet room. He gave them an honored place among the invited guests. There were about thirty total."}, {"pk": 4099731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Samuel said to the cook, \u201cServe the portion I gave you \u2014 the one I told you to set aside.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "So the cook took the thigh and what was on it, <sup>[4]</sup> and put it in front of Saul. Samuel said, \u201cLook, what had been reserved is now in front of you. Eat up, because it was set apart for you for this specific occasion, ever since I invited the guests.\u201d <sup>[5]</sup> So Saul ate with Samuel that day.", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain<br>[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "When they came back from the shrine to the town, a bed was made for Saul on the roof, and he slept. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT <i>He</i> (Samuel?) <i>talked with Saul on the roof. Then they got up early.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "Near dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, \u201cWake up! I will send you on your way.\u201d So Saul got up, and the two of them, he and Samuel, went outside."}, {"pk": 4099735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "As they were nearing the edge of town Samuel said, \u201cTell the boy to go on ahead of us\u201d (the servant did so) \u201cbut you stop for a bit so I can tell you God\u2019s word.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Samuel took a small jar of oil and poured it over Saul\u2019s head and kissed him. \u201cThe LORD hereby anoints you leader of his people Israel,\u201d Samuel said. \u201cYou will rule the LORD\u2019s people and save them from the power of the enemies who surround them. And this will be the sign for you that the LORD has anointed you as leader of his very own possession: <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>of his people Israel.\u2026 And this will be the sign for you that.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel\u2019s tomb at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will tell you, \u2018The donkeys you went looking for have been found. Now your father has stopped thinking about the donkeys and is worried about you. He\u2019s asking: What should I do about my son?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Then, when you\u2019ve gone on a bit farther, you will come to the oak at Tabor. Three men who are going to consult God at Bethel will meet up with you there, one carrying three young goats, one carrying three loaves of bread, and one carrying a jar of wine."}, {"pk": 4099739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "They will ask how you\u2019re doing and will offer you sacrificial bread, <sup>[2]</sup> which you should accept.", "comment": "[2] LXX; DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>) <i>uplifted bread</i> (see <a href='/CEB/4/18/11'>Num 18:11</a>) <i>;</i> MT <i>two of bread</i>."}, {"pk": 4099740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "After that, you will come to Gibeath-elohim, which is a Philistine fort. When you enter the town, you will encounter a group of prophets coming down from the shrine preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres. They will be caught up in a prophetic frenzy."}, {"pk": 4099741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s spirit will come over you, and you will be caught up in a prophetic frenzy right along with them; it will be like you\u2019ve become a completely different person."}, {"pk": 4099742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Once these signs have happened to you, do whatever you would like to do, because God is with you."}, {"pk": 4099743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Then go down to Gilgal ahead of me. I\u2019ll come down to meet you to offer entirely burned offerings and to make well-being sacrifices. Wait seven days until I get to you, then I\u2019ll tell you what you should do next.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "And just as Saul turned to leave Samuel\u2019s side, God gave him a different heart, and all these signs happened that very same day."}, {"pk": 4099745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "When Saul and the boy got to Gibeah, there was a group of prophets coming to meet him. God\u2019s spirit came over Saul, and he was caught up in a prophetic frenzy right along with them."}, {"pk": 4099746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When all the people who had known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they said to each other, \u201cWhat\u2019s happened to Kish\u2019s son? Is Saul also one of the prophets?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "One of the locals then asked, \u201cAnd who is their leader?\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> So it became a proverb: \u201cIs Saul also one of the prophets?\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>father</i>"}, {"pk": 4099748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "When the prophetic frenzy was over, Saul went home. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Correction; MT <i>Saul entered the shrine.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Saul\u2019s uncle said to him and to his young servant, \u201cWhere did you go?\u201d \u201cTo look for the donkeys,\u201d Saul replied, \u201cbut when we couldn\u2019t find anything, we went to Samuel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cPlease tell me what Samuel told you,\u201d Saul\u2019s uncle said."}, {"pk": 4099751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cHe reassured us that the donkeys had been found,\u201d Saul answered. But Saul didn\u2019t tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship."}, {"pk": 4099752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4099753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Then he told the Israelites: \u201cThis is what the LORD God of Israel says: I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the Egyptians\u2019 power and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you."}, {"pk": 4099754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "But today you\u2019ve rejected your God who saved you from all your troubles and difficulties by saying, \u2018No! Appoint a king over us!\u2019 So now assemble yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Then Samuel brought all the Israelite tribes forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected."}, {"pk": 4099756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Next Samuel brought the tribe of Benjamin forward by its families, and the family of Matri was selected. Samuel then brought the family of Matri forward, person by person, <sup>[5]</sup> and Saul, Kish\u2019s son, was selected. But when they looked for him, he wasn\u2019t to be found.", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT lacks <i>Samuel then brought the family of Matri forward, person by person.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "So they asked another question of the LORD: \u201cHas the man come here yet?\u201d The LORD said, \u201cYes, he\u2019s hiding among the supplies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "They ran and retrieved Saul from there, and when he stood up in the middle of the people, he was head and shoulders taller than anyone else."}, {"pk": 4099759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cCan you see the one the LORD has chosen?\u201d Samuel asked all the people. \u201cHe has no equal among the people.\u201d Then the people shouted, \u201cLong live the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Samuel then explained to the people how the monarchy should operate <sup>[6]</sup> and wrote it in a scroll and placed it in the LORD\u2019s presence. Then Samuel sent every person back to their homes.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>the lawful practices of the monarchy</i>"}, {"pk": 4099761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Saul also went back to his home in Gibeah. Along with him went courageous men whose hearts God had touched."}, {"pk": 4099762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "But some despicable people said, \u201cHow can this man save us?\u201d They despised Saul and didn\u2019t bring him gifts, but Saul didn\u2019t say anything. <b>Saul delivers Jabesh-gilead</b> </pb> <sup>[7]</sup> Nahash the Ammonite king had been severely oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He gouged out everyone\u2019s right eye, thereby not allowing Israel to have a deliverer. There wasn\u2019t a single Israelite left across the Jordan River who hadn\u2019t had their right eye gouged out by the Ammonite king Nahash. But seven thousand people had escaped from the Ammonites\u2019 power and fled to Jabesh-gilead.", "comment": "[7] This paragraph is found in DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>) and is also attested in Josephus (<i>Ant.</i> 6.5.1 [68-71]), but is missing in MT."}, {"pk": 4099763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "About a month later, <sup>[1]</sup> Nahash the Ammonite went up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, \u201cMake a treaty with us, and we\u2019ll be your servants.\u201d", "comment": "[1] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), LXX; MT lacks <i>About a month later.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI will make a treaty with you on one condition: that everyone\u2019s right eye be gouged out!\u201d Nahash the Ammonite said to them. \u201cThat\u2019s how I bring humiliation on all Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "The elders of Jabesh replied to him, \u201cLeave us alone for seven days so we can send messengers thoughout Israel\u2019s territory. If there\u2019s no one to save us, then we\u2019ll surrender to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "When the messengers reached Gibeah where Saul lived, they reported the news directly to the people there. Then they all wept aloud."}, {"pk": 4099767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "At just that moment, Saul was coming back from keeping the cattle in the fields. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with everybody?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhy are they crying?\u201d Saul was then told what the men from Jabesh had said."}, {"pk": 4099768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "God\u2019s spirit came over Saul when he heard those words, and he burned with anger."}, {"pk": 4099769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "He took two oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout Israel\u2019s territory. \u201cThis is exactly what will be done to the oxen of anyone who doesn\u2019t come to the aid of Saul and Samuel,\u201d he said. Great fear of the LORD came over the people, and they came to Saul completely unified. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] MT lacks <i>to Saul.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "When Saul counted them at Bezek, the soldiers from Israel totaled three hundred thousand and those from Judah thirty thousand."}, {"pk": 4099771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The messengers who had come were then told, \u201cSay this to the people of Jabesh-gilead: Tomorrow by the time the sun is hot, you will be saved.\u201d When the messengers returned and reported this to the people of Jabesh, they were overjoyed."}, {"pk": 4099772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the people of Jabesh told the Ammonites, \u201cWe will surrender to you tomorrow. Then you can do whatever you want to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "The next day Saul organized his troops into three formations. They attacked the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. The survivors were so scattered that not even two of them could be found together."}, {"pk": 4099774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Then people asked Samuel, \u201cWho was it who said, \u2018Will Saul rule over us?\u2019 Give us those people; we\u2019ll kill them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "But Saul said, \u201cNo one will be executed because today the LORD has saved Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s go to Gilgal,\u201d Samuel told the people, \u201cand renew the monarchy there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "So everyone went to Gilgal, and there at Gilgal they made Saul king in the LORD\u2019s presence. They offered well-being sacrifices in the LORD\u2019s presence, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration there."}, {"pk": 4099778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Samuel said to all Israel: \u201cListen: I have done everything you asked of me and have placed a king over you."}, {"pk": 4099779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "The king will lead you now. I am old and gray, though my sons are still with you, and I\u2019ve been your leader since I was young until now."}, {"pk": 4099780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "So I\u2019m here: Tell the truth about me in the presence of the LORD and his anointed. Have I ever stolen someone\u2019s ox? Have I ever taken someone\u2019s donkey? Have I ever oppressed or mistreated anyone? Have I ever taken bribes from someone and looked the other way about something? Tell me the truth. <sup>[1]</sup> I will make it right.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cYou haven\u2019t oppressed or mistreated us, and you\u2019ve never taken anything from anyone,\u201d the people answered."}, {"pk": 4099782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Samuel replied, \u201cThe LORD and his anointed one are witnesses against you today that you haven\u2019t found anything in my possession.\u201d \u201cAgreed,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4099783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Samuel told the people: \u201cThe witness <sup>[2]</sup> is indeed the LORD, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>witness.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "So now stand here, and I will judge you in the LORD\u2019s presence because of all the LORD\u2019s righteous acts that he has done for you and your ancestors:"}, {"pk": 4099785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cWhen Jacob entered Egypt, the Egyptians oppressed them. <sup>[3]</sup> So your ancestors cried out to the LORD. The LORD then sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them here.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>the Egyptians oppressed them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "But your ancestors forgot the LORD their God, so he handed them over to Sisera the commander of Hazor\u2019s army, and to the Philistines, and to the Moabite king, all of whom fought against them."}, {"pk": 4099787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Then your ancestors cried out to the LORD and said: \u2018We have sinned because we have abandoned the LORD and have worshipped the Baals and the Astartes. But now deliver us from the power of our enemies, and we will worship you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, <sup>[4]</sup> Jephthah, and Samson, <sup>[5]</sup> and he delivered you from the power of your enemies on every side. And you lived safe and secure.", "comment": "[4] LXX, Syr; MT <i>Bedan</i><br>[5] Syr (cf Targ), LXX<sup>L </sup><i>Samson</i>; MT, LXX<sup>AB </sup><i>Samuel</i>"}, {"pk": 4099789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "But when you saw that Nahash the Ammonite king was coming against you, you said to me, \u2018No! There must be a king to rule over us.\u2019 But the LORD your God was already your king!"}, {"pk": 4099790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cSo now, here is the king you chose, the one you asked for. Yes, the LORD has put a king over you!"}, {"pk": 4099791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "If you will fear the LORD, worship him, obey him, and not rebel against the LORD\u2019s command, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God \u2014 all will be well."}, {"pk": 4099792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "But if you don\u2019t obey the LORD and rebel against the LORD\u2019s command, then the LORD\u2019s power will go against you and your king to destroy you. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] LXX<sup>L</sup>; MT <i>against you and against your ancestors</i>"}, {"pk": 4099793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cSo now take a stand! Look at this awesome thing the LORD is doing."}, {"pk": 4099794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Isn\u2019t the wheat harvest today? I will call upon the LORD to send thunder and rain. Then you will know and will see for yourselves what great evil you\u2019ve done in the LORD\u2019s eyes by asking for a king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Samuel called upon the LORD, and God sent thunder and rain on that very day. Then all the people were in awe of the LORD and Samuel."}, {"pk": 4099796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "All of them said to Samuel, \u201cPlease pray for us, your servants, to the LORD your God so we don\u2019t die because we have added to our many sins the evil of asking for a king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "But Samuel answered the people, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Yes, you\u2019ve done all this evil; just don\u2019t turn back from following the LORD. Serve the LORD with all your heart."}, {"pk": 4099798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t turn aside to follow useless idols that can\u2019t help you or save you. They\u2019re absolutely useless!"}, {"pk": 4099799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "For the sake of his reputation, the LORD won\u2019t abandon his people, because the LORD has decided to make you his very own people."}, {"pk": 4099800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "But me? I would never sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. I will teach you what is good and right."}, {"pk": 4099801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Just fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Look at what great things he has done for you!"}, {"pk": 4099802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "But if you continue to do evil, then both you and your king will be destroyed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Saul was 30 years old <sup>[1]</sup> when he became king, and he ruled over Israel forty-two years. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>L</sup>; Syr <i>twenty-one</i>; MT lacks a number; <a href='/CEB/9/13/1'>13:1</a> is omitted in LXX<sup>B</sup>.<br>[2] Part of the number is missing in MT (<i>\u2026 and two years</i>) and all ancient witnesses. <a href='/CEB/44/13/21'>Acts 13:21</a> says Saul ruled forty years, as does Josephus (<i>Ant</i>. 6.14.9 [378]), though Josephus also says Saul ruled twenty years (<i>Ant</i>. 10.8.4 [143])."}, {"pk": 4099804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Saul selected three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of those were with Saul at Michmash in the hills near Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. He sent the remaining men home."}, {"pk": 4099805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Jonathan attacked the Philistine fort at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul sounded the alarm <sup>[3]</sup> throughout the land and said, \u201cHebrews! Listen up!\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>shofar</i>"}, {"pk": 4099806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "When all Israel heard that Saul had attacked the Philistine fort and that Israel was hated by the Philistines, the troops were called to Saul\u2019s side at Gilgal."}, {"pk": 4099807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The Philistines also were gathered to fight against Israel. They brought thirty thousand chariots with them, six thousand cavalry, and as many soldiers as there is sand on the seashore to fight Israel. <sup>[4]</sup> They marched up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>They brought, with them, and to fight Israel.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "When the Israelites saw that they were in trouble and that their troops were threatened, they hid in caves, in thickets, among rocks, in tunnels, and in cisterns."}, {"pk": 4099809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan River, going into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul stayed at Gilgal, and the troops followed him anxiously."}, {"pk": 4099810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel didn\u2019t come to Gilgal, and his troops began to desert."}, {"pk": 4099811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "So Saul ordered, \u201cBring me the entirely burned offering and the well-being sacrifices.\u201d Then he offered the entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4099812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "The very moment Saul finished offering up the entirely burned offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet him and welcome him."}, {"pk": 4099813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "But Samuel said, \u201cWhat have you done?\u201d \u201cI saw that my troops were deserting,\u201d Saul replied. \u201cYou hadn\u2019t arrived by the appointed time, and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash."}, {"pk": 4099814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "I thought, The Philistines are about to march against me at Gilgal and I haven\u2019t yet sought the LORD\u2019s favor. So I took control of myself <sup>[5]</sup> and offered the entirely burned offering.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>forced myself</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cHow stupid of you to have broken the commands the LORD your God gave you!\u201d Samuel told Saul. \u201cThe LORD would have established your rule over Israel forever,"}, {"pk": 4099816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "but now your rule won\u2019t last. The LORD will search for a man following the Lord\u2019s own heart, <sup>[6]</sup> and the LORD will commission him as leader over God\u2019s people, because you didn\u2019t keep the LORD\u2019s command.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Or <i>a man loyal to the Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4099817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Samuel got up and went on his way from Gilgal, but the rest of the people followed Saul to join the army, and they went from Gilgal <sup>[7]</sup> to Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul counted about six hundred men still with him.", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT lacks much of this verse."}, {"pk": 4099818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were with him were staying at Geba in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash."}, {"pk": 4099819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Three raiding parties left the Philistine camp. One took the road to Ophrah toward the territory of Shual."}, {"pk": 4099820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Another took the road to Beth-horon, and the last took the border road that overlooks the Zeboim Valley toward the desert."}, {"pk": 4099821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "No metalworker was to be found anywhere in Israelite territory because the Philistines had said, \u201cThe Hebrews must not make swords and spears.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "So every Israelite had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles."}, {"pk": 4099823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "The cost was two-thirds of a shekel <sup>[8]</sup> for plowshares and mattocks, but one-third of a shekel for sharpening axes and for setting goads.", "comment": "[8] Heb <i>pim</i>, which is two-thirds of a shekel"}, {"pk": 4099824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "So on the day of the battle, no swords or spears were to be found in the possession of any of the troops with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and his son Jonathan had them."}, {"pk": 4099825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Now a group of Philistine soldiers had marched out to the pass at Michmash."}, {"pk": 4099826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "One day Jonathan, Saul\u2019s son, said to his young armor-bearer, \u201cCome on! Let\u2019s go over to the Philistine fort on the opposite side.\u201d But he didn\u2019t tell his father."}, {"pk": 4099827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Saul was sitting on the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree at Migron. He had about six hundred men with him,"}, {"pk": 4099828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "including Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, who was Ichabod\u2019s brother and the son of Phinehas the son of Eli, who was the LORD\u2019s priest at Shiloh. He was wearing a priestly vest. <sup>[1]</sup> None of the troops knew that Jonathan had gone.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4099829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "There were two stone outcroppings in the pass where Jonathan planned on crossing over to the Philistine fort \u2014 one on each side. One of these was named Bozez; the other was named Seneh."}, {"pk": 4099830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "One outcropping was on the north side, in front of Michmash, and the other was on the south side, in front of Geba."}, {"pk": 4099831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, \u201cCome on, let\u2019s go over to the fort of these uncircumcised men. Maybe the LORD will act on our behalf. After all, nothing can stop the LORD from saving, whether there are many soldiers <sup>[2]</sup> or few.\u201d", "comment": "[2] MT lacks <i>soldiers</i>."}, {"pk": 4099832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cGo ahead with whatever you\u2019re planning,\u201d his armor-bearer replied. \u201cI\u2019m with you, whatever you decide.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cAll right then,\u201d Jonathan said. \u201cWe\u2019ll go over to the men and show ourselves."}, {"pk": 4099834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "If they say to us, \u2018Stay there until we get to you,\u2019 then we\u2019ll stay where we are and won\u2019t go up to them."}, {"pk": 4099835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "But if they say, \u2018Come on up,\u2019 then we\u2019ll go up because that will be the sign that the LORD has handed them over to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "So they showed themselves to the Philistine fort, and the Philistines said, \u201cLook, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes they\u2019ve been hiding in!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the troops in the fort yelled to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, \u201cCome on up! We\u2019ll teach you a lesson!\u201d So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, \u201cFollow me, because the LORD has handed them over to Israel!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "So Jonathan scrambled up on his hands and feet with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan. His armor-bearer, coming behind him, would then finish them off."}, {"pk": 4099839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "In the first attack, Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed about twenty men in an area of about half an acre. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Panic broke out in the camp, in the field, and among all the troops. Even those in the fort and the raiders shook with fear. The very ground shook! It was a terror from God."}, {"pk": 4099841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Now Saul\u2019s lookouts at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the Philistine camp running all over the place. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Saul said to the troops with him, \u201cTake a count and see who is missing.\u201d So they counted, and Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone."}, {"pk": 4099843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Saul said to Ahijah, \u201cBring the priestly vest!\u201d <sup>[5]</sup> because at that time, Ahijah wore the priestly vest in Israel\u2019s presence. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT \u201c<i>Bring out God\u2019s chest!</i>\u201d <i>because at that time God\u2019s chest was with the Israelites;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/9/14/3'>14:3</a>.<br>[5] LXX <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4099844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "As Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp continued to grow. Saul said to the priest, \u201cWithdraw your hand.\u201d <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] That is, from the priestly vest (Heb <i>ephod</i>) or from the Urim and Thummim contained therein"}, {"pk": 4099845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Then Saul called all his troops together, and they went into battle. The Philistines were completely confused; every soldier\u2019s sword was turned against his fellow soldier."}, {"pk": 4099846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Even those Hebrews who had earlier joined up with the Philistines and moved into their camp changed sides to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4099847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Similarly, when all the Israelites who had been hiding in the highlands of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were on the run, they also joined the battle in hot pursuit of the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4099848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD saved Israel that day, and the fighting carried on beyond Beth-aven."}, {"pk": 4099849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Now the Israelite soldiers were in a difficult situation that day because Saul had bound the troops by a solemn pledge: \u201cAnyone who eats anything before evening when I have taken revenge on my enemies is doomed.\u201d So none of the army ate anything."}, {"pk": 4099850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "The troops <sup>[8]</sup> came across a honeycomb with honey on the ground.", "comment": "[8] MT <i>land</i>"}, {"pk": 4099851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "But even when they came across the honeycomb with the honey still flowing, no one ate any of it because the troops were afraid of the solemn pledge."}, {"pk": 4099852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "But Jonathan hadn\u2019t heard his father make the people swear the pledge, so he dipped the end of the staff he was carrying into the honeycomb. When he ate some his eyes lit up."}, {"pk": 4099853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "Then one of the soldiers spoke up: \u201cYour father bound the troops by a solemn pledge: \u2018Anyone who eats food today is doomed.\u2019 That\u2019s why the troops are exhausted.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Jonathan said, \u201cMy father has brought trouble to the land. Look how my eyes lit up when I tasted just a bit of that honey!"}, {"pk": 4099855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "It would have been even better if the troops had eaten some of their enemies\u2019 plunder today when they found it! But now the Philistine defeat isn\u2019t as thorough as it might have been.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "That day, after they had fought the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the troops were completely exhausted."}, {"pk": 4099857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "So the troops tore into the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground and devoured them with the blood still in them."}, {"pk": 4099858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "When it was reported to Saul, \u201cThe troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with blood in it,\u201d Saul said, \u201cAll of you are traitors! Roll a large stone over here right now."}, {"pk": 4099859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "Go among the troops and say to them, \u2018Everyone must bring their ox or sheep, and slaughter them here with me. Don\u2019t sin against the LORD by eating meat with blood still in it.\u2019\u201d So everyone brought whatever they had and slaughtered it there. <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[9] LXX; MT <i>brought their ox and slaughtered it there that night.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "And Saul built an altar to the LORD. It was the first altar he had built to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s go after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until morning,\u201d Saul said. \u201cWe won\u2019t leave them a single survivor!\u201d \u201cDo whatever you think is best,\u201d the troops replied. But the priest said, \u201cLet\u2019s ask God first.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "So Saul questioned God: \u201cShould I go after the Philistines? Will you hand them over to Israel?\u201d But God did not answer him that day."}, {"pk": 4099863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "Then Saul said, \u201cAll you officers in the army, come forward! Let\u2019s find out what sin was committed today."}, {"pk": 4099864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "As surely as the LORD lives \u2014 the one who has saved Israel \u2014 even if it\u2019s my own son Jonathan, that person will be executed.\u201d Not one of the soldiers answered him."}, {"pk": 4099865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "So Saul said to all Israel, \u201cYou be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other.\u201d \u201cDo whatever you think is best,\u201d the troops said."}, {"pk": 4099866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "Then Saul asked the LORD God of Israel, \u201cWhy haven\u2019t you answered your servant today? If the wrongdoing is mine or my son Jonathan\u2019s, respond with Urim, but if the wrongdoing belongs to your people Israel, respond with Thummim.\u201d <sup>[10]</sup> Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the troops were cleared.", "comment": "[10] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>Saul asked the Lord God of Israel,</i> \u201c<i>Give the right answer.</i>\u201d Urim and Thummim were sacred lots carried by the priest."}, {"pk": 4099867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "Then Saul said, \u201cDecide between me and my son Jonathan.\u201d <sup>[11]</sup> And Jonathan was selected.", "comment": "[11] LXX adds <i>Whoever the Lord selects will die. The army said to Saul,</i> \u201c<i>Don\u2019t do this!</i>\u201d <i>But Saul forced them, so they decided between him and Jonathan his son</i>."}, {"pk": 4099868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "\u201cTell me what you\u2019ve done,\u201d Saul said to Jonathan. So Jonathan told him. \u201cI only took a very small taste of honey on the end of my staff,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now I\u2019m supposed to die?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cMay God deal harshly with me and worse still if you don\u2019t die today!\u201d <sup>[12]</sup> Saul swore.", "comment": "[12] LXX; MT <i>if you don\u2019t die, Jonathan</i>"}, {"pk": 4099870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "But the troops said to Saul, \u201cWhy should Jonathan die when he has won this great victory for Israel? No way! As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair off his head will fall to the ground, because he did this today with God\u2019s help.\u201d So the troops rescued Jonathan, and he wasn\u2019t executed."}, {"pk": 4099871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 46, "text": "Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back to their own country."}, {"pk": 4099872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 47, "text": "Saul secured his kingship over Israel. He fought against his enemies on every side: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the king of Zobah, <sup>[13]</sup> and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he was victorious. <sup>[14]</sup>", "comment": "[14] LXX<br>[13] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>kings of Zobah</i>"}, {"pk": 4099873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 48, "text": "He acted heroically, defeating the Amalekites and rescuing Israel from the power of any who had plundered them."}, {"pk": 4099874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 49, "text": "Saul\u2019s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab, the oldest, and Michal, the younger daughter."}, {"pk": 4099875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 50, "text": "The name of Saul\u2019s wife was Ahinoam, Ahimaaz\u2019s daughter. The name of his general was Abner, Ner\u2019s son, Saul\u2019s uncle."}, {"pk": 4099876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 51, "text": "Kish, Saul\u2019s father, and Ner, Abner\u2019s father, were Abiel\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4099877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 14, "verse": 52, "text": "There was fierce warfare against the Philistines throughout Saul\u2019s lifetime. So whenever Saul saw any strong or heroic man, he would add him to his troops."}, {"pk": 4099878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Samuel said to Saul, \u201cThe LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel. Listen now to the LORD\u2019s words!"}, {"pk": 4099879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: I am going to punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel: how they attacked the Israelites as they came up from Egypt."}, {"pk": 4099880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "So go! Attack the Amalekites; put everything that belongs to them under the ban. <sup>[1]</sup> Spare no one. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.\u201d", "comment": "[1] A technique of holy war that often involves total destruction, in which everything that is destroyed is dedicated to the deity who helps in the battle; also in <a href='/CEB/9/15/8-9'>15:8\u20139</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/15/15'>15</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/15/18'>18</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/15/20-21'>20\u201321</a>."}, {"pk": 4099881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Saul called out the troops and counted them at Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand more troops from Judah."}, {"pk": 4099882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Saul advanced on the Amalekite city and laid an ambush in the valley."}, {"pk": 4099883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Saul told the Kenites, \u201cGet going! Leave the Amalekites immediately because you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt. Otherwise, I\u2019ll destroy you right along with them.\u201d So the Kenites left the Amalekites."}, {"pk": 4099884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is near Egypt."}, {"pk": 4099885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "He captured Agag the Amalekite king alive, but Saul placed all the people under the ban, killing them with the sword."}, {"pk": 4099886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Saul and the troops spared Agag along with the best sheep, cattle, fattened calves, <sup>[2]</sup> lambs, and everything of value. They weren\u2019t willing to put them under the ban; but anything that was despised or of no value <sup>[3]</sup> they placed under the ban.", "comment": "[3] LXX; Heb uncertain<br>[2] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Samuel:"}, {"pk": 4099888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cI regret making Saul king because he has turned away from following me and hasn\u2019t done what I said.\u201d Samuel was upset at this, and he prayed to the LORD all night long."}, {"pk": 4099889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Samuel got up early in the morning to meet Saul, and was told, \u201cSaul went to Carmel, where he is setting up a monument for himself. Then he left and went down to Gilgal.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "When Samuel reached Saul, <sup>[4]</sup> Saul greeted him, \u201cThe LORD bless you! I have done what the LORD said.\u201d", "comment": "[4] LXX adds <i>he was offering entirely burned sacrifices to the LORD, the best of the plunder that he had taken from Amalek. As Samuel approached Saul.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThen what,\u201d Samuel asked, \u201cis this bleating of sheep in my ears and mooing of cattle I hear?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cThey were taken from the Amalekites,\u201d Saul said, \u201cbecause the troops spared the best sheep and cattle in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. The rest was placed under the ban.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Samuel then said to Saul, \u201cEnough! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.\u201d \u201cTell me,\u201d Saul replied."}, {"pk": 4099894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Samuel said, \u201cEven if you think you are insignificant, aren\u2019t you the leader of Israel\u2019s tribes? The LORD anointed you king over Israel."}, {"pk": 4099895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD sent you on a mission, instructing you, \u2018Go, and put the sinful Amalekites under the ban. Fight against them until you\u2019ve wiped them out.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Why didn\u2019t you obey the LORD? You did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes when you tore into the plunder!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cBut I did obey the LORD!\u201d Saul protested to Samuel. \u201cI went on the mission the LORD sent me on. I captured Agag the Amalekite king, and I put the Amalekites under the ban."}, {"pk": 4099898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Yes, the troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder \u2014 the very best items placed under the ban \u2014 but in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Samuel replied, \u201cDoes the LORD want entirely burned offerings and sacrifices <br>as much as obedience to the LORD? <br>Listen to this: obeying is better than sacrificing, <br>paying attention is better than fat from rams,<br>"}, {"pk": 4099900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "because rebellion is as bad as the sin of divination; <br>arrogance is like the evil of idolatry. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Because you have rejected what the LORD said, <br>he has rejected you as king.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[5] Sym, LXX<sup>B</sup>; MT <i>evil and idolatry</i>"}, {"pk": 4099901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "Saul said to Samuel, \u201cI have sinned because I disobeyed the LORD\u2019s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the troops and obeyed them."}, {"pk": 4099902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "But now please forgive my sin! Come back with me, so I can worship the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "But Samuel said to Saul, \u201cI can\u2019t <sup>[6]</sup> return with you because you have rejected what the LORD said, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Or <i>won\u2019t</i>"}, {"pk": 4099904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Samuel turned to leave, but Saul grabbed at the edge of his robe, and it ripped."}, {"pk": 4099905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "Then Samuel told him, \u201cThe LORD has ripped the kingdom of Israel from you today. He will give it to a friend of yours, someone who is more worthy than you."}, {"pk": 4099906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "What\u2019s more, the enduring one of Israel doesn\u2019t take back what he says and doesn\u2019t change his mind. He is not a human being who would change his mind.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cI have sinned,\u201d Saul said, \u201cbut please honor me in front of my people\u2019s elders and before Israel, and come back with me so I can worship the LORD your God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshipped the LORD."}, {"pk": 4099909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cBring me Agag the Amalekite king,\u201d Samuel said. Agag came to him in chains, asking, \u201cWould death have been as bitter as this is?\u201d <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "Samuel said, \u201cJust as your sword left women without their children, now your mother will be childless among women.\u201d Then Samuel cut Agag to pieces in the LORD\u2019s presence at Gilgal."}, {"pk": 4099911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah."}, {"pk": 4099912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "Samuel never saw Saul again before he died, but he grieved over Saul. However, the LORD regretted making Saul king over Israel."}, {"pk": 4099913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to Samuel, \u201cHow long are you going to grieve over Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and get going. I\u2019m sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have found <sup>[1]</sup> my next king among his sons.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>seen</i>"}, {"pk": 4099914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cHow can I do that?\u201d Samuel asked. \u201cWhen Saul hears of it he\u2019ll kill me!\u201d \u201cTake a heifer with you,\u201d the LORD replied, \u201cand say, \u2018I have come to make a sacrifice to the LORD.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4099915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make clear to you what you should do. You will anoint for me the person I point out to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Samuel did what the LORD instructed. When he came to Bethlehem, the city elders came to meet him. They were shaking with fear. \u201cDo you come in peace?\u201d they asked."}, {"pk": 4099917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cYes,\u201d Samuel answered. \u201cI\u2019ve come to make a sacrifice to the LORD. Now make yourselves holy, then come with me to the sacrifice.\u201d Samuel made Jesse and his sons holy and invited them to the sacrifice as well."}, {"pk": 4099918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "When they arrived, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, That must be the LORD\u2019s anointed right in front."}, {"pk": 4099919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "But the LORD said to Samuel, \u201cHave no regard for his appearance or stature, because I haven\u2019t selected him. God <sup>[2]</sup> doesn\u2019t look at things like humans do. Humans see only what is visible to the eyes, but the LORD sees into the heart.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>God</i>."}, {"pk": 4099920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Next Jesse called for Abinadab, who presented himself to Samuel, but he said, \u201cThe LORD hasn\u2019t chosen this one either.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "So Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, \u201cNo, the LORD hasn\u2019t chosen this one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, \u201cThe LORD hasn\u2019t picked any of these.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Samuel asked Jesse, \u201cIs that all of your boys?\u201d \u201cThere is still the youngest one,\u201d Jesse answered, \u201cbut he\u2019s out keeping the sheep.\u201d \u201cSend for him,\u201d Samuel told Jesse, \u201cbecause we can\u2019t proceed until he gets here.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] MT; LXX <i>we won\u2019t sit down</i> (that is, to eat)"}, {"pk": 4099924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "So Jesse sent and brought him in. He was reddish brown, had beautiful eyes, and was good-looking. The LORD said, \u201cThat\u2019s the one. Go anoint him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him right there in front of his brothers. The LORD\u2019s spirit came over David from that point forward. Then Samuel left and went to Ramah."}, {"pk": 4099926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Now the LORD\u2019s spirit had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him."}, {"pk": 4099927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Saul\u2019s servants said to him, \u201cLook, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you."}, {"pk": 4099928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "If our master just says the word, your servants will search for someone who knows how to play the lyre. The musician can play whenever the evil spirit from God is affecting you, and then you\u2019ll feel better.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Saul said to his servants, \u201cFind me a good musician and bring him to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "One of the servants responded, \u201cI know that one of Jesse\u2019s sons from Bethlehem is a good musician. He\u2019s a strong man and heroic, a warrior who speaks well and is good-looking too. The LORD is with him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, \u201cSend me your son David, the one who keeps the sheep.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Jesse then took a donkey and loaded it with a homer of bread, <sup>[4]</sup> a jar of wine, and a young goat, and he sent it along with his son David to Saul.", "comment": "[4] LXX"}, {"pk": 4099933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "That is how David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked David very much, <sup>[5]</sup> and David became his armor-bearer.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>David liked Saul very much.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "Saul sent a message to Jesse: \u201cPlease allow David to remain in my service because I am pleased with him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "Whenever the evil spirit from God affected Saul, David would take the lyre and play it. Then Saul would relax and feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him alone."}, {"pk": 4099936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "The Philistines assembled their troops for war at Socoh of Judah. They camped between Socoh and Azekah at Ephes-dammim."}, {"pk": 4099937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the Elah Valley, where they got organized to fight the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4099938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "The Philistines took positions on one hill while Israel took positions on the opposite hill. There was a valley between them."}, {"pk": 4099939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was more than nine feet tall. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>over six feet tall</i>"}, {"pk": 4099940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore bronze scale-armor weighing one hundred twenty-five pounds. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Five thousand shekels"}, {"pk": 4099941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "He had bronze plates on his shins, and a bronze scimitar hung on his back."}, {"pk": 4099942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "His spear shaft <sup>[3]</sup> was as strong as the bar on a weaver\u2019s loom, and its iron head weighed fifteen pounds. <sup>[4]</sup> His shield-bearer walked in front of him.", "comment": "[4] Six hundred shekels<br>[3] Qere, LXX, Syr (cf <a href='/CEB/10/21/19'>2 Sam 21:19</a>); Kethib <i>the point of his spear</i>"}, {"pk": 4099943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "He stopped and shouted to the Israelite troops, \u201cWhy have you come and taken up battle formations? I am the Philistine champion, <sup>[5]</sup> and you are Saul\u2019s servants. Isn\u2019t that right? Select one of your men, and let him come down against me.", "comment": "[5] MT <i>the Philistine</i> lacks <i>champion</i>."}, {"pk": 4099944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will become your slaves, but if I overcome him and kill him, then you will become our slaves and you will serve us."}, {"pk": 4099945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "I insult Israel\u2019s troops today!\u201d The Philistine continued, \u201cGive me an opponent, and we\u2019ll fight!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "When Saul and all Israel heard what the Philistine said, they were distressed and terrified. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] The following verses are absent from LXX<sup>B</sup>: <a href='/CEB/9/17/12-31'>17:12\u201331</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/17/41'>41</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/17/48'>48</a><i>b</i>, 50, 55-58."}, {"pk": 4099947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Now David was Jesse\u2019s son, an Ephraimite from Bethlehem in Judah who had eight sons. By Saul\u2019s time, Jesse was already quite old and far along in age. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] LXX, Syr"}, {"pk": 4099948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesse\u2019s three oldest sons had gone with Saul to war. Their names were Eliab the oldest, Abinadab the second oldest, and Shammah the third oldest."}, {"pk": 4099949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "(David was the youngest.) These three older sons followed Saul,"}, {"pk": 4099950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "but David went back and forth from Saul\u2019s side to shepherd his father\u2019s flock in Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4099951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "For forty days straight the Philistine came out and took his stand, both morning and evening."}, {"pk": 4099952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesse said to his son David, \u201cPlease take your brothers an ephah <sup>[8]</sup> of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread. Deliver them quickly to your brothers in the camp.", "comment": "[8] One ephah is approximately twenty quarts."}, {"pk": 4099953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "And here, take these ten wedges of cheese to their unit commander. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back some sign that they are okay."}, {"pk": 4099954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "They are with Saul and all the Israelite troops fighting the Philistines in the Elah Valley.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "So David got up early in the morning, left someone in charge of the flock, and loaded up and left, just as his father Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp right when the army was taking up their battle formations and shouting the war cry."}, {"pk": 4099956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "Israel and the Philistines took up their battle formations opposite each other."}, {"pk": 4099957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "David left his things with an attendant and ran to the front line. When he arrived, he asked how his brothers were doing."}, {"pk": 4099958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "Right when David was speaking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came forward from the Philistine ranks and said the same things he had said before. David listened."}, {"pk": 4099959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "When the Israelites saw Goliath, every one of them ran away terrified of him."}, {"pk": 4099960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "<sup>[24]</sup> (Now the Israelite soldiers had been saying to each other: \u201cDo you see this man who keeps coming out? How he comes to insult Israel? The king will reward with great riches whoever kills that man. The king will give his own daughter to him and make his household exempt from taxes <sup>[9]</sup> in Israel.\u201d)", "comment": "[9] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4099961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "David asked the soldiers standing by him, \u201cWhat will be done for the person who kills that Philistine over there and removes this insult from Israel? Who is that uncircumcised Philistine, anyway, that he can get away with insulting the army of the living God?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "Then the troops repeated to him what they had been saying. \u201cSo that\u2019s what will be done for the man who kills him,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4099963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "When David\u2019s oldest brother Eliab heard him talking to the soldiers, he got very mad at David. \u201cWhy did you come down here?\u201d he said. \u201cWho is watching those few sheep for you in the wilderness? I know how arrogant you are and your devious plan: you came down just to see the battle!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cWhat did I do wrong this time?\u201d David replied. \u201cIt was just a question!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 30, "text": "So David turned to someone else and asked the same thing, and the people said the same thing in reply."}, {"pk": 4099966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 31, "text": "The things David had said were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him."}, {"pk": 4099967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t let anyone <sup>[10]</sup> lose courage because of this Philistine!\u201d David told Saul. \u201cI, your servant, will go out and fight him!\u201d", "comment": "[10] LXX <i>my master</i> (the king)"}, {"pk": 4099968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cYou can\u2019t go out and fight this Philistine,\u201d Saul answered David. \u201cYou are still a boy. But he\u2019s been a warrior since he was a boy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cYour servant has kept his father\u2019s sheep,\u201d David replied to Saul, \u201cand if ever a lion or a bear came and carried off one of the flock,"}, {"pk": 4099970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 35, "text": "I would go after it, strike it, and rescue the animal from its mouth. If it turned on me, I would grab it at its jaw, strike it, and kill it."}, {"pk": 4099971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 36, "text": "Your servant has fought both lions and bears. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them because he has insulted the army of the living God."}, {"pk": 4099972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cThe LORD,\u201d David added, \u201cwho rescued me from the power of both lions and bears, will rescue me from the power of this Philistine.\u201d \u201cGo!\u201d Saul replied to David. \u201cAnd may the LORD be with you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 38, "text": "Then Saul dressed David in his own gear, putting a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head."}, {"pk": 4099974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 39, "text": "David strapped his sword on over the armor, but he couldn\u2019t walk around well because he\u2019d never tried it before. \u201cI can\u2019t walk in this,\u201d David told Saul, \u201cbecause I\u2019ve never tried it before.\u201d So he took them off."}, {"pk": 4099975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 40, "text": "He then grabbed his staff and chose five smooth stones from the streambed. He put them in the pocket of his shepherd\u2019s bag and with sling in hand went out to the Philistine."}, {"pk": 4099976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 41, "text": "The Philistine got closer and closer to David, and his shield-bearer was in front of him."}, {"pk": 4099977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 42, "text": "When the Philistine looked David over, he sneered at David because he was just a boy; reddish brown and good-looking."}, {"pk": 4099978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 43, "text": "The Philistine asked David, \u201cAm I some sort of dog that you come at me with sticks?\u201d And he cursed David by his gods."}, {"pk": 4099979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cCome here,\u201d he said to David, \u201cand I\u2019ll feed your flesh to the wild birds and the wild animals!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 45, "text": "But David told the Philistine, \u201cYou are coming against me with sword, spear, and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel\u2019s army, the one you\u2019ve insulted."}, {"pk": 4099981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 46, "text": "Today the LORD will hand you over to me. I will strike you down and cut off your head! Today I will feed your dead body and the dead bodies of the entire Philistine camp <sup>[11]</sup> to the wild birds and the wild animals. Then the whole world will know that there is a God on Israel\u2019s side.", "comment": "[11] LXX; MT lacks <i>your dead body.</i>"}, {"pk": 4099982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 47, "text": "And all those gathered here will know that the LORD doesn\u2019t save by means of sword and spear. The LORD owns this war, and he will hand all of you over to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4099983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 48, "text": "The Philistine got up and moved closer to attack David, and David ran quickly to the front line to face him."}, {"pk": 4099984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 49, "text": "David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone. He slung it, and it hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground."}, {"pk": 4099985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 50, "text": "And that\u2019s how David triumphed over the Philistine with just a sling and a stone, striking the Philistine down and killing him \u2014 and David didn\u2019t even have a sword!"}, {"pk": 4099986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 51, "text": "Then David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed the Philistine\u2019s sword, drew it from its sheath, and finished him off. Then David cut off the Philistine\u2019s head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled."}, {"pk": 4099987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 52, "text": "The soldiers from Israel and Judah jumped up with a shout and chased the Philistines all the way to Gath <sup>[12]</sup> and the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines were littered along the Shaarim road all the way to Gath and Ekron.", "comment": "[12] LXX; MT <i>Gai</i> or <i>a valley</i>"}, {"pk": 4099988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 53, "text": "When the Israelites came back from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp."}, {"pk": 4099989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 54, "text": "David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put the Philistine\u2019s weapons in his own tent."}, {"pk": 4099990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 55, "text": "Now when Saul saw David go out to meet the Philistine, he asked Abner the army general, \u201cAbner, whose son is that boy?\u201d \u201cAs surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Abner answered."}, {"pk": 4099991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 56, "text": "\u201cThen find out whose son that young man is,\u201d the king replied."}, {"pk": 4099992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 57, "text": "So when David came back from killing the Philistine, Abner sent for him and presented him to Saul. The Philistine\u2019s head was still in David\u2019s hand."}, {"pk": 4099993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 17, "verse": 58, "text": "Saul said to him, \u201cWhose son are you, my boy?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m the son of your servant Jesse from Bethlehem,\u201d David answered."}, {"pk": 4099994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "As soon as David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan\u2019s life <sup>[1]</sup> became bound up with David\u2019s life, and Jonathan loved David as much as himself. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>; also twice more in this verse and in <a href='/CEB/9/18/3'>18:3</a><br>[2] The following verses are absent from LXX<sup>B</sup>: <a href='/CEB/9/18/1-5'>18:1\u20135</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/18/10-11'>10\u201311</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/18/17-19'>17\u201319</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/18/29'>29</a><i>b</i>-30."}, {"pk": 4099995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "From that point forward, Saul kept David in his service <sup>[3]</sup> and wouldn\u2019t allow him to return to his father\u2019s household.", "comment": "[3] MT lacks <i>in his service</i>."}, {"pk": 4099996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "And Jonathan and David made a covenant together because Jonathan loved David as much as himself."}, {"pk": 4099997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his armor, as well as his sword, his bow, and his belt."}, {"pk": 4099998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "David went out and was successful in every mission Saul sent him to do. So Saul placed him in charge of the soldiers, and this pleased all the troops as well as Saul\u2019s servants."}, {"pk": 4099999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "After David came back from killing the Philistine, and as the troops returned home, women from all of Israel\u2019s towns came out to meet King Saul <sup>[4]</sup> with singing and dancing, with tambourines, rejoicing, and musical instruments.", "comment": "[4] MT; LXX <i>to meet David</i>"}, {"pk": 4100000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "The women sang in celebration: \u201cSaul has killed his thousands, <br>but David has killed his tens of thousands!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4100001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Saul burned with anger. This song annoyed him. \u201cThey\u2019ve credited David with tens of thousands,\u201d he said, \u201cbut only credit me with thousands. What\u2019s next for him \u2014 the kingdom itself?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "So Saul kept a close eye on David from that point on."}, {"pk": 4100003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "The next day an evil spirit from God came over Saul, <sup>[5]</sup> and he acted like he was in a prophetic frenzy in his house. So David played the lyre as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand,", "comment": "[5] Or <i>to Saul</i>"}, {"pk": 4100004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "and he threw it, thinking, I\u2019ll pin David to the wall. But David escaped from him two different times."}, {"pk": 4100005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but no longer with Saul."}, {"pk": 4100006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "So Saul removed David from his service, placing him in command of a unit of one thousand men. David led the men out to war and back."}, {"pk": 4100007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "David was successful in everything he did because the LORD was with him."}, {"pk": 4100008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Saul saw that he was very successful, and he was afraid of him."}, {"pk": 4100009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Everyone in Israel and Judah loved David because he led them out in war and back again."}, {"pk": 4100010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Saul said to David, \u201cLook, here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage on this condition: you must be my warrior and fight the LORD\u2019s battles.\u201d I won\u2019t raise my hand against him, Saul thought; let the Philistines do that!"}, {"pk": 4100011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m not worthy,\u201d David replied to Saul, \u201cand neither is my family or my father\u2019s clan in Israel, to become the king\u2019s son-in-law.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "And so when the time came for Saul\u2019s daughter Merab to be married to David, she was given to Adriel from Meholah instead."}, {"pk": 4100013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Now Saul\u2019s younger daughter Michal loved David. When this was reported to Saul, he was happy about it."}, {"pk": 4100014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "I\u2019ll give her to him, Saul thought; she\u2019ll cause him problems, and the Philistines will be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, \u201cBecome my son-in-law now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Saul instructed his servants, \u201cTell David in private: \u2018Look, the king likes you, and all his servants love you. You should become the king\u2019s son-in-law.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Saul\u2019s servants whispered these things in David\u2019s ear. But David said, \u201cDo you think it\u2019s a simple matter to become the king\u2019s son-in-law? I don\u2019t! I\u2019m poor and insignificant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Saul\u2019s servants reported what David said,"}, {"pk": 4100018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "and Saul replied, \u201cTell David this: \u2018The king doesn\u2019t want any bridal gift, just a hundred Philistine foreskins as vengeance on the king\u2019s enemies.\u2019\u201d (Saul was hoping that David would die at the hands of the Philistines.)"}, {"pk": 4100019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "When the servants reported this to David, he was happy to become the king\u2019s son-in-law. Even before the allotted time had expired, <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "David got up and went with his soldiers and killed one hundred Philistines. <sup>[7]</sup> David brought their foreskins and counted them out for the king so he could become the king\u2019s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to him in marriage.", "comment": "[7] LXX, cf <a href='/CEB/10/3/14'>2 Sam 3:14</a>; MT <i>two hundred</i>"}, {"pk": 4100021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "When Saul knew for certain that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,"}, {"pk": 4100022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "then Saul was even more afraid of David. Saul was David\u2019s enemy for the rest of his life. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>Saul became David\u2019s constant enemy.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "And whenever the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David would have more success than the rest of Saul\u2019s officers, so his fame spread widely."}, {"pk": 4100024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David, but Jonathan, Saul\u2019s son, liked David very much."}, {"pk": 4100025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "So Jonathan warned David, \u201cMy father Saul is trying to kill you. Be on guard tomorrow morning. Stay somewhere safe and hide."}, {"pk": 4100026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "I\u2019ll go out and stand by my father in the field where you\u2019ll be. I\u2019ll talk to my father about you, and I\u2019ll tell you whatever I find out.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "So Jonathan spoke highly about David to his father Saul, telling him, \u201cThe king shouldn\u2019t do anything wrong to his servant David, because he hasn\u2019t wronged you. In fact, his actions have helped you greatly."}, {"pk": 4100028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "He risked his own life when he killed that Philistine, and the LORD won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and were happy about it. Why then would you do something wrong to an innocent person by killing David for no reason?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Saul listened to Jonathan and then swore, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, David won\u2019t be executed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "So Jonathan summoned David and told him everything they had talked about. Then Jonathan brought David back to Saul, and David served Saul as he had previously."}, {"pk": 4100031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "War broke out again. When David went out to fight the Philistines, he struck them with such force that they ran from him."}, {"pk": 4100032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Then an evil spirit from the LORD came over Saul. <sup>[1]</sup> He was sitting in his house with his spear in hand while David was playing music.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to Saul</i>"}, {"pk": 4100033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David escaped Saul. Saul drove the spear into the wall, but David fled and got away safely. That night"}, {"pk": 4100034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Saul sent messengers to David\u2019s house to keep watch on it and kill him in the morning. David\u2019s wife Michal warned him, \u201cIf you don\u2019t escape with your life tonight, you are a dead man tomorrow.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "So Michal lowered David through a window. He took off and ran, and he got away."}, {"pk": 4100036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Michal took the household\u2019s divine image and laid it in the bed, putting some goat\u2019s hair on its head and covering it with clothes."}, {"pk": 4100037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Saul sent messengers to arrest David, but she said, \u201cHe\u2019s sick.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Saul sent the messengers back to check on David for themselves. \u201cBring him to me on his bed,\u201d he ordered, \u201cso he can be executed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "When the messengers arrived, they found the idol in the bed with the goat\u2019s hair on its head."}, {"pk": 4100040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Saul said to Michal, \u201cWhy could you betray me like this, letting my enemy go so that now he has escaped?\u201d Michal said to Saul, \u201cDavid told me, \u2018Help me get away or I\u2019ll kill you!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "So David fled and escaped. When he reached Samuel at Ramah, he reported to him everything Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to stay in the camps. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Naioth</i>, also in <a href='/CEB/9/19/19'>19:19</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/19/22-23'>22\u201323</a>"}, {"pk": 4100042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "When Saul was told that David was in the camps at Ramah,"}, {"pk": 4100043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "he sent messengers to arrest David. They saw a group of prophets in a prophetic frenzy, with Samuel standing there as their leader. God\u2019s spirit came over Saul\u2019s messengers, and they also fell into a prophetic frenzy."}, {"pk": 4100044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "This was reported to Saul, and he sent different messengers, but they also fell into a prophetic frenzy. So Saul sent a third group of messengers, and they did the very same thing."}, {"pk": 4100045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "At that point, Saul went to Ramah himself. He came to the well at the threshing floor that was on the bare hill there <sup>[3]</sup> and asked, \u201cWhere are Samuel and David?\u201d \u201cIn the camps at Ramah,\u201d he was told.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>the large well at Secu</i>"}, {"pk": 4100046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "So Saul went to the camps at Ramah, and God\u2019s spirit came over him too. So as he traveled, he was in a prophetic frenzy until he reached the camps at Ramah."}, {"pk": 4100047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "He even took off all his clothes and fell into a prophetic frenzy in front of Samuel. He lay naked that whole day and night. That\u2019s why people say, \u201cIs Saul also one of the prophets?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "David fled from the camps at Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, \u201cWhat have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father that he wants me dead?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Jonathan said to him, \u201cNo! You are not going to die! Listen: My father doesn\u2019t do anything big or small without telling me first. Why would my father hide this from me? It isn\u2019t true!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "But David solemnly promised in response, \u201cYour father knows full well that you like me. He probably said, \u2018Jonathan must not learn about this or he\u2019ll be upset.\u2019 <sup>[1]</sup> But I promise you \u2014 on the LORD\u2019s life and yours! \u2014 that I am this close to death!\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>or he\u2019ll tell David</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/9/20/34'>20:34</a>"}, {"pk": 4100051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cWhat do you want me to do?\u201d Jonathan said to David. \u201cI\u2019ll do it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cOkay, listen,\u201d David answered Jonathan. \u201cTomorrow is the new moon, and I\u2019m supposed to sit with the king at the feast. Instead, let me go and I\u2019ll hide in the field until nighttime. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>until the third evening;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/9/20/12'>20:12</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/20/19-20'>19\u201320</a>"}, {"pk": 4100053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "If your father takes note of my absence, tell him, \u2018David begged my permission to run down to his hometown Bethlehem, because there is an annual sacrifice there for his whole family.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4100054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "If Saul says \u2018Fine,\u2019 then I, your servant, am safe. But if he loses his temper, then you\u2019ll know for certain that he intends to harm me."}, {"pk": 4100055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "So be loyal to your servant, because you\u2019ve brought your servant into a sacred covenant <sup>[3]</sup> with you. If I\u2019m guilty, then kill me yourself; just don\u2019t take me back to your father.\u201d", "comment": "[3] MT <i>the LORD\u2019s covenant</i>"}, {"pk": 4100056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cEnough!\u201d Jonathan replied. \u201cIf I can determine for certain that my father intends to harm you, of course I\u2019ll tell you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cWho will tell me if your father responds harshly?\u201d David asked Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4100058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cCome on,\u201d Jonathan said to David. \u201cLet\u2019s go into the field.\u201d So both of them went out into the field."}, {"pk": 4100059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Jonathan told David, \u201cI pledge by the LORD God of Israel that I will question my father by this time tomorrow or on the third day. If he seems favorable toward David, I will definitely send word and make sure you know."}, {"pk": 4100060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "But if my father intends to harm you, then may the LORD deal harshly with me, Jonathan, and worse still if I don\u2019t tell you right away so that you can escape safely. May the LORD be with you as he once was with my father."}, {"pk": 4100061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "If I remain alive, be loyal to me. <sup>[4]</sup> But if I die,", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>show me the Lord\u2019s faithful love</i>"}, {"pk": 4100062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "don\u2019t ever stop being loyal to my household. Once the LORD has eliminated all of David\u2019s enemies from the earth,"}, {"pk": 4100063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "if Jonathan\u2019s name is also eliminated, then the LORD will seek retribution from David!\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/9/20/14-16'>20:14\u201316</a> follows LXX."}, {"pk": 4100064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "So Jonathan again made a pledge to David <sup>[6]</sup> because he loved David as much as himself.", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT <i>Jonathan made David pledge.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cTomorrow is the festival of the new moon,\u201d Jonathan told David. \u201cYou will be missed because your seat will be empty."}, {"pk": 4100066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "The day after tomorrow, go all the way to the spot where you hid on the day of the incident, and stay close to that mound. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT <i>to the stone Ezel;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/9/20/41'>20:41</a>"}, {"pk": 4100067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "On the third day I will shoot an arrow to the side of the mound as if aiming at a target. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Correction; MT <i>arrows</i> (plural here and in <a href='/CEB/9/20/21-22'>20:21\u201322</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/20/36'>36</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/20/38'>38</a> Qere)"}, {"pk": 4100068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Then I\u2019ll send the servant boy, saying, \u2018Go retrieve the arrow.\u2019 If I yell to the boy, \u2018Hey! The arrow is on this side of you. Get it!\u2019 then you can come out because it will be safe for you. There won\u2019t be any trouble \u2014 I make a pledge on the LORD\u2019s life."}, {"pk": 4100069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "But if I yell to the young man, \u2018Hey! The arrow is past you,\u2019 then run for it, because the LORD has sent you away."}, {"pk": 4100070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "Either way, the LORD is witness <sup>[9]</sup> between us forever regarding the promise we made to each other.\u201d", "comment": "[9] LXX; MT lacks <i>witness;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/9/20/42'>20:42</a>."}, {"pk": 4100071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat at the feast to eat."}, {"pk": 4100072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "He took his customary seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite him <sup>[10]</sup> while Abner sat beside Saul. David\u2019s seat was empty.", "comment": "[10] LXX; MT <i>Jonathan arose</i>"}, {"pk": 4100073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "Saul didn\u2019t say anything that day because he thought, Perhaps David became unclean somehow. That must be it."}, {"pk": 4100074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "But on the next day, the second of the new moon, David\u2019s seat was still empty. Saul said to his son Jonathan, \u201cWhy hasn\u2019t Jesse\u2019s son come to the table, <sup>[11]</sup> either yesterday or today?\u201d", "comment": "[11] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>b</sup>); MT <i>to the feast</i>"}, {"pk": 4100075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Jonathan answered Saul, \u201cDavid begged my permission to go to Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4100076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "He said, \u2018Please let me go because we have a family sacrifice there in town, and my brother has ordered me to be present. Please do me a favor and let me slip away so I can see my family.\u2019 That\u2019s why David hasn\u2019t been at the king\u2019s table.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "At that, Saul got angry at Jonathan. \u201cYou son of a stubborn, rebellious woman!\u201d he said. \u201cDo you think I don\u2019t know how you\u2019ve allied yourself with Jesse\u2019s son? Shame on you and on the mother who birthed you! <sup>[12]</sup>", "comment": "[12] Or <i>and shame on your mother\u2019s nakedness.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "As long as Jesse\u2019s son lives on this earth, neither you nor your dynasty will be secure. Now have him brought to me because he\u2019s a dead man!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "But Jonathan answered his father Saul, \u201cWhy should David be executed? What has he done?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "At that, Saul threw <sup>[13]</sup> his spear at Jonathan to strike him, and Jonathan realized that his father intended to kill David.", "comment": "[13] LXX; MT <i>pointed</i>"}, {"pk": 4100081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "Jonathan got up from the table in a rage. He didn\u2019t eat anything on the second day of the new moon because he was worried about David and because his father had humiliated him."}, {"pk": 4100082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "In the morning, Jonathan went out to the field for the meeting with David, and a young servant boy went with him."}, {"pk": 4100083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "He said to the boy, \u201cGo quickly and retrieve the arrow that I shoot.\u201d So the boy ran off, and he shot an arrow beyond him."}, {"pk": 4100084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "When the boy got to the spot where Jonathan shot the arrow, Jonathan yelled to him, \u201cIsn\u2019t the arrow past you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 38, "text": "Jonathan yelled again to the boy, \u201cQuick! Hurry up! Don\u2019t just stand there!\u201d So Jonathan\u2019s servant boy gathered up the arrow and came back to his master."}, {"pk": 4100086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 39, "text": "The boy had no idea what had happened; only Jonathan and David knew."}, {"pk": 4100087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 40, "text": "Jonathan handed his weapons to the boy and told him, \u201cGet going. Take these back to town.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 41, "text": "As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from behind the mound <sup>[14]</sup> and fell down, face on the ground, bowing low three times. The friends kissed each other, and cried with each other, but David cried hardest.", "comment": "[14] LXX; MT <i>beside the south</i>"}, {"pk": 4100089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 20, "verse": 42, "text": "<sup>[15]</sup> Then Jonathan said to David, \u201cGo in peace because the two of us made a solemn pledge in the LORD\u2019s name when we said, \u2018The LORD is witness between us and between our descendants forever.\u2019\u201d Then David got up and left, but Jonathan went back to town.", "comment": "[15] <a href='/CEB/9/21/1'>21:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4100090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> David came to Nob where Ahimelech was priest. Ahimelech was shaking in fear when he met David. \u201cWhy are you alone? Why is no one with you?\u201d he asked.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/9/21/2'>21:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4100091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "David answered Ahimelech the priest, \u201cThe king has given me orders, but he instructed me, \u2018Don\u2019t let anyone know anything about the mission I\u2019m sending you on or about your orders.\u2019 As for my troops, I told them to meet me at an undisclosed location."}, {"pk": 4100092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Now what do you have here with you? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cI don\u2019t have any regular bread on hand,\u201d the priest answered David, \u201cjust holy bread \u2014 but only if your troops have abstained from sexual activity.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cDefinitely,\u201d David answered the priest. \u201cWhenever I go out to war, women are off-limits; that\u2019s our standard operating procedure. Even on regular missions, the men\u2019s gear is <sup>[2]</sup> kept holy. That\u2019s even more true today, with the mission holy along with the gear.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[2] MT; LXX <i>all the men are</i><br>[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "So the priest gave David holy bread, because there was no other bread except the bread of the presence, which is removed from the LORD\u2019s presence and replaced by warm bread as soon as it is taken away."}, {"pk": 4100096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Now one of Saul\u2019s servants was there that day, detained in the LORD\u2019s presence. His name was Doeg. He was an Edomite and Saul\u2019s head shepherd."}, {"pk": 4100097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "David asked Ahimelech, \u201cDo you have a spear or sword on hand? I didn\u2019t bring my sword or gear with me because the king\u2019s mission was urgent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "The priest said, \u201cThe sword of Goliath, the Philistine you killed in the Elah Valley, is here wrapped in a cloth behind a priestly vest. <sup>[4]</sup> If you want it, take it, because there are no other swords here.\u201d David said, \u201cNo sword is as good as that one! Give it to me!\u201d", "comment": "[4] DSS (4QSam<sup>b</sup>); MT <i>behind the priestly vest</i> (Heb <i>ephod</i>)"}, {"pk": 4100099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "So David got up and continued running from Saul. He went to Achish, Gath\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4100100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "Achish\u2019s servants said to him, \u201cIsn\u2019t that David, king of the land? He\u2019s the one people sing about in their dances, \u2018Saul has killed his thousands, <br>but David has killed his tens of thousands!\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4100101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "David took these words very seriously and became very frightened of Achish, Gath\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4100102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "So he changed the way he acted with them, pretending to be insane while he was with them. <sup>[5]</sup> He scratched marks on the doors of the city gates <sup>[6]</sup> and let spit run down his chin.", "comment": "[6] Or with correction <i>he spit on the doors of the city gate</i> or <i>he fell down at the doors of the city gate</i> (cf LXX).<br>[5] Or <i>in their hand</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cCan\u2019t you see he\u2019s crazy?\u201d Achish asked his servants. \u201cWhy bring him to me?"}, {"pk": 4100104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Am I short on insane people that you\u2019ve brought this person to go crazy right in front of me? Do you really think I\u2019m going to let this man enter my house?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "David left Gath and escaped to Adullam\u2019s fortress. <sup>[1]</sup> When David\u2019s siblings and all his extended family learned of this, they went to join him there.", "comment": "[1] Correction; cf <a href='/CEB/9/22/4-5'>22:4\u20135</a>; MT <i>cave</i>"}, {"pk": 4100106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "Everyone who was in trouble, in debt, or in desperate circumstances gathered around David, and he became their leader. Approximately four hundred men joined him."}, {"pk": 4100107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "From there David went to Mizpeh in Moab. He said to the Moabite king, \u201cPlease let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God will do to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "So David left his parents with the Moabite king, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the fortress."}, {"pk": 4100109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the prophet Gad told David, \u201cDon\u2019t stay in the fortress any longer. Leave now and go to the land of Judah.\u201d So David left and went to Hereth forest."}, {"pk": 4100110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Saul learned that David and his soldiers had been located. Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, spear in hand, with all his servants waiting on him."}, {"pk": 4100111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to them, \u201cListen up, Benjaminites! Will Jesse\u2019s son give fields and vineyards to each and every one of you? Will he make each one of you commanders of units of one thousand men or commanders of units of one hundred?"}, {"pk": 4100112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Is that why all of you have conspired against me? No one informed me when my son made a covenant with Jesse\u2019s son! Not one of you is concerned about me or informs me when my own son sets my servant against me in an ambush \u2014 but that\u2019s what has happened today!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul\u2019s servants, responded, \u201cI saw Jesse\u2019s son go to Ahimelech, Ahitub\u2019s son, at Nob."}, {"pk": 4100114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Ahimelech questioned the LORD for David, and gave him provisions as well as the sword of Goliath the Philistine.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "The king then sent for the priest Ahimelech, Ahitub\u2019s son, and all his extended family, who were the priests at Nob. All of them came to the king."}, {"pk": 4100116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cListen here, son of Ahitub,\u201d Saul said. \u201cYes sir,\u201d he replied."}, {"pk": 4100117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Saul said to him, \u201cWhy have you conspired against me \u2014 you with Jesse\u2019s son \u2014 giving him food and a sword and questioning God for him so that he is now against me, waiting in ambush, which is what has happened today?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "Ahimelech answered the king, \u201cOut of all your servants, who is as trustworthy as David? He is the king\u2019s son-in-law, does whatever you ask, and is well respected in your house."}, {"pk": 4100119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Was that the first time I questioned God for him? Of course not! But please, the king shouldn\u2019t accuse me, his servant, or anyone in my father\u2019s household of any wrongdoing, because your servant knew nothing whatsoever about this matter.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "But the king said, \u201cYou will be executed, Ahimelech \u2014 you and all of your father\u2019s household!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "The king ordered the guards waiting on him: \u201cGo ahead and kill the LORD\u2019s priests because they\u2019ve joined up with David too. They knew he was on the run but didn\u2019t inform me.\u201d But the king\u2019s servants were unwilling to lift a hand to attack the LORD\u2019s priests."}, {"pk": 4100122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "The king then ordered Doeg, \u201cDoeg! You go attack the priests.\u201d So Doeg the Edomite went and attacked the priests, killing eighty-five men who wore the linen priestly vest <sup>[2]</sup> that day.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4100123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "He put the whole priestly city of Nob to the sword: men and women, children and infants, even oxen, donkeys, and sheep."}, {"pk": 4100124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "But one of the sons of Ahimelech, Ahitub\u2019s son, escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David."}, {"pk": 4100125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Abiathar reported to David that Saul had slaughtered the LORD\u2019s priests."}, {"pk": 4100126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "David told Abiathar, \u201cThat day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew that he would tell Saul everything. I am to blame <sup>[3]</sup> for the deaths in your father\u2019s family.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "Stay with me, and don\u2019t be afraid. The one who seeks my life now seeks yours too. But you\u2019ll be safe with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "David was told, \u201cThe Philistines are now attacking Keilah and looting the threshing floors!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "David asked the LORD, \u201cShould I go and fight these Philistines?\u201d \u201cGo!\u201d the LORD answered. \u201cFight the Philistines and save Keilah!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "But David\u2019s men said to him, \u201cLook how frightened we are here in Judah. It\u2019ll be worse if we go to Keilah against Philistine forces!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "So David asked the LORD again, and the LORD reaffirmed, \u201cYes, go down to Keilah, because I will hand the Philistines over to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "Then David and his soldiers went to Keilah and fought the Philistines, driving off their cattle and defeating them decisively. And that\u2019s how David saved the residents of Keilah."}, {"pk": 4100133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Now after Abiathar, Ahimelech\u2019s son, fled to David, he had accompanied David to Keilah, <sup>[1]</sup> bringing a priestly vest <sup>[2]</sup> with him.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>ephod</i><br>[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>he had accompanied David to</i>."}, {"pk": 4100134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, \u201cGod has handed him over <sup>[3]</sup> to me now because he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars!\u201d", "comment": "[3] LXX, Targ; MT <i>made a stranger of him</i>"}, {"pk": 4100135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "So Saul called up all his troops for war, to go down to Keilah and attack David and his soldiers."}, {"pk": 4100136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "When David learned that Saul was planning to harm him, he told the priest Abiathar, \u201cBring the priestly vest now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Then David said, \u201cLORD God of Israel, I, your servant, have heard that Saul plans on coming to Keilah and will destroy the town because of me."}, {"pk": 4100138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "LORD God of Israel, will Saul come down as your servant has heard? <sup>[4]</sup> Please tell your servant.\u201d \u201cYes, he will come down,\u201d the LORD answered.", "comment": "[4] DSS (4QSam<sup>b</sup>), LXX; MT <i>LORD God of Israel, will the citizens of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard?</i> Cf <a href='/CEB/9/23/12'>23:12</a><i>a</i>."}, {"pk": 4100139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Next David asked, \u201cWill the citizens of Keilah hand me and my soldiers over to Saul?\u201d \u201cYes, they will hand you over,\u201d the LORD replied."}, {"pk": 4100140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "So David and his troops \u2014 approximately six hundred men \u2014 got up and left Keilah. They kept moving, going from one place to the next. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he didn\u2019t go there."}, {"pk": 4100141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "David lived in the fortresses in the wilderness and in the hills of the Ziph wilderness. Saul searched for him constantly, but God did not hand David over to Saul."}, {"pk": 4100142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "While David was at Horesh in the Ziph wilderness he learned that Saul was looking to kill him."}, {"pk": 4100143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Saul\u2019s son Jonathan came to David at Horesh and encouraged him with God."}, {"pk": 4100144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Jonathan said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid! My father Saul\u2019s hand won\u2019t touch you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be your second in command. Even my father Saul knows this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. David stayed at Horesh, but Jonathan went back home."}, {"pk": 4100146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Some Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah. \u201cDavid is hiding among us in the fortresses at Horesh on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4100147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cSo whenever you want to come down, Your Majesty, do it! Leave it to us to hand him over to the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cThe LORD bless you because you have shown this kindness to me!\u201d Saul said."}, {"pk": 4100149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cGo now and get everything ready. Find out everything you can: where he stays, where he goes, who has seen him. I am told he is very shrewd."}, {"pk": 4100150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "Find out every hiding place he uses there and come back to me when you know for certain. I will then go with you. If David is in the area, I will hunt him down among any of Judah\u2019s clans!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "So they got up and left for Ziph ahead of Saul. Meanwhile, David and his soldiers were in the Maon wilderness in the desert plain south of Jeshimon."}, {"pk": 4100152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "When Saul and his troops went looking for him, David was told about it, so he went down to a certain rock there and stayed in the Maon wilderness. When Saul heard that, he went into the Maon wilderness after David."}, {"pk": 4100153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "Saul was going around one side of a hill there while David and his soldiers were going around the other. David was hurrying to get away from Saul while Saul and his troops were trying to surround David and his soldiers in order to capture them."}, {"pk": 4100154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "But a messenger suddenly came to Saul. \u201cCome quick!\u201d he said. \u201cThe Philistines have invaded the land!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to fight the Philistines. That\u2019s why that place is called Escape Rock."}, {"pk": 4100156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> Then David went from there and lived at the En-gedi fortresses.", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/9/24/1'>24:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4100157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Even as Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was informed that David was in the En-gedi wilderness.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/9/24/2'>24:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4100158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "So Saul took three thousand men selected from all Israel and went to look for David and his soldiers near the rocks of the wild goats."}, {"pk": 4100159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "He came to the sheep pens beside the road where there was a cave. Saul went into the cave to use the restroom. <sup>[2]</sup> Meanwhile, David and his soldiers were sitting in the very back of the cave.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>to cover his feet</i> (a euphemism)"}, {"pk": 4100160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "David\u2019s soldiers said to him, \u201cThis is the day the LORD spoke of when he promised you, \u2018I will hand your enemy over to you, and you can do to him whatever you think best.\u2019\u201d So David snuck up and cut off a corner of Saul\u2019s robe."}, {"pk": 4100161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "But immediately David felt horrible that he had cut off a corner of Saul\u2019s robe. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Targ; MT lacks <i>robe</i>."}, {"pk": 4100162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cThe LORD forbid,\u201d he told his men, \u201cthat I should do something like that to my master, the LORD\u2019s anointed, or lift my hand against him, because he\u2019s the LORD\u2019s anointed!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "So David held his soldiers in check by what he said, <sup>[4]</sup> and he wouldn\u2019t allow them to attack Saul. Saul then left the cave and went on his way.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Then David also went out of the cave and yelled after Saul, \u201cMy master the king!\u201d Saul looked back, and David bowed low out of respect, nose to the ground."}, {"pk": 4100165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "David said to Saul, \u201cWhy do you listen when people say, \u2018David wants to ruin you\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4100166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "Look! Today your own eyes have seen that the LORD handed you over to me in the cave. But I refused <sup>[5]</sup> to kill you. I spared you, saying, \u2018I won\u2019t lift a hand against my master because he is the LORD\u2019s anointed.\u2019", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>Some said</i>"}, {"pk": 4100167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Look here, my protector! See the corner of your robe in my hand? I cut off the corner of your robe but didn\u2019t kill you. So know now that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I haven\u2019t wronged you, but you are hunting me down, trying to kill me."}, {"pk": 4100168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "May the LORD judge between me and you! May the LORD take vengeance on you for me, but I won\u2019t lift a hand against you."}, {"pk": 4100169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "As the old proverb goes, \u2018Evil deeds come from evildoers!\u2019 but I won\u2019t lift a hand against you."}, {"pk": 4100170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "So who is Israel\u2019s king coming after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single flea?"}, {"pk": 4100171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "May the LORD be the judge and decide between you and me. May he see what has happened, argue my case, and vindicate me against you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "As soon as David finished saying all this to Saul, Saul said, \u201cDavid, my son, is that your voice?\u201d Then he broke down in tears,"}, {"pk": 4100173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "telling David, \u201cYou are more righteous than I am because you have treated me generously, but I have treated you terribly."}, {"pk": 4100174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Today you\u2019ve told me the good you have done for me \u2014 how the LORD handed me over to you, but how you didn\u2019t kill me."}, {"pk": 4100175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "When someone finds an enemy, do they send the enemy away in peace? May the LORD repay you with good for what you have done for me today."}, {"pk": 4100176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Now even I know that you will definitely become king, and Israel\u2019s kingdom will flourish in your hands."}, {"pk": 4100177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Because of that, make a solemn pledge to me by the LORD that you won\u2019t kill off my descendants after I\u2019m gone and that you won\u2019t destroy my name from my family lineage.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "David made a solemn pledge to Saul. Then Saul went back home, but David and his soldiers went up to the fortress."}, {"pk": 4100179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered to mourn for him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. David then left and went down to the Maon wilderness. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Paran</i>"}, {"pk": 4100180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "There was a man in Maon who did business in Carmel. He was a very important man and owned three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. At that time, he was shearing his sheep in Carmel."}, {"pk": 4100181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "The man\u2019s name was Nabal, and his wife\u2019s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and attractive woman, but her husband was a hard man who did evil things. He was a Calebite."}, {"pk": 4100182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep."}, {"pk": 4100183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "So David sent ten servants, telling them, \u201cGo up to Carmel. When you get to Nabal, greet him for me."}, {"pk": 4100184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "Say this to him: \u2018Peace to you, <sup>[2]</sup> your household, and all that is yours!", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019ve heard that you are now shearing sheep. As you know, your shepherds were with us in the wilderness. <sup>[3]</sup> We didn\u2019t mistreat them. Moreover, the whole time they were at Carmel, nothing of theirs went missing.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr; MT lacks <i>in the wilderness.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "Ask your servants; they will tell you the same. So please receive these young men favorably, because we\u2019ve come on a special day. Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "When David\u2019s young men arrived, they said all this to Nabal on David\u2019s behalf. Then they waited."}, {"pk": 4100188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "But Nabal answered David\u2019s servants, \u201cWho is David? Who is Jesse\u2019s son? There are all sorts of slaves running away from their masters these days."}, {"pk": 4100189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Why should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I\u2019ve butchered for my shearers and give it to people who came here from who knows where?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "So David\u2019s young servants turned around and went back the way they came. When they arrived, they reported every word of this to David."}, {"pk": 4100191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Then David said to his soldiers, \u201cAll of you, strap on your swords!\u201d So each of them strapped on their swords, and David did the same. Nearly four hundred men went up with David. Two hundred men remained back with the supplies."}, {"pk": 4100192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "One of Nabal\u2019s servants told his wife Abigail, \u201cDavid sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he just yelled at them."}, {"pk": 4100193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "But the men were very good to us and didn\u2019t mistreat us. Nothing of ours went missing the whole time we were out with them in the fields."}, {"pk": 4100194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "In fact, the whole time we were with them, watching our sheep, they were a protective wall around us both night and day."}, {"pk": 4100195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Think about that and see what you can do, because trouble is coming for our master and his whole household. But he\u2019s such a despicable person no one can speak to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep ready for cooking, five seahs <sup>[4]</sup> of roasted grain, one hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes. She loaded all this on donkeys", "comment": "[4] One seah is approximately seven and a half quarts."}, {"pk": 4100197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "and told her servants, \u201cGo on ahead of me. I\u2019ll be right behind you.\u201d But she didn\u2019t tell her husband Nabal."}, {"pk": 4100198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "As she was riding her donkey, going down a trail on the hillside, David and his soldiers appeared, descending toward her, and she met up with them."}, {"pk": 4100199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "David had just been saying, \u201cWhat a waste of time \u2014 guarding all this man\u2019s stuff in the wilderness so that nothing of his went missing! He has repaid me evil instead of good!"}, {"pk": 4100200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "May God deal harshly with me, David, <sup>[5]</sup> and worse still if I leave alive even one single one who urinates on a wall <sup>[6]</sup> belonging to him come morning!\u201d", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>with David\u2019s enemies</i><br>[6] Descriptive phrase meaning \"a male\"; also in <a href='/CEB/9/25/34'>25:34</a>"}, {"pk": 4100201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and fell facedown before him, bowing low to the ground."}, {"pk": 4100202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "She fell at his feet and said, \u201cPut the blame on me, my master! But please let me, your servant, speak to you directly. Please listen to what your servant has to say."}, {"pk": 4100203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "Please, my master, pay no attention to this despicable man Nabal. He\u2019s exactly what his name says he is! His name means fool, <sup>[7]</sup> and he is foolish! <sup>[8]</sup> But I myself, your servant, didn\u2019t see the young men that you, my master, sent.", "comment": "[7] Heb <i>nabal</i><br>[8] Heb <i>nebalah</i>"}, {"pk": 4100204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "I pledge, my master, as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, that the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and taking vengeance into your own hands! But now let your enemies and those who seek to harm my master be exactly like Nabal!"}, {"pk": 4100205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "Here is a gift, which your servant has brought to my master. Please let it be given to the young men who follow you, my master."}, {"pk": 4100206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "Please forgive any offense by your servant. The LORD will definitely make an enduring dynasty for my master because my master fights the LORD\u2019s battles, and nothing evil will be found in you throughout your lifetime."}, {"pk": 4100207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "If someone chases after you and tries to kill you, my master, then your life will be bound up securely in the bundle of life <sup>[9]</sup> by the LORD your God, but he will fling away your enemies\u2019 lives as from the pouch of a sling.", "comment": "[9] Or <i>bundle of the living</i>; Heb uncertain; perhaps a tied-up scroll (cf <a href='/CEB/2/32/32-33'>Exod 32:32\u201333</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/69/28'>Ps 69:28</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/8/16'>Isa 8:16</a>)"}, {"pk": 4100208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "When the LORD has done for my master all the good things he has promised you, and has installed you as Israel\u2019s leader,"}, {"pk": 4100209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "don\u2019t let this be a blot or burden on my master\u2019s conscience, that you shed blood needlessly or that my master took vengeance into his own hands. When the LORD has done good things for my master, please remember your servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 32, "text": "David said to Abigail, \u201cBless the LORD God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!"}, {"pk": 4100211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 33, "text": "And bless you and your good judgment for preventing me from shedding blood and taking vengeance into my own hands today!"}, {"pk": 4100212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 34, "text": "Otherwise, as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives \u2014 the one who kept me from hurting you \u2014 if you hadn\u2019t come quickly and met up with me, there wouldn\u2019t be one single one who urinates on a wall left come morning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 35, "text": "Then David accepted everything she had brought for him. \u201cReturn home in peace,\u201d he told her. \u201cBe assured that I\u2019ve heard your request and have agreed to it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 36, "text": "When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was throwing a party fit for a king in his house. Nabal was in a great mood and very drunk, so Abigail didn\u2019t tell him anything until daybreak."}, {"pk": 4100215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 37, "text": "In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him everything. Nabal\u2019s heart failed inside him, and he became like a stone."}, {"pk": 4100216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 38, "text": "About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, and he died."}, {"pk": 4100217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 39, "text": "When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, \u201cBless the LORD, who has rendered a verdict regarding Nabal\u2019s insult to me and who kept me, his servant, from doing something evil! The LORD has brought Nabal\u2019s evil down on his own head.\u201d Then David sent word to Abigail, saying that he would take her as his wife."}, {"pk": 4100218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 40, "text": "When David\u2019s servants reached Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, \u201cDavid has sent us to you so you can become his wife.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 41, "text": "She bowed low to the ground and said, \u201cI am your servant, ready to serve and wash the feet of my master\u2019s helpers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 42, "text": "Then Abigail got up quickly and rode on her donkey, with five of her young women going with her. She followed David\u2019s messengers and became his wife."}, {"pk": 4100221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 43, "text": "David also married Ahinoam from Jezreel, so both of them were his wives."}, {"pk": 4100222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 25, "verse": 44, "text": "But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David\u2019s wife, to Palti, Laish\u2019s son, from Gallim."}, {"pk": 4100223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah. \u201cDavid is hiding on Hachilah\u2019s hill, which faces Jeshimon,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4100224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "So Saul got up and went down to the Ziph wilderness to look for David there. He had three thousand handpicked soldiers from Israel with him."}, {"pk": 4100225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Saul camped on Hachilah\u2019s hill opposite Jeshimon beside the road, but David stayed in the wilderness. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,"}, {"pk": 4100226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "he sent spies and discovered that Saul had definitely arrived."}, {"pk": 4100227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "So David got up and went to the place where Saul camped, and saw the place where Saul and Abner, Ner\u2019s son and Saul\u2019s general, were sleeping. Saul was sleeping inside the camp with the troops camped all around him."}, {"pk": 4100228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Joab\u2019s brother Abishai, Zeruiah\u2019s son, \u201cWho will go down into the camp with me to Saul?\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll go down with you,\u201d Abishai answered."}, {"pk": 4100229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "So David and Abishai approached the troops at night and found Saul lying there, asleep in the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were sleeping all around him."}, {"pk": 4100230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Abishai said to David, \u201cGod has handed your enemy over to you today! Let me pin him to the ground with my spear. One stroke is all I need! I won\u2019t need a second.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "But David said to Abishai, \u201cDon\u2019t kill him! No one can lift a hand against the LORD\u2019s anointed and go unpunished."}, {"pk": 4100232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "As surely as the LORD lives,\u201d David continued, \u201cit will be the LORD who will strike him down, or his day will come and he will die, or he\u2019ll fall in battle and be destroyed."}, {"pk": 4100233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD forbid that I lift my hand against the LORD\u2019s anointed! But go ahead and take the spear by Saul\u2019s head and the water jug and let\u2019s go!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "So David took the spear and the water jug that were by Saul\u2019s head, and he and Abishai left. No one saw them, no one knew they were there, and no one woke up. All of them remained asleep because a deep sleep from the LORD had come over them."}, {"pk": 4100235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of a hill with considerable distance between them."}, {"pk": 4100236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "Then David shouted to the army and to Abner, Ner\u2019s son, \u201cAbner! Aren\u2019t you going to answer me?\u201d \u201cWho are you to shout to the king?\u201d Abner asked."}, {"pk": 4100237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "David answered Abner, \u201cYou are a man, aren\u2019t you? And you have no equal in Israel, right? Then why haven\u2019t you kept watch over your master the king? One of the soldiers came to kill your master the king."}, {"pk": 4100238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "What you\u2019ve done is terrible! As surely as the LORD lives, all of you are dead men because you didn\u2019t keep close watch over your master, the LORD\u2019s anointed. Have a look around! Where are the king\u2019s spear and the water jug that were by his head?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "Saul recognized David\u2019s voice and said, \u201cDavid, my son, is that your voice?\u201d David said, \u201cYes it is, my master the king."}, {"pk": 4100240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Why,\u201d David continued, \u201cis my master chasing me, his servant? What have I done and what wrong am I guilty of?"}, {"pk": 4100241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "My master the king, please listen to what your servant has to say. If it is the LORD who has incited you against me, then let him accept an offering! But if human beings have done it, then let them be cursed before the LORD because they have now driven me off, keeping me from sharing in the LORD\u2019s inheritance. \u2018Go!\u2019 they tell me. \u2018Worship other gods!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4100242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t let my blood spill on the ground apart from the LORD\u2019s presence, because the king of Israel has come out looking for a single flea <sup>[1]</sup> like someone hunting a partridge <sup>[2]</sup> in the mountains.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Cf <a href='/CEB/9/24/14'>24:14</a>; LXX <i>my life</i><br>[2] Or <i>a caller</i>, Heb sounds like verb <i>to shout</i> or <i>call</i> in <a href='/CEB/9/26/14'>26:14</a>."}, {"pk": 4100243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Saul said, \u201cI have sinned! David, my son, come back! Because you considered my life precious today, I won\u2019t harm you again. I have acted foolishly and have made a huge mistake.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cHere is the king\u2019s spear,\u201d David answered. \u201cAllow one of your servants to come over and get it."}, {"pk": 4100245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "Remember: The LORD rewards every person for their righteousness and loyalty, and I wasn\u2019t willing to lift a hand against the LORD\u2019s anointed, even though the LORD handed you over to me today."}, {"pk": 4100246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "And just as I considered your life valuable today, may the LORD consider my life valuable, and may he deliver me from all trouble.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Saul said to David, \u201cBless you, David, my son! You will accomplish much and will certainly succeed.\u201d Then David went on his way, but Saul went back home."}, {"pk": 4100248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "David thought, One day I will be destroyed by Saul\u2019s power. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistine territory. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israelite territory, and I will escape his power."}, {"pk": 4100249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "So David set out with his six hundred soldiers and went to Achish, Maoch\u2019s son and Gath\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4100250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "David and his soldiers stayed there at Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal\u2019s widow from Carmel."}, {"pk": 4100251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he didn\u2019t pursue him anymore."}, {"pk": 4100252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Then David said to Achish, \u201cIf you approve of me, please give me a place in one of the towns in the country so I can live there. Why should I, your servant, live in the capital city with you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "So Achish gave the town of Ziklag to David at that time. That\u2019s why Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until now."}, {"pk": 4100254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "David lived in the Philistine countryside for a total of one year and four months."}, {"pk": 4100255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "David and his soldiers went out on raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. They were the people who lived in the land from Telam <sup>[1]</sup> to Shur all the way to the land of Egypt.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>from long ago</i>"}, {"pk": 4100256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "When David attacked an area, he wouldn\u2019t leave anyone alive, man or woman. He would take the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothes and would then go back to Achish."}, {"pk": 4100257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "When Achish asked, \u201cWhere did you raid today?\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> David would say, \u201cThe southern plain of Judah,\u201d or \u201cThe southern plain of the Jerahmeelites,\u201d or \u201cThe southern plain of the Kenites.\u201d", "comment": "[2] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), LXX"}, {"pk": 4100258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "David never spared a man or woman so they could be brought back alive to Gath. \u201cOtherwise,\u201d he said, \u201cthey might talk about us, and say, \u2018David did this or that.\u2019\u201d So this was David\u2019s practice during the entire time he lived in the Philistine countryside."}, {"pk": 4100259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Achish trusted David, thinking, David has alienated himself so badly from his own people in Israel that he\u2019ll serve me forever."}, {"pk": 4100260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, the Philistines gathered their troops for war to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, \u201cCount on you and your soldiers marching out with me in the army.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cExcellent,\u201d David answered Achish. \u201cNow you\u2019ll see for yourself what your servant can do.\u201d \u201cExcellent,\u201d Achish replied. \u201cI will make you my permanent bodyguard.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Now Samuel had died, and all Israel mourned him and buried him in Ramah, his hometown. And Saul had banned all mediums and diviners from the land."}, {"pk": 4100263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "The Philistines gathered their forces and advanced to camp at Shunem. Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa."}, {"pk": 4100264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was so afraid that his heart beat wildly."}, {"pk": 4100265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "When Saul questioned the LORD, the LORD didn\u2019t answer him \u2014 not by dreams, not by the Urim, and not by the prophets."}, {"pk": 4100266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "So Saul said to his servants, \u201cFind me a woman who communicates with ghosts! I\u2019ll then go to her and ask by using her techniques.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cThere is such a medium in En-dor,\u201d his servants replied.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>through her</i> or <i>by her</i>"}, {"pk": 4100267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "So Saul disguised himself, dressing in different clothes. Then he and two men set out, going to the woman at nighttime. \u201cPlease call up a ghost for me! Bring me the one I specify,\u201d Saul said."}, {"pk": 4100268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cListen,\u201d the woman said to him, \u201cyou know what Saul has done, how he has banned all mediums and diviners from the land. What are you doing? Trying to get me killed?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "But Saul promised to her by the LORD, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, you won\u2019t get into trouble for this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "So the woman said, \u201cWho do you want me to bring up for you?\u201d \u201cBring up Samuel,\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4100271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed at Saul, \u201cWhy have you tricked me? You are Saul!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid!\u201d the king said to her. \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d The woman said to Saul, \u201cI see a god <sup>[2]</sup> coming up from the ground.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I see gods</i> or <i>I see divine figures</i>"}, {"pk": 4100273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cWhat does he look like?\u201d Saul asked her. \u201cAn old man is coming up,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s wrapped in a robe.\u201d Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed low out of respect, nose to the ground."}, {"pk": 4100274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWhy have you disturbed me by bringing me up?\u201d Samuel asked Saul. \u201cI\u2019m in deep trouble!\u201d Saul replied. \u201cThe Philistines are at war with me, and God has turned away from me and no longer answers me by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cWhy do you ask me,\u201d Samuel said, \u201csince the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy? <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>is with your neighbor;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/9/15/28'>15:28</a>; <a href='/CEB/9/28/17'>28:17</a>"}, {"pk": 4100276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD has done to you <sup>[4]</sup> exactly what he spoke through me: The LORD has ripped the kingdom out of your hands and has given it to your friend David.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>The LORD himself has done just what</i>"}, {"pk": 4100277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD has done this very thing to you today because you didn\u2019t listen to the LORD\u2019s voice and didn\u2019t carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites."}, {"pk": 4100278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD will now hand over both you and Israel to the Philistines. And come tomorrow, you and your sons will be with me! <sup>[5]</sup> The LORD will hand Israel\u2019s army over to the Philistines.\u201d", "comment": "[5] LXX <i>you and your sons will fall in battle.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "Saul immediately fell full length on the ground, utterly terrified at what Samuel had said. He was weak because he hadn\u2019t eaten anything all day or night."}, {"pk": 4100280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "The woman approached Saul, and after seeing how scared he was, she said, \u201cListen, your servant has obeyed you. I risked my life and did what you told me to do."}, {"pk": 4100281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "Now it\u2019s your turn to listen to me, your servant. Let me give you a bit of food. Eat it, then you\u2019ll have the strength to go on your way.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "But Saul refused. \u201cI can\u2019t eat!\u201d he said. But his servants and the woman urged him to do so, and so he did. He got up off the ground and sat on a couch."}, {"pk": 4100283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly butchered it. <sup>[6]</sup> She took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>sacrificed it</i>"}, {"pk": 4100284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "She served this to Saul and his servants, and they ate. They got up and left that very night."}, {"pk": 4100285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "The Philistines assembled all their forces at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by the spring in Jezreel."}, {"pk": 4100286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "As the Philistine rulers went out marching in units of hundreds and thousands, David and his soldiers were in the rear with Achish."}, {"pk": 4100287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWho are these Hebrews?\u201d the Philistine commanders asked. \u201cThat\u2019s David,\u201d Achish told them, \u201cthe servant of Israel\u2019s King Saul. He\u2019s been with me a year or so now. I haven\u2019t found anything wrong with him from the day he defected until now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish. \u201cSend the man home!\u201d they told Achish. \u201cHe can go back to the place you gave him, but he won\u2019t go with us into battle. Couldn\u2019t he turn against us in the middle of the fight? How better to please his former master than by taking the heads of our soldiers?"}, {"pk": 4100289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "After all, this is the same David people sing about in their dances, \u2018Saul has killed his thousands, <br>but David has killed his tens of thousands!\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4100290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "So Achish summoned David and told him, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, you are an upstanding individual. I would very much like you to serve with me in the army because I haven\u2019t found anything wrong with you from the day you came to me until now. But the rulers don\u2019t approve of you."}, {"pk": 4100291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "So go back home now, and go in peace. Don\u2019t do anything to upset the Philistine rulers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cBut what have I done?\u201d David asked Achish. \u201cWhat wrong have you found in me, your servant, from the day I came to you until now? Why shouldn\u2019t I go and fight the enemies of my master the king?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cI agree,\u201d Achish answered David. \u201cI think you\u2019re as good as one of God\u2019s own messengers. Despite that, the Philistine commanders have ordered, \u2018He can\u2019t go into battle with us.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4100294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "So get up early in the morning, both you and your master\u2019s servants who came with you, and return to the place I gave you. Don\u2019t worry about this negative report, because you\u2019ve done well before me. <sup>[1]</sup> Now get up early in the morning and leave as soon as it is light.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>and return to the place\u2026 done well before me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "So David and his soldiers got up early in the morning to go back to Philistine territory, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel."}, {"pk": 4100296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Three days later, David and his soldiers reached Ziklag. The Amalekites had raided the arid southern plain and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it down,"}, {"pk": 4100297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "taking the women and everyone in the city prisoner, whether young or old. <sup>[1]</sup> They hadn\u2019t killed anyone but carried them off and went on their way.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>and everyone in the city</i>."}, {"pk": 4100298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "When David and his soldiers got to the town and found it burned down, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters taken prisoner,"}, {"pk": 4100299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "David and the troops with him broke into tears and cried until they could cry no more."}, {"pk": 4100300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "David\u2019s two wives had been captured as well: Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal\u2019s widow from Carmel."}, {"pk": 4100301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "David was in deep trouble because the troops were talking about stoning him. Each of the soldiers was deeply distressed about their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God."}, {"pk": 4100302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "David said to the priest Abiathar, Ahimelech\u2019s son, \u201cBring the priestly vest <sup>[2]</sup> to me.\u201d So Abiathar brought it to David.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4100303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "Then David asked the LORD, \u201cShould I go after this raiding party? Will I catch them?\u201d \u201cYes, go after them!\u201d God answered. \u201cYou will definitely catch them and will succeed in the rescue!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "So David set off with six hundred men. They came to the Besor ravine, where some stayed behind."}, {"pk": 4100305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, while two hundred men stayed there, too exhausted to cross the Besor ravine."}, {"pk": 4100306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "They found an Egyptian in the countryside and brought him to David. They gave him bread, and he ate, and they gave him water to drink."}, {"pk": 4100307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two raisin cakes. He ate and regained his strength because he hadn\u2019t eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and nights."}, {"pk": 4100308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "Then David asked him, \u201cWhose slave are you? Where do you come from?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m an Egyptian servant boy,\u201d he said, \u201cand the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago."}, {"pk": 4100309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "We had raided the arid southern plain belonging to the Cherethites, the territory belonging to Judah, and the southern plain of Caleb. We also burned Ziklag down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cCan you guide me to this raiding party?\u201d David asked him. \u201cMake a pledge to me by God that you won\u2019t kill me or hand me over to my master,\u201d the boy said, \u201cand I will guide you to the raiding party.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "So the boy led David to them, and he found them scattered all over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating over the large amount of plunder they had taken from Philistine and Judean territory."}, {"pk": 4100312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "David attacked them from twilight until evening of the next day. He killed them all. <sup>[3]</sup> No one escaped except four hundred young men who got on camels and fled.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>He killed them all.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "David rescued everything that the Amalekites had taken, including his own two wives."}, {"pk": 4100314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "Nothing was missing from the plunder or anything that they had taken, neither old nor young, son nor daughter. David brought everything back."}, {"pk": 4100315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "David also captured all the sheep and cattle, which were driven in front of the other livestock. The troops said, \u201cThis is David\u2019s plunder!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "David reached the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor ravine. They came out to greet him and the troops who were with him. When David approached them, he asked how they were doing."}, {"pk": 4100317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "But then all the evil and despicable individuals who had accompanied David said, \u201cWe won\u2019t share any of the plunder we rescued with them because they didn\u2019t go with us. Each of them can take his wife and children and go \u2014 but that\u2019s it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cBrothers!\u201d David said. \u201cDon\u2019t act that way with the things the LORD has given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the raiding party that had attacked us."}, {"pk": 4100319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "How could anyone agree with you on this plan? The share of those who went into battle and the share of those who stayed with the supplies will be divided equally.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "So from that day forward, David made that a regulation and a law in Israel, which remains in place even now."}, {"pk": 4100321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "When David returned to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah and to his friends. \u201cHere is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD\u2019s enemies,\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4100322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "It went to those in Bethel, Ramoth of the arid southern plain, Jattir,"}, {"pk": 4100323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 28, "text": "Aroer, <sup>[4]</sup> Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>Ararah</i>"}, {"pk": 4100324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 29, "text": "Racal, the towns of the Jerahmeelites, the towns of the Kenites,"}, {"pk": 4100325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 30, "text": "Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,"}, {"pk": 4100326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 30, "verse": 31, "text": "Hebron, and all the places where David and his soldiers had spent time."}, {"pk": 4100327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "When the Philistines attacked the Israelites, the Israelites ran away from the Philistines, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa."}, {"pk": 4100328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua."}, {"pk": 4100329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "The battle was fierce around Saul. When the archers located him, they wounded him badly. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Correction; LXX <i>wounded in the belly</i>"}, {"pk": 4100330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "Saul said to his armor-bearer, \u201cDraw your sword and kill me with it! Otherwise, these uncircumcised men will come and kill me or torture me.\u201d But his armor-bearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and impaled himself on it."}, {"pk": 4100331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also impaled himself on his sword and died with Saul."}, {"pk": 4100332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his soldiers died together that day."}, {"pk": 4100333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "When the Israelites across the valley and across the Jordan learned that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines came and occupied the towns."}, {"pk": 4100334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa."}, {"pk": 4100335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "They cut off Saul\u2019s head and stripped off his armor, and then sent word throughout Philistine territory, carrying the good news to their gods\u2019 temples and to their people."}, {"pk": 4100336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "They put Saul\u2019s armor in the temple of Astarte, and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan."}, {"pk": 4100337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "But when all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,"}, {"pk": 4100338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "the bravest of their men set out, traveled all night long, and took the bodies of Saul and his sons off the wall of Beth-shan. Then they went back to Jabesh, where they burned them."}, {"pk": 4100339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 9, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days."}, {"pk": 4100340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "After Saul\u2019s death, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed in Ziklag two days."}, {"pk": 4100341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "On the third day, a man showed up from Saul\u2019s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he reached David, he fell to the ground, bowing low out of respect."}, {"pk": 4100342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWhere have you come from?\u201d David asked him. \u201cI\u2019ve escaped from the Israelite army!\u201d he answered."}, {"pk": 4100343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cWhat\u2019s the report?\u201d David asked him. \u201cTell me!\u201d The man answered, \u201cThe troops fled from the battle! Many of the soldiers have fallen and died. What\u2019s more, Saul and his son Jonathan have also died!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHow do you know,\u201d David asked the young man who brought the news, \u201cthat Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The young man who brought the news replied, \u201cI just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and Saul was there, leaning on his spear, with chariots and horsemen closing in on him."}, {"pk": 4100346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "He turned around and saw me, then he called to me. \u2018Yes, sir,\u2019 I answered."}, {"pk": 4100347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "\u2018Who are you?\u2019 he asked, and I told him, \u2018I\u2019m an Amalekite.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4100348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "He said to me, \u2018Please come over here and kill me, because convulsions have come over me but I\u2019m still alive.\u2019 <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Syr, Tg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "So I went over to him and killed him, because I knew he couldn\u2019t survive after being wounded like that. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and I\u2019ve brought them here to you, my master.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Then David grabbed his clothes and ripped them \u2014 and all his soldiers did the same."}, {"pk": 4100351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "They mourned and cried and fasted until evening for Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD\u2019s army, and the whole house of Israel, because they had died by the sword."}, {"pk": 4100352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cWhere are you from?\u201d David asked the young man who brought him the news. \u201cI\u2019m the son of an immigrant,\u201d he answered. \u201cAn Amalekite.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Then David said to him, \u201cHow is it that you weren\u2019t afraid to raise your hand and destroy the LORD\u2019s anointed?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Then David called for one of the young servants. \u201cCome here!\u201d he said. \u201cStrike him down!\u201d So the servant struck the Amalekite down, and he died."}, {"pk": 4100355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cYour blood is on your own head,\u201d David said to the Amalekite, \u201cbecause your own mouth testified against you when you admitted, \u2018I killed the LORD\u2019s anointed.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Then David sang this funeral song <sup>[2]</sup> for Saul and his son Jonathan.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>lament</i>"}, {"pk": 4100357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "David ordered everyone in Judah to learn the Song of the Bow. <sup>[3]</sup> (In fact, it is written in the scroll from Jashar.)", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>Song.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Oh, no, Israel! Your prince <sup>[4]</sup> lies dead on your heights. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Look how the mighty warriors have fallen!<br>", "comment": "[5] Correction<br>[4] Or <i>gazelle</i> or <i>splendor</i> or <i>splendid one</i>"}, {"pk": 4100359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t talk about it in Gath; <br>don\u2019t bring news of it to Ashkelon\u2019s streets, <br>or else the Philistines\u2019 daughters will rejoice; <br>the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "You hills of Gilboa! <br>Let there be no dew or rain on you, <br>and no fields yielding grain offerings. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>Because it was there that the mighty warrior\u2019s <sup>[7]</sup> shield was defiled \u2014 <br>the shield of Saul! \u2014 never again anointed with oil.<br>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain, perhaps <i>bountiful fields</i>; alternatively, with LXX<sup>L</sup>, <i>fields of death</i>, or with correction <i>and no springs from the deep</i><br>[7] Or <i>warriors\u2019</i> (plural)"}, {"pk": 4100361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Jonathan\u2019s bow never wavered from the blood of the slain, <br>from the gore of the warriors. <br>Never did Saul\u2019s sword return empty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Saul and Jonathan! So well loved, so dearly cherished! <br>In their lives and in their deaths they were never separated. <br>They were faster than eagles, <br>stronger than lions!<br>"}, {"pk": 4100363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul! <br>He dressed you in crimson with jewels; <br>he decorated your clothes with gold jewelry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Look how the mighty warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! <br>Jonathan lies dead on your heights.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan! <br>You were so dear to me! <br>Your love was more amazing to me <sup>[8]</sup> than the love of women.<br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>your love</i> (or <i>care</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/9/18/1'>1 Sam 18:1</a>, <a href='/CEB/9/18/3'>3</a>; <a href='/CEB/9/20/17'>20:17</a>) <i>for me was more amazing</i>"}, {"pk": 4100366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Look how the mighty warriors have fallen! <br>Look how the weapons of war have been destroyed! <br>"}, {"pk": 4100367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, David questioned the LORD, \u201cShould I go to one of the towns in Judah?\u201d \u201cYes, go,\u201d the LORD told him. \u201cWhich one should I go to?\u201d David asked. \u201cTo Hebron,\u201d the LORD replied."}, {"pk": 4100368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "So David went there, along with his two wives: Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal\u2019s widow, from Carmel."}, {"pk": 4100369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "David also took the soldiers who were with him, each with his family, and they lived in the towns around Hebron."}, {"pk": 4100370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the people of Judah came to Hebron and anointed David king over the house of Judah. When David was informed that it was the people of Jabesh-gilead who had buried Saul,"}, {"pk": 4100371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "he sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead. \u201cThe LORD bless you,\u201d he said to them, \u201cfor doing this loyal deed for your master Saul by burying him."}, {"pk": 4100372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "May the LORD now show you loyal love and faithfulness. I myself will also reward you because you did this."}, {"pk": 4100373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "So now take courage and be brave \u2014 yes, your master Saul is dead, but the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Meanwhile, Abner, Ner\u2019s son, the commander of Saul\u2019s army, had taken Ishbosheth, <sup>[1]</sup> Saul\u2019s son, and brought him over to Mahanaim.", "comment": "[1] Ishbosheth means <i>man of shame; shame</i> (Heb <i>bosheth</i>) may be a deliberate alteration from <i>Baal</i> (cf Esh-baal, <i>man of Baal</i> in <a href='/CEB/13/8/33'>1 Chron 8:33</a>; <a href='/CEB/13/9/39'>9:39</a>; see also <a href='/CEB/10/4/4'>2 Sam 4:4</a>); one manuscript of LXX<sup>L</sup> reads <i>Ishbaal</i>."}, {"pk": 4100375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "There he made him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, <sup>[2]</sup> Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin \u2014 over all Israel.", "comment": "[2] Syr, Vulg; MT <i>Ashurites</i> or <i>Assyrians;</i> cf Tg, LXX<sup>L</sup>, <a href='/CEB/7/1/32'>Judg 1:32</a> <i>Asherites</i>"}, {"pk": 4100376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Saul\u2019s son Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he became king over Israel, and he ruled for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David."}, {"pk": 4100377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "The amount of time David ruled in Hebron over the house of Judah totaled seven and a half years."}, {"pk": 4100378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Abner, Ner\u2019s son, along with the soldiers of Ishbosheth, Saul\u2019s son, left Mahanaim to go to Gibeon."}, {"pk": 4100379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son, and David\u2019s soldiers also came out and confronted them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat on one side of the pool; the other sat on the opposite side of the pool."}, {"pk": 4100380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Abner said to Joab, \u201cLet\u2019s have the young men fight in a contest <sup>[3]</sup> before us.\u201d \u201cAll right,\u201d Joab said, \u201clet\u2019s do it.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>come forward and play</i> or <i>compete</i>"}, {"pk": 4100381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So the men came forward and were counted as they passed by: twelve for Benjamin and Ishbosheth, Saul\u2019s son; and twelve of David\u2019s soldiers."}, {"pk": 4100382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Each man grabbed his opponent by the head and stuck <sup>[4]</sup> his sword into his opponent\u2019s side so that they both fell dead together. That\u2019s why that place is called The Field of Daggers, <sup>[5]</sup> which is located in Gibeon.", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Helkath-hazzurim</i><br>[4] Heb lacks <i>stuck</i>."}, {"pk": 4100383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "A fierce battle took place that day, and Abner and the Israelite troops were defeated by David\u2019s soldiers."}, {"pk": 4100384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Now Zeruiah\u2019s three sons were present at the battle: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as fast as a gazelle in an open field."}, {"pk": 4100385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Asahel went after Abner, staying completely focused in his pursuit of Abner."}, {"pk": 4100386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Abner looked behind him and said, \u201cIs that you, Asahel?\u201d \u201cYes, it\u2019s me,\u201d Asahel answered."}, {"pk": 4100387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cBreak off your pursuit!\u201d Abner told him. \u201cFight one of the young warriors and take his gear for yourself!\u201d But Asahel wouldn\u2019t stop chasing him."}, {"pk": 4100388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "So Abner repeated himself to Asahel: \u201cStop chasing me. Why should I kill you? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "But Asahel wouldn\u2019t turn back, so Abner hit him in the stomach with the back end of his spear. But the spear went through Asahel\u2019s back. He fell down and died right there. Everyone who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died just stood there,"}, {"pk": 4100390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "but Joab and Abishai went after Abner. The sun was setting when they came to the hill of Ammah, which faces Giah on the road to the Gibeon wilderness."}, {"pk": 4100391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "The Benjaminites rallied behind Abner, forming a single unit. Then they took their positions on the top of a hill."}, {"pk": 4100392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "Abner yelled down to Joab, \u201cMust the sword keep killing forever? Don\u2019t you realize that this will end bitterly? How long before you order the troops to stop chasing their brothers?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cAs surely as God lives,\u201d Joab replied, \u201cif you hadn\u2019t just said that, the soldiers would have continued after their brothers until morning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Joab blew the trumpet, <sup>[6]</sup> and all the soldiers stopped. They didn\u2019t pursue Israel anymore, nor did they continue to fight.", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>shofar</i>"}, {"pk": 4100395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Abner and his men then marched all night through the wilderness, crossing the Jordan River and marching all morning <sup>[7]</sup> until they got to Mahanaim.", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Joab, meanwhile, returned from pursuing Abner and assembled the troops. Nineteen of David\u2019s soldiers were counted missing in addition to Asahel."}, {"pk": 4100397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "But David\u2019s soldiers had defeated the Benjaminites, killing three hundred sixty of Abner\u2019s soldiers."}, {"pk": 4100398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "They took Asahel and buried him in his father\u2019s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night. When daylight came, they were in Hebron."}, {"pk": 4100399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "The war between Saul\u2019s house and David\u2019s house was long and drawn out. David kept getting stronger, while Saul\u2019s house kept getting weaker."}, {"pk": 4100400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "David\u2019s sons were born in Hebron. His oldest son was Amnon, by Ahinoam from Jezreel;"}, {"pk": 4100401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "the second was Chileab, by Abigail, Nabal\u2019s widow from Carmel; the third was Absalom, by Maacah, <sup>[1]</sup> who was the daughter of Geshur\u2019s King Talmai;", "comment": "[1] Or <i>son of</i>; also twice in <a href='/CEB/10/3/4'>3:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4100402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "the fourth was Adonijah, by Haggith; the fifth was Shephatiah, by Abital;"}, {"pk": 4100403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "and the sixth was Ithream, by David\u2019s wife Eglah. These are David\u2019s sons that were born in Hebron."}, {"pk": 4100404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Throughout the war between Saul\u2019s house and David\u2019s house, Abner was gaining power in Saul\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4100405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Now Saul had a secondary wife named Rizpah, Aiah\u2019s daughter. Ishbosheth <sup>[2]</sup> said to Abner, \u201cWhy have you had sex with my father\u2019s secondary wife?\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he</i>, supplied from <a href='/CEB/10/3/8'>3:8</a>; see <a href=C:@100 2:8>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/10/2/8'>2:8</a> on <i>Ishbosheth</i>."}, {"pk": 4100406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Abner got very angry over what Ishbosheth had said. \u201cAm I some sort of dog\u2019s head?\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> Abner asked. \u201cI\u2019ve been nothing but loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his brothers and his friends. I haven\u2019t handed you over to David, but today you accuse me of doing something wrong with this woman.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT adds <i>that belongs to Judah.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "May God deal harshly with me, Abner, and worse still if I don\u2019t do for David exactly what the LORD swore to him \u2014"}, {"pk": 4100408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "removing the kingdom from Saul\u2019s house and securing David\u2019s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan all the way to Beer-sheba!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Ishbosheth couldn\u2019t say a single word in reply to Abner because he was afraid of him."}, {"pk": 4100410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Abner sent messengers to represent him to David and to say, \u201cWho will own the land? <sup>[4]</sup> Make a covenant with me, then I\u2019ll help bring all Israel over to your side.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain; LXX lacks <i>Who will own the land?</i>"}, {"pk": 4100411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cGood!\u201d David replied. \u201cI will make a covenant with you, but on one condition: don\u2019t show yourself in my presence unless you bring Saul\u2019s daughter Michal when you come to see me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Then David sent messengers to Saul\u2019s son Ishbosheth. \u201cGive me my wife Michal,\u201d he demanded. \u201cI became engaged to her at the cost of one hundred Philistine foreskins.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Ishbosheth then sent for Michal and took her from her husband Paltiel, Laish\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4100414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Her husband went with her all the way to Bahurim, crying as he followed her. \u201cGo home!\u201d Abner told him. So he went home."}, {"pk": 4100415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Abner then sent word to Israel\u2019s elders. \u201cYou\u2019ve wanted David to be your king for some time now,\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4100416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s time to act because the LORD has said about David: I will rescue my people Israel from the power of the Philistines and all their enemies through my servant David.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Abner also spoke directly to the Benjaminites. He then went to inform David in person at Hebron regarding everything that all Israel and the house of Benjamin were willing to do."}, {"pk": 4100418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "When Abner, along with twenty others, reached David at Hebron, David threw a celebration for Abner and his men."}, {"pk": 4100419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Abner said to David, \u201cPlease let me get going so I can assemble all Israel for my master the king. Then they can make a covenant with you, and you will rule over everything your heart <sup>[5]</sup> desires.\u201d At that, David sent Abner off in peace.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4100420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Right then, David\u2019s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a great deal of loot with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron because David had sent him off in peace."}, {"pk": 4100421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "When Joab and all the troops with him returned, Joab was told that Abner, Ner\u2019s son, had come to the king and that David had sent him off in peace."}, {"pk": 4100422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Joab went to the king and asked, \u201cWhat have you done? Abner came to you here! Why did you send him off? Now he\u2019s gotten away!"}, {"pk": 4100423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t you know the evil ways of Abner, Ner\u2019s son? <sup>[6]</sup> He came to trick you, to find out where you come and go, and to learn everything you do!\u201d", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT <i>You know Abner, Ner\u2019s son</i>."}, {"pk": 4100424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well at Sirah, but David didn\u2019t know anything of this."}, {"pk": 4100425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside next to <sup>[7]</sup> the gate to speak with him in private. But instead Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and he died for shedding the blood of Asahel, Joab\u2019s brother.", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT <i>to the middle of</i>"}, {"pk": 4100426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "When David heard about this later, he said, \u201cI and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD concerning the shedding of the blood of Abner, Ner\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4100427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "May it fall upon the head of Joab and his entire family tree! May Joab\u2019s family never be without someone with a discharge or a skin disease, <sup>[8]</sup> someone who uses a crutch, <sup>[9]</sup> someone who dies by the sword, or someone who is hungry!\u201d", "comment": "[8] Traditionally <i>leprosy</i>, a term used for several different skin diseases<br>[9] Or <i>who holds a spindle</i>"}, {"pk": 4100428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "So that is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon."}, {"pk": 4100429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "Then David ordered Joab and all the troops who were with him, \u201cTear your clothes and put on funeral clothes! Mourn for Abner!\u201d King David himself walked behind the body."}, {"pk": 4100430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "They buried Abner in Hebron. The king wept loudly at Abner\u2019s grave. All the troops cried too."}, {"pk": 4100431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "Then the king sang this funeral song <sup>[10]</sup> for Abner: \u201cShould Abner have died like a fool dies?<br>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>lament</i>"}, {"pk": 4100432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "Your hands weren\u2019t bound, <br>your feet weren\u2019t chained, <br>but you have fallen <br>like someone falls before the wicked.\u201d <br>Then the troops cried over Abner again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "Then all the soldiers came to urge David to eat something while it was still day, but David swore, \u201cMay God deal harshly with me and worse still if I eat bread or anything else before the sun goes down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "All the troops took notice of this and were pleased by it. Indeed, everything that the king did pleased them."}, {"pk": 4100435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "So on that day all the troops and all Israel knew that it wasn\u2019t the king\u2019s idea to kill Abner, Ner\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4100436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 38, "text": "The king told his soldiers, \u201cDon\u2019t you know that a prince and a great man in Israel has fallen today?"}, {"pk": 4100437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 3, "verse": 39, "text": "And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak. These men, Zeruiah\u2019s sons, are too strong for me. <sup>[11]</sup> May the LORD repay the one who does evil according to the evil they did!\u201d", "comment": "[11] Or <i>more ruthless than me;</i> DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>) lacks this clause."}, {"pk": 4100438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "When Ishbosheth, <sup>[1]</sup> Saul\u2019s son, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost his courage, <sup>[2]</sup> and all Israel was alarmed.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>Ishbosheth</i>; LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>) <i>Mephibosheth</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/10/4/4'>4:4</a> and the <a href=C:@100 2:8>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/10/2/8'>2 Sam 2:8</a>.<br>[2] Or <i>his hands grew weak</i>"}, {"pk": 4100439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Saul\u2019s son had two men who led the raiding parties \u2014 one was named Baanah and the other Rechab. Both were sons of Rimmon, a Benjaminite from Beeroth. (Beeroth was considered part of Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4100440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "The people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim and even now live there as immigrants.)"}, {"pk": 4100441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Now Saul\u2019s son Jonathan had a boy whose feet were crippled. He was only 5 years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and so his nurse snatched him up and fled. But as she hurried to get away, he fell and was injured. His name was Mephibosheth. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Called <i>Merib-baal</i> in <a href='/CEB/13/8/34'>1 Chron 8:34</a>; <a href='/CEB/13/9/40'>9:40</a>. See the <a href=C:@100 2:8>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/10/2/8'>2 Sam 2:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4100442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, set out and reached Ishbosheth\u2019s house at the heat of the day, right when he was lying down, taking an afternoon rest."}, {"pk": 4100443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "They went straight into his house, as if getting wheat, <sup>[4]</sup> and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "They had entered the house while Ishbosheth was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed him and killed him, they cut off his head, took it, and traveled all night through the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4100445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "They brought Ishbosheth\u2019s head to David at Hebron. \u201cHere is the head of Ishbosheth,\u201d they told the king, \u201cthe son of Saul your enemy, who wanted you dead. Today the LORD has avenged our master <sup>[5]</sup> the king on Saul and his descendants.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>my master</i>"}, {"pk": 4100446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, who has rescued me <sup>[6]</sup> from all kinds of trouble,\u201d he told them,", "comment": "[6] Or <i>my life</i> or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4100447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cwhen someone told me Saul was dead back in Ziklag, thinking he was bringing good news, I grabbed him and killed him. That was the reward I gave him for his news!"}, {"pk": 4100448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "What do you think I\u2019ll do when evil people kill a righteous person in his own house on his own bed? Why shouldn\u2019t I demand his blood from your hands and rid the earth of you both?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "So David gave the order to his servants, and they killed Rechab and Baanah, cutting off their hands and feet and hanging them up by the pool at Hebron. But they took Ishbosheth\u2019s head and buried it in the grave of Abner at Hebron."}, {"pk": 4100450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "All the Israelite tribes came to David at Hebron and said, \u201cListen: We are your very own flesh and bone."}, {"pk": 4100451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "In the past, when Saul ruled over us, you were the one who led Israel out to war and back. What\u2019s more, the LORD told you, You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be Israel\u2019s leader."}, {"pk": 4100452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "So all the Israelite elders came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel."}, {"pk": 4100453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "David was 30 years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years."}, {"pk": 4100454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "He ruled over Judah for seven and a half years in Hebron. He ruled thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4100455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "The king and his troops marched on Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who inhabited the territory. The Jebusites said to David, \u201cYou\u2019ll never get us in here! Even the blind and the lame will beat you back!\u201d \u201cDavid will never enter here,\u201d they said to each other. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they thought</i>; Heb lacks <i>to each other.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "But David did capture the fortress of Zion \u2014 which became David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4100457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cOn that day,\u201d David said, \u201cwhoever attacks the Jebusites should strike the windpipe because David hates the lame and the blind.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> That is why people say, \u201cThe blind and the lame will not enter the temple.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>palace</i><br>[2] Or <i>take the water shaft against the lame and the blind who hate David;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "David occupied the fortress, so it was renamed David\u2019s City. David built a city around it from the earthen terraces <sup>[4]</sup> inward. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>city.</i><br>[4] Heb <i>Millo</i>"}, {"pk": 4100459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "David grew increasingly powerful, and the LORD of heavenly forces was with him."}, {"pk": 4100460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Tyre\u2019s King Hiram sent messengers to David with cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build David a palace."}, {"pk": 4100461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingship was held in great honor for the sake of his people Israel."}, {"pk": 4100462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "After he left Hebron, David married more secondary wives in Jerusalem and fathered more sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4100463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The names of his children in Jerusalem were as follows: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,"}, {"pk": 4100464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,"}, {"pk": 4100465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet."}, {"pk": 4100466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all marched up to find him, but David heard of it and went down to the fortress."}, {"pk": 4100467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "The Philistines arrived and spread out over the Rephaim Valley."}, {"pk": 4100468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "David asked the LORD, \u201cShould I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?\u201d \u201cAttack them,\u201d the LORD replied, \u201cbecause I will definitely hand the Philistines over to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "So David arrived at Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. He said, \u201cThe LORD has burst out against my enemies, the way water bursts out!\u201d That is why that place is called Baal-perazim. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Baal-perazim means <i>the lord</i> (Heb <i>baal</i>) <i>of breaking out;</i> see <a href=C:@100 6:8>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/10/6/8'>2 Sam 6:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4100470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "The Philistines left their divine images behind, and David and his men carried them off."}, {"pk": 4100471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Once again the Philistines came up and spread out across the Rephaim Valley."}, {"pk": 4100472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "When David asked the LORD, God replied, \u201cDon\u2019t attack them directly. Circle around behind them and come at them from in front of the balsam trees."}, {"pk": 4100473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack, for God has attacked in front of you to defeat the Philistine army.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "David followed God\u2019s orders exactly, and they defeated the Philistine army from Gibeon all the way to Gezer."}, {"pk": 4100475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Once again David assembled the select warriors of Israel, thirty thousand strong."}, {"pk": 4100476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "David and all the troops who were with him set out for Baalah, which is Kiriath-jearim of Judah, <sup>[1]</sup> to bring God\u2019s chest up from there \u2014 the chest that is called by the name <sup>[2]</sup> of the LORD of heavenly forces, who sits enthroned on the winged creatures.", "comment": "[2] MT repeats <i>name,</i> but <a href='/CEB/13/13/6'>1 Chron 13:6</a> omits one of these and LXX reads the first as <i>there</i>.<br>[1] DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), <a href='/CEB/13/13/6'>1 Chron 13:6</a>; MT <i>from Baale-judah</i>"}, {"pk": 4100477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "They loaded God\u2019s chest on a new cart and carried it from Abinadab\u2019s house, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab\u2019s sons, were driving the new cart."}, {"pk": 4100478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> Uzzah was beside God\u2019s chest while Ahio was walking in front of it.", "comment": "[3] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), <a href='/CEB/13/13/7'>1 Chron 13:7</a>; MT repeats <i>they carried it from the house of Abinadab on the hill;</i> Uzzah has dropped out and must be restored."}, {"pk": 4100479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Meanwhile, David and the entire house of Israel celebrated in the LORD\u2019s presence with all their strength, with songs, <sup>[4]</sup> zithers, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.", "comment": "[4] LXX, DSS (4QSam<sup>a</sup>), <a href='/CEB/13/13/8'>1 Chron 13:8</a>; MT <i>with all sorts of pine instruments</i>"}, {"pk": 4100480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "When they approached Nacon\u2019s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to God\u2019s chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD became angry at Uzzah, and God struck him there because of his mistake, <sup>[6]</sup> and he died there next to God\u2019s chest.", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain; LXX lacks this phrase; cf Targ, Syr, <a href='/CEB/13/13/10'>1 Chron 13:10</a> <i>because he had placed his hand on the chest.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Then David got angry because the LORD\u2019s anger lashed out against Uzzah, and so that place is called Perez-uzzah today. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] <i>Perez-uzzah</i> means <i>Uzzah-outbreak;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/10/5/20'>2 Sam 5:20</a>."}, {"pk": 4100483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "David was frightened by the LORD that day. \u201cHow will I ever bring the LORD\u2019s chest to me?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4100484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "So David didn\u2019t take the chest away with him to David\u2019s City. Instead, he had it put in the house of Obed-edom, who was from Gath."}, {"pk": 4100485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD\u2019s chest stayed with Obed-edom\u2019s household in Gath for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom\u2019s household and all that he had."}, {"pk": 4100486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "King David was told, \u201cThe LORD has blessed Obed-edom\u2019s family and everything he has because of God\u2019s chest being there.\u201d <sup>[8]</sup> So David went and brought God\u2019s chest up from Obed-edom\u2019s house to David\u2019s City with celebration.", "comment": "[8] Heb lacks <i>being there.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Whenever those bearing the chest advanced six steps, David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf."}, {"pk": 4100488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "David, dressed in a linen priestly vest, <sup>[9]</sup> danced with all his strength before the LORD.", "comment": "[9] Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4100489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "This is how David and the entire house of Israel brought up the LORD\u2019s chest with shouts and trumpet blasts."}, {"pk": 4100490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "As the LORD\u2019s chest entered David\u2019s City, Saul\u2019s daughter Michal was watching from a window. She saw King David jumping and dancing before the LORD, and she lost all respect for him. <sup>[10]</sup>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>despised him for it</i>"}, {"pk": 4100491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD\u2019s chest was brought in and put in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered entirely burned offerings in the LORD\u2019s presence in addition to well-being sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4100492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "When David finished offering the entirely burned offerings and the well-being sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4100493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "He distributed food among all the people of Israel \u2014 to the whole crowd, male and female \u2014 each receiving a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. Then all the people went back to their homes."}, {"pk": 4100494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "David went home to bless his household, but Saul\u2019s daughter Michal came out to meet him. \u201cHow did Israel\u2019s king honor himself today?\u201d she said. \u201cBy exposing himself in plain view of the female servants of his subjects like any indecent person would!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "David replied to Michal, \u201cI was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family, and who appointed me leader over the LORD\u2019s people, over Israel \u2014 and I will celebrate before the LORD again!"}, {"pk": 4100496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "I may humiliate myself even more, and I may be humbled in my own eyes, but I will be honored by the female servants you are talking about!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Michal, Saul\u2019s daughter, had no children to the day she died."}, {"pk": 4100498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "When the king was settled in his palace, <sup>[1]</sup> and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>house</i>; the same Heb word (<i>beth</i>) appears with different nuances (<i>house, temple, palace, dynasty, family</i>) in <a href='/CEB/10/7/2'>7:2</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/5'>5</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/6'>6</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/7'>7</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/11'>11</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/13'>13</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/16'>16</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/18'>18</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/19'>19</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/25-26'>25\u201326</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/27'>27</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/29'>29</a>."}, {"pk": 4100499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "the king said to the prophet Nathan, \u201cLook! I\u2019m living in a cedar palace, but God\u2019s chest is housed in a tent!\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>among curtains</i>"}, {"pk": 4100500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Nathan said to the king, \u201cGo ahead and do whatever you are thinking, because the LORD is with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "But that very night the LORD\u2019s word came to Nathan:"}, {"pk": 4100502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Go to my servant David and tell him: This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build the temple for me to live in."}, {"pk": 4100503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "In fact, I haven\u2019t lived in a temple from the day I brought Israel out of Egypt until now. Instead, I have been traveling around in a tent and in a dwelling."}, {"pk": 4100504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Throughout my traveling around with the Israelites, did I ever ask any of Israel\u2019s tribal leaders I appointed to shepherd my people: Why haven\u2019t you built me a cedar temple?"}, {"pk": 4100505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "So then, say this to my servant David: This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be leader over my people Israel."}, {"pk": 4100506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ve been with you wherever you\u2019ve gone, and I\u2019ve eliminated all your enemies before you. Now I will make your name great \u2014 like the name of the greatest people on earth."}, {"pk": 4100507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m going to provide a place for my people Israel, and plant them so that they may live there and no longer be disturbed. Cruel people will no longer trouble them, as they had been earlier,"}, {"pk": 4100508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "when I appointed leaders over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. And the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make a dynasty for you."}, {"pk": 4100509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "When the time comes for you to die and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your descendant \u2014 one of your very own children \u2014 to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4100510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "He will build a temple for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever."}, {"pk": 4100511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me. Whenever he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod, with blows from human beings."}, {"pk": 4100512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "But I will never take my faithful love away from him like I took it away from Saul, whom I set aside in favor of you."}, {"pk": 4100513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Your dynasty and your kingdom will be secured forever before me. <sup>[3]</sup> Your throne will be established forever.", "comment": "[3] LXX (cf <a href='/CEB/10/7/26'>7:26</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/7/29'>29</a>); MT <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4100514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Nathan reported all of these words and this entire vision to David."}, {"pk": 4100515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Then King David went and sat in the LORD\u2019s presence. He asked: Who am I, LORD God, and of what significance is my family that you have brought me this far? <br>"}, {"pk": 4100516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "But even this was too small in your eyes, LORD God! Now you have also spoken about your servant\u2019s dynasty in the future and the generation to come, <sup>[4]</sup> LORD God! <br>", "comment": "[4] Correction; Heb uncertain <i>this is the law of humankind</i>"}, {"pk": 4100517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "What more can David say to you? You know your servant, LORD God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "For the sake of your word and according to your own will, you have done this great thing so that your servant would know it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "That is why you are so great, LORD God! No one can compare to you, no god except you, just as we have always heard with our own ears. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "And who can compare to your people Israel? They are the one nation on earth that God redeemed as his own people, establishing his name by doing great and awesome things for them, <sup>[5]</sup> by driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] LXX, <a href='/CEB/13/17/21'>1 Chron 17:21</a>; MT <i>for your land before your people whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, the nations and their gods</i><br>[5] Or <i>you</i> (plural)"}, {"pk": 4100521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "You established your people Israel as your own people forever, and you, LORD, became their God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Now, LORD God, confirm forever the promise you have made about your servant and his dynasty. Do just as you have promised <br>"}, {"pk": 4100523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "so that your name will be great forever when people say, \u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces is Israel\u2019s God!\u201d May your servant David\u2019s household be established before you, <br>"}, {"pk": 4100524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "because you, LORD of heavenly forces, Israel\u2019s God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "LORD God, you are truly God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "So now willingly bless your servant\u2019s dynasty so that it might continue forever before you, because you, LORD God, have promised. Let your servant\u2019s dynasty be blessed forever by your blessing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David captured Metheg-ammah from Philistine control."}, {"pk": 4100528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "David also defeated the Moabites and made them lie on the ground, measuring them with a rope. He measured two rope lengths for those who were to be killed and one rope length for those who were to be spared. The Moabites became David\u2019s subjects and brought him tribute."}, {"pk": 4100529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Next David defeated Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer, Rehob\u2019s son, as Hadadezer was on his way to put <sup>[1]</sup> his monument along the Euphrates River. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to restore</i><br>[2] DSS(4QSam<sup>a</sup>), <a href='/CEB/13/18/3'>1 Chron 18:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4100530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "David captured one thousand chariots, seven hundred charioteers, <sup>[3]</sup> and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses.", "comment": "[3] LXX, DSS(4QSam<sup>a</sup>), <a href='/CEB/13/18/4'>1 Chron 18:4</a>; MT <i>seventeen hundred chariots</i>"}, {"pk": 4100531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them."}, {"pk": 4100532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "David set up forts among the Arameans of Damascus. And the Arameans became David\u2019s subjects and brought him tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went."}, {"pk": 4100533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer\u2019s servants and brought them to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4100534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "King David also took a large amount of bronze from Tebah <sup>[4]</sup> and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer.", "comment": "[4] Some LXX manuscripts and <a href='/CEB/13/18/8'>1 Chron 18:8</a>; MT <i>Betah</i>"}, {"pk": 4100535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "When Hamath\u2019s King Toi heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,"}, {"pk": 4100536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "he sent his son Joram to King David to wish him well and congratulate him on his battle and defeat of Hadadezer, because Toi was an enemy of Hadadezer. Joram brought silver, gold, and bronze objects with him."}, {"pk": 4100537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations that he had subdued:"}, {"pk": 4100538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek, including the plunder of Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer, Rehob\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4100539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "So David made a name for himself. <sup>[5]</sup> When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites <sup>[6]</sup> in the Salt Valley.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>built a monument</i><br>[6] LXX; MT <i>he returned from killing eighteen thousand Arameans</i>"}, {"pk": 4100540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "He set up forts in Edom, <sup>[7]</sup> and all the Edomites became David\u2019s subjects. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.", "comment": "[7] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/18/13'>1 Chron 18:13</a>; MT repeats <i>in all Edom he set up forts.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "David ruled over all Israel and maintained justice and righteousness for all his people."}, {"pk": 4100542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Zeruiah\u2019s son Joab was in command of the army; Ahilud\u2019s son Jehoshaphat was recorder;"}, {"pk": 4100543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Ahitub\u2019s son Zadok and Ahimelech\u2019s son <sup>[8]</sup> Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;", "comment": "[8] MT <i>Abiathar\u2019s son Ahimelech</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/9/22/20'>1 Sam 22:20</a>; <a href='/CEB/9/23/6'>23:6</a>; <a href='/CEB/9/30/7'>30:7</a>; <a href='/CEB/10/20/25'>2 Sam 20:25</a>"}, {"pk": 4100544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah was in command of <sup>[9]</sup> the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David\u2019s sons were priests.", "comment": "[9] Syr, Tg, Vulg, <a href='/CEB/13/18/17'>1 Chron 18:17</a>; MT lacks <i>in command of.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "David asked, \u201cIs there anyone from Saul\u2019s family still alive that I could show faithful love for Jonathan\u2019s sake?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "There was a servant from Saul\u2019s household named Ziba, and he was summoned before David. \u201cAre you Ziba?\u201d the king asked him. \u201cAt your service!\u201d he answered."}, {"pk": 4100547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "The king asked, \u201cIs there anyone left from Saul\u2019s family that I could show God\u2019s kindness to?\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d Ziba said to the king, \u201cone of Jonathan\u2019s sons, whose feet are crippled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cWhere is he?\u201d the king asked. \u201cHe is at the house of Ammiel\u2019s son Machir at Lo-debar,\u201d Ziba told the king."}, {"pk": 4100549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "So King David had him brought from the house of Ammiel\u2019s son Machir at Lo-debar."}, {"pk": 4100550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Mephibosheth, Jonathan\u2019s son and Saul\u2019s grandson, came to David, and he fell to the ground, bowing low out of respect. \u201cMephibosheth?\u201d David said. \u201cYes,\u201d he replied. \u201cI am at your service!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d David told him, \u201cbecause I will certainly show you faithful love for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the fields of your grandfather Saul, and you will eat at my table always.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Mephibosheth bowed low out of respect and said, \u201cWho am I, your servant, that you should care about a dead dog like me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Then David summoned Saul\u2019s servant Ziba and said to him, \u201cI have given your master\u2019s grandson everything belonging to Saul and his family."}, {"pk": 4100554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "You will work the land for him \u2014 you, your sons, and your servants \u2014 and you will bring food into your master\u2019s house for them to eat. <sup>[1]</sup> But Mephibosheth, your master\u2019s grandson, will always be at my table.\u201d (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>L</sup>; MT <i>You will bring food for your master\u2019s son and he will eat it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Ziba said to the king, \u201cYour servant will do whatever my master the king commands.\u201d So Mephibosheth ate at David\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> table, like one of the king\u2019s own sons.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>my</i>"}, {"pk": 4100556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. All who lived in Ziba\u2019s household became Mephibosheth\u2019s servants."}, {"pk": 4100557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king\u2019s table. He was crippled in both feet."}, {"pk": 4100558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4100559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "David said, \u201cI\u2019ll be loyal to Nahash\u2019s son Hanun, just as his father was loyal to me.\u201d So David sent his servants with condolences concerning Hanun\u2019s father. But when David\u2019s servants arrived in Ammonite territory,"}, {"pk": 4100560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "the Ammonite officials asked their master Hanun, \u201cDo you really believe David is honoring your father because he has sent you condolences? Of course not! David has sent his servants to you to search the city, spy it out, and overthrow it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "So Hanun seized David\u2019s servants and shaved off their beards, <sup>[1]</sup> cut off half their garments, from their buttocks down, and sent them off.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>half their beard</i>"}, {"pk": 4100562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "When this was reported to David, he sent men to meet them because they were completely ashamed. The king said, \u201cStay in Jericho until your beards have grown. Then you can come back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "When the Ammonites realized that they had offended David, they sent for and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, totaling twenty thousand foot soldiers; the king of Maacah with one thousand soldiers; and twelve thousand soldiers from Tob."}, {"pk": 4100564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "When David heard this, he sent Joab with the entire army of warriors."}, {"pk": 4100565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "The Ammonites marched out and formed a battle line at the entrance to the city. The Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the soldiers from Tob and Maacah remained in the countryside."}, {"pk": 4100566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel\u2019s finest warriors and deployed them to meet the Arameans."}, {"pk": 4100567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "The rest of the army Joab placed under the command of his brother Abishai. When they took up their positions to meet the Ammonites, Joab said,"}, {"pk": 4100568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cIf the Arameans prove too strong for me, you must help me, and if the Ammonites prove too strong for you, I\u2019ll help you."}, {"pk": 4100569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Be brave! We must be courageous for the sake of our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his eyes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "When Joab and the troops who were with him advanced into battle against the Arameans, they fled from him."}, {"pk": 4100571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and retreated to the city. Then Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4100572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, so they regrouped."}, {"pk": 4100573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Hadadezer sent for Arameans from beyond the Euphrates River. They came to Helam with Shobach leading them as commander of Hadadezer\u2019s army."}, {"pk": 4100574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "When this was reported to David he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. The Arameans formed battle lines against David and fought with him."}, {"pk": 4100575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David destroyed seven hundred of their chariots and forty thousand horsemen. David wounded their army commander Shobach, and he died there."}, {"pk": 4100576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "When all the kings who served Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. Never again would the Arameans come to the aid of the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4100577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "In the spring, <sup>[1]</sup> when kings <sup>[2]</sup> go off to war, David sent Joab, along with his servants and all the Israelites, and they destroyed the Ammonites, attacking the city of Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Tg, Vulg; MT <i>messengers</i><br>[1] Or <i>At the turn of the year</i>"}, {"pk": 4100578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "One evening, David got up from his couch and was pacing back and forth on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful."}, {"pk": 4100579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "David sent someone and inquired about the woman. The report came back: \u201cIsn\u2019t this Eliam\u2019s daughter Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "So David sent messengers to get her. When she came to him, he had sex with her. (Now she had been purifying herself after her monthly period.) Then she returned home."}, {"pk": 4100581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "The woman conceived and sent word to David. \u201cI\u2019m pregnant,\u201d she said."}, {"pk": 4100582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Then David sent a message to Joab: \u201cSend me Uriah the Hittite.\u201d So Joab sent Uriah to David."}, {"pk": 4100583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "When Uriah came to him, David asked about the welfare of Joab and the army and how the battle was going."}, {"pk": 4100584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Then David told Uriah, \u201cGo down to your house and wash your feet.\u201d Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him."}, {"pk": 4100585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "However, Uriah slept at the palace entrance with all his master\u2019s servants. He didn\u2019t go down to his own house."}, {"pk": 4100586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "David was told, \u201cUriah didn\u2019t go down to his own house,\u201d so David asked Uriah, \u201cHaven\u2019t you just returned from a journey? Why didn\u2019t you go home?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThe chest and Israel and Judah are all living in tents,\u201d Uriah told David. \u201cAnd my master Joab and my master\u2019s troops are camping in the open field. How <sup>[3]</sup> could I go home and eat, drink, and have sex with my wife? I swear on your very life, <sup>[4]</sup> I will not do that!\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>I swear on your life and your soul\u2019s life;</i> cf LXX<br>[3] LXX<sup>L</sup>; MT lacks <i>How.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Then David told Uriah, \u201cStay here one more day. Tomorrow I\u2019ll send you back.\u201d So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day. The next day"}, {"pk": 4100589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "David called for him, and he ate and drank, and David got him drunk. In the evening Uriah went out to sleep in the same place, alongside his master\u2019s servants, but he did not go down to his own home."}, {"pk": 4100590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah."}, {"pk": 4100591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "He wrote in the letter, \u201cPlace Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle, and then pull back from him so that he will be struck down and die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "So as Joab was attacking the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew there were strong warriors."}, {"pk": 4100593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "When the city\u2019s soldiers came out and attacked Joab, some of the people from David\u2019s army fell. Uriah the Hittite was also killed."}, {"pk": 4100594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Joab sent a complete report of the battle to David."}, {"pk": 4100595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cWhen you have finished reporting all the news of the battle to the king,\u201d Joab instructed the messenger,"}, {"pk": 4100596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cif the king gets angry and asks you, \u2018Why did you go so close to the city to fight? didn\u2019t you know they would shoot from the wall?"}, {"pk": 4100597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Who killed Jerubbaal\u2019s son Abimelech? <sup>[5]</sup> didn\u2019t a woman throw an upper millstone on top of him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?\u2019 then say: \u2018Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too.\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[5] LXX, Syr, <a href='/CEB/7/7/1'>Judg 7:1</a>; MT <i>Jerub-besheth</i>"}, {"pk": 4100598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "So the messenger set off, and when he arrived he reported to David everything Joab sent him to say."}, {"pk": 4100599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cThe men overpowered us,\u201d the messenger told David. \u201cThey came out against us in the open field, but we fought against them <sup>[6]</sup> up to the entrance of the city gate.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>we were upon them</i>"}, {"pk": 4100600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Archers shot down on your servants from the wall. Some of the king\u2019s servants died. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "David said to the messenger, \u201cSay this to Joab: \u2018Don\u2019t be upset about this because the sword is that way: taking the life of this person or that person. Continue attacking the city and destroy it!\u2019 Encourage Joab!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "When Uriah\u2019s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband."}, {"pk": 4100603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "After the time of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her back to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But what David had done was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4100604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "So the LORD sent Nathan to David. When Nathan arrived he said, \u201cThere were two men in the same city, one rich, one poor."}, {"pk": 4100605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "The rich man had a lot of sheep and cattle,"}, {"pk": 4100606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "but the poor man had nothing \u2014 just one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised that lamb, and it grew up with him and his children. It would eat from his food and drink from his cup \u2014 even sleep in his arms! It was like a daughter to him."}, {"pk": 4100607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cNow a traveler came to visit the rich man, but he wasn\u2019t willing to take anything from his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had arrived. Instead, he took the poor man\u2019s ewe lamb and prepared it for the visitor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "David got very angry at the man, and he said to Nathan, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, the one who did this is demonic! <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>as good as dead</i>; MT <i>a son of death</i>"}, {"pk": 4100609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "He must restore the ewe lamb seven times over <sup>[2]</sup> because he did this and because he had no compassion.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>fourfold (</i> cf <a href='/CEB/2/22/1'>Exod 22:1</a>)"}, {"pk": 4100610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cYou are that man!\u201d Nathan told David. \u201cThis is what the LORD God of Israel says: I anointed you king over Israel and delivered you from Saul\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4100611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "I gave your master\u2019s house <sup>[3]</sup> to you, and gave his wives into your embrace. I gave you the house <sup>[4]</sup> of Israel and Judah. If that was too little, I would have given even more.", "comment": "[4] Syr <i>daughters</i><br>[3] Syr <i>daughters</i>"}, {"pk": 4100612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Why have you despised the LORD\u2019s word by doing what is evil in his eyes? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and taken his wife as your own. You used the Ammonites to kill him."}, {"pk": 4100613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Because of that, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own, the sword will never leave your own house."}, {"pk": 4100614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThis is what the LORD says: I am making trouble come against you from inside your own family. Before your very eyes I will take your wives away and give them to your friend, and he will have sex with your wives in broad daylight."}, {"pk": 4100615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "You did what you did secretly, but I will do what I am doing before all Israel in the light of day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cI\u2019ve sinned against the LORD!\u201d David said to Nathan. \u201cThe LORD has removed your sin,\u201d Nathan replied to David. \u201cYou won\u2019t die."}, {"pk": 4100617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "However, because you have utterly disrespected the LORD <sup>[5]</sup> by doing this, the son born to you will definitely die.\u201d", "comment": "[5] MT <i>the LORD\u2019s enemies</i>\u2014a euphemism or ancient scribal correction (cf <a href=C:@90 25:22>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/9/25/22'>1 Sam 25:22</a>)"}, {"pk": 4100618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Nathan went home. <b>Bathsheba\u2019s child dies</b> </pb> The LORD struck the child that Uriah\u2019s wife had borne for David, and he became very sick."}, {"pk": 4100619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "David begged God for the boy. He fasted and spent the night sleeping on the ground."}, {"pk": 4100620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "The senior servants of his house approached <sup>[6]</sup> him to lift him up off the ground, but he refused, and he wouldn\u2019t eat with them either.", "comment": "[6] LXX<sup>L</sup>, DSS(4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>stood over</i>"}, {"pk": 4100621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "On the seventh day, the child died. David\u2019s servants were afraid to tell him that the child had died. \u201cDavid wouldn\u2019t listen to us when we talked to him while the child was still alive,\u201d they said. \u201cHow can we tell him the child has died? He\u2019ll do something terrible!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "But when David saw his servants whispering, he realized the child had died. \u201cIs the child dead?\u201d David asked his servants. \u201cYes,\u201d they said, \u201che is dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Then David rose from the ground, bathed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He entered the LORD\u2019s house and bowed down. Then he entered his own house. He requested food, which was brought to him, and he ate."}, {"pk": 4100624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cWhy are you acting this way?\u201d his servants asked. \u201cWhen the child was alive, you fasted and cried and kept watch, <sup>[7]</sup> but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat food!\u201d", "comment": "[7] LXX<sup>L</sup>, OL; MT lacks <i>kept watch.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "David replied, \u201cWhile the child was alive I fasted and wept because I thought, Who knows? The LORD may have mercy on me and let the child live."}, {"pk": 4100626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "But he is dead now. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? No. I am going where he is, but he won\u2019t come back to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had sex with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon. <sup>[8]</sup> The LORD loved him", "comment": "[8] Qere; Kethib <i>he</i> (David) <i>named</i>"}, {"pk": 4100628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "and sent word by the prophet Nathan to name him Jedidiah <sup>[9]</sup> because of the LORD\u2019s grace. <sup>[10]</sup>", "comment": "[10] Heb uncertain; some Heb and LXX manuscripts <i>by the LORD\u2019s word</i><br>[9] <i>Jedidiah</i> means <i>Loved by the LORD.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "Meanwhile, Joab fought the Ammonites at Rabbah and captured the royal city."}, {"pk": 4100630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, \u201cI have fought against Rabbah and captured the city\u2019s water supply. <sup>[11]</sup>", "comment": "[11] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "So gather the rest of the troops, attack the city, and capture it. Otherwise, I will capture the city myself, and it will be named after me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "So David gathered all the troops, marched to Rabbah, fought against it, and captured it."}, {"pk": 4100633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "David took Milcom\u2019s <sup>[12]</sup> crown off his head. It weighed one kikkar of gold and was set with a valuable stone. It was placed on David\u2019s head. The amount of loot David took from the city was huge.", "comment": "[12] LXX; MT <i>their king\u2019s crown</i>"}, {"pk": 4100634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "He brought out the people who were in the city and put them to work making bricks. David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes; <sup>[13]</sup> he did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.", "comment": "[13] Cf LXX<sup>L</sup>, OL, Tg, <a href='/CEB/13/20/3'>1 Chron 20:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4100635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, David\u2019s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar the beautiful sister of Absalom, who was also David\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4100636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Amnon was so upset over his half sister that he made himself sick. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible in Amnon\u2019s view to do anything to her."}, {"pk": 4100637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, Shimeah\u2019s son, David\u2019s brother, who was a very clever man."}, {"pk": 4100638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cPrince,\u201d Jonadab said to him, \u201cwhy are you so down, morning after morning? Tell me about it.\u201d So Amnon told him, \u201cI\u2019m in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cLie down on your bed and pretend to be sick,\u201d Jonadab said to him. \u201cWhen your father comes to see you, tell him, \u2018Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch and eat from her own hand.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. The king came to see him, and Amnon told the king, \u201cPlease let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of heart-shaped cakes in front of me so I can eat from her hand.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "David sent word to Tamar at the palace: \u201cPlease go to your brother Amnon\u2019s house and prepare some food for him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "So Tamar went to her brother Amnon\u2019s house where he was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made heart-shaped cakes in front of him, and then cooked them."}, {"pk": 4100643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "She took the pan and served Amnon, but he refused to eat. \u201cEveryone leave me,\u201d Amnon said. So everyone left him."}, {"pk": 4100644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Amnon said to Tamar, \u201cBring the food into the bedroom so I can eat from your hand.\u201d So Tamar took the heart-shaped cakes she had made and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom."}, {"pk": 4100645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "When she served him the food, he grabbed her and said, \u201cCome have sex with me, my sister.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "But she said to him, \u201cNo, my brother! Don\u2019t rape me. Such a thing shouldn\u2019t be done in Israel. Don\u2019t do this horrible thing."}, {"pk": 4100647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Think about me \u2014 where could I hide my shame? And you \u2014 you would become like some fool in Israel! Please, just talk to the king! He won\u2019t keep me from marrying you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "But Amnon refused to listen to her. He was stronger than she was, and so he raped her."}, {"pk": 4100649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "But then Amnon felt intense hatred for her. In fact, his hatred for her was greater than the love he had felt for her. So Amnon told her, \u201cGet out of here!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cNo, my brother!\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> she said. \u201cSending me away would be worse than the wrong you\u2019ve already done.\u201d But Amnon wouldn\u2019t listen to her.", "comment": "[1] Correction; Heb uncertain; cf LXX, Vulg"}, {"pk": 4100651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "He summoned his young servant and said, \u201cGet this woman out of my presence and lock the door after her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "<sup>[17]</sup> (She was wearing a long-sleeved robe because that was what the virgin princesses wore as garments.) <sup>[2]</sup> So Amnon\u2019s servant put her out and locked the door after her.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved robe she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and walked away, crying as she went."}, {"pk": 4100654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Her brother Absalom said to her, \u201cHas your brother Amnon been with you? Keep quiet about it for now, sister; he\u2019s your brother. Don\u2019t let it bother you.\u201d So Tamar, a broken woman, lived in her brother Absalom\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4100655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "When King David heard about all this he got very angry, but he refused to punish his son Amnon because he loved him as his oldest child. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX, DSS(4QSam<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>but he refused\u2026 oldest child.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Absalom never spoke to Amnon, good word or bad, because he hated him for raping his sister Tamar."}, {"pk": 4100657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Two years later, Absalom was shearing sheep at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and he invited all the king\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4100658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Absalom approached the king and said, \u201cYour servant is shearing sheep. Would the king and his advisors please join me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "But the king said to Absalom, \u201cNo, my son. We shouldn\u2019t all go, or we would be a burden on you.\u201d Although Absalom urged him, the king wasn\u2019t willing to go, although he gave Absalom a blessing."}, {"pk": 4100660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "Then Absalom said, \u201cIf you won\u2019t come, then let my brother Amnon go with us.\u201d \u201cWhy should he go with you?\u201d they asked him."}, {"pk": 4100661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "But Absalom urged him until he sent Amnon and all the other princes. Then Absalom made a banquet fit for a king. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>Then Absalom\u2026 king.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "Absalom commanded his servants, \u201cBe on the lookout! When Amnon is happy with wine and I tell you to strike Amnon down, then kill him! Don\u2019t be afraid, because I myself am giving you the order. Be brave and strong men.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "So Absalom\u2019s servants did to Amnon just what he had commanded. Then all the princes got up, jumped onto their mules, and fled."}, {"pk": 4100664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "While they were on the way, the report came to David: \u201cAbsalom has killed all of the princes! Not one remains.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "The king got up, tore his garments, and lay on the ground. All his servants stood near him, their garments torn as well."}, {"pk": 4100666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "But Jonadab, the son of David\u2019s brother Shimeah, said, \u201cMy master shouldn\u2019t think that all the young princes have been killed \u2014 only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom\u2019s plan ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar."}, {"pk": 4100667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "So don\u2019t let this bother you, my master; don\u2019t think that all the princes are dead, because only Amnon is dead,"}, {"pk": 4100668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "and Absalom has fled.\u201d Just then the young man on watch looked up and saw many people coming on the road behind him alongside the mountain."}, {"pk": 4100669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "Jonadab told the king, \u201cLook, the princes are coming, just as I, your servant, said they would.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "When Jonadab finished speaking, the princes arrived. They broke into loud crying, and the king and his servants cried hard as well."}, {"pk": 4100671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "Meanwhile, Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur\u2019s King Talmai, Ammihud\u2019s son. David mourned for his son a long time."}, {"pk": 4100672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "But Absalom, after fleeing to Geshur, stayed there for three years."}, {"pk": 4100673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 13, "verse": 39, "text": "Then the king\u2019s desire to go out after Absalom faded away because he had gotten over Amnon\u2019s death. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] DSS(4QSam<sup>a</sup>), LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son, could see that the king\u2019s mind was on Absalom."}, {"pk": 4100675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, \u201cPretend to be in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes. Don\u2019t anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has spent a long time mourning over someone who has died."}, {"pk": 4100676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Go to the king and speak to him as follows.\u201d Then Joab told her what to say."}, {"pk": 4100677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell facedown, bowing low out of respect. \u201cKing, help me!\u201d she said."}, {"pk": 4100678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cWhat is wrong?\u201d the king asked her. \u201cIt\u2019s terrible!\u201d she said. \u201cI am a widow; my husband is dead."}, {"pk": 4100679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field. No one could separate them, and one struck the other and killed him."}, {"pk": 4100680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Now the entire clan has turned against your servant. They say, \u2018Hand over the one who killed his brother so we can execute him for murdering his brother, even though we would destroy the heir as well.\u2019 So they would snuff out the one ember I have left, leaving my husband without name or descendant on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "The king said to the woman, \u201cReturn home, and I will issue an order in your behalf.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "The woman of Tekoa said to the king, \u201cMy master and king, let the guilt be on me and on my father\u2019s household. The king and his throne are innocent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cIf anyone speaks against you, bring him to me, and he will never trouble you again,\u201d the king replied."}, {"pk": 4100684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "She said, \u201cPlease let the king remember the LORD your God so that the one seeking revenge doesn\u2019t add to the destruction and doesn\u2019t kill my son.\u201d \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives,\u201d David said, \u201cnot one of your son\u2019s hairs will fall to the ground.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the woman said, \u201cMay your female servant say something to my master the king?\u201d \u201cSpeak!\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4100686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "The woman said, \u201cWhy have you planned the very same thing against God\u2019s people? In giving this order, the king has become guilty because the king hasn\u2019t restored his own banished son."}, {"pk": 4100687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "We all have to die \u2014 we\u2019re like water spilled out on the ground that can\u2019t be gathered up again. But God doesn\u2019t take life away; instead, he makes plans so those banished from him don\u2019t stay that way. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup>\u201cI have come to my master the king to talk about this because people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, I must speak with the king. Maybe the king will act on the request of his servant,", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/10/14/15-17'>14:15\u201317</a> may have originally followed <a href='/CEB/10/14/7'>14:7</a>."}, {"pk": 4100689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "because the king will agree to deliver his servant from the power of anyone who would destroy both me and my son from the inheritance God gave."}, {"pk": 4100690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Your servant thought, The word of my master the king will definitely comfort me, because my master the king is like one of God\u2019s messengers, understanding good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> The king answered the woman, \u201cI must ask you something \u2014 don\u2019t hide anything from me!\u201d The woman said, \u201cPlease, my master and king, speak.\u201d", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/10/14/18'>14:18</a> may have originally followed <a href='/CEB/10/14/14'>14:14</a>."}, {"pk": 4100692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "So the king said, \u201cHas Joab put you up to this?\u201d The woman answered, \u201cAs surely as you live, my master and king, no one can deviate a bit from whatever my master and king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who directed me, and it was Joab who told your female servant to say all these things."}, {"pk": 4100693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Your servant Joab did this to change the way things look. <sup>[4]</sup> But my master\u2019s wisdom is like the wisdom of one of God\u2019s own messengers \u2014 he knows everything that takes place in the land.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "So the king said to Joab, \u201cAll right then. I will do it. Go and bring back my boy Absalom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Joab fell facedown, bowing low out of respect, and he blessed the king. \u201cToday your servant knows that you think well of me, my master and king,\u201d Joab said, \u201cbecause the king has followed up on his servant\u2019s recommendation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4100697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "The king said, \u201cHe must go straight to his own house. He must not see my face.\u201d So Absalom went straight to his own house and did not see the king."}, {"pk": 4100698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "No man throughout Israel was as praised for his good looks as Absalom. From the soles of his feet to the crown of his head there was nothing wrong with him."}, {"pk": 4100699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "When he shaved his head \u2014 he had to shave his head at the end of each year because his hair was so heavy that he had to shave it \u2014 the weight of the hair from his head was two hundred shekels by the royal weight."}, {"pk": 4100700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "Absalom had three sons and one daughter. The daughter\u2019s name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman."}, {"pk": 4100701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without ever seeing the king\u2019s face."}, {"pk": 4100702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Absalom called for Joab in order to send Joab to the king, but Joab refused to come. Absalom called for Joab a second time, but he still wouldn\u2019t come."}, {"pk": 4100703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "So Absalom said to his servants, \u201cLook, Joab\u2019s property is next to mine. He has barley there. Go and set it on fire.\u201d So Absalom\u2019s servants set the property on fire. Then Joab\u2019s servants went to Joab with their clothes torn. \u201cAbsalom\u2019s servants set the property on fire,\u201d they said. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] DSS (4QSam<sup>c</sup>) LXX; MT lacks <i>Then Joab\u2019s servants\u2026 said.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "So Joab went straight to Absalom\u2019s house and said to him, \u201cWhy have your servants set my property on fire?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "Absalom answered Joab, \u201cLook, I sent you a message: Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, \u2018Why have I returned from Geshur? I would be better off if I were still there!\u2019 Please let me see the king\u2019s face. If I\u2019m guilty, then the king can kill me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "Joab went to the king and reported this to him. Then the king called for Absalom, and Absalom came to the king. He bowed low out of respect, nose to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom."}, {"pk": 4100707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, Absalom got a chariot and horses for his own use, along with fifty men to run ahead of him."}, {"pk": 4100708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Absalom would get up early and stand by the side of the road that went through the city gate. Whenever anyone had a lawsuit to bring before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, \u201cWhat city are you from?\u201d When the person said, \u201cYour servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "then Absalom would say to him, \u201cNo doubt your claims are correct and valid, but the king won\u2019t listen to you."}, {"pk": 4100710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "If only I were made a judge in the land,\u201d Absalom would continue, \u201cthen anyone with a lawsuit could come to me, and I would give them justice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Whenever anyone came near to Absalom, bowing low out of respect, he would reach his hand out, grab them, and kiss them."}, {"pk": 4100712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "This is how Absalom treated every Israelite who came to the king seeking justice. This is how Absalom stole the hearts of the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4100713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "At the end of four <sup>[1]</sup> years, Absalom said to the king, \u201cPlease let me go to Hebron so I can fulfill a promise I made to the LORD.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Vulg, Josephus; MT <i>forty</i>"}, {"pk": 4100714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Your servant made this promise when I lived in Geshur, in Aram. I promised that if the LORD would bring me back to Jerusalem, then I would worship the LORD in Hebron.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>in Hebron</i>."}, {"pk": 4100715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cGo in peace,\u201d the king said. So Absalom left and went to Hebron."}, {"pk": 4100716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "But Absalom sent secret agents throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: \u201cWhen you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, \u2018Absalom has become king in Hebron!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Two hundred invited guests went with Absalom from Jerusalem. They were innocent and knew nothing of this matter when they went."}, {"pk": 4100718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he summoned David\u2019s advisor Ahithophel, who was from Giloh, to come from his hometown. So the conspiracy grew stronger, and Absalom\u2019s following grew."}, {"pk": 4100719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "A messenger came to David, reporting, \u201cThe hearts of the Israelites have gone over to Absalom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Then David told all the servants who were with him in Jerusalem, \u201cCome on! We have to run for it, or we won\u2019t be able to escape Absalom. Hurry, or he will catch up with us in no time, destroy us, <sup>[3]</sup> and attack the city with the sword.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; LXX<sup>L</sup> <i>bring the city down on top of us</i>"}, {"pk": 4100721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The king\u2019s servants said to him, \u201cYour servants are ready to do whatever our master the king decides.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "So the king left, with his entire household following him, but he left ten secondary wives behind to take care of the palace."}, {"pk": 4100723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "So the king left, with all his people following him, and they stopped at the last house."}, {"pk": 4100724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "All the king\u2019s servants marched past him, as did all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath."}, {"pk": 4100725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "The king said to Ittai the Gittite, \u201cWhy are you coming with us too? Go back! Stay with King Absalom. <sup>[4]</sup> You are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>Absalom</i>."}, {"pk": 4100726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "You just got here yesterday. So today should I make you wander around with us while I go wherever I have to go? No. Go back, and take your relatives with you. May the LORD show you loyal love and faithfulness.\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT lacks <i>may the Lord show you</i>."}, {"pk": 4100727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "But Ittai answered the king, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives and as surely as my master the king lives, wherever my master the king may be, facing death or facing life, your servant will be there too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cOkay then,\u201d David replied to Ittai. \u201cKeep marching!\u201d So Ittai the Gittite and all of his men and all the little children with him marched past."}, {"pk": 4100729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "The whole countryside cried loudly as all the troops marched past. The king crossed the Kidron Valley, and all the troops passed by on the Olive road <sup>[6]</sup> into the wilderness.", "comment": "[6] LXX<sup>L</sup>; MT lacks <i>Olive.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "Zadok was there too, along with all the Levites carrying the chest containing God\u2019s covenant. They set God\u2019s chest down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the troops had finished marching out of the city."}, {"pk": 4100731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Then the king said to Zadok, \u201cCarry God\u2019s chest back into the city. If the LORD thinks well of me, then he will bring me back and let me see it and its home again."}, {"pk": 4100732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "But if God says, \u2018I\u2019m not pleased with you,\u2019 then I am ready. Let him do to me whatever pleases him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cDo you understand?\u201d the king said to the priest Zadok. \u201cGo back to the city in safety \u2014 you and Abiathar <sup>[7]</sup> with your two sons, your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar\u2019s son Jonathan.", "comment": "[7] Correction; MT lacks <i>and Abiathar.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "I will be waiting in the desert plains until you send word telling me what to do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "So Zadok and Abiathar took God\u2019s chest back to Jerusalem and stayed there."}, {"pk": 4100736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "But David, his head covered, walked barefoot up the slope of the Mount of Olives crying. All the people who were with him covered their heads too and cried as they went up."}, {"pk": 4100737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "David was told that Ahithophel was also among the conspirators with Absalom, so he prayed, \u201cPlease, LORD, make Ahithophel\u2019s advice foolish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "When David came to the summit where people used to worship God, Hushai from Erek met him. Hushai\u2019s clothes were ripped, and dirt was on his head."}, {"pk": 4100739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "David said to him, \u201cIf you come with me, you will be a burden to me."}, {"pk": 4100740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, \u2018King, I am your servant! <sup>[8]</sup> Please spare my life! I was your father\u2019s servant in the past, but now I am your servant,\u2019 then you can help me by countering Ahithophel\u2019s advice.", "comment": "[8] Correction, LXX; MT <i>King, I will be your servant.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "The priests Zadok and Abiathar will be with you there. So report everything you hear in the king\u2019s palace to the priests Zadok and Abiathar."}, {"pk": 4100742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "Their two sons, Zadok\u2019s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar\u2019s son Jonathan, are also there. Use them to report to me everything you hear.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "So David\u2019s friend Hushai went into Jerusalem, just as Absalom was entering the city."}, {"pk": 4100744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "When David had passed a short distance beyond the summit, Ziba, Mephibosheth\u2019s servant, met him with a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred bunches of raisins, one hundred figs, <sup>[1]</sup> and a jar of wine.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>summer fruit</i>"}, {"pk": 4100745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cWhat is all this for?\u201d the king asked Ziba. \u201cThe donkeys are for the royal family to ride,\u201d Ziba explained. \u201cThe bread and summer fruit are for the young people to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the wilderness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWhere is your master\u2019s grandson?\u201d the king asked. \u201cHe is still in Jerusalem,\u201d Ziba answered the king, \u201cbecause he thinks that the Israelites are now going to give his grandfather\u2019s kingdom back to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cLook here,\u201d the king said to Ziba. \u201cEverything that belonged to Mephibosheth now belongs to you.\u201d Ziba said, \u201cI bow out of respect! Please think well of me, my master and king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "When King David came to Bahurim, a man from the same clan as Saul\u2019s family came out from there. His name was Shimei; he was Gera\u2019s son. He was cursing as he came out."}, {"pk": 4100749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "He threw rocks at David and at all of King David\u2019s servants, even though the entire army and all the warriors were on either side of him."}, {"pk": 4100750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "This is what Shimei said as he cursed David: \u201cGet out of here! Get out of here! You are a murderer! You are despicable!"}, {"pk": 4100751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of Saul\u2019s family, in whose place you rule, and the LORD has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. You are in this trouble because you are a murderer!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Zeruiah\u2019s son Abishai said to the king, \u201cWhy should this dead dog curse my master the king? Let me go over and cut his head off!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "But the king said, \u201cMy problems aren\u2019t yours, you sons of Zeruiah. If he is cursing because the LORD told him to curse David, then who is to question, \u2018Why are you doing this?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Then David addressed Abishai and all his servants: \u201cListen! My own son, one of my very own children, wants me dead. This Benjaminite can only feel the same \u2014 only more! Leave him alone. And let him curse, because the LORD told him to."}, {"pk": 4100755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Perhaps the LORD will see my distress; perhaps the LORD will repay me with good for this cursing today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "So David and his men kept walking, while Shimei went along on the hillside next to him, cursing as he went, throwing rocks and dirt at him."}, {"pk": 4100757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "The king and all the people who were with him reached the Jordan River <sup>[2]</sup> exhausted, and he rested there.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>at the Jordan River.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Now Absalom and all the Israelites entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him."}, {"pk": 4100759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Then David\u2019s friend Hushai, who was from Erek, approached Absalom and said to him, \u201cLong live the king! Long live the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "But Absalom said to Hushai, \u201cIs this how you show loyal love to your friend? Why didn\u2019t you go with him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cNo,\u201d Hushai replied to Absalom, \u201cI will belong to the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all Israel, and I will stay with him."}, {"pk": 4100762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "What\u2019s more, whom should I serve if not David\u2019s son? I served your father, and so I will serve you in the same way.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, \u201cGive your advice then. What should we do?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cHave sex with your father\u2019s secondary wives \u2014 the ones he left to take care of the palace,\u201d Ahithophel told Absalom. \u201cThen all Israel will hear that you have alienated yourself from your father, and everyone who supports you will be encouraged.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he had sex with his father\u2019s secondary wives in plain sight before all Israel."}, {"pk": 4100766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "<sup>[22]</sup> (Now in those days, the advice Ahithophel gave was like asking for a word from God. That\u2019s why Ahithophel\u2019s advice was valued by both David and Absalom.)"}, {"pk": 4100767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, \u201cLet me pick twelve thousand men, and I will go after David tonight."}, {"pk": 4100768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "I will attack him while he is tired and weak, and I will throw him into a panic. All the troops with him will run off. I promise to kill the king alone,"}, {"pk": 4100769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "and I will bring all the people back to you like a bride comes back to her husband. <sup>[1]</sup> It\u2019s only one man\u2019s life you are seeking; everyone else can be at peace.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "This plan seemed excellent to Absalom and the Israelite elders."}, {"pk": 4100771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "But Absalom said, \u201cCall Hushai from Erek. Let\u2019s hear what he has to say as well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "When Hushai from Erek arrived, Absalom said to him, \u201cThis is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow it or not? What do you say?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Hushai said to Absalom, \u201cThis time, the advice Ahithophel has given isn\u2019t right."}, {"pk": 4100774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "You know that your father and his men are warriors,\u201d he continued, \u201cand they are as desperate as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is a seasoned fighter. He won\u2019t spend the night with his troops."}, {"pk": 4100775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Even now he has probably hidden himself in one of the caves or some other place. When some of the troops <sup>[2]</sup> fall in the first attack, whoever hears it will say, \u2018The soldiers who follow Absalom have been defeated!\u2019", "comment": "[2] LXX"}, {"pk": 4100776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like a lion\u2019s, will melt in fear because all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave."}, {"pk": 4100777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "So I would advise that all the Israelites, from Dan to Beer-sheba \u2014 a group as countless as sand on the seashore \u2014 be summoned to join you, and that you yourself go into battle."}, {"pk": 4100778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "When we attack him wherever he might be, we will fall on him like dew that falls on the ground. No one will survive \u2014 not him and not one of the soldiers who are with him!"}, {"pk": 4100779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "If he retreats into a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into a valley until not even a pebble of it will be found.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Absalom and everyone in Israel agreed, \u201cThe advice of Hushai from Erek is better than Ahithophel\u2019s advice.\u201d This was because the LORD had decided to counter Ahithophel\u2019s good advice so that the LORD could bring disaster on Absalom."}, {"pk": 4100781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Hushai told the priests Zadok and Abiathar, \u201cHere is what Ahithophel advised Absalom and the Israelite elders, and here is what I advised."}, {"pk": 4100782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "Now send word immediately to David and tell him, \u2018Don\u2019t spend the night in the desert plains. You must cross over immediately. Otherwise, the king and all the troops who are with him will be swallowed up whole.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Jonathan and Ahimaaz were standing by at En-rogel. A female servant would come and report to them, and they would then travel and report to King David because they couldn\u2019t risk being seen entering the city."}, {"pk": 4100784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "But a boy saw them and reported it to Absalom. So the two of them left immediately and came to a man\u2019s house at Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it."}, {"pk": 4100785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "The man\u2019s wife took a covering and spread it over the well\u2019s opening, then scattered grain over it so no one would notice."}, {"pk": 4100786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "When Absalom\u2019s servants came to the woman at the house they demanded, \u201cWhere are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?\u201d The woman told them, \u201cThey crossed over the stream.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> They looked for them but found nothing, so they returned to Jerusalem.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "After they had left, Jonathan and Ahimaaz climbed out of the well. They went and reported to King David, \u201cGet up! Cross the water immediately because Ahithophel has made plans against you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "So David and all the troops who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By daybreak there was no one left who hadn\u2019t crossed the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4100789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "Meanwhile, once Ahithophel saw that his advice hadn\u2019t been followed, he saddled his donkey and went home to his own town. He gave instructions to his household, then hanged himself and died. He was buried in his father\u2019s tomb."}, {"pk": 4100790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "David had reached Mahanaim by the time Absalom and all the Israelites who were with him crossed the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4100791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "Absalom had put Amasa in charge of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Ishmaelite <sup>[4]</sup> who had married Abigail, who was Nahash\u2019s daughter and the sister of Zeruiah, Joab\u2019s mother.", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>A</sup> and <a href='/CEB/13/2/17'>1 Chron 2:17</a>; MT <i>an Israelite</i>; LXX<sup>M</sup> <i>a Jezreelite</i>"}, {"pk": 4100792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "Israel and Absalom camped in the territory of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4100793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "When David arrived in Mahanaim, Nahash\u2019s son Shobi, who was from Rabbah of the Ammonites; Ammiel\u2019s son Machir, who was from Lo-debar; and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim"}, {"pk": 4100794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "brought couches, basins, and pottery, along with wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,"}, {"pk": 4100795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 17, "verse": 29, "text": "honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd so that David and the troops who were with him could eat. They said, \u201cThe troops have grown hungry, tired, and thirsty in the wilderness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Then David gathered the troops who were with him and appointed unit commanders over thousands and hundreds."}, {"pk": 4100797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "David sent out the army \u2014 a third under Joab\u2019s command, a third under the command of Abishai, Zeruiah\u2019s son, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, \u201cI will march out with you myself.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "But the troops replied, \u201cNo! You must not march out! If we flee, they won\u2019t care about us. Even if half of us die, they won\u2019t care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is much better if you support us from the city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "The king said to them, \u201cI will do whatever you think is best.\u201d So the king stood beside the gate as all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands."}, {"pk": 4100800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "The king gave orders to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: \u201cFor my sake, protect my boy Absalom.\u201d All the troops heard what the king ordered regarding Absalom to all the commanders."}, {"pk": 4100801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "So the troops marched into the field to meet the Israelites. The battle was fought in the Ephraim forest."}, {"pk": 4100802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "The army of Israel was defeated there by David\u2019s soldiers. A great slaughter of twenty thousand men took place that day."}, {"pk": 4100803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "The battle spread out over the entire countryside, and the forest devoured more soldiers than the sword that day."}, {"pk": 4100804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Absalom came upon some of David\u2019s men. Absalom was riding on a mule, and the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree. Absalom\u2019s head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair while the mule under him kept on going."}, {"pk": 4100805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "One of the men saw this and reported to Joab, \u201cI just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Joab said to the man who told him, \u201cYou saw this? Why didn\u2019t you kill him on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "But the man said to Joab, \u201cEven if I had a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I wouldn\u2019t touch the king\u2019s son! We heard what the king commanded you, Abishai, and Ittai \u2014 \u2018For my sake, take care of my boy Absalom.\u2019 <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg, Syr; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "If I had taken Absalom\u2019s life behind the king\u2019s back then \u2014 though nothing is hidden from the king \u2014 you would have kept your distance from me.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Otherwise, I would have been dealing recklessly with my own life, because nothing is hidden from the king and you were stationed far from me</i>; Heb uncertain."}, {"pk": 4100809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Joab said, \u201cI won\u2019t waste time like this with you!\u201d He took three sticks in his hand and drove them into Absalom\u2019s chest while he was still alive in the oak."}, {"pk": 4100810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Then ten young armor-bearers of Joab surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him."}, {"pk": 4100811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped chasing the Israelites, because Joab held them back."}, {"pk": 4100812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "They took Absalom and threw him into a big pit in the forest. They piled over him a huge heap of stones. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes."}, {"pk": 4100813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "When he was alive, Absalom had raised a large pillar for himself in the King\u2019s Valley because he said, \u201cI have no son to carry on the memory of my name.\u201d He named the pillar after himself. It is called Absalom\u2019s Monument to this day."}, {"pk": 4100814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Then Zadok\u2019s son Ahimaaz said, \u201cPlease let me run and take the news to the king that the LORD has vindicated him against his enemies\u2019 power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Joab said to him, \u201cYou aren\u2019t the one to bring the news today. You can bring news on another day, but not today, because the king\u2019s son is dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Joab said to a Cushite, \u201cGo tell the king what you have seen.\u201d The Cushite bowed low before Joab, then ran off."}, {"pk": 4100817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "But Zadok\u2019s son Ahimaaz again said to Joab, \u201cI don\u2019t care what happens, just let me run after the Cushite too.\u201d \u201cWhy do you want to go, son?\u201d Joab asked. \u201cYou\u2019ll get no reward for going.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cI don\u2019t care what happens, I want to go,\u201d Ahimaaz said. <sup>[4]</sup> So Joab said to him, \u201cRun off then!\u201d Ahimaaz ran off, going by way of the plain, and passed the Cushite.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>Ahimaaz said.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Now David was sitting between the two gates. The watchman on duty went up on the roof of the gate by the wall. He looked out and saw a man running alone."}, {"pk": 4100820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "The watchman called out and reported this to the king. The king said, \u201cIf he\u2019s alone, it\u2019s good news.\u201d The man got nearer and nearer,"}, {"pk": 4100821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "and the watchman saw another man running and called down to the gatekeeper, \u201cThere\u2019s another man running alone.\u201d The king said, \u201cThat one must be bringing good news too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "The watchman said, \u201cI can see that the first one runs like Zadok\u2019s son Ahimaaz.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s a good man,\u201d the king said, \u201cand is coming with good news.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "Ahimaaz called out to the king, \u201cPeace!\u201d then bowed low before the king, his nose to the ground. He said, \u201cBless the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my master the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "The king said, \u201cIs my boy Absalom okay?\u201d Ahimaaz said, \u201cI saw a large crowd right when Joab, the king\u2019s servant, sent your servant off, but I don\u2019t know what it was about.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cStep aside and stand right here,\u201d the king said. So Ahimaaz stepped aside and waited."}, {"pk": 4100826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Then the Cushite arrived and said, \u201cMy master the king: Listen to this good news! The LORD has vindicated you this day against the power of all who rose up against you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "The king said to the Cushite, \u201cIs my boy Absalom okay?\u201d The Cushite answered, \u201cMay the enemies of my master the king and all who rise up against you to hurt you end up like that young man.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> The king trembled. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he went, he said, \u201cOh, my son Absalom! Oh, my son! My son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! Oh, Absalom, my son! My son!\u201d", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/10/19/1'>19:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4100829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Joab was told that the king was crying and mourning Absalom.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/10/19/2'>19:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4100830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the troops because they heard that day that the king was grieving for his son."}, {"pk": 4100831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "So that day the troops crept back into the city like soldiers creep back ashamed after they\u2019ve fled from battle."}, {"pk": 4100832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "The king covered his face and cried out in a loud voice, \u201cOh, my son Absalom! Oh, Absalom, my son! My son!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "Joab came to the king inside and said, \u201cToday you have humiliated all your servants who have saved your life today, not to mention the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your secondary wives,"}, {"pk": 4100834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you! Today you have announced that the commanders and their soldiers are nothing to you, because I know that if Absalom were alive today and the rest of us dead, that would be perfectly fine with you!"}, {"pk": 4100835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Now get up! Go out and encourage your followers! I swear to the LORD that if you don\u2019t go out there, not one man will stick with you tonight \u2014 and that will be more trouble for you than all the trouble that you\u2019ve faced from your youth until now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "So the king went and sat down in the city gate. All the troops were told that the king was sitting in the gate, so they came before the king. <b>David returns to Jerusalem</b> </pb> Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes."}, {"pk": 4100837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Everyone was arguing throughout Israel\u2019s tribes, saying, \u201cThe king delivered us from our enemies\u2019 power, and he rescued us from the Philistines\u2019 power, but now he has fled from the land and from controlling his own kingdom. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>from over Absalom</i>"}, {"pk": 4100838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "And Absalom, the one we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "When the things that all the Israelites were saying reached the king, <sup>[3]</sup> David sent a message to the priests Zadok and Abiathar: \u201cSay the following to the elders of Judah: \u2018Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace? <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] MT adds <i>The things that all the Israelites were saying reached the king in his home</i> (or <i>palace</i>).<br>[3] LXX, OL; MT lacks <i>When\u2026 the king</i>, though a version of this clause appears in <a href='/CEB/10/19/12'>19:12</a>."}, {"pk": 4100840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "You are my relatives! You are my flesh and bones! Why should you be the last to bring the king back?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4100841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "And tell Amasa, \u2018Aren\u2019t you my flesh and bones too? May God deal harshly with me and worse still if you don\u2019t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "So he won over the hearts of everyone in Judah as though they were one person, and they sent word to the king: \u201cCome back \u2014 you and all your servants.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "So the king came back and arrived at the Jordan River. Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and bring him across the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4100844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Gera\u2019s son Shimei, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the people of Judah to meet King David."}, {"pk": 4100845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "A thousand men from Benjamin were with him. Ziba too, the servant of Saul\u2019s house, along with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, rushed to the Jordan ahead of the king"}, {"pk": 4100846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "to do the work of ferrying <sup>[5]</sup> over the king\u2019s household and to do whatever pleased him. Gera\u2019s son Shimei fell down before the king when he crossed the Jordan.", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>while the crossing was under way, to ferry</i>"}, {"pk": 4100847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "He said to the king, \u201cMay my master not hold me guilty or remember your servant\u2019s wrongdoing that day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please forget about it, Your Majesty, <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/10/19/18-19'>19:18\u201319</a> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "because your servant knows that I have sinned. But look, I am the first person from the entire family of Joseph to come down today and meet my master the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Zeruiah\u2019s son Abishai responded, \u201cShouldn\u2019t Shimei be put to death for that \u2014 for cursing the LORD\u2019s anointed?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "But David said, \u201cMy problems aren\u2019t yours, you sons of Zeruiah. Why are you becoming my enemy today? Should anyone in Israel be put to death today? Don\u2019t I know that today I am again king over Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "Then the king told Shimei, \u201cYou will not die.\u201d And the king swore this to him."}, {"pk": 4100852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "Mephibosheth, Saul\u2019s grandson, also came down to meet the king. He hadn\u2019t taken care of his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely."}, {"pk": 4100853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, \u201cMephibosheth, why didn\u2019t you go with me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cMy master and king,\u201d Mephibosheth answered, \u201cmy servant abandoned me! Because your servant is lame, I asked my servant, \u2018Saddle a donkey for me <sup>[7]</sup> so I can ride and go to the king.\u2019", "comment": "[7] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>your servant said, I will saddle a donkey for myself</i>"}, {"pk": 4100855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "So Ziba has slandered your servant to my master and king, but my master and king is a messenger of God. So do whatever seems best to you."}, {"pk": 4100856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "Even though all the members of my grandfather\u2019s family were nothing short of demonic <sup>[8]</sup> toward my master and king, you still put your servant with those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to beg for still more from the king?\u201d", "comment": "[8] Or <i>were doomed to death by my master the king</i>; MT <i>men of death</i>"}, {"pk": 4100857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cYou don\u2019t need to talk any more about this,\u201d the king said to him. \u201cI order you and Ziba to divide the property.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "Mephibosheth said to the king, \u201cLet him take all of it, since my master and king has come home safely.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim. He accompanied the king to the Jordan River to send him off there."}, {"pk": 4100860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "Barzillai was very old, 80 years of age. He had supported the king during his stay at Mahanaim because Barzillai was a very wealthy man."}, {"pk": 4100861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "The king said to Barzillai, \u201cCome over the Jordan with me. I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "But Barzillai said to the king, \u201cHow many years do I have left that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?"}, {"pk": 4100863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "I am now 80 years old. Do I know what is good or bad anymore? Can your servant taste what I eat or drink? Can I even hear the voices of men or women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my master and king?"}, {"pk": 4100864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "Your servant will cross a short way over the Jordan with the king, but why should the king give me such a reward?"}, {"pk": 4100865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "Let your servant return so I may die in my own town near the grave of my parents. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my master and king, and treat him as you think best.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 38, "text": "The king said, \u201cOkay. Chimham will cross over with me, and I will treat him as I <sup>[9]</sup> think best. And I will do for you anything you desire from me.\u201d", "comment": "[9] LXX; MT <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4100867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 39, "text": "So all the people crossed over the Jordan River, and the king stayed behind. <sup>[10]</sup> The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and then Barzillai went back to his home.", "comment": "[10] LXX; MT <i>crossed over</i>"}, {"pk": 4100868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 40, "text": "When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Chimham went with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king across."}, {"pk": 4100869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 41, "text": "Then everyone in Israel came and said to the king, \u201cWhy did our relatives the people of Judah steal you away, and bring the king and his household across the Jordan River, along with all of his soldiers?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 42, "text": "Then all the people of Judah answered the Israelites, \u201cBecause the king is our relative! Why are you angry at us about this? Have we taken any of the king\u2019s food? Has he given us any gifts?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 19, "verse": 43, "text": "But the Israelites answered the people of Judah, \u201cWe have ten shares in the monarchy! What\u2019s more, we are the oldest offspring, not you! <sup>[11]</sup> So why have you disrespected us? Weren\u2019t we the first to talk about bringing back our king?\u201d But the words of the people of Judah were even harsher than the words of the Israelites. <sup>[12]</sup>", "comment": "[12] <a href='/CEB/10/19/39-43'>19:39\u201343</a> Heb uncertain<br>[11] LXX, OL; MT <i>we have a greater claim on David than you do.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Now a despicable man named Sheba, Bichri\u2019s son, from Benjamin, was also there. He sounded the trumpet and said: \u201cWe don\u2019t care about David! <br>We have no stake in Jesse\u2019s son! <br>Go back to your homes, Israel!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4100873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "So all the Israelites left David to follow Bichri\u2019s son Sheba. But all the people of Judah stayed close to their king from the Jordan River all the way to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4100874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "When David arrived at his palace in Jerusalem, the king took the ten secondary wives he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he didn\u2019t have sex with them. They were confined until the day they died, and lived like widows."}, {"pk": 4100875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the king said to Amasa, \u201cCall everyone in Judah here to me three days from now. You should be here too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "So Amasa went to call Judah together, but he took longer than the allotted time."}, {"pk": 4100877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "David told Abishai, \u201cBichri\u2019s son Sheba will cause more trouble for us than Absalom did. Take your master\u2019s servants and chase after him before he finds fortified cities and escapes from us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "So Joab\u2019s men marched out after Sheba \u2014 this included the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors. They marched out of Jerusalem to pursue Bichri\u2019s son Sheba."}, {"pk": 4100879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "When they got to the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was dressed in his soldier\u2019s uniform. Over the tunic at his waist he wore a sword in its sheath. As Joab went forward it slipped out."}, {"pk": 4100880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cHow are you, my brother?\u201d Joab asked Amasa, and with his right hand he took hold of Amasa\u2019s beard as if to kiss him."}, {"pk": 4100881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "But Amasa didn\u2019t notice the sword in Joab\u2019s hand. Joab struck him in the stomach with it so that Amasa\u2019s intestines spilled out on the ground. He died without Joab striking him a second time. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba, Bichri\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4100882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "One of Joab\u2019s men stood by Amasa and said, \u201cWhoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, follow Joab!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "Amasa was writhing in blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that everyone was stopping. When he saw this, he dragged Amasa from the road into a field and threw a robe over him."}, {"pk": 4100884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Once Amasa was moved out of the road, everyone who followed Joab marched past in pursuit of Bichri\u2019s son Sheba."}, {"pk": 4100885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Sheba went through all the Israelite tribes up to Abel of Beth-maacah. All the Bichrites <sup>[1]</sup> assembled and followed Sheba in.", "comment": "[1] Cf LXX, Vulg; MT <i>Berites</i>"}, {"pk": 4100886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Joab\u2019s men arrived and attacked Sheba at Abel of Beth-maacah. They piled up a ramp against the city, and it stood against the outer wall. <sup>[2]</sup> All of Joab\u2019s troops were hammering the wall, trying to bring it down.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Then a wise woman called from the city, \u201cListen! Listen! Tell Joab to come over here, so I can talk to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "So Joab approached her, and the woman said, \u201cAre you Joab?\u201d \u201cI am,\u201d he answered. \u201cPay close attention to the words of your female servant,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m listening,\u201d Joab replied."}, {"pk": 4100889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "She said, \u201cPeople used to say long ago: \u2018Ask your question at Abel,\u2019 and that settled the matter."}, {"pk": 4100890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to kill a city that is one of Israel\u2019s mothers! Why would you annihilate the LORD\u2019s inheritance?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Joab answered, \u201cI would never, ever annihilate or destroy such a thing!"}, {"pk": 4100892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "That\u2019s not the issue. A man named Sheba, Bichri\u2019s son, who is from the Ephraim highlands, has rebelled against King David. Just hand him over, and I\u2019ll leave the city alone.\u201d The woman said to Joab, \u201cHis head will be thrown over the wall to you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "When the woman went to everyone with her wise counsel, they cut off the head of Sheba, Bichri\u2019s son, and threw it out to Joab. Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and his troops left the city, returning to their homes. But Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4100894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "Now Joab was in command of Israel\u2019s army; Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah commanded the Cherethites and the Pelethites;"}, {"pk": 4100895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Ahilud\u2019s son Jehoshaphat was the recorder;"}, {"pk": 4100896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "Sheva was secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;"}, {"pk": 4100897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "and Ira from Jair was also a priest for David."}, {"pk": 4100898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "There was a famine for three years in a row during David\u2019s rule. David asked the LORD about this, and the LORD said, \u201cIt is caused by Saul and his household, who are guilty of bloodshed because he killed the people of Gibeon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "So the king called for the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites weren\u2019t Israelites but were survivors of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn a solemn pledge to spare them, but Saul tried to eliminate them in his enthusiasm for the people of Israel and Judah.)"}, {"pk": 4100900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "David said to the Gibeonites, \u201cWhat can I do for you? How can I fix matters so you can benefit from the LORD\u2019s inheritance?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "The Gibeonites said to him, \u201cWe don\u2019t want any silver or gold from Saul or his family, and it isn\u2019t our right to have anyone in Israel killed.\u201d \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> David asked. \u201cI\u2019ll do it for you.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>L</sup>, OL; MT <i>What are you saying?</i>"}, {"pk": 4100902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cOkay then,\u201d they said to the king. \u201cThat man who opposed and oppressed <sup>[2]</sup> us, who planned to destroy us, keeping us from having a place to live anywhere in Israel \u2014", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>B</sup>; MT <i>annihilated us</i>"}, {"pk": 4100903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "hand over seven of his sons to us, and we will hang them before the LORD at Gibeon <sup>[3]</sup> on the LORD\u2019s mountain.\u201d \u201cI will hand them over,\u201d the king said.", "comment": "[3] Correction; cf LXX and <a href='/CEB/10/21/9'>21:9</a>; MT <i>at Gibeah of Saul, the LORD\u2019s chosen one</i>"}, {"pk": 4100904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "But the king spared Mephibosheth, Jonathan\u2019s son and Saul\u2019s grandson, because of the LORD\u2019s solemn pledge that was between them \u2014 between David and Saul\u2019s son Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4100905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "So the king took the two sons of Aiah\u2019s daughter Rizpah, Armoni and Mephibosheth, whom she had birthed for Saul; and the five sons of Saul\u2019s daughter Merab, <sup>[4]</sup> whom she birthed for Adriel, Barzillai\u2019s son, who was from Meholah,", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>LN</sup>; MT <i>Michal</i> (but cf <a href='/CEB/10/6/23'>2 Sam 6:23</a>)"}, {"pk": 4100906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "and he handed them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged them on the mountain before the LORD. The seven of them died at the same time. They were executed in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest."}, {"pk": 4100907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Aiah\u2019s daughter Rizpah took funeral clothing and spread it out by herself on a rock. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until the rains poured down on the bodies from the sky, and she wouldn\u2019t let any birds of prey land on the bodies during the day or let wild animals come at nighttime."}, {"pk": 4100908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "When David was told what Aiah\u2019s daughter Rizpah, Saul\u2019s secondary wife, had done,"}, {"pk": 4100909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "he went and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen the bones from the public square in Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa."}, {"pk": 4100910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there and collected the bones of the men who had been hanged by the Gibeonites."}, {"pk": 4100911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "The bones of Saul and his son Jonathan were then buried in Zela, in Benjaminite territory, in the tomb of Saul\u2019s father Kish. Once everything the king had commanded was done, God responded to prayers for the land."}, {"pk": 4100912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Once again war broke out between the Philistines and Israel. David and the soldiers who were with him went down and fought the Philistines. When David grew tired,"}, {"pk": 4100913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Ishbi-benob, a descendant of the Raphah, <sup>[5]</sup> planned on killing David. <sup>[6]</sup> The weight of his spear was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was wearing new armor.", "comment": "[6] LXX <i>Joash\u2019s son Dodo, a descendant of the Raphah</i> (see previous note), <i>captured David.</i><br>[5] Or <i>giants</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/10/21/18'>21:18</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/21/20'>20</a>, <a href='/CEB/10/21/22'>22</a>"}, {"pk": 4100914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "But Zeruiah\u2019s son Abishai came to David\u2019s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David\u2019s men swore a solemn pledge to him: \u201cYou will never march out to battle with us again! You must not snuff out Israel\u2019s lamp!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Some time later, another battle with the Philistines took place at Gob. Then Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, a descendant of the Raphah."}, {"pk": 4100916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "There was yet another battle with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan, Jair\u2019s son <sup>[7]</sup> from Bethlehem, killed Goliath from Gath, whose spear shaft was as strong as the bar on a weaver\u2019s loom.", "comment": "[7] See <a href='/CEB/13/20/5'>1 Chron 20:5</a>, LXX<sup>LMN</sup> (cf <a href='/CEB/10/23/24'>2 Sam 23:24</a>); Heb <i>Jaare-oregim</i>."}, {"pk": 4100917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "In another battle at Gath, there was a huge <sup>[8]</sup> man who had six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet, twenty-four in all. He too was descended from the Raphah.", "comment": "[8] See <a href='/CEB/13/20/6'>1 Chron 20:6</a>; MT <i>a Midianite</i> or <i>a combative man</i>."}, {"pk": 4100918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "When he insulted Israel, Jonathan, who was the son of David\u2019s brother Shimei, killed him."}, {"pk": 4100919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "These four Philistines were descended from the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants."}, {"pk": 4100920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> David spoke the words of this song to the LORD after the LORD delivered him from the power of all his enemies and from Saul.", "comment": "[1] This poem also occurs in <a href='/CEB/19/18/1'>Psalm 18</a> with some variations."}, {"pk": 4100921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "He said: <br>The LORD is my solid rock, my fortress, my rescuer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "My God is my rock \u2014 I take refuge in him! \u2014 <br>he\u2019s my shield and my salvation\u2019s strength, <br>my place of safety and my shelter. <br>My savior! Save me from violence!<br>"}, {"pk": 4100923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Because he is praiseworthy, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>I cried out to the LORD, <br>and I was saved from my enemies.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4100924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Death\u2019s waves were all around me; <br>rivers of wickedness terrified me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "The cords of the grave <sup>[3]</sup> surrounded me; <br>death\u2019s traps held me tight.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4100926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "In my distress I cried out to the LORD; <br>I cried out to my God. <br>God heard my voice from his temple; <br>my cry for help reached his ears. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "The earth rocked and shook; <br>the sky\u2019s foundations trembled <br>and reeled because of God\u2019s anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Smoke went up from God\u2019s nostrils; <br>out of his mouth came a devouring fire; <br>flaming coals blazed out in front of him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4100929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "God parted the skies and came down; <br>thick darkness was beneath his feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "God mounted the heavenly creatures and flew; <br>he was seen on the wind\u2019s wings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "God made darkness his covering; <br>water gathered in dense clouds!<br>"}, {"pk": 4100932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Coals of fire blazed out of the brightness before him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD thundered from heaven; <br>the Most High made his voice heard.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "God shot arrows, scattering the enemy; <br>he sent the lightning and whipped them into confusion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "The seabeds were exposed; <br>the earth\u2019s foundations were laid bare at the LORD\u2019s rebuke, <br>at the angry blast of air coming from his nostrils. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "From on high God reached down and grabbed me; <br>he took me out of deep waters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "God saved me from my powerful enemy, <br>saved me from my foes, who were too much for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "They came at me on the very day of my distress, <br>but the LORD was my support.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "He brought me out to wide-open spaces; <br>he pulled me out, because he is pleased with me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD rewarded me for my righteousness; <br>he restored me because my hands are clean,<br>"}, {"pk": 4100941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "because I have kept the LORD\u2019s ways. <br>I haven\u2019t acted wickedly against my God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "All his rules are right in front of me; <br>I haven\u2019t turned away from any of his laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "I have lived with integrity before him; <br>I\u2019ve kept myself from wrongdoing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "And so the LORD restored me for my righteousness, <br>because I am clean in his eyes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "You deal faithfully with the faithful; <br>you show integrity toward the one who has integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "You are pure toward the pure, <br>but toward the crooked, you are tricky.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "You are the one who saves people who suffer, <br>but your eyes are against the proud. <br>You bring them down!<br>"}, {"pk": 4100948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "You are my lamp, LORD; <br>the LORD illumines my darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "With you I can charge into battle; <br>with my God I can leap over a wall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "God! His way is perfect; <br>the LORD\u2019s word is tried and true. <br>He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "Now really, who is divine except the LORD? <br>And who is a rock except our God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4100952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "Only God! My mighty fortress, <br>who makes my way <sup>[4]</sup> perfect,<br>", "comment": "[4] Qere; Kethib <i>his way</i>"}, {"pk": 4100953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 34, "text": "who makes my step <sup>[5]</sup> as sure as the deer\u2019s, <br>who lets me stand securely on the heights,<br>", "comment": "[5] Qere; Kethib <i>his step</i>"}, {"pk": 4100954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 35, "text": "who trains my hands for war <br>so my arms can bend a bronze bow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 36, "text": "You\u2019ve given me the shield of your salvation; <br>your help has made me great.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 37, "text": "You\u2019ve let me walk fast and safe, <br>without even twisting an ankle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 38, "text": "I chased my enemies and destroyed them! <br>I didn\u2019t come home until I finished them off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 39, "text": "I ate them up! I struck them down! <br>They couldn\u2019t get up; <br>they fell under my feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 40, "text": "You equipped me with strength for war; <br>you brought my adversaries down underneath me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 41, "text": "You made my enemies turn tail from me; <br>I destroyed my foes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 42, "text": "They looked around, but there was no one to save them. <br>They looked to the LORD, but he wouldn\u2019t answer them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 43, "text": "I crushed them like dust on the ground; <br>I stomped on them, trampled them like mud dumped in the streets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 44, "text": "You delivered me from struggles with many people; <br>you appointed me the leader of many nations. <br>Strangers come to serve me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 45, "text": "Foreigners grovel before me; <br>after hearing about me, they obey me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 46, "text": "Foreigners lose their nerve; <br>they come trembling out of their fortresses. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>prisons</i>"}, {"pk": 4100966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 47, "text": "The LORD lives! Bless God, my rock! <br>Let my God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high!<br>"}, {"pk": 4100967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 48, "text": "This is the God who avenges on my behalf, <br>who subdues peoples before me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4100968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 49, "text": "who rescues me from my enemies. <br>You lifted me high above my adversaries; <br>you delivered me from violent people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 50, "text": "That\u2019s why I thank you, LORD, in the presence of the nations. <br>That\u2019s why I sing praises to your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 22, "verse": 51, "text": "You are the one who gives great victories to your king, <br>who shows faithful love to your anointed one \u2014 <br>to David and to his descendants forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4100971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "These are David\u2019s last words: This is the declaration of Jesse\u2019s son David, <br>the declaration of a man raised high, <br>a man anointed by the God of Jacob, <br>a man favored by the strong one of Israel. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Israel\u2019s favorite singer</i> or <i>the favorite of Israel\u2019s songs</i>"}, {"pk": 4100972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD\u2019s spirit speaks through me; <br>his word is on my tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Israel\u2019s God has spoken, <br>Israel\u2019s rock said to me: <br>\u201cWhoever rules rightly over people, <br>whoever rules in the fear of God,<br>"}, {"pk": 4100974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "is like the light of sunrise <br>on a morning with no clouds, <br>like the bright gleam after the rain <br>that brings grass from the ground.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4100975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "Yes, my house is this way with God! <sup>[2]</sup> <br>He has made an eternal covenant with me, <br>laid out and secure in every detail. <br>Yes, he provides every one of my victories <br>and brings my every desire to pass.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Yes, my house is surely with God!</i>"}, {"pk": 4100976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "But despicable people are like thorns, <br>all of them good for nothing, <br>because they can\u2019t be carried by hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4100977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "No one can touch them, <br>except with iron bar or the shaft of a spear. <br>They must be burned up with fire right on the spot! <br>"}, {"pk": 4100978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "These are the names of David\u2019s warriors: Jeshbaal <sup>[3]</sup> from Hachmon <sup>[4]</sup> was chief of the Three. <sup>[5]</sup> He raised his spear <sup>[6]</sup> against eight hundred, killing them on a single occasion.", "comment": "[4] See <a href='/CEB/13/11/11'>1 Chron 11:11</a>.<br>[6] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/11/11'>1 Chron 11:11</a>; Heb uncertain<br>[5] LXX<sup>L</sup>, Vulg; cf <a href='/CEB/13/11/11'>1 Chron 11:11</a>; MT <i>chief of the officers</i><br>[3] LXX<sup>L</sup>, OL; MT <i>Josheb-bashebeth</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/13/11/11'>1 Chron 11:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4100979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Next in command was Eleazar, Dodo\u2019s son and Ahohi\u2019s grandson. He was among the three warriors with David when they insulted the Philistines who had gathered there for battle. The Israelites retreated,"}, {"pk": 4100980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "but he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand was weary and stuck to the sword. But the LORD accomplished a great victory that day. The troops then returned to Eleazar, but only to plunder the dead."}, {"pk": 4100981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Next in command was Agee\u2019s son Shammah, who was from Harar. The Philistines had gathered at Lehi, where there was a plot of land full of lentils. The troops fled from the Philistines,"}, {"pk": 4100982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "but Shammah took a position in the middle of the plot, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. The LORD accomplished a great victory."}, {"pk": 4100983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "At harvesttime, three of the thirty chiefs went down and joined David at the fortress <sup>[7]</sup> of Adullam, while a force of Philistines were camped in the Rephaim Valley.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>cave</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/10/23/14'>2 Sam 23:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4100984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "At that time, David was in the fortress, and a Philistine fort was in Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4100985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "David had a craving and said, \u201cIf only someone could give me a drink of water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4100986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "So the three warriors broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it and poured it out to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4100987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cThe LORD forbid that I should do that,\u201d he said. \u201cIsn\u2019t this the blood of men who risked their lives?\u201d So he refused to drink it. These were the kinds of things the three warriors did."}, {"pk": 4100988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Now Zeruiah\u2019s son Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty. <sup>[8]</sup> He raised his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and made a name for himself along with the Three.", "comment": "[8] Some Heb manuscripts, Syr; MT <i>third</i> or <i>three</i>"}, {"pk": 4100989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "He was the most famous of the Thirty. <sup>[9]</sup> He became their commander, but he wasn\u2019t among the Three.", "comment": "[9] Syr; cf <a href='/CEB/13/11/25'>1 Chron 11:25</a>; MT <i>Wasn\u2019t he the most famous of the Three?</i>"}, {"pk": 4100990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah was a hero from Kabzeel who performed great deeds. He killed the two sons <sup>[10]</sup> of Ariel from Moab. He once went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day.", "comment": "[10] LXX; MT lacks <i>sons.</i>"}, {"pk": 4100991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "He also killed a giant <sup>[11]</sup> Egyptian who had a spear in his hand. Benaiah went against him armed with a staff. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian\u2019s hand and killed him with his own spear.", "comment": "[11] MT <i>handsome</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/13/11/23'>1 Chron 11:23</a>"}, {"pk": 4100992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "These were the kinds of things Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah did. He made a name for himself along with the three warriors."}, {"pk": 4100993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "He was famous among the Thirty, but he didn\u2019t become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard."}, {"pk": 4100994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "Among the Thirty were: Asahel, Joab\u2019s brother; Elhanan, Dodo\u2019s son from Bethlehem; <br>"}, {"pk": 4100995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "Shammah from Harod; Elika from Harod; <br>"}, {"pk": 4100996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "Helez from Pelet; Ira, Ikkesh\u2019s son from Tekoa; <br>"}, {"pk": 4100997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "Abiezer from Anathoth; Mebunnai the Hushathite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4100998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "Zalmon from Ahoh; Maharai from Netophah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4100999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "Heleb, Baanah\u2019s son from Netophah; Ittai, Ribai\u2019s son from Gibeah in Benjamin; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "Benaiah from Pirathon; Hiddai from the Gaash ravines; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "Abi-albon from the desert plain; Azmaveth from Bahurim; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "Eliahba from Shaalbon; Jashen the Gizonite; <sup>[12]</sup> Jonathan, <br>", "comment": "[12] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/11/34'>1 Chron 11:34</a>; MT <i>Jashen\u2019s sons</i>"}, {"pk": 4101003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "Shammah\u2019s son <sup>[13]</sup> from Harar; Ahiam, Sharar\u2019s son from Harar; <br>", "comment": "[13] LXX; MT lacks <i>son.</i>"}, {"pk": 4101004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "Eliphelet, Ahasbai\u2019s son from Maacah; Eliam, Ahithophel\u2019s son from Giloh; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "Hezro from Carmel; Paarai from Erab; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "Igal, Nathan\u2019s son from Zobah; Bani the Gadite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai from Beeroth, and the armor-bearer for Zeruiah\u2019s son Joab; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 38, "text": "Ira from Ither; Gaeb from Ither; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 23, "verse": 39, "text": "and Uriah the Hittite \u2014 thirty-seven in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD burned with anger against Israel again, and he incited David against them: Go and count the people of Israel and Judah."}, {"pk": 4101011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "So the king said to Joab and the military commanders <sup>[1]</sup> who were with him, \u201cGo throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and take a census of the people so I know how many people there are.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX and <a href='/CEB/10/24/4'>2 Sam 24:4</a>; MT <i>commander</i>"}, {"pk": 4101012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Joab said to the king, \u201cMay the LORD your God increase the number of people a hundred times while the eyes of my master the king can still see it! But why does my master the king want to do this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "But the king\u2019s word overruled Joab and the military commanders. So Joab and the commanders left the king\u2019s presence to take a census of the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4101014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "They crossed the Jordan River and began from Aroer and from <sup>[2]</sup> the town that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, then on to Jazer.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>camped in Aroer south of the city</i>"}, {"pk": 4101015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "They continued to Gilead and on to Kadesh in Hittite territory. <sup>[3]</sup> They came to Dan <sup>[4]</sup> and went around to Sidon.", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>L</sup>; MT <i>Dan-jaan</i><br>[3] Hebrew uncertain; correction <i>on to the area beneath Hermon</i>"}, {"pk": 4101016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "They went to the fortress of Tyre and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites. They went out to Beer-sheba in the arid southern plain of Judah."}, {"pk": 4101017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "At the end of nine months and twenty days, after going through the entire country, they came back to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Joab reported to the king the number of the people who had been counted: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand strong men who could handle a sword; in Judah the total was five hundred thousand men."}, {"pk": 4101019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "But after this David felt terrible that he had counted the people. David said to the LORD, \u201cI have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, LORD, please take away the guilt of your servant because I have done something very foolish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "When David got up the next morning, the LORD\u2019s word came to the prophet Gad, David\u2019s seer:"}, {"pk": 4101021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "Go and tell David, This is what the LORD says: I\u2019m offering you three punishments. Choose one of them, and that is what I will do to you."}, {"pk": 4101022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "So Gad went to David and said to him, \u201cWill three <sup>[5]</sup> years of famine come on your land? Or will you run from your enemies for three months while they chase you? Or will there be three days of plague in your land? Decide now what answer I should take back to the one who sent me.\u201d", "comment": "[5] LXX, <a href='/CEB/13/21/12'>1 Chron 21:12</a>; MT <i>seven</i>"}, {"pk": 4101023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m in deep trouble,\u201d David said to Gad. \u201cLet\u2019s fall into the LORD\u2019s hands because his mercy is great, but don\u2019t let me fall into human hands.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that very morning until the allotted time. Seventy thousand people died, from Dan to Beer-sheba."}, {"pk": 4101025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "But when the divine messenger stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD regretted doing this disaster and said to the messenger who was destroying the people, \u201cThat\u2019s enough! Withdraw your hand.\u201d At that time the LORD\u2019s messenger was by the threshing floor of Araunah from Jebus."}, {"pk": 4101026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "When David saw the messenger who was striking down the people, he said, \u201cI\u2019m the one who sinned! I\u2019m the one who has done wrong. But these sheep \u2014 what have they done wrong? Turn your hand against me and my household.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "That same day Gad came to David and told him, \u201cGo up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah from Jebus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "So David went up, following Gad\u2019s instructions, just as the LORD had commanded."}, {"pk": 4101029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Araunah looked up and saw the king and his servants approaching him. Araunah rushed out and bowed low before the king, his nose to the ground."}, {"pk": 4101030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Araunah said, \u201cWhy has my master and king come to his servant?\u201d David said, \u201cTo buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so the plague among the people may come to an end.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Araunah said to David, \u201cTake it for yourself, and may my master the king do what he thinks is best. Here are oxen for the entirely burned offering, and here are threshing boards and oxen yokes for wood."}, {"pk": 4101032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "All this, Your Majesty, Araunah gives to the king.\u201d Then he added, \u201cMay the LORD your God respond favorably to you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cNo,\u201d the king said to Araunah. \u201cI will buy them from you at a fair price. I won\u2019t offer up to the LORD my God entirely burned offerings that cost me nothing.\u201d So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver."}, {"pk": 4101034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 10, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "David built an altar there for the LORD and offered entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices. The LORD responded to the prayers for the land, and the plague against Israel came to an end."}, {"pk": 4101035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "King David had become very old. His servants covered him with blankets, but he couldn\u2019t stay warm."}, {"pk": 4101036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "They said to him, \u201cAllow us to find a young woman for our master the king. She will serve the king and take care of him by lying beside our master the king and keeping him warm.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "So they looked in every corner of Israel until they found Abishag from Shunem. They brought her to the king."}, {"pk": 4101038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "She was very beautiful. She cared for the king and served him, but the king didn\u2019t have sex with her."}, {"pk": 4101039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Adonijah, Haggith\u2019s son, bragged about himself and said, \u201cI\u2019ll rule as king myself.\u201d He got his own chariot and horses with fifty runners to go in front."}, {"pk": 4101040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Now Adonijah\u2019s father had never given him direction; he never questioned why Adonijah did what he did. He was very handsome and was born after Absalom."}, {"pk": 4101041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "He took advice from Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son, and from the priest Abiathar. They assisted Adonijah."}, {"pk": 4101042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "But Zadok the priest, Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah, the prophet Nathan, Shimei and his friends, and David\u2019s veterans didn\u2019t join Adonijah."}, {"pk": 4101043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "So Adonijah prepared lamb, oxen, and fattened cattle at the Stone of Zoheleth, next to En-rogel. He invited his brothers (the royal princes) and all the citizens of Judah who were the royal servants to come."}, {"pk": 4101044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "But he didn\u2019t invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, David\u2019s veterans, or his brother Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon\u2019s mother, \u201cDid you hear that Adonijah, Haggith\u2019s son, has become king, but our master David doesn\u2019t know about it?"}, {"pk": 4101046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Let me give you some advice on how you and your son Solomon can survive this."}, {"pk": 4101047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Go to King David and say, \u2018Didn\u2019t my master the king swear to your servant, \u201cYour son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne\u201d? Why then has Adonijah become king?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "While you are speaking there with the king, I\u2019ll come along and support your words.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. The king was very old, and Abishag from Shunem was serving the king."}, {"pk": 4101050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Bathsheba bowed down on her face before the king. The king asked, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "She said to him, \u201cYour Majesty, you swore by the LORD your God to your servant, \u2018Your son Solomon will certainly rule after me. He will sit on my throne.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "But now, look, Adonijah has become king, and my master the king doesn\u2019t know about it."}, {"pk": 4101053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "He has prepared large quantities of oxen, fattened cattle, and lamb. He has invited all the royal princes as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the general. However, he didn\u2019t invite your servant Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "As for you, my master the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will follow you on the throne of my master the king."}, {"pk": 4101055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "When my master the king lies down with his ancestors, then I and my son Solomon will become outlaws.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "While she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan arrived."}, {"pk": 4101057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "The king was informed, \u201cThe prophet Nathan is here.\u201d Then Nathan came in before the king and bowed his face to the ground."}, {"pk": 4101058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "He said, \u201cMy master the king, you must have said, \u2018Adonijah will become king after me and will sit on my throne.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Indeed, today he went down and prepared oxen, fattened cattle, and lamb in large numbers. He invited all the royal princes, the generals, and Abiathar the priest. They are eating and drinking with him, and they said, \u2018Long live King Adonijah!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Adonijah didn\u2019t invite me, your servant, Zadok the priest, Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah, or your servant Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "If this message was from my master the king, you didn\u2019t make it known to your servant. Who should follow you on the throne of my master the king?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "King David answered, \u201cBring me Bathsheba.\u201d She came and stood before the king."}, {"pk": 4101063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "The king made a solemn pledge and said, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, who rescued me from every trouble,"}, {"pk": 4101064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "regarding what I swore to you by the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, \u2018Your son Solomon will certainly succeed me; he will sit on the throne after me\u2019 \u2014 I\u2019ll see that it happens today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground. She honored the king and said, \u201cMay my master King David live forever!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "King David said, \u201cBring me Zadok the priest, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son.\u201d They came to the king,"}, {"pk": 4101067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "who said to them, \u201cTake with you the servants of your masters. Put my son Solomon on my mule and bring him down to Gihon."}, {"pk": 4101068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "There Zadok the priest and the prophet Nathan will anoint him king over Israel. Blow the ram\u2019s horn and say, \u2018Long live King Solomon!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "You will follow him. He will enter and sit on my throne, and so he will succeed me as king. I have appointed him to become ruler over Israel and Judah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son, responded to the king, \u201cYes, may it happen as the LORD, the God of my king, says."}, {"pk": 4101071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Just as the LORD was with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon. May his throne be even greater than the throne of my master King David.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Zadok the priest, the prophet Nathan, Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and put Solomon on King David\u2019s mule. They led him to Gihon."}, {"pk": 4101073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the ram\u2019s horn, and all the people said, \u201cLong live King Solomon!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "All the people followed him playing flutes and celebrating. The ground shook at their noise."}, {"pk": 4101075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Adonijah and all his invited guests heard this when they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the ram\u2019s horn, he said, \u201cWhat\u2019s that noise coming from the city?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "While he was still speaking, Jonathan, Abiathar the priest\u2019s son, arrived. Adonijah said, \u201cCome on in! You are an honest man and will bring a good report.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "Jonathan replied to Adonijah, \u201cNo! Our master King David has made Solomon king!"}, {"pk": 4101078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "To support him, the king sent along Zadok the priest; the prophet Nathan; Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son; and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. They\u2019ve put Solomon on the royal mule."}, {"pk": 4101079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "Zadok the priest and the prophet Nathan have anointed him king at Gihon. They went up from there celebrating so that the city was thrown into a commotion. That is the sound you heard."}, {"pk": 4101080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "There\u2019s more: Solomon has taken over the throne of the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4101081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "The royal attendants blessed our master King David: \u2018May your God make Solomon\u2019s name better than your name. May God elevate his throne above your throne.\u2019\u201d The king then worshipped on his bed"}, {"pk": 4101082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "and said, \u201cBless Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, who today has set my son <sup>[1]</sup> on my throne, and has allowed my eyes to see it.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>my son</i>; other versions have it or something similar."}, {"pk": 4101083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "Trembling with fear, all of Adonijah\u2019s guests got up and fled, each going a different way."}, {"pk": 4101084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he got up and went to grab hold of the horns of the altar."}, {"pk": 4101085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "Solomon was told, \u201cLook! Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and has grabbed the horns of the altar. He\u2019s saying, \u2018King Solomon must swear to me first that he won\u2019t execute his servant with the sword.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "Solomon said, \u201cIf he shows himself to be an honorable person, then not a hair of his head will be harmed. But if any evil is found in him, he will die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "King Solomon sent word and had him brought down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon. Solomon said to him, \u201cGo home!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "David\u2019s time was coming to an end. So he commanded Solomon his son,"}, {"pk": 4101089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m following the path that the whole earth takes. Be strong and be a man."}, {"pk": 4101090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Guard what is owed to the LORD your God, walking in his ways and observing his laws, his commands, his judgments, and his testimonies, just as it is written in the Instruction from Moses. In this way you will succeed in whatever you do and wherever you go."}, {"pk": 4101091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "So also the LORD will confirm the word he spoke to me: \u2018If your children will take care to walk before me faithfully, with all their heart and all their being, then one of your own children will never fail to be on the throne of Israel.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "You should know what Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son, has done to me and what he did to the two generals of Israel, Abner, Ner\u2019s son, and Amasa, Jether\u2019s son. He murdered them, spilling blood at peacetime and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet."}, {"pk": 4101093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "So act wisely: Don\u2019t allow him to die a peaceful death."}, {"pk": 4101094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "As for Barzillai\u2019s sons from Gilead, show them kindness. Let them eat with you. When I was running away from your brother Absalom, they came to me."}, {"pk": 4101095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Now as for this Shimei, Gera\u2019s son \u2014 a Benjaminite from Bahurim \u2014 who is with you, he cursed me viciously when I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, \u2018Surely I won\u2019t execute you with the sword.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "But you don\u2019t need to excuse him. You are wise and know what to do to him. Give him a violent death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Then David lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4101098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "He ruled over Israel forty years \u2014 seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his royal power was well established."}, {"pk": 4101100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Adonijah, Haggith\u2019s son, went to Bathsheba, Solomon\u2019s mother. She said, \u201cAre you coming in peace?\u201d He said, \u201cYes."}, {"pk": 4101101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "I have something to say to you.\u201d She said, \u201cSay it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He said, \u201cYou know how the kingdom was mine. All Israel had appointed me as their king. Then suddenly the kingdom went to my brother as the LORD willed."}, {"pk": 4101103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Now I have just one request of you. Don\u2019t refuse me!\u201d She said to him, \u201cGo on.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Adonijah continued, \u201cAsk King Solomon to let me marry Abishag from Shunem \u2014 he won\u2019t refuse you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Bathsheba said, \u201cOkay; I\u2019ll speak to the king for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to talk with him about Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her and bowed low to her. Then he returned to his throne and had a throne set up for the queen mother. She sat to his right."}, {"pk": 4101107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "She said, \u201cI have just one small request for you. Don\u2019t refuse me.\u201d The king said to her, \u201cMother, ask me. I won\u2019t refuse you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cLet Abishag from Shunem be married to your brother Adonijah,\u201d she said."}, {"pk": 4101109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "King Solomon replied to his mother, \u201cWhy ask only for Abishag from Shunem for Adonijah? Why not ask for the entire kingdom for him? After all, he is my older brother and has the support of Abiathar the priest and Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "King Solomon swore by the LORD, \u201cMay God do to me as he sees fit! Adonijah has made this request at the cost of his life!"}, {"pk": 4101111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "Now, as surely as the LORD lives \u2014 the one who supported me, put me on the throne of my father David, and provided a royal house for me exactly as he promised \u2014 Adonijah will be executed today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "So King Solomon sent Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son. He attacked Adonijah, and Adonijah died."}, {"pk": 4101113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "The king said to the priest Abiathar, \u201cGo to your fields at Anathoth, because you are a condemned man. However, I won\u2019t kill you today because you carried the LORD\u2019s chest in front of my father David and because you shared in all my father\u2019s sufferings.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "So Solomon expelled Abiathar from the LORD\u2019s priesthood in order to fulfill the LORD\u2019s word that was spoken against Eli\u2019s family at Shiloh."}, {"pk": 4101115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Now the news reached Joab because he had supported Adonijah, though he hadn\u2019t supported Absalom. Joab ran to the LORD\u2019s tent and grabbed the horns of the altar."}, {"pk": 4101116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the LORD\u2019s tent and was now beside the altar. So Solomon sent Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son, instructing him, \u201cGo. Attack Joab!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Benaiah came to the LORD\u2019s tent and said to Joab, \u201cThe king says, \u2018Come out!\u2019\u201d Joab said, \u201cNo! I\u2019d rather die here.\u201d Benaiah sent a report back to the king: \u201cThis is what Joab said and how he answered me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "The king said to him, \u201cDo as he said. Attack him and then bury him. In doing this, you will remove from me and from my father\u2019s royal house the guilt over the innocent blood that Joab shed."}, {"pk": 4101119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "May the LORD return that bloodguilt back on his own head for attacking the two men who were better and more righteous than he was. He murdered those two with the sword: Abner, Ner\u2019s son and Israel\u2019s general, and Amasa, Jether\u2019s son and Judah\u2019s general. But my father David didn\u2019t know about it."}, {"pk": 4101120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "May the bloodguilt for their deaths return on Joab\u2019s head and on the head of his family line forever. But may the LORD\u2019s peace be on David, his family, and his royal house forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "So Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son, went and attacked Joab and killed him. Joab was buried at his home in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4101122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "In his place, the king gave leadership of the army to Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son. The king put the priest Zadok in Abiathar\u2019s position."}, {"pk": 4101123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "Then he sent for Shimei and said, \u201cBuild a house for yourself in Jerusalem and stay in the city. Don\u2019t leave to go anywhere else."}, {"pk": 4101124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "If you try to leave, be advised that on the day you cross the Kidron Valley you will most certainly die. Your bloodguilt will be on your own head.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "Shimei said to the king, \u201cThis is a good idea. Your servant will do just what my master the king said.\u201d So Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time."}, {"pk": 4101126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "After three years, two of Shimei\u2019s servants fled to the king of Gath, Achish, Maacah\u2019s son. Shimei was informed, \u201cYour servants are now in Gath.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "Shimei saddled his donkey and went to Achish in Gath to look for his servants. Shimei then brought his servants back from Gath."}, {"pk": 4101128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "Solomon was told that Shimei had left Jerusalem for Gath and then returned."}, {"pk": 4101129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "The king sent for Shimei and asked him, \u201cDidn\u2019t I make you swear a solemn pledge by the LORD? And didn\u2019t I swear to you, \u2018If you try to leave and go anywhere, be advised that on that very day you will most certainly die\u2019? You said to me, \u2018This is a good idea. I agree to it.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "Why didn\u2019t you keep your solemn promise to the LORD and the command that I gave you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "The king said further, \u201cYou know quite well all the evil that you did to my father David. May the LORD return your evil on your own head."}, {"pk": 4101132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "However, may King Solomon be blessed and David\u2019s throne be secure before the LORD forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "Then the king commanded Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son, who went and attacked Shimei, and he died. In these ways royal power was handed over to Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, when he married Pharaoh\u2019s daughter. He brought her to David\u2019s City until he finished building his royal palace, the LORD\u2019s temple, and the wall around Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Unfortunately, the people were sacrificing at the shrines because a temple hadn\u2019t yet been built for the LORD\u2019s name in those days."}, {"pk": 4101136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Now Solomon loved the LORD by walking in the laws of his father David, with the exception that he also sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines."}, {"pk": 4101137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "The king went to the great shrine at Gibeon in order to sacrifice there. He used to offer a thousand entirely burned offerings on that altar."}, {"pk": 4101138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD appeared to Solomon at Gibeon in a dream at night. God said, \u201cAsk whatever you wish, and I\u2019ll give it to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Solomon responded, \u201cYou showed so much kindness to your servant my father David when he walked before you in truth, righteousness, and with a heart true to you. You\u2019ve kept this great loyalty and kindness for him and have now given him a son to sit on his throne."}, {"pk": 4101140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "And now, LORD my God, you have made me, your servant, king in my father David\u2019s place. But I\u2019m young and inexperienced. I know next to nothing."}, {"pk": 4101141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "But I\u2019m here, your servant, in the middle of the people you have chosen, a large population that can\u2019t be numbered or counted due to its vast size."}, {"pk": 4101142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Please give your servant a discerning mind in order to govern your people and to distinguish good from evil, because no one is able to govern this important people of yours without your help.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "It pleased the LORD that Solomon had made this request."}, {"pk": 4101144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "God said to him, \u201cBecause you have asked for this instead of requesting long life, wealth, or victory over your enemies \u2014 asking for discernment so as to acquire good judgment \u2014"}, {"pk": 4101145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "I will now do just what you said. Look, I hereby give you a wise and understanding mind. There has been no one like you before now, nor will there be anyone like you afterward."}, {"pk": 4101146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "I now also give you what you didn\u2019t ask for: wealth and fame. There won\u2019t be a king like you as long as you live."}, {"pk": 4101147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "And if you walk in my ways and obey my laws and commands, just as your father David did, then I will give you a very long life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Solomon awoke and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem and stood before the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant. Then he offered entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices, and held a celebration for all his servants."}, {"pk": 4101149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Sometime later, two prostitutes came and stood before the king."}, {"pk": 4101150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "One of them said, \u201cPlease, Your Majesty, listen: This woman and I have been living in the same house. I gave birth while she was there."}, {"pk": 4101151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "This woman gave birth three days after I did. We stayed together. Apart from the two of us, there was no one else in the house."}, {"pk": 4101152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "This woman\u2019s son died one night when she rolled over him."}, {"pk": 4101153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him on her chest and laid her dead son on mine."}, {"pk": 4101154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the daylight, it turned out that it wasn\u2019t my son \u2014 not the baby I had birthed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "The other woman said, \u201cNo! My son is alive! Your son is the dead one.\u201d But the first woman objected, \u201cNo! Your son is dead! My son is alive!\u201d In this way they argued back and forth in front of the king."}, {"pk": 4101156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "The king said, \u201cThis one says, \u2018My son is alive and your son is dead.\u2019 The other one says, \u2018No! Your son is dead and my son is alive.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Get me a sword!\u201d They brought a sword to the king."}, {"pk": 4101158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Then the king said, \u201cCut the living child in two! Give half to one woman and half to the other woman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the woman whose son was still alive said to the king, \u201cPlease, Your Majesty, give her the living child; please don\u2019t kill him,\u201d for she had great love for her son. But the other woman said, \u201cIf I can\u2019t have him, neither will you. Cut the child in half.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "Then the king answered, \u201cGive the first woman the living newborn. Don\u2019t kill him. She is his mother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "All Israel heard about the judgment that the king made. Their respect for the king grew because they saw that God\u2019s wisdom was in him so he could execute justice."}, {"pk": 4101162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "King Solomon became king of all Israel."}, {"pk": 4101163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "These were his officials: the priest Azariah, Zadok\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4101164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "the scribes Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha; Jehoshaphat, the recorder, Ahilud\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4101165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "the general Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son; the priests Zadok and Abiathar;"}, {"pk": 4101166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Azariah, Nathan\u2019s son, who was in charge of the officials; Zabud, Nathan\u2019s son, a priest and royal friend;"}, {"pk": 4101167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Ahishar, who was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram, Abda\u2019s son, who was supervisor of the work gangs."}, {"pk": 4101168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel. They supplied the king and his palace with food. Each would provide the supplies for one month per year."}, {"pk": 4101169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Here are their names: Ben-hur in the highlands of Ephraim; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Ben-hesed in Arubboth, who had Socoh and all the land of Hepher; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Ben-abinadab in all of Naphath-dor (Taphath, Solomon\u2019s daughter, was his wife); <br>"}, {"pk": 4101173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Baana, Ahilud\u2019s son, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean beside Zarethan and below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and over to the region opposite Jokmeam; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead, who controlled the villages of Jair, Manasseh\u2019s son, which were in Gilead, and who had the Argob region that was in Bashan \u2014 sixty large walled cities with bronze bars; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Ahinadab, Iddo\u2019s son, in Mahanaim; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Ahimaaz in Naphtali, who also took Solomon\u2019s daughter Basemath as his wife; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Baana, Hushai\u2019s son, in Asher and Bealoth; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Jehoshaphat, Paruah\u2019s son, in Issachar; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Shimei, Ela\u2019s son, in Benjamin; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Geber, Uri\u2019s son, in the land of Gilead, the land of the Amorite king Sihon and of King Og of Bashan; and there was a single officer who was in the land of Judah. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>of Judah</i>."}, {"pk": 4101181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Judah and Israel grew numerous like the sand alongside the sea. They ate, drank, and celebrated."}, {"pk": 4101182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Solomon ruled over all the states from the Euphrates River through the Philistines\u2019 land and as far as the border of Egypt. These areas brought tribute to Solomon and served him all the days of his life.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/11/5/1'>5:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4101183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Solomon\u2019s food requirements for a single day included thirty kors <sup>[3]</sup> of refined flour; sixty kors of flour;", "comment": "[3] One kor is possibly equal to fifty gallons."}, {"pk": 4101184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "ten head of grain-fattened cattle; twenty head of pastured cattle; one hundred sheep; as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and the best of fowl."}, {"pk": 4101185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "He ruled over all the lands west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all sides."}, {"pk": 4101186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "The people of Judah and Israel from Dan all the way to Beer-sheba lived securely under their vines and fig trees throughout the days of Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Solomon had forty thousand horse stalls for his chariots and twelve thousand additional horses."}, {"pk": 4101188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "The officials provided King Solomon and all who joined him at the royal table with monthly food rations. They left out nothing."}, {"pk": 4101189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Each brought their share of barley and straw for the horses and for the chariot horses, bringing it to its proper place."}, {"pk": 4101190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding \u2014 insight as long as the seashore itself."}, {"pk": 4101191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Solomon\u2019s wisdom was greater than all the famous Easterners, greater even than all the wisdom of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4101192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "He was wiser than anyone, more wise than Ethan the Ezrahite or Mahol\u2019s sons: Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His reputation was known throughout the region."}, {"pk": 4101193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs and one thousand five songs."}, {"pk": 4101194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "He described the botany of trees, whether the cedar in Lebanon or the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He also described cattle, birds, anything that crawls on the ground, and fish."}, {"pk": 4101195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "People came from everywhere to listen to Solomon\u2019s wisdom; even the earth\u2019s kings who had heard about his wisdom came!"}, {"pk": 4101196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Because King Hiram <sup>[2]</sup> of Tyre was loyal to David throughout his rule, Hiram sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that Solomon had become king after his father.", "comment": "[2] Chronicles spells the king\u2019s name <i>Huram</i>; for example, <a href='/CEB/14/2/3'>2 Chron 2:3</a>, <a href='/CEB/14/2/11-12'>11\u201312</a>; but cf <a href='/CEB/13/14/1'>1 Chron 14:1</a> Kethib.<br>[1] <a href='/CEB/11/5/15'>5:15</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4101197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Solomon sent the following message to Hiram:"}, {"pk": 4101198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cYou know that my father David wasn\u2019t able to build a temple for the name of the LORD my God. This was because of the enemies that fought him on all sides until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet."}, {"pk": 4101199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Now the LORD my God has given me peace on every side, without enemies or misfortune."}, {"pk": 4101200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "So I\u2019m planning to build a temple for the name of the LORD my God, just as the LORD indicated to my father David, \u2018I will give you a son to follow you on your throne. He will build the temple for my name.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Now give the order and have the cedars of Lebanon cut down for me. My servants will work with your servants. I\u2019ll pay your servants whatever price you set, because you know we have no one here who is skilled in cutting wood like the Sidonians.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Hiram was thrilled when he heard Solomon\u2019s message. He said, \u201cToday the LORD is blessed because he has given David a wise son who is in charge of this great people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Hiram sent word back to Solomon: \u201cI have heard your message to me. I will do as you wish with the cedar and pinewood."}, {"pk": 4101204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "My servants will bring the wood down the Lebanon Mountains to the sea. I\u2019ll make rafts out of them and float them on the sea to the place you specify. There I\u2019ll dismantle them, and you can carry them away. Now, as for what you must do for me in return, I ask you to provide for my royal house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and pinewood that he wanted."}, {"pk": 4101206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "In return, Solomon gave an annual gift to Hiram of twenty thousand kors <sup>[3]</sup> of wheat to eat, and twenty thousand kors of pure oil for his palace use.", "comment": "[3] One kor is possibly equal to fifty gallons."}, {"pk": 4101207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Now the LORD made Solomon wise, just as he had promised. Solomon and Hiram made a covenant and had peace."}, {"pk": 4101208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "King Solomon called up a work gang of thirty thousand workers from all over Israel."}, {"pk": 4101209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "He sent ten thousand to work in Lebanon each month. Then they would spend two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the work gang."}, {"pk": 4101210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Solomon had 70,000 laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the highlands."}, {"pk": 4101211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "This doesn\u2019t include Solomon\u2019s 3,300 supervisors in charge of the work, who had oversight over the laborers."}, {"pk": 4101212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "At the king\u2019s command, they quarried huge stones of the finest quality in order to lay the temple\u2019s foundation with carefully cut stone."}, {"pk": 4101213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram, along with those of Byblos, prepared the timber and the stones for the construction of the temple."}, {"pk": 4101214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month, <sup>[1]</sup> in the fourth year of Solomon\u2019s rule over Israel, he built the LORD\u2019s temple.", "comment": "[1] April\u2013May, Iyar; Ziv is a month from a Canaanite calendar."}, {"pk": 4101215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high."}, {"pk": 4101216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "The porch in front of the temple\u2019s main hall was thirty feet long. It ran across the whole width of the temple and extended fifteen feet in front of the temple."}, {"pk": 4101217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "He made recessed and latticed windows <sup>[2]</sup> for the temple", "comment": "[2] Heb architectural and decorative terminology in <a href='/CEB/11/6/4-6'>6:4\u20136</a> and elsewhere in chaps 6\u20137 is often uncertain."}, {"pk": 4101218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "and built side rooms against the temple walls around both the main hall and the most holy place."}, {"pk": 4101219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The lower walls were seven and a half feet wide. At the second floor the walls were nine feet wide, and at the third floor they were ten and a half feet wide. He made niches around the outside of the temple so the beams wouldn\u2019t be inserted into the temple walls. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; Heb lacks <i>the beams.</i>"}, {"pk": 4101220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "When the temple was built, they did all the stonecutting at the quarry. No hammers, axes, or any iron tools were heard in the temple during its construction."}, {"pk": 4101221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "The door to the stairs was at the south side of the temple. Winding stairs went up to the second floor and from there to the third floor."}, {"pk": 4101222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "He completed the temple with a roof of cedar beams and cross-planks. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Then he built the side rooms all around the temple. They were seven and a half feet high. He attached them to the temple with cedarwood."}, {"pk": 4101224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Solomon,"}, {"pk": 4101225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Regarding this temple that you are building: If you follow my laws, enact my regulations, and keep all my commands faithfully, then I will fulfill for you my promise that I made to your father David."}, {"pk": 4101226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "I will live among the Israelites. I won\u2019t abandon my people Israel."}, {"pk": 4101227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "So Solomon constructed the temple and completed it."}, {"pk": 4101228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "He built the walls within the temple with cedar planks, paneled from the floor to the ceiling. He overlaid the floor of the temple with pine planks."}, {"pk": 4101229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "At the back of the temple he built thirty feet of cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling. Solomon built the inner sanctuary, the most holy place."}, {"pk": 4101230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "In front of this, the main hall was sixty feet."}, {"pk": 4101231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The cedar inside the temple was carved with gourds and blossoming flowers. The whole thing was cedar. No stone was seen."}, {"pk": 4101232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "He set up the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that he could put the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant there."}, {"pk": 4101233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "The inner sanctuary was thirty feet in length, width, and height. Solomon overlaid it with pure gold and covered the altar with cedar. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Solomon covered the temple\u2019s interior with pure gold. He placed gold chains in front of the inner sanctuary and covered it with gold."}, {"pk": 4101235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "He overlaid the whole temple inside with gold until the temple was completely covered. He covered the whole altar that was in the inner sanctuary with gold."}, {"pk": 4101236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "He made two winged creatures of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, each fifteen feet high."}, {"pk": 4101237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "The wings of the first winged creature were each seven and a half feet long. It was fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other."}, {"pk": 4101238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "The second winged creature also measured fifteen feet. Both winged creatures had identical measurements and form."}, {"pk": 4101239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "The height of both winged creatures was fifteen feet."}, {"pk": 4101240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Solomon placed the winged creatures inside the temple. Their wings spread out so that the wing of the one touched one wall and the wing of the other touched the other wall. In the middle of the temple, the wings of the two winged creatures touched each other."}, {"pk": 4101241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "He covered the winged creatures with gold."}, {"pk": 4101242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Solomon carved all the walls of the temple \u2014 inner and outer rooms \u2014 with engravings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers."}, {"pk": 4101243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "He also covered the floor of the temple with gold, in both the inner and the outer rooms."}, {"pk": 4101244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "He made the doors of the inner sanctuary from olive wood and carved the doorframes with five recesses. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "He overlaid the two olive-wood doors with gold-plated carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers."}, {"pk": 4101246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "He made the door of the main hall with doorframes of olive wood with four recesses. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "The two doors of pinewood each pivoted on a socket."}, {"pk": 4101248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "Solomon carved winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers, and covered them with gold."}, {"pk": 4101249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone followed by one row of trimmed cedar."}, {"pk": 4101250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "Solomon laid the foundation of the LORD\u2019s temple in the fourth year in the month of Ziv. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] April\u2013May, Iyar; Ziv is a month in the Canaanite calendar."}, {"pk": 4101251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "He finished the temple in all its details and measurements in the eleventh year during the eighth month, the month of Bul. <sup>[9]</sup> He built it in seven years.", "comment": "[9] October\u2013November, Heshvan; Bul is a month in the Canaanite calendar."}, {"pk": 4101252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Now as for Solomon\u2019s palace, it took thirteen years for him to complete its construction."}, {"pk": 4101253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "He built the Forest of Lebanon Palace one hundred fifty feet in length, seventy-five feet in width, and forty-five feet in height. It had four rows of cedar columns with cedar engravings above the columns."}, {"pk": 4101254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "The palace\u2019s cedar roof stood above forty-five beams resting on the columns, fifteen beams to each row."}, {"pk": 4101255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Three sets of window frames faced each other."}, {"pk": 4101256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "All the doorframes were rectangular, facing each other in three sets."}, {"pk": 4101257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "He made a porch with columns seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. Another porch was in front of these with roofed columns in front of them. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "He made the throne room the Hall of Justice, where he would judge. It was covered with cedar from the lower to the upper levels."}, {"pk": 4101259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The royal residence where Solomon lived was behind this hall. It had a similar design. Solomon also made a similar palace for his wife, Pharaoh\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4101260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "He built all these with the best stones cut to size, sawed with saws, back and front, from the foundation to the highest points and from the outer boundary to the great courtyard."}, {"pk": 4101261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "The foundation was laid with large stones of high quality, some of fifteen feet and some of twelve feet."}, {"pk": 4101262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Above them were high-quality stones cut to measure, as well as cedar."}, {"pk": 4101263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The surrounding great courtyard had three rows of cut stones and a row of trimmed cedar just like the inner courtyard of the LORD\u2019s temple and its porch."}, {"pk": 4101264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Then King Solomon sent a message and brought Hiram from Tyre."}, {"pk": 4101265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Hiram\u2019s mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was a Tyrian skilled in bronze work. He was amazingly skillful in the techniques and knowledge for doing all kinds of work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work."}, {"pk": 4101266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "He <sup>[2]</sup> cast two bronze pillars. Each one was twenty-seven feet high and required a cord of eighteen feet to reach around it. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the second</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/24/52/21'>Jer 52:21</a><br>[2] Or <i>he</i>, either Solomon or Hiram; this ambiguity continues in the following verses, but cf <a href='/CEB/11/7/1'>1 Kgs 7:1</a>, <a href='/CEB/11/7/8'>8</a>, <a href='/CEB/11/7/13'>13</a>; <a href='/CEB/11/7/40'>1 Kgs 7:40</a>."}, {"pk": 4101267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "He made two capitals of cast bronze for the tops of the columns. They were each seven and a half feet high."}, {"pk": 4101268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "He made an intricate network of chains for the capitals on top of the columns, seven for each capital."}, {"pk": 4101269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "He made the pillars and two rows of pomegranates for each network to adorn each of the capitals."}, {"pk": 4101270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "The capitals on top of the columns in the porch were made like lilies, each six feet high."}, {"pk": 4101271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Above the round-shaped part and next to the network were two hundred pomegranates. These were placed in rows around both of the capitals on top of the columns."}, {"pk": 4101272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "He set up the columns at the temple\u2019s porch. He named the south column Jachin. The north column he named Boaz."}, {"pk": 4101273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "After putting the lily shapes on top of the columns, he was finished with the columns."}, {"pk": 4101274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "He also made a tank of cast metal called the Sea. It was circular in shape, fifteen feet from rim to rim, seven and a half feet high, forty-five feet in circumference."}, {"pk": 4101275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Under the rim were two rows of gourds completely encircling it, ten every eighteen inches, each cast in its mold."}, {"pk": 4101276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "The Sea rested on twelve oxen with their backs toward the center, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east."}, {"pk": 4101277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "The Sea was as thick as the width of a hand. Its rim was shaped like a cup or an open lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] One bath is approximately twenty quarts or five gallons."}, {"pk": 4101278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "He also made ten bronze stands. Each was six feet long, six feet wide, and four and a half feet high."}, {"pk": 4101279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "This is how each stand was made: There were panels connected between the legs."}, {"pk": 4101280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Lions, bulls, and winged otherworldly creatures appeared on the panels between the legs. On the legs above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths on panels hanging off the stands."}, {"pk": 4101281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "There were four bronze wheels with bronze axles for each stand. There were four feet and supports cast for each basin with wreaths on their sides. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "Inside the bowl was an opening eighteen inches deep. The opening was round, measuring twenty-seven inches, with engravings. The panels of the stands were square rather than round."}, {"pk": 4101283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "There were four wheels beneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. Each wheel was twenty-seven inches in height."}, {"pk": 4101284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "The construction of the wheels resembled chariot wheels. The axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all made of cast metal."}, {"pk": 4101285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "There was a handle on each of the four corners of every stand, projecting from the side of the stand."}, {"pk": 4101286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "The top of the stand had a band running around the perimeter that was nine inches deep. The stand had its own supports and panels."}, {"pk": 4101287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "On the surfaces of the supports and panels he carved winged otherworldly creatures, lions, and palm trees with wreaths everywhere. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "In this manner he made ten stands, each one cast in a single mold of the same size and shape."}, {"pk": 4101289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "He made ten bronze washbasins, each able to hold forty baths. <sup>[7]</sup> Every washbasin was six feet across, and there was one for each of the ten stands.", "comment": "[7] One bath is approximately twenty quarts or five gallons."}, {"pk": 4101290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "He placed five stands on the south of the temple and five on the north of the temple. He placed the Sea at the southeast corner of the temple."}, {"pk": 4101291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "Hiram made the basins, shovels, and bowls. And so Hiram finished his work on the LORD\u2019s temple for King Solomon:"}, {"pk": 4101292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "two columns; two circular capitals on top of the columns; two networks, adorning the two circular capitals on top of the columns; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, with two rows of pomegranates for each network that adorned the two circular capitals on top of the columns; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "ten stands with ten basins on them; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "one Sea; twelve oxen beneath the Sea; <br>"}, {"pk": 4101296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "and the pots, shovels, and bowls. <br> All the equipment that Hiram made for King Solomon for the LORD\u2019s temple was made from polished bronze."}, {"pk": 4101297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "The king cast it in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan."}, {"pk": 4101298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "Due to the very large number of objects, Solomon didn\u2019t even try to weigh the bronze."}, {"pk": 4101299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "Solomon also made all the equipment for the LORD\u2019s temple: the gold altar; the gold table for the bread of the presence;"}, {"pk": 4101300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold;"}, {"pk": 4101301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "the cups, wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold sockets for the doors to the most holy place and for the doors to the main hall."}, {"pk": 4101302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 7, "verse": 51, "text": "When all King Solomon\u2019s work on the LORD\u2019s temple was finished, he brought the silver, gold, and all the objects his father David had dedicated and put them in the treasuries of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4101303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Solomon assembled Israel\u2019s elders, all the tribal leaders, and the chiefs of Israel\u2019s clans at Jerusalem to bring up the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant from David\u2019s City Zion."}, {"pk": 4101304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Everyone in Israel assembled before King Solomon in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim, <sup>[1]</sup> during the festival.", "comment": "[1] September\u2013October, Tishrei; Ethanim is a month from a Canaanite calendar."}, {"pk": 4101305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "When all of Israel\u2019s elders had arrived, the priests picked up the chest."}, {"pk": 4101306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "They brought the LORD\u2019s chest, the meeting tent, and all the holy equipment that was in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought them up,"}, {"pk": 4101307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "while King Solomon and the entire Israelite assembly that had joined him before the chest sacrificed countless sheep and oxen."}, {"pk": 4101308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The priests brought the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant to its designated spot beneath the wings of the winged creatures in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the most holy place."}, {"pk": 4101309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The winged creatures spread their wings over the place where the chest rested, covering the chest and its carrying poles."}, {"pk": 4101310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "The carrying poles were so long that their tips could be seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, though they weren\u2019t visible from outside. They are still there today."}, {"pk": 4101311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Nothing was in the chest except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there while at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt."}, {"pk": 4101312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the LORD\u2019s temple,"}, {"pk": 4101313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "and the priests were unable to carry out their duties due to the cloud because the LORD\u2019s glory filled the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4101314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Solomon said, \u201cThe LORD said that he would live in a dark cloud,"}, {"pk": 4101315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "but I have indeed built you a lofty temple as a place where you can live forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "The king turned around, and while the entire assembly of Israel was standing there, he blessed them,"}, {"pk": 4101317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "saying, \u201cBless Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, who spoke directly to my father David and now has kept his promise:"}, {"pk": 4101318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "\u2018From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt I haven\u2019t selected a city from any Israelite tribe as a site for the building of a temple for my name. But now I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4101320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cBut the LORD said to my father David, \u2018It is very good that you thought to build a temple for my name."}, {"pk": 4101321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Nevertheless, you yourself won\u2019t build that temple. Instead, your very own son will build the temple for my name.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD has kept his promise \u2014 I have succeeded my father David on Israel\u2019s throne just as the LORD said, and I have built the temple for the name of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4101323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "There I\u2019ve placed the chest that contains the covenant that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Solomon stood before the LORD\u2019s altar in front of the entire Israelite assembly and, spreading out his hands toward the sky,"}, {"pk": 4101325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "he said: LORD God of Israel, there\u2019s no god like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep the covenant and show loyalty to your servants who walk before you with all their heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "This is the covenant you kept with your servant David, my father, which you promised him. Today, you have fulfilled what you promised. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "So now, LORD, Israel\u2019s God, keep what you promised my father David, your servant, when you said to him, \u201cYou will never fail to have a successor sitting on Israel\u2019s throne as long as your descendants carefully walk before me just as you walked before me.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4101328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "So now, God of Israel, may your promise to your servant David, my father, come true. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "But how could God possibly live on earth? If heaven, even the highest heaven, can\u2019t contain you, how can this temple that I\u2019ve built contain you? <br>"}, {"pk": 4101330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "LORD my God, listen to your servant\u2019s prayer and request, and hear the cry and prayer that your servant prays to you today. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Constantly watch over this temple, the place about which you said, \u201cMy name will be there,\u201d and listen to the prayer that your servant is praying toward <sup>[2]</sup> this place. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>for, regarding</i>; also used in several verses that follow"}, {"pk": 4101332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Listen to the request of your servant and your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Listen from your heavenly dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive! <br>"}, {"pk": 4101333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "If someone wrongs another and must make a solemn pledge asserting innocence before your altar in this temple, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "then listen from heaven, act, and decide which of your servants is right. Condemn the guilty party, repaying them for their conduct, but justify the innocent person, repaying them for their righteousness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, but then they change their hearts and lives, give thanks to your name, and ask for mercy before you at this temple, <br>"}, {"pk": 4101336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. Return them to the land you gave their ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "When the sky holds back its rain because Israel has sinned against you, but they then pray toward this place, give thanks to your name, and turn away from their sin because you have punished them for it, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>answered them</i>"}, {"pk": 4101338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the best way for them to follow, and send rain on your land that you gave to your people as an inheritance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "Whenever there is a famine or plague in the land; or whenever there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper; or whenever someone\u2019s enemy attacks them in their cities; <sup>[5]</sup> or any plague or illness comes; <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX <i>one of</i>; MT <i>in the land of their gates</i>"}, {"pk": 4101340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "whatever prayer or petition is made by any individual or by all of your people Israel \u2014 because people will recognize their own pain and spread out their hands toward this temple \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4101341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "then listen from heaven where you live. Forgive, act, and repay each person according to all their conduct, because you know their hearts. You alone know the human heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "Do this so that they may revere you all the days they live on the land that you gave to our ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 41, "text": "Listen also to the immigrant who isn\u2019t from your people Israel but who comes from a distant country because of your reputation \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4101344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 42, "text": "because they will hear of your great reputation, your great power, and your outstretched arm. When the immigrant comes and prays toward this temple, <br>"}, {"pk": 4101345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 43, "text": "then listen from heaven, where you live, and do everything the immigrant asks. Do this so that all the people of the earth may know your reputation and revere you, as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I have built bears your name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 44, "text": "When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you may send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city you have chosen and toward this temple that I have built for your name, <br>"}, {"pk": 4101347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 45, "text": "then listen from heaven to their prayer and request and do what is right for them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 46, "text": "When they sin against you (for there is no one who doesn\u2019t sin) and you become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them away as prisoners to enemy territory, whether distant or nearby, <br>"}, {"pk": 4101349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 47, "text": "if they change their heart in whatever land they are held captive, changing their lives and begging for your mercy, <sup>[6]</sup> saying, \u201cWe have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[6] Heb adds <i>in the land they are held captive.</i>"}, {"pk": 4101350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 48, "text": "and if they return to you with all their heart and all their being in the enemy territory where they\u2019ve been taken captive, and pray to you, toward their land, which you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen, and toward the temple I have built for your name, <br>"}, {"pk": 4101351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 49, "text": "then listen to their prayer and request from your heavenly dwelling place. Do what is right for them, <br>"}, {"pk": 4101352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 50, "text": "and forgive your people who have sinned against you. Forgive all their wrong that they have done against you. See to it that those who captured them show them mercy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 51, "text": "These are your people and your inheritance. You brought them out of Egypt, from the iron furnace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 52, "text": "Open your eyes to your servant\u2019s request and to the request of your people Israel. Hear them whenever they cry out to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 53, "text": "You set them apart from all the earth\u2019s peoples as your own inheritance, LORD, just as you promised through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4101356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 54, "text": "As soon as Solomon finished praying and making these requests to the LORD, he got up from before the LORD\u2019s altar, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out to heaven."}, {"pk": 4101357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 55, "text": "He stood up and blessed the whole Israelite assembly in a loud voice:"}, {"pk": 4101358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 56, "text": "\u201cMay the LORD be blessed! He has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. He hasn\u2019t neglected any part of the good promise he made through his servant Moses."}, {"pk": 4101359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 57, "text": "May the LORD our God be with us, just as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us."}, {"pk": 4101360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 58, "text": "May he draw our hearts to him to walk in all his ways and observe his commands, his laws, and his judgments that he gave our ancestors."}, {"pk": 4101361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 59, "text": "And may these words of mine that I have cried out before the LORD remain near to the LORD our God day and night so that he may do right by his servant and his people Israel for each day\u2019s need,"}, {"pk": 4101362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 60, "text": "and so that all the earth\u2019s peoples may know that the LORD is God. There is no other God!"}, {"pk": 4101363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 61, "text": "Now may you be committed to the LORD our God with all your heart by following his laws and observing his commands, just as you are doing right now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 62, "text": "Then the king and all Israel with him sacrificed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4101365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 63, "text": "Solomon offered well-being sacrifices to the LORD: twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred twenty thousand sheep when the king and all Israel dedicated the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4101366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 64, "text": "On that day the king made holy the middle of the courtyard in front of the LORD\u2019s temple. He had to offer the entirely burned offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of well-being sacrifices there, because the bronze altar that was in the LORD\u2019s presence was too small to contain the entirely burned offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the well-being sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4101367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 65, "text": "At that time Solomon, together with all Israel, held a celebration. It was a large assembly from Lebo-hamath to the border of Egypt. They celebrated for seven days and then for another seven days in the presence of the LORD our God: fourteen days in all."}, {"pk": 4101368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 8, "verse": 66, "text": "On the eighth day, <sup>[7]</sup> Solomon dismissed the people. They blessed the king and went back to their tents happy and pleased about all the good that the LORD had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.", "comment": "[7] The second seven-day celebration (see <a href='/CEB/14/7/8-9'>2 Chron 7:8\u20139</a>); but contrast LXX."}, {"pk": 4101369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Now once Solomon finished building the LORD\u2019s temple, the royal palace, and everything else he wanted to accomplish,"}, {"pk": 4101370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "the LORD appeared to him a second time in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon."}, {"pk": 4101371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD said to him, \u201cI have heard your prayer and your cry to me. I have set apart this temple that you built, to put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there."}, {"pk": 4101372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "As for you, if you walk before me just as your father David did, with complete dedication and honesty, and if you do all that I have commanded, and keep my regulations and case laws,"}, {"pk": 4101373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, just as I promised your father David, \u2018You will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "However, if you or your sons turn away from following me and don\u2019t observe the commands and regulations that I gave you, and go to serve other gods, and worship them,"}, {"pk": 4101375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "then I will remove Israel from the land I gave them and I will reject the temple that I dedicated for my name. Israel will become a joke, insulted by everyone."}, {"pk": 4101376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Everyone who passes by this temple, so lofty now, <sup>[1]</sup> will be shocked and will whistle, wondering, Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and this temple?", "comment": "[1] Or <i>will become high</i>; OL, Syr, Tg <i>will become a ruin</i>"}, {"pk": 4101377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "The answer will come: Because they deserted the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt\u2019s land. They embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them. That is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "It took twenty years for Solomon to build the two structures, the LORD\u2019s temple and the royal palace."}, {"pk": 4101379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "King Hiram of Tyre gave Solomon all the cedar, pinewood, and gold that he wanted. Then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the region of Galilee."}, {"pk": 4101380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Hiram went from Tyre to inspect the towns Solomon had given him. They didn\u2019t seem adequate in his view."}, {"pk": 4101381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "So Hiram remarked, \u201cMy brother, are these towns you\u2019ve given me good for anything?\u201d The cities are thus called the land of Cabul to this very day."}, {"pk": 4101382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "But Hiram sent the king one hundred twenty gold kikkars, nevertheless."}, {"pk": 4101383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "This is the story of the labor gang that King Solomon put together to build the LORD\u2019s temple and his own palace, as well as the stepped structure, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer:"}, {"pk": 4101384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "<sup>[15]</sup> (Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, had attacked and captured Gezer, setting it on fire. He killed the Canaanites who lived in the city and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon\u2019s wife.)"}, {"pk": 4101385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Solomon built Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,"}, {"pk": 4101386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness (within the land),"}, {"pk": 4101387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "along with all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, as well as the cities used for storing chariots and cavalry and whatever he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4101388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Any non-Israelite people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites \u2014"}, {"pk": 4101389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "that is, the descendants of such people who were still in the land because the Israelites weren\u2019t able to wipe them out \u2014 Solomon forced into the labor gangs that are still in existence today."}, {"pk": 4101390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "However, Solomon didn\u2019t force the Israelites to work as slaves; instead, they became warriors, his servants, his leaders, his officers, and those in charge of his chariots and cavalry."}, {"pk": 4101391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "These were the chief officers over Solomon\u2019s work: five hundred fifty had charge of the people who did the work."}, {"pk": 4101392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "When Pharaoh\u2019s daughter went up from David\u2019s City to the palace he had built for her, Solomon built the stepped structure."}, {"pk": 4101393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Three times a year Solomon would offer entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices on the altar that he had built for the LORD. Along with this he would burn incense to the LORD. In this way, he completed the temple. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "King Solomon built a fleet near Eloth in Ezion-geber, on the coast of the Reed Sea <sup>[3]</sup> in the land of Edom.", "comment": "[3] Traditionally <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4101395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Hiram sent his expert sailors on the fleet along with Solomon\u2019s workers."}, {"pk": 4101396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "They went to Ophir for four hundred twenty kikkars of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "When the queen of Sheba heard reports about Solomon, due to the LORD\u2019s name, <sup>[1]</sup> she came to test him with riddles.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Accompanying her to Jerusalem was a huge entourage with camels carrying spices, a large amount of gold, and precious stones. After she arrived, she told Solomon everything that was on her mind."}, {"pk": 4101399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to answer."}, {"pk": 4101400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "When the queen of Sheba saw how wise Solomon was, the palace he had built,"}, {"pk": 4101401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "the food on his table, the servants\u2019 quarters, the function and dress of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the entirely burned offerings that he offered at the LORD\u2019s temple, it took her breath away."}, {"pk": 4101402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cThe report I heard about your deeds and wisdom when I was still at home is true,\u201d she said to the king."}, {"pk": 4101403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cI didn\u2019t believe it until I came and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, the half of it wasn\u2019t even told to me! You have far more wisdom and wealth than I was told."}, {"pk": 4101404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Your people and these servants who continually serve you and get to listen to your wisdom are truly happy!"}, {"pk": 4101405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Bless the LORD your God because he was pleased to place you on Israel\u2019s throne. Because the LORD loved Israel with an eternal love, the LORD made you king to uphold justice and righteousness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "The queen gave the king one hundred twenty kikkars of gold, a great quantity of spice, and precious stones. Never again has so much spice come to Israel as when the queen of Sheba gave this gift to King Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Hiram\u2019s fleet went to Ophir and brought back gold, much almug wood, and precious stones."}, {"pk": 4101408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "The king used the almug wood to make parapets for the LORD\u2019s temple and for the royal palace as well as lyres and harps for the musicians. To this day, that much almug wood hasn\u2019t come into or been seen in Israel."}, {"pk": 4101409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and all that she had asked for, in addition to what he had already given her from his own personal funds. Then she and her servants returned to her homeland."}, {"pk": 4101410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Solomon received an annual income of six hundred sixty-six kikkars of gold,"}, {"pk": 4101411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "not including income from the traders, the merchants and their profits, all the Arabian kings, and the officials of the land."}, {"pk": 4101412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "King Solomon made two hundred body-sized shields of hammered gold, using fifteen pounds <sup>[2]</sup> of gold in each shield,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>six hundred</i> (shekels)"}, {"pk": 4101413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "and three hundred small shields of hammered gold, using sixty ounces <sup>[3]</sup> of gold in each shield. The king placed these in the Forest of Lebanon Palace.", "comment": "[3] <i>three manehs</i>"}, {"pk": 4101414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "The king also made a large ivory throne and covered it with pure gold."}, {"pk": 4101415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Six steps led up to the throne, and the back of the throne was rounded at the top. Two lions stood beside the armrests on both sides of the throne."}, {"pk": 4101416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Another twelve lions stood on both sides of the six steps. No other kingdom had anything like this."}, {"pk": 4101417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "All of King Solomon\u2019s drinking cups were made of gold, and all the items in the Forest of Lebanon Palace were made of pure gold, not silver, since even silver wasn\u2019t considered good enough in Solomon\u2019s time!"}, {"pk": 4101418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "The royal fleet of Tarshish-style ships was at sea with Hiram\u2019s fleet, returning once every three years with gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "King Solomon far exceeded all the earth\u2019s kings in wealth and wisdom,"}, {"pk": 4101420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "and so the whole earth wanted an audience with Solomon in order to hear his God-given wisdom."}, {"pk": 4101421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Year after year they came with tribute: objects of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules."}, {"pk": 4101422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Solomon acquired more and more chariots and horses until he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses that he kept in chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "In Jerusalem, the king made silver as common as stones and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills."}, {"pk": 4101424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Solomon\u2019s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king\u2019s agents at the going price."}, {"pk": 4101425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "They would import a chariot from Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, and then export them to all the Hittite and Aramean kings."}, {"pk": 4101426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "In addition to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, King Solomon loved many foreign women, including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites."}, {"pk": 4101427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "These came from the nations that the LORD had commanded the Israelites about: \u201cDon\u2019t intermarry with them. They will definitely turn your heart toward their gods.\u201d Solomon clung to these women in love."}, {"pk": 4101428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred secondary wives. They turned his heart."}, {"pk": 4101429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods. He wasn\u2019t committed to the LORD his God with all his heart as was his father David."}, {"pk": 4101430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Solomon followed Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom the detestable god of the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4101431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Solomon did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes and wasn\u2019t completely devoted to the LORD like his father David."}, {"pk": 4101432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "On the hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a shrine to Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and to Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4101433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods."}, {"pk": 4101434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from being with the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice."}, {"pk": 4101435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD had commanded Solomon about this very thing, that he shouldn\u2019t follow other gods. But Solomon didn\u2019t do what the LORD commanded."}, {"pk": 4101436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said to Solomon, \u201cBecause you have done all this instead of keeping my covenant and my laws that I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant."}, {"pk": 4101437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Even so, on account of your father David, I won\u2019t do it during your lifetime. I will tear the kingdom out of your son\u2019s hands."}, {"pk": 4101438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Moreover, I won\u2019t tear away the entire kingdom. I will give one tribe to your son on account of my servant David and on account of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "So the LORD raised up an opponent for Solomon: Hadad the Edomite from the royal line of Edom."}, {"pk": 4101440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "When David was fighting against Edom, Joab the general had gone up to bury the Israelite dead, and he had killed every male in Edom."}, {"pk": 4101441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Joab and all the Israelites stayed there six months, until he had finished off every male in Edom."}, {"pk": 4101442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "While still a youth, Hadad escaped to Egypt along with his father\u2019s Edomite officials."}, {"pk": 4101443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "They set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt and to Pharaoh its king. Pharaoh assigned him a home, food, and land."}, {"pk": 4101444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Pharaoh was so delighted with Hadad that he gave him one of his wife\u2019s sisters for marriage, a sister of Queen Tahpenes."}, {"pk": 4101445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "This sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son, Genubath. Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh\u2019s house. So it was that Genubath was raised in Pharaoh\u2019s house, among Pharaoh\u2019s children."}, {"pk": 4101446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "While in Egypt, Hadad heard that David had lain down with his ancestors and that Joab the general was also dead. Hadad said to Pharaoh, \u201cLet me go to my homeland.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Pharaoh said to him, \u201cWhat do you lack here with me that would make you want to go back to your homeland?\u201d Hadad said, \u201cNothing, but please let me go!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "God raised up another opponent for Solomon: Rezon, Eliada\u2019s son, who had escaped from Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer."}, {"pk": 4101449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Rezon recruited men and became leader of a band when David was killing them. They went to Damascus, stayed there, and ruled it."}, {"pk": 4101450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Throughout Solomon\u2019s lifetime, Rezon was Israel\u2019s opponent and added to the problems caused by Hadad. Rezon hated Israel while he ruled as king of Aram."}, {"pk": 4101451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Now Nebat\u2019s son Jeroboam was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His mother\u2019s name was Zeruah; she was a widow. Although he was one of Solomon\u2019s own officials, Jeroboam fought against the king."}, {"pk": 4101452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "This is the story of why Jeroboam fought against the king: Solomon had built the stepped structure and repaired the broken wall in his father David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4101453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Now Jeroboam was a strong and honorable man. Solomon saw how well this youth did his work. So he appointed him over all the work gang of Joseph\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4101454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "At that time, when Jeroboam left Jerusalem, Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new garment. The two of them were alone in the country."}, {"pk": 4101455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Ahijah tore his new garment into twelve pieces."}, {"pk": 4101456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "He said to Jeroboam, \u201cTake ten pieces, because Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, has said, \u2018Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon\u2019s hand. I will give you ten tribes."}, {"pk": 4101457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "But I will leave him one tribe on account of my servant David and on account of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4101458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "I am doing this because they have abandoned me <sup>[1]</sup> and worshipped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven\u2019t walked in my ways by doing what is right in my eyes \u2014 keeping my laws and judgments \u2014 as Solomon\u2019s father David did.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Vulg <i>he has abandoned me</i>"}, {"pk": 4101459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "But I won\u2019t take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will keep him as ruler throughout his lifetime on account of my servant David, who did keep my commands and my laws."}, {"pk": 4101460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "I will take the kingdom from the hand of Solomon\u2019s son, and I will give you ten tribes."}, {"pk": 4101461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "I will give his son a single tribe so that my servant David will always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city that I chose for myself to place my name."}, {"pk": 4101462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "But I will accept you, and you will rule over all that you could desire. You will be king of Israel."}, {"pk": 4101463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "If you listen to all that I command and walk in my ways, if you do what is right in my eyes, keeping my laws and my commands just as my servant David did, then I will be with you and I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I did for David. I will give you Israel."}, {"pk": 4101464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "I will humble David\u2019s descendants by means of all this, though not forever.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "Then Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam fled to Egypt and its king Shishak. Jeroboam remained in Egypt until Solomon died."}, {"pk": 4101466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "The rest of Solomon\u2019s deeds, including all that he did and all his wisdom, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Solomon?"}, {"pk": 4101467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "The amount of time Solomon ruled over all Israel in Jerusalem was forty years."}, {"pk": 4101468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "Then Solomon lay down with his ancestors. He was buried in his father David\u2019s City, and Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Rehoboam went to Shechem where all Israel had come to make him king."}, {"pk": 4101470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "When Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, heard the news, he returned from Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon."}, {"pk": 4101471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "The people sent and called for Jeroboam, who along with the entire Israelite assembly went and said to Rehoboam,"}, {"pk": 4101472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cYour father made our workload <sup>[1]</sup> very hard for us. If you will lessen the demands your father made of us and lighten the heavy workload he demanded from us, then we will serve you.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>our yoke</i>; also in the verses that follow"}, {"pk": 4101473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "He answered them, \u201cCome back in three days.\u201d So the people left."}, {"pk": 4101474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive. \u201cWhat do you advise?\u201d Rehoboam asked. \u201cHow should I respond to these people?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cIf you will be a servant to this people by answering them and speaking good words today,\u201d they replied, \u201cthen they will be your servants forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "But Rehoboam ignored the advice the elders gave him and instead sought the counsel of the young advisors who had grown up with him and now served him."}, {"pk": 4101477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWhat do you advise?\u201d he asked them. \u201cHow should we respond to these people who have said to me, \u2018Lighten the workload your father demanded of us\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "The young people who had grown up with him said to him, \u201cThis people said to you, \u2018Your father made our workload heavy; lighten it for us!\u2019 Now this is what you should say to them: \u2018My baby finger <sup>[2]</sup> is thicker than my father\u2019s entire waist!", "comment": "[2] Or <i>pinky finger</i>, perhaps a euphemism"}, {"pk": 4101479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "So if my father made your workload heavy, I\u2019ll make it even heavier! If my father disciplined you with whips, I\u2019ll do it with scorpions!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had specified when he said, \u201cCome back to me in three days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "The king then answered the people harshly. He ignored the elders\u2019 advice"}, {"pk": 4101482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "and instead followed the young people\u2019s advice. He said, \u201cMy father made your workload heavy, but I\u2019ll make it even heavier! My father disciplined you with whips, but I\u2019ll do it with scorpions!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "The king didn\u2019t listen to the people because this turn of events came from the LORD so that he might keep the promise he delivered through Ahijah from Shiloh concerning Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4101484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "When all Israel saw that the king wouldn\u2019t listen to them, the people answered the king: \u201cWhy should we care about David? <br>We have no stake in Jesse\u2019s son! <br>Go back to your homes, Israel! <br>You better look after your own house now, David!\u201d <br> Then the Israelites went back to their homes,"}, {"pk": 4101485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "and Rehoboam ruled over only the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah."}, {"pk": 4101486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "When King Rehoboam sent Adoram to them (he was the leader of the work gang), all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam quickly got into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day."}, {"pk": 4101488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him. They called him to the assembly and crowned him king of all Israel. Nothing was left to the house of David except the tribe of Judah."}, {"pk": 4101489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he assembled the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin \u2014 one hundred eighty thousand select warriors \u2014 to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom for Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4101490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "But God\u2019s word came to Shemaiah the man of God,"}, {"pk": 4101491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cTell Judah\u2019s King Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son, and all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people,"}, {"pk": 4101492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "\u2018This is what the LORD says: Don\u2019t make war against your relatives the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, because this is my plan.\u2019\u201d When they heard the LORD\u2019s words, they went back home, just as the LORD had said."}, {"pk": 4101493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Jeroboam fortified Shechem at Mount Ephraim and lived there. From there he also fortified Penuel."}, {"pk": 4101494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "Jeroboam thought to himself, The kingdom is in danger of reverting to the house of David."}, {"pk": 4101495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "If these people continue to sacrifice at the LORD\u2019s temple in Jerusalem, they will again become loyal to their master Rehoboam, Judah\u2019s king, and they will kill me so they can return to Judah\u2019s King Rehoboam."}, {"pk": 4101496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "So the king asked for advice and then made two gold calves. He said to the people, \u201cIt\u2019s too far for you to go all the way up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel! Here are your gods who brought you out from the land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "He put one calf in Bethel, and the other he placed in Dan."}, {"pk": 4101498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "This act was sinful. The people went to worship before the one calf at Bethel and before the other one as far as Dan. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Cf LXX; MT lacks <i>before the one at Bethel.</i>"}, {"pk": 4101499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Jeroboam made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, but none were Levites."}, {"pk": 4101500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "Jeroboam set a date for a celebration on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. <sup>[4]</sup> It was just like the celebration in Judah. He sacrificed on the altar. At Bethel he sacrificed to the calves he had made. There also he installed the priests for the shrines he had made.", "comment": "[4] October\u2013November"}, {"pk": 4101501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "On the fifteenth day of the eighth month \u2014 the time he alone had decided \u2014 Jeroboam went up <sup>[5]</sup> to the altar he had built in Bethel. He made a celebration for the Israelites and offered sacrifices on the altar by burning them up. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>went up on the altar to burn incense</i><br>[5] Or <i>offered sacrifices</i>"}, {"pk": 4101502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "A man of God came from Judah by God\u2019s command to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing at the altar burning incense."}, {"pk": 4101503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "By the LORD\u2019s word, the man of God cried out to the altar: \u201cAltar! Altar! The LORD says this: Look! A son will be born to the house of David. His name will be Josiah. He will sacrifice on you, Altar, the very priests of the shrines who offer incense on you. They will burn human bones on you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "At that time the man of God gave a sign: \u201cThis is the sign that the LORD mentioned: \u2018Look! The altar will be broken apart, and its ashes will spill out.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "When the king heard the word of the man of God and how he cried out to the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched his hand from the altar and said, \u201cSeize him!\u201d But the hand that Jeroboam stretched out against the man of God grew stiff. Jeroboam wasn\u2019t able to bend it back to himself."}, {"pk": 4101506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The altar broke apart, and the ashes spilled out from the altar, just like the sign that the man of God gave by the LORD\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4101507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "The king said to the man of God, \u201cPlead before the LORD your God and pray for me so that I can bend my hand back again.\u201d So the man of God pleaded before the LORD, and the king\u2019s hand returned to normal and was like it used to be."}, {"pk": 4101508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "The king spoke to the man of God: \u201cCome with me to the palace and refresh yourself. Let me give you a gift.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "The man of God said to the king, \u201cEven if you gave me half your palace, I wouldn\u2019t go with you, nor would I eat food or drink water in this place."}, {"pk": 4101510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "This is what God commanded me by the LORD\u2019s word: Don\u2019t eat food! Don\u2019t drink water! Don\u2019t return by the way you came!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "So the man of God went by a different way. He didn\u2019t return by the way he came to Bethel."}, {"pk": 4101512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. His sons came and told him everything that the man of God had done that day at Bethel. They also told their father the words that he spoke to the king."}, {"pk": 4101513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cWhich way did he go?\u201d their father asked them. His sons had seen the way the man of God went when he came from Judah."}, {"pk": 4101514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "The old prophet said to his sons, \u201cSaddle my donkey.\u201d So they saddled his donkey, and he got on it."}, {"pk": 4101515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "He went after the man of God and found him sitting underneath a terebinth tree. He said to him, \u201cAre you the man of God who came from Judah?\u201d \u201cI am,\u201d he replied."}, {"pk": 4101516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "The old prophet then said to him, \u201cCome home with me and eat some food.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "But the man of God answered, \u201cI can\u2019t return or go with you, and I can\u2019t eat food or drink water with you in this place"}, {"pk": 4101518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "because of the message that came to me from the LORD\u2019s word: Don\u2019t eat food! Don\u2019t drink water! Don\u2019t return by the way you came!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "The old prophet said to the man of God, \u201cI\u2019m also a prophet like you. A messenger spoke to me with the LORD\u2019s word, \u2018Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.\u2019\u201d But the old prophet was lying to him."}, {"pk": 4101520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "So the man of God went back with the old prophet. He ate food in his home and drank water."}, {"pk": 4101521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Then as they were sitting at the table, the LORD\u2019s word came to the prophet who had brought him back."}, {"pk": 4101522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah: \u201cThe LORD says this: <br>You rebelled against the LORD\u2019s word! <br>You didn\u2019t keep the command that the LORD your God gave you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4101523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "You came back and ate food and drank water in this place. <br> \u201cBut he had commanded you: \u2018Don\u2019t eat food! Don\u2019t drink water!\u2019 Now your body won\u2019t go to the grave of your ancestors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "After he ate food and drank, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet he had brought back."}, {"pk": 4101525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "The man of God departed, and a lion found him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown down on the road. The donkey stood beside it, and the lion also stood beside the body."}, {"pk": 4101526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Some people were traveling nearby, and they discovered the body thrown down on the road and the lion standing beside it. They entered the town where the old prophet lived and were talking about it."}, {"pk": 4101527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "The prophet who brought the man of God back from the road overheard. He thought: That\u2019s the man of God who rebelled against the LORD\u2019s command. The LORD has given him to that lion that tore him apart, killing him in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word that was spoken to him."}, {"pk": 4101528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "The old prophet told his sons, \u201cSaddle the donkey.\u201d They did so,"}, {"pk": 4101529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "and he went and found the body thrown down on the road. The donkey and the lion were still standing beside the body. The lion hadn\u2019t eaten the body, nor had it torn the donkey apart."}, {"pk": 4101530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "The prophet lifted the body of the man of God and put it on the donkey. He brought it back, arriving in the old prophet\u2019s town to mourn and bury the man of God."}, {"pk": 4101531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "He placed the body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, \u201cOh, my brother!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "After the old prophet buried him, he said to his sons, \u201cWhen I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is. Put my bones beside his bones."}, {"pk": 4101533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "The message he gave by the LORD\u2019s word concerning the altar of Bethel and all the shrines in the towns of Samaria will most certainly come true.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "Even after this happened, Jeroboam didn\u2019t change his evil ways. Instead, he continued to appoint all sorts of people as priests of the shrines. Anyone who wanted to be a priest Jeroboam made a priest for the shrines."}, {"pk": 4101535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "In this way the house of Jeroboam acted sinfully, leading to its downfall and elimination from the earth."}, {"pk": 4101536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, Jeroboam\u2019s son Abijah became sick."}, {"pk": 4101537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Jeroboam said to his wife, \u201cPlease go with a disguise so no one will recognize you as Jeroboam\u2019s wife. Go to Shiloh where the prophet Ahijah is. He told me I would be king of this people."}, {"pk": 4101538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Take ten loaves of bread, cakes, and a bottle of honey with you. Go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Jeroboam\u2019s wife did precisely this. She left and went to Shiloh and came to Ahijah\u2019s house. Now Ahijah had become blind in his old age."}, {"pk": 4101540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD said to Ahijah, \u201cLook! Jeroboam\u2019s wife has come seeking a word from you about her son. He is sick. Say this and that to her. When she comes, she will be disguised.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming through the doorway, he said, \u201cCome in, Jeroboam\u2019s wife! Why have you disguised yourself? I have hard news for you."}, {"pk": 4101542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Tell Jeroboam: This is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: When I lifted you up from among the people, I appointed you as a leader over my people Israel."}, {"pk": 4101543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "I tore the kingdom from David\u2019s house and gave it to you. But you haven\u2019t been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart by doing only what is right in my eyes."}, {"pk": 4101544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Instead, you have done more evil than any who were before you. You have made other gods and metal images to anger me. You have turned your back on me."}, {"pk": 4101545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, I\u2019m going to bring disaster on Jeroboam\u2019s house! Because of Jeroboam, I will eliminate everyone who urinates on a wall, whether slave or free. Then I will set fire to the house of Jeroboam, as one burns dung until it is gone."}, {"pk": 4101546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Dogs will eat any of Jeroboam\u2019s family who die in town. Birds will eat those who die in the field. The LORD has spoken!"}, {"pk": 4101547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cAs for you, get up and go back home. When your feet enter the town, the boy will die."}, {"pk": 4101548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "All Israel will mourn for him and will bury him. Out of the whole line of Jeroboam, he alone will have a tomb, because only in him did Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, find something good."}, {"pk": 4101549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "For this reason the LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will eliminate the house of Jeroboam. This begins today. What\u2019s that? Even now! <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD will strike Israel so that it shakes like a reed in water. He will uproot Israel from this fertile land that he gave to their ancestors and their offspring, and he will scatter them across the Euphrates River, because they made the LORD angry by making their sacred poles. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4101551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Because of the sins Jeroboam committed, and because he made Israel sin too, God will give Israel up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Jeroboam\u2019s wife left and went to Tirzah. When she stepped across the threshold of the house, the boy died."}, {"pk": 4101553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "All Israel buried him and mourned him in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word spoken through his servant the prophet Ahijah."}, {"pk": 4101554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "The rest of Jeroboam\u2019s deeds \u2014 how he fought and how he ruled \u2014 are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4101555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Jeroboam ruled twenty-two years and he lay down with his ancestors. His son Nadab succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son, ruled over Judah. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king. He ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from among all the tribes of Israel to set his name. Rehoboam\u2019s mother\u2019s name was Naamah from Ammon."}, {"pk": 4101557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Judah did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. The sins they committed made the LORD angrier than anything their ancestors had done."}, {"pk": 4101558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "They also built shrines, standing stones, and sacred poles <sup>[3]</sup> on top of every high hill and under every green tree.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4101559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Moreover, the consecrated workers <sup>[4]</sup> in the land did detestable things, just like those nations that the LORD had removed among the Israelites.", "comment": "[4] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitutes</i>"}, {"pk": 4101560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "During King Rehoboam\u2019s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "He seized the treasures of the LORD\u2019s temple and the royal palace. He took everything, even all the gold shields that Solomon had made."}, {"pk": 4101562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and assigned them to the officers of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace."}, {"pk": 4101563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "Whenever the king entered the LORD\u2019s temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom."}, {"pk": 4101564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "The rest of Rehoboam\u2019s deeds and all that he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam."}, {"pk": 4101566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "When Rehoboam died, he was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. His mother\u2019s name was Naamah from Ammon. His son Abijam <sup>[5]</sup> succeeded him as king.", "comment": "[5] Spelled <i>Abijah</i> in <a href='/CEB/14/12/16'>2 Chron 12:16</a>; LXX, Syr, Targ <i>Abijah</i> in 1 Kgs"}, {"pk": 4101567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Abijam <sup>[1]</sup> became king of Judah in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son.", "comment": "[1] Spelled <i>Abijah</i> in <a href='/CEB/14/12/1'>2 Chron 12</a>"}, {"pk": 4101568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Maacah, and she was Abishalom\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4101569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Abijam followed all the sinful ways of his father before him. He didn\u2019t follow the LORD his God with all his heart like his ancestor David."}, {"pk": 4101570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Even so, on account of David, the LORD his God gave Abijam a lamp in Jerusalem by supporting his son who succeeded him and by preserving Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4101571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "This was because David did the right thing in the LORD\u2019s eyes. David didn\u2019t deviate from anything the LORD commanded him throughout his life \u2014 except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."}, {"pk": 4101572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as Abijam lived."}, {"pk": 4101573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "The rest of Abijam\u2019s deeds and all that he did, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam."}, {"pk": 4101574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Abijam lay down with his ancestors; he was buried in David\u2019s City. His son Asa succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "In the twentieth year of Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah."}, {"pk": 4101576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "He ruled in Jerusalem for forty-one years. His grandmother\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> name was Maacah; she was Abishalom\u2019s daughter.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>mother</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/11/15/13'>15:13</a>; cf <a href='/CEB/14/13/2'>2 Chron 13:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4101577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Asa did the right things in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just like his father David."}, {"pk": 4101578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "He removed the consecrated workers <sup>[3]</sup> from the land, and he did away with all the worthless idols that his predecessors had made.", "comment": "[3] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitutes</i>"}, {"pk": 4101579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "He even removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she had made an image of Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it in the Kidron Valley."}, {"pk": 4101580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Though the shrines weren\u2019t eliminated, nevertheless Asa remained committed with all his heart to the LORD throughout his life."}, {"pk": 4101581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "He brought into the LORD\u2019s temple the silver and gold equipment that he and his father had dedicated."}, {"pk": 4101582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "There was war between Asa and Israel\u2019s King Baasha throughout their lifetimes."}, {"pk": 4101583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Israel\u2019s King Baasha attacked Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent Judah\u2019s King Asa from moving into that area."}, {"pk": 4101584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the LORD\u2019s temple and the royal palace, and he gave them to his officials. Then King Asa sent them with the following message to Aram\u2019s King Ben-hadad, Tabrimmon\u2019s son and Hezion\u2019s grandson, who ruled from Damascus:"}, {"pk": 4101585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s make a covenant similar to the one between our fathers. Since I have already sent you a gift of silver and gold, break your covenant with Israel\u2019s King Baasha so that he will leave me alone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Ben-hadad agreed with King Asa and sent his army commanders against the cities of Israel, attacking Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, along with all the land of Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4101587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "As soon as Baasha learned this, he stopped building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah."}, {"pk": 4101588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "King Asa issued an order to every Judean without exception: all the people carried away the stone and timber that Baasha was using to build Ramah, and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4101589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "The rest of Asa\u2019s deeds, his strength, and all that he did, as well as the towns that he built, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings? When he was old, Asa developed a severe foot disease."}, {"pk": 4101590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "He died and was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. <sup>[4]</sup> His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.", "comment": "[4] Heb adds <i>his father</i>."}, {"pk": 4101591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Jeroboam\u2019s son Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Judah\u2019s King Asa. He ruled over Israel for two years."}, {"pk": 4101592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "He did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes by walking in the way of his father Jeroboam and the sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4101593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Baasha, Ahijah\u2019s son from the house of Issachar, plotted against him and attacked him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. Nadab and all Israel were laying siege against Gibbethon."}, {"pk": 4101594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Judah\u2019s King Asa and ruled in Nadab\u2019s place."}, {"pk": 4101595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "When he became king, Baasha attacked the entire house of Jeroboam. He didn\u2019t allow any living person to survive in Jeroboam\u2019s family; he wiped them out according to the LORD\u2019s word spoken by the LORD\u2019s servant Ahijah of Shiloh."}, {"pk": 4101596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "This happened because of Jeroboam\u2019s sins that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit, and because he angered the LORD, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4101597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "The rest of Nadab\u2019s deeds and all that he did, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "There was war between Asa and Israel\u2019s King Baasha throughout their lifetimes."}, {"pk": 4101599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "In the third year of Judah\u2019s King Asa, Baasha, Ahijah\u2019s son, became king over all Israel. He ruled in Tirzah for twenty-four years."}, {"pk": 4101600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "He did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes by walking in Jeroboam\u2019s ways and the sin he had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4101601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jehu, Hanani\u2019s son, against Baasha:"}, {"pk": 4101602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "I raised you up from the dust and made you a leader over my people Israel, but you walked in Jeroboam\u2019s ways, making my people Israel sin, making me angry with their sins."}, {"pk": 4101603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "So look, I am about to set fire to Baasha and his household, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4101604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Dogs will eat any of Baasha\u2019s family who die in town. Birds will eat any who die in the country."}, {"pk": 4101605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Now the rest of Baasha\u2019s deeds, what he did, and his powerful acts, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Baasha lay down with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s word came through the prophet Jehu, Hanani\u2019s son, concerning Baasha and his house. It concerned everything evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes that Baasha had done, angering the Lord by his actions so that he would end up just like the house of Jeroboam. The message was also about how the Lord attacked Baasha. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>and also about how he attacked him</i> or <i>and because Baasha had attacked Jeroboam</i>"}, {"pk": 4101608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "In the twenty-sixth year of Judah\u2019s King Asa, Elah, Baasha\u2019s son, became king over Israel. He ruled in Tirzah for two years."}, {"pk": 4101609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Zimri, his officer who led half the chariots, plotted against him. Elah was at Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of Arza, who had charge over the palace at Tirzah."}, {"pk": 4101610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Zimri came, attacked, and killed Elah in the twenty-seventh year of Judah\u2019s King Asa. Zimri succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Once Zimri became king and sat on the throne, he attacked all of Baasha\u2019s house. He didn\u2019t spare anyone who urinates on a wall, whether relative or friend."}, {"pk": 4101612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Zimri destroyed the entire house of Baasha in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word that had been spoken by the prophet Jehu to Baasha."}, {"pk": 4101613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "This happened because of all Baasha\u2019s sins, as well as the sins of his son Elah and because they caused Israel to sin. They angered Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, with their insignificant idols."}, {"pk": 4101614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "The rest of Elah\u2019s deeds and all that he did, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "In the twenty-seventh year of Judah\u2019s King Asa, Zimri became king. He ruled in Tirzah for seven days. The army was camped at Gibbethon in Philistia."}, {"pk": 4101616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "They heard the news: \u201cZimri has plotted against the king and killed him.\u201d Right then, in the camp, the whole Israelite army made their general Omri king of Israel."}, {"pk": 4101617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Omri and the entire army then went up from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah."}, {"pk": 4101618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fort of the royal palace and burned it down on top of himself. So he died."}, {"pk": 4101619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "This happened because of the sins Zimri had committed by doing evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes and by walking in Jeroboam\u2019s ways and the sin he had done by causing Israel to sin."}, {"pk": 4101620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "The rest of Zimri\u2019s deeds and the plot he carried out, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "At this time the people of Israel were split in two. One half of the people followed Tibni, Ginath\u2019s son, making him king; the other half followed Omri."}, {"pk": 4101622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "Omri\u2019s side was stronger than those who followed Tibni, Ginath\u2019s son. So Tibni died and Omri became king."}, {"pk": 4101623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "In the thirty-first year of Judah\u2019s King Asa, Omri became king of Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of which were in Tirzah."}, {"pk": 4101624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two kikkars of silver. He fortified the hill and named the town that he built there after Shemer, the previous owner of the hill of Samaria."}, {"pk": 4101625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "Omri did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, more evil than anyone who preceded him."}, {"pk": 4101626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "He walked in all the ways and sins of Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, because he caused Israel to sin. They angered Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, with their worthless idols."}, {"pk": 4101627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "The rest of Omri\u2019s deeds and his powerful acts, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "Omri lay down with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "In the thirty-eighth year of Judah\u2019s King Asa, Ahab, Omri\u2019s son, became king of Israel. He ruled over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years"}, {"pk": 4101630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "and did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, more than anyone who preceded him."}, {"pk": 4101631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "Ahab found it easy to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son. He married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, who was the king of the Sidonians. He served and worshipped Baal."}, {"pk": 4101632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "He made an altar for Baal in the Baal temple he had constructed in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4101633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "Ahab also made a sacred pole <sup>[2]</sup> and did more to anger the LORD, the God of Israel, than any of Israel\u2019s kings who preceded him.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4101634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "During Ahab\u2019s time, Hiel from Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He set up its foundations at the cost of his oldest son Abiram. He hung its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub. This fulfilled the LORD\u2019s word spoken through Joshua, Nun\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4101635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Elijah from Tishbe, who was one of the settlers in Gilead, said to Ahab, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, Israel\u2019s God, the one I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain these years unless I say so.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Elijah:"}, {"pk": 4101637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Go from here and turn east. Hide by the Cherith Brook that faces the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4101638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "You can drink from the brook. I have also ordered the ravens to provide for you there."}, {"pk": 4101639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "Elijah went and did just what the LORD said. He stayed by the Cherith Brook that faced the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4101640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "The ravens brought bread and meat in the mornings and evenings. He drank from the Cherith Brook."}, {"pk": 4101641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "After a while the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land."}, {"pk": 4101642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Elijah:"}, {"pk": 4101643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Get up and go to Zarephath near Sidon and stay there. I have ordered a widow there to take care of you."}, {"pk": 4101644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Elijah left and went to Zarephath. As he came to the town gate, he saw a widow collecting sticks. He called out to her, \u201cPlease get a little water for me in this cup so I can drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "She went to get some water. He then said to her, \u201cPlease get me a piece of bread.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cAs surely as the LORD your God lives,\u201d she replied, \u201cI don\u2019t have any food; only a handful of flour in a jar and a bit of oil in a bottle. Look at me. I\u2019m collecting two sticks so that I can make some food for myself and my son. We\u2019ll eat the last of the food and then die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Elijah said to her, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid! Go and do what you said. Only make a little loaf of bread for me first. Then bring it to me. You can make something for yourself and your son after that."}, {"pk": 4101648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "This is what Israel\u2019s God, the LORD, says: The jar of flour won\u2019t decrease and the bottle of oil won\u2019t run out until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "The widow went and did what Elijah said. So the widow, Elijah, and the widow\u2019s household ate for many days."}, {"pk": 4101650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "The jar of flour didn\u2019t decrease nor did the bottle of oil run out, just as the LORD spoke through Elijah."}, {"pk": 4101651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "After these things, the son of the widow, who was the matriarch of the household, became ill. His sickness got steadily worse until he wasn\u2019t breathing anymore."}, {"pk": 4101652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "She said to Elijah, \u201cWhat\u2019s gone wrong between us, man of God? Have you come to me to call attention to my sin and kill my son?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "Elijah replied, \u201cGive your son to me.\u201d He took her son from her and carried him to the upper room where he was staying. Elijah laid him on his bed."}, {"pk": 4101654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "Elijah cried out to the LORD, \u201cLORD my God, why is it that you have brought such evil upon the widow that I am staying with by killing her son?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "Then he stretched himself over the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, \u201cLORD my God, please give this boy\u2019s life back to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD listened to Elijah\u2019s voice and gave the boy his life back. And he lived."}, {"pk": 4101657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "Elijah brought the boy down from the upper room of the house and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, \u201cLook, your son is alive!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cNow I know that you really are a man of God,\u201d the woman said to Elijah, \u201cand that the LORD\u2019s word is truly in your mouth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "After many days, the LORD\u2019s word came to Elijah (it was the third year of the drought): Go! Appear before Ahab. I will then send rain on the earth."}, {"pk": 4101660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Now the famine had become especially bad in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4101661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace affairs. (Obadiah greatly feared the LORD."}, {"pk": 4101662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "When Jezebel killed the LORD\u2019s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred of them and hid them, fifty each in two caves. He supplied them with food and water.)"}, {"pk": 4101663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Ahab said to Obadiah, \u201cGo throughout the land and check every spring of water and every brook. Perhaps we can find some grass to keep our horses and mules alive so we don\u2019t have to kill any of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "To search, they divided the land between themselves. Ahab went one way by himself, while Obadiah went a different way by himself."}, {"pk": 4101665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "While Obadiah was out searching, suddenly Elijah met up with him. When Obadiah saw him, he fell on his face. \u201cMy master!\u201d he said. \u201cAre you Elijah?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Elijah replied, \u201cI am. Go and say to your master, \u2018Elijah is here!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Obadiah said, \u201cHow have I sinned that you are handing me, your servant, over to Ahab so he can kill me?"}, {"pk": 4101668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "As surely as the LORD your God lives, there\u2019s no nation or kingdom where my master Ahab hasn\u2019t looked for you. They would insist, \u2018He\u2019s not here,\u2019 but Ahab would make them swear that they couldn\u2019t find you."}, {"pk": 4101669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "And now you are commanding me: \u2018Go and say to your master, \u201cElijah is here\u201d?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "But here\u2019s what will happen: As soon as I leave you, the LORD\u2019s spirit will carry you off somewhere \u2014 I don\u2019t know where \u2014 then I\u2019ll report to Ahab, but he won\u2019t be able to find you. Then he will kill me! But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth."}, {"pk": 4101671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Wasn\u2019t my master told what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD\u2019s prophets? I hid one hundred of the LORD\u2019s prophets, fifty each in two caves. I also supplied them with food and water."}, {"pk": 4101672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "But even after all that, you tell me, \u2018Say to your master, \u201cElijah is here!\u201d\u2019 Ahab will kill me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Elijah said, \u201cAs surely as the LORD of heavenly forces lives, the one I serve, I will appear before Ahab today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "So Obadiah went to meet Ahab. He told him what had happened. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah."}, {"pk": 4101675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, \u201cIs that you, the one who troubles Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "Elijah answered, \u201cI haven\u2019t troubled Israel; you and your father\u2019s house have! You did as much when you deserted the LORD\u2019s commands and followed the Baals."}, {"pk": 4101677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Now send a message and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel. Gather the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel\u2019s table.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Ahab sent the message to all the Israelites. He gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel."}, {"pk": 4101679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Elijah approached all the people and said, \u201cHow long will you hobble back and forth between two opinions? If the LORD <sup>[1]</sup> is God, follow God. If Baal is God, follow Baal.\u201d The people gave no answer.", "comment": "[1] The contrast between the LORD\u2019s divine name (<i>YHWH</i>) and Baal\u2019s name is crucial throughout this passage."}, {"pk": 4101680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Elijah said to the people, \u201cI am the last of the LORD\u2019s prophets, but Baal\u2019s prophets number four hundred fifty."}, {"pk": 4101681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Give us two bulls. Let Baal\u2019s prophets choose one. Let them cut it apart and set it on the wood, but don\u2019t add fire. I\u2019ll prepare the other bull, put it on the wood, but won\u2019t add fire."}, {"pk": 4101682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Then all of you will call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers with fire \u2014 that\u2019s the real God!\u201d All the people answered, \u201cThat\u2019s an excellent idea.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, \u201cChoose one of these bulls. Prepare it first since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but don\u2019t add fire.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "So they took one of the bulls that had been brought to them. They prepared it and called on Baal\u2019s name from morning to midday. They said, \u201cGreat Baal, answer us!\u201d But there was no sound or answer. They performed a hopping dance around the altar that had been set up."}, {"pk": 4101685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Around noon, Elijah started making fun of them: \u201cShout louder! Certainly he\u2019s a god! Perhaps he is lost in thought or wandering or traveling somewhere. <sup>[2]</sup> Or maybe he is asleep and must wake up!\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "So the prophets of Baal cried with a louder voice and cut themselves with swords and knives as was their custom. Their blood flowed all over them."}, {"pk": 4101687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "As noon passed they went crazy with their ritual until it was time for the evening offering. Still there was no sound or answer, no response whatsoever."}, {"pk": 4101688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Elijah said to all the people, \u201cCome here!\u201d All the people closed in, and he repaired the LORD\u2019s altar that had been damaged."}, {"pk": 4101689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob \u2014 to whom the LORD\u2019s word came: \u201cYour name will be Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "He built the stones into an altar in the LORD\u2019s name, and he dug a trench around the altar big enough to hold two seahs <sup>[3]</sup> of dry grain.", "comment": "[3] One seah is approximately seven and a half quarts."}, {"pk": 4101691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "He put the wood in order, butchered the bull, and placed the bull on the wood. \u201cFill four jars with water and pour it on the sacrifice and on the wood,\u201d he commanded."}, {"pk": 4101692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cDo it a second time!\u201d he said. So they did it a second time. \u201cDo it a third time!\u201d And so they did it a third time."}, {"pk": 4101693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 35, "text": "The water flowed around the altar, and even the trench filled with water."}, {"pk": 4101694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 36, "text": "At the time of the evening offering, the prophet Elijah drew near and prayed: \u201cLORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. I have done all these things at your instructions."}, {"pk": 4101695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 37, "text": "Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people will know that you, LORD, are the real God and that you can change their hearts.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 38, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s fire fell; it consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up the water in the trench!"}, {"pk": 4101697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 39, "text": "All the people saw this and fell on their faces. \u201cThe LORD is the real God! The LORD is the real God!\u201d they exclaimed."}, {"pk": 4101698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 40, "text": "Elijah said to them, \u201cSeize Baal\u2019s prophets! Don\u2019t let any escape!\u201d The people seized the prophets, and Elijah brought them to the Kishon Brook and killed them there."}, {"pk": 4101699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 41, "text": "Elijah then said to Ahab, \u201cGet up! Celebrate with food and drink because I hear the sound of a rainstorm coming.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 42, "text": "So Ahab got up to celebrate with food and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. He bowed down to the ground and put his face between his knees."}, {"pk": 4101701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 43, "text": "He said to his assistant, \u201cPlease get up and look toward the sea.\u201d So the assistant did so. He said, \u201cI don\u2019t see anything.\u201d Seven times Elijah said, \u201cDo it again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 44, "text": "The seventh time the assistant said, \u201cI see a small cloud the size of a human hand coming up from the sea.\u201d Elijah said, \u201cGo and tell Ahab, \u2018Pull yourself together, go down the mountain, and don\u2019t let the rain hold you back.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 45, "text": "After a little while, the sky became dark with clouds, and a wind came up with a huge rainstorm. Ahab was already riding on his way to Jezreel,"}, {"pk": 4101704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 18, "verse": 46, "text": "but the LORD\u2019s power strengthened Elijah. He gathered up his clothes and ran in front of Ahab until he came to Jezreel."}, {"pk": 4101705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, how he had killed all Baal\u2019s prophets with the sword."}, {"pk": 4101706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this message: \u201cMay the gods do whatever they want to me if by this time tomorrow I haven\u2019t made your life like the life of one of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Elijah was terrified. He got up and ran for his life. He arrived at Beer-sheba in Judah and left his assistant there."}, {"pk": 4101708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "He himself went farther on into the desert a day\u2019s journey. He finally sat down under a solitary broom bush. He longed for his own death: \u201cIt\u2019s more than enough, LORD! Take my life because I\u2019m no better than my ancestors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "He lay down and slept under the solitary broom bush. Then suddenly a messenger tapped him and said to him, \u201cGet up! Eat something!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Elijah opened his eyes and saw flatbread baked on glowing coals and a jar of water right by his head. He ate and drank, and then went back to sleep."}, {"pk": 4101711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger returned a second time and tapped him. \u201cGet up!\u201d the messenger said. \u201cEat something, because you have a difficult road ahead of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Elijah got up, ate and drank, and went refreshed by that food for forty days and nights until he arrived at Horeb, God\u2019s mountain."}, {"pk": 4101713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "There he went into a cave and spent the night. The LORD\u2019s word came to him and said, \u201cWhy are you here, Elijah?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Elijah replied, \u201cI\u2019ve been very passionate for the LORD God of heavenly forces because the Israelites have abandoned your covenant. They have torn down your altars, and they have murdered your prophets with the sword. I\u2019m the only one left, and now they want to take my life too!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cGo out and stand at the mountain before the LORD. The LORD is passing by.\u201d A very strong wind tore through the mountains and broke apart the stones before the LORD. But the LORD wasn\u2019t in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake. But the LORD wasn\u2019t in the earthquake."}, {"pk": 4101716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "After the earthquake, there was a fire. But the LORD wasn\u2019t in the fire. After the fire, there was a sound. Thin. Quiet."}, {"pk": 4101717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his coat. He went out and stood at the cave\u2019s entrance. A voice came to him and said, \u201cWhy are you here, Elijah?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "He said, \u201cI\u2019ve been very passionate for the LORD God of heavenly forces because the Israelites have abandoned your covenant. They have torn down your altars, and they have murdered your prophets with the sword. I\u2019m the only one left, and now they want to take my life too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD said to him, \u201cGo back through the desert to Damascus and anoint Hazael as king of Aram."}, {"pk": 4101720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Also anoint Jehu, Nimshi\u2019s son, as king of Israel; and anoint Elisha from Abel-meholah, Shaphat\u2019s son, to succeed you as prophet."}, {"pk": 4101721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill. Whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill."}, {"pk": 4101722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "But I have preserved those who remain in Israel, totaling seven thousand \u2014 all those whose knees haven\u2019t bowed down to Baal and whose mouths haven\u2019t kissed him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "So Elijah departed from there and found Elisha, Shaphat\u2019s son. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him. Elisha was with the twelfth yoke. Elijah met up with him and threw his coat on him."}, {"pk": 4101724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Elisha immediately left the oxen and ran after Elijah. \u201cLet me kiss my father and my mother,\u201d Elisha said, \u201cthen I will follow you.\u201d Elijah replied, \u201cGo! I\u2019m not holding you back!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Elisha turned back from following Elijah, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Then with equipment from the oxen, Elisha boiled the meat, gave it to the people, and they ate it. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and served him."}, {"pk": 4101726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "King Ben-hadad of Aram brought together all his army along with thirty-two kings plus horses and chariots. He went up, surrounded Samaria, and made war against it."}, {"pk": 4101727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "He sent messengers to Ahab, Israel\u2019s king, inside Samaria."}, {"pk": 4101728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "The message said, \u201cThis is what Ben-hadad says: \u2018Your silver and your gold are mine. Your good-looking wives and children are mine.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Israel\u2019s king answered, \u201cWhatever you say, my master, great king. I am yours and so is everything I have.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "The messengers came back again: \u201cThis is what Ben-hadad says: \u2018I sent you the message: Give me your silver and gold, your wives and your sons."}, {"pk": 4101731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "However, at this time tomorrow I will send my officers to you, and they will search your palace and the houses of your officers. Everything that you find valuable they will seize and take away.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Israel\u2019s king called all the elders of the land and he said, \u201cPlease know and understand the evil this man wants to do! He demanded from me my wives and sons, and my silver and gold; and I didn\u2019t refuse him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "All of the elders and the people said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t obey and don\u2019t give in!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "So the king said to Ben-hadad\u2019s messengers, \u201cSay to my master the king: \u2018Everything that you first ordered your servant, I will do. But I can\u2019t comply with this new command.\u2019\u201d The messengers took this response to Ben-hadad,"}, {"pk": 4101735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "who sent back this reply: \u201cMay the gods do whatever they want to me if there is even a handful of dust left in Samaria for the armies under me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Israel\u2019s king replied, \u201cThe one who prepares for battle shouldn\u2019t brag like one returning from battle.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "When Ben-hadad heard this message, he and the other kings were drinking in their tents. Ben-hadad said to his officers, \u201cTake your positions!\u201d So they took up their positions against the city."}, {"pk": 4101738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Suddenly a prophet approached Israel\u2019s King Ahab. He said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Do you see that great army? Today I am handing it over to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Ahab said, \u201cWho will do it?\u201d The prophet answered, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: The servants of the district officials will do it.\u201d \u201cWho should start the battle?\u201d Ahab asked. \u201cYou should,\u201d the prophet replied."}, {"pk": 4101740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "So Ahab assembled the servants of the district officials. There were two hundred thirty-two of them. Next he assembled the entire Israelite army, seven thousand total."}, {"pk": 4101741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "At noon they marched for battle. Meanwhile, Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were getting drunk in their tents."}, {"pk": 4101742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "The servants of the district officials were at the head of the march. Ben-hadad sent for information and was told, \u201cSome men have marched out of Samaria.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "He said, \u201cIf they have come out in peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive as well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "So the servants of the district governors with the army behind them marched out from the city."}, {"pk": 4101745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Each one struck down his opponent, so that the Arameans fled. Israel chased after them. Ben-hadad, Aram\u2019s king, escaped with some horses and chariots."}, {"pk": 4101746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Israel\u2019s king went out and attacked the horses and chariots. He attacked the Arameans with a fierce assault."}, {"pk": 4101747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "The prophet came to Israel\u2019s king and said to him, \u201cMaintain your strength! Know and understand that at the turn of the coming year, Aram\u2019s king will attack you again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "The officers of Aram\u2019s king said to him, \u201cIsrael\u2019s god is a god of the mountains. That\u2019s why they were stronger than us. But if we fight them on the plains, we will certainly be stronger than they are."}, {"pk": 4101749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "This is what you need to do: Remove the kings from their military posts and appoint officials in their place."}, {"pk": 4101750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "Then raise another army like the one that was destroyed, with horses like those horses and chariots like those chariots. Then we will fight them on the plains, and we will certainly be stronger than they are.\u201d The king took their advice and followed it."}, {"pk": 4101751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "So in the spring of the year, Ben-hadad assembled the Arameans and marched up to Aphek to fight with Israel."}, {"pk": 4101752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Now the Israelites had already been assembled and provisioned, so they went to engage the Arameans. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the land."}, {"pk": 4101753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Then the man of God came forward and said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Because the Arameans said that the LORD is a god of the mountains but not a god of the valleys, I am handing this whole great army over to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "The two armies camped opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day, the battle began. The Israelites attacked and destroyed one hundred thousand Aramean foot soldiers in a single day."}, {"pk": 4101755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "Those who were left fled to Aphek, into the city where a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand more of them. But Ben-hadad escaped and hid in an inner room within the city."}, {"pk": 4101756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "Ben-hadad\u2019s officers said to him, \u201cListen, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful kings. Allow us to put mourning clothes on our bodies and cords around our heads. We will then go to Israel\u2019s king. Perhaps he will let you live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "So they put mourning clothes on their bodies and cords around their heads. They went to Israel\u2019s king and said, \u201cBen-hadad is your slave. He begs, \u2018Please let me live!\u2019\u201d Israel\u2019s king said, \u201cIs he still alive? He is my brother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "Taking this as a good sign, Ben-hadad\u2019s men quickly accepted this statement. <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cYes, Ben-hadad is your brother!\u201d they said. \u201cGo and get him,\u201d the king ordered. So Ben-hadad came to him, and the king received him into his chariot.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "Ben-hadad said to the king, \u201cI will return the towns that my father took from your father. Furthermore, you can set up markets for yourself in Damascus just as my father did in Samaria.\u201d The king replied, <sup>[2]</sup> \u201cOn the basis of this covenant, I will let you go.\u201d So he made a covenant with Ben-hadad and set him free.", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>The king replied.</i>"}, {"pk": 4101760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "At the LORD\u2019s command a certain man who belonged to a prophetic group said to his friend: \u201cPlease strike me.\u201d But his friend refused to hit him."}, {"pk": 4101761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "So he said to his friend, \u201cBecause you didn\u2019t obey the LORD\u2019s voice, a lion will attack you as soon as you leave me.\u201d And as the friend left the prophet, a lion found him and attacked him."}, {"pk": 4101762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "Then the prophet found another man and said, \u201cPlease strike me.\u201d He hit the prophet, and the attack left a wound."}, {"pk": 4101763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 38, "text": "The prophet went and stood before the king by the road. He disguised himself by putting a bandage over his eyes."}, {"pk": 4101764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 39, "text": "When the king passed by, the prophet called out to the king, \u201cYour servant was in the middle of the battle when someone brought a prisoner. \u2018Guard this man,\u2019 he said. \u2018If he escapes it will be your life for his \u2014 that, or you will owe me a kikkar of silver.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 40, "text": "Your servant got busy doing this and that, and the prisoner disappeared.\u201d Israel\u2019s king replied, \u201cIt appears you have decided your own fate.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 41, "text": "The prophet quickly tore the bandage from over his eyes, and Israel\u2019s king recognized him as one of the prophets."}, {"pk": 4101767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 42, "text": "Then the prophet said to the king, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Because you freed a man I condemned to die, it will be your life for his life, and your people for his people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 20, "verse": 43, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king went to his palace at Samaria, irritated and upset."}, {"pk": 4101769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Now it happened sometime later that Naboth from Jezreel had a vineyard in Jezreel that was next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria."}, {"pk": 4101770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Ahab ordered Naboth, \u201cGive me your vineyard so it can become my vegetable garden, because it is right next to my palace. In exchange for it, I\u2019ll give you an even better vineyard. Or if you prefer, I\u2019ll pay you the price in silver.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Naboth responded to Ahab, \u201cLORD forbid that I give you my family inheritance!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "So Ahab went to his palace, irritated and upset at what Naboth <sup>[1]</sup> had said to him \u2014 because Naboth had said, \u201cI won\u2019t give you my family inheritance!\u201d Ahab lay down on his bed and turned his face away. He wouldn\u2019t eat anything.", "comment": "[1] Heb adds <i>from Jezreel</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/11/21/6-7'>21:6\u20137</a>, <a href='/CEB/11/21/15-16'>15\u201316</a>."}, {"pk": 4101773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "His wife Jezebel came to him. \u201cWhy are you upset and not eating any food?\u201d she asked."}, {"pk": 4101774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "He answered her, \u201cI was talking to Naboth. I said, \u2018Sell me your vineyard. Or if you prefer, I\u2019ll give you another vineyard for it.\u2019 But he said, \u2018I won\u2019t give you my vineyard!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Then his wife Jezebel said to him, \u201cAren\u2019t you the one who rules Israel? Get up! Eat some food and cheer up. I\u2019ll get Naboth\u2019s vineyard for you myself.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "So she wrote letters in Ahab\u2019s name, putting his seal on them. She sent them to the elders and officials who lived in the same town as Naboth."}, {"pk": 4101777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "This is what she wrote in the letters: \u201cAnnounce a fast and place Naboth at the head of the people."}, {"pk": 4101778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Then bring in two liars in front of him and have them testify as follows: \u2018You cursed God and king!\u2019 Then take Naboth outside and stone him so he dies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "The elders and the officials who lived in Naboth\u2019s town did exactly as Jezebel specified in the letters that she had sent."}, {"pk": 4101780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "They announced a fast and placed Naboth at the head of the people."}, {"pk": 4101781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the two liars came and sat in front of him. They testified against Naboth in front of the people, \u201cNaboth cursed God and king!\u201d So the people took Naboth outside the town and stoned him so that he died."}, {"pk": 4101782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "It was then reported to Jezebel, \u201cNaboth was stoned. He\u2019s dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, \u201cGet up and take ownership of the vineyard of Naboth, which he had refused to sell to you. Naboth is no longer alive; he\u2019s dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "When Ahab heard that Naboth had died, he got up and went down to Naboth\u2019s vineyard to take ownership of it."}, {"pk": 4101785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Elijah from Tishbe:"}, {"pk": 4101786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Get up and go down to meet Israel\u2019s King Ahab in Samaria. He is in Naboth\u2019s vineyard. He has gone down to take ownership of it."}, {"pk": 4101787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "Say the following to him: This is what the LORD says: So, you\u2019ve murdered and are now taking ownership, are you? Then tell him: This is what the LORD says: In the same place where the dogs licked up Naboth\u2019s blood, they will lick up your own blood."}, {"pk": 4101788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Ahab said to Elijah, \u201cSo you\u2019ve found me, my old enemy!\u201d \u201cI found you,\u201d Elijah said, \u201cbecause you\u2019ve enslaved yourself by doing evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4101789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "So I am now bringing evil on you! I will burn until you are consumed, and I will eliminate everyone who urinates on a wall that belongs to Ahab, whether slave or free."}, {"pk": 4101790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "I will make your household like that of Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, and like the household of Baasha, Ahijah\u2019s son, because of the way you\u2019ve angered me and because you\u2019ve made Israel sin."}, {"pk": 4101791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "As for Jezebel, the LORD says this: Dogs will devour Jezebel in the area of Jezreel."}, {"pk": 4101792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Dogs will eat anyone of Ahab\u2019s family who dies in town, and birds will eat anyone who dies in the country.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "<sup>[24]</sup> (Truly there has never been anyone like Ahab who sold out by doing evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes \u2014 evil that his wife Jezebel led him to do."}, {"pk": 4101794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "Ahab\u2019s actions were deplorable. He followed after the worthless idols exactly like the Amorites had done \u2014 the very ones the LORD had removed before the Israelites.)"}, {"pk": 4101795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put mourning clothes on his body. He fasted, even slept in mourning clothes, and walked around depressed."}, {"pk": 4101796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word then came to Elijah from Tishbe:"}, {"pk": 4101797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done so, I won\u2019t bring the evil during his lifetime. Instead, I will bring the evil on his household in the days of his son."}, {"pk": 4101798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "For three years there was no war between Aram and the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4101799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "In the third year, Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat visited Israel\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4101800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Israel\u2019s king said to his servants, \u201cYou know, don\u2019t you, that Ramoth-gilead is ours? But we aren\u2019t doing anything to take it back from the king of Aram.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "He said to Jehoshaphat, \u201cWill you go with me into battle at Ramoth-gilead?\u201d Jehoshaphat said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cI am with you, and my troops and my horses are united with yours."}, {"pk": 4101802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "But,\u201d Jehoshaphat said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cfirst let\u2019s see what the LORD has to say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king gathered about four hundred prophets, and he asked them, \u201cShould I go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?\u201d \u201cAttack!\u201d the prophets answered. \u201cThe LORD will hand it over to the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "But Jehoshaphat said, \u201cIsn\u2019t there any other prophet of the LORD whom we could ask?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cThere is one other man who could ask the LORD for us,\u201d Israel\u2019s king told Jehoshaphat, \u201cbut I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad. His name is Micaiah, Imlah\u2019s son.\u201d \u201cThe king shouldn\u2019t speak like that!\u201d Jehoshaphat said."}, {"pk": 4101806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king called an officer and ordered, \u201cBring Micaiah, Imlah\u2019s son, right away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Now Israel\u2019s king and Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat were sitting on their thrones, dressed in their royal robes at the threshing floor beside the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying in front of them."}, {"pk": 4101808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Zedekiah, Chenaanah\u2019s son, made iron horns for himself and said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans until there\u2019s nothing left of them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "All the other prophets agreed: \u201cAttack Ramoth-gilead and win! The LORD will hand it over to the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Meanwhile, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, \u201cListen, the prophets all agree that the king will succeed. You should say the same thing they say and prophesy success.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "But Micaiah answered, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, I will say only what the LORD tells me to say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, \u201cMicaiah, should we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?\u201d \u201cAttack and win!\u201d Micaiah answered. \u201cThe LORD will hand it over to the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "But the king said, \u201cHow many times must I demand that you tell me the truth when you speak in the name of the LORD?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Micaiah replied, \u201cI saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd! And then the LORD said: They have no master. Let them return safely to their own homes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Israel\u2019s king said to Jehoshaphat, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you? He never prophesies anything good about me, only bad.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Then Micaiah said, \u201cListen now to the LORD\u2019s word: I saw the LORD enthroned with all the heavenly forces stationed beside him, at his right and at his left."}, {"pk": 4101817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD said, \u2018Who will persuade Ahab so that he attacks Ramoth-gilead and dies there?\u2019 There were many suggestions"}, {"pk": 4101818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "until one particular spirit approached the LORD and said, \u2018I\u2019ll persuade him.\u2019 \u2018How?\u2019 the LORD asked."}, {"pk": 4101819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "\u2018I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets,\u2019 he said. The LORD agreed, \u2018You will succeed in persuading him! Go ahead!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4101820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "So now, since the LORD has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of every one of these prophets of yours, it is the LORD who has pronounced disaster against you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Zedekiah, Chenaanah\u2019s son, approached Micaiah and slapped him on the cheek. \u201cJust how did the LORD\u2019s spirit leave me to speak to you?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4101822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "Micaiah answered, \u201cYou will find out on the day you try to hide in an inner room.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cArrest him,\u201d ordered Israel\u2019s king, \u201cand turn him over to Amon the city official and to Joash the king\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4101824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "Tell them, \u2018The king says: Put this man in prison and feed him minimum rations of bread and water until I return safely.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cIf you ever return safely,\u201d Micaiah replied, \u201cthen the LORD wasn\u2019t speaking through me.\u201d Then he added, \u201cPay attention, every last one of you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king and Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat attacked Ramoth-gilead."}, {"pk": 4101827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "Israel\u2019s king said to Jehoshaphat, \u201cI will disguise myself when we go into battle, <sup>[1]</sup> but you should wear your royal attire.\u201d When Israel\u2019s king had disguised himself, they entered the battle.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Tg; MT <i>Disguise yourself and go</i>"}, {"pk": 4101828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "Meanwhile, Aram\u2019s king had commanded his thirty-two chariot officers, \u201cDon\u2019t bother with anyone big or small. Fight only with Israel\u2019s king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "As soon as the chariot officers saw Jehoshaphat, they assumed that he must be Israel\u2019s king, so they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out for help."}, {"pk": 4101830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "When the chariot officers realized that he wasn\u2019t Israel\u2019s king, they stopped chasing him."}, {"pk": 4101831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 34, "text": "But someone randomly shot an arrow that struck Israel\u2019s king between the joints in his armor. <sup>[2]</sup> \u201cTurn around and get me out of the battle,\u201d the king told his chariot driver. \u201cI\u2019ve been hit!\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 35, "text": "While the battle raged all that day, the king stood propped up in the chariot facing the Arameans. But that evening he died after his blood had poured from his wound into the chariot."}, {"pk": 4101833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 36, "text": "When the sun set, a shout spread throughout the camp: \u201cRetreat to your towns! Retreat to your land!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 37, "text": "Once the king had died, people came from Samaria and buried the king there."}, {"pk": 4101835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 38, "text": "They cleaned the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up the king\u2019s blood and the prostitutes bathed in it, just as the LORD had spoken."}, {"pk": 4101836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 39, "text": "The rest of Ahab\u2019s deeds and all that he did \u2014 including the ivory palace he built and all the towns he constructed \u2014 aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 40, "text": "Ahab lay down with his ancestors. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 41, "text": "Jehoshaphat, Asa\u2019s son, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Israel\u2019s King Ahab."}, {"pk": 4101839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 42, "text": "Jehoshaphat was 35 years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Azubah; she was Shilhi\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4101840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 43, "text": "Jehoshapat walked in all the ways of his father Asa, not deviating from it. He did the right things in the LORD\u2019s eyes, with the exception that he didn\u2019t remove the shrines. The people continued to sacrifice and offer incense at them."}, {"pk": 4101841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 44, "text": "Jehoshaphat made peace with Israel\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4101842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 45, "text": "The rest of Jehoshaphat\u2019s deeds, the great acts he did, and how he fought in battle, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 46, "text": "Additionally, Jehoshaphat purged the land of the consecrated workers <sup>[3]</sup> who remained from the days of Asa.", "comment": "[3] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitutes</i>"}, {"pk": 4101844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 47, "text": "Now Edom had no king; only a deputy was ruler."}, {"pk": 4101845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 48, "text": "Jehoshaphat built Tarshish-styled ships to go to Ophir for gold. But the fleet didn\u2019t go because it was wrecked at Ezion-geber."}, {"pk": 4101846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 49, "text": "Then Ahaziah, Ahab\u2019s son, said to Jehoshaphat, \u201cLet my sailors go with your sailors on the ships.\u201d But Jehoshaphat didn\u2019t agree to this."}, {"pk": 4101847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 50, "text": "Jehoshaphat died and was buried with his ancestors in his ancestor David\u2019s City. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4101848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 51, "text": "In the seventeenth year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat, Ahaziah, Ahab\u2019s son, became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled over Israel for two years."}, {"pk": 4101849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 52, "text": "He did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. He walked in his father\u2019s ways and his mother\u2019s ways \u2014 that is, in the ways of Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, who had caused Israel to sin."}, {"pk": 4101850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 11, "chapter": 22, "verse": 53, "text": "Ahaziah served Baal and worshipped him. He angered the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, by doing all the same things his father had done."}, {"pk": 4101851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel."}, {"pk": 4101852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Ahaziah fell out the window of his second-story room in Samaria and was hurt. He sent messengers, telling them, \u201cGo to Ekron\u2019s god Baal-zebub, and ask if I will recover from this injury.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s messenger said to Elijah from Tishbe, \u201cGo, intercept the messengers of Samaria\u2019s king, and ask them, \u2018Is it because there\u2019s no God in Israel that you are going to question Ekron\u2019s god Baal-zebub?"}, {"pk": 4101854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what the LORD says: You will never get out of the bed you are lying in; you will die for sure!\u2019\u201d So Elijah set off."}, {"pk": 4101855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The messengers returned to Ahaziah. He said to them, \u201cWhy have you come back?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "They said to him, \u201cA man met us and said, \u2018Go back to the king who sent you. Say to him, This is what the LORD says: Is it because there\u2019s no God in Israel that you\u2019ve come to question Ekron\u2019s god Baal-zebub? Because of this, you will never get out of the bed you are lying in; you will die for sure!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Ahaziah said to them, \u201cDescribe the man who met you and said these things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "They said to him, \u201cHe wore clothes made of hair <sup>[1]</sup> with a leather belt around his waist.\u201d Ahaziah said, \u201cThat was Elijah from Tishbe.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>He was a hairy man</i>."}, {"pk": 4101859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "So Ahaziah sent out a commander with fifty soldiers. The commander met up with Elijah while he was sitting on a hilltop. The commander said, \u201cMan of God, the king says, \u2018Come down!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Elijah replied to the commander of the fifty soldiers, \u201cIf I really am a man of God, may fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your fifty soldiers.\u201d Then fire came down from the sky and burned up the commander and his fifty soldiers."}, {"pk": 4101861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Ahaziah then sent another commander with fifty soldiers. The commander said to Elijah, \u201cMan of God, this is what the king says: \u2018Hurry and come down!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Elijah said to them, \u201cIf I really am a man of God, may fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your fifty soldiers.\u201d Then God\u2019s fire came down from the sky and burned up the commander and his fifty soldiers."}, {"pk": 4101863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "For a third time Ahaziah sent a commander with fifty soldiers. So the third commander arrived. He kneeled before Elijah and begged him, \u201cMan of God! Please have some regard for my life and the lives of these fifty soldiers who are your servants."}, {"pk": 4101864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Look, fire came from the sky and burned up the two earlier commanders and their troops of fifty soldiers. Please have regard for my life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s messenger said to Elijah, \u201cGo down with him. Don\u2019t be afraid of him.\u201d So Elijah set out to go with him to the king."}, {"pk": 4101866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Elijah said to the king: \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to question Ekron\u2019s god Baal-zebub? Is there no God in Israel whose word you could seek? Because of this, you won\u2019t ever get out of the bed you are lying in; you\u2019ll die for sure!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "So Ahaziah died in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram <sup>[2]</sup> became king after him in the second year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoram, who was Jehoshaphat\u2019s son.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Jehoram</i>; the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoram</i> or short <i>Joram</i> form."}, {"pk": 4101868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The rest of Ahaziah\u2019s deeds, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4101869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Now the LORD was going to take Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, and Elijah and Elisha were leaving Gilgal."}, {"pk": 4101870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cStay here, because the LORD has sent me to Bethel.\u201d But Elisha said, \u201cAs the LORD lives and as you live, I won\u2019t leave you.\u201d So they went down to Bethel."}, {"pk": 4101871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "The group of prophets from Bethel came out to Elisha. These prophets said to Elisha, \u201cDo you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?\u201d Elisha said, \u201cYes, I know. Don\u2019t talk about it!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Elijah said, \u201cElisha, stay here, because the LORD has sent me to Jericho.\u201d But Elisha said, \u201cAs the LORD lives and as you live, I won\u2019t leave you.\u201d So they went to Jericho."}, {"pk": 4101873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "The group of prophets from Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, \u201cDo you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?\u201d He said, \u201cYes, I know. Don\u2019t talk about it!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cStay here, because the LORD has sent me to the Jordan.\u201d But Elisha said, \u201cAs the LORD lives and as you live, I won\u2019t leave you.\u201d So both of them went on together."}, {"pk": 4101875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Fifty members from the group of prophets also went along, but they stood at a distance. Both Elijah and Elisha stood beside the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4101876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Elijah then took his coat, rolled it up, and hit the water. Then the water was divided in two! Both of them crossed over on dry ground."}, {"pk": 4101877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you before I\u2019m taken away from you?\u201d Elisha said, \u201cLet me have twice your spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Elijah said, \u201cYou\u2019ve made a difficult request. If you can see me when I\u2019m taken from you, then it will be yours. If you don\u2019t see me, it won\u2019t happen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "They were walking along, talking, when suddenly a fiery chariot and fiery horses appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went to heaven in a windstorm."}, {"pk": 4101880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Elisha was watching, and he cried out, \u201cOh, my father, my father! Israel\u2019s chariots and its riders!\u201d When he could no longer see him, Elisha took hold of his clothes and ripped them in two."}, {"pk": 4101881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Elisha picked up the coat that had fallen from Elijah. He went back and stood beside the banks of the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4101882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He took the coat that had fallen from Elijah and hit the water. He said, \u201cWhere is the LORD, Elijah\u2019s God?\u201d And when he hit the water, it divided in two! Then Elisha crossed over."}, {"pk": 4101883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "The group of prophets from Jericho saw him from a distance. They said, \u201cElijah\u2019s spirit has settled on Elisha!\u201d So they came out to meet him, bowing down before him."}, {"pk": 4101884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cLook,\u201d they told him, \u201cthere are fifty strong men among us, your servants. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the LORD\u2019s spirit has picked him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley.\u201d Elisha said, \u201cDon\u2019t send them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "They insisted until he became embarrassed and said, \u201cOkay, send them.\u201d So they sent fifty men who searched for three days. But they couldn\u2019t find Elijah."}, {"pk": 4101886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "When these men returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you not to go?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "The citizens said to Elisha, \u201cAs you can see, sir, this city is in a good location, but the water is bad, and the land causes miscarriages.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "He said, \u201cBring me a new bowl, and put some salt in it.\u201d They did so."}, {"pk": 4101889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Elisha then went out and threw salt into the spring. He said, \u201cThis is what the LORD has said: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death and miscarriage.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "The water has stayed pure right up to this very day, in agreement with the word that Elisha spoke."}, {"pk": 4101891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Elisha went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up the road, some young people came out of the city. They mocked him: \u201cGet going, Baldy! Get going, Baldy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "Turning around, Elisha looked at them and cursed them in the LORD\u2019s name. Then two bears came out of the woods and mangled forty-two of the youths."}, {"pk": 4101893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria."}, {"pk": 4101894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Joram, <sup>[1]</sup> Ahab\u2019s son, became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, Judah\u2019s king. He ruled for twelve years.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Jehoram</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/3/6'>3:6</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoram</i> or short <i>Joram</i> form."}, {"pk": 4101895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, but he wasn\u2019t as bad as his father and mother. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made."}, {"pk": 4101896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "But he nevertheless clung to the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit. He didn\u2019t deviate from them."}, {"pk": 4101897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Now Moab\u2019s King Mesha kept sheep. He would pay Israel\u2019s king one hundred thousand lambs and the wool from one hundred thousand rams."}, {"pk": 4101898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "But when Ahab died, Moab\u2019s king rebelled against Israel\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4101899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "So King Joram set out from Samaria at once. He prepared all Israel for war."}, {"pk": 4101900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "He sent word to Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat, \u201cMoab\u2019s king has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?\u201d Jehoshaphat responded, \u201cYes, I\u2019ll go. We\u2019ll fight as one: you and I, our troops and our horses.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cWhich road should we take?\u201d Joram asked. Jehoshaphat responded, \u201cThe road that goes through the Edomite wilderness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "So Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings set out with the king of Edom. They marched around for seven days until there was no water left for the army or for the animals with them."}, {"pk": 4101903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Israel\u2019s king said, \u201cThis is terrible! Has the LORD brought us three kings together only to hand us over to Moab?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Jehoshaphat said, \u201cIsn\u2019t there any prophet of the LORD around, so we could question the LORD through him?\u201d One of the servants of Israel\u2019s king answered, \u201cElisha, Shaphat\u2019s son, is here. He used to pour water on Elijah\u2019s hands.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Jehoshaphat said, \u201cHe has the LORD\u2019s word!\u201d So Israel\u2019s king and Jehoshaphat and Edom\u2019s king went down to see Elisha."}, {"pk": 4101906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Elisha said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cWhat do we have to do with each other? Go to your father\u2019s or mother\u2019s prophets.\u201d Then Israel\u2019s king said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t say that, because it is the LORD who has brought us three kings together \u2014 but only to hand us over to Moab!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Elisha said, \u201cI swear by the life of the LORD of heavenly forces, the one I stand before and serve, if I didn\u2019t care about Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat, I wouldn\u2019t notice you or even look at you!"}, {"pk": 4101908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Now bring me a musician.\u201d While the musician played, the LORD\u2019s power came over Elisha."}, {"pk": 4101909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "He said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: This valley will be filled with pools. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg <i>Fill this valley with ditches</i>."}, {"pk": 4101910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "This is what the LORD says: You won\u2019t see any wind or rain, but that valley will be full of water. Then you\u2019ll be able to drink \u2014 you, your cattle, and your animals."}, {"pk": 4101911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "This is easy for the LORD to do. He will also hand Moab over to you."}, {"pk": 4101912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "You will then attack every fort and every grand city, cutting down all the good trees, stopping up all the springs, and ruining the good fields with stones.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "The next morning, at the time to offer the grain offering, water came flowing from the direction of Edom. The land filled up with water."}, {"pk": 4101914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Now all the Moabites had heard how these kings had come to fight against them. So all who were able to fight were summoned, and they took up positions along the border."}, {"pk": 4101915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "They got up early in the morning as the sun\u2019s rays shone on the water. The Moabites saw the water from a distance. It looked as red as blood."}, {"pk": 4101916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "They said, \u201cIt\u2019s blood! The kings must have fought each other and killed themselves! Now get the plunder, Moab!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "But when they entered Israel\u2019s camp, the Israelites rose up and attacked the Moabites. The Moabites fled from them. Israel moved forward, striking the Moabites down as they went. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Then the Israelites destroyed the Moabite cities. Each Israelite threw a stone on every piece of good land until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-hareseth remained with its stone wall intact, <sup>[4]</sup> but then stone throwers <sup>[5]</sup> surrounded it and attacked it.", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain<br>[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Moab\u2019s king saw that he was losing the battle. So he took seven hundred soldiers with him, each with sword in hand, to break through to Edom\u2019s king. But they failed."}, {"pk": 4101920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and he offered him on the wall as an entirely burned offering. As a result, outrage was expressed by Israel. So they pulled back from Moab\u2019s king and returned to their own country."}, {"pk": 4101921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Now there was a woman who had been married to a member of a group of prophets. She appealed to Elisha, saying, \u201cMy husband, your servant, is dead. You know how he feared the LORD. But now someone he owed money to has come to take my two children away as slaves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Elisha said to her, \u201cWhat can I do for you? Tell me what you still have left in the house.\u201d She said, \u201cYour servant has nothing at all in the house except a small jar of oil.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "He said, \u201cGo out and borrow containers from all your neighbors. Get as many empty containers as possible."}, {"pk": 4101924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Then go in and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all those containers. Set each one aside when it\u2019s full.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "She left Elisha and closed the door behind her and her sons. They brought her containers as she kept on pouring."}, {"pk": 4101926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "When she had filled the containers, she said to her son, \u201cBring me another container.\u201d He said to her, \u201cThere aren\u2019t any more.\u201d Then the oil stopped flowing,"}, {"pk": 4101927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "and she reported this to the man of God. He said, \u201cGo! Sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what remains.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "One day Elisha went to Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She urged him to eat something, so whenever he passed by, he would stop in to eat some food."}, {"pk": 4101929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "She said to her husband, \u201cLook, I know that he is a holy man of God and he passes by regularly."}, {"pk": 4101930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Let\u2019s make a small room on the roof. We\u2019ll set up a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him there. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "So one day Elisha came there, headed to the room on the roof, and lay down."}, {"pk": 4101932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to his servant Gehazi, \u201cCall this Shunammite woman.\u201d Gehazi called her, and she stood before him."}, {"pk": 4101933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Elisha then said to Gehazi, \u201cSay to her, \u2018Look, you\u2019ve gone to all this trouble for us. What can I do for you? Is there anything I can say on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?\u2019\u201d She said, \u201cI\u2019m content to live at home with my own people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Elisha asked, \u201cSo what can be done for her?\u201d Gehazi said, \u201cWell, she doesn\u2019t have a son, and her husband is old.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Elisha said, \u201cCall her.\u201d So Gehazi called her, and she stood at the door."}, {"pk": 4101936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Elisha said, \u201cAbout this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms.\u201d But she said, \u201cNo, man of God, sir; don\u2019t lie to your servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at about the same time the next year. This was what Elisha had promised her."}, {"pk": 4101938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The child grew up. One day he ran to his father, who was with the harvest workers."}, {"pk": 4101939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "He said to his father, \u201cOh, my head! My head!\u201d The father said to a young man, \u201cCarry him to his mother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "So he picked up the boy and brought him to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon. Then he died."}, {"pk": 4101941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "She went up and laid him down on the bed for the man of God. Then she went out and closed the door."}, {"pk": 4101942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "She called her husband and said, \u201cSend me one of the young men and one of the donkeys so that I can hurry to the man of God and come back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Her husband said, \u201cWhy are you going to him today? It\u2019s not a new moon or sabbath.\u201d She said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry about it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "She saddled the donkey, then said to her young servant, \u201cDrive the donkey hard. Don\u2019t let me slow down unless I tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "So she went off and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. As soon as the man of God saw her from a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, \u201cLook, it\u2019s the Shunammite woman!"}, {"pk": 4101946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Run out to meet her and ask her, \u2018Are things okay with you, your husband, and your child?\u2019\u201d She said, \u201cThings are okay.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "When she got to the man of God at the mountain, she grabbed his feet. Gehazi came up to push her away, but the man of God said, \u201cLeave her alone! She is distraught, but the LORD has hidden the reason from me and hasn\u2019t told me why.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "She said, \u201cDid I ask you for a son, sir? Didn\u2019t I say, \u2018Don\u2019t raise my hopes\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Elisha said to Gehazi, \u201cGet ready, take my staff, and go! If you encounter anyone, don\u2019t stop to greet them. If anyone greets you, don\u2019t reply. Put my staff on the boy\u2019s face.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "But the boy\u2019s mother said, \u201cI swear by your life and by the LORD\u2019s life, I won\u2019t leave you!\u201d So Elisha got up and followed her."}, {"pk": 4101951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Gehazi went on ahead of them. He set the staff on the young boy\u2019s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, \u201cThe boy didn\u2019t wake up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Elisha came into the house and saw the boy lying dead on his bed."}, {"pk": 4101953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "He went in and closed the door behind the two of them. Then he prayed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4101954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "He got up on the bed and lay down on top of the child, putting his mouth on the boy\u2019s mouth, his eyes on the boy\u2019s eyes, his hands on the boy\u2019s hands. And as he bent over him, the child\u2019s skin grew warm."}, {"pk": 4101955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Then Elisha got down and paced back and forth in the house. Once again he got up on the bed and bent over the boy, at which point the boy sneezed <sup>[1]</sup> seven times and opened his eyes.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>gasped</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Elisha called for Gehazi and said, \u201cCall the Shunammite woman.\u201d Gehazi called her, and she came to Elisha. He told her, \u201cPick up your son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "She came and fell at his feet, facedown on the ground. Then she picked up her son and left."}, {"pk": 4101958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. A group of prophets was sitting before him. He said to his servant, \u201cPut on the big pot and cook some stew for the prophets.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "So one of them went out to the field to gather plants; he found a wild vine and gathered wild gourds from it, filling his garment. He came and cut them up into the pot of stew, but no one knew what they were."}, {"pk": 4101960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "The stew was served to the men, but as they started to eat it, they cried out and said, \u201cThere is death in that pot, man of God!\u201d They couldn\u2019t eat it."}, {"pk": 4101961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "Elisha said, \u201cGet some flour.\u201d He threw it into the pot and said, \u201cServe the people so they can eat.\u201d At that point, there was nothing bad left in the pot."}, {"pk": 4101962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread from the early produce \u2014 twenty loaves of barley bread and fresh grain from his bag. <sup>[2]</sup> Elisha said, \u201cGive it to the people so they can eat.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>still on its stem</i>"}, {"pk": 4101963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "His servant said, \u201cHow can I feed one hundred men with this?\u201d Elisha said, \u201cGive it to the people so they can eat! This is what the LORD says: \u2018Eat and there will be leftovers.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "So the servant gave the food to them. They ate and had leftovers, in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4101965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Naaman, a general for the king of Aram, was a great man and highly regarded by his master, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. This man was a mighty warrior, but he had a skin disease. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Traditionally <i>leprosy</i>, a kind of scale skin disease"}, {"pk": 4101966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Now Aramean raiding parties had gone out and captured a young girl from the land of Israel. She served Naaman\u2019s wife."}, {"pk": 4101967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "She said to her mistress, \u201cI wish that my master could come before the prophet who lives in Samaria. He would cure him of his skin disease.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "So Naaman went and told his master what the young girl from the land of Israel had said."}, {"pk": 4101969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Aram\u2019s king said, \u201cGo ahead. I will send a letter to Israel\u2019s king.\u201d So Naaman left. He took along ten kikkars of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing."}, {"pk": 4101970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "He brought the letter to Israel\u2019s king. It read, \u201cAlong with this letter I\u2019m sending you my servant Naaman so you can cure him of his skin disease.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "When the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes. He said, \u201cWhat? Am I God to hand out death and life? But this king writes me, asking me to cure someone of his skin disease! You must realize that he wants to start a fight with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "When Elisha the man of God heard that Israel\u2019s king had ripped his clothes, he sent word to the king: \u201cWhy did you rip your clothes? Let the man come to me. Then he\u2019ll know that there\u2019s a prophet in Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots. He stopped at the door of Elisha\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4101974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Elisha sent out a messenger who said, \u201cGo and wash seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored and become clean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "But Naaman went away in anger. He said, \u201cI thought for sure that he\u2019d come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the bad spot, and cure the skin disease."}, {"pk": 4101976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Aren\u2019t the rivers in Damascus, the Abana <sup>[2]</sup> and the Pharpar, better than all Israel\u2019s waters? Couldn\u2019t I wash in them and get clean?\u201d So he turned away and proceeded to leave in anger.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Amana</i>"}, {"pk": 4101977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Naaman\u2019s servants came up to him and spoke to him: \u201cOur father, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, wouldn\u2019t you have done it? All he said to you was, \u2018Wash and become clean.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "So Naaman went down and bathed in the Jordan seven times, just as the man of God had said. His skin was restored like that of a young boy, and he became clean."}, {"pk": 4101979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "He returned to the man of God with all his attendants. He came and stood before Elisha, saying, \u201cNow I know for certain that there\u2019s no God anywhere on earth except in Israel. Please accept a gift from your servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "But Elisha said, \u201cI swear by the life of the LORD I serve that I won\u2019t accept anything.\u201d Naaman urged Elisha to accept something, but he still refused."}, {"pk": 4101981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Naaman said, \u201cIf not, then let me, your servant, have two mule loads of earth. Your servant will never again offer entirely burned offerings or sacrifices to any other gods except the LORD."}, {"pk": 4101982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "But may the LORD forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master comes into Rimmon\u2019s temple to bow down there and is leaning on my arm, I must also bow down in Rimmon\u2019s temple. When I bow down in Rimmon\u2019s temple, may the LORD forgive your servant for doing that.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Elisha said to him, \u201cGo in peace.\u201d But when Naaman had gone some distance from Elisha,"}, {"pk": 4101984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Gehazi (who was the servant of Elisha the man of God) thought, My master let this Aramean Naaman off the hook by not accepting the gift he brought! As surely as the LORD lives, I\u2019ll go after him and accept something from him."}, {"pk": 4101985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "So Gehazi pursued Naaman. Naaman saw him running after him, so he got down off his chariot to meet him. He said, \u201cIs everything okay?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Gehazi answered, \u201cYes, but my master sent me to say, \u2018Two young men who are members of a group of prophets have just now come to me from the hills of Ephraim. Give them a kikkar of silver and two changes of clothing.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Naaman said, \u201cBy all means, take two kikkars!\u201d He encouraged Gehazi to accept them. He tied two kikkars of silver up in two bags, along with two changes of clothes. Naaman gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them in front of Gehazi."}, {"pk": 4101988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "When Gehazi arrived at the elevated fortress, <sup>[3]</sup> he took the items from them and stored them in his house. Then he sent the servants away, and they left.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>hillside</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4101989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Gehazi then went and stood before his master. Elisha said to Gehazi, \u201cWhere did you come from, Gehazi?\u201d \u201cYour servant didn\u2019t go anywhere,\u201d Gehazi replied."}, {"pk": 4101990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Elisha said to him, \u201cWasn\u2019t my heart going along with you <sup>[4]</sup> when the man got off his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept silver, clothes, olive trees, vineyards, sheep, cattle, or male and female servants?", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>along with you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4101991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Naaman\u2019s skin disease will now cling to you and to your descendants forever!\u201d And Gehazi left Elisha\u2019s presence, flaky like snow with skin disease."}, {"pk": 4101992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "The members of the group of prophets said to Elisha, \u201cLook, the place where we now live under your authority is too small for us."}, {"pk": 4101993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Let\u2019s go to the Jordan River and each get a log from there. Then we can make a place to live there.\u201d Elisha said, \u201cDo it!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "One of them said, \u201cPlease come with us, your servants.\u201d Elisha said, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "So he went with them. They came to the Jordan River and began cutting down trees."}, {"pk": 4101996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "One of them was cutting down a tree when his ax head fell into the water. He cried out, \u201cOh, no! Master, it was a borrowed ax!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4101997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The man of God said, \u201cWhere did it fall?\u201d He showed Elisha the place. Elisha then cut a piece of wood, threw it into the river there, and the ax head floated up."}, {"pk": 4101998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cLift it out,\u201d Elisha said. So the man then reached out and grabbed it."}, {"pk": 4101999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Aram\u2019s king was fighting against Israel. He took counsel with his officers, saying, \u201cI\u2019ll camp at such-and-such a place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "The man of God sent word to Israel\u2019s king: \u201cBeware of passing by this place because the Arameans are going down there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Israel\u2019s king sent word to the place the man of God had mentioned to him. Time after time, Elisha warned the king, and the king stayed on the alert."}, {"pk": 4102002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Aram\u2019s king was extremely upset about this. He called his officers and said to them, \u201cTell me! Who among us is siding with Israel\u2019s king?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "One of his officers said, \u201cNo one, Your Majesty! It\u2019s Elisha the Israelite prophet who tells Israel\u2019s king the words that you speak in the privacy of your bedroom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "He said, \u201cGo and find out where he is. Then I will send men to capture him.\u201d They told him, \u201cHe is in Dothan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "So the king sent horses and chariots there with a strong army. They came at night and surrounded the city."}, {"pk": 4102006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Elisha\u2019s servant got up early and went out. He saw an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. His servant said to Elisha, \u201cOh, no! Master, what will we do?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d Elisha said, \u201cbecause there are more of us than there are of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Elisha prayed, \u201cLORD, please open his eyes that he may see.\u201d Then the LORD opened the servant\u2019s eyes, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha."}, {"pk": 4102009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The Arameans came toward him, so Elisha prayed to the LORD, \u201cStrike this nation with blindness.\u201d And the LORD struck them blind, just as Elisha asked."}, {"pk": 4102010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Elisha said to them, \u201cThis isn\u2019t the right road or the right city. Follow me, and I\u2019ll lead you to the man you are looking for.\u201d But he took them to Samaria!"}, {"pk": 4102011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "When they arrived in Samaria, Elisha said, \u201cLORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see.\u201d The LORD opened their eyes, and they saw that they were right in the middle of Samaria!"}, {"pk": 4102012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "When he saw them, Israel\u2019s king said to Elisha, \u201cShould I kill them, my father? Should I?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "He said, \u201cNo, don\u2019t kill them. Did you capture them with your own sword or bow? Do you have the right to kill them? <sup>[1]</sup> Put food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and return to their master.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "So the king gave them a great feast, and they ate and drank. Then the king let them go, and they returned to their master. After that, Aramean raiding parties didn\u2019t come into Israel anymore."}, {"pk": 4102015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "Now it happened later that Aram\u2019s King Ben-hadad gathered all his forces and went up to attack Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "The siege lasted so long that there was a great famine in Samaria. A donkey\u2019s head sold for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter kab of doves\u2019 dung <sup>[2]</sup> for five shekels.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>wild onions</i> or <i>carob pods</i>"}, {"pk": 4102017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Israel\u2019s king was passing by on the city wall when a woman appealed to him, \u201cHelp me, Your Majesty!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "The king said, \u201cNo! May the LORD help you! Where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "But then the king asked her, \u201cWhat\u2019s troubling you?\u201d She answered, \u201cA woman said to me, \u2018Give up your son so we can eat him today; we\u2019ll eat my son tomorrow.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4102020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "So we cooked and ate my son. The next day I said to her, \u2018Hand over your son so we can eat him.\u2019 But she had hidden her son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "When the king heard the woman\u2019s story, he ripped his clothes. And as he passed by along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing mourning clothes underneath."}, {"pk": 4102022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "He said, \u201cSo may God do to me, and more, if the head of Elisha, Shaphat\u2019s son, remains on his shoulders today!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before the man arrived, Elisha said to the elders, \u201cDo you see that this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Watch for when the messenger comes, then close the door and hold it shut against him. The sound of his master\u2019s feet is right behind him, isn\u2019t it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger <sup>[3]</sup> arrived and said, \u201cLook, this disaster is the LORD\u2019s doing. Why should I trust the LORD any longer?\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or perhaps <i>the king</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/12/7/2'>7:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4102025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Elisha said, \u201cHear the LORD\u2019s word! This is what the LORD says: At this time tomorrow a seah <sup>[1]</sup> of wheat flour will sell for a shekel at Samaria\u2019s gate, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.\u201d", "comment": "[1] One seah is approximately seven and a half quarts."}, {"pk": 4102026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Then the officer, the one the king leaned on for support, spoke to the man of God: \u201cCome on! Even if the LORD should make windows in the sky, how could that happen?\u201d Elisha said, \u201cYou will see it with your own eyes, but you won\u2019t eat from it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Now there were four men with skin disease <sup>[2]</sup> at the entrance to the city. They said to each other, \u201cWhat are we doing sitting here until we die?", "comment": "[2] Traditionally <i>leprosy</i>, a term used for several different skin diseases"}, {"pk": 4102028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "If we decide, \u2018Let\u2019s go into the city,\u2019 the famine is there, and we\u2019ll die in the city. But if we stay here, we\u2019ll die just the same. So let\u2019s go and surrender to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we\u2019ll live. If they kill us, we\u2019ll die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "So they set out in the evening to the Aramean camp, and they came to the edge of the camp. But there was no one there because"}, {"pk": 4102030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "the Lord had made the Aramean camp hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a strong army. They had said to each other, \u201cListen! Israel\u2019s king has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to come against us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "So they had got up and fled in the evening, leaving their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp exactly as it was and ran for their lives."}, {"pk": 4102032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "So these men with skin disease came to the edge of the camp. They entered a tent where they ate and drank. They carried off some silver, gold, and garments, and they hid them. Then they returned and went into another tent. They took more things from there, went away, and hid them."}, {"pk": 4102033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "But then they said to each other, \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing isn\u2019t right. Today is a day of good news, but we\u2019re keeping quiet about it. If we wait until dawn, something bad will happen to us. Come on! Let\u2019s go and tell the palace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "So they went and called out to the gatekeepers, telling them, \u201cWe went to the Aramean camp, and listen to this: No one was there, not even the sound of anyone! The only things there were tied-up horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "The gatekeepers shouted out the news, and it was reported within the palace."}, {"pk": 4102036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The king got up in the night. He said to his servants, \u201cLet me tell you what the Arameans are doing to us. They know we are starving, so they\u2019ve left the camp to hide in the fields. They are thinking, The Israelites will come out from the city, and then we\u2019ll capture them alive and invade the city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "But one of his servants answered, \u201cPlease let some men take five of the horses that are left, and let\u2019s send them out to see what happens. They are in the same situation as the large number of Israelites who are left here; they are no better off than the large number of Israelites who\u2019ve already perished.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "So they chose two chariots with their horses. The king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, \u201cGo and see!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "So they went after the Arameans as far as the Jordan River. The road was filled the whole way with garments and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their rush. The messengers returned and reported this to the king."}, {"pk": 4102040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the people went out and looted the Aramean camp. And so it happened that a seah of wheat flour did sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4102041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "But the king had put the officer whom he leaned on for support in charge of the city gate. The people trampled the officer at the gate, and he died. This was just what the man of God said when the king had come down to him."}, {"pk": 4102042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Because when the man of God said to the king, \u201cAt this time tomorrow two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at Samaria\u2019s gate, and one seah of wheat flour will sell for a shekel,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "the officer had answered the man of God, \u201cCome on! Even if the LORD should make windows in the sky, how could that happen?\u201d Then Elisha had said, \u201cYou will see it with your own eyes, but you won\u2019t eat from it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "That\u2019s exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him at the city gate, and he died."}, {"pk": 4102045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life: \u201cYou and your household must go away and live wherever you can, because the LORD has called for a famine. It is coming to the land and will last seven years.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "So the woman went and did what the man of God asked. She and her household moved away, living in Philistia seven years."}, {"pk": 4102047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "When seven years had passed, the woman returned from Philistia. She went to appeal to the king for her house and her farmland."}, {"pk": 4102048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The king was speaking to Gehazi, the man of God\u2019s servant, asking him, \u201cTell me about all the great things Elisha has done.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "So Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead to life. At that very moment, the woman whose son he had brought back to life began to appeal to the king for her house and her farmland. Gehazi said, \u201cYour Majesty, this is the woman herself! And this is her son, the one Elisha brought to life!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The king questioned the woman, and she told him her story. Then the king appointed an official to help her, saying, \u201cReturn everything that belongs to her, as well as everything that the farmland has produced, starting from the day she left the country until right now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Now Elisha had gone to Damascus when Aram\u2019s King Ben-hadad became sick. The king was told, \u201cThe man of God has come all this way.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "So the king said to Hazael, \u201cTake a gift with you and go to meet the man of God. Question the LORD through him: \u2018Will I recover from this sickness?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "So Hazael went out to meet Elisha. He took along forty camel-loads of Damascus\u2019 finest goods as a gift. He came and stood before Elisha and said, \u201cYour son Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, sent me to you to ask, \u2018Will I recover from this sickness?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Elisha said to him, \u201cGo and tell him, \u2018You will definitely recover,\u2019 but actually the LORD has shown me that he will die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Elisha stared straight at Hazael until he felt uneasy. <sup>[1]</sup> Then the man of God began to cry.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Hazael said, \u201cMaster, why are you crying?\u201d \u201cBecause I know what violence you will do to the Israelites,\u201d Elisha said. \u201cYou will drive them from their forts with fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will smash their children and rip open their pregnant women.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Hazael replied, \u201cHow could your servant, who is nothing but a dog, do such mighty things?\u201d Elisha said, \u201cThe LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. \u201cWhat did Elisha say to you?\u201d Ben-hadad asked. \u201cHe told me that you will certainly live,\u201d Hazael replied."}, {"pk": 4102059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "But the next day he took a blanket, soaked it in water, and put it over Ben-hadad\u2019s face until he died. Hazael succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "In the fifth year of Israel\u2019s King Joram, Ahab\u2019s son Jehoram, the son of Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat, became king. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Syr; MT includes <i>Jehoshaphat had been Judah\u2019s king</i>."}, {"pk": 4102061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eight years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "He walked in the ways of Israel\u2019s kings, just as Ahab\u2019s dynasty had done, because he married Ahab\u2019s daughter. He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4102063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Nevertheless, because of his servant David, the LORD wasn\u2019t willing to destroy Judah. The LORD had promised to preserve a lamp for David and his sons forever."}, {"pk": 4102064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "During Jehoram\u2019s rule Edom rebelled against Judah\u2019s power and appointed their own king."}, {"pk": 4102065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Jehoram <sup>[3]</sup> along with all his chariots crossed over to Zair. He got up at night to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders, <sup>[4]</sup> but his army fled back home.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Joram</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/8/23-24'>8:23\u201324</a>); the king\u2019s name is usually spelled in its long form <i>Jehoram</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/14/21/9'>2 Chron 21:9</a>).<br>[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "So Edom has been independent of Judah to this day. Libnah rebelled at the same time."}, {"pk": 4102067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "The rest of Jehoram\u2019s deeds and all that he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Jehoram died and was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Ahaziah, the son of Judah\u2019s king Jehoram, became king in the twelfth year of Israel\u2019s King Joram, <sup>[5]</sup> Ahab\u2019s son.", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Jehoram</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/8/29'>8:29</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoram</i> or short <i>Joram</i> form."}, {"pk": 4102070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Athaliah; she was the granddaughter of Israel\u2019s King Omri."}, {"pk": 4102071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "He walked in the ways of Ahab\u2019s dynasty, doing what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as Ahab\u2019s dynasty had done, because he had married into Ahab\u2019s family."}, {"pk": 4102072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "Ahaziah went with Joram, Ahab\u2019s son, to fight against Aram\u2019s King Hazael at Ramoth-gilead, where the Arameans wounded Joram."}, {"pk": 4102073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had given him at Ramah in his battle with Aram\u2019s King Hazael. Then Judah\u2019s King Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, went down to visit Joram, Ahab\u2019s son, at Jezreel because he had been wounded."}, {"pk": 4102074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "The prophet Elisha called to a member of the group of prophets, \u201cGet ready, take this jug of oil with you, and go to Ramoth-gilead."}, {"pk": 4102075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "When you arrive there, look for Jehu, Jehoshaphat\u2019s son and Nimshi\u2019s grandson. Go to him, then pull him away from his associates, taking him to a private room."}, {"pk": 4102076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Take the jug of oil and pour it on his head. Then say, \u2018This is what the LORD has said: I anoint you king of Israel.\u2019 Then open the door, and run out of there without stopping.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead."}, {"pk": 4102078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "He came in, and the military commanders were sitting right there. He said, \u201cCommander, I have a word for you.\u201d \u201cFor which one of us?\u201d Jehu asked. The young prophet said, \u201cFor you, Commander.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "So Jehu got up and went inside. The prophet then poured oil on his head and said to him, \u201cThis is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: I anoint you king over the LORD\u2019s people, over Israel."}, {"pk": 4102080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "You will strike down your master Ahab\u2019s family. In this way I will take revenge for the violence done by Jezebel to my servants the prophets and to all the LORD\u2019s servants."}, {"pk": 4102081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Ahab\u2019s whole family will die. I will eliminate from Ahab everyone who urinates on a wall, whether slave or free, in Israel."}, {"pk": 4102082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "I will make Ahab\u2019s dynasty like the dynasty of Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, and like the dynasty of Baasha, Ahijah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "And as for Jezebel: The dogs will devour her in the area of Jezreel. No one will bury her.\u201d Then the young prophet opened the door and ran."}, {"pk": 4102084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Jehu went out to his master\u2019s officers. They said to him, \u201cIs everything okay? Why did this fanatic come to you?\u201d Jehu said to them, \u201cYou know the man and the nonsense he talks.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cThat\u2019s a lie!\u201d they said. \u201cCome on, tell us!\u201d Jehu replied, \u201cThis is what he said to me: \u2018This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king of Israel.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Then each man quickly took his cloak and put it beneath Jehu on the paved steps. <sup>[1]</sup> They blew a trumpet and said, \u201cJehu has become king!\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Jehu, Jehoshaphat\u2019s son and Nimshi\u2019s grandson, plotted against Joram. Now Joram along with all of Israel had been guarding Ramoth-gilead against Aram\u2019s King Hazael,"}, {"pk": 4102088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "but King Joram <sup>[2]</sup> had gone back to Jezreel to recover from wounds that the Arameans had given him when he fought Hazael. So Jehu said, \u201cIf this is the way you feel, then don\u2019t let anyone escape from the city to talk about it in Jezreel.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Jehoram</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/9/17'>9:17</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/9/21-24'>21\u201324</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoram</i> or short <i>Joram</i> form."}, {"pk": 4102089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Jehu got on a chariot and drove to Jezreel because Joram was resting there. Judah\u2019s King Ahaziah had also come to visit Joram."}, {"pk": 4102090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The guard standing on the tower at Jezreel saw a crowd of people coming with Jehu. He said, \u201cI see a crowd of people.\u201d Joram said, \u201cTake a chariot driver. Send him out to meet them to ask, \u2018Do you come in peace?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "So the driver went to meet him and said, \u201cThe king asks, \u2018Do you come in peace?\u2019\u201d Jehu replied, \u201cWhat do you care about peace? Come around and follow me.\u201d Meanwhile, the tower guard reported, \u201cThe messenger met them, but he isn\u2019t returning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "The king sent a second driver. He came to them and said, \u201cThe king asks, \u2018Do you come in peace?\u2019\u201d Jehu said, \u201cWhat do you care about peace? Come around and follow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "The tower guard reported, \u201cThe messenger met them, but he isn\u2019t returning. And the style of chariot driving is like Jehu, Nimshi\u2019s son. Jehu drives like a madman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Joram said, \u201cHitch up the chariot!\u201d So they hitched up his chariot. Then Israel\u2019s King Joram and Judah\u2019s King Ahaziah \u2014 each in his own chariot \u2014 went out to meet Jehu. They happened to meet him at the plot of ground that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite."}, {"pk": 4102095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "When Joram saw Jehu, he said, \u201cDo you come in peace, Jehu?\u201d He said, \u201cHow can there be peace as long as the immoralities of your mother Jezebel and her many acts of sorcery continue?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Then Joram turned his chariot around and fled. He shouted to Ahaziah, \u201cIt\u2019s a trap, Ahaziah!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Jehu took his bow and shot Joram in the back. The arrow went through his heart, and he fell down in his chariot."}, {"pk": 4102098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Jehu said to Bidkar his chariot officer, \u201cPick him up, and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were driving chariot teams behind his father Ahab when the LORD spoke this prophecy about him:"}, {"pk": 4102099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "Yesterday I saw Naboth\u2019s blood and his sons\u2019 blood, declares the LORD. I swear that I will pay you back on this very plot of ground, declares the LORD. Now pick him up, and throw him on that plot of ground, in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Ahaziah saw this and fled on the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu chased after him. \u201cDo the same to him!\u201d he commanded. They shot him <sup>[3]</sup> in his chariot on the way up to Gur, near Ibleam. Ahaziah fled to Megiddo and died there.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg; MT lacks <i>They shot him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "His servants carried him back in a chariot to Jerusalem. He was buried in his tomb with his ancestors in David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4102102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Ahaziah had become Judah\u2019s king in the eleventh year of Ahab\u2019s son Joram."}, {"pk": 4102103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Jehu then went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard of it, she put on her eye shadow and arranged her hair. She looked down out of the window."}, {"pk": 4102104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "When Jehu came through the gate, she said, \u201cDo you come in peace, Zimri, you master murderer?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Jehu looked up to the window and said, \u201cWho\u2019s on my side? Anyone?\u201d Two or three high officials looked down at him."}, {"pk": 4102106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "Then he said, \u201cThrow her out!\u201d So they threw her out of the window. Some of her blood splattered against the wall and on the horses, and they trampled her."}, {"pk": 4102107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Jehu then went in to eat and drink. He said, \u201cDeal with this cursed woman and bury her. She was, after all, a king\u2019s daughter.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "They went to bury her, but they couldn\u2019t find her body. Only her skull was left, along with her hands and feet."}, {"pk": 4102109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "They went back and reported this to Jehu. He said, \u201cThis is the LORD\u2019s word spoken through his servant Elijah from Tishbe: Dogs will devour Jezebel\u2019s flesh in the area of Jezreel."}, {"pk": 4102110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "Jezebel\u2019s corpse will be like dung spread out in a field in that plot of land in Jezreel, so no one will be able to say, This was Jezebel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the senior officers of the city, <sup>[1]</sup> the elders, and the guardians of Ahab\u2019s sons. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>sons.</i><br>[1] Vulg, LXX; MT <i>Jezreel</i>"}, {"pk": 4102112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The letters said: \u201cYour master\u2019s sons are in your possession, along with horses and chariots, a fortified city, and weapons. Now when this letter reaches you,"}, {"pk": 4102113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "look for the best and most capable of your master\u2019s sons. Place him on his father\u2019s throne. Then fight for your master\u2019s family.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "But they were frozen with fear. They said, \u201cNot even two kings could resist him! How can we?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "So the palace administrator, the mayor, the elders, and the guardians sent a letter back to Jehu that read, \u201cWe are your servants. We will do whatever you tell us. We won\u2019t make anyone king. Do whatever seems right to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Jehu wrote them a second letter: \u201cIf you are loyal to me and ready to obey me, take the heads of your master\u2019s sons and bring them to me at Jezreel at this time tomorrow.\u201d Now the king\u2019s seventy sons were with the city leaders who were raising them."}, {"pk": 4102117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "So when the letter came to them, they took the king\u2019s sons and slaughtered all seventy of them. They placed their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel."}, {"pk": 4102118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "A messenger came and told Jehu, \u201cThey have brought the heads of the king\u2019s sons.\u201d He responded, \u201cPile them in two stacks at the entrance of the gate where they will stay until morning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "In the morning he went out and stood there to address all the people. \u201cYou are innocent. I\u2019m the one who plotted against my master and killed him, but who killed all these people?"}, {"pk": 4102120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Know this: Nothing that the LORD has said against Ahab\u2019s dynasty will fail to come true. The LORD has done what he said he would do, speaking through his servant Elijah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Jehu struck down all those belonging to Ahab\u2019s family who were left in Jezreel, so that not one of his leaders, close acquaintances, or priests remained."}, {"pk": 4102122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Next Jehu set out for Samaria. Beth-eked of the Shepherds was on his way."}, {"pk": 4102123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "There Jehu met up with the brothers of Judah\u2019s King Ahaziah. \u201cWho are you?\u201d he asked. \u201cWe\u2019re Ahaziah\u2019s relatives,\u201d they replied. \u201cWe\u2019ve come down for a visit with the king\u2019s sons and the queen mother\u2019s sons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Jehu then commanded, \u201cTake them alive!\u201d His soldiers took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked. There were forty-two of them, but not one was left."}, {"pk": 4102125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Jehu departed from there and encountered Rechab\u2019s son Jehonadab. Jehu greeted him, and asked, \u201cAre you as committed to me as I am to you?\u201d Jehonadab responded, \u201cYes, I am.\u201d \u201cIf so,\u201d said Jehu, \u201cthen give me your hand.\u201d So Jehonadab put out his hand, and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot."}, {"pk": 4102126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Jehu said, \u201cCome with me and see my zeal for the LORD.\u201d So Jehu had Jehonadab ride with him in his chariot."}, {"pk": 4102127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed all those belonging to Ahab who were left in Samaria until they were completely wiped out, in agreement with the LORD\u2019s word that was spoken to Elijah."}, {"pk": 4102128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Jehu gathered all the people, saying to them, \u201cAhab served Baal a little. Jehu will serve him a great deal!"}, {"pk": 4102129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "So invite all of Baal\u2019s prophets, all his worshippers, and all his priests to come to me. Don\u2019t leave anyone out, because I have a great sacrifice planned for Baal. Anyone who doesn\u2019t show up won\u2019t survive.\u201d But Jehu was lying so that he could wipe out Baal\u2019s worshippers."}, {"pk": 4102130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Jehu called for a holy assembly for Baal, and it was done."}, {"pk": 4102131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Jehu then sent word throughout Israel. All Baal\u2019s worshippers came. No one stayed away. They entered Baal\u2019s temple until it was packed from one end to the other."}, {"pk": 4102132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Jehu said to the person in charge of the vestments, \u201cBring out the special clothes for all Baal\u2019s worshippers.\u201d So he brought out robes for them."}, {"pk": 4102133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Then Jehu and Jehonadab, Rechab\u2019s son, entered Baal\u2019s temple. They said to Baal\u2019s worshippers, \u201cMake sure there are no worshippers of the LORD here with you. There should be only Baal worshippers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Then they went in to offer sacrifices and entirely burned offerings. But Jehu had stationed eighty soldiers outside and told them, \u201cI\u2019m handing these people over to you. Whoever lets even one of them escape will pay for it with his life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "So when Jehu finished offering the entirely burned offering, he said to the guards and the officers, \u201cGo in and kill everyone! Don\u2019t let anyone escape!\u201d They killed the Baal worshippers without mercy. The guards and the officers then disposed of the bodies and entered the inner part of Baal\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "They brought the sacred pillar <sup>[3]</sup> out of Baal\u2019s temple and burned it.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>pillars</i>"}, {"pk": 4102137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "They tore down Baal\u2019s sacred pillar and destroyed Baal\u2019s temple, turning it into a public restroom, which is what it still is today."}, {"pk": 4102138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "This is how Jehu eliminated Baal from Israel."}, {"pk": 4102139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "However, Jehu didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit \u2014 specifically, the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan."}, {"pk": 4102140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD said to Jehu: Because you\u2019ve done well by doing what is right in my eyes, treating Ahab\u2019s family as I wished, your descendants will sit on Israel\u2019s throne for four generations."}, {"pk": 4102141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "But Jehu wasn\u2019t careful to keep the LORD God of Israel\u2019s Instruction with all his heart. He didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4102142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "In those days the LORD began to reduce Israel\u2019s size. Hazael struck them down in every region of Israel:"}, {"pk": 4102143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "from the Jordan River eastward, throughout the land of Gilead (Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley (that is, Gilead) and Bashan."}, {"pk": 4102144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "The rest of Jehu\u2019s deeds, all that he accomplished, and all his powerful acts, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "Jehu lay down with his ancestors. He was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "Jehu had ruled over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When Athaliah, Ahaziah\u2019s mother, learned of her son\u2019s death, she immediately destroyed the entire royal family."}, {"pk": 4102148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "But Jehosheba, King Jehoram\u2019s <sup>[1]</sup> daughter and Ahaziah\u2019s sister, secretly took Ahaziah\u2019s son Jehoash <sup>[2]</sup> from the rest of the royal children who were about to be murdered and hid <sup>[3]</sup> him in a bedroom along with his nurse. In this way Jehoash was hidden from Athaliah and wasn\u2019t murdered.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Joash</i>; the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> forms. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron.<br>[3] See <a href='/CEB/14/22/11'>2 Chron 22:11</a>; Heb lacks <i>hid.</i><br>[1] Heb <i>Joram</i>; the king\u2019s name is usually spelled in its long form <i>Jehoram</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/14/22/11'>2 Chron 22:11</a>)."}, {"pk": 4102149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "He remained hidden with his nurse in the LORD\u2019s temple for six years while Athaliah ruled the country."}, {"pk": 4102150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him at the LORD\u2019s temple. He made a covenant with them, and made them swear a solemn pledge in the LORD\u2019s temple. Then he showed them the king\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "He commanded them, \u201cThis is what you must do: A third of you coming on sabbath duty will guard the palace,"}, {"pk": 4102152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "a second third will be at the Sur Gate, and the final third will be at the gate behind the guards. You will take turns guarding the temple. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "You who are in the first two groups that usually go off duty on the Sabbath should also guard the LORD\u2019s temple to protect the king."}, {"pk": 4102154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Surround the king completely, each of you with your weapons drawn. Whoever comes near your ranks must be killed. Stay near the king wherever he goes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The unit commanders did everything that Jehoiada the priest ordered. They each took charge of those men reporting for duty on the Sabbath as well as those going off duty on the Sabbath. They came to the priest Jehoiada."}, {"pk": 4102156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the priest gave the unit commanders King David\u2019s spears and shields, which were kept in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "The guards, each with their weapons drawn, then took up positions near the temple and the altar, stretching from the south side of the temple to the north side to protect the king. Everyone was holding his weapons, surrounding the king."}, {"pk": 4102158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Jehoiada then brought out the king\u2019s son, crowned him, gave him the royal law, <sup>[5]</sup> and made him king and anointed him, as everyone applauded and cried out, \u201cLong live the king!\u201d", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>royal.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guard and the people, she went to the people at the LORD\u2019s temple"}, {"pk": 4102160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "and saw the king standing by the royal pillar, as was the custom, with the commanders and trumpeters beside the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Athaliah ripped her clothes and screamed, \u201cTreason! Treason!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the priest Jehoiada ordered the unit commanders who were in charge of the army: \u201cTake her out under guard,\u201d <sup>[6]</sup> he told them, \u201cand kill anyone who follows her.\u201d This was because the priest had said, \u201cShe must not be executed in the LORD\u2019s temple.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "They arrested her when she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate at the royal palace. She was executed there."}, {"pk": 4102163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Jehoiada then made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that the people would belong to the LORD. The king and the people also made a covenant."}, {"pk": 4102164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Then all the people of the land went to Baal\u2019s temple and tore it down, smashing its altars and images into pieces. They executed Mattan, Baal\u2019s priest, in front of the altars. The priest Jehoiada posted guards at the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Then he took the unit commanders, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they led the king down from the LORD\u2019s temple, processing through the Guards\u2019 Gate to the palace, where the king sat upon the royal throne."}, {"pk": 4102166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at peace now that Athaliah had been executed at the palace."}, {"pk": 4102167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> Jehoash was 7 years old when he became king.", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/12/12/1'>12:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4102168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "He <sup>[1]</sup> became king in Jehu\u2019s seventh year, and he ruled for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/12/12/2'>12:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4102169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Jehoash always did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, because the priest Jehoiada was his teacher."}, {"pk": 4102170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "However, the shrines were not removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them."}, {"pk": 4102171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Jehoash said to the priests, \u201cCollect all the currently available money relating to holy things that is brought to the temple \u2014 some is money people pay to redeem persons according to their assessed value. Collect all the money brought to the LORD\u2019s temple that people offer voluntarily. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "The priests should take the money from their donors and use it to repair the temple wherever such a need for repair is discovered.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests still hadn\u2019t repaired the temple."}, {"pk": 4102174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests together. \u201cWhy haven\u2019t you repaired the temple?\u201d he asked them. \u201cStop taking money from your donors; instead, give it directly for temple repairs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "The priests agreed that they wouldn\u2019t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs."}, {"pk": 4102176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the priest Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in its lid, and placed it beside the altar, to the right as one enters the LORD\u2019s temple. The priests who stood watch at the door put all the money brought to the LORD\u2019s temple in the box."}, {"pk": 4102177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "As soon as they saw that a large amount of money was in the box, the royal scribe and the high priest would come, count the money that was in the temple, and put it in a bag."}, {"pk": 4102178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "They would then hand over the money that had been counted <sup>[3]</sup> to those who supervised the work on the temple. These supervisors then paid money to those who worked on the LORD\u2019s temple: carpenters, builders,", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "masons, and stonecutters. The money was used to purchase wood and quarried stone to repair the LORD\u2019s temple and for every other cost involved in repairing it."}, {"pk": 4102180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "But the money that was brought to the LORD\u2019s temple was not used to make silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver object for the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Instead, it was given directly to those who did the repair work; they used it to repair the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "There was no need to check on those who received the money and paid the workers, because they acted honestly."}, {"pk": 4102183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Now as for the money for compensation and purification offerings, it wasn\u2019t brought to the LORD\u2019s temple. It belonged to the priests."}, {"pk": 4102184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "About this same time, Aram\u2019s King Hazael came up, attacked Gath, and captured it. Next Hazael decided to march against Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Jehoash took all the holy objects that had been dedicated by his ancestors \u2014 Judah\u2019s kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah \u2014 along with the holy objects he himself had dedicated, as well as all the gold in the treasure rooms of the LORD\u2019s temple and the palace, and he sent them to Aram\u2019s King Hazael. Hazael then pulled back from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "The rest of Jehoash\u2019s <sup>[4]</sup> deeds and all that he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Joash</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/13/20'>13:20</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron."}, {"pk": 4102187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Jehoash\u2019s officials plotted a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo on the road that goes down to Silla."}, {"pk": 4102188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "It was Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his officials, who struck him so that he died. He was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Jehoahaz, Jehu\u2019s son, became king of Israel in Samaria in the twenty-third year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoash, <sup>[1]</sup> who was Ahaziah\u2019s son. He ruled for seventeen years.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Joash</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/13/10'>13:10</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron."}, {"pk": 4102190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. He walked in the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit. He didn\u2019t deviate from them."}, {"pk": 4102191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "So the LORD was angry at Israel. Time after time God handed them over to Aram\u2019s king Hazael, and to Hazael\u2019s son Ben-hadad."}, {"pk": 4102192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "But Jehoahaz sought the LORD\u2019s presence, and the LORD listened to him because he saw how badly Aram\u2019s king was oppressing Israel."}, {"pk": 4102193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD sent Israel a savior, and they escaped from Aram\u2019s power. Then the Israelites lived peacefully at home, just as they had in the past."}, {"pk": 4102194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "But they didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam\u2019s dynasty had caused Israel to commit; they walked in them! Moreover, a sacred pole <sup>[2]</sup> stood in Samaria.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "No, nothing was left of Jehoahaz\u2019s army except fifty chariot riders, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because Aram\u2019s king had decimated them, trampling them as if they were dirt."}, {"pk": 4102196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "The rest of Jehoahaz\u2019s deeds, all that he accomplished, and all his powerful acts, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Jehoahaz lay down with his ancestors. He was buried in Samaria. His son Joash succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Joash, <sup>[3]</sup> Jehoahaz\u2019s son, became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-seventh year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoash. He ruled for sixteen years.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Jehoash</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/13/25'>13:25</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron."}, {"pk": 4102199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. He didn\u2019t deviate from all the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them!"}, {"pk": 4102200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "The rest of Joash\u2019s deeds, all that he accomplished, and his powerful acts \u2014 how he fought against Judah\u2019s King Amaziah \u2014 aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Joash lay down with his ancestors, and Jeroboam followed him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel."}, {"pk": 4102202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Now Elisha became sick with the illness that would kill him. So Israel\u2019s King Joash went down to see him. Joash cried over Elisha, saying, \u201cOh, my father, my father! Israel\u2019s chariots and its riders!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Elisha told Joash, \u201cGet a bow and some arrows.\u201d So he brought Elisha a bow and some arrows."}, {"pk": 4102204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Elisha then said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cPut your hand on the bow.\u201d So Joash put his hand on the bow. Elisha then put his hands over the king\u2019s hands"}, {"pk": 4102205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "and said, \u201cOpen the window to the east.\u201d The king did so. \u201cNow shoot!\u201d Elisha told him. Joash shot, then Elisha announced, \u201cThat\u2019s the LORD\u2019s rescue arrow! The rescue arrow against the Arameans! You will finish the Arameans off at Aphek.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Elisha said, \u201cTake the arrows!\u201d so Joash took them. Elisha then said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cHit the ground with them!\u201d Joash hit the ground three times and stopped."}, {"pk": 4102207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "The man of God became angry with him. He said, \u201cIf only you had struck five or six times, you would have finished the Arameans off. As it is, you will defeat them only three times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "So Elisha died, and he was buried. Sometimes Moabite raiding parties used to come into the land each spring."}, {"pk": 4102209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Now it happened once that while a man was being buried, the people at the funeral suddenly saw a raiding party. They threw the body into Elisha\u2019s tomb and ran off. When the body touched Elisha\u2019s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet!"}, {"pk": 4102210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Aram\u2019s King Hazael had oppressed Israel throughout Jehoahaz\u2019s rule."}, {"pk": 4102211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, turning back to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he didn\u2019t want to destroy them or throw them out of his presence until now."}, {"pk": 4102212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Aram\u2019s King Hazael died. His son Ben-hadad succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Jehoahaz\u2019s son Joash recaptured from Hazael\u2019s son Ben-hadad those cities that Hazael had won in battle from Joash\u2019s father Jehoahaz. Joash attacked Ben-hadad three times and took back these Israelite cities."}, {"pk": 4102214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Amaziah, the son of Judah\u2019s King Jehoash, <sup>[1]</sup> became king in the second year of Israel\u2019s King Joash, who was Jehoahaz\u2019s son.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Joash</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/14/3'>14:3</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/14/17'>17</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/14/23'>23</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron."}, {"pk": 4102215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, but not as well as his ancestor King David. He did everything his father Jehoash did."}, {"pk": 4102217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "However, the shrines weren\u2019t removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them."}, {"pk": 4102218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Once he had secured control over his kingdom, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king."}, {"pk": 4102219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "However, he didn\u2019t kill the children of the murderers, because of what is written in the Instruction scroll from Moses, where the LORD commanded, <b>Parents shouldn\u2019t be executed because of what their children have done; neither should children be executed because of what their parents have done. Each person should be executed for their own guilty acts.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/24/16'>Deut 24:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4102220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Next Amaziah struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley and captured Sela in battle. He renamed it Jokthe-el, which is what it is still called today."}, {"pk": 4102221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Amaziah sent messengers to Israel\u2019s King Joash <sup>[3]</sup> son of Jehoahaz son of Israel\u2019s King Jehu, saying, \u201cCome on! Let\u2019s go head-to-head.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Jehoash</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/12/14/9'>14:9</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/14/11'>11</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/14/13'>13</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/14/15'>15</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/14/16-17'>16\u201317</a>); the king\u2019s name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron."}, {"pk": 4102222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "But Israel\u2019s King Joash responded to Judah\u2019s King Amaziah, \u201cOnce upon a time, a thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar, \u2018Give your daughter to my son as a wife.\u2019 But then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle."}, {"pk": 4102223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "You have definitely defeated Edom and have now become conceited. Enjoy the honor, but stay home. Why invite disaster when both you and Judah will fall?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "But Amaziah wouldn\u2019t listen, so Israel\u2019s King Joash moved against him, and he and Judah\u2019s King Amaziah went head-to-head in battle at Beth-shemesh in Judah."}, {"pk": 4102225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Judah was defeated by Israel, and everyone ran home."}, {"pk": 4102226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "At Beth-shemesh, Israel\u2019s King Joash captured Judah\u2019s King Amaziah, Jehoash\u2019s son and Ahaziah\u2019s grandson. Joash then marched to Jerusalem and broke down six hundred feet of the Jerusalem wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate."}, {"pk": 4102227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Joash took all the gold and silver, and all the objects he could find in the LORD\u2019s temple and the treasuries of the palace, along with some hostages and returned to Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "The rest of Joash\u2019s deeds and his powerful acts \u2014 how he fought against Judah\u2019s King Amaziah \u2014 aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Joash lay down with his ancestors. He was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Amaziah, Jehoash\u2019s son, lived fifteen years after the death of Israel\u2019s King Joash, Jehoahaz\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "The rest of Amaziah\u2019s deeds, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Some people in Jerusalem plotted against him. When Amaziah fled to Lachish, they sent men after him to Lachish, and they murdered him there."}, {"pk": 4102233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "They carried him back on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4102234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Then all the people of Judah took Azariah and made him king after his father Amaziah. He was 16 years old."}, {"pk": 4102235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "He rebuilt Elath, restoring it to Judah after King Amaziah had lain down with his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4102236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Jeroboam, the son of Israel\u2019s King Joash, became king in Samaria in the fifteenth year of Judah\u2019s King Amaziah, Jehoash\u2019s son. He ruled for forty-one years."}, {"pk": 4102237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. He didn\u2019t deviate from all the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4102238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "He reestablished Israel\u2019s border from Lebo-hamath to the Dead Sea. This was in agreement with the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, spoke through his servant the prophet Jonah, Amittai\u2019s son, who was from Gath-hepher."}, {"pk": 4102239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD saw how brutally Israel suffered, whether slave or free, with no one to help Israel."}, {"pk": 4102240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "But the LORD hadn\u2019t said he would erase Israel\u2019s name from under heaven, so he saved them through Jeroboam, Joash\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "The rest of Jeroboam\u2019s deeds, all that he accomplished, and his powerful acts \u2014 how he fought and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel <sup>[4]</sup> \u2014 aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Jeroboam lay down with his ancestors the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Azariah, Amaziah\u2019s son, became king of Judah in the twenty-seventh year of Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam."}, {"pk": 4102244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "He was 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done."}, {"pk": 4102246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "However, the shrines weren\u2019t removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them."}, {"pk": 4102247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Now the LORD afflicted the king with a skin disease that he had until his dying day, so he lived in a separate house. <sup>[1]</sup> The king\u2019s son Jotham supervised the palace administration and governed the people of the land.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "The rest of Azariah\u2019s deeds and all he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Azariah died and was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. His son Jotham succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Zechariah, Jeroboam\u2019s son, became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-eighth year of Judah\u2019s King Azariah. He ruled for six months."}, {"pk": 4102251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his ancestors had done. He didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4102252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Shallum, Jabesh\u2019s son, plotted against Zechariah. He struck him down in public, <sup>[2]</sup> murdering him. Shallum then succeeded him as king.", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>in Keblaam</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "The rest of Zechariah\u2019s deeds are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4102254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "This was exactly what the LORD spoke to Jehu: Your descendants will sit on Israel\u2019s throne for four generations. And that\u2019s exactly what happened."}, {"pk": 4102255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Shallum, Jabesh\u2019s son, became king in the thirty-ninth year of Judah\u2019s King Uzziah. He ruled for one month in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Menahem, Gadi\u2019s son, went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria. He struck down Jabesh\u2019s son Shallum in Samaria, murdering him. Menahem then succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The rest of Shallum\u2019s deeds and the conspiracy he plotted are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4102258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Menahem then moved from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah, all its citizens, and its neighboring areas. Because they wouldn\u2019t surrender, he attacked and ripped open all its pregnant women."}, {"pk": 4102259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Menahem, Gadi\u2019s son, became king of Israel in the thirty-ninth year of Judah\u2019s King Azariah. He ruled for ten years in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. Throughout his life, he didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4102261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "When Assyria\u2019s King Tiglath-pileser <sup>[3]</sup> marched against the land, Menahem gave Tiglath-pileser one thousand silver kikkars in order to become his ally and to strengthen his hold on the kingdom.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Pul</i>"}, {"pk": 4102262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Menahem taxed Israel for this money. All the wealthy people had to give fifty silver shekels each to Assyria\u2019s king. So Assyria\u2019s king went home and didn\u2019t stay there in the land."}, {"pk": 4102263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "The rest of Menahem\u2019s deeds and all that he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Menahem lay down with his ancestors. His son Pekahiah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Pekahiah, Menahem\u2019s son, became king of Israel in the fiftieth year of Judah\u2019s King Azariah. He ruled for two years in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. He didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4102267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son and Pekahiah\u2019s officer, plotted against him. Pekah struck Pekahiah in Samaria at the palace fortress, along with Argob and Arieh. <sup>[4]</sup> Pekah had fifty Gileadites with him. He murdered Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "The rest of Pekahiah\u2019s deeds and all that he accomplished are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4102269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son, became king of Israel in the fifty-second year of Judah\u2019s King Azariah. Pekah ruled for twenty years in Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes. He didn\u2019t deviate from the sins that Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, had caused Israel to commit."}, {"pk": 4102271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "In the days of Israel\u2019s King Pekah, Assyria\u2019s King Tiglath-pileser came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He sent the people into exile to Assyria."}, {"pk": 4102272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Hoshea, Elah\u2019s son, plotted against Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son. He struck Pekah down, murdering him. Hoshea became king after Pekah in the twentieth year of Uzziah\u2019s son Jotham."}, {"pk": 4102273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "The rest of Pekah\u2019s kingship and all that he accomplished are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4102274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Jotham, Uzziah\u2019s son, became king of Judah in the second year of Israel\u2019s King Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "Jotham was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jerusha; she was Zadok\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4102276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Jotham did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his father Uzziah had done."}, {"pk": 4102277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "However, he didn\u2019t remove the shrines. The people continued to sacrifice and burn incense at them. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "The rest of Jotham\u2019s deeds, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "It was in those days that the LORD began to send Aram\u2019s King Rezin and Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son, against Judah."}, {"pk": 4102280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "Jotham died and was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. <sup>[5]</sup> His son Ahaz succeeded him as king.", "comment": "[5] Heb adds <i>his ancestor</i>."}, {"pk": 4102281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Ahaz, Jotham\u2019s son, became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn\u2019t do what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, unlike his ancestor David."}, {"pk": 4102283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Instead, he walked in the ways of Israel\u2019s kings. He even burned his own son alive, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4102284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "He also sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines on every hill and beneath every shady tree."}, {"pk": 4102285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Aram\u2019s King Rezin and Israel\u2019s King Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son, came up to Jerusalem to fight. They surrounded Ahaz, but they weren\u2019t able to defeat him."}, {"pk": 4102286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "At that time Aram\u2019s King Rezin recovered Elath for the Arameans, driving the Judeans out of Elath. The Edomites <sup>[1]</sup> came to Elath and settled there, and that\u2019s still the case now.", "comment": "[1] Qere; Kethib <i>Arameans</i>"}, {"pk": 4102287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Ahaz sent messengers to Assyria\u2019s King Tiglath-pileser, saying, \u201cI\u2019m your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the power of the kings of Aram and Israel. Both of them are attacking me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was in the LORD\u2019s temple and in the palace treasuries, and sent a gift to Assyria\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4102289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "The Assyrian king heard the request and marched against Damascus. He captured it and sent its citizens into exile to Kir. He also killed Rezin."}, {"pk": 4102290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet up with Assyria\u2019s King Tiglath-pileser. King Ahaz noticed the altar that was in Damascus, and he sent the altar\u2019s plan and details for its construction to the priest Uriah."}, {"pk": 4102291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Uriah built the altar, following the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus; he had it finished before King Ahaz returned from Damascus."}, {"pk": 4102292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "When the king arrived from Damascus, he inspected the altar. He came close to it, then went up on it,"}, {"pk": 4102293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "burning his entirely burned offering and grain offering, pouring out his drink offering, and sprinkling the blood of his well-being sacrifices on the altar."}, {"pk": 4102294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "As for the bronze altar that used to stand before the LORD, Ahaz moved it away from the front of the temple where it had stood between the main altar and the LORD\u2019s temple. He put it on the north side of the new altar."}, {"pk": 4102295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Then King Ahaz ordered the priest Uriah, saying, \u201cBurn the following sacrifices on the main altar: in the morning, the entirely burned offering; in the evening, the grain offering; the king\u2019s entirely burned offering and his grain offering; the entirely burned offering for all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. <br> \u201cSprinkle all the blood of the entirely burned offerings and all the blood of the sacrifices on it. I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded."}, {"pk": 4102297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "King Ahaz cut off the side panels from the stands and removed the basins from them. He took the Sea down from the bronze bulls that were under it and put it on a stone pavement."}, {"pk": 4102298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "He also took away the sabbath canopy that had been built in the temple. He removed the royal entrance outside the LORD\u2019s temple. This was done because of the Assyrian king."}, {"pk": 4102299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "The rest of Ahaz\u2019s deeds, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Ahaz died and was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Hoshea, Elah\u2019s son, became king in Samaria in the twelfth year of Judah\u2019s king Ahaz. He ruled over Israel for nine years."}, {"pk": 4102302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, but he wasn\u2019t as bad as the Israelite kings who preceded him."}, {"pk": 4102303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Assyria\u2019s King Shalmaneser marched against Hoshea, and Hoshea became Shalmaneser\u2019s servant, paying him tribute."}, {"pk": 4102304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "But the Assyrian king discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, because Hoshea sent messengers to Egypt\u2019s King So. Hoshea stopped paying tribute to the Assyrian king as he had in previous years, so the Assyrian king arrested him and put him in prison."}, {"pk": 4102305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the Assyrian king invaded the whole country. He marched against Samaria and attacked it for three years."}, {"pk": 4102306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "In Hoshea\u2019s ninth year, the Assyrian king captured Samaria. He sent Israel into exile to Assyria, resettling them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes."}, {"pk": 4102307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "All this happened because the Israelites sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt, out from under the power of Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king. They worshipped other gods."}, {"pk": 4102308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "They followed the practices of the nations that the LORD had removed before the Israelites, as well as the practices that the Israelite kings had done. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that weren\u2019t right. They built shrines in all their towns, from watchtowers to fortified cities."}, {"pk": 4102310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "They set up sacred pillars and sacred poles <sup>[2]</sup> on every high hill and beneath every green tree.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "At every shrine they burned incense, just as the nations did that the LORD sent into exile before them. They did evil things that made the LORD angry."}, {"pk": 4102312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "They worshipped images about which the LORD had said, Don\u2019t do such things!"}, {"pk": 4102313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD warned Israel and Judah through all the prophets and seers, telling them, Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commandments and my regulations in agreement with the entire Instruction that I commanded your ancestors and sent through my servants the prophets."}, {"pk": 4102314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "But they wouldn\u2019t listen. They were stubborn like their ancestors who didn\u2019t trust the LORD their God."}, {"pk": 4102315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "They rejected his regulations and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, along with the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless images so that they too became worthless. And they imitated the neighboring nations that the LORD had forbidden them to imitate."}, {"pk": 4102316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "They deserted all the commandments of the LORD their God. They made themselves two metal idols cast in the shape of calves and made a sacred pole. <sup>[3]</sup> They bowed down to all the heavenly bodies. They served Baal.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "They burned their sons and daughters alive. They practiced divination and sought omens. They gave themselves over to doing what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes and made him angry."}, {"pk": 4102318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "So the LORD was very angry at Israel. He removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was spared."}, {"pk": 4102319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "But Judah didn\u2019t keep the commands of the LORD their God either. They followed the practices of Israel."}, {"pk": 4102320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "So the LORD rejected all of Israel\u2019s descendants. He punished them, and he handed them over to enemies who plundered them until he finally threw them out of his sight."}, {"pk": 4102321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "When Israel broke away <sup>[4]</sup> from David\u2019s dynasty, they made Nebat\u2019s son Jeroboam the king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the LORD. He caused them to commit great sin.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>When he</i> (God) <i>tore Israel away</i>"}, {"pk": 4102322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "And the Israelites continued walking in all the sins that Jeroboam did. They didn\u2019t deviate from them,"}, {"pk": 4102323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "and the LORD finally removed Israel from his presence. That was exactly what he had warned through all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from its land to Assyria. And that\u2019s still how it is today."}, {"pk": 4102324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "The Assyrian king brought people from Babylon, Cuth, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, resettling them in the cities of Samaria in place of the Israelites. These people took control of Samaria and settled in its cities."}, {"pk": 4102325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "But when they began to live there, they didn\u2019t worship the LORD, so the LORD sent lions against them, and the lions began to kill them."}, {"pk": 4102326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "Assyria\u2019s king was told about this: \u201cThe nations you sent into exile and resettled in the cities of Samaria don\u2019t know the religious practices of the local god. He\u2019s sent lions against them, and the lions are killing them because none of them know the religious practices of the local god.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "So Assyria\u2019s king commanded, \u201cReturn one of the priests that you exiled from there. He <sup>[5]</sup> should go back and live there. He should teach them the religious practices of the local god.\u201d", "comment": "[5] LXX, Vulg, Syr; MT <i>They</i>"}, {"pk": 4102328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria went back. He lived in Bethel and taught the people how to worship the LORD."}, {"pk": 4102329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 29, "text": "But each nationality still made its own gods. They set them up in the houses that the people of Samaria had made at the shrines. Each nationality did this in whichever cities they lived."}, {"pk": 4102330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 30, "text": "The Babylonian people made the god Succoth-benoth, the Cuthean people made Nergal, and the people from Hamath made Ashima."}, {"pk": 4102331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 31, "text": "The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children alive as a sacrifice to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the Sepharvite gods."}, {"pk": 4102332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 32, "text": "They also worshipped the LORD, but they appointed priests for the shrines from their whole population. These priests worked in the houses at the shrines."}, {"pk": 4102333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 33, "text": "So they worshipped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the religious practices of the nations from which they had been exiled."}, {"pk": 4102334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 34, "text": "They are still following their former religious practices to this very day. They don\u2019t really worship the LORD. Nor do they follow the regulations, the case laws, the Instruction, or the commandment that the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel."}, {"pk": 4102335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD had made a covenant with them, commanding them, Don\u2019t worship other gods. Don\u2019t bow down to them or serve them. Don\u2019t sacrifice to them."}, {"pk": 4102336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 36, "text": "Instead, worship only the LORD. He\u2019s the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great strength and an outstretched arm. Bow down to him! Sacrifice to him!"}, {"pk": 4102337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 37, "text": "You must carefully keep the regulations and case laws, the Instruction, and the commandment that he wrote for you. Don\u2019t worship other gods."}, {"pk": 4102338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 38, "text": "Don\u2019t forget the covenant that I made with you. Don\u2019t worship other gods."}, {"pk": 4102339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 39, "text": "Instead, worship only the LORD your God. He will rescue you from your enemies\u2019 power."}, {"pk": 4102340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 40, "text": "But they wouldn\u2019t listen. Instead, they continued doing their former religious practices."}, {"pk": 4102341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 17, "verse": 41, "text": "So these nations worship the LORD, but they also serve their idols. The children and the grandchildren are doing the very same thing their parents did. And that\u2019s how things still are today."}, {"pk": 4102342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Hezekiah, Ahaz\u2019s son, became king of Judah in the third year of Israel\u2019s King Hoshea, Elah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "He was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Abi; <sup>[1]</sup> she was Zechariah\u2019s daughter.", "comment": "[1] Cf <a href='/CEB/14/29/1'>2 Chron 29:1</a> <i>Abijah</i>"}, {"pk": 4102344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Hezekiah did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his ancestor David had done."}, {"pk": 4102345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "He removed the shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the sacred pole. <sup>[2]</sup> He crushed the bronze snake that Moses made, because up to that point the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (The snake was named Nehushtan.)", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, Israel\u2019s God. There was no one like him among all of Judah\u2019s kings \u2014 not before him and not after him."}, {"pk": 4102347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "He clung to the LORD and never deviated from him. He kept the commandments that the LORD had commanded Moses."}, {"pk": 4102348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD was with Hezekiah; he succeeded at everything he tried. He rebelled against Assyria\u2019s king and wouldn\u2019t serve him."}, {"pk": 4102349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territories, from watchtower to fortified city."}, {"pk": 4102350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Assyria\u2019s King Shalmaneser marched against Samaria and attacked it in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Israel\u2019s King Hoshea, Elah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "After three years the Assyrians captured the city. Samaria was captured in Hezekiah\u2019s sixth year, which was Hoshea\u2019s ninth year."}, {"pk": 4102352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Assyria\u2019s king sent Israel into exile to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes."}, {"pk": 4102353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "All this happened because they wouldn\u2019t listen to the LORD their God. They broke his covenant \u2014 all that the LORD\u2019s servant Moses had commanded them. They didn\u2019t listen, and they didn\u2019t do it."}, {"pk": 4102354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib marched against all of Judah\u2019s fortified cities and captured them in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah."}, {"pk": 4102355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah sent a message to the Assyrian king at Lachish, saying, \u201cI admit wrongdoing. Please withdraw from me, and I\u2019ll agree to whatever you demand from me.\u201d Assyria\u2019s king required Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah to pay him three hundred kikkars of silver and thirty kikkars of gold."}, {"pk": 4102356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was in the LORD\u2019s temple and in the palace treasuries."}, {"pk": 4102357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "At that time King Hezekiah had to strip down the doors and doorposts of the LORD\u2019s temple, which he had covered with gold. He gave all of it to the Assyrian king."}, {"pk": 4102358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Assryia\u2019s king sent his general, his chief officer, and his field commander from Lachish, together with a large army, to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They stood at the water channel of the Upper Pool, which is on the road to the field where clothes are washed."}, {"pk": 4102359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "Then they called for the king. Hilkiah\u2019s son Eliakim, who was the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Asaph\u2019s son Joah the recorder went out to them."}, {"pk": 4102360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the field commander said to them, \u201cSay to Hezekiah: This is what Assyria\u2019s Great King says: Why do you feel so confident?"}, {"pk": 4102361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Do you think that empty words are the same as good strategy and the strength to fight? Who are you trusting in that you now rebel against me?"}, {"pk": 4102362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "It appears that you are trusting in a staff \u2014 Egypt \u2014 that\u2019s nothing but a broken reed! It will stab the hand of anyone who leans on it! That\u2019s all that Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, is to anyone who trusts in him."}, {"pk": 4102363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Now suppose you say to me, \u2018We trust in the LORD our God.\u2019 Isn\u2019t he the one whose shrines and altars Hezekiah removed, telling Judah and Jerusalem, \u2018You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4102364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cSo now make a wager with my master, Assyria\u2019s king. I\u2019ll give you two thousand horses if you can supply the riders!"}, {"pk": 4102365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "How will you drive back even the least important official among my master\u2019s servants when you are relying on Egypt for chariots and riders?"}, {"pk": 4102366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "What\u2019s more, do you think I\u2019ve marched against this place to destroy it without the LORD\u2019s support? It was the LORD who told me, March against this land and destroy it!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "Hilkiah\u2019s son Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, \u201cPlease speak to your servants in Aramaic because we understand it. Don\u2019t speak with us in Hebrew, because the people on the wall will hear it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "The field commander said to them, \u201cDid my master send me to speak these words just to you and your master and not also to the men on the wall? They are the ones who will have to eat their dung and drink their urine along with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "Then the field commander stood up and shouted in Hebrew at the top of his voice, saying, \u201cListen to the message of the great king, Assyria\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4102370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "This is what the king says: Don\u2019t let Hezekiah lie to you. He won\u2019t be able to rescue you from the power of Assyria\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4102371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "Don\u2019t let Hezekiah persuade you to trust the LORD by saying, \u2018The LORD will certainly rescue us. This city won\u2019t be handed over to Assyria\u2019s king.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4102372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t listen to Hezekiah, because this is what Assyria\u2019s king says: Surrender to me and come out. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and fig tree, and drink water from your own well"}, {"pk": 4102373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "until I come to take you to a land just like your land. It will be a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey. Then you will live and not die! Don\u2019t listen to Hezekiah, because he will mislead you by saying, \u2018The LORD will rescue us.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4102374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "Were any of the gods of the other nations able to rescue their lands from the power of Assyria\u2019s king?"}, {"pk": 4102375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my power?"}, {"pk": 4102376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 35, "text": "Which one of any of the gods of those lands has rescued their country from my power? Why should the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 36, "text": "But the people kept quiet and didn\u2019t answer him with a single word, because King Hezekiah\u2019s command was, \u201cDon\u2019t answer him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 18, "verse": 37, "text": "Hilkiah\u2019s son Eliakim, who was the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Asaph\u2019s son Joah the recorder, came to Hezekiah with ripped clothes. They told him what the field commander had said."}, {"pk": 4102379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "When King Hezekiah heard this, he ripped his clothes, covered himself with mourning clothes, and went to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son. They were all wearing mourning clothes."}, {"pk": 4102381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "They said to him, \u201cThis is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, punishment, and humiliation. It\u2019s as if children are ready to be born, but there\u2019s no strength to see it through."}, {"pk": 4102382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Perhaps the LORD your God has heard all the words of the field commander who was sent by his master, Assyria\u2019s king \u2014 how he insulted the living God \u2014 perhaps God will punish him for the words the LORD your God heard. Send up a prayer for those few people who still survive.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "When King Hezekiah\u2019s servants got to Isaiah,"}, {"pk": 4102384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Isaiah said to them, \u201cSay this to your master: \u2018This is what the LORD says: Don\u2019t be afraid at the words you heard, which the officers of Assyria\u2019s king have used to insult me."}, {"pk": 4102385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019m about to put a spirit in him, so when he hears a rumor, he\u2019ll go back to his own country. Then I\u2019ll have him cut down by the sword in his own land.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "The field commander heard that the Assyrian king had left Lachish. So he went back to the king and found him attacking Libnah."}, {"pk": 4102387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the Assyrian king learned that Cush\u2019s King Tirhakah was on his way to fight against him. So he sent messengers to Hezekiah again, saying,"}, {"pk": 4102388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cSay this to Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah: Don\u2019t let the God you trust in persuade you by saying, \u2018Jerusalem won\u2019t be handed over to the Assyrian king.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4102389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "You yourself have heard what Assyrian kings do to other countries, wiping them out. Is it likely that you will be saved?"}, {"pk": 4102390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers \u2014 Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, or the people of Eden in Telassar \u2014 save them?"}, {"pk": 4102391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Where now is Hamath\u2019s king, Arpad\u2019s king, or the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the king of the city of Sepharvaim</i> or <i>the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah</i>"}, {"pk": 4102392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Hezekiah took the letters from the messengers and read them. Then he went to the temple and spread them out before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4102393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying, \u201cLORD God of Israel, you sit enthroned on the winged creatures. You alone are God over all the earth\u2019s kingdoms. You made both heaven and earth."}, {"pk": 4102394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "LORD, turn your ear this way and hear! LORD, open your eyes and see! Listen to Sennacherib\u2019s words. He sent them to insult the living God!"}, {"pk": 4102395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "It\u2019s true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have destroyed many nations and their lands."}, {"pk": 4102396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "The Assyrians burned the gods of those nations with fire because they aren\u2019t real gods. They are only man-made creations of wood and stone. That\u2019s how the Assyrians could destroy them."}, {"pk": 4102397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "So now, LORD our God, please save us from Sennacherib\u2019s power! Then all the earth\u2019s kingdoms will know that you, LORD, are the only true God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Then Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, sent a message to Hezekiah: \u201cThis is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: I have heard your prayer about Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib."}, {"pk": 4102399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "This is the message that the LORD has spoken against him: The young woman, Daughter Zion, despises you and mocks you; <br>Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4102400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "Whom did you insult and ridicule? <br>Against whom did you raise your voice <br>and pridefully lift your eyes? <br>It was against the holy one of Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4102401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "You\u2019ve insulted the Lord with your messengers; <br>you said, \u2018I, with my many chariots, <br>have gone up to the highest mountains, <br>to the farthest reaches of Lebanon. <br>I have cut down its tallest cedars, <br>the best of its pine trees. <br>I have reached its most remote lodging place, <br>its best forest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4102402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "I have dug wells, <br>have drunk waters in foreign lands. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>With my own feet, I dried up <br>all of Egypt\u2019s streams.\u2019<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "Haven\u2019t you heard? <br>I set this up long ago; <br>I planned it in the distant past! <br>Now I have made it happen, <br>making fortified cities <br>collapse into piles of rubble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4102404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "Their citizens have lost their power. <br>They are frightened and ashamed. <br>They\u2019ve become like plants in a field, <br>tender green shoots, <br>the grass on rooftops, <br>burned up before it matures.<br>"}, {"pk": 4102405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "I know where you live, <br>how you go out and come in, <br>and how you rage against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4102406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "And because you rage against me <br>and because your pride has reached my ears, <br>I will put my hook in your nose, <br>and my bit in your mouth. <br>I will make you go back <br>the same way you came. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cNow this will be the sign for you, Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows by itself. Next year you will eat what grows from that. But in the third year, sow seed and harvest it; plant vineyards and eat their fruit."}, {"pk": 4102408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "The survivors of the house of Judah who have escaped will take root below and bear fruit above."}, {"pk": 4102409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "Those who remain will go out from Jerusalem, and those who survive will go out from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of heavenly forces <sup>[3]</sup> will do this.", "comment": "[3] Qere, some Heb sources, and the parallel in <a href='/CEB/23/32/1'>Isa 32</a>; Kethib lacks <i>of heavenly forces</i>."}, {"pk": 4102410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cTherefore, this is what the LORD says about Assyria\u2019s king: He won\u2019t enter this city. He won\u2019t shoot a single arrow there. He won\u2019t come near the city with a shield. He won\u2019t build a ramp to besiege it."}, {"pk": 4102411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "He will go back by the same way he came. He won\u2019t enter this city, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4102412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "I will defend this city and save it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "That night the LORD\u2019s messenger went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand soldiers in the Assyrian camp. When people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere."}, {"pk": 4102414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "So Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib departed, returning to Nineveh, where he stayed."}, {"pk": 4102415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "Later, while he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. They then escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Around that same time, Hezekiah became deathly ill. The prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, came to him and said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Put your affairs in order because you are about to die. You won\u2019t survive this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,"}, {"pk": 4102418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cPlease, LORD, remember how I have walked before you in truth and sincerity. I have done what is right in your eyes.\u201d Then Hezekiah cried and cried."}, {"pk": 4102419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Isaiah hadn\u2019t even left the middle courtyard of the palace when the LORD\u2019s word came to him:"}, {"pk": 4102420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Turn around. Say to Hezekiah, my people\u2019s leader: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and have seen your tears. So now I\u2019m going to heal you. Three days from now you will be able to go up to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "I will add fifteen years to your life. I will rescue you and this city from the power of the Assyian king. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David."}, {"pk": 4102422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Isaiah said, \u201cPrepare a bandage made of figs.\u201d They did so and put it on the swelling, at which point Hezekiah started getting better."}, {"pk": 4102423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Hezekiah said to Isaiah, \u201cWhat is the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I\u2019ll be able to go up to the LORD\u2019s temple in three days?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Isaiah said, \u201cThis will be your sign from the LORD that he will make his promise come true: Should the shadow go forward ten steps or back ten steps?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps,\u201d Hezekiah said, \u201cbut not for the shadow to go back ten steps.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "So the prophet Isaiah called on the LORD, who made the shadow go back ten steps, down the flight of stairs built by Ahaz. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "At that time Merodach-baladan, son of Babylon\u2019s King Baladan, sent messengers to Hezekiah with letters and a gift. This was because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick."}, {"pk": 4102428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Hezekiah granted them an audience and showed them everything in his treasury \u2014 the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil. He also showed them his stock of weaponry and everything in his storehouses. There wasn\u2019t a single thing in his palace or his whole kingdom that Hezekiah didn\u2019t show them."}, {"pk": 4102429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and said to him, \u201cWhat did these men say? Where have they come from?\u201d Hezekiah said, \u201cThey came from a distant country: Babylon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWhat have they seen in your palace?\u201d Isaiah asked. \u201cThey have seen everything in my palace,\u201d Hezekiah answered. \u201cThere\u2019s not a single thing in my storehouses that I haven\u2019t shown them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, \u201cListen to the LORD\u2019s word:"}, {"pk": 4102432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "The days are nearly here when everything in your palace and all that your ancestors collected up to now will be carried off to Babylon. Not a single thing will be left, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4102433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Some of your children, your very own offspring, will be taken away. They will become eunuchs in the palace of Babylon\u2019s king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "Hezekiah said to Isaiah, \u201cThe LORD\u2019s word that you\u2019ve spoken is good,\u201d because he thought: There will be peace and security in my lifetime."}, {"pk": 4102435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "The rest of Hezekiah\u2019s deeds and all his powerful acts \u2014 how he made the pool and the channel and brought water inside the city \u2014 aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Hezekiah lay down with his ancestors. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Hephzibah."}, {"pk": 4102438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4102439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "He rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, set up altars for Baal, and made a sacred pole, <sup>[1]</sup> just as Israel\u2019s King Ahab had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshipped them.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps a pole devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "He even built altars in the two courtyards of the LORD\u2019s temple \u2014 the very place the LORD was speaking of when he said: \u201cI will put my name in Jerusalem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Manasseh built altars for all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "He burned his own son alive, consulted sign readers and fortune-tellers, and used mediums and diviners. He did much evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes and made him angry."}, {"pk": 4102443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Manasseh set up the carved Asherah image he had made in the temple \u2014 the very temple the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon, saying, In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all Israel\u2019s tribes, I will put my name forever."}, {"pk": 4102444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "I will never again remove Israel from the land I gave to their ancestors, provided they carefully do everything I have commanded them \u2014 keeping all the Instruction my servant Moses commanded them."}, {"pk": 4102445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "But they wouldn\u2019t listen. Manasseh led them into doing even more evil than the nations the LORD had wiped out before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4102446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD spoke through his servants the prophets:"}, {"pk": 4102447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Manasseh has done detestable things, things more evil than the Amorites had done before his time. He has caused Judah to sin with his images."}, {"pk": 4102448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Because of this, the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, has said: I\u2019m about to bring on Jerusalem and Judah such a great disaster that the ears of anyone who hears about it will ring."}, {"pk": 4102449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "I will stretch out over Jerusalem the same line that I used to measure Samaria and the same mason\u2019s level that I used on Ahab\u2019s family. I will wipe Jerusalem clean the same way someone wipes a plate clean, wiping it clean then turning it facedown."}, {"pk": 4102450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "Whatever survives of my inheritance, I\u2019ll leave behind, handing them over to their enemies. They will be nothing but plunder and loot for every one of their enemies."}, {"pk": 4102451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "This will happen because they have done what is evil in my eyes, making me angry from the day their ancestors left Egypt until this very moment."}, {"pk": 4102452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Manasseh spilled so much innocent blood that he filled up every corner of Jerusalem with it. And this doesn\u2019t include the sins he caused Judah to commit so that they did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4102453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "The rest of Manasseh\u2019s deeds, all that he accomplished, and the sin he committed, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Manasseh lay down with his ancestors. He was buried in his palace garden, the Uzza Garden. His son Amon succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled for two years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Meshullemeth; she was Haruz\u2019s daughter and was from Jotbah."}, {"pk": 4102456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his father Manasseh had done."}, {"pk": 4102457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "He walked in all the ways his father had walked. He worshipped the same worthless idols his father had worshipped, bowing down to them."}, {"pk": 4102458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "He deserted his ancestors\u2019 God, the LORD \u2014 he didn\u2019t walk in the LORD\u2019s way."}, {"pk": 4102459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "Amon\u2019s officials plotted against him and assassinated the king in his palace."}, {"pk": 4102460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "The people of the land then executed all those who had plotted against King Amon and made his son Josiah the next king."}, {"pk": 4102461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "The rest of Amon\u2019s deeds, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "He was buried in his tomb in the Uzza Garden. His son Josiah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Josiah was 8 years old when he became king, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jedidah; she was Adaiah\u2019s daughter and was from Bozkath."}, {"pk": 4102464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, and walked in the ways of his ancestor David \u2014 not deviating from it even a bit to the right or left."}, {"pk": 4102465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "In the eighteenth year of King Josiah\u2019s rule, he sent the secretary Shaphan, Azaliah\u2019s son and Meshullam\u2019s grandson, to the LORD\u2019s temple with the following orders:"}, {"pk": 4102466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cGo to the high priest Hilkiah. Have him carefully count <sup>[1]</sup> the money that has been brought to the LORD\u2019s temple and that has been collected from the people by the doorkeepers.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "It should be given to the supervisors in charge of the LORD\u2019s temple, who in turn should pay it to those who are in the LORD\u2019s temple, repairing the temple \u2014"}, {"pk": 4102468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "the carpenters, the builders, and the masons. It should be used to pay for lumber and quarried stone to repair the temple."}, {"pk": 4102469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "But there\u2019s no need to check on them regarding the money they receive, because they are honest workers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "The high priest Hilkiah told Shaphan the secretary: \u201cI have found the Instruction scroll in the LORD\u2019s temple.\u201d Then Hilkiah turned the scroll over to Shaphan, who read it."}, {"pk": 4102471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Shaphan the secretary then went to the king and reported this to him: \u201cYour officials have released the money that was found in the temple and have handed it over to those who supervise the work in the LORD\u2019s temple.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, \u201cHilkiah the priest has given me a scroll,\u201d and he read it out loud before the king."}, {"pk": 4102473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "As soon as the king heard what the Instruction scroll said, he ripped his clothes."}, {"pk": 4102474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "The king ordered the priest Hilkiah, Shaphan\u2019s son Ahikam, Micaiah\u2019s son Achbor, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the royal officer as follows:"}, {"pk": 4102475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cGo and ask the LORD on my behalf, and on behalf of the people, and on behalf of all Judah concerning the contents of this scroll that has been found. The LORD must be furious with us because our ancestors failed to obey the words of this scroll and do everything written in it about us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the prophetess Huldah. She was married to Shallum, Tikvah\u2019s son and Harhas\u2019 grandson, who was in charge of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the second district. When they spoke to her,"}, {"pk": 4102477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "she replied, \u201cThis is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: Tell this to the man who sent you to me:"}, {"pk": 4102478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "This is what the LORD says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its citizens \u2014 all the words in the scroll that Judah\u2019s king has read!"}, {"pk": 4102479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "My anger burns against this place, never to be quenched, because they\u2019ve deserted me and have burned incense to other gods, angering me by everything they have done. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>made</i>"}, {"pk": 4102480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "But also say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to question the LORD: This is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says about the message you\u2019ve just heard:"}, {"pk": 4102481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Because your heart was broken and you submitted before the LORD when you heard what I said about this place and its citizens \u2014 that they will become a horror and a curse \u2014 and because you ripped your clothes and cried before me, I have listened to you, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4102482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "That\u2019s why I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will go to your grave in peace. You won\u2019t experience the disaster I am about to bring on this place.\u201d <b>Josiah\u2019s reform</b> </pb> When they reported Huldah\u2019s words to the king,"}, {"pk": 4102483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "the king sent a message, and all of Judah\u2019s and Jerusalem\u2019s elders gathered before him."}, {"pk": 4102484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Then the king went up to the LORD\u2019s temple, together with all the people of Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets, and all the people, young and old alike. There the king read out loud all the words of the covenant scroll that had been found in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "The king stood beside the pillar and made a covenant with the LORD that he would follow the LORD by keeping his commandments, his laws, and his regulations with all his heart and all his being in order to fulfill the words of this covenant that were written in this scroll. All of the people accepted the covenant."}, {"pk": 4102486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "The king then commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the second-order priests, and the doorkeepers to remove from the LORD\u2019s temple all the religious objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the heavenly bodies. The king burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took the ashes to Bethel."}, {"pk": 4102487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "He got rid of the pagan priests that the Judean kings had appointed to burn incense at the shrines in Judah\u2019s cities and the areas around Jerusalem. He did the same to those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the heavenly bodies."}, {"pk": 4102488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "He removed the Asherah image <sup>[1]</sup> from the LORD\u2019s temple, taking it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. There he burned it, ground it to dust, and threw the dust on the public graveyard.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>image</i>; perhaps a pole dedicated to the goddess."}, {"pk": 4102489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "The king tore down the shrines for the consecrated workers <sup>[2]</sup> that were in the LORD\u2019s temple, where women made woven coverings <sup>[3]</sup> for Asherah.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain<br>[2] Traditionally <i>cultic prostitutes</i>"}, {"pk": 4102490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Josiah brought all the priests out of Judah\u2019s cities. From Geba to Beer-sheba, he defiled the shrines where the priests had been burning incense. He also tore down the shrines at the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua the city\u2019s governor, which were on the left as one entered the city gate."}, {"pk": 4102491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Although the priests of these shrines didn\u2019t go up on the LORD\u2019s altar in Jerusalem, they did eat unleavened bread with their fellow priests."}, {"pk": 4102492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Josiah defiled the Topheth in the Ben-hinnom Valley so no one could burn their child alive in honor of the god Molech."}, {"pk": 4102493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "He did away with the horses that Judah\u2019s kings had dedicated to the sun. They were kept at the entrance to the LORD\u2019s temple near a room in the annex <sup>[4]</sup> that belonged to an official named Nathan-melech. Josiah set fire to the chariots that were dedicated to the sun.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4102494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "The king also tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz\u2019s upper story, which had been made by the Judean kings, and he did the same with the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the LORD\u2019s temple. He broke them up there <sup>[5]</sup> and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.", "comment": "[5] Correction; MT <i>removed them quickly</i> or <i>ran from there</i>"}, {"pk": 4102495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "The king then defiled the shrines facing Jerusalem, south of the Mountain of Destruction. Solomon the king of Israel had built these for Ashtoreth, the monstrous Sidonian god, for Chemosh, the monstrous Moabite god, and for Milcom, the detestable Ammonite god."}, {"pk": 4102496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the sacred poles, <sup>[6]</sup> filling the places where they had been with human bones.", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Josiah also tore down the altar that was in Bethel. That was the shrine made by Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, who caused Israel to sin. Josiah tore down that altar and its shrine. He burned the shrine, grinding it into dust. Then he burned its sacred pole. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Heb <i>asherah</i>, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4102498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "When Josiah turned around, he noticed tombs up on the hillside. So he ordered the bones to be taken out of the tombs. He then burned them on the altar, desecrating it. (This was in agreement with the word that the LORD announced by the man of God when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival.) Josiah then turned and saw the tomb of the man of God <sup>[8]</sup> who had predicted these things.", "comment": "[8] LXX; MT lacks <i>when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival. Josiah then turned and saw the tomb of the man of God.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWhat\u2019s this gravestone I see?\u201d Josiah asked. The people of the city replied, \u201cThat tomb belongs to the man of God who came from Judah and announced what you would do to the altar of Bethel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cLet it be,\u201d Josiah said. \u201cNo one should disturb his bones.\u201d So they left his bones untouched, along with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria."}, {"pk": 4102501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Moreover, Josiah removed all the shrines on the high hills that the Israelite kings had constructed throughout the cities of Samaria. These had made the LORD angry. Josiah did to them just what he did at Bethel."}, {"pk": 4102502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "He actually slaughtered on those altars all the priests of the shrines who were there, and he burned human bones on them. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "The king commanded all the people, \u201cCelebrate a Passover to the LORD your God following what is instructed in this scroll containing the covenant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "A Passover like this hadn\u2019t been celebrated since the days when the judges judged Israel; neither had it been celebrated during all the days of the Israelite and Judean kings."}, {"pk": 4102505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah\u2019s rule, this Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "Josiah burned those who consulted dead spirits and the mediums, the household gods and the worthless idols \u2014 all the monstrous things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way Josiah fulfilled the words of the Instruction written in the scroll that the priest Hilkiah found in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4102507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "There\u2019s never been a king like Josiah, whether before or after him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, all his being, and all his strength, in agreement with everything in the Instruction from Moses."}, {"pk": 4102508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "Even so, the LORD didn\u2019t turn away from the great rage that burned against Judah on account of all that Manasseh had done to make him angry."}, {"pk": 4102509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cI will remove Judah from my presence just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city, Jerusalem, which I chose, and this temple where I promised my name would reside.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "The rest of Josiah\u2019s deeds and all that he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "In his days, the Egyptian king Pharaoh Neco marched against the Assyrian king at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to intercept him. But when Neco encountered Josiah in Megiddo, he killed the king."}, {"pk": 4102512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "Josiah\u2019s servants took his body from Megiddo in a chariot. They brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz, Josiah\u2019s son, anointed him, and made him king after his father."}, {"pk": 4102513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Hamutal; she was Jeremiah\u2019s daughter and was from Libnah."}, {"pk": 4102514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as all his ancestors had done."}, {"pk": 4102515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "Pharaoh Neco made Jehoahaz a prisoner at Riblah in the land of Hamath, ending his rule in Jerusalem. Pharaoh Neco imposed a fine on the land totaling one hundred kikkars of silver and one kikkar of gold."}, {"pk": 4102516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, Josiah\u2019s son, king after his father Josiah. Neco changed Eliakim\u2019s name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz away; he later died in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4102517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "Jehoiakim gave Pharaoh the silver and gold, but he taxed the land in order to meet Pharaoh\u2019s financial demands. Each person was taxed appropriately. Jehoiakim exacted silver and the gold from the land\u2019s people in order to give it to Pharaoh Neco."}, {"pk": 4102518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Zebidah; she was Pedaiah\u2019s daughter and was from Rumah."}, {"pk": 4102519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as all his ancestors had done."}, {"pk": 4102520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "In Jehoiakim\u2019s days, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim had submitted to him for three years, but then Jehoiakim changed his mind and rebelled against him."}, {"pk": 4102521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding parties against Jehoiakim, sending them against Judah in order to destroy it. This was in agreement with the word that the LORD had spoken through his servants the prophets."}, {"pk": 4102522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Indeed, this happened to Judah because the LORD commanded them to be removed from his presence on account of all the sins that Manasseh had committed"}, {"pk": 4102523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "and because of the innocent blood that he had spilled. Manasseh had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD didn\u2019t want to forgive that."}, {"pk": 4102524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "The rest of Jehoiakim\u2019s deeds and all that he accomplished, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4102525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Jehoiakim lay down with his ancestors. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4102526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "The Egyptian king never left his country again because the Babylonian king had taken over all the territory that had previously belonged to him \u2014 from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River."}, {"pk": 4102527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Nehushta; she was Elnathan\u2019s daughter and was from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as all his ancestors had done."}, {"pk": 4102529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "At that time, the officers of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem and laid siege to the city."}, {"pk": 4102530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city while his officers were blockading it."}, {"pk": 4102531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Jehoiachin, along with his mother, his servants, his officers, and his officials, came out to surrender to the Babylonian king. The Babylonian king took Jehoiachin prisoner in the eighth year of Jehoiachin\u2019s rule."}, {"pk": 4102532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar also took away all the treasures of the LORD\u2019s temple and of the royal palace. He cut into pieces all the gold objects that Israel\u2019s King Solomon had made for the LORD\u2019s temple, which is exactly what the LORD said would happen."}, {"pk": 4102533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Nebuchadnezzar exiled all of Jerusalem: all the officials, all the military leaders \u2014 ten thousand exiles \u2014 as well as all the skilled workers and metalworkers. No one was left behind except the poorest of the land\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4102534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar exiled Jehoiachin to Babylon; he also exiled the queen mother, the king\u2019s wives, the officials, and the land\u2019s elite leaders from Jerusalem to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4102535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "The Babylonian king also exiled seven thousand warriors \u2014 each one a hero trained for battle \u2014 as well as a thousand skilled workers and metalworkers to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4102536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the Babylonian king made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin\u2019s uncle, succeed Jehoiachin as king. Nebuchadnezzar changed Mattaniah\u2019s name to Zedekiah."}, {"pk": 4102537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Hamutal; she was Jeremiah\u2019s daughter and was from Libnah."}, {"pk": 4102538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as Jehoiakim had done."}, {"pk": 4102539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "It was precisely because the LORD was angry with Jerusalem and Judah that he thrust them out of his presence. <b>The southern kingdom falls</b> </pb> Now Zedekiah rebelled against the Babylonian king."}, {"pk": 4102540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "So in the ninth year of Zedekiah\u2019s rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. He camped beside the city and built a siege wall all around it."}, {"pk": 4102541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "The city was under attack until King Zedekiah\u2019s eleventh year."}, {"pk": 4102542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "On the ninth day of the month, the famine in the city got so bad that no food remained for the common people."}, {"pk": 4102543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the enemy broke into the city. All the soldiers fled <sup>[1]</sup> by night using the gate between the two walls near the King\u2019s Garden. The Chaldeans were surrounding the city, so the soldiers ran toward the desert plain.", "comment": "[1] LXX, cf <a href='/CEB/24/52/7'>Jer 52:7</a>; MT lacks <i>fled</i>."}, {"pk": 4102544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "But the Chaldean army chased King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the Jericho plains. His entire army deserted him."}, {"pk": 4102545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "So the Chaldeans captured the king and brought him back to the Babylonian king, who was at Riblah. There his punishment was determined."}, {"pk": 4102546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "Zedekiah\u2019s sons were slaughtered right before his eyes. Then he was blinded, put in bronze chains, and taken off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4102547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "On the seventh day of the fifth month in the nineteenth year of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan arrived at Jerusalem. He was the commander of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king."}, {"pk": 4102548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "He burned down the LORD\u2019s temple, the royal palace, and all of Jerusalem\u2019s houses. He burned down every important building."}, {"pk": 4102549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "The whole Chaldean army under the commander of the guard tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard exiled the people who were left in the city, those who had already surrendered to Babylon\u2019s king, and the rest of the population."}, {"pk": 4102551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "The commander of the guard left some of the land\u2019s poor people behind to work the vineyards and be farmers."}, {"pk": 4102552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "The Chaldeans shattered the bronze columns, the stands, and the bronze Sea that were in the LORD\u2019s temple. They carried the bronze off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4102553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "They also took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze items that had been used in the temple."}, {"pk": 4102554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "The commander of the guard took the fire pans and the sprinkling bowls, which were made of pure gold and pure silver."}, {"pk": 4102555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "The bronze in all these objects \u2014 the two pillars, the Sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the LORD\u2019s temple \u2014 was too heavy to weigh."}, {"pk": 4102556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Each pillar was twenty-seven feet high. The bronze capital on top of the first pillar was four and a half feet high. Decorative lattices and pomegranates, all made from bronze, were around the capital. And the second pillar was decorated with lattices just like the first."}, {"pk": 4102557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "The commander of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three doorkeepers."}, {"pk": 4102558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Of those still left in the city, Nebuzaradan took away an officer who was in charge of the army and five royal advisors who were discovered in the city. He also took away the secretary of the officer responsible for drafting the land\u2019s people to fight, as well as sixty people who were discovered in the city."}, {"pk": 4102559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard took all of these people and brought them to the Babylonian king at Riblah."}, {"pk": 4102560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "The king of Babylon struck them down, killing them in Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was exiled from its land."}, {"pk": 4102561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar put Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, in charge of the people he had left behind in the land of Judah."}, {"pk": 4102562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "All the army officers and their soldiers heard that the Babylonian king had appointed Gedaliah as governor, so they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers were Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son; Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son; Seraiah, Tanhumeth\u2019s son who was a Netophathite; and Jaazaniah, Maacathite\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Gedaliah made a solemn pledge to them and their soldiers, telling them, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of the Chaldean officials. Stay in the land and serve the Babylonian king, and things will go well for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "But in the seventh month, Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son and Elishama\u2019s grandson, who was from the royal family, came with ten soldiers, and they struck Gedaliah, and he died. They also killed the Judeans and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4102565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "Then all the people, young and old, along with the army officers, departed for Egypt because they were afraid of the Chaldeans."}, {"pk": 4102566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "In the year that Awil-merodach <sup>[2]</sup> became king of Babylon, he released Judah\u2019s King Jehoiachin from prison. This happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.", "comment": "[2] <i>Awil-merodach</i> means Man of Marduk in Akkadian."}, {"pk": 4102567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "Awil-merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and seated him above the other kings who were with him in Babylon."}, {"pk": 4102568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "So Jehoiachin took off his prisoner clothes and ate regularly in the king\u2019s presence for the rest of his life."}, {"pk": 4102569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 12, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "At the king\u2019s command, a regular food allowance was given to him every day for the rest of his life."}, {"pk": 4102570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Adam, Seth, Enosh; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Noah; Noah\u2019s family: <sup>[1]</sup> Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>Noah\u2019s family.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Japheth\u2019s family: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Gomer\u2019s family: Ashkenaz, Riphath, <sup>[2]</sup> and Togarmah. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>Diphath</i>"}, {"pk": 4102576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Javan\u2019s family: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Ham\u2019s family: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Cush\u2019s family: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raamah\u2019s family: Sheba and Dedan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first warrior in the land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Egypt was the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Pathrusim, Casluhim, from whom the Philistines came, and Caphtorim. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Canaan was the father of Sidon his oldest son, Heth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Shem\u2019s family: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram\u2019s family: <sup>[3]</sup> Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>Aram\u2019s family.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Arpachshad was Shelah\u2019s father, and Shelah was Eber\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Two sons were born to Eber: one was named Peleg, <sup>[4]</sup> because in his days the land was divided; and his brother\u2019s name was Joktan. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>division</i>"}, {"pk": 4102589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Eber, Peleg, Reu; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Serug, Nahor, Terah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "and Abram, that is, Abraham. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Abraham\u2019s family: Isaac and Ishmael. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "These were their descendants. Ishmael\u2019s oldest son was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. This was Ishmael\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "Abraham\u2019s secondary wife Keturah\u2019s family: she gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan\u2019s family: Sheba and Dedan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Midian\u2019s family: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were members of Keturah\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "Abraham was Isaac\u2019s father. Isaac\u2019s family: Esau and Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "Esau\u2019s family: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Eliphaz\u2019s family: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Reuel\u2019s family: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Seir\u2019s family: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Lotan\u2019s family: Hori and Homam; Lotan\u2019s sister was Timna. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "Shobal\u2019s family: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon\u2019s family: Aiah and Anah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Anah\u2019s family: Dishon. Dishon\u2019s family: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "Ezer\u2019s family: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. Dishan\u2019s family: <sup>[5]</sup> Uz and Aran. <br>", "comment": "[5] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/1/38'>1:38</a>; or <i>Dishon\u2019s family</i>"}, {"pk": 4102612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "These were the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela, Beor\u2019s son, whose city was called Dinhabah."}, {"pk": 4102613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "When Bela died, Jobab, Zerah\u2019s son from Bozrah, succeeded him."}, {"pk": 4102614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him."}, {"pk": 4102615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "When Husham died, Hadad, Bedad\u2019s son who defeated Midian in the Moabite countryside, succeeded him; his city was called Avith."}, {"pk": 4102616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him."}, {"pk": 4102617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him."}, {"pk": 4102618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "When Shaul died, Baal-hanan, Achbor\u2019s son, succeeded him."}, {"pk": 4102619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "When Baal-hanan died, Hadad succeeded him; his city was called Pai. His wife\u2019s name was Mehetabel, Matred\u2019s daughter and Me-zahab\u2019s granddaughter."}, {"pk": 4102620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "When Hadad died, Edom\u2019s tribal chiefs were: Chief Timna, Chief Aliah, Chief Jetheth,"}, {"pk": 4102621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,"}, {"pk": 4102622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,"}, {"pk": 4102623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were Edom\u2019s tribal chiefs."}, {"pk": 4102624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "This was Israel\u2019s family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Judah\u2019s family: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him with Bath-shua the Canaanite. Although Er was Judah\u2019s oldest, the LORD considered him wicked and put him to death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "His daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Perez\u2019s family: Hezron and Hamul. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Zerah\u2019s family: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda <sup>[1]</sup> \u2014 five in all. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; MT <i>Dara</i>"}, {"pk": 4102630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Carmi\u2019s family: Achar, who made trouble for Israel by disobeying the law dedicating war spoils to God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Ethan\u2019s family: Azariah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Hezron\u2019s family, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, tribal chief of the Judeans. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma was the father of Boaz, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesse was the father of Eliab his oldest son, Abinadab his second, Shimea his third, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Nethanel his fourth, Raddai his fifth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Ozem his sixth, and David his seventh. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah\u2019s family: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel \u2014 three in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Abigail gave birth to Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Caleb, Hezron\u2019s son, had children with his wife Azubah, and with Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who gave birth to Hur for him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Later, Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Machir, Gilead\u2019s father, whom he married when he was 60 years old, and she gave birth to Segub for him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "but Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, as well as Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, Gilead\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "After Hezron\u2019s death, Caleb went to Ephrath. <sup>[2]</sup> Abijah, Hezron\u2019s wife, bore him Ashhur, Tekoa\u2019s father. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>in Caleb-ephrathah</i>"}, {"pk": 4102648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "The family of Jerahmeel, Hezron\u2019s oldest son: Ram his oldest, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "The family of Ram, Jerahmeel\u2019s oldest son: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Onam\u2019s family: Shammai and Jada. Shammai\u2019s family: Nadab and Abishur. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Abishur\u2019s wife\u2019s name was Abihail, and she gave birth to Ahban and Molid for him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Nadab\u2019s family: Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "Appaim\u2019s family: Ishi. Ishi\u2019s family: Sheshan. Sheshan\u2019s family: Ahlai. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "The family of Jada, Shammai\u2019s brother: Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died without children. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "Jonathan\u2019s family: Peleth and Zaza. These were Jerahmeel\u2019s descendants. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; but Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his servant, and she gave birth to Attai for him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Eleasah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "Eleasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "The family of Caleb, Jerahmeel\u2019s brother: Mesha his oldest son and Ziph\u2019s father; and his second son <sup>[3]</sup> Mareshah, Hebron\u2019s father. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the family of</i>"}, {"pk": 4102666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "Hebron\u2019s family: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "Shema was the father of Raham, Jorkeam\u2019s father; and Rekem was the father of Shammai. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "Shammai\u2019s son: Maon; Maon was Beth-zur\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "Ephah, Caleb\u2019s secondary wife, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "Jahdai\u2019s family: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 48, "text": "Maacah, Caleb\u2019s secondary wife, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 49, "text": "She also gave birth to Shaaph, Madmannah\u2019s father; and to Sheva, Machbenah and Gibea\u2019s father. Caleb\u2019s daughter was Achsah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 50, "text": "These were Caleb\u2019s descendants. The family of Hur, Ephrathah\u2019s oldest son: Shobal, Kiriath-jearim\u2019s father; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 51, "text": "Salma, Bethlehem\u2019s father; and Hareph, Beth-gader\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 52, "text": "Shobal, Kiriath-jearim\u2019s father, had a family: Haroeh, and the ancestor of half of the Menuhoth. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>the ancestor of.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 53, "text": "Kiriath-jearim\u2019s clans: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 54, "text": "The family of Salma, Bethlehem\u2019s father: <sup>[5]</sup> the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half of the Manahathites, and the Zorites. <br>", "comment": "[5] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/2/51'>2:51</a>; Heb lacks <i>father.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 2, "verse": 55, "text": "The clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. They were Kenites who descended from Hammath, Beth-rechab\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "This is David\u2019s family born to him in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, with Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second Daniel, with Abigail the Carmelite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "the third Absalom son of Maacah, the daughter of Geshur\u2019s King Talmai; the fourth Adonijah, Haggith\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "the fifth Shephatiah, with Abital; the sixth Ithream, with his wife Eglah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven and a half years. He also reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-three years. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon \u2014 four from Bath-shua, Ammiel\u2019s daughter; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Ibhar, Eli-shama, Eliphelet, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet \u2014 nine in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "This was all of David\u2019s family, except for his secondary wives\u2019 children. Tamar was their sister. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The descendants <sup>[1]</sup> of Solomon: Rehoboam, his son Abijah, his son Asa, his son Jehoshaphat, <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; MT <i>son</i>"}, {"pk": 4102689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "his son Joram, his son Ahaziah, his son Joash, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "his son Amaziah, his son Azariah, his son Jotham, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "his son Ahaz, his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "his son Amon, and his son Josiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Josiah\u2019s family: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Jehoiakim\u2019s family: his son Jeconiah and his son Zedekiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "The family of Jeconiah the prisoner: Shealtiel his son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Pedaiah\u2019s family: Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel\u2019s family: <sup>[2]</sup> Meshullam, Hananiah, and their sister Shelomith; <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Syr; MT <i>son</i>"}, {"pk": 4102698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed \u2014 these five also. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Hananiah\u2019s family: <sup>[3]</sup> Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, Rephaiah\u2019s family, Arnan\u2019s family, Obadiah\u2019s family, and Shecaniah\u2019s family. <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Tg; MT <i>son</i>"}, {"pk": 4102700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Shecaniah\u2019s family: Shemaiah and his family, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat \u2014 six in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Neariah\u2019s family: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam \u2014 three in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Elioenai\u2019s family: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani \u2014 seven in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Judah\u2019s family: Perez, Hezron, Caleb, <sup>[1]</sup> Hur, and Shobal. <br>", "comment": "[1] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/2/19'>1 Chron 2:19</a>; MT <i>Carmi</i>"}, {"pk": 4102704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Shobal\u2019s son Reaiah was Jahath\u2019s father, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the Zorathite clans. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "This was Etam\u2019s family: <sup>[2]</sup> Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister\u2019s name was Hazzelelponi. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>father</i>"}, {"pk": 4102706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Penuel was Gedor\u2019s father, and Ezer was Hushah\u2019s father. This was the family of Hur the oldest son of Ephrathah, Bethlehem\u2019s father: <br>"}, {"pk": 4102707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Ashhur, Tekoa\u2019s father, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari for him. This was Naarah\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Helah\u2019s family: Zereth, Zohar, <sup>[3]</sup> and Ethnan. <br>", "comment": "[3] Qere, LXX; Kethib <i>Izhar</i>"}, {"pk": 4102710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, Harum\u2019s son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Jabez was more honored than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, \u201cI bore him in pain.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb sounds like <i>Jabez.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Jabez called on Israel\u2019s God: \u201cIf only you would greatly bless me and increase my territory. May your power go with me to keep me from trouble, so as not to cause me pain.\u201d And God granted his request. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Chelub, Shuhah\u2019s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was Eshton\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, Ir-nahash\u2019s father. These are the men of Recah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Kenaz\u2019s family: Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel\u2019s family: Hathath and Meonothai. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX, Vulg; MT lacks <i>Meonothai.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, <sup>[6]</sup> so-called because they were skilled workers. <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>the valley of skilled workers</i>"}, {"pk": 4102717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The family of Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son: Iru, Elah, and Naam. This was Kenaz\u2019s family. <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/4/13'>4:13</a>; MT <i>the family of Elah and Kenaz</i>"}, {"pk": 4102718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Jehallelel\u2019s family: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Ezrah\u2019s family: <sup>[8]</sup> Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Jether was the father of <sup>[9]</sup> Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, Eshtemoa\u2019s father. <br>", "comment": "[9] LXX; MT <i>and she conceived</i><br>[8] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>son</i>"}, {"pk": 4102720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "His Judean wife gave birth to Jered, Gedor\u2019s father; Heber, Soco\u2019s father; and Jekuthiel, Zanoah\u2019s father. This is the family of Bithiah, Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, whom Mered married. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "The family of his Judean wife, <sup>[10]</sup> the sister of Naham, Keilah\u2019s father the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. <br>", "comment": "[10] LXX; MT <i>the wife of Hodiah</i>"}, {"pk": 4102722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Shimon\u2019s family: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi\u2019s family: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "The family of Shelah, Judah\u2019s son: Er, Lecah\u2019s father; Laadah, Mareshah\u2019s father; the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Jokim; the men of Cozeba; Joash; and Saraph, who married into <sup>[11]</sup> Moab but returned to Bethlehem <sup>[12]</sup> (the records are ancient). <br>", "comment": "[12] Cf Tg, Vulg; MT <i>Lehem returned</i><br>[11] Or <i>ruled over</i>"}, {"pk": 4102725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king in his service. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "Simeon\u2019s family: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Mishma\u2019s family: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn\u2019t have many children, and none of their clans became as numerous as the Judeans. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,"}, {"pk": 4102731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,"}, {"pk": 4102732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,"}, {"pk": 4102733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until David became king."}, {"pk": 4102734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan \u2014 five towns \u2014"}, {"pk": 4102735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "as well as all their villages around these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept their own family records:"}, {"pk": 4102736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their households increased greatly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "They went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to find pasture for their flocks."}, {"pk": 4102742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "They found fertile pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful; the people of Ham used to live there."}, {"pk": 4102743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "These whose names were recorded, however, came in the days of Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah, attacked their tents and the Meunim <sup>[13]</sup> found there, and completely destroyed them, as can be seen today. They settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.", "comment": "[13] Qere; Kethib <i>Meinim</i>"}, {"pk": 4102744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "Some of them, five hundred Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, Ishi\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4102745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "They struck down those who were left of the Amalekites and have lived there ever since."}, {"pk": 4102746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "The family of Reuben, Israel\u2019s oldest son: he was actually the oldest, but when he dishonored his father\u2019s bed his birthright <sup>[1]</sup> was given to the family of Joseph, Israel\u2019s son, so Reuben isn\u2019t listed as the oldest in the records.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>oldest son\u2019s rights</i>"}, {"pk": 4102747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Although Judah became the strongest among his brothers and a leader came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph."}, {"pk": 4102748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "The family of Reuben, Israel\u2019s oldest son: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Joel\u2019s family: his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "and his son Beerah, whom Assyria\u2019s King Tilgath-pilneser carried away into exile. He was a chief of the Reubenites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "His relatives, by their <sup>[2]</sup> clans when their genealogy was listed in the records, were: Jeiel the first; Zechariah; <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>L</sup>, Syr; MT <i>his</i>"}, {"pk": 4102753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "and Bela, Azaz\u2019s son, Shema\u2019s grandson, and Joel\u2019s great-grandson. <br> They lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon."}, {"pk": 4102754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4102755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "In Saul\u2019s days they waged war on the Hagrites, whom they defeated. So they lived in their tents throughout the entire region east of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4102756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Gad\u2019s family lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:"}, {"pk": 4102757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Joel was the first, Shapham the second, and Janai governed <sup>[3]</sup> Bashan.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Tg; MT <i>Shaphatin</i>"}, {"pk": 4102758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Their relatives according to their households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber \u2014 seven in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "This was the family of Abihail son of Huri son of Jaroah son of Gilead son of Michael son of Jeshishai son of Jahdo son of Buz. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Ahi, Abdiel\u2019s son and Guni\u2019s grandson, was the head of their household. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and as far as the boundaries of all the open lands of Sharon."}, {"pk": 4102762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "They were all listed in the records in the days of Judah\u2019s King Jotham and Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam."}, {"pk": 4102763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "The Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh were warriors who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war \u2014 44,760 ready for military service."}, {"pk": 4102764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "When they waged war on the Hagrites (the Jeturites, the Naphishites, and the Nodabites),"}, {"pk": 4102765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "they received help against them. The Hagrites and all who were with them were handed over to them, because they cried out to God in battle. God granted their prayer because they trusted in him."}, {"pk": 4102766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "They seized their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep and goats, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 captives."}, {"pk": 4102767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Many died, because God fought the battle. They lived there in place of the inhabitants until the exile."}, {"pk": 4102768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "The members of half the tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They were very numerous."}, {"pk": 4102769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "These were the heads of their households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel \u2014 mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their households. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and faithlessly followed the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them."}, {"pk": 4102771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "As a result, Israel\u2019s God stirred up the spirit of Assyria\u2019s King Pul, otherwise known as Assyria\u2019s King Tilgath-pilneser, who led the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day."}, {"pk": 4102772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Levi\u2019s family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. <br>", "comment": "[1] 5:27 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4102773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Kohath\u2019s family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Amram\u2019s family: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron\u2019s family: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Abishua of Bukki, Bukki of Uzzi, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Uzzi of Zerahiah, Zerahiah of Meraioth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Meraioth of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Ahimaaz, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Ahimaaz of Azariah, Azariah of Johanan, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "and Johanan of Azariah. He was the one who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Shallum, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Shallum of Hilkiah, Hilkiah of Azariah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Azariah of Seraiah, and Seraiah of Jehozadak. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Jehozadak went away when the LORD caused Judah and Jerusalem to be exiled by Nebuchadnezzar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Levi\u2019s family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/13/6/1'>6:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4102788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "These are the names of Gershom\u2019s family: Libni and Shimei. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Kohath\u2019s family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Merari\u2019s family: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites\u2019 clans according to their fathers: <br>"}, {"pk": 4102791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Kohath\u2019s family: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Elkanah\u2019s family: Amasai and Ahimoth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "his son Elkanah, <sup>[3]</sup> his son Zophai, his son Nahath, <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT repeats <i>Elkanah.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Samuel\u2019s family: the oldest Joel, <sup>[4]</sup> and the second Abijah. <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX, Syr; MT lacks <i>Joel.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Merari\u2019s family: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "David put the following in charge of the music in the LORD\u2019s house after the chest was placed there."}, {"pk": 4102803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "They ministered with song before the dwelling of the meeting tent, until Solomon built the LORD\u2019s temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their usual duties."}, {"pk": 4102804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "Those who served and their families were: Kohath\u2019s family: Heman the singer, son of Joel son of Samuel <br>"}, {"pk": 4102805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "son of Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Eliel son of Toah <br>"}, {"pk": 4102806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "son of Zuph son of Elkanah son of Mahath son of Amasai <br>"}, {"pk": 4102807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "son of Elkanah son of Joel son of Azariah son of Zephaniah <br>"}, {"pk": 4102808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "son of Tahath son of Assir son of Ebiasaph son of Korah <br>"}, {"pk": 4102809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi son of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "His relative was Asaph, who stood on his right, that is, Asaph son of Berechiah son of Shimea <br>"}, {"pk": 4102811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "son of Michael son of Baaseiah son of Malchijah <br>"}, {"pk": 4102812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "son of Ethni son of Zerah son of Adaiah <br>"}, {"pk": 4102813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "son of Ethan son of Zimmah son of Shimei <br>"}, {"pk": 4102814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 43, "text": "son of Jahath son of Gershom son of Levi. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 44, "text": "On the left were their relatives, Merari\u2019s family: Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch <br>"}, {"pk": 4102816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 45, "text": "son of Hashabiah son of Amaziah son of Hilkiah <br>"}, {"pk": 4102817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 46, "text": "son of Amzi son of Bani son of Shemer <br>"}, {"pk": 4102818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 47, "text": "son of Mahli son of Mushi son of Merari son of Levi. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 48, "text": "Their relatives the Levites were dedicated to all the services of the dwelling for God\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 49, "text": "Aaron and his sons sacrificed on the altar for entirely burned offerings and on the altar for incense, doing all the work of the holiest place, to make reconciliation for Israel, just as Moses, God\u2019s servant, had commanded."}, {"pk": 4102821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 50, "text": "This was Aaron\u2019s family: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 51, "text": "his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 52, "text": "his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 53, "text": "his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 54, "text": "These are the places they lived by their camps within their territory. To Aaron\u2019s family from the Kohathite clan, as chosen by lot,"}, {"pk": 4102826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 55, "text": "they gave Hebron in the land of Judah with its surrounding pasturelands."}, {"pk": 4102827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 56, "text": "But the city\u2019s fields and its settlements they gave to Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 57, "text": "To Aaron\u2019s family they gave the refuge cities: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,"}, {"pk": 4102829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 58, "text": "Hilen <sup>[5]</sup> with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,", "comment": "[5] LXX, cf <a href='/CEB/6/15/51'>Josh 15:51</a>; MT <i>Hilez</i>"}, {"pk": 4102830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 59, "text": "Ashan with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, <sup>[6]</sup> and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands.", "comment": "[6] LXX, Syr, cf <a href='/CEB/6/21/16'>Josh 21:16</a>; MT lacks <i>Juttah.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 60, "text": "From Benjamin\u2019s tribe: Gibeon with its pasturelands, <sup>[7]</sup> Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns within their clan.", "comment": "[7] Cf <a href='/CEB/6/21/17'>Josh 21:17</a>; MT lacks <i>Gibeon.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 61, "text": "The remaining Kohathites were given ten towns by lot from the clan of half the tribe of Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4102833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 62, "text": "The Gershomites received by lot according to their clans thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan."}, {"pk": 4102834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 63, "text": "The Merarites received by lot according to their clans twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun."}, {"pk": 4102835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 64, "text": "In this way the Israelites gave the Levites the towns with their pasturelands."}, {"pk": 4102836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 65, "text": "They gave these towns, which they designated by name, by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4102837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 66, "text": "Some of the Kohathite clans had towns of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim."}, {"pk": 4102838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 67, "text": "They gave them refuge cities: Shechem with its pasturelands in the Ephraimite highlands, Gezer with its pasturelands,"}, {"pk": 4102839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 68, "text": "Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,"}, {"pk": 4102840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 69, "text": "Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands;"}, {"pk": 4102841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 70, "text": "and from half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach <sup>[8]</sup> with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the Kohathite clans who remained.", "comment": "[8] Cf <a href='/CEB/6/21/25'>Josh 21:25</a>; MT <i>Aner</i>"}, {"pk": 4102842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 71, "text": "To the Gershomites from the clan of half the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;"}, {"pk": 4102843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 72, "text": "from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands and Daberath with its pasturelands,"}, {"pk": 4102844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 73, "text": "Ramoth with its pasturelands and Anem with its pasturelands;"}, {"pk": 4102845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 74, "text": "from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, and"}, {"pk": 4102846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 75, "text": "Helkath <sup>[9]</sup> with its pasturelands and Rehob with its pasturelands;", "comment": "[9] Cf <a href='/CEB/6/21/31'>Josh 21:31</a>; MT <i>Hukkok</i>"}, {"pk": 4102847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 76, "text": "and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands."}, {"pk": 4102848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 77, "text": "To the remaining Merarites from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with its pasturelands, <sup>[10]</sup> Rimmon <sup>[11]</sup> with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands; <sup>[12]</sup>", "comment": "[11] LXX; MT <i>Rimmono</i><br>[12] Cf <a href='/CEB/6/21/35'>Josh 21:35</a>; MT lacks <i>Nahalal.</i><br>[10] Cf <a href='/CEB/6/21/34'>Josh 21:34</a>; MT lacks <i>Jokneam.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 78, "text": "on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,"}, {"pk": 4102850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 79, "text": "Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;"}, {"pk": 4102851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 80, "text": "and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,"}, {"pk": 4102852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 6, "verse": 81, "text": "Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands."}, {"pk": 4102853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Issachar\u2019s family: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron \u2014 four in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Tola\u2019s family: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel \u2014 the heads of their households in Tola\u2019s line, mighty warriors of their generations. In David\u2019s time they numbered 22,600. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Uzzi\u2019s family: Izrahiah; and Izrahiah\u2019s family \u2014 Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah \u2014 five in all, and all of them leaders. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "According to the family records of their households, they had 36,000 troops in the units of their fighting force, since they had many wives and children. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Their relatives from all of Issachar\u2019s clans were 87,000 mighty warriors, all listed in the family records. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Benjamin\u2019s family: <sup>[1]</sup> Bela, Becher, and Jediael \u2014 three in all. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>family.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Bela\u2019s family: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri \u2014 five heads of households, mighty warriors; 22,034 were listed in their family records. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Becher\u2019s family: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all Becher\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "As listed in their family records by generation, as heads of their households, mighty warriors, there were 22,200. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Jediael\u2019s family: Bilhan. Bilhan\u2019s family: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "All these were Jediael\u2019s family, heads of their households, and mighty warriors. There were 17,200 ready for battle. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir\u2019s family, and the Hushites were Aher\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Naphtali\u2019s family: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. These were Bilhah\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Manasseh\u2019s family: Asriel, to whom his Aramean secondary wife gave birth. She gave birth to Machir, Gilead\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Machir married Huppite and Shuppite women. His sister\u2019s name was Maacah. The second descendant\u2019s name was Zelophehad, who had only daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Machir\u2019s wife Maacah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother\u2019s name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Ulam\u2019s family: Bedan. This was the family of Gilead, Machir\u2019s son and Manasseh\u2019s grandson. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, Mahlah, and Shemida. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/7/19'>7:19</a>, <a href='/CEB/6/17/2'>Josh 17:2</a>; MT lacks <i>and Shemida.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "The members of Shemida\u2019s family were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Ephraim\u2019s family: Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath, who were born in the land, killed them when they came down to take their cattle. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Ephraim had sex with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because misfortune had come to his house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "His daughter was Sheerah. She built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "His son was Rephah, his son <sup>[3]</sup> Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan, <br>", "comment": "[3] MT lacks <i>his son.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "his son Nun, and his son Joshua. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns were under Manassite authority. The family of Joseph, Israel\u2019s son, lived in them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "Asher\u2019s family: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "Beriah\u2019s family: Heber and Malchiel, who was Birzaith\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "Japhlet\u2019s family: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. This is Japhlet\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "Shemer\u2019s family: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "His brother Helem\u2019s family: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "Zophah\u2019s family: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "Jether\u2019s family: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "Ulla\u2019s family: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "All these were Asher\u2019s family, heads of households, select mighty warriors, the heads of the princes. Those ready for battle listed in the records numbered 26,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel his second son, Aharah the third, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Bela had a family: Addar, Gera, Abihud, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "This was Ehud\u2019s family. They were heads of households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were sent into exile to Manahath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Gera <sup>[1]</sup> sent them into exile and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. <br>", "comment": "[1] MT <i>Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera</i>"}, {"pk": 4102900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "He had children with his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of households. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "He also had children with Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Elpaal\u2019s family: Eber, Misham, Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Beriah, and Shema. They were heads of households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Their brothers <sup>[2]</sup> were Shashak and Jeremoth. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>Ahio</i>"}, {"pk": 4102907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Beriah\u2019s family: Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Michael, Ishpah, and Joha. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Elpaal\u2019s family: Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Shimei\u2019s family: Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Shashak\u2019s family: Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Hananiah, Omri, <sup>[3]</sup> Elam, Anthothijah, <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>Omri.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Iphdeiah, and Penuel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Jeroham\u2019s family: Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "These were the heads of households, in their generations. They were leaders who lived in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Jeiel, <sup>[4]</sup> Gibeon\u2019s father, lived in Gibeon. His wife\u2019s name was Maacah; <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>Jeiel.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "his oldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, <sup>[5]</sup> Nadab, <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT lacks <i>Ner.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, and Mikloth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. These also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Syr; MT adds <i>with their relatives.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Jonathan\u2019s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was Micah\u2019s father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "Micah\u2019s family: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah; Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "Moza was the father of Binea; his son was Raphah, his son Eleasah, and his son Azel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "Azel had six sons, named Azrikam, his oldest, <sup>[7]</sup> Ishmael, Sheariah, Azariah, <sup>[8]</sup> Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were in Azel\u2019s family. <br>", "comment": "[8] LXX; MT lacks <i>Azariah.</i><br>[7] LXX, Tg; MT <i>Bocheru</i>"}, {"pk": 4102931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "His brother Eshek\u2019s family: Ulam his oldest, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "Ulam\u2019s family were mighty warriors and archers, having many children and grandchildren \u2014 150 in all and all were Benjaminites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "So all Israel was listed in the official records of Israel\u2019s kings. <b>Restored Jerusalem community</b> </pb> Judah was carried into exile in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness."}, {"pk": 4102934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "The first to resettle their property in their towns were the Israelite people, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants."}, {"pk": 4102935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Those settling in Jerusalem included some from Judah, some from Benjamin, and some from Ephraim and Manasseh:"}, {"pk": 4102936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Uthai son of Ammihud son of Omri son of Imri son of Bani from the family of Perez, Judah\u2019s son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "From the Shilonites: Asaiah the oldest son and his family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "From Zerah\u2019s family: Jeuel and their relatives \u2014 690 in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "From Benjamin\u2019s family: Sallu son of Meshullam son of Hodaviah son of Senaah; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Hassenuah</i>"}, {"pk": 4102940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Ibneiah, Jeroham\u2019s son; Elah son of Uzzi son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah son of Reuel son of Ibnijah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "and their relatives in their line of descent \u2014 956 in all. All of these were heads of their households. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "and Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub the leader of God\u2019s house; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pashhur son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel son of Jahzerah son of Meshullam son of Meshillemith son of Immer; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "and their relatives, heads of their households, 1,760 capable men for the religious work of God\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah, from Merari\u2019s family; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zichri son of Asaph; <br>"}, {"pk": 4102948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Obadiah son of Shemaiah son of Galal son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa son of Elkanah, who lived in the settlements of the Netophathites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman. Their brother Shallum was the leader, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "stationed until now in the King\u2019s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the Levites\u2019 camp. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Shallum, Kore\u2019s son, Ebiasaph\u2019s grandson, and Korah\u2019s great-grandson, and his relatives belonging to his household, the Korahites, served as gatekeepers at the tent\u2019s entrances, as their ancestors had been gatekeepers at the entrance to the LORD\u2019s camp. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Phinehas, Eleazar\u2019s son, the LORD be with him, was their leader in former times. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Zechariah, Meshelemiah\u2019s son, was gatekeeper at the meeting tent\u2019s entrance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "All those selected as gatekeepers at the entrances were two hundred twelve. They were listed in the family records by their settlements. David and Samuel the seer assigned them to their trusted position."}, {"pk": 4102955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "So they and their descendants were the gatekeepers guarding the LORD\u2019s house, that is, the tent. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>house of the tent</i>"}, {"pk": 4102956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south."}, {"pk": 4102957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Their relatives came in from their settlements, from time to time, to assist them for a period of seven days."}, {"pk": 4102958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "Due to their trustworthiness, the four master gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in charge of the rooms and the treasuries of God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4102959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "They would spend the night patrolling God\u2019s house since they had guard duty and were responsible for unlocking it every morning."}, {"pk": 4102960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Some of them were responsible for the worship objects; they counted them when they were brought in and taken out."}, {"pk": 4102961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Others were appointed over the furniture, the holy equipment, the flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices."}, {"pk": 4102962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Some of the priests blended the ointment for the spices;"}, {"pk": 4102963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the flat cakes."}, {"pk": 4102964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Also some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the stacks of bread for each Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4102965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "The singers were the heads of the households of the Levites. They lived in temple rooms and were free from other service because they were on duty day and night."}, {"pk": 4102966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "These were the heads of the households of the Levites, according to descent. They lived in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4102967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Jeiel, Gibeon\u2019s father, lived in Gibeon. His wife\u2019s name was Maacah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "His oldest son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, <br>"}, {"pk": 4102969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb adds <i>with their relatives</i>."}, {"pk": 4102971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "Jonathan\u2019s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "Micah\u2019s family were Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/8/35'>8:35</a>; MT lacks <i>Ahaz.</i>"}, {"pk": 4102974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "Ahaz was the father of Jarah; and Jarah of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "Moza was the father of Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah was his son, and Azel was his son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 9, "verse": 44, "text": "Azel had six sons whose names were Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. This was Azel\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4102977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "When the Philistines attacked the Israelites, the Israelites ran away from the Philistines, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa."}, {"pk": 4102978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua."}, {"pk": 4102979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "The battle was fierce around Saul, and when the archers located him, he trembled in fear."}, {"pk": 4102980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Saul said to his armor-bearer, \u201cDraw your sword and kill me with it! Otherwise, these uncircumcised men will come and kill me or torture me.\u201d But his armor-bearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and impaled himself on it."}, {"pk": 4102981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also impaled himself on his sword and died with Saul."}, {"pk": 4102982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household died together."}, {"pk": 4102983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines came to live in them."}, {"pk": 4102984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa."}, {"pk": 4102985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "They stripped him, carried off his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the news to their idols and to the people."}, {"pk": 4102986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "They placed his armor in their god\u2019s temple and displayed his skull on a pole in the temple of Dagon."}, {"pk": 4102987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,"}, {"pk": 4102988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "all their warriors arose and recovered the corpses of Saul and his sons. They brought them back to Jabesh, buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days."}, {"pk": 4102989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD and hadn\u2019t followed the LORD\u2019s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance."}, {"pk": 4102990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "He didn\u2019t consult the LORD, so the LORD killed him and gave the kingdom to David, Jesse\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4102991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "All the Israelites gathered around David at Hebron. \u201cWe\u2019re your own flesh and blood,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4102992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cIn the past, even when Saul ruled over us, you were the one who led Israel. The LORD your God told you, \u2018You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a leader over my people Israel.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4102993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "So all of Israel\u2019s elders came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the LORD. They anointed David to make him king over Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel."}, {"pk": 4102994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Then David and all Israel marched to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites lived."}, {"pk": 4102995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "The people who lived in Jebus told David, \u201cYou\u2019ll never get in here!\u201d But David captured the mountain fortress of Zion, which became David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4102996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "David had said, \u201cThe first one to kill a Jebusite will become commander in chief!\u201d Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son, was the first to attack and so became commander in chief."}, {"pk": 4102997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "David occupied the fortress, so it was renamed David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4102998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "He also built up the city on all sides, including its own foundations and the surrounding areas, while Joab restored the rest of the city."}, {"pk": 4102999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "David grew increasingly powerful, and the LORD of heavenly forces was with him."}, {"pk": 4103000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "These are the commanders of David\u2019s warriors who continued to support him while he was king. Together with all Israel, they made him king, as the LORD had promised Israel."}, {"pk": 4103001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "This is the list of David\u2019s warriors: Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was commander of the Thirty. He raised his spear against eight hundred, killing them on a single occasion."}, {"pk": 4103002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Next in command came Eleazar, Dodo\u2019s son the Ahohite, who was one of the three warriors."}, {"pk": 4103003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "He was with David at Pas-dammim. The Philistines were gathered there for battle, where part of a field was full of barley. When the people ran away from the Philistines,"}, {"pk": 4103004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "he and David stood in the middle of the field, held their ground, and defeated the Philistines. So the LORD achieved a great victory."}, {"pk": 4103005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Three of the thirty commanders went down from the rock to David at the fortress <sup>[1]</sup> of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines camped in the Rephaim Valley.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>cave</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/10/23/14'>2 Sam 23:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4103006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "At that time David was in the fortress, and a Philistine fort was in Bethlehem."}, {"pk": 4103007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "David had a craving and said, \u201cIf only someone could give me a drink of water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "So the three warriors broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it and poured it out to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4103009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cGod forbid that I should do that,\u201d he said. \u201cIsn\u2019t this the blood of men who risked their lives?\u201d So he refused to drink it. Since they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. These were the kinds of things the three warriors did."}, {"pk": 4103010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Abishai, Joab\u2019s brother, was chief of the Thirty. <sup>[2]</sup> He raised his spear against the three hundred men he had slain, but he wasn\u2019t considered one of the Three.", "comment": "[2] Syr; MT <i>three</i>"}, {"pk": 4103011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "He was the most famous of the Thirty. He became their commander, but he wasn\u2019t among the Three."}, {"pk": 4103012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son from Kabzeel, was a hero who performed great deeds. He killed two of Moab\u2019s leaders, <sup>[3]</sup> and on a snowy day went down into a pit where he killed a lion.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Ariel</i>"}, {"pk": 4103013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "He also killed an Egyptian seven and a half feet tall, who was holding a spear like a weaver\u2019s beam. Benaiah went down to him with a club, grabbed the spear from the Egyptian\u2019s hand, and killed him with it."}, {"pk": 4103014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "These were the exploits of Benaiah, Jehoiada\u2019s son; he wasn\u2019t considered one of the three warriors."}, {"pk": 4103015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "He was famous among the Thirty, but didn\u2019t become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard."}, {"pk": 4103016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "The mighty warriors: Asahel, Joab\u2019s brother; Elhanan, Dodo\u2019s son from Bethlehem; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "Shammoth from Haror; Helez from Pelon; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Ira, Ikkesh\u2019s son from Tekoa; Abiezer from Anathoth; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Sibbecai the Hushathite; Ilai from Ahoh; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Maharai from Netophah; Heled, Baanah\u2019s son from Netophah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "Ithai, Ribai\u2019s son from Gibeah of the Benjaminites; Benaiah from Pirathon; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Hurai from the Gaash ravines; Abiel the Arbathite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "Azmaveth from Baharum; Eliahba from Shaalbon; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "Hashem <sup>[4]</sup> the Gizonite; Jonathan, Shagee\u2019s son from Harar; <br>", "comment": "[4] MT <i>the family of Hashem</i>"}, {"pk": 4103025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Ahiam, Sachar\u2019s son from Harar; Eliphal, Ur\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "Hepher the Mecherathite; Ahijah the Pelonite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "Hezro from Carmel; Naarai, Ezbai\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "Joel, Nathan\u2019s brother; Mibhar, Hagri\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai from Beeroth, Zeruiah\u2019s son and the armor-bearer for Joab; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "Ira from Ither; Gareb from Ither; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "Uriah the Hittite; Zabad, Ahlai\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "Hanan, Maacah\u2019s son; Joshaphat the Mithnite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "Uzzia the Ashterathite; Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "Jediael, Shimri\u2019s son, and his brother Joha the Tizite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 46, "text": "Eliel the Mahavite; Jeribai and Joshaviah, Elnaam\u2019s sons; Ithmah the Moabite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 11, "verse": 47, "text": "Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The following persons came to David at Ziklag while he was banished from the presence of Saul, Kish\u2019s son. They were some of the warriors who helped him in battle,"}, {"pk": 4103039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "armed with bows, and they could use either hand to shoot arrows or sling stones. They were Saul\u2019s relatives from Benjamin:"}, {"pk": 4103040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Ahiezer was the leader, then Joash, both Shemaah\u2019s sons from Gibeah; Jeziel and Pelet, Azmaveth\u2019s sons; Beracah; Jehu of Anathoth;"}, {"pk": 4103041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Ishmaiah from Gibeon, a warrior in the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; <sup>[1]</sup> Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad from Gederah;", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/13/12/5'>12:5</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4103042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Haruphite;", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/13/12/6'>12:6</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4103043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam the Korahites;"}, {"pk": 4103044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Joelah; and Zebadiah, Jeroham\u2019s son from Gedor."}, {"pk": 4103045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Some left Gad to join David at the desert fortress, brave warriors trained for battle, armed with shield and spear, who looked like lions and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains:"}, {"pk": 4103046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Ezer the leader, Obadiah second, Eliab third,"}, {"pk": 4103047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,"}, {"pk": 4103048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,"}, {"pk": 4103049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,"}, {"pk": 4103050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh."}, {"pk": 4103051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "These Gadites were military officers, the least of them ready to fight a hundred and the greatest a thousand."}, {"pk": 4103052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and chased away everyone living in the valleys to the east and the west."}, {"pk": 4103053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Some Benjaminites and Judahites also came to David at the fortress."}, {"pk": 4103054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "David went out to meet them and said to them, \u201cIf you\u2019ve come to me with good intentions in order to help me, then we will join forces. But if you\u2019ve come to betray me to my enemies, though I\u2019ve done no wrong, then may our ancestors\u2019 God see it and punish you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Then a spirit took hold of Amasai, the leader of the Thirty: David, we are yours; <br>and on your side, Jesse\u2019s son! <br>May it go very well for you, <br>and may it go well for whoever helps you! <br>Yes, your God has helped you. <br> Then David received them, and put them at the head of his troops."}, {"pk": 4103056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Some of the Manassites also joined David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. But he <sup>[3]</sup> didn\u2019t help them, because after considering the matter, the Philistine rulers sent him away. \u201cHe\u2019ll rejoin his master Saul,\u201d they said, \u201cand it will cost us our heads.\u201d", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4103057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "When he went to Ziklag some joined him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh."}, {"pk": 4103058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "They helped David against the raiding bands because they were all warriors and officers in the army."}, {"pk": 4103059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Reinforcements came to David daily until there was an army as mighty as God\u2019s army."}, {"pk": 4103060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "These are the numbers of the commanders of those armed for battle who came to David in Hebron to make sure he took over Saul\u2019s kingdom, according to the LORD\u2019s word:"}, {"pk": 4103061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "from Judah, carrying shield and spear, 6,800 troops armed for battle; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "from Simeon, mighty warriors, 7,100; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "from Levi, 4,600; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "also Jehoiada, leader of Aaron\u2019s line, and with him 3,700; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "and Zadok, a young man, a mighty warrior, and 22 officers from his household; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "from Benjamin, Saul\u2019s relatives, 3,000, most of whom had been loyal to Saul\u2019s household; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "from Ephraim, 20,800, mighty warriors, famous in their households; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "from half the tribe of Manasseh, 18,000, designated by name to come and make David king; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "from Issachar, those who understood the times and what Israel should do, 200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "from Zebulun, 50,000 experienced troops, armed for battle with all the weapons of war, to help with undivided loyalty; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "from Naphtali, 1,000 officers, as well as 37,000 armed with shield and spear; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "from Dan, 28,600 armed for battle; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "from Asher, 40,000 experienced troops armed for battle; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "from the other side of the Jordan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, 120,000 armed with all the weapons of war. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "All these men of war, armed <sup>[4]</sup> for battle, came to Hebron determined to make David king over all Israel, and all the rest of Israel were fully agreed to make David king.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>helpers</i>"}, {"pk": 4103076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, while their relatives provided food for them."}, {"pk": 4103077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "Even their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali were bringing food by donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There was an abundance of flour, fig cakes, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, because Israel was joyful."}, {"pk": 4103078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "After consulting with the captains of the units of a thousand and a hundred, in fact with every leader,"}, {"pk": 4103079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "David said to the entire Israelite assembly: \u201cIf you approve, and if the LORD our God agrees, let\u2019s spread the word to the rest of our relatives in all the regions of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands. Let\u2019s ask them to join us"}, {"pk": 4103080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "so that we may bring the chest of our God back to us, because we didn\u2019t look for it in Saul\u2019s days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "The whole assembly agreed to do so, because all the people thought it was the right thing to do."}, {"pk": 4103082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "So David assembled all Israel, from the border <sup>[1]</sup> of Egypt to Lebo-hamath in order to bring up God\u2019s chest from Kiriath-jearim.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Shikhor, river</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/6/15/4'>Josh 15:4</a>; <a href='/CEB/11/8/65'>1 Kgs 8:65</a>; <a href='/CEB/14/7/8'>2 Chron 7:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4103083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Then David and all Israel went up toward Baalah, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the chest of God, the LORD, who sits enthroned on the winged creatures, where he is called by name. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "They moved God\u2019s chest on a new cart from Abinadab\u2019s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,"}, {"pk": 4103085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "while David and all Israel celebrated in God\u2019s presence with all their strength, accompanied by songs, zithers, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets."}, {"pk": 4103086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "When they came to Chidon\u2019s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled."}, {"pk": 4103087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "But the LORD became angry with Uzzah and struck him because he had placed his hand on the chest. He died right there before God."}, {"pk": 4103088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "David was angry that the LORD lashed out at Uzzah; and so that place is still called Perez-uzzah today."}, {"pk": 4103089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "David was frightened by God that day. \u201cHow will I ever bring God\u2019s chest home to me?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4103090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "So David didn\u2019t take the chest away with him to David\u2019s City. Instead, he had it put in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite."}, {"pk": 4103091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "God\u2019s chest stayed with Obed-edom\u2019s household for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom\u2019s household and all that he had."}, {"pk": 4103092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Tyre\u2019s King Hiram sent messengers to David with cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build David a palace."}, {"pk": 4103093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingship was held in great honor for the sake of his people Israel."}, {"pk": 4103094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "David married more secondary wives in Jerusalem and fathered more sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4103095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "The names of his children in Jerusalem were as follows: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,"}, {"pk": 4103096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,"}, {"pk": 4103097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,"}, {"pk": 4103098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet."}, {"pk": 4103099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all marched up to find him. David heard this and went out to confront them."}, {"pk": 4103100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "The Philistines had invaded and were plundering the Rephaim Valley."}, {"pk": 4103101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "David asked God for advice: \u201cShould I attack the Philistines, and will you hand them over to me?\u201d The LORD answered, \u201cAttack them, and I\u2019ll definitely hand them over to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "So they marched up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. \u201cBy my strength,\u201d David exclaimed, \u201cGod has burst out against my enemies, the way water bursts out.\u201d That\u2019s why the place is called Baal-perazim. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>master of outbursts</i>"}, {"pk": 4103103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "The Philistines left their divine images behind, and David ordered them burned."}, {"pk": 4103104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "When the Philistines plundered the valley a second time,"}, {"pk": 4103105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "David again asked God\u2019s advice, but God answered, \u201cDon\u2019t attack them directly. Circle around behind them and come at them from in front of the balsam trees."}, {"pk": 4103106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack, for God has attacked in front of you to defeat the Philistine army.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "David followed God\u2019s orders exactly, and they defeated the Philistine army from Gibeon all the way to Gezer."}, {"pk": 4103108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "David\u2019s fame spread throughout all lands, and the LORD made all the nations fear him."}, {"pk": 4103109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "After he had built houses for himself in David\u2019s City, David prepared a place for God\u2019s chest and pitched a tent for it."}, {"pk": 4103110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "David said, \u201cOnly the Levites may carry God\u2019s chest, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the LORD\u2019s chest and to minister to him forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring the LORD\u2019s chest to the place he had prepared for it."}, {"pk": 4103112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "David also gathered Aaron\u2019s family and the Levites:"}, {"pk": 4103113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Uriel, the leader of Kohath\u2019s family, and 120 of his relatives; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Asaiah, the leader of Merari\u2019s family, and 220 of his relatives; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Joel, the leader of Gershom\u2019s family, and 130 of his relatives; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Shemaiah, the leader of Elizaphan\u2019s family, and 200 of his relatives; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Eliel, the leader of Hebron\u2019s family, and 80 of his relatives; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "and Amminadab, the leader of Uzziel\u2019s family, and 112 of his relatives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "David called for the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab."}, {"pk": 4103120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou are the household heads of the Levites. Make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, and then bring the chest of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, to the place I\u2019ve prepared for it."}, {"pk": 4103121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "When you weren\u2019t with us the first time, the LORD our God burst out against us because we didn\u2019t ask his advice properly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to bring up the chest of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4103123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The Levites carried God\u2019s chest with poles on their shoulders, just as Moses had commanded according to the LORD\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4103124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as singers to raise their voices joyfully, accompanied by musical instruments, including harps, lyres, and cymbals."}, {"pk": 4103125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "So the Levites appointed Heman, Joel\u2019s son; and from his relatives, Asaph, Berechiah\u2019s son; and from their Merarite relatives, Ethan, Kushaiah\u2019s son;"}, {"pk": 4103126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "and second in rank with them their relatives: Zechariah, Jaaziel, <sup>[1]</sup> Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Jaaziel\u2019s</i> son"}, {"pk": 4103127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to make music with bronze cymbals. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps tuned to the Alamoth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres tuned to the Sheminith. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Chenaniah was leader of the Levites who provided transportation, <sup>[2]</sup> because he was skilled at it. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the chest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were to blow the trumpets before God\u2019s chest. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were to be gatekeepers for the chest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Then David, along with Israel\u2019s elders and the captains of the thousands, went with rejoicing to bring up the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant from Obed-edom\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4103134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "Since God had helped the Levites who were carrying the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams."}, {"pk": 4103135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "David wore a fine-linen robe, as did the singers, all the Levites who were carrying the chest, and Chenaniah, the leader of transportation. <sup>[3]</sup> David also wore a linen priestly vest. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>ephod</i><br>[3] MT adds <i>the singers.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "So all Israel brought up the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant with shouts of joy, accompanied by the blast of the ram\u2019s horn, by trumpets and cymbals, and playing on harps and lyres."}, {"pk": 4103137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "As the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant entered David\u2019s City, Michal, Saul\u2019s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing, she lost all respect for him."}, {"pk": 4103138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "They brought in God\u2019s chest and placed it inside the tent David had pitched for it. Then they brought entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices before God."}, {"pk": 4103139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "When David had finished offering the entirely burned offerings and the well-being sacrifices, he blessed the people in the LORD\u2019s name"}, {"pk": 4103140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "and distributed a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, <sup>[1]</sup> and a raisin cake to every Israelite man and woman.", "comment": "[1] Cf LXX, Syr, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "David appointed some of the Levites to serve before the LORD\u2019s chest in order to remember, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, Israel\u2019s God:"}, {"pk": 4103142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Asaph was the leader, and Zechariah his assistant; also Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel with harps and lyres; Asaph sounding the cymbals;"}, {"pk": 4103143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blowing trumpets regularly before the chest containing God\u2019s covenant."}, {"pk": 4103144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "On the same day, for the first time, David ordered Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4103145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; <br>make his deeds known to all people!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Sing to God, sing praises to him; <br>dwell on all his wondrous works!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Give praise to God\u2019s holy name! <br>Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Pursue the LORD and his strength; <br>seek his face always!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Remember the wondrous works he has done, <br>all his marvelous works, <br>and the justice he declared \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4103150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "you who are the offspring of Israel, his servant, <br>and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD \u2014 he is our God. <br>His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "God remembers <sup>[2]</sup> his covenant forever, <br>the word he commanded to a thousand generations,<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>Remember</i>"}, {"pk": 4103153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "which he made with Abraham, <br>the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "God set it up as binding law for Jacob, <br>as an eternal covenant for Israel,<br>"}, {"pk": 4103155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "promising, \u201cI hereby give you the land of Canaan <br>as your allotted inheritance.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4103156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "When they <sup>[3]</sup> were few in number \u2014 <br>insignificant, just immigrants \u2014 <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>when you were</i>"}, {"pk": 4103157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "wandering from nation to nation, <br>from one kingdom to the next,<br>"}, {"pk": 4103158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "God didn\u2019t let anyone oppress them. <br>God punished kings for their sake:<br>"}, {"pk": 4103159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t touch my anointed ones; <br>don\u2019t harm my prophets!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4103160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "Sing to the LORD, all the earth! <br>Share the news of his saving work every single day!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "Declare God\u2019s glory among the nations; <br>declare his wondrous works among all people<br>"}, {"pk": 4103162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "because the LORD is great and so worthy of praise. <br>He is awesome beyond all other gods<br>"}, {"pk": 4103163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "because all the gods of the nations are just idols, <br>but it is the LORD who created heaven!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "Greatness and grandeur are in front of him; <br>strength and joy are in his place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "Give to the LORD, all families of the nations \u2014 <br>give to the LORD glory and power!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Give to the LORD the glory due his name! <br>Bring gifts! Enter his presence! <br>Bow down to the LORD <br>in his holy splendor!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "Tremble before him, all the earth! <br>Yes, he set the world firmly in place; <sup>[4]</sup> <br>it won\u2019t be shaken.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>the world is firmly established</i>"}, {"pk": 4103168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "Let heaven celebrate! <br>Let the earth rejoice! <br>Let the nations say, \u201cThe LORD rules!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4103169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "Let the sea and everything in it roar! <br>Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "Then the trees of the forest will shout out joyfully <br>before the LORD, because he is coming <br>to establish justice on earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4103171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, <br>because his faithful love endures forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 35, "text": "Say: \u201cSave us, God, our savior! <br>Gather us! Deliver us from among the nations <br>so we can give thanks to your holy name <br>and rejoice in your praise.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4103173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 36, "text": "Bless the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, <br>from forever in the past to forever always. <br>And let all the people say, \u201cAmen!\u201d <br>Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4103174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 37, "text": "Then David placed Asaph and his relatives, together with Obed-edom and sixty-eight of his relatives, to minister there continually before the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant, following the routines required on each day."}, {"pk": 4103175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 38, "text": "Obed-edom, Jeduthun\u2019s son, and Hosah served as gatekeepers."}, {"pk": 4103176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 39, "text": "David also placed the priest Zadok and his other priestly relatives at the LORD\u2019s dwelling at the shrine in Gibeon."}, {"pk": 4103177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 40, "text": "They were to offer continually, both morning and evening, entirely burned offerings to the LORD on the altar for entirely burned offerings, following the written requirements in the LORD\u2019s Instruction, which he had given Israel."}, {"pk": 4103178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 41, "text": "With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen by name to give thanks to the LORD, because his faithful love lasts forever."}, {"pk": 4103179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 42, "text": "With them were also <sup>[5]</sup> the trumpets and the cymbals for the musicians and the instruments for God\u2019s songs. Jeduthun\u2019s family was at the gate.", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT adds <i>Heman and Jeduthun.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 16, "verse": 43, "text": "Then all of the people left for their homes. And David returned to bless his household."}, {"pk": 4103181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "When David was settled into his palace, <sup>[1]</sup> he said to the prophet Nathan, \u201cI\u2019m living in a cedar palace while the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant is under curtains.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, <i>house</i>"}, {"pk": 4103182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Nathan replied, \u201cGo ahead and do whatever you are thinking, because God is with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "But that very night God\u2019s word came to Nathan:"}, {"pk": 4103184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "Go to my servant David and tell him, This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build the temple <sup>[2]</sup> for me to live in.", "comment": "[2] Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, <i>house</i>"}, {"pk": 4103185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "In fact, I haven\u2019t lived in a temple from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I\u2019ve been traveling from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] MT lacks <i>to dwelling</i>."}, {"pk": 4103186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Throughout my traveling with the Israelites, did I ever ask one of Israel\u2019s tribal leaders, whom I appointed to shepherd my people, Why haven\u2019t you built me a cedar temple?"}, {"pk": 4103187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "So then, say this to my servant David: This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: I myself took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be leader over my people Israel."}, {"pk": 4103188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ve been with you wherever you\u2019ve gone. I\u2019ve eliminated all your enemies before you. Now I will make your name great \u2014 like the name of the greatest people on earth."}, {"pk": 4103189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019m going to provide a place for my people Israel, and plant them so that they may live there and no longer be disturbed. Cruel people will no longer trouble them as they did earlier,"}, {"pk": 4103190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "when I appointed judges over my people Israel. I\u2019ll subdue all your enemies and make you great. As for a dynasty, <sup>[4]</sup> the LORD will build one for you!", "comment": "[4] Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, <i>house</i>"}, {"pk": 4103191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up a descendant of yours after you, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingship."}, {"pk": 4103192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "He is the one who will build me a temple, and I will establish his throne forever."}, {"pk": 4103193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "I will become his father and he will become my son, and I\u2019ll never withdraw my faithful love from him as I did from the one before you."}, {"pk": 4103194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019ll install him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever."}, {"pk": 4103195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Nathan faithfully reported all that he had seen and heard to David."}, {"pk": 4103196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "Then King David went and sat in the LORD\u2019s presence. He asked: Who am I, LORD God, and of what significance is my family that you have brought me this far? <br>"}, {"pk": 4103197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "But even this was too small in your eyes, God. You have spoken about the future of your servant\u2019s dynasty and have chosen me as an important person, LORD God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "What more can I say to you for honoring your servant? You yourself know your servant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "LORD, for your servant\u2019s sake and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to make all these great things known. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "LORD, no one can compare to you, no God except you, just as we have heard with our own ears. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "Who is like your people Israel, a unique nation on the earth, that God redeemed as his own people, establishing a name for yourself by doing great and awesome things, by driving out nations before your people whom you saved from Egypt? <br>"}, {"pk": 4103202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "You established your people Israel as your own people forever, and you, LORD, became their God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "Now, LORD, confirm forever the promise you have made about your servant and his dynasty. Do as you have promised <br>"}, {"pk": 4103204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "so that it may be established and so that your name may be made great forever when people say, \u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, is Israel\u2019s God.\u201d May your servant David\u2019s household be established before you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a dynasty. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "LORD, you are truly God, and you promised this good thing to your servant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "So now willingly bless your servant\u2019s dynasty so that it might continue forever before you, because you, LORD God, have promised. Let your servant\u2019s dynasty be blessed forever by your blessing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from Philistine control."}, {"pk": 4103209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "He also defeated Moab, enslaving them and requiring payment."}, {"pk": 4103210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "David defeated Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer at Hamath, as he continued to establish his control along the Euphrates River."}, {"pk": 4103211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "David captured one thousand chariots from him, seven thousand cavalry, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Then David cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses."}, {"pk": 4103212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Arameans."}, {"pk": 4103213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "David stationed soldiers <sup>[1]</sup> in Aram of Damascus, enslaved them, and required payment. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.", "comment": "[1] Cf <a href='/CEB/10/8/6'>2 Sam 8:6</a>; Heb lacks <i>soldiers.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer\u2019s servants and brought them to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "From Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer\u2019s cities, David took large amounts of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze basin, <sup>[2]</sup> the pillars, and the bronze equipment.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4103216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "When Hamath\u2019s King Tou heard that David had defeated the entire army of Zobah\u2019s King Hadadezer,"}, {"pk": 4103217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "he sent his son Hadoram to King David to wish him well and to congratulate him over his battle and defeat of Hadadezer, because Tou was an enemy of Hadadezer. Hadoram brought with him all kinds of gold, silver, and bronze objects."}, {"pk": 4103218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "King David dedicated these to the LORD along with the silver and the gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek."}, {"pk": 4103219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Abishai, Zeruiah\u2019s son, struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley."}, {"pk": 4103220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "He stationed soldiers in Edom, and all the Edomites became David\u2019s slaves. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went."}, {"pk": 4103221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "David ruled over all Israel and maintained justice and righteousness for all his people."}, {"pk": 4103222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Zeruiah\u2019s son Joab was in command of the army; Ahilud\u2019s son Jehoshaphat was recorder;"}, {"pk": 4103223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Ahitub\u2019s son Zadok and Abiathar\u2019s son Ahimelech <sup>[3]</sup> were priests; Shavsha was secretary;", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr; MT <i>Abimelech</i>"}, {"pk": 4103224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Jehoiada\u2019s son Benaiah was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David\u2019s sons were the king\u2019s chief personal advisors."}, {"pk": 4103225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, the Ammonite King Nahash died, and his son succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4103226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI\u2019ll be loyal to Nahash\u2019s son Hanun,\u201d David said, \u201cbecause his father was loyal to me.\u201d So David sent messengers with condolences about his father\u2019s death. But when David\u2019s servants arrived in the Ammonite territory to express his sympathy to Hanun,"}, {"pk": 4103227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "the Ammonite leaders asked Hanun, \u201cDo you really believe David is honoring your father because he has sent you condolences? Of course not! His servants have come to search the city, spy it out, and overthrow it!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "So Hanun took David\u2019s servants, shaved them, cut off half their garments from their buttocks down, and sent them off."}, {"pk": 4103229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to the men because they were completely ashamed. The king said, \u201cStay in Jericho until your beards have grown. Then you can come back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "When the Ammonites realized that they had offended David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent one thousand kikkars of silver to hire chariots and cavalry for themselves from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah."}, {"pk": 4103231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "They hired thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as King Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba, while the Ammonites left their cities and came together ready for battle."}, {"pk": 4103232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "When David heard this, he sent Joab and the entire army of warriors."}, {"pk": 4103233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "The Ammonites marched out and formed a battle line at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come remained in the countryside."}, {"pk": 4103234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel\u2019s finest warriors and deployed them to meet the Arameans."}, {"pk": 4103235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "The rest of the army Joab placed under the command of his brother Abishai. When they took up their positions to meet the Arameans,"}, {"pk": 4103236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Joab said, \u201cIf the Arameans prove too strong for me, you must help me, and if the Ammonites prove too strong for you, I\u2019ll help you."}, {"pk": 4103237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Be brave! We must be courageous for the sake of our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his eyes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "When Joab and the troops who were with him advanced into battle against the Arameans, they fled from him."}, {"pk": 4103239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from his brother Abishai and retreated into the city. So Joab returned to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "The Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel. They sent out messengers to bring Aramean reinforcements from the other side of the river, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer\u2019s army at their head."}, {"pk": 4103241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Upon hearing this, David gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan. David advanced and took up positions against the Arameans to meet them in battle. After initiating the battle,"}, {"pk": 4103242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand Aramean chariot drivers and forty thousand foot soldiers. Shophach the commander of their army was killed too."}, {"pk": 4103243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. Never again would the Arameans come to the aid of the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4103244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "In the spring, the time when kings go to war, Joab marched out with the army, destroyed the land of the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. David stayed in Jerusalem while Joab attacked Rabbah and overthrew it."}, {"pk": 4103245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "David took Milcom\u2019s <sup>[1]</sup> crown from his head. He found that it weighed one kikkar of gold and was set with a valuable stone. It was placed on David\u2019s head. The amount of loot David took from the city was huge.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>their king</i>"}, {"pk": 4103246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "After removing the people who were in the city, David demolished the city with saws, iron picks, and axes, <sup>[2]</sup> as he did to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.", "comment": "[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/10/12/31'>2 Sam 12:31</a>; MT <i>saws</i>"}, {"pk": 4103247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Once again war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephah, <sup>[3]</sup> and the Philistines were subdued.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>giants</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/13/20/6-7'>20:6\u20137</a>"}, {"pk": 4103248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "In another war with the Philistines, Jair\u2019s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver\u2019s beam."}, {"pk": 4103249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "At another war in Gath there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also descended from Raphah."}, {"pk": 4103250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David\u2019s brother Shimea killed him."}, {"pk": 4103251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "These were descended from the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants."}, {"pk": 4103252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "A heavenly Adversary <sup>[1]</sup> arose against Israel and incited David to count Israel.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>satan</i>"}, {"pk": 4103253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "So David told Joab and the leaders of the people, \u201cGo throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and take a census of the people so I know how many people there are.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "But Joab replied, \u201cMay the LORD increase his people a hundred times! Sir, aren\u2019t you the king, and aren\u2019t they all your servants? Why do you want to do this? Why bring guilt on Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "But the king overruled Joab, who left and traveled throughout all Israel. When he returned to Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4103256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "he reported to David the total number: there were 1,100,000 men available for military service in all Israel, while Judah alone had 470,000."}, {"pk": 4103257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "He didn\u2019t include Levi and Benjamin among them, because Joab disagreed with the king\u2019s order."}, {"pk": 4103258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "God was offended by this census and punished Israel."}, {"pk": 4103259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Then David said to God, \u201cI have sinned greatly in what I have done! Now please take away the guilt of your servant because I have done something very foolish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD told Gad, David\u2019s seer:"}, {"pk": 4103261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Go and tell David, This is what the LORD says: I\u2019m offering you three punishments. Choose one of them, and that is what I will do to you."}, {"pk": 4103262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "When Gad came to David, he said to him, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Take your choice:"}, {"pk": 4103263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "three years of famine, three months of fleeing <sup>[2]</sup> from your enemies while your enemies\u2019 sword overtakes you, or three days of the LORD\u2019s sword, that is, plague in the land and the LORD\u2019s messenger bringing disaster in every part of Israel. Decide now what answer I should take back to the one who sent me.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX, cf <a href='/CEB/10/24/13'>2 Sam 24:13</a>; MT <i>being swept away</i>"}, {"pk": 4103264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m in deep trouble,\u201d David said to Gad. \u201cI\u2019d rather fall into the hands of the LORD, who is very merciful; don\u2019t let me fall into human hands.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "So the LORD sent a plague throughout Israel, and seventy thousand Israelites fell dead."}, {"pk": 4103266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Then God sent a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it. But just as the messenger was about to destroy it, the LORD looked and changed his mind about the destruction. He said to the messenger who was destroying it, \u201cThat\u2019s enough! Withdraw your hand!\u201d At that time the LORD\u2019s messenger was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite."}, {"pk": 4103267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "When David looked up, he saw the LORD\u2019s messenger stationed between the earth and the sky with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out against Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, dressed in mourning clothes, fell on their faces;"}, {"pk": 4103268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "and David said to God, \u201cWasn\u2019t it I who ordered the numbering of the people? I\u2019m the sinner, the one responsible for this evil. But these sheep \u2014 what have they done? LORD, my God, turn your hand against me and my household, but spare your people from the plague.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger ordered Gad to tell David that he should go up to the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite in order to set up an altar for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4103270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "So David went up, following the instructions Gad had delivered in the LORD\u2019s name."}, {"pk": 4103271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Ornan turned around and saw the king. <sup>[3]</sup> His four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat.", "comment": "[3] LXX, cf <a href='/CEB/10/24/20'>2 Sam 24:20</a>; MT <i>messenger</i>"}, {"pk": 4103272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "When David approached Ornan, Ornan looked up, recognized David, left the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground."}, {"pk": 4103273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "David said to Ornan, \u201cGive me the site of the threshing floor, charging me full price, so that I may build an altar to the LORD, and the plague among the people may come to an end.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "Ornan replied to David, \u201cTake it for yourself, and may my master the king do what he thinks is best. I\u2019ll even provide the oxen for the entirely burned offerings, the threshing boards for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering \u2014 I\u2019ll provide everything!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "But King David said to Ornan, \u201cNo, I will buy them from you at a fair price. I won\u2019t offer to the LORD what belongs to you nor offer an entirely burned offering that costs me nothing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "Then David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site."}, {"pk": 4103277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "David built an altar there for the LORD and offered entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices. He called on the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of the entirely burned offering, consuming the entirely burned offering. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>consuming the entirely burned offering.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Then the LORD commanded the messenger to return his sword to its sheath."}, {"pk": 4103279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "At that time, after David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there."}, {"pk": 4103280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "The LORD\u2019s dwelling that Moses had made in the desert and the altar for entirely burned offerings were then at the shrine in Gibeon,"}, {"pk": 4103281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "but David couldn\u2019t go there to seek God because he feared the sword of the LORD\u2019s messenger."}, {"pk": 4103282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Then David said, \u201cThis is where the LORD God\u2019s temple will be, along with Israel\u2019s altar for entirely burned offerings.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "David gave orders to gather the immigrants living in the land of Israel, and he appointed masons who would cut stones for building God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "David also provided a huge amount of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for the braces, so much bronze that it couldn\u2019t be weighed,"}, {"pk": 4103285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "and innumerable cedar logs from the Sidonians and the Tyrians, who gave them to David."}, {"pk": 4103286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "David thought, My son Solomon is too inexperienced to build the LORD\u2019s temple. It must be great beyond compare in order to win fame and glory throughout all lands, so I myself will prepare things for him. So David made extensive preparations before his death."}, {"pk": 4103287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4103288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "David said to Solomon, \u201cMy son, <sup>[1]</sup> I had intended to build a temple for the name of the LORD my God.", "comment": "[1] LXX, DSS; MT <i>his son</i>"}, {"pk": 4103289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "But the LORD told me: You\u2019ve shed much blood and waged great wars. You won\u2019t build a temple for my name because you\u2019ve spilled so much blood on the ground before me."}, {"pk": 4103290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "A son has just been born to you. He\u2019ll be a man of peace, and I\u2019ll give him peace with all his surrounding enemies. In fact, his name will be Solomon, <sup>[2]</sup> and I\u2019ll give Israel peace and quiet during his reign.", "comment": "[2] <i>Solomon</i> sounds like <i>peace</i> in Heb."}, {"pk": 4103291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "He will be the one to build a temple for my name. He\u2019ll become my son, and I\u2019ll become his father, and I\u2019ll establish his royal throne over Israel forever."}, {"pk": 4103292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cNow, my son, may the LORD be with you so that you may successfully build the temple of the LORD your God, as he promised you."}, {"pk": 4103293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "May the LORD be sure to give you insight and understanding so that when he appoints you over Israel, you will observe the Instruction from the LORD your God. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Then, if you carefully follow the regulations and case laws that the LORD commanded Moses concerning Israel, you\u2019ll prosper. Be strong and brave. Don\u2019t be afraid or lose heart!"}, {"pk": 4103295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "With great effort I\u2019ve now provided for the LORD\u2019s temple one hundred thousand kikkars of gold, one million kikkars of silver, and so much bronze and iron that it can\u2019t be weighed, as well as wood and stone, though you may add to these."}, {"pk": 4103296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "You also have innumerable people to do the work: stonecutters, masons, and carpenters with every skill required for any task,"}, {"pk": 4103297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "whether in gold, silver, bronze, or iron. So get to work, and may the LORD be with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "Then David ordered all of Israel\u2019s leaders to help his son Solomon:"}, {"pk": 4103299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cThe LORD your God is with you! He\u2019s given you peace on every side. He\u2019s placed under my power the land\u2019s people, so that the land is under the control of the LORD and his people."}, {"pk": 4103300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Now then, dedicate yourselves to seeking the LORD your God. Get to work and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant together with God\u2019s holy equipment may be brought into the temple built for the LORD\u2019s name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "When David had grown old after a long life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel."}, {"pk": 4103302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "He then gathered together all Israel\u2019s leaders along with the priests and the Levites."}, {"pk": 4103303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "When the Levites were counted, the head count of every male 30 and older totaled 38,000."}, {"pk": 4103304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Of these, there were 24,000 to supervise the work on the LORD\u2019s temple, 6,000 officers and judges,"}, {"pk": 4103305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 praising the LORD with instruments made <sup>[1]</sup> for offering praise.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>I made</i>"}, {"pk": 4103306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Then David divided them into three groups named after Levi\u2019s family members: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."}, {"pk": 4103307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Ladan\u2019s family: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel \u2014 three in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Jehiel\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> family: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran \u2014 three in all. These were the heads of the households of Ladan. <br>", "comment": "[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/23/8'>23:8</a>, <a href='/CEB/13/23/10'>10</a>; MT <i>Shimei\u2019s</i>"}, {"pk": 4103310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Shimei\u2019s family: Jahath, Ziza, <sup>[3]</sup> Jeush, and Beriah. These four were Shimei\u2019s family: <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>Zina</i>"}, {"pk": 4103311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Jahath was the first, and Ziza the second; since Jeush and Beriah didn\u2019t have many children, they became a single household. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Kohath\u2019s family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel \u2014 four in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Amram\u2019s family: Aaron and Moses. Aaron, together with his sons, was set apart to make the holiest objects holy, to make offerings before the LORD, to serve him, and to give blessings in his name forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "As for Moses the man of God, his sons were considered to be Levites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses\u2019 family: Gershom and Eliezer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Gershom\u2019s family: Shebuel the first. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Eliezer\u2019s family: Rehabiah the first; Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many children. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Izhar\u2019s family: Shelomoth <sup>[4]</sup> the first. <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX, Syr, Aram; MT <i>Shelomith</i>"}, {"pk": 4103319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Hebron\u2019s family: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Uzziel\u2019s family: Micah the first and Isshiah the second. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "Merari\u2019s family: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli\u2019s family: Eleazar and Kish. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "Eleazar died without sons, but he did have daughters who married their relatives from Kish\u2019s family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "Mushi\u2019s family: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth \u2014 three in all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "These were the members of Levi\u2019s family according to their households. The household heads were registered, along with a listing of the names of each person 20 years old and above who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "David said, \u201cSince the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, has given his people peace and has made his home in Jerusalem forever,"}, {"pk": 4103326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "the Levites need no longer carry the dwelling or any of the equipment used in its service.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "David\u2019s last instructions were to count the Levites 20 years old and above."}, {"pk": 4103328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "Their assignment was to be at the side of the Aaronites to serve in the LORD\u2019s temple, maintaining the courtyards and side rooms and cleansing all of the holy objects and doing whatever was needed in the service of God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "They were responsible for the stacks of bread, the fine flour for grain offerings, the wafers of unleavened bread, the cakes made on the griddle, the offering mixed with oil, as well as all the measuring."}, {"pk": 4103330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "They were to be present every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and to do the same every evening."}, {"pk": 4103331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "Whenever entirely burned offerings were offered to the LORD for the sabbaths, the new moons, and festivals, a designated number were to serve in the LORD\u2019s presence continuously."}, {"pk": 4103332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "In this way they were to observe the instructions for the meeting tent, the instructions for the sanctuary, and the instructions for Aaron\u2019s family and relatives about serving in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "The divisions of the Aaronites: Aaron\u2019s family: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, without having sons, and so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests."}, {"pk": 4103335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "David, with the help of Zadok from Eleazar\u2019s family and Ahimelech from Ithamar\u2019s family, divided them according to their appointed duties."}, {"pk": 4103336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Since Eleazar\u2019s family was found to have more male heads than Ithamar\u2019s family, they divided them so that Eleazar\u2019s family had sixteen household heads and Ithamar\u2019s family had eight."}, {"pk": 4103337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "They divided both groups by lots because there were holy leaders, even outstanding leaders, among both Eleazar\u2019s and Ithamar\u2019s descendants."}, {"pk": 4103338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Shemaiah, Nethanel\u2019s son, the levitical scribe, recorded their names in the presence of the king; the leaders; Zadok the priest; Ahimelech, Abiathar\u2019s son; and the household heads of the priests and Levites. One household was taken from Eleazar followed by one from Ithamar."}, {"pk": 4103339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "These were to enter the LORD\u2019s temple according to their appointed duty and by the procedure established for them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the LORD God of Israel had instructed him."}, {"pk": 4103352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "The rest of the Levites included: from Amram\u2019s family: Shubael; from Shubael\u2019s family: Jehdeiah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "from Rehabiah and his family: Isshiah the first; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "from the Izharites: Shelomoth; from Shelomoth\u2019s family: Jahath; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "Hebron\u2019s family: <sup>[1]</sup> Jeriah the first, <sup>[2]</sup> Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth; <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>my sons</i><br>[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/23/19'>1 Chron 23:19</a>; MT lacks <i>Jeriah.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "Uzziel\u2019s family: Micah; from Micah\u2019s family: Shamir; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "Micah\u2019s brother Isshiah; from Isshiah\u2019s family: Zechariah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "Merari\u2019s family: Mahli, Mushi and his son Jaaziah\u2019s family; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "Merari\u2019s family by his son Jaaziah: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "from Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "from Kish and his family: Jerahmeel; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "and Mushi\u2019s family: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. <br> These were the Levites according to their households."}, {"pk": 4103363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "Both the household head and his youngest brother cast lots, just as their relatives, Aaron\u2019s descendants, had done in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and levitical households."}, {"pk": 4103364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "David and the army officers <sup>[1]</sup> set apart Asaph\u2019s family, Heman and Jeduthun, for service to prophesy <sup>[2]</sup> accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of those who performed this special service:", "comment": "[2] DSS, LXX, Vulg; MT <i>the prophets</i><br>[1] Or <i>liturgical officers</i>"}, {"pk": 4103365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "From Asaph\u2019s family: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. Asaph\u2019s family was under Asaph\u2019s direction and prophesied by order of the king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "From Jeduthun and his family: Gedaliah, Izri, <sup>[3]</sup> Jeshaiah, Shimei, <sup>[4]</sup> Hashabiah, and Mattithiah \u2014 six in all. They were under their father Jeduthun\u2019s direction, prophesying with the lyre and giving thanks and praise to the LORD. <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX, cf <a href='/CEB/13/25/17'>25:17</a>; MT lacks <i>Jeriah.</i><br>[3] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/25/11'>25:11</a>: MT <i>Zeri</i>"}, {"pk": 4103367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "From Heman and his family: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "All these were the family of Heman the king\u2019s seer, according to God\u2019s promise to honor him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "They were all under their father\u2019s direction when singing in the LORD\u2019s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres to provide service in God\u2019s temple, by order of the king. As for Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "the number of themselves and their relatives, who were trained in singing to the LORD and who were all skillful, was 288. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "They cast lots for their assigned duties, small as well as great, teacher and pupil alike."}, {"pk": 4103372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, his relatives, and his family, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "the third to Zaccur, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "the fourth to Izri, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "the fifth to Nethaniah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "the sixth to Bukkiah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "the seventh to Jesarelah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "the eighth to Jeshaiah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "the ninth to Mattaniah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "the tenth to Shimei, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "the eleventh to Uzziel, <sup>[5]</sup> his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX, Syr; MT <i>Azrael</i>"}, {"pk": 4103382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "the twelfth to Hashabiah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "the thirteenth to Shubael, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "the fifteenth to Jerimoth, <sup>[6]</sup> his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>", "comment": "[6] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/25/4'>25:4</a>; MT <i>Jeremoth</i>"}, {"pk": 4103386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "the sixteenth to Hananiah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "the eighteenth to Hanani, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "the nineteenth to Mallothi, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "the twentieth to Eliathah, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "the twenty-first to Hothir, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "the twenty-second to Giddalti, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his family, and his relatives, 12; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his family, and his relatives, 12. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "The divisions of the gatekeepers: from the Korahites: Meshelemiah, Kore\u2019s son, one of Ebiasaph\u2019s <sup>[1]</sup> family. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Asaph</i>"}, {"pk": 4103396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Meshelemiah\u2019s family: Zechariah the oldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "Obed-edom\u2019s family: Shemaiah the oldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. God truly blessed him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "To his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their household, because they were valiant men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "Shemaiah\u2019s family: Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, and his relatives, Elihu and Semachiah, who were valiant men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "All these were members of Obed-edom\u2019s family, they, their sons, and their relatives. They were valiant and strong in their service, 62 men belonging to Obed-edom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "Meshelemiah\u2019s family and relatives, valiant men, numbered 18. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "Hosah, one of Merari\u2019s family, also had a family: Shimri the first (though he wasn\u2019t the oldest, his father gave him that status), <br>"}, {"pk": 4103405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All of Hosah\u2019s family and relatives numbered 13. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "These were the divisions of the gatekeepers with their leaders, who were responsible to minister in the LORD\u2019s temple, along with their relatives."}, {"pk": 4103407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "They cast lots for each gate in the same way, whether their household was small or large."}, {"pk": 4103408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot indicated the North Gate."}, {"pk": 4103409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Obed-edom was assigned the South Gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses."}, {"pk": 4103410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "Hosah <sup>[2]</sup> was assigned the West Gate, that is, the chamber <sup>[3]</sup> gate on the upper road. The guards had the same task:", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>Shallecheth</i><br>[2] MT <i>Shuppim and Hosah</i>"}, {"pk": 4103411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "each day <sup>[4]</sup> the East had six, the North four, and the South four, with two at each of the storehouses.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>Levites</i>"}, {"pk": 4103412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "At the courtyard on the West, there were four at the road and two at the courtyard."}, {"pk": 4103413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from Korah\u2019s family and Merari\u2019s family."}, {"pk": 4103414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Their fellow <sup>[5]</sup> Levites were in charge of the treasuries of God\u2019s temple and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts:", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>Ahijah</i>"}, {"pk": 4103415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "from Ladan\u2019s family, the family of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, and the heads of the households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli."}, {"pk": 4103416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "Jehieli\u2019s family: Zetham and Joel his brother were in charge of the treasuries of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "From the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites:"}, {"pk": 4103418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom, Moses\u2019 son, was the chief officer in charge of the treasuries."}, {"pk": 4103419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "His relatives through Eliezer included his son Rehabiah, his son Jeshaiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, and his son Shelomoth."}, {"pk": 4103420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "This Shelomoth and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of the gifts dedicated by King David, by the household leaders, by the commanders <sup>[6]</sup> of the units of a thousand and a hundred, and by the army officers.", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT <i>to the commanders</i>"}, {"pk": 4103421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "They had dedicated some of the valuable objects won in battle to repair the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "Everything that was dedicated by Samuel the seer, as well as by Saul, Kish\u2019s son; Abner, Ner\u2019s son; and Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son \u2014 in fact, anything that had been dedicated \u2014 was under the supervision of Shelomoth <sup>[7]</sup> and his relatives.", "comment": "[7] LXX; MT <i>Shelomith</i>"}, {"pk": 4103423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "From the Izharites: Chenaniah and his family had responsibilities over Israel outside the temple as officials and judges."}, {"pk": 4103424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, were put in charge of Israel west of the Jordan concerning all of the LORD\u2019s affairs and the king\u2019s service."}, {"pk": 4103425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "From the Hebronites: Jerijah was the head of the Hebronites according to the family records of their households. In the fortieth year of David\u2019s rule, a search was made and capable men were found among them in Jazer in Gilead."}, {"pk": 4103426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "Jerijah\u2019s relatives, capable men, were 2,700 heads of households. King David put them in charge of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh concerning all of God\u2019s and the king\u2019s affairs."}, {"pk": 4103427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "This is the list of the Israelites, the heads of households, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and their officers. They served the king in every way their divisions required, and they were on duty for a month at a time through all the months of the year. Each division numbered 24,000."}, {"pk": 4103428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "In charge of the first division for the first month was Jashobeam, Zabdiel\u2019s son. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "He was a Perezite and the head of all the army officers for the first month. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "In charge of the division for the second month was Dodai the Ahohite. <sup>[1]</sup> His division numbered 24,000. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT adds <i>and his division, and Mikloth the leader.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "The third army commander for the third month was Benaiah the chief priest Jehoiada\u2019s son. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "This Benaiah was a warrior of the Thirty and in command of the Thirty. In command of his division was his son Ammizabad. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel, Joab\u2019s brother, and after him his son Zebadiah. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "The fifth for the fifth month was the commander Shammoth the Zerahite. <sup>[2]</sup> His division numbered 24,000. <br>", "comment": "[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/13/27/11'>27:11</a>, <a href='/CEB/13/27/13'>13</a>; MT <i>Izrahite</i>"}, {"pk": 4103435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the Tekoite Ikkesh\u2019s son. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite from Ephraim\u2019s family. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite from the Zerahites. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer of Annathoth from the Benjaminites. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite from the Zerahites. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite from Ephraim\u2019s family. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite from Othniel. His division numbered 24,000. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "In charge of the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenites \u2014 the leader was Eliezer, Zichri\u2019s son; for the Simeonites \u2014 Shephatiah, Maacah\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "for the Levites \u2014 Hashabiah, Kemuel\u2019s son; for Aaron \u2014 Zadok; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "for Judah \u2014 Eliab, <sup>[3]</sup> one of David\u2019s relatives; for Issachar \u2014 Omri, Michael\u2019s son; <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>Elihu</i>"}, {"pk": 4103445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "for Zebulun \u2014 Ishmaiah, Obadiah\u2019s son; for Naphtali \u2014 Jerimoth, Azriel\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "for the Ephraimites \u2014 Hoshea, Azaziah\u2019s son; for half the tribe of Manasseh \u2014 Joel, Pedaiah\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "for half the tribe <sup>[4]</sup> of Manasseh in Gilead \u2014 Iddo, Zechariah\u2019s son; for Benjamin \u2014 Jaasiel, Abner\u2019s son; <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX, Vulg; MT lacks <i>for half the tribe.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "for Dan \u2014 Azarel, Jeroham\u2019s son. <br> These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4103449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "But David didn\u2019t count those younger than 20 years of age, because the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky."}, {"pk": 4103450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "Joab, Zeruiah\u2019s son, began to count them, but he never finished. Since Israel experienced wrath because of this, the number wasn\u2019t entered into the official records of King David."}, {"pk": 4103451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "In charge of the king\u2019s treasuries \u2014 Azmaveth, Adiel\u2019s son; in charge of the treasuries in the country, cities, villages, and towers \u2014 Jonathan, Uzziah\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "in charge of agricultural workers cultivating the fertile land \u2014 Ezri, Chelub\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "in charge of the vineyards \u2014 Shimei the Ramathite; in charge of the vineyard\u2019s produce for the wine cellars \u2014 Zabdi the Shiphmite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the western foothills \u2014 Baal-hanan the Gederite; in charge of the stores of oil \u2014 Joash; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "in charge of the cattle that grazed in Sharon \u2014 Shitrai the Sharonite; in charge of the cattle in the valleys \u2014 Shaphat, Adlai\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "in charge of the camels \u2014 Obil the Ishmaelite; in charge of the female donkeys \u2014 Jehdeiah the Meronothite; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 31, "text": "in charge of the flocks of sheep and goats \u2014 Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were stewards of King David\u2019s property. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 32, "text": "Jonathan, David\u2019s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe. Jehiel, Hachmoni\u2019s son, took care of the king\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4103459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 33, "text": "Ahithophel was the king\u2019s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king\u2019s political advisor. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>friend</i>"}, {"pk": 4103460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 27, "verse": 34, "text": "After Ahithophel came Benaiah\u2019s son Jehoiada, and Abiathar. Joab was commander of the king\u2019s army."}, {"pk": 4103461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "David assembled all of Israel\u2019s leaders in Jerusalem, the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, as well as the officers, warriors, and all the valiant men."}, {"pk": 4103462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Then King David stood up and said: Listen to me, my relatives and my people. I wanted to build a temple as the permanent home for the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant, our God\u2019s footrest. But when I prepared to build it, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "God said to me, You must not build a temple for my name, because you are a military man and you\u2019ve shed blood. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole household to become king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and within Judah\u2019s family, my household, and among my father\u2019s family he was pleased with me, making me king over all Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "And from all the many sons the LORD has given me, he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD\u2019s kingdom over Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "He said to me: Your son Solomon will build my temple and my courtyards, for I\u2019ve chosen him to become my son even as I myself will become his father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019ll establish his kingdom forever if he remains committed to keeping my commands and case laws as he does now. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "So now, in the presence of all the LORD\u2019s assembly <sup>[1]</sup> and with God as our witness, carefully observe all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may hold on to this good land and pass it on to your children forever. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>all Israel, the assembly of the LORD</i>"}, {"pk": 4103469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "As for you, Solomon, my son, acknowledge your father\u2019s God and serve him with enthusiastic devotion, because the LORD searches every mind and understands the motive behind every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "Now then, since the LORD has chosen you to build a temple for him <sup>[2]</sup> as the sanctuary, work hard. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>for him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "Then David gave his son Solomon the plan for the entrance hall, its buildings, treasuries, upper and inner rooms, and the room for the cover. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>mercy seat</i> or perhaps <i>reconciliation cover</i> (Heb <i>kapporet</i>)"}, {"pk": 4103472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "He provided all of the plans he had in mind: for the courtyards of the LORD\u2019s temple, and for all its surrounding rooms where the treasures of God\u2019s temple and the dedicated gifts would be stored;"}, {"pk": 4103473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all their responsibilities within the LORD\u2019s temple, and for all the equipment used in its service;"}, {"pk": 4103474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "for the weight of all the gold equipment used for every kind of service, and the weight of all the silver equipment used for every kind of service;"}, {"pk": 4103475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "for the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps \u2014 the weight of gold for each lampstand with its lamps \u2014 and for the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps depending on how each would be used;"}, {"pk": 4103476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "for the weight of gold for each table with the stacks of bread, and the silver for the silver tables;"}, {"pk": 4103477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "for the forks, bowls, and cups of pure gold; for the weight of each gold dish and the weight of each silver dish;"}, {"pk": 4103478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "for the weight of the incense altar made of refined gold; and for the construction of the chariot \u2014 with the gold winged creatures spreading their wings and covering the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant."}, {"pk": 4103479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "All of this the LORD made clear to David <sup>[4]</sup> directly in a document, including the plan for all of the work.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>to me</i>"}, {"pk": 4103480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cBe strong and courageous,\u201d David said to his son Solomon. \u201cGet to work. Don\u2019t be afraid or discouraged, because the LORD God, my God, is with you. He\u2019ll neither let you down nor leave you before all the work for the service of the LORD\u2019s temple is done."}, {"pk": 4103481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites who will perform all the service of God\u2019s temple. For all this work you will have willing and able workers with you to do it. The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Then King David said to the whole assembly: My son Solomon, the one whom God chose, is too inexperienced for this great task, since this temple won\u2019t be for humans but for the LORD God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "Using every resource at my disposal, I\u2019ve provided everything for my God\u2019s temple: gold for gold objects, silver for silver objects, bronze for bronze objects, iron for iron objects, lumber for wooden objects, carnelian stones for settings, antimony, colorful stones, every kind of precious stone, and a large amount of marble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "What\u2019s more, because of my delight in my God\u2019s temple, I have dedicated my own private treasure of gold and silver to my God\u2019s temple, in addition to all that I\u2019ve provided for the holy temple: <br>"}, {"pk": 4103485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "three thousand kikkars of gold from the gold of Ophir, seven thousand kikkars of refined silver for covering the walls of the rooms, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>houses</i>"}, {"pk": 4103486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "gold for gold objects, and silver for silver objects, to be used for everything the skilled workers will make. Who else, then, will volunteer, dedicating themselves to the LORD today? <br>"}, {"pk": 4103487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the leaders of the households, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of the units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king\u2019s work volunteered"}, {"pk": 4103488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "to give five thousand kikkars and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand kikkars of silver, eighteen thousand kikkars of bronze, and one hundred thousand kikkars of iron for the work on God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "Anyone who had precious stones donated them to the treasury of the LORD\u2019s temple under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite."}, {"pk": 4103490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "The people rejoiced at this response, because they had presented their offerings to the LORD so willingly and wholeheartedly. King David also rejoiced greatly."}, {"pk": 4103491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "Then David blessed the LORD before the whole assembly: Blessed are you, LORD, <br>God of our ancestor Israel, <br>forever and always.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "To you, LORD, belong greatness and power, <br>honor, splendor, and majesty, <br>because everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you. <br>Yours, LORD, is the kingship, <br>and you are honored as head of all.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "You are the source of wealth and honor, <br>and you rule over all. <br>In your hand are strength and might, <br>and it is in your power to magnify and strengthen all.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "And now, our God, we thank you <br>and praise your glorious name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "Who am I, <br>and who are my people, <br>that we should be able to offer so willingly? <br>Since everything comes from you, <br>we have given you that which comes from your own hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4103496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "To be sure, we are like all our ancestors, <br>immigrants without permanent homes. <br>Our days are like a shadow on the ground, <br>and there\u2019s no hope. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "LORD, our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a temple for your holy name comes from your hand and belongs to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "Since I know, my God, that you examine the mind and take delight in honesty, I have freely given all these things with the highest of motives. And now I\u2019ve been delighted to see your people here offering so willingly to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "LORD, God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep these thoughts in the mind of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "As for Solomon my son, give him the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, laws, and regulations \u2014 observing all of them \u2014 and to build the temple that I have prepared. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "Then David said to the whole assembly, \u201cBless the LORD your God,\u201d and the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their ancestors, bowed down, and worshipped before the LORD and the king."}, {"pk": 4103502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "On the very next day they offered sacrifices and entirely burned offerings to the LORD \u2014 a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings \u2014 and many other sacrifices for all Israel\u2019s sake."}, {"pk": 4103503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "They ate and drank with great joy before the LORD that day and made David\u2019s son Solomon the king. <sup>[2]</sup> They anointed him <sup>[3]</sup> in the LORD\u2019s presence as prince, and Zadok as priest.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Syr; MT adds <i>for the second time.</i><br>[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "Thus Solomon sat on the LORD\u2019s throne as king, succeeding his father David, and he prospered. All Israel obeyed him,"}, {"pk": 4103505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "and all the commanders and warriors, as well as all of King David\u2019s sons, submitted to King Solomon\u2019s authority."}, {"pk": 4103506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "Moreover, the LORD magnified Solomon before all Israel, giving him such royal majesty as no king before him <sup>[4]</sup> had enjoyed.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT adds <i>in Israel.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "David, Jesse\u2019s son, was king over all Israel."}, {"pk": 4103508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "He reigned over Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "He died at a good old age, having enjoyed a full life, wealth, and honor; and his son Solomon followed him as king."}, {"pk": 4103510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "The account of King David from beginning to end is written in the records of Samuel the seer, Nathan the prophet, and Gad the visionary,"}, {"pk": 4103511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 13, "chapter": 29, "verse": 30, "text": "including everything concerning his powerful rule, and what happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms in other lands."}, {"pk": 4103512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Solomon, David\u2019s son, was securely established over his kingdom because the LORD his God was with him and made him very great."}, {"pk": 4103513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Solomon summoned all Israel, including the officers of the army, <sup>[1]</sup> the judges, and every Israelite leader who was the head of a family.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>officers over thousands and hundreds</i>"}, {"pk": 4103514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Solomon, accompanied by the whole assembly, went to the shrine at Gibeon because that is where God\u2019s meeting tent was, the tent that the LORD\u2019s servant Moses had made in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4103515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Now David had already brought God\u2019s chest from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it because he had pitched a tent for the chest in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "But the bronze altar that Bezalel, Uri\u2019s son and Hur\u2019s grandson, had made was there in front of the LORD\u2019s dwelling, so that is where Solomon and the assembly worshipped."}, {"pk": 4103517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Solomon went there to the bronze altar in the LORD\u2019s presence at the meeting tent and offered a thousand entirely burned offerings upon it."}, {"pk": 4103518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "That night God appeared to Solomon and said, \u201cAsk whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cYou showed so much kindness to my father David,\u201d Solomon replied to God, \u201cand you have made me king in his place."}, {"pk": 4103520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Now, LORD God, let your promise to my father David be fulfilled because you have made me king over a people as numerous as the earth\u2019s dust."}, {"pk": 4103521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Give me wisdom and knowledge so I can lead this people, because no one can govern this great people of yours without your help.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "God said to Solomon, \u201cSince this is what you wish, and because you\u2019ve asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I\u2019ve made you king \u2014 rather than asking for wealth, riches, fame, victory over those who hate you, or even a long life \u2014"}, {"pk": 4103523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "your request for wisdom and knowledge is granted. But I will also give you wealth, riches, and fame beyond that of any king before you or after you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Solomon went from <sup>[2]</sup> the shrine in Gibeon, from the meeting tent to Jerusalem where he ruled over Israel.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>to</i>"}, {"pk": 4103525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Solomon acquired more and more chariots and horses until he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he stationed in chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "In Jerusalem, the king made silver and gold as common as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills."}, {"pk": 4103527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Solomon\u2019s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king\u2019s agents at the going price."}, {"pk": 4103528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "They would import a chariot from Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, and then export them to all the Hittite and Aramean kings."}, {"pk": 4103529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Solomon gave orders to build a temple for the LORD\u2019s name and to build a royal palace for himself.", "comment": "[1] 1:18 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4103530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> To work in the highlands, Solomon drafted 70,000 laborers, 80,000 stonecutters, and 3,600 supervisors.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/14/2/1'>2:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4103531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Solomon sent the following message to King Huram <sup>[3]</sup> of Tyre: When my father David was building his palace, you sent him cedar logs. <br>", "comment": "[3] 1 Kings spells the kings name as Hiram."}, {"pk": 4103532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Now as his son <sup>[4]</sup> I am about to build a temple in the name of the LORD my God. I will dedicate it to him to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer entirely burned offerings every morning and evening, on the sabbaths, the first of every month, and the festivals of the LORD our God, as Israel has been commanded to do forever. <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>his son.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "The temple I am about to build must be magnificent, because our God is greater than all other gods. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "But who is able to build such a temple when even the highest heaven can\u2019t contain God? And who am I that I should build this temple for God, except as a place to burn incense in his presence? <br>"}, {"pk": 4103535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "So now send me a craftsman skilled in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as in purple, crimson, and violet yarn \u2014 someone also experienced as an engraver. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem who were provided by my father David. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Also send me cedar, cypress, and sandalwood logs from Lebanon. I know your servants know how to cut Lebanese timber, so my servants will work with your servants <br>"}, {"pk": 4103537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "to prepare plenty of timber for me, because the temple that I am about to build will be magnificent and amazing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "I will pay the woodcutters twenty thousand kors <sup>[5]</sup> of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths <sup>[6]</sup> of wine, and twenty thousand baths of olive oil. <br>", "comment": "[6] One bath is approximately twenty quarts or five gallons.<br>[5] One kor is equivalent to a homer and is possibly equal to fifty gallons of grain."}, {"pk": 4103539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Tyre\u2019s King Huram replied in a letter that he sent to Solomon: The LORD must love his people Israel because he has made you their king! <br>"}, {"pk": 4103540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Bless the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, who made heaven and earth. He gave King David a wise son who possesses the knowledge and understanding to build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019m sending you a skilled and experienced craftsman, Huram-abi, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "whose mother is from the tribe of Dan and whose father is from Tyre. He\u2019s skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, as well as purple, violet, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He can do any kind of engraving and make any design given to him with the assistance of your craftsmen and the craftsmen of my master, your father David. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So once my master sends the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he has promised, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "we will cut as much timber as you need from Lebanon and bring it by raft on the sea to you at Joppa, where you can take it up to Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Solomon counted all the immigrants in the land of Israel, as his father David had done, and the total was 153,600."}, {"pk": 4103546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "He made 70,000 of these immigrants laborers, 80,000 of them stonecutters in the highlands, and 3,600 of them supervisors to keep the people working."}, {"pk": 4103547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Solomon began to build the LORD\u2019s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord <sup>[1]</sup> had appeared to his father David, on the place David had prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT lacks <i>the LORD</i>."}, {"pk": 4103548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "He began building in the second month <sup>[2]</sup> of the fourth year of his rule.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT adds <i>on the second (day).</i>"}, {"pk": 4103549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Solomon laid the foundations <sup>[3]</sup> for these structures in order to build the temple of God. The length according to the old standard of measurement was ninety feet and the width thirty feet.", "comment": "[3] Syr <i>the measurements</i>"}, {"pk": 4103550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Across the front of the temple <sup>[4]</sup> was a porch as long as the temple was and thirty feet wide, and thirty feet <sup>[5]</sup> high. He covered the inside walls with pure gold.", "comment": "[5] LXX, Syr; MT <i>one hundred eighty feet</i><br>[4] LXX; cf <a href='/CEB/11/6/3'>1 Kgs 6:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4103551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "He paneled the walls of the main room with pine, covered them with fine gold, and decorated them with palm trees and chains."}, {"pk": 4103552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He studded the room with precious stones for beauty; the gold was from Parvaim."}, {"pk": 4103553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "He covered the room, its beams, doorframes, walls, and doors with gold, and carved images of winged creatures on the walls."}, {"pk": 4103554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he made the most holy place. It was as long as the temple was wide, thirty feet long and thirty feet wide. He covered it with six hundred kikkars of fine gold."}, {"pk": 4103555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. <sup>[6]</sup> He also covered the upper rooms with gold.", "comment": "[6] Or approximately thirty ounces"}, {"pk": 4103556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "In the most holy place he formed two statues of winged creatures and covered them with gold."}, {"pk": 4103557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Together the wingspan of these creatures was thirty feet. One of the first creature\u2019s wings was seven and a half feet long and touched the temple wall, while the other wing was seven and a half feet long, touching the wing of the other creature."}, {"pk": 4103558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Similarly, one wing of the other creature was seven and a half feet long and touched the temple wall, while the other wing was seven and a half feet long and touched the other creature."}, {"pk": 4103559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The wings of these creatures extended thirty feet. They stood on their feet facing the main room."}, {"pk": 4103560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Then he made the curtain out of fine linen and violet, purple, and crimson yarn, weaving winged creatures into it."}, {"pk": 4103561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he made two columns in front of the temple, fifty-two and a half feet high, with a seven and a half foot cap on top of each."}, {"pk": 4103562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Then he made chains like a necklace <sup>[7]</sup> and placed them on the tops of the columns. He made a hundred pomegranates and placed them into the chains.", "comment": "[7] Heb adds <i>in the inner room.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the south, the other on the north. The one on the south he named Jachin, and the one on the north he named Boaz."}, {"pk": 4103564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "He <sup>[1]</sup> also made a bronze altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet high.", "comment": "[1] <i>Solomon</i> or <i>Huram</i>; this ambiguity with the pronoun continues in the following verses, but compare <a href='/CEB/14/3/1'>2 Chron 3:1</a>, <a href='/CEB/14/3/3'>3</a>; <a href='/CEB/14/4/11'>4:11</a>. If Huram is meant, this is a worker whose name is spelled Hiram in <a href='/CEB/11/7/13-14'>1 Kgs 7:13\u201314</a>."}, {"pk": 4103565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Then he made a tank of cast metal called the Sea. It was circular in shape, fifteen feet from rim to rim, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference."}, {"pk": 4103566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Under the rim were two rows of oxlike figures completely encircling it, ten every eighteen inches, each cast in its mold."}, {"pk": 4103567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "The Sea rested on twelve oxen with their backs toward the center, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east."}, {"pk": 4103568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "The Sea was as thick as the width of a hand. Its rim was shaped like a cup or an open lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] One bath is approximately twenty quarts or five gallons."}, {"pk": 4103569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "He also made ten washbasins and put five on the south and five on the north. The items used for the entirely burned offerings were rinsed in these. The priests washed in the Sea."}, {"pk": 4103570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "He made ten gold lampstands as prescribed and put them in the sanctuary, five on the south and five on the north."}, {"pk": 4103571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "He also made ten tables and put them in the sanctuary, five on the south and five on the north, as well as a hundred gold bowls."}, {"pk": 4103572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "He made the courtyard of the priests and the great courtyard, with doors covered with bronze for the courtyard."}, {"pk": 4103573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "He placed the Sea at the southeast corner."}, {"pk": 4103574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished all his work on God\u2019s temple for King Solomon:"}, {"pk": 4103575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "two columns; two circular capitals on top of the columns; two networks adorning the two circular capitals on top of the columns; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, with two rows of pomegranates for each network that adorned the two circular capitals on top of the columns; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "ten <sup>[3]</sup> stands with ten <sup>[4]</sup> basins on them; <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/11/7/43'>1 Kgs 7:43</a>; MT <i>he made</i><br>[3] LXX and <a href='/CEB/11/7/43'>1 Kgs 7:43</a>; MT <i>he made</i>"}, {"pk": 4103578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "one Sea; twelve oxen beneath the Sea; <br>"}, {"pk": 4103579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "and the pots, the shovels, and the meat forks. <br> All the things that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the LORD\u2019s temple were made of polished bronze."}, {"pk": 4103580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The king cast them in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] With <a href='/CEB/11/7/46'>1 Kgs 7:46</a>; Heb <i>Zeredah</i>"}, {"pk": 4103581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Due to the very large number of objects, Solomon didn\u2019t even try to weigh the bronze."}, {"pk": 4103582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Solomon also made all the equipment for God\u2019s temple: the gold altar; the tables for the bread of the presence;"}, {"pk": 4103583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "the lampstands with their lamps, all of pure gold, to burn before the inner sanctuary as prescribed;"}, {"pk": 4103584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of pure gold;"}, {"pk": 4103585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "and the wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold. As for the temple entrance, the inner doors to the most holy place as well as the doors to the main hall were made of gold."}, {"pk": 4103586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "When all of Solomon\u2019s work on the LORD\u2019s temple was finished, he brought the silver, gold, and all the objects his father David had dedicated and put them in the treasuries of God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Then Solomon assembled Israel\u2019s elders, all the tribal leaders, and the clan chieftains of Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant from Zion, David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4103588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Everyone in Israel assembled before the king in the seventh month, <sup>[1]</sup> during the festival.", "comment": "[1] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4103589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "When all Israel\u2019s elders had arrived, the Levites picked up the chest."}, {"pk": 4103590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "They brought the chest, the meeting tent, and all the holy objects that were in the tent. The priests and <sup>[2]</sup> the Levites brought them up,", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>the levitical priests</i>"}, {"pk": 4103591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "while King Solomon and the entire Israelite assembly that had joined him before the chest sacrificed countless sheep and oxen."}, {"pk": 4103592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "The priests brought the chest containing the LORD\u2019s covenant to its designated spot beneath the wings of the winged creatures in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the most holy place."}, {"pk": 4103593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "The winged creatures spread their wings over the place where the chest rested, covering the chest and its carrying poles."}, {"pk": 4103594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "The carrying poles were so long that their tips could be seen from the holy place <sup>[3]</sup> in front of the inner sanctuary, though they weren\u2019t visible from outside. They are still there today.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>the chest</i>"}, {"pk": 4103595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Nothing was in the chest except the two stone tablets Moses placed there while at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt."}, {"pk": 4103596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the priests left the holy place. All the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, regardless of their divisions."}, {"pk": 4103597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "All the levitical musicians \u2014 Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their families and relatives \u2014 were dressed in fine linen and stood east of the altar with cymbals, harps, and zithers, along with one hundred twenty priests blowing trumpets."}, {"pk": 4103598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD as one. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments, they began to sing, praising the LORD: Yes, God is good! <br>Yes, God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br> Then a cloud filled the LORD\u2019s temple. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Cf LXX; MT <i>the temple, the LORD\u2019s temple</i>"}, {"pk": 4103599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The priests were unable to carry out their duties on account of the cloud because the LORD\u2019s glory filled God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Solomon said, \u201cThe LORD said that he would live in a dark cloud;"}, {"pk": 4103601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "but God, I have built you a lofty temple \u2014 a place where you can live forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "The king turned around, and while the entire assembly of Israel was standing there, he blessed them,"}, {"pk": 4103603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "saying: Bless the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke directly to my father David and now has kept his promise: <br>"}, {"pk": 4103604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cFrom the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I haven\u2019t selected a city from any Israelite tribe as a site for the building of a temple for my name. Neither have I chosen anyone as prince over my people Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place for my name, and David as prince over my people Israel.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4103606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But the LORD said to my father David: \u201cIt is very good that you thought to build a temple for my name. Nevertheless, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "you yourself won\u2019t build that temple. Instead, your very own son will build the temple for my name.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4103609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD has kept his promise \u2014 I have succeeded my father David on Israel\u2019s throne, just as the LORD said, and I have built the temple for the name of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "There I\u2019ve placed the chest that contains the covenant that the LORD made with the Israelites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Solomon stood before the LORD\u2019s altar in front of the entire Israelite assembly and spread out his hands."}, {"pk": 4103612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Now Solomon had made a bronze platform seven and a half feet long, seven and a half feet wide, and four and a half feet high, and he set it in the middle of the enclosure. He stood on it. Then, kneeling before the whole assembly of Israel and spreading his hands toward the sky,"}, {"pk": 4103613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "he said: LORD God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on the earth. You keep the covenant and show loyalty to your servants who walk before you with all their heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "This is the covenant you kept with your servant David my father, which you promised him. Today you have fulfilled what you promised. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "So now, LORD God of Israel, keep what you promised my father David your servant when you said to him, \u201cYou will never fail to have a successor sitting on Israel\u2019s throne as long as your descendants carefully walk according to my Instruction, just as you have walked before me.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4103616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "So now, LORD God of Israel, may your promise to your servant David come true. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "But how could God possibly live on earth with people? If heaven, even the highest heaven, can\u2019t contain you, how can this temple that I have built contain you? <br>"}, {"pk": 4103618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "LORD, my God, listen to your servant\u2019s prayer and request, and hear the cry and prayer that I your servant pray to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Constantly watch over this temple, the place where you promised to put your name, and listen to the prayer your servant is praying concerning this place. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Listen to the request of your servant and your people Israel when they pray concerning this place. Listen from your heavenly dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive! <br>"}, {"pk": 4103621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "If someone wrongs another and must take a solemn pledge asserting his innocence before your altar in this temple, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "then listen from heaven, act, and decide which of your servants is right. Condemn the guilty party, repaying them for their conduct, but justify the innocent person, repaying them for their righteousness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, but then they change their hearts, give thanks to your name, and ask for mercy in your presence at this temple, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. Return them to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "When the sky holds back its rain because Israel has sinned against you, but they then pray concerning this place, give thanks to your name, and turn away from their sin because you have punished them for it, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>you have answered them</i>"}, {"pk": 4103626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the best way for them to follow, and send rain on your land that you gave to your people as an inheritance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Whenever there is a famine or plague in the land, or whenever there is blight, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or whenever someone\u2019s enemies attack them in their cities, or any plague or illness comes, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "whatever prayer or petition is made by any individual or by all of your people Israel \u2014 because people will recognize their own pain and suffering and spread out their hands toward this temple \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4103629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "then listen from heaven where you live. Forgive, act, and repay each person according to all their conduct because you know their hearts. You alone know the human heart! <br>"}, {"pk": 4103630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "Do this that they may revere you by following your ways all the days they live on the fertile land that you gave to our ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "Listen also to the foreigner who isn\u2019t from your people Israel, but who comes from a distant country because of your great reputation, your great power, and your outstretched arm. When they come and pray toward this temple, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "then listen from heaven where you live, and do everything the foreigner asks. Do this so that all the people of the earth may know your reputation and revere you, as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I have built bears your name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you may send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and concerning this temple that I have built for your name, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "then listen from heaven to their prayer and request and do what is right for them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "When they sin against you, for there is no one who doesn\u2019t sin, and you become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them away as prisoners to enemy territory, whether distant or nearby, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "if they change their heart in whatever land they are held captive, turning back and begging for your mercy, <sup>[2]</sup> saying, \u201cWe have sinned, we have done wrong, and we have acted wickedly!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[2] MT adds <i>in the land they are held captive.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "and if they return to you with all their heart and all their being in the enemy territory where they\u2019ve been taken captive, and pray concerning their land, which you gave to their ancestors, concerning the city you have chosen, and concerning this temple I have built for your name, <br>"}, {"pk": 4103638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "then listen to their prayer and request from your heavenly dwelling place. Do what is right for them, and forgive your people who have sinned against you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers of this place. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "And now go, LORD God, to your resting place, you and your mighty chest. May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation; may those loyal to you rejoice in what is good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "LORD God, don\u2019t reject your anointed one. <sup>[3]</sup> Remember your faithful loyalty to your servant David. <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>anointed ones</i>"}, {"pk": 4103642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "As soon as Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the entirely burned offering and the sacrifices, while the LORD\u2019s glory filled the temple."}, {"pk": 4103643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "The priests were unable to enter the LORD\u2019s temple because the LORD\u2019s glory had filled the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "All the Israelites were watching when the fire fell. As the LORD\u2019s glory filled the temple, they knelt down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, worshipping and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, \u201cYes, God is good! Yes, God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the king and all the people sacrificed to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4103646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred twenty thousand sheep when the king and all the people dedicated God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the LORD\u2019s musical instruments, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD, saying, \u201cYes, God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever!\u201d and which David had used when he gave praise. Across from them, the priests were blowing trumpets while all Israel was standing."}, {"pk": 4103648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Solomon also dedicated the middle of the courtyard in front of the LORD\u2019s temple. He had to offer the entirely burned offerings and the fat of the well-being sacrifices there because the bronze altar Solomon had made was too small to contain the entirely burned offerings, the grain offerings, and the pieces of fat."}, {"pk": 4103649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "At that time Solomon, together with all Israel, celebrated the festival for seven days. It was a very large assembly that came from Lebo-hamath to the border <sup>[1]</sup> of Egypt.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Wadi,</i> traditionally <i>Brook</i>"}, {"pk": 4103650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "On the eighth day there was a gathering. They had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for another seven days."}, {"pk": 4103651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, <sup>[2]</sup> Solomon dismissed the people to their tents, happy and content because of the goodness the LORD had shown to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel.", "comment": "[2] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4103652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "In this way, Solomon finished the LORD\u2019s temple and the royal palace. He successfully accomplished everything he intended for the LORD\u2019s temple and his own palace."}, {"pk": 4103653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place as my house of sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4103654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "When I close the sky so that there is no rain or I order the locusts to consume the land or I send a plague against my people,"}, {"pk": 4103655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "if my people who belong to me will humbly pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land."}, {"pk": 4103656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "From now on my eyes will be open and my ears will pay attention to the prayers offered in this place,"}, {"pk": 4103657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "because I have chosen this temple and declared it holy so that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there."}, {"pk": 4103658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "As for you, if you will walk before me just as your father David did, doing all that I have commanded you and keeping my regulations and case laws,"}, {"pk": 4103659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "then I will establish your royal throne, just as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a successor ruling in Israel."}, {"pk": 4103660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "But if any of you ever turn away from and abandon the regulations and commands that I have given you, and go to serve other gods and worship them,"}, {"pk": 4103661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "then I will uproot you <sup>[3]</sup> from my land that I gave you, and I will reject this temple that I made holy for my name. I will make it a joke, insulted by everyone.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Israel</i> (or <i>them</i>)"}, {"pk": 4103662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Everyone who passes by this temple \u2014 so lofty now \u2014 will be shocked and will wonder, Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and temple?"}, {"pk": 4103663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "The answer will come, Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them. This is why God brought all this disaster on them."}, {"pk": 4103664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "After twenty years of building the LORD\u2019s temple and his royal palace,"}, {"pk": 4103665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Solomon next rebuilt the cities Huram had given him, and he settled Israelites there."}, {"pk": 4103666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it."}, {"pk": 4103667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "He fortified Tadmor in the wilderness, along with all the storage cities he had built in Hamath."}, {"pk": 4103668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Solomon also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon as fortress cities with walls, gates, and crossbars;"}, {"pk": 4103669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Baalath; all the cities he used for storage; and all the cities used for chariots and cavalry \u2014 along with everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4103670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Any non-Israelite people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites \u2014"}, {"pk": 4103671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "that is, the descendants of such people who were still in the land because the Israelites weren\u2019t able to destroy them \u2014 Solomon forced into the labor gangs that are still in existence today."}, {"pk": 4103672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "However, Solomon didn\u2019t force the Israelites to work as slaves; instead, they became warriors, chief officers, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry."}, {"pk": 4103673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "And Solomon had two hundred fifty chief officers <sup>[1]</sup> who were in charge of the people.", "comment": "[1] Qere; Kethib <i>officers of the troops</i>"}, {"pk": 4103674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Solomon brought Pharaoh\u2019s daughter from David\u2019s City to a palace he had built for her, because he said, \u201cMy wife mustn\u2019t live in the palace of Israel\u2019s King David, because the places where the LORD\u2019s chest has been are holy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Solomon offered entirely burned offerings to the LORD on the LORD\u2019s altar that Solomon had built in front of the porch,"}, {"pk": 4103676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "as each day required, according to the commandment of Moses for sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals \u2014 Unleavened Bread, Weeks, and Booths."}, {"pk": 4103677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Just as his father David had ordered, Solomon set up the divisions of the priests for their services and the Levites to their posts for offering praise and ministering in front of the priests, doing what needed to be done each day; as well as the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, because this was what David the man of God had commanded."}, {"pk": 4103678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "They didn\u2019t deviate in any way from the king\u2019s commands concerning the priests, the Levites, or the treasuries."}, {"pk": 4103679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "All Solomon\u2019s work was carried out from the day the foundation of the LORD\u2019s temple was laid until its completion. Then the LORD\u2019s temple was completely finished."}, {"pk": 4103680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the coast in the land of Edom."}, {"pk": 4103681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Huram had his servants bring ships to Solomon, along with crews of expert sailors. They went with Solomon\u2019s servants to Ophir and imported four hundred fifty kikkars of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon."}, {"pk": 4103682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "When the queen of Sheba heard reports about Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with riddles. Accompanying her was a huge entourage, with camels carrying spices, large amounts of gold, and precious stones. After she arrived, she told Solomon everything that was on her mind."}, {"pk": 4103683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to answer."}, {"pk": 4103684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "When the queen of Sheba saw how wise Solomon was, the palace he had built,"}, {"pk": 4103685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "the food on his table, his servants\u2019 quarters, the function and dress of his attendants, his cupbearers and their dress, and the entirely burned offerings he offered at the LORD\u2019s temple, <sup>[1]</sup> it took her breath away.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Vulg, <a href='/CEB/11/10/5'>1 Kgs 10:5</a>; MT <i>how he processed</i> (or <i>went up</i>) <i>to the LORD\u2019s temple.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cThe report I heard about your deeds and wisdom when I was still at home is true,\u201d she said to the king."}, {"pk": 4103687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cI didn\u2019t believe it until I came and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, the half of it wasn\u2019t told to me! You have far more than I was told."}, {"pk": 4103688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Your people and these servants who continually serve you and get to listen to your wisdom are truly happy!"}, {"pk": 4103689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Bless the LORD your God because he was pleased to put you on the throne as king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel and wanted to establish them forever, he has made you their king to uphold justice and righteousness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Then she gave the king one hundred twenty kikkars of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again has such a quantity of spice come to Israel as when the queen of Sheba gave this gift to King Solomon."}, {"pk": 4103691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "In addition, Huram\u2019s servants and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold back from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones."}, {"pk": 4103692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "The king made steps <sup>[2]</sup> for the LORD\u2019s temple and for the royal palace with the algum wood, as well as lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted, even more than she had brought the king. Then she and her servants returned to her homeland."}, {"pk": 4103694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Solomon received an annual income of six hundred sixty-six kikkars of gold,"}, {"pk": 4103695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "not including income from the traders and merchants. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought Solomon gold and silver."}, {"pk": 4103696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "King Solomon made two hundred body-sized shields of hammered gold, using fifteen pounds <sup>[3]</sup> of hammered gold in each shield;", "comment": "[3] Or <i>six hundred shekels</i>"}, {"pk": 4103697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "and three hundred small shields of hammered gold, using seven and a half pounds <sup>[4]</sup> of hammered gold in each shield. The king placed these in the Forest of Lebanon Palace.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>three hundred shekels</i>"}, {"pk": 4103698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The king also made a large ivory throne and covered it with pure gold."}, {"pk": 4103699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Six steps led up to the throne, which had a gold footrest attached. Two lions stood beside the armrests on both sides of the throne."}, {"pk": 4103700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Another twelve lions stood on both sides of the six steps. No other kingdom had anything like this."}, {"pk": 4103701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "All King Solomon\u2019s drinking cups were made of gold, and all the items in the Forest of Lebanon Palace were made of pure gold, not silver, since even silver wasn\u2019t considered good enough in Solomon\u2019s time!"}, {"pk": 4103702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "The royal fleet sailed to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, returning once every three years with gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or possibly <i>apes</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "King Solomon far exceeded all the earth\u2019s kings in wealth and wisdom,"}, {"pk": 4103704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "and kings of every nation wanted an audience with Solomon in order to hear his God-given wisdom."}, {"pk": 4103705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Year after year they came with tribute: objects of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules."}, {"pk": 4103706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Solomon also had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, together with twelve thousand horsemen that he kept in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "He ruled all the kings from the Euphrates <sup>[6]</sup> to the Philistines\u2019 land and the border of Egypt.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>the river</i>"}, {"pk": 4103708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "In Jerusalem, the king made silver as common as stones and cedar as common as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills."}, {"pk": 4103709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Solomon\u2019s horses were imported from Egypt and every land."}, {"pk": 4103710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "The rest of Solomon\u2019s deeds, from beginning to end, aren\u2019t they written in the records of the prophet Nathan, the prophecies of Ahijah from Shiloh, and the visions of the seer Iddo concerning Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son?"}, {"pk": 4103711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Solomon ruled over all Israel in Jerusalem for forty years."}, {"pk": 4103712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Solomon lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David\u2019s City with his father. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4103713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come to make him king."}, {"pk": 4103714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "When Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, heard the news, he returned from Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon."}, {"pk": 4103715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "The people sent and called for Jeroboam, who along with all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,"}, {"pk": 4103716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cYour father made our workload <sup>[1]</sup> very heavy; if you will lessen the demands your father made of us and lighten the heavy workload he demanded from us, then we will serve you.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>our yoke</i>"}, {"pk": 4103717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "He answered them, \u201cCome back in three days.\u201d So the people left."}, {"pk": 4103718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive. \u201cWhat do you advise?\u201d Rehoboam asked. \u201cHow should I respond to these people?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cIf you are kind to these people and try to please them by speaking gently with them,\u201d they replied, \u201cthey will be your servants forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "But Rehoboam ignored the advice the elders gave him and instead sought the counsel of the young advisors who had grown up with him and now served him."}, {"pk": 4103721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWhat do you advise?\u201d he asked them. \u201cHow should we respond to these people who said to me, \u2018Lighten the workload your father demanded from us\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "The young people who had grown up with Rehoboam said to him, \u201cThis people said to you, \u2018Your father made our workload heavy. Lighten it for us!\u2019 Now this is what you should say to them, \u2018My baby <sup>[2]</sup> finger is thicker than my father\u2019s waist!", "comment": "[2] Or <i>pinky</i>; perhaps a euphemism"}, {"pk": 4103723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "So if my father made your workload heavy, I\u2019ll make it even heavier! If my father disciplined you with whips, I\u2019ll do it with scorpions!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had specified when he said, \u201cCome back in three days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "The king then answered the people harshly. He ignored the elders\u2019 advice,"}, {"pk": 4103726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "and instead followed the young people\u2019s advice. He said, \u201cMy father made your workload heavy, but I\u2019ll make it even heavier; my father disciplined you with whips, but I\u2019ll do it with scorpions!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The king didn\u2019t listen to the people because this turn of events came from God so that the LORD might keep his promise concerning Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, which God delivered through Ahijah from Shiloh."}, {"pk": 4103728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "When all Israel saw <sup>[3]</sup> that the king wouldn\u2019t listen to them, the people answered the king, \u201cWhy should we care about David? <br>We have no stake in Jesse\u2019s son! <br>Go back to your homes, Israel! <br>You better look after your own house now, David!\u201d <br> Then all Israel went back to their homes,", "comment": "[3] Syr, OL, Tg; MT lacks <i>saw.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "and Rehoboam ruled over only the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah."}, {"pk": 4103730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "When King Rehoboam sent Hadoram to them (he was the leader of the work gang), the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam quickly got into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "And so Israel has been in rebellion against David\u2019s dynasty to this day."}, {"pk": 4103732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand select warriors, to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam."}, {"pk": 4103733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s word came to Shemaiah the man of God:"}, {"pk": 4103734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Tell Judah\u2019s King Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son, and all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,"}, {"pk": 4103735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what the LORD says: Don\u2019t make war against your relatives. Go home, every one of you, because this is my plan. When they heard the LORD\u2019s words, they abandoned their attack against Jeroboam."}, {"pk": 4103736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, but he built cities for Judah\u2019s defense"}, {"pk": 4103737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "in Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,"}, {"pk": 4103738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,"}, {"pk": 4103739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,"}, {"pk": 4103740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,"}, {"pk": 4103741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4103742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "He made the fortifications stronger, placed commanders in them, and supplied them with food, oil, and wine."}, {"pk": 4103743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "He also stored shields and spears in each of the cities, making them very strong. This is how Judah and Benjamin remained under his control."}, {"pk": 4103744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "The priests and the Levites from every region throughout all Israel sided with Rehoboam."}, {"pk": 4103745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "The Levites left their pastures and property to come to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had refused to let them serve as the LORD\u2019s priests,"}, {"pk": 4103746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "having appointed his own priests for the shrines and the goat and calf idols he had made."}, {"pk": 4103747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "People from every tribe of Israel who had made up their minds to seek the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son, for three years by following the way of David and Solomon those three years."}, {"pk": 4103749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Rehoboam married Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth, David\u2019s son, and Abihail daughter of Eliab, Jesse\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4103750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "The sons she bore him were Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham."}, {"pk": 4103751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Later he married Maacah, Absalom\u2019s daughter, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith."}, {"pk": 4103752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Rehoboam loved Absalom\u2019s daughter Maacah more than all his wives and secondary wives. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty secondary wives, twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters."}, {"pk": 4103753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Rehoboam named Abijah, Maacah\u2019s son, as his successor in order to make him king."}, {"pk": 4103754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "He wisely placed some of his sons in every region of Judah and Benjamin, in every fortified city, and gave them plenty of food and sought many wives for them."}, {"pk": 4103755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "But as soon as Rehoboam had secured his royal power, he, along with all Israel, abandoned the LORD\u2019s Instruction."}, {"pk": 4103756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Egypt\u2019s King Shishak attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam because Israel had been unfaithful to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4103757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Accompanying Shishak from Egypt were twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horses, and countless Libyan, Sukkite, and Cushite warriors."}, {"pk": 4103758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came toward Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the prophet Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and told them, This is what the LORD says: Since you have abandoned me, now I am abandoning you to Shishak\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4103760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the leaders of Israel and the king submitted. \u201cThe LORD is right,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4103761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "When the LORD saw that they had submitted, the LORD\u2019s word came to Shemaiah: Since they have submitted, I won\u2019t destroy them. I will deliver them in a little while, and I won\u2019t use Shishak to pour out my anger against Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Nevertheless, they will be subject to him so that they learn the difference between serving me and serving other nations."}, {"pk": 4103763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Egypt\u2019s King Shishak attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the LORD\u2019s temple and the royal palace. He took everything, even the gold shields Solomon had made."}, {"pk": 4103764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and assigned them to the officers of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace."}, {"pk": 4103765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "<sup>[10]</sup> (Whenever the king entered the LORD\u2019s temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom.)"}, {"pk": 4103766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "When Rehoboam submitted, the LORD was no longer angry with him, and total destruction was avoided. There were, after all, some good things still in Judah."}, {"pk": 4103767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "So King Rehoboam was securely established in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king, and he ruled seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name. His mother\u2019s name was Naamah from Ammon."}, {"pk": 4103768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "But Rehoboam did what was evil because he didn\u2019t set his heart on seeking the LORD."}, {"pk": 4103769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "The deeds of Rehoboam, from beginning to end, aren\u2019t they written in the records of the prophet Shemaiah and the seer Iddo, including the genealogical records? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam."}, {"pk": 4103770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Rehoboam lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David\u2019s City. His son Abijah <sup>[1]</sup> succeeded him as king.", "comment": "[1] Spelled Abijam in <a href='/CEB/11/14/31'>1 Kgs 14:31</a>"}, {"pk": 4103771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Abijah <sup>[1]</sup> became king over Judah in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam.", "comment": "[1] Spelled Abijam in <a href='/CEB/11/15/1'>1 Kgs 15:1</a>, <a href='/CEB/11/15/7-8'>7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4103772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Micaiah; she was Uriel\u2019s daughter from Gibeah. When war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam,"}, {"pk": 4103773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Abijah went to fight with an army of four hundred thousand select troops against Jeroboam\u2019s select forces numbering eight hundred thousand, who were arrayed in battle formation."}, {"pk": 4103774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Abijah stood on the heights of Mount Zemaraim in Ephraim\u2019s highlands and said: \u201cListen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel! <br>"}, {"pk": 4103775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Surely you know that the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, made an unbreakable covenant <sup>[2]</sup> with David and his descendants that they would rule Israel forever. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>a covenant of salt</i>"}, {"pk": 4103776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "It was Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, the servant of Solomon, David\u2019s son, who rebelled against his master. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "When some useless, worthless people joined his cause, they overpowered Rehoboam, Solomon\u2019s son, who was too young and timid to resist them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "And now do you intend to challenge the LORD\u2019s royal rule, entrusted to David\u2019s descendants? You may have a numerical advantage, as well as the gold calves Jeroboam made for you as gods. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "But you\u2019ve banished the LORD\u2019s priests, Aaron\u2019s sons, along with the Levites, so that you could appoint your own priests as other countries do. Now anyone who shows up with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of these phony gods! <br>"}, {"pk": 4103780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cBut us? The LORD is our God, and we haven\u2019t abandoned him. Aaron\u2019s descendants serve as the LORD\u2019s priests, assisted in the work by the Levites. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Every morning and every evening they offer entirely burned offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD, and set out bread in stacks upon a clean table. At night they light the lamps on the gold lampstand. Yes, while you are abandoning the LORD our God, we are doing what he requires. <br>"}, {"pk": 4103782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Listen! God is on our side, at our head, along with his priests, who are ready to sound the battle trumpets against you. So, Israelites, don\u2019t fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you won\u2019t succeed!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4103783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Meanwhile, Jeroboam had sent troops around behind them for an ambush so that the main force was in front of Judah while the ambush was behind."}, {"pk": 4103784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "When Judah looked around and suddenly realized that they were surrounded, they cried out to the LORD while the priests sounded the trumpets"}, {"pk": 4103785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "and raised the battle cry. When they raised the battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah."}, {"pk": 4103786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God gave Judah the victory."}, {"pk": 4103787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Abijah and his people struck them severely: five hundred thousand select warriors were killed."}, {"pk": 4103788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Israel was subdued on that occasion, and Judah succeeded because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took these cities away from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, <sup>[3]</sup> along with their villages.", "comment": "[3] Qere, LXX; Kethib <i>Ephrain</i>"}, {"pk": 4103790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Jeroboam failed to regain power during the time of Abijah. The LORD finally struck him down, and he died."}, {"pk": 4103791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Abijah, however, grew strong. He married fourteen wives; he had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters."}, {"pk": 4103792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "The rest of Abijah\u2019s deeds, what he did and what he said, are written in the account of the prophet Iddo."}, {"pk": 4103793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Abijah lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David\u2019s City. His son Asa succeeded him as king. <b>Asa rules Judah</b> </pb> <sup>[1]</sup> In Asa\u2019s time, the land had peace for ten years.", "comment": "[1] 13:23 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4103794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Asa did what was right and good in the LORD his God\u2019s eyes.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/14/14/1'>14:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4103795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "He removed the foreign altars and shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the sacred poles, <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>asherim,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah; cf <a href='/CEB/11/15/13'>1 Kgs 15:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4103796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "and urged Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, by doing what the Instruction and the commandments required."}, {"pk": 4103797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "He also removed the shrines and incense altars from all the cities of Judah so that the kingdom was at peace under him."}, {"pk": 4103798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "When the land was at peace, he built fortified cities in Judah; there was no war in those years because the LORD had given him rest."}, {"pk": 4103799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s build up these cities,\u201d Asa told Judah. \u201cWe\u2019ll surround them with walls, towers, gates, and crossbars while the land is still ours, because we sought the LORD our God and he sought us <sup>[4]</sup> and surrounded us with rest.\u201d As a result, the people successfully completed their building projects.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i> and repeats <i>we sought.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Asa had an army of three hundred thousand Judeans armed with body-sized shields and spears and another two hundred eighty thousand from Benjamin armed with small shields and bows. All were brave warriors."}, {"pk": 4103801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Zerah the Cushite marched against him with an army of one million men and three hundred chariots. When he got as far as Mareshah,"}, {"pk": 4103802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Asa marched against him, setting up for battle in a valley north <sup>[5]</sup> of Mareshah.", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT an otherwise unknown <i>Zephathah Valley</i>"}, {"pk": 4103803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, \u201cLORD, only you can help the weak against the powerful. <sup>[6]</sup> Help us, LORD our God, because we rely on you and we have marched against this multitude in your name. You are the LORD our God. Don\u2019t let a mere human stand against you!\u201d", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain; or <i>it is not with you to help between the many and the powerless.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "So the LORD struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled."}, {"pk": 4103805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Asa and his troops chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until there were no survivors. They were completely crushed by the LORD and his army, who carried off a huge amount of loot,"}, {"pk": 4103806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "and attacked all the cities surrounding Gerar who were terrified of the LORD. They plundered all these cities as well because there was a great amount of loot in them."}, {"pk": 4103807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "They also attacked the herdsmen\u2019s camps, taking many sheep and camels before returning to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "When God\u2019s spirit came upon Azariah, Oded\u2019s son,"}, {"pk": 4103809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "he confronted Asa: \u201cListen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin,\u201d he said. \u201cThe LORD is with you as long as you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you."}, {"pk": 4103810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Instruction."}, {"pk": 4103811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "But in their time of trouble they turned to the LORD, Israel\u2019s God. They sought him and found him!"}, {"pk": 4103812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "At that time, it wasn\u2019t safe to travel because great turmoil affected all the inhabitants of the area."}, {"pk": 4103813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, as God troubled them with every kind of problem."}, {"pk": 4103814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "But as for you, be brave and don\u2019t lose heart, because your work will be rewarded!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "As soon as Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah, Oded\u2019s son, <sup>[1]</sup> he felt brave and removed the detestable idols from all of Judah and Benjamin, as well as from the cities he had captured in Ephraim\u2019s highlands, and he repaired the LORD\u2019s altar that stood before the LORD\u2019s entrance hall.", "comment": "[1] Cf Syr, Vulg; MT <i>and the prophecy of the prophet Oded</i>"}, {"pk": 4103816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Asa gathered all Judah and Benjamin, along with those who were living among them as immigrants from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, because many people from Israel had joined up with him when they saw that the LORD his God was with him."}, {"pk": 4103817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa\u2019s rule."}, {"pk": 4103818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "On that day they sacrificed to the LORD part of the loot they had taken: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep."}, {"pk": 4103819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "They made a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and all their being."}, {"pk": 4103820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, would be put to death, whether young or old, male or female."}, {"pk": 4103821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "They swore this to the LORD with a loud voice, shouts of joy, and blasts from trumpets and horns."}, {"pk": 4103822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "All Judah was delighted with the solemn pledge because they had sworn it with all their hearts. When they enthusiastically sought God, he was found by them, and the LORD gave them peace on every side."}, {"pk": 4103823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Asa the king even removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she had made an image of Asherah. Asa cut down her image, pulverized it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley."}, {"pk": 4103824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Although the shrines weren\u2019t removed from Israel, Asa nevertheless remained committed with all his heart throughout his life."}, {"pk": 4103825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "He brought into God\u2019s temple the various silver and gold objects that he and his father had dedicated."}, {"pk": 4103826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa\u2019s rule."}, {"pk": 4103827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "In the thirty-sixth year of Asa\u2019s rule, Israel\u2019s King Baasha attacked Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent Judah\u2019s King Asa from moving into that area."}, {"pk": 4103828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the LORD\u2019s temple and the royal palace and sent them to Aram\u2019s King Ben-hadad, who ruled in Damascus, with the following message:"}, {"pk": 4103829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s make a covenant similar to the one between our fathers. Since I have already sent you silver and gold, break your covenant with Israel\u2019s King Baasha so that he will leave me alone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Ben-hadad agreed with King Asa and sent his army commanders against the cities of Israel, attacking Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4103831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "As soon as Baasha learned of this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work."}, {"pk": 4103832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Then King Asa had all Judah carry away the stone and timber that Baasha was using to build Ramah, and King Asa used it to build Geba and Mizpah."}, {"pk": 4103833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "At that time Hanani the seer came to Judah\u2019s King Asa and said to him, \u201cBecause you relied on Aram\u2019s king and not on the LORD your God, the army of Aram\u2019s king has slipped out of your grasp."}, {"pk": 4103834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Weren\u2019t the Cushites and the Libyans a vast army with chariots and horsemen to spare? Still, when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your power,"}, {"pk": 4103835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "because the LORD\u2019s eyes scan the whole world to strengthen those who are committed to him with all their hearts. Your foolishness means that you will have war on your hands from now on.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Asa was angry with the seer. Asa was so mad he threw Hanani in jail and took his anger out on some of the people."}, {"pk": 4103837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "The rest of Asa\u2019s deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4103838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa developed a severe foot disease. But even in his illness he refused to seek the LORD and consulted doctors instead."}, {"pk": 4103839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "In the forty-first year of his rule, Asa lay down with his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "He was buried in the tomb he had prepared for himself in David\u2019s City, and was laid on a bed filled with sweet spices and various kinds of perfume, with a huge fire made in his honor."}, {"pk": 4103841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Asa\u2019s son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king. Jehoshaphat strengthened his position against Israel"}, {"pk": 4103842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "by stationing troops in the fortified cities of Judah and placing soldiers throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured."}, {"pk": 4103843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the earlier ways of his father <sup>[1]</sup> by not seeking Baal.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>in the ways of his father David</i>"}, {"pk": 4103844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "Instead, he sought the God of his father, and unlike Israel, he followed God\u2019s commandments."}, {"pk": 4103845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD gave him firm control over the kingdom, and all Judah brought Jehoshaphat tribute, so that he had abundant riches and honor."}, {"pk": 4103846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Jehoshaphat took pride in the LORD\u2019s ways and again removed the shrines and the sacred poles <sup>[2]</sup> from Judah.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherim,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4103847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "In the third year of his rule, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah."}, {"pk": 4103848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "They were accompanied by the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, and by the priests Elishama and Jehoram."}, {"pk": 4103849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "They taught throughout Judah. They brought with them the LORD\u2019s Instruction scroll as they made their rounds to all the cities of Judah, teaching the people."}, {"pk": 4103850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "All the kingdoms surrounding Judah were afraid of the LORD and didn\u2019t wage war against Jehoshaphat."}, {"pk": 4103851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Some of the Philistines brought a load of silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat. The Arabians also brought flocks to Jehoshaphat: seventy-seven hundred rams and seventy-seven hundred goats."}, {"pk": 4103852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "As Jehoshaphat grew increasingly powerful, he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah"}, {"pk": 4103853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "and had many supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had an army of mighty warriors in Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4103854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "registered by their clans as follows: Judah\u2019s officers over units of a thousand included Commander Adnah with three hundred thousand soldiers;"}, {"pk": 4103855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "next to him was Commander Jehohanan with two hundred eighty thousand soldiers;"}, {"pk": 4103856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "at his side was Amasiah, Zichri\u2019s son, who volunteered for the LORD with two hundred thousand soldiers."}, {"pk": 4103857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "From Benjamin came a valiant warrior: Eliada, together with two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;"}, {"pk": 4103858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "next to him was Jehozabad, together with one hundred eighty thousand soldiers."}, {"pk": 4103859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "These were the individuals who served the king in addition to those the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah."}, {"pk": 4103860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Even though Jehoshaphat already had great wealth and honor, he allied himself with Ahab through marriage."}, {"pk": 4103861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "A few years later, while Jehoshaphat was visiting Ahab in Samaria, Ahab slaughtered many sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat and those who were with him in order to persuade him to attack Ramoth-gilead."}, {"pk": 4103862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWill you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?\u201d Israel\u2019s King Ahab asked Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat replied, \u201cI and my people will be united with you and your people in battle."}, {"pk": 4103863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "But,\u201d Jehoshaphat said to Israel\u2019s king, \u201cfirst, let\u2019s see what the LORD has to say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king gathered four hundred prophets and asked them, \u201cShould we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?\u201d \u201cAttack!\u201d the prophets answered. \u201cGod will hand it over to the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "But Jehoshaphat said, \u201cIsn\u2019t there any other prophet of the LORD around whom we could ask?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cThere\u2019s one other man who could ask the LORD for us,\u201d Israel\u2019s king told Jehoshaphat, \u201cbut I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad. His name is Micaiah, Imlah\u2019s son.\u201d \u201cThe king shouldn\u2019t speak like that!\u201d Jehoshaphat said."}, {"pk": 4103867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king called an officer and ordered, \u201cBring Micaiah, Imlah\u2019s son, right away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Now Israel\u2019s king and Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat were sitting on their thrones dressed in their royal robes at the threshing floor beside the entrance to the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying in front of them."}, {"pk": 4103869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "Zedekiah, Chenaanah\u2019s son, made iron horns for himself and said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans until there\u2019s nothing left of them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "The other prophets agreed: \u201cAttack Ramoth-gilead and win! The LORD will hand it over to the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Meanwhile, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, \u201cListen, the prophets all agree that the king will succeed. You should say the same thing they say and prophesy success.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "But Micaiah answered, \u201cAs surely as the LORD lives, I will say only what God tells me to say.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX, <a href='/CEB/11/22/14'>1 Kgs 22:14</a>; MT omits <i>me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, \u201cMicaiah, should we go to war with Ramoth-gilead or not?\u201d \u201cAttack and win!\u201d Micaiah answered. \u201cThe LORD will hand it over to the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "But the king said, \u201cHow many times must I demand that you tell me the truth when you speak in the LORD\u2019s name?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Micaiah replied, \u201cI saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd! And then the LORD said: \u2018They have no master. Let them return safely to their own homes.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Israel\u2019s king said to Jehoshaphat, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you? He never prophesies anything good about me, only bad.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Micaiah said, \u201cListen now to the LORD\u2019s word: I saw the LORD enthroned with all the heavenly forces stationed at his right and at his left."}, {"pk": 4103878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD said, \u2018Who will persuade Israel\u2019s King Ahab so that he attacks Ramoth-gilead and dies there?\u2019 There were several suggestions,"}, {"pk": 4103879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "until one particular spirit approached the LORD and said, \u2018I will persuade him.\u2019 \u2018How?\u2019 the LORD asked."}, {"pk": 4103880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "\u2018I will be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,\u2019 he said. The LORD agreed: \u2018You will succeed in persuading him! Go ahead!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4103881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "So now, since the LORD placed a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, it is the LORD who has pronounced disaster against you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Zedekiah, Chenaanah\u2019s son, approached Micaiah and slapped him on the cheek. \u201cJust how did the LORD\u2019s spirit leave me to speak to you?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4103883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Micaiah answered, \u201cYou will find out on the day you try to hide in an inner room.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cArrest him,\u201d ordered Israel\u2019s king, \u201cand turn him over to Amon the city governor and to Joash the king\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4103885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "Tell them, \u2018The king says: Put this man in prison and feed him minimum rations of bread and water until I return safely.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cIf you ever return safely,\u201d Micaiah replied, \u201cthen the LORD wasn\u2019t speaking through me.\u201d Then he added, \u201cMark my words, every last one of you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "So Israel\u2019s king and Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat attacked Ramoth-gilead."}, {"pk": 4103888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "Israel\u2019s king said to Jehoshaphat, \u201cI will disguise myself when we go into battle, but you should wear your royal attire.\u201d When the king of Israel had disguised himself, they entered the battle."}, {"pk": 4103889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "Meanwhile, Aram\u2019s king had commanded his chariot officers, \u201cDon\u2019t bother with anyone big or small. Fight only with Israel\u2019s king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "When the chariot officers saw Jehoshaphat, they assumed that he must be Israel\u2019s king, so they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, the LORD helped him, and God lured them away from him."}, {"pk": 4103891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "When the chariot officers realized that he wasn\u2019t Israel\u2019s king, they stopped chasing him."}, {"pk": 4103892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "Someone, however, randomly shot an arrow that struck Israel\u2019s king between the joints in his armor. \u201cTurn around and get me out of the battle,\u201d the king told his chariot driver. \u201cI\u2019ve been hit!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "While the battle raged all that day, Israel\u2019s king stood propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. But that evening he died, just as the sun was going down."}, {"pk": 4103894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Upon the safe arrival of Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat to his palace in Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4103895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Jehu son of Hanani the seer came out to meet him and said, \u201cWhy did you help the wicked? Why have you loved those who hate the LORD? This is why the LORD is angry with you."}, {"pk": 4103896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Nevertheless, there is some good to be found in you, in that you have removed the sacred poles <sup>[1]</sup> from the land and set your mind to seek God.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherot</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4103897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Though Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, he regularly went out among the people between Beer-sheba and Ephraim\u2019s highlands, and encouraged them to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "He appointed judges throughout the land in each of the fortified cities of Judah,"}, {"pk": 4103899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "instructing them, \u201cBe careful when you pass judgment. You aren\u2019t dispensing justice by merely human standards but for the LORD, who is with you."}, {"pk": 4103900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, respect the LORD and act accordingly, because there can be no injustice, playing favorites, or taking bribes when it comes to the LORD our God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Jehoshaphat also appointed judges in Jerusalem from among the Levites, the priests, and the family heads of Israel to administer the LORD\u2019s Instruction and to settle disputes among those living <sup>[2]</sup> in Jerusalem.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>they returned to Jerusalem</i>"}, {"pk": 4103902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "He instructed them, \u201cYou must respect the LORD at all times, in truth, and with complete integrity."}, {"pk": 4103903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "In any case that comes before you from a fellow citizen in an outlying town, whether it involves bloodshed or is an issue of instruction, commandment, regulations, or case laws, you must warn them not to sin against the LORD, consequently making him angry with both you and your fellow citizen. Do this, and you won\u2019t sin."}, {"pk": 4103904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Amariah the chief priest will be in charge of all religious matters, and Zebadiah, Ishmael\u2019s son, the leader of Judah\u2019s house, will be in charge of all civil matters. The Levites will serve as your officers of the court. Carry out your duties with confidence, and may the LORD be with those who do good.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Some time later, the Moabites and the Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, <sup>[1]</sup> attacked Jehoshaphat.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>Ammonites</i>"}, {"pk": 4103906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Jehoshaphat was told, \u201cA large army from beyond the sea, from Edom, <sup>[2]</sup> is coming to attack you. They are already at Hazazon-tamar!\u201d (that is, En-gedi).", "comment": "[2] OL; MT <i>Aram</i>"}, {"pk": 4103907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to seek the LORD\u2019s help and proclaimed a fast for all Judah."}, {"pk": 4103908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "People from all of Judah\u2019s cities came to ask the LORD for help."}, {"pk": 4103909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the LORD\u2019s temple in front of the new courtyard."}, {"pk": 4103910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cLORD, the God of our ancestors, you alone are God in heaven. You rule all the kingdoms of the nations. You are so powerful that no one can oppose you."}, {"pk": 4103911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "You, our God, drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave this land to the descendants of your friend Abraham forever."}, {"pk": 4103912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "They have lived in it and have built a sanctuary in honor of your name in it, saying,"}, {"pk": 4103913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "\u2018If calamity, sword, flood, <sup>[3]</sup> plague, or famine comes upon us, we will stand before this temple, before you, because your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.\u2019", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>judgment</i>"}, {"pk": 4103914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "So look here! The Ammonites, the Moabites, and those from Mount Seir \u2014 the people you wouldn\u2019t let Israel invade when they came out of Egypt\u2019s land, so Israel avoided them and didn\u2019t destroy them \u2014"}, {"pk": 4103915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "here they are, returning the favor by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave to us!"}, {"pk": 4103916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "Our God, won\u2019t you punish them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We don\u2019t know what to do, and so we are looking to you for help.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "All Judah was standing before the LORD, even their little ones, wives, and children."}, {"pk": 4103918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s spirit came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah son of Benaiah son of Jeiel son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the line of Asaph, as he stood in the middle of the assembly."}, {"pk": 4103919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cPay attention, all of Judah, every inhabitant of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat,\u201d Jahaziel said. \u201cThis is what the LORD says to you: Don\u2019t be afraid or discouraged by this great army because the battle isn\u2019t yours. It belongs to God!"}, {"pk": 4103920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "March out against them tomorrow. Since they will be coming through the Ziz pass, meet them at the end of the valley that opens into the Jeruel wilderness."}, {"pk": 4103921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "You don\u2019t need to fight this battle. Just take your places, stand ready, and watch how the LORD, who is with you, will deliver you, Judah and Jerusalem. Don\u2019t be afraid or discouraged! Go out tomorrow and face them. The LORD will be with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD in worship."}, {"pk": 4103923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "Levites from the lines of Kohath and Korah stood up to loudly praise the LORD, the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4103924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Early the next morning they went into the Tekoa wilderness. When they were about to go out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, \u201cListen to me, Judah and every inhabitant of Jerusalem! Trust the LORD your God, and you will stand firm; trust his prophets and succeed!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "After consulting with the people, Jehoshaphat appointed musicians to play for the LORD, praising his majestic holiness. They were to march out before the warriors, saying, \u201cGive thanks to the LORD because his faithful love lasts forever!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "As they broke into joyful song and praise, the LORD launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites, the Moabites, and those from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, so that they were defeated."}, {"pk": 4103927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "The Ammonites and the Moabites turned on those from Mount Seir, completely destroying them. Once they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy each other!"}, {"pk": 4103928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "When Judah arrived at the point overlooking the wilderness, all they could see were corpses lying all over the ground. There were no survivors."}, {"pk": 4103929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "When Jehoshaphat and his army came to take the loot, they found a great amount of cattle, <sup>[4]</sup> goods, clothing, <sup>[5]</sup> and other valuables \u2014 much more than they could carry. In fact, there was so much it took three days to haul it away.", "comment": "[5] Vulg; MT <i>corpses</i><br>[4] LXX; MT <i>among them</i>"}, {"pk": 4103930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "On the fourth day they assembled in Blessing Valley, where they blessed the LORD. That\u2019s why it is called Blessing Valley to this day."}, {"pk": 4103931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Then everyone from Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, joyfully returned home to Jerusalem because the LORD had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies."}, {"pk": 4103932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "They entered Jerusalem accompanied by harps, lutes, and trumpets, and they went to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the LORD had fought against Israel\u2019s enemies."}, {"pk": 4103934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "As a result, Jehoshaphat\u2019s rule was peaceful because his God gave him rest on all sides."}, {"pk": 4103935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "Jehoshaphat ruled over Judah. He was 35 years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Azubah; she was Shilhi\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4103936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and didn\u2019t turn aside from it, doing what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes,"}, {"pk": 4103937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "with the exception that he didn\u2019t remove the shrines. The people were still not committed with all their hearts to the God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "The rest of Jehoshaphat\u2019s deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Jehu, Hanani\u2019s son, which are included in the records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4103939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "Sometime later, Judah\u2019s King Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with Israel\u2019s King Ahaziah, which caused him to sin."}, {"pk": 4103940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "They agreed to build a fleet of Tarshish-styled ships, and they built them in Ezion-geber."}, {"pk": 4103941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "Eliezer, Dodavahu\u2019s son from Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat: \u201cBecause you have formed an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made.\u201d The ships were wrecked and couldn\u2019t sail to Tarshish."}, {"pk": 4103942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Jehoshaphat died and was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4103943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Jehoram\u2019s brothers, the other sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. All of these were the sons of Israel\u2019s King Jehoshaphat."}, {"pk": 4103944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Their father had given them many gifts of silver, gold, and other valuables, along with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the oldest son."}, {"pk": 4103945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "When Jehoram had taken control of his father\u2019s kingdom, he established his rule by killing all his brothers, along with some other leaders of Israel."}, {"pk": 4103946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eight years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "He walked in the ways of Israel\u2019s kings, just as Ahab\u2019s dynasty had done, because he married Ahab\u2019s daughter. He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4103948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Nevertheless, because of the covenant he had made with David, the LORD wasn\u2019t willing to destroy David\u2019s dynasty. He had promised to preserve a lamp for David and his sons forever."}, {"pk": 4103949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "During Jehoram\u2019s rule, Edom rebelled against Judah\u2019s power and appointed its own king."}, {"pk": 4103950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Jehoram, along with all his chariots, crossed over to Zair. <sup>[1]</sup> The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night, defeating him <sup>[2]</sup> and his chariot officers.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he defeated Edom</i><br>[1] Correction with <a href='/CEB/12/8/21'>2 Kgs 8:21</a>; MT <i>with his officers</i>"}, {"pk": 4103951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "So Edom has been independent of Judah to this day. Libnah rebelled against Jehoram\u2019s rule at the same time because he had abandoned the LORD, the God of his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "As if that wasn\u2019t enough, Jehoram constructed shrines throughout Judah\u2019s highlands, encouraged Jerusalem\u2019s citizens to be unfaithful, and led Judah astray."}, {"pk": 4103953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram that read, \u201cThis is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: Because you haven\u2019t walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Judah\u2019s King Asa,"}, {"pk": 4103954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "but have walked in the ways of Israel\u2019s kings and have encouraged Judah and Jerusalem\u2019s citizens to be unfaithful, just as the house of Ahab did, and because you have even murdered your own brothers, your father\u2019s family, who were better than you,"}, {"pk": 4103955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "the LORD will now strike your family, your children, your wives, and all your possessions with a heavy blow."}, {"pk": 4103956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "You yourself will become deathly ill with a chronic disease that will cause your intestines to fall out.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the LORD made the Philistines and the Arabs, who lived near the Cushites, angry with Jehoram."}, {"pk": 4103958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "They attacked Judah, broke down its defenses, and hauled off all the goods that were found in the royal palace, along with the king\u2019s children and wives. Only Jehoahaz, Jehoram\u2019s youngest son, was spared."}, {"pk": 4103959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "After all this, the LORD struck Jehoram with an incurable intestinal disease."}, {"pk": 4103960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "For almost two years he grew steadily worse, until two days before his death, when his intestines fell out, causing him to die in horrible pain. His people didn\u2019t make a fire in his honor as they had done for his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4103961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eight years in Jerusalem. No one was sorry he died. He was buried in David\u2019s City but not in the royal cemetery."}, {"pk": 4103962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "The inhabitants of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah succeed him as king because the raiding party that had invaded the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah, Jehoram\u2019s son, became king of Judah."}, {"pk": 4103963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "Ahaziah was 22 years old <sup>[1]</sup> when he became king, and he ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Athaliah; she was the granddaughter of Omri.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, <a href='/CEB/12/8/26'>2 Kgs 8:26</a>; MT <i>42</i>"}, {"pk": 4103964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Ahaziah walked in the ways of Ahab\u2019s dynasty, encouraged in this wickedness by his mother."}, {"pk": 4103965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as Ahab\u2019s dynasty had done, because after his father\u2019s death they gave him advice that led to his downfall."}, {"pk": 4103966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Ahaziah was following their advice when he went with Israel\u2019s King Joram, <sup>[2]</sup> Ahab\u2019s son, to fight against Aram\u2019s King Hazael at Ramoth-gilead, where the Arameans wounded Joram.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Jehoram</i> (also in <a href='/CEB/14/22/6-7'>22:6\u20137</a>); the kings name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoram</i> or short <i>Joram</i> form."}, {"pk": 4103967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he suffered at Ramah in his battle with Aram\u2019s King Hazael. Then Judah\u2019s King Ahaziah, <sup>[3]</sup> Jehoram\u2019s son, went down to visit Joram, Ahab\u2019s son, at Jezreel because he had been wounded.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>Azariah</i>"}, {"pk": 4103968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "But God used this visit to Joram to bring about Ahaziah\u2019s downfall. After his arrival, Ahaziah went with Joram to meet Jehu, Nimshi\u2019s son, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy Ahab\u2019s dynasty."}, {"pk": 4103969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "While Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab\u2019s dynasty, he discovered the princes of Judah, Ahaziah\u2019s nephews, serving Ahaziah, and Jehu killed them."}, {"pk": 4103970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Jehu went looking for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. He was then brought to Jehu and executed. He was given a decent burial, however, because people said, \u201cHe was the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.\u201d There were now no members of Ahaziah\u2019s dynasty strong enough to rule the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4103971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "When Athaliah, Ahaziah\u2019s mother, learned of her son\u2019s death, she immediately destroyed the entire royal family of Judah\u2019s dynasty."}, {"pk": 4103972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "But Jehoshabeath the king\u2019s daughter secretly took Ahaziah\u2019s son Jehoash <sup>[4]</sup> from the rest of the royal children who were about to be murdered, and hid him in a bedroom, along with his nurse. In this way Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of the priest Jehoiada and the sister of Ahaziah, hid Jehoash from Athaliah so she couldn\u2019t murder him.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Joash</i>; the kings name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form in 2 Kgs."}, {"pk": 4103973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "He remained hidden with them in God\u2019s temple for six years while Athaliah ruled the country."}, {"pk": 4103974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "But in the seventh year Jehoiada boldly formed a conspiracy with the following unit commanders: Jeroham\u2019s son Azariah, Jehohanan\u2019s son Ishmael, Obed\u2019s son Azariah, Adaiah\u2019s son Maaseiah, and Zichri\u2019s son Elishaphat."}, {"pk": 4103975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "They went throughout Judah recruiting the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the family heads of Israel, who then came to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4103976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "The entire assembly made a covenant with the king in God\u2019s temple. Jehoiada said, \u201cLook! Here is the king\u2019s son. He must be king, just as the LORD promised about David\u2019s descendants."}, {"pk": 4103977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what you must do: A third of you priests and Levites coming on sabbath duty will guard the gates,"}, {"pk": 4103978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "another third will be at the royal palace, and another third will be at the Foundation Gate. Meanwhile, all the people will be in the courtyards of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t enter the LORD\u2019s temple, because only the priests or Levites on duty can do that. They are allowed to enter because they are holy, but the rest of the people must follow the LORD\u2019s requirements."}, {"pk": 4103980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "The Levites must surround the king, each with his weapons drawn. Whoever comes near your ranks must be killed; stay near the king wherever he goes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "The Levites and all Judah did everything that the priest Jehoiada ordered. They each took charge of those men reporting for duty on the Sabbath, as well as those going off duty, since Jehoiada hadn\u2019t released any divisions from duty."}, {"pk": 4103982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the priest Jehoiada gave the unit commanders King David\u2019s spears and large and small shields that were kept in God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "He positioned all the people, each with their weapons drawn, near the altar and the temple, stretching from the south side of the temple to the north side, so as to protect the king."}, {"pk": 4103984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Then they brought out the king\u2019s son, crowned him, gave him the royal law, <sup>[1]</sup> and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him as everyone cried out, \u201cLong live the king!\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>testimony</i>; MT lacks <i>royal.</i>"}, {"pk": 4103985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "When Athaliah heard the noise made by the people running and cheering the king, she went to the people at the LORD\u2019s temple"}, {"pk": 4103986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "and saw the king standing by the royal pillar at the entrance, with the commanders and trumpeters beside the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers accompanied by musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah ripped her clothes and screamed, \u201cTreason! Treason!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4103987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the priest Jehoiada brought out the unit commanders who were in charge of the army. \u201cTake her out under guard,\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> he told them, \u201cand kill anyone who follows her.\u201d This was because the priest had said, \u201cShe must not be executed in the LORD\u2019s temple.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4103988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "They arrested her when she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate at the royal palace. She was executed there."}, {"pk": 4103989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Jehoiada then made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they would be the LORD\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4103990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Then all the people went to Baal\u2019s temple and tore it down, smashing its altars and images into pieces. They executed Baal\u2019s priest Mattan in front of the altars."}, {"pk": 4103991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Jehoiada appointed the priests and <sup>[3]</sup> Levites in charge of the LORD\u2019s temple, and then appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites <sup>[4]</sup> that David had assigned to the LORD\u2019s temple to offer entirely burned sacrifices to the LORD, as written in the Instruction from Moses, with rejoicing and singing, just as David had ordered.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT lacks <i>and then appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites</i>.<br>[3] LXX; MT <i>levitical priests</i>"}, {"pk": 4103992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "He posted guards at the gates of the LORD\u2019s temple so that no one who was unclean in any way could enter."}, {"pk": 4103993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he took the unit commanders, the officials, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they led the king down from the LORD\u2019s temple, processing through the Upper Gate to the palace, where the king sat upon the royal throne."}, {"pk": 4103994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at peace now that Athaliah had been executed at the palace."}, {"pk": 4103995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Jehoash <sup>[1]</sup> was 7 years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Joash</i> (see <a href='/CEB/14/24/2'>24:2</a>, <a href='/CEB/14/24/4'>4</a>, <a href='/CEB/14/24/22'>22</a>, <a href='/CEB/14/24/24'>24</a>); the kings name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form in 2 Kgs."}, {"pk": 4103996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Jehoash did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes as long as Jehoiada the priest was alive."}, {"pk": 4103997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Jehoiada had him marry two wives, and Jehoash fathered sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4103998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Sometime later, Jehoash wanted to renovate the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4103999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "He gathered the priests and the Levites and said, \u201cGo to the cities of Judah and collect the annual tax of silver due from all Israel for the upkeep of God\u2019s temple. Do it right away.\u201d But the Levites procrastinated."}, {"pk": 4104000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "So the king summoned the chief priest Jehoiada and asked him, \u201cWhy haven\u2019t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the LORD\u2019s servant Moses and the Israelite assembly for the covenant tent?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "<sup>[6]</sup> (Now wicked Athaliah and her followers had broken into God\u2019s temple and used all the holy objects of the LORD\u2019s temple in their worship of the Baals.)"}, {"pk": 4104002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "So at the king\u2019s command a box was made and placed outside the gate of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Then a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the LORD the tax that God\u2019s servant Moses had imposed on Israel in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4104004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "This so pleased all the leaders and all the people that they gladly dropped their money in the box until it was full."}, {"pk": 4104005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Whenever the box was brought by the Levites to the royal accountants, as soon as they saw that a large amount of money was in the box, the royal scribe and the representative of the high priest would come, empty the box, and return it to its place. This took place day after day, and a large amount of money was collected."}, {"pk": 4104006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "The king and Jehoiada would give it to those in charge of the work on the LORD\u2019s temple who in turn hired masons and carpenters to renovate the LORD\u2019s temple, as well as metalworkers for the iron and bronze to repair the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "The workers labored hard, and the restoration progressed smoothly under their control until they had brought God\u2019s temple back to its original state and reinforced it."}, {"pk": 4104008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "As soon as they finished, they brought the remaining money to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make equipment for the LORD\u2019s temple, including what was used for the service and the entirely burned offerings, pans, and other objects made of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, the entirely burned offerings were regularly offered in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Jehoiada grew old, and when he reached the age of 130, he died."}, {"pk": 4104010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "He was buried among the kings in David\u2019s City because of his exemplary service to Israel, God, and God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "After Jehoiada\u2019s death, however, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to them."}, {"pk": 4104012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "They abandoned the temple of the LORD, their ancestors\u2019 God, and worshipped sacred poles <sup>[2]</sup> and idols. Anger came upon Judah and Jerusalem as a consequence of their sin,", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>asherim,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4104013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "and though God sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD and to warn them, they refused to listen."}, {"pk": 4104014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the spirit of God enwrapped Zechariah the son of the priest Jehoiada. Standing before the people, he told them, \u201cThis is what God says: Why do you defy the LORD\u2019s commands and keep yourselves from prospering? Because you have abandoned the LORD, he has abandoned you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "But the people plotted against Zechariah, and at the king\u2019s command stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "King Jehoash failed to remember the loyalty that Jehoiada, Zechariah\u2019s father, had shown him and murdered Jehoida\u2019s son, who cried out as he lay dying, \u201cMay the LORD see and seek vengeance!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "That spring the Aramean army marched against Jehoash. They attacked Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the people\u2019s leaders, and sent all the loot to the king of Damascus."}, {"pk": 4104018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "Although the Aramean forces were relatively small, the LORD handed over to them a very large army, because the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, their ancestors\u2019 God. Jehoash was justly punished."}, {"pk": 4104019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "The Arameans left him badly wounded, but his own officials plotted against him for murdering the son <sup>[3]</sup> of the priest Jehoiada. So they killed him in his bed. He died and was buried in David\u2019s City but not in the royal cemetery.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>sons</i>"}, {"pk": 4104020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who plotted against him were the Ammonite Zabad, Shimeath\u2019s son, and the Moabite Jehozabad, Shimrith\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "The list of Jehoash\u2019s sons, the many prophecies against him, and the account of his restoration of God\u2019s temple are written in the comments on the records of the kings. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes but not with all his heart."}, {"pk": 4104024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Once he had secured control over his kingdom, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king."}, {"pk": 4104025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "However, he didn\u2019t kill their children because of what is written in the Instruction scroll from Moses, where the LORD commanded, <b>Parents shouldn\u2019t be executed because of what their children have done; neither should children be executed because of what their parents have done. Each person should be executed for their own guilty acts</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/24/16'>Deut 24:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4104026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "Amaziah gathered the people of Judah, organizing them into family units under captains of thousands and hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He summoned everyone 20 years old and older and found that there were three hundred thousand select troops, ready for service and able to handle spears and body-sized shields."}, {"pk": 4104027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "He also hired one hundred thousand warriors from Israel for one hundred kikkars of silver."}, {"pk": 4104028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "But a man of God confronted him. \u201cKing,\u201d he said, \u201cthe troops from Israel must not go with you, because the LORD isn\u2019t on the side of Israel or any Ephraimite."}, {"pk": 4104029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "Should you go with them anyway, even if you fight fiercely, God will make you stumble before the enemy, because God has the ability to either help or make someone stumble.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "Amaziah asked the man of God, \u201cWhat about the hundred kikkars I paid for the Israelite troops?\u201d \u201cGod can give you much more than that,\u201d the man of God replied."}, {"pk": 4104031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "Amaziah released the Ephraimite troops who had joined him so they could go home, but this only infuriated them against Judah, and they left in a rage."}, {"pk": 4104032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Amaziah courageously led his people to the Salt Valley, where they killed ten thousand people from Seir."}, {"pk": 4104033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "The Judean forces captured another ten thousand alive, brought them to the top of a cliff, and threw them off so that all were dashed to pieces."}, {"pk": 4104034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Meanwhile, the troops Amaziah had released from fighting alongside him raided cities in Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, killing three thousand people and carrying off a large amount of loot."}, {"pk": 4104035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "When Amaziah returned after defeating the Edomites, he brought the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down before them, and burned incense to them."}, {"pk": 4104036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "As a result, the LORD was angry with Amaziah and sent a prophet to him. \u201cWhy do you seek the gods of this people?\u201d the prophet asked. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t even deliver their own people from you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cSince when do you give me advice?\u201d Amaziah interrupted. \u201cYou better quit before you end up dead!\u201d So the prophet stopped, but not until he said, \u201cI know God plans to destroy you because you\u2019ve done this and because you\u2019ve refused to listen to my advice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "After Judah\u2019s King Amaziah consulted with his advisors, he sent a challenge to Israel\u2019s King Joash, Jehoahaz\u2019s son and Jehu\u2019s grandson. \u201cCome on,\u201d he said, \u201clet\u2019s go head-to-head!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "Israel\u2019s King Joash sent the following reply to Judah\u2019s King Amaziah: \u201cOnce upon a time, a thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar: \u2018Give your daughter to my son as a wife.\u2019 But then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle."}, {"pk": 4104040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Do you think that because you\u2019ve defeated Edom, you can arrogantly seek even more? Stay home! Why invite disaster when both you and Judah will fall?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "But Amaziah wouldn\u2019t listen, because God intended to use this to destroy them since they had sought Edom\u2019s gods."}, {"pk": 4104042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "So Israel\u2019s King Joash moved against Judah\u2019s King Amaziah and went head-to-head in battle at Beth-shemesh in Judah."}, {"pk": 4104043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "Judah was defeated by Israel, and everyone ran home."}, {"pk": 4104044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "At Beth-shemesh, Israel\u2019s King Joash captured Judah\u2019s King Amaziah, Jehoash\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> son and Ahaziah\u2019s <sup>[3]</sup> grandson. Joash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down six hundred feet of the Jerusalem wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.", "comment": "[3] See <a href='/CEB/12/14/13'>2 Kgs 14:13</a>; MT <i>Jehoahaz</i>.<br>[2] Or <i>Joash</i> (see also <a href='/CEB/14/25/25'>25:25</a>); the kings name is variously spelled in either long <i>Jehoash</i> or short <i>Joash</i> form in 2 Kgs."}, {"pk": 4104045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Joash took <sup>[4]</sup> all the gold and silver, and all the objects he could find in God\u2019s temple in the care of Obed-edom, and in the treasuries of the palace, along with some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.", "comment": "[4] See <a href='/CEB/12/14/14'>2 Kgs 14:14</a>; Heb omits <i>took.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Amaziah, Jehoash\u2019s son, lived fifteen years after the death of Israel\u2019s King Joash, Jehoahaz\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "The rest of Amaziah\u2019s deeds, from beginning to end, aren\u2019t they written in the official records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings?"}, {"pk": 4104048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "From the time Amaziah turned away from the LORD, some people conspired against him in Jerusalem. When Amaziah fled to Lachish, they sent men after him, and they murdered him in Lachish."}, {"pk": 4104049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "They carried him back on horses and he was buried with his ancestors in David\u2019s City. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>Judah</i>"}, {"pk": 4104050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, <sup>[1]</sup> who was 16 years old, and made him king after his father Amaziah.", "comment": "[1] Uzziah is usually named Azariah in <a href='/CEB/12/14/21'>2 Kgs 14:21</a>; <a href='/CEB/12/15/1'>15:1</a>, <a href='/CEB/12/15/6-7'>6\u20137</a>."}, {"pk": 4104051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "He rebuilt Eloth, restoring it to Judah after King Amaziah had lain down with his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done."}, {"pk": 4104054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "He sought God as long as Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear <sup>[2]</sup> of God, was alive. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>visions</i>"}, {"pk": 4104055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "He marched against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4104056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs who inhabited Gur, <sup>[3]</sup> and the Meunites.", "comment": "[3] Tg; MT <i>Gur-baal</i>"}, {"pk": 4104057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "The Meunites <sup>[4]</sup> paid taxes to Uzziah, whose fame spread even to Egypt because he had grown so powerful.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>Ammonites</i>"}, {"pk": 4104058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "He built towers in Jerusalem, at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and at the Angle, and reinforced them."}, {"pk": 4104059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many wells for his large herds in the lowlands and the plain. He had many workers who tended his farms and vineyards, because he loved the soil."}, {"pk": 4104060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Uzziah had a standing army equipped for combat whose units went to war according to the number determined by the scribe Jeiel and Maaseiah, an officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king\u2019s officials."}, {"pk": 4104061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "The grand total of family heads in charge of these courageous warriors was twenty-six hundred."}, {"pk": 4104062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "They commanded an army of three hundred seven thousand five hundred. They formed a powerful force that could support the king against the enemy."}, {"pk": 4104063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "Uzziah supplied the entire force with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and sling stones."}, {"pk": 4104064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "He set up clever devices in Jerusalem on the towers and corners of the wall designed to shoot arrows and large stones. And so Uzziah\u2019s fame spread far and wide, because he had received wonderful help until he became powerful."}, {"pk": 4104065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "But as soon as he became powerful, he grew so arrogant that he acted corruptly. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God by entering the LORD\u2019s sanctuary to burn incense upon the incense altar."}, {"pk": 4104066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "The priest Azariah, accompanied by eighty other of the LORD\u2019s courageous priests, went in after him"}, {"pk": 4104067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "and confronted King Uzziah. \u201cYou have no right, Uzziah,\u201d he said, \u201cto burn incense to the LORD! That privilege belongs to the priests, Aaron\u2019s descendants, who have been ordained to burn incense. Get out of this holy place because you have been unfaithful! The LORD God won\u2019t honor you for this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "Then Uzziah, who already had a censer in his hand ready to burn the incense, became angry. While he was fuming at the priests, skin disease <sup>[5]</sup> erupted on his forehead in the presence of the priests before the incense altar in the LORD\u2019s temple.", "comment": "[5] The precise meaning is uncertain; traditionally <i>leprosy</i>\u2014a term used for several different skin diseases. Also in <a href='/CEB/14/26/21'>26:21</a>-20, 23."}, {"pk": 4104069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests turned and saw the skin disease on his forehead, they rushed him out of there. Uzziah also was anxious to leave because the LORD had afflicted him."}, {"pk": 4104070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "King Uzziah had skin disease until the day he died. He lived in a separate house, <sup>[6]</sup> diseased in his skin, because he was barred from the LORD\u2019s temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace administration and governed the people of the land.", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "The rest of Uzziah\u2019s deeds, from beginning to end, were written down by the prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "Uzziah died and was buried with his ancestors in a field belonging to the kings, because people said, \u201cHe had skin disease.\u201d His son Jotham succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Jotham was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Jerushah; she was Zadok\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4104074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "Jotham did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his father Uzziah had done. Unlike Uzziah, Jotham didn\u2019t enter the LORD\u2019s temple. But the people continued their crooked practices."}, {"pk": 4104075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the LORD\u2019s temple and did extensive work on the wall of the elevated fortress. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>hillside;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "He built towns in Judah\u2019s highlands and fortresses and towers in the wooded areas."}, {"pk": 4104077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "He fought against the king of the Ammonites and defeated the Ammonites. They paid him one hundred kikkars of silver, ten thousand kors <sup>[2]</sup> of wheat, and ten thousand kors of barley that year and for the next two years.", "comment": "[2] One kor is equivalent to a homer and is possibly equal to fifty gallons of grain."}, {"pk": 4104078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "Jotham was securely established because he maintained a faithful life before the LORD his God."}, {"pk": 4104079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "The rest of Jotham\u2019s deeds, including all his wars and accomplishments, are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4104080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "He was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Jotham lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David\u2019s City. His son Ahaz succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king, and he ruled for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn\u2019t do what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, unlike his ancestor David."}, {"pk": 4104083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Instead, he walked in the ways of Israel\u2019s kings, making images of the Baals"}, {"pk": 4104084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "and burning incense in the Ben-hinnom Valley. He even burned his own sons alive, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4104085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "He also sacrificed and burned incense at the shrines on every hill and beneath every shady tree."}, {"pk": 4104086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "So the LORD his God handed him over to Aram\u2019s king, who defeated him and carried off many prisoners, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also handed over to Israel\u2019s king, who defeated him with a severe beating."}, {"pk": 4104087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "In Judah, Pekah, Remaliah\u2019s son, killed one hundred twenty thousand warriors in the course of a single day because they had abandoned the LORD, God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "An Ephraimite warrior named Zichri killed the king\u2019s son Maaseiah, the palace administrator Azrikam, and Elkanah, the king\u2019s second in command."}, {"pk": 4104089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "The Israelites took captive two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls from their Judean relatives and seized enormous amounts of plunder, which they took back to Samaria."}, {"pk": 4104090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "One of the LORD\u2019s prophets named Oded lived in Samaria. When the army arrived there, he went to meet them and said, \u201cDon\u2019t you see that the LORD God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them? But look what you\u2019ve done! Your merciless slaughter of them stinks to high heaven!"}, {"pk": 4104091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "And now you think you can enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem? What about your own guilt before the LORD your God?"}, {"pk": 4104092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "Listen to me! Send back the captives you took from your relatives, because the LORD is furious with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "At this, some of the Ephraimite leaders \u2014 Johanan\u2019s son Azariah, Meshillemoth\u2019s son Berechiah, Shallum\u2019s son Jehizkiah, and Hadlai\u2019s son Amasa \u2014 confronted those returning from battle."}, {"pk": 4104094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t bring the captives here,\u201d they told them. \u201cYour plan will only add to our sin and guilt before the LORD. We\u2019re already guilty enough, and great anger is already directed at Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "So the warriors released the captives and brought the loot before the officers and the whole assembly."}, {"pk": 4104096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "Then people named for this task took charge of the captives and dressed everyone who was naked with items taken from the loot. They gave them clothing, sandals, food and drink, and bandaged their wounds. Everyone who couldn\u2019t walk they placed on donkeys, and they brought them to Jericho, Palm City, near their Judean relatives. Then they returned to Samaria."}, {"pk": 4104097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king <sup>[1]</sup> of Assyria.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>kings</i>"}, {"pk": 4104098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "Once again, the Edomites had invaded Judah, defeating Judah and carrying off captives."}, {"pk": 4104099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "The Philistines had raided the towns in the lowlands and the arid southern plain of Judah, capturing Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, along with Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages, and occupying all of these cities."}, {"pk": 4104100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD was humiliating Judah on account of Israel\u2019s King Ahaz, because he had exercised no restraint in Judah and had been utterly unfaithful to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4104101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "Assyria\u2019s King Tiglath-pileser <sup>[2]</sup> came to Ahaz, but he brought trouble, not support.", "comment": "[2] MT <i>Tilgath-pilneser</i>"}, {"pk": 4104102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "Even though Ahaz took items from the LORD\u2019s temple, the royal palace, and the officials to buy off the king of Assyria, it was of no help."}, {"pk": 4104103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "It was during this troubled time that King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD"}, {"pk": 4104104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "by sacrificing to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him. \u201cSince the gods of Aram\u2019s kings are helping them,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019ll sacrifice to them too, so that they will help me.\u201d But they became the ruin of both him and all Israel."}, {"pk": 4104105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "Ahaz gathered the objects from God\u2019s temple, cut them up, shut the doors of the LORD\u2019s temple, and made himself altars on every corner in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "He made shrines in all the towns of Judah for burning incense to other gods. This made the LORD, the God of his ancestors, very angry."}, {"pk": 4104107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "The rest of Ahaz\u2019s deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4104108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "Ahaz lay down with his ancestors and was buried in the city, in Jerusalem, but not in the royal cemetery of Israel\u2019s kings. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Hezekiah became king when he was 25 years old, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Abijah; she was Zechariah\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4104110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his ancestor David had done."}, {"pk": 4104111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "In the very first year of his rule, during the first month, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the LORD\u2019s temple, having repaired them."}, {"pk": 4104112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "Then he brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the eastern square."}, {"pk": 4104113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cListen to me, you Levites!\u201d he said. \u201cMake yourselves holy so you can make holy the temple of the LORD God of your ancestors by removing from the sanctuary any impure thing."}, {"pk": 4104114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the LORD our God\u2019s eyes. They abandoned him, they ignored the LORD\u2019s dwelling, and they defied him."}, {"pk": 4104115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "They even closed the doors of the entrance hall, snuffed out the lamps, and stopped burning incense and offering entirely burned offerings in the sanctuary of the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4104116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "This angered the LORD so much that he made Judah and Jerusalem an object of terror and horror, something people hiss at, as you can see with your own eyes."}, {"pk": 4104117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "That\u2019s why our ancestors died violent deaths, while our sons, daughters, and wives were taken captive."}, {"pk": 4104118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "But now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, so God will no longer be angry with us."}, {"pk": 4104119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t be careless, my sons! The LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence to serve him, so that you can be his servants and burn incense to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the following Levites got up: from the descendants of the Kohathites: Mahath, Amasai\u2019s son, and Joel, Azariah\u2019s son; from the descendants of Merari: Kish, Abdi\u2019s son, and Azariah, Jehallelel\u2019s son; from the Gershonites: Joah, Zimmah\u2019s son, and Eden, Joah\u2019s son; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "from the descendants of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeuel; from the descendants of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "from the descendants of Heman: Jehuel and Shimei; and from the descendants of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "These men gathered their relatives, made themselves holy, and went in to purify the LORD\u2019s temple by obeying the king\u2019s command as the LORD had told him."}, {"pk": 4104124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "The priests went in to purify the inner portion of the LORD\u2019s temple. They brought out to the courtyard of the LORD\u2019s temple all the impurities they discovered inside. Then the Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley."}, {"pk": 4104125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "They began to make things holy on the first day of the first month. <sup>[1]</sup> On the eighth day of the month they reached the LORD\u2019s entrance hall. They made holy the LORD\u2019s temple for eight days, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4104126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "Then they went before King Hezekiah. \u201cWe have purified the LORD\u2019s entire temple,\u201d they said, \u201cand the altar for the entirely burned offering together with all its equipment, and the table for the stacks of bread together with all its equipment."}, {"pk": 4104127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "We have also restored and made holy all the items King Ahaz threw out during his rule in his unfaithfulness. They are now before the LORD\u2019s altar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "Early the next morning Hezekiah gathered the city leaders and went to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "They brought seven bulls, seven rams, and seven lambs, along with seven male goats, for a purification offering on behalf of the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. Hezekiah ordered the priests, Aaron\u2019s sons, to offer them up on the LORD\u2019s altar."}, {"pk": 4104130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "When they slaughtered the bulls, the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar. Next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar, and also slaughtered the lambs, splashing their blood against the altar as well."}, {"pk": 4104131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "Finally, they brought the goats for the purification offering before the king and the assembly. After laying their hands on them,"}, {"pk": 4104132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "the priests slaughtered them and smeared the blood on the altar as a purification offering to take away the sin of all Israel, because the king had specifically ordered that the entirely burned sacrifice and the purification offering should be on behalf of all Israel."}, {"pk": 4104133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "Hezekiah had the Levites stand in the LORD\u2019s temple with cymbals, harps, and zithers, just as the LORD had ordered through David, the king\u2019s seer Gad, and the prophet Nathan."}, {"pk": 4104134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "While the Levites took their places holding David\u2019s instruments, and the priests their trumpets,"}, {"pk": 4104135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "Hezekiah ordered the entirely burned offering to be offered up on the altar. As they began to offer the entirely burned offering, the LORD\u2019s song also began, accompanied by the trumpets and the other instruments of Israel\u2019s King David."}, {"pk": 4104136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "The whole congregation worshipped with singing choirs and blaring trumpets until the end of the entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4104137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "After the entirely burned offering was complete, the king and all who were with him bowed down in worship."}, {"pk": 4104138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 30, "text": "Then King Hezekiah and the leaders ordered the Levites to praise the LORD by using the words of David and the seer Asaph. They did so joyously; then they bowed down in worship too."}, {"pk": 4104139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cNow that you have dedicated yourselves to the LORD,\u201d King Hezekiah told them, \u201cbring sacrificial thank offerings to the LORD\u2019s temple.\u201d So the assembly brought sacrificial thank offerings, with some people volunteering to provide entirely burned offerings."}, {"pk": 4104140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 32, "text": "All in all, the congregation brought seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs as entirely burned offerings for the LORD,"}, {"pk": 4104141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 33, "text": "as well as six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep as holy offerings."}, {"pk": 4104142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 34, "text": "Unfortunately, there weren\u2019t enough priests to skin all these entirely burned offerings. So their relatives the Levites (who had been more conscientious about preparing themselves than the priests) stepped in and helped them until the work was done or additional priests had made themselves holy."}, {"pk": 4104143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 35, "text": "In addition to the wealth of entirely burned offerings, there was the fat of the well-being sacrifices and drink offerings accompanying the entirely burned offerings. In this way, the service of the LORD\u2019s temple was restored,"}, {"pk": 4104144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 29, "verse": 36, "text": "and Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had done for them, since it had happened so quickly."}, {"pk": 4104145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh as well, inviting them to the LORD\u2019s temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4104146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "The king, his officials, and the entire Jerusalem congregation had decided to celebrate Passover in the second month. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] April\u2013May, Iyar"}, {"pk": 4104147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "They had been unable to celebrate it at the usual time because the priests had failed to make themselves holy in sufficient numbers, and the people hadn\u2019t gathered at Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "Since the plan seemed good to the king and the entire congregation,"}, {"pk": 4104149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "they made arrangements to circulate an announcement throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD God of Israel, because they hadn\u2019t often kept it as written."}, {"pk": 4104150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "Under the authority of the king, runners took letters from the king and his officials throughout all Israel and Judah, which read: People of Israel! Return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped capture by the Assyrian kings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t be like your ancestors and relatives, who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror as you can see for yourselves. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "So don\u2019t be stubborn like your ancestors. Surrender to the LORD! Come to God\u2019s sanctuary, which he has made holy forever, and serve the LORD your God so that he won\u2019t be angry with you any longer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "When you return to the LORD, your relatives and your children will receive mercy from their captors and be allowed to return to this land. The LORD your God is merciful and compassionate. He won\u2019t withdraw his presence from you if you return to him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "So the runners went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, all the way to Zebulun. But they were laughed at and made fun of."}, {"pk": 4104155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "Even so, some people from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun were submissive and came to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "Moreover, God\u2019s power was at work in Judah, unifying them to do what the king and his officials had ordered by the LORD\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4104157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "A huge crowd gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. A very large congregation gathered."}, {"pk": 4104158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "First, they removed the altars in Jerusalem, and hauled off the incense altars and dumped them in the Kidron Valley."}, {"pk": 4104159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. Ashamed of themselves, the priests and the Levites made themselves holy and brought entirely burned offerings to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "They now took their places as laid out in the Instruction from Moses the man of God, and the priests splashed the blood they received from the Levites against the altar."}, {"pk": 4104161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "Since many in the congregation hadn\u2019t made themselves holy, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs, making them holy to the LORD for all who weren\u2019t ceremonially clean."}, {"pk": 4104162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "This included most of those who had come from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun \u2014 people who hadn\u2019t purified themselves and so hadn\u2019t eaten the Passover meal in the prescribed way. But Hezekiah prayed for them: \u201cMay the good LORD forgive"}, {"pk": 4104163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "everyone who has decided to seek the true God, the LORD, the God of their ancestors, even though they aren\u2019t ceremonially clean by sanctuary standards.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people."}, {"pk": 4104165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "So the Israelites in Jerusalem joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days, with the Levites and the priests praising the LORD every day, accompanied by the LORD\u2019s mighty instruments."}, {"pk": 4104166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "Hezekiah congratulated all the Levites who had performed so skillfully for the LORD. They feasted throughout the seven days of the festival, sacrificing well-being offerings and praising the LORD, the God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "Then the whole congregation agreed to celebrate another seven days, which they joyfully did."}, {"pk": 4104168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah contributed one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the congregation, while the officials provided another thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep, and great numbers of priests made themselves holy."}, {"pk": 4104169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "Then the whole congregation of Judah rejoiced, as did the priests and the Levites, the whole congregation from Israel, the immigrants who had come from the land of Israel, and those who lived in Judah."}, {"pk": 4104170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "There was great joy in Jerusalem. Nothing like this had taken place in Jerusalem since the days of Israel\u2019s King Solomon, David\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "Then the levitical priests blessed the people, and their voice was heard when their prayer reached God\u2019s holy dwelling in heaven."}, {"pk": 4104172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "When all of these things were finished, all of the Israelites who were present went out to the cities of Judah, smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the sacred poles, <sup>[1]</sup> and completely destroyed the shrines and altars throughout Judah as well as Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their individual homes in their own cities.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherim,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4104173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "Hezekiah reappointed the priests and the Levites, each to their divisions and their tasks, to make entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices, to serve, to give thanks, and to offer praise in the gates of the LORD\u2019s camp."}, {"pk": 4104174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "As his portion, the king personally contributed the entirely burned offerings for the morning and evening sacrifices, as well as the entirely burned offerings for the Sabbaths, new moons, and festivals, as written in the LORD\u2019s Instruction."}, {"pk": 4104175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to provide the required portion for the priests and the Levites so they could devote themselves to the LORD\u2019s Instruction."}, {"pk": 4104176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "As soon as the order was issued, the Israelites generously gave the best of their grain, new wine, oil, honey, and all their crops \u2014 a tenth of everything, a huge amount."}, {"pk": 4104177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "The people of Israel and Judah, living in the cities of Judah, also brought in a tenth of their herds and flocks and a tenth of the items that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, stacking it up in piles."}, {"pk": 4104178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "They began stacking up the piles in the third month <sup>[2]</sup> and finished them in the seventh. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[2] May\u2013June, Sivan<br>[3] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4104179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "When Hezekiah and the officials saw the piles, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel."}, {"pk": 4104180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles,"}, {"pk": 4104181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "the chief priest Azariah, who was from Zadok\u2019s family, answered, \u201cEver since the people started bringing contributions to the LORD\u2019s temple we\u2019ve had enough to eat with plenty to spare. The LORD has definitely blessed his people! There\u2019s a lot left over.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "So Hezekiah ordered them to prepare storerooms in the LORD\u2019s temple. When they finished preparing them,"}, {"pk": 4104183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "the priests conscientiously brought in the contributions, the tenth-part gifts, and the dedicated things. Conaniah, a Levite, was put in charge, assisted by his brother Shimei,"}, {"pk": 4104184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "while Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah served as supervisors under them, as appointed by King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "The Levite Kore, Imnah\u2019s son, who was keeper of the east gate, was in charge of the spontaneous gifts to God. He was responsible for distributing the contribution reserved for the LORD and the dedicated gifts."}, {"pk": 4104186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him regarding <sup>[4]</sup> the priests by distributing the portions to their relatives, old and young alike, by divisions.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>with the assistance of</i> cf LXX; MT <i>in the cities of</i>"}, {"pk": 4104187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "Additionally, they also distributed daily rations to those males, registered by genealogy, three years old and older, all who entered the LORD\u2019s temple to carry out their daily duties as their divisions required."}, {"pk": 4104188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "They also distributed to those priests registered by their families, and to Levites 20 years of age and older according to their divisional responsibilities."}, {"pk": 4104189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "The official genealogy included all their small children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters \u2014 the entire congregation \u2014 for they had faithfully made themselves holy."}, {"pk": 4104190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "As for Aaron\u2019s descendants, the priests who lived in the outskirts of the cities, men were assigned to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records."}, {"pk": 4104191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "This is what Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, doing what the LORD his God considered good, right, and true."}, {"pk": 4104192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "Everything that Hezekiah began to do for the service of God\u2019s temple, whether by the Instruction or the commands, in order to seek his God, he did successfully and with all his heart."}, {"pk": 4104193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "After these things and these faithful acts, Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib invaded Judah and attacked its fortified cities, intending to capture them."}, {"pk": 4104194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib also planned on fighting Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4104195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "he consulted with his officials and soldiers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him."}, {"pk": 4104196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "A large force gathered to stop up all the springs and the streams that flowed through the land. \u201cWhy should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?\u201d they asked."}, {"pk": 4104197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "Hezekiah vigorously rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall, erected towers, constructed another wall outside the first, reinforced the terrace of David\u2019s City, and made a large supply of weapons and shields."}, {"pk": 4104198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "He appointed military officers over the troops, assembled them in the square of the city gate, and spoke these words of encouragement:"}, {"pk": 4104199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cBe brave and be strong! Don\u2019t let the king of Assyria and all those warriors he brings with him scare you or cause you dismay, because our forces are greater than his. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>there is greater power with us than with him</i>"}, {"pk": 4104200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "All he has is human strength, but we have the LORD our God, who will help us fight our battles!\u201d The troops trusted Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah."}, {"pk": 4104201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "After this Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib, who was attacking Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem with the following message for Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:"}, {"pk": 4104202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "This is what Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib says: What makes you so confident that you stay put in Jerusalem while it is being attacked? <br>"}, {"pk": 4104203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Obviously, Hezekiah has fooled you into surrendering yourselves to death by hunger and thirst when he says, \u201cThe LORD our God will rescue us from Assyria\u2019s king.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4104204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "Isn\u2019t this the same Hezekiah who got rid of his shrines and altars, and then demanded of Judah and Jerusalem, \u201cYou must worship and burn incense before only one altar\u201d? <br>"}, {"pk": 4104205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t you know what I and my predecessors have done to the people of other nations? Were any of the gods of these other nations able to rescue their lands from my power? <br>"}, {"pk": 4104206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "Which one of any of the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed was able to rescue them from my power? So why should your god be able to rescue you from my power? <br>"}, {"pk": 4104207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t let Hezekiah seduce you like fools. Don\u2019t believe him! No god of any other nation or kingdom has been able to rescue their people from me or from my predecessors. No, your gods won\u2019t rescue you from my power. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "The Assyrian king\u2019s servants continued to make fun of the LORD God and his servant Hezekiah."}, {"pk": 4104209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "He wrote other letters insulting the LORD God of Israel, defying him by saying, \u201cJust as the gods of the nations in other countries couldn\u2019t rescue their people from my power, Hezekiah\u2019s god won\u2019t be able to rescue his people from my power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "Then they shouted loudly in Hebrew <sup>[2]</sup> at the people of Jerusalem gathered on the wall, in an attempt to frighten and demoralize them, in order to capture the city.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the language of Judah</i>"}, {"pk": 4104211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were the work of human hands, like the gods of the other peoples of the earth."}, {"pk": 4104212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, prayed about this, crying out to heaven."}, {"pk": 4104213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the LORD sent a messenger who destroyed every warrior, leader, and officer in the camp of the Assyrian king. When Sennacherib went home in disgrace, he entered the temple of his god, and his own sons killed him with a sword."}, {"pk": 4104214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "This is how the LORD rescued Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem from the power of Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib, and all others, giving them rest <sup>[3]</sup> on all sides.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>he led them</i>"}, {"pk": 4104215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "Many people brought offerings to the LORD in Jerusalem and costly gifts to Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah, who was highly regarded by all the nations from then on."}, {"pk": 4104216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "Around that same time, Hezekiah became deathly ill and prayed to the LORD, who answered him with a miraculous sign."}, {"pk": 4104217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "But Hezekiah was too proud to respond appropriately to the kindness he had received, and he, along with Judah and Jerusalem, experienced anger."}, {"pk": 4104218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "However, Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem humbled themselves in their pride, and so they didn\u2019t experience the LORD\u2019s anger for the rest of Hezekiah\u2019s reign."}, {"pk": 4104219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "Hezekiah became very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and other valuables."}, {"pk": 4104220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "He made barns to store the harvest of grain, wine, and olive oil; stalls for all kinds of cattle; and pens for flocks."}, {"pk": 4104221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "He acquired towns for himself and many flocks and herds because God had given him great wealth."}, {"pk": 4104222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "Hezekiah was the one who blocked the upper outlet of the waters of the Gihon Spring, channeling them down to the west side of David\u2019s City. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did,"}, {"pk": 4104223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "even in the matter of the ambassadors sent from Babylonian officials to find out about the miraculous sign that occurred in the land, when God had abandoned him in order to test him and to discover what was in his heart."}, {"pk": 4104224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "The rest of Hezekiah\u2019s deeds, including his faithfulness, are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, in the records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4104225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 32, "verse": 33, "text": "Hezekiah lay down with his ancestors and was buried in the upper area of the tombs of David\u2019s sons. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king, and he ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4104228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "He rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, set up altars for the Baals, and made sacred poles. <sup>[1]</sup> He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshipped them.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherot,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4104229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "He even built altars in the LORD\u2019s temple, the very place the LORD was speaking about when he said, \u201cMy name will remain in Jerusalem forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "Manasseh built altars for all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "He burned his own sons alive in the Ben-hinnom Valley, consulted sign readers, fortune-tellers, and sorcerers, and used mediums and diviners. He did much evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes and made him angry."}, {"pk": 4104232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "Manasseh set up the carved image he had made in God\u2019s temple, the very temple God had spoken about to David and his son Solomon, saying: In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have selected out of all Israel\u2019s tribes, I will put my name forever."}, {"pk": 4104233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "I will never again remove Israel from the fertile land I gave to your ancestors, provided they carefully do everything I have commanded them \u2014 keeping all the Instruction, the regulations, and the case laws given through Moses."}, {"pk": 4104234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "In this way Manasseh led Judah and the residents of Jerusalem into doing even more evil than the nations that the LORD had wiped out before the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4104235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they wouldn\u2019t listen."}, {"pk": 4104236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "So the LORD brought the army commanders of Assyria\u2019s king against them. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4104237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "During his distress, Manasseh made peace with the LORD his God, truly submitting himself to the God of his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "He prayed, and God was moved by his request. God listened to Manasseh\u2019s prayer and restored him to his rule in Jerusalem. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was the true God."}, {"pk": 4104239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of David\u2019s City, west of the Gihon Spring in the valley, extending as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate, enclosing the elevated fortress <sup>[2]</sup> and greatly increasing its height. He also installed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>hillside;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the LORD\u2019s temple, as well as all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD\u2019s temple and in Jerusalem, dumping them outside the city."}, {"pk": 4104241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "He restored the LORD\u2019s altar, offered well-being sacrifices and thank offerings on it, and ordered the people of Judah to worship the LORD, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4104242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "The people, however, still sacrificed at the shrines, but only to the LORD their God."}, {"pk": 4104243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "The rest of Manasseh\u2019s deeds, including his prayer to God and what the seers told him in the name of the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, are found in the records of Israel\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4104244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "Manasseh\u2019s prayer and its answer, all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the locations of the shrines, sacred poles, <sup>[3]</sup> and idols he set up before he submitted are written in the records of Hozai. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>the seers</i><br>[3] Heb <i>asherim,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4104245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "Manasseh lay down with his ancestors and was buried in his palace. His son Amon succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled for two years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes, just as his father Manasseh had done. He sacrificed to all the idols his father had made and worshipped them."}, {"pk": 4104248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "But unlike his father Manasseh, Amon didn\u2019t submit before the LORD; instead, Amon increased his guilt."}, {"pk": 4104249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "His own officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace."}, {"pk": 4104250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "The people of the land then executed all those who had plotted against King Amon and made his son Josiah the next king."}, {"pk": 4104251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Josiah was 8 years old when he became king, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "He did what was right in the LORD\u2019s eyes and walked in the ways of his ancestor David, not deviating from it even a bit to the right or left."}, {"pk": 4104253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "In the eighth year of his rule, while he was just a boy, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began purifying Judah and Jerusalem of the shrines, the sacred poles, <sup>[1]</sup> idols, and images.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherim,</i> perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah; also in <a href='/CEB/14/34/4'>34:4</a>, <a href='/CEB/14/34/7'>7</a>"}, {"pk": 4104254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "Under his supervision, the altars for the Baals were torn down, and the incense altars that were above them were smashed. He broke up the sacred poles, idols, and images, grinding them to dust and scattering them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them."}, {"pk": 4104255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, purifying Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, all the way up to Naphtali, he removed their temples, <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "tore down the altars and sacred poles, ground the idols to dust, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "In the eighteenth year of his rule, after he had purified the land and the temple, Josiah sent Azaliah\u2019s son Shaphan, Maaseiah the mayor of the city, and Joahaz\u2019s son Joah the secretary to repair the LORD his God\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "When they came to the high priest Hilkiah, they delivered the money that had been collected in God\u2019s temple by the levitical gatekeepers from Manasseh, Ephraim, and the rest of Israel, as well as from Judah, Benjamin, and the residents of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "They handed it over to the supervisors <sup>[3]</sup> in charge of the LORD\u2019s temple, who in turn paid it to those working on, repairing, and restoring the LORD\u2019s temple.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>supervisor</i>"}, {"pk": 4104261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "They then gave it to the carpenters and the builders to pay for quarried stone and lumber for rafters and beams in the buildings the kings of Judah had neglected."}, {"pk": 4104262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "The men worked conscientiously under the supervision of Jahath and Obadiah, who were Levites descended from Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites. The Levites, all of whom were accomplished musicians,"}, {"pk": 4104263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "were also in charge of the laborers and all the workers, no matter what their jobs, while some of the Levites served as scribes, officials, and guards."}, {"pk": 4104264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "While they were bringing out the money that had been brought into the LORD\u2019s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the Instruction scroll that the LORD had given through Moses."}, {"pk": 4104265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "Hilkiah told the secretary Shaphan, \u201cI have found the Instruction scroll in the LORD\u2019s temple.\u201d Then Hilkiah turned the scroll over to Shaphan,"}, {"pk": 4104266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "who brought it to the king with this report: \u201cYour servants are doing everything you\u2019ve asked them to do."}, {"pk": 4104267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "They have released the money that was found in the LORD\u2019s temple and have handed it over to the supervisors and the workers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the secretary Shaphan told the king, \u201cThe priest Hilkiah has given me a scroll,\u201d and he read it out loud before the king."}, {"pk": 4104269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "As soon as the king heard what the Instruction scroll said, he ripped his clothes."}, {"pk": 4104270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "The king ordered Hilkiah, Shaphan\u2019s son Ahikam, Micah\u2019s son Abdon, the secretary Shaphan, and the royal officer Asaiah as follows:"}, {"pk": 4104271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cGo and ask the LORD on my behalf, and on behalf of those who still remain in Israel and Judah, concerning the contents of this scroll that has been found. The LORD must be furious with us because our ancestors failed to obey the LORD\u2019s word and do everything written in this scroll.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "So Hilkiah and the royal officials went to the prophetess Huldah. She was married to Shallum, Tokhath\u2019s son and Hasrah\u2019s grandson, who was in charge of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the second district. When they spoke to her,"}, {"pk": 4104273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "she replied, \u201cThis is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says: Tell this to the man who sent you to me:"}, {"pk": 4104274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "This is what the LORD says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its citizens \u2014 all the curses written in the scroll that they have read to Judah\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4104275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "My anger burns against this place, never to be quenched, because they\u2019ve deserted me and have burned incense to other gods, angering me by everything they have done. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>made;</i> perhaps a reference to idols"}, {"pk": 4104276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "But also say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to question the LORD: This is what the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, says about the message you\u2019ve just heard:"}, {"pk": 4104277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "Because your heart was broken and you submitted before the LORD when you heard what he said against this place and its citizens, <sup>[5]</sup> and because you ripped your clothes and cried before me, I have listened to you, declares the LORD.", "comment": "[5] MT repeats <i>and because you humbled yourself before me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will go to your grave in peace. You won\u2019t experience the disaster I am about to bring on this place and its citizens.\u201d When they reported Huldah\u2019s words to the king,"}, {"pk": 4104279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "the king sent a message and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 30, "text": "Then the king went up to the LORD\u2019s temple, together with all the people of Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem, the priests and the Levites, and all the people, young and old alike. There the king read out loud all the words of the covenant scroll that had been found in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 31, "text": "The king stood in his place and made a covenant with the LORD that he would follow the LORD by keeping his commandments, his instructions, and his regulations with all his heart and all his being, in order to fulfill the words of the covenant that were written in this scroll."}, {"pk": 4104282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 32, "text": "Then he made everyone found in Jerusalem and Benjamin join in a similar promise. The citizens of Jerusalem lived according to the covenant made with God, the God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 34, "verse": 33, "text": "Josiah got rid of all the detestable idols from all the regions that belonged to the Israelites, and he made everyone who lived in Israel serve the LORD their God. As long as Josiah lived, they didn\u2019t turn away from following the LORD God of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Josiah celebrated the LORD\u2019s Passover in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4104285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "He assigned the priests to their posts, encouraging them to fulfill their responsibilities in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4104286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Next Josiah ordered the Levites, who were holy to the LORD and who instructed all Israel: \u201cPut the holy chest in the temple built by Israel\u2019s King Solomon, David\u2019s son. You don\u2019t need to carry it around on your shoulders anymore. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel."}, {"pk": 4104287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "Organize yourselves by families according to your divisions, as directed by Israel\u2019s King David and his son Solomon."}, {"pk": 4104288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Stand in the sanctuary, according to the family divisions of your relatives the laypeople, so that there can be Levites for each family division. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "Slaughter the Passover lambs and prepare the holy sacrifices <sup>[3]</sup> for your relatives in order to celebrate according to the LORD\u2019s word through Moses.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Correction; cf <a href='/CEB/67/1/6'>1 Esdr 1:6</a>; MT <i>and sanctify yourselves</i>"}, {"pk": 4104290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "On behalf of the laypeople, Josiah donated from his personal holdings thirty thousand lambs and young goats, and three thousand bulls, all for the Passover offerings."}, {"pk": 4104291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "His officials also provided spontaneous gift offerings for the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the ones in charge of God\u2019s temple, gave two thousand six hundred Passover lambs and three hundred bulls for the priests."}, {"pk": 4104292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, provided the Levites with five thousand lambs and five hundred bulls as Passover sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4104293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "When everything was ready, the priests and the Levites took their places as the king had ordered."}, {"pk": 4104294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs, and the priests splashed the blood <sup>[4]</sup> while the Levites skinned the animals.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>from their hand</i>"}, {"pk": 4104295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "Next they divided the entirely burned offerings among the laypeople by their families to sacrifice to the LORD as written in the scroll from Moses, and they did the same with the bulls."}, {"pk": 4104296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "They roasted the Passover lambs in the fire as instructed, cooked the holy offerings in pots, kettles, and pans, and brought them quickly to all the laypeople."}, {"pk": 4104297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "Next they prepared food for themselves and for the priests. Since the priests, Aaron\u2019s descendants, were busy offering up the entirely burned offerings and fat pieces until nighttime, the Levites prepared food for themselves and for the priests, Aaron\u2019s descendants."}, {"pk": 4104298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "The Asaphite singers also remained at their stations as ordered by David, Asaph, Heman, and the king\u2019s seer Jeduthun, as did the guards at the various gates. They didn\u2019t need to leave their tasks because their fellow Levites prepared food for them."}, {"pk": 4104299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "So on that day all of the LORD\u2019s service was prepared for celebrating Passover and offering up entirely burned offerings on the LORD\u2019s altar, just as King Josiah had ordered."}, {"pk": 4104300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days."}, {"pk": 4104301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "Not since the days of the prophet Samuel had such a Passover been celebrated in Israel. And no other king of Israel had celebrated a Passover like the one Josiah celebrated with the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were present, and the residents of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "This Passover was celebrated in the eighteenth year of Josiah\u2019s rule."}, {"pk": 4104303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 20, "text": "After all of these things, when Josiah had finished restoring the temple, Egypt\u2019s King Neco marched against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah marched out against him."}, {"pk": 4104304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 21, "text": "But Neco sent messengers to Josiah. \u201cWhat do you want with me, king of Judah?\u201d he asked. \u201cI haven\u2019t come to attack you today. I\u2019m after the dynasty that wars with me. God told me to hurry, and he is on my side. Get out of God\u2019s way, or he will destroy you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 22, "text": "But Josiah wouldn\u2019t turn back. Instead, he camouflaged himself in preparation for battle, refusing to listen to Neco\u2019s words from God\u2019s own mouth, and went to fight Neco on the plain of Megiddo."}, {"pk": 4104306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 23, "text": "When archers shot King Josiah, he said to his servants, \u201cTake me away; I\u2019m badly wounded!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 24, "text": "So his servants took him out of his chariot, placed him in another one, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died and was buried in the tombs of his ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah."}, {"pk": 4104308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 25, "text": "Jeremiah composed a funeral song <sup>[5]</sup> for Josiah, and to this day every singer, man or woman, continues to remember Josiah in their funeral songs. They are now traditional in Israel and are written down among the funeral songs.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>lament,</i> twice more in this verse"}, {"pk": 4104309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 26, "text": "The rest of Josiah\u2019s deeds, including his faithfulness in acting according to what is written in the LORD\u2019s Instruction,"}, {"pk": 4104310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 35, "verse": 27, "text": "and everything else he did, from beginning to end, are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings."}, {"pk": 4104311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "The people of the land took Jehoahaz, Josiah\u2019s son, and made him the next king in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "The king of Egypt removed him from office in Jerusalem. The Egyptian king imposed a fine on the land totaling one hundred kikkars of silver and one kikkar of gold."}, {"pk": 4104314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz\u2019s brother Eliakim king of Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took his brother Jehoahaz prisoner and carried him off to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4104315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4104316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and took him to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4104317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar also took some equipment from the LORD\u2019s temple to Babylon and placed them in his own temple there."}, {"pk": 4104318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "The rest of Jehoiakim\u2019s deeds, including his detestable practices and all that was charged against him, are written in the official records of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s kings. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king."}, {"pk": 4104319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "Jehoiachin was 18 <sup>[1]</sup> years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months <sup>[2]</sup> in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/12/24/8'>2 Kgs 24:8</a>; MT adds <i>and ten days.</i><br>[1] LXX, <a href='/CEB/12/24/8'>2 Kgs 24:8</a>; MT <i>eight</i>"}, {"pk": 4104320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "In the springtime, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him to be brought to Babylon, along with valuable equipment from the LORD\u2019s temple. Then he made Zedekiah his uncle the next king of Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "He did what was evil in the LORD his God\u2019s eyes and didn\u2019t submit before the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke for the LORD."}, {"pk": 4104323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "Moreover, he rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, despite the solemn pledge Nebuchadnezzar had forced him to swear in God\u2019s name. He became stubborn and refused to turn back to the LORD, Israel\u2019s God."}, {"pk": 4104324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "All the leaders of the priests and the people also grew increasingly unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations. They polluted the LORD\u2019s temple that God had dedicated in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "Time and time again, the LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers because he had compassion on his people and his dwelling."}, {"pk": 4104326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "But they made fun of God\u2019s messengers, treating God\u2019s words with contempt and ridiculing God\u2019s prophets to such an extent that there was no hope of warding off the LORD\u2019s rising anger against his people."}, {"pk": 4104327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "So God brought the Babylonian <sup>[3]</sup> king against them. The king killed their young men with the sword in their temple\u2019s sanctuary, and showed no pity for young men or for virgins, for the old or for the feeble. God handed all of them over to him.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Chaldean</i>"}, {"pk": 4104328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the king hauled everything off to Babylon, every item from God\u2019s temple, both large and small, including the treasures of the LORD\u2019s temple and those of the king and his officials."}, {"pk": 4104329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "Next the Babylonians burned God\u2019s temple down, demolished the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire to all its palaces, destroying everything of value."}, {"pk": 4104330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "Finally, he exiled to Babylon anyone who survived the killing so that they could be his slaves and the slaves of his children until Persia came to power."}, {"pk": 4104331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "This is how the LORD\u2019s word spoken by Jeremiah was carried out. The land finally enjoyed its sabbath rest. For as long as it lay empty, it rested, until seventy years were completed."}, {"pk": 4104332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "In the first year of Persia\u2019s King Cyrus, to carry out the LORD\u2019s promise spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD moved Persia\u2019s King Cyrus to issue the following proclamation throughout his kingdom, along with a written decree:"}, {"pk": 4104333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 14, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "This is what Persia\u2019s King Cyrus says: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the earth\u2019s kingdoms and has instructed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belong to God\u2019s people, let them go up, and may the LORD their God be with them! <br>"}, {"pk": 4104334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia\u2019s rule, to fulfill the LORD\u2019s word spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Persia\u2019s King Cyrus. The king issued a proclamation throughout his kingdom (it was also in writing) that stated:"}, {"pk": 4104335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Persia\u2019s King Cyrus says: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "If there are any of you who are from his people, may their God be with them! They may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel \u2014 he is the God who is in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "And as for all those who remain in the various places where they are living, let the people of those places supply them with silver and gold, and with goods and livestock, together with spontaneous gifts for God\u2019s house in Jerusalem. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites \u2014 everyone whose spirit God had stirred up \u2014 got ready to go up and build God\u2019s house in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "All their neighbors assisted them with silver equipment, with gold, with goods, livestock, and valuable gifts, in addition to all that was freely offered."}, {"pk": 4104340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "King Cyrus brought out the equipment of the LORD\u2019s house \u2014 those items that Nebuchadnezzar brought from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods."}, {"pk": 4104341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Persia\u2019s King Cyrus handed them over to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah."}, {"pk": 4104342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "This was the count: thirty gold dishes, one thousand silver dishes, twenty-nine knives, <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "thirty gold bowls, four hundred ten larger <sup>[3]</sup> silver bowls, and one thousand other objects.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>double</i>"}, {"pk": 4104344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The total of the gold and silver objects numbered five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought up all of these when the exiles went up from Babylonia to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "These were the people of the province who went up from there \u2014 from among those captive exiles whom Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar had deported to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, all to their own towns."}, {"pk": 4104346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah."}, {"pk": 4104347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "The family of Parosh2,172 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "of Shephatiah372 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "of Arah775 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "of Pahath-moab, namely the family of Jeshua and Joab2,812 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "of Elam1,254 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "of Zattu945 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "of Zaccai760 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "of Bani642 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "of Bebai623 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "of Azgad1,222 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "of Adonikam666 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "of Bigvai2,056 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "of Adin454 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "of Ater, namely of Hezekiah98 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "of Bezai323 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "of Jorah112 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "of Hashum223 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "of Gibbar95 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "of Bethlehem123 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "The people of Netophah56 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "of Anathoth128 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "The family of Azmaveth42 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "of Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth743 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "of Ramah and Geba621 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "The people of Michmash122 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "of Bethel and Ai223 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "The family of Nebo52 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "of Magbish156 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "of the other Elam1,254 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "of Harim320 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "of Lod, Hadid, and Ono725 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "of Jericho345 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "of Senaah3,630 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "The family of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua973 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "of Immer1,052 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "of Pashhur1,247 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "of Harim1,017 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "The Levites: the family of Jeshua and Kadmiel \u2014 the family of Hodaviah74 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "The family of Asaph128 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai139 in all <br>"}, {"pk": 4104387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "The family of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,"}, {"pk": 4104388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "Keros, Siaha, Padon,"}, {"pk": 4104389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,"}, {"pk": 4104390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "Hagab, Shamlai, Hanan,"}, {"pk": 4104391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,"}, {"pk": 4104392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 48, "text": "Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,"}, {"pk": 4104393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 49, "text": "Uzza, Paseah, Besai,"}, {"pk": 4104394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 50, "text": "Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim,"}, {"pk": 4104395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 51, "text": "Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,"}, {"pk": 4104396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 52, "text": "Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,"}, {"pk": 4104397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 53, "text": "Barkos, Sisera, Temah,"}, {"pk": 4104398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 54, "text": "Neziah, and Hatipha"}, {"pk": 4104399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 55, "text": "Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,"}, {"pk": 4104400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 56, "text": "Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,"}, {"pk": 4104401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 57, "text": "Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Ami."}, {"pk": 4104402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 58, "text": "All of the temple servants and the family of Solomon\u2019s servants 392"}, {"pk": 4104403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 59, "text": "The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were unable to demonstrate that their family or their descent was from Israel:"}, {"pk": 4104404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 60, "text": "the family of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652"}, {"pk": 4104405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 61, "text": "and of the family of the priests: the family of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name)."}, {"pk": 4104406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 62, "text": "They looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they were not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean."}, {"pk": 4104407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 63, "text": "The governor ordered them not to eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim."}, {"pk": 4104408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 64, "text": "The whole assembly together totaled 42,360,"}, {"pk": 4104409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 65, "text": "not including their 7,337 male and female servants; they also had 200 male and female singers,"}, {"pk": 4104410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 66, "text": "736 horses, 245 mules,"}, {"pk": 4104411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 67, "text": "435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys."}, {"pk": 4104412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 68, "text": "When they arrived at the LORD\u2019s house in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families brought spontaneous gifts for the rebuilding of God\u2019s house on its site."}, {"pk": 4104413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 69, "text": "According to their means, they gave to the building fund 61,000 drachmen of gold, 5,000 manehs of silver, and 100 priestly robes."}, {"pk": 4104414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 2, "verse": 70, "text": "The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants settled in their own towns, and all Israel in their towns."}, {"pk": 4104415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "When the seventh month <sup>[1]</sup> came and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.", "comment": "[1] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4104416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Then Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son along with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son along with his kin, started to rebuild the altar of Israel\u2019s God so that they might offer entirely burned offerings upon it as prescribed in the Instruction from Moses the man of God."}, {"pk": 4104417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "They set up the altar on its foundations, <sup>[2]</sup> because they were afraid of the neighboring peoples, <sup>[3]</sup> and they offered entirely burned offerings upon it to the LORD, both the morning and the evening offerings.", "comment": "[2] A technical word meaning <i>pedestals</i><br>[3] Or <i>peoples of the lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4104418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "They celebrated the Festival of Booths, as prescribed. Every day they presented the number of entirely burned offerings required by ordinance for that day."}, {"pk": 4104419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "After this, they presented the continual burned offerings, the offerings at the new moons, and at all the sacred feasts of the LORD, and the offerings of everyone who brought a spontaneous gift to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4104420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "From the first day of the seventh month, they began to present entirely burned offerings to the LORD. However, the foundation of the LORD\u2019s temple had not yet been laid."}, {"pk": 4104421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "So they gave money to the masons and carpenters; and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedarwood by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, according to the authorization given them by Persia\u2019s King Cyrus."}, {"pk": 4104422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "In the second month of the second year after their arrival at God\u2019s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son and the rest of their kin \u2014 the priests and the Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem \u2014 made a beginning. They appointed Levites 20 years old and above to oversee the work on the LORD\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4104423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Jeshua with his sons and his kin, Kadmiel and his sons, Binnui and his sons, the sons of Judah, along with the sons of Henadad, the Levites, and their sons and kin, collaborated to supervise the workers in God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4104424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD\u2019s temple, the priests clothed in their vests and carrying their trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, arose to praise the LORD according to the directions of Israel\u2019s King David."}, {"pk": 4104425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "They praised and gave thanks to the LORD, singing responsively, \u201cHe is good, his graciousness for Israel lasts forever.\u201d All of the people shouted with praise to the LORD because the foundation of the LORD\u2019s house had been laid."}, {"pk": 4104426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "But many of the older priests and Levites and heads of families, who had seen the first house, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this house, although many others shouted loudly with joy."}, {"pk": 4104427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "No one could distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people\u2019s weeping, because the people rejoiced very loudly. The sound was heard at a great distance."}, {"pk": 4104428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,"}, {"pk": 4104429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the families and said to them, \u201cLet\u2019s build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we\u2019ve been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Assyria\u2019s King Esarhaddon, who brought us here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the families in Israel replied, \u201cYou\u2019ll have no part with us in building a house for our God. We alone will build because the LORD, the God of Israel, and Persia\u2019s King Cyrus commanded us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "The neighboring peoples <sup>[1]</sup> discouraged the people of Judah, made them afraid to build,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>peoples of the lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4104432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "and bribed officials to frustrate their plan. They did this throughout the rule of Persia\u2019s King Cyrus until the rule of Persia\u2019s King Darius."}, {"pk": 4104433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "In the rule of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his rule, they composed an indictment against those who lived in Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their associates wrote to Persia\u2019s King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb adds <i>in Aramaic</i>, reporting that <a href='/CEB/15/4/8-6'>4:8\u20136:18</a> is written in Aramaic."}, {"pk": 4104435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Rehum the royal deputy and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:"}, {"pk": 4104436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "From Rehum the royal deputy and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges, the administrators, the officials, the Persians, the people of Erech, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites), <br>"}, {"pk": 4104437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "and the rest of the nations whom the great and famous Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "<sup>[10]</sup> (This is a copy of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the people of the province Beyond the River. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "May it be known to the king that the Jews who left you and came to us have arrived in Jerusalem. They are rebuilding the rebellious and wicked city; they are completing the walls and repairing the foundations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "May it be known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls completed, they will not pay tribute or tax or dues, and the royal revenue will be reduced. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Since we receive our salary from the palace, <sup>[3]</sup> and since it is not fitting for us to witness the king\u2019s dishonor, we now send this letter <sup>[4]</sup> and inform the king <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>since we have salted the salt of the palace</i><br>[4] Heb lacks <i>this letter</i>."}, {"pk": 4104442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "so that you may search the records of your ancestors. You will discover in the records that this is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, and that it has been in revolt over a long period of time. As a result, this city was laid waste. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "We tell the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls completed, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The king sent this answer: Greetings to Rehum the royal deputy and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and elsewhere in the province Beyond the River. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The entire letter that you sent to us has been read in translation for me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "I issued an order; they searched and discovered that this city has revolted against kings over a long period of time. There has been much rebellion and revolt there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "However, there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem who also ruled over the whole province Beyond the River. Tribute and taxes and dues were paid to them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, issue an order to stop these people: this city is not to be rebuilt until I make a decree. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Be sure to carry out this order! Why should danger grow and threaten the king? <br>"}, {"pk": 4104450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "When the copy of King Artaxerxes\u2019 letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem to oppose the Jews and made them stop by force of arms. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>power and force</i>"}, {"pk": 4104451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "At that time the work on God\u2019s house in Jerusalem stopped and was suspended until the second year of the rule of Persia\u2019s King Darius."}, {"pk": 4104452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the prophet Haggai and the prophet Zechariah, Iddo\u2019s son, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of Israel\u2019s God who was over them."}, {"pk": 4104453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Subsequently, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son, began to rebuild God\u2019s house in Jerusalem. God\u2019s prophets were with them, helping them."}, {"pk": 4104454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "At the same time, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them, asking, \u201cWho authorized you to build this house and finish preparing <sup>[1]</sup> this building material?\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>preparing.</i><br>[2] Heb uncertain; so also <a href='/CEB/15/5/9'>5:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4104455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "They <sup>[3]</sup> also asked them, \u201cWhat are the names of the people who are building this building?\u201d", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Aram <i>We</i>"}, {"pk": 4104456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "But their God looked after the elders of the Jews, and they didn\u2019t stop them until a report reached Darius and a letter with his response had arrived."}, {"pk": 4104457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials who were in the province Beyond the River sent to King Darius."}, {"pk": 4104458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "In the message they sent him, the following was written: To King Darius, all peace! <br>"}, {"pk": 4104459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Let the king know that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with dressed stone and with timber set into the walls. This work makes good progress and prospers in their hands. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "We asked those elders, \u201cWho authorized you to build this house and to complete the preparation of this material?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4104461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "We also asked them their names so that we could write down the names of the leaders for your information. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "This was their reply to us: \u201cWe are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he gave them over into the power of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and deported the people to Babylonia. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "However, in the first year of his rule, Babylon\u2019s King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "King Cyrus also took the gold and silver equipment from God\u2019s house out of the temple in Babylon (the ones that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and placed in the temple in Babylon) and gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Cyrus said to him, \u2018Take this equipment and go and put it in Jerusalem\u2019s temple, and let God\u2019s house be rebuilt on its original site.\u2019 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God\u2019s house in Jerusalem. From then until now the rebuilding work has continued but is not yet complete.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4104468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "And now, if it seems good to the king, may a search be made in the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus had issued a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then may the king be pleased to send us his decision about this matter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Then King Darius made a decree, and they searched the archives where the documents were stored in Babylon."}, {"pk": 4104470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "But a scroll was found in Ecbatana, the capital of the province of Media, on which was written the following: A memorandum \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "In the first year of his rule, King Cyrus made a decree: Concerning God\u2019s house in Jerusalem: Let the house at the place where they offered sacrifices be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained. Its height will be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "with three layers of dressed stones and one <sup>[1]</sup> layer of timber. The cost will be paid from the royal treasury. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb <i>new</i>"}, {"pk": 4104473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "In addition, the gold and silver equipment from God\u2019s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, is to be restored, that is, brought back to Jerusalem and put in their proper place in God\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Now you, Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and you, their colleagues, the officials in the province Beyond the River, keep away! <br>"}, {"pk": 4104475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Leave the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "I also issue a decree about what you should do to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this house of God: The total cost is to be paid to these people, and without delay, from the royal revenue that is made up of the tribute of the province Beyond the River. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "And whatever is needed \u2014 young bulls, rams, or sheep for entirely burned offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem \u2014 let that be given to them day by day without fail <br>"}, {"pk": 4104478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the lives of the king and his sons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "I also decree that if anyone disobeys this edict, a beam is to be pulled out of the house of the guilty party, and the guilty party will then be impaled upon it. The house will be turned into a trash heap. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "May the God who has established his name there overthrow any king or people who try to change this order or to destroy God\u2019s house in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have decreed it; let it be done with all diligence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out the order of King Darius with all diligence."}, {"pk": 4104482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "So the elders of the Jews built and prospered because of the prophesying of the prophet Haggai and Zechariah, Iddo\u2019s son. They finished building by the command of Israel\u2019s God and of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia."}, {"pk": 4104483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, <sup>[2]</sup> in the sixth year of the rule of King Darius.", "comment": "[2] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4104484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the Israelites, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles joyfully celebrated the dedication of this house of God."}, {"pk": 4104485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "At the dedication of this house of God, they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a purification offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4104486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "They set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the scroll from Moses."}, {"pk": 4104487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> On the fourteenth day of the first month, <sup>[4]</sup> the returned exiles celebrated the Passover.", "comment": "[3] Heb resumes with this verse.<br>[4] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4104488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "All of the priests and the Levites had purified themselves; all of them were clean. They slaughtered the Passover animals for all the returned exiles, their fellow priests, and themselves."}, {"pk": 4104489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "The Israelites who had returned from exile, together with all those who had joined them by separating themselves from the pollutions of the nations of the land to worship the LORD, the God of Israel, ate the Passover meal. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>Passover meal.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "They also joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days, because the LORD had made them joyful by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria toward them so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4104491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "After this, in the rule of Persia\u2019s King Artaxerxes, Ezra son of Seraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah"}, {"pk": 4104492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "son of Shallum son of Zadok son of Ahitub"}, {"pk": 4104493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "son of Amariah son of Azariah son of Meraioth"}, {"pk": 4104494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "son of Zerahiah son of Uzzi son of Bukki"}, {"pk": 4104495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "son of Abishua son of Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the chief priest \u2014"}, {"pk": 4104496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Instruction from Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. Moreover, the king gave him everything he requested because the LORD his God\u2019s power was with him."}, {"pk": 4104497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Some of the Israelites and some of the priests and the Levites, the singers and gatekeepers and the temple servants also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes."}, {"pk": 4104498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "They reached Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king."}, {"pk": 4104499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "The journey from Babylon began on the first day of the first month, and they came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him."}, {"pk": 4104500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Ezra had determined to study and perform the LORD\u2019s Instruction, and to teach law and justice in Israel."}, {"pk": 4104501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, a scholar of the text of the LORD\u2019s commandments and his requirements for Israel:"}, {"pk": 4104502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Artaxerxes, king of kings, <br> to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Instruction from the God of heaven. Peace! <sup>[2]</sup> <br> And now <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/15/7/12-26'>7:12\u201326</a> is written in Aramaic.<br>[2] Syr, Vulg <a href='/CEB/67/8/9'>1 Esdr 8:9</a>; Aram <i>Perfect</i>"}, {"pk": 4104503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "I decree that any of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom who volunteer to go to Jerusalem with you may go. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to investigate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Instruction from your God, which is in your hand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "You should bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "together with any of the silver and gold that you find in the entire province of Babylonia. You should also bring the spontaneous gifts of the people and the priests, given freely for God\u2019s house in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "With this money you will be careful to buy bulls, rams, and lambs, as well as their grain offerings and their drink offerings. And you will offer them on the altar of God\u2019s house in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "As long as it is God\u2019s will, you and your colleagues may do what you think best with the rest of the silver and gold. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "You will deliver the equipment that has been given to you for the service of God\u2019s house to the God of Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "If anything else is required for God\u2019s house that you are responsible to provide, you may provide it from the royal treasury. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all of the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest and scribe of the Instruction from the God of heaven requires of you, it must be provided precisely, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "even up to one hundred kikkars of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths <sup>[3]</sup> of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and unlimited salt. <br>", "comment": "[3] One bath is approximately twenty quarts or five gallons."}, {"pk": 4104513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Whatever the God of heaven commands will be done carefully for the house of the God of heaven, or wrath will come upon the realm of the king and his heirs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "You must also know that it is illegal for you to charge tribute, custom, or dues on any of the priests and Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "And you, Ezra, based on the divine wisdom that you have, appoint supervisors and judges to adjudicate among all the people in the province Beyond the River who know the laws of your God. You will also teach those who do not know them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Let judgment be strictly carried out upon anyone who does not obey the Instruction from your God and the law of your king, including death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "Bless the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who has moved the king to glorify the LORD\u2019s house in Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4104518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "and who has demonstrated his graciousness for me before the king and his counselors and all the king\u2019s mighty officers. I took courage because the LORD my God\u2019s power was with me. I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me."}, {"pk": 4104519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the heads of the families, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me during the rule of King Artaxerxes:"}, {"pk": 4104520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "of the family of Phinehas, Gershom; of Ithamar, Daniel; of David, Hattush,"}, {"pk": 4104521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Shecaniah\u2019s son; <sup>[1]</sup> of Parosh, Zechariah and with him were registered 150 men;", "comment": "[1] LXX and <a href='/CEB/67/8/29'>1 Esdr 8:29</a>; Heb <i>of the descendants of Shecaniah</i>"}, {"pk": 4104522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, Zerahiah\u2019s son and with him 200 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "of Zattu, <sup>[2]</sup> Shecaniah, Jahaziel\u2019s son and with him 300 men; <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX and <a href='/CEB/67/8/32'>1 Esdr 8:32</a>; Heb lacks <i>of Zattu.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "of Adin, Ebed, Jonathan\u2019s son and with him 50 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "of Elam, Jeshaiah, Athaliah\u2019s son and with him 70 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, Michael\u2019s son and with him 80 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "of Joab, Obadiah, Jehiel\u2019s son and with him 218 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "of Bani, <sup>[3]</sup> Shelomith, Josiphiah\u2019s son and with him 160 men; <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX and <a href='/CEB/67/8/36'>1 Esdr 8:36</a>; Heb lacks <i>of Bani.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "of Bebai, Zechariah, Bebai\u2019s son and with him 28 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "of Azgad, Johanan, Hakkatan\u2019s son and with him 110 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "of the last of Adonikam, namely Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah and with them 60 men; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur and with them were 70 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "I gathered them by the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped for three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found no Levites there."}, {"pk": 4104534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "So I called for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, all leaders, together with Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise."}, {"pk": 4104535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "I sent them <sup>[4]</sup> to Iddo, the leader at the place named Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his colleagues the temple servants at Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for God\u2019s house.", "comment": "[4] Kethib <i>I ordered them</i>"}, {"pk": 4104536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Because we were favored by God, they brought us Sherebiah, a skillful man of the family of Mahli, Levi\u2019s son and Israel\u2019s grandson, together with his sons and relatives so that there were eighteen in total."}, {"pk": 4104537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "They also brought us Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the family of Merari, together with his relatives and their sons so that there were twenty in total."}, {"pk": 4104538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "In addition, there were two hundred twenty temple servants whom David and the princes had appointed to serve the Levites. These were all recorded by name."}, {"pk": 4104539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so that we might submit before our God and ask of him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions."}, {"pk": 4104540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "I had been ashamed to ask the king for a group of soldiers and cavalry to help us in facing enemies on the way, because we had told the king, \u201cThe power of God favors all who seek him, but his fierce wrath is against all who abandon him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "So we fasted and prayed to our God for this, and he responded to us."}, {"pk": 4104542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Then I selected twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives with them."}, {"pk": 4104543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the equipment, the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his officials, and all Israel present there had offered."}, {"pk": 4104544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "I weighed out into their keeping six hundred fifty kikkars of silver, one hundred silver containers weighing a certain number of kikkars, one hundred kikkars of gold,"}, {"pk": 4104545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two containers of highly polished copper, which were as precious as gold."}, {"pk": 4104546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "I said to them, \u201cYou are holy to the LORD, and the equipment is holy; the silver and the gold are a spontaneous gift to the LORD, the God of your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in Jerusalem before the officials of the priests, the Levites, and the heads of the families of Israel, within the rooms of the LORD\u2019s house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the utensils as they were weighed out, in order to bring them to Jerusalem, to our God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4104549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "Then we left the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month <sup>[5]</sup> to go to Jerusalem. The power of our God was with us; he saved us from the power of the enemy and ambushes along the way.", "comment": "[5] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4104550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "After arriving in Jerusalem, we rested there three days."}, {"pk": 4104551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "On the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the equipment were weighed out in our God\u2019s house into the care of the priest named Meremoth, Uriah\u2019s son, together with Eleazar, Phinehas\u2019 son; and the Levites, Jozabad, Jeshua\u2019s son, and Noadiah, Binnui\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Everything was counted and weighed, and the total weight was recorded."}, {"pk": 4104553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "At that time, those who had come from the captivity, the returned exiles, offered as entirely burned offerings to the God of Israel twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a purification offering. All this was an entirely burned offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4104554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "They also delivered the king\u2019s orders to the royal chief administrators and governors of the province Beyond the River, who supported the people and God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4104555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "When these tasks were finished, the officials approached me and said, \u201cThe people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites haven\u2019t kept themselves separate from the peoples of the neighboring lands with their detestable practices; namely, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites."}, {"pk": 4104556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "They\u2019ve taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and the holy descendants have become mixed with the neighboring peoples. <sup>[1]</sup> Moreover, the officials and leaders have led the way in this unfaithfulness.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>peoples of the lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4104557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "When I heard this, I tore my clothes and cloak, pulled out hair from my head and beard, and sat down in shock."}, {"pk": 4104558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Then all those who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me on account of the transgression of the returned exiles while I remained sitting in shock until the evening sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4104559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "At the time of the evening sacrifice, I ended my penitential acts. While still wearing <sup>[2]</sup> my torn clothes and cloak, I fell upon my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "and said, \u201cMy God, I\u2019m too ashamed to lift up my face to you. Our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown to the heavens. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cFrom the days of our ancestors to this day, we\u2019ve been deep in guilt. On account of our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as is now the case. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cBut now, for a brief while the LORD our God has shown favor in leaving us survivors and in giving us a stake in his holy place. Our God cheered us <sup>[3]</sup> and revived us for a little while in our slavery. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>brightened our eyes</i>"}, {"pk": 4104563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Even though we are slaves, our God hasn\u2019t abandoned us in our slavery. Instead, he\u2019s shown us his graciousness before Persia\u2019s kings by reviving us to set up our God\u2019s house, to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judea and Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cAnd now, our God, what will we say after this? We have abandoned your commandments, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "which you commanded through your servants the prophets, saying: \u2018The land which you are about to enter to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of the neighboring peoples. <sup>[4]</sup> Their detestable practices have filled it with uncleanness from end to end. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>peoples of the lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4104566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "So now, do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage, do not take their sons for your daughters to marry, and never seek their peace or prosperity. This is so you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.\u2019 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cAfter all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt \u2014 although you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive as we do \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "will we once again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who practice these detestable things? Would you not be so angry with us that you leave us without remnant or survivor? <br>"}, {"pk": 4104569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "LORD, God of Israel, you are righteous, for we have survived and a few remain until now. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can face you because of this guilt.\u201d <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>guilt.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and bowing down before God\u2019s house, a very large crowd of men, women, and children of Israel gathered around him. The people also wept in distress."}, {"pk": 4104571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Then Shecaniah, Jehiel\u2019s son, from the family of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, \u201cWe\u2019ve been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the neighboring peoples. <sup>[1]</sup> But even now, there is hope for Israel in spite of this.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>peoples of the lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4104572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Let\u2019s now make a covenant with our God to send away all these wives and their children, according to the advice of my master and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the Instruction."}, {"pk": 4104573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Get up, for it is your duty to deal with this matter; we will support you. Be strong and act.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel take a solemn pledge that they would do as had been said. So they took a solemn pledge."}, {"pk": 4104575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Ezra got up from the area in front of God\u2019s house and went to the room of Jehohanan, Eliashib\u2019s son, where he spent <sup>[2]</sup> the night. He didn\u2019t eat food or drink water, for he was mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles.", "comment": "[2] LXX, <a href='/CEB/67/9/2'>1 Esdr 9:2</a>; Heb <i>where he went</i>"}, {"pk": 4104576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "An order was then circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the returned exiles should gather in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "All those who failed to appear within three days, as mandated by the officials and elders, would have all their property taken away. They would be separated from the congregation of the exiles."}, {"pk": 4104578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "So within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. <sup>[3]</sup> All of the people sat in the area in front of God\u2019s house, trembling because of this order and because of the heavy rain.", "comment": "[3] November\u2013December, Kislev"}, {"pk": 4104579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, \u201cYou have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women and adding to Israel\u2019s guilt."}, {"pk": 4104580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "But now, make a confession to the LORD God of your ancestors and do his will. Separate yourselves from the neighboring peoples <sup>[4]</sup> and from the foreign wives.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>peoples of the lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4104581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "The whole assembly shouted in reply, \u201cYes. We must do as you have said."}, {"pk": 4104582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "But there are many people, and it\u2019s the rainy season; we can\u2019t continue to stand outside. Nor can this task be completed in a day or two because many of us have sinned in this matter."}, {"pk": 4104583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Let all in our towns who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, along with the elders and judges of every town, until God\u2019s great anger at us on account of this matter be averted.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Only Jonathan, Asahel\u2019s son, and Jahzeiah, Tikvah\u2019s son, opposed this; Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levites supported them."}, {"pk": 4104585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest chose <sup>[5]</sup> certain men, heads of families, each representing their family houses. Each of them was designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month <sup>[6]</sup> they sat down to examine the matter.", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/67/9/16'>1 Esdr 9:16</a>; Syr; Heb <i>And there were separated</i><br>[6] December\u2013January, Tevet"}, {"pk": 4104586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "By the first day of the first month, <sup>[7]</sup> they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.", "comment": "[7] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4104587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Of the family of priests, there were found the following who had married foreign women \u2014 of the family of Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "They promised to send their wives away, and their compensation offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Of the family of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Of the family of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Of the family of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Of Israel: of the family of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, <sup>[8]</sup> and Benaiah. <br>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/67/9/26'>1 Esdr 9:26</a>; LXX, Heb <i>Malchijah</i>"}, {"pk": 4104595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Of the family of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Of the family of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Of the family of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Of the family of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Of the family of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Of the family of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "Of the family of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "Of the family of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "Of the family of Binnui: <sup>[9]</sup> Shimei, <br>", "comment": "[9] LXX, Heb <i>Bani, Binnui</i>"}, {"pk": 4104608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 43, "text": "Of the family of Nebu: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 15, "chapter": 10, "verse": 44, "text": "All these men <sup>[10]</sup> had married foreign women, some of whom had borne children. <sup>[11]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[10] Heb lacks <i>men.</i><br>[11] Heb uncertain; <a href='/CEB/67/9/36'>1 Esdr 9:36</a><i>they sent them away with their children.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the words of Nehemiah, Hacaliah\u2019s son. In the month of Kislev, <sup>[1]</sup> in the twentieth year, <sup>[2]</sup> while I was in the fortress city of Susa,", "comment": "[2] Of Artaxerxes<br>[1] November\u2013December"}, {"pk": 4104615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Hanani, one of my brothers, came with some other men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "They told me, \u201cThose in the province who survived the captivity are in great trouble and shame! The wall around Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "When I heard this news, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven."}, {"pk": 4104618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "I said: \u201cLORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, you are the one who keeps covenant and is truly faithful to those who love you and keep your commandments. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant, which I now pray before you night and day for your servants, the people of Israel. \u201cI confess the sins of the people of Israel, which we have committed against you. Both I and my family have sinned. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "We have wronged you greatly. We haven\u2019t kept the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cRemember the word that you gave to your servant Moses when you said, \u2018If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "But if you return to me and keep my commandments by really doing them, then, even though your outcasts live <sup>[3]</sup> under distant skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place that I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.\u2019 <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>live.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "They are your servants and your people. They are the ones whom you have redeemed by your great power and your strong hand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cLORD, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in honoring your name. Please give success to your servant today and grant him favor in the presence of this man!\u201d <b>Cupbearer\u2019s plea</b> </pb> <br> At that time, I was a cupbearer to the king."}, {"pk": 4104625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "In the month of Nisan, <sup>[1]</sup> in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, the king was about to be served wine. I took the wine and gave it to the king. Since I had never seemed sad in his presence,", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April"}, {"pk": 4104626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "the king asked me, \u201cWhy do you seem sad? Since you aren\u2019t sick, you must have a broken heart!\u201d I was very afraid"}, {"pk": 4104627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "and replied, \u201cMay the king live forever! Why shouldn\u2019t I seem sad when the city, the place of my family\u2019s graves, is in ruins and its gates destroyed by fire?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The king asked, \u201cWhat is it that you need?\u201d I prayed to the God of heaven"}, {"pk": 4104629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "and replied, \u201cIf it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor with you, please send me to Judah, to the city of my family\u2019s graves so that I may rebuild it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "With the queen sitting beside him, the king asked me, \u201cHow long will you be away and when will you return?\u201d So it pleased the king to send me, and I told him how long I would be gone."}, {"pk": 4104631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "I also said to him, \u201cIf it pleases the king, may letters be given me addressed to the governors of the province Beyond the River to allow me to travel to Judah."}, {"pk": 4104632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "May the king also issue a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king\u2019s forest, directing him to supply me with timber for the beams of the temple fortress gates, for the city wall, and for the house in which I will live.\u201d The king gave me what I asked, for the gracious power of my God was with me."}, {"pk": 4104633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "So I went to the governors of the province <sup>[2]</sup> Beyond the River and gave them the king\u2019s letters. The king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me.", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>of the province.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard this, they were very angry that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel."}, {"pk": 4104635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "When I reached Jerusalem and had been there for three days,"}, {"pk": 4104636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "I set out at night, taking only a few people with me. I didn\u2019t tell anyone what my God was prompting me to do for Jerusalem, and the only animal I took was the one I rode."}, {"pk": 4104637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "I went out by night through the Valley Gate past the Dragon\u2019s Spring to the Dung Gate so that I could inspect the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down, as well as its gates, which had been destroyed by fire."}, {"pk": 4104638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Then I went on to the Spring Gate and to the King\u2019s Pool. Since there was no room for the animal on which I was riding to pass,"}, {"pk": 4104639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "I went up by way of the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I turned back and returned by entering through the Valley Gate."}, {"pk": 4104640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "The officials didn\u2019t know where I had gone or what I was doing. I hadn\u2019t yet told the Jews, the priests, the officials, the officers, or the rest who were to do the work."}, {"pk": 4104641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "So I said to them, \u201cYou see the trouble that we\u2019re in: Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are destroyed by fire! Come, let\u2019s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we won\u2019t continue to be in disgrace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "I told them that my God had taken care of me, and also told them what the king had said to me. \u201cLet\u2019s start rebuilding!\u201d they said, and they eagerly began the work. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>they strengthened their hands for the good.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and made fun of us. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d they asked. \u201cAre you rebelling against the king?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cThe God of heaven will give us success!\u201d I replied. \u201cAs God\u2019s servants, we will start building. But you will have no share, right, or claim in Jerusalem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Eliashib the high priest set to work with his fellow priests and built <sup>[1]</sup> the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, then dedicated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>rebuilt</i>"}, {"pk": 4104646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "The people of Jericho built next to them, and Zaccur, Imri\u2019s son, built next to them."}, {"pk": 4104647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "The children of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, bolts, and bars."}, {"pk": 4104648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Next to them Meremoth, Uriah\u2019s son and Hakkoz\u2019s grandson, made repairs. Meshullam, Berechiah\u2019s son and Meshezabel\u2019s grandson, made repairs next to them, and Zadok, Baana\u2019s son, made repairs next to them."}, {"pk": 4104649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Next to them the people from Tekoa made repairs, but their officials wouldn\u2019t help with the work <sup>[2]</sup> of their supervisors. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>didn\u2019t bring their neck into the service of</i><br>[3] Or <i>lords</i>"}, {"pk": 4104650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Joiada, Paseah\u2019s son, and Meshullam, Besodeiah\u2019s son, repaired the Mishneh Gate; <sup>[4]</sup> they laid its beams and set up its doors, bolts, and bars.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Old Gate</i>"}, {"pk": 4104651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Next to them repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and <sup>[5]</sup> the people of Gibeon and of Mizpah, who were ruled by the governor of the province Beyond the River.", "comment": "[5] Syr; Heb lacks <i>and.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Uzziel, Harhaiah\u2019s son, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs next to them; and Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs next to him. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall."}, {"pk": 4104653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Next to them Rephaiah, Hur\u2019s son, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs."}, {"pk": 4104654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Next to them Jedaiah, Harumaph\u2019s son, made repairs opposite his house, and Hattush, Hashabneiah\u2019s son, made repairs next to him."}, {"pk": 4104655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Malchijah, Harim\u2019s son, and Hasshub, Pahath-moab\u2019s son, repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens."}, {"pk": 4104656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Next to them Shallum, Hallohesh\u2019s son, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, along with his daughters."}, {"pk": 4104657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Hanun and the people of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they built it and set up its doors, bolts, and bars. They also repaired fifteen hundred feet of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate."}, {"pk": 4104658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Malchiah, Rechab\u2019s son, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set up its doors, bolts, and bars."}, {"pk": 4104659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "And Shallum, Col-hozeh\u2019s son, ruler of the Mizpah district, repaired the Spring Gate. He rebuilt and covered it, and set up its doors, bolts, and bars. He also built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the King\u2019s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4104660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "After him, Nehemiah, Azbuk\u2019s son, ruler of half the Beth-zur district, repaired from the point opposite David\u2019s tombs as far as the artificial pool and the Warriors\u2019 House."}, {"pk": 4104661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "After him, the Levites made repairs: Rehum, Bani\u2019s son, and next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district."}, {"pk": 4104662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "After him, their relatives made repairs: Binnui, <sup>[6]</sup> Henadad\u2019s son, ruler of half the district of Keilah.", "comment": "[6] Lxx, Syr; Heb <i>Bvvai</i>"}, {"pk": 4104663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Next to him, Ezer, Jeshua\u2019s son, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle."}, {"pk": 4104664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "After him, Baruch, Zabbai\u2019s son, thoroughly repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of the high priest Eliashib."}, {"pk": 4104665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "After him, Meremoth, Uriah\u2019s son and Hakkoz\u2019s grandson, repaired another section from the door to the back of Eliashib\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4104666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "After him, the priests from the surrounding area made repairs."}, {"pk": 4104667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "After them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them, Azariah, Maaseiah\u2019s son and Ananiah\u2019s grandson, repaired beside his house."}, {"pk": 4104668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "After him, Binnui, Henadad\u2019s son, repaired another section from the house of Azariah to the Angle and to the corner."}, {"pk": 4104669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Palal, Uzai\u2019s son, repaired <sup>[7]</sup> from the point opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah, Parosh\u2019s son,", "comment": "[7] Heb lacks <i>repaired</i>."}, {"pk": 4104670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "and the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs <sup>[8]</sup> up to the point opposite the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower.", "comment": "[8] Heb lacks <i>made repairs.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "After them, the people of Tekoa repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel."}, {"pk": 4104672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "From the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house."}, {"pk": 4104673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "After them, Zadok, Immer\u2019s son, made repairs opposite his own house. After him, Shemaiah, Shecaniah\u2019s son, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs."}, {"pk": 4104674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "After him, Hananiah, Shelemiah\u2019s son, and Hanun, Zalaph\u2019s sixth son, repaired another section. After them, Meshullam, Berechiah\u2019s son, made repairs opposite his own room."}, {"pk": 4104675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "After him, Malchiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Parade Gate, <sup>[9]</sup> and as far as the upper room at the corner.", "comment": "[9] Or <i>Hammiphkad Gate</i>"}, {"pk": 4104676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs."}, {"pk": 4104677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> When Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he became angry and raged. He mocked the Jews,", "comment": "[1] 3:33 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4104678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "saying in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria: \u201cWhat are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble, even though they are burned?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, added: \u201cIf even a fox climbs on whatever they build, their wall of stones will crumble.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Listen, God; we are despised! Turn their insults to us <sup>[2]</sup> back on their heads and make them like plunder in a captive land. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>to us.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t forgive their iniquity or blot out their sins from your sight. They have thrown insults at the builders! <br>"}, {"pk": 4104682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "We continued to build the wall. All of it was joined together, and it reached half of its intended height because the people were eager to work."}, {"pk": 4104683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the work on the walls was progressing and the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/16/4/1'>4:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4104684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "They plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it."}, {"pk": 4104685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "So we prayed to our God and set a guard as protection against them day and night."}, {"pk": 4104686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "But in Judah it was said, <br>\u201cThe carrier\u2019s strength is failing, <br>for there is too much rubble. <br>We are unable to rebuild the wall!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4104687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Meanwhile, our enemies were saying: \u201cBefore they know or see anything, we can be in their midst and start to kill them. We\u2019ll stop the work!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Now the Jews who were living near them came and said to us again and again, <sup>[4]</sup> \u201cYou must return to us!\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>ten times from all sides</i><br>[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "So I took up a position in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall in an open area. <sup>[6]</sup> Then I stationed the people by families, and they had their swords, spears, and bows.", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "After reviewing this, I stood up and said to the officials, the officers, and the rest of the people, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of them! Remember that the LORD is great and awesome! Fight for your families, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Then our enemies heard that we had found out and that God had spoiled their plans. So we all returned to doing our own work on the wall."}, {"pk": 4104692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "But from that day on, only half of my workers continued in the construction, while the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Meanwhile, the leaders positioned themselves <sup>[7]</sup> behind the whole house of Judah,", "comment": "[7] Heb lacks <i>positioned themselves.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "who were building the wall. The carriers did their work with a load in one hand and a weapon in the other."}, {"pk": 4104694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The builders built with swords fastened in their belts, and the trumpeter stayed by my side."}, {"pk": 4104695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Then I said to the officials, the officers, and the rest of the people, \u201cThe work is very spread out, and we are far apart from each other along the wall."}, {"pk": 4104696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "When you hear the trumpet sound, come and gather where we are. Our God will fight for us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "So we continued the work, with half of them holding spears from dawn until dusk."}, {"pk": 4104698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "I also said to the people at that time, \u201cLet every man and his servant spend the night in Jerusalem so that we can guard during the night and work during the day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Neither I nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor my bodyguards took off our clothes, even when they sent for water. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Then there was a great protest of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews."}, {"pk": 4104701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Some said, \u201cWith our sons and daughters we are many, and we all need grain to eat and stay alive.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Others said, \u201cWe have to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Still others said, \u201cWe have had to borrow money against our fields and vineyards in order to pay the king\u2019s tax.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cWe are of the same flesh and blood as our kin, and our children are the same as theirs. Yet we are just about to force our sons and daughters into slavery, and some of our daughters are already slaves! There is nothing we can do since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "I was very angry when I heard their protest and these complaints."}, {"pk": 4104706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "After thinking it over, I brought charges against the officials and the officers. I told them, \u201cYou are all taking interest from your own people!\u201d I also called for a large assembly in order to deal with them."}, {"pk": 4104707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cTo the best of our ability,\u201d I said to them, \u201cwe have bought back our Jewish kin who had been sold to other nations. But now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!\u201d At this they were silent, unable to offer a response."}, {"pk": 4104708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "So I continued, \u201cWhat you are doing isn\u2019t good! Why don\u2019t you walk in the fear of our God? This will prevent the taunts of the nations that are our enemies!"}, {"pk": 4104709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "I myself, along with my family and my servants, am lending them money and grain. But let\u2019s stop charging this interest!"}, {"pk": 4104710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Give it back to them, right now. Return their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses. And give back the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you are charging them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "They replied, \u201cWe\u2019ll return everything, and we won\u2019t charge anything else. <sup>[1]</sup> We\u2019ll do what you\u2019ve asked.\u201d So I called the priests and made them swear to do what they had promised.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>everything\u2026anything else.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "I also shook out the fold of my robe, saying, \u201cSo may God shake out everyone from their house and property if they don\u2019t keep this promise. So may they be shaken out and emptied!\u201d The whole assembly said, \u201cAmen,\u201d and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised."}, {"pk": 4104713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "In addition, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (that is, from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes for a total of twelve years), neither I nor my family ate from the governor\u2019s food allowance."}, {"pk": 4104714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "The earlier governors who had come before me laid heavy burdens on the people. They took food and wine from them as well as <sup>[2]</sup> forty shekels of silver. Even their servants oppressed the people. But because I was God-fearing, I didn\u2019t behave in this way.", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work."}, {"pk": 4104716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "One hundred fifty Jews and officials, along with those who came to us from the surrounding nations, gathered around my table."}, {"pk": 4104717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "One ox, six choice sheep, and birds were prepared each day. Every ten days there was a large amount of wine. Yet even with this I didn\u2019t ask for the governor\u2019s food allowance because of the heavy burden the people had to carry."}, {"pk": 4104718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Remember in my favor, my God, all that I\u2019ve done for this people!"}, {"pk": 4104719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there were no gaps left in it (although I hadn\u2019t yet hung the doors in the gates),"}, {"pk": 4104720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: \u201cCome, let\u2019s meet together in one of the villages <sup>[1]</sup> in the plain of Ono.\u201d But they wanted to harm me,", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>at Hakkephirim</i>"}, {"pk": 4104721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "so I sent messengers to tell them, \u201cI\u2019m doing important work, so I can\u2019t come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "They sent me a message like this four times, and every time I gave them a similar reply."}, {"pk": 4104723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "But the fifth time, Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way, except that now he carried an open letter."}, {"pk": 4104724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "It stated: It is reported among the nations and confirmed by Geshem <sup>[2]</sup> that you and the Jews intend to rebel. This is why you are rebuilding the wall. According to these reports, you intend to become their king. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Gashmu</i>"}, {"pk": 4104725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "You have also appointed prophets to make this announcement about you in Jerusalem: There is a king in Judah! Now, the king will hear of these reports, so come; let\u2019s talk together. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "So I sent him this reply: \u201cNothing that you say has happened. You are simply inventing this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "All of them were trying to make us afraid, saying, \u201cThey will be discouraged, and the work won\u2019t get finished.\u201d But now, God, strengthen me!"}, {"pk": 4104728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Later I went to see Shemaiah, Delaiah\u2019s son and Mehetabel\u2019s grandson, who was confined to his house, and he said: \u201cLet\u2019s meet together in God\u2019s house, <br>inside the temple itself. <br>Let\u2019s shut the doors of the temple, <br>for they are coming to kill you; <br>they are coming to kill you tonight!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4104729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "But I replied, \u201cShould someone like me run away? Who like me would go into the temple to save his life? I won\u2019t go in!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Then I realized that God hadn\u2019t sent him at all but that he spoke this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him."}, {"pk": 4104731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "He was hired to frighten me and to make me sin by acting in this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me."}, {"pk": 4104732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "My God, remember these deeds of Tobiah and Sanballat! Also remember Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to frighten me."}, {"pk": 4104733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul. <sup>[3]</sup> It took fifty-two days.", "comment": "[3] August\u2013September"}, {"pk": 4104734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "When our enemies heard about this, all of the nations around us were afraid and their confidence was greatly shaken. They knew that this work was completed with the help of our God."}, {"pk": 4104735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "In addition, in those days the officials of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah\u2019s letters were coming to them."}, {"pk": 4104736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Many in Judah were bound to him by solemn pledge because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, Arah\u2019s son, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam, Berechiah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "They also kept talking about his good deeds in my presence and then reported back to him what I said. In addition, Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me."}, {"pk": 4104738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "When the wall had been built and I had hung the doors, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed."}, {"pk": 4104739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Then I put my brother Hanani and Hananiah the commander of the fortress in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah was a faithful man who revered God more than many."}, {"pk": 4104740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "I <sup>[1]</sup> said to them, \u201cThe gates of Jerusalem aren\u2019t to be opened during the hottest time of the day. While the gatekeepers <sup>[2]</sup> are still on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Also, appoint guards from among those who live in Jerusalem. Station some at their watch posts and some in front of their own houses.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>He</i><br>[2] Or <i>while they</i>"}, {"pk": 4104741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Now although the city was wide and large, only a few people were living within it, and no <sup>[3]</sup> houses had been rebuilt.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>not enough</i>"}, {"pk": 4104742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "My God then prompted me to assemble the officials, the officers, and the people so that they could be registered by families. I found the record of the families who were the first to return, and I found the following written in it:"}, {"pk": 4104743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of those exiles whom Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile. They all returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to their own town. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the people of Israel: <br>"}, {"pk": 4104745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The family of Parosh2,172 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "of Shephatiah372 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "of Arah652 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "of Pahath-moab, that is, of the descendants of Jeshua and Joab2,818 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "of Elam1,254 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "of Zattu845 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "of Zaccai760 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "of Binnui648 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "of Bebai628 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "of Azgad2,322 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "of Adonikam667 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "of Bigvai2,067 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "of Adin655 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "of Ater, that is, of the descendants of Hezekiah98 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "of Hashum328 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "of Bezai324 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "of Hariph112 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "of Gibeon95 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "The people of Bethlehem and Netophah188 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "of Anathoth128 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "of Beth-azmaveth42 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth743 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "of Ramah and Geba621 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "of Michmas122 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "of Bethel and Ai123 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "of the other Nebo52 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "the inhabitants of the other Elam1,254 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "of Harim320 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "of Jericho345 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "of Lod, Hadid, and Ono721 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "of Senaah3,930 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, that is, of the house of Jeshua973 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "of Immer1,052 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "of Pashhur1,247 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "of Harim1,017 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua, that is, of Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah74 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "The singers: the descendants of Asaph148 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "The descendants of gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai138 <br>"}, {"pk": 4104783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "Keros, Sia, Padon, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "Lebanah, Hagabah, Shalmai, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 51, "text": "Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 52, "text": "Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 53, "text": "Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 54, "text": "Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 55, "text": "Barkos, Sisera, Temah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 56, "text": "Neziah, and Hatipha. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 57, "text": "The descendants of Solomon\u2019s servants: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 58, "text": "Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 59, "text": "Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Amon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 60, "text": "All of the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon\u2019s servants totaled 392. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 61, "text": "The following came up from Tel-Melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their family or their descent was from Israel: <br>"}, {"pk": 4104799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 62, "text": "the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 63, "text": "And of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai (who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by his <sup>[4]</sup> name) <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>their</i>"}, {"pk": 4104801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 64, "text": "looked for their entries in the genealogical records, but they weren\u2019t found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 65, "text": "The governor ordered that they shouldn\u2019t eat of the most holy food until a priest arose who could consult Urim and Thummim. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 66, "text": "The whole assembly together totaled 42,360. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 67, "text": "This number doesn\u2019t include their 7,337 male and female servants; they also had 245 male and female singers, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 68, "text": "736 horses, 245 mules, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/15/2/66'>Ezra 2:66</a>; MT lacks <i>they also\u2026mules.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 69, "text": "<sup>[6]</sup> 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. <br>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/16/7/68'>7:68</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4104807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 70, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> Some of the heads of families made a donation for the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly robes. <br>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/16/7/69'>7:69</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4104808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 71, "text": "Some of the heads of families gave 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 manehs of silver to the treasury for the work. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 72, "text": "The rest of the people gave 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 manehs of silver, and 67 priestly robes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 7, "verse": 73, "text": "So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns."}, {"pk": 4104811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "When the seventh month <sup>[1]</sup> came and the people of Israel were settled in their towns, all the people gathered together in the area in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Instruction <sup>[2]</sup> scroll from Moses, according to which the LORD had instructed Israel.", "comment": "[1] September\u2013October, Tishrei<br>[2] Heb <i>Torah</i>"}, {"pk": 4104812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Instruction before the assembly. This assembly was made up of both men and women and anyone who could understand what they heard."}, {"pk": 4104813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Facing the area in front of the Water Gate, he read it aloud, from early morning until the middle of the day. He read it in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand, and everyone listened attentively to the Instruction scroll."}, {"pk": 4104814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that had been made for this purpose. And standing beside him were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his righthand side; while Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam stood on his lefthand side."}, {"pk": 4104815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Standing above all of the people, Ezra the scribe opened the scroll in the sight of all of the people. And as he opened it, all of the people stood up."}, {"pk": 4104816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all of the people answered, \u201cAmen! Amen!\u201d while raising their hands. Then they bowed down and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground."}, {"pk": 4104817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The Levites \u2014 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah <sup>[3]</sup> \u2014 helped the people to understand the Instruction while the people remained in their places.", "comment": "[3] Vulg <a href='/CEB/67/9/48'>1 Esdr 9:48</a>; MT <i>and the Levites</i>"}, {"pk": 4104818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "They read aloud from the scroll, the Instruction from God, explaining and interpreting it so the people could understand what they heard."}, {"pk": 4104819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of the people, \u201cThis day is holy to the LORD your God. Don\u2019t mourn or weep.\u201d They said this <sup>[4]</sup> because all the people wept when they heard the words of the Instruction.", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>They said this.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cGo, eat rich food, and drink something sweet,\u201d he said to them, \u201cand send portions of this to any who have nothing ready! This day is holy to our LORD. Don\u2019t be sad, because the joy from the LORD is your strength!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The Levites also calmed all of the people, saying, \u201cBe quiet, for this day is holy. Don\u2019t be sad!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Then all of the people went to eat and to drink, to send portions, and to have a great celebration, because they understood what had been said to them."}, {"pk": 4104823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "On the second day, the heads of the families of all the people, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered together around Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Instruction."}, {"pk": 4104824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "And they found written in the Instruction that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in booths during the festival of the seventh month. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4104825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "They also found that they should make the following proclamation and announce it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: \u201cGo out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4104826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "So the people went out and brought them, and made booths for themselves, each on the roofs of their houses or <sup>[6]</sup> their courtyards, in the courtyards of God\u2019s house, in the area by the Water Gate, or in the area by the Gate of Ephraim.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>and</i>"}, {"pk": 4104827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "The whole assembly of those who had returned from captivity made booths and lived in them. This was something that the people of Israel hadn\u2019t done since the days of Joshua, <sup>[7]</sup> Nun\u2019s son, and there was very great rejoicing.", "comment": "[7] Heb <i>Jeshua</i>"}, {"pk": 4104828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "He read from God\u2019s Instruction scroll every day, from the first until the last day of the festival. <sup>[8]</sup> They kept the festival for seven days and held a solemn assembly on the eighth day, just as the Instruction required.", "comment": "[8] Heb lacks <i>of the festival.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the people of Israel were assembled. They fasted, wore funeral clothing, <sup>[1]</sup> and had dirt on their heads. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>sackcloth</i><br>[2] Or <i>on them</i>"}, {"pk": 4104830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "After the Israelites separated themselves from all of the foreigners, they stood to confess their sins and the terrible behavior of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4104831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "They stood in their place and read the Instruction scroll from the LORD their God for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day, they confessed and worshipped the LORD their God."}, {"pk": 4104832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God."}, {"pk": 4104833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the Levites \u2014 Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah \u2014 said: Stand up and bless the LORD your God. <br>From everlasting to everlasting bless your glorious name, <br>which is high above all blessing and praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "You alone are the LORD. <br>You alone made heaven, even the heaven of heavens, with all their forces. <br>You made the earth and all that is on it, and the seas and all that is in them. <br>You preserve them all, and the heavenly forces worship you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "LORD God, you are the one who chose Abram. <br>You brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "You found him to be faithful before you, <br>and you made a covenant with him. <br>You promised to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, <br>the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. <br>And you have kept your promise because you are righteous. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt <br>and heard their cry at the Reed Sea. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4104838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, <br>all his servants, and the people of his land. <br>You knew that they had acted arrogantly against our ancestors. <br>You made a name for yourself, a name that is famous even today.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "You divided the sea before them so that they went through it on dry land. <br>But you cast their pursuers into the depths, <br>as a stone into the mighty waters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "With a pillar of cloud you led them by day <br>and with a column of lightning by night; <br>they lit the way in which the people should go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "You came down upon Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. <br>You gave them proper judgments and true Instruction, <br>good statutes and commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "You made known to them your holy Sabbath, <br>and gave them commandments, statutes, and Instruction through your servant Moses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven; <br>when they were thirsty, you brought water out of the rock for them. <br>You told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "But our ancestors acted arrogantly. <br>They were stubborn and wouldn\u2019t obey your commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "They refused to obey, <br>and didn\u2019t remember the wonders that you accomplished in their midst. <br>They acted arrogantly and decided to return to their slavery in Egypt. <br>But you are a God ready to forgive, merciful and compassionate, <br>very patient, and truly faithful. <br>You didn\u2019t forsake them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Even when they had cast an image of a calf for themselves, <br>saying, \u201cThis is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,\u201d <br>and holding you in great contempt,<br>"}, {"pk": 4104847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "you, in your great mercy, didn\u2019t abandon them in the wilderness. <br>The column of cloud continued to guide them on their journey during the day, <br>and the column of lightning lit their path during the night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "You gave your good spirit to teach them. <br>You didn\u2019t withhold your manna from them, <br>and you gave them water for their thirst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "You kept them alive for forty years \u2014 <br>they lacked nothing in the wilderness! <br>Their clothes didn\u2019t wear out, <br>and their feet didn\u2019t swell. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "You gave them kingdoms and peoples, <br>and assigned to them every side. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>They took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbon <br>and the land of King Og of Bashan.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4104851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "You multiplied their descendants as the stars of heaven. <br>You brought them into the land that you had told their ancestors to enter and possess.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "So the descendants went in and possessed the land. <br>Before them, you subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land. <br>You also handed over to them their kings and the neighboring peoples, <br>to do with as they wished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "They captured fortified cities and productive land, <br>and took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things: <br>Excavated cisterns, vineyards, olive orchards, and a great many fruit trees. <br>They ate until they were satisfied and grew fat, <br>and delighted themselves in your great goodness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "But they were disobedient, rebelled against you, <br>and turned their back on your Instruction. <br>They killed your prophets who had warned them so that they might return to you. <br>They held you in great contempt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Therefore, you handed them over to the power of their enemies who made them suffer. <br>But when they cried out to you in their suffering, <br>you heard them from heaven. <br>Because you are merciful, <br>you gave them saviors who saved them from the power of their enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "But after they had rest from this, they again started doing evil against you. <br>So you gave them over to the power of their enemies who ruled over them. <br>Yet when they turned and cried to you, <br>you heard from heaven and rescued them many times because of your great mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "You also warned them to return to your Instruction, <br>but they acted arrogantly and didn\u2019t obey your commands. <br>They sinned against your judgments, <br>even though life comes by keeping them. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>They turned a stubborn shoulder, became headstrong, and wouldn\u2019t obey.<br>", "comment": "[5] <i>Them</i> refers to judgments."}, {"pk": 4104858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "You were patient with them for many years <br>and warned them by your spirit through the prophets. <br>But they wouldn\u2019t listen, <br>so you handed them over to the neighboring peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "In your great mercy, however, you didn\u2019t make an end of them. <br>Neither did you forsake them, because you are a merciful and compassionate God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Now, our God, great and mighty and awesome God, <br>you are the one who faithfully keeps the covenant. <br>Don\u2019t treat lightly all of the hardship that has come upon us, <br>upon our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people, <br>from the time of the kings of Assyria until today.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "You have been just in all that has happened to us; <br>you have acted faithfully, and we have done wrong.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors haven\u2019t kept your Instruction. <br>They haven\u2019t heeded your commandments and the warnings that you gave them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Even in their own kingdom, surrounded by the great goodness that you gave to them, <br>even in the wide and rich land that you gave them, <br>they didn\u2019t serve you or turn from their wicked works.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "So now today we are slaves, <br>slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors <br>to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4104865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "Its produce profits the kings whom you have placed over us because of our sins. <br>They have power over our bodies and do as they please with our livestock. <br>We are in great distress. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "<sup>[6]</sup> Because of all this, <sup>[7]</sup> we are making a firm agreement in writing, with the names of our officials, our Levites, and our priests on the seal.", "comment": "[7] <i>This</i> refers to <i>great distress</i> in <a href='/CEB/16/9/37'>9:37</a>.<br>[6] <a href='/CEB/16/10/1'>10:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4104867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Upon the seals are the names of Governor Nehemiah, Hacaliah\u2019s son, and Zedekiah;", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/16/10/2'>10:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4104868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "The Levites: Jeshua, Azaniah\u2019s son; Binnui of the descendants of Henadad; Kadmiel; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Malluch, Harim, Baanah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples to follow the Instruction from God, together with their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who have knowledge and understanding."}, {"pk": 4104895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "They join with their officials and relatives, and make a solemn pledge to live by God\u2019s Instruction, which was given by Moses, God\u2019s servant, and to observe faithfully all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of our LORD God."}, {"pk": 4104896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "We won\u2019t give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, nor take their daughters in marriage for our sons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "If the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or any grain to sell on the Sabbath, we won\u2019t buy it from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we won\u2019t plant crops, and we will return anything held in debt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "We pledge ourselves to keep the commandment and pay one-third of a shekel each year for the service of our God\u2019s house, <br>"}, {"pk": 4104899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "for the stacks of bread and the regular grain offering and the regular entirely burned offering, for the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed festivals, for the holy offerings and the purification offerings to make reconcilation for Israel, and for all the work of our God\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people so that we bring the wood offering into our God\u2019s house by families at the appointed times every year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Instruction. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "We will also bring the early produce of our soil and the early fruit from all trees every year to the LORD\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "We will also bring the oldest offspring of our children and our cattle, as it is written in the Instruction, and the oldest males of our herds and flocks to our God\u2019s house, to the priests who serve in our God\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine, and the oil to the priests at the storerooms of our God\u2019s house. We will also bring one-tenth of the produce of our soil to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tenth-part gifts in all the towns where we work. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "A priest from the family of Aaron must be with the Levites when they collect the tenth-part gifts. Then the Levites must bring up one-tenth of the tenth-part gifts to our God\u2019s house, to the storerooms of the treasury. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "The Israelites and the Levites must bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the sanctuary equipment is kept, and where the priests on duty, the gatekeepers, and the singers reside. We won\u2019t neglect our God\u2019s house! <br>"}, {"pk": 4104906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "The leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine stayed in the other towns."}, {"pk": 4104907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "The people blessed those who agreed to live in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "These are the leaders of the province who lived in Jerusalem; while the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon\u2019s servants lived in the towns of Judah on their own property in their towns."}, {"pk": 4104909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem. From the family of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel of the family of Perez;"}, {"pk": 4104910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "and Maaseiah son of Baruch son of Col-hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah son of Joiarib son of Zechariah son of the Shilonite."}, {"pk": 4104911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "All of the family of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 courageous people."}, {"pk": 4104912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "From the family of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam son of Joed son of Pedaiah son of Kolaiah son of Maaseiah son of Ithiel son of Jeshaiah."}, {"pk": 4104913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "And after him were Gabbai and Sallai: 928."}, {"pk": 4104914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Joel son of Zichri was their supervisor, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the city."}, {"pk": 4104915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Of the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin,"}, {"pk": 4104916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Seraiah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub the officer of God\u2019s house,"}, {"pk": 4104917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "and their associates who carried out the work in the temple: <sup>[1]</sup> 822. There was also Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pelaliah son of Amzi son of Zechariah son of Pashhur son of Malchijah,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>house</i>"}, {"pk": 4104918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "and his associates, heads of families: 242. There was also Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer"}, {"pk": 4104919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "and their associates, for a total of 128 courageous people. Their supervisor was Zabdiel, Haggedolim\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah son of Bunni; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "as well as Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were some of the leaders of the Levites in charge of the outside work on God\u2019s house; <br>"}, {"pk": 4104922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "also Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zabdi son of Asaph the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer, and Bakbukiah, who was the second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates who guarded the gates totaled 172. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the towns of Judah, each of them in their own property. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "But the temple servants lived in Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa in charge of them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "The supervisor of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani son of Hashabiah son of Mattaniah son of Mica, from the family of Asaph, who were the singers in charge of the work of God\u2019s house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "There was a command from the king setting out the daily requirements of the singers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4104929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Advising the king in all matters concerning the people was Pethahiah, Meshezabel\u2019s son, from the family of Zerah, Judah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages,"}, {"pk": 4104931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet,"}, {"pk": 4104932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "in Hazar-shual, in Beer-sheba and its villages,"}, {"pk": 4104933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,"}, {"pk": 4104934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,"}, {"pk": 4104935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beer-sheba to the Hinnom Valley."}, {"pk": 4104936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "The people of Benjamin also lived from beyond Geba, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,"}, {"pk": 4104937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,"}, {"pk": 4104938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,"}, {"pk": 4104939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,"}, {"pk": 4104940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Lod, and Ono, the valley of artisans."}, {"pk": 4104941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "Some divisions of the Levites in Judah were joined to Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4104942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,"}, {"pk": 4104943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,"}, {"pk": 4104944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,"}, {"pk": 4104945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Iddo, Ginnethon, <sup>[1]</sup> Abijah,", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Ginnethoi</i>"}, {"pk": 4104946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,"}, {"pk": 4104947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,"}, {"pk": 4104948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and of their associates in the days of Jeshua."}, {"pk": 4104949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah, who was in charge of the thanksgiving songs along with his associates."}, {"pk": 4104950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Bakbukiah and Unn and their associates stood opposite them in the service."}, {"pk": 4104951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,"}, {"pk": 4104952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua."}, {"pk": 4104953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "These were the heads of the priestly families in the days of Joiakim: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;"}, {"pk": 4104954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;"}, {"pk": 4104955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "of Malluch, <sup>[2]</sup> Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>Malluchi</i>"}, {"pk": 4104956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;"}, {"pk": 4104957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;"}, {"pk": 4104958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;"}, {"pk": 4104959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;"}, {"pk": 4104960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;"}, {"pk": 4104961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;"}, {"pk": 4104962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel."}, {"pk": 4104963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites and the priests were recorded as heads of families in the rule of <sup>[3]</sup> Darius the Persian.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>upon</i>"}, {"pk": 4104964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "The Levites who were heads of families were recorded in the official records until the time of Johanan, Eliashib\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4104965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "These were the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, Kadmiel\u2019s son, and their associates who stood opposite them to praise and give thanks in turn according to the commandment of David, the man of God, namely,"}, {"pk": 4104966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard by the storerooms of the gates."}, {"pk": 4104967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "These served in the days of Joiakim, Jeshua\u2019s son and Jozadak\u2019s grandson, and in the days of Governor Nehemiah and of Ezra the priest and scribe."}, {"pk": 4104968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "When it was time for the dedication of Jerusalem\u2019s wall, they sought out the Levites in all the places where they lived in order to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with joy, with thanks and singing, and with cymbals, harps, and lyres."}, {"pk": 4104969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "The singers also gathered together both from the region around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,"}, {"pk": 4104970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "also from Beth-hagilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth, because the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4104971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "After the priests and the Levites purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall."}, {"pk": 4104972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Then I <sup>[4]</sup> brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and organized two large groups to give thanks. The first group went in procession on the wall toward the right, in the direction of the Dung Gate.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>I, Nehemiah</i>"}, {"pk": 4104973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "Following them went Hoshaiah and half the officials of Judah,"}, {"pk": 4104974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,"}, {"pk": 4104975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah."}, {"pk": 4104976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "There were also some young priests with trumpets \u2014 Zechariah son of Jonathan son of Shemaiah son of Mattaniah son of Micaiah son of Zaccur son of Asaph \u2014"}, {"pk": 4104977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "along with his associates Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They brought <sup>[5]</sup> the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe went in front of them.", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>they brought.</i>"}, {"pk": 4104978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "When they reached the Fountain Gate they went straight up by the stairs of David\u2019s City, on the ascent to the wall, past the house of David to the Water Gate on the east."}, {"pk": 4104979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "The second group went in procession to the left. <sup>[6]</sup> I followed them with half of the people along the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,", "comment": "[6] Or <i>opposite</i>"}, {"pk": 4104980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "past the Gate of Ephraim and over the Mishneh Gate, <sup>[7]</sup> the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred as far as the Sheep Gate. They came to stop at the Gate of the Guard.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>Old Gate</i>"}, {"pk": 4104981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "Then both groups of those who gave thanks stood in God\u2019s house. I was there too along with the half of the officials who were with me."}, {"pk": 4104982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "Also there were the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah with trumpets."}, {"pk": 4104983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "Also there were Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader."}, {"pk": 4104984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "They offered great sacrifices on that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, and the sound of the joy in Jerusalem could be heard from far away."}, {"pk": 4104985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "On that day, people were appointed over the rooms for the things to be stored, the contributions, the early produce, and the tenth-part gifts. They were to gather into them the portions required by the Instruction for the priests and for the Levites from the fields belonging to the towns, for the people of Judah were delighted with the ministry of the priests and the Levites."}, {"pk": 4104986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon."}, {"pk": 4104987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "Long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there was a leader of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanks to God."}, {"pk": 4104988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "In the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah all Israel gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the Aaronites."}, {"pk": 4104989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "On that day, when the scroll from Moses was being read to the people, they found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter God\u2019s assembly."}, {"pk": 4104990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "This is because they hadn\u2019t met the Israelites with food and water but instead hired Balaam against them to curse them. Yet our God turned the curse into a blessing."}, {"pk": 4104991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "When the people heard this law, they separated out from Israel all those of mixed descent."}, {"pk": 4104992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Now before this, however, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed to be in charge of the storerooms of our God\u2019s house and who was related to Tobiah,"}, {"pk": 4104993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "prepared a large room for Tobiah to use. This was the room where they had previously kept the grain offering, the incense, and the equipment, together with the tenth-part gifts of grain, wine, and oil. These items were for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers as well as the portions for the priests."}, {"pk": 4104994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "I wasn\u2019t in Jerusalem while this was happening because I had gone to Babylon\u2019s King Artaxerxes in the thirty-second year of the king. After some time, I asked the king\u2019s permission"}, {"pk": 4104995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "and returned to Jerusalem. That was when I saw the wrong that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by preparing him a room in the courtyards of God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4104996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "I was very angry and threw all of Tobiah\u2019s household furniture out of the room."}, {"pk": 4104997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I gave orders that the rooms be purified, and I put back the temple equipment, along with the grain offering and the incense."}, {"pk": 4104998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "I also found out that the Levites hadn\u2019t been given their portions, so they and the singers who did the work had gone back to their fields."}, {"pk": 4104999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "So I scolded the officials, asking, \u201cWhy is God\u2019s house being neglected?\u201d I gathered them together and set them in their stations."}, {"pk": 4105000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Then all Judah brought the tenth-part gifts of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses."}, {"pk": 4105001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "I appointed the priest Shelemiah, the scribe Zadok, and Pedaiah of the Levites to be in charge over the storehouses. I also appointed Hanan, Zaccur\u2019s son and Mattaniah\u2019s grandson, as their assistant. These men were considered trustworthy, and their task was to hand out shares to their colleagues."}, {"pk": 4105002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Remember me, my God, concerning this. Don\u2019t erase my good deeds that I have done for my God\u2019s house and for its services."}, {"pk": 4105003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "In those days I saw people in Judah using the winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also collecting piles of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and every kind of load, and then bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath. I warned them at that time against selling food."}, {"pk": 4105004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "In addition, people from Tyre who lived in the city were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them to the people of Judah on the Sabbath. This happened in Jerusalem itself!"}, {"pk": 4105005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "So I scolded the officials of Judah: \u201cWhat is this evil thing that you are doing?\u201d I asked. \u201cYou are making the Sabbath impure!"}, {"pk": 4105006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "This is just what your ancestors did, and God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city. And now you are bringing more wrath upon Israel by making the Sabbath impure!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "So when it began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I gave orders that the doors should be shut. I also ordered that they shouldn\u2019t be reopened until after the Sabbath. To make sure that no load would come into the city <sup>[1]</sup> on the Sabbath, I stationed some of my own men at the gates.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>the city.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Once or twice the traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "But I warned them: \u201cWhy are you spending the night by the wall? If you do that again, I will lay hands on you!\u201d At that point, they stopped coming on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4105010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "I also commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your mercy."}, {"pk": 4105011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab."}, {"pk": 4105012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of various peoples; they couldn\u2019t speak the language of Judah."}, {"pk": 4105013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "So I scolded them and cursed them, and beat some of them, and pulled out their hair. I also made them swear a solemn pledge in the name of God, saying, \u201cYou won\u2019t give your daughters to their sons in marriage, or take their daughters in marriage for your sons or yourselves."}, {"pk": 4105014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "Didn\u2019t Israel\u2019s King Solomon sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was well loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet foreign wives led even him into sin!"}, {"pk": 4105015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, acting unfaithfully toward our God by marrying foreign women?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "Now one of the sons of Joiada son of the high priest Eliashib was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I chased him away from me."}, {"pk": 4105017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and the Levites!"}, {"pk": 4105018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "So I purified them of everything foreign and established the services of the priests and Levites with specific duties for each person."}, {"pk": 4105019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 16, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "I also provided for the wood offering at appointed times as well as for the early produce. Remember me, my God, for good."}, {"pk": 4106037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "This is what happened back when Ahasuerus lived, the very Ahasuerus who ruled from India to Cush \u2014 one hundred twenty-seven provinces in all."}, {"pk": 4106038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "At that time, Ahasuerus ruled the kingdom from his royal throne in the fortified part of Susa."}, {"pk": 4106039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "In the third year of his rule he hosted a feast for all his officials and courtiers. The leaders of Persia and Media attended, along with his provincial officials and officers."}, {"pk": 4106040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He showed off the awesome riches of his kingdom and beautiful treasures as mirrors of how very great he was. The event lasted a long time \u2014 six whole months, to be exact!"}, {"pk": 4106041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "After that the king held a seven-day feast for everyone in the fortified part of Susa. Whether they were important people in the town or not, they all met in the walled garden of the royal palace."}, {"pk": 4106042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "White linen curtains and purple hangings were held up by shining white and red-purple ropes tied to silver rings and marble posts. Gold and silver couches sat on a mosaic floor made of gleaming purple crystal, marble, and mother-of-pearl."}, {"pk": 4106043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "They served the drinks in cups made of gold, and each cup was different. The king made sure there was plenty of royal wine."}, {"pk": 4106044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The rule about the drinks was \u201cNo limits!\u201d The king had ordered everyone serving wine in the palace to offer as much as each guest wanted."}, {"pk": 4106045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "At the same time, Queen Vashti held a feast for women in King Ahasuerus\u2019 palace."}, {"pk": 4106046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "On the seventh day, when wine had put the king in high spirits, he gave an order to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus personally."}, {"pk": 4106047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They were to bring Queen Vashti before him wearing the royal crown. She was gorgeous, and he wanted to show off her beauty both to the general public and to his important guests."}, {"pk": 4106048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But Queen Vashti refused to come as the king had ordered through the eunuchs. The king was furious, his anger boiling inside."}, {"pk": 4106049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Now, when a need arose, the king would often talk with certain very smart people about the best way to handle it. They were people who knew both the kingdom\u2019s written laws and what judges had decided about cases in the past."}, {"pk": 4106050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The ones he talked with most often were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. They were seven very important people in Persia and Media who, as the kingdom\u2019s highest leaders, were in the king\u2019s inner circle. So the king said to them,"}, {"pk": 4106051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cAccording to the law, what should I do with Queen Vashti since she didn\u2019t do what King Ahasuerus ordered her through the eunuchs?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Memucan spoke up in front of the king and the officials. \u201cQueen Vashti,\u201d he said, \u201chas done something wrong not just to the king himself. She has also done wrong to all the officials and the peoples in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus."}, {"pk": 4106053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "This is the reason: News of what the queen did will reach all women, making them look down on their husbands. They will say, \u2018King Ahasuerus ordered servants to bring Queen Vashti before him, but she refused to come.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4106054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "This very day, the important women of Persia and Media who hear about the queen will tell the royal officials the same thing. There will be no end of put-downs and arguments."}, {"pk": 4106055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Now, if the king wishes, let him send out a royal order and have it written into the laws of Persia and Media, laws no one can ever change. It should say that Vashti will never again come before King Ahasuerus. It should also say that the king will give her royal place to someone better than she."}, {"pk": 4106056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "When the order becomes public through the whole empire, vast as it is, all women will treat their husbands properly. The rule should touch everyone, whether from an important family or not.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "The king liked the plan, as did the other men, and he did just what Memucan said."}, {"pk": 4106058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "He sent written orders to all the king\u2019s provinces. Each province received it written in its own alphabet and each people received it in its own language. It said that each husband should rule over his own house."}, {"pk": 4106059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Sometime later when King Ahasuerus was less angry, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what he had decided about her."}, {"pk": 4106060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "So his young male servants said, \u201cLet the king have a search made for beautiful young women who haven\u2019t yet married."}, {"pk": 4106061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "And let the king choose certain people in all the royal provinces to lead the search. Have them bring all the beautiful young women together to the fortified part of Susa, to the women\u2019s house, to the care of Hegai the king\u2019s eunuch in charge of the women so that he might provide beauty treatments for them."}, {"pk": 4106062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Let the young woman who pleases you the most take Vashti\u2019s place as queen.\u201d The king liked the plan and implemented it."}, {"pk": 4106063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Now there was a Jew in the fortified part of Susa whose name was Mordecai, Jair\u2019s son. He came from the family line of Shimei and Kish; he was a Benjaminite."}, {"pk": 4106064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> (Benjaminites had been taken into exile away from Jerusalem along with the group, which included Judah\u2019s King Jeconiah, whom Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar exiled to Babylon.)"}, {"pk": 4106065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Mordecai had been a father to Hadassah (that is, Esther), though she was really his cousin, because she had neither father nor mother. The girl had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at. When her parents died, Mordecai had taken her to be his daughter."}, {"pk": 4106066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "When the king\u2019s order and his new law became public, many young women were gathered into the fortified part of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace to the care of Hegai, the one in charge of the women."}, {"pk": 4106067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The young woman pleased him and won his kindness. He quickly began her beauty treatments and gave her carefully chosen foods. He also gave her seven servants selected from among the palace servants and moved her and her servants into the nicest rooms in the women\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4106068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "<sup>[9]</sup> (Esther hadn\u2019t told anyone her race and family background because Mordecai had ordered her not to.)"}, {"pk": 4106069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Each day found Mordecai pacing back and forth along the wall in front of the women\u2019s house to learn how Esther was doing and what they were doing with her."}, {"pk": 4106070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "According to the rules for women, the moment for each young woman to go to King Ahasuerus came at the end of twelve months. (She had six months of treatment with pleasant-smelling creams and six months with fragrant oils and other treatments for women.)"}, {"pk": 4106071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "So this is how the young woman would go to the king: They gave her anything that she asked to take with her from the women\u2019s house to the palace."}, {"pk": 4106072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "In the evening she would go in, and the next morning she would return to the second women\u2019s house under the care of Shaashgaz. He was the king\u2019s eunuch in charge of the secondary wives. She would never go to the king again unless he was so pleased that he called for her by name."}, {"pk": 4106073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Soon the moment came for Esther daughter of Mordecai\u2019s uncle Abihail, whom Mordecai had taken as his own daughter, to go to the king. But she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king\u2019s eunuch in charge of the women told her. (Esther kept winning the favor of everyone who saw her.)"}, {"pk": 4106074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, to his own palace, in the tenth month (that is, the month of Tevet) <sup>[1]</sup> in the seventh year of his rule.", "comment": "[1] December\u2013January"}, {"pk": 4106075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "The king loved Esther more than all the other women; she had won his love and his favor more than all the others. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her ruler in place of Vashti."}, {"pk": 4106076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "The king held a magnificent, lavish feast, \u201cthe feast of Esther,\u201d for all his officials and courtiers. He declared a public holiday <sup>[2]</sup> for the provinces and gave out gifts with royal generosity.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>remission of taxes</i>"}, {"pk": 4106077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "When they gathered the young women to the second women\u2019s house, <sup>[3]</sup> Mordecai was working for the king at the King\u2019s Gate.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>to the women\u2019s house a second time</i>"}, {"pk": 4106078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Esther still wasn\u2019t telling anyone her family background and race, just as Mordecai had ordered her. She continued to do what Mordecai said, just as she did when she was in his care."}, {"pk": 4106079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "At that time, as Mordecai continued to work at the King\u2019s Gate, two royal eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, became angry with King Ahasuerus. They were among the guards protecting the doorway to the king, but they secretly planned to kill him."}, {"pk": 4106080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "When Mordecai got wind of it, he reported it to Queen Esther. She spoke to the king about it, saying the information came from Mordecai."}, {"pk": 4106081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "The matter was investigated and found to be true, so the two men were impaled on pointed poles. <sup>[4]</sup> A report about the event was written in the royal record with the king present.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>hanged the two men on gallows</i>"}, {"pk": 4106082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Sometime later, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, Hammedatha the Agagite\u2019s son, <sup>[1]</sup> by promoting him above all the officials who worked with him.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the braggart</i>"}, {"pk": 4106083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "All the royal workers at the King\u2019s Gate would kneel and bow facedown to Haman because the king had so ordered. But Mordecai didn\u2019t kneel or bow down."}, {"pk": 4106084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "So the royal workers at the King\u2019s Gate said to Mordecai, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you obey the king\u2019s order?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Day after day they questioned him, but he paid no attention to them. So they let Haman know about it just to see whether or not Mordecai\u2019s words would hold true. <sup>[2]</sup> (He had told them that he was a Jew.)", "comment": "[2] Or <i>stand</i>"}, {"pk": 4106086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "When Haman himself saw that Mordecai didn\u2019t kneel or bow down to him, he became very angry."}, {"pk": 4106087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "But he decided not to kill only Mordecai, for people had told him Mordecai\u2019s race. Instead, he planned to wipe out all the Jews, Mordecai\u2019s people, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus."}, {"pk": 4106088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan) <sup>[3]</sup> in the twelfth year of the rule of King Ahasuerus, servants threw pur, namely, dice, in front of Haman to find the best day for his plan. They tried every day and every month, and the dice chose the thirteenth <sup>[4]</sup> day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).", "comment": "[4] See LXX and <a href='/CEB/17/3/13'>3:13</a>.<br>[3] March\u2013April"}, {"pk": 4106089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, \u201cA certain group of people exist in pockets among the other peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of everyone else, and they refuse to obey the king\u2019s laws. There\u2019s no good reason for the king to put up with them any longer."}, {"pk": 4106090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "If the king wishes, let a written order be sent out to destroy them, and I will hand over ten thousand kikkars of silver <sup>[5]</sup> to those in charge of the king\u2019s business. The silver can go into the king\u2019s treasuries.\u201d", "comment": "[5] A kikkar weighed approximately seventy-five pounds."}, {"pk": 4106091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The king removed his royal ring from his finger and handed it to Haman, Hammedatha the Agagite\u2019s son, enemy of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "The king said to Haman, \u201cBoth the money and the people are under your power. Do as you like with them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "So in the first month, on the thirteenth day, royal scribes were summoned to write down everything that Haman ordered. The orders were for the king\u2019s rulers and the governors in charge of each province, as well as for the officials of each people. They wrote in the alphabet of each province and in the language of each people. They wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed the order with the king\u2019s royal ring."}, {"pk": 4106094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Fast runners were to take the order to all the provinces of the king. The order commanded people to wipe out, kill, and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, even women and little children. This was to happen on a single day \u2014 the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar). <sup>[6]</sup> They were also to seize their property.", "comment": "[6] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "A copy of the order was to become law in each province and to be posted in public for all peoples to read. The people were to be ready for this day to do as the order commanded."}, {"pk": 4106096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Driven by the king\u2019s order, the runners left Susa just as the law became public in the fortified part of Susa. While the king and Haman sat down to have a drink, the city of Susa was in total shock."}, {"pk": 4106097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes, dressed in mourning clothes, and put ashes on his head. Then he went out into the heart of the city and cried out loudly and bitterly."}, {"pk": 4106098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He went only as far as the King\u2019s Gate because it was against the law for anyone to pass through it wearing mourning clothes."}, {"pk": 4106099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "At the same time, in every province and place where the king\u2019s order and his new law arrived, a very great sadness came over the Jews. They gave up eating and spent whole days weeping and crying out loudly in pain. Many Jews lay on the ground in mourning clothes and ashes."}, {"pk": 4106100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "When Esther\u2019s female servants and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen\u2019s whole body showed how upset she was. She sent everyday clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of mourning clothes, but he rejected them."}, {"pk": 4106101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Esther then sent for Hathach, one of the royal eunuchs whose job it was to wait on her. She ordered him to go to Mordecai and find out what was going on and why he was acting this way."}, {"pk": 4106102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square in front of the King\u2019s Gate."}, {"pk": 4106103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him. He spelled out the exact amount of silver that Haman promised to pay into the royal treasury. It was in exchange for the destruction of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "He also gave Hathach a copy of the law made public in Susa concerning the Jews\u2019 destruction so that Hathach could show it to Esther and report it to her. Through him Mordecai ordered her to go to the king to seek his kindness and his help for her people."}, {"pk": 4106105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Hathach came back and told Esther what Mordecai had said."}, {"pk": 4106106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "In reply Esther ordered Hathach to tell Mordecai:"}, {"pk": 4106107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cAll the king\u2019s officials and the people in his provinces know that there\u2019s a single law in a case like this. Any man or woman who comes to the king in the inner courtyard without being called is to be put to death. Only the person to whom the king holds out the gold scepter may live. In my case, I haven\u2019t been called to come to the king for the past thirty days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "When they told Mordecai Esther\u2019s words,"}, {"pk": 4106109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "he had them respond to Esther: \u201cDon\u2019t think for one minute that, unlike all the other Jews, you\u2019ll come out of this alive simply because you are in the palace."}, {"pk": 4106110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "In fact, if you don\u2019t speak up at this very important time, relief and rescue will appear for the Jews from another place, but you and your family will die. But who knows? Maybe it was for a moment like this that you came to be part of the royal family.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Esther sent back this word to Mordecai:"}, {"pk": 4106112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cGo, gather all the Jews who are in Susa and tell them to give up eating to help me be brave. They aren\u2019t to eat or drink anything for three whole days, and I myself will do the same, along with my female servants. Then, even though it\u2019s against the law, I will go to the king; and if I am to die, then die I will.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "So Mordecai left where he was and did exactly what Esther had ordered him."}, {"pk": 4106114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Three days later, Esther put on royal clothes and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace, facing the palace itself. At that moment the king was inside sitting on his royal throne and facing the palace doorway."}, {"pk": 4106115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "When the king noticed Queen Esther standing in the entry court, he was pleased. The king held out to Esther the gold scepter in his hand, and she came forward and touched the scepter\u2019s tip."}, {"pk": 4106116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the king said to her, \u201cWhat is it, Queen Esther? What do you want? I\u2019ll give you anything \u2014 even half the kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Esther answered, \u201cIf the king wishes, please come today with Haman for the feast that I have prepared for him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHurry, get Haman,\u201d the king ordered, \u201cso we can do what Esther says.\u201d So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared."}, {"pk": 4106119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "As they sipped wine, the king asked, \u201cNow what is it you wish? I\u2019ll give it to you. What do you want? I\u2019ll do anything \u2014 even give you half the kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Esther answered, \u201cThis is my wish and this is what I want:"}, {"pk": 4106121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "If I please the king, and if the king wishes to grant my wish and my desire, I\u2019d like the king and Haman to come to another feast that I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will answer the king\u2019s questions.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "That day Haman left Esther\u2019s place happy, his spirits high, but then he saw Mordecai in the King\u2019s Gate. Mordecai neither stood up nor seemed the least bit nervous around him, so Haman suddenly felt great rage toward Mordecai."}, {"pk": 4106123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "But Haman held himself back and went on home. He sent word that his friends and his wife Zeresh should join him there."}, {"pk": 4106124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Haman boasted to them about his great wealth and his many sons. He told all about how the king had honored him by promoting him over the officials and high royal workers."}, {"pk": 4106125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cBest of all,\u201d Haman said, \u201cQueen Esther has invited no one else but me to join the king for food and drinks that she has prepared. In fact, I\u2019ve been called to join the king at her place tomorrow!"}, {"pk": 4106126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "But all this loses its meaning every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King\u2019s Gate.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "So his wife Zeresh and all his friends told him: \u201cHave people prepare a pointed pole seventy-five feet high. In the morning, tell the king to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then you can go with the king to the feast in a happy mood.\u201d Haman liked the idea and had the pole prepared."}, {"pk": 4106128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "That same night, the king simply couldn\u2019t sleep. He had the official royal records brought in, and his young male servants began reading them to the king."}, {"pk": 4106129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "They came to the report about Mordecai informing on Bigthan and Teresh. (They were the two royal eunuchs among the guards protecting the king\u2019s doorway, who secretly planned to kill King Ahasuerus.)"}, {"pk": 4106130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWhat was done to honor and reward Mordecai for this?\u201d the king asked. His young male servants replied, \u201cNothing was done for him, sir.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cWho is that out in the courtyard?\u201d the king asked. (Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He had come to tell the king to impale Mordecai on the pole that he had set up for him.)"}, {"pk": 4106132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "The king\u2019s servants answered, \u201cThat\u2019s Haman standing out in the courtyard, sir.\u201d So the king said, \u201cHave him come in.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "When Haman entered, the king asked him, \u201cWhat should be done for the man whom the king really wants to honor?\u201d Haman thought to himself, Whom would the king really want to honor more than me?"}, {"pk": 4106134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "So Haman said to the king, \u201cHere\u2019s what should be done for the man the king really wants to honor."}, {"pk": 4106135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Have servants bring out a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden. It should have a royal crest on its head."}, {"pk": 4106136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Then hand over the robe and the horse to another man, one of the king\u2019s officials. Have him personally robe <sup>[1]</sup> the man whom the king really wants to honor and lead him on the horse through the city square. As he goes, have him shout, \u2018This is what the king does for the man he really wants to honor!\u2019\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX sing <i>robe</i> and <i>lead</i>, cf Heb plural verbs"}, {"pk": 4106137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the king said to Haman, \u201cHurry, take the robe and the horse just as you\u2019ve said and do exactly that for Mordecai the Jew, who works at the King\u2019s Gate. Don\u2019t leave out a single thing you\u2019ve said!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "So Haman took the robe and the horse and put the robe on Mordecai. He led him on horseback through the city square, shouting as he went, \u201cThis is what the king does for the man he really wants to honor!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Afterward, Mordecai returned to the King\u2019s Gate, while Haman hurried home feeling great shame, his head covered."}, {"pk": 4106140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Both his friends <sup>[2]</sup> and his wife said to him, \u201cYou\u2019ve already begun to lose out to Mordecai. If he is of Jewish birth, you\u2019ll not be able to win against him. You are surely going to lose out to him.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX; Heb <i>wise ones</i>"}, {"pk": 4106141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "They were still discussing this with him when several royal eunuchs arrived. They quickly hurried Haman off to the feast that Esther had prepared."}, {"pk": 4106142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "When the king and Haman came in for the banquet with Queen Esther,"}, {"pk": 4106143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "the king said to her, \u201cThis is the second day we\u2019ve met for wine. What is your wish, Queen Esther? I\u2019ll give it to you. And what do you want? I\u2019ll do anything \u2014 even give you half the kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Queen Esther answered, \u201cIf I please the king, and if the king wishes, give me my life \u2014 that\u2019s my wish \u2014 and the lives of my people too. That\u2019s my desire."}, {"pk": 4106145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "We have been sold \u2014 I and my people \u2014 to be wiped out, killed, and destroyed. If we simply had been sold as male and female slaves, I would have said nothing. But no enemy can compensate the king for this kind of damage.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, \u201cWho is this person, and where is he? Who would dare do such a thing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Esther replied, \u201cA man who hates, an enemy \u2014 this wicked Haman!\u201d Haman was overcome with terror in the presence of the king and queen."}, {"pk": 4106148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Furious, the king got up and left the banquet for the palace garden. But Haman stood up to beg Queen Esther for his life. He saw clearly that the king\u2019s mood meant a bad end for him."}, {"pk": 4106149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The king returned from the palace garden to the banquet room just as Haman was kneeling on the couch where Esther was reclining. \u201cWill you even molest the queen while I am in the house?\u201d the king said. The words had barely left the king\u2019s mouth before covering Haman\u2019s face with dread. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the face of Haman was covered.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Harbona, one of the eunuchs serving the king, said, \u201cSir, look! There\u2019s the stake that Haman made for Mordecai, the man who spoke up and did something good for the king. It\u2019s standing at Haman\u2019s house \u2014 seventy-five feet high.\u201d \u201cImpale him on it!\u201d the king ordered."}, {"pk": 4106151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "So they impaled Haman on the very pole that he had set up for Mordecai, and the king\u2019s anger went away."}, {"pk": 4106152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "That same day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther what Haman the enemy of the Jews owned. Mordecai himself came before the king because Esther had told the king that he was family to her."}, {"pk": 4106153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "The king took off his royal ring, the one he had removed from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther put Mordecai in charge of what Haman had owned."}, {"pk": 4106154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Esther again spoke before the king. She bowed at his feet, wept, and begged him to treat her kindly. She wanted him to overturn the evil plot of Haman the Agagite \u2014 his secret plan directed against the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The king held out the gold scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before him."}, {"pk": 4106156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "She said, \u201cIf the king wishes, and if I please him \u2014 that is, if the idea seems right to the king, and if he still sees me as a good person \u2014 then have people write something to call back the order \u2014 the order that put into effect the plan of Haman, Hammedatha the Agagite\u2019s son, that he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the royal provinces."}, {"pk": 4106157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "How can I bear to watch the terrible evil about to sweep over my people? And how can I bear to watch others destroy my own family?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, \u201cLook, I\u2019ve given Esther everything Haman owned. And Haman himself my servants have impaled on the pole because he planned to attack the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "So you yourselves write to the Jews whatever you like in the name of the king and seal the letters with the king\u2019s royal ring. Anything written in the name of the king and sealed with the king\u2019s royal ring can\u2019t be called back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "So that was when the royal scribes were summoned \u2014 on the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month of Sivan). <sup>[1]</sup> They wrote exactly what Mordecai ordered to the Jews, rulers, governors, and officials of the provinces from India to Cush \u2014 one hundred twenty-seven in all. They wrote in the alphabet of each province and in the language of each people.", "comment": "[1] May\u2013June"}, {"pk": 4106161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "They wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed the order with the king\u2019s royal ring. He sent letters with riders mounted on royal horses bred from mares known to run fast. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The order allowed Jews in each town to join together and defend their lives. The Jews were free to wipe out, kill, and destroy every army of any people and province that attacked them, along with their women and children. They could also take and keep anything their attackers owned."}, {"pk": 4106163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "The one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus on which they could do so was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar)."}, {"pk": 4106164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "A copy of the writing was to become law in each province and be on public display for all its peoples to read. The Jews were to be ready on this day to get back at their enemies."}, {"pk": 4106165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "The riders mounted on royal horses left Susa, spurred on by the king\u2019s order, and the law also became public in the fortified part of Susa."}, {"pk": 4106166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Mordecai went out from the king\u2019s presence in a blue and white royal robe wearing a large gold crown and a white and red-purple coat. The city of Susa greeted him with shouts of joy."}, {"pk": 4106167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "For the Jews it was a day of light, happiness, joy, and honor."}, {"pk": 4106168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "In every province and in every town \u2014 wherever the king\u2019s order and his law arrived \u2014 for the Jews it was a day of happiness and joy. For them it meant feasts and a holiday. Many people in the land became Jews themselves, out of fear of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "It was on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar) <sup>[1]</sup> that the king\u2019s order and his law were to be enforced. On the very day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to overpower them, the tables were turned against them. The Jews overpowered their enemies instead.", "comment": "[1] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "The Jews joined together in their towns in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to defend themselves against those who tried to harm them. No one was able to stand in their way because everyone was afraid of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "All the leaders of the provinces, rulers, governors, and those in charge of the king\u2019s business helped the Jews because they were afraid of Mordecai."}, {"pk": 4106172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Because Mordecai was very important in the palace, news about him was sweeping through the provinces. Indeed, Mordecai was becoming more and more important every day."}, {"pk": 4106173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "The Jews put down all their enemies with sword blows, killing, and destruction. They did whatever they wanted with those who hated them."}, {"pk": 4106174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "In the fortified part of Susa, the Jews killed five hundred people."}, {"pk": 4106175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,"}, {"pk": 4106176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,"}, {"pk": 4106177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha."}, {"pk": 4106178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "These were the ten sons of Haman, Hammedatha\u2019s son, the enemy of the Jews. But the Jews didn\u2019t lay a hand on anything their enemies owned."}, {"pk": 4106179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "That same day, a report concerning the number killed in the fortified part of Susa reached the king."}, {"pk": 4106180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "So the king said to Queen Esther in the fortified part of Susa, \u201cThe Jews have killed five hundred people as well as the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? What do you wish now? I\u2019ll give it to you. What is your desire? I\u2019ll do it this time too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Esther answered, \u201cIf the king wishes, let the Jews who are in Susa also have tomorrow to do what the law allows for today. And let them also impale the ten sons of Haman on pointed poles.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "The king ordered that this be done, and the law became public in Susa. They impaled the ten sons of Haman just as she said."}, {"pk": 4106183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "The Jews in Susa joined together again, this time on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar. In Susa, they killed three hundred people, but they didn\u2019t lay a hand on anything the people owned."}, {"pk": 4106184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The Jews out in the royal provinces also joined together to defend their lives. They put to rest the troubles with their enemies and killed those who hated them. The total was seventy-five thousand dead, but the Jews didn\u2019t lay a hand on anything their enemies owned."}, {"pk": 4106185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "They acted on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. Then on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasts and rejoicing."}, {"pk": 4106186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "<sup>[17]</sup> (The Jews in Susa joined together for self-defense on the thirteenth and fourteenth days of the month. But they rested on the fifteenth day of the month and made it a day of feasts and joyous events.)"}, {"pk": 4106187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "That is why Jews who live in villages make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of rejoicing and feasts, a holiday. It is a day on which they send gifts of food to each other."}, {"pk": 4106188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Mordecai wrote these things down and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces, both near and far, of King Ahasuerus."}, {"pk": 4106189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "He made it a rule that Jews keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as special days each and every year."}, {"pk": 4106190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "They are the days on which the Jews finally put to rest the troubles with their enemies. The month is the one when everything turned around for them from sadness to joy, and from sad, loud crying to a holiday. They are to make them days of feasts and joyous events, days to send food gifts to each other and money gifts to the poor."}, {"pk": 4106191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "The Jews agreed to continue what they had already begun to do \u2014 just what Mordecai had written to them."}, {"pk": 4106192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Indeed, Haman, Hammedatha the Agagite\u2019s son, the enemy of all the Jews, had planned to destroy the Jews. He had servants throw pur (that is, the dice) to find the best month and day to trouble greatly and destroy them."}, {"pk": 4106193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "But when Esther came before the king, his written order said: The wicked plan that Haman made against the Jews should turn back on him instead. So they impaled him and his sons on pointed poles."}, {"pk": 4106194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "That is why people call these days Purim, by using the ancient word <b>pur</b>. It all fit with what this letter said, with what they saw happen, and with what they themselves went through."}, {"pk": 4106195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "The Jews agreed that they, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, as well as all non-Jews who become Jews, should always keep these two days. They agreed to follow the written rules \u2014 and at the proper time too \u2014 every year."}, {"pk": 4106196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "So forever every family, province, and town remembers to keep these days. These days of Purim won\u2019t die out among the Jews. They will remember to keep them forever."}, {"pk": 4106197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with her full royal power to show that this second letter about Purim was correct. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>wrote a second time to show that this letter</i>"}, {"pk": 4106198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Letters conveying good wishes and words of friendship were sent to all the Jews throughout the one hundred twenty-seven provinces in the kingdom of Ahasuerus."}, {"pk": 4106199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Their aim was to make sure that the Jews kept these days of Purim at the proper time, following the rule that Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had made. The rule fit well with what they themselves had agreed to do forever and with other things they did \u2014 like fasting and lamenting."}, {"pk": 4106200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Esther\u2019s order made these features of Purim part of the law, so it was written down."}, {"pk": 4106201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "King Ahasuerus taxed the entire kingdom, including the islands of the Mediterranean."}, {"pk": 4106202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Now some may want to know about all the king\u2019s mighty, great deeds. They may also want a full report about how important Mordecai became after the king honored him. Are they not written in the official records of the kings of Media and Persia?"}, {"pk": 4106203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 17, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Certainly, Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus in importance. The Jews also admired him greatly, and his many brothers and sisters were proud of him. He always wanted to do good things for his Jewish people and to speak up for all his family whenever they needed help."}, {"pk": 4106366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "A man in the land of Uz was named Job. That man was honest, a person of absolute integrity; he feared God and avoided evil."}, {"pk": 4106367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "He had seven sons and three daughters,"}, {"pk": 4106368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pairs of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a vast number of servants, so that he was greater than all the people of the east."}, {"pk": 4106369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Each of his sons hosted a feast in his own house on his birthday. They invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them."}, {"pk": 4106370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "When the days of the feast had been completed, Job would send word <sup>[1]</sup> and purify his children. <sup>[2]</sup> Getting up early in the morning, he prepared entirely burned offerings for each one of them, for Job thought, Perhaps my children have sinned and then cursed <sup>[3]</sup> God in their hearts. Job did this regularly.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>them</i><br>[3] Or <i>blessed</i>. The verb for <i>bless</i> is a euphemism for <i>curse</i> in <a href='/CEB/18/1/11'>1:11</a>; <a href='/CEB/18/2/5'>2:5</a>, <a href='/CEB/18/2/9'>9</a>; whereas in <a href='/CEB/18/1/10'>1:10</a>, <a href='/CEB/18/1/21'>21</a> and <a href='/CEB/18/42/12'>42:12</a> it has its usual meaning.<br>[1] Heb lacks <i>word</i>."}, {"pk": 4106371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "One day the divine beings <sup>[4]</sup> came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Adversary <sup>[5]</sup> also came among them.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>children of God</i><br>[5] Heb <i>hassatan</i>"}, {"pk": 4106372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD said to the Adversary, \u201cWhere did you come from?\u201d The Adversary answered the LORD, \u201cFrom wandering throughout the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD said to the Adversary, \u201cHave you thought about my servant Job; surely there is no one like him on earth, a man who is honest, who is of absolute integrity, who reveres God and avoids evil?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "The Adversary answered the LORD, \u201cDoes Job revere God for nothing?"}, {"pk": 4106375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Haven\u2019t you fenced him in \u2014 his house and all he has \u2014 and blessed the work of his hands so that his possessions extend throughout the earth?"}, {"pk": 4106376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "But stretch out your hand and strike all he has. He will certainly curse you to your face.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD said to the Adversary, \u201cLook, all he has is within your power; only don\u2019t stretch out your hand against him.\u201d So the Adversary left the LORD\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4106378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "One day Job\u2019s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4106379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "A messenger came to Job and said: \u201cThe oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing nearby"}, {"pk": 4106380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "when the Sabeans took them and killed the young men with swords. I alone escaped to tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "While this messenger was speaking, another arrived and said: \u201cA raging fire fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and devoured the young men. I alone escaped to tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "While this messenger was speaking, another arrived and said: \u201cChaldeans set up three companies, raided the camels and took them, killing the young men with swords. I alone escaped to tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "While this messenger was speaking, another arrived and said: \u201cYour sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother\u2019s house,"}, {"pk": 4106384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "when a strong wind came from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It fell upon the young people, and they died. I alone escaped to tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Job arose, tore his clothes, shaved his head, fell to the ground, and worshipped."}, {"pk": 4106386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "He said: \u201cNaked I came from my mother\u2019s womb; naked I will return there. The LORD has given; the LORD has taken; bless the LORD\u2019s name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "In all this, Job didn\u2019t sin or blame God."}, {"pk": 4106388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "One day the divine beings came to present themselves before the LORD. The Adversary also came among them to present himself before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4106389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said to the Adversary, \u201cWhere have you come from?\u201d The Adversary answered the LORD, \u201cFrom wandering throughout the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD said to the Adversary, \u201cHave you thought about my servant Job, for there is no one like him on earth, a man who is honest, who is of absolute integrity, who reveres God and avoids evil? He still holds on to his integrity, even though you incited me to ruin him for no reason.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The Adversary responded to the LORD, \u201cSkin for skin \u2014 people will give up everything they have in exchange for their lives."}, {"pk": 4106392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "But stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh. Then he will definitely curse <sup>[1]</sup> you to your face.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>bless</i>"}, {"pk": 4106393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD answered the Adversary, \u201cThere he is \u2014 within your power; only preserve his life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The Adversary departed from the LORD\u2019s presence and struck Job with severe sores from the sole of his foot to the top of his head."}, {"pk": 4106395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself and sat down on a mound of ashes."}, {"pk": 4106396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Job\u2019s wife said to him, \u201cAre you still clinging to your integrity? Curse <sup>[2]</sup> God, and die.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>bless</i>"}, {"pk": 4106397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Job said to her, \u201cYou\u2019re talking like a foolish woman. Will we receive good from God but not also receive bad?\u201d In all this, Job didn\u2019t sin with his lips."}, {"pk": 4106398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "When Job\u2019s three friends heard about all this disaster that had happened to him, they came, each one from his home \u2014 Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah. They agreed to come so they could console and comfort him."}, {"pk": 4106399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "When they looked up from a distance and didn\u2019t recognize him, they wept loudly. Each one tore his garment and scattered dust above his head toward the sky."}, {"pk": 4106400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "They sat with Job on the ground seven days and seven nights, not speaking a word to him, for they saw that he was in excruciating pain."}, {"pk": 4106401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Afterward, Job spoke up and cursed the day he was born."}, {"pk": 4106402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Job said:<br>"}, {"pk": 4106403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Perish the day I was born, <br>the night someone said, <br>\u201cA boy has been conceived.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "That day \u2014 let it be darkness; <br>may God above ignore it, <br>and light not shine on it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "May deepest darkness claim it <br>and a cloud linger over it; <br>may all that darkens the day terrify it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "May gloom seize that night; <br>may it not be counted in the days of a year; <br>may it not appear in the months.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "May that night be childless; <br>may no happy singing come in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "May those who curse the day curse it, <br>those with enough skill to awaken Leviathan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "May its evening stars stay dark; <br>may it wait in vain for light; <br>may it not see dawn\u2019s gleam,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "because it didn\u2019t close the doors of my mother\u2019s womb, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>didn\u2019t hide trouble from my eyes. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>mother\u2019s.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Why didn\u2019t I die at birth, <br>come forth from the womb and die?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Why did knees receive me <br>and breasts let me nurse?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "For now I would be lying down quietly; <br>I\u2019d sleep; rest would be mine<br>"}, {"pk": 4106414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "with kings and earth\u2019s advisors, <br>who rebuild ruins for themselves,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "or with princes who have gold, <br>who fill their houses with silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Or why wasn\u2019t I like a buried miscarried infant, <br>like babies who never see light?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "There the wicked rage no more; <br>there the weak rest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Prisoners are entirely at ease; <br>they don\u2019t hear a boss\u2019s voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Both small and great are there; <br>a servant is free from his masters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Why is light given to the hard worker, <br>life to those bitter of soul,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "those waiting in vain for death, <br>who search for it more than for treasure,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "who rejoice excitedly, <br>who are thrilled when they find a grave?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Why is light given <sup>[2]</sup> to the person whose way is hidden, <br>whom God has fenced in?<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>is light given.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "My groans become my bread; <br>my roars pour out like water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Because I was afraid of something awful, <br>and it arrived; <br>what I dreaded came to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "I had no ease, quiet, or rest, <br>and trembling came. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Eliphaz, a native of Teman, responded:"}, {"pk": 4106428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "If one tries to answer you, will you be annoyed? <br>But who can hold words back?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Look, you\u2019ve instructed many <br>and given strength to drooping hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Your words have raised up the falling; <br>you\u2019ve steadied failing knees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "But now it comes to you, and you are dismayed; <br>it has struck you, and you are frightened.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Isn\u2019t your religion the source of <sup>[1]</sup> your confidence; <br>the integrity of your conduct, the source of your hope? <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>the source</i>."}, {"pk": 4106433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Think! What innocent person has ever perished? <br>When have those who do the right thing been destroyed?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "As I\u2019ve observed, those who plow sin <br>and sow trouble will harvest it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "When God breathes deeply, they perish; <br>by a breath of his nostril they are annihilated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "The roar of a lion and snarl of the king of beasts \u2014 <br>yet the teeth of lions are shattered;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "the lion perishes without prey, <br>and its cubs are scattered. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "But a word sneaked up on me; <br>my ears caught a hint of it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "In profound thoughts, visions of night, <br>when deep sleep falls on people,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "fear and dread struck me; <br>all of my bones shook.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "A breeze swept by my face; <br>the hair of my skin bristled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "It stopped. I didn\u2019t recognize its visible form, <br>although a figure was in front of my eyes. <br>Silence! Then I heard a voice:<br>"}, {"pk": 4106443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cCan a human be more righteous than God, <br>a person purer than their maker?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4106444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "If he doesn\u2019t trust his servants <br>and levels a charge against his messengers,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "how much less those who dwell in houses of clay, <br>whose foundations are in dust, <br>and who are crushed like a moth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "They are smashed between morning and evening; <br>they perish forever without anyone knowing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Isn\u2019t their tent cord pulled up? <br>They die without wisdom. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Some interpreters end the quotation here rather than <a href='/CEB/18/4/17'>4:17</a>."}, {"pk": 4106448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Call out. Will anyone answer you? <br>To which holy one will you turn?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Surely anger can kill the foolish; <br>fury can kill the simple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "I\u2019ve seen the foolish take root <br>and promptly curse their house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Their children are far <sup>[1]</sup> from safety, <br>crushed in the gate without a deliverer.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>May their children be far from safety.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "The hungry devour <sup>[2]</sup> their crops; <br>it\u2019s taken even from the thorns, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and the thirsty pant after their yield.<br>", "comment": "[2] or <i>May the hungry devour their crops.</i><br>[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Surely trouble doesn\u2019t come from dust, <br>nor does distress sprout from the ground.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Surely humans are born to distress, <br>just as sparks rise up. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "But I would seek God, <br>put my case to God,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "who does great things beyond comprehension, <br>wonderful things without number;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "who provides rain over the earth\u2019s surface, <br>sends water to the open country,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "exalts the lowly, <br>raises mourners to victory;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "who frustrates the schemes of the clever <br>so that their hands achieve no success,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "trapping the wise in their cleverness <br>so that the plans of the devious don\u2019t succeed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "They encounter darkness during the day, <br>and at noon they fumble about as at night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Yet he rescues the orphan <sup>[4]</sup> from the sword of their mouth, <br>the needy from the grip of the strong;<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>orphan.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "so the poor have hope <br>and violence shuts its mouth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Look, happy is the person whom God corrects; <br>so don\u2019t reject the Almighty\u2019s instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "He injures, but he binds up; <br>he strikes, but his hands heal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "From six adversities he will deliver you; <br>from seven harm won\u2019t touch you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "In famine he will ransom you from death; <br>in war, from the power of the sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "You will be hidden from the tongue\u2019s sting, <br>and you won\u2019t fear destruction when it comes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "You will laugh at destruction and hunger; <br>you won\u2019t be afraid of wild beasts;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "for you will make an agreement with the stones of the field; <br>and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "You will know that your tent is secure. <br>You will examine your home and miss nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "You will know that you\u2019ll have many children. <br>Your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "You will come to your grave in old age <br>as bundles of grain stacked up at harvesttime.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Look, we\u2019ve searched this out, and so it is; <br>listen and find out for yourself. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Job responded:"}, {"pk": 4106476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Oh, that my grief were actually weighed, <br>all of it were lifted up in scales;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "for now it\u2019s heavier than the sands of the sea; <br>therefore, my words are rash. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "The Almighty\u2019s arrows are in me; <br>my spirit drinks their poison, <br>and God\u2019s terrors are arrayed against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Does a donkey bray over grass <br>or an ox bellow over its fodder?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Is tasteless food eaten without salt, <br>or does egg white <sup>[2]</sup> have taste?<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "I refuse to touch them; <br>they resemble food for the sick. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Oh, that what I\u2019ve requested would come <br>and God grant my hope;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "that God be willing to crush me, <br>release his hand and cut me off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019d still take comfort, <br>relieved <sup>[3]</sup> even though in persistent pain; <br>for I\u2019ve not denied the words of the holy one.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "What is my strength, that I should hope; <br>my end, that my life should drag on?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Is my strength that of rocks, <br>my flesh bronze?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "I don\u2019t have a helper for myself; <br>success has been taken from me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Are friends loyal to the one who despairs, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>or do they stop fearing the Almighty?<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "My companions are treacherous like a stream in the desert, <br>like channels that overrun their streambeds,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "like those darkened by thawing ice, <br>in which snow is obscured<br>"}, {"pk": 4106491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "but that stop flowing in dry times <br>and vanish from their channels in heat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Caravans turn aside from their paths; <br>they go up into untamed areas and perish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Caravans from Tema look; <br>merchants from Sheba hope for it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "They are ashamed that they trusted; <br>they arrive and are dismayed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "That\u2019s what you are like; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>you see something awful and are afraid. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Have I said, \u201cGive me something? <br>Offer a bribe from your wealth for me?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Rescue me from the hand of my enemy? <br>Ransom me from the grip of the ruthless?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "Instruct me and I\u2019ll be quiet; <br>inform me how I\u2019ve erred.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "How painful are truthful words, <br>but what do your condemnations accomplish?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Do you intend to correct my words, <br>to treat the words of a hopeless man as wind?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Would you even gamble over an orphan, <br>barter away your friend?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Now look at me \u2014 <br>would I lie to your face?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Turn! Don\u2019t be faithless. <br>Turn now! I am righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "Is there wrong on my tongue, <br>or can my mouth not recognize disaster? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Isn\u2019t slavery everyone\u2019s condition on earth, <br>our days like those of a hired worker?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Like a slave we pant for a shadow, <br>await our task like a hired worker.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "So I have inherited months of emptiness; <br>nights of toil have been measured out for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "If I lie down and think \u2014 When will I get up? \u2014 <br>night drags on, <sup>[1]</sup> and restless thoughts fill me until dawn.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "My flesh is covered with worms and crusted earth; <br>my skin hardens and oozes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "My days are swifter than a weaver\u2019s shuttle; <br>they reach their end without hope. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>thread</i>"}, {"pk": 4106511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Remember that my life is wind; <br>my eyes won\u2019t see pleasure again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The eye that sees me now will no longer look on me; <br>your eyes will be on me, and I won\u2019t exist.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "A cloud breaks apart and moves on \u2014 <br>like the one who descends to the grave <sup>[3]</sup> and won\u2019t rise,<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "won\u2019t return home again, <br>won\u2019t be recognized in town anymore. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "But I won\u2019t keep quiet; <br>I will speak in the adversity of my spirit, <br>groan in the bitterness of my life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Am I Sea <sup>[4]</sup> or the Sea Monster <sup>[5]</sup> <br>that you place me under guard?<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Tannin</i>, a sea dragon<br>[4] Heb <i>Yam</i>, a sea god"}, {"pk": 4106517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "If I say, \u201cMy couch will comfort me,\u201d <br>my bed will diminish my murmuring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "You scare me with dreams, <br>frighten me with visions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "I would choose strangling <br>and death instead of my bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "I reject life; <sup>[6]</sup> I don\u2019t want to live long; <br>leave me alone, for my days are empty. <br>", "comment": "[6] Heb lacks <i>life.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "What are human beings, that you exalt them, <br>that you take note of them,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "visit them each morning, <br>test them every moment?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Why not look away from me; <br>let me alone until I swallow my spit?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "If I sinned, what did I do to you, <br>guardian of people? <br>Why have you made me your target <br>so that I\u2019m a burden to myself?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Why not forgive my sin, <br>overlook my iniquity? <br>Then I would lie down in the dust; <br>you would search hard for me, <br>and I would not exist. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Bildad from Shuah responded:"}, {"pk": 4106527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "How long will you mouth such things <br>such that your utterances become a strong wind?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Does God pervert justice, <br>or does the Almighty distort what is right?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "If your children sinned against him, <br>then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "If you will search eagerly for God, <br>plead with the Almighty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "If you are pure and do the right thing, <br>then surely he will become active on your behalf <br>and reward your innocent dwelling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Although your former state was ordinary, <br>your future will be extraordinary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Ask a previous generation <br>and verify the findings of your ancestors,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "for we are only recently here and don\u2019t know <br>because our days on earth are a shadow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Won\u2019t they instruct you and tell you; <br>will words not <sup>[1]</sup> proceed from their hearts? <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>not.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh? <br>Does a reed flourish without water?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "While still tender, uncut, <br>it will wither before every other grass.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "So are the paths of all who forget God. <br>Hope perishes for the godless,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "whose confidence is a fragile thing, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>their trust, a spider\u2019s web.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "He leans on its web, and it doesn\u2019t stand; <br>grasps it, and it can\u2019t remain in place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "It\u2019s like a well-watered plant in the sun; <br>its runners spread over its gardens.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Its roots are entwined over a pile of rocks, <br>for it sees a home among stones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "If it\u2019s uprooted from its place, <br>it lies, saying, \u201cI can\u2019t see you.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Surely its way is a joy, <br>for from the dust other plants <sup>[3]</sup> sprout. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>plants</i>."}, {"pk": 4106545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Surely God won\u2019t reject integrity, <br>won\u2019t strengthen the hand of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "He will still fill your mouth with joy, <br>your lips with a victorious shout.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, <br>and the tent of the wicked will vanish. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Job responded:"}, {"pk": 4106549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "I know for certain that this is so; <br>and how can anyone be innocent before God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "If one wants to contend with him, <br>he won\u2019t answer one in a thousand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "He is wise <sup>[1]</sup> and powerful; <br>who can resist him and prosper?<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>wise in heart</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/18/37/24'>37:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4106552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Who removes mountains, and they are unaware; <br>who overthrows them in anger?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Who shakes the earth from its place, <br>and its pillars shudder?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Who commands the sun, and it does not rise, <br>even seals up the stars;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "stretched out the heavens alone <br>and trod on the waves of the Sea; <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Yam</i>, a sea god"}, {"pk": 4106556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "made the Bear and Orion, Pleiades <br>and the southern constellations;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "does great and unsearchable things, <br>wonders beyond number? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "If God goes by me, I can\u2019t see him; <br>he glides past, and I can\u2019t perceive him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "If he seizes, who can bring back? <br>Who can say to him, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "God won\u2019t retract his anger; <br>the helpers of Rahab bow beneath him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Yet I myself will answer him; <br>I\u2019ll choose my words in a contest <sup>[3]</sup> with him.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>in a contest.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Even if I\u2019m innocent, I can\u2019t answer; <br>I must plead for justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "If I were to call and he answered me, <br>I couldn\u2019t believe that he heard my voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Who bruises me with a tempest <br>and multiplies my wounds for no reason?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "He doesn\u2019t let me catch my breath, <br>for he fills me with bitterness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "If the issue is strength \u2014 behold power! <br>If justice \u2014 who calls God to meet me? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "If I\u2019m innocent, my mouth condemns me; <br>I have integrity; but God declares me perverse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "I\u2019m blameless, yet don\u2019t know myself; <br>I reject my life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "It\u2019s all the same; <br>therefore, I say God destroys the blameless and the sinners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "If calamity suddenly kills, <br>he mocks at the slaying <sup>[4]</sup> of innocents.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "The earth is handed over to the wicked; <br>he covers the faces of its judges. <br>If not God, then who does? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "My days are swifter than a runner; <br>they flee and don\u2019t experience good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "They sweep by like ships made of reeds, <br>as an eagle swoops on prey.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "If I say, \u201cI\u2019ll forget my lament, <br>put on a different face so I can smile,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "I\u2019m still afraid of all my suffering; <br>I know that you won\u2019t declare me innocent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "I myself am thought guilty; <br>why have I tried so hard in vain?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "If I wash myself with snow, <br>purify my hands with soap,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "then you\u2019ll hurl me into a slimy pit <br>so that my clothes detest me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "God is not a man like me \u2014 someone I could answer \u2014 <br>so that we could come together in court.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "Oh, that <sup>[5]</sup> there were a mediator between us; <br>he would lay his hand on both of us,<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>There is no</i>"}, {"pk": 4106581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "remove his rod from me, <br>so his fury wouldn\u2019t frighten me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Then I would speak \u2014 unafraid \u2014 <br>for I\u2019m not that way. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "I loathe my life; I will let loose my complaint; <br>I will speak out of my own bitterness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "I will say to God, Don\u2019t declare me guilty; <br>tell me what you are accusing me of doing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Does it seem good to you that you oppress me, <br>that you reject the work of your hands <br>and cause the purpose of sinners to shine?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Do you have physical eyes; <br>do you see like a human?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Are your days like those of a human, <br>your years like years of a human,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "that you search for my wrongdoing <br>and seek my sin?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "You know that I\u2019m not guilty, <br>yet no one delivers me from your power. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Your hands fashioned and made me; <br>yet you want to destroy me utterly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Remember that you made me from <sup>[1]</sup> clay, <br>and you will return me to dust.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>like</i>"}, {"pk": 4106592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Didn\u2019t you pour me out like milk, <br>curdle me like cheese?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "You clothed me with skin and flesh, <br>wove me from bones and sinews.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Life and kindness you gave me, <br>and you oversaw and preserved my breath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "These things you hid in your heart; <br>I know this is the case with you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "If I sin and you observe me, <br>you won\u2019t consider me innocent of wrongdoing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "If I were guilty, doom to me; <br>I\u2019m innocent, but can\u2019t lift my head, <br>full of shame and facing my misery.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "I could boast like a lion, and you would hunt me; <br>you would do awesome things to me again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "You continue to send your witnesses against me <br>and increase your anger toward me, <br>a swift army against me. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Why did you let me emerge from the womb? <br>I wish I had died without any eye seeing me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Then I would be just as if I hadn\u2019t existed, <br>taken from the belly to the grave.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Aren\u2019t my few days coming to an end? <br>Look away from me so I can brighten up a little<br>"}, {"pk": 4106603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "before I go and don\u2019t return <br>to a land of deepest darkness,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "a land whose light is like gloom, <br>utter darkness and confusion, <br>such that light shines like gloom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Zophar from Naamah responded:"}, {"pk": 4106606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Should all these words go unanswered <br>or a wordy man be justified?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Will your idle talk silence everyone; <br>will you mock and not be put to shame?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "You\u2019ve said, \u201cMy teaching is pure, <br>and I\u2019m clean in God\u2019s <sup>[1]</sup> eyes.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4106609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "But oh, that God would speak, <br>open his lips against you<br>"}, {"pk": 4106610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "and tell you secrets of wisdom; <br>for sound insight has two sides. <br>Know that God lets some of your sin be forgotten.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Can you find the secret of God <br>or find the extent of the Almighty?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "They are higher than the heavens \u2014 what can you do? <br>Deeper than the underworld <sup>[2]</sup> \u2014 what can you know?<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb Sheol"}, {"pk": 4106613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Its measurement is longer than the earth <br>and broader than the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "If God passes by, imprisons someone, and calls a trial, <br>who can stop him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "He knows worthless people, <br>sees sin, and certainly <sup>[3]</sup> takes note.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>does not</i>"}, {"pk": 4106616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "A stupid person becomes intelligent <br>when a wild ass of a person is born tame. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>a wild ass\u2019s colt can be born a man</i>"}, {"pk": 4106617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "If you make your mind resolute <br>and spread your palms to him,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "if you throw out the sin in your hands <br>and don\u2019t let injustice dwell in your tents,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "then you will lift up your face without blemish; <br>you will be secure and not fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "You will forget trouble; <br>you will remember it as water that flows past.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "A life span will rise brighter than noon; <br>darkness will be like morning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "You will be secure, for there is hope; <br>you will look around and rest safely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "You will lie down without anyone to scare you; <br>many will beg for your favor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "The eyes of the wicked will grow faint; <br>flight has vanished from them; <br>their hope is a dying gasp. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Job responded:"}, {"pk": 4106626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Surely you are the people, <br>and wisdom will die with you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "I am also intelligent; <br>I\u2019m not inferior to you. <br>Who isn\u2019t like these people? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>people.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019m a joke to friends <br>who called to God and he answered; <br>the innocent and blameless one is a joke,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "a torch <sup>[2]</sup> of contempt to one who is idle, <br>a fixed point for slipping feet. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Raiders\u2019 tents are prosperous <br>and God\u2019s provokers secure, <br>who carry God in their hands. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "But ask Behemoth, and he will teach you, <br>the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "or talk to earth, and it will teach you; <br>the fish of the sea will recount it for you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Among all these, who hasn\u2019t known <br>that the LORD\u2019s hand did this?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "In whose grasp is the life of every thing, <br>the breath of every person?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Doesn\u2019t the ear test words <br>and the palate taste food?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cIn old age is wisdom; <br>understanding in a long life.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4106637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "With him are wisdom and power; <br>counsel and understanding are his.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "If he tears down, it can\u2019t be rebuilt; <br>if he ties a person up, he can\u2019t be set free.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "If he restricts water, they have drought; <br>if he lets it loose, it overturns the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "With him are might and success; <br>the deceiver and the deceived are his.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "He leads advisors away barefoot; <br>makes madmen of judges;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "unties the belt of kings, <br>binds a garment around their loins;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "leads priests away barefoot; <br>overthrows the well-established;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "silences the talk of trusted people; <br>takes away elders\u2019 discernment;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "pours contempt on royalty; <br>loosens the belt of the strong;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "discloses deep secrets of darkness, <br>makes utter darkness enter the light;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "makes nations prominent and destroys them, <br>expands nations and leads them astray;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "takes away the power to think from earth\u2019s leaders, <br>making them wander in untraveled wastelands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "They feel their way in the dark without light; <br>he makes them stumble like drunks. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Look, my eye has seen it all; <br>my ear has heard and understood it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Just as you know, I also know; <br>I\u2019m not inferior to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "But I want to speak to the Almighty; <br>I would gladly present my case to God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "You, however, are plasterers of lies; <br>ineffective healers, all of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Would that you were completely quiet; <br>that would be your wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Hear my teaching <br>and pay attention to the arguments of my lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Will you speak injustice for God, <br>speak deceit on his behalf?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Will you be partial <br>or contend for God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Will it go well when he searches you, <br>or can you fool him as you fool people?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "He will certainly correct you <br>if you\u2019ve been secretly partial.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Wouldn\u2019t his majesty scare you <br>and dread of him fall on you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Your old sayings are proverbs made of ashes, <br>your sayings defenses made of clay. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Be quiet and I will speak, <br>come what may.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "For what reason will I take my flesh in my teeth, <br>put my life in jeopardy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "He will slay me; I\u2019m without hope; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>I will surely prove my way to his face.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Though he slay me, yet I will trust him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Also this will be my vindication, <br>that a godless person won\u2019t come before him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Listen closely to my words <br>so that my remarks will be in your ears. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Look, I have laid out my case; <br>I know that I\u2019m innocent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Who would dare contend with me, <br>for then I would be quiet and die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Only don\u2019t do two things to me, <br>then I won\u2019t hide from your face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Remove your hand far from me <br>and don\u2019t terrify me with your anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Then call and I\u2019ll answer, <br>or I\u2019ll speak and you can reply.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "How many are my offenses and sins? <br>Inform me about my rebellions and sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Why hide your face from me <br>and consider me your enemy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Will you cause a wind-tossed leaf to tremble, or will you pursue dry straw?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "You even write bitter things about me, <br>make me inherit my youthful indiscretions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "You tie up my feet and restrict all actions; <br>you stamp marks on the bottom of my feet. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "Surely a person wastes away like refuse, <br>like clothing that a moth eats. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "All of us <sup>[1]</sup> are born of women, <br>have few days, and are full of turmoil.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>adam</i>"}, {"pk": 4106679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Like a flower, we <sup>[2]</sup> bloom, then wither, <br>flee like a shadow, and don\u2019t last.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he;</i> also <i>he</i> in <a href='/CEB/18/14/5-6'>14:5\u20136</a>"}, {"pk": 4106680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> (Yes, you open your eyes on this one; <br>you bring me into trial against you.)<br>"}, {"pk": 4106681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Who can make pure from impure? <br>Nobody.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "If our days are fixed, the number of our months with you, <br>you set a statute and we can\u2019t exceed it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Look away from us that we may rest, <br>until we are satisfied like a worker at day\u2019s end. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Indeed there is hope for a tree. <br>If it\u2019s cut down and still sprouting <br>and its shoots don\u2019t fail,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "if its roots age in the ground <br>and its stump dies in the dust,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "at the scent of water, it will bud <br>and produce sprouts like a plant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "But a human dies and lies there; <br>a person expires, and where is he?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Water vanishes from the sea; <br>a river dries up completely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "But a human lies down and doesn\u2019t rise <br>until the heavens cease; <br>they don\u2019t get up and awaken from sleep. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "I wish you would hide me in the underworld, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>conceal me until your anger passes, <br>set a time for me, and remember me.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "If people die, will they live again? <br>All the days of my service I would wait <br>until my restoration took place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "You would call, and I would answer you; <br>you would long for your handiwork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Though you now number my steps, <br>you would not keep a record of my sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "My rebellion is sealed in a bag; <br>you would cover my sin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "But an eroding mountain breaks up, <br>and rock is displaced.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Water wears away boulders; <br>floods carry away soil; <br>you destroy a people\u2019s hope.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "You overpower them relentlessly, and they die; <br>you change their appearance and send them away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Their children achieve honor, and they don\u2019t know it; <br>their children become insignificant, and they don\u2019t see it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "They only feel the pain of their body, <br>and they mourn for themselves. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Eliphaz answered:"}, {"pk": 4106701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Will the wise respond with windy knowledge <br>and fill their belly with the east wind?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Will they argue with a word that has no benefit <br>and with unprofitable words?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "You are truly making religion ineffective <br>and restraining meditation before God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Your mouth multiplies your sins a thousand times; <br>you opt for a clever tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Your mouth condemns you, not I; <br>your lips argue against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Were you born the first Adam, <br>brought forth before the hills?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Did you listen in God\u2019s council; <br>is wisdom limited to you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "What do you know that we don\u2019t know; <br>what do you understand that isn\u2019t among us?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Both the graybeard and the aged are with us; <br>those much older than your father.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Are God\u2019s comforts not enough for you, <br>a word spoken gently with you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Why has your mind seized you, <br>why have your eyes flashed,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "so that you return your breath to God <br>and utter such words from your mouth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "What are humans that they might be pure, <br>and those born of woman that they might be innocent?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "If he doesn\u2019t trust his holy ones <br>and the heavens aren\u2019t pure in his eyes,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "how much less those who are abominable and corrupt, <br>for they drink sin like water. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Listen to me; I will argue with you; <br>what I\u2019ve seen, I will declare to you;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "what the wise have told and have not concealed from their family,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "to whom alone the earth was given <br>and no stranger passed in their midst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "All the days of the wicked are painful; <br>the number of years reserved for the hateful;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "a sound of terror pierces <sup>[1]</sup> their ears; <br>when safe, raiders overtake them.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>pierces.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "They can\u2019t count on turning away from darkness; <br>they are destined for a sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "They wander about for bread. \u201cWhere is it?\u201d <br>They know that their day of darkness is fixed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "Adversity and stress scare them, <br>master them like a king ready to strike;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "for they raise a fist against God <br>and try to overpower the Almighty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "They run toward him aggressively, <br>with a massive and strong shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "They cover their face with grease <br>and make their loins gross.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "They lived in ruined cities, <br>unoccupied houses that turn to rubble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "They won\u2019t get rich; their wealth won\u2019t last; <br>their property won\u2019t extend over the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "They can\u2019t turn away from darkness; <br>a flame will dry out their shoots, <br>and they will be taken away by the wind from his mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "They shouldn\u2019t trust in what has no worth, <br>for their reward will be worthless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Before their branch is formed, <br>before it is green,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "like the vine, they will drop early grapes <br>and cast off their blossoms like the olive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "The ruthless gang is barren, <br>and fire consumes the tents of bribers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "They conceive toil and give birth to sorrow; <br>their belly establishes deceit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Job answered:"}, {"pk": 4106736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019ve heard many things like these. <br>All of you are sorry comforters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Will windy talk ever cease; <br>what bothers you that you must argue?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "In your situation I could speak like you; <br>I could put words together to oppose you, <br>shake my head over you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "I could heap up words, strengthen you with my speech; <br>my trembling lips would be held in check.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "If I speak, my pain is not eased; <br>if I hold back, what have I lost? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Now God has surely worn me out. <br>You have destroyed my entire group,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "seized me, which became grounds for an accusation. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>My leanness rises to bear witness against me.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "His anger tears me and afflicts me; <br>he slashes at me with his teeth. <br>My enemy pierces me with his eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "They open their mouths at me <br>and strike my cheek in a taunt; <br>they gang up on me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "God delivers me to a criminal <br>and forces me into the hands of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "I was at rest, but he shattered me, <br>seized me by the back of my neck, <br>dashed me into pieces; <br>he raised me up for his target.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "His archers surround me; <br>he cuts my kidneys open without pity and doesn\u2019t care, <br>pours my gall on the ground,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "bursts me open over and over, <br>runs against me like a strong man.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019ve sewed rough cloth over my skin <br>and buried my dignity in the dust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "My face is red from crying, <br>and dark gloom hangs on my eyelids.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "But there is no violence in my hands, <br>and my prayer is pure. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Earth, don\u2019t cover my blood; <br>let my outcry never cease.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Surely now my witness stands in heaven; <br>my advocate is on high;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "my go-between, my friend. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>While my eyes drip tears to God,<br>", "comment": "[2] <i>Go-between</i> and <i>friend</i> are plural in Heb."}, {"pk": 4106755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "let him plead with God for a human being, <br>like a person pleads for a friend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "A number of years will surely pass, <br>and then I\u2019ll walk a path that I won\u2019t return. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "My spirit is broken, <br>my days extinguished, <br>the grave, <sup>[1]</sup> mine.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>graves</i>"}, {"pk": 4106758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Surely mockers are with me, <br>and my eye looks on their rebellion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Take my guarantee. <br>Who else is willing to make an agreement?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "You\u2019ve closed their mind to insight; <br>therefore, you won\u2019t be exalted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "He denounces his friends for gain, <br>and his children\u2019s eyes fail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "He makes me a popular proverb; <br>I\u2019m like spit in people\u2019s faces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "My eye is weak from grief; <br>my limbs like a shadow \u2014 all of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who do the right thing are amazed at this; <br>the guiltless become troubled about the godless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "The innocent clings to his way; <br>the one whose hands are clean grows stronger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "But you can bring all of them again, <br>and I won\u2019t find a wise one among you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "My days have passed; <br>my goals are destroyed, my heart\u2019s desires.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "They turn night into day; <br>light is near because of the darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "If I hope for the underworld <sup>[2]</sup> as my dwelling, <br>lay out my bed in darkness,<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019ve called corruption \u201cmy father,\u201d <br>the worm, \u201cmy mother and sister.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Where then is my hope? <br>My hope \u2014 who can see it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "Will they go down with me to the underworld; <sup>[3]</sup> <br>will we descend together to the dust? <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Bildad from Shuah answered:"}, {"pk": 4106774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "How long? Would you all stop talking. <br>Try to understand and then we can speak.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Why are we considered beasts, <br>ignorant in your sight?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "To you who tear yourself in rage \u2014 <br>will earth be forsaken for your sake, <br>a rock be dislodged from its place? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out; <br>the blaze of their fire doesn\u2019t shine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "The light in their tent becomes dark, <br>and their lamp above doesn\u2019t shine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "Their strong strides slow down; <br>their plans trip themselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "They are caught by their feet in a net; <br>they walk on mesh.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "A trap grabs them by the heel; <br>a snare tightens on them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "A rope is hidden on the ground for them; <br>a trap for them along the path.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Terrors round about scare them; <br>they follow their steps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Their offspring hunger; <br>calamity is ready for their spouses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "It eats some of their skin. <br>Death\u2019s firstborn consumes their limbs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "They are snatched from the safety of their tent; <br>it parades them before the king of terrors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Nothing they own remains in their tent; <br>sulfur is scattered over their home.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Their roots dry out below; <br>their branches wither above.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "The memory of them will perish from the earth; <br>they will achieve no recognition abroad.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "They are thrust from light into darkness, <br>banished from the world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "They have no offspring or descendants among their people, <br>no survivor in their dwelling place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Their successors are appalled at what happens to them; <br>their predecessors pull their hair.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "These are surely the dwelling places of the evil; <br>this is the place of the one who doesn\u2019t know God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Job responded:"}, {"pk": 4106795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "How long will you harass me <br>and crush me with words?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "These ten times you\u2019ve humiliated me; <br>shamelessly you insult me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Have I really gone astray? <br>If so, my error remains hidden inside me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "If you look down on me <br>and use my disgrace to criticize me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "know then that God has wronged me <br>and enclosed his net over me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "If I cry \u201cViolence!\u201d I\u2019m not answered; <br>I shout \u2014 but there is no justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "He walled up my path so I can\u2019t pass <br>and put darkness on my trail,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "stripped my honor from me, <br>removed the crown from my head,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "tore me down completely so that I\u2019ll die, and uprooted my hope like a tree.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "His anger burns against me; <br>he considers me his enemy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "His troops come as one <br>and construct their siege ramp <sup>[1]</sup> against me; <br>they camp around my tent. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>their road</i>"}, {"pk": 4106806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "He has distanced my family from me; <br>my acquaintances are also alienated from me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "My visitors have ceased; <br>those who know me have forgotten me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "My guests and female servants think me a stranger; <br>I\u2019m a foreigner in their sight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "I call my servant, and he doesn\u2019t answer; <br>I myself must beg him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "My breath stinks to my wife; <br>I am odious to my children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Even the young despise me; <br>I get up, and they rail against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "All my closest friends despise me; <br>the ones I have loved turn against me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "My bones cling to my skin and flesh; <br>I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Pity me. Pity me. You\u2019re my friends. <br>God\u2019s hand has truly struck me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "Why do you pursue me like God does, <br>always hungry for my flesh? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "Oh, that my words were written down, <br>inscribed on a scroll<br>"}, {"pk": 4106817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "with an iron instrument and lead, <br>forever engraved on stone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "But I know that my redeemer <sup>[2]</sup> is alive <br>and afterward he\u2019ll rise upon the dust.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>avenger</i>"}, {"pk": 4106819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "After my skin has been torn apart this way \u2014 <br>then from my flesh <sup>[3]</sup> I\u2019ll see God,<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>without my flesh or in my flesh</i>"}, {"pk": 4106820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "whom I\u2019ll see myself \u2014 <br>my eyes see, <sup>[4]</sup> and not a stranger\u2019s. <br>I am utterly dejected. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>have seen</i>"}, {"pk": 4106821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "You say, \u201cHow will we pursue him <br>so that the root of the matter can be found in him?\u201d <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb manuscripts; MT <i>in me</i>"}, {"pk": 4106822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "You ought to fear the sword yourselves, <br>for wrath brings punishment by the sword. <br>You should know that there is judgment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Zophar from Naamah said:"}, {"pk": 4106824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Therefore, my troubled thoughts make me turn back \u2014 <br>because of my inner turmoil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "I hear teaching that insults me, <br>but I am forced to answer based on my own understanding. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] <i>Heb uncertain</i>"}, {"pk": 4106826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Do you know this from long ago \u2014 <br>from when humans were placed on earth \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4106827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "that the rejoicing of the wicked is short, <br>the joy of the godless, brief?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Though their height reaches heaven <br>and their heads touch the clouds,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "they will perish forever like their dung; <br>those who saw them will say, \u201cWhere are they?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "They will disappear like a dream, <br>and none will find them, <br>carried away like a nighttime vision.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "The eye that saw them will do so no more; <br>they won\u2019t be seen again at home.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Their children will repay the poor; <br>their hands will give back their wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Vigor filled their bones <br>and now sleeps with them in the dust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "Though wickedness is sweet in their mouths, <br>they hide it under their tongues;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "they like it, won\u2019t let it go; <br>they hold it in their cheeks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Food turns their stomachs, <br>becoming a cobra\u2019s poison inside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "They swallow wealth and vomit it; <br>God dislodges it from their belly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "They suck cobra\u2019s poison; <br>a viper\u2019s tongue kills them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "They won\u2019t experience streams, <br>rivers of honey, and brooks of cream.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "They won\u2019t receive the reward for their labor; <br>they won\u2019t enjoy the wealth from their business.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "They crushed and abandoned the poor; <br>stole a house they didn\u2019t build;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "didn\u2019t know contentment in their belly; <br>couldn\u2019t escape with their treasure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Nothing remained of their food, <br>so their riches will not endure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Even in their plenty, they are hard-pressed; <br>all sorts of trouble come on them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "Let God <sup>[2]</sup> fill their belly, <br>unleash his burning anger on them, <br>rain punishing blows on them.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4106846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "If they flee an iron weapon, <br>a bronze bow pierces them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "They pull it out, but it sticks out from their backs; <br>its shaft in their liver brings terror.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "Complete darkness waits for their treasured possessions; <br>fire that no one stoked consumes them; <br>what\u2019s left in their tent is ruined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Heaven exposes their guilt; <br>earth opposes them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Their household wealth will be carried off <br>by rushing streams on the day of his anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "This is a wicked person\u2019s lot from God, <br>their heritage decreed by God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Job answered:"}, {"pk": 4106853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen carefully to my remarks <br>and let that comfort you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Bear with me so I can speak, I myself; <br>and after my reply you can mock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "Are my complaints against another human; <br>why is my patience short?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Turn to me and be appalled; <br>lay your hand over your mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "If I recall it, I\u2019m scared; <br>shaking seizes my body. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Why do the wicked live, <br>grow old, and even become strong?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Their children are always with them, <br>their offspring in their sight,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "their houses safe from dread, <br>God\u2019s punishing stick not upon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Their bull always breeds successfully; <br>their cows give birth and never miscarry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "They send forth their little ones like sheep; <br>their infants bounce around.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "They raise drum and lyre, <br>rejoice at the sound of a flute.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "They spend their days contentedly, <br>go down to the grave <sup>[1]</sup> peacefully.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "They say to God, \u201cTurn away from us; <br>we take no pleasure in knowing your ways;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "who is the Almighty <sup>[2]</sup> that we should serve him, <br>and what can we gain if we meet him?\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>Mountain One</i>"}, {"pk": 4106867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Look, isn\u2019t their well-being the work of their own hands? <br>A sinner\u2019s logic is beyond me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "How often does the lamp of the wicked flicker <br>or disaster come upon them, <br>with its fury inflicting pain on them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Let them be like straw in the wind, <br>like dry grass stolen by a storm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "God stores up his punishment for his children. <br>Let him destroy them so they know.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Let their own eyes witness their doom. <br>Let them drink from the Almighty\u2019s wrath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "What do they care about their household after they die, <br>when their numbered days are cut off? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "Will they instruct God \u2014 <br>he who judges the most powerful?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "Someone dies in wonderful health, <br>completely comfortable and well,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "their buckets full of milk, <br>their bones marrow-filled and sound.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "Another dies in bitter spirit, <br>never having tasted the good things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "They lie together in the dust <br>and worms cover them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Look, I know your thoughts; <br>your plans harm me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "You say, \u201cWhere is the official\u2019s house? <br>Where is the tent, the dwelling of the wicked?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "Haven\u2019t you asked travelers <br>or paid attention to their reports?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "On the day of disaster the wicked are spared; <br>on the day of fury they are rescued.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "Who can criticize their behavior to their faces; <br>they act, and who can avenge them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "They are carried to their graves; <br>someone keeps guard over their tombs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "The soil near the desert streambed is sweet to them; <br>everyone marches after them \u2014 <br>those before them, beyond counting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "How empty is your comfort to me; <br>only deceit remains in your responses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Eliphaz from Teman answered:"}, {"pk": 4106887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "Can a human being be useful to God? <br>Can an intelligent person bring profit?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Does the Almighty delight in your innocence? <br>Does he gain when you perfect your ways?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Does he rebuke you for your piety, <br>bring you in for judgment?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Isn\u2019t your wickedness massive, <br>your iniquity endless?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "You have taken payments from your family for no reason; <br>stripped the naked, leaving no clothes;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "denied water to the thirsty, <br>withheld bread from the starving.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> (The powerful own land; <br>the favored live in it.)<br>"}, {"pk": 4106894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "You have sent widows away empty; <br>crushed orphans\u2019 resources.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "For this reason, snares surround you; <br>sudden dread brings panic to you<br>"}, {"pk": 4106896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "or a darkness that you can\u2019t see; <br>rushing water will cover you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "Isn\u2019t God in the heights of heaven; <br>see how high the topmost stars are?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "You say: \u201cWhat does God know? <br>Can he judge through thick clouds?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "Clouds conceal him so he can\u2019t see <br>while he walks on heaven\u2019s rim.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Will you keep the ancient way <br>traveled by sinful persons,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "who were snatched prematurely <br>when a river flooded their foundations,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "who say to God, \u201cTurn away from us; <br>what can the Almighty do to us?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4106903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Yet he filled their houses with good things; <br>a sinner\u2019s logic is beyond me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "The righteous see and rejoice; <br>the innocent mock them:<br>"}, {"pk": 4106905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "our enemies are certainly cut off; <br>fire will devour what\u2019s left of them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Get along well with God and be at peace; <br>from this something good will come to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "Receive instruction from his mouth; <br>put his words in your mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "If you return to the Almighty, <sup>[1]</sup> you will be restored; <br>if you keep wrongdoing out of your tent.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>Mountain One</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/18/22/25'>22:25</a> and <a href='/CEB/18/24/1'>24:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4106909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Lay your prized possession in the dust, <br>your gold from Ophir on a rock in a desert streambed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "The Almighty will be your prized possession, <br>silver piled up for you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "Then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; <br>lift up your face to God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "You will pray to him, and he will hear you; <br>you will fulfill your solemn promises.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "If you decree something, it will stand; <br>light will shine on your ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "When they\u2019re humbled, you will say: \u201cCheer up; <br>God will rescue the lowly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "He will deliver the guilty; <br>they will be saved by your pure hands.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4106916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Job answered:"}, {"pk": 4106917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Today my complaint is again bitter; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>my strength is weighed down because of my groaning.<br>", "comment": "[1] Vulg, Syr, Tg; MT <i>my complaint is rebellious.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Oh, that I could know how to find him \u2014 <br>come to his dwelling place;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "I would lay out my case before him, <br>fill my mouth with arguments,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "know the words with which he would answer, <br>understand what he would say to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Would he contend with me through brute force? <br>No, he would surely listen to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "There those who do the right thing can argue with him; <br>I could escape from my judge forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Look, I go east; he\u2019s not there, <br>west, and don\u2019t discover him;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "north in his activity, and I don\u2019t grasp him; <br>he turns south, and I don\u2019t see.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Surely he knows my way; <br>when he tests me, <br>I will emerge as gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "My feet have stayed right in his tracks. <br>I have kept his way and not left it,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "kept the commandments from his lips and not departed, <br>valued the words from his mouth more than my food. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "He is of one mind; who can reverse it? <br>What he desires, he does.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "He carries out what is decreed for me <br>and can do many similar things with me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, I am scared by his presence; <br>I think and become afraid of him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "God has weakened my mind; <br>the Almighty has frightened me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Still I\u2019m not annihilated by darkness; <br>he has hidden deep darkness from me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Why doesn\u2019t the Almighty establish times for punishment? <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Why can\u2019t those who know him see his days?<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>for punishment.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "People move boundary stones, <br>herd flocks they\u2019ve stolen,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "drive off an orphan\u2019s donkey, <br>take a widow\u2019s ox as collateral,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "thrust the poor out of the way, <br>make the land\u2019s needy hide together.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "They are like the wild donkeys in the desert; <br>they go forth at dawn searching for prey; <br>the wasteland is food for their young.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "They gather their food in the field, <br>glean in unproductive vineyards,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "spend the night naked, unclothed, <br>in the cold without a cover,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "wet from mountain rains, <br>with no refuge, huddled against a rock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "The orphan is stolen from the breast; <br>the infant <sup>[2]</sup> of the poor is taken as collateral.<br>", "comment": "[2] Reading Heb <i>we\u2018ul (infant)</i> for <i>we\u2018al (against)</i>"}, {"pk": 4106942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "The poor go around naked, without clothes, <br>carry bundles of grain while hungry,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "crush olives between millstones, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>tread winepresses, but remain thirsty.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "From the city, the dying cry out; <br>the throat of the mortally wounded screams, but God assigns no blame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "They rebel against light, <br>don\u2019t acknowledge its direction, <br>don\u2019t dwell in its paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "The murderer rises at twilight, <br>kills the poor and needy; <br>at night, they are like a thief.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "The adulterer\u2019s eye watches for twilight, <br>thinking, No eye can see me, <br>and puts a mask over his face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "In the dark they break into houses; <br>they shut themselves in by day; <br>they don\u2019t know the light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Deep darkness is morning to them <br>because they recognize the horror of darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "They are scum on the water\u2019s surface; <br>their portion of the land is cursed; <br>no one walks down a path in the vineyards.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "Drought and heat steal melted snow, <br>just as the underworld <sup>[4]</sup> steals sinners.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "The womb forgets them; <br>the worm consumes them; <br>they aren\u2019t remembered, <br>and so wickedness is shattered like a tree.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "They prey on the barren, the childless, <br>do nothing good for the widow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "They drag away the strong by force; <br>they may get up but without guarantee of survival.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "They make themselves secure; <br>they are at ease. <br>His <sup>[5]</sup> eyes are on their ways.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>God\u2019s</i>"}, {"pk": 4106956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "They are exalted for a short time, but no longer. <br>They are humbled then gathered in like everyone else; <br>cut off like heads of grain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "If this isn\u2019t so, who can prove me a liar <br>and make my words disappear? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Bildad from Shuah replied:"}, {"pk": 4106959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "Supreme power and awe belong to God; <br>he establishes peace on his heights.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Can his troops be counted? <br>On whom does his light not rise?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "How can a person be innocent before God; <br>one born of a woman be pure?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "If even the moon is not bright <br>and the stars not pure in his eyes,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "how much less a human, a worm, <br>a person\u2019s child, a grub. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Job said:"}, {"pk": 4106965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "How well you have helped the weak, <br>saved those with frail arms,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "advised one lacking wisdom, <br>informed many with insight!<br>"}, {"pk": 4106967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "With whom have you spoken; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>whose breath was expelled from you? <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>told words</i>"}, {"pk": 4106968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "The dead writhe, <br>the inhabitants beneath the waters as well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "The grave <sup>[2]</sup> is naked before God; <br>the underworld <sup>[3]</sup> lacks covering.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Abaddon</i><br>[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4106970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "He stretched the North <sup>[4]</sup> over chaos, <br>hung earth over nothing;<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Zaphon</i>"}, {"pk": 4106971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "wrapped up water in his clouds, <br>yet they didn\u2019t burst out below;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "hid the face of the full moon, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>spreading his cloud over it;<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>throne</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "traced a circle on the water\u2019s surface, <br>at the limit of light and darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Heaven\u2019s pillars shook, <br>terrified by his blast.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "By his power he stilled the Sea; <br>split Rahab with his cleverness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "Due to his wind, heaven became clear; <br>his hand split the fleeing serpent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways; <br>we hear only a whispered word about him. <br>Who can understand his thunderous power? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Job took up his topic again:"}, {"pk": 4106979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "As God lives, who rejected my legal claim, <br>the Almighty, who made me bitter,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "as long as breath is in me <br>and God\u2019s breath is in my nostrils \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4106981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "my lips will utter no wickedness; <br>my tongue will mumble no deceit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "I will not agree that you are right. <br>Until my dying day, I won\u2019t give up my integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "I will insist on my innocence, never surrendering it; <br>my conscience will never blame me for what I have done. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>for my days</i>"}, {"pk": 4106984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Let my enemy be like the wicked, <br>my opposition like the vicious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "For what hope has the godless when God cuts them off, <br>when he takes them away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Will God hear their cries <br>when distress comes to them;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "will they delight in the Almighty, <br>call God at any time? <br>"}, {"pk": 4106988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "I will teach you God\u2019s power, <br>not hide what pertains to the Almighty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Look, those of you who recognize this \u2014 <br>why then this empty talk?<br>"}, {"pk": 4106990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "This is the wicked\u2019s portion with God, <br>the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "If their children increase, they belong to the sword; <br>their offspring won\u2019t have enough bread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "Their survivors will be buried with the dead; <br>their widows won\u2019t weep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "If they store up silver like dust, <br>amass clothing like clay,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "they may amass, but the righteous will wear it; <br>the innocent will divide the silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "They built their houses like nests, <br>like a hut made by a watchman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "They lie down rich, but no longer; <br>open their eyes, but it\u2019s missing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "Terrors overtake them like waters; <br>a tempest snatches them by night;<br>"}, {"pk": 4106998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "an east wind lifts them, and they are gone, <br>removes them from their places,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "throws itself on them without mercy; <br>they flee desperately from its force.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "It claps its hands over them, <br>hisses at them from their place. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "There is a sure source of silver, <br>a place where gold is refined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Iron is taken from the earth; <br>rock is smelted into copper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Humans <sup>[1]</sup> put an end to darkness, <br>dig for ore to the farthest depths, <br>into stone in utter darkness,<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4107004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "open a shaft away from any inhabitant, <br>places forgotten by those on foot, <br>apart from any human they hang and sway.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Earth \u2014 from it comes food \u2014 <br>is turned over below ground as by fire. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "Its rocks are the source for lapis lazuli; <br>there is gold dust in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "A path \u2014 <br>no bird of prey knows it; <br>a hawk\u2019s eye hasn\u2019t seen it;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "proud beasts haven\u2019t trodden on it; <br>a lion hasn\u2019t crossed over it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "Humans thrust their hands into flint, <br>pull up mountains from their roots,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "cut channels into rocks; <br>their eyes see everything precious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "They dam up the sources of rivers; <br>hidden things come to light. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "But wisdom, where can it be found; <br>where is the place of understanding?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "Humankind doesn\u2019t know its value; <br>it isn\u2019t found in the land of the living.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "The Deep <sup>[3]</sup> says, \u201cIt\u2019s not with me\u201d; <br>the Sea <sup>[4]</sup> says, \u201cNot alongside me!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Yam</i>, a sea god<br>[3] Heb <i>Tehom</i>, a reference to a divine being in the grave or underworld"}, {"pk": 4107015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "It can\u2019t be bought with gold; <br>its price can\u2019t be measured in silver,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "can\u2019t be weighed against gold from Ophir, <br>with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "Neither gold nor glass can compare with it; <br>she can\u2019t be acquired with gold jewelry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Coral and jasper shouldn\u2019t be mentioned; <br>the price of wisdom is more than rubies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "Cushite topaz won\u2019t compare with her; <br>she can\u2019t be set alongside pure gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "But wisdom, where does she come from? <br>Where is the place of understanding?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "She\u2019s hidden from the eyes of all the living, <br>concealed from birds of the sky.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "Destruction <sup>[5]</sup> and Death have said, <br>\u201cWe\u2019ve heard a report of her.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Abaddon</i>"}, {"pk": 4107023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "God understands her way; <br>he knows her place;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "for he looks to the ends of the earth <br>and surveys everything beneath the heavens.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "In order to weigh the wind, <br>to prepare a measure for waters,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "when he made a decree for the rain, <br>a path for thunderbolts,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "then he observed it, spoke of it, <br>established it, searched it out,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "and said to humankind: \u201cLook, <br>the fear of the LORD is wisdom; <br>turning from evil is understanding.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Job took up his subject again:"}, {"pk": 4107030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "Oh, that life was like it used to be, <br>like days when God watched over me;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "when his lamp shone on my head, <br>I walked by his light in the dark;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "when I was in my prime; <br>when God\u2019s counsel was in my tent;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "when the Almighty was with me, <br>my children around me;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "when my steps were washed with cream <br>and a rock poured out pools of oil for me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "When I went out to the city gate, <br>took my seat in the square,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "the young saw me and drew back; <br>the old rose and stood;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "princes restrained speech, <br>put their hand on their mouth;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "the voices of officials were hushed, <br>their tongue stuck to their palate. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Indeed, the ear that heard blessed me; <br>the eye that looked commended me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "because I rescued the weak who cried out, <br>the orphans who lacked help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "The blessing of the perishing reached me; <br>I made the widow\u2019s heart sing;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "I put on justice, and it clothed me, <br>righteousness as my coat and turban;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "I was eyes to the blind, <br>feet to the lame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "I was a father to the needy; <br>the case I didn\u2019t know, I examined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "I shattered the fangs of the wicked, <br>rescued prey from their teeth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "I thought, I\u2019ll die in my nest, <br>multiply days like sand, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "my roots opening to water, <br>dew lingering on my branches,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "my honor newly with me, <br>my bow ever successful in my hand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "People listened to me and waited, <br>were silent for my advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "After my speech, they didn\u2019t respond. <br>My words fell gently on them;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "they waited for me as for rain, <br>opened their mouth as for spring rain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "I smiled <sup>[2]</sup> on them; they couldn\u2019t believe it. <br>They never showed me disfavor.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>laughed at</i>"}, {"pk": 4107053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "I decided their path, sat as chief. <br>I lived like a king with his troops, <br>like one who comforts mourners. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "But now those younger than I mock me, <br>whose fathers I refused to put beside my sheepdogs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "Their strength, what\u2019s it to me, <br>their energy having perished?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "Stiff from want and hunger, <br>those who gnaw dry ground, <br>yesterday\u2019s desolate waste,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "who pluck off the leaves on a bush, <br>the root of the broom \u2014 <br>a shrub is their food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "People banish them from society, <br>shout at them as if to a thief;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "so they live in scary ravines, <br>holes in the ground and rocks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Among shrubs, they make sounds like donkeys; <br>they are huddled together under a bush,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "children of fools and the nameless, <br>whipped out of the land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "And now I\u2019m their song; <br>I\u2019m their clich\u00e9!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "They detest me, keep their distance, <br>don\u2019t withhold spit from my face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "Because he loosened my bowstring and afflicted me, <br>they throw off restraint in my presence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "On the right, upstarts <sup>[1]</sup> rise and target my feet, <br>build their siege ramps against me,<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "destroy my road, profit from my fall, <br>with no help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "They advance as if through a destroyed wall; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>they roll along beneath the ruin.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>a wide opening</i>"}, {"pk": 4107068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "Terrors crash upon me; <br>they sweep away my honor like wind; <br>my safety disappears like a cloud. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "Now my life is poured out on me; <br>days of misery have seized me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "At night he bores my bones; <br>my gnawing pain won\u2019t rest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "With great force he grasps <sup>[3]</sup> my clothing; <sup>[4]</sup> <br>it binds me like the neck of my shirt.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<br>[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "He hurls me into mud; <br>I\u2019m a clich\u00e9, like dust and ashes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "I cry to you, and you don\u2019t answer; <br>I stand up, but you just look at me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "You are cruel to me, <br>attack me with the strength of your hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "You lift me to the wind and make me ride; <br>you melt me in its roar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "I know you will return me to death, <br>the house appointed for all the living. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "Surely he won\u2019t strike someone in ruins <br>if in distress he cries out to him,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "if I didn\u2019t weep for those who have a difficult day <br>or my soul grieve for the needy;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "for I awaited good, but evil came; <br>I expected light, but gloom arrived.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "My insides, churning, are never quiet; <br>days of affliction confront me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 28, "text": "I walk in the dark, lacking sunshine; <br>I rise in the assembly and cry out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 29, "text": "I have become a brother to jackals, <br>a companion to young ostriches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 30, "text": "My skin is charred; <br>my bones are scorched by the heat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 30, "verse": 31, "text": "My lyre is for mourning, <br>my flute, a weeping sound. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019ve made a covenant with my eyes; <br>how could I look at a virgin?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "What is God\u2019s portion for me <sup>[1]</sup> from above, <br>the Almighty\u2019s inheritance from on high?<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>for me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Isn\u2019t it disaster for the wicked, <br>destruction for workers of iniquity?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "Doesn\u2019t he see my ways, <br>count all my steps? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "If I have walked with frauds <br>or my feet have hurried to deceit,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "let him weigh me on accurate scales; <br>let God know my integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "If my step has turned from the way, <br>if my heart has followed my eyes <br>or a blemish has clung to my hands,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "then let me sow and another reap; <br>let my offspring be uprooted. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "If my heart has been drawn to a woman <br>and I have lurked at my neighbor\u2019s door,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "then may my wife grind for another <br>and others kneel over her;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "for that\u2019s a crime; <br>it\u2019s a punishable offense;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "indeed, it\u2019s a fire that consumes to the underworld, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>uprooting all my harvest. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Abaddon</i>"}, {"pk": 4107097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "If I\u2019ve rejected the just cause of my male or female servant <br>when they contended with me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "what could I do when God rises; <br>when he requires an account, what could I answer?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "Didn\u2019t the one who made me in the belly make them; <br>didn\u2019t the same one fashion us in the womb? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "If I have denied what the poor wanted, <br>made a widow\u2019s eyes tired,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "eaten my morsel alone, <br>and not shared any with an orphan<br>"}, {"pk": 4107102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "<sup>[17]</sup> (for from my youth I raised the orphan as a father, <br>and from my mother\u2019s womb I led the widow); <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>orphan . . . widow.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "if I ever saw someone dying without clothes, the needy naked;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "if they haven\u2019t blessed me fervently, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>or if they weren\u2019t warmed by the wool from my sheep;<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>his loins</i>"}, {"pk": 4107105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "if I have lifted my hand against the orphans, <br>when I saw that I had help in the city gate \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "may my arm fall from my shoulder, <br>my forearm be broken at the elbow \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "for God\u2019s calamity is terror to me; <br>I couldn\u2019t endure his splendor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "If I\u2019ve made gold my trust, <br>said to fine gold: \u201cMy security!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "if I\u2019ve rejoiced because my wealth was great, <br>when my hand found plenty;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "if I\u2019ve looked at the sun when it shone, <br>the moon, splendid as it moved;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "and my mind has been secretly enticed, <br>and threw a kiss with my hand,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "that also is a punishable offense, <br>because I would then be disloyal to God above. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "If I have rejoiced over my foes\u2019 ruin <br>or was excited when evil found them,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "I didn\u2019t let my mouth sin <br>by asking for their life with a curse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 31, "text": "Surely those in my tent never said: <br>\u201cWho has been filled by Job\u2019s food?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 32, "text": "A stranger didn\u2019t spend the night in the street; <br>I opened my doors to the road. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 33, "text": "If I have hidden my transgressions like Adam, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>concealing my offenses inside me<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>like a human</i>"}, {"pk": 4107118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 34, "text": "because I feared the large crowd; <br>the clan\u2019s contempt frightened me; <br>I was quiet and didn\u2019t venture outside. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 35, "text": "Oh, that I had someone to hear me! <br>Here\u2019s my signature; <sup>[6]</sup> <br>let the Almighty respond, <br>and let my accuser write an indictment.<br>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>tau</i>, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet"}, {"pk": 4107120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 36, "text": "Surely I would bear it on my shoulder, <br>tie it around me like a wreath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 37, "text": "I would give him an account of my steps, <br>approach him like a prince. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 38, "text": "If my land has cried out against me, <br>its rows wept together;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 39, "text": "if I have eaten its yield without payment <br>and caused its owners grief,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 31, "verse": 40, "text": "may briars grow instead of wheat, <br>poisonous weeds instead of barley. <br> Job\u2019s words are complete. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "These three men stopped answering Job because he thought he was righteous. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>was righteous in his own eyes</i>"}, {"pk": 4107126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the clan of Ram was angry, angry with Job because he considered himself more righteous than God."}, {"pk": 4107127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "He was also angry with his three friends because they hadn\u2019t found an answer but nevertheless thought Job wicked."}, {"pk": 4107128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "Elihu had waited while Job spoke, for they were older than he."}, {"pk": 4107129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "When Elihu saw that there had been no response in the speeches of the three men, he became very angry."}, {"pk": 4107130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite said: <br>I\u2019m young and you\u2019re old, <br>so I held back, afraid to express my opinion to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "I thought, Let days speak; <br>let multiple years make wisdom known.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "But the spirit in a person, <br>the Almighty\u2019s breath, gives understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "The advanced in days aren\u2019t wise; <br>the old don\u2019t understand what\u2019s right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, I say: \u201cListen to me; <br>I\u2019ll state my view, even I.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Look, I waited while you spoke, <br>listened while you reasoned, <br>while you searched for words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "I was attentive to you, <br>but you offered no rebuke to Job, <br>no answer from you for his words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "Be careful you don\u2019t say, \u201cWe\u2019ve found wisdom; <br>God, not a person, will defeat him.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "Now Job <sup>[2]</sup> hasn\u2019t addressed me, <br>and I won\u2019t quote you to him.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4107139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "They are troubled, no longer answer; <br>words now escape them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "I waited, but they didn\u2019t speak, <br>for they stood but answered no more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "I will answer. Indeed, I will state <sup>[3]</sup> my piece; <br>I too will declare my view,<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>will state.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "for I\u2019m full of words. <br>The spirit in my belly compels me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "Look, my belly is like unopened wine; <br>like new wineskins it will burst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "I will speak and get relief; <br>I will open my lips and respond.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "I won\u2019t be partial to anyone, <br>won\u2019t flatter a person;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "for I don\u2019t know flattery; <br>otherwise my maker would quickly whisk me away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "But now, listen to me, Job; <br>pay attention to all my words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "Notice that I am opening my mouth; <br>my tongue is speaking in my mouth. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>palate</i>"}, {"pk": 4107149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "My words come from a virtuous heart; <br>my lips speak knowledge clearly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "God\u2019s spirit made me; <br>the Almighty\u2019s breath enlivens me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "If you are able, answer me; <br>lay out your case <sup>[2]</sup> before me and take a stand.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>your case.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "Notice that I\u2019m just like you to God; <br>I also was pinched from clay.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "Surely fear of me shouldn\u2019t scare you; <br>my pressure on you shouldn\u2019t be heavy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "You certainly said in my hearing; <br>I heard the sound of your words:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m pure, without sin; <br>I\u2019m innocent, without offense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "Notice that he invents arguments against me; <br>he considers me his enemy,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "ties up my feet, <br>watches all my paths.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "Now you\u2019re wrong about this; I\u2019ll answer you, <br>for God is greater than anybody.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "Why do you contend with him, <br>saying that he doesn\u2019t answer all your words? <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>his words</i>"}, {"pk": 4107160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "God speaks in one way, <br>in two ways, but no one perceives it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "In the dream, a vision of the night, <br>when deep sleep falls upon humans, <br>during their slumber on a bed,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "then he opens people\u2019s ears, <br>scares them with warnings,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "to turn them from a deed <br>and to smother human pride.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "He keeps one from the pit, <br>a life from perishing by the sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "Or a person may be disciplined by pain <br>while in bed, bones ever aching<br>"}, {"pk": 4107166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "until a person loathes food, <br>an appetite rejects a delicacy;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "the flesh wastes away, no longer visible; <br>the bones, once hidden, protrude.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "A life approaches the pit; <br>its very being draws near the death dealers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "Surely there\u2019s a messenger for this person, <br>a mediator, one out of a thousand <br>to declare one\u2019s integrity to another<br>"}, {"pk": 4107170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "so that God has compassion on that person and says, <br>\u201cRescue this one from going down to the pit; <br>I have found a ransom.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "That person\u2019s flesh is renewed like a child\u2019s; <br>they regain their youth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 26, "text": "They pray to God, and God is pleased with them; <br>they behold God\u2019s presence <br>with a joyful shout. <br>God rewards a person\u2019s righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 27, "text": "They sing before people and say: <br>\u201cI have sinned, perverted justice, <br>but didn\u2019t experience the consequences.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 28, "text": "He ransomed me from crossing into the pit; <br>my life beholds light.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 29, "text": "Look, God does all this, <br>twice, three times with persons<br>"}, {"pk": 4107176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 30, "text": "to bring them back from the pit, <br>to shine with life\u2019s light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 31, "text": "Listen, Job; hear me; <br>be quiet, and I will speak.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 32, "text": "If you have words, answer me; <br>speak, for I want to be innocent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 33, "verse": 33, "text": "If not, you must hear me; <br>be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Elihu continued:"}, {"pk": 4107181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "Hear my words, wise ones; <br>knowledgeable ones, listen to me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "for the ear tests words <br>like the palate tastes food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "Let\u2019s choose for us what\u2019s right; <br>let\u2019s determine among ourselves what\u2019s good;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "for Job has said, \u201cI\u2019m innocent; <br>God has denied my just cause;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "because of my cause I\u2019m thought a liar; <br>my wound from an arrow is incurable, even though I didn\u2019t rebel.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "Who is a man like Job? <br>He drinks mockery like water<br>"}, {"pk": 4107187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "and travels a path with wrongdoers, <br>walking with evil persons.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "Indeed he said, \u201cNo one is rewarded <br>for delighting in God.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, intelligent ones, hear me; <br>far be it from God to do evil <br>and the Almighty to sin,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "for he repays people based on what they do, <br>paying back everyone according to their ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "Surely God doesn\u2019t act wickedly; <br>the Almighty doesn\u2019t distort justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "Who placed earth in his care, <br>and who gave him dominion over the entire world?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "If he were to decide to do it \u2014 <br>to gather his spirit and breath back to himself \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "all flesh would die together, <br>and humans would return to dust. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "But if you have understanding, hear this; <br>pay attention to the sound of my words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "Will one who hates justice rule; <br>will you condemn the most righteous one?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "Will you say to a king, \u201cWorthless!\u201d <br>to royalty, \u201cEvil!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "Who shows no favor to princes <br>nor regards the rich over the poor, <br>for they are all the work of God\u2019s hands?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "In the middle of the night they suddenly die; <br>people are shaken and pass away. <br>The mighty are removed, not by a human hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "God\u2019s eyes are on human ways, <br>and he sees all their steps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "There\u2019s no darkness, no deep darkness, <br>where evildoers can hide themselves;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "surely no time is set for a person <br>to appear before God in judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "He shatters the mighty without examining them; <br>makes others take their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "Thus he regards their deeds, <br>overturns them at night, and they are crushed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "He strikes them because of their wickedness <br>at a place where people can see it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "Because they turned from following him <br>and didn\u2019t value all his ways,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "causing the cry of the poor to reach him, <br>he hears the cry of the afflicted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "Still, if he remains quiet, who can condemn; <br>if he hides his face, who can see him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 30, "text": "He prevents a lawless person from ruling, <br>from capturing people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 31, "text": "Has Job said to God, <br>\u201cI have borne punishment; I won\u2019t sin again?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 32, "text": "You teach me what I can\u2019t see; <br>if I\u2019ve sinned, I won\u2019t do it again.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 33, "text": "Will he repay you because you reject sin, <br>for you must choose, not I; <br>declare what you know.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 34, "text": "Smart people say to me, <br>the wise who hear me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cJob speaks without knowledge; <br>his words aren\u2019t astute.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 36, "text": "I wish Job would be tested to the limit <br>because he responds like evil people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 34, "verse": 37, "text": "He adds rebellion to his sin; <br>mocks us openly <br>and adds to his words against God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "Elihu continued:"}, {"pk": 4107218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Do you think it right? <br>You say, \u201cI\u2019m more just than God.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Yet you ask, \u201cWhat does it benefit you? <br>What have I gained by avoiding sin?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019ll answer you, <br>and your friends along with you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Look at the heavens and see; <br>scan the clouds high over you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "If you\u2019ve sinned, how have you affected God? <br>Your offenses have multiplied; <br>what have you done to him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "If you are righteous, <br>what do you give to him? <br>Or what does he receive from your hand?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "Your evil affects others like you, <br>and your righteousness affects fellow human beings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "People cry out because of heavy oppression; <br>shout under the power of the mighty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "But no one says, \u201cWhere is God my maker; <br>who gives songs in the night;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, <br>makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "Then they cry out; but he doesn\u2019t answer, <br>because of the pride of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "God certainly doesn\u2019t respond to a deceitful cry; <br>the Almighty doesn\u2019t pay attention to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "Although you say that you don\u2019t see him, <br>the case is before him; <br>so wait anxiously for him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "Even though his anger is now held back, <br>a person doesn\u2019t know it\u2019s only delayed. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "So Job mouths emptiness; <br>he piles up ignorant words. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "Continuing, Elihu said,"}, {"pk": 4107234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "Wait a little while so I can demonstrate for you <br>that there is still something more to say about God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "I will draw from my broad knowledge, <br>attribute justice to my maker.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "My words are certainly truthful; <br>one with total knowledge is present with you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "Look, God is mighty and doesn\u2019t reject anyone; <br>he is mighty in strength and mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "He doesn\u2019t let the wicked live, <br>but grants justice to the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "He doesn\u2019t avert his eyes from the righteous; <br>he seats kings on thrones forever, <br>and they are lifted up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "If they are tied with ropes, <br>caught in cords of affliction,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "he informs them about their offenses <br>and their grave sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "He opens their ears with discipline <br>and commands them to turn from wrong.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "If they listen and serve, <br>they spend their days in plenty, <br>their years contentedly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "But if they don\u2019t listen, <br>they perish by the sword, <br>breathe their last without understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "Those with impious hearts become furious; <br>they don\u2019t cry out even though he binds them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "They die young; <br>they are among the holy ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "He saves the weak in their affliction, <br>opens their ears through oppression.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "Surely he draws you up from the brink of trouble <br>to a wide place without distress; <br>your table is set with rich food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "You are overly concerned about the case of the wicked; <br>justice will be upheld in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t let them lure you with wealth; <br>don\u2019t let a huge bribe mislead you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "Will he arrange your rescue from distress <br>or from all your exertions of strength?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t wish for the night <br>when people vanish from their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "Take care; don\u2019t turn to evil <br>because you\u2019ve chosen it over affliction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Look, God is inaccessible due to his power; <br>who is a teacher like him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "Who has repaid him for his action, <br>and who would ever say, \u201cYou\u2019ve done wrong\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 24, "text": "Remember to praise his work <br>that all of us have seen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 25, "text": "Every person has seen him; <br>people can observe at great distance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 26, "text": "Look, God is exalted and unknowable; <br>the number of his years is beyond counting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 27, "text": "He draws up drops of water <br>that distill rain from his flood;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 28, "text": "the clouds pour moisture <br>and drip continually on humans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 29, "text": "Even if one perceives a spreading cloud <br>and the thunder of his pavilion, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>canopy</i>"}, {"pk": 4107262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 30, "text": "look how he spreads lightning across it <br>and covers the seabed;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 31, "text": "for by water <sup>[2]</sup> he judges peoples <br>and gives food in abundance.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4107264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 32, "text": "He conceals lightning in his palms <br>and orders it to its target.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 36, "verse": 33, "text": "His thunder announces it; <br>even cattle proclaim its rising. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, my mind is disturbed by this <br>and is more troubled than usual.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen closely to the rumble of his voice, <br>the roar issuing from his mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "He looses it under the whole sky, <br>his lightning on earth\u2019s edges.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "After it, a voice roars; <br>he thunders with a mighty voice, <br>and no one can stop it <br>when his voice is heard.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "God roars with his wondrous voice; <br>he does great things we can\u2019t know.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "He says to the snow, \u201cFall to earth,\u201d <br>and to the downpour of rain, \u201cBe a mighty shower.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "He stamps the hand of every person <br>so all can know his work. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>that everyone he has made can know it</i>"}, {"pk": 4107273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "The wild beast enters its lair, <br>lies down in its den.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "The storm comes from its chamber, <br>the cold from the north wind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "By God\u2019s breath ice forms; <br>water\u2019s expanse becomes solid.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "He also fills clouds with moisture; <br>his lightning scatters clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "He overturns the circling clouds; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>by his guidance they do <sup>[3]</sup> their work, <br>doing everything he commands over the entire earth.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>they do.</i><br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "Whether for punishment, for his world, <br>or for kindness, <br>God makes it all happen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "Hear this, Job; <br>stop and ponder God\u2019s mighty deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "Do you realize that when God commands them, <br>his clouds produce lightning?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "Do you understand the positioning of the clouds, <br>the amazing deeds of one with perfect knowledge,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "you whose clothes are hot <br>when earth is calmed by the south wind?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "Can you form the sky with him, <br>hard like a mirror made of metal?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "Tell us what we should say to him; <br>we can\u2019t present our case due to darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "Should someone inform him that I wish to speak, <br>or would anyone say he wants to be devoured? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "For now, no one can look at the sun; <br>it is bright in the sky; <br>the wind has passed and cleared away the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "From the north comes golden light, <br>the awesome splendor of God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "As for the Almighty, we can\u2019t find him \u2014 <br>he is powerful and just, abundantly righteous \u2014 <br>he won\u2019t respond.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, people fear him; <br>none of the wise <sup>[4]</sup> can see him. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>wise in heart</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/18/9/4'>9:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4107290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:"}, {"pk": 4107291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "Who is this darkening counsel <br>with words lacking knowledge?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "Prepare yourself like a man; <br>I will interrogate you, and you will respond to me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "Where were you when I laid the earth\u2019s foundations? <br>Tell me if you know.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "Who set its measurements? Surely you know. <br>Who stretched a measuring tape on it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "On what were its footings sunk; <br>who laid its cornerstone,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "while the morning stars sang in unison <br>and all the divine beings shouted?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "Who enclosed the Sea <sup>[1]</sup> behind doors <br>when it burst forth from the womb,<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Yam</i>, a sea god"}, {"pk": 4107298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "when I made the clouds its garment, <br>the dense clouds its wrap,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "when I imposed <sup>[2]</sup> my limit for it, <br>put on a bar and doors<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "and said, \u201cYou may come this far, no farther; <br>here your proud waves stop\u201d? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "In your lifetime have you commanded the morning, <br>informed the dawn of its place<br>"}, {"pk": 4107302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "so it would take hold of earth by its edges <br>and shake the wicked out of it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "Do you turn it over like clay for a seal, <br>so it stands out like a colorful garment?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "Light is withheld from the wicked, <br>the uplifted arm broken. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "Have you gone to the sea\u2019s sources, <br>walked in the chamber of the deep?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "Have death\u2019s gates been revealed to you; <br>can you see the gates of deep darkness?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "Have you surveyed earth\u2019s expanses? <br>Tell me if you know everything about it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "Where\u2019s the road to the place where light dwells; <br>darkness, where\u2019s it located?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "Can you take it to its territory; <br>do you know the paths to its house?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "You know, for you were born then; <br>you have lived such a long time! <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the number of your days is many</i>"}, {"pk": 4107311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "Have you gone to snow\u2019s storehouses, <br>seen the storehouses of hail<br>"}, {"pk": 4107312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 23, "text": "that I have reserved for a time of distress, <br>for a day of battle and war?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 24, "text": "What is the way to the place where light is divided up; <br>the east wind scattered over earth? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 25, "text": "Who cut a channel for the downpours <br>and a way for blasts of thunder<br>"}, {"pk": 4107315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 26, "text": "to bring water to uninhabited land, <br>a desert with no human<br>"}, {"pk": 4107316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 27, "text": "to saturate dry wasteland <br>and make grass sprout?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 28, "text": "Has the rain a father <br>who brought forth drops of dew?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 29, "text": "From whose belly does ice come; <br>who gave birth to heaven\u2019s frost?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 30, "text": "Water hardens like stone; <br>the surface of the deep thickens.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 31, "text": "Can you bind Pleiades\u2019 chains <br>or loosen the reins of Orion?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 32, "text": "Can you guide the stars <br>at their proper times, <br>lead the Bear with her cubs?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 33, "text": "Do you know heaven\u2019s laws, <br>or can you impose its rule on earth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 34, "text": "Can you issue an order to the clouds <br>so their abundant waters cover you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 35, "text": "Can you send lightning so that it goes <br>and then says to you, \u201cI\u2019m here\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 36, "text": "Who put wisdom in remote places, <br>or who gave understanding to a rooster? <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 37, "text": "Who is wise enough to count the clouds, <br>and who can tilt heaven\u2019s water containers<br>"}, {"pk": 4107327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 38, "text": "so that dust becomes mud <br>and clods of dirt adhere? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 39, "text": "Can you hunt prey for the lion <br>or fill the cravings of lion cubs?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 40, "text": "They lie in their den, <br>lie in ambush in their lair.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 38, "verse": 41, "text": "Who provides food for the raven <br>when its young cry to God, <br>move about without food? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "Do you know when mountain goats give birth; <br>do you observe the birthing of does?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "Can you count the months of pregnancy; <br>do you know when they give birth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "They crouch, split open for their young, <br>send forth their offspring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "Their young are healthy; they grow up in the open country, <br>leave and never return. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "Who freed the wild donkey, <br>loosed the ropes of the onager<br>"}, {"pk": 4107336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "to whom I gave the desert as home, <br>his dwelling place in the salt flats?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "He laughs at the clamor of the town, <br>doesn\u2019t hear the driver\u2019s shout,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "searches the hills for food <br>and seeks any green sprout. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "Will the wild ox agree to be your slave, <br>or will it spend the night in your crib?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "Can you bind it with a rope to a plowed row; <br>will it plow the valley behind you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "Will you trust it because its strength is great <br>so that you can leave your work to it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "Can you rely on it to bring back your grain <br>to gather into your threshing floor? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "The ostrich\u2019s wings flap joyously, <br>but her wings and plumage are like a stork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 14, "text": "She leaves her eggs on the earth, <br>lets them warm in the dust,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 15, "text": "then forgets that a foot may crush them <br>or a wild animal trample them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 16, "text": "She treats her young harshly as if they were not hers, <br>without worrying that her labor might be in vain;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 17, "text": "God didn\u2019t endow her with sense, <br>didn\u2019t give her some good sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 18, "text": "When she flaps her wings high, <br>she laughs at horse and rider. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 19, "text": "Did you give strength to the horse, <br>clothe his neck with a mane,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 20, "text": "cause him to leap like a locust, <br>his majestic snorting, a fright?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 21, "text": "He <sup>[1]</sup> paws in the valley, prances proudly, <br>charges at battle weapons,<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4107352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 22, "text": "laughs at fear, unafraid. <br>He doesn\u2019t turn away from the sword;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 23, "text": "a quiver of arrows flies by him, <br>flashing spear and dagger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 24, "text": "Excitedly, trembling, he swallows the ground; <br>can\u2019t stand still at a trumpet\u2019s blast.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 25, "text": "At a trumpet\u2019s sound, he says, \u201cAha!\u201d <br>smells the battle from afar, <br>hears <sup>[2]</sup> officers\u2019 shouting and the battle cry. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>hears.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 26, "text": "Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies, <br>spreading its wings to the south?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 27, "text": "Or at your command does the eagle soar, <br>the vulture build a nest on high?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 28, "text": "They dwell on an outcropping of rock, <br>their fortress on rock\u2019s edge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 29, "text": "From there they search for food; <br>their eyes notice it from afar,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 39, "verse": 30, "text": "and their young lap up blood; <br>where carcasses lie, there they are. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD continued to respond to Job:"}, {"pk": 4107362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "Will the one who disputes with the Almighty correct him? <br>God\u2019s instructor must answer him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "Job responded to the LORD:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "Look, I\u2019m of little worth. What can I answer you? <br>I\u2019ll put my hand over my mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "I have spoken once, I won\u2019t answer; <br>twice, I won\u2019t do it again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "Prepare yourself like a man; <br>I will interrogate you, and you will respond to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "Would you question my justice, <br>deem me guilty so you can be innocent?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "Or do you have an arm like God; <br>can you thunder with a voice like him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "Adorn yourself with splendor and majesty; <br>clothe yourself with honor and esteem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "Unleash your raging anger; <br>look on all the proud and humble them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "Look on all the proud and debase them; <br>trample the wicked in their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "Hide them together in the dust; <br>bind their faces in a hidden place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "Then I, even I, will praise you, <br>for your strong hand has delivered you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "Look at Behemoth, whom I made along with you; <br>he eats grass like cattle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "Look, his strength is in his thighs, <br>his power in stomach muscles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "He stiffens his tail like a cedar; <br>the tendons in his thighs are tightly woven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 18, "text": "His bones are like bronze tubes, <br>his limbs like iron bars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 19, "text": "He is the first of God\u2019s acts; <br>only his maker can come near him with a sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 20, "text": "Indeed, the hills bring him tribute, <br>places where all the wild animals play.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 21, "text": "He lies under the lotuses, <br>under the cover of reed and marsh.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 22, "text": "The lotuses screen him with shade; <br>poplars of the stream surround him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 23, "text": "If the river surges, he doesn\u2019t hurry; <br>he is confident even though the Jordan gushes into his mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 40, "verse": 24, "text": "Can he be seized by his eyes? <br>Can anyone pierce his nose by hooks? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, <br>restrain his tongue with a rope?<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/18/40/25'>40:25</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4107386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "Can you put a cord through his nose, <br>pierce his jaw with a barb?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "Will he beg you at length <br>or speak gentle words to you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "Will he make a pact with you <br>so that you will take him as a permanent slave?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "Can you play with him like a bird, <br>put a leash on him for your girls?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "Will merchants sell him; <br>will they divide him among traders?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "Can you fill his hide with darts, <br>his head with a fishing spear?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "Should you lay your hand on him, <br>you would never remember the battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "Such hopes <sup>[2]</sup> would be delusional; <br>surely the sight of him makes one stumble.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>his hopes</i>"}, {"pk": 4107394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "Nobody is fierce enough to rouse him; <br>who then can stand before me?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "Who opposes me that I must repay? <br>Everything under heaven is mine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019m not awed by his limbs, <br>his strength, and impressive form.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "Who can remove his outer garment; <br>who can come with a bridle for him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 14, "text": "Who can open the doors of his mouth, <br>surrounded by frightening teeth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 15, "text": "His matching scales are his pride, <br>closely locked and sealed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 16, "text": "One touches another; <br>even air can\u2019t come between them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 17, "text": "Each clings to its pair; <br>joined, they can\u2019t be separated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 18, "text": "His sneezes emit flashes of light; <br>his eyes are like dawn\u2019s rays.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 19, "text": "Shafts of fire shoot from his mouth; <br>like fiery sparks they fly out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 20, "text": "Smoke pours from his nostrils <br>like a boiling pot over reeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 21, "text": "His breath lights coals; <br>a flame shoots from his mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 22, "text": "Power resides in his neck; <br>violence dances before him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 23, "text": "The folds of his flesh stick together; <br>on him they are tough and unyielding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 24, "text": "His heart is solid like a rock, <br>hard like a lower millstone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 25, "text": "The divine beings dread his rising; <br>they withdraw before his thrashing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 26, "text": "The sword that touches him won\u2019t prevail; <br>neither will the dart, spear, nor javelin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 27, "text": "He treats iron as straw, <br>bronze as rotten wood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 28, "text": "Arrows can\u2019t make him flee; <br>slingstones he turns to straw.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 29, "text": "He treats a club like straw; <br>he laughs at the lance\u2019s rattle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 30, "text": "His abdomen is like jagged pottery shards; <br>its sharp edges leave a trail in the mud.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 31, "text": "He causes the depths to churn like a boiling pot, <br>stirs up the sea like a pot of scented oils,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 32, "text": "leaves a bright wake behind him; <br>the frothy deep seems white-haired.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 33, "text": "None on earth can compare to him; <br>he is made to be without fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 41, "verse": 34, "text": "He looks on all the proud; <br>he is king over all proud beasts. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "Job answered the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4107420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "I know you can do anything; <br>no plan of yours can be opposed successfully.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "You said, <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cWho is this darkening counsel without knowledge?\u201d <br>I have indeed spoken about things I didn\u2019t understand, <br>wonders beyond my comprehension.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>You said.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "You said, <sup>[2]</sup> \u201cListen and I will speak; <br>I will question you and you will inform me.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>You said.</i>"}, {"pk": 4107423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "My ears had heard about you, <br>but now my eyes have seen you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, I relent <sup>[3]</sup> and find comfort <br>on dust and ashes. <br>", "comment": "[3] The verse is capable of several translations: <i>I despise or relent,</i> no direct object; <i>repent of</i> or <i>concerning dust and ashes</i>."}, {"pk": 4107425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz from Teman, \u201cI\u2019m angry at you and your two friends because you haven\u2019t spoken about me correctly as did my servant Job."}, {"pk": 4107426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and prepare an entirely burned offering for yourselves. Job my servant will pray for you, and I will act favorably by not making fools of you because you didn\u2019t speak correctly, as did my servant Job.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4107427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah did what the LORD told them; and the LORD acted favorably toward Job."}, {"pk": 4107428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD changed Job\u2019s fortune when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all Job\u2019s earlier possessions."}, {"pk": 4107429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "All his brothers, sisters, and acquaintances came to him and ate food with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him concerning all the disaster the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a qesitah <sup>[4]</sup> and a gold ring.", "comment": "[4] A monetary unit"}, {"pk": 4107430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD blessed Job\u2019s latter days more than his former ones. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys."}, {"pk": 4107431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 13, "text": "He also had seven sons and three daughters."}, {"pk": 4107432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 14, "text": "He named one Jemimah, <sup>[5]</sup> a second Keziah, <sup>[6]</sup> and the third Keren-happuch. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] <i>Jar for Dark Cosmetic</i><br>[5] <i>Dove</i><br>[6] <i>Cinnamon</i>"}, {"pk": 4107433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 15, "text": "No women in all the land were as beautiful as Job\u2019s daughters; and their father gave an inheritance to them along with their brothers."}, {"pk": 4107434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 16, "text": "After this, Job lived 140 years and saw four generations of his children."}, {"pk": 4107435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 18, "chapter": 42, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Job died, old and satisfied."}, {"pk": 4107436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The truly happy person <br>doesn\u2019t follow wicked advice, <br>doesn\u2019t stand on the road of sinners, <br>and doesn\u2019t sit with the disrespectful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Instead of doing those things, <br>these persons love the LORD\u2019s Instruction, <br>and they recite God\u2019s Instruction day and night!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "They are like a tree replanted by streams of water, <br>which bears fruit at just the right time <br>and whose leaves don\u2019t fade. <br>Whatever they do succeeds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "That\u2019s not true for the wicked! <br>They are like dust that the wind blows away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "And that\u2019s why the wicked will have no standing in the court of justice \u2014 <br>neither will sinners <br>in the assembly of the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD is intimately acquainted <br>with the way of the righteous, <br>but the way of the wicked is destroyed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Why do the nations rant? <br>Why do the peoples rave uselessly?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The earth\u2019s rulers take their stand; <br>the leaders scheme together <br>against the LORD and <br>against his anointed one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cCome!\u201d they say. <br>\u201cWe will tear off their ropes <br>and throw off their chains!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The one who rules in heaven laughs; <br>my Lord makes fun of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "But then God speaks to them angrily; <br>then he terrifies them with his fury:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cI hereby appoint my king on Zion, <br>my holy mountain!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "I will announce the LORD\u2019s decision: <br>He said to me, \u201cYou are my son, <br>today I have become your father.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Just ask me, <br>and I will make the nations your possession; <br>the far corners of the earth will be your property.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "You will smash them with an iron rod; <br>you will shatter them like a pottery jar.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "So kings, wise up! <br>Be warned, you rulers of the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Serve the LORD reverently \u2014 <br>trembling, <br>"}, {"pk": 4107453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "kiss his feet <sup>[1]</sup> <br>or else he will become angry, <br>and your way will be destroyed <br>because his anger ignites in an instant. <br> But all who take refuge in the LORD are truly happy! <br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; Heb uncertain; MT <i>rejoice with trembling, kiss the son</i> (but with <i>son</i> in Aram, not Heb)"}, {"pk": 4107454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, I have so many enemies! <br>So many are standing against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "So many are talking about me: <br>\u201cEven God won\u2019t help him.\u201d <i>Selah</i> <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; probably a musical term"}, {"pk": 4107456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "But you, LORD, are my shield! <br>You are my glory! <br>You are the one who restores me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "I cry out loud to the LORD, <br>and he answers me from his holy mountain. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "I lie down, sleep, and wake up <br>because the LORD helps me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "I won\u2019t be afraid of thousands of people <br>surrounding me on all sides. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Stand up, LORD! <br>Save me, my God! <br>In fact, hit all my enemies on the jaw; <br>shatter the teeth of the wicked!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Rescue comes from the LORD! <br>May your blessing be on your people! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Answer me when I cry out, my righteous God! <br>Set me free from my troubles! <br>Have mercy on me! <br>Listen to my prayer! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "How long, you people, <br>will my reputation be insulted? <br>How long will you continue <br>to love what is worthless <br>and go after lies? <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Know this: the LORD takes <br>personal care of the faithful. <br>The LORD will hear me <br>when I cry out to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "So be afraid, and don\u2019t sin! <br>Think hard about it in your bed <br>and weep over it! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Bring righteous offerings, <br>and trust the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Many people say, <br>\u201cWe can\u2019t find goodness anywhere. <br>The light of your face has left us, LORD!\u201d <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; MT <i>Shine the light of your face on us, LORD!</i>"}, {"pk": 4107468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "But you have filled my heart with more joy <br>than when their wheat and wine are everywhere!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "I will lie down and fall asleep in peace <br>because you alone, LORD, let me live in safety. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear my words, LORD! <br>Consider my groans!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Pay attention to the sound of my cries, my king and my God, <br>because I am praying to you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "LORD, in the morning you hear my voice. <br>In the morning I lay it all out before you. <br>Then I wait expectantly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Because you aren\u2019t a God <br>who enjoys wickedness; <br>evil doesn\u2019t live with you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Arrogant people won\u2019t last long <br>in your sight; <br>you hate all evildoers;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "you destroy liars. <br>The LORD despises people who are violent and dishonest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "But me? I will enter your house <br>because of your abundant, faithful love; <br>I will bow down at your holy temple, <br>honoring you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "LORD, because of many enemies, <br>please lead me in your righteousness. <br>Make your way clear, <br>right in front of me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Because there\u2019s no truth in my enemies\u2019 mouths, <br>all they have inside them is destruction. <br>Their throats are open graves; <br>their tongues slick with talk.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Condemn them, God! <br>Let them fail by their own plans. <br>Throw them out for their many sins <br>because they\u2019ve rebelled against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "But let all who take refuge in you celebrate. <br>Let them sing out loud forever! <br>Protect them <br>so that all who love your name <br>can rejoice in you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Because you, LORD, bless the righteous. <br>You cover them with favor like a shield. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Please, LORD, <br>don\u2019t punish me when you are angry; <br>don\u2019t discipline me when you are furious.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps a reference to an eight-string instrument; also in <a href='/CEB/19/12/1'>Ps 12</a>"}, {"pk": 4107483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Have mercy on me, LORD, <br>because I\u2019m frail. <br>Heal me, LORD, <br>because my bones are shaking in terror!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "My whole body <sup>[2]</sup> is completely terrified! <br>But you, LORD! How long will this last?<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>soul;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/19/6/4'>6:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4107485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Come back to me, LORD! Deliver me! <br>Save me for the sake of your faithful love!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "No one is going to praise you <br>when they are dead. <br>Who gives you thanks <br>from the grave? <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4107487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019m worn out from groaning. <br>Every night, I drench my bed with tears; <br>I soak my couch all the way through.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "My vision fails because of my grief; <br>it\u2019s weak because of all my distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Get away from me, all you evildoers, <br>because the LORD has heard me crying!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD has listened to my request. <br>The LORD accepts my prayer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "All my enemies will be ashamed <br>and completely terrified; <br>they will be defeated <br>and ashamed instantly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I take refuge in you, LORD, my God. <br>Save me from all who chase me! <br>Rescue me!<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>lament</i>"}, {"pk": 4107493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Otherwise, they will rip me apart, <br>dragging me off with no chance of rescue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "LORD, my God, if I have done this \u2014 <br>if my hands have done anything wrong,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "if I have repaid a friend with evil <br>or oppressed a foe for no reason \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "then let my enemy <br>not only chase but catch me, <br>trampling my life into the ground, <br>laying my reputation in the dirt. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Get up, LORD; get angry! <br>Stand up against the fury of my foes! <br>Wake up, my God; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>you command that justice be done!<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>for my sake</i>"}, {"pk": 4107498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Let the assembled peoples surround you. <br>Rule them from on high! <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Correction; MT <i>Come back to be exalted over them</i>."}, {"pk": 4107499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD will judge the peoples. <br>Establish justice for me, LORD, <br>according to my righteousness <br>and according to my integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Please let the evil of the wicked be over, <br>but set the righteous firmly in place <br>because you, the righteous God, <br>are the one who examines hearts and minds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "God is my shield; <br>he saves those whose heart is right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "God is a righteous judge, <br>a God who is angry at evil <sup>[4]</sup> every single day.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>at evil</i>."}, {"pk": 4107503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "If someone doesn\u2019t change their ways, <br>God will sharpen his sword, <br>will bend his bow, <br>will string an arrow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "God has deadly weapons in store <br>for those who won\u2019t change; <br>he gets his flaming arrows ready! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "But look how the wicked hatch evil, <br>conceive trouble, give birth to lies!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "They make a pit, dig it all out, <br>and then fall right into the hole that they\u2019ve made!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "The trouble they cause <br>will come back on their own heads; <br>the violence they commit <br>will come down on their own skulls.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "But I will thank the LORD <br>for his righteousness; <br>I will sing praises <br>to the name of the LORD Most High. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  LORD, our Lord, how majestic <br>is your name throughout the earth! <br>You made your glory higher than heaven! <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps the name of an instrument (Tg) or melody. LXX <i>About the winepresses;</i> or <i>About the Gittite</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/81/1'>Pss 81</a> and 84<br>[2] Correction; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "From the mouths of nursing babies <br>you have laid a strong foundation <br>because of your foes, <br>in order to stop vengeful enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "When I look up at your skies, <br>at what your fingers made \u2014 <br>the moon and the stars <br>that you set firmly in place \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "what are human beings <br>that you think about them; <br>what are human beings <br>that you pay attention to them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "You\u2019ve made them only slightly less than divine, <br>crowning them with glory and grandeur.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "You\u2019ve let them rule over your handiwork, <br>putting everything under their feet \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "all sheep and all cattle, <br>the wild animals too,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "the birds in the sky, <br>the fish of the ocean, <br>everything that travels the pathways of the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> <sup>[2]</sup>  I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart; <br>I will talk about all your wonderful acts.<br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/9/1'>Ps 9</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem (cf <a href='/CEB/19/119/1'>Ps 119</a>) in Heb, with successive letters of the alphabet beginning every few lines, with only a few exceptions. Only ten letters are found in <a href='/CEB/19/9/1'>Ps 9</a>; the sequence may be continued in <a href='/CEB/19/10/1'>Ps 10</a>, suggesting that <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a> are a single poem.<br>[1] Or <i>Almuth labben</i>; Heb uncertain, perhaps a reference to the melody; cf <a href='/CEB/19/46/1'>Pss 46:1</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/48/14'>48:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4107519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "I will celebrate and rejoice in you; <br>I will sing praises to your name, Most High. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "When my enemies turn and retreat, <br>they fall down and die right in front of you<br>"}, {"pk": 4107521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "because you have established justice <br>for me and my claim, <br>because you rule from the throne, <br>establishing justice rightly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "You\u2019ve denounced the nations, <br>destroyed the wicked. <br>You\u2019ve erased their names for all time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Every enemy is wiped out, <br>like something ruined forever. <br>You\u2019ve torn down their cities \u2014 <br>even the memory of them is dead. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "But the LORD rules forever! <br>He assumes his throne <br>for the sake of justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "He will establish justice in the world rightly; <br>he will judge all people fairly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD is a safe place for the oppressed \u2014 <br>a safe place in difficult times.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who know your name trust you <br>because you have not abandoned <br>any who seek you, LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Sing praises to the LORD, who lives in Zion! <br>Proclaim his mighty acts among all people!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Because the one who avenges bloodshed <br>remembers those who suffer; <br>the LORD hasn\u2019t forgotten their cries for help. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Have mercy on me, LORD! <br>Just look how I suffer <br>because of those who hate me. <br>But you are the one who brings me back <br>from the very gates of death<br>"}, {"pk": 4107531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "so I can declare all your praises, <br>so I can rejoice in your salvation <br>in the gates of Daughter Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "The nations have fallen <br>into the hole they themselves made! <br>Their feet are caught <br>in the very net they themselves hid!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD is famous for the justice he has done; <br>it\u2019s his own doing that the wicked are trapped. <i>Higgayon. <sup>[3]</sup> Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; or <i>recitation</i> (see <a href='/CEB/19/1/2'>Pss 1:2</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/19/14'>19:14</a>) or <i>melody</i> (see <a href='/CEB/19/92/3'>Ps 92:3</a>)."}, {"pk": 4107534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Let the wicked go straight to the grave, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>the same for every nation that forgets God. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4107535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Because the poor won\u2019t be forgotten forever, <br>the hope of those who suffer won\u2019t be lost for all time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Get up, LORD! Don\u2019t let people prevail! <br>Let the nations be judged before you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Strike them with fear, LORD. <br>Let the nations know they are only human. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Why do you stand so far away, LORD, <br>hiding yourself in troubling times?<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/9/1'>Pss 9</a> and 10 contain part of an acrostic poem and might originally be one poem in Heb."}, {"pk": 4107539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Meanwhile, the wicked are proudly <br>in hot pursuit of those who suffer. <br>Let them get caught <br>in the very same schemes they\u2019ve thought up! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "The wicked brag about their body\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> cravings; <br>the greedy reject the LORD, cursing.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>soul\u2019s</i>"}, {"pk": 4107541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "At the peak of their wrath, <br>the wicked don\u2019t seek God: <br>There\u2019s no God \u2014 <br>that\u2019s what they are always thinking.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Their ways are always twisted. <br>Your rules are too lofty for them. <br>They snort at all their foes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "They think to themselves, <br>We\u2019ll never stumble. <br>We\u2019ll never encounter any resistance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Their mouths are filled <br>with curses, dishonesty, violence. <br>Under their tongues lie <br>troublemaking and wrongdoing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "They wait in a place perfect for ambush; <sup>[3]</sup> <br>from their hiding places <br>they kill innocent people; <br>their eyes spot those who are helpless.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "They lie in ambush <br>in secret places, <br>like a lion in its lair. <br>They lie in ambush <br>so they can seize those who suffer! <br>They seize the poor, all right, <br>dragging them off in their nets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Their helpless victims are crushed; <br>they collapse, falling prey to the strength of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "The wicked think to themselves: <br>God has forgotten. <br>God has hidden his face. <br>God never sees anything! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Get up, LORD! <br>Get your fist ready, God! <br>Don\u2019t forget the ones who suffer!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Why do the wicked reject God? <br>Why do they think to themselves <br>that you won\u2019t find out?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "But you do see! <br>You do see troublemaking and grief, <br>and you do something about it! <br>The helpless leave it all to you. <br>You are the orphan\u2019s helper. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Break the arms of those <br>who are wicked and evil. <br>Seek out their wickedness <br>until there\u2019s no more to find.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD rules forever and always! <br>The nations will vanish from his land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "LORD, you listen to the desires of those who suffer. <br>You steady their hearts; <br>you listen closely to them,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "to establish justice <br>for the orphan and the oppressed, <br>so that people of the land <br>will never again be terrified. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "I have taken refuge in the LORD. <br>So how can you say to me, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>\u201cFlee to the hills like a bird<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4107557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "because the wicked <br>have already bent their bows; <br>they\u2019ve already strung their arrows; <br>they are ready to secretly shoot <br>those whose heart is right\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "When the very bottom of things falls out, <br>what can a righteous person possibly accomplish? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "But the LORD is in his holy temple. <br>The LORD! His throne is in heaven. <br>His eyes see \u2014 <br>his vision examines all of humanity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD examines <br>both the righteous and the wicked; <br>his very being <sup>[2]</sup> hates anyone who loves violence.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4107561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "God will rain fiery coals and sulfur on the wicked; <br>their cups will be filled <br>with nothing but a scorching hot wind<br>"}, {"pk": 4107562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "because the LORD is righteous! <br>He loves righteous deeds. <br>Those whose heart is right will see God\u2019s face. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>heart</i>, but see <a href='/CEB/19/11/2'>11:2</a> and <a href='/CEB/19/7/10'>Pss 7:10</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/32/11'>32:11</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/36/10'>36:10</a>."}, {"pk": 4107563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Help, LORD, because the godly are all gone; <br>the faithful have completely disappeared <br>from the human race!<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps a reference to an eight-string instrument; also in <a href='/CEB/19/6/1'>Ps 6</a>"}, {"pk": 4107564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Everyone tells lies to everyone else; <br>they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Let the LORD cut off all slick-talking lips <br>and every tongue that brags and brags,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "that says, \u201cWe\u2019re unbeatable with our tongues! <br>Who could get the best of us with lips like ours?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "But the LORD says, <br>\u201cBecause the poor are oppressed, <br>because of the groans of the needy, <br>I\u2019m now standing up. <br>I will provide the help they are gasping for.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD\u2019s promises are pure, <br>like silver that\u2019s been refined in an oven, <br>purified seven times over! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "You, LORD, will keep us, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>protecting us from this generation forever.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>keep them</i>"}, {"pk": 4107570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "The wicked roam all over the place, <br>while depravity is praised by human beings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "How long will you forget me, LORD? Forever? <br>How long will you hide your face from me?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "How long will I be left to my own wits, <br>agony filling my heart? Daily? <br>How long will my enemy keep defeating me? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Look at me! <br>Answer me, LORD my God! <br>Restore sight to my eyes! <br>Otherwise, I\u2019ll sleep the sleep of death,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "and my enemy will say, \u201cI won!\u201d <br>My foes will rejoice over my downfall. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "But I have trusted in your faithful love. <br>My heart will rejoice in your salvation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Yes, I will sing to the LORD <br>because he has been good to me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Fools say in their hearts, There is no God. <br>They are corrupt and do evil things; <br>not one of them does anything good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD looks down from heaven on humans <br>to see if anyone is wise, <br>to see if anyone seeks God,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "but all of them have turned bad. <br>Everyone is corrupt. <br>No one does good \u2014 <br>not even one person! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Are they dumb, all these evildoers, <br>devouring my people <br>like they are eating bread <br>but never calling on the LORD? <br>"}, {"pk": 4107581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Count on it: <sup>[1]</sup> they will be in utter panic <br>because God is with the righteous generation.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>There they will be</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/19/53/5'>53:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4107582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "You evildoers may humiliate <br>the plans of those who suffer, <br>but the LORD is their refuge. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Let Israel\u2019s salvation come out of Zion! <br>When the LORD changes <br>his people\u2019s circumstances for the better, <br>Jacob will rejoice; <br>Israel will celebrate! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Who can live in your tent, LORD? <br>Who can dwell on your holy mountain?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "The person who <br>lives free of blame, <br>does what is right, <br>and speaks the truth sincerely;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "who does no damage with their talk, <br>does no harm to a friend, <br>doesn\u2019t insult a neighbor;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "someone who despises <br>those who act wickedly, <br>but who honors those <br>who honor the LORD; <br>someone who keeps their promise even when it hurts;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "someone who doesn\u2019t lend money with interest, <br>who won\u2019t accept a bribe against any innocent person. <br>Whoever does these things will never stumble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Protect me, God, because I take refuge in you.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>inscription</i>"}, {"pk": 4107590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "I say to the LORD, \u201cYou are my Lord. <br>Apart from you, I have nothing good.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Now as for the \u201choly ones\u201d in the land, <br>the \u201cmagnificent ones\u201d that I was so happy about;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "let their suffering increase because <br>they hurried after a different god. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>I won\u2019t participate in their blood offerings; <br>I won\u2019t let their names cross my lips.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain in <a href='/CEB/19/16/3-4'>16:3\u20134</a>; Heb lacks <i>because</i> and <i>god</i> in <a href='/CEB/19/16/4'>16:4</a>."}, {"pk": 4107593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "You, LORD, are my portion, my cup; <br>you control my destiny.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "The property lines have fallen beautifully for me; <br>yes, I have a lovely home. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "I will bless the LORD who advises me; <br>even at night I am instructed <br>in the depths of my mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "I always put the LORD in front of me; <br>I will not stumble because he is on my right side.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "That\u2019s why my heart celebrates and my mood is joyous; <br>yes, my whole body will rest in safety<br>"}, {"pk": 4107598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "because you won\u2019t abandon my life <sup>[3]</sup> to the grave; <sup>[4]</sup> <br>you won\u2019t let your faithful follower see the pit. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>my soul</i><br>[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4107599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "You teach me the way of life. <br>In your presence is total celebration. <br>Beautiful things are always in your right hand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to what\u2019s right, LORD; <br>pay attention to my cry! <br>Listen closely to my prayer; <br>it\u2019s spoken by lips that don\u2019t lie!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "My justice comes from you; <br>let your eyes see what is right!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "You have examined my heart, <br>testing me at night. <br>You\u2019ve looked me over closely, <br>but haven\u2019t found anything wrong. <br>My mouth doesn\u2019t sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "But these other people\u2019s deeds? <br>I have avoided such violent ways <br>by the command from your lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "My steps are set firmly on your paths; <br>my feet haven\u2019t slipped. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "I cry out to you because you answer me. <br>So tilt your ears toward me now \u2014 <br>listen to what I\u2019m saying!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Manifest your faithful love in amazing ways <br>because you are the one <br>who saves those who take refuge in you, <br>saving them from their attackers <br>by your strong hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "Watch me with the very pupil of your eye! <br>Hide me in the protection of your wings,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "away from the wicked <br>who are out to get me, <br>away from my deadly enemies <br>who are all around me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "They have no pity; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>their mouths speak arrogantly.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "They track me down \u2014 <br>suddenly, they surround me! <br>They make their plans to put me in the dirt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "They are like a lion eager to rip its prey; <br>they are like a strong young lion lying in wait. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Get up, LORD! <br>Confront them! <br>Bring them down! <br>Rescue my life from the wicked \u2014 <br>use your sword!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Rescue me from these people \u2014 <br>use your own hands, LORD! <br>Rescue me from these people <br>whose only possession is their fleeting life. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>But fill the stomachs of your cherished ones; <br>let their children be filled full <br>so that they have leftovers enough for their babies. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "But me? I will see your face in righteousness; <br>when I awake, I will be filled full by seeing your image. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  He said: I love you, LORD, my strength.<br>", "comment": "[1] This poem also occurs in <a href='/CEB/10/22/1'>2 Sam 22</a> with some variations."}, {"pk": 4107616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD is my solid rock, <br>my fortress, my rescuer. <br>My God is my rock \u2014 <br>I take refuge in him! \u2014 <br>he\u2019s my shield, <br>my salvation\u2019s strength, <br>my place of safety.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Because he is praiseworthy, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>I cried out to the LORD, <br>and I was saved from my enemies.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Death\u2019s cords were wrapped around me; <br>rivers of wickedness terrified me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "The cords of the grave <sup>[3]</sup> surrounded me; <br>death\u2019s traps held me tight.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4107620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "In my distress I cried out to the LORD; <br>I called to my God for help. <br>God heard my voice from his temple; <br>I called to him for help, <br>and my call reached his ears. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "The earth rocked and shook; <br>the bases of the mountains trembled and reeled <br>because of God\u2019s anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Smoke went up from God\u2019s nostrils; <br>out of his mouth came a devouring fire; <br>flaming coals blazed out in front of him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "God parted the skies and came down; <br>thick darkness was beneath his feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "God mounted the heavenly creatures and flew; <br>he soared on the wings of the wind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "God made darkness cloak him; <br>his covering was dark water and dense cloud.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "God\u2019s clouds went ahead <br>of the brightness before him; <br>hail and coals of fire went too.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD thundered in heaven; <br>the Most High made his voice heard <br>with hail and coals of fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "God shot his arrows, scattering the enemy; <br>he sent the lightning and threw them into confusion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "The seabeds were exposed; <br>the earth\u2019s foundations were laid bare <br>at your rebuke, LORD, <br>at the angry blast of air coming from your nostrils. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "From on high God reached down and grabbed me; <br>he took me out of all that water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "God saved me from my powerful enemy, <br>saved me from my foes, <br>who were too much for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "They came at me on the very day of my distress, <br>but the LORD was my support.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "He brought me out to wide-open spaces; <br>he pulled me out safe <br>because he is pleased with me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD rewarded me for my righteousness; <br>he restored me because my hands are clean,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "because I have kept the LORD\u2019s ways. <br>I haven\u2019t acted wickedly against my God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "All his rules are right in front of me; <br>I haven\u2019t turned away from any of his laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "I have lived with integrity before him; <br>I\u2019ve kept myself from wrongdoing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "And so the LORD restored me for my righteousness <br>because my hands are clean in his eyes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "You deal faithfully with the faithful; <br>you show integrity <br>toward the one who has integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "You are pure toward the pure, <br>but toward the crooked, you are tricky.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "You are the one who saves people who suffer <br>and brings down those with proud eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "You are the one who lights my lamp \u2014 <br>the LORD my God illumines my darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "With you I can charge into battle; <br>with my God I can leap over a wall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "God! His way is perfect; <br>the LORD\u2019s word is tried and true. <br>He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Now really, who is divine except the LORD? <br>And who is a rock but our God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "Only God! The God who equips me with strength <br>and makes my way perfect,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "who makes my step as sure as the deer\u2019s, <br>who lets me stand securely on the heights,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "who trains my hands for war <br>so my arms can bend a bronze bow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 35, "text": "You\u2019ve given me the shield of your salvation; <br>your strong hand has supported me; <br>your help has made me great.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 36, "text": "You\u2019ve let me walk fast and safe, <br>without even twisting an ankle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 37, "text": "I chased my enemies and caught them! <br>I didn\u2019t come home until I finished them off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 38, "text": "I struck them down; <br>they couldn\u2019t get up again; <br>they fell under my feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 39, "text": "You equipped me with strength for war; <br>you brought my adversaries down underneath me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 40, "text": "You made my enemies turn tail from me; <br>I destroyed my foes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 41, "text": "They cried for help, <br>but there was no one to save them. <br>They cried for help to the LORD, <br>but he wouldn\u2019t answer them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 42, "text": "I crushed them <br>like dust blown away by the wind; <br>I threw them out <br>like mud dumped in the streets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 43, "text": "You delivered me from struggles with many people; <br>you appointed me the leader of many nations. <br>Strangers come to serve me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 44, "text": "After hearing about me, they obey me; <br>foreigners grovel before me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 45, "text": "Foreigners lose their nerve; <br>they come trembling out of their fortresses. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>prisons</i>"}, {"pk": 4107660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 46, "text": "The LORD lives! Bless God, my rock! <br>Let the God of my salvation be lifted high!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 47, "text": "This is the God who avenges on my behalf, <br>who subdues people before me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 48, "text": "who delivers me from my enemies. <br>Yes, you lifted me high above my adversaries; <br>you delivered me from violent people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 49, "text": "That\u2019s why I thank you, LORD, <br>in the presence of the nations. <br>That\u2019s why I sing praises to your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 18, "verse": 50, "text": "You are the one who gives great victories to your king, <br>who shows faithful love to your anointed one \u2014 <br>to David and to his descendants forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Heaven is declaring God\u2019s glory; <br>the sky is proclaiming his handiwork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "One day gushes the news to the next, <br>and one night informs another what needs to be known.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Of course, there\u2019s no speech, no words \u2014 <br>their voices can\u2019t be heard \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "but their sound <sup>[1]</sup> extends throughout the world; <br>their words reach the ends of the earth. <br> God has made a tent in heaven for the sun.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg, Sym; MT <i>line</i> or <i>string</i>"}, {"pk": 4107669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "The sun is like a groom <br>coming out of his honeymoon suite; <br>like a warrior, it thrills at running its course.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "It rises in one end of the sky; <br>its circuit is complete at the other. <br>Nothing escapes its heat. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD\u2019s Instruction is perfect, <br>reviving one\u2019s very being. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>The LORD\u2019s laws are faithful, <br>making naive people wise.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4107672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD\u2019s regulations are right, <br>gladdening the heart. <br>The LORD\u2019s commands are pure, <br>giving light to the eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Honoring the LORD is correct, <br>lasting forever. <br>The LORD\u2019s judgments are true. <br>All of these are righteous!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "They are more desirable than gold \u2014 <br>than tons of pure gold! <br>They are sweeter than honey \u2014 <br>even dripping off the honeycomb!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "No doubt about it: <br>your servant is enlightened by them; <br>there is great reward in keeping them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "But can anyone know <br>what they\u2019ve accidentally done wrong? <br>Clear me of any unknown sin<br>"}, {"pk": 4107677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "and save your servant from willful sins. <br>Don\u2019t let them rule me. <br>Then I\u2019ll be completely blameless; <br>I\u2019ll be innocent of great wrongdoing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Let the words of my mouth <br>and the meditations of my heart <br>be pleasing to you, <br>LORD, my rock and my redeemer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "I pray that the LORD answers you <br>whenever you are in trouble. <br>Let the name of Jacob\u2019s God protect you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "Let God send help to you from the sanctuary <br>and support you from Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Let God recall your many grain offerings; <br>let him savor your entirely burned offerings. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Let God grant what is in your heart <br>and fulfill all your plans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Then we will rejoice that you\u2019ve been helped. <br>We will fly our flags in the name of our God. <br>Let the LORD fulfill all your requests! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed one; <br>God answers his anointed one <br>from his heavenly sanctuary, <br>answering with mighty acts of salvation <br>achieved by his strong hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Some people trust in chariots, others in horses; <br>but we praise the LORD\u2019s name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "They will collapse and fall, <br>but we will stand up straight and strong. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "LORD, save the king! <br>Let him answer us when we cry out! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "The king celebrates your strength, LORD; <br>look how happy he is about your saving help!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "You\u2019ve given him what his heart desires; <br>you haven\u2019t denied what his lips requested. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "You bring rich blessings right to him; <br>you put a crown of pure gold on his head.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "He asked you for life, <br>and you gave it to him, all right \u2014 <br>long days, forever and always!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "The king\u2019s reputation is great <br>because of your saving help; <br>you\u2019ve conferred on him glory and grandeur.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "You grant him blessings forever; <br>you make him happy <br>with the joy of your presence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Because the king trusts the LORD, <br>and because of the Most High\u2019s faithful love, <br>he will not stumble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Your hand will catch all your enemies; <br>your strong hand will catch all who hate you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "When you appear, LORD, <br>you will light them up like an oven on fire. <br>God will eat them whole in his anger; <br>fire will devour them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "You will destroy their offspring from the land; <br>destroy their descendants from the human race.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "Because they sought to do you harm, <br>they devised a wicked plan \u2014 but they will fail!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Because you will make them turn and run <br>when you aim your bow straight at their faces! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "Be exalted, LORD, in your strength! <br>We will sing and praise your power! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "My God! My God, <br>why have you left me all alone? <br>Why are you so far from saving me \u2014 <br>so far from my anguished groans?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "My God, I cry out during the day, <br>but you don\u2019t answer; <br>even at nighttime I don\u2019t stop.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "You are the holy one, enthroned. <br>You are Israel\u2019s praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Our ancestors trusted you \u2014 <br>they trusted you and you rescued them;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "they cried out to you and they were saved; <br>they trusted you and they weren\u2019t ashamed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "But I\u2019m just a worm, less than human; <br>insulted by one person, despised by another.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "All who see me make fun of me \u2014 <br>they gape, shaking their heads:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cHe committed himself to the LORD, <br>so let God rescue him; <br>let God deliver him <br>because God likes him so much.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "But you are the one who pulled me from the womb, <br>placing me safely at my mother\u2019s breasts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "I was thrown on you from birth; <br>you\u2019ve been my God <br>since I was in my mother\u2019s womb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Please don\u2019t be far from me, <br>because trouble is near <br>and there\u2019s no one to help. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "Many bulls surround me; <br>mighty bulls from Bashan encircle me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "They open their mouths at me <br>like a lion ripping and roaring!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019m poured out like water. <br>All my bones have fallen apart. <br>My heart is like wax; <br>it melts inside me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "My strength is dried up <br>like a piece of broken pottery. <br>My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; <br>you\u2019ve set me down in the dirt of death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "Dogs surround me; <br>a pack of evil people circle me like a lion \u2014 <br>oh, my poor hands and feet!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "I can count all my bones! <br>Meanwhile, they just stare at me, watching me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "They divvy up my garments among themselves; <br>they cast lots for my clothes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "But you, LORD! Don\u2019t be far away! <br>You are my strength! <br>Come quick and help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Deliver me <sup>[1]</sup> from the sword. <br>Deliver my life from the power of the dog.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/22/29'>22:29</a>"}, {"pk": 4107721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Save me from the mouth of the lion. <br>From the horns of the wild oxen <br>you have answered me! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; <br>I will praise you in the very center of the congregation!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "All of you who revere the LORD \u2014 praise him! <br>All of you who are Jacob\u2019s descendants \u2014 honor him! <br>All of you who are all Israel\u2019s offspring \u2014 <br>stand in awe of him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Because he didn\u2019t despise or detest <br>the suffering of the one who suffered \u2014 <br>he didn\u2019t hide his face from me. <br>No, he listened when I cried out to him for help. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "I offer praise in the great congregation <br>because of you; <br>I will fulfill my promises <br>in the presence of those who honor God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "Let all those who are suffering eat and be full! <br>Let all who seek the LORD praise him! <br>I pray your hearts live forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "Every part of the earth <br>will remember and come back to the LORD; <br>every family among all the nations will worship you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "Because the right to rule belongs to the LORD, <br>he rules all nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "Indeed, all the earth\u2019s powerful <br>will worship him; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>all who are descending to the dust <br>will kneel before him; <br>my being also lives for him. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Correction with LXX; Heb uncertain<br>[2] Correction; MT <i>All the earth\u2019s powerful have eaten and will worship</i>."}, {"pk": 4107730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "Future descendants will serve him; <br>generations to come will be told about my Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "They will proclaim God\u2019s righteousness <br>to those not yet born, <br>telling them what God has done. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD is my shepherd. <br>I lack nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "He lets me rest in grassy meadows; <br>he leads me to restful waters;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "he keeps me <sup>[1]</sup> alive. <br>He guides me in proper paths <br>for the sake of his good name. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4107735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Even when I walk through the darkest valley, <br>I fear no danger because you are with me. <br>Your rod and your staff \u2014 <br>they protect me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "You set a table for me <br>right in front of my enemies. <br>You bathe my head in oil; <br>my cup is so full it spills over!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Yes, goodness and faithful love <br>will pursue me all the days of my life, <br>and I will live <sup>[2]</sup> in the LORD\u2019s house <br>as long as I live. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>I will return</i>"}, {"pk": 4107738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "The earth is the LORD\u2019s and everything in it, <br>the world and its inhabitants too.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Because God is the one who established it on the seas; <br>God set it firmly on the waters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Who can ascend the LORD\u2019s mountain? <br>Who can stand in his holy sanctuary?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart; <br>the one who hasn\u2019t made false promises, <br>the one who hasn\u2019t sworn dishonestly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "That kind of person receives blessings from the LORD <br>and righteousness from the God who saves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "And that\u2019s how things are <br>with the generation that seeks him \u2014 <br>that seeks the face of Jacob\u2019s God. <sup>[1]</sup> <i>Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; MT <i>seek your face, Jacob</i>"}, {"pk": 4107744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Mighty gates: lift up your heads! <br>Ancient doors: rise up high! <br>So the glorious king can enter!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Who is this glorious king? <br>The LORD \u2014 strong and powerful! <br>The LORD \u2014 powerful in battle!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Mighty gates: lift up your heads! <br>Ancient doors: rise up high! <br>So the glorious king can enter!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "Who is this glorious king? <br>The LORD of heavenly forces \u2014 <br>he is the glorious king! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I offer my life <sup>[2]</sup> to you, LORD.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/25/1'>Ps 25</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>.<br>[2] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/25/13'>25:13</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/25/20'>20</a>"}, {"pk": 4107749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "My God, I trust you. <br>Please don\u2019t let me be put to shame! <br>Don\u2019t let my enemies rejoice over me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "For that matter, <br>don\u2019t let anyone who hopes in you <br>be put to shame; <br>instead, let those who are treacherous without excuse be put to shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "Make your ways known to me, LORD; <br>teach me your paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "Lead me in your truth \u2014 teach it to me \u2014 <br>because you are the God who saves me. <br>I put my hope in you all day long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "LORD, remember your compassion and faithful love \u2014 <br>they are forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "But don\u2019t remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoing. <br>Remember me only according to your faithful love <br>for the sake of your goodness, LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD is good and does the right thing; <br>he teaches sinners which way they should go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "God guides the weak to justice, <br>teaching them his way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "All the LORD\u2019s paths are loving and faithful <br>for those who keep his covenant and laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Please, for the sake of your good name, LORD, forgive my sins, which are many! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "Where are the ones who honor the LORD? <br>God will teach them which path to take.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "They will live a good life, <br>and their descendants will possess the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD counsels those who honor him; <br>he makes his covenant known to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "My eyes are always looking to the LORD <br>because he will free my feet from the net. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "Turn to me, God, and have mercy on me <br>because I\u2019m alone and suffering.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "My heart\u2019s troubles keep getting bigger \u2014 <br>set me free from my distress!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "Look at my suffering and trouble \u2014 <br>forgive all my sins!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Look at how many enemies I have <br>and how violently they hate me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "Please protect my life! Deliver me! <br>Don\u2019t let me be put to shame <br>because I take refuge in you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "Let integrity and virtue guard me <br>because I hope in you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "Please, God, save Israel from all its troubles! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Establish justice for me, LORD, <br>because I have walked with integrity. <br>I\u2019ve trusted the LORD without wavering.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Examine me, LORD; put me to the test! <br>Purify <sup>[1]</sup> my mind <sup>[2]</sup> and my heart.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX or <i>investigate</i><br>[2] Or <i>kidneys</i>"}, {"pk": 4107772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Because your faithful love is right in front of me \u2014 <br>I walk in your truth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "I don\u2019t spend time with people up to no good; <br>I don\u2019t keep company with liars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "I detest the company of evildoers, <br>and I don\u2019t sit with wicked people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "I wash my hands \u2014 they are innocent! <br>I walk all around your altar, LORD,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "proclaiming out loud my thanks, <br>declaring all your wonderful deeds!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "I love the beauty <sup>[3]</sup> of your house, LORD; <br>I love the place where your glory resides. <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>the dwelling of your house</i>"}, {"pk": 4107778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t gather me <sup>[4]</sup> up with the sinners, <br>taking my life along with violent people<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4107779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "in whose hands are evil schemes, <br>whose strong hands are full of bribes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "But me? I walk with integrity. <br>Save me! Have mercy on me! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "My feet now stand on level ground. <br>I will bless the LORD in the great congregation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD is my light and my salvation. <br>Should I fear anyone? <br>The LORD is a fortress protecting my life. <br>Should I be frightened of anything?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "When evildoers come at me trying to eat me up \u2014 <br>it\u2019s they, my foes and my enemies, <br>who stumble and fall!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "If an army camps against me, <br>my heart won\u2019t be afraid. <br>If war comes up against me, <br>I will continue to trust in this:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "I have asked one thing from the LORD \u2014 <br>it\u2019s all I seek: <br>to live in the LORD\u2019s house all the days of my life, <br>seeing the LORD\u2019s beauty <br>and constantly adoring his temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Because he will shelter me in his own dwelling <br>during troubling times; <br>he will hide me in a secret place in his own tent; <br>he will set me up high, safe on a rock. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "Now my head is higher than the enemies surrounding me, <br>and I will offer sacrifices in God\u2019s tent \u2014 <br>sacrifices with shouts of joy! <br>I will sing and praise the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "LORD, listen to my voice when I cry out \u2014 <br>have mercy on me and answer me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "Come, my heart says, seek God\u2019s face. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>LORD, I do seek your face!<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; MT <i>My heart says to/of you\u2026see my face!</i>"}, {"pk": 4107790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Please don\u2019t hide it from me! <br>Don\u2019t push your servant aside angrily \u2014 <br>you have been my help! <br>God who saves me, <br>don\u2019t neglect me! <br>Don\u2019t leave me all alone!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "Even if my father and mother left me all alone, <br>the LORD would take me in.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "LORD, teach me your way; <br>because of my opponents, lead me on a good path.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t give me over to the desires of my enemies, <br>because false witnesses and violent accusers <br>have taken their stand against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "But I have sure faith <br>that I will experience the LORD\u2019s goodness <br>in the land of the living! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "Hope in the LORD! <br>Be strong! Let your heart take courage! <br>Hope in the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "I cry out to you, LORD. <br>You are my rock; don\u2019t refuse to hear me. <br>If you won\u2019t talk to me, <br>I\u2019ll be just like those going down to the pit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen to my request for mercy when I cry out to you, <br>when I lift up my hands to your holy inner sanctuary.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t drag me off with the wicked and those who do evil; <br>the type who talk nice to their friends <br>while evil thoughts are in their hearts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "Pay them back for what they\u2019ve done! <br>Pay them back for their evil deeds! <br>Pay them back for their handiwork! <br>Give back to them exactly what they deserve!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Because they have no regard for what the LORD has done, <br>no regard for his handiwork, <br>God will tear them down and never rebuild! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "Bless the LORD <br>because he has listened to my request for mercy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD is my strength and my shield. <br>My heart trusts him. <br>I was helped, my heart rejoiced, <br>and I thank him with my song.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD is his people\u2019s strength; <br>he is a fortress of protection for his anointed one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "Save your people, God! <br>Bless your possession! <br>Shepherd them and carry them for all time! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "You, divine beings! Give to the LORD \u2014 <br>give to the LORD glory and power!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "Give to the LORD the glory due his name! <br>Bow down to the LORD in holy splendor! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD\u2019s voice is over the waters; <br>the glorious God thunders; <br>the LORD is over the mighty waters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD\u2019s voice is strong; <br>the LORD\u2019s voice is majestic.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD\u2019s voice breaks cedar trees \u2014 <br>yes, the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "He makes Lebanon jump around like a young bull, <br>makes Sirion jump around like a young wild ox.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD\u2019s voice unleashes fiery flames;<br>"}, {"pk": 4107812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "the LORD\u2019s voice shakes the wilderness \u2014 <br>yes, the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD\u2019s voice convulses the oaks, <br>strips the forests bare, <br>but in his temple everyone shouts, \u201cGlory!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD sits enthroned over the floodwaters; <br>the LORD sits enthroned \u2014 king forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Let the LORD give strength to his people! <br>Let the LORD bless his people with peace! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "I exalt you, LORD, because you pulled me up; <br>you didn\u2019t let my enemies celebrate over me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "LORD, my God, I cried out to you for help, <br>and you healed me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "LORD, you brought me <sup>[1]</sup> up from the grave, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>brought me back to life from among those going down to the pit. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[1] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4107819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "You who are faithful to the LORD, <br>sing praises to him; <br>give thanks to his holy name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "His anger lasts for only a second, <br>but his favor lasts a lifetime. <br>Weeping may stay all night, <br>but by morning, joy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "When I was comfortable, I said, <br>\u201cI will never stumble.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Because it pleased you, LORD, <br>you made me a strong mountain. <br>But then you hid your presence. <br>I was terrified.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "I cried out to you, LORD. <br>I begged my Lord for mercy:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWhat is to be gained by my spilled blood, <br>by my going down into the pit? <br>Does dust thank you? <br>Does it proclaim your faithfulness?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "LORD, listen and have mercy on me! <br>LORD, be my helper!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "You changed my mourning into dancing. <br>You took off my funeral clothes <br>and dressed me up in joy<br>"}, {"pk": 4107827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "so that my whole being <br>might sing praises to you and never stop. <br>LORD, my God, I will give thanks to you forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "I take refuge in you, LORD. <br>Please never let me be put to shame. <br>Rescue me by your righteousness!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen closely to me! <br>Deliver me quickly; <br>be a rock that protects me; <br>be a strong fortress that saves me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "You are definitely my rock and my fortress. <br>Guide me and lead me for the sake of your good name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "Get me out of this net that\u2019s been set for me <br>because you are my protective fortress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "I entrust my spirit into your hands; <br>you, LORD, God of faithfulness \u2014 <br>you have saved me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "I hate those who embrace what is completely worthless. <br>I myself trust the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "I rejoice and celebrate in your faithful love <br>because you saw my suffering \u2014 <br>you were intimately acquainted with my deep distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "You didn\u2019t hand me over to the enemy, <br>but set my feet in wide-open spaces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "Have mercy on me, LORD, because I\u2019m depressed. <br>My vision fails because of my grief, <br>as do my spirit and my body.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "My life is consumed with sadness; <br>my years are consumed with groaning. <br>Strength fails me because of my suffering; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>my bones dry up.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; MT <i>my sin</i>"}, {"pk": 4107838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019m a joke to all my enemies, <br>still worse to my neighbors. <br>I scare my friends, <br>and whoever sees me in the street runs away!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "I am forgotten, like I\u2019m dead, <br>completely out of mind; <br>I am like a piece of pottery, destroyed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "Yes, I\u2019ve heard all the gossiping, <br>terror all around; <br>so many gang up together against me, <br>they plan to take my life! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "But me? I trust you, LORD! <br>I affirm, \u201cYou are my God.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "My future is in your hands. <br>Don\u2019t hand me over to my enemies, <br>to all who are out to get me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "Shine your face on your servant; <br>save me by your faithful love!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "LORD, don\u2019t let me be put to shame <br>because I have cried out to you. <br>Let the wicked be put to shame; <br>let them be silenced in death\u2019s domain! <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4107845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "Let their lying lips be shut up <br>whenever they speak arrogantly <br>against the righteous with pride and contempt!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "How great is the goodness <br>that you\u2019ve reserved for those who honor you, <br>that you commit to those who take refuge in you \u2014 <br>in the sight of everyone!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "You hide them in the shelter of your wings, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>safe from human scheming. <br>You conceal them in a shelter, <br>safe from accusing tongues. <br>", "comment": "[3] Correction; see <a href='/CEB/19/61/5'>Ps 61:5</a>; MT <i>in the hiding place of your face</i>."}, {"pk": 4107848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "Bless the LORD, <br>because he has wondrously revealed <br>his faithful love to me <br>when I was like a city under siege!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "When I was panicked, I said, <br>\u201cI\u2019m cut off from your eyes!\u201d <br>But you heard my request for mercy <br>when I cried out to you for help. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "All you who are faithful, love the LORD! <br>The LORD protects those who are loyal, <br>but he pays the proud back to the fullest degree.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "All you who wait for the LORD, <br>be strong and let your heart take courage. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  The one whose wrongdoing is forgiven, <br>whose sin is covered over, is truly happy!<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; it also appears in <a href='/CEB/19/42/1'>Pss 42</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/44/1-45'>44\u201345</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/52/1-55'>52\u201355</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/74/1'>74</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/78/1'>78</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/88/1-89'>88\u201389</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/142/1'>142</a>; cf <a href='/CEB/19/47/7'>47:7</a>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4107853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "The one the LORD doesn\u2019t consider guilty \u2014 <br>in whose spirit there is no dishonesty \u2014 <br>that one is truly happy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "When I kept quiet, my bones wore out; <br>I was groaning all day long \u2014 <br>every day, every night! \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4107855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "because your hand was heavy upon me. <br>My energy was sapped as if in a summer drought. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "So I admitted my sin to you; <br>I didn\u2019t conceal my guilt. <br>\u201cI\u2019ll confess my sins to the LORD, \u201d is what I said. <br>Then you removed the guilt of my sin. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "That\u2019s why all the faithful should pray to you during troubled times, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>so that a great flood of water won\u2019t reach them.<br>", "comment": "[2] Correction; MT <i>at a time of finding only</i>"}, {"pk": 4107858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "You are my secret hideout! <br>You protect me from trouble. <br>You surround me with songs of rescue! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4107859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "I will instruct you and teach you <br>about the direction you should go. <br>I\u2019ll advise you and keep my eye on you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t be like some senseless horse or mule, <br>whose movement must be controlled <br>with a bit and a bridle. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Don\u2019t be anything like that! <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "The pain of the wicked is severe, <br>but faithful love surrounds the one who trusts the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "You who are righteous, rejoice in the LORD and be glad! <br>All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "All you who are righteous, <br>shout joyfully to the LORD! <br>It\u2019s right for those who do right to praise God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre! <br>Sing praises to him with the ten-stringed harp!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "Sing to him a new song! <br>Play your best with joyful shouts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "Because the LORD\u2019s word is right, <br>his every act is done in good faith.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "He loves righteousness and justice; <br>the LORD\u2019s faithful love fills the whole earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "The skies were made by the LORD\u2019s word, <br>all their starry multitude by the breath of his mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "He gathered the ocean waters into a heap; <br>he put the deep seas into storerooms.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "All the earth honors the LORD; <br>all the earth\u2019s inhabitants stand in awe of him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "Because when he spoke, it happened! <br>When he commanded, there it was! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD overrules what the nations plan; <br>he frustrates what the peoples intend to do.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s plan stands forever; <br>what he intends to do lasts from one generation to the next.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "The nation whose God is the LORD, <br>the people whom God has chosen as his possession, <br>is truly happy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD looks down from heaven; <br>he sees every human being.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "From his dwelling place God observes <br>all who live on earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "God is the one who made all their hearts, <br>the one who knows everything they do. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "Kings aren\u2019t saved by the strength of their armies; <br>warriors aren\u2019t rescued by how much power they have.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "A warhorse is a bad bet for victory; <br>it can\u2019t save despite its great strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "But look here: the LORD\u2019s eyes watch all who honor him, <br>all who wait for his faithful love,<br>"}, {"pk": 4107881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "to deliver their lives <sup>[1]</sup> from death <br>and keep them alive during a famine. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>souls</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/33/20'>33:20</a>"}, {"pk": 4107882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "We put our hope in the LORD. <br>He is our help and our shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "Our heart rejoices in God <br>because we trust his holy name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "LORD, let your faithful love surround us <br>because we wait for you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I will bless the LORD at all times; <br>his praise will always be in my mouth.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/34/1'>Ps 34</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a> or <a href='/CEB/19/111/1'>Ps 111</a>."}, {"pk": 4107886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "I <sup>[2]</sup> praise the LORD \u2014 <br>let the suffering listen and rejoice.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/34/22'>34:22</a>"}, {"pk": 4107887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "Magnify the LORD with me! <br>Together let us lift his name up high!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "I sought the LORD and he answered me. <br>He delivered me from all my fears.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who look to God will shine; <br>their faces are never ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "This suffering person cried out: <br>the LORD listened and saved him from every trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "On every side, the LORD\u2019s messenger protects those who honor God; and he delivers them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "Taste and see how good the LORD is! <br>The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "You who are the LORD\u2019s holy ones, honor him, <br>because those who honor him don\u2019t lack a thing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "Even strong young lions go without and get hungry, <br>but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "Come, children, listen to me. <br>Let me teach you how to honor the LORD:<br>"}, {"pk": 4107896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "Do you love life; <br>do you relish the chance to enjoy good things?<br>"}, {"pk": 4107897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "Then you must keep your tongue from evil <br>and keep your lips from speaking lies!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "Turn away from evil! Do good! <br>Seek peace and go after it! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD\u2019s eyes watch the righteous, <br>his ears listen to their cries for help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s face is set against those who do evil, <br>to eliminate even the memory of them from the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "When the righteous cry out, the LORD listens; <br>he delivers them from all their troubles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; <br>he saves those whose spirits are crushed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "The righteous have many problems, <br>but the LORD delivers them from every one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "He protects all their bones; <br>not even one will be broken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "But just one problem will kill the wicked, <br>and those who hate the righteous will be held responsible.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD saves his servants\u2019 lives; <br>all those who take refuge in him <br>won\u2019t be held responsible for anything. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, argue with those who argue with me; <br>fight with those who fight against me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Grab a shield and armor; <br>stand up and help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Use your spear and ax <sup>[1]</sup> <br>against those who are out to get me! <br>Say to me: <sup>[2]</sup> \u201cI\u2019m your salvation!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction<br>[2] Or <i>my soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/35/4'>35:4</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/7'>7</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/9'>9</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/12'>12</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/13'>13</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/17'>17</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/24'>24</a>"}, {"pk": 4107910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "Let those who want me dead <br>be humiliated and put to shame. <br>Let those who intend to hurt me <br>be thoroughly frustrated and disgraced.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Let them be like dust on the wind \u2014 <br>and let the LORD\u2019s messenger be the one who does the blowing!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "Let their path be dark and slippery \u2014 <br>and let the LORD\u2019s messenger be the one who does the chasing!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "Because they hid their net for me for no reason, <br>they dug a pit for me for no reason.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "Let disaster come to them when they don\u2019t suspect it. <br>Let the net they hid catch them instead! <br>Let them fall into it \u2014 to their disaster! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "But I will rejoice in the LORD; <br>I will celebrate his salvation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "All my bones will say, \u201cLORD, who could compare to you? <br>You rescue the weak from those who overpower them; <br>you rescue the weak and the needy from those who plunder them.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "Violent witnesses stand up. <br>They question me about things I know nothing about.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "They pay me back evil for good, <br>leaving me stricken with grief.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "But when they were sick, I wore clothes for grieving, <br>and I kept a strict fast. <br>When my prayer came back unanswered, <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "I would wander around like I was grieving a friend or a brother. <br>I was weighed down, sad, like I was a mother in mourning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "But when I stumbled, they celebrated and gathered together \u2014 <br>they gathered together against me! <br>Strangers <sup>[4]</sup> I didn\u2019t know tore me to pieces and wouldn\u2019t quit.<br>", "comment": "[4] Correction"}, {"pk": 4107922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "They ridiculed me over and over again, <br>like godless people would do, <br>grinding their teeth at me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "How long, my Lord, will you watch this happen? <br>Rescue me from their attacks; <br>rescue my precious life from these predatory lions!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "Then I will thank you in the great assembly; <br>I will praise you in a huge crowd of people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t let those who are my enemies <br>without cause celebrate over me; <br>don\u2019t let those who hate me for no reason <br>wink at my demise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 20, "text": "They don\u2019t speak the truth; <br>instead, they plot false accusations <br>against innocent people in the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 21, "text": "They speak out against me, <br>saying, \u201cYes! Oh, yes! We\u2019ve seen it with our own eyes!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4107928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 22, "text": "But you\u2019ve seen it too, LORD. <br>Don\u2019t keep quiet about it. <br>Please don\u2019t be far from me, my Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 23, "text": "Wake up! Get up and do justice for me; <br>argue my case, my Lord and my God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 24, "text": "Establish justice for me <br>according to your righteousness, LORD, my God. <br>Don\u2019t let them celebrate over me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t let them say to themselves, <br>Yes! Exactly what we wanted! <br>Don\u2019t let them say, \u201cWe ate him up!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 26, "text": "Let all those who celebrate my misfortune be disgraced and put to shame! <br>Let those who exalt themselves over me <br>be dressed up in shame and dishonor!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 27, "text": "But let those who want things to be set right for me <br>shout for joy and celebrate! <br>Let them constantly say, \u201cThe LORD is great \u2014 <br>God wants his servant to be at peace.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4107934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 35, "verse": 28, "text": "Then my tongue will talk <br>all about your righteousness; <br>it will talk <br>about your praise all day long. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "I know the sinful utterance of the wicked: <sup>[1]</sup> <br>No fear of God confronts their own eyes,<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "because in their own eyes they are slick with talk <br>about their guilt ever being found out and despised. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4107937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "The words of their mouths are evil and dishonest. <br>They have stopped being wise and stopped doing good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "They plot evil even while resting in bed! <br>They commit themselves to a path that is no good. <br>They don\u2019t reject what is evil. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "But your loyal love, LORD, extends to the skies; <br>your faithfulness reaches the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "Your righteousness is like the strongest mountains; <br>your justice is like the deepest sea. <br>LORD, you save both humans and animals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "Your faithful love is priceless, God! <br>Humanity finds refuge in the shadow of your wings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "They feast on the bounty of your house; <br>you let them drink from your river of pure joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "Within you is the spring of life. <br>In your light, we see light. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "Extend your faithful love to those who know you; <br>extend your righteousness to those whose heart is right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t let the feet of arrogant people walk all over me; <br>don\u2019t let the hands of the wicked drive me off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "Look \u2014 right there is where the evildoers have fallen, <br>pushed down, unable to get up! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Don\u2019t get upset over evildoers; <br>don\u2019t be jealous of those who do wrong,<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/37/1'>Ps 37</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a> or <a href='/CEB/19/111/1'>Ps 111</a>."}, {"pk": 4107948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "because they will fade fast, like grass; <br>they will wither like green vegetables.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "Trust the LORD and do good; <br>live in the land, and farm faithfulness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "Enjoy the LORD, <br>and he will give what your heart asks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "Commit your way to the LORD! <br>Trust him! He will act<br>"}, {"pk": 4107952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "and will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, <br>your justice like high noon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "Be still before the LORD, <br>and wait <sup>[2]</sup> for him. <br>Don\u2019t get upset when someone gets ahead \u2014 <br>someone who invents evil schemes. <br>", "comment": "[2] Correction with LXX, Vulg"}, {"pk": 4107954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "Let go of anger and leave rage behind! <br>Don\u2019t get upset \u2014 it will only lead to evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "Because evildoers will be eliminated, <br>but those who hope in the LORD \u2014 <br>they will possess the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "In just a little while the wicked won\u2019t exist! <br>If you go looking around their place, <br>they won\u2019t be there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "But the weak will inherit the land; <br>they will enjoy a surplus of peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "The wicked plot against the righteous, <br>grinding their teeth at them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "But my Lord just laughs at them <br>because he knows that their day is coming.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows <br>to bring down the weak and the needy, <br>to slaughter those whose way is right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "But the sword of the wicked will enter their own hearts! <br>Their bows will be broken! <br>"}, {"pk": 4107962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "Better is the little that the righteous have <br>than the overabundant wealth of the wicked. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg, Syr; MT <i>abundant wealth of many wicked</i>"}, {"pk": 4107963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "The arms of the wicked will be broken, <br>but the LORD supports the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD is intimately acquainted <br>with the lives of the blameless; <br>their heritage will last forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "They won\u2019t be ashamed in troubling times, <br>and in a period of famine they will eat their fill.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "But the wicked will die, <br>the LORD\u2019s enemies will disappear \u2014 <br>disappear like the beauty of a meadow \u2014 in smoke.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "The wicked borrow and don\u2019t pay it back, but the righteous are generous and giving.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "Those blessed by God will possess the land, <br>but those cursed by God will be cut off. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "A person\u2019s steps are made secure by the LORD <br>when they delight in his way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "Though they trip up, they won\u2019t be thrown down, <br>because the LORD holds their hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 25, "text": "I was young and now I\u2019m old, <br>but I have never seen the righteous left all alone, <br>have never seen their children begging for bread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 26, "text": "They are always gracious and generous. <br>Their children are a blessing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 27, "text": "Turn away from evil! Do good! <br>Then you will live in the land forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD loves justice. <br>He will never leave his faithful all alone. <br>They are guarded forever, <br>but the children of the wicked are eliminated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 29, "text": "The righteous will possess the land; <br>they will live on it forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 30, "text": "The mouths of the righteous recite wisdom; <br>their tongues discuss justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 31, "text": "The Instruction of their God is in their hearts; <br>they don\u2019t miss a step.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 32, "text": "The wicked, on the other hand, target the righteous, <br>seeking to kill them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 33, "text": "But the LORD won\u2019t leave the righteous <br>to the power of the wicked, <br>and won\u2019t let the righteous <br>be found guilty when they are judged. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 34, "text": "Hope in the LORD and keep his way! <br>He will lift you up so you can possess the land. <br>When the wicked are eliminated, <br>you will see it for yourself!<br>"}, {"pk": 4107981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 35, "text": "I myself have seen wicked powerful people, <br>exalting themselves like a stately cedar. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX"}, {"pk": 4107982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 36, "text": "But when I <sup>[5]</sup> came back, they were gone! <br>I looked all over for them, <br>but they couldn\u2019t be found! <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX, Syr, Vulg"}, {"pk": 4107983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 37, "text": "Observe those who have integrity <br>and watch those whose heart is right <br>because the future belongs to persons of peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 38, "text": "But wrongdoers will be destroyed all together; <br>the future of the wicked will be cut short.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 39, "text": "The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; <br>he is their refuge in times of trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 37, "verse": 40, "text": "The LORD will help themand rescue them \u2014 <br>rescue them from the wicked \u2014 and he will save them <br>because they have taken refuge in him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "Please, LORD, don\u2019t punish me when you are mad; <br>don\u2019t discipline me when you are furious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "Your arrows have pierced me; <br>your fist has come down hard on me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "There\u2019s nothing in my body that isn\u2019t broken <br>because of your rage; <br>there\u2019s no health in my bones <br>because of my sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head; <br>they are a weight that\u2019s way too heavy for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "My wounds reek; they are all infected <br>because of my stupidity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "I am hunched over, completely down; <br>I wander around all day long, sad.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "My insides are burning up; <br>there\u2019s nothing in my body that isn\u2019t broken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m worn out, completely crushed; <br>I groan because of my miserable heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4107995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord; <br>my sighs aren\u2019t hidden from you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "My heart pounds; my strength abandons me. <br>Even the light of my eyes is gone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "My loved ones and friends keep their distance <br>from me in my sickness; <br>those who were near me now stay far away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "Those who want me dead lay traps; <br>those who want me harmed utter threats, <br>muttering lies all day long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4107999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "But I\u2019m like someone who is deaf, <br>who can\u2019t hear; <br>like someone who can\u2019t speak, <br>whose mouth won\u2019t open.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019ve become like a person <br>who doesn\u2019t hear what is being said, <br>whose mouth has no good comeback.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "But I wait for you, LORD! <br>You will answer, my Lord, my God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "Because I prayed: <br>\u201cDon\u2019t let them celebrate over me <br>or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "because I\u2019m very close to falling, <br>and my pain is always with me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "Yes, I confess my wrongdoing; <br>I\u2019m worried about my sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "But my mortal enemies are so strong; <br>those who hate me for no reason seem countless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "Those who give, repay good with evil; <br>they oppose me for pursuing good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t leave me all alone, LORD! <br>Please, my God, don\u2019t be far from me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "Come quickly and help me, <br>my Lord, my salvation! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "I promised I would watch my steps <br>so as not to sin with my tongue; <br>promised to keep my mouth shut <br>as long as the wicked were in my presence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "So I was completely quiet, silent. <br>I kept my peace, but it did no good. <br>My pain got worse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "My heart got hot inside me; <br>while stewing over it, the fire burned. <br>Then I spoke out with my tongue:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cLet me know my end, LORD. <br>How many days do I have left? <br>I want to know how brief my time is.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "You\u2019ve made my days so short; <br>my lifetime is like nothing in your eyes. <br>Yes, a human life is nothing but a puff of air! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "Yes, people wander around like shadows; <br>yes, they hustle and bustle, but pointlessly; <br>they don\u2019t even know who will get the wealth they\u2019ve amassed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "So now, Lord, what should I be waiting for? <br>My hope is set on you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "Deliver me from all my sins; <br>don\u2019t make me some foolish person\u2019s joke.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "I am completely silent; I won\u2019t open my mouth <br>because you have acted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "Get this plague of yours off me! <br>I\u2019m being destroyed by the blows from your fist.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "You discipline people for their sin, punishing them; <br>like a moth, you ruin what they treasure. <br>Yes, a human life is just a puff of air! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "Hear my prayer, LORD! <br>Listen closely to my cry for help! <br>Please don\u2019t ignore my tears! <br>I\u2019m just a foreigner \u2014 <br>an immigrant staying with you, <br>just like all my ancestors were.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "Look away from me <br>so I can be happy again <br>before I pass away and am gone. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "I put all my hope in the LORD. <br>He leaned down to me; <br>he listened to my cry for help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "He lifted me out of the pit of death, <br>out of the mud and filth, <br>and set my feet on solid rock. <br>He steadied my legs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "He put a new song in my mouth, <br>a song of praise for our God. <br>Many people will learn of this and be amazed; <br>they will trust the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who put their trust in the LORD, <br>who pay no attention to the proud <br>or to those who follow lies, <br>are truly happy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "You, LORD my God! <br>You\u2019ve done so many things \u2014 <br>your wonderful deeds and your plans for us \u2014 <br>no one can compare with you! <br>If I were to proclaim and talk about all of them, <br>they would be too numerous to count!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "You don\u2019t relish sacrifices or offerings; <br>you don\u2019t require entirely burned offerings or compensation offerings \u2014 <br>but you have given me ears!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "So I said, \u201cHere I come! <br>I\u2019m inscribed in the written scroll.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "I want to do your will, my God. <br>Your Instruction is deep within me.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ve told the good news of your righteousness <br>in the great assembly. <br>I didn\u2019t hold anything back \u2014 <br>as you well know, LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "I didn\u2019t keep your righteousness only to myself. <br>I declared your faithfulness and your salvation. <br>I didn\u2019t hide your loyal love and trustworthiness <br>from the great assembly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "So now you, LORD \u2014 <br>don\u2019t hold back any of your compassion from me. <br>Let your loyal love and faithfulness always protect me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "because countless evils surround me. <br>My wrongdoings have caught up with me \u2014 <br>I can\u2019t see a thing! <br>There\u2019s more of them than hairs on my head \u2014 <br>my courage leaves me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "Favor me, LORD, and deliver me! <br>LORD, come quickly and help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "Let those who seek my life, who want me dead, <br>be disgraced and put to shame. <br>Let those who want to do me harm <br>be thoroughly frustrated and humiliated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "Let those who say to me, \u201cYes! Oh, yes!\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>be destroyed by their shame.<br>", "comment": "[1] See <a href='/CEB/19/35/21'>Ps 35:21</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/35/25'>25</a>."}, {"pk": 4108037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "But let all who seek you <br>celebrate and rejoice in you. <br>Let those who love your salvation always say, <br>\u201cThe LORD is great!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "But me? I\u2019m weak and needy. <br>Let my Lord think of me. <br>You are my help and my rescuer. <br>My God, don\u2019t wait any longer! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "Those who pay close attention to the poor are truly happy! <br>The LORD rescues them during troubling times.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD protects them and keeps them alive; <br>they are widely regarded throughout the land as happy people. <br>You <sup>[1]</sup> won\u2019t hand them over to the will of their enemies.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; Vulg <i>God won\u2019t</i>"}, {"pk": 4108041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD will strengthen them when they are lying in bed, sick. <br>You will completely transform the place where they lie ill. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "But me? I said, \u201cLORD, have mercy on me! <br>Heal me because I have sinned against you.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "My enemies speak maliciously about me: <br>\u201cWhen will he die and his name disappear?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "Whenever they come to visit, they say nothing of value. <br>Their hearts collect evil gossip; <br>once they leave, they tell it to everybody.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "All of those who hate me talk about me, whispering to each other, <br>plotting evil against me:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cSome horrible thing has been poured into him; <br>the next time he lies down, he won\u2019t get up.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "Even my good friend, <br>the one I trusted, <br>who shared my food, <br>has kicked me with his heel \u2014 a betrayer!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "But you, LORD, please have mercy on me and lift me up <br>so I can pay them back!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "Then I\u2019ll know you are pleased with me <br>because my enemy won\u2019t be shouting in triumph over me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "You support me in my integrity; <br>you put me in your presence forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "Bless the LORD, the God of Israel, <br>from forever to forever! <br>Amen and Amen! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> <sup>[2]</sup>  Just like a deer that craves streams of water, <br>my whole being <sup>[3]</sup> craves you, God.<br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/42/1-43'>Pss 42\u201343</a> form one single poem; cf the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>.<br>[3] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/42/2'>42:2</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/42/4'>4</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/42/5'>5</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/42/6'>6</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/42/11'>11</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/43/5'>43:5</a><br>[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4108053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God. <br>When will I come and see God\u2019s face? <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Syr, Tg; MT <i>and appear before God?</i>"}, {"pk": 4108054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "My tears have been my food both day and night, <br>as people constantly questioned me, <br>\u201cWhere\u2019s your God now?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "But I remember these things as I bare my soul: <br>how I made my way to the mighty one\u2019s abode, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>to God\u2019s own house, <br>with joyous shouts and thanksgiving songs \u2014 <br>a huge crowd celebrating the festival!<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? <br>Why are you so upset inside? <br>Hope in God! <br>Because I will again give him thanks, <br>my saving presence and my God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "My whole being is depressed. <br>That\u2019s why I remember you <br>from the land of Jordan and Hermon, <br>from Mount Mizar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "Deep called to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; <br>all your massive waves surged over me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "By day the LORD commands his faithful love; <br>by night his song is with me \u2014 <br>a prayer to the God of my life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "I will say to God, my solid rock, <br>\u201cWhy have you forgotten me? <br>Why do I have to walk around, <br>sad, oppressed by enemies?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 10, "text": "With my bones crushed, my foes make fun of me, <br>constantly questioning me: \u201cWhere\u2019s your God now?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? <br>Why are you so upset inside? <br>Hope in God! <br>Because I will again give him thanks, <br>my saving presence and my God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 43, "verse": 1, "text": "Establish justice for me, God! <br>Argue my case against ungodly people! <br>Rescue me from the dishonest and unjust!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 43, "verse": 2, "text": "Because you are my God, my protective fortress! <br>Why have you rejected me? <br>Why do I have to walk around, <br>sad, oppressed by enemies?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 43, "verse": 3, "text": "Send your light and truth \u2014 those will guide me! <br>Let them bring me to your holy mountain, <br>to your dwelling place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 43, "verse": 4, "text": "Let me come to God\u2019s altar \u2014 <br>let me come to God, my joy, my delight \u2014 <br>then I will give you thanks with the lyre, <br>God, my God! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 43, "verse": 5, "text": "Why, I ask myself, are you so depressed? <br>Why are you so upset inside? <br>Hope in God! <br>Because I will again give him thanks, <br>my saving presence and my God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  We have heard it, God, with our own ears; <br>our ancestors told us about it: <br>about the deeds you did in their days, <br>in days long past.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4108069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 2, "text": "You, by your own hand, removed all the nations, <br>but you planted our ancestors. <br>You crushed all the peoples, <br>but you set our ancestors free.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 3, "text": "No, not by their own swords <br>did they take possession of the land \u2014 <br>their own arms didn\u2019t save them. <br>No, it was your strong hand, your arm, <br>and the light of your face <br>because you were pleased with them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 4, "text": "It\u2019s you, God! You who are my king, <br>the one who orders salvation for Jacob.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 5, "text": "We\u2019ve pushed our foes away by your help; <br>we\u2019ve trampled our enemies by your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 6, "text": "No, I won\u2019t trust in my bow; <br>my sword won\u2019t save me<br>"}, {"pk": 4108074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 7, "text": "because it\u2019s you who saved us from our foes, <br>you who put those who hate us to shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 8, "text": "So we glory in God at all times <br>and give thanks to your name forever. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 9, "text": "But now you\u2019ve rejected and humiliated us. <br>You no longer accompany our armies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 10, "text": "You make us retreat from the enemy; <br>our adversaries plunder us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 11, "text": "You\u2019ve handed us over like sheep for butchering; <br>you\u2019ve scattered us among the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 12, "text": "You\u2019ve sold your people for nothing, <br>not even bothering to set a decent price.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 13, "text": "You\u2019ve made us a joke to all our neighbors; <br>we\u2019re mocked and ridiculed by everyone around us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 14, "text": "You\u2019ve made us a bad joke to the nations, <br>something to be laughed at by all peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 15, "text": "All day long my disgrace confronts me, <br>and shame covers my face<br>"}, {"pk": 4108083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 16, "text": "because of the voices of those <br>who make fun of me and bad-mouth me, <br>because of the enemy who is out for revenge. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 17, "text": "All this has come upon us, <br>but we haven\u2019t forgotten you <br>or broken your covenant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 18, "text": "Our hearts haven\u2019t turned away, <br>neither have our steps strayed from your way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 19, "text": "But you\u2019ve crushed us in the place where jackals <sup>[2]</sup> live, <br>covering us with deepest darkness.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the sea monster(s)</i>"}, {"pk": 4108087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 20, "text": "If we had forgotten the name of our God <br>or spread out our hands to some strange deity,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 21, "text": "wouldn\u2019t God have discovered it? <br>After all, God knows every secret of the heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 22, "text": "No, God, it\u2019s because of you that we are getting killed every day \u2014 <br>it\u2019s because of you that we are considered sheep ready for slaughter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 23, "text": "Wake up! Why are you sleeping, Lord? <br>Get up! Don\u2019t reject us forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 24, "text": "Why are you hiding your face, <br>forgetting our suffering and oppression?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 25, "text": "Look: we\u2019re going down to the dust; <br>our stomachs are flat on the ground!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 44, "verse": 26, "text": "Stand up! Help us! <br>Save us for the sake of your faithful love. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  A marvelous word has stirred my heart <br>as I mention my works to the king. <br>My tongue is the pen of a skillful scribe. <br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4108095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 2, "text": "You are the most handsome of men; <br>grace has been poured out on your lips. <br>No wonder God has blessed you forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 3, "text": "Strap on your sword, great warrior, <br>with your glory and grandeur.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 4, "text": "Go and succeed in your grandeur! <br>Ride out on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness! <br>Let your strong hand perform awesome deeds. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 5, "text": "Let the peoples fall beneath you. <br>May your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king\u2019s enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 6, "text": "Your divine throne is eternal and everlasting. <br>Your royal scepter is a scepter of justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 7, "text": "You love righteousness and hate wickedness. <br>No wonder God, your God, has anointed you <br>with the oil of joy more than all your companions!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 8, "text": "All your clothes have the pleasing scent of myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. <br>The music of stringed instruments coming from ivory palaces entertains you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 9, "text": "The royal princess is standing in your precious jewels; <sup>[3]</sup> <br>the queen stands at your right, dressed in the gold of Ophir. <br>", "comment": "[3] Syr; MT <i>royal princess is among your precious ones</i>."}, {"pk": 4108103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 10, "text": "Listen, daughter; pay attention, and listen closely! <br>Forget your people and your father\u2019s house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 11, "text": "Let the king desire your beauty. <br>Because he is your master, bow down to him now.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 12, "text": "The city of Tyre, the wealthiest of all, <br>will seek your favor with gifts, <br>"}, {"pk": 4108106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 13, "text": "with riches of every sort <br>for the royal princess, dressed in pearls, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>her robe embroidered with gold.<br>", "comment": "[4] Correction; Heb lacks <i>for</i>; Heb uncertain in <a href='/CEB/19/45/12-13'>45:12\u201313</a>."}, {"pk": 4108107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 14, "text": "In robes of many colors, she is led to the king. <br>Her attendants, the young women servants following her, <br>are presented to you as well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 15, "text": "As they enter the king\u2019s palace, <br>they are led in with celebration and joy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 16, "text": "Your sons, great king, will succeed your fathers; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>you will appoint them as princes throughout the land.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>great king</i>."}, {"pk": 4108110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 45, "verse": 17, "text": "I will perpetuate your name from one generation to the next <br>so the peoples will praise you forever and always. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  God is our refuge and strength, <br>a help always near in times of great trouble.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; see <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a> or <a href='/CEB/19/111/1'>Ps 111</a>."}, {"pk": 4108112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 2, "text": "That\u2019s why we won\u2019t be afraid when the world falls apart, <br>when the mountains crumble into the center of the sea,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 3, "text": "when its waters roar and rage, <br>when the mountains shake because of its surging waves. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 4, "text": "There is a river whose streams gladden God\u2019s city, <br>the holiest dwelling of the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 5, "text": "God is in that city. It will never crumble. <br>God will help it when morning dawns.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 6, "text": "Nations roar; kingdoms crumble. <br>God utters his voice; the earth melts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces is with us! <br>The God of Jacob is our place of safety. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 8, "text": "Come, see the LORD\u2019s deeds, <br>what devastation he has imposed on the earth \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 9, "text": "bringing wars to an end in every corner of the world, <br>breaking the bow and shattering the spear, <br>burning chariots with fire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cThat\u2019s enough! Now know that I am God! <br>I am exalted among all nations; I am exalted throughout the world!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 46, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces is with us! <br>The God of Jacob is our place of safety. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 1, "text": "Clap your hands, all you people! <br>Shout joyfully to God with a joyous shout!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 2, "text": "Because the LORD Most High is awesome, <br>he is the great king of the whole world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 3, "text": "He subdues the nations under us, <br>subdues all people beneath our feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 4, "text": "He chooses our inheritance for us: <br>the heights of Jacob, which he loves. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 5, "text": "God has gone up with a joyous shout \u2014 <br>the LORD with the blast of the ram\u2019s horn.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 6, "text": "Sing praises to God! Sing praises! <br>Sing praises to our king! Sing praises<br>"}, {"pk": 4108128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 7, "text": "because God is king of the whole world! <br>Sing praises with a song of instruction! <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Sing praises with understanding</i> or <i>wisely</i> (cf LXX, Vulg); Heb <i>maskil</i>; see the <a href=C:@230 32:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/32/1'>Ps 32</a>."}, {"pk": 4108129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 8, "text": "God is king over the nations. <br>God sits on his holy throne.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 47, "verse": 9, "text": "The leaders of all people are gathered <br>with the people of Abraham\u2019s God <br>because the earth\u2019s guardians belong to God; <br>God is exalted beyond all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 1, "text": "In the city belonging to our God, <br>the LORD is great and so worthy of praise! <br>His holy mountain <br>"}, {"pk": 4108132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 2, "text": "is a beautiful summit, <br>the joy of the whole world. <br>Mount Zion, in the far north, <br>is the city of the great king.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 3, "text": "God is in its fortifications, <br>revealing himself as a place of safety. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 4, "text": "Look: the kings assembled themselves, <br>advancing all together \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 5, "text": "when they saw it, they were stunned; <br>they panicked and ran away frightened.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 6, "text": "Trembling took hold of them right there \u2014 <br>like a woman giving birth,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 7, "text": "or like the east wind when it smashes <br>the ships of Tarshish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 8, "text": "Just like we had heard, <br>now we\u2019ve seen it for ourselves <br>in the city of the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>in the city of our God. <br>May God make it secure forever! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 9, "text": "We dwell on your faithful love, God, <br>in your temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 10, "text": "Your praise, God, just like your reputation, <br>extends to the far corners of the earth. <br>Your strong hand is filled with righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 11, "text": "Let Mount Zion be glad; <br>let the towns of Judah rejoice <br>because of your acts of justice! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 12, "text": "Walk around Zion; <br>go all the way around it; <br>count its towers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 13, "text": "Examine its defenses closely; <br>tour its fortifications <br>so that you may tell future generations:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 48, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThis is God, <br>our God, forever and always! <br>He is the one who will lead us <br>even to the very end.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb uncertain; Heb <i>al muth</i> (<i>unto death</i> or <i>against death),</i> but see the notes at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/46/1'>46</a>\u2014the words might belong in the heading of <a href='/CEB/19/49/1'>Ps 49</a>."}, {"pk": 4108145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to this, all you people! <br>Listen closely, all you citizens of the world \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 2, "text": "people of every kind, <br>rich and poor alike!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 3, "text": "My mouth speaks wisdom; <br>my heart\u2019s meditation is full of insight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 4, "text": "I will pay close attention to a proverb; <br>I will explain my riddle on the lyre. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 5, "text": "Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, <br>when the wrongdoing of my bullies engulfs me \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 6, "text": "those people who trust in their fortunes <br>and boast of their fantastic wealth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 7, "text": "Wealth? It can\u2019t save a single person! <br>It can\u2019t pay a life\u2019s ransom-price to God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 8, "text": "The price to save someone\u2019s life is too high \u2014 <br>wealth will never be enough \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 9, "text": "no one can live forever <br>without experiencing the pit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 10, "text": "Everyone knows that the wise die too, <br>just like foolish and stupid people do, <br>all of them leaving their fortunes to others.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 11, "text": "Their graves <sup>[1]</sup> are their eternal homes, <br>the place they live for all generations, <br>even if they had counties named after them!<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction with LXX"}, {"pk": 4108156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 12, "text": "People won\u2019t live any longer because of wealth; <br>they\u2019re just like the animals that pass away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 13, "text": "That\u2019s how it goes for those who are foolish, <br>as well as for those who follow their lead, pleased with their talk. <br><i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 14, "text": "Like sheep, they\u2019re headed straight for the grave. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Death will be their shepherd \u2014 <br>but those who do right in their hearts will rule over them come morning! \u2014 <br>their forms wasting away in the grave <br>rather than having some dignified residence. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol;</i> also again in <a href='/CEB/19/49/7'>49:7</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/49/15'>15</a><br>[3] Heb uncertain in <a href='/CEB/19/49/13-14'>49:13\u201314</a>"}, {"pk": 4108159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 15, "text": "But God will save my life from the power of the grave, <br>because he will take me. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t be overly impressed when someone becomes rich, <br>their house swelling to fantastic proportions,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 17, "text": "because when they die, they won\u2019t take any of it with them. <br>Their fantastic things won\u2019t accompany them down under.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 18, "text": "Though they consider themselves blessed during their lives, <br>and even thank you when you deal well with them, <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX, Syr"}, {"pk": 4108163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 19, "text": "they too will join the ancestors who\u2019ve gone ahead; <br>they too will never see the light again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 49, "verse": 20, "text": "Wealthy people? They just don\u2019t understand; <br>they\u2019re just like the animals <br>that pass away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 1, "text": "From the rising of the sun to where it sets, <br>God, the LORD God, speaks, <br>calling out to the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 2, "text": "From Zion, perfect in beauty, <br>God shines brightly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 3, "text": "Our God is coming; <br>he won\u2019t keep quiet. <br>A devouring fire is before him; <br>a storm rages all around him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 4, "text": "God calls out to the skies above <br>and to the earth in order to judge his people:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cBring my faithful to me, <br>those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 6, "text": "The skies proclaim his righteousness <br>because God himself is the judge. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cListen, my people, I will now speak; <br>Israel, I will now testify against you. <br>I am God \u2014 your God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m not punishing you for your sacrifices <br>or for your entirely burned offerings, <br>which are always before me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 9, "text": "I won\u2019t accept bulls from your house <br>or goats from your corrals<br>"}, {"pk": 4108174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 10, "text": "because every forest animal already belongs to me, <br>as do the cattle on a thousand hills.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 11, "text": "I know every mountain bird; <br>even the insects in the fields are mine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 12, "text": "Even if I were hungry, I wouldn\u2019t tell you <br>because the whole world and everything in it already belong to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 13, "text": "Do I eat bulls\u2019 meat? <br>Do I drink goats\u2019 blood?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 14, "text": "Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving! <br>Fulfill the promisesyou made to the Most High!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 15, "text": "Cry out to me whenever you are in trouble; <br>I will deliver you, then you will honor me.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 16, "text": "But to the wicked God says, <br>\u201cWhy do you talk about my laws? <br>Why do you even mention my covenant?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 17, "text": "You hate discipline, and <br>you toss my words behind your back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 18, "text": "You make friends with thieves whenever you see one; <br>you spend your time with adulterers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 19, "text": "You set your mouth free to do evil, <br>then harness your tongue to tell lies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 20, "text": "You sit around, talking about your own siblings; <br>you find fault with the children of your very own mother.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 21, "text": "You\u2019ve done these things and I\u2019ve kept quiet. <br>You thought I was just like you! <br>But now I\u2019m punishing you; <br>I\u2019m laying it all out, right in front of your face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 22, "text": "So consider this carefully, all you who forget God, <br>or I\u2019ll rip you to pieces with no one to deliver you:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 50, "verse": 23, "text": "The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving is the one who honors me. <br>And it is to the one who charts the correct path that I will show divine salvation.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 1, "text": "Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love! <br>Wipe away my wrongdoings according to your great compassion!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 2, "text": "Wash me completely clean of my guilt; <br>purify me from my sin!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 3, "text": "Because I know my wrongdoings, <br>my sin is always right in front of me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019ve sinned against you \u2014 you alone. <br>I\u2019ve committed evil in your sight. <br>That\u2019s why you are justified when you render your verdict, <br>completely correct when you issue your judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 5, "text": "Yes, I was born in guilt, in sin, <br>from the moment my mother conceived me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 6, "text": "And yes, you want truth in the most hidden places; <br>you teach me wisdom in the most secret space. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 7, "text": "Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean; <br>wash me and I will be whiter than snow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 8, "text": "Let me hear joy and celebration again; <br>let the bones you crushed rejoice once more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 9, "text": "Hide your face from my sins; <br>wipe away all my guilty deeds!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 10, "text": "Create a clean heart for me, God; <br>put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 11, "text": "Please don\u2019t throw me out of your presence; <br>please don\u2019t take your holy spirit away from me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 12, "text": "Return the joy of your salvation to me <br>and sustain me with a willing spirit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 13, "text": "Then I will teach wrongdoers your ways, <br>and sinners will come back to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 14, "text": "Deliver me from violence, God, God of my salvation, <br>so that my tongue can sing of your righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 15, "text": "Lord, open my lips, <br>and my mouth will proclaim your praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 16, "text": "You don\u2019t want sacrifices. <br>If I gave an entirely burned offering, <br>you wouldn\u2019t be pleased.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 17, "text": "A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>You won\u2019t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed.<br>", "comment": "[2] Correction"}, {"pk": 4108205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 18, "text": "Do good things for Zion by your favor. <br>Rebuild Jerusalem\u2019s walls.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 51, "verse": 19, "text": "Then you will again want sacrifices of righteousness \u2014 <br>entirely burned offerings and complete offerings. <br>Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Hey, powerful person! <br>Why do you brag about evil? <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts all day long.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; it also appears in <a href='/CEB/19/42/1'>Pss 42</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/44/1-45'>44\u201345</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/52/1-55'>52\u201355</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/74/1'>74</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/78/1'>78</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/88/1-89'>88\u201389</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/142/1'>142</a>; cf <a href='/CEB/19/47/7'>47:7</a>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4108208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 2, "text": "Your tongue devises destruction: <br>it\u2019s like a sharpened razor, causing deception.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 3, "text": "You love evil more than good; <br>you love lying more than speaking what is right. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 4, "text": "You love all destructive words; <br>you love the deceiving tongue. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 5, "text": "But God will take you down permanently; <br>he will snatch you up, <br>tear you out of your tent, <br>and uproot you from the land of the living! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 6, "text": "The righteous will see and be in awe; <br>they will laugh at those people:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cLook at them! They didn\u2019t make God their refuge. <br>Instead, they trusted in their own great wealth. <br>They sought refuge in it \u2014 to their own destruction!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 8, "text": "But I am like a green olive tree in God\u2019s house; <br>I trust in God\u2019s faithful love forever and always.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 52, "verse": 9, "text": "I will give thanks to you, God, forever, <br>because you have acted. <br>In the presence of your faithful people, <br>I will hope in your name because it\u2019s so good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 53, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Fools say in their hearts, There\u2019s no God. <br>They are corrupt and do horrible deeds; <br>not one of them does anything good. <br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4108217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 53, "verse": 2, "text": "God looks down from heaven on humans <br>to see if anyone is wise, <br>to see if anyone seeks God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 53, "verse": 3, "text": "But all have turned away. <br>Everyone is corrupt. <br>No one does good \u2014 <br>not even one person! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 53, "verse": 4, "text": "Are they dumb \u2014 these evildoers \u2014 <br>devouring my people like they are eating bread <br>but never calling on God? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 53, "verse": 5, "text": "There, where there was nothing to fear, <br>they will be in utter panic <br>because God will scatter the bones <br>of those who attacked you. <br>You will put them to shame <br>because God has rejected them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 53, "verse": 6, "text": "Let Israel\u2019s salvation come out of Zion! <br>When God changes <br>his people\u2019s circumstances for the better, <br>Jacob will rejoice; <br>Israel will celebrate! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  God! Save me by your name; <br>defend me by your might!<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; it also appears in <a href='/CEB/19/42/1'>Pss 42</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/44/1-45'>44\u201345</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/52/1-55'>52\u201355</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/74/1'>74</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/78/1'>78</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/88/1-89'>88\u201389</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/142/1'>142</a>; cf <a href='/CEB/19/47/7'>47:7</a>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4108223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 2, "text": "God! Hear my prayer; <br>listen to the words of my mouth! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 3, "text": "The proud have come up against me; <br>violent people want me dead. <br>They pay no attention to God. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 4, "text": "But look here: God is my helper; <br>my Lord sustains my life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 5, "text": "He will bring disaster on my opponents. <br>By your faithfulness, God, destroy them! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 6, "text": "I will sacrifice to you freely; <br>I will give thanks to your name, LORD, <br>because it\u2019s so good,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 54, "verse": 7, "text": "and because God has delivered me <br>from every distress. <br>My eyes have seen my enemies\u2019 defeat. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>defeat</i>."}, {"pk": 4108229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  God, listen to my prayer; <br>don\u2019t avoid my request!<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>"}, {"pk": 4108230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 2, "text": "Pay attention! Answer me! <br>I can\u2019t sit still while complaining. <br>I\u2019m beside myself<br>"}, {"pk": 4108231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 3, "text": "over the enemy\u2019s noise, <br>at the wicked person\u2019s racket, <br>because they bring disaster on me <br>and harass me furiously. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 4, "text": "My heart pounds in my chest <br>because death\u2019s terrors have reached me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 5, "text": "Fear and trembling have come upon me; <br>I\u2019m shaking all over.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 6, "text": "I say to myself, <br>I wish I had wings like a dove! <br>I\u2019d fly away and rest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019d run so far away! <br>I\u2019d live in the desert. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019d hurry to my hideout, <br>far from the rushing wind and storm. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 9, "text": "Baffle them, my Lord! <br>Confuse their language <br>because I see violence and conflict in the city.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 10, "text": "Day and night they make their rounds on its walls, <br>and evil and misery live inside it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 11, "text": "Disaster lives inside it; <br>oppression and fraud never leave the town square. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 12, "text": "It\u2019s not an enemy that is insulting me \u2014 <br>I could handle that. <br>It\u2019s not someone who hates me <br>who is exalted over me \u2014 <br>I could hide from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 13, "text": "No. It\u2019s you, my equal, <br>my close companion, my good friend!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 14, "text": "It was so pleasant when <br>together we entered God\u2019s house with the crowd. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 15, "text": "Let death devastate my enemies; <br>let them go to the grave <sup>[2]</sup> alive <br>because evil lives with them \u2014 <br>even inside them!<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4108244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 16, "text": "But I call out to God, <br>and the LORD will rescue me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 17, "text": "At evening, morning, and midday <br>I complain and moan <br>so that God will hear my voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 18, "text": "He saves me, <sup>[3]</sup> unharmed, from my struggle, <br>though there are many who are out to get me.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>my life</i> or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 19, "text": "God, who is enthroned from ancient days, <br>will hear and humble them <i>Selah</i> <br>because they don\u2019t change <br>and they don\u2019t worship God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 20, "text": "My friend attacked his allies, <br>breaking his covenant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 21, "text": "Though his talk is smoother than butter, <br>war is in his heart; <br>though his words are more silky than oil, <br>they are really drawn swords:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cCast your burden on the LORD \u2014 <br>he will support you! <br>God will never let the righteous be shaken!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 55, "verse": 23, "text": "But you, God, bring the wicked <br>down to the deepest pit. <br>Let bloodthirsty and treacherous people <br>not live out even half their days. <br>But me? I trust in you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  God, have mercy on me because I\u2019m being trampled. <br>All day long the enemy oppresses me.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>inscription</i>"}, {"pk": 4108253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 2, "text": "My attackers trample me all day long <br>because I have so many enemies. <br>Exalted one, <br>"}, {"pk": 4108254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 3, "text": "whenever I\u2019m afraid, <br>I put my trust in you \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 4, "text": "in God, whose word I praise. <br>I trust in God; I won\u2019t be afraid. <br>What can mere flesh do to me? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 5, "text": "All day long they frustrate my pursuits; <br>all their thoughts are evil against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 6, "text": "They get together and set an ambush \u2014 <br>they are watching my steps, <br>hoping for my death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t rescue them for any reason! <br>In wrath bring down the people, God! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 8, "text": "You yourself have kept track of my misery. <br>Put my tears into your bottle \u2014 <br>aren\u2019t they on your scroll already?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 9, "text": "Then my enemies will retreat when I cry out. <br>I know this because God is mine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 10, "text": "God: whose word I praise. <br>The LORD: whose word I praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 11, "text": "I trust in God; I won\u2019t be afraid. <br>What can anyone do to me? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 12, "text": "I will fulfill my promises to you, God. <br>I will present thanksgiving offerings to you<br>"}, {"pk": 4108264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 56, "verse": 13, "text": "because you have saved my life from death, <br>saved my feet from stumbling <br>so that I can walk before God in the light of life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Have mercy on me, God; <br>have mercy on me <br>because I <sup>[2]</sup> have taken refuge in you. <br>I take refuge <br>in the shadow of your wings <br>until destruction passes by.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>inscription</i><br>[2] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 2, "text": "I call out to God Most High \u2014 <br>to God, who comes through for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 3, "text": "He sends orders from heaven and saves me, <br>rebukes the one who tramples me. <i>Selah</i> <br>God sends his loyal love and faithfulness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 4, "text": "My life is in the middle of a pack of lions. <br>I lie down among those who devour humans. <br>Their teeth are spears and arrows; <br>their tongues are sharpened swords.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 5, "text": "Exalt yourself, God, higher than heaven! <br>Let your glory be over all the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 6, "text": "They laid a net for my feet to bring me down; <br>they dug a pit for me, <br>but they fell into it instead! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 7, "text": "My heart is unwavering, God \u2014 <br>my heart is unwavering. <br>I will sing and make music.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 8, "text": "Wake up, my glory! <br>Wake up, harp and lyre! <br>I will wake the dawn itself!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 9, "text": "I will give thanks to you, <br>my Lord, <br>among all the peoples; <br>I will make music to you among the nations<br>"}, {"pk": 4108274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 10, "text": "because your faithful love <br>is as high as heaven; <br>your faithfulness reaches the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 57, "verse": 11, "text": "Exalt yourself, God, higher than heaven! <br>Let your glory be over all the earth! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Do you really speak what is right, you gods? <br>Do you really judge humans fairly?<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>inscription</i>"}, {"pk": 4108277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 2, "text": "No: in your hearts you plan injustice; <br>your hands do violence on the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 3, "text": "The wicked backslide from the womb; <br>liars go astray from birth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 4, "text": "Their venom is like a snake\u2019s venom \u2014 <br>like a deaf cobra\u2019s \u2014 one that shuts its ears<br>"}, {"pk": 4108280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 5, "text": "so it can\u2019t hear the snake charmer\u2019s voice <br>or the spells of a skillful enchanter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 6, "text": "God, break their teeth out of their mouths! <br>Tear out the lions\u2019 jawbones, LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 7, "text": "Let them dissolve like water flowing away. <br>When they bend the bow, <br>let their arrows be like headless shafts. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 8, "text": "Like the snail that dissolves into slime, <br>like a woman\u2019s stillborn child, <br>let them never see the sun.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 9, "text": "Before your pots feel the thorns, <br>whether green or burned up, <br>God will sweep them away! <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 10, "text": "But the righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance done, <br>when they wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 58, "verse": 11, "text": "Then it will be said: <br>\u201cYes, there is a reward for the righteous! <br>Yes, there is a God who judges people on the earth.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Oh, my God, deliver me from my enemies; <br>put me out of reach from those who rise up against me.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>inscription</i>"}, {"pk": 4108288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 2, "text": "Deliver me from evildoers; <br>save me from the bloodthirsty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 3, "text": "Look at how they lie in ambush for my life! <br>Powerful people are attacking me, LORD \u2014 <br>but not because of any error or sin of mine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 4, "text": "They run and take their stand \u2014 <br>but not because of any fault of mine. <br> Get up when I cry out to you! <br>Look at what\u2019s happening!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 5, "text": "You are the LORD God of heavenly forces, <br>the God of Israel! <br>Wake up and punish all the nations! <br>Grant no mercy to any wicked traitor! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 6, "text": "They come back every evening, <br>growling like dogs, <br>prowling around the city.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 7, "text": "See what they belch out with their mouths: <br>swords are between their lips! <br>Who can listen to them? <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 8, "text": "But you, LORD, laugh at them. <br>You mock all the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 9, "text": "I keep looking for you, my strength, <br>because God is my stronghold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 10, "text": "My loving God will come to meet me. <br>God will allow me to look down on my enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t kill them, or my people might forget; <br>instead, by your power <br>shake them up and bring them down, <br>you who are our shield and my Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 12, "text": "For the sin of their mouths, <br>the words that they speak, <br>let them be captured in their pride. <br>For the curses and lies they repeat,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 13, "text": "finish them off in anger; <br>finish them off until they are gone! <br>Then let it be known to the ends of the earth <br>that God rules over Jacob. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 14, "text": "They come back every evening, <br>growling like dogs, <br>prowling around the city.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 15, "text": "They roam about for food, <br>and if they don\u2019t get their fill, <br>they stay all night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 16, "text": "But me? I will sing of your strength! <br>In the morning I will shout out loud <br>about your faithful love <br>because you have been my stronghold, <br>my shelter when I was distraught.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 59, "verse": 17, "text": "I will sing praises to you, my strength, <br>because God is my stronghold, <br>my loving God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  God, you have rejected us \u2014 <br>shattered us. <br>You\u2019ve been so angry. <br>Now restore us!<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>inscription</i>"}, {"pk": 4108305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 2, "text": "You\u2019ve made the ground quake, <br>splitting it open. <br>Now repair its cracks <br>because it\u2019s shaking apart!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 3, "text": "You\u2019ve made your people suffer hardship; <br>you\u2019ve given us wine and we stagger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 4, "text": "Give a flag to those who honor you, <br>so they can rally around it, <br>safe from attack. <sup>[2]</sup> <i>Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the bow</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 5, "text": "Save us by your power and answer us <br>so that the people you love might be rescued. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 6, "text": "God has spoken in his sanctuary: <br>\u201cI will celebrate as I divide up Shechem <br>and portion out the Succoth Valley.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 7, "text": "Gilead is mine; <br>Manasseh is mine; <br>Ephraim is my helmet; <br>Judah is my scepter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 8, "text": "But Moab is my washbowl; <br>I\u2019ll throw my shoe at Edom. <br>I shout in triumph over Philistia! <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Syr, <a href='/CEB/19/108/9'>Ps 108:9</a>; MT <i>Celebrate over me, Philistia!</i>"}, {"pk": 4108312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 9, "text": "I wish someone would bring me to a fortified city! <br>I wish someone would lead me to Edom!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 10, "text": "But you have rejected us, God, haven\u2019t you? <br>God, you no longer accompany our armies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 11, "text": "Give us help against the enemy; <br>human help is worthless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 60, "verse": 12, "text": "With God we will triumph; <br>he\u2019s the one who will trample our adversaries. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 1, "text": "God, listen to my cry; <br>pay attention to my prayer!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 2, "text": "When my heart is weak, <br>I cry out to you from the very ends of the earth. <br>Lead me to the rock that is higher than I am<br>"}, {"pk": 4108318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 3, "text": "because you have been my refuge, <br>a tower of strength in the face of the enemy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 4, "text": "Please let me live in your tent forever! <br>Please let me take refuge <br>in the shelter of your wings! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 5, "text": "Because you, God, have heard my promises; <br>you\u2019ve given me <sup>[1]</sup> the same possession <br>as those who honor your name. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>me</i>."}, {"pk": 4108321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 6, "text": "Add days to the king\u2019s life! <br>Let his years extend for many generations!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 7, "text": "Let him be enthroned forever before God! <br>Make it so love and faithfulness watch over him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 61, "verse": 8, "text": "Then I will sing praises to your name forever, <br>and I will do what I promised every single day. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 1, "text": "Only in God do I <sup>[1]</sup> find rest; <br>my salvation comes from him.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 2, "text": "Only God is my rock and my salvation \u2014 <br>my stronghold! \u2014 I won\u2019t be shaken anymore. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 3, "text": "How long will all of you attack others; <br>how long will you tear them down <sup>[2]</sup> <br>as if they were leaning walls or broken-down fences?<br>", "comment": "[2] Correction; MT <i>kill them</i>"}, {"pk": 4108327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 4, "text": "The only desire of this people <br>is to bring others down low; <br>they delight in deception. <br>With their mouths they bless, <br>but inside they are cursing. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 5, "text": "Oh, I <sup>[3]</sup> must find rest in God only, <br>because my hope comes from him!<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 6, "text": "Only God is my rock and my salvation \u2014 <br>my stronghold! \u2014 I will not be shaken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 7, "text": "My deliverance and glory depend on God. <br>God is my strong rock. <br>My refuge is in God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 8, "text": "All you people: Trust in him at all times! <br>Pour out your hearts before him! <br>God is our refuge! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 9, "text": "Human beings are nothing but a breath. <br>Human beings are nothing but lies. <br>They don\u2019t even register on a scale; <br>taken all together they are lighter than a breath!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t trust in violence; <br>don\u2019t set false hopes in robbery. <br>When wealth bears fruit, <br>don\u2019t set your heart on it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 11, "text": "God has spoken one thing \u2014 <br>make it two things \u2014 <br>that I myself have heard: <br>that strength belongs to God,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 62, "verse": 12, "text": "and faithful love comes from you, my Lord \u2014 <br>and that you will repay <br>everyone according to their deeds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 1, "text": "God! My God! It\u2019s you \u2014 <br>I search for you! <br>My whole being <sup>[1]</sup> thirsts for you! <br>My body desires you <br>in a dry and tired land, <br>no water anywhere.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/19/63/5'>63:5</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/63/8'>8</a>"}, {"pk": 4108337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 2, "text": "Yes, I\u2019ve seen you in the sanctuary; <br>I\u2019ve seen your power and glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 3, "text": "My lips praise you <br>because your faithful love <br>is better than life itself!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 4, "text": "So I will bless you as long as I\u2019m alive; <br>I will lift up my hands in your name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019m fully satisfied \u2014 <br>as with a rich dinner. <br>My mouth speaks praise with joy on my lips \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 6, "text": "whenever I ponder you on my bed, <br>whenever I meditate on you <br>in the middle of the night \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 7, "text": "because you\u2019ve been a help to me and I shout for joy in the protection of your wings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 8, "text": "My whole being clings to you; <br>your strong hand upholds me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 9, "text": "But what about those people who want to destroy me? <br>Let them go into the bowels of the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 10, "text": "Let their blood flow by the sword! <br>Let them be food for wild jackals!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 63, "verse": 11, "text": "But the king should rejoice in God; <br>everyone who swears by God should give praise <br>when the mouths of liars are shut for good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to me when I complain, God! <br>Protect my life from the enemy\u2019s terror!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 2, "text": "Hide me from the secret plots of wicked people; <br>hide me from the schemes of evildoers<br>"}, {"pk": 4108349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 3, "text": "who sharpen their tongues like swords. <br>They aim their arrow \u2014 a cruel word \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 4, "text": "from their hiding places <br>so as to shoot an innocent person. <br>They shoot without warning and without fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 5, "text": "They encourage themselves with evil words. <br>They plan on laying traps in secret. <br>\u201cWho will be able to see them?\u201d they ask.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cLet someone try to expose our crimes! <br>We\u2019ve devised a perfect plot! <br>It\u2019s deep within the human mind and heart.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 7, "text": "But God will shoot them with an arrow! <br>Without warning, they will be wounded!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD will make them trip over their own tongues; <br>everyone who sees them will just shake their heads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 9, "text": "Then all people will honor God, <br>will announce the act of God, <br>will understand it was God\u2019s work.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 64, "verse": 10, "text": "Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD; <br>let them take refuge in him; <br>let everyone whose heart is in the right place give praise! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 1, "text": "God of Zion, to you even silence is praise. <br>Promises made to you are kept \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 2, "text": "you listen to prayer \u2014 <br>and all living things come to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 3, "text": "When wrongdoings become too much for me, <br>you forgive our sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 4, "text": "How happy is the one you choose to bring close, <br>the one who lives in your courtyards! <br>We are filled full by the goodness of your house, <br>by the holiness of your temple. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 5, "text": "In righteousness you answer us, <br>by your awesome deeds, <br>God of our salvation \u2014 <br>you, who are the security <br>of all the far edges of the earth, <br>even the distant seas.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 6, "text": "You establish the mountains by your strength; <br>you are dressed in raw power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 7, "text": "You calm the roaring seas; <br>calm the roaring waves, <br>calm the noise of the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who dwell on the far edges <br>stand in awe of your acts. <br>You make the gateways <br>of morning and evening sing for joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 9, "text": "You visit the earth and make it abundant, <br>enriching it greatly <br>by God\u2019s stream, full of water. <br>You provide people with grain <br>because that is what you\u2019ve decided.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 10, "text": "Drenching the earth\u2019s furrows, <br>leveling its ridges, <br>you soften it with rain showers; <br>you bless its growth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 11, "text": "You crown the year with your goodness; <br>your paths overflow with rich food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 12, "text": "Even the desert pastures drip with it, <br>and the hills are dressed in pure joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 65, "verse": 13, "text": "The meadowlands are covered with flocks, <br>the valleys decked out in grain \u2014 <br>they shout for joy; <br>they break out in song! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 1, "text": "Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 2, "text": "Sing praises to the glory of God\u2019s name! <br>Make glorious his praise!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 3, "text": "Say to God: <br>\u201cHow awesome are your works! <br>Because of your great strength, <br>your enemies cringe before you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 4, "text": "All the earth worships you, <br>sings praises to you, <br>sings praises to your name!\u201d <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 5, "text": "Come and see God\u2019s deeds; <br>his works for human beings are awesome:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 6, "text": "He turned the sea into dry land <br>so they could cross the river on foot. <br>Right there we rejoiced in him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 7, "text": "God rules with power forever; <br>keeps a good eye on the nations. <br>So don\u2019t let the rebellious exalt themselves. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 8, "text": "All you nations, bless our God! <br>Let the sound of his praise be heard!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 9, "text": "God preserved us among the living; <br>he didn\u2019t let our feet slip a bit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 10, "text": "But you, God, have tested us \u2014 <br>you\u2019ve refined us like silver,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 11, "text": "trapped us in a net, <br>laid burdens on our backs,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 12, "text": "let other people run right over our heads \u2014 <br>we\u2019ve been through fire and water. <br> But you brought us out to freedom!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 13, "text": "So I\u2019ll enter your house <br>with entirely burned offerings. <br>I\u2019ll keep the promises I made to you,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 14, "text": "the ones my lips uttered, <br>the ones my mouth spoke when I was in deep trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 15, "text": "I will offer the best burned offerings to you <br>along with the smoke of sacrificed rams. <br>I will offer both bulls and goats. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 16, "text": "Come close and listen, <br>all you who honor God; <br>I will tell you what God has done for me:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 17, "text": "My mouth cried out to him <br>with praise on my tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 18, "text": "If I had cherished evil in my heart, <br>my Lord would not have listened.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 19, "text": "But God definitely listened. <br>He heard the sound of my prayer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 66, "verse": 20, "text": "Bless God! He didn\u2019t reject my prayer; <br>he didn\u2019t withhold his faithful love from me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 1, "text": "Let God grant us grace and bless us; <br>let God make his face shine on us, <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 2, "text": "so that your way becomes known on earth, <br>so that your salvation becomes known among all the nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 3, "text": "Let the people thank you, God! <br>Let all the people thank you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 4, "text": "Let the people celebrate <br>and shout with joy <br>because you judge the nations fairly <br>and guide all nations on the earth. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 5, "text": "Let the people thank you, God! <br>Let all the people thank you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 6, "text": "The earth has yielded its harvest. <br>God blesses us \u2014 our God blesses us!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 67, "verse": 7, "text": "Let God continue to bless us; <br>let the far ends of the earth honor him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 1, "text": "Let God rise up; <br>let his enemies scatter; <br>let those who hate him <br>run scared before him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 2, "text": "Like smoke is driven away, <br>drive them away! <br>Like wax melting before fire, <br>let the wicked perish before God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 3, "text": "But let the righteous be glad <br>and celebrate before God. <br>Let them rejoice with gladness!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 4, "text": "Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! <br>Exalt the one who rides the clouds! <br>The LORD is his name. <br>Celebrate before him! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 5, "text": "Father of orphans and defender of widows <br>is God in his holy habitation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 6, "text": "God settles the lonely in their homes; <br>he sets prisoners free with happiness, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>skillfully</i>; LXX, Vulg <i>with strength</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 7, "text": "When you went forth before your people, God, <br>when you marched through the wasteland, <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 8, "text": "the earth shook! <br>Yes, heaven poured down <br>before God, the one from Sinai \u2014 <br>before God, the God of Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 9, "text": "You showered down abundant rain, God; <br>when your inheritance grew weary, <br>you restored it yourself,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 10, "text": "and your creatures settled in it. <br>In your goodness, God, <br>you provided for the poor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 11, "text": "My Lord gives the command \u2014 <br>many messengers are bringing good news:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cThe kings of armies are on the run! <br>The women back home divide the spoil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 13, "text": "Even if you lie down among the sheepfolds, <br>there are wings of a dove covered with silver; <br>its pinions covered in precious gold.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 14, "text": "When the Almighty <sup>[3]</sup> scattered the kings there, <br>snow fell on Mount Zalmon. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Shaddai</i>"}, {"pk": 4108411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 15, "text": "Mighty mountain, Mount Bashan; <br>many-peaked mountain, Mount Bashan!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 16, "text": "You many-peaked mountain: <br>Why do you look with envy <br>at the mountain God desired for his dwelling, <br>the mountain where the LORD dwells forever? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 17, "text": "God\u2019s chariots are twice ten thousand \u2014 <br>countless thousands! <br>My Lord came from Sinai <sup>[4]</sup> into the sanctuary.<br>", "comment": "[4] Correction; MT <i>My Lord was among them, the one from Sinai, in holiness</i>."}, {"pk": 4108414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 18, "text": "You ascended the heights, <br>leading away your captives, <br>receiving tribute from people, <br>even from those who rebel <br>against the LORD God\u2019s dwelling there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 19, "text": "Bless the Lord! <br>The God of our salvation <br>supports us day after day! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 20, "text": "Our God is the God of salvation, <br>and escape from certain death comes through God my LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 21, "text": "Yes, God will shatter the heads of his enemies \u2014 <br>the very skulls of those who walk in guilt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 22, "text": "My Lord has spoken: <br>\u201cFrom Bashan I will bring those people back. <br>I will bring them back from the ocean\u2019s depths<br>"}, {"pk": 4108419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 23, "text": "so that you can wash your feet in their blood, <br>so that your dogs\u2019 tongues <br>can lap up their share of your enemies.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 24, "text": "They saw your procession, God \u2014 <br>the procession of my God, <br>my king, into the sanctuary.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 25, "text": "First came the singers, <br>then the musicians; <br>between them the young women <br>were playing hand drums:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cBless God in the great congregation; <br>bless the LORD from Israel\u2019s fountain!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 27, "text": "There\u2019s Benjamin leading them, <br>though he\u2019s little; <br>then the princes of Judah, <br>their speaker; <br>then the princes of Zebulun <br>and the princes of Naphtali. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 28, "text": "Summon your strength, God! <br>Show how strong you are, God, <br>just as you\u2019ve done for us before,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 29, "text": "from your temple above Jerusalem, <br>where kings bring you gifts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 30, "text": "Rebuke the wild animals of the marshland, <br>the herd of bulls among the calves of the peoples. <br>Trample those who delight in money; <br>scatter the peoples who take pleasure in battles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 31, "text": "Let ambassadors come from Egypt; <br>let Cush stretch out its hands to God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 32, "text": "Sing to God, all kingdoms of the earth! <br>Sing praises to my Lord. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 33, "text": "Sing to the one who rides through heaven, <br>the most ancient heaven. <br>Look! God sends forth his voice, <br>his mighty voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 34, "text": "Recognize how strong God is! <br>His majesty extends over Israel; <br>his strength is in the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 68, "verse": 35, "text": "You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries \u2014 <br>the God of Israel who gives strength and power to his people! <br> Bless God! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 1, "text": "Save me, God, <br>because the waters have reached my neck!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 2, "text": "I have sunk into deep mud. <br>My feet can\u2019t touch the bottom! <br>I have entered deep water; <br>the flood has swept me up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 3, "text": "I am tired of crying. <br>My throat is hoarse. <br>My eyes are exhausted with waiting for my God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 4, "text": "More numerous than the hairs on my head <br>are those who hate me for no reason. <br>My treacherous enemies, <br>those who would destroy me, are countless. <br>Must I now give back <br>what I didn\u2019t steal in the first place?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 5, "text": "God, you know my foolishness; <br>my wrongdoings aren\u2019t hidden from you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 6, "text": "LORD God of heavenly forces! \u2014 <br>don\u2019t let those who hope in you <br>be put to shame because of me. <br>God of Israel! \u2014 <br>don\u2019t let those who seek you <br>be disgraced because of me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 7, "text": "I am insulted because of you. <br>Shame covers my face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 8, "text": "I have become a stranger to my own brothers, <br>an immigrant to my mother\u2019s children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 9, "text": "Because passion for your house has consumed me, <br>the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 10, "text": "I wept while I fasted \u2014 <br>even for that I was insulted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 11, "text": "When I wore funeral clothes, <br>people made fun of me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 12, "text": "Those who sit at the city gate muttered things about me; <br>drunkards made up rude songs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 13, "text": "But me? My prayer reaches you, LORD, <br>at just the right time. <br>God, in your great and faithful love, <br>answer me with your certain salvation!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 14, "text": "Save me from the mud! <br>Don\u2019t let me drown! <br>Let me be saved from those who hate me <br>and from these watery depths!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t let me be swept away by the floodwaters! <br>Don\u2019t let the abyss swallow me up! <br>Don\u2019t let the pit close its mouth over me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 16, "text": "Answer me, LORD, for your faithful love is good! <br>Turn to me in your great compassion!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t hide your face from me, your servant, <br>because I\u2019m in deep trouble. <br>Answer me quickly!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 18, "text": "Come close to me! <br>Redeem me! <br>Save me because of my enemies! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 19, "text": "You know full well the insults I\u2019ve received; <br>you know my shame and my disgrace. <br>All my adversaries are right there in front of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 20, "text": "Insults have broken my heart. <br>I\u2019m sick about it. <br>I hoped for sympathy, <br>but there wasn\u2019t any; <br>I hoped for comforters, <br>but couldn\u2019t find any.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 21, "text": "They gave me poison for food. <br>To quench my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 22, "text": "Let the table before them become a trap, <br>their offerings a snare.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 23, "text": "Let their eyes grow too dim to see; <br>make their insides tremble constantly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 24, "text": "Pour out your anger on them \u2014 <br>let your burning fury catch them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 25, "text": "Let their camp be devastated; <br>let no one dwell in their tents.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 26, "text": "Because they go after those you\u2019ve already struck; <br>they talk about the pain of those you\u2019ve already pierced.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 27, "text": "Pile guilt on top of their guilt! <br>Don\u2019t let them come into your righteousness!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 28, "text": "Let them be wiped out of the scroll of life! <br>Let them not be recorded along with the righteous!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 29, "text": "And me? I\u2019m afflicted. <br>I\u2019m full of pain. <br>Let your salvation keep me safe, God! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 30, "text": "I will praise God\u2019s name with song; <br>I will magnify him with thanks<br>"}, {"pk": 4108462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 31, "text": "because that is more pleasing to the LORD than an ox, <br>more pleasing than a young bull with full horns and hooves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 32, "text": "Let the afflicted see it and be glad! <br>You who seek God \u2014 <br>let your hearts beat strong again<br>"}, {"pk": 4108464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 33, "text": "because the LORD listens to the needy <br>and doesn\u2019t despise his captives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 34, "text": "Let heaven and earth praise God, <br>the oceans too, and all that moves within them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 35, "text": "God will most certainly save Zion <br>and will rebuild Judah\u2019s cities <br>so that God\u2019s servants can live there and possess it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 69, "verse": 36, "text": "The offspring of God\u2019s servants will inherit Zion, <br>and those who love God\u2019s name will dwell there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 70, "verse": 1, "text": "Hurry, God, to deliver me; <br>hurry, LORD, to help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 70, "verse": 2, "text": "Let those who seek my life be ashamed and humiliated! <br>Let them fall back and be disgraced \u2014 <br>those people who delight in my downfall!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 70, "verse": 3, "text": "Let those who say, \u201cAha! Aha!\u201d <br>stop because of their shameful behavior.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 70, "verse": 4, "text": "But let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you, <br>and let those who love your saving help say again and again: <br>\u201cGod is great!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 70, "verse": 5, "text": "But me? I\u2019m poor and needy. <br>Hurry to me, God! <br>You are my helper and my deliverer. <br>Oh, LORD, don\u2019t delay! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019ve taken refuge in you, LORD. <br>Don\u2019t let me ever be put to shame!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 2, "text": "Deliver me and rescue me by your righteousness! <br>Bend your ear toward me and save me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 3, "text": "Be my rock of refuge <br>where I can always escape. <br>You commanded that my life be saved <br>because you are my rock and my fortress. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 4, "text": "My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked; <br>rescue me from the grip of the wrongdoer and the oppressor<br>"}, {"pk": 4108477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 5, "text": "because you are my hope, Lord. <br>You, LORD, are the one I\u2019ve trusted since childhood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019ve depended on you from birth \u2014 <br>you cut the cord when I came from my mother\u2019s womb. <br>My praise is always about you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019ve become an example to many people <br>because you are my strong refuge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 8, "text": "My mouth is filled with your praise, <br>glorifying you all day long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t cast me off in old age. <br>Don\u2019t abandon me when my strength is used up! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 10, "text": "Yes, my enemies have been talking about me; <br>those who stalk me plot together:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cGod has abandoned him! <br>Pursue him! <br>Grab him because no one will deliver him!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t be far from me, God! <br>My God, hurry to help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 13, "text": "Let my accusers be put to shame, <br>completely finished off! <br>Let those who seek my downfall <br>be dressed in insults and disgrace! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 14, "text": "But me? I will hope. Always. <br>I will add to all your praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 15, "text": "My mouth will repeat your righteous acts <br>and your saving deeds all day long. <br>I don\u2019t even know how many of those there are!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 16, "text": "I will dwell on your mighty acts, my Lord. <br>LORD, I will help others remember nothing but your righteous deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 17, "text": "You\u2019ve taught me since my youth, God, <br>and I\u2019m still proclaiming your wondrous deeds!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 18, "text": "So, even in my old age with gray hair, <br>don\u2019t abandon me, God! <br>Not until I tell generations about your mighty arm, <br>tell all who are yet to come about your strength,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 19, "text": "and about your ultimate righteousness, God, <br>because you\u2019ve done awesome things! <br>Who can compare to you, God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 20, "text": "You, who have shown me many troubles and calamities, <br>will revive me once more. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>From the depths of the earth, <br>you will raise me up one more time.<br>", "comment": "[1] Qere; Kethib <i>who have shown us \u2026 will revive us</i>"}, {"pk": 4108493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 21, "text": "Please increase my honor <br>and comfort me all around.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 22, "text": "Then I\u2019ll give you thanks with a harp \u2014 <br>I will thank you for your faithfulness, my God. <br>I will make music for you with the lyre, holy one of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 23, "text": "My lips will rejoice aloud when I make music for you; <br>my whole being, <sup>[2]</sup> which you saved, will do the same.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 71, "verse": 24, "text": "My tongue, also, will tell of your righteousness all day long, <br>because those who seek my downfall <br>have been put to shame and disgraced. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 1, "text": "God, give your judgments to the king. <br>Give your righteousness to the king\u2019s son.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 2, "text": "Let him judge your people with righteousness <br>and your poor ones with justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 3, "text": "Let the mountains bring peace to the people; <br>let the hills bring righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 4, "text": "Let the king bring justice to people who are poor; <br>let him save the children of those who are needy, <br>but let him crush oppressors!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 5, "text": "Let the king live <sup>[1]</sup> as long as the sun, <br>as long as the moon, <br>generation to generation.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>May they fear you</i>."}, {"pk": 4108502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 6, "text": "Let him fall like rain upon fresh-cut grass, <br>like showers that water the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 7, "text": "Let the righteous flourish throughout their lives, <br>and let peace prosper until the moon is no more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 8, "text": "Let the king rule from sea to sea, <br>from the river to the ends of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 9, "text": "Let the desert dwellers bow low before him; <br>let his enemies lick the dust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 10, "text": "Let the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute; <br>let the kings of Sheba and Seba present gifts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 11, "text": "Let all the kings bow down before him; <br>let all the nations serve him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 12, "text": "Let it be so, because he delivers the needy who cry out, <br>the poor, and those who have no helper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 13, "text": "He has compassion on the weak and the needy; <br>he saves the lives of those who are in need.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 14, "text": "He redeems their lives from oppression and violence; <br>their blood is precious in his eyes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 15, "text": "Let the king live long! <br>Let Sheba\u2019s gold be given to him! <br>Let him be prayed for always! <br>Let him be blessed all day long!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 16, "text": "Let there be abundant grain in the land. <br>Let it wave on the mountaintops. <br>Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon. <br>Let it thrive like grass on the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 17, "text": "Let the king\u2019s name last forever. <br>Let his name endure as long as the sun. <br>Let all the nations be blessed through him and call him happy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 18, "text": "Bless the LORD God, the God of Israel \u2014 <br>the only one who does wondrous things!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 19, "text": "Bless God\u2019s glorious name forever; <br>let his glory fill all the earth! <br>Amen and Amen! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 72, "verse": 20, "text": "The prayers of David, Jesse\u2019s son, are ended. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 1, "text": "Truly God is good to Israel, <br>to those who are have a pure heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 2, "text": "But me? My feet had almost stumbled; <br>my steps had nearly slipped<br>"}, {"pk": 4108519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 3, "text": "because I envied the arrogant; <br>I observed how the wicked are well off:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 4, "text": "They suffer no pain; <br>their bodies are fit and strong.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 5, "text": "They are never in trouble; <br>they aren\u2019t weighed down like other people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 6, "text": "That\u2019s why they wear arrogance like a necklace, <br>why violence covers them like clothes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 7, "text": "Their eyes bulge out from eating so well; <br>their hearts overflow with delusions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 8, "text": "They scoff and talk so cruel; <br>from their privileged positions <br>they plan oppression.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 9, "text": "Their mouths dare to speak against heaven! <br>Their tongues roam the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 10, "text": "That\u2019s why people keep going back to them, <br>keep approving what they say. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 11, "text": "And what they say is this: \u201cHow could God possibly know! <br>Does the Most High know anything at all!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 12, "text": "Look at these wicked ones, <br>always relaxed, piling up the wealth! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 13, "text": "Meanwhile, I\u2019ve kept my heart pure for no good reason; <br>I\u2019ve washed my hands to stay innocent for nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019m weighed down all day long. <br>I\u2019m punished every morning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 15, "text": "If I said, \u201cI will talk about all this,\u201d <br>I would have been unfaithful to your children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 16, "text": "But when I tried to understand these things, <br>it just seemed like hard work<br>"}, {"pk": 4108533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 17, "text": "until I entered God\u2019s sanctuary <br>and understood what would happen to the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 18, "text": "You will definitely put them on a slippery path; <br>you will make them fall into ruin!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 19, "text": "How quickly they are devastated, <br>utterly destroyed by terrors!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 20, "text": "As quickly as a dream departs from someone waking up, my Lord, <br>when you are stirred up, you make them disappear. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 21, "text": "When my heart was bitter, <br>when I was all cut up inside,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 22, "text": "I was stupid and ignorant. <br>I acted like nothing but an animal toward you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 23, "text": "But I was still always with you! <br>You held my strong hand!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 24, "text": "You have guided me with your advice; <br>later you will receive me with glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 25, "text": "Do I have anyone else in heaven? <br>There\u2019s nothing on earth I desire except you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 26, "text": "My body and my heart fail, <br>but God is my heart\u2019s rock and my share forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 27, "text": "Look! Those far from you die; <br>you annihilate all those who are unfaithful to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 73, "verse": 28, "text": "But me? It\u2019s good for me to be near God. <br>I have taken my refuge in you, my LORD God, <br>so I can talk all about your works! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  God, why have you abandoned us forever? <br>Why does your anger smolder <br>at the sheep of your own pasture?<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4108546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 2, "text": "Remember your congregation <br>that you took as your own long ago, <br>that you redeemed to be the tribe of your own possession \u2014 <br>remember Mount Zion, where you dwell.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 3, "text": "March to the unending ruins, <br>to all that the enemy destroyed in the sanctuary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 4, "text": "Your enemies roared in your own meeting place; <br>they set up their own signs there!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 5, "text": "It looked like axes raised <br>against a thicket of trees. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 6, "text": "And then all its carvings <br>they hacked down with hatchet and pick.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 7, "text": "They set fire to your sanctuary, burned it to the ground; <br>they defiled the dwelling place of your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 8, "text": "They said in their hearts, We\u2019ll kill all of them together! <br>They burned all of God\u2019s meeting places in the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 9, "text": "We don\u2019t see our own signs anymore. <br>No prophet is left. <br>And none of us know how long it will last. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 10, "text": "How long, God, will foes insult you? <br>Are enemies going to abuse your name forever?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 11, "text": "Why do you pull your hand back? <br>Why do you hold your strong hand close to your chest? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 12, "text": "Yet God has been my king from ancient days \u2014 <br>God, who makes salvation happen in the heart of the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 13, "text": "You split the sea with your power. <br>You shattered the heads of the sea monsters on the water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 14, "text": "You crushed Leviathan\u2019s heads. <br>You gave it to the desert dwellers for food!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 15, "text": "You split open springs and streams; <br>you made strong-flowing rivers dry right up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 16, "text": "The day belongs to you! The night too! <br>You established both the moon and the sun.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 17, "text": "You set all the boundaries of the earth in place. <br>Summer and winter? You made them! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 18, "text": "So remember this, LORD: <br>how enemies have insulted you, <br>how unbelieving fools have abused your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t deliver the life of your dove to wild animals! <br>Don\u2019t forget the lives of your afflicted people forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 20, "text": "Consider the covenant! <br>Because the land\u2019s dark places are full of violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t let the oppressed live in shame. <br>No, let the poor and needy praise your name! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 22, "text": "God, rise up! Make your case! <br>Remember how unbelieving fools insult you all day long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 74, "verse": 23, "text": "Don\u2019t forget the voices of your enemies, <br>the racket of your adversaries that never quits. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 1, "text": "We give thanks to you, God. Yes, we give thanks! <br>Your name is near. Your marvelous deeds are declared. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 2, "text": "God says, <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cWhen I decide the time is right, <br>I will establish justice just so.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>God says</i>."}, {"pk": 4108570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 3, "text": "The earth and all its inhabitants will melt, <br>but I will keep its pillars steady.\u201d <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 4, "text": "I said to the arrogant, <br>\u201cDon\u2019t be arrogant!\u201d <br>To the wicked I said, <br>\u201cDon\u2019t exalt your strength!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t exalt your strength so highly. <br>Don\u2019t speak so arrogantly against the rock.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>against God</i>; MT <i>speak with an arrogant neck</i>"}, {"pk": 4108573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 6, "text": "Because what exalts someone <br>doesn\u2019t come from the east or west; <br>it\u2019s not from the south either.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 7, "text": "Rather it is God who is the judge. <br>He brings this person down, <br>but that person he lifts up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 8, "text": "Indeed, there\u2019s a cup in the LORD\u2019s hand <br>full of foaming wine, mixed with spice. <br>He will pour it out, <br>and all of the earth\u2019s wicked people <br>must drink it; <br>they must drink every last drop! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 9, "text": "But I will rejoice <sup>[3]</sup> always; <br>I will sing praises to Jacob\u2019s God!<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>I will declare</i>"}, {"pk": 4108577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 75, "verse": 10, "text": "God says: <sup>[4]</sup> <br>\u201cI will demolish every bit of the wicked\u2019s power, <br>but the strength of the righteous will be lifted up.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>God says</i>."}, {"pk": 4108578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 1, "text": "God is known in Judah; <br>his name is great in Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 2, "text": "His dwelling place became Salem; <br>his habitation was Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 3, "text": "It was there that he broke the fiery shafts of the bow, <br>the shield, the sword \u2014 even the battle itself! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 4, "text": "You are ablaze with light, <br>mightier than the mountains that give food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 5, "text": "The bravehearted lie plundered. <br>They sank into deep lethargy. <br>All the strong troops <br>couldn\u2019t even lift their hands!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 6, "text": "At your rebuke, Jacob\u2019s God, <br>both chariot and horse were stopped dead-still. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 7, "text": "You! You are awesome! <br>Who can stand before you when you are angry?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 8, "text": "You have announced judgment from heaven. <br>The earth grew afraid and fell silent<br>"}, {"pk": 4108586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 9, "text": "when God rose up to establish justice, <br>when God rose up to save all of the earth\u2019s poor. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 10, "text": "Even human rage will turn to your praise <br>when you dress yourself <br>with whatever remains of your wrath. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 11, "text": "Make promises to the LORD your God and keep them! <br>Let all around him bring gifts to the awesome one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 76, "verse": 12, "text": "He breaks the spirit of princes. <br>He is terrifying to all the kings of the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 1, "text": "I cry out loud to God \u2014 <br>out loud to God so that he can hear me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 2, "text": "During the day when I\u2019m in trouble I look for my Lord. <br>At night my hands are still outstretched and don\u2019t grow numb; <br>my whole being <sup>[1]</sup> refuses to be comforted.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 3, "text": "I remember God and I moan. <br>I complain, and my spirit grows tired. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 4, "text": "You\u2019ve kept my eyelids from closing. <br>I\u2019m so upset I can\u2019t even speak.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 5, "text": "I think about days long past; <br>I remember years that seem an eternity in the past.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 6, "text": "I meditate with my heart at night; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>I complain, and my spirit keeps searching:<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>I remember my song in the night</i>."}, {"pk": 4108596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cWill my Lord reject me forever? <br>Will he never be pleased again?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 8, "text": "Has his faithful love come to a complete end? <br>Is his promise over for future generations?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 9, "text": "Has God forgotten how to be gracious? <br>Has he angrily stopped up his compassion?\u201d <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 10, "text": "It\u2019s my misfortune, I thought, <br>that the strong hand of the Most High is different now. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 11, "text": "But I will remember the LORD\u2019s deeds; <br>yes, I will remember your wondrous acts from times long past.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 12, "text": "I will meditate on all your works; <br>I will ponder your deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 13, "text": "God, your way is holiness! <br>Who is as great a god as you, God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 14, "text": "You are the God who works wonders; <br>you have demonstrated your strength among all peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 15, "text": "With your mighty arm you redeemed your people; <br>redeemed the children of Jacob and Joseph. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 16, "text": "The waters saw you, God \u2014 <br>the waters saw you and reeled! <br>Even the deep depths shook!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 17, "text": "The clouds poured water, <br>the skies cracked thunder; <br>your arrows were flying all around!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 18, "text": "The crash of your thunder was in the swirling storm; <br>lightning lit up the whole world; <br>the earth shook and quaked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 19, "text": "Your way went straight through the sea; <br>your pathways went right through the mighty waters. <br>But your footprints left no trace!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 77, "verse": 20, "text": "You led your people like sheep <br>under the care of Moses and Aaron. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Listen, my people, to my teaching; <br>tilt your ears toward the words of my mouth.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4108611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 2, "text": "I will open my mouth with a proverb. <br>I\u2019ll declare riddles from days long gone \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 3, "text": "ones that we\u2019ve heard and learned about, <br>ones that our ancestors told us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 4, "text": "We won\u2019t hide them from their descendants; <br>we\u2019ll tell the next generation <br>all about the praise due the LORD and his strength \u2014 <br>the wondrous works God has done.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 5, "text": "He established a law for Jacob <br>and set up Instruction for Israel, <br>ordering our ancestors <br>to teach them to their children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 6, "text": "This is so that the next generation <br>and children not yet born will know these things, <br>and so they can rise up and tell their children<br>"}, {"pk": 4108616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 7, "text": "to put their hope in God \u2014 <br>never forgetting God\u2019s deeds, <br>but keeping God\u2019s commandments \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 8, "text": "and so that they won\u2019t become like their ancestors: <br>a rebellious, stubborn generation, <br>a generation whose heart wasn\u2019t set firm <br>and whose spirit wasn\u2019t faithful to God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 9, "text": "The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, <br>retreated on the day of battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 10, "text": "They didn\u2019t keep God\u2019s covenant; <br>they refused to walk in his Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 11, "text": "They forgot God\u2019s deeds <br>as well as the wondrous works he showed them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 12, "text": "But God performed wonders in their ancestors\u2019 presence \u2014 <br>in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 13, "text": "God split the sea and led them through, <br>making the waters stand up like a wall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 14, "text": "God led them with the cloud by day; <br>by the lightning all through the night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 15, "text": "God split rocks open in the wilderness, <br>gave them plenty to drink \u2014 <br>as if from the deep itself!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 16, "text": "God made streams flow from the rock, <br>made water run like rivers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 17, "text": "But they continued to sin against God, <br>rebelling against the Most High in the desert.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 18, "text": "They tested God in their hearts, <br>demanded food for their stomachs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 19, "text": "They spoke against God! <br>\u201cCan God set a dinner table in the wilderness?\u201d they asked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cTrue, God struck the rock <br>and water gushed and streams flowed, <br>but can he give bread too? <br>Can he provide meat for his people?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 21, "text": "When the LORD heard this, he became furious. <br>A fire was ignited against Jacob; <br>wrath also burned against Israel<br>"}, {"pk": 4108631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 22, "text": "because they had no faith in God, <br>because they didn\u2019t trust his saving power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 23, "text": "God gave orders to the skies above, <br>opened heaven\u2019s doors,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 24, "text": "and rained manna on them so they could eat. <br>He gave them the very grain of heaven!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 25, "text": "Each person ate the bread of the powerful ones; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>God sent provisions to satisfy them.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>everyone ate the bread from heaven;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 26, "text": "God set the east wind moving across the skies <br>and drove the south wind by his strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 27, "text": "He rained meat on them as if it were dust in the air; <br>he rained as many birds as the sand on the seashore!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 28, "text": "God brought the birds down in the center of their camp, <br>all around their dwellings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 29, "text": "So they ate and were completely satisfied; <br>God gave them exactly what they had craved.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 30, "text": "But they didn\u2019t stop craving \u2014 <br>even with the food still in their mouths!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 31, "text": "So God\u2019s anger came up against them: <br>he killed the most hearty of them; <br>he cut down Israel\u2019s youth in their prime.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 32, "text": "But in spite of all that, they kept sinning <br>and had no faith in God\u2019s wondrous works.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 33, "text": "So God brought their days to an end, <br>like a puff of air, <br>and their years in total ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 34, "text": "But whenever God killed them, they went after him! <br>They would turn and earnestly search for God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 35, "text": "They would remember that God was their rock, <br>that the Most High was their redeemer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 36, "text": "But they were just flattering him with lip service. <br>They were lying to him with their tongues.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 37, "text": "Their hearts weren\u2019t firmly set on him; <br>they weren\u2019t faithful to his covenant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 38, "text": "But God, being compassionate, <br>kept forgiving their sins, <br>kept avoiding destruction; <br>he took back his anger so many times, <br>wouldn\u2019t stir up all his wrath!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 39, "text": "God kept remembering that they were just flesh, <br>just breath that passes and doesn\u2019t come back. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 40, "text": "How often they rebelled against God in the wilderness <br>and distressed him in the desert!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 41, "text": "Time and time again they tested God, <br>provoking the holy one of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 42, "text": "They didn\u2019t remember God\u2019s power \u2014 <br>the day when he saved them from the enemy;<br>"}, {"pk": 4108652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 43, "text": "how God performed his signs in Egypt, <br>his marvelous works in the field of Zoan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 44, "text": "God turned their rivers into blood; <br>they couldn\u2019t drink from their own streams.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 45, "text": "God sent swarms against them to eat them up, <br>frogs to destroy them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 46, "text": "God handed over their crops to caterpillars, <br>their land\u2019s produce to locusts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 47, "text": "God killed their vines with hail, <br>their sycamore trees with frost.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 48, "text": "God delivered their cattle over to disease, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>their herds to plagues.<br>", "comment": "[3] Correction; MT <i>to hailstones</i>"}, {"pk": 4108658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 49, "text": "God unleashed his burning anger against them \u2014 <br>fury, indignation, distress, <br>a troop of evil messengers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 50, "text": "God blazed a path for his wrath. <br>He didn\u2019t save them from death, <br>but delivered their lives over to disease.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 51, "text": "God struck down all of Egypt\u2019s oldest males; <br>in Ham\u2019s tents, he struck their pride and joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 52, "text": "God led his own people out like sheep, <br>guiding them like a flock in the wilderness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 53, "text": "God led them in safety \u2014 they were not afraid! <br>But the sea engulfed their enemies!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 54, "text": "God brought them to his holy territory, <br>to the mountain that his own strong hand had acquired.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 55, "text": "God drove out the nations before them <br>and apportioned property for them; <br>he settled Israel\u2019s tribes in their tents. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 56, "text": "But they tested and defied the Most High God; <br>they didn\u2019t pay attention to his warnings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 57, "text": "They turned away, became faithless just like their ancestors; <br>they twisted away like a defective bow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 58, "text": "They angered God with their many shrines; <br>they angered him with their idols.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 59, "text": "God heard and became enraged; <br>he rejected Israel utterly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 60, "text": "God abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, <br>the tent where he had lived with humans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 61, "text": "God let his power be held captive, <br>let his glory go to the enemy\u2019s hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 62, "text": "God delivered his people up to the sword; <br>he was enraged at his own possession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 63, "text": "Fire devoured his young men, <br>and his young women had no wedding songs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 64, "text": "God\u2019s priests were killed by the sword, <br>and his widows couldn\u2019t even cry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 65, "text": "But then my Lord woke up \u2014 <br>as if he\u2019d been sleeping! <br>Like a warrior shaking off wine,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 66, "text": "God beat back his foes; <br>he made them an everlasting disgrace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 67, "text": "God rejected the tent of Joseph <br>and didn\u2019t choose the tribe of Ephraim.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 68, "text": "Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah, <br>the mountain of Zion, which he loves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 69, "text": "God built his sanctuary like the highest heaven <br>and like the earth, which he established forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 70, "text": "And God chose David, his servant, <br>taking him from the sheepfolds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 71, "text": "God brought him from shepherding nursing ewes <br>to shepherd his people Jacob, <br>to shepherd his inheritance, Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 78, "verse": 72, "text": "David shepherded them with a heart of integrity; <br>he led them with the skill of his hands. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 1, "text": "The nations have come into your inheritance, God! <br>They\u2019ve defiled your holy temple. <br>They\u2019ve made Jerusalem a bunch of ruins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 2, "text": "They\u2019ve left your servants\u2019 bodies <br>as food for the birds; <br>they\u2019ve left the flesh of your faithful <br>to the wild animals of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 3, "text": "They\u2019ve poured out the blood of the faithful <br>like water all around Jerusalem, <br>and there\u2019s no one left to bury them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 4, "text": "We\u2019ve become a joke to our neighbors, <br>nothing but objects of ridicule <br>and disapproval to those around us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 5, "text": "How long will you rage, LORD? Forever? <br>How long will your anger burn like fire?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 6, "text": "Pour out your wrath on the nations <br>who don\u2019t know you, <br>on the kingdoms <br>that haven\u2019t called on your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 7, "text": "They\u2019ve devoured Jacob <br>and demolished his pasture.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t remember the iniquities of past generations; <br>let your compassion hurry to meet us <br>because we\u2019ve been brought so low.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 9, "text": "God of our salvation, help us <br>for the glory of your name! <br>Deliver us and cover our sins <br>for the sake of your name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 10, "text": "Why should the nations say, <br>\u201cWhere\u2019s their God now?\u201d <br>Let vengeance for the spilled blood of your servants <br>be known among the nations before our very eyes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 11, "text": "Let the prisoners\u2019 groaning reach you. <br>With your powerful arm <br>spare those who are destined to die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 12, "text": "Pay back our neighbors seven times over, <br>right where it hurts, <br>for the insults they used on you, Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 79, "verse": 13, "text": "We are, after all, your people <br>and the sheep of your very own pasture. <br>We will give you thanks forever; <br>we will proclaim your praises <br>from one generation to the next. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 1, "text": "Shepherd of Israel, listen! <br>You, the one who leads Joseph as if he were a sheep. <br>You, who are enthroned upon the winged heavenly creatures. <br>Show yourself <br>"}, {"pk": 4108696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 2, "text": "before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh! <br>Wake up your power! <br>Come to save us!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 3, "text": "Restore us, God! <br>Make your face shine so that we can be saved! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 4, "text": "LORD God of heavenly forces, <br>how long will you fume against your people\u2019s prayer?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 5, "text": "You\u2019ve fed them bread made of tears; <br>you\u2019ve given them tears to drink three times over!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 6, "text": "You\u2019ve put us at odds with our neighbors; <br>our enemies make fun of us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 7, "text": "Restore us, God of heavenly forces! <br>Make your face shine so that we can be saved! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 8, "text": "You brought a vine out of Egypt. <br>You drove out the nations and planted it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 9, "text": "You cleared the ground for it; <br>then it planted its roots deep, filling the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 10, "text": "The mountains were covered by its shade; <br>the mighty cedars were covered by its branches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 11, "text": "It sent its branches all the way to the sea; <br>its shoots went all the way to the Euphrates River. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the Great River</i>"}, {"pk": 4108706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 12, "text": "So why have you now torn down its walls <br>so that all who come along can pluck its fruit,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 13, "text": "so that any boar from the forest can tear it up, <br>so that the bugs can feed on it? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 14, "text": "Please come back, God of heavenly forces! <br>Look down from heaven and perceive it! <br>Attend to this vine,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 15, "text": "this root that you planted with your strong hand, <br>this son whom you secured as your very own.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 16, "text": "It is burned with fire. It is chopped down. <br>They die at the rebuke coming from you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 17, "text": "Let your hand be with the one on your right side \u2014 <br>with the one whom you secured as your own \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 18, "text": "then we will not turn away from you! <br>Revive us so that we can call on your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 80, "verse": 19, "text": "Restore us, LORD God of heavenly forces! <br>Make your face shine so that we can be saved! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 1, "text": "Rejoice out loud to God, our strength! <br>Shout for joy to Jacob\u2019s God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 2, "text": "Take up a song and strike the drum! <br>Sweet lyre along with harp!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 3, "text": "Blow the horn on the new moon, <br>at the full moon, for our day of celebration!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 4, "text": "Because this is the law for Israel; <br>this is a rule of Jacob\u2019s God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 5, "text": "He made it a decree for Joseph <br>when he went out against the land of Egypt, <br>when I heard a language I did not yet know: <br>"}, {"pk": 4108719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cI lifted the burden off your shoulders; <br>your hands are free of the brick basket!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 7, "text": "In distress you cried out, so I rescued you. <br>I answered you in the secret of thunder. <br>I tested you at the waters of Meribah. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 8, "text": "Listen, my people, I\u2019m warning you! <br>If only you would listen to me, Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 9, "text": "There must be no foreign god among you. <br>You must not bow down to any strange deity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 10, "text": "I am the LORD your God, <br>who brought you up from Egypt\u2019s land. <br>Open your mouth wide \u2014 I will fill it up! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 11, "text": "But my people wouldn\u2019t listen to my voice. <br>Israel simply wasn\u2019t agreeable toward me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 12, "text": "So I sent them off to follow their willful hearts; <br>they followed their own advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 13, "text": "How I wish my people would listen to me! <br>How I wish Israel would walk in my ways!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 14, "text": "Then I would subdue their enemies in a second; <br>I would turn my hand against their foes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 15, "text": "Those who hate the LORD would grovel before me, <br>and their doom would last forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 81, "verse": 16, "text": "But I would feed you with the finest wheat. <br>I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 1, "text": "God takes his stand in the divine council; <br>he gives judgment among the gods:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cHow long will you judge unjustly <br>by granting favor to the wicked? <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 3, "text": "Give justice to the lowly and the orphan; <br>maintain the right of the poor and the destitute!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 4, "text": "Rescue the lowly and the needy. <br>Deliver them from the power of the wicked! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 5, "text": "They don\u2019t know; they don\u2019t understand; <br>they wander around in the dark. <br>All the earth\u2019s foundations shake. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 6, "text": "I hereby declare, \u201cYou are gods, <br>children of the Most High \u2014 all of you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 7, "text": "But you will die like mortals; <br>you will fall down like any prince.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 82, "verse": 8, "text": "Rise up, God! Judge the earth <br>because you hold all nations in your possession! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 1, "text": "God, don\u2019t be silent! <br>Don\u2019t be quiet or sit still, God,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 2, "text": "because \u2014 look! \u2014 your enemies are growling; <br>those who hate you are acting arrogantly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 3, "text": "They concoct crafty plans against your own people; <br>they plot against the people you favor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cCome on,\u201d they say, \u201clet\u2019s wipe them out as a nation! <br>Let the name Israel be remembered no more!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 5, "text": "They plot with a single-minded heart; <br>they make a covenant against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 6, "text": "They are the clans of Edom and the Ishmaelites, <br>Moab and the Hagrites,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 7, "text": "Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, <br>Philistia along with the citizens of Tyre.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 8, "text": "Assyria too has joined them \u2014 <br>they are the strong arm for Lot\u2019s children. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 9, "text": "Do to them what you did to Midian, <br>to Sisera, and to Jabin at the Kishon River.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 10, "text": "They were destroyed at Endor; <br>they become fertilizer for the ground.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 11, "text": "Make their officials like Oreb and Zeeb, <br>all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 12, "text": "those who said, \u201cLet\u2019s take God\u2019s pastures for ourselves.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 13, "text": "My God, make them like tumbleweeds, <br>like chaff blown by wind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 14, "text": "Just like a fire consumes a forest, <br>just like flames set mountains ablaze,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 15, "text": "pursue them with your storm, <br>terrify them with your hurricane.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 16, "text": "Cover their faces with shame, LORD, so that they might seek your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 17, "text": "Let them be shamed and terrified forever. <br>Let them die in disgrace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 83, "verse": 18, "text": "Let them know that you \u2014 <br>your name is the LORD! \u2014 <br>you alone are Most High over all the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 1, "text": "How lovely is your dwelling place, <br>LORD of heavenly forces!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 2, "text": "My very being <sup>[1]</sup> longs, even yearns, <br>for the LORD\u2019s courtyards. <br>My heart and my body <br>will rejoice out loud to the living God! <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4108758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 3, "text": "Yes, the sparrow too has found a home there; <br>the swallow has found herself a nest <br>where she can lay her young beside your altars, <br>LORD of heavenly forces, my king, my God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who live in your house are truly happy; <br>they praise you constantly. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who put their strength in you are truly happy; <br>pilgrimage is in their hearts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 6, "text": "As they pass through the Baca Valley, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>they make it a spring of water. <br>Yes, the early rain covers it with blessings.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; Vulg <i>Valley of Tears</i>"}, {"pk": 4108762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 7, "text": "They go from strength to strength, <br>until they see the supreme God in Zion. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Correction; MT <i>the God of gods will be seen in Zion</i>"}, {"pk": 4108763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 8, "text": "LORD God of heavenly forces, <br>hear my prayer; <br>listen closely, Jacob\u2019s God! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 9, "text": "Look at our shield, God; <br>pay close attention to the face of your anointed one! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 10, "text": "Better is a single day in your courtyards <br>than a thousand days anywhere else! <br>I would prefer to stand outside the entrance of my God\u2019s house <br>than live comfortably in the tents of the wicked!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD is a sun and shield; <br>God is favor and glory. <br>The LORD gives \u2014 doesn\u2019t withhold! \u2014 good things <br>to those who walk with integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 84, "verse": 12, "text": "LORD of heavenly forces, <br>those who trust in you are truly happy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, you\u2019ve been kind to your land; <br>you\u2019ve changed Jacob\u2019s circumstances for the better.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 2, "text": "You\u2019ve forgiven your people\u2019s wrongdoing; <br>you\u2019ve covered all their sins. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 3, "text": "You\u2019ve stopped being furious; <br>you\u2019ve turned away from your burning anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 4, "text": "You, the God who can save us, restore us! <br>Stop being angry with us!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 5, "text": "Will you be mad at us forever? <br>Will you prolong your anger from one generation to the next?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 6, "text": "Won\u2019t you bring us back to life again <br>so that your people can rejoice in you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 7, "text": "Show us your faithful love, LORD! <br>Give us your salvation! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 8, "text": "Let me hear what the LORD God says, <br>because he speaks peace to his people and to his faithful ones. <br>Don\u2019t let them return to foolish ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 9, "text": "God\u2019s salvation is very close to those who honor him <br>so that his glory can live in our land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 10, "text": "Faithful love and truth have met; <br>righteousness and peace have kissed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 11, "text": "Truth springs up from the ground; <br>righteousness gazes down from heaven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 12, "text": "Yes, the LORD gives what is good, <br>and our land yields its produce.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 85, "verse": 13, "text": "Righteousness walks before God, <br>making a road for his steps. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, listen closely to me and answer me, <br>because I am poor and in need.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 2, "text": "Guard my life because I am faithful. <br>Save your servant who trusts in you \u2014 you! My God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 3, "text": "Have mercy on me, Lord, <br>because I cry out to you all day long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 4, "text": "Make your servant\u2019s life <sup>[1]</sup> happy again <br>because, my Lord, I offer my life to you,<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/19/86/4'>86:4</a><i>b</i>, 13"}, {"pk": 4108785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 5, "text": "because, my Lord, you are good and forgiving, <br>full of faithful love for all those who cry out to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 6, "text": "Listen closely to my prayer, LORD; <br>pay close attention to the sound of my requests for mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 7, "text": "Whenever I am in trouble, I cry out to you, <br>because you will answer me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 8, "text": "My Lord! There is no one like youamong the gods! <br>There is nothing that can compare to your works!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 9, "text": "All the nations that you\u2019ve made will come <br>and bow down before you, Lord; <br>they will glorify your name,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 10, "text": "because you are awesome <br>and a wonder-worker. <br>You are God. Just you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 11, "text": "Teach me your way, LORD, <br>so that I can walk in your truth. <br>Make my heart focused <br>only on honoring your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 12, "text": "I give thanks to you, my Lord, my God, <br>with all my heart, <br>and I will glorify your name forever,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 13, "text": "because your faithful love toward me is awesome <br>and because you\u2019ve rescued my life <br>from the lowest part of hell. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4108794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 14, "text": "The arrogant rise up against me, God. <br>A gang of violent people want me dead. <br>They don\u2019t give a thought for you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 15, "text": "But you, my Lord, <br>are a God of compassion and mercy; <br>you are very patient and full of faithful love.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 16, "text": "Come back to me! Have mercy on me! <br>Give your servant your strength; <br>save this child of your servant!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 86, "verse": 17, "text": "Show me a sign of your goodness <br>so that those who hate me will see it and be put to shame \u2014 <br>show a sign that you, LORD, <br>have helped me and comforted me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 1, "text": "God\u2019s foundation is set on the holy mountains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD loves Zion\u2019s gates <br>more than all of Jacob\u2019s houses combined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 3, "text": "Glorious things are said about you, <br>the city of God! <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 4, "text": "I count Rahab and Babel among those who know me; <br>also Philistia and Tyre, along with Cush \u2014 <br>each of these was born there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 5, "text": "And of Zion it is said: <br>\u201cEach person was born in it, <br>but the one who will establish it is the Most High.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD makes a record as he registers the peoples: <br>\u201cEach one was born there.\u201d <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 87, "verse": 7, "text": "And while they dance, people sing: <br>\u201cThe source of my life comes from you.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> <sup>[2]</sup>  LORD, God of my salvation, <br>by day I cry out, <br>even at night, before you \u2014 <br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>.<br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4108806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 2, "text": "let my prayer reach you! <br>Turn your ear to my outcry<br>"}, {"pk": 4108807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 3, "text": "because my whole being <sup>[3]</sup> is filled with distress; <br>my life is at the very brink of hell. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>soul</i>, also in <a href='/CEB/19/88/14'>88:14</a><br>[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4108808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 4, "text": "I am considered as one of those plummeting into the pit. <br>I am like those who are beyond help,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 5, "text": "drifting among the dead, <br>lying in the grave, like dead bodies \u2014 <br>those you don\u2019t remember anymore, <br>those who are cut off from your power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 6, "text": "You placed me down in the deepest pit, <br>in places dark and deep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 7, "text": "Your anger smothers me; <br>you subdue me with it, wave after wave. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 8, "text": "You\u2019ve made my friends distant. <br>You\u2019ve made me disgusting to them. <br>I can\u2019t escape. I\u2019m trapped!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 9, "text": "My eyes are tired of looking at my suffering. <br>I\u2019ve been calling out to you every day, LORD \u2014 <br>I\u2019ve had my hands outstretched to you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 10, "text": "Do you work wonders for the dead? <br>Do ghosts rise up and give you thanks? <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 11, "text": "Is your faithful love proclaimed in the grave, <br>your faithfulness in the underworld? <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Abaddon</i>"}, {"pk": 4108816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 12, "text": "Are your wonders known in the land of darkness, <br>your righteousness in the land of oblivion? <br>"}, {"pk": 4108817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 13, "text": "But I cry out to you, LORD! <br>My prayer meets you first thing in the morning!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 14, "text": "Why do you reject my very being, LORD? <br>Why do you hide your face from me?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 15, "text": "Since I was young I\u2019ve been afflicted, I\u2019ve been dying. <br>I\u2019ve endured your terrors. I\u2019m lifeless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 16, "text": "Your fiery anger has overwhelmed me; <br>your terrors have destroyed me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 17, "text": "They surround me all day long like water; <br>they engulf me completely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 88, "verse": 18, "text": "You\u2019ve made my loved ones and companions distant. <br>My only friend is darkness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I will sing of the LORD\u2019s loyal love forever. <br>I will proclaim your faithfulness <br>with my own mouth <br>from one generation to the next.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4108824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 2, "text": "That\u2019s why I say, <br>\u201cYour <sup>[2]</sup> loyal love is rightly built \u2014 forever! <br>You establish your faithfulness in heaven.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>Your</i>."}, {"pk": 4108825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 3, "text": "You said, <sup>[3]</sup> \u201cI made a covenant with my chosen one; <br>I promised my servant David:<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>You said</i>."}, {"pk": 4108826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 4, "text": "\u2018I will establish your offspring forever; <br>I will build up your throne from one generation to the next.\u2019\u201d <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 5, "text": "Heaven thanks you for your wondrous acts, LORD \u2014 <br>for your faithfulness too \u2014 <br>in the assembly of the holy ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 6, "text": "Is there any in the sky who could compare to the LORD? <br>Who among the gods is equal to the LORD?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 7, "text": "God is respected in the council of the holy ones; <br>God is awesome and revered more than all those around him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 8, "text": "Who is like you, LORD God of heavenly forces? <br>Mighty LORD, your faithfulness surrounds you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 9, "text": "You rule over the surging sea: <br>When its waves rise up, <br>it\u2019s you who makes them still.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 10, "text": "It\u2019s you who crushed Rahab like a dead body; <br>you scattered your enemies with your strong arm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 11, "text": "Heaven is yours! The earth too! <br>The world and all that fills it \u2014 <br>you made all of it! North and south \u2014 you created them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 12, "text": "The mountains Tabor and Hermon <br>shout praises to your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 13, "text": "You have a powerful arm; <br>your hand is strong; <br>your strong hand is raised high!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 14, "text": "Your throne is built on righteousness and justice; <br>loyal love and faithfulness stand in front of you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 15, "text": "The people who know the celebratory shout are truly happy! <br>They walk in the light of your presence, LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 16, "text": "They rejoice in your name all day long <br>and are uplifted by your righteousness<br>"}, {"pk": 4108839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 17, "text": "because you are the splendor of their strength. <br>By your favor you make us strong<br>"}, {"pk": 4108840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 18, "text": "because our shield is the LORD\u2019s own; <br>our king belongs to the holy one of Israel! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 19, "text": "Once you spoke in a vision <br>to your faithful servants: <br>I placed a crown on a strong man. <br>I raised up someone specially chosen from the people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 20, "text": "I discovered my servant David. <br>I anointed him with my holy oil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 21, "text": "My hand will sustain him \u2014 <br>yes, my arm will strengthen him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 22, "text": "No enemy will oppress him; <br>no wicked person will make him suffer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 23, "text": "I will crush all his foes in front of him. <br>I will strike down all those who hate him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 24, "text": "My faithfulness and my loyal love will be with him. <br>He will be strengthened by my name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 25, "text": "I will set his hand on the sea. <br>I will set his strong hand on the rivers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 26, "text": "He will cry out to me: <br>\u201cYou are my father, <br>my God, the rock of my salvation.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 27, "text": "Yes, I\u2019ll make him the one born first \u2014 <br>I\u2019ll make him the high king of all earth\u2019s kings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 28, "text": "I will always guard my loyal love toward him. <br>My covenant with him will last forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 29, "text": "I will establish his dynasty for all time. <br>His throne will last as long as heaven does.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 30, "text": "But if his children ever abandon my Instruction, <br>stop following my rules \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 31, "text": "if they treat my statutes like dirt, <br>stop keeping my commandments \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 32, "text": "then I will punish their sin with a stick, <br>and I will punish their wrongdoing with a severe beating.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 33, "text": "But even then I won\u2019t withdraw my loyal love from him. <br>I won\u2019t betray my faithfulness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 34, "text": "I won\u2019t break my covenant. <br>I won\u2019t renege on what crossed my lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 35, "text": "By my own holiness I\u2019ve sworn one thing: <br>I will not lie to David.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 36, "text": "His dynasty will last forever. <br>His throne will be like the sun, always before me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 37, "text": "It will be securely established forever; <br>like the moon, a faithful witness in the sky. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 38, "text": "But you, God, have rejected and despised him. <br>You\u2019ve become infuriated with your anointed one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 39, "text": "You\u2019ve canceled the covenant with your servant. <br>You\u2019ve thrown his crown in the dirt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 40, "text": "You\u2019ve broken through all his walls. <br>You\u2019ve made his strongholds a pile of ruins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 41, "text": "All those who pass by plunder him. <br>He\u2019s nothing but a joke to his neighbors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 42, "text": "You lifted high his foes\u2019 strong hand. <br>You gave all his enemies reason to celebrate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 43, "text": "Yes, you dulled the edge of his sword <br>and didn\u2019t support him in battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 44, "text": "You\u2019ve put an end to his splendor. <br>You\u2019ve thrown his throne to the ground.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 45, "text": "You\u2019ve shortened the prime of his life. <br>You\u2019ve wrapped him up in shame. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4108868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 46, "text": "How long will it last, LORD? <br>Will you hide yourself forever? <br>How long will your wrath burn like fire?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 47, "text": "Remember how short my life is! <br>Have you created humans for no good reason?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 48, "text": "Who lives their life without seeing death? <br>Who is ever rescued from the grip of the grave? <sup>[4]</sup> <i>Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4108871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 49, "text": "Where now are your loving acts <br>from long ago, my Lord \u2014 <br>the same ones you promised to David <br>by your own faithfulness?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 50, "text": "Remember your servant\u2019s abuse, my Lord! <br>Remember how I bear in my heart <br>all the insults of the nations, <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Correction; MT <i>all of many peoples</i>"}, {"pk": 4108873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 51, "text": "the ones your enemies, LORD, use \u2014 <br>the ones they use to abuse <br>every step your anointed one takes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 89, "verse": 52, "text": "Bless the LORD forever! <br>Amen and Amen! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 1, "text": "Lord, you have been our help, <br>generation after generation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 2, "text": "Before the mountains were born, <br>before you birthed the earth and the inhabited world \u2014 <br>from forever in the past <br>to forever in the future, you are God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 3, "text": "You return people to dust, <br>saying, \u201cGo back, humans,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4108878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 4, "text": "because in your perspective a thousand years <br>are like yesterday past, <br>like a short period during the night watch.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 5, "text": "You sweep humans away like a dream, <br>like grass that is renewed in the morning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 6, "text": "True, in the morning it thrives, renewed, <br>but come evening it withers, all dried up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 7, "text": "Yes, we are wasting away because of your wrath; <br>we are paralyzed with fear on account of your rage.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 8, "text": "You put our sins right in front of you, <br>set our hidden faults in the light from your face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 9, "text": "Yes, all our days slip away because of your fury; <br>we finish up our years with a whimper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 10, "text": "We live at best to be seventy years old, <br>maybe eighty, if we\u2019re strong. <br>But their duration brings hard work and trouble <br>because they go by so quickly. <br>And then we fly off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 11, "text": "Who can comprehend the power of your anger? <br>The honor that is due you corresponds to your wrath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 12, "text": "Teach us to number our days <br>so we can have a wise heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 13, "text": "Come back to us, LORD! <br>Please, quick! <br>Have some compassion for your servants!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 14, "text": "Fill us full every morning with your faithful love <br>so we can rejoice and celebrate our whole life long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 15, "text": "Make us happy for the same amount of time that you afflicted us \u2014 <br>for the same number of years that we saw only trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 16, "text": "Let your acts be seen by your servants; <br>let your glory be seen by their children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 90, "verse": 17, "text": "Let the kindness of the Lord our God be over us. <br>Make the work of our hands last. <br>Make the work of our hands last! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 1, "text": "Living in the Most High\u2019s shelter, <br>camping in the Almighty\u2019s <sup>[1]</sup> shade,<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Shaddai</i>"}, {"pk": 4108893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 2, "text": "I say to the LORD, \u201cYou are my refuge, my stronghold! <br>You are my God \u2014 the one I trust!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 3, "text": "God will save you from the hunter\u2019s trap <br>and from deadly sickness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 4, "text": "God will protect you with his pinions; <br>you\u2019ll find refuge under his wings. <br>His faithfulness is a protective shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid of terrors at night, <br>arrows that fly in daylight,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 6, "text": "or sickness that prowls in the dark, <br>destruction that ravages at noontime.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 7, "text": "Even if one thousand people fall dead next to you, <br>ten thousand right beside you \u2014 <br>it won\u2019t happen to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 8, "text": "Just look with your eyes, <br>and you will see the wicked punished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 9, "text": "Because you\u2019ve made the LORD my refuge, <br>the Most High, your place of residence \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 10, "text": "no evil will happen to you; <br>no disease will come close to your tent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 11, "text": "Because he will order his messengers to help you, <br>to protect you wherever you go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 12, "text": "They will carry you with their own hands <br>so you don\u2019t bruise your foot on a stone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 13, "text": "You\u2019ll march on top of lions and vipers; <br>you\u2019ll trample young lions and serpents underfoot. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 14, "text": "God says, <sup>[2]</sup> \u201cBecause you are devoted to me, <br>I\u2019ll rescue you. <br>I\u2019ll protect you because you know my name.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>God says</i>."}, {"pk": 4108906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 15, "text": "Whenever you cry out to me, I\u2019ll answer. <br>I\u2019ll be with you in troubling times. <br>I\u2019ll save you and glorify you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 91, "verse": 16, "text": "I\u2019ll fill you full with old age. <br>I\u2019ll show you my salvation.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 1, "text": "It is good to give thanks to the LORD, <br>to sing praises to your name, Most High;<br>"}, {"pk": 4108909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 2, "text": "to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, <br>your faithfulness at nighttime<br>"}, {"pk": 4108910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 3, "text": "with the ten-stringed harp, <br>with the melody of the lyre<br>"}, {"pk": 4108911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 4, "text": "because you\u2019ve made me happy, LORD, <br>by your acts. <br>I sing with joy because of your handiwork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 5, "text": "How awesome are your works, LORD! <br>Your thoughts are so deep!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 6, "text": "Ignorant people don\u2019t know \u2014 <br>fools don\u2019t understand this:<br>"}, {"pk": 4108914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 7, "text": "though the wicked spring up like grass <br>and all evildoers seem to blossom, <br>they do so only to be destroyed forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 8, "text": "But you, LORD, are exalted forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 9, "text": "Look at your enemies, LORD! <br>Look at how your enemies die, <br>how all evildoers are scattered abroad!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 10, "text": "But you\u2019ve made me as strong as a wild ox. <br>I\u2019m soaked in precious ointment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 11, "text": "My eyes have seen my enemies\u2019 defeat; <br>my ears have heard the downfall of my evil foes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 12, "text": "The righteous will spring up like a palm tree. <br>They will grow strong like a cedar of Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who have been replanted in the LORD\u2019s house <br>will spring up in the courtyards of our God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 14, "text": "They will bear fruit even when old and gray; <br>they will remain lush and fresh <br>"}, {"pk": 4108922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 92, "verse": 15, "text": "in order to proclaim: <br>\u201cThe LORD is righteous. <br>He\u2019s my rock. <br>There\u2019s nothing unrighteous in him.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 93, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD rules! <br>He is robed in majesty \u2014 <br>the LORD is robed, <br>clothed with strength. <br>Yes, he set the world firmly in place; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>it won\u2019t be shaken.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>the world is set firmly in place;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/19/96/10'>Ps 96:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4108924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 93, "verse": 2, "text": "Your throne is set firm for a very long time. <br>You are eternal! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 93, "verse": 3, "text": "LORD, the floods have raised up \u2014 <br>the floods have raised up their voices; <br>the floods raise up a roar!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 93, "verse": 4, "text": "But mightier than the sound of much water, <br>mightier than the sea\u2019s waves, <br>mighty on high is the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 93, "verse": 5, "text": "Your laws are so faithful. <br>Holiness decorates your house, LORD, for all time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, avenging God \u2014 <br>avenging God, show yourself!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 2, "text": "Rise up, judge of the earth! <br>Pay back the arrogant exactly what they deserve!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 3, "text": "How long will the wicked \u2014 oh, LORD! \u2014 <br>how long will the wicked win?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 4, "text": "They spew arrogant words; <br>all the evildoers are bragging.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 5, "text": "They crush your own people, LORD! <br>They abuse your very own possession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 6, "text": "They kill widows and immigrants; <br>they murder orphans,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 7, "text": "saying all the while, <br>\u201cThe LORD can\u2019t see it; <br>Jacob\u2019s God doesn\u2019t know <br>what\u2019s going on!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 8, "text": "You ignorant people better learn quickly. <br>You fools \u2014 when will you get some sense?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 9, "text": "The one who made the ear, <br>can\u2019t he hear? <br>The one who formed the eye, <br>can\u2019t he see?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who disciplines nations, <br>can\u2019t he punish? <br>The one who teaches humans, <br>doesn\u2019t he know? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; MT <i>the one who teaches humans knowledge</i>"}, {"pk": 4108938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD does indeed know human thoughts, <br>knows that they are nothing but a puff of air. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 12, "text": "The people you discipline, LORD, are truly happy \u2014 <br>the ones you teach from your Instruction \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4108940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 13, "text": "giving them relief from troubling times <br>until a pit is dug for the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD will not reject his people; <br>he will not abandon his very own possession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 15, "text": "No, but justice will once again meet up with righteousness, <br>and all whose heart is right will follow after. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 16, "text": "Who will stand up for me against the wicked? <br>Who will help me against evildoers?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 17, "text": "If the LORD hadn\u2019t helped me, <br>I <sup>[2]</sup> would live instantly in total silence.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/94/19'>94:19</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/94/21'>21</a>"}, {"pk": 4108945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 18, "text": "Whenever I feel my foot slipping, <br>your faithful love steadies me, LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 19, "text": "When my anxieties multiply, <br>your comforting calms me down. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 20, "text": "Can a wicked ruler be your ally; <br>one who wreaks havoc by means of the law?<br>"}, {"pk": 4108948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 21, "text": "The wicked gang up against the lives of the righteous. <br>They condemn innocent blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 22, "text": "But the LORD is my fortress; <br>my God is my rock of refuge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 94, "verse": 23, "text": "He will repay them for their wickedness, <br>completely destroy them because of their evil. <br>Yes, the LORD our God will completely destroy them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 1, "text": "Come, let\u2019s sing out loud to the LORD! <br>Let\u2019s raise a joyful shout to the rock of our salvation!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 2, "text": "Let\u2019s come before him with thanks! <br>Let\u2019s shout songs of joy to him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD is a great God, <br>the great king over all other gods.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 4, "text": "The earth\u2019s depths are in his hands; <br>the mountain heights belong to him;<br>"}, {"pk": 4108955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 5, "text": "the sea, which he made, is his <br>along with the dry ground, <br>which his own hands formed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 6, "text": "Come, let\u2019s worship and bow down! <br>Let\u2019s kneel before the LORD, our maker!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 7, "text": "He is our God, <br>and we are the people of his pasture, <br>the sheep in his hands. <br> If only you would listen to his voice right now!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t harden your hearts <br>like you did at Meribah, <br>like you did when you were at Massah, <br>in the wilderness,<br>"}, {"pk": 4108959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 9, "text": "when your ancestors tested me <br>and scrutinized me, <br>even though they had already seen my acts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 10, "text": "For forty years I despised that generation; <br>I said, \u2018These people have twisted hearts. <br>They don\u2019t know my ways.\u2019<br>"}, {"pk": 4108961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 95, "verse": 11, "text": "So in anger I swore: <br>\u2018They will never enter my place of rest!\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4108962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 1, "text": "Sing to the LORD a new song! <br>Sing to the LORD, all the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 2, "text": "Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! <br>Share the news of his saving work every single day!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 3, "text": "Declare God\u2019s glory among the nations; <br>declare his wondrous works among all people<br>"}, {"pk": 4108965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 4, "text": "because the LORD is great and so worthy of praise. <br>He is awesome beyond all other gods<br>"}, {"pk": 4108966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 5, "text": "because all the gods of the nations are just idols, <br>but it is the LORD who created heaven!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 6, "text": "Greatness and grandeur are in front of him; <br>strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 7, "text": "Give to the LORD, all families of the nations \u2014 <br>give to the LORD glory and power!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 8, "text": "Give to the LORD the glory due his name! <br>Bring gifts! <br>Enter his courtyards!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 9, "text": "Bow down to the LORD in his holy splendor! <br>Tremble before him, all the earth! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 10, "text": "Tell the nations, \u201cThe LORD rules! <br>Yes, he set the world firmly in place; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>it won\u2019t be shaken. <br>He will judge all people fairly.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>the world is firmly established</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/19/93/1'>Ps 93:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4108972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 11, "text": "Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! <br>Let the sea and everything in it roar!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 12, "text": "Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate! <br>Then all the trees of the forest too <br>will shout out joyfully<br>"}, {"pk": 4108974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 96, "verse": 13, "text": "before the LORD because he is coming! <br>He is coming to establish justice on the earth! <br>He will establish justice in the world rightly. <br>He will establish justice among all people fairly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD rules! Let the earth rejoice! <br>Let all the islands celebrate!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 2, "text": "Clouds and thick darkness surround God. <br>His throne is built on righteousness and justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 3, "text": "Fire proceeds before him, <br>burning up his enemies on every side.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 4, "text": "His lightning lights up the world; <br>the earth sees it and trembles!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 5, "text": "The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, <br>before the Lord of the whole world! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 6, "text": "Heaven has proclaimed God\u2019s righteousness, <br>and all nations have seen his glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 7, "text": "All those who worship images, <br>those who are proud of idols, <br>are put to shame. <br>All gods bow down to the Lord!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 8, "text": "Zion has heard and celebrates, <br>the towns <sup>[1]</sup> of Judah rejoice, <br>because of your acts of justice, LORD,<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>daughters</i>"}, {"pk": 4108983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 9, "text": "because you, LORD, are the Most High <br>over all the earth, <br>because you are so superior to all other gods. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 10, "text": "Those of you who love the LORD, hate evil! <br>God guards the lives of his faithful ones, <br>delivering them from the power of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 11, "text": "Light is planted like seed for the righteous person; <br>joy too for those whose heart is right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 97, "verse": 12, "text": "Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones! <br>Give thanks to his holy name! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 1, "text": "Sing to the LORD a new song <br>because he has done wonderful things! <br>His own strong hand and his own holy arm <br>have won the victory!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD has made his salvation widely known; <br>he has revealed his righteousness <br>in the eyes of all the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 3, "text": "God has remembered his loyal love <br>and faithfulness to the house of Israel; <br>every corner of the earth has seen our God\u2019s salvation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 4, "text": "Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! <br>Be happy! <br>Rejoice out loud! <br>Sing your praises!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 5, "text": "Sing your praises to the LORD with the lyre \u2014 <br>with the lyre and the sound of music.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 6, "text": "With trumpets and a horn blast, <br>shout triumphantly before the LORD, the king!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 7, "text": "Let the sea and everything in it roar; <br>the world and all its inhabitants too.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 8, "text": "Let all the rivers clap their hands; <br>let the mountains rejoice out loud altogether <br>"}, {"pk": 4108995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 98, "verse": 9, "text": "before the LORD <br>because he is coming to establish justice on the earth! <br>He will establish justice in the world rightly; <br>he will establish justice among all people fairly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4108996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD rules \u2014 <br>the nations shake! <br>He sits enthroned on the winged heavenly creatures \u2014 <br>the earth quakes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4108997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD is great in Zion; <br>he is exalted over all the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4108998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 3, "text": "Let them thank your great and awesome name. <br>He is holy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4108999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 4, "text": "Strong king <sup>[1]</sup> who loves justice, <br>you are the one who established what is fair. <br>You worked justice and righteousness in Jacob.<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; MT <i>A king\u2019s strength</i>"}, {"pk": 4109000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 5, "text": "Magnify the LORD, our God! <br>Bow low at his footstool! <br>He is holy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 6, "text": "Moses and Aaron were among his priests, <br>Samuel too among those who called on his name. <br>They cried out to the LORD, and he himself answered them \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 7, "text": "he spoke to them from a pillar of cloud. <br>They kept the laws and the rules God gave to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 8, "text": "LORD our God, you answered them. <br>To them you were a God who forgives <br>but also the one who avenged their wrong deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 99, "verse": 9, "text": "Magnify the LORD our God! <br>Bow low at his holy mountain <br>because the LORD our God is holy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 100, "verse": 1, "text": "Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 100, "verse": 2, "text": "Serve the LORD with celebration! <br>Come before him with shouts of joy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 100, "verse": 3, "text": "Know that the LORD is God \u2014 <br>he made us; we belong to him. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>We are his people, <br>the sheep of his own pasture.<br>", "comment": "[1] Qere; Kethib <i>and not we ourselves</i>"}, {"pk": 4109008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 100, "verse": 4, "text": "Enter his gates with thanks; <br>enter his courtyards with praise! <br>Thank him! Bless his name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 100, "verse": 5, "text": "Because the LORD is good, <br>his loyal love lasts forever; <br>his faithfulness lasts generation after generation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, let me sing about faithful love and justice! <br>I want to sing my praises to you, LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 2, "text": "I want to study the way of integrity \u2014 <br>how long before it gets here? <br>I will walk with a heart of integrity <br>in my own house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 3, "text": "I won\u2019t set my eyes on anything worthless. <br>I hate wrongdoing; <br>none of that will stick to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 4, "text": "A corrupt heart will be far from me. <br>I won\u2019t be familiar with evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 5, "text": "I will destroy anyone <br>who secretly tells lies about a neighbor. <br>I can\u2019t stomach anyone <br>who has proud eyes or an arrogant heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 6, "text": "My eyes focus on those <br>who are faithful in the land, <br>to have them close to me. <br>The person who walks without blame <br>will work for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 7, "text": "But the person who acts deceitfully <br>won\u2019t stay in my house. <br>The person who tells lies <br>won\u2019t last for long before me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 101, "verse": 8, "text": "Every morning I will destroy <br>all those who are wicked in the land <br>in order to eliminate all evildoers <br>from the LORD\u2019s city. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, hear my prayer! <br>Let my cry reach you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t hide your face from me <br>in my time of trouble! <br>Listen to me! <br>Answer me quickly as I cry out!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 3, "text": "Because my days disappear like smoke, <br>my bones are burned up as if in an oven;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 4, "text": "my heart is smashed like dried-up grass. <br>I even forget to eat my food<br>"}, {"pk": 4109022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 5, "text": "because of my intense groans. <br>My bones are protruding from my skin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019m like some wild owl \u2014 <br>like some screech owl in the desert.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 7, "text": "I lie awake all night. <br>I\u2019m all alone like a bird on a roof.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 8, "text": "All day long my enemies make fun of me; <br>those who mock me curse using my name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ve been eating ashes instead of bread. <br>I\u2019ve been mixing tears into my drinks<br>"}, {"pk": 4109027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 10, "text": "because of your anger and wrath, <br>because you picked me up and threw me away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 11, "text": "My days are like a shadow soon gone. <br>I\u2019m dried up like dead grass. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 12, "text": "But you, LORD, rule forever! <br>Your fame lasts from one generation to the next!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 13, "text": "You will stand up \u2014 <br>you\u2019ll have compassion on Zion <br>because it is time to have mercy on her \u2014 <br>the time set for that has now come!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 14, "text": "Your servants cherish Zion\u2019s stones; <br>they show mercy even to her dirt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 15, "text": "The nations will honor the LORD\u2019s name; <br>all the earth\u2019s rulers will honor your glory<br>"}, {"pk": 4109033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 16, "text": "because the LORD will rebuild Zion; <br>he will be seen there in his glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 17, "text": "God will turn to the prayer of the impoverished; <br>he won\u2019t despise their prayers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 18, "text": "Let this be written down for the next generation <br>so that people not yet created will praise the LORD:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD looked down from his holy summit, <br>surveyed the earth from heaven,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 20, "text": "to hear the prisoners\u2019 groans, <br>to set free those condemned to death,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 21, "text": "that the LORD\u2019s name may be declared in Zion <br>and his praise declared in Jerusalem,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 22, "text": "when all people are gathered together \u2014 <br>all kingdoms \u2014 to serve the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 23, "text": "God broke my strength in midstride, <br>cutting my days short.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 24, "text": "I said, \u201cMy God, don\u2019t take me away in the prime of life \u2014 <br>your years go on from one generation to the next!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 25, "text": "You laid the earth\u2019s foundations long ago; <br>the skies are your handiwork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 26, "text": "These things will pass away, but you will last. <br>All of these things will wear out like clothing; <br>you change them like clothes, and they pass on.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 27, "text": "But you are the one! <br>Your years never end!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 102, "verse": 28, "text": "Let your servants\u2019 children live safe; <br>let your servants\u2019 descendants live secure in your presence.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 1, "text": "Let my whole being <sup>[1]</sup> bless the LORD! <br>Let everything inside me bless his holy name!<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/103/2'>103:2</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/103/22'>22</a>"}, {"pk": 4109047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 2, "text": "Let my whole being bless the LORD <br>and never forget all his good deeds:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 3, "text": "how God forgives all your sins, <br>heals all your sickness,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 4, "text": "saves your life from the pit, <br>crowns you with faithful love and compassion,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 5, "text": "and satisfies you with plenty of good things <br>so that your youth is made fresh like an eagle\u2019s. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD works righteousness; <br>does justice for all who are oppressed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 7, "text": "God made his ways known to Moses; <br>made his deeds known to the Israelites.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD is compassionate and merciful, <br>very patient, and full of faithful love.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 9, "text": "God won\u2019t always play the judge; <br>he won\u2019t be angry forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 10, "text": "He doesn\u2019t deal with us according to our sin <br>or repay us according to our wrongdoing,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 11, "text": "because as high as heaven is above the earth, <br>that\u2019s how large God\u2019s faithful love is for those who honor him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 12, "text": "As far as east is from west \u2014 <br>that\u2019s how far God has removed our sin from us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 13, "text": "Like a parent feels compassion for their children \u2014 <br>that\u2019s how the LORD feels compassion for those who honor him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 14, "text": "Because God knows how we\u2019re made, <br>God remembers we\u2019re just dust. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 15, "text": "The days of a human life are like grass: <br>they bloom like a wildflower;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 16, "text": "but when the wind blows through it, it\u2019s gone; <br>even the ground where it stood doesn\u2019t remember it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 17, "text": "But the LORD\u2019s faithful love is from forever ago to forever from now <br>for those who honor him. <br>And God\u2019s righteousness reaches to the grandchildren<br>"}, {"pk": 4109063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 18, "text": "of those who keep his covenant <br>and remember to keep his commands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD has established his throne in heaven, <br>and his kingdom rules over all. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 20, "text": "You divine messengers, <br>bless the LORD! <br>You who are mighty in power and keep his word, <br>who obey everything he says, <br>bless him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 21, "text": "All you heavenly forces, <br>bless the LORD! <br>All you who serve him and do his will, <br>bless him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 103, "verse": 22, "text": "All God\u2019s creatures, <br>bless the LORD! <br>Everywhere, throughout his kingdom, <br>let my whole being <br>bless the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 1, "text": "Let my whole being <sup>[1]</sup> bless the LORD! <br>LORD my God, how fantastic you are! <br>You are clothed in glory and grandeur!<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/104/35'>104:35</a>"}, {"pk": 4109069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 2, "text": "You wear light like a robe; <br>you open the skies like a curtain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 3, "text": "You build your lofty house on the waters; <br>you make the clouds your chariot, <br>going around on the wings of the wind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 4, "text": "You make the winds your messengers; <br>you make fire and flame your ministers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 5, "text": "You established the earth on its foundations <br>so that it will never ever fall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 6, "text": "You covered it with the watery deep like a piece of clothing; <br>the waters were higher than the mountains!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 7, "text": "But at your rebuke they ran away; <br>they fled in fear at the sound of your thunder.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 8, "text": "They flowed over the mountains, <br>streaming down the valleys <br>to the place you established for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 9, "text": "You set a boundary they cannot cross <br>so they\u2019ll never again cover the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 10, "text": "You put gushing springs into dry riverbeds. <br>They flow between the mountains,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 11, "text": "providing water for every wild animal \u2014 <br>the wild donkeys quench their thirst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 12, "text": "Overhead, the birds in the sky make their home, <br>chirping loudly in the trees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 13, "text": "From your lofty house, you water the mountains. <br>The earth is filled full by the fruit of what you\u2019ve done.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 14, "text": "You make grass grow for cattle; <br>you make plants for human farming <br>in order to get food from the ground,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 15, "text": "and wine, which cheers people\u2019s hearts, <br>along with oil, which makes the face shine, <br>and bread, which sustains the human heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD\u2019s trees are well watered \u2014 <br>the cedars of Lebanon, which God planted,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 17, "text": "where the birds make their nests, <br>where the stork has a home in the cypresses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 18, "text": "The high mountains belong to the mountain goats; <br>the ridges are the refuge of badgers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 19, "text": "God made the moon for the seasons, <br>and the sun too, which knows when to set.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 20, "text": "You bring on the darkness and it is night, <br>when every forest animal prowls.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 21, "text": "The young lions roar for their prey, <br>seeking their food from God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 22, "text": "When the sun rises, they gather together <br>and lie down in their dens.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 23, "text": "Then people go off to their work, <br>to do their work until evening. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 24, "text": "LORD, you have done so many things! <br>You made them all so wisely! <br>The earth is full of your creations!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 25, "text": "And then there\u2019s the sea, wide and deep, <br>with its countless creatures \u2014 <br>living things both small and large.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 26, "text": "There go the ships on it, <br>and Leviathan, which you made, plays in it!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 27, "text": "All your creations wait for you <br>to give them their food on time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 28, "text": "When you give it to them, they gather it up; <br>when you open your hand, they are filled completely full!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 29, "text": "But when you hide your face, they are terrified; <br>when you take away their breath, <br>they die and return to dust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 30, "text": "When you let loose your breath, they are created, <br>and you make the surface of the ground brand-new again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 31, "text": "Let the LORD\u2019s glory last forever! <br>Let the LORD rejoice in all he has made!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 32, "text": "He has only to look at the earth, and it shakes. <br>God just touches the mountains, and they erupt in smoke. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 33, "text": "I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; <br>I will sing praises to my God while I\u2019m still alive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 34, "text": "Let my praise be pleasing to him; <br>I\u2019m rejoicing in the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 104, "verse": 35, "text": "Let sinners be wiped clean from the earth; <br>let the wicked be no more. <br>But let my whole being bless the LORD! <br>Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 1, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD; <br>call upon his name; <br>make his deeds known to all people!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 2, "text": "Sing to God; <br>sing praises to the Lord; <br>dwell on all his wondrous works!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 3, "text": "Give praise to God\u2019s holy name! <br>Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 4, "text": "Pursue the LORD and his strength; <br>seek his face always!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 5, "text": "Remember the wondrous works he has done, <br>all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 6, "text": "you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant, <br>and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD \u2014 he is our God. <br>His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 8, "text": "God remembers his covenant forever, <br>the word he commanded to a thousand generations,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 9, "text": "which he made with Abraham, <br>the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 10, "text": "God set it up as binding law for Jacob, <br>as an eternal covenant for Israel,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 11, "text": "promising, \u201cI hereby give you the land of Canaan <br>as your allotted inheritance.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 12, "text": "When they were few in number \u2014 <br>insignificant, just immigrants \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 13, "text": "wandering from nation to nation, <br>from one kingdom to the next,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 14, "text": "God didn\u2019t let anyone oppress them. <br>God punished kings for their sake:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t touch my anointed ones; <br>don\u2019t harm my prophets!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 16, "text": "When God called for a famine in the land, <br>destroying every source of food,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 17, "text": "he sent a man ahead of them, <br>who was sold as a slave: it was Joseph.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 18, "text": "Joseph\u2019s feet hurt in his shackles; <br>his neck was in an iron collar,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 19, "text": "until what he predicted actually happened, <br>until what the LORD had said proved him true. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 20, "text": "The king sent for Joseph and set him free; <br>the ruler of many people released him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 21, "text": "The king made Joseph master of his house and ruler over everything he owned,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 22, "text": "to make sure his princes acted according to his will, <br>and to teach wisdom to his advisors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 23, "text": "That\u2019s how Israel came to Egypt, <br>how Jacob became an immigrant in the land of Ham. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 24, "text": "God made his people very fruitful, <br>more powerful than their enemies,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 25, "text": "whose hearts God changed so they hated his people <br>and dealt shrewdly with his servants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 26, "text": "God sent Moses his servant <br>and the one he chose, Aaron.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 27, "text": "They put God\u2019s signs on Egypt, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>his marvelous works on the land of Ham.<br>", "comment": "[2] Correction; MT <i>they put on them the words of God\u2019s signs</i>"}, {"pk": 4109130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 28, "text": "God sent darkness, and it became dark, <br>but the Egyptians rejected his word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 29, "text": "God turned their waters into blood <br>and killed their fish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 30, "text": "God made their land swarm with frogs <sup>[3]</sup> \u2014 <br>even in the bedrooms of their king!<br>", "comment": "[3] Correction; DSS (11QPs<sup>a</sup>) <i>their land swarmed with frogs</i>"}, {"pk": 4109133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 31, "text": "God spoke, and the insects came \u2014 <br>gnats throughout their whole country!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 32, "text": "God turned their rain into hail <br>along with lightning flashes throughout their land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 33, "text": "God destroyed their vines and their fig trees; <br>shattered the trees of their countryside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 34, "text": "God spoke, and the locusts came \u2014 <br>countless grasshoppers came!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 35, "text": "They devoured all the plants in their land; <br>they devoured the fruit of their soil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 36, "text": "God struck down all the oldest sons throughout their land; <br>struck down their very pride and joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 37, "text": "Then God brought Israel out, filled with silver and gold; <br>not one of its tribes stumbled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 38, "text": "Egypt celebrated when they left, <br>because the dread of Israel had come upon them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 39, "text": "God spread out clouds as a covering; <br>gave lightning to provide light at night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 40, "text": "The people asked, and God brought quail; <br>God filled them full with food from heaven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 41, "text": "God opened the rock and out gushed water \u2014 <br>flowing like a river through the desert!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 42, "text": "Because God remembered his holy promise <br>to Abraham his servant,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 43, "text": "God brought his people out with rejoicing, <br>his chosen ones with songs of joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 44, "text": "God gave them the lands of other nations; <br>they inherited the wealth of many peoples \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 105, "verse": 45, "text": "all so that they would keep his laws <br>and observe his instructions. <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br>Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, <br>because his faithful love endures forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 2, "text": "Who could possibly repeat all of the LORD\u2019s mighty acts <br>or publicly recount all his praise? <br>"}, {"pk": 4109150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 3, "text": "The people who uphold justice, <br>who always do what is right, are truly happy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 4, "text": "Remember me, LORD, with the favor you show your people. <br>Visit me with your saving help<br>"}, {"pk": 4109152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 5, "text": "so I can experience the good things your chosen ones experience, <br>so I can rejoice in the joy of your nation, <br>so I can praise along with your possession. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 6, "text": "We have sinned \u2014 right along with our ancestors. <br>We\u2019ve done what is wrong. <br>We\u2019ve acted wickedly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 7, "text": "Our ancestors in Egypt didn\u2019t understand your wondrous works. <br>They didn\u2019t remember how much faithful love you have. <br>So they rebelled by the sea \u2014 at the Reed Sea. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Red Sea</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/106/9'>106:9</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/106/22'>22</a>"}, {"pk": 4109155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 8, "text": "But God saved them for the sake of his good name, <br>to make known his mighty power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 9, "text": "God scolded the Reed Sea, and it dried right up; <br>he led them through the deeps like they were a dry desert.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 10, "text": "God saved them from hostile powers; <br>he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 11, "text": "But the waters covered over their foes \u2014 <br>not one of them survived!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 12, "text": "So our ancestors trusted God\u2019s words; <br>they sang God\u2019s praise. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 13, "text": "But how quickly they forgot what he had done! <br>They wouldn\u2019t wait for his advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 14, "text": "They were overcome with craving in the desert; <br>they tested God in the wastelands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 15, "text": "God gave them what they asked for; <br>he sent food <sup>[2]</sup> to satisfy their appetites. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX"}, {"pk": 4109163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 16, "text": "But then they were jealous of Moses in the camp, <br>jealous too of Aaron, the LORD\u2019s holy one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 17, "text": "So the earth opened up, swallowing Dathan, <br>and covering over Abiram\u2019s crowd.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 18, "text": "Fire blazed throughout that whole group; <br>flames burned up the wicked. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 19, "text": "They made a calf at Horeb, <br>bowing down to a metal idol.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 20, "text": "They traded their glorious God <sup>[3]</sup> <br>for an image of a bull that eats grass.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>their Glory</i>"}, {"pk": 4109168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 21, "text": "They forgot the God who saved them \u2014 <br>the one who had done great things in Egypt,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 22, "text": "wondrous works in the land of Ham, <br>awesome deeds at the Reed Sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 23, "text": "So God determined that he would destroy them \u2014 <br>except for the fact that Moses, his chosen one, <br>stood in the way, right in front of him, <br>and turned God\u2019s destructive anger away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 24, "text": "But then they rejected the land that was so desirable. <br>They didn\u2019t trust God\u2019s promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 25, "text": "They muttered in their tents <br>and wouldn\u2019t listen to the LORD\u2019s voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 26, "text": "So God raised his hand against them, <br>making them fall in the desert,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 27, "text": "scattering their offspring among the nations, <br>casting them across many lands. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 28, "text": "They joined themselves to Baal-peor <br>and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 29, "text": "They made God angry by what they did, <br>so a plague broke out against them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Phinehas stood up and prayed, <br>and the plague was contained.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 31, "text": "That\u2019s why Phinehas is considered righteous, <br>generation after generation, forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 32, "text": "But they angered God at Meribah\u2019s waters, <br>and things went badly for Moses because of them,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 33, "text": "because they made him bitter <br>so that he spoke rashly with his lips. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 34, "text": "They didn\u2019t destroy the nations <br>as the LORD had ordered them to do.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 35, "text": "Instead, they got mixed up with the nations, <br>learning what they did<br>"}, {"pk": 4109183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 36, "text": "and serving those false gods, <br>which became a trap for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 37, "text": "They sacrificed their own sons and daughters to demons!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 38, "text": "They shed innocent blood, <br>the blood of their own sons and daughters \u2014 <br>the ones they sacrificed to Canaan\u2019s false gods \u2014 <br>so the land was defiled by the bloodshed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 39, "text": "They made themselves unclean by what they did; they prostituted themselves by their actions. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 40, "text": "So the LORD\u2019s anger burned against his people; <br>he despised his own possession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 41, "text": "God handed them over to the nations; <br>people who hated them ruled over them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 42, "text": "Their enemies oppressed them, <br>and they were humbled under their power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 43, "text": "God delivered them numerous times, <br>but they were determined to rebel, <br>and so they were brought down by their own sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 44, "text": "But God saw their distress <br>when he heard their loud cries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 45, "text": "God remembered his covenant for their sake, <br>and because of how much faithful love he has, <br>God changed his mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 46, "text": "God allowed them to receive compassion <br>from all their captors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 47, "text": "LORD our God, save us! <br>Gather us back together from among all the nations <br>so we can give thanksto your holy name <br>and rejoice in your praise! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 106, "verse": 48, "text": "Bless the LORD, the God of Israel, <br>from forever ago to forever from now! <br>And let all the people say, \u201cAmen!\u201d <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cGive thanks to the LORD because he is good, <br>because his faithful love lasts forever!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 2, "text": "That\u2019s what those who are redeemed by the LORD say, <br>the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 3, "text": "the ones God gathered from various countries, <br>from east and west, north and south. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 4, "text": "Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland. <br>They couldn\u2019t find their way to a city or town.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 5, "text": "They were hungry and thirsty; <br>their lives were slipping away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 6, "text": "So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, <br>and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 7, "text": "God led them straight to human habitation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 8, "text": "Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love <br>and his wondrous works for all people,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 9, "text": "because God satisfied the one who was parched with thirst, <br>and he filled up the hungry with good things! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 10, "text": "Some of the redeemed had been sitting in darkness and deep gloom; <br>they were prisoners suffering in chains<br>"}, {"pk": 4109206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 11, "text": "because they had disobeyed God\u2019s instructions <br>and rejected the Most High\u2019s plans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 12, "text": "So God humbled them with hard work. <br>They stumbled, and there was no one to help them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 13, "text": "So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, <br>and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 14, "text": "God brought them out from the darkness and deep gloom; <br>he shattered their chains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 15, "text": "Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love <br>and his wondrous works for all people,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 16, "text": "because God has shattered bronze doors <br>and split iron bars in two! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 17, "text": "Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways. <br>They suffered because of their wickedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 18, "text": "They had absolutely no appetite for food; <br>they had arrived at death\u2019s gates.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 19, "text": "So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, <br>and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 20, "text": "God gave the order and healed them; <br>he rescued them from their pit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 21, "text": "Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love <br>and his wondrous works for all people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 22, "text": "Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices <br>and declare what God has donein songs of joy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 23, "text": "Some of the redeemed had gone out on the ocean in ships, <br>making their living on the high seas.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 24, "text": "They saw what the LORD had made; <br>they saw his wondrous works in the depths of the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 25, "text": "God spoke and stirred up a storm <br>that brought the waves up high.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 26, "text": "The waves went as high as the sky; <br>they crashed down to the depths. <br>The sailors\u2019 courage melted at this terrible situation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 27, "text": "They staggered and stumbled around like they were drunk. <br>None of their skill was of any help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 28, "text": "So they cried out to the LORD in their distress, <br>and God brought them out safe from their desperate circumstances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 29, "text": "God quieted the storm to a whisper; <br>the sea\u2019s waves were hushed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 30, "text": "So they rejoiced because the waves had calmed down; <br>then God led them to the harbor they were hoping for.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 31, "text": "Let them thank the LORD for his faithful love <br>and his wondrous works for all people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 32, "text": "Let them exalt God in the congregation of the people <br>and praise God in the assembly of the elders. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 33, "text": "God turns rivers into desert, <br>watery springs into thirsty ground,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 34, "text": "fruitful land into unproductive dirt, <br>when its inhabitants are wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 35, "text": "But God can also turn the desert into watery pools, <br>thirsty ground into watery springs,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 36, "text": "where he settles the hungry. <br>They even build a city and live there!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 37, "text": "They plant fields and vineyards <br>and obtain a fruitful harvest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 38, "text": "God blesses them, and they become many. <br>God won\u2019t even let their cattle diminish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 39, "text": "But when they do diminish \u2014 <br>when they\u2019re brought down by oppression, trouble, and grief \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 40, "text": "God pours contempt on their leaders, <br>making them wander aimlessly in the wastelands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 41, "text": "But God raises the needy from their suffering; <br>he makes their families as numerous as sheep! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 42, "text": "Those who do right see it and celebrate, <br>but every wicked person shuts their mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 107, "verse": 43, "text": "Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things, <br>carefully considering the LORD\u2019s faithful love. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  My heart is unwavering, God. <br>I will sing and make music \u2014 <br>yes, with my whole being!<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/108/1-5'>Ps 108:1\u20135</a> parallels <a href='/CEB/19/57/7-11'>Ps 57:7\u201311</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/108/6-13'>Ps 108:6\u201313</a> parallels <a href='/CEB/19/60/5-12'>Ps 60:5\u201312</a>."}, {"pk": 4109240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 2, "text": "Wake up, harp and lyre! <br>I will wake the dawn itself!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 3, "text": "I will give thanks to you, LORD, among all the peoples; <br>I will make music to you among the nations,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 4, "text": "because your faithful love is higher than heaven; <br>your faithfulness reaches the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 5, "text": "Exalt yourself, God, higher than heaven! <br>Let your glory be over all the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 6, "text": "Save me by your power and answer me <br>so that the people you love might be rescued. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 7, "text": "God has spoken in his sanctuary: <br>\u201cI will celebrate as I divide up Shechem <br>and portion out the Succoth Valley.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 8, "text": "Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; <br>Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 9, "text": "But Moab is my washbowl; <br>I\u2019ll throw my shoe at Edom. <br>I shout in triumph over Philistia!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 10, "text": "I wish someone would bring me to a fortified city! <br>I wish someone would lead me to Edom!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 11, "text": "But you have rejected us, God, haven\u2019t you? <br>You, God, no longer accompany our armies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 12, "text": "Give us help against the enemy \u2014 <br>human help is worthless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 108, "verse": 13, "text": "With God we will triumph: <br>God is the one who will trample our adversaries. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 1, "text": "God of my praise, don\u2019t keep quiet,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 2, "text": "because the mouths of wicked liars <br>have opened up against me, <br>talking about me with lying tongues.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 3, "text": "Hateful words surround me; <br>they attack me for no reason.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 4, "text": "Instead of returning my love, they accuse me \u2014 <br>but I am at prayer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 5, "text": "They repay me evil for good, <br>hatred in return for my love. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cAppoint a wicked person to be against this person,\u201d they say, <br>\u201can accuser to stand right next to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 7, "text": "When the sentence is passed, let him be found guilty \u2014 <br>let his prayer be found sinful!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 8, "text": "Let his days be few; <br>let someone else assume his position.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 9, "text": "Let his children become orphans; <br>let his wife turn into a widow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 10, "text": "Let his children wander aimlessly, begging, <br>driven out of their ruined homes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 11, "text": "Let a creditor seize everything he owns; <br>let strangers plunder his wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 12, "text": "Let no one extend faithful love to him; <br>let no one have mercy on his orphans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 13, "text": "Let his descendants be eliminated; <br>let their names be wiped out in just one generation!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 14, "text": "Let his father\u2019s wrongdoing be remembered before the LORD; <br>let his mother\u2019s sin never be wiped out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 15, "text": "Let them be before the LORD always, <br>and let God eliminate the very memory of them from the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 16, "text": "All because this person didn\u2019t remember to demonstrate faithful love, <br>but chased after the poor and needy \u2014 <br>even the brokenhearted \u2014 with deadly intent!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 17, "text": "Since he loved to curse, <br>let it come back on him! <br>Since he didn\u2019t care much for blessing, <br>let it be far away from him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 18, "text": "Since he wore curses like a coat, <br>let them seep inside him like water, <br>seep into his bones like oil!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 19, "text": "Let them be like the clothes he wears, <br>like a belt that is always around him.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 20, "text": "But let all that be the reward my accusers get from the LORD, <br>the reward for those who speak evil against me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 21, "text": "But you, LORD, my Lord! \u2014 <br>act on my behalf for the sake of your name; <br>deliver me because your faithful love is so good;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 22, "text": "because I am poor and needy, <br>and my heart is broken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 23, "text": "Like a lengthening shadow, I\u2019m passing away; <br>I\u2019m shaken off, like some locust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 24, "text": "My legs are weak from fasting; <br>my body is skin and bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 25, "text": "I\u2019ve become a joke to my accusers; <br>when they see me, they just shake their heads. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 26, "text": "Help me, LORD my God! <br>Save me according to your faithful love!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 27, "text": "And let them know that this is by your hand \u2014 <br>that you have done it, LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 28, "text": "Let them curse \u2014 but you, bless me! <br>If they rise up, let them be disgraced, <br>but let your servant celebrate!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 29, "text": "Let my accusers be dressed in shame; <br>let them wear their disgrace like a coat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 30, "text": "But I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth; <br>among a great crowd I will praise God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 109, "verse": 31, "text": "Because God stands right next to the needy, <br>to save them from any who would condemn them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 1, "text": "What the LORD says to my master: <br>\u201cSit right beside me <br>until I make your enemies <br>a footstool for your feet!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 2, "text": "May the LORD make your mighty scepter <br>reach far from Zion! <br>Rule over your enemies!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 3, "text": "Your people stand ready <br>on your day of battle. <br>\u201cIn holy grandeur, from the dawn\u2019s womb, fight! <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Your youthful strength is like the dew itself.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; or <i>Go!;</i> MT <i>to you</i>"}, {"pk": 4109286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD has sworn a solemn pledge and won\u2019t change his mind: <br>\u201cYou are a priest forever in line with Melchizedek.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>a rightful king by my decree</i>"}, {"pk": 4109287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 5, "text": "My master, by your strong hand, <br>God has crushed kings on his day of wrath. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>My Lord (God), because of your (the king\u2019s) strong hand, has crushed</i> or <i>The LORD is above your strong hand, crushing kings</i>"}, {"pk": 4109288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 6, "text": "God brings the nations to justice, <br>piling the dead bodies, crushing heads throughout the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 110, "verse": 7, "text": "God drinks from a stream along the way, <br>then holds his head up high. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Praise the LORD! <br>I thank the LORD with all my heart <br>in the company of those who do right, in the congregation.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/111/1'>Ps 111</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>."}, {"pk": 4109291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 2, "text": "The works of the LORD are magnificent; <br>they are treasured by all who desire them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 3, "text": "God\u2019s deeds are majestic and glorious. <br>God\u2019s righteousness stands forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 4, "text": "God is famous for his wondrous works. <br>The LORD is full of mercy and compassion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 5, "text": "God gives food to those who honor him. <br>God remembers his covenant forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 6, "text": "God proclaimed his powerful deeds to his people <br>and gave them what had belonged to other nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 7, "text": "God\u2019s handiwork is honesty and justice; <br>all God\u2019s rules are trustworthy \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 8, "text": "they are established always and forever: <br>they are fulfilled with truth and right doing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 9, "text": "God sent redemption for his people; <br>God commanded that his covenant last forever. <br>Holy and awesome is God\u2019s name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 111, "verse": 10, "text": "Fear of the LORD is where wisdom begins; <br>sure knowledge is for all who keep God\u2019s laws. <br>God\u2019s praise lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Praise the LORD! <br>Those who honor the LORD, <br>who adore God\u2019s commandments, are truly happy!<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/112/1'>Ps 112</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>."}, {"pk": 4109301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 2, "text": "Their descendants will be strong throughout the land. <br>The offspring of those who do right will be blessed;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 3, "text": "wealth and riches will be in their houses. <br>Their righteousness stands forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 4, "text": "They shine in the dark for others who do right. <br>They are merciful, compassionate, and righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who lend generously are good people \u2014 <br>as are those who conduct their affairs with justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 6, "text": "Yes, these sorts of people will never be shaken; <br>the righteous will be remembered forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 7, "text": "They won\u2019t be frightened at bad news. <br>Their hearts are steady, trusting in the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 8, "text": "Their hearts are firm; they aren\u2019t afraid. <br>In the end, they will witness their enemies\u2019 defeat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 9, "text": "They give freely to those in need. <br>Their righteousness stands forever. <br>Their strength increases gloriously.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 112, "verse": 10, "text": "The wicked see all this and fume; <br>they grind their teeth, but disappear to nothing. <br>What the wicked want to see happen comes to nothing! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br>You who serve the LORD \u2014 praise! <br>Praise the LORD\u2019s name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 2, "text": "Let the LORD\u2019s name be blessed <br>from now until forever from now!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 3, "text": "From sunrise to sunset, <br>let the LORD\u2019s name be praised!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD is high over all the nations; <br>God\u2019s glory is higher than the skies! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 5, "text": "Who could possibly compare to the LORD our God? <br>God rules from on high;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 6, "text": "he has to come down to even see heaven and earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 7, "text": "God lifts up the poor from the dirt <br>and raises up the needy from the garbage pile<br>"}, {"pk": 4109317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 8, "text": "to seat them with leaders \u2014 <br>with the leaders of his own people!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 113, "verse": 9, "text": "God nests the once barren woman at home \u2014 <br>now a joyful mother with children! <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 1, "text": "When Israel came out of Egypt \u2014 <br>when the house of Jacob came out <br>from a people who spoke a different language \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 2, "text": "Judah was God\u2019s sanctuary; <br>Israel was God\u2019s territory. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 3, "text": "The sea saw it happen and ran away; <br>the Jordan River retreated!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 4, "text": "The mountains leaped away like rams; <br>the hills leaped away like lambs!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 5, "text": "Sea, why did you run away? <br>Jordan, why did you retreat?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 6, "text": "Mountains, why did you leap away like rams? <br>Hills, why did you leap away like lambs? <br>"}, {"pk": 4109325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 7, "text": "Earth: Tremble before the Lord! <br>Tremble before the God of Jacob,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 114, "verse": 8, "text": "the one who turned that rock into a pool of water, <br>that flint stone into a spring of water! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 1, "text": "Not to us, LORD, not to us \u2014 <br>no, but to your own name give glory <br>because of your loyal love and faithfulness! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 2, "text": "Why do the nations say, <br>\u201cWhere\u2019s their God now?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 3, "text": "Our God is in heaven \u2014 <br>he can do whatever he wants!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 4, "text": "Their idols are just silver and gold \u2014 <br>things made by human hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 5, "text": "They have mouths, but they can\u2019t speak. <br>They have eyes, but they can\u2019t see.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 6, "text": "They have ears, but they can\u2019t hear. <br>They have noses, but they can\u2019t smell.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 7, "text": "They have hands, but they can\u2019t feel. <br>They have feet, but they can\u2019t walk. <br>They can\u2019t even make a noise in their throats!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 8, "text": "Let the people who made these idols <br>and all who trust in them <br>become just like them! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 9, "text": "But you, Israel, trust in the LORD! <br>God is their help and shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 10, "text": "Trust in the LORD, house of Aaron! <br>God is their help and shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 11, "text": "You who honor the LORD, trust in the LORD! <br>God is their help and shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD remembers us and will bless us: <br>God will bless the house of Israel; <br>God will bless the house of Aaron;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 13, "text": "God will bless those who honor the LORD \u2014 <br>from the smallest to the greatest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 14, "text": "May the LORD add to your numbers \u2014 <br>both you and your children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 15, "text": "May you be blessed by the LORD, <br>the maker of heaven and earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 16, "text": "The highest heaven belongs to the LORD, <br>but he gave the earth to all people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 17, "text": "The dead don\u2019t praise the LORD, <br>nor do those who go down to silence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 115, "verse": 18, "text": "But us? We will bless the LORD <br>from now until forever from now! <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 1, "text": "I love the LORD because he hears <br>my requests for mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019ll call out to him as long as I live, <br>because he listens closely to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 3, "text": "Death\u2019s ropes bound me; <br>the distress of the grave <sup>[1]</sup> found me \u2014 <br>I came face-to-face with trouble and grief.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4109348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 4, "text": "So I called on the LORD\u2019s name: <br>\u201cLORD, please save me!\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/116/7-8'>116:7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4109349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD is merciful and righteous; <br>our God is compassionate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD protects simple folk; <br>he saves me whenever I am brought down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 7, "text": "I tell myself, You can be at peace again, <br>because the LORD has been good to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 8, "text": "You, God, have delivered me from death, <br>my eyes from tears, <br>and my foot from stumbling,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 9, "text": "so I\u2019ll walk before the LORD <br>in the land of the living.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 10, "text": "I have remained faithful, even when I said, <br>\u201cI am suffering so badly!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 11, "text": "even when I said, out of fear, <br>\u201cEveryone is a liar!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 12, "text": "What can I give back to the LORD <br>for all the good things he has done for me?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019ll lift up the cup of salvation. <br>I\u2019ll call on the LORD\u2019s name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019ll keep the promises I made to the LORD <br>in the presence of all God\u2019s people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 15, "text": "The death of the LORD\u2019s faithful <br>is a costly loss in his eyes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 16, "text": "Oh yes, LORD, I am definitely your servant! <br>I am your servant and the son of your female servant \u2014 <br>you\u2019ve freed me from my chains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 17, "text": "So I\u2019ll offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to you, <br>and I\u2019ll call on the LORD\u2019s name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 18, "text": "I\u2019ll keep the promises I made to the LORD <br>in the presence of all God\u2019s people,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 116, "verse": 19, "text": "in the courtyards of the LORD\u2019s house, <br>which is in the center of Jerusalem. <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 117, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD, all you nations! <br>Worship him, all you peoples!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 117, "verse": 2, "text": "Because God\u2019s faithful love toward us is strong, <br>the LORD\u2019s faithfulness lasts forever! <br>Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 1, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, <br>because his faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 2, "text": "Let Israel say it: <br>\u201cGod\u2019s faithful love lasts forever!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 3, "text": "Let the house of Aaron say it: <br>\u201cGod\u2019s faithful love lasts forever!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 4, "text": "Let those who honor the LORD say it: <br>\u201cGod\u2019s faithful love lasts forever!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 5, "text": "In tight circumstances, I cried out to the LORD. <br>The LORD answered me with wide-open spaces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD is for me <sup>[1]</sup> \u2014 I won\u2019t be afraid. <br>What can anyone do to me?<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>with me</i> or <i>mine</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/118/7'>118:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4109372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD is for me \u2014 as my helper. <br>I look in victory on those who hate me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 8, "text": "It\u2019s far better to take refuge in the LORD <br>than to trust any human.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 9, "text": "It\u2019s far better to take refuge in the LORD <br>than to trust any human leader.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 10, "text": "All the nations surrounded me, <br>but I cut them down <sup>[2]</sup> in the LORD\u2019s name.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; LXX, Vulg <i>drove</i> or <i>warded off</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/118/11-12'>118:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4109376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 11, "text": "Yes, they surrounded me on every single side, <br>but I cut them down in the LORD\u2019s name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 12, "text": "They surrounded me like bees, <br>but they were extinguished like burning thorns. <br>I cut them down in the LORD\u2019s name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 13, "text": "I was pushed so hard <sup>[3]</sup> I nearly died, <br>but the LORD helped me.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Vulg, Syr; MT <i>you pushed me</i>"}, {"pk": 4109379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD was my strength and protection; <br>he was my saving help!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 15, "text": "The sounds of joyful songs and deliverance <br>are heard in the tents of the righteous: <br>\u201cThe LORD\u2019s strong hand is victorious!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD\u2019s strong hand is ready to strike! <br>The LORD\u2019s strong hand is victorious!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 17, "text": "I won\u2019t die \u2014 no, I will live <br>and declare what the LORD has done.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 18, "text": "Yes, the LORD definitely disciplined me, <br>but he didn\u2019t hand me over to death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 19, "text": "Open the gates of righteousness for me <br>so I can come in and give thanks to the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 20, "text": "This is the LORD\u2019s gate; <br>those who are righteous enter through it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 21, "text": "I thank you because you answered me, <br>because you were my saving help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 22, "text": "The stone rejected by the builders <br>is now the main foundation stone!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 23, "text": "This has happened because of the LORD; <br>it is astounding in our sight!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 24, "text": "This is the day the LORD acted; <br>we will rejoice and celebrate in it! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 25, "text": "LORD, please save us! <br>LORD, please let us succeed! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 26, "text": "The one who enters in the LORD\u2019s name is blessed; <br>we bless all of you from the LORD\u2019s house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD is God! <br>He has shined a light on us! <br>So lead the festival offering with ropes <br>all the way to the horns of the altar. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 28, "text": "You are my God \u2014 I will give thanks to you! <br>You are my God \u2014 I will lift you up high!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 118, "verse": 29, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, <br>because his faithful love lasts forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Those whose way is blameless \u2014 <br>who walk in the LORD\u2019s Instruction \u2014 are truly happy!<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/119/1'>Ps 119</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem (cf <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/111/1'>111</a>) in Heb, with each line of Heb within the marked sections beginning with the same letter of the alphabet."}, {"pk": 4109396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 2, "text": "Those who guard God\u2019s laws are truly happy! <br>They seek God with all their hearts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 3, "text": "They don\u2019t even do anything wrong! <br>They walk in God\u2019s ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 4, "text": "God, you have ordered that your decrees <br>should be kept most carefully.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 5, "text": "How I wish my ways were strong <br>when it comes to keeping your statutes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 6, "text": "Then I wouldn\u2019t be ashamed <br>when I examine all your commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 7, "text": "I will give thanks to you with a heart that does right <br>as I learn your righteous rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 8, "text": "I will keep your statutes. <br>Please don\u2019t leave me all alone! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 9, "text": "How can young people keep their paths pure? <br>By guarding them according to what you\u2019ve said. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX"}, {"pk": 4109404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 10, "text": "I have sought you with all my heart. <br>Don\u2019t let me stray from any of your commandments!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 11, "text": "I keep your word close, in my heart, <br>so that I won\u2019t sin against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 12, "text": "You, LORD, are to be blessed! <br>Teach me your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 13, "text": "I will declare out loud <br>all the rules you have spoken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 14, "text": "I rejoice in the content of your laws <br>as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 15, "text": "I will think about your precepts <br>and examine all your paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 16, "text": "I will delight in your statutes; <br>I will not forget what you have said. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 17, "text": "Be good to your servant so I can go on living <br>and keeping your word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 18, "text": "Open my eyes so I can examine <br>the wonders of your Instruction!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 19, "text": "I\u2019m an immigrant in the land. <br>Don\u2019t hide your commandments from me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 20, "text": "I\u2019m worn out by longing <br>every minute for your rules!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 21, "text": "You rebuke the arrogant, accursed people <br>who stray from your commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 22, "text": "Take all their insults and contempt away from me <br>because I\u2019ve kept your laws!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 23, "text": "Even if rulers gather and scheme against me, <br>your servant will contemplate your statutes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 24, "text": "Yes, your laws are my joy \u2014 <br>they are my most trusted advisors! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 25, "text": "My life is stuck in the dirt. <br>Now make me live again according to your promise!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 26, "text": "I confessed my ways and you answered me. <br>Now teach me your statutes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 27, "text": "Help me understand what your precepts are about <br>so I can contemplate your wondrous works!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 28, "text": "My spirit sags because of grief. <br>Now raise me up according to your promise!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 29, "text": "Remove all false ways from me; <br>show mercy to me by means of your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 30, "text": "I\u2019ve chosen the way of faithfulness; <br>I\u2019m set on your rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 31, "text": "I\u2019m holding tight to your laws, LORD. <br>Please don\u2019t let me be put to shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 32, "text": "I run the same path as your commandments <br>because you give my heart insight. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 33, "text": "LORD, teach me what your statutes are about, <br>and I will guard every part of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 34, "text": "Help me understand so I can guard your Instruction <br>and keep it with all my heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 35, "text": "Lead me on the trail of your commandments <br>because that is what I want.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 36, "text": "Turn my heart to your laws, <br>not to greedy gain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 37, "text": "Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. <br>Make me live by your way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 38, "text": "Confirm your promise to your servant \u2014 <br>the promise that is for all those who honor you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 39, "text": "Remove the insults that I dread <br>because your rules are good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 40, "text": "Look how I desire your precepts! <br>Make me live by your righteousness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 41, "text": "LORD, let your faithful love come to me \u2014 <br>let your salvation come to me according to your promise \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 42, "text": "so I can have a response for those who mock me <br>because I have trusted in your word!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 43, "text": "Please don\u2019t take your true word out of my mouth, <br>because I have waited for your rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 44, "text": "I will always keep your Instruction, <br>always and forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 45, "text": "I will walk around in wide-open spaces, <br>because I have pursued your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 46, "text": "I will talk about your laws <br>before rulers with no shame whatsoever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 47, "text": "I will rejoice in your commandments <br>because I love them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 48, "text": "I will lift up my hands to your commandments <br>because I love them, <br>and I will contemplate all your statutes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 49, "text": "Remember your promise to your servant, <br>for which you made me wait.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 50, "text": "My comfort during my suffering is this: <br>your word gives me new life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 51, "text": "The arrogant make fun of me to no end, <br>but I haven\u2019t deviated from your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 52, "text": "When I remember your ancient rules, <br>I\u2019m comforted, LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 53, "text": "But I\u2019m seized with anger because of the wicked \u2014 <br>because of those who abandon your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 54, "text": "Your statutes have been my songs of praise <br>wherever I lived as an immigrant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 55, "text": "LORD, I remember your name at nighttime, <br>and I keep your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 56, "text": "This has been my practice <br>because I guard your precepts. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 57, "text": "The LORD is my possession. <br>I promise to do what you have said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 58, "text": "I\u2019ve sought your favor with all my heart; <br>have mercy on me according to your word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 59, "text": "I\u2019ve considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 60, "text": "I hurry to keep your commandments \u2014 <br>I never put it off!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 61, "text": "Though the wicked have surrounded me with their ropes, <br>I haven\u2019t forgotten your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 62, "text": "I get up in the middle of the night to give thanks to you <br>because of your righteous rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 63, "text": "I\u2019m a friend to everyone who honors you <br>and to all who keep your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 64, "text": "LORD, the world is full of your faithful love! <br>Teach me your statutes! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 65, "text": "You have treated your servant well, <br>LORD, according to your promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 66, "text": "Teach me knowledge and good judgment <br>because I\u2019ve put my trust in your commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 67, "text": "Before I suffered, I took the wrong way, <br>but now I do what you say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 68, "text": "You are good and you do good. <br>Teach me your statutes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 69, "text": "The arrogant cover me with their lies, <br>but I guard your precepts with all my heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 70, "text": "Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber, <br>but I rejoice in your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 71, "text": "My suffering was good for me, <br>because through it I learned your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 72, "text": "The Instruction you\u2019ve given to me is better <br>than thousands of pieces of gold and silver! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 73, "text": "Your hands have made me and set me in place. <br>Help me understand so I can learn your commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 74, "text": "Then those who honor you will see me and be glad <br>because I have waited for your promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 75, "text": "LORD, I know that your rules are right <br>and that you rightly made me suffer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 76, "text": "Please let your faithful love comfort me, <br>according to what you\u2019ve said to your servant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 77, "text": "Let your compassion come to me so I can live again, <br>because your Instruction is my joy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 78, "text": "But let the arrogant be ashamed <br>because they oppressed me with lies \u2014 <br>meanwhile, I will be contemplating your precepts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 79, "text": "Let the people who honor you come back to me; <br>let those who know your precepts return to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 80, "text": "Let my heart be blameless in your statutes <br>so that I am not put to shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 81, "text": "My whole being yearns for your saving help! <br>I wait for your promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 82, "text": "My eyes are worn out looking for your word. <br>\u201cWhen will you comfort me?\u201d I ask,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 83, "text": "because I\u2019ve become like a bottle dried up by smoke, <br>though I haven\u2019t forgotten your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 84, "text": "How much more time does your servant have? <br>When will you bring my oppressors to justice?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 85, "text": "The arrogant have dug pits for me \u2014 <br>those people who act against your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 86, "text": "All your commandments are true, <br>but people harass me for no reason. <br>Help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 87, "text": "They\u2019ve almost wiped me off the face of the earth! <br>Meanwhile, I haven\u2019t abandoned your precepts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 88, "text": "Make me live again according to your faithful love <br>so I can keep the law you\u2019ve given! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 89, "text": "Your word, LORD, <br>stands firm in heaven forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 90, "text": "Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next! <br>You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 91, "text": "Your rules endure to this day <br>because everything serves you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 92, "text": "If your Instruction hadn\u2019t been my delight, <br>I would have died because of my suffering.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 93, "text": "I will never forget your precepts <br>because through them you gave me life again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 94, "text": "I\u2019m yours \u2014 save me <br>because I\u2019ve pursued your precepts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 95, "text": "The wicked wait for me, <br>wanting to kill me, but I\u2019m studying your laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 96, "text": "I\u2019ve seen that everything, <br>no matter how perfect, has a limit, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>but your commandment is boundless. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 97, "text": "I love your Instruction! <br>I think about it constantly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 98, "text": "Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies <br>because it is always with me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 99, "text": "I have greater insight than all my teachers <br>because I contemplate your laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 100, "text": "I have more understanding than the elders <br>because I guard your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 101, "text": "I haven\u2019t set my feet on any evil path <br>so I can make sure to keep your word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 102, "text": "I haven\u2019t deviated from any of your rules <br>because you are the one who has taught me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 103, "text": "Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds \u2014 <br>it\u2019s sweeter than honey in my mouth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 104, "text": "I\u2019m studying your precepts \u2014 <br>that\u2019s why I hate every false path. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 105, "text": "Your word is a lamp before my feet <br>and a light for my journey.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 106, "text": "I have sworn, and I fully mean it: <br>I will keep your righteous rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 107, "text": "I have been suffering so much \u2014 <br>LORD, make me live again according to your promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 108, "text": "Please, LORD, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise. <br>Teach me your rules!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 109, "text": "Though my life is constantly in danger, <br>I won\u2019t forget your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 110, "text": "Though the wicked have set a trap for me, <br>I won\u2019t stray from your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 111, "text": "Your laws are my possession forever <br>because they are my heart\u2019s joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 112, "text": "I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 113, "text": "I hate fickle people, <br>but I love your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 114, "text": "You are my shelter and my shield \u2014 <br>I wait for your promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 115, "text": "Get away from me, you evildoers; <br>I want to guard my God\u2019s commandments!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 116, "text": "Sustain me according to your word so I can live! <br>Don\u2019t let me be put to shame because of hope.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 117, "text": "Support me so I can be saved <br>and so I can focus constantly on your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 118, "text": "You discard everyone who strays from your statutes <br>because they are dishonest and false.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 119, "text": "You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste \u2014 <br>that\u2019s why I love your laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 120, "text": "My body shudders because I fear you; <br>I\u2019m in awe of your rules. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 121, "text": "I\u2019ve done what is just and right. <br>Don\u2019t just hand me over to my oppressors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 122, "text": "Guarantee good things for your servant. <br>Please don\u2019t let the arrogant oppress me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 123, "text": "My eyes are worn out looking for your saving help \u2014 <br>looking for your word that will set things right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 124, "text": "Act toward your servant according to your faithful love. <br>Teach me your statutes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 125, "text": "I\u2019m your servant! <br>Help me understand so I can know your laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 126, "text": "It is time for the LORD to do something! <br>Your Instruction has been broken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 127, "text": "But I love your commandments <br>more than gold, even more than pure gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 128, "text": "That\u2019s why I walk straight by every single one of your precepts. <br>That\u2019s why I hate every false path. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 129, "text": "Your laws are wonderful! <br>That\u2019s why I guard them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 130, "text": "Access to your words <sup>[4]</sup> gives light, <br>giving simple folk understanding.<br>", "comment": "[4] Vulg, Sym"}, {"pk": 4109525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 131, "text": "I open my mouth up wide, panting, <br>because I long for your commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 132, "text": "Come back to me and have mercy on me; <br>that\u2019s only right for those who love your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 133, "text": "Keep my steps steady by your word; <br>don\u2019t let any sin rule me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 134, "text": "Redeem me from the people who oppress me <br>so I can keep your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 135, "text": "Shine your face on your servant, <br>and teach me your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 136, "text": "Rivers of tears stream from my eyes <br>because your Instruction isn\u2019t being kept. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 137, "text": "LORD, you are righteous, <br>and your rules are right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 138, "text": "The laws you commanded are righteous, <br>completely trustworthy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 139, "text": "Anger consumes me <br>because my enemies have forgotten what you\u2019ve said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 140, "text": "Your word has been tried and tested; <br>your servant loves your word!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 141, "text": "I\u2019m insignificant and unpopular, <br>but I don\u2019t forget your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 142, "text": "Your righteousness lasts forever! <br>Your Instruction is true!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 143, "text": "Stress and strain have caught up with me, <br>but your commandments are my joy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 144, "text": "Your laws are righteous forever. <br>Help me understand so I can live! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 145, "text": "I cry out with all my heart: <br>\u201cLORD, answer me so I can guard your statutes!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 146, "text": "I cry out to you, \u201cSave me <br>so I can keep your laws!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 147, "text": "I meet the predawn light and cry for help. <br>I wait for your promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 148, "text": "My eyes encounter each hour of the night <br>as I think about your word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 149, "text": "Listen to my voice, according to your faithful love. <br>LORD, make me live again, according to your justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 150, "text": "The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby, <br>but they are so far from your Instruction!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 151, "text": "But you, LORD, are nearby too, <br>and all your commandments are true.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 152, "text": "Long ago I learned from your laws <br>that you had established them forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 153, "text": "Look at my suffering and deliver me <br>because I haven\u2019t forgotten your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 154, "text": "Argue my case and redeem me. <br>Make me live again by your word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 155, "text": "Salvation is far from the wicked <br>because they haven\u2019t pursued your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 156, "text": "You have so much compassion, LORD \u2014 <br>make me live again, according to your rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 157, "text": "My oppressors and enemies are many, <br>but I haven\u2019t turned away from your laws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 158, "text": "I look on the faithless, and I am disgusted <br>because they haven\u2019t kept your word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 159, "text": "Look at how much I love your precepts. <br>Make me live again, LORD, according to your faithful love!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 160, "text": "The first thing to know about your word is that it is true <br>and that all your righteous rules last forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 161, "text": "Rulers oppress me without cause, <br>but my heart honors what you\u2019ve said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 162, "text": "I\u2019m overjoyed at your word, <br>like someone who finds great treasure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 163, "text": "I hate, I absolutely despise, what is false, <br>but I\u2019m in love with your Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 164, "text": "I praise you seven times a day <br>for your righteous rules.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 165, "text": "The people who love your Instruction enjoy peace \u2014 and lots of it. <br>There\u2019s no stumbling for them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 166, "text": "LORD, I wait for your saving help. <br>I do what you\u2019ve commanded.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 167, "text": "I keep your laws; <br>I love them so much!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 168, "text": "I keep your precepts and your laws <br>because all my ways are seen by you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 169, "text": "Let my cry reach you, LORD; <br>help me understand according to what you\u2019ve said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 170, "text": "Let my request for grace come before you; <br>deliver me according to your promise!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 171, "text": "Let my lips overflow with praise <br>because you\u2019ve taught me your statutes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 172, "text": "Let my tongue declare your word, <br>because all your commandments are righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 173, "text": "Let your power help me <br>because I have chosen your precepts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 174, "text": "LORD, I long for your saving help! <br>Your Instruction is my joy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 175, "text": "Let me live again so I can praise you! <br>Let your rules help me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 119, "verse": 176, "text": "I\u2019ve wandered off like a sheep, lost. <br>Find your servant <br>because I haven\u2019t forgotten <br>your commandments! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I cried out to the LORD when I was in trouble <br>(and he answered me):<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>song of ascents</i> or <i>song of going up</i> (that is, to Jerusalem); cf <a href='/CEB/19/122/4'>Ps 122:4</a>. The heading is found in every psalm from <a href='/CEB/19/120/1'>Ps 120</a> to <a href='/CEB/19/134/1'>Ps 134</a>."}, {"pk": 4109572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cLORD, deliver me <sup>[2]</sup> from lying lips <br>and a dishonest tongue!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/120/6'>120:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4109573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 3, "text": "What more will be given to you, <br>what more will be done to you, <br>you dishonest tongue?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 4, "text": "Just this: <sup>[3]</sup> a warrior\u2019s sharpened arrows, <br>coupled with burning coals from a wood <sup>[4]</sup> fire! <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>this</i>.<br>[4] Or <i>the gorse</i> or <i>broom tree</i>"}, {"pk": 4109575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 5, "text": "Oh, I\u2019m doomed <br>because I have been an immigrant in Meshech, <br>because I\u2019ve made my home among Kedar\u2019s tents.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019ve lived far too long <br>with people who hate peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 120, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019m for peace, <br>but when I speak, they are for war. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 1, "text": "I raise my eyes toward the mountains. <br>Where will my help come from?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 2, "text": "My help comes from the LORD, <br>the maker of heaven and earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 3, "text": "God won\u2019t let your foot slip. <br>Your protector won\u2019t fall asleep on the job.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 4, "text": "No! Israel\u2019s protector <br>never sleeps or rests!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD is your protector; <br>the LORD is your shade right beside you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 6, "text": "The sun won\u2019t strike you during the day; <br>neither will the moon at night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD will protect you from all evil; <br>God will protect your very life. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>your soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4109585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 121, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD will protect you on your journeys \u2014 <br>whether going or coming \u2014 <br>from now until forever from now. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 1, "text": "I rejoiced with those who said to me, <br>\u201cLet\u2019s go to the LORD\u2019s house!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 2, "text": "Now our feet are standing <br>in your gates, Jerusalem! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 3, "text": "Jerusalem is built like a city <br>joined together in unity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 4, "text": "That is where the tribes go up \u2014 <br>the LORD\u2019s tribes! <br>It is the law for Israel <br>to give thanks there to the LORD\u2019s name,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 5, "text": "because the thrones of justice are there \u2014 <br>the thrones of the house of David! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 6, "text": "Pray that Jerusalem has peace: <br>\u201cLet those who love you have rest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 7, "text": "Let there be peace on your walls; <br>let there be rest on your fortifications.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 8, "text": "For the sake of my family and friends, <br>I say, \u201cPeace be with you, Jerusalem.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 122, "verse": 9, "text": "For the sake of the LORD our God\u2019s house <br>I will pray for your good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 123, "verse": 1, "text": "I raise my eyes to you \u2014 <br>you who rule heaven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 123, "verse": 2, "text": "Just as the eyes of servants attend to their masters\u2019 hand, <br>just as the eyes of a female servant attends to her mistress\u2019 hand \u2014 <br>that\u2019s how our eyes attend to the LORD our God <br>until he has mercy on us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 123, "verse": 3, "text": "Have mercy on us, LORD! Have mercy <br>because we\u2019ve had more than enough shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 123, "verse": 4, "text": "We\u2019ve had more than enough mockery from the self-confident, <br>more than enough shame from the proud. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 1, "text": "If the LORD hadn\u2019t been for us \u2014 <br>let Israel now repeat! \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 2, "text": "if the LORD hadn\u2019t been for us, <br>when those people attacked us<br>"}, {"pk": 4109601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 3, "text": "then they would have swallowed us up whole <br>with their rage burning against us!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the waters would have drowned us; <br>the torrent would have come over our necks; <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/124/5'>124:5</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/124/7'>7</a>"}, {"pk": 4109603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 5, "text": "then the raging waters would have come over our necks! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 6, "text": "Bless the LORD <br>because he didn\u2019t hand us over <br>like food for our enemies\u2019 teeth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 7, "text": "We escaped like a bird from the hunters\u2019 trap; <br>the trap was broken so we escaped! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 124, "verse": 8, "text": "Our help is in the name of the LORD, <br>the maker of heaven and earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 125, "verse": 1, "text": "The people who trust in the LORD <br>are like Mount Zion: <br>never shaken, lasting forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 125, "verse": 2, "text": "Mountains surround Jerusalem. <br>That\u2019s how the LORD surrounds his people <br>from now until forever from now!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 125, "verse": 3, "text": "The wicked rod won\u2019t remain <br>in the land given to the righteous <br>so that they don\u2019t use their hands to do anything wrong. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 125, "verse": 4, "text": "LORD, do good to people who are good, <br>to people whose hearts are right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 125, "verse": 5, "text": "But as for those people who turn to their own twisted ways \u2014 <br>may the LORD march them off with other evildoers! <br> Peace be on Israel! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 126, "verse": 1, "text": "When the LORD changed Zion\u2019s circumstances for the better, <br>it was like we had been dreaming.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 126, "verse": 2, "text": "Our mouths were suddenly filled with laughter; <br>our tongues were filled with joyful shouts. <br>It was even said, at that time, among the nations, <br>\u201cThe LORD has done great things for them!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 126, "verse": 3, "text": "Yes, the LORD has done great things for us, <br>and we are overjoyed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 126, "verse": 4, "text": "LORD, change our circumstances for the better, <br>like dry streams in the desert waste!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 126, "verse": 5, "text": "Let those who plant with tears <br>reap the harvest with joyful shouts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 126, "verse": 6, "text": "Let those who go out, <br>crying and carrying their seed, <br>come home with joyful shouts, <br>carrying bales of grain! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 127, "verse": 1, "text": "Unless it is the LORD who builds the house, <br>the builders\u2019 work is pointless. <br>Unless it is the LORD who protects the city, <br>the guard on duty is pointless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 127, "verse": 2, "text": "It is pointless that you get up early and stay up late, <br>eating the bread of hard labor <br>because God gives sleep to those he loves. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 127, "verse": 3, "text": "No doubt about it: children are a gift from the LORD; <br>the fruit of the womb is a divine reward.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 127, "verse": 4, "text": "The children born when one is young <br>are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 127, "verse": 5, "text": "The person who fills a quiver full with them is truly happy! <br>They won\u2019t be ashamed when arguing with their enemies in the gate. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 128, "verse": 1, "text": "Everyone who honors the LORD, <br>who walks in God\u2019s ways, is truly happy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 128, "verse": 2, "text": "You will definitely enjoy what you\u2019ve worked hard for \u2014 <br>you\u2019ll be happy; and things will go well for you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 128, "verse": 3, "text": "In your house, your wife will be like a vine full of fruit. <br>All around your table, your children will be like olive trees, freshly planted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 128, "verse": 4, "text": "That\u2019s how it goes for anyone who honors the LORD: <br>they will be blessed! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 128, "verse": 5, "text": "May the LORD bless you from Zion. <br>May you experience Jerusalem\u2019s goodness your whole life long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 128, "verse": 6, "text": "And may you see your grandchildren. <br> Peace be on Israel! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 1, "text": "From youth, people have constantly attacked me \u2014 <br>let Israel now repeat! \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 2, "text": "from youth people have constantly attacked me \u2014 <br>but they haven\u2019t beaten me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 3, "text": "They plowed my back like farmers; <br>they made their furrows deep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 4, "text": "But the LORD is righteous \u2014 <br>God cut me free from the ropes of the wicked! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 5, "text": "Let everyone who hates Zion be ashamed, thoroughly frustrated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 6, "text": "Let them be like grass on a roof <br>that dies before it can be pulled up,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 7, "text": "which won\u2019t fill the reaper\u2019s hand <br>or fill the harvester\u2019s arms.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 129, "verse": 8, "text": "Let no one who passes by say to them: <br>\u201cMay the LORD\u2019s blessing be on you! <br>We bless you in the LORD\u2019s name!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 1, "text": "I cry out to you from the depths, LORD \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 2, "text": "my Lord, listen to my voice! <br>Let your ears pay close attention to my request for mercy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 3, "text": "If you kept track of sins, LORD \u2014 <br>my Lord, who would stand a chance?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 4, "text": "But forgiveness is with you \u2014 <br>that\u2019s why you are honored. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 5, "text": "I hope, LORD. <br>My whole being <sup>[1]</sup> hopes, <br>and I wait for God\u2019s promise.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/132/6'>132:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4109642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 6, "text": "My whole being waits for my Lord \u2014 <br>more than the night watch waits for morning; <br>yes, more than the night watch waits for morning! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 7, "text": "Israel, wait for the LORD! <br>Because faithful love is with the LORD; <br>because great redemption is with our God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 130, "verse": 8, "text": "He is the one who will redeem Israel <br>from all its sin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 131, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, my heart isn\u2019t proud; <br>my eyes aren\u2019t conceited. <br>I don\u2019t get involved with things too great or wonderful for me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 131, "verse": 2, "text": "No. But I have calmed and quieted myself <sup>[1]</sup> <br>like a weaned child on its mother; <br>I\u2019m like the weaned child that is with me. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4109647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 131, "verse": 3, "text": "Israel, wait for the LORD \u2014 <br>from now until forever from now! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, remember David \u2014 <br>all the ways he suffered<br>"}, {"pk": 4109649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 2, "text": "and how he swore to the LORD, <br>how he promised the strong one of Jacob:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cI won\u2019t enter my house, <br>won\u2019t get into my bed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 4, "text": "I won\u2019t let my eyes close, <br>won\u2019t let my eyelids sleep,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 5, "text": "until I find a place for the LORD, <br>a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 6, "text": "Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah; <br>we found it <sup>[1]</sup> in the fields of Jaar.<br>", "comment": "[1] <i>It</i> may refer to the covenant chest (<a href='/CEB/19/132/8'>132:8</a><i>b</i>)."}, {"pk": 4109654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 7, "text": "Let\u2019s enter God\u2019s dwelling place; <br>let\u2019s worship at the place God rests his feet!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 8, "text": "Get up, LORD, go to your residence \u2014 <br>you and your powerful covenant chest!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 9, "text": "Let your priests be dressed in righteousness; <br>let your faithful shout out with joy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 10, "text": "And for the sake of your servant David, <br>do not reject your anointed one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD swore to David <br>a true promise that God won\u2019t take back: <br>\u201cI will put one of your own children on your throne.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 12, "text": "And if your children keep my covenant <br>and the laws that I will teach them, <br>then their children too will rule on your throne forever.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 13, "text": "Because the LORD chose Zion; <br>he wanted it for his home.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThis is my residence forever. <br>I will live here because I wanted it for myself. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>for myself</i>."}, {"pk": 4109662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 15, "text": "I will most certainly bless its food supply; <br>I will fill its needy full of food!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 16, "text": "I will dress its priests in salvation, <br>and its faithful will shout out loud with joy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 17, "text": "It is there that I will make David\u2019s strength thrive. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one there.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>make a horn sprout</i>"}, {"pk": 4109665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 132, "verse": 18, "text": "I will dress his enemies in shame, <br>but the crown he wears will shine.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 133, "verse": 1, "text": "Look at how good and pleasing it is <br>when families <sup>[1]</sup> live together as one!<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>brothers (and sisters)</i>; the term often encompasses extended family relationships."}, {"pk": 4109667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 133, "verse": 2, "text": "It is like expensive oil poured over the head, <br>running down onto the beard \u2014 <br>Aaron\u2019s beard! \u2014 <br>which extended over the collar of his robes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 133, "verse": 3, "text": "It is like the dew on Mount Hermon <br>streaming down onto the mountains of Zion, <br>because it is there that the LORD has commanded the blessing: <br>everlasting life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 134, "verse": 1, "text": "All you who serve the LORD: bless the LORD right now! <br>All you who minister in the LORD\u2019s house at night: bless God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 134, "verse": 2, "text": "Lift up your hands to the sanctuary <br>and bless the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 134, "verse": 3, "text": "May the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth, <br>bless you from Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br>Praise the LORD\u2019s name! <br>All you who serve the LORD, praise God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 2, "text": "All you who stand in the LORD\u2019s house \u2014 <br>who stand in the courtyards of our God\u2019s temple \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 3, "text": "praise the LORD, because the LORD is good! <br>Sing praises to God\u2019s name because it is beautiful!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 4, "text": "Because the LORD chose Jacob as his own, <br>God chose Israel as his treasured possession. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 5, "text": "Yes, I know for certain that the LORD is great \u2014 <br>I know our Lord is greater than all other gods.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD can do whatever he wants <br>in heaven or on earth, <br>in the seas and in every ocean depth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 7, "text": "God forms clouds at the far corners of the earth. <br>God makes lightning for the rain. <br>God releases the wind from its storeroom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 8, "text": "God struck down the Egyptians\u2019 oldest offspring \u2014 <br>both human and animal!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 9, "text": "God sent signs and wonders into the very center of Egypt \u2014 <br>against Pharaoh and all his servants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 10, "text": "God struck down many nations <br>and killed mighty kings:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 11, "text": "Sihon the Amorite king, <br>Og the king of Bashan, <br>and all the Canaanite kings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 12, "text": "Then God handed their land over as an inheritance \u2014 <br>as an inheritance to Israel, his own people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 13, "text": "LORD, your name is forever! <br>LORD, your fame extends from one generation to the next!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD gives justice to his people <br>and has compassion on those who serve him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 15, "text": "The nations\u2019 idols are just silver and gold \u2014 <br>things made by human hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 16, "text": "They have mouths, but they can\u2019t speak. <br>They have eyes, but they can\u2019t see.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 17, "text": "They have ears, but they can\u2019t listen. <br>No, there\u2019s no breath in their lungs!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 18, "text": "Let the people who made these idols <br>and all who trust in them <br>become just like them! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 19, "text": "House of Israel, bless the LORD! <br>House of Aaron, bless the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 20, "text": "House of Levi, bless the LORD! <br>You who honor the LORD, bless the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 135, "verse": 21, "text": "Bless the LORD from Zion \u2014 <br>bless the one who lives in Jerusalem! <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 1, "text": "Give thanks to the LORD because he is good. <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 2, "text": "Give thanks to the God of all gods \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 3, "text": "Give thanks to the Lord of all lords \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 4, "text": "Give thanks to the only one <br>who makes great wonders \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 5, "text": "Give thanks to the one who made the skies with skill \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 6, "text": "Give thanks to the one who shaped the earth on the water \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 7, "text": "Give thanks to the one who made the great lights \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 8, "text": "The sun to rule the day \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 9, "text": "The moon and the stars to rule the night \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 10, "text": "Give thanks to the one who struck down the Egyptians\u2019 oldest offspring \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 11, "text": "Give thanks to the one who brought Israel out of there \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 12, "text": "With a strong hand and outstretched arm \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 13, "text": "Give thanks to the one who split the Reed Sea <sup>[1]</sup> in two \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Red Sea;</i> also in <a href='/CEB/19/136/15'>136:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4109706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 14, "text": "Give thanks to the one who brought Israel through \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 15, "text": "And tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Reed Sea \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 16, "text": "Give thanks to the one who led his people through the desert \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 17, "text": "Give thanks to the one who struck down great kings \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 18, "text": "And killed powerful kings \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 19, "text": "Sihon, the Amorite king \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 20, "text": "Og, king of Bashan \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 21, "text": "Handing their land over as an inheritance \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 22, "text": "As an inheritance to Israel, his servant \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 23, "text": "God remembered us when we were humiliated \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 24, "text": "God rescued us from our enemies \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 25, "text": "God is the one who provides food for all living things \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 136, "verse": 26, "text": "Give thanks to the God of heaven \u2014 <br>God\u2019s faithful love lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 1, "text": "Alongside Babylon\u2019s streams, <br>there we sat down, <br>crying because we remembered Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 2, "text": "We hung our lyres up <br>in the trees there<br>"}, {"pk": 4109721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 3, "text": "because that\u2019s where our captors asked us to sing; <br>our tormentors requested songs of joy: <br>\u201cSing us a song about Zion!\u201d they said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 4, "text": "But how could we possibly sing <br>the LORD\u2019s song on foreign soil? <br>"}, {"pk": 4109723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 5, "text": "Jerusalem! If I forget you, <br>let my strong hand wither!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 6, "text": "Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth <br>if I don\u2019t remember you, <br>if I don\u2019t make Jerusalem my greatest joy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 7, "text": "LORD, remember what the Edomites did <br>on Jerusalem\u2019s dark day: <br>\u201cRip it down, rip it down! <br>All the way to its foundations!\u201d they yelled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 8, "text": "Daughter Babylon, you destroyer, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>a blessing on the one who pays you back <br>the very deed you did to us!<br>", "comment": "[1] Sym, Tg, Syr; MT <i>the devastated</i>"}, {"pk": 4109727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 137, "verse": 9, "text": "A blessing on the one who seizes your children <br>and smashes them against the rock! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 1, "text": "I give thanks to you with all my heart, LORD. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>I sing your praise before all other gods.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Tg, DSS (11QPs<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>Lord</i>."}, {"pk": 4109729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 2, "text": "I bow toward your holy temple <br>and thank your name <br>for your loyal love and faithfulness <br>because you have made your name and word <br>greater than everything else. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Correction; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 3, "text": "On the day I cried out, you answered me. <br>You encouraged me with inner strength. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 4, "text": "Let all the earth\u2019s rulers give thanks to you, LORD, <br>when they hear what you say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 5, "text": "Let them sing about the LORD\u2019s ways <br>because the LORD\u2019s glory is so great!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 6, "text": "Even though the LORD is high, <br>he can still see the lowly, <br>but God keeps his distance from the arrogant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 7, "text": "Whenever I am in deep trouble, <br>you make me live again; <br>you send your power against my enemies\u2019 wrath; <br>you save me with your strong hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 138, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD will do all this for my sake. <br> Your faithful love lasts forever, LORD! <br>Don\u2019t let go of what your hands <br>have made. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, you have examined me. <br>You know me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 2, "text": "You know when I sit down and when I stand up. <br>Even from far away, you comprehend my plans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 3, "text": "You study my traveling and resting. <br>You are thoroughly familiar with all my ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 4, "text": "There isn\u2019t a word on my tongue, LORD, <br>that you don\u2019t already know completely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 5, "text": "You surround me \u2014 front and back. <br>You put your hand on me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 6, "text": "That kind of knowledge is too much for me; <br>it\u2019s so high above me that I can\u2019t fathom it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 7, "text": "Where could I go to get away from your spirit? <br>Where could I go to escape your presence?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 8, "text": "If I went up to heaven, you would be there. <br>If I went down to the grave, <sup>[1]</sup> you would be there too!<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4109744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 9, "text": "If I could fly on the wings of dawn, <br>stopping to rest only on the far side of the ocean \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 10, "text": "even there your hand would guide me; <br>even there your strong hand would hold me tight!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 11, "text": "If I said, \u201cThe darkness will definitely hide me; <br>the light will become night around me,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 12, "text": "even then the darkness isn\u2019t too dark for you! <br>Nighttime would shine bright as day, <br>because darkness is the same as light to you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 13, "text": "You are the one who created my innermost parts; <br>you knit me together while I was still in my mother\u2019s womb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 14, "text": "I give thanks to you that I was marvelously set apart. <br>Your works are wonderful \u2014 I know that very well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 15, "text": "My bones weren\u2019t hidden from you <br>when I was being put together in a secret place, <br>when I was being woven together in the deep parts of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 16, "text": "Your eyes saw my embryo, <br>and on your scroll every day was written that was being formed for me, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>before any one of them had yet happened. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Correction; Heb lacks <i>for me</i>.<br>[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 17, "text": "God, your plans are incomprehensible to me! <br>Their total number is countless!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 18, "text": "If I tried to count them \u2014 they outnumber grains of sand! <br>If I came to the very end \u2014 I\u2019d still be with you. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Correction"}, {"pk": 4109754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 19, "text": "If only, God, you would kill the wicked! <br>If only murderers would get away from me \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4109755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 20, "text": "the people who talk about you, but only for wicked schemes; <br>the people who are your enemies, <br>who use your name as if it were of no significance. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>your name</i>."}, {"pk": 4109756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t I hate everyone who hates you? <br>Don\u2019t I despise those who attack you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 22, "text": "Yes, I hate them \u2014 through and through! <br>They\u2019ve become my enemies too. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 23, "text": "Examine me, God! Look at my heart! <br>Put me to the test! Know my anxious thoughts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 139, "verse": 24, "text": "Look to see if there is any idolatrous way <sup>[6]</sup> in me, <br>then lead me on the eternal path! <br>", "comment": "[6] Correction; cf Tg; LXX, Syr, Vulg <i>painful</i> or <i>wicked</i> or <i>hurtful way</i>"}, {"pk": 4109760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 1, "text": "Rescue me from evil people, LORD! <br>Guard me from violent people<br>"}, {"pk": 4109761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 2, "text": "who plot evil things in their hearts, <br>who pick fights every single day!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 3, "text": "They sharpen their tongues like a snake\u2019s; <br>spider poison <sup>[1]</sup> is on their lips. <i>Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>snake poison</i>"}, {"pk": 4109763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 4, "text": "Protect me from the power of the wicked, LORD! <br>Guard me from violent people <br>who plot to trip me up!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 5, "text": "Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes. <br>They\u2019ve spread out a net alongside the road. <br>They\u2019ve set snares for me. <i>Selah</i> <br>"}, {"pk": 4109765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 6, "text": "I tell the LORD, \u201cYou are my God! <br>Listen to my request for mercy, LORD!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 7, "text": "My LORD God, my strong saving help \u2014 <br>you\u2019ve protected my head on the day of battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 8, "text": "LORD, don\u2019t give the wicked what they want! <br>Don\u2019t allow their plans to succeed, <br>or they\u2019ll exalt themselves even more! <sup>[2]</sup> <i>Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 9, "text": "Let the heads of the people surrounding me <br>be covered with the trouble their own lips caused! <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 10, "text": "Let burning coals fall on them! <br>Let them fall into deep pits and never get out again!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 11, "text": "Let no slanderer be safe in the land. <br>Let calamity hunt down violent people \u2014 and quickly! <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 12, "text": "I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor <br>and will do what is right for the needy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 140, "verse": 13, "text": "Yes, the righteous will give thanks to your name, <br>and those who do right will live in your presence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 1, "text": "I cry out to you, LORD: Come to me \u2014 quickly! <br>Listen to my voice when I cry out to you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 2, "text": "Let my prayer stand before you like incense; <br>let my uplifted hands be like the evening offering. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 3, "text": "Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; <br>keep close watch over the door that is my lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t let my heart turn aside to evil things <br>so that I don\u2019t do wicked things with evildoers, <br>so I don\u2019t taste their delicacies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 5, "text": "Instead, let the righteous discipline me; <br>let the faithful correct me! <br>Let my head never reject that kind of fine oil, <br>because my prayers are always against the deeds of the wicked. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 6, "text": "Their leaders will fall from jagged cliffs, <br>but my words will be heard because they are pleasing. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 7, "text": "Our bones <sup>[3]</sup> have been scattered at the mouth of the grave, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>just like when the ground is broken up and plowed. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX manuscripts, Syr <i>their bones</i>; DSS (11QPs<sup>a</sup>) <i>my bones</i><br>[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 8, "text": "But my eyes are on you, my LORD God. <br>I take refuge in you; don\u2019t let me die!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 9, "text": "Protect me from the trap they\u2019ve set for me; <br>protect me from the snares of the evildoers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 141, "verse": 10, "text": "Let the wicked fall into their own nets \u2014 all together! \u2014 <br>but let me make it through safely. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I cry out loud for help from the LORD. <br>I beg out loud for mercy from the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[1] Perhaps <i>instruction</i>; it also appears in <a href='/CEB/19/42/1'>Pss 42</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/44/1-45'>44\u201345</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/52/1-55'>52\u201355</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/74/1'>74</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/78/1'>78</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/88/1-89'>88\u201389</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/142/1'>142</a>; cf <a href='/CEB/19/47/7'>47:7</a>; the root is used in <a href='/CEB/19/32/8'>Ps 32:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4109784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 2, "text": "I pour out my concerns before God; <br>I announce my distress to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 3, "text": "When my spirit is weak inside me, you still know my way. <br>But they\u2019ve hidden a trap for me in the path I\u2019m taking.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 4, "text": "Look right beside me: See? <br>No one pays attention to me. <br>There\u2019s no escape for me. <br>No one cares about my life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 5, "text": "I cry to you, LORD, for help. <br>\u201cYou are my refuge,\u201d I say. <br>\u201cYou are all I have in the land of the living.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 6, "text": "Pay close attention to my shouting, <br>because I\u2019ve been brought down so low! <br>Deliver me from my oppressors <br>because they\u2019re stronger than me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 142, "verse": 7, "text": "Get me out of this prison <br>so I can give thanks to your name. <br>Then the righteous will gather all around me <br>because of your good deeds to me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to my prayer, LORD! <br>Because of your faithfulness, hear my requests for mercy! <br>Because of your righteousness, answer me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 2, "text": "Please don\u2019t bring your servant to judgment, <br>because no living thing is righteous before you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 3, "text": "The enemy is chasing me, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>crushing my life in the dirt, <br>forcing me to live in the dark <br>like those who\u2019ve been dead forever.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my soul</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/19/143/6'>143:6</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/143/8'>8</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/143/11-12'>11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4109793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 4, "text": "My spirit is weak inside me \u2014 <br>inside, my mind is numb. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 5, "text": "I remember the days long past; <br>I meditate on all your deeds; <br>I contemplate your handiwork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 6, "text": "I stretch out my hands to you; <br>my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you. <sup>[2]</sup> <i>Selah</i> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>thirsting</i>."}, {"pk": 4109796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 7, "text": "Answer me, LORD \u2014 and quickly! My breath is fading. <br>Don\u2019t hide your face from me <br>or I\u2019ll be like those going down to the pit!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 8, "text": "Tell me all about your faithful love come morning time, <br>because I trust you. <br>Show me the way I should go, <br>because I offer my life up to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 9, "text": "Deliver me from my enemies, LORD! <br>I seek protection from you. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; MT <i>to you I have hidden</i>"}, {"pk": 4109799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 10, "text": "Teach me to do what pleases you, <br>because you are my God. <br>Guide me by your good spirit <br>into good land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 11, "text": "Make me live again, LORD, for your name\u2019s sake. <br>Bring me out of distress because of your righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 143, "verse": 12, "text": "Wipe out my enemies because of your faithful love. <br>Destroy everyone who attacks me, <br>because I am your servant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 1, "text": "Bless the LORD, my rock, <br>who taught my hands how to fight, <br>who taught my fingers how to do battle!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 2, "text": "God is my loyal one, my fortress, <br>my place of safety, my rescuer, <br>my shield, in whom I take refuge, <br>and the one who subdues people before me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 3, "text": "What are human beings, LORD, that you know them at all? <br>What are human beings that you even consider them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 4, "text": "Humans are like a puff of air; <br>their days go by like a shadow. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 5, "text": "LORD, part your skies and come down! <br>Touch the mountains so they smoke!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 6, "text": "Flash lightning and scatter the enemy! <br>Shoot your arrows and defeat them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 7, "text": "Stretch out your hand from above! <br>Rescue me and deliver me from deep water, <br>from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak lies,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 8, "text": "and whose strong hand is a strong hand of deception! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 9, "text": "I will sing a new song to you, God. <br>I will sing praises to you on a ten-stringed harp,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 10, "text": "to you \u2014 the one who gives saving help to rulers, <br>and who rescues his servant David from the evil sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 11, "text": "Rescue me and deliver me from the power of strangers, <br>whose mouths speak lies, <br>and whose strong hand is a strong hand of deception,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 12, "text": "so that <sup>[1]</sup> our sons can grow up fully, in their youth, like plants; <br>so that our daughters can be like pillars carved to decorate a palace;<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 13, "text": "so that our barns can be full, providing all kinds of food; <br>so that our flocks can be in the thousands \u2014 <br>even tens of thousands \u2014 in our fields;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 14, "text": "so that our cattle can be loaded with calves; <br>so that there won\u2019t be any breach in the walls, <br>no exile, no outcries in our streets! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 144, "verse": 15, "text": "The people who have it like this are truly happy! <br>The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I will lift you up high, my God, the true king. <br>I will bless your name forever and always.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/145/1'>Ps 145</a> is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the <a href=C:@230 9:1>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/19/9/1-10'>Pss 9\u201310</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/111/1'>111</a>, <a href='/CEB/19/119/1'>119</a>."}, {"pk": 4109818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 2, "text": "I will bless you every day. <br>I will praise your name forever and always.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD is great and so worthy of praise! <br>God\u2019s greatness can\u2019t be grasped.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 4, "text": "One generation will praise your works to the next one, <br>proclaiming your mighty acts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 5, "text": "They will talk all about <sup>[2]</sup> the glorious splendor of your majesty; <br>I will contemplate your wondrous works.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Syr, DSS (11QPs<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>and words of</i>"}, {"pk": 4109822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 6, "text": "They will speak of the power of your awesome deeds; <br>I will declare your great accomplishments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 7, "text": "They will rave in celebration of your abundant goodness; <br>they will shout joyfully about your righteousness:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cThe LORD is merciful and compassionate, <br>very patient, and full of faithful love.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD is good to everyone and everything; <br>God\u2019s compassion extends, to all his handiwork!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 10, "text": "All that you have made gives thanks to you, LORD; <br>all your faithful ones bless you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 11, "text": "They speak of the glory of your kingdom; <br>they talk all about your power,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 12, "text": "to inform all human beings about God\u2019s power <br>and the majestic glory of God\u2019s kingdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 13, "text": "Your kingdom is a kingship that lasts forever; <br>your rule endures for all generations. <br>The LORD is trustworthy in all that he says, <br>faithful in all that he does. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, DSS (11QPs<sup>a</sup>), Syr; MT lacks these lines, but they correspond to the <i>nun</i> line in the alphabetic acrostic poem."}, {"pk": 4109830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD supports all who fall down, <br>straightens up all who are bent low.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 15, "text": "All eyes look to you, hoping, <br>and you give them their food right on time,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 16, "text": "opening your hand <br>and satisfying the desire of every living thing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD is righteous in all his ways, <br>faithful in all his deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD is close to everyone who calls out to him, <br>to all who call out to him sincerely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 19, "text": "God shows favor to those who honor him, <br>listening to their cries for help and saving them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD protects all who love him, <br>but he destroys every wicked person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 145, "verse": 21, "text": "My mouth will proclaim the LORD\u2019s praise, <br>and every living thing will bless God\u2019s holy name <br>forever and always. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br> Let my whole being <sup>[1]</sup> praise the LORD!<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4109839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 2, "text": "I will praise the LORD with all my life; <br>I will sing praises to my God as long as I live. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t trust leaders; <br>don\u2019t trust any human beings \u2014 <br>there\u2019s no saving help with them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 4, "text": "Their breath leaves them, <br>then they go back to the ground. <br>On that very same day, their plans die too. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 5, "text": "The person whose help is the God of Jacob \u2014 <br>the person whose hope rests on the LORD their God \u2014 <br>is truly happy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 6, "text": "God: the maker of heaven and earth, <br>the sea, and all that is in them, <br>God: who is faithful forever,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 7, "text": "who gives justice to people who are oppressed, <br>who gives bread to people who are starving! <br>The LORD: who frees prisoners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD: who makes the blind see. <br>The LORD: who straightens up those who are bent low. <br>The LORD: who loves the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD: who protects immigrants, <br>who helps orphans and widows, <br>but who makes the way of the wicked twist and turn! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 146, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD will rule forever! <br>Zion, your God will rule from one generation to the next! <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br>Because it is good to sing praise to our God! <br>Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering up Israel\u2019s exiles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 3, "text": "God heals the brokenhearted <br>and bandages their wounds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 4, "text": "God counts the stars by number, <br>giving each one a name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 5, "text": "Our Lord is great and so strong! <br>God\u2019s knowledge can\u2019t be grasped!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD helps the poor, <br>but throws the wicked down on the dirt! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 7, "text": "Sing to the LORD with thanks; <br>sing praises to our God with a lyre!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 8, "text": "God covers the skies with clouds; <br>God makes rain for the earth; <br>God makes the mountains sprout green grass.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 9, "text": "God gives food to the animals \u2014 <br>even to the baby ravens when they cry out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 10, "text": "God doesn\u2019t prize the strength of a horse; <br>God doesn\u2019t treasure the legs of a runner.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 11, "text": "No. The LORD treasures the people <br>who honor him, <br>the people who wait for his faithful love. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 12, "text": "Worship the LORD, Jerusalem! <br>Praise your God, Zion!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 13, "text": "Because God secures the bars on your gates, <br>God blesses the children you have there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 14, "text": "God establishes your borders peacefully. <br>God fills you full with the very best wheat. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 15, "text": "God issues his command to the earth \u2014 <br>God\u2019s word speeds off fast!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 16, "text": "God spreads snow like it was wool; <br>God scatters frost like it was ashes;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 17, "text": "God throws his hail down like crumbs \u2014 <br>who can endure God\u2019s freezing cold?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 18, "text": "Then God issues his word and melts it all away! <br>God makes his winds blow; <br>the water flows again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 19, "text": "God proclaims his word to Jacob; <br>his statutes and rules to Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 147, "verse": 20, "text": "God hasn\u2019t done that with any other nation; <br>those nations have no knowledge of God\u2019s rules. <sup>[1]</sup> <br> Praise the LORD! <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Tg, DSS (11QPs<sup>a</sup>) <i>God hasn\u2019t let those nations know his rules</i>."}, {"pk": 4109868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br> Praise the LORD from heaven! <br>Praise God on the heights!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 2, "text": "Praise God, all of you who are his messengers! <br>Praise God, all of you who comprise his heavenly forces!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 3, "text": "Sun and moon, praise God! <br>All of you bright stars, praise God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 4, "text": "You highest heaven, praise God! <br>Do the same, you waters that are above the sky!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 5, "text": "Let all of these praise the LORD\u2019s name <br>because God gave the command and they were created!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 6, "text": "God set them in place always and forever. <br>God made a law that will not be broken. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 7, "text": "Praise the LORD from the earth, <br>you sea monsters and all you ocean depths!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 8, "text": "Do the same, fire and hail, snow and smoke, <br>stormy wind that does what God says!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 9, "text": "Do the same, you mountains, every single hill, <br>fruit trees, and every single cedar!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 10, "text": "Do the same, you animals \u2014 wild or tame \u2014 <br>you creatures that creep along and you birds that fly!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 11, "text": "Do the same, you kings of the earth and every single person, <br>you princes and every single ruler on earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 12, "text": "Do the same, you young men \u2014 young women too! \u2014 <br>you who are old together with you who are young! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 13, "text": "Let all of these praise the LORD\u2019s name <br>because only God\u2019s name is high over all. <br>Only God\u2019s majesty is over earth and heaven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 148, "verse": 14, "text": "God raised the strength <sup>[1]</sup> of his people, <br>the praise of all his faithful ones \u2014 <br>that\u2019s the Israelites, <br>the people who are close to him. <br> Praise the LORD! <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>horn</i>"}, {"pk": 4109882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br> Sing to the LORD a new song; <br>sing God\u2019s praise in the assembly of the faithful!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 2, "text": "Let Israel celebrate its maker; <br>let Zion\u2019s children rejoice in their king!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 3, "text": "Let them praise God\u2019s name with dance; <br>let them sing God\u2019s praise with the drum and lyre!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 4, "text": "Because the LORD is pleased with his people, <br>God will beautify the poor with saving help. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 5, "text": "Let the faithful celebrate with glory; <br>let them shout for joy on their beds. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4109887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 6, "text": "Let the high praises of God be in their mouths <br>and a double-edged sword in their hands,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 7, "text": "to get revenge against the nations <br>and punishment on the peoples,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 8, "text": "binding their rulers in chains <br>and their officials in iron shackles,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 149, "verse": 9, "text": "achieving the justice <br>written against them. <br>That will be an honor for all God\u2019s faithful people. <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 150, "verse": 1, "text": "Praise the LORD! <br> Praise God in his sanctuary! <br>Praise God in his fortress, the sky!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 150, "verse": 2, "text": "Praise God in his mighty acts! <br>Praise God as suits his incredible greatness!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 150, "verse": 3, "text": "Praise God with the blast of the ram\u2019s horn! <br>Praise God with lute and lyre!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 150, "verse": 4, "text": "Praise God with drum and dance! <br>Praise God with strings and pipe!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 150, "verse": 5, "text": "Praise God with loud cymbals! <br>Praise God with clashing cymbals!<br>"}, {"pk": 4109896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 19, "chapter": 150, "verse": 6, "text": "Let every living thing praise the LORD! <br> Praise the LORD! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The proverbs of Solomon, King David\u2019s son, from Israel:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Their purpose is to teach wisdom and discipline, <br>to help one understand wise sayings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "They provide insightful instruction, <br>which is righteous, just, and full of integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "They make the naive mature, <br>the young knowledgeable and discreet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The wise hear them and grow in wisdom; <br>those with understanding gain guidance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "They help one understand proverbs and difficult sayings, <br>the words of the wise, and their puzzles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Wisdom begins with the fear of the LORD, <br>but fools despise wisdom and instruction. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Listen, my son, to your father\u2019s instruction; <br>don\u2019t neglect your mother\u2019s teaching;<br>"}, {"pk": 4109921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "for they are a graceful wreath on your head, <br>and beads for your neck.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "My son, don\u2019t let sinners entice you. <br>Don\u2019t go<br>"}, {"pk": 4109923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "when they say: <br>\u201cCome with us. <br>Let\u2019s set up a deadly ambush. <br>Let\u2019s secretly wait for the innocent just for fun.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Let\u2019s swallow up the living like the grave <sup>[1]</sup> \u2014 <br>whole, like those who go down into the pit.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4109925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "We\u2019ll find all sorts of precious wealth; <br>we\u2019ll fill our houses with plunder.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Throw in your lot with us; <br>we\u2019ll share our money.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4109927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "My son, don\u2019t go on the path with them; <br>keep your feet from their way,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "because their feet run to evil; <br>they hurry to spill blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "It\u2019s useless to cast a net <br>in the sight of a bird.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "But these sinners set up a deadly ambush; <br>they lie in wait for their own lives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "These are the ways of all who seek unjust gain; <br>it costs them their lives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Wisdom shouts in the street; <br>in the public square she raises her voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Above the noisy crowd, she calls out. <br>At the entrances of the city gates, she has her say:<br>"}, {"pk": 4109934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cHow long will you clueless people love your na\u00efvet\u00e9, <br>mockers hold their mocking dear, <br>and fools hate knowledge?<br>"}, {"pk": 4109935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "You should respond when I correct you. <br>Look, I\u2019ll pour out my spirit on you. <br>I\u2019ll reveal my words to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "I invited you, but you rejected me; <br>I stretched out my hand to you, <br>but you paid no attention.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "You ignored all my advice, <br>and you didn\u2019t want me to correct you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "So I\u2019ll laugh at your disaster; <br>I\u2019ll make fun of you when dread comes over you,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "when terror hits you like a hurricane, <br>and your disaster comes in like a tornado, <br>when distress and oppression overcome you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Then they will call me, but I won\u2019t answer; <br>they will seek me, but won\u2019t find me<br>"}, {"pk": 4109941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "because they hated knowledge <br>and didn\u2019t choose the fear of the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "They didn\u2019t want my advice; <br>they rejected all my corrections.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "They will eat from the fruit of their way, <br>and they\u2019ll be full of their own schemes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "The immature will die because they turn away; <br>smugness will destroy fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Those who obey me will dwell securely, <br>untroubled by the dread of harm.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4109946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "My son, accept my words <br>and store up my commands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Turn your ear toward wisdom, <br>and stretch your mind toward understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Call out for insight, <br>and cry aloud for understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Seek it like silver; <br>search for it like hidden treasure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, <br>and discover the knowledge of God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD gives wisdom; <br>from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "He reserves ability for those with integrity. <br>He is a shield for those who live a blameless life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "He protects the paths of justice <br>and guards the way of those who are loyal to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Then you will understand righteousness and justice, <br>as well as integrity, every good course.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Wisdom will enter your mind, <br>and knowledge will fill you with delight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Discretion will guard you; <br>understanding will protect you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path, <br>from people who twist their words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "They forsake the way of integrity <br>and go on obscure paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "They enjoy doing evil, <br>rejoicing in their twisted evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Their paths are confused; <br>they get lost on their way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Wisdom will rescue you from the mysterious woman, <br>from the foreign woman with her slick words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "She leaves behind the partner of her youth; <br>she even forgets her covenant with God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Her house sinks down to death, <br>and her paths go down to the shadowy dead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "All those who go to her will never return; <br>they will never again reach the ways of the living.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "So you should stay on the path of good people, <br>guarding the road of the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who have integrity will dwell in the land; <br>the innocent will remain in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "But the wicked will be cut off from the land, <br>and the treacherous will be ripped up. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "My son, don\u2019t forget my instruction. <br>Let your heart guard my commands,<br>"}, {"pk": 4109969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "because they will help you live a long time <br>and provide you with well-being.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. <br>Bind them on your neck; <br>write them on the tablet of your heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Then you will find favor and approval <br>in the eyes of God and humanity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Trust in the LORD with all your heart; <br>don\u2019t rely on your own intelligence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Know him in all your paths, <br>and he will keep your ways straight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t consider yourself wise. <br>Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Then your body <sup>[1]</sup> will be healthy <br>and your bones strengthened.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>navel</i>"}, {"pk": 4109976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Honor the LORD with your wealth <br>and with the first of all your crops.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Then your barns will be filled <br>with plenty, <br>and your vats will burst with wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t reject the instruction of the LORD, my son; <br>don\u2019t despise his correction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD loves those he corrects, <br>just like a father who treats his son with favor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Happy are those who find wisdom <br>and those who gain understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Her profit is better than silver, <br>and her gain better than gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Her value exceeds pearls; <br>all you desire can\u2019t compare with her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "In her right hand is a long life; <br>in her left are wealth and honor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Her ways are pleasant; <br>all her paths are peaceful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; <br>those who hold her tight are happy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD laid the foundations of the earth with wisdom, <br>establishing the heavens with understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "With his knowledge, the watery depths burst open, <br>and the skies drop dew. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "My son, don\u2019t let them slip from your eyes; <br>hold on to sound judgment and discretion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "They will be life for your whole being, <br>and an ornament for your neck.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Then you will walk safely on your path, <br>and your foot won\u2019t stumble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "If you lie down, you won\u2019t be terrified. <br>When you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t fear sudden terror <br>or the ruin that comes to the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD will be your confidence; <br>he will guard your feet from being snared.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "Don\u2019t withhold good from someone who deserves it, <br>when it is in your power to do so.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t say to your neighbor, \u201cGo and come back; <br>I\u2019ll give it to you tomorrow,\u201d when you have it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t plan to harm your neighbor <br>who trusts and lives near you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "Don\u2019t accuse anyone without reason, <br>when they haven\u2019t harmed you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "Don\u2019t envy violent people <br>or choose any of their ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4109999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "Devious people are detestable to the LORD, <br>but the virtuous are his close friends.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "The LORD\u2019s curse is on the house of the wicked, <br>but he blesses the home of the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "He mocks mockers, <br>but he shows favor to the humble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "The wise gain respect, <br>but fools receive shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear, children, fatherly instruction; <br>pay attention to gain understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019ll teach you well. <br>Don\u2019t abandon my instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "When I was a son to my father, <br>tender and my mother\u2019s favorite,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "he taught me and said to me: <br>\u201cLet your heart hold on to my words: <br>Keep my commands and live.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Get wisdom; get understanding. <br>Don\u2019t forget and don\u2019t turn away from my words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t abandon her, and she will guard you. <br>Love her, and she will protect you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "The beginning of wisdom: <br>Get wisdom! <br>Get understanding before anything else.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Highly esteem her, and she will exalt you. <br>She will honor you if you embrace her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "She will place a graceful wreath on your head; <br>she will give you a glorious crown.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4110012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Listen, my son, and take in my speech, <br>then the years of your life will be many.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "I teach you the path of wisdom. <br>I lead you in straight courses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "When you walk, you won\u2019t be hindered; <br>when you run, you won\u2019t stumble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Hold on to instruction; don\u2019t slack off; <br>protect it, for it is your life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t go on the way of the wicked; <br>don\u2019t walk on the path of evil people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Avoid it! Don\u2019t turn onto it; <br>stay off of it and keep going!<br>"}, {"pk": 4110018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "They don\u2019t sleep unless they do evil; <br>they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "They eat the bread of evil, <br>and they drink the wine of violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The way of the righteous is like morning light <br>that gets brighter and brighter till it is full day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "The path of the wicked is like deep darkness; <br>they don\u2019t know where they will stumble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "My son, pay attention to my words. <br>Bend your ear to my speech.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t let them slip from your sight. <br>Guard them in your mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "They are life to those who find them, <br>and healing for their entire body.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth; <br>keep devious lips far from you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Focus your eyes straight ahead; <br>keep your gaze on what is in front of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Watch your feet on the way, <br>and all your paths will be secure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Don\u2019t deviate a bit to the right or the left; <br>turn your feet away from evil. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "My son, pay attention to my wisdom. <br>Bend your ear to what I know,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "so you might remain discreet, <br>and your lips might guard knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, <br>and her tongue is smoother than oil,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "but in the end she is bitter as gall, <br>sharp as a double-edged sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Her feet go down to death; <br>her steps lead to the grave. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "She doesn\u2019t stay on the way of life. <br>Her paths wander, but she doesn\u2019t know it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Now children, listen to me, <br>and don\u2019t deviate from the words of my mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Stay on a path that is far from her; <br>don\u2019t approach the entrance to her house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Otherwise, you will give your strength to others, <br>your years to a cruel person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength, <br>and your hard work will end up in a foreigner\u2019s house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "You will groan at the end <br>when your body and flesh are exhausted,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "and you say, \u201cHow I hated instruction! <br>How my heart despised correction! <br>"}, {"pk": 4110042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "I didn\u2019t listen to the voice of my instructor. <br>I didn\u2019t obey my teacher.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019m on the brink of utter ruin <br>in the assembled community.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Drink water from your own cistern, <br>gushing water from your own well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Should your fountains flood outside, <br>streams of water in the public squares?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "They are yours alone, <br>not for you as well as strangers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "May your spring be blessed. <br>Rejoice in the wife of your youth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "She is a lovely deer, a graceful doe. <br>Let her breasts intoxicate you all the time; <br>always be drunk on her love. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Why, my son, should you lose your senses with a mysterious woman <br>and embrace the breasts of a foreign female? <br>"}, {"pk": 4110050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD\u2019s eyes watch over every person\u2019s path, <br>observing all their ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "The wicked will be caught by their own evil acts, <br>grabbed by the ropes of their own sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Those without instruction will die, <br>misled by their own stupidity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor <br>or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "you will be trapped by your words; <br>you will be caught by your words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Do this, my son, to get out of it, <br>for you have come under the control of your neighbor. <br>So go, humble yourself, <sup>[1]</sup> and pester your neighbor.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t give sleep to your eyes <br>or slumber to your eyelids.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter, <br>like a bird from the hand of a fowler.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Go to the ant, you lazy person; <br>observe its ways and grow wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Even so, it gets its food in summer; <br>gathers its provisions at harvest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "How long, lazy person, will you lie down? <br>When will you rise from your sleep?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "A little sleep, a little slumber, <br>a little folding of the arms to lie down \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4110063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "and poverty will come on you like a prowler, <br>destitution like a warrior.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Worthless people and guilty people <br>go around with crooked talk.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "They wink their eyes, gesture with their feet, <br>and point with their fingers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Their hearts are corrupt and determined to do evil; <br>they create controversies all the time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, sudden disaster will come upon them; <br>they will be quickly broken beyond healing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "There are six things that the LORD hates, <br>seven things detestable to him:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "snobbish eyes, <br>a lying tongue, <br>hands that spill innocent blood,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "a heart set on wicked plans, <br>feet that run quickly to evil,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "a false witness who breathes lies, <br>and one who causes conflicts among relatives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "My son, keep your father\u2019s command; <br>don\u2019t abandon your mother\u2019s instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Bind them on your heart for all time; <br>fasten them around your neck.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "When you walk around, they will lead you; <br>when you lie down, they will protect you; <br>when you awake, they will occupy your attention.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; <br>corrective teaching is the path of life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "They guard you from the evil woman, <br>from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t desire her beauty in secret; <br>don\u2019t let her take you in with her eyelashes,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>but a married woman hunts for a man\u2019s very life.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Can a man scoop fire into his lap <br>and his clothes not get burned?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "If a man walks on hot coals, <br>don\u2019t his feet get burned?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "So is the man who approaches his neighbor\u2019s wife; <br>anyone who touches her will be punished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "People don\u2019t despise a thief if he steals <br>to fill his starving stomach.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "But if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold; <br>he must give all the riches of his house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "He who commits adultery is senseless. <br>Doing so, he destroys himself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "He is wounded and disgraced. <br>His shame will never be wiped away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "Jealousy makes a man rage; <br>he\u2019ll show no mercy on his day of revenge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "He won\u2019t accept compensation; <br>he\u2019ll refuse even a large bribe. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "My son, keep my words; <br>store up my commands within you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Keep my commands and live, <br>and my instruction like the pupil of your eye.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Bind them on your fingers; <br>write them on the tablet of your heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Say to wisdom, \u201cYou are my sister\u201d; <br>call understanding \u201cfriend,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "so she might guard you against the mysterious woman, <br>from the foreign woman who flatters you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "When from the window of my house, <br>from behind the screen, I gazed down,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "I looked among the naive young men <br>and noticed among the youth, one who had no sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "He was crossing the street at her corner <br>and walked down the path to her house<br>"}, {"pk": 4110096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "in the early evening, <br>at the onset of night and darkness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "All of a sudden a woman approaches him, <br>dressed like a prostitute and with a cunning mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "She is noisy and defiant; <br>her feet don\u2019t stay long in her own house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "She has one foot in the street, one foot in the public square. <br>She lies in wait at every corner.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "She grabs him and kisses him. <br>Her face is brazen as she speaks to him:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cI\u2019ve made a sacrifice of well-being; <br>today I fulfilled my solemn promises.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "So I\u2019ve come out to meet you, <br>seeking you, and I have found you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "I\u2019ve spread my bed with luxurious covers, <br>with colored linens from Egypt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019ve sprinkled my bed with myrrh, <br>aloes, and cinnamon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Come, let\u2019s drink deep of love until morning; <br>let\u2019s savor our lovemaking.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "For my husband isn\u2019t home; <br>he\u2019s gone far away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "He took a pouch of money with him; <br>he won\u2019t come home till full moon.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "She seduces him with all her talk. <br>She entices him with her flattery.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "He goes headlong after her, <br>like an ox to the slaughter, <br>like a deer leaping into a trap, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "until an arrow pierces his liver, <br>like a bird hurrying to the snare, <br>not aware that it will cost him his life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Now children, listen to me, <br>and pay attention to my speech.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t turn your heart to her ways; <br>don\u2019t wander down her paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "She has caused many corpses to fall; <br>she has killed many people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "Her house is a path to the grave, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>going down to the chambers of death. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Doesn\u2019t Wisdom cry out <br>and Understanding shout?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Atop the heights along the path, <br>at the crossroads she takes her stand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "By the gate before the city, <br>at the entrances she shouts: <br>"}, {"pk": 4110118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "I cry out to you, people; <br>my voice goes out to all of humanity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Understand skill, you who are naive. <br>Take this to heart, you fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Listen, for I speak things that are correct; <br>from my lips comes what is right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "My mouth utters the truth; <br>my lips despise wickedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "All the words of my mouth are righteous; <br>nothing in them is twisted or crooked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "All of them are straightforward to those who understand, <br>and upright for the knowledgeable.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Take my instruction rather than silver, <br>knowledge rather than choice gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Wisdom is better than pearls; <br>nothing is more delightful than she. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence; <br>I have found knowledge and discretion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "To fear the LORD is to hate evil. <br>I hate pride and arrogance, <br>the path of evil and corrupt speech.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "I have advice and ability, <br>as well as understanding and strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "By me kings rule, <br>and princes issue righteous decrees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "By me rulers govern, <br>and officials judge righteously. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "I love those who love me; <br>those who seek me will find me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Riches and honor are with me, <br>as well as enduring wealth and righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold; <br>my crops are better than choice silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "I walk on the way of righteousness, <br>on the paths of justice,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "to provide for those who love me <br>and to fill up their treasuries. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD created me at the beginning of his way, <br>before his deeds long in the past.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "I was formed in ancient times, <br>at the beginning, before the earth was.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, <br>when there were no springs flowing with water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Before the mountains were settled, <br>before the hills, I was brought forth;<br>"}, {"pk": 4110140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "before God <sup>[2]</sup> made the earth and the fields <br>or the first of the dry land.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>God</i>."}, {"pk": 4110141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "I was there when he established the heavens, <br>when he marked out the horizon on the deep sea,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "when he thickened the clouds above, <br>when he secured the fountains of the deep,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "when he set a limit for the sea, <br>so the water couldn\u2019t go beyond his command, <br>when he marked out the earth\u2019s foundations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "I was beside him as a master of crafts. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>I was having fun, <br>smiling before him all the time,<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "frolicking with his inhabited earth <br>and delighting in the human race. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "Now children, listen to me: <br>Happy are those who keep to my ways!<br>"}, {"pk": 4110147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Listen to instruction, and be wise; <br>don\u2019t avoid it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Happy are those who listen to me, <br>watching daily at my doors, <br>waiting at my doorposts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "Those who find me find life; <br>they gain favor from the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "Those who offend me <br>injure themselves; all those who hate me love death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Wisdom built her house; <br>she has carved out her seven pillars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "She slaughtered her animals, <br>mixed her wine, <br>and set her table.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "She sends out her female servants; she issues an invitation <br>from the top of the city heights:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cWhoever is naive turn aside here,\u201d <br>she says to those who lack sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cCome, eat my food, <br>and drink the wine I have mixed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Abandon your simplistic ways and live; <br>walk in the way of understanding.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4110157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Whoever instructs the cynic gets insulted; <br>whoever corrects the wicked gets hurt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t correct the impudent, or they will hate you; <br>correct the wise, and they will love you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Teach the wise, and they will become wiser; <br>inform the righteous, and their learning will increase.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the LORD; <br>the knowledge of the holy one is understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Through me your days will be many; <br>years will be added to your life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "If you are wise, it is to your benefit; <br>if you are cynical, you will bear it all alone. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Woman Folly is noisy; <br>she\u2019s stupid and doesn\u2019t even know it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "She sits at the doorway of her house, <br>on a seat at the city heights.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "She invites those who pass by on the path, <br>those going straight on their way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cWhoever is naive, come in here,\u201d <br>she says to those who lack sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cStolen water is sweet; <br>food eaten in secret is pleasant.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "But they don\u2019t know that the dead are there; <br>her guests are in the depths of the grave. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "The proverbs of Solomon: <br>A wise child makes a father glad, <br>but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The treasure of the wicked won\u2019t profit them, <br>but righteousness rescues people from death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD doesn\u2019t let the righteous starve, <br>but he rejects the desires of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Laziness brings poverty; <br>hard work makes one rich.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "A wise son harvests in the summer; <br>a disgraceful son sleeps right through the harvest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Blessings cover the head of the righteous, <br>but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "The memory of the righteous is a blessing, <br>but the name of the wicked rots.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "The skilled mind accepts commands, <br>but a foolish talker is ruined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who walk in innocence walk with confidence, <br>but those on crooked paths will be found out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who wink an eye bring trouble; <br>those who speak foolishly are ruined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, <br>but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Hate stirs up conflict, <br>but love covers all offenses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Wisdom is found on the lips of those who have understanding, <br>but there is a rod for the back of those with no sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "The wise store up knowledge, <br>but the mouth of a fool brings on ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The riches of the wealthy are their strong city; <br>the ruin of the poor is their poverty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "The wages of the righteous lead to life; <br>the earnings of the wicked lead to sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who heed instruction are on the way to life, <br>but those who ignore correction lose their way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Lying lips conceal hate, <br>and those who spread slander are fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "With lots of words comes wrongdoing, <br>but the wise restrain their lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, <br>but the heart of the wicked lacks value.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "The lips of the righteous nourish many people, <br>but fools who lack sense will die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD\u2019s blessing makes a person rich, <br>and no trouble is added to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Fools enjoy vile deeds, <br>but those with understanding take pleasure in wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "What the wicked dread will come on them, <br>but what the righteous desire will be given to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "After a whirlwind passes by, the wicked are no more, <br>but the righteous stand firm forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, <br>so are lazy people to those who authorize them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "The fear of the LORD increases one\u2019s life, <br>but the years of the wicked will be cut short.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "The expectations of the righteous result in joy, <br>but the hopes of the wicked will perish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "The path of the LORD is a refuge for the innocent <br>and ruin for those who do evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "The righteous will never be shaken, <br>but the wicked won\u2019t dwell in the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom, <br>but the twisted tongue will be cut off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "The lips of the wise know what is acceptable, <br>but the mouth of the wicked knows only what is perverse. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD detests dishonest scales, <br>but delights in an accurate weight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "When pride comes, so does shame, <br>but wisdom brings humility.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Integrity guides the virtuous, <br>but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Riches don\u2019t help in the day of wrath, <br>but righteousness rescues from death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "The righteousness of the innocent makes their path straight, <br>but the wicked fall in their wickedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who do right are saved by their righteousness, <br>but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "When the wicked die, their hope perishes. <br>Yes, any hope based on money perishes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "The righteous are saved from distress, <br>and the wicked take their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The godless destroy their neighbors by their words, <br>but the righteous are saved by their knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "When the righteous succeed, a city rejoices; <br>when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "A city is honored by the blessing of the virtuous; <br>it is destroyed by the words of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Whoever despises their neighbor lacks sense; <br>a sensible person keeps quiet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "A slanderer walks around revealing secrets, <br>but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Without guidance, a people will fall, <br>but there is victory with many counselors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Guaranteeing the debt of a stranger brings big trouble, <br>but the one who refuses to shake hands will be secure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "A gracious woman gains honor; <br>violent men gain only wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Kind persons benefit themselves, <br>but cruel people harm themselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "The wicked earn false wages, <br>but those who sow righteousness receive a true reward.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "The righteous are headed toward life, <br>but those who pursue evil, toward death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD detests a crooked heart, <br>but he favors those whose path is innocent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "The evil person will surely not go unpunished, <br>but the children of the righteous will escape.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Like a gold ring in a pig\u2019s nose <br>is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "The desires of the righteous end up well, <br>but the expectations of the wicked bring wrath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who give generously receive more, <br>but those who are stingy with what is appropriate will grow needy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Generous persons will prosper; <br>those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "People curse those who hoard grain, <br>but they bless those <sup>[1]</sup> who sell it.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the heads of those</i>"}, {"pk": 4110227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "Those who look for good find favor, <br>but those who seek evil \u2014 it will come to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Those who trust in their wealth will wither, <br>but the righteous will thrive like leafy trees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind. <br>The fool will be servant to the wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, <br>and the wise gather lives. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or LXX, Syr <i>violence takes lives away</i>"}, {"pk": 4110231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "If the righteous receive their due on earth, <br>how much more the wicked and sinners? <br>"}, {"pk": 4110232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Those who love discipline love knowledge, <br>and those who hate correction are stupid.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD favors good people, <br>but he condemns schemers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "No one is established by wicked acts, <br>but the roots of the righteous can\u2019t be disturbed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "A strong woman is a crown to her husband, <br>but a disgraceful woman is like rot in his bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "The plans of the righteous are just, <br>but the guidance of the wicked is deceptive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "The words of the wicked are a deathtrap, <br>but the speech of those who do right rescues them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "The wicked are destroyed and are no more, <br>but the family of the righteous will endure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "A person is praised for his insight, <br>but a warped mind leads to contempt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Better to be held in low regard and have a servant <br>than to be conceited and lack food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "The righteous care about their livestock\u2019s needs, <br>but even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Those who work their land will have plenty to eat, <br>but those who engage in empty pursuits have no sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Desiring evil is a trap for the wicked, <br>but the root of the righteous endures. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>gives</i>"}, {"pk": 4110244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "The wicked are trapped by the transgressions of their lips, <br>but the righteous escape from distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "From the fruit of their speech, people are well satisfied; <br>their work results in reward.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Fools see their own way as right, <br>but the wise listen to advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Fools reveal their anger right away, <br>but the shrewd hide their contempt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who state the truth speak justly, <br>but a false witness deceives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Some chatter on like a stabbing sword, <br>but a wise tongue heals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Truthful lips endure forever, <br>but a lying tongue lasts only for a moment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Deceit is in the heart of those who plan evil, <br>but there is joy for those who advise peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "No harm happens to the righteous, <br>but the wicked receive their fill of trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD detests false lips; <br>he favors those who do what is true.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "The shrewd conceal their knowledge, <br>but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "A hard worker is in charge, <br>while a lazy one will be sentenced to hard labor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Anxiety leads to depression, <br>but a good word encourages.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "The righteous offer guidance to their neighbors, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>but the path of the wicked makes them wander.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "The lazy don\u2019t roast <sup>[3]</sup> their prey, <br>but hard workers receive precious riches.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "The way of the righteous leads to life, <br>but the detestable <sup>[4]</sup> path leads to death. <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>the path of the trail</i>"}, {"pk": 4110260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "A wise son listens to <sup>[1]</sup> the discipline of his father, <br>but a mocker doesn\u2019t listen to correction.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>listens to.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "People eat well from the fruit of their words, <br>but the treacherous have an appetite only for violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "People who watch their mouths guard their lives, <br>but those who open their lips are ruined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "The lazy have strong desires but receive nothing; <br>the appetite of the diligent is satisfied.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The righteous hate false words, <br>but the wicked create disgust and scorn.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Righteousness guards the innocent on the path, <br>but wickedness misleads sinners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Some pretend to be rich but have nothing, <br>while others pretend to be poor, but have great riches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Wealth can ransom a person\u2019s life, <br>but the poor don\u2019t even receive threats.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "The light of the righteous rejoices, <br>but the lamp of the wicked goes out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "The empty-headed cause conflict out of pride; <br>those who take advice are wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Riches gotten quickly <sup>[2]</sup> will dwindle, <br>but those who acquire them gradually become wealthy.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>from meaninglessness</i>"}, {"pk": 4110271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Hope delayed makes the heart sick; <br>longing fulfilled is a tree of life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Trouble will come on those who despise a word, <br>but those who respect the commandment will be rewarded.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, <br>turning a person away from deathtraps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Good insight brings favor, <br>but the way of the faithless is their ruin. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>endures</i>"}, {"pk": 4110275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "The prudent all act intelligently, <br>but fools display their stupidity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Wicked messengers fall into trouble, <br>but a reliable one brings healing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Poverty and shame come to those who don\u2019t care about instruction; <br>honor belongs to those who heed correction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "A desire fulfilled is pleasant, <br>but fools find deviating from evil disgusting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Walk with wise people and become wise; <br>befriend fools and get in trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Trouble pursues sinners, <br>but good things reward the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance, <br>but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "A poor person\u2019s land might produce much food, <br>but it is unjustly swept away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who withhold the rod hate their children, <br>but the one who loves them applies discipline.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "The righteous eat their fill, <br>but the wicked have empty stomachs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "A wise woman builds her house, <br>while a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Those who walk with integrity fear the LORD, <br>but those who take a crooked path despise him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Pride sprouts in the mouth of a fool, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>but the lips of the wise protect them.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "When there are no oxen, the stall is clean, <br>but when there is a strong bull, there is abundant produce.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "A truthful witness doesn\u2019t lie, <br>but a false witness spews lies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "A mocker searches for wisdom and gets none, <br>but knowledge comes quickly to the intelligent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Stay away from fools, <br>for you won\u2019t learn wise speech there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "By their wisdom the prudent understand their way, <br>but the stupidity of fools deceives them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Fools mock a compensation offering, <br>but favor is with those who do right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "The heart knows its own distress; <br>another person can\u2019t share its joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "The house of the wicked is destroyed, <br>but the tent flourishes for those who do right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "There is a path that may seem straight to someone, <br>but in the end it is a path to death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "The heart feels pain even in laughter, <br>and in the end, joy turns to sorrow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways; <br>the good receive the due reward for their deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "The naive believe anything, <br>but the prudent give thought to their steps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "The wise are careful and avoid evil, <br>but fools become excited and overconfident.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Short-tempered people make stupid mistakes, <br>and schemers are hated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Stupidity is the lot of the naive, <br>but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Evil people will bow down before the good; <br>wicked people are at the gates of the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Even their neighbors hate the poor, <br>but many love the wealthy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, <br>but happy are those who are kind to the needy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t those who plan evil go astray? <br>Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "There is profit in hard work, <br>but mere talk leads to poverty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Wealth is the crown of the wise, <br>and the folly of fools is folly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "A truthful witness saves lives, <br>but a deceiver proclaims lies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence <br>and refuge for one\u2019s children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, <br>turning people away from deathtraps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "A king\u2019s glory is a large population, <br>but a dwindling people is a ruler\u2019s ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Patience leads to abundant understanding, <br>but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "A peaceful mind gives life to the body, <br>but jealousy rots the bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Those who exploit the powerless anger their maker, <br>while those who are kind to the poor honor God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "The wicked are thrown down by their own evil, <br>but the righteous find refuge even in death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "Wisdom resides in an understanding heart, <br>but it\u2019s not <sup>[2]</sup> known in fools.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT lacks <i>not.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "Righteousness dignifies a nation, <br>but sin disgraces a people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "The king favors an insightful servant, <br>but is furious at a shameful one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "A sensitive answer turns back wrath, <br>but an offensive word stirs up anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge, <br>but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD\u2019s eyes are everywhere, <br>keeping watch on evil and good people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Wholesome speech is a tree of life, <br>but dishonest talk breaks the spirit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "A fool doesn\u2019t like a father\u2019s instruction, <br>but those who heed correction are mature.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Great treasure is in the house of the righteous, <br>but the gain of the wicked brings trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "The lips of the wise spread knowledge, <br>but the hearts of fools have none.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD detests the sacrifices of the wicked, <br>but favors the prayers of those who do right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD detests the path of the wicked, <br>but loves those who pursue righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Discipline is severe for those who abandon the way; <br>those who hate correction will die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "The grave <sup>[1]</sup> and the underworld <sup>[2]</sup> lie open before the LORD; <br>how much more the hearts of human beings!<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[2] Heb <i>Abaddon</i>"}, {"pk": 4110331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Mockers don\u2019t like those who correct them. <br>They won\u2019t go to the wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "A joyful heart brightens one\u2019s face, <br>but a troubled heart breaks the spirit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "An understanding heart seeks knowledge; <br>but fools feed on folly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "All the days of the needy are hard, <br>but a happy heart has a continual feast.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Better a little with fear of the LORD <br>than a great treasure with turmoil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Better a meal of greens with love <br>than a plump calf with hate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Hotheads stir up conflict, <br>but patient people calm down strife.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, <br>but the way of those who do right is a clear road.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "A wise child brings joy to a father, <br>but fools despise their mothers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Folly is joy to those who lack sense, <br>but those with understanding walk straight ahead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "Plans fail with no counsel, <br>but with many counselors they succeed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "To give an appropriate answer is a joy; <br>how good is a word at the right time!<br>"}, {"pk": 4110343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "For those with insight, life is an upward path, <br>avoiding the grave <sup>[3]</sup> below.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD snatches away the arrogant one\u2019s house, <br>but he preserves the widow\u2019s boundaries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD detests evil plans, <br>but gracious words are pure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Those who acquire things unjustly gain trouble for their house, <br>but those who hate bribes will live.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "The righteous heart reflects before answering, <br>but the wicked mouth blurts out evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "The LORD is far from the wicked, <br>but he listens to the prayers of the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Bright eyes give joy to the heart; <br>good news strengthens the bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "The ear that listens to life-giving correction <br>dwells among the wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Those who refuse discipline despise themselves, <br>but those who listen to correction gain understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "The fear of the LORD is wise instruction, <br>and humility comes before respect. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "To people belong the plans of the heart, <br>but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "All the ways of people <br>are pure in their eyes, <br>but the LORD tests the motives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Commit your work to the LORD, <br>and your plans will succeed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD made everything for a purpose, <br>even the wicked for an evil day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD detests all who are arrogant; <br>they surely won\u2019t go unpunished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt; <br>the fear of the LORD turns away evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "When people draw favor from the LORD, <br>even their enemies are at peace with them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Better a little with righteousness <br>than great profits without justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "People plan their path, <br>but the LORD secures their steps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "A king\u2019s speech is like an oracle; <br>in a judgment, one can\u2019t go against his words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Honest balances and scales are the LORD\u2019s; <br>all the weights in the bag are his doing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Kings detest wicked deeds, <br>for their thrones are founded on righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Kings favor those with righteous lips; <br>they love words of integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "The king\u2019s anger is a messenger of death; <br>the wise will calm him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "There\u2019s life in the light of the king\u2019s face. <br>His favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold, <br>and acquiring understanding is better than silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "The road of those who do right turns away from evil; <br>those who protect their path guard their lives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Pride comes before disaster, <br>and arrogance before a fall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Better to be humble with the needy <br>than to divide plunder with the proud.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Those with insight find prosperity; <br>those who trust the LORD are blessed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "The skilled mind is called discerning, <br>and pleasant speech enhances teaching.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "One who has insight is a fountain of life, <br>but the instruction of the foolish is folly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "The mind of the wise makes their speech insightful <br>and enhances the teaching of their lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "Pleasant words are flowing honey, <br>sweet to the taste and healing to the bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "There is a path that may seem straight to someone, <br>but in the end it is the path of death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "The appetite of workers labors for them, <br>for their hunger presses them on.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "Worthless people dig up trouble; <br>their lips are like a scorching fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "Destructive people produce conflict; <br>gossips alienate close friends.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Violent people entice their neighbors <br>and walk them down a path that isn\u2019t good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "Those who wink their eye plot destruction; <br>those who purse their lips plan evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "Gray hair is a crown of glory; <br>it is found on the path of righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "Better to be patient than a warrior, <br>and better to have self-control than to capture a city.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "The dice are cast into the lap; <br>all decisions are from the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Better a dry crust with quiet <br>than a house full of feasting with quarrels.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son <br>and will divide an inheritance <br>with the brothers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, <br>but the LORD tests the heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips; <br>a liar listens to a destructive tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who mock the poor insult their maker; <br>those who rejoice in disaster won\u2019t go unpunished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, <br>and the glory of children is their parents.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Too much talking isn\u2019t right for a fool; <br>even less so false speech for an honorable person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "A bribe seems magical in the eyes of those who give it, <br>granting success to all who use it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "One who seeks love conceals an offense, <br>but one who repeats it divides friends.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person <br>than a hundred lashes to a fool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Evil people seek only rebellion; <br>a cruel messenger will be sent against them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs <br>than fools in their folly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Evil will never depart from the house <br>of those who return evil for good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "The start of a quarrel is like letting out water, <br>so drop the dispute before it breaks out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous \u2014 <br>the LORD detests both of these.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "Why should a fool have money <br>to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Friends love all the time, <br>and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "One with no sense shakes hands on a deal, <br>securing a loan for a friend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "Those who love an offense love a quarrel; <br>those who build a high doorway invite a collapse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "Those with crooked hearts won\u2019t prosper, <br>and those with twisted tongues will fall into trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "Having a fool for a son brings grief; <br>there\u2019s no joy for a scoundrel\u2019s father.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "A joyful heart helps healing, <br>but a broken spirit dries up the bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "The wicked take secret bribes <br>to twist the way of justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding, <br>but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "A foolish son is irritating to his father <br>and bitter to her who gave birth to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "It isn\u2019t good to punish the righteous, <br>to strike the honorable for their integrity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "Wise are those who restrain their talking; <br>people with understanding are coolheaded.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise; <br>those who shut their lips are smart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Unfriendly people look out for themselves; <br>they bicker with sensible people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Fools find no pleasure in understanding, <br>but only in expressing their opinion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "When the wicked arrive, so does contempt; <br>with shame comes insult.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "The words of a person\u2019s mouth are deep waters, <br>a bubbling stream, a fountain of wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Favoring the wicked isn\u2019t good; <br>it denies justice to the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "The lips of fools make accusations; <br>their mouths elicit beatings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "The mouth of fools is their ruin; <br>their lips are a trap for their lives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "The words of gossips are like choice snacks; <br>they go down to the inmost parts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who are lazy in their work <br>are brothers to thugs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD\u2019s name is a strong tower; <br>the righteous run to it and find refuge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "The riches of the wealthy are a strong city <br>and like a high wall in their imagination.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Pride comes before a disaster, <br>but humility comes before respect.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who answer before they listen <br>are foolish and disgraceful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "The human spirit sustains a sick person, <br>but who can bear a broken spirit?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "An understanding mind gains knowledge; <br>the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "A gift opens the way <br>for access to important people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "The first person to testify seems innocent, <br>until the other comes and cross-examines him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "The dice settle conflicts <br>and keep strong opponents apart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "An offended ally is more formidable than a city; <br>such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "The stomach is satisfied <br>by the fruit of the mouth; <br>one\u2019s lips can earn a satisfying income.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Death and life are in the power of the tongue; <br>those who love it will eat its fruit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "He who finds a wife finds what is good, <br>gaining favor from the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "The poor plead for help, <br>but the wealthy answer harshly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "There are persons for companionship, <br>but then there are friends who are more loyal than family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Better to be poor and walk in innocence <br>than to have dishonest lips and be a fool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Ignorant desire isn\u2019t good; <br>rushing feet make mistakes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "People\u2019s own folly corrupts their way, <br>but their hearts rage against the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Riches increase one\u2019s friends, <br>but the poor lose their friends.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "A false witness won\u2019t go unpunished, <br>and a liar won\u2019t escape.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "Many seek favor from rulers; <br>everyone befriends a gift giver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "All the relatives of the poor hate them; <br>even more, their friends stay far from them. <br>When they pursue them with words, they aren\u2019t there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who acquire good sense love themselves; <br>those who keep understanding find success.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "False witnesses won\u2019t go unpunished, <br>and liars will perish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Luxury isn\u2019t fitting for a fool; <br>even less so for a servant to rule over princes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Insightful people restrain their anger; <br>their glory is to ignore an offense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "A raging king roars like a lion; <br>his favor is like the dew on the grass.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "A foolish son is a disaster to his father; <br>a contentious wife is like constant dripping.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "House and riches are an inheritance from one\u2019s ancestors, <br>but an insightful wife is from the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Laziness brings on deep sleep; <br>a slacker goes hungry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who keep the commandment preserve their lives; <br>those who disregard their ways will die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who are gracious to the poor lend to the LORD, <br>and the Lord will fully repay them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Discipline your children while there is hope, <br>but don\u2019t plan to kill them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "Angry people must pay the penalty; <br>if you rescue them, then you will have to do it again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Listen to advice and accept instruction, <br>so you might grow wise in the future.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Many plans are in a person\u2019s mind, <br>but the LORD\u2019s purpose will succeed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "People long for trustworthiness; <br>it is better to be poor than a liar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "The fear of the LORD leads to life; <br>then one rests content, untouched by harm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "Lazy people bury their hand in the bowl; <br>they won\u2019t even put it to their mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; <br>correct someone with understanding, and they will gain knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who assault their father and drive out their mother <br>are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "If, my child, you stop listening to discipline, <br>you will wander away from words of knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "A worthless witness mocks justice; <br>the wicked mouth gulps down trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "Punishments were made for mockers, <br>and blows for the backs of fools. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Wine is a mocker; beer a carouser. <br>Those it leads astray won\u2019t become wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "A king is as terrifying as a lion\u2019s growl. <br>Those who anger him may lose their life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "It is honorable to back off from a fight, <br>but fools jump right in.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "The lazy don\u2019t plow during winter; <br>at harvest they look but find nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Advice comes from the deep waters of the heart; <br>those with understanding can draw it out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Many people will say that they are loyal, <br>but who can find a reliable person?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "The righteous live with integrity; <br>happy are their children who come after them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "A king who sits on his judgment throne <br>sifts out all evil with his eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Who can say, \u201cI\u2019m innocent to the core; <br>I\u2019m cleansed from my sin\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "False weights and measures \u2014 <br>the LORD detests them both.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Even young people are known by their actions, <br>whether their conduct is pure and upright.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "Ears to hear and eyes to see \u2014 <br>the LORD made them both.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t love sleep or you will be poor; <br>stay alert and you will have plenty to eat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "The buyer says, \u201cBad, bad,\u201d <br>but then goes away and brags.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Much gold and many pearls exist, <br>but wise speech is the most precious jewel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; <br>take his pledge for a foreigner.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Stolen bread is sweet, <br>but afterward the mouth is full of gravel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Plans are firmed up by advice; <br>wage wars with good guidance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "Gossips reveal secrets; <br>don\u2019t associate with those who talk too much.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Those who curse their father or mother \u2014 <br>their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Inheritance gained quickly at first <br>won\u2019t bless later on.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cI\u2019ll repay the evildoer!\u201d <br>Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD detests false weights; <br>deceptive scales aren\u2019t right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "A person\u2019s steps are from the LORD; <br>how then can people understand their path?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "It is a snare to say rashly, \u201cIt is holy,\u201d <br>and only reflect after making the promise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "A wise king sifts out the wicked, <br>and runs them over with a wheel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "The breath of a person is the lamp of the LORD, <br>searching all the inmost parts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Kindness and faithfulness protect the king; <br>he supports his throne by kindness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "Strength is the glory of young men; <br>gray hair is the splendor of old age.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "Blows and bruises remove evil; <br>beatings cleanse the inner parts. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "The king\u2019s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; <br>he directs it wherever he wants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Everyone\u2019s path is straight in their own eyes, <br>but the LORD weighs the heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Acting with righteousness and justice <br>is more valued by the LORD than sacrifice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "Prideful eyes, an arrogant heart, and <br>the lamp of the wicked are all sinful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "The plans of the diligent end up in profit, <br>but those who hurry end up with loss.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who gain treasure with lies <br>are like a drifting fog, leading to death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, <br>for they refuse to act with justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "The ways of some people are twisted and strange, <br>but the behavior of those who do right is pure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Better to live on the edge of a roof <br>than with a contentious woman in a large house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Wicked people desire evil; <br>their neighbors receive no mercy from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "When a mocker is punished, the naive person gains wisdom; <br>when insight comes to the wise, knowledge increases.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "The righteous one observes the house of the wicked, <br>turning the wicked toward trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor <br>will themselves call out but receive no answer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "A secret gift calms anger, <br>and a hidden bribe removes <sup>[1]</sup> furious wrath.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>removes.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "Acting justly is a joy to the righteous, <br>but dreaded by those who do evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "People who wander from the path of insight <br>will rest in the company of the dead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who love pleasure end up poor; <br>lovers of wine and oil won\u2019t get rich.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "The wicked are a ransom for the righteous; <br>the treacherous will be punished <sup>[2]</sup> in the place of the virtuous.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>will be punished.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "Better to live in a wilderness <br>than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Precious treasure and oil stay in the home of the wise, <br>but fools swallow them up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who pursue righteousness and kindness <br>will find life, righteousness, and honor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "A wise person fought a city of warriors <br>and brought down the stronghold in which they felt safe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "Those who guard their mouths and their tongues <br>guard themselves from trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Incredibly proud \u2014 mockers are their name! <br>Their conduct involves excessive pride.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "The desires of the lazy will kill them, <br>because their hands refuse to do anything.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "The lazy desire things constantly, <br>but the righteous give without holding back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD detests the sacrifices of the wicked, <br>especially when brought with devious motives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "A lying witness will perish, <br>but one who listens will testify successfully.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "The wicked person appears brash, <br>but the virtuous think about the path ahead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "No wisdom, understanding, <br>or advice can stand up against the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "A horse is made ready for the day of battle, <br>but victory belongs to the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "A good reputation is better than much wealth; <br>high esteem is better than silver and gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "The rich and the poor have this in common: <br>the LORD made them both.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Prudent people see trouble and hide, <br>while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD <br>is wealth, honor, and life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Thorns and nets are in the path of the crooked; <br>those who guard their lives keep their distance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Train children in the way they should go; <br>when they grow old, they won\u2019t depart from it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "The wealthy rule over the poor; <br>a borrower is a slave to a lender.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who sow injustice will harvest evil; <br>the rod of their fury will come to an end.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Happy are generous people, <br>because they give some of their food to the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Remove the mocker and conflict disappears; <br>judgment and shame also stop.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Those who love a pure heart \u2014 <br>their speech is gracious, and the king is their friend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD\u2019s eyes protect knowledge, <br>but he frustrates the words of the treacherous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "A lazy person says, \u201cThere\u2019s a lion in the street! <br>I\u2019ll be killed in the town square!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "The mouth of a mysterious woman is a deep pit; <br>those under the LORD\u2019s wrath will fall in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Folly is bound up in a child\u2019s heart; <br>the rod of discipline removes it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "Oppressing the poor to get rich <br>and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "Turn your ear and hear the words of the wise; <br>focus your mind on my knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "It will be pleasant if you keep the words in you, <br>if you have them ready on your lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "So that your trust will be in the LORD, <br>I\u2019m teaching you today \u2014 yes, you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Haven\u2019t I written for you thirty <sup>[1]</sup> sayings <br>full of advice and knowledge?<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Their purpose is to teach you true, reliable words, <br>so you can report back reliably to those who sent you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t steal from the poor, because they are poor. <br>Don\u2019t oppress the needy in the gate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD will take up their case <br>and press the life out of those who oppress them. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Don\u2019t befriend people controlled by anger; <br>don\u2019t associate with hot-tempered people;<br>"}, {"pk": 4110552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "otherwise, you will learn their ways <br>and become trapped. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t shake hands to guarantee a loan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "If you can\u2019t repay, <br>why should they be able to take your bed from you? <br>"}, {"pk": 4110555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t remove an ancient boundary marker <br>that your ancestors established. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "Do you see people who work skillfully? <br>They will work for kings <br>but not work for lowly people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "When you sit down to dine with a ruler, <br>carefully consider what is in front of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Place a knife at your throat <br>to control your appetite.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t long for the ruler\u2019s delicacies; <br>the food misleads. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t wear yourself out trying to get rich; <br>be smart enough to stop.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "When your eyes fly to wealth <br>it is gone; it grows wings <br>like an eagle and flies heavenward. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t eat food with stingy people; <br>don\u2019t long for their delicacies,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "because they are like a hair in the throat. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>They say to you, \u201cEat and drink!\u201d <br>but they don\u2019t mean it.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "You will eat scraps and vomit them out. <br>You will waste your pleasant words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t speak in the ears of fools, <br>for they will scorn your insightful words. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t remove an ancient boundary marker; <br>don\u2019t invade the fields of orphans,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "for their redeemer is strong. <br>He will bring charges against you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Bring your mind to instruction, <br>your ear to knowledgeable sayings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t withhold instruction from children; <br>if you strike them with a rod, they won\u2019t die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "Strike them with a rod, <br>and you will save their lives from the grave. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "My child, if your heart is wise, <br>then my heart too will be happy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "My inner being will rejoice <br>when your lips speak with integrity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t let your heart envy sinners, <br>but fear the LORD constantly;<br>"}, {"pk": 4110574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "then you will have a future, <br>and your hope won\u2019t be cut off. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Listen, my child, and be wise! <br>Keep your mind straight on the path.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t hang out with those who get drunk on wine <br>or those who eat too much meat,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "because drunks and gluttons will be impoverished; <br>their stupor will clothe them in rags. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "Listen to your father, who gave you life; <br>don\u2019t despise your elderly mother.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "Buy truth and don\u2019t sell it; <br>buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "The father of the righteous will be very happy; <br>the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "Your father and your mother will rejoice; <br>she who gave you birth will be happy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "My child, give your mind to me <br>and let your eyes keep to my path.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "A prostitute is a deep pit, <br>and a foreign woman is a narrow well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "Indeed, she ambushes like a robber <br>and increases the number of the faithless. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "Who is suffering? <br>Who is uneasy? <br>Who has arguments? <br>Who has complaints? <br>Who has unnecessary wounds? <br>Who has glazed eyes? \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4110586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "those who linger over wine; <br>those who go looking for mixed wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "Don\u2019t look at wine when it is red, <br>when it sparkles in the cup, <br>going down smoothly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "In the end, it bites like a snake <br>and poisons like a viper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "Your eyes will see strange things, <br>and your heart will speak distorted words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "You will be like one who lies down while out on the sea <sup>[3]</sup> <br>or one who lies on top of a mast.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>in the heart of the sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4110591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cThough hit, I feel no pain; <br>though beaten up, I don\u2019t know anything about it. <br>When I wake up, <br>I\u2019ll look for wine again!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4110592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t envy evil people, <br>and don\u2019t long to be with them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Their hearts are focused on violence, <br>and their lips speak of trouble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "By wisdom a house is built; <br>by understanding it is established.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "By knowledge rooms are filled <br>with all precious and pleasant wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "A wise person is mightier than a strong one; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>a knowledgeable person than a powerful one.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>A wise man is strong.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "You should make war with guidance; <br>victory comes with many counselors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Wisdom is beyond foolish people. <br>They don\u2019t open their mouths in the gate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who plot evil <br>will be called master schemers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "The scheming of fools is sin; <br>people detest mockers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "If you show yourself weak on a day of distress, <br>your strength is too small.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Rescue those being taken off to death; <br>and from those staggering to the slaughter, don\u2019t hold back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "If you say, \u201cLook, we didn\u2019t know about it,\u201d <br>the one who weighs hearts \u2014 doesn\u2019t he understand? <br>The one who protects your life \u2014 he knows. <br>He makes people pay for their actions. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "My child, eat honey, for it is good. <br>The honeycomb is sweet in your mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "Know that wisdom is like that for your whole being. <br>If you find it, there is a future. <br>Your hope won\u2019t be cut off. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Wicked one, don\u2019t wait secretly at the home of the righteous. <br>Don\u2019t destroy their dwelling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "The righteous may fall seven times but still get up, <br>but the wicked will stumble into trouble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "When your enemies fall, don\u2019t rejoice. <br>When they stumble, don\u2019t let your heart be glad,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "or the LORD will see it and be displeased, <br>and he will turn his anger from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t get fighting mad at evil people; <br>don\u2019t be envious of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Indeed, there is no future for the evil; <br>the lamp of the wicked will be put out. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Fear the LORD, my child, as well as the king. <br>Don\u2019t associate with those who are rebellious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "Disaster comes suddenly from them. <br>Who can know the ruin that both can bring? <br>"}, {"pk": 4110614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "These are also the sayings of the wise: <br> Partiality in judgment isn\u2019t good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who say to the guilty, \u201cYou are innocent\u201d \u2014 <br>the people will curse them. <br>Nations will condemn them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "But it will go well for those who rebuke them. <br>A rich blessing will come to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who speak honestly <br>are like those who kiss on the lips. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "Get your outside work done; <br>make preparations in the field; <br>then you can build your house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t be a witness against your neighbor without reason; <br>don\u2019t deceive with your lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cI\u2019ll do to them what they did to me. <br>I\u2019ll pay them back for their actions.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4110621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "I happened upon the field of a lazy person, <br>by the vineyard of one with no sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "Thorns grew all over it; <br>weeds covered the ground, <br>and the stone wall was falling down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 32, "text": "I observed this and took it to heart; <br>I saw it and learned a lesson.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cA little sleep, a little slumber, <br>a little lying down with folded arms\u201d \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4110625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 24, "verse": 34, "text": "and poverty will come on you like a prowler, <br>deprivation like a man with a shield. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "These are also proverbs of Solomon, copied by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah:"}, {"pk": 4110627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "It is the glory of God to hide something <br>and the glory of kings to discover something.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Like the high heavens and the depths of the earth, <br>so the mind of a king is unsearchable. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "Remove the dross from the silver, <br>and a vessel will come out for the refiner.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "Remove the wicked from the king\u2019s presence, <br>and his throne will be established in righteousness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, <br>or stand in the place of important people,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "because it is better that he say to you, <br>\u201cCome up here,\u201d <br>than to be demoted before a ruler. <br> What your eyes see, <br>"}, {"pk": 4110633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "don\u2019t be quick to quarrel over; <br>what will you do in the future when your neighbor shames you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "Argue it out with your neighbor, <br>and don\u2019t give away someone\u2019s secret.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "Otherwise, the one who hears it will vilify you; <br>the slander against you will never stop. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Words spoken at the right time <br>are like gold apples in a silver setting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "Wise correction to an ear that listens <br>is like a gold earring or jewelry of fine gold. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Like the coolness of snow on a harvest day <br>are reliable messengers to those who send them; <br>they restore the life of their master.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "People who brag about a gift never given <br>are like clouds and wind that produce no rain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "A commander can be persuaded with patience, <br>and a tender tongue can break a bone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "If you find honey, eat just the right amount; <br>otherwise, you\u2019ll get full and vomit it up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t spend too much time in your neighbor\u2019s house. <br>Otherwise, they\u2019ll get fed up with you and hate you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "People who testify falsely against their neighbors <br>are like a club, sword, and sharpened arrow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Trusting a treacherous person at a difficult time <br>is like having a bad tooth or a wobbly foot.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "Singing a song to a troubled heart <br>is like taking off a garment on a cold day <br>or putting vinegar on a wound. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>vinegar on natron</i> (a detergent)"}, {"pk": 4110646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread; <br>if they are thirsty, give them water to drink.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads, <br>and the LORD will reward you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "The north wind stirs up rain, <br>and a person who plots quietly provokes angry faces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Better to live on the edge of a roof <br>than to share a house with a contentious woman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "Good news from a distant land <br>is like cold water for a weary person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "A righteous person giving in to the wicked <br>is like a contaminated spring or a polluted fountain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "Eating too much honey isn\u2019t good, <br>nor is it appropriate to seek honor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "A person without self-control <br>is like a breached city, one with no walls. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest, <br>so honor isn\u2019t appropriate for a fool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, <br>so an undeserved curse never arrives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, <br>and a rod for the back of fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t answer fools according to their folly, <br>or you will become like them yourself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "Answer fools according to their folly, <br>or they will deem themselves wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "Sending messages with a fool <br>is like cutting off one\u2019s feet or drinking down violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "As legs dangle from a disabled person, <br>so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Like tying a stone in a sling, <br>so is giving respect to a fool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, <br>so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "Like an archer who wounds someone randomly, <br>so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Like a dog that returns to its vomit, <br>so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "Do you see people who consider themselves wise? <br>There is more hope for a fool than for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "A lazy person says, \u201cThere\u2019s a lion in the path! <br>A lion in the plazas!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "As a door turns on its hinge, <br>so do lazy people in their beds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Lazy people bury their hand into the bowl, <br>too tired to return it to their mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "Lazy people think they are wiser <br>than seven people who answer sensibly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "Like yanking the ears of a dog, <br>so is one who passes by and gets involved in another person\u2019s fight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Like a crazy person shooting deadly flaming arrows<br>"}, {"pk": 4110672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "are those who deceive their neighbor and say, \u201cHey, I was only joking!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Without wood a fire goes out; <br>without gossips, conflict calms down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "Like adding charcoal to embers or wood to fire, <br>quarrelsome people kindle strife.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "The words of gossips are like choice snacks; <br>they go down to the inmost parts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "Smooth <sup>[1]</sup> lips and an evil heart <br>are like silver coating on clay.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "Hateful people mislead with their lips, <br>keeping their deception within.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "Though they speak graciously, don\u2019t believe them, <br>for seven horrible things are in their heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "They may cover their hatred with trickery, <br>but their evil will be revealed in public.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "Those who dig a pit will fall in it; <br>those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "A lying tongue hates those it crushes; <br>a flattering mouth causes destruction. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t brag about tomorrow, <br>for you don\u2019t know what a day will bring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; <br>a stranger, and not your own lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "A stone is heavy and sand weighs much, <br>but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, <br>but who can withstand jealousy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "A public correction is better than hidden love.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "Trustworthy are the bruises of a friend; <br>excessive are the kisses of an enemy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Someone who is full refuses honey, <br>but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "Like a bird wandering from its nest, <br>so is one who wanders from home.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Oil and incense make the heart glad, <br>and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t desert your friend or a friend of your family; <br>don\u2019t go to your relative\u2019s house when disaster strikes. <br>Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, <br>so I can answer those who insult me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Prudent people see evil and hide; <br>the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; <br>take his pledge for a foreigner.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning <br>will be viewed as a curse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "The constant dripping on a rainy day <br>and a contentious woman are alike;<br>"}, {"pk": 4110697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "anyone who can control her <br>can control the wind <br>or pick up oil in his hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "As iron sharpens iron, <br>so friends sharpen each other\u2019s faces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "Those who tend a fig tree will eat its fruit, <br>and those who look after their master will be honored.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "As water reflects the face, <br>so the heart reflects one person to another.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "The grave <sup>[2]</sup> and the underworld <sup>[3]</sup> are never satisfied; <br>and people\u2019s eyes are never satisfied.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Abaddon</i><br>[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, <br>so are people in the presence of someone who praises them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "Even if you grind fools in a mortar, <br>even grinding them along with the grain, <br>their folly won\u2019t be driven from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "Know your flock well; <br>pay attention to your herds,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "for no treasure lasts forever, <br>nor a crown generation after generation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "When the grass goes away, new growth appears, <br>and the plants of the hills are gathered,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "then the lambs will provide your clothes, <br>and the goats will be the price of your fields.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "There will be enough goat\u2019s milk for your food, <br>for the food of your house, <br>and to nourish your young women. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "The wicked run away even though no one pursues them, <br>but the righteous are as confident as a lion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "When a land rebels, there are many leaders; <br>but a person with understanding brings order.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Poor people who oppress the needy <br>are rain that washes away food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who abandon Instruction praise the wicked, <br>but those who follow Instruction battle them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Evil people don\u2019t understand justice, <br>but those who seek the LORD understand everything.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "Better to be poor and walk in innocence <br>than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "Intelligent children follow Instruction, <br>but those who befriend gluttons shame their parents.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who become rich through high interest rates <br>gather money for those who are generous to the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who turn their ears from hearing Instruction \u2014 <br>even their prayers will be detested.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "Whoever misleads those who do right onto an evil path <br>will fall into their own pit, <br>but the blameless will inherit good things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "Rich people think they are wise, <br>but an insightful poor person sees through them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "When the righteous rejoice, there is great respect, <br>but people hide when the wicked prosper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who hide their sins won\u2019t succeed, <br>but those who confess and give them up will receive mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "Happy are those who are continually fearful, <br>but those whose hearts are hard fall into trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "A wicked ruler over the poor <br>is like a growling lion or a prowling bear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "A prince without understanding is a cruel oppressor, <br>but one who hates unjust gain will live long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "If someone feels guilty about murder, <br>don\u2019t hold them back from fleeing to the pit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Those who walk in innocence will be saved, <br>but those who go on twisted paths will fall into the grave.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "Those who work the land will have plenty to eat, <br>but those with worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "Reliable people will have abundant blessings, <br>but those with get-rich-quick schemes won\u2019t go unpunished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who show favoritism aren\u2019t good; <br>people do wrong for a crust of bread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "The stingy try to get rich fast, <br>unaware that loss will come to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor <br>than those with flattering tongues.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who steal from their father and mother, <br>and say, \u201cIt\u2019s not a crime,\u201d <br>are friends of vandals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "Greedy people stir up conflict, <br>but those who trust the LORD become prosperous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who trust in their own reasoning are fools, <br>but those who walk in wisdom will be kept safe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, <br>but those who turn a blind eye will be greatly cursed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "When the wicked rise up, people hide, <br>but when they are destroyed, the righteous multiply. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "One who stays stubborn after many corrections <br>will be suddenly broken, beyond healing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice, <br>but when the wicked dominate, the people moan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, <br>but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "A king gives stability to the land by justice, <br>but one who imposes heavy taxes tears it down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "People who flatter their friends <br>spread out a net for their feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "The wicked are snared by their own sin; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>the righteous sing and rejoice.<br>", "comment": "[1] Tg, Syr; MT <i>In the sin of an evil man is a snare</i>"}, {"pk": 4110743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "The righteous know the rights of the poor, <br>but the wicked don\u2019t understand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "Mockers set a city on fire, <br>but the wise turn back anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish, <br>the fools shout, they laugh \u2014 there is no calm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "Murderous people hate the innocent, <br>and they seek the lives of the virtuous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Fools show all their anger, <br>but the wise hold it back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "If a ruler listens to lies, <br>those who serve him will be wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "The poor and their oppressors have a common bond \u2014 <br>the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "If a king judges the poor honestly, <br>his throne will be established forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "The rod and correction lead to wisdom, <br>but children out of control shame their mothers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "When the wicked become numerous, so do crimes; <br>the righteous will see their downfall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "Instruct your children; they will give you peace of mind <br>and bring delight into your life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "When there\u2019s no vision, the people get out of control, <br>but whoever obeys instruction is happy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "Servants aren\u2019t disciplined by words; <br>they might understand, but they don\u2019t respond.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "Do you see people who are quick to speak? <br>There is more hope for fools than for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "Pamper servants from a young age, <br>and later on there will be trouble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "Angry people stir up conflict; <br>hotheads cause much offense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "Pride lays people low, <br>but those of humble spirit gain honor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who share plunder with thieves hate themselves; <br>even under oath, they don\u2019t testify.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "People are trapped by their fear of others; <br>those who trust the LORD are secure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "Many seek access to the ruler, <br>but justice comes from the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "The unjust person is disgusting to the righteous; <br>the straight path is disgusting to the wicked. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "The words of Agur, Jakeh\u2019s son, from Massa. The man declares: I\u2019m tired, God; <br>I\u2019m tired, God, and I\u2019m exhausted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "Actually, I\u2019m too stupid to be human, <br>a man without understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "I haven\u2019t learned wisdom, <br>nor do I have knowledge of the holy one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "Who has gone up to heaven and come down? <br>Who has gathered the wind by the handful? <br>Who has bound up the waters in a garment? <br>Who has established all the ends of the earth? <br>What is this person\u2019s name and the name of this person\u2019s child \u2014 <br>if you know it? <br>"}, {"pk": 4110768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "All God\u2019s words are tried and true; <br>a shield for those who take refuge in him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t add to his words, <br>or he will correct you and show you to be a liar. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Two things I ask of you; <br>don\u2019t keep them from me before I die:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "Fraud and lies \u2014 <br>keep far from me! <br>Don\u2019t give me either poverty or wealth; <br>give me just the food I need.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "Or I\u2019ll be full and deny you, <br>and say, \u201cWho is the LORD?\u201d <br>Or I\u2019ll be poor and steal, <br>and dishonor my God\u2019s name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t slander a servant to his master; <br>otherwise, the servant will curse you, and you will be guilty. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "There are those who curse their father <br>and don\u2019t bless their mother.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "There are those who think they are clean, <br>but haven\u2019t washed off their own excrement.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "There are those \u2014 <br>how arrogant are their eyes; <br>how their eyebrows are raised!<br>"}, {"pk": 4110777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "There are those whose teeth are swords; <br>their jaw is a butcher\u2019s knife, <br>ready to devour the needy from the earth, <br>and the poor from humanity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "The leech has two daughters: \u201cGive, give!\u201d <br>There are three things that are never satisfied, <br>four that never say, \u201cEnough!\u201d:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "the grave <sup>[1]</sup> and a barren womb, <br>a land never filled with water, <br>and fire that doesn\u2019t say, \u201cEnough!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "An eye that mocks a father <br>and rejects obedience to a mother, <br>may the ravens of the river valley peck it out, <br>and the eagle\u2019s young eat it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "Three things are too wonderful for me, <br>four that I can\u2019t figure out:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "the way of an eagle in the sky, <br>the way of a snake on the rock, <br>the way of a ship out on the open sea, <br>and the way of a man with a young woman. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "This is the way of an adulterous woman: <br>she eats and wipes her mouth, <br>and she says, \u201cI\u2019ve done nothing wrong!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4110784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "At three things the earth trembles, <br>at four it can\u2019t bear up:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "at a servant when he becomes king <br>and fools when they are full of food;<br>"}, {"pk": 4110786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "at a detested woman when she gets married <br>and a female servant when she replaces her mistress. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "Four things are among the smallest on earth, <br>but they are extremely wise:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "Ants as creatures aren\u2019t strong, <br>but they store away their food in the summer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "Badgers as creatures aren\u2019t powerful, <br>but they make their homes in the rocks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "Locusts don\u2019t have a king, <br>but they march together in ranks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 28, "text": "You can catch lizards in your hand, <br>but they are in kings\u2019 palaces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 29, "text": "There are three things that are excellent in their stride, <br>four that are excellent as they walk:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 30, "text": "a lion, a warrior among beasts, <br>which doesn\u2019t back down at anything;<br>"}, {"pk": 4110794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 31, "text": "the strut of a rooster or a male goat; <br>and a king with his army. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 32, "text": "If you\u2019ve been foolish and arrogant, <br>if you\u2019ve been scheming, <br>put your hand to your mouth,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 30, "verse": 33, "text": "because churning milk makes curds, <br>squeezing the nose brings blood, <br>and stirring up anger produces strife. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "The words of King Lemuel of Massa, which his mother taught him:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "No, my son! <br>No, son of my womb! <br>No, son of my solemn promises!<br>"}, {"pk": 4110799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t give your strength to women, <br>your ways to those who wipe out kings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "It isn\u2019t for kings, Lemuel, <br>it isn\u2019t for kings to drink wine, <br>for rulers to crave <sup>[1]</sup> strong drink.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>where</i> or <i>or</i>"}, {"pk": 4110801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "Otherwise, they will drink and forget the law, <br>and violate the rights of the needy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "Give strong drink to those who are perishing <br>and wine to those whose hearts are bitter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "Let them drink and forget their poverty <br>and no longer remember their toil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, <br>and for the rights of all who are vulnerable. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>all children who are passing away</i>"}, {"pk": 4110805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "Speak out in order to judge with righteousness <br>and to defend the needy and the poor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "A competent wife, how does one find her? <br>Her value is far above pearls.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "Her husband entrusts his heart to her, <br>and with her he will have all he needs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "She brings him good and not trouble <br>all the days of her life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "She seeks out wool and flax; <br>she works joyfully with her hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "She is like a fleet of merchant ships, <br>bringing food from a distance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "She gets up while it is still night, <br>providing food for her household, <br>even some for her female servants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "She surveys a field and acquires it; <br>from her own resources, she plants a vineyard.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "She works energetically; <br>her arms are powerful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "She realizes that her trading is successful; <br>she doesn\u2019t put out her lamp at night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "She puts her hands to the spindle; <br>her palms grasp the whorl.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "She reaches out to the needy; <br>she stretches out her hands to the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "She doesn\u2019t fear for her household when it snows, <br>because they are all dressed in warm <sup>[3]</sup> clothes.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>the path of the trail</i>"}, {"pk": 4110818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "She makes bedspreads for herself; <br>fine linen and purple are her clothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "Her husband is known in the city gates <br>when he sits with the elders of the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "She makes garments and sells them; <br>she supplies sashes to traders.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "Strength and honor are her clothing; <br>she is confident about the future.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "Her mouth is full of wisdom; <br>kindly teaching is on her tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "She is vigilant over the activities of her household; <br>she doesn\u2019t eat the food of laziness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "Her children bless her; <br>her husband praises her:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cMany women act competently, <br>but you surpass them all!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4110826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting, <br>but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 20, "chapter": 31, "verse": 31, "text": "Let her share in the results of her work; <br>let her deeds praise her in the city gates. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The words of the Teacher of the Assembly, <sup>[1]</sup> David\u2019s son, king in Jerusalem:", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Gatherer</i> or <i>Convener</i> or <i>Assembler</i> (Heb <i>Qoheleth);</i> see also <a href='/CEB/21/1/2'>1:2</a>, <a href='/CEB/21/1/12'>12</a>; <a href='/CEB/21/7/27'>7:27</a>; <a href='/CEB/21/12/8'>12:8</a>, <a href='/CEB/21/12/9'>9</a>, <a href='/CEB/21/12/10'>10</a>."}, {"pk": 4110829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Perfectly pointless, <sup>[2]</sup> says the Teacher, perfectly pointless. <br>Everything is pointless. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>meaningless</i> or <i>vapor</i> or <i>puff of air</i> (Heb <i>hebel</i>, which often occurs in the book)"}, {"pk": 4110830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "What do people gain from all the hard work <br>that they work so hard at under the sun?<br>"}, {"pk": 4110831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "A generation goes, and a generation comes, <br>but the earth remains as it always has.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The sun rises, the sun sets; <br>it returns panting to the place where it dawns.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The wind blows to the south, <br>goes around to the north; <br>around and around blows the wind; <br>the wind returns to its rounds again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "All streams flow to the sea, <br>but the sea is never full; <br>to the place where the rivers flow, <br>there they continue to flow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "All words <sup>[3]</sup> are tiring; <br>no one is able to speak. <br>The eye isn\u2019t satisfied with seeing, <br>neither is the ear filled up by hearing.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>things</i>"}, {"pk": 4110836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Whatever has happened \u2014 that\u2019s what will happen again; <br>whatever has occurred \u2014 that\u2019s what will occur again. <br> There\u2019s nothing new under the sun."}, {"pk": 4110837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "People may say about something: \u201cLook at this! It\u2019s new!\u201d But it was already around for ages before us."}, {"pk": 4110838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "There\u2019s no remembrance of things in the past, nor of things to come in the future. Neither will there be any remembrance among those who come along in the future."}, {"pk": 4110839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I am the Teacher. I was king over Israel in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4110840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "I applied my mind to investigate and to explore by wisdom all that happens under heaven. It\u2019s an unhappy obsession that God has given to human beings."}, {"pk": 4110841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "When I observed all that happens under the sun, I realized that everything is pointless, a chasing after wind."}, {"pk": 4110842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "What\u2019s crooked can\u2019t be straightened; <br>what isn\u2019t there can\u2019t be counted. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "I said to myself, Look here, I have grown much wiser than any who ruled over Jerusalem before me. My mind has absorbed great wisdom and knowledge."}, {"pk": 4110844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "But when I set my mind to understand wisdom, and also to understand madness and folly, I realized that this too was just wind chasing."}, {"pk": 4110845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Remember: <br>In much wisdom is much aggravation; <br>the more knowledge, the more pain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "I said to myself, <sup>[1]</sup> Come, I will make you <sup>[2]</sup> experience pleasure; enjoy what is good! But this too was pointless!", "comment": "[1] Or <i>in my heart; mind</i><br>[2] Or <i>the self</i> (or <i>heart; mind</i>)"}, {"pk": 4110847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all."}, {"pk": 4110848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "I tried cheering myself with wine and by embracing folly \u2014 with wisdom still guiding me \u2014 until I might see what is really worth doing in the few days that human beings have under heaven."}, {"pk": 4110849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "I took on great projects: I built houses for myself, planted vineyards for myself."}, {"pk": 4110850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "I made gardens and parks for myself, planting every kind of fruit tree in them."}, {"pk": 4110851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "I made reservoirs for myself to water my lush groves."}, {"pk": 4110852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "I acquired male servants and female servants; I even had slaves born in my house. I also had great herds of cattle and sheep, more than any who preceded me in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4110853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "I amassed silver and gold for myself, the treasures of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers for myself, along with every human luxury, treasure chests galore! <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>many secondary wives</i>"}, {"pk": 4110854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "So I became far greater than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. Moreover, my wisdom stood by me."}, {"pk": 4110855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "I refrained from nothing that my eyes desired. I refused my heart no pleasure. Indeed, my heart found pleasure from the results of my hard work; that was the reward from all my hard work."}, {"pk": 4110856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "But when I surveyed all that my hands had done, and what I had worked so hard to achieve, I realized that it was pointless \u2014 a chasing after wind. Nothing is to be gained under the sun."}, {"pk": 4110857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "My reflections then turned to wisdom, madness, and folly. What can the king\u2019s heir do but what has already been done?"}, {"pk": 4110858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "I saw that wisdom is more beneficial than folly, as light is more beneficial than darkness."}, {"pk": 4110859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "The wise have eyes in their head, <br>but fools walk around in darkness. <br> But I also realized that the same fate happens to both of them."}, {"pk": 4110860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So I thought to myself, What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise? I said to myself, This too is pointless."}, {"pk": 4110861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "There is no eternal memory of the wise any more than the foolish, <sup>[4]</sup> because everyone is forgotten before long. How can the wise die just like the fool?", "comment": "[4] Or <i>The wise and the foolish alike are never remembered.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "So I hated life, because the things that happen under the sun were troublesome to me. Definitely, everything is pointless \u2014 just wind chasing."}, {"pk": 4110863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "I hated the things I worked so hard for here under the sun, because I will have to leave them to someone who comes after me."}, {"pk": 4110864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "And who knows whether that one will be wise or foolish? Either way, that person will have control over the results of all my hard work and wisdom here under the sun. That too is pointless."}, {"pk": 4110865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "I then gave myself up to despair, as I thought about all my laborious hard work under the sun,"}, {"pk": 4110866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "because sometimes those who have worked hard with wisdom, knowledge, and skill must leave the results of their hard work as a possession to those who haven\u2019t worked hard for it. This too is pointless \u2014 it\u2019s a terrible wrong."}, {"pk": 4110867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "I mean, What do people get for all their hard work and struggles under the sun?"}, {"pk": 4110868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "All their days are pain, and their work is aggravation; even at night, their hearts don\u2019t find rest. This too is pointless."}, {"pk": 4110869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "There\u2019s nothing better for human beings than to eat, drink, and experience pleasure in their hard work. I also saw that this is from God\u2019s hand \u2014"}, {"pk": 4110870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Who can eat and find enjoyment otherwise? \u2014"}, {"pk": 4110871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "because God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please God. But to those who are offensive, <sup>[5]</sup> God gives the task of hoarding and accumulating, but only so as to give it all to those who do please God. This too is pointless and a chasing after wind.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>to those who sin</i>"}, {"pk": 4110872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "There\u2019s a season for everything <br>and a time for every matter under the heavens:<br>"}, {"pk": 4110873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "a time for giving birth and a time for dying, <br>a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "a time for killing and a time for healing, <br>a time for tearing down and a time for building up,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "a time for crying and a time for laughing, <br>a time for mourning and a time for dancing,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "a time for throwing stones and a time for gathering stones, <br>a time for embracing and a time for avoiding embraces,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "a time for searching and a time for losing, <br>a time for keeping and a time for throwing away,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "a time for tearing and a time for repairing, <br>a time for keeping silent and a time for speaking,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "a time for loving and a time for hating, <br>a time for war and a time for peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "What do workers gain from all their hard work?"}, {"pk": 4110881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "I have observed the task that God has given human beings."}, {"pk": 4110882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "God has made everything fitting in its time, but has also placed eternity in their hearts, without enabling them to discover what God has done from beginning to end."}, {"pk": 4110883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "I know that there\u2019s nothing better for them but to enjoy themselves and do what\u2019s good while they live."}, {"pk": 4110884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Moreover, this is the gift of God: that all people should eat, drink, and enjoy the results of their hard work."}, {"pk": 4110885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "I know that whatever God does will last forever; it\u2019s impossible to add to it or take away from it. God has done this so that people are reverent before him. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to inspire awe before the divine</i>"}, {"pk": 4110886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Whatever happens has already happened, and whatever will happen has already happened before. And God looks after what is driven away. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>God seeks out what is pursued,</i> or <i>God seeks what has gone by,</i> or <i>God seeks the pursued;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "I saw something else under the sun: in the place of justice, there was wickedness; and in the place of what was right, there was wickedness again!"}, {"pk": 4110888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "I thought to myself, God will judge both righteous and wicked people, because there\u2019s a time for every matter and every deed."}, {"pk": 4110889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "I also thought, Where human beings are concerned, God tests them to show them that they are but animals"}, {"pk": 4110890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "because human beings and animals share the same fate. One dies just like the other \u2014 both have the same life-breath. Humans are no better off than animals because everything is pointless."}, {"pk": 4110891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "All go to the same place: <br>all are from the dust; <br>all return to the dust. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Who knows if a human being\u2019s life-breath rises upward while an animal\u2019s life-breath descends into the earth?"}, {"pk": 4110893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "So I perceived that there was nothing better for human beings but to enjoy what they do because that\u2019s what they\u2019re allotted in life. Who, really, is able to see what will happen in the future?"}, {"pk": 4110894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "When I next observed all the oppressions that take place under the sun, I saw the tears of the oppressed \u2014 and they have no one to comfort them. Their oppressors wield power \u2014 but they have no one to comfort them."}, {"pk": 4110895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "So I declare that the dead, who have already died, are more fortunate than the living, who are still alive."}, {"pk": 4110896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "But happier than both are those who have never existed, who haven\u2019t witnessed the terrible things that happen under the sun."}, {"pk": 4110897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "I also observed that people work hard and become good at what they do only out of mutual envy. This too is pointless, just wind chasing."}, {"pk": 4110898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Fools fold their hands and eat their own flesh.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "But better is resting with one handful <br>than working hard for two fistfuls and chasing after wind. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Next, I saw under the sun something else that was pointless:"}, {"pk": 4110901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "There are people who are utterly alone, with no companions, not even a child or a sibling. Yet they work hard without end, never satisfied with their wealth. So for whom am I working so hard and depriving myself of enjoyment? This too is pointless and a terrible obsession."}, {"pk": 4110902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Two are better than one because they have a good return for their hard work."}, {"pk": 4110903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "If either should fall, one can pick up the other. But how miserable are those who fall and don\u2019t have a companion to help them up!"}, {"pk": 4110904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Also, if two lie down together, they can stay warm. But how can anyone stay warm alone?"}, {"pk": 4110905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Also, one can be overpowered, but two together can put up resistance. A three-ply cord doesn\u2019t easily snap."}, {"pk": 4110906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king, who no longer listens to advice."}, {"pk": 4110907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "He emerged from prison to become king, even though during his rule a poor child <sup>[1]</sup> is born.", "comment": "[1] Possibly the youth of <a href='/CEB/21/4/13'>4:13</a>; or <i>He emerged from prison to become king, even though he was born poor in the kingdom.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "I saw all who live and walk under the sun following the next youth who would rise to take his place."}, {"pk": 4110909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "There was no counting the number of people he ruled, but those who came later aren\u2019t happy with him. This too is pointless and a chasing after wind."}, {"pk": 4110910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Watch <sup>[1]</sup> your steps when you go to God\u2019s house. It\u2019s more acceptable to listen than to offer the fools\u2019 sacrifice \u2014 they have no idea that they\u2019re acting wrongly.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/21/4/17'>4:17</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4110911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t <sup>[2]</sup> be quick with your mouth or say anything hastily before God, because God is in heaven, but you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/21/5/1'>5:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4110912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Remember: <br>Dreams come with many cares, <br>and the voice of fools with many words. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "When you make a promise to God, fulfill it without delay because God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise."}, {"pk": 4110914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it."}, {"pk": 4110915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t let your mouth make a sinner of you, and don\u2019t say to the messenger: \u201cIt was a mistake!\u201d Otherwise, God may become angry at such talk and destroy what you have accomplished."}, {"pk": 4110916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Remember: <br>When dreams multiply, <br>so do pointless thoughts and excessive speech. <br>Therefore, fear God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "If you witness the poor being oppressed or the violation of what is just and right in some territory, don\u2019t be surprised because a high official watches over another, and yet others stand over them."}, {"pk": 4110918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "But the land\u2019s yield should be for everyone if the field is cultivated. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Correction; Heb uncertain; or <i>The lands advantage in everything is this: a king for a plowed field.</i>"}, {"pk": 4110919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The money lover isn\u2019t satisfied with money; neither is the lover of wealth satisfied with income. This too is pointless."}, {"pk": 4110920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "When good things flow, so do those who consume them. But what do owners benefit from such goods, except to feast their eyes on them?"}, {"pk": 4110921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Sweet is the worker\u2019s sleep, whether there\u2019s a lot or little to eat; but the excess of the wealthy won\u2019t let them sleep."}, {"pk": 4110922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "I have seen a sickening tragedy under the sun: people hoard their wealth to their own detriment."}, {"pk": 4110923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Then that wealth is lost in a bad business venture so that when they have children, they are left with nothing."}, {"pk": 4110924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Just as they came from their mother\u2019s womb naked, naked they\u2019ll return, ending up just like they started. All their hard work produces nothing \u2014 nothing they can take with them."}, {"pk": 4110925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "This too is a sickening tragedy: they must pass on just as they arrived. What then do they gain from working so hard for wind?"}, {"pk": 4110926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "What\u2019s more, they constantly eat in darkness, with much aggravation, grief, and anger."}, {"pk": 4110927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "This is the one good thing I\u2019ve seen: it\u2019s appropriate for people to eat, drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work under the sun during the brief lifetime that God gives them because that\u2019s their lot in life."}, {"pk": 4110928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Also, whenever God gives people wealth and riches and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their place in the world <sup>[4]</sup> and to find pleasure in their hard work \u2014 all this is God\u2019s gift.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>portion in life,</i> as in <a href='/CEB/21/5/18'>5:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4110929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Indeed, people shouldn\u2019t brood too much over the days of their lives because God gives an answer in their hearts\u2019 joy."}, {"pk": 4110930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "I saw a tragedy under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon humanity."}, {"pk": 4110931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "God may give some people plenty of wealth, riches, and glory so that they lack nothing they desire. But God doesn\u2019t enable them to enjoy it; instead, a stranger enjoys it. This is pointless and a sickening tragedy."}, {"pk": 4110932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Some people may have one hundred children and live a long life. But no matter how long they live, if they aren\u2019t content with life\u2019s good things, I say that even a stillborn child with no grave is better off than they are. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Correction; Heb puts the lack of burial site with those who do not enjoy lifes good things."}, {"pk": 4110933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Because that child arrives pointlessly, then passes away in darkness. Darkness covers its name."}, {"pk": 4110934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "It hasn\u2019t seen the sun or experienced anything. But it has more peace than those"}, {"pk": 4110935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "who live a thousand years twice over but don\u2019t enjoy life\u2019s good things. Isn\u2019t everyone heading to the same destination?"}, {"pk": 4110936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "All the hard work of humans is for the mouth, but the appetite is never full."}, {"pk": 4110937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "What advantage do the wise have over the foolish? Or what do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?"}, {"pk": 4110938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "It\u2019s better to enjoy what\u2019s at hand than to have an insatiable appetite. This too is pointless, just wind chasing."}, {"pk": 4110939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Whatever happens has already been designated, and human beings are fully known. They can\u2019t contend with the one who is stronger than they are."}, {"pk": 4110940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Because the more words increase, the more everything is pointless. What do people gain by it?"}, {"pk": 4110941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Because who knows what\u2019s good for human beings during life, during their brief pointless life, which will pass away like a shadow? Who can say what the future holds for people under the sun?"}, {"pk": 4110942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "A good name is better than fine oil, <br>and the day of death better than the birthday.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "It is better to go to a house in mourning <br>than to a house party, <br>because that is everyone\u2019s destiny; <br>and the living should take it to heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Aggravation is better than merriment <br>because a sad face may lead to a glad heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "The wise heart is in the house that mourns, <br>but the foolish heart is in the house that rejoices.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "It is better to obey the reprimand of the wise <br>than to listen to the song of fools,<br>"}, {"pk": 4110947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "because the fool\u2019s merriment <br>is like nettles crackling under a kettle. <br>That too is pointless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Oppression turns the wise into fools; <br>a bribe corrupts the heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The end of something is better than its beginning. <br>Patience is better than arrogance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t be too quick to get angry <br>because anger lives in the fool\u2019s heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t ask, \u201cHow is it that the former days were better than these?\u201d <br>because it isn\u2019t wise to ask this.<br>"}, {"pk": 4110952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Wisdom is as good as <sup>[1]</sup> an inheritance \u2014 <br>an advantage for those who see the sun.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Wisdom is good with</i>"}, {"pk": 4110953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Wisdom\u2019s protection is like the protection of money; <br>the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Consider God\u2019s work! Who can straighten what God has made crooked?"}, {"pk": 4110955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "When times are good, enjoy the good; when times are bad, consider: God has made the former as well as the latter so that people can\u2019t discover anything that will come to be after them."}, {"pk": 4110956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "I have seen everything in my pointless lifetime: the righteous person may die in spite of their righteousness; then again, the wicked may live long in spite of their wickedness."}, {"pk": 4110957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t be too righteous or too wise, or you may be dumbfounded. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>destroyed</i>"}, {"pk": 4110958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t be too wicked and don\u2019t be a fool, or you may die before your time."}, {"pk": 4110959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "It\u2019s good that you take hold of one of these without letting go of the other because the one who fears God will go forth with both."}, {"pk": 4110960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Wisdom makes a wise person stronger than ten rulers who are in a city."}, {"pk": 4110961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Remember: there\u2019s no one on earth so righteous as to do good only and never make a mistake. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>and never sin</i>"}, {"pk": 4110962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t worry about all the things people say, so you don\u2019t hear your servant cursing you."}, {"pk": 4110963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "After all, you know that you\u2019ve often cursed others yourself!"}, {"pk": 4110964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "I tested all of this by wisdom. I thought, I will be wise, but it eluded me."}, {"pk": 4110965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "All that happens is elusive and utterly unfathomable. Who can grasp it?"}, {"pk": 4110966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "I turned my mind to know, to investigate, and to seek wisdom, along with an account of things, to know that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness."}, {"pk": 4110967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "I found one woman more bitter than death: she who is a trap, her heart a snare, her hands shackles. Anyone who pleases God escapes her, but a sinner is trapped by her."}, {"pk": 4110968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, examining one matter after another to account for things."}, {"pk": 4110969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "But there\u2019s something that I constantly searched for but couldn\u2019t find: I found one man among a thousand, but I couldn\u2019t find a woman among any of these. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4110970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "See, this alone I found: God made human beings straightforward, but they search for many complications."}, {"pk": 4110971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Who is wise? And who knows the meaning of anything? <br>A person\u2019s wisdom brightens the expression; <br>it changes the hardness of someone\u2019s face. <br>"}, {"pk": 4110972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Keep <sup>[1]</sup> the king\u2019s command <br>as you would keep a solemn pledge.<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; Heb <i>I (say?) keep</i>"}, {"pk": 4110973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t be dismayed; leave his presence. <br>Don\u2019t linger in a harmful situation <br>because he can do whatever he wants!<br>"}, {"pk": 4110974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Because the king\u2019s word has authority, <br>no one can say to him, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4110975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Whoever keeps a command will meet no harm, and the wise heart knows the right time and the right way"}, {"pk": 4110976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "because there\u2019s a right time and right way for every matter. But human misfortunes are overwhelming"}, {"pk": 4110977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "because no one knows what will happen, and no one can say when something might happen."}, {"pk": 4110978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "No one has control over the life-breath, <sup>[2]</sup> to retain it, and there\u2019s no control over the day of death. There\u2019s no release from war, and wickedness won\u2019t deliver those who practice it.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>wind</i>"}, {"pk": 4110979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "I observed all of this as I paid attention to all that happens under the sun. Sometimes people exercise power over each other to their detriment."}, {"pk": 4110980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Then I saw the wicked brought to their graves, with people processing from a holy place, <sup>[3]</sup> while those who had lived honestly were neglected in the city. This too is pointless.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>temple</i>"}, {"pk": 4110981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The condemnation for wicked acts isn\u2019t carried out quickly; that\u2019s why people dare to do evil."}, {"pk": 4110982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Wrongdoers may commit a hundred crimes but still live long lives. But I also know that it will go well for those who fear God, for those who are reverent before God."}, {"pk": 4110983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "But it will not go well for the wicked; they won\u2019t live long at all because they aren\u2019t reverent before God."}, {"pk": 4110984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Here\u2019s another thing that happens on earth that is pointless: the righteous get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked get what the righteous deserve. I say that this too is pointless."}, {"pk": 4110985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "So I commend enjoyment because there\u2019s nothing better for people to do under the sun but to eat, drink, and be glad. This is what will accompany them in their hard work, during the lifetime that God gives under the sun."}, {"pk": 4110986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Then I set my mind to know wisdom and to observe the business that happens on earth, even going without sleep day and night"}, {"pk": 4110987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "I observed all the work of God \u2014 that no one can grasp what happens under the sun. Those who strive to know can\u2019t grasp it. Even the wise who are set on knowing are unable to grasp it."}, {"pk": 4110988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "So I considered all of this carefully, examining all of it: The righteous and the wise and their deeds are in God\u2019s hand, along with both love and hate. People don\u2019t know anything that\u2019s ahead of them."}, {"pk": 4110989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Everything is the same for everyone. The same fate awaits the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, <sup>[1]</sup> the pure and the impure, those who sacrifice and those who don\u2019t sacrifice. The good person is like the wrongdoer; the same holds for those who make solemn pledges and those who are afraid to swear.", "comment": "[1] LXX"}, {"pk": 4110990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "This is the sad thing about all that happens under the sun: the same fate awaits everyone. Moreover, the human heart is full of evil; people\u2019s minds are full of madness while they are alive, and afterward they die."}, {"pk": 4110991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Whoever is among the living can be certain about this. A living dog is definitely better off than a dead lion,"}, {"pk": 4110992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "because the living know that they will die. But the dead know nothing at all. There is no more reward for them; even the memory of them is lost."}, {"pk": 4110993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Their love and their hate, as well as their zeal, are already long gone. They will never again have a stake in all that happens under the sun."}, {"pk": 4110994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Go, eat your food joyfully and drink your wine happily because God has already accepted what you do."}, {"pk": 4110995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Let your garments always be white; don\u2019t run short of oil for your head."}, {"pk": 4110996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Enjoy life with your dearly loved spouse all the days of your pointless life that God <sup>[2]</sup> gives you under the sun \u2014 all the days of your pointless life! <sup>[3]</sup> \u2014 because that\u2019s your part to play <sup>[4]</sup> in this life and in your hard work under the sun.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>portion</i><br>[2] Or <i>he</i> or <i>that are given you</i><br>[3] This phrase is missing in some LXX sources, Syr, and Tg."}, {"pk": 4110997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Whatever you are capable of doing, do with all your might because there\u2019s no work, thought, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave, <sup>[5]</sup> which is where you are headed.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>underworld;</i> Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4110998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "I also observed under the sun that the race doesn\u2019t always go to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor food to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor favor to the knowledgeable, because accidents can happen to anyone."}, {"pk": 4110999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "People most definitely don\u2019t know when their time will come. Like fish tragically caught in a net or like birds trapped in a snare, so are human beings caught in a time of tragedy that suddenly falls to them."}, {"pk": 4111000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "I also observed the following example of wisdom under the sun \u2014 it impressed me greatly:"}, {"pk": 4111001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "There was a small town with only a few residents. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and waged a terrible war against it."}, {"pk": 4111002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Now there lived in that town a poor but wise man who saved everyone by his wisdom. But no one remembered that poor man."}, {"pk": 4111003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "So I thought, Wisdom is better than might, but the wisdom of commoners is despised and their words aren\u2019t heeded."}, {"pk": 4111004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The calm words of the wise are better heeded than the racket caused by a ruler among fools."}, {"pk": 4111005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one incompetent person destroys much good."}, {"pk": 4111006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "As dead flies spoil the perfumer\u2019s oil, <br>so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The mind of the wise tends toward the right, <br>but the mind of the fool toward the left.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Fools lack all sense even when they walk down the street; <br>they show everyone that they are fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "If a ruler\u2019s temper rises against you, <br>don\u2019t leave your post, because calmness alleviates great offenses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "There\u2019s an evil that I have seen under the sun: the kind of mistake that comes from people in power."}, {"pk": 4111011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Fools are appointed to high posts, while the rich sit in lowly positions."}, {"pk": 4111012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes walk on foot like slaves."}, {"pk": 4111013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, <br>and whoever breaks through a wall <br>may be bitten by a snake.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; <br>whoever splits logs <br>may be endangered by them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "If an ax is dull <br>and one doesn\u2019t sharpen it first, <br>then one must exert more force. <br>It\u2019s profitable to be skillful and wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "If a snake bites before it\u2019s charmed, <br>then there\u2019s no profit <br>for the snake charmer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Words from a wise person\u2019s mouth are beneficial, but fools are devoured by their own lips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Fools start out talking foolishness and end up speaking awful nonsense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Fools talk too much! No one knows what will happen; no one can say what will happen in the future.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The hard work of fools tires them out because they don\u2019t even know the way to town!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Too bad for you, land, <br>whose king is a boy <br>and whose princes feast in the morning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Happy is the land <br>whose king is dignified <br>and whose princes feast at the right time for energy, <br>not for drunkenness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Through laziness, the roof sags; <br>through idle hands, the house leaks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Feasts are made for laughter, <br>wine cheers the living, <br>and money answers everything. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>money is everyones answer.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t curse a king even in private; don\u2019t curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird could carry your voice; some winged creature could report what you said!"}, {"pk": 4111026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Send your bread out on the water because, in the course of time, you may find it again."}, {"pk": 4111027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Give a portion to seven people, even to eight: you don\u2019t know what disaster may come upon the land."}, {"pk": 4111028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "If clouds fill up, they will empty out rain on the earth. If a tree falls, whether to the south or to the north, wherever it falls, there it will lie."}, {"pk": 4111029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who watch the wind blow will never sow, and those who observe the clouds will never reap."}, {"pk": 4111030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Just as you don\u2019t understand what the life-breath does in the fetus <sup>[1]</sup> inside a pregnant woman\u2019s womb, so you can\u2019t understand the work of God, who makes everything happen.", "comment": "[1] Correction with Tg; MT <i>like the bones</i>"}, {"pk": 4111031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Scatter your seed in the morning, and in the evening don\u2019t be idle because you don\u2019t know which will succeed, this one or that, or whether both will be equally good."}, {"pk": 4111032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Sweet is the light, and it\u2019s pleasant for the eyes to see the sun."}, {"pk": 4111033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Even those who live many years should take pleasure in them all. But they should be mindful that there will also be many dark days. Everything that happens is pointless."}, {"pk": 4111034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Rejoice, young person, while you are young! Your heart should make you happy in your prime. Follow your heart\u2019s inclinations and whatever your eyes see, but know this: God will call you to account for all of these things."}, {"pk": 4111035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Remove anxiety from your heart, banish pain from your body, because youth and the dawn of life are pointless too."}, {"pk": 4111036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Remember your creator in your prime, <br>before the days of trouble arrive, <br>and those years, about which you\u2019ll say, \u201cI take no pleasure in these\u201d \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4111037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "before the sun and the light grow dark, the moon and the stars too, <br>before the clouds return after the rain;<br>"}, {"pk": 4111038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "on the day when the housekeepers tremble and the strong men stoop; <br>when the women who grind stop working because they\u2019re so few, <br>and those who look through the windows grow dim;<br>"}, {"pk": 4111039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "when the doors to the street are shut, <br>when the sound of the mill fades, <br>the sound of the bird rises, <br>and all the singers come down low;<br>"}, {"pk": 4111040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "when people are afraid of things above <br>and of terrors along the way; <br>when the almond tree blanches, the locust droops, <br>and the caper-berry comes to nothing; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>when the human goes to the eternal abode, <br>with mourners all around in the street;<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4111041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "before the silver cord snaps and the gold bowl shatters; <br>the jar is broken at the spring and the wheel is crushed at the pit;<br>"}, {"pk": 4111042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "before dust returns to the earth as it was before <br>and the life-breath returns to God who gave it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher, everything is pointless."}, {"pk": 4111044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Additionally: Because the Teacher was wise, he constantly taught the people knowledge. He listened and investigated. He composed many proverbs."}, {"pk": 4111045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "The Teacher searched for pleasing words, and he wrote truthful words honestly."}, {"pk": 4111046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "The words of the wise are like iron-tipped prods; <br>the collected sayings of the masters <br>are like nails fixed firmly by a shepherd. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>fixed by one shepherd</i>"}, {"pk": 4111047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Be careful, my child, of anything beyond them! <br> There\u2019s no end to the excessive production of scrolls. Studying too much wearies the body."}, {"pk": 4111048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "So this is the end of the matter; all has been heard. Worship God and keep God\u2019s commandments because this is what everyone must do."}, {"pk": 4111049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 21, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "God will definitely bring every deed to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or bad."}, {"pk": 4111050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The Song of Songs, which is for Solomon."}, {"pk": 4111051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": " If only he would give me some of his kisses . . . <br> Oh, your loving is sweeter than wine!<br><sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Identification of speakers here and throughout the Song is hypothetical and in several cases uncertain."}, {"pk": 4111052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Your fragrance is sweet; <br>your very name is perfume. <br>That\u2019s why the young women love you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Take me along with you; let\u2019s run! <br> My king has brought me into his chambers, saying, <br>\u201cLet\u2019s exult and rejoice in you. <br>Let\u2019s savor your loving more than wine. <br>No wonder they all love you!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4111054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Dark am I, and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem \u2014 <br>like the black tents of the Kedar nomads, <br>like the curtains of Solomon\u2019s palace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t stare at me because I\u2019m darkened <br>by the sun\u2019s gaze. <br>My own brothers were angry with me. <br>They made me a caretaker of the vineyards \u2014 <br>but I couldn\u2019t care for my own vineyard. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Tell me, you whom I love with all my heart \u2014 <br>where do you pasture your flock, <br>where do you rest them at noon? \u2014 <br>so I don\u2019t wander around with the flocks of your companions. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "If you don\u2019t know your way, <br>most beautiful of women, <br>then follow the tracks of the herds <br>and graze your little goats <br>by the tents of the shepherds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I picture you, my dearest, <br>as a mare among Pharaoh\u2019s chariots!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Lovely are your cheeks, adorned with ear hoops; <br>your neck, with beads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Let\u2019s make hoops of gold beaded with silver for you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "With my king close by, <br>my perfume filled the air.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "A sachet of myrrh is my love to me, <br>lying all night between my breasts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "A cluster of henna flowers is my love to me <br>in the desert gardens of En-gedi. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Look at you \u2014 so beautiful, my dearest! <br>Look at you \u2014 so beautiful! Your eyes are doves! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Look at you \u2014 so beautiful, my love! <br>Yes, delightful! Yes, our bed is lush and green!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "The ceilings of our chambers are cedars; <br>our rafters, cypresses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m a rose of the Sharon plain, <br>a lily of the valleys. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Like a lily among thornbushes, <br>so is my dearest among the young women. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Like an apple tree among the wild trees, <br>so is my lover among the young men. <br>In his shade I take pleasure in sitting, <br>and his fruit is sweet to my taste.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "He has brought me to the house of wine; <br>his banner raised over me is love. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Sustain me with raisin cakes, <br>strengthen me with apples, <br>for I\u2019m weak with love! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "His left arm is beneath my head, <br>his right embraces me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Make a solemn pledge, daughters of Jerusalem, <br>by the gazelles or the wild deer: <br>Don\u2019t rouse, don\u2019t arouse love <br>until it desires. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Listen! It\u2019s my lover: here he comes now, <br>leaping upon the mountains, <br>bounding over the hills.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "My lover is like a gazelle <br>or a young stag. <br>Here he stands now, <br>outside our wall, <br>peering through the windows, <br>peeking through the lattices. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "My lover spoke and said to me, <br>\u201cRise up, my dearest, <br>my fairest, and go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Here, the winter is past; <br>the rains have come and gone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Blossoms have appeared in the land; <br>the season of singing <sup>[1]</sup> has arrived, <br>and the sound of the turtledove is heard in our land.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>pruning</i>"}, {"pk": 4111079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "The green fruit is on the fig tree, <br>and the grapevines in bloom are fragrant. <br>Rise up, <sup>[2]</sup> my dearest, <br>my fairest, and go.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX and Kethib add <i>go;</i> but Qere, DSS, Vulg, Syr, and Tg lack the verb; cf <a href='/CEB/22/2/10'>2:10</a>."}, {"pk": 4111080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "My dove \u2014 in the rock crevices, <br>hidden in the cliff face \u2014 <br>let me catch sight of you; <br>let me hear your voice! <br>The sound of your voice is sweet, <br>and the sight of you is lovely.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4111081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Catch foxes for us \u2014 <br>those little foxes <br>that spoil vineyards, <br>now that our vineyards are in bloom! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "I belong to my lover and he belongs to me \u2014 <br>the one grazing among the lilies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Before the day breeze blows <br>and the shadows flee, <br>turn about, my love; be like a gazelle <br>or a young stag <br>upon the jagged mountains. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>upon the mountains of Bether;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/22/8/14'>8:14</a> <i>mountains of spice</i>"}, {"pk": 4111084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Upon my bed, night after night, <br>I looked for the one whom I love with all my heart. <br>I looked for him but couldn\u2019t find him. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX adds <i>I called him, but he didnt answer me;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/22/5/6'>5:6</a>."}, {"pk": 4111085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI will rise now and go all around the city, <br>through the streets and the squares. <br>I will look for the one whom I love with all my heart.\u201d <br>I looked for him but couldn\u2019t find him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "The guards found me, <br>those who make their rounds in the city. <br>\u201cThe one whom I love with all my heart \u2014 <br>have you seen him?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "No sooner did I depart from them <br>than I found the one whom I love with all my heart. <br>I held on to him and now I won\u2019t let him go, <br>until I\u2019ve brought him to my mother\u2019s house, <br>to the chamber of the one who conceived me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "I place you under oath, daughters of Jerusalem, <br>by the gazelles or the wild deer: <br>don\u2019t rouse, don\u2019t arouse love <br>until it desires. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Who is this, coming up from the wilderness, <br>like pillars of smoke? <br>She is perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, <br>selected from all the spice merchant\u2019s powders. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Picture Solomon\u2019s bed \u2014 <br>sixty heroic men round about it, <br>all from the heroes of Israel,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "all of them skilled with the sword, <br>expert in warfare, <br>each with his sword ready at his thigh <br>against terrors that come by night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "King Solomon made a canopied couch for himself <br>from the trees of Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Its pillars he made of silver, <br>its covering, cloth of gold, <br>its cushions, royal purple; <br>its interior inlaid with love. <br>Daughters of Jerusalem, <br>"}, {"pk": 4111094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "go forth! <br>Look, daughters of Zion \u2014 <br>on King Solomon wearing the crown <br>with which his mother crowned him <br>on the day of his wedding, <br>on the day of his heart\u2019s joy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Look at you \u2014 so beautiful, my dearest! <br>Look at you \u2014 so beautiful! Your eyes are doves <br>behind the veil of your hair! <br>Your hair is like a flock of goats <br>as they stream down Mount Gilead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Your teeth are like newly shorn ewes <br>as they come up from the washing pool \u2014 <br>all of them perfectly matched, <br>not one of them lacks its twin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Like a crimson ribbon are your lips; <br>when you smile, it is lovely. <br>Like a slice of pomegranate is the curve of your face <br>behind the veil of your hair.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Like David\u2019s tower is your neck, <br>splendidly built! <br>A thousand shields are hung upon it \u2014 <br>all the weapons of the warriors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Your two breasts are like two fawns, <br>twins of a gazelle doe, <br>that graze among the lilies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Before the day breeze blows <br>and the shadows flee, <br>I will be off to the mountain of myrrh, <br>to the hill of frankincense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "You are utterly beautiful, my dearest; <br>there\u2019s not a single flaw in you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Come down with me from Lebanon, my bride \u2014 <br>if only you would come down with me from Lebanon. <br>Descend from the peak of Amana, <br>from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, <br>from the lions\u2019 dens, <br>from the mountain lairs of leopards.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "You have captured my heart, my sister, <sup>[1]</sup> my bride! <br>You have captured my heart with one glance from your eyes, <br>with one strand of your necklace.<br>", "comment": "[1] <i>Sister</i> here and below is a common term in ancient love poetry; it doesnt imply blood relation."}, {"pk": 4111104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "How beautiful is your loving, my sister, my bride! <br>Your loving is so much better than wine, <br>and your fragrance better than any perfume!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Sweetness drops from your lips, my bride; <br>honey and milk are under your tongue, <br>and the fragrance of your garments <br>is like the fragrance of Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "An enclosed garden is my sister, my bride; <br>an enclosed pool, a sealed spring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Your limbs are an orchard of pomegranates <br>with all kinds of luscious fruit, <br>henna, and spices:<br>"}, {"pk": 4111108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "nard and saffron, <br>sweet cane and cinnamon, <br>with all scented woods, <br>myrrh, and aloes, <br>with the very choicest perfumes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, <br>streams from Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Stir, north wind, and come, south wind!Blow upon my garden; <br>let its perfumes flow! <b>[Woman]</b> </pb> <br> Let my love come to his garden; <br>let him eat its luscious fruit! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride! <br>I have gathered my myrrh and my spices. <br>I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; <br>I have drunk my wine and my milk. <br>Eat, dear friends! <br>Drink and get drunk on love! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. <br>A sound! My love is knocking: <b>[Man]</b> </pb> <br> \u201cOpen for me, my sister, my dearest, <br>my dove, my perfect one! <br>My head is soaked with dew, <br>my hair, with the night mists.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4111113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cI have taken off my tunic \u2014 <br>why should I put it on again? <br>I have bathed my feet \u2014 <br>why should I get them dirty?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "My love put his hand in through the latch hole, <br>and my body ached for him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "I rose; I went to open for my love, <br>and my hands dripped myrrh, <br>my fingers, liquid myrrh, <br>over the handles of the lock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "I went and opened for my love, <br>but my love had turned, gone away. <br>I nearly died when he turned away. <br>I looked for him but couldn\u2019t find him. <br>I called out to him, but he didn\u2019t answer me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "They found me \u2014 the guards <br>who make their rounds in the city. <br>They struck me, bruised me. <br>They took my shawl away from me, <br>those guards of the city walls!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "I place you under oath, daughters of Jerusalem: <br>If you find my love, what should you tell him? <br>That I\u2019m weak with love! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "How is your lover different from any other lover, <br>you who are the most beautiful of women? <br>How is your lover different from any other lover, <br>that you make us swear a solemn pledge? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "My lover is radiant and ruddy; <br>he stands out among ten thousand!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "His head is finest gold; <br>his wavy hair, black as a raven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "His eyes are like doves <br>by channels of water. <br>They are bathing in milk, <br>sitting by brimming pools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "His cheeks are like fragrant plantings, <br>towers of spices. <br>His lips are lilies <br>dripping liquid myrrh.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "His arms are gold cylinders <br>studded with jewels. <br>His belly is smooth ivory <br>encrusted with sapphires.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "His thighs are pillars of whitest stone <br>set on pedestals of gold. <br>His appearance \u2014 like Lebanon, <br>stately, like the cedars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "His mouth is everything sweet, <br>every bit of him desirable. <br> This is my love, this my dearest, <br>daughters of Jerusalem! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Which way did your lover go, <br>you who are the most beautiful of women? <br>Which way did your lover turn, <br>that we may look for him along with you? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "My lover has gone down to his garden, <br>to the fragrant plantings, <br>to graze in the gardens, <br>to gather the lilies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "I belong to my lover and my lover belongs to me \u2014 <br>the one grazing among the lilies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "You are as beautiful, my dearest, as Tirzah, <br>as lovely as Jerusalem, <br>formidable as those lofty sights.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Turn your eyes away from me, <br>for they overwhelm me! <br> Your hair is like a flock of goats <br>as they stream down from Gilead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Your teeth are like a flock of ewes <br>as they come up from the washing pool \u2014 <br>all of them perfectly matched, <br>not one of them lacks its twin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Like a slice of pomegranate is the curve of your face <br>behind the veil of your hair.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "There may be sixty queens <br>and eighty secondary wives, <br>young women beyond counting,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "but my dove, my perfect one, is one of a kind. <br>To her mother she\u2019s the only one, <br>radiant to the one who bore her. <br>Young women see her and declare her fortunate; <br>queens and secondary wives praise her. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Who is this, gazing down like the morning star, <br>beautiful as the full moon, <br>radiant as the sun, <br>formidable as those lofty sights? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "To the nut grove I went down <br>to look upon the fresh growth in the valley, <br>to see whether the vine was in flower, <br>whether the pomegranates had bloomed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "I hardly knew myself; <br>she had set me in an official\u2019s chariot! <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I hardly knew what happened; my passion set me in an officials chariot!</i> LXX, Vulg <i>Aminadabs chariots;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4111139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Come back, come back, Shulammite! <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Come back, come back, so we may admire you. <br>How you all admire the Shulammite <br>as she whirls between two circles of dancers! <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/22/7/1'>7:1</a> in Heb<br>[3] A name or title for the woman"}, {"pk": 4111140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "How graceful are your sandaled feet, <br>willing woman! <br>The smooth curves of your thighs \u2014 like fine jewelry, <br>the work of an artist\u2019s hands!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Your navel, cupped like the full moon \u2014 <br>may it never lack spiced wine! <br>Your belly is a mound of winnowed wheat <br>edged with lilies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Your two breasts are like two fawns, <br>twins of a gazelle doe;<br>"}, {"pk": 4111143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "your neck, like a tower of ivory; <br>your eyes, pools in Heshbon, <br>by the gate of that lordly city. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Your profile is like the tower of Lebanon, <br>looking out toward Damascus.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>by the gate of Bath-rabbim</i>"}, {"pk": 4111144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, <br>and your hair, braided in royal purple \u2014 <br>a king is bound by the tresses!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "You are so beautiful, so lovely \u2014 <br>my love, delightful one! <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] With Syr and Aquila <i>daughter of delights;</i> MT <i>love in delights</i> or <i>love with every charm</i>"}, {"pk": 4111146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Your stately form resembles a date palm, <br>and your breasts are like clustered fruit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "I say, \u201cI will climb the palm tree; <br>I will hold its fruit!\u201d <br> May your breasts be now <br>like grape clusters, <br>and the scent of your breath like apples!<br>"}, {"pk": 4111148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Your palate is like excellent wine . . . <b>[Woman]</b> </pb> <br> . . . flowing smoothly for my love, <br>gliding through the lips and teeth. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>through the lips of those who sleep;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4111149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "I belong to my lover, <br>and his longing is only for me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Come, my love: <br>Let\u2019s go out to the field <br>and rest all night among the flowering henna.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Let\u2019s set out early for the vineyards. <br>We will see if the vines have budded <br>and the blossoms opened, <br>see if the pomegranates have bloomed. <br>There I\u2019ll give my loving to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "The mandrakes give off their scent, <br>and at our doorways is every delicacy \u2014 <br>fresh or ripened \u2014 <br>my love, I have kept them hidden for you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "If only you were as my brother \u2014 <br>the one who nursed at my mother\u2019s breast. <br>I would find you in the street and kiss you, <br>and no one would shame me for it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "I would lead you, I would bring you <br>to my mother\u2019s house; <br>she would teach me what to do. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>I would give you spiced wine to drink, <br>some of my fresh pomegranate juice. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>you would teach me;</i> LXX, Syr <i>to my mothers house, and to the chamber of the one who conceived me</i> (cf <a href='/CEB/22/3/4'>3:4</a>)"}, {"pk": 4111155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "His left arm is beneath my head, <br>and his right embraces me! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Make a solemn pledge, <br>daughters of Jerusalem, <br>never to rouse, never to arouse love <br>until it desires. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Who is this coming up from the wilderness <br>leaning against her lover? <b>[Woman]</b> </pb> <br> Under the apple tree I aroused you \u2014 <br>there, where your mother labored with you, <br>there where, laboring, she bore you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Set me as a seal over your heart, <br>as a seal upon your arm, <br>for love is as strong as death, <br>passionate love unrelenting as the grave. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Its darts are darts of fire \u2014 <br>divine flame!<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4111159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Rushing waters can\u2019t quench love; <br>rivers can\u2019t wash it away. <br>If someone gave <br>all his estate in exchange for love, <br>he would be laughed to utter shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Our sister is small; <br>she has no breasts. <br>What will we do for our sister <br>on the day that she is spoken for?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "If she is a city wall, <br>then we will build a turret of silver on her. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>And if she is a door, <br>then we will barricade her <sup>[4]</sup> with a panel of cedar. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>it (the door)</i><br>[3] Or <i>on it (the city wall)</i>"}, {"pk": 4111162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m a city wall, <br>and my breasts are the towers. <br>So now I\u2019m in his eyes <br>as one who brings peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Solomon had a vineyard <br>in Baal-hamon. <br>He gave charge of the vineyard to keepers; <br>one would bring in exchange for its fruit <br>a thousand pieces of silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "My vineyard, my very own, is before me. <br>You can have the thousand, Solomon <sup>[5]</sup> \u2014 <br>with two hundred for those who tend the fruit! <br>", "comment": "[5] Cf <a href='/CEB/11/11/3'>1 Kgs 11:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4111165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "You who sit in the gardens, <br>my companions are listening for your voice. <br>Let me hear it! <br>"}, {"pk": 4111166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 22, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cTake flight, my love, <br>and be like a gazelle <br>or a young stag <br>on the mountains of spice!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4112982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The vision about Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, saw in the days of Judah\u2019s kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah."}, {"pk": 4112983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Hear you heavens, and listen earth, <br>for the LORD has spoken: <br>I reared children; I raised them, <br>and they turned against me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "An ox knows its owner, <br>and a donkey its master\u2019s feeding trough. <br>But Israel doesn\u2019t know; <br>my people don\u2019t behave intelligently. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Doom! Sinful nation, people weighed down with crimes, <br>evildoing offspring, corrupt children! <br>They have abandoned the LORD, <br>despised the holy one of Israel; <br>they turned their backs on God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Why do you invite further beatings? <br>Why continue to rebel? <br>Everyone\u2019s head throbs, <br>and everyone\u2019s heart fails.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "From head to toe, none are well \u2014 <br>only bruises, cuts, and raw wounds, <br>not treated, not bandaged, <br>not soothed with oil. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Your country is deserted, <br>your cities burned with fire; <br>your land \u2014 strangers are devouring it in plain sight. <br>It\u2019s a wasteland, as when foreigners raid.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Daughter Zion is left like a small shelter in a vineyard, <br>like a hut in a cucumber field, <br>like a city besieged. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>spared</i>"}, {"pk": 4112990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "If the LORD of heavenly forces had not spared a few of us, <br>we would be like Sodom; we would resemble Gomorrah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Hear the LORD\u2019s word, you leaders of Sodom. <br>Listen to our God\u2019s teaching, <br>people of Gomorrah!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "What should I think about all your sacrifices? <br>says the LORD. <br>I\u2019m fed up with entirely burned offerings of rams <br>and the fat of well-fed beasts. <br>I don\u2019t want the blood of bulls, lambs, and goats.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "When you come to appear before me, <br>who asked this from you, <br>this trampling of my temple\u2019s courts?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Stop bringing worthless offerings. <br>Your incense repulses me. <br>New moon, sabbath, and the calling of an assembly \u2014 <br>I can\u2019t stand wickedness with celebration!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I hate your new moons and your festivals. <br>They\u2019ve become a burden that I\u2019m tired of bearing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "When you extend your hands, <br>I\u2019ll hide my eyes from you. <br>Even when you pray for a long time, <br>I won\u2019t listen. <br>Your hands are stained with blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Wash! Be clean! <br>Remove your ugly deeds from my sight. <br>Put an end to such evil;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "learn to do good. <br>Seek justice: <br>help the oppressed; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>defend the orphan; <br>plead for the widow. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>lead the oppressor</i>"}, {"pk": 4112999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Come now, and let\u2019s settle this, <br>says the LORD. <br>Though your sins are like scarlet, <br>they will be white as snow. <br>If they are red as crimson, <br>they will become like wool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "If you agree and obey, <br>you will eat the best food of the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "But if you refuse and rebel, <br>you will be devoured by the sword. <br>The LORD has said this. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "This faithful town has become a prostitute! <br>She was full of justice; <br>righteousness lived in her \u2014 <br>but now murderers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Your silver has become impure; <br>your beer is diluted with water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Your princes are rebels, <br>companions of thieves. <br>Everyone loves a bribe and pursues gifts. <br>They don\u2019t defend the orphan, <br>and the widow\u2019s cause never reaches them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, says the LORD God of heavenly forces, <br>the mighty one of Israel: <br>Doom! I will vent my anger against my foes; <br>I will take it out on my enemies,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "and I will turn my hand against you. <br>I will refine your impurities as with lye, <br>and remove all your cinders.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Then I will restore your judges as in earlier times, <br>and your counselors as at the beginning. <br>After this you will be called Righteous City, Faithful Town. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Zion will be redeemed by justice, <br>and those who change their lives by righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "But God will shatter rebels and sinners alike; <br>those who abandon the LORD will be finished. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "You will be ashamed of the oaks you once desired, <br>and embarrassed by the gardens you once chose.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "You will be like an oak with withering leaves, <br>like a garden without water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "The strong will be like dry twigs, <br>their deeds like sparks; <br>the two will burn together, <br>with no one to extinguish them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "This is what Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4113014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "In the days to come <br>the mountain of the LORD\u2019s house <br>will be the highest of the mountains. <br>It will be lifted above the hills; <br>peoples will stream to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Many nations will go and say, <br>\u201cCome, let\u2019s go up to the LORD\u2019s mountain, <br>to the house of Jacob\u2019s God <br>so that he may teach us his ways <br>and we may walk in God\u2019s paths.\u201d <br>Instruction will come from Zion; <br>the LORD\u2019s word from Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "God will judge between the nations, <br>and settle disputes of mighty nations. <br>Then they will beat their swords into iron plows <br>and their spears into pruning tools. <br>Nation will not take up sword against nation; <br>they will no longer learn how to make war. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Come, house of Jacob, <br>let\u2019s walk by the LORD\u2019s light. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "You have abandoned your people, <br>house of Jacob. <br>They are full of sorcerers from the east and fortune-tellers like the Philistines; <br>they hold hands with foreigners\u2019 children. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Their land is full of silver and gold; <br>they have countless treasures. <br>Their land is filled with horses; <br>they have countless chariots.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Their land is filled with idols; <br>they worship their handiwork, <br>what their own fingers have made. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Humanity will be brought down; <br>each person laid low \u2014 don\u2019t lift them up! <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>don\u2019t forgive them</i>"}, {"pk": 4113022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Go into the rocks, <br>and hide yourself in the dust from the terror of the LORD, <br>from the splendor of God\u2019s majesty!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "People\u2019s proud gazing will be stopped <br>and humanity\u2019s arrogance brought down; <br>the LORD alone will be exalted on that day. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces has planned a day: <br>against all that is prideful and haughty; <br>against all that is lofty, and it will be laid low; <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>and high</i>"}, {"pk": 4113025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "against all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lofty; <br>against all the oaks of Bashan;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "against all the high mountains; <br>against all the lofty hills;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "against every tall tower; <br>against every fortified wall;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "against all the ships of Tarshish; <br>against all the wonderful boats. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "People\u2019s pride will be brought down <br>and human arrogance humiliated. <br>The LORD alone will be exalted on that day;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "the idols will completely pass away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Go into caves in the rocks <br>and holes in the dust <br>before the terror of the LORD <br>and the splendor of God\u2019s majesty, <br>when he arises to terrify the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "On that day, people will toss <br>to the rodents <sup>[5]</sup> and to the bats <br>their idols of silver and idols of gold, <br>which they made for themselves to worship.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "They will hide in fissures of rocks and in crevices of cliffs <br>before the terror of the LORD <br>and the splendor of God\u2019s majesty <br>when he arises to terrify the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Quit admiring the human race, <br>who breathe through their nostrils. <br>Why should they be admired? <br>"}, {"pk": 4113035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Now the LORD God of heavenly forces is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah every form of support: all rations of food and water;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "soldier and warrior; <br>judge and prophet; <br>fortune-teller and elder;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "commander and celebrity; <br>counselor, clever craftsman, and cunning charmer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "I will make youths their commanders; <br>mischief makers will rule over them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "The people will oppress each other, <br>each one against the other, neighbor against neighbor. <br>The young will bully the old, <br>the rogue, and the respectable. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Someone will seize a family member, saying, \u201cYou have clothing! You be our leader! <br>This mess will be your responsibility!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Someone else will cry out on that day, <br>\u201cI\u2019m no healer! <br>I have neither food nor clothing in my house! <br>Don\u2019t make me the leader of the people!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Yes, Jerusalem has stumbled <br>and Judah has fallen, <br>because the way they talk and act in word and deed insults the LORD, <br>defying his brilliant glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Their bias in judgment gives them away; <br>like Sodom, they display their sins in public. <br>Doom to them, for they have done themselves in!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Tell the righteous how blessed they are; <br>they will eat the fruit of their labors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Doom to the wicked; they are evil. <br>What they have done will be done to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "As for my people \u2014 oppressors strip them <br>and swindlers <sup>[1]</sup> rule them. <br>My people \u2014 your leaders mislead you and confuse your paths. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>women</i>"}, {"pk": 4113047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD arises to accuse; <br>he stands to judge the peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD will enter into judgment <br>with the elders and princes of his people: <br>You yourselves have devoured the vineyard; <br>the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "How dare you crush my people <br>and grind the faces of the poor? <br>says the LORD God of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Because Zion\u2019s daughters applaud themselves, <br>walking with their chins in the air, <br>flirting with their eyes, <br>tiptoeing as they walk, feet jingling \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4113051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "the Lord will shave the heads of Zion\u2019s daughters, <br>and will expose their scalps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "On that day, the LORD will remove: <br>the splendid ankle chains; headbands and moon-shaped pendants;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "the earrings, bracelets, and veils;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "the hats, bangles, and sashes; <br>the amulets and charms;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "the signet rings and nose rings;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "the robes and capes; <br>the shawls and handbags;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "the mirrors and linen garments; <br>the turbans and the veils.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Instead of perfume there will be a disgusting odor; <br>instead of a sash, a rope; <br>instead of styled hair, shaved heads; <br>instead of expensive clothes, rags as mourning clothes; <br>instead of beauty, shame. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>shame.</i>"}, {"pk": 4113059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Your men will fall by the sword, <br>your warriors in battle!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Her gates will lament and mourn; <br>desolate, she will sit on the ground. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Seven women will grab one man on that day, saying, \u201cWe will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes \u2014 only let us take your name; take away our disgrace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "On that day, the LORD\u2019s branch will become beautiful and glorious. The earth\u2019s fruit will be the pride and splendor of Israel\u2019s survivors."}, {"pk": 4113063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Whoever remains in Zion and is left in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is on the list of those living in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4113064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "When the Lord washes the filth from Zion\u2019s daughters, and cleanses Jerusalem\u2019s bloodguilt from within it by means of a wind of judgment and a searing wind,"}, {"pk": 4113065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the light of a blazing fire by night. Over all the glory there will be a canopy,"}, {"pk": 4113066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "which will be a booth by day for shade from the heat and a hiding place and shelter from a stormy downpour."}, {"pk": 4113067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Let me sing for my loved one <br>a love song for his vineyard. <br>My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "He dug it, <br>cleared away its stones, <br>planted it with excellent vines, <br>built a tower inside it, <br>and dug out a wine vat in it. <br>He expected it to grow good grapes \u2014 <br>but it grew rotten grapes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "So now, you who live in Jerusalem, you people of Judah, <br>judge between me and my vineyard:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "What more was there to do for my vineyard <br>that I haven\u2019t done for it? <br>When I expected it to grow good grapes, <br>why did it grow rotten grapes?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Now let me tell you what I\u2019m doing to my vineyard. <br>I\u2019m removing its hedge, <br>so it will be destroyed. <br>I\u2019m breaking down its walls, <br>so it will be trampled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019ll turn it into a ruin; <br>it won\u2019t be pruned or hoed, <br>and thorns and thistles will grow up. <br>I will command the clouds not to rain on it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "The vineyard of the LORD of heavenly forces is the house of Israel, <br>and the people of Judah are the plantings in which God delighted. <br>God expected justice, but there was bloodshed; <br>righteousness, but there was a cry of distress! <br>"}, {"pk": 4113074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Doom to those who acquire house after house, <br>who annex field to field until there is no more space left <br>and only you live alone in the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "I heard the LORD of heavenly forces say this: <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Many houses will become total ruins, <br>large, fine houses, with no one living in them.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>say this</i>."}, {"pk": 4113076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Ten acres of vineyard <br>will produce just one bath, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and a homer of seed <br>will produce only an ephah. <br>", "comment": "[2] One bath is approximately twenty quarts, the same as an ephah; one homer contains ten ephahs (or baths) of grain."}, {"pk": 4113077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Doom to those who wake up early in the morning to run after beer, <br>to those who stay up late, lit up by wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "They party with lyre and harp, tambourine, flute, and wine; <br>but they ignore the LORD\u2019s work; <br>they can\u2019t see what God is doing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, my people go into exile since they didn\u2019t understand \u2014 <br>their officials are dying of hunger; <br>so many of them are dried up with thirst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, the grave <sup>[3]</sup> opens wide its jaws, <br>opens its mouth beyond all bounds, <br>and the splendid multitudes will go down, with all their uproar and cheering.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Humanity will be humiliated; <br>each person laid low, <br>the eyes of the exalted laid low.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "But the LORD of heavenly forces will be exalted in justice, <br>and the holy God will show himself holy in righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Lambs will graze as if in their pasture; <br>young goats <sup>[4]</sup> will feed among the ruins of the rich. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>strangers</i><br>[5] Or <i>Calves and young goats will feed on the ruins</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Doom to those who drag guilt along with cords of fraud, <br>and haul sin as if with cart ropes,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "who say, \u201cGod should hurry and work faster so we can see; <br>let the plan of Israel\u2019s holy one come quickly, so we can understand it.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Doom to those who call evil good and good evil, <br>who present darkness as light and light as darkness, <br>who make bitterness sweet and sweetness bitter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Doom to those <br>who consider themselves wise, <br>who think of themselves as clever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Doom to the wine-swigging warriors, <br>mighty at mixing drinks,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "who spare the guilty for bribes, <br>and rob the innocent of their rights.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, <br>and as hay shrivels in a flame, <br>so their roots will rot, <br>and their blossoms turn to dust, <br>for they have rejected the teaching of the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>and have despised the word of Israel\u2019s holy one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "This is why the LORD\u2019s anger burned against the people: <br>he extended his hand to strike them, <br>the mountains trembled, <br>and their corpses lay in the middle of the streets like dung. <br>Even then God\u2019s anger didn\u2019t turn away; <br>God\u2019s hand was still extended. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "God will raise a signal to a nation from far away <br>and whistle to them from the end of the earth \u2014 <br>now look \u2014 hurrying, swiftly they come!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Not one is tired; not one stumbles; <br>they don\u2019t rest or sleep; <br>no belt is loose; no sandal broken;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "their arrows are sharp; <br>all their bows drawn; <br>their horses\u2019 hooves are like flint; <br>their wheels like the whirlwind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Their roaring is like the lion; <br>they roar like young lions; <br>they growl, seize their prey, <br>and carry it off, with no one to rescue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. <br>And if one looks toward the land, there\u2019s darkness. <br>Tyre and the Nile will be darkened by the clouds. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "In the year of King Uzziah\u2019s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, the edges of his robe filling the temple."}, {"pk": 4113098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Winged creatures were stationed around him. Each had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two their feet, and with two they flew about."}, {"pk": 4113099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "They shouted to each other, saying: \u201cHoly, holy, holy is the LORD of heavenly forces! <br>All the earth is filled with God\u2019s glory!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "The doorframe shook at the sound of their shouting, and the house was filled with smoke."}, {"pk": 4113101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "I said, \u201cMourn for me; I\u2019m ruined! I\u2019m a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips. Yet I\u2019ve seen the king, the LORD of heavenly forces!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Then one of the winged creatures flew to me, holding a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs."}, {"pk": 4113103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "He touched my mouth and said, \u201cSee, this has touched your lips. Your guilt has departed, and your sin is removed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Then I heard the Lord\u2019s voice saying, \u201cWhom should I send, and who will go for us?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019m here; send me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "God said, \u201cGo and say to this people: Listen intently, but don\u2019t understand; <br>look carefully, but don\u2019t comprehend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Make the minds of this people dull. <br>Make their ears deaf and their eyes blind, <br>so they can\u2019t see with their eyes <br>or hear with their ears, <br>or understand with their minds, <br>and turn, and be healed.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "I said, \u201cHow long, Lord?\u201d And God said, \u201cUntil cities lie ruined with no one living in them, until there are houses without people and the land is left devastated.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD will send the people far away, and the land will be completely abandoned."}, {"pk": 4113109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Even if one-tenth remain there, they will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, which when it is cut down leaves a stump. Its stump is a holy seed."}, {"pk": 4113110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "In the days of Ahaz (Jotham\u2019s son and grandson of Judah\u2019s King Uzziah), Aram\u2019s King Rezin and Israel\u2019s King Pekah (Remaliah\u2019s son) came up to attack Jerusalem, but they couldn\u2019t overpower it."}, {"pk": 4113111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "When the house of David was told that Aram had become allies with Ephraim, their hearts and the hearts of their people shook as the trees of a forest shake when there is a wind."}, {"pk": 4113112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "But the LORD said to Isaiah, \u201cGo out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, <sup>[1]</sup> at the end of the channel of the Upper Pool, by the road to the field where laundry is washed,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the remaining few will return</i>"}, {"pk": 4113113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "and say to him, \u2018Be careful and stay calm. Don\u2019t fear, and don\u2019t lose heart over these two pieces of smoking torches, over the burning anger of Rezin, Aram, and Remaliah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4113114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Aram has planned evil against you with Ephraim and Remaliah\u2019s son, saying,"}, {"pk": 4113115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s march up against Judah, tear it apart, capture it for ourselves, and install Tabeel\u2019s son as its king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "But the LORD God says: It won\u2019t happen; it won\u2019t take place."}, {"pk": 4113117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The chief of Aram is Damascus; the chief of Damascus is Rezin (in sixty-five more years Ephraim will be shattered as a nation);"}, {"pk": 4113118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "the chief of Ephraim is Samaria; and the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you don\u2019t believe this, you can\u2019t be trusted.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz:"}, {"pk": 4113120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cAsk a sign from the LORD your God. Make it as deep as the grave <sup>[2]</sup> or as high as heaven.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "But Ahaz said, \u201cI won\u2019t ask; I won\u2019t test the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Isaiah said, \u201cListen, house of David! Isn\u2019t it enough for you to be tiresome for people that you are also tiresome before my God?"}, {"pk": 4113123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, the Lord will give you a sign. The young woman is pregnant and is about to give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>God is with us</i>"}, {"pk": 4113124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "He will eat butter and honey, and learn to reject evil and choose good."}, {"pk": 4113125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Before the boy learns to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned."}, {"pk": 4113126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD will bring upon you, upon your people, and upon your families days unlike any that have come since the day Ephraim broke away from Judah \u2014 the king of Assyria.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "On that day, the LORD will whistle for the flies from the remotest streams of Egypt and for the bees that are in the land of Assyria."}, {"pk": 4113128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "They will come and settle in the steep ravines, in the cracks of the cliffs, in all the thornbushes, and in all the watering holes."}, {"pk": 4113129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "On that day, the Lord will shave with a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates \u2014 with the king of Assyria \u2014 the head and the pubic hair, and will cut off the beard as well."}, {"pk": 4113130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "On that day, one will raise a young cow and two sheep"}, {"pk": 4113131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "and will eat butter because of the abundance of milk, for all who remain in the land will eat butter and honey."}, {"pk": 4113132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "On that day, there will be thorns and thistles in every place where a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels once grew."}, {"pk": 4113133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Only those with bows and arrows will go there, because the entire land will become thorns and thistles."}, {"pk": 4113134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "As for the hills that were once farmed with hoes, you won\u2019t go there for fear of the thorns and thistles. They will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep wander."}, {"pk": 4113135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to me, \u201cTake a large tablet, and write on it in ordinary letters, <sup>[1]</sup> For Maher-shalal-hash-baz. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>spoil hastens, plunder hurries</i><br>[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Summon trusted people, Uriah the priest and Zechariah, Jeberechiah\u2019s son, to witness it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "I then had sex with the prophetess, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then the LORD said to me, \u201cName him Maher-shalal-hash-baz."}, {"pk": 4113138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Before the boy knows how to say \u2018my father\u2019 and \u2018my mother,\u2019 the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD spoke again to me:"}, {"pk": 4113140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Since this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and instead rejoices over <sup>[3]</sup> Rezin and Remaliah\u2019s son \u2014", "comment": "[3] Or <i>melts before</i>"}, {"pk": 4113141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "therefore, look, the Lord is raising up against them the powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates, the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will rise up over all its channels, overflowing all its banks,"}, {"pk": 4113142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "and sweep into Judah, flooding, overflowing, and reaching up to the neck. But God is with us; <sup>[4]</sup> the span of his wings will cover the width of the land.", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Immanuel</i>"}, {"pk": 4113143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Unite <sup>[5]</sup> yourselves, peoples, and be shattered! <br>Listen, all distant places of the earth! <br>Prepare to be shattered! <br>Prepare to be shattered!<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Create a plan, but be frustrated! <br>Speak a word, but it won\u2019t stand, for God is with us. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>Immanuel</i>"}, {"pk": 4113145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD spoke to me, taking hold of me and warning me not to walk in the way of this people:"}, {"pk": 4113146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy. Don\u2019t fear what they fear, and don\u2019t be terrified."}, {"pk": 4113147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "It is the LORD of heavenly forces whom you should hold sacred, whom you should fear, and whom you should hold in awe."}, {"pk": 4113148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "God will become a sanctuary \u2014 <br>but he will be a stone to trip over and a rock to stumble on for the two houses of Israel; <br>a trap and a snare for those living in Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Many of them will stumble and fall, <br>and be broken, snared, and captured. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Bind up the testimony; seal up the teaching among my disciples."}, {"pk": 4113151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "I will wait for the LORD, who has hidden his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in God."}, {"pk": 4113152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Look! I and the children the LORD gave me are signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of heavenly forces, who lives on Mount Zion."}, {"pk": 4113153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "If they say to you: \u201cConsult the ghosts and the spirits that chirp and mutter. (Shouldn\u2019t a people consult its gods?) Consult the dead on behalf of the living"}, {"pk": 4113154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "for instruction and for testimony\u201d \u2014 they will surely say such things, but they will never see the dawn. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain for <a href='/CEB/23/8/19-20'>8:19\u201320</a>"}, {"pk": 4113155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "They will pass through the land, <sup>[8]</sup> dejected and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and God. They will turn toward heaven", "comment": "[8] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4113156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "and look to the earth, but they will see only distress and darkness, random movement, and the anguish and doom of banishment. <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[9] Heb uncertain for <a href='/CEB/23/8/21-22'>8:21\u201322</a>"}, {"pk": 4113157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Nonetheless, those who were in distress won\u2019t be exhausted. At an earlier time, God cursed the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but later he glorified the way of the sea, the far side of the Jordan, and the Galilee of the nations. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain<br>[1] 8:23 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4113158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. <br>On those living in a pitch-dark land, light has dawned.<br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/9/1'>9:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4113159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "You have made the nation great; <br>you have increased its joy. <br>They rejoiced before you as with joy at the harvest, <br>as those who divide plunder rejoice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "As on the day of Midian, you\u2019ve shattered the yoke that burdened them, <br>the staff on their shoulders, <br>and the rod of their oppressor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Because every boot of the thundering warriors, <br>and every garment rolled in blood <br>will be burned, fuel for the fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "A child is born to us, a son is given to us, <br>and authority will be on his shoulders. <br>He will be named <br>Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, <br>Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "There will be vast authority and endless peace <br>for David\u2019s throne and for his kingdom, <br>establishing and sustaining it <br>with justice and righteousness <br>now and forever. <br> The zeal of the LORD of heavenly forces will do this."}, {"pk": 4113164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "The Lord sent a word against Jacob; <br>it fell upon Israel;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "the people all knew it \u2014 <br>Ephraim and the one who rules in Samaria. <br>But with a proud and arrogant heart they said,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cBricks have fallen, <br>but let\u2019s rebuild with stones. <br>Sycamores were cut down, <br>but let\u2019s replace them with cedars.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "So the LORD raised up their foes against them, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>and stirred up their enemies \u2014 <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the enemies of Rezin</i>"}, {"pk": 4113168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west \u2014 <br>and they devoured Israel with an open mouth. <br>Even then God\u2019s anger didn\u2019t turn away; <br>God\u2019s hand was still extended. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "But the people didn\u2019t turn to the one who struck them. <br>They didn\u2019t seek the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "So the LORD cut off head and tail, <br>palm branch and reed from Israel in one day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "(Elders and celebrities are the head; <br>prophets who teach lies are the tail.)<br>"}, {"pk": 4113172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "But this people\u2019s leaders were misleading, <br>and those being led were confused.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "So the Lord showed their youth no pity, <br>and showed their orphans and widows no mercy; <br>for everyone was godless and evil; <br>every mouth spoke nonsense. <br>Even then God\u2019s anger didn\u2019t turn away; <br>God\u2019s hand was still extended. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Wickedness burned like fire, <br>devouring thorn and thistle. <br>It kindled the thickets of the forest; <br>they swirled in rising smoke.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "The land was scorched by the rage of the LORD of heavenly forces; <br>the people were like fuel for the fire. <br>Not one person pitied another:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "they consumed on the right, but remained hungry; <br>devoured on the left, and weren\u2019t satisfied. <br>They devoured the flesh of their own children. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>arm</i>"}, {"pk": 4113177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Manasseh devoured Ephraim and Ephraim Manasseh; <br>together they turned against Judah. <br>Even then God\u2019s anger didn\u2019t turn away; <br>God\u2019s hand was still extended. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to those who pronounce wicked decrees, <br>and keep writing harmful laws<br>"}, {"pk": 4113179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "to deprive the needy of their rights <br>and to rob the poor among my people of justice; <br>to make widows their loot; <br>to steal from orphans!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "What will you do on the day of punishment <br>when disaster comes from far away? <br>To whom will you flee for help; <br>where will you stash your wealth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "How will you avoid crouching among the prisoners <br>and falling among the slain? <br>Even so, God\u2019s anger hasn\u2019t turned away; <br>God\u2019s hand is still extended. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Doom to Assyria, rod of my anger, <br>in whose hand is the staff of my fury!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Against a godless nation I send him; <br>against an infuriating people <br>I direct him to seize spoil, to steal plunder, <br>and to trample them like mud in the streets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "But he has other plans; <br>he schemes in secret; <br>destruction is on his mind, <br>extermination of nation after nation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "He says: Aren\u2019t my commanders all kings?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Isn\u2019t Calno like Carchemish? <br>Isn\u2019t Hamath like Arpad? <br>Isn\u2019t Samaria like Damascus?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Just as I took control of idolatrous kingdoms <br>with more images than Jerusalem and Samaria,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "just as I did to Samaria and her false gods, <br>won\u2019t I also do this to Jerusalem and her idols? <br>"}, {"pk": 4113189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "But when the Lord has finished all this work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish <sup>[1]</sup> the Assyrian king\u2019s arrogant actions and the boasting of his haughty eyes.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I will punish</i>"}, {"pk": 4113190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "He said, \u201cBy my own strength I have achieved it, <br>and by my wisdom, since I\u2019m so clever. <br>I disregarded national boundaries; I raided their treasures; <br>I knocked down their rulers like a bull.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "My hand found the wealth of the peoples <br>as if it were in a nest. <br>Just as one gathers abandoned eggs, <br>I have gathered the entire earth; <br>no creature fluttered a wing or opened a mouth to chirp.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Will the ax glorify itself over the one who chops with it? <br>Or will the saw magnify itself over its user? <br>As if a rod could wave the one who lifts it! <br>As if a staff could lift up the one not made of wood!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God of heavenly forces <br>will make the well-fed people waste away; <br>and among his officials, <br>a blaze will burn like scorching fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "The light of Israel will become a fire, <br>its holy one a flame, <br>which will burn and devour <br>its thorns and thistles <br>in a single day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Its abundant forest and farmland <br>will be finished completely, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>as when a sick person wastes away;<br>", "comment": "[2] Syr, Vulg <i>body and soul</i> (that is, <i>completely</i>); MT <i>he will finish</i>"}, {"pk": 4113196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "its forest\u2019s remaining trees will be no more than a child can count. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "On that day, what\u2019s left of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who beat them. Instead, they will faithfully depend on the LORD, the holy one of Israel."}, {"pk": 4113198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "A few will return, what\u2019s left of Jacob, to the mighty God."}, {"pk": 4113199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Although your people, Israel, were like the sand of the sea, only a few survivors will return. The end is announced, overflowing with justice."}, {"pk": 4113200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Yes, destruction has been announced; the LORD God of heavenly forces will carry it out against the entire land."}, {"pk": 4113201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God of heavenly forces says: My people who live in Zion, don\u2019t fear Assyria, which strikes you with the rod and raises its staff against you as Egypt did."}, {"pk": 4113202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "In a very short time my fury will end, and my anger at the world will be finished. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Therefore, the LORD of heavenly forces will crack a whip against Assyria, <br>as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. <br>He will raise a rod over the sea, <br>as he did in Egypt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "On that day, God will remove the burden from your shoulder <br>and destroy the yoke on your neck. <sup>[4]</sup> <b>The exalted laid low</b> </pb> <br> He has gone up from Samaria,<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>and his yoke from your neck, and a yoke will be destroyed because of fatness</i>"}, {"pk": 4113205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "come against Aiath, <br>passed to Migron. <br>At Michmash he stored his equipment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "They crossed at the pass: \u201cWe\u2019ll camp at Geba!\u201d <br>Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Cry aloud, Daughter Gallim! <br>Listen, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Madmenah has flown. <br>Gebim\u2019s inhabitants sought refuge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "This very day he will stand at Nob <br>and shake his fist <sup>[5]</sup> at Daughter Zion\u2019s mountain, <br>the hill of Jerusalem!<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>wave his hand</i>"}, {"pk": 4113210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "Look! The LORD God of heavenly forces <br>is chopping off the branches with terrible power. <br>The loftiest ones are about to be cut down <br>and the exalted laid low.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "He will strike down the forest thickets with an ax, <br>and mighty Lebanon will fall. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse; <br>a branch will sprout <sup>[1]</sup> from his roots.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX, Vulg; MT <i>bear fruit</i>"}, {"pk": 4113213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD\u2019s spirit will rest upon him, <br>a spirit of wisdom and understanding, <br>a spirit of planning and strength, <br>a spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "He will delight in fearing the LORD. <br>He won\u2019t judge by appearances, <br>nor decide by hearsay.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "He will judge the needy with righteousness, <br>and decide with equity for those who suffer in the land. <br>He will strike the violent <sup>[2]</sup> with the rod of his mouth; <br>by the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>land</i>"}, {"pk": 4113216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Righteousness will be the belt around his hips, <br>and faithfulness the belt around his waist.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "The wolf will live with the lamb, <br>and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; <br>the calf and the young lion will feed <sup>[3]</sup> together, <br>and a little child will lead them.<br>", "comment": "[3] Correction; MT <i>and the calf</i>"}, {"pk": 4113218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "The cow and the bear will graze. <br>Their young will lie down together, <br>and a lion will eat straw like an ox.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "A nursing child will play over the snake\u2019s hole; <br>toddlers will reach right over the serpent\u2019s den.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "They won\u2019t harm or destroy anywhere on my holy mountain. <br>The earth will surely be filled with the knowledge of the LORD, <br>just as the water covers the sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a signal to the peoples. The nations will seek him out, and his dwelling will be glorious."}, {"pk": 4113222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "On that day, the Lord will extend his hand a second time to reclaim the survivors of God\u2019s people who are left from Assyria and from Egypt, from Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the coastlands <sup>[4]</sup> of the sea.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>islands</i>"}, {"pk": 4113223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "God will raise a signal for the nations and gather the outcast men of Israel. <br>God will collect the dispersed women of Judah from the four corners of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Ephraim\u2019s jealousy will cease, <br>and Judah\u2019s harassment will be eliminated. <br>Ephraim won\u2019t be jealous of Judah, <br>and Judah won\u2019t harass Ephraim.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "But they will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; <br>together they will plunder the people to the east. <br>Edom and Moab will be under their power, <br>and the Ammonites will be their subjects. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD will split the tongue of the Egyptian sea. God will wave a hand over the Euphrates with a powerful <sup>[5]</sup> wind and break it into seven streams so that it can be crossed in sandals.", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Then there will be a highway from Assyria for the survivors of God\u2019s people who are left from Assyria, just as there was for Israel on the day they went up from the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4113228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "You will say on that day: <br>\u201cI thank you, LORD. <br>Though you were angry with me, <br>your anger turned away and you comforted me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "God is indeed my salvation; <br>I will trust and won\u2019t be afraid. <br>Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; <br>he has become my salvation.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "You will draw water with joy from the springs of salvation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "And you will say on that day: <br>\u201cThank the LORD; call on God\u2019s name; <br>proclaim God\u2019s deeds among the peoples; <br>declare that God\u2019s name is exalted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Sing to the LORD, who has done glorious things; <br>proclaim this throughout all the earth.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Shout and sing for joy, city of Zion, <br>because the holy one of Israel is great among you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about Babylon, which Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, saw."}, {"pk": 4113235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "On a bare mountain raise a signal; <br>cry aloud to them; <br>wave a hand; <br>let them enter the officials\u2019 gates.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "I have commanded my holy ones; <br>I have called my warriors, <br>my proud, jubilant ones, <br>to execute my wrath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Listen! <sup>[1]</sup> A roar on the mountains like that of a great crowd. <br>Listen! An uproar of kingdoms, <br>of nations coming together. <br>The LORD of heavenly forces is mustering an army for battle.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>Listen!</i>"}, {"pk": 4113238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "They are coming from a distant land, <br>from the faraway heavens, <br>the LORD and the instruments of his fury, to destroy the whole land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Wail, for the day of the LORD is near. <br>Like destruction from the Almighty <sup>[2]</sup> it will come.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>Mountain One</i>"}, {"pk": 4113240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Then all hands will fall limp; <br>every human heart will melt,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "and they will be terrified. <br>Like a woman writhing in labor, <br>they will be seized by spasms and agony. <br>They will look at each other aghast, <br>their faces blazing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Look, the day of the LORD is coming with cruel rage and burning anger, <br>making the earth a ruin, <br>and wiping out its sinners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Heaven\u2019s stars and constellations won\u2019t show their light. <br>The sun will be dark when it rises; <br>the moon will no longer shine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "I will bring disaster upon the world for its evil, <br>and bring their own sin upon the wicked. <br>I will end the pride of the insolent, <br>and the conceit of tyrants I will lay low.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "I will make humans scarcer than fine gold; <br>people rarer than the gold of Ophir.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "I will rattle the heavens; <br>the earth will shake loose from its place \u2014 because of the rage <br>of the LORD of heavenly forces <br>on the day his anger burns.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "They will be like hunted gazelles, like sheep without a shepherd; <br>all will turn to their own people <br>and flee to their own lands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Whoever is found will be stabbed; <br>whoever is caught will fall by the sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Their infants will be crushed before their eyes; <br>their houses plundered, their women raped. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Look! I\u2019m rousing the Medes against them; <br>the Medes pay no mind to silver, no desire for gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Their bows will smash youths; <br>they will be merciless to newborns, pitiless to children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "So Babylon, a jewel among kingdoms, <br>the Chaldeans\u2019 splendor and pride, <br>will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, <br>destroyed by God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "No one will ever resettle <br>or live there for generations. <br>No Arab will camp there; <br>no shepherds will rest flocks there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Wildcats will rest there; <br>houses will be filled with owls. <br>Ostriches will live there, <br>and goat demons will dance there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Hyenas will howl in its strongholds, <br>and jackals in its luxurious palaces. <br>Babylon\u2019s <sup>[3]</sup> time is coming soon; <br>its days won\u2019t drag on. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Its</i>"}, {"pk": 4113256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD will have compassion on Jacob, will again choose Israel, and will give them rest in their own land. Immigrants will join them, and attach themselves to the house of Jacob."}, {"pk": 4113257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "The peoples will take them and will bring them to their own place. The house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the LORD\u2019s land, making captives of their captors and ruling their oppressors."}, {"pk": 4113258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "When the LORD has given you rest from pain and trouble and from the hard labor that you perform,"}, {"pk": 4113259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor <sup>[1]</sup> has ceased! <br>How the flood <sup>[2]</sup> has receded!<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain<br>[2] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>), LXX, Syr, Tg; MT <i>fury</i>"}, {"pk": 4113260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, <br>the rod of tyrants <br>"}, {"pk": 4113261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "that struck peoples in rage with ceaseless blows, <br>that ruled nations with anger, <br>with relentless aggression. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "All the earth rests quietly, <br>then it breaks into song.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Even the cypresses rejoice over you, <br>the cedars of Lebanon: <br>\u201cSince you were laid low, <br>no logger comes up against us!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "The underworld <sup>[3]</sup> beneath becomes restless to greet your arrival. <br>It awakens the ghosts, <br>all the leaders of earth; <br>it makes the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "All of them speak and say to you: <br>\u201cEven you\u2019ve become weak like we are! <br>You are the same as us!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Your majesty has been brought down to the underworld, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>along with the sound of your harps. <br>Under you is a bed of maggots, <br>and worms are your blanket. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "How you\u2019ve fallen from heaven, <br>morning star, son of dawn! <br>You are cut down to earth, <br>helpless on your back!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "You said to yourself, I will climb up to heaven; <br>above God\u2019s stars, I will raise my throne. <br>I\u2019ll sit on the mount of assembly, <br>on the heights of Zaphon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019ll go up to the cloud tops; <br>I\u2019ll be like the Most High!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "But down to the underworld <sup>[5]</sup> you are brought, <br>to the depths of the pit. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who see you will stare at you; <br>they will examine you closely: <br>\u201cIs this the man who rattled the earth, <br>who shook kingdoms,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "who made the world a wasteland <br>and tore down its cities, <br>and wouldn\u2019t let his prisoners go home?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "All the kings of the nations lie down honored, <br>all of them, each in his own tomb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "But you are cast away from your own grave <br>like a rejected branch, <br>covered by the dead <br>and those pierced by the sword \u2014 <br>who go down to the stony pit \u2014 <br>like a trampled corpse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "You won\u2019t join them in burial, <br>for you destroyed your own land; <br>you killed your own people. <br>Such evil offspring will never be mentioned again! <br>"}, {"pk": 4113276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their father. Don\u2019t let them arise to take over the earth or fill the world with cities."}, {"pk": 4113277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "I will arise against them, says the LORD of heavenly forces. I will cut off Babylon\u2019s renown and remnant, offshoot and offspring."}, {"pk": 4113278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "I will make it the home of herons, a swampland. I will sweep it away with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4113279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces has promised: <br>As I intended, so it will be; <br>and as I have planned, so it will happen:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "I will break Assyria in my land; <br>on my mountains I will trample it <br>and remove its yoke from my people; <sup>[6]</sup> <br>his burden will be taken from their shoulders.<br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4113281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "This is the plan that has been made for all the earth; <br>this is the hand extended over all the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces has created a plan; <br>who can stop it? <br>God\u2019s hand is extended; <br>who will stop it? <br>"}, {"pk": 4113283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "This oracle came in the year of King Ahaz\u2019s death:"}, {"pk": 4113284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, <br>because from the snake\u2019s root a viper will grow, <br>and it will produce a winged creature.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "The oldest offspring of the poor will graze; <br>their needy will lie down secure. <br>But he will starve your offspring to death, <br>and murder all who remain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Wail, gate! Cry out, city! <br>Melt in terror, all you Philistines! <br>Smoke is coming from the north; <br>there is no straggler in its ranks. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "What will one say to that nation\u2019s messengers? <br>The LORD has founded Zion; <br>the oppressed among God\u2019s people will find refuge there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about Moab. Ar was devastated in a night; Moab is ruined! <br>Kir was devastated in a night; Moab is ruined!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Dibon has gone up to the temple, to the shrines to weep. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. <br>Every head is shaved, <br>every beard cut off.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "In its streets they wear mourning clothes; <br>on its rooftops and in its plazas, everyone wails and falls down weeping.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; <br>as far as Jahaz their voice is heard. <br>The armed men of Moab shout, <br>spirits trembling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "My heart cries out for Moab. <br>Its fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>At the ascent of Luhith, <br>each will go up with weeping. <br>On the road to Horonaim, <br>they will raise a piercing cry.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "The waters of Nimrim are used up. <br>Grass has withered; <br>vegetation is dead; <br>greenery is gone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, they carry what they had stored up, <br>all their provisions to the Valley of the Willows.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "An outcry sounds within the borders of Moab, <br>as far as Eglaim, a cry of distress, <br>as far as Beer-elim, a cry of distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "The waters of Dibon are full of blood. <br>But I will bring still more upon Dibon: <br>a lion for Moab\u2019s survivors, for the remaining few in the land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Send lambs to the ruler of the land, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>from Sela through the desert <br>to the mountain of Daughter Zion.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "The daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon are like orphaned birds pushed from the nest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Consider carefully, act justly; <br>at high noon provide your shade like night. <br>Hide the outcasts; <br>keep the fugitives hidden.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Let the outcasts of Moab live among you. <br>Be a hiding place for them from the destroyer. <br>When the oppressor is no more, <br>when destruction has ceased, <br>when the trampler has vanished from the land,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "a throne will be established based on goodness, <br>and someone will sit faithfully on it in David\u2019s dwelling <sup>[2]</sup> \u2014 <br>a judge who seeks justice and timely righteousness. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>tent</i>"}, {"pk": 4113302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "We have heard of Moab\u2019s pride, <br>his great pride, <br>his outrageous pride and arrogance, <br>his empty boasting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, let Moab wail; <br>let everyone wail for Moab. <br>Let them moan, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "The fields of Heshbon languish. <br>The vines of Sibmah, <br>whose honored grapes overpowered masters of nations, <br>had reached as far as Jazer and strayed to the desert. <br>Their tendrils spread out and crossed the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, I will weep with Jazer\u2019s weeping for the vines of Sibmah. <br>I will drench you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh. <br>Cheers have fallen silent concerning your summer fruit and your grain harvest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Joy and happiness have been harvested from the farmland, <br>and in the vineyards no one sings, no one shouts. <br>No treader crushes grapes in the wine vats; <br>I have brought the cheers to an end.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, my heart plays sadly like a harp for Moab, <br>my inner being for Kir-heres.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Even if Moab presents himself, <br>and Moab wears himself out going to the shrine, <br>and comes to his sanctuary to pray, <br>he won\u2019t prevail. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "This is the word that the LORD had spoken concerning Moab long ago."}, {"pk": 4113310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "But now the LORD has said: In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab, with all its great multitude, will dwindle. The small remnant will be few and feeble."}, {"pk": 4113311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about Damascus. Look! Damascus is finished as a city; <br>it will become a fallen ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "The villages of Aroer are abandoned forever. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>They will be pastures for flocks, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>which will lie down undisturbed.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>For flocks they will be</i><br>[1] Cf LXX; MT <i>The cities of Aroer are abandoned</i>"}, {"pk": 4113313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Ephraim\u2019s security will cease, <br>as will Damascus\u2019 rule. <br>What\u2019s left of Aram will resemble the glory of the Israelites, <br>says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "On that day, Jacob\u2019s glory will dwindle; <br>his sleek body will waste away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "It will be as when harvesters gather grain. <br>God will harvest armfuls at a time, <br>like one who gathers grain <br>in the Rephaim Valley.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Only remaining bits are left, <br>like an olive tree that has been shaken: <br>two or three olives on the highest branch; <br>four or five on a fruitful twig, <br>says the LORD God of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "On that day, people will have regard for their maker, <br>and their eyes will look to the holy one of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "They will have no regard for altars, <br>the work of their hands, <br>or look to what their fingers made: <br>sacred poles <sup>[3]</sup> and incense stands. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>asherim</i>, possibly objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4113319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "On that day, their strong cities will be like those abandoned by the Hivites and the Amorites; <sup>[4]</sup> abandoned because of the Israelites. They will be a wasteland,", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>like the abandonment of the forest and the bough</i>"}, {"pk": 4113320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "because you forgot the God who saves you, <br>and didn\u2019t remember the rock who shelters you. <br>Therefore, plant your pleasant plants, <br>and set out exotic sprouts;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "make them grow the day you plant them, <br>and make them bloom the morning you start them. <br>But the harvest will disappear on a day of sickness and incurable pain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Doom to the raging of many peoples; <br>like the thundering seas they thunder. <br>Doom to the roar of nations, <br>like the roaring of mighty waters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Nations roar like the roaring of rushing waters. <br>But God will rebuke them, <br>and they will flee far away, <br>pursued like chaff by wind in the mountains, <br>like tumbleweeds before a storm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "In the evening, there is terror; <br>but before morning it is gone. <br>This is the fate of those who loot us, <br>the destiny of those who rob us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to the land of winged ships, <br>beyond the rivers of Cush<br>"}, {"pk": 4113326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "that sends messengers by sea, <br>reed vessels on the water. <br>Go, swift messengers, <br>to a nation tall and clean-shaven, <br>to a people feared near and far, <br>a nation barbaric and oppressive, <br>whose land the rivers divide. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "All you who inhabit the world, <br>who live on earth, <br>when a signal is raised on the mountains, you will see! <br>When the trumpet blasts, you will hear!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD said to me: <br>I will quietly watch from my own place, <br>like the shimmering heat of sunshine, <br>like a cloud\u2019s shade in the harvest heat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Before the harvest, when the bloom is finished, when the blossom is becoming <br>a ripening fruit, <br>God will cut the shoots with a pruning knife, <br>and lop off the spreading branches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "They will all be left to the mountain birds <br>and to the beasts of the land. <br>The birds will eat them in summer, <br>all the beasts of the land in winter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "At that time, gifts will be brought to the LORD of heavenly forces <br>from a tall and clean-shaven people <br>and from a people feared near and far, <br>a nation barbaric and oppressive, <br>whose land the rivers divide, <br>to the place of the name of the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>to Mount Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about Egypt. Look! The LORD is riding upon a swift cloud, <br>and is coming to Egypt. <br>Egypt\u2019s idols will tremble before God; <br>the Egyptians\u2019 hearts will melt within them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian, <br>and they will fight, <br>one against another, <br>neighbor against neighbor, <br>city against city, <br>kingdom against kingdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Egypt\u2019s spirit will fail from within; <br>I will frustrate their plans. <br>They will consult the idols and spirits <br>and ghosts and fortune-tellers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; <br>a strong king will rule them, says the LORD God of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "The waters of the sea will dry up; <br>the river will be parched and bare.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "The rivers will stink; <br>the streams will shrink and dry; <br>reeds and rushes will decay.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Grass around the Nile, the grass at the mouth of the Nile, <br>and all the sown land of the Nile <br>will dry up, blow away, and be no more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who fish will lament; <br>all who cast fishhooks in the Nile will mourn, <br>and those who spread nets on the water will pine away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Workers with flax will be dismayed; <br>carders and weavers will grow pale. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>)"}, {"pk": 4113341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Makers of cloth will be crushed; <br>all who earn money will become distressed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "The officials of Tanis are fools; <br>the wisest of Pharaoh\u2019s counselors give stupid advice. <br>How can you say to Pharaoh, <br>\u201cI\u2019m a wise person, <br>one of the ancient kings\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Where now are your wise ones? <br>Let them tell you, <br>let them inform you what the LORD of heavenly forces has planned concerning Egypt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "The officials of Tanis have become fools; <br>the princes of Memphis are deluded; <br>the tribal chiefs have led Egypt astray.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD has poured into them a spirit of confusion. <br>They will make Egypt stumble in everything it does, <br>just as a drunk stumbles in his vomit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Neither head nor tail, palm branch nor reed <br>will be able to do anything for Egypt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "On that day, the Egyptians will be like women and will tremble with terror before the hand that the LORD of heavenly forces will raise against them."}, {"pk": 4113348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Judah\u2019s land will become what the Egyptians dread; whenever anyone mentions it, they will be terrified because of the plans that the LORD of heavenly forces is making against them."}, {"pk": 4113349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "On that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the LORD of heavenly forces. One of them will be called \u201cthe city of the sun.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>), Tg, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "On that day, there will be an altar to the LORD within the land of Egypt, and a standing stone for the LORD at its border."}, {"pk": 4113351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of heavenly forces in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of oppressors, God will send them a savior and defender to rescue them."}, {"pk": 4113352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians; the Egyptians will know the LORD on that day. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings, making solemn promises to the LORD and fulfilling them."}, {"pk": 4113353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD will strike Egypt; striking and then healing. They will return to the LORD, who will hear their pleas and heal them."}, {"pk": 4113354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "On that day, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians."}, {"pk": 4113355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "On that day, Israel will be the third along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing at the center of the world."}, {"pk": 4113356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces will pronounce this blessing: Bless Egypt my people, and Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."}, {"pk": 4113357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "In the year that Assyria\u2019s King Sargon sent his general to Ashdod, he fought against Ashdod and captured it."}, {"pk": 4113358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "At that time the LORD had spoken through Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, \u201cGo, take off the mourning clothes from your waist, and remove the shoes from your feet.\u201d And Isaiah did this, walking naked and barefoot."}, {"pk": 4113359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD said, \u201cJust as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,"}, {"pk": 4113360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "so will the king of Assyria lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks bared, humiliating Egypt."}, {"pk": 4113361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "They will be shattered and shamed because of Cush their hope, and because of Egypt their glory."}, {"pk": 4113362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cOn that day, those who live on this coast will say, \u2018Look at those in whom we had hoped, to whom we fled for help and rescue from the king of Assyria. How then will we escape?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about the wilderness near the sea. Like whirlwinds sweeping through the arid southern plain, <br>it comes from the desert, from a fearsome land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "A harsh vision was proclaimed to me: <br>The betrayer betrays, and the destroyer destroys. <br>Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! <br>Put an end to all her groaning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, I\u2019m shaken to my core in anguish. <br>Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. <br>I\u2019m too bent over to hear, <br>too dismayed to see.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "My heart pounds; convulsions overpower me. <br>He has turned my evening of pleasure into dread \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4113367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "setting the table, spreading the cloth, eating, drinking. <br>\u201cArise, captains! <br>Polish the shields.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "The Lord said this to me: <br>\u201cGo, post a lookout to report what he sees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "When he sees chariots, pairs of horsemen, <br>donkey riders, camel riders, <br>he should listen carefully, <br>carefully, very carefully.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the seer <sup>[1]</sup> called out: <br>\u201cUpon a watchtower, Lord, <br>I\u2019m standing all day; <br>and upon my observation post <br>I\u2019m stationed throughout the night.<br>", "comment": "[1] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>), Syr; MT <i>a lion</i>"}, {"pk": 4113371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Here they come: <br>charioteers, pairs of horsemen!\u201d <br>One spoke up and said, <br>\u201cFallen, fallen is Babylon, <br>and all the images of her gods <br>are shattered on the ground!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Oh, my downtrodden people, threshed on my threshing floor, <br>what I heard from the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>the God of Israel, I reported to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "An oracle about Dumah. <sup>[2]</sup> Someone is calling to me from Seir: <br>\u201cGuard, how long is the night? <br>Guard, how long is the night?\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>Edom</i>"}, {"pk": 4113374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "The guard said, <br>\u201cMorning has come, but it is still night. <br>If you must inquire, inquire; <br>come back again.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "An oracle about the desert. <br>In the woods, in the desert where you camp, <br>caravans of the Dedanites <br>"}, {"pk": 4113376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "meet the thirsty with water; <br>inhabitants of the land of Tema greet the refugees with bread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "They have fled from swords, <br>from the drawn sword, <br>from the bent bow <br>and from the intensity of battle. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "So the Lord said to me: Within a year, according to the number of years for which a laborer is hired, all the glory of Kedar will end;"}, {"pk": 4113379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "there will be few Kedarite archers remaining. The LORD God of Israel has spoken."}, {"pk": 4113380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about the Valley of Vision. What is wrong with you, <br>that you have all gone up to the rooftops,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "you who are filled with noise, <br>you roaring city, you party town? <br>Your dead weren\u2019t slaughtered by the sword; <br>they didn\u2019t die in battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "All your leaders escaped together <br>but were captured without a single bow shot. <br>All your escapees were bound together, even though they fled far away. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Therefore, I said, \u201cDon\u2019t look at me; <br>let me weep bitterly. <br>Don\u2019t try to comfort me <br>about the destruction of my dearly loved people.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD God of heavenly forces has a day of tumult and trampling and turmoil in the Valley of Vision, <br>a breaking down of walls, <br>a cry for help to the mountains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Elam carried the quiver with chariots and horsemen, <br>and Kir uncovered the shield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "Your finest valleys were filled with chariots, <br>and horsemen doggedly guarded the gate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Judah\u2019s covering has been stripped away. <br> On that day, you trusted the weapons in the Forest House.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "You observed the many broken defenses in David\u2019s City, <br>and you collected the waters of the lower pool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "You counted Jerusalem\u2019s houses, <br>and you tore down houses to fortify the wall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "You made a reservoir between the walls for the water of the earlier pool. <br>But you didn\u2019t trust its maker; <br>you didn\u2019t consider the one who planned it long ago. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD God of heavenly forces called on that day <br>for weeping and mourning, and shaven heads, and wearing of mourning clothes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "But instead there was <br>fun and frivolity, <br>killing of cattle <br>and slaughtering of sheep, <br>eating of meat and drinking of wine: <br>\u201cEat and drink! Tomorrow we will die!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "But the LORD of heavenly forces has revealed in my hearing: <br>This iniquity won\u2019t be forgiven you until you die, says the LORD God of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD God of heavenly forces says, Go now to this official, to Shebna, who is in charge of the house, and say to him:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "What do you have here \u2014 and whom do you have here \u2014 <br>that you have hewed out a tomb for yourself, <br>you who cuts his grave on high and carves himself a home in the cliff?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD is about to hurl you down, mighty man! <br> He is surely going to cover you with darkness;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "he will indeed unroll your head wrapping, <br>rolling it like a ball into the open country. <br>There you will die, with your glorious chariots, <br>you disgrace to the house of your master!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "I will thrust you from your monument; <br>you will be pulled down from your platform.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "On that day, I will call my servant <br>Eliakim, Hilkiah\u2019s son.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "I will give him your robe and wrap him in your sash, <br>and I will hand over to him your authority. <br>He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem <br>and to the house of Judah.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "I will place the key to David\u2019s house on his shoulder; <br>what he opens no one will close, <br>and what he closes no one will open.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "I will fasten him securely like a tent peg, <br>and he will be a throne of honor for his ancestors\u2019 house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "All the honor of his household will hang on him, the offspring and the offshoots, every little dish, every bowl, every jar."}, {"pk": 4113404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, the peg that is fastened securely will give way; it will be cut down, and it will fall, and all the load hanging on it will be lost. The LORD has spoken."}, {"pk": 4113405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish, <br>because your port is destroyed! <sup>[1]</sup> <br>When returning from Cyprus, they heard about it.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Be still, inhabitants of the coast, traders of Sidon, <br>whose messengers crossed over the sea, <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Correction; MT <i>one crossing over the sea filled you</i>"}, {"pk": 4113407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "over the mighty waters. <br>The grain of Shihor, the Nile\u2019s harvest, was her income; <br>she was the marketplace of nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Be ashamed, Sidon, because the sea has spoken; <br>the fortress of the sea has said, <br>\u201cI haven\u2019t been in labor; I didn\u2019t give birth; <br>I never raised young men or brought up young women.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "When the Egyptians hear, <br>they will be in anguish at the news about Tyre.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Cross over to Tarshish; <br>wail, inhabitants of the coast.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "Is this your triumphant town, <br>whose origin is from ancient times, <br>whose feet carried her to settle far away?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Who planned this concerning Tyre, <br>the one who gives crowns, <br>whose merchants were princes, <br>whose traders were the honored of the earth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces planned it, <br>to defile the pride of all beauty, <br>to shame all the honored of the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Go through your own land, Daughter Tarshish, <br>for the harbor <sup>[3]</sup> is gone.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "God\u2019s hand is extended over the sea, shaking nations. <br>The LORD gave the command to destroy Phoenicia\u2019s fortresses,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "saying, You will no longer celebrate, <br>violated virgin Daughter Sidon. <br>Get up and head to Cyprus; <br>even there you will find no rest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Look at the land of the Chaldeans, <br>the people who are no more. <br>Assyria destined it for wild animals: <br>they raised up their siege towers, <br>stripped its palaces, <br>and made it a ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "Wail, ships of Tarshish, <br>for your fortress is destroyed! <br>"}, {"pk": 4113419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "On that day, Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of seventy years, Tyre will become like the prostitute in the song:"}, {"pk": 4113420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Take a harp, go around the city, forgotten prostitute. <br>Play well, sing many songs, so they\u2019ll remember you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her trade and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms on the earth."}, {"pk": 4113422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "Her profits and wages will be sacred to the LORD. They won\u2019t be stored or saved. Her profits will go to those living before the LORD, for plentiful food and elegant clothes."}, {"pk": 4113423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Look! The LORD will devastate the earth and destroy it, <br>will twist its face and scatter its inhabitants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "It will be the same for the people and for the priest; <br>for the slave and for his master; <br>for the female servant and for her mistress; <br>for the buyer and for the seller; <br>for the lender and for the borrower; <br>for the creditor and for the debtor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "The earth will be devastated, totally devastated; <br>it will be destroyed, completely destroyed <br>because the LORD has said it would be so. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "The earth dries up and wilts; <br>the world withers and wilts; <br>the heavens wither away with the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants, <br>for they have disobeyed instruction, <br>swept aside law, <br>and broken the ancient covenant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, a curse devours the earth; its inhabitants suffer for their guilt. <br>Therefore, the earth\u2019s inhabitants dwindle; very few are left. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "The wine dries up; <br>the vine withers; <br>all the merry-hearted groan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "The joyous tambourines have ceased; <br>the roar of partyers has stopped; <br>the joyous harp has ceased.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "No one drinks wine or sings; <br>beer is bitter to its drinkers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "The town is in chaos, broken; <br>every house is shut, without entrance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "There is a cry for wine in the streets. <br>All joy has reached its dusk; <br>happiness is exiled from the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "Ruin remains in the city, <br>and the gate is battered to wreckage.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "It will be like this in the central part of the land and among the peoples, <br>like an olive tree that has been shaken, <br>like remains from the grape harvest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "They raise their voice; <br>they sing with joy; <br>from the west they will shout about the LORD\u2019s majesty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, in the east honor the LORD; <br>in the islands of the sea, <br>the name of the LORD God of Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: <br>\u201cGlory to the righteous one!\u201d <br>But I say, \u201cI waste away; I waste away; <br>I\u2019m doomed! <br>Betrayers betray; treacherously betrayers betray.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Terror, trench, and trap are upon you, <br>ruler of the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Whoever flees from the sound of terror will fall into the trench; <br>whoever climbs from the trench will be caught in the trap. <br> Heaven\u2019s windows will open, and the earth\u2019s foundations will quake.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "The earth is shattering, shattering; <br>the earth is shaking, shaking; <br>the earth is teetering, tottering.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "The earth trembles like a drunk <br>and shudders like a hut; <br>its rebellion weighs heavy upon it; <br>it will fall, no more to rise. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "On that day, the LORD will punish the forces of heaven in heaven, and the kings of the earth on earth."}, {"pk": 4113444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit, shut into a prison, and punished after many days."}, {"pk": 4113445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "The moon will be diminished, and the sun will fade, since the LORD of heavenly forces will rule on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious before his elders."}, {"pk": 4113446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, you are my God. <br>I will exalt you; I will praise your name, <br>for you have done wonderful things, <br>planned long ago, faithful and sure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "You have turned the city into rubble, <br>the fortified town into a ruin, <br>the fortress of foreigners into a city no more, <br>never to be rebuilt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, strong people will glorify you; <br>the towns of tyrant nations will fear you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "You have been a refuge for the poor, <br>a refuge for the needy in distress, <br>a hiding place from the storm, <br>a shade from the heat. <br>When the breath of tyrants is like a winter <sup>[1]</sup> storm<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>wall</i>"}, {"pk": 4113450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "or like heat in the desert, <br>you subdue the roar of foreigners. <br>Like heat shaded by a cloud, <br>the tyrants\u2019 song falls silent. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "On this mountain, <br>the LORD of heavenly forces will prepare for all peoples <br>a rich feast, a feast of choice wines, <br>of select foods rich in flavor, <br>of choice wines well refined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "He will swallow up on this mountain the veil that is veiling all peoples, <br>the shroud enshrouding all nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "He will swallow up death <sup>[2]</sup> forever. <br>The LORD God will wipe tears from every face; <br>he will remove his people\u2019s disgrace from off the whole earth, <br>for the LORD has spoken.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Maveth</i>"}, {"pk": 4113454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "They will say on that day, <br>\u201cLook! This is our God, <br>for whom we have waited \u2014 <br>and he has saved us! <br>This is the LORD, for whom we have waited; <br>let\u2019s be glad and rejoice in his salvation!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD\u2019s hand will indeed rest on this mountain. <br> Moab will be trampled down <br>as straw is trampled into manure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "When in it they spread out their hands <br>as swimmers spread out their hands to swim, <br>God will lay low their pride, even by the efforts of their hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "The fortified towers of their <sup>[3]</sup> walls will be thrown down, <br>will be leveled, <br>will be brought down to the earth, to the dust. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4113458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: <br>Ours is a strong city! <br>God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Open the gates and let a righteous nation enter, <br>a nation that keeps faith.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Those with sound thoughts you will keep in peace, <br>in peace because they trust in you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "Trust in the LORD forever, <br>for the LORD is a rock for all ages.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "He has thrown down those living on high, <br>and he will level the lofty town, <br>leveling it down to the earth; <br>he will bring it down to dust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "The feet trample it, <br>the feet of the poor, <br>the steps of the needy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "The way of the righteous is level; <br>you clear a path for the righteous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "In the path of your justice, LORD, we wait for you; <br>with all our being, we long for your name and your acclaim.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "At night I long for you with my whole being; <br>my spirit within me watches for you. <br>When your judgments are at work in the earth, <br>those living in the world learn righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "When the wicked are favored, they don\u2019t learn righteousness; <br>even among those who do right they do wrong, <br>and they fail to see the LORD\u2019s majesty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "LORD, your hand is lifted up, <br>but they don\u2019t see. <br>Let them see and shrink back because of your zeal for your people; <br>your burning anger that consumes your enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "LORD, grant us peace, <br>because all that we have done has been your doing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "LORD our God, other masters besides you have ruled us, <br>but we will profess your name alone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "The dead don\u2019t live; ghosts don\u2019t rise. <br>Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them, <br>and abolished all memory of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "You\u2019ve enlarged the nation, LORD. <br>You\u2019ve enlarged the nation; you are glorified. <br>You\u2019ve expanded all the land\u2019s boundaries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "LORD, in distress they sought you out; <br>they poured out prayers to you when you disciplined them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "As a pregnant woman close to childbirth is in labor pains, <br>crying out in her pangs, <br>so were we because of you, LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "We were pregnant, we writhed, <br>but we gave birth to wind. <br>We have achieved no victories on earth; <br>the inhabitants of the earth never fall. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "Your dead will live, their <sup>[1]</sup> corpses will rise, <br>and those who dwell in the dust will shout for joy. <br>Your shadow is a shadow of light, <br>but you will bring down the ghosts into the underworld.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my</i>"}, {"pk": 4113477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. <br>Take cover, for in a little while the fury will be over.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "Look! The LORD is going out from his place <br>to bring the iniquity of the ruler of the earth down upon him. <br>The earth will uncover its blood <br>and will conceal its slain no longer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "On that day, the LORD will take a great sword, harsh and mighty, and will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the writhing serpent, and will kill the dragon that is in the sea."}, {"pk": 4113480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "On that day: Sing about a delightful vineyard!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "I, the LORD, am its guardian. <br>Every moment I water it; <br>night and day I guard it from attack.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019m not angry, <br>but if it yields thorns and thistles for me, <br>I will march to battle against it; <br>I will torch it completely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Or let them <sup>[1]</sup> cling to me for refuge; <br>let them make peace with me; <br>let them make peace with me.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4113484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "In coming days, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Jacob will take root; <br>Israel will blossom and sprout <br>and fill the whole world with produce. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>those coming</i>"}, {"pk": 4113485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Did God strike Israel as he struck those who struck him? <br>Was Israel killed as his killers were killed? <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "By frightening Jerusalem, by sending her away, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>you contended with her, <br>expelling with a fierce blast <br>on the day of the east wind.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "By this Jacob\u2019s guilt is reconciled, <br>and this was how his sins were finally removed: <br>he made all the altar stones like shattered chalk, <br>sacred poles <sup>[5]</sup> and incense altars that couldn\u2019t stand. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>asherim</i>, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah"}, {"pk": 4113488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "The fortified city lies alone, <br>a hut forsaken, <br>abandoned like the desert. <br>Calves graze there; <br>they lie down there and feed on its boughs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "When its branches are dry, they are broken. <br>Women come and set fire to it. <br>These people have no understanding; <br>therefore, their maker won\u2019t have compassion; <br>the one who formed them won\u2019t be gracious. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "On that day, the LORD will beat grain from the channel of the Euphrates up to the Valley of Egypt. You will be collected, Israelites, one by one."}, {"pk": 4113491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "On that day, a great trumpet will be played. Those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come. They will bow to the LORD at his holy mountain in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4113492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, the majestic garland of Ephraim\u2019s drunks <br>and the fading flower of its splendid beauty <br>on the head that flows with perfume <sup>[1]</sup> <br>of those hammered with wine.<br>", "comment": "[1] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>)"}, {"pk": 4113493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Look! The Lord has someone who is powerful and strong; <br>like a hailstorm, a disastrous tempest, <br>like a downpour of mighty, overflowing waters, <br>he can level them to the ground with his hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "The majestic garland of Ephraim\u2019s drunks <br>will be trampled underfoot.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "The withered flower, which is a thing of beauty <sup>[2]</sup> <br>as it sits on the head of those bloated with fat, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>will be like an early fig before the summer harvest: <br>whoever sees it swallows it as soon as it is in hand. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>at the head of the fat valley</i><br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "On that day, the LORD of heavenly forces will be a splendid garland and a beautiful wreath for the people who survive,"}, {"pk": 4113497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "and a spirit of justice for the one who sits in judgment, and a strength for those who repel the assault at the gate."}, {"pk": 4113498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "These also stagger from wine and stumble from beer: <br>priest and prophet stagger from beer; <br>they are confused by wine; <br>they stray on account of beer; <br>they err when receiving visions; <br>they stumble when making judgments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "All the tables are covered with vomit; <br>filth overruns the place. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "To whom will God teach knowledge? <br>To whom will he explain the message? <br>To those just weaned from milk? <br>To those who have hardly outgrown the breast?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "It is \u201ctsav letsav, tsav lestav; qav leqav, qav leqav,\u201d <sup>[4]</sup> <br>a little of this, a little of that.<br>", "comment": "[4] A Hebrew version of baby talk or gibberish"}, {"pk": 4113502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "With derisive speech and a foreign tongue, <br>he will speak to this people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "He has said to them, <br>\u201cThis is the place of rest; <br>give rest to the weary; <br>this is the place of repose\u201d; <br>but they refused to listen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "So the LORD\u2019s word will be for them: <br>\u201ctsav letsav, tsav letsav; qav leqav, qav leqav,\u201d <br>a little of this, a little of that. <br>So that they will go and stagger backward, <br>they will be broken, snared, and captured. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, hear the LORD\u2019s word, <br>you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "You said, \u201cWe\u2019ve cut a deal with death; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>with the underworld <sup>[6]</sup> we made a pact. <br>When the overflowing flood passes through, it won\u2019t reach us; <br>for we have made lies our hiding place, <br>and in falsehood we take shelter.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Maveth</i><br>[6] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God says: <br>Look! I\u2019m laying in Zion a stone, <br>a tested stone, a valuable cornerstone, <br>a sure foundation: <br>the one who trusts won\u2019t tremble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "I will make justice the measuring line <br>and righteousness the plumb line. <br>But hail will sweep away the hiding place of lies, <br>and water will overflow the shelter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Your deal with death <sup>[7]</sup> will be dissolved, <br>and your pact with the grave <sup>[8]</sup> won\u2019t stand. <br>The rushing flood: when it passes through, <br>you will be annihilated by it.<br>", "comment": "[7] Heb <i>Maveth</i><br>[8] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "Every time it passes through it will take you, <br>for morning by morning it will pass, <br>by day and by night. <br>It will be nothing but terror to understand the message.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "The bed is too short to stretch out, <br>and the shroud is too narrow to cover oneself. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "Just as on Mount Perazim, the LORD will rise up; <br>as in the Gibeon Valley he will rage to do his deed \u2014 strange is his deed! \u2014 <br>And to work his work \u2014 foreign is his work!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "So now stop your scoffing, <br>or your chains will be tightened, <br>because destruction has been ordered \u2014 I have heard it! \u2014 <br>by the LORD God of heavenly forces against the whole land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "Listen and hear my voice; <br>pay attention and hear my word:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "Does the plowman plow without stopping for planting, <br>opening and harrowing their ground?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "When he has smoothed its surface, <br>doesn\u2019t he scatter fennel, <sup>[9]</sup> and sow cumin, <br>and plant wheat and barley in their places, <br>and spelt as a border?<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>black cumin</i>"}, {"pk": 4113517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "They are properly ordered; <br>their God directs them. <sup>[10]</sup><br>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>waters them</i>"}, {"pk": 4113518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "Fennel <sup>[11]</sup> isn\u2019t threshed with a threshing sledge, <br>nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, <br>but fennel <sup>[12]</sup> is beaten with a staff, <br>and cumin with a rod.<br>", "comment": "[11] Or <i>black cumin</i><br>[12] Or <i>black cumin</i>"}, {"pk": 4113519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "Bread grain is crushed, <br>but the thresher <sup>[13]</sup> doesn\u2019t thresh it forever. <br>He drives the cart wheel over it; <br>he spreads it out but doesn\u2019t crush it.<br>", "comment": "[13] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>)"}, {"pk": 4113520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 28, "verse": 29, "text": "This also comes from the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>who gives wondrous counsel and increases wisdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, Ariel, Ariel, <br>town where David encamped! <br>Year by year, let the festivals come around \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4113522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "but I will oppress Ariel. <br>There will be mourning and lamentation; <br>she will be like an Ariel to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "I will surround you like a wall, <br>and I will lay a siege against you with assault towers, <br>and I will raise up siegeworks against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "You will be brought down; <br>from the ground you will speak; <br>from low in the dust your speech will come. <br>Your voice will be like a ghost\u2019s from the earth; <br>from the dust your words will whisper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "But your many enemies will be like fine dust, <br>the terrible horde like passing chaff. <br>Suddenly, in an instant, <br>"}, {"pk": 4113526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "the LORD of heavenly forces will come to you with thunder, earthquake, and a mighty voice, <br>with whirlwind, tempest, and flames of devouring fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "The horde of nations fighting against Ariel, <br>and all who make war on her and her fortress and besiege her, <br>will be like a dream, a vision of the night.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "It will be like when a hungry person dreams of eating <br>but wakes up and the mouth is empty. <br>Or when a thirsty person dreams of drinking <br>but wakes up and has a dry throat. <br>So will it be for all the horde of nations <br>who fight against Mount Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "Be shocked and stunned; <br>blind yourselves; be blind! <br>Be drunk, but not on wine; <br>stagger, but not on account of beer!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD has poured on you a spirit of deep sleep, <br>and has shut your eyes, you prophets, <br>and covered your heads, you seers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "This entire vision has become for you like the words of a sealed scroll. When they give it to one who can read, saying, \u201cRead this,\u201d that one will say, \u201cI can\u2019t, because it\u2019s sealed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "And when the scroll is given to one who can\u2019t read, saying, \u201cRead this,\u201d that one will say, \u201cI can\u2019t read.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "The Lord says: <br>Since these people turn toward me with their mouths, <br>and honor me with lip service <br>while their heart is distant from me, <br>and their fear of me is just a human command that has been memorized,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "I will go on doing amazing things to these people, <br>shocking and startling things. <br>The wisdom of their wise will perish, <br>and the discernment of their discerning will be hidden.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "Doom to those who hide their plan deep, away from the LORD, <br>whose deeds are in the dark, <br>who say, \u201cWho sees us? Who knows us?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "You have everything backward! <br>Should the potter be thought of as clay? <br>Should what is made say of its maker, <br>\u201cHe didn\u2019t make me\u201d? <br>Should what is shaped say of the one who shaped it, <br>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t understand\u201d? <br>"}, {"pk": 4113537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "In just a little while won\u2019t Lebanon become farmland once again, <br>and the farmland be considered a forest?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "On that day: The deaf will hear the words of a scroll and, freed from dimness and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "The poor will again find joy in the LORD, <br>and the neediest of people will rejoice in the holy one of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "The tyrant will be no more, <br>the mocker will perish, <br>and all who plot evil will be eliminated:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "all who incriminate others wrongly, <br>who entrap the judge in the gate, <br>and pointlessly postpone justice for the innocent. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, proclaims the LORD, <br>the God of <sup>[1]</sup> the house of Jacob, <br>who redeemed Abraham: <br>Jacob won\u2019t be ashamed now, <br>and his face won\u2019t grow pale now.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to</i>"}, {"pk": 4113543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "When he sees his children among them, <br>the work of my hands, <br>proclaiming my name holy, <br>they will make holy the holy one of Jacob, <br>and stand in awe of Israel\u2019s God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who wander in spirit will have understanding, <br>and those who grumble will gain insight. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to you, rebellious children, says the LORD, <br>who make a plan, which is not mine; <br>who weave a plot, <sup>[1]</sup> but not by my spirit, <br>piling up sin on sin;<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "setting out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, <br>taking refuge in Pharaoh\u2019s refuge and hiding in Egypt\u2019s shadow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s refuge will become your shame, <br>hiding in Egypt\u2019s shadow your disgrace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "Though their officials are in Zoan, <br>and their messengers reach Hanes,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "all will become shamed because of a people who can\u2019t assist them. <br>They are no help; they are no profit; <br>rather, shame and disgrace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "An oracle about the beasts in the arid southern plain. Through a land of distress and danger, <br>lioness and roaring <sup>[2]</sup> lion, viper and flying serpent, <br>they will carry their wealth on donkeys\u2019 shoulders <br>and their treasures on camels\u2019 humps to a people who won\u2019t profit,<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>from them</i>"}, {"pk": 4113551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "for Egypt\u2019s help is utterly worthless. <br>Therefore, I call her Rahab Who Sits Still. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Rahab the silent</i>"}, {"pk": 4113552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "Now go, write it before them on a tablet, <br>inscribe it on a scroll, <br>so in the future it will endure as a witness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "These are rebellious people, lying children, <br>children unwilling to hear the LORD\u2019s teaching,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "who say to the seers, \u201cDon\u2019t foresee,\u201d <br>and to the visionaries, \u201cDon\u2019t report truthful visions; <br>tell us flattering things; <br>envision deceptions;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "get out of the way; <br>step off the path; <br>let\u2019s have no more \u2018holy one of Israel.\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, the holy one of Israel says: Because you reject this word <br>and trust in oppression and cunning and rely on them,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "your sin will be like a crack in a high wall; it bulges, about to fall: <br>suddenly, in an instant, it breaks!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "Its breaking is like the breaking of a storage jar <br>that is totally shattered. <br>No piece from among its fragments will be large enough to take fire from a hearth, <br>or to dip water from a cistern. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God, <br>the holy one of Israel, says: <br>In return and rest you will be saved; <br>quietness and trust will be your strength \u2014 <br>but you refused.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "You said, <br>\u201cNo! We\u2019ll flee on horses\u201d \u2014 <br>therefore, you will indeed flee \u2014 <br>\u201cand we\u2019ll ride off; on swift steeds we will ride\u201d \u2014 <br>therefore, your pursuers will be swift.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "One thousand will flee at the threat of one, <br>and at the threat of five you will flee, <br>until you are left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, <br>like a flag on a hill.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "Nonetheless, the LORD is waiting to be merciful to you, <br>and will rise up to show you compassion. <br>The LORD is a God of justice; <br>happy are all who wait for him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "People in Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. God will certainly be merciful to you. Hearing the sound of your outcry, God will answer you."}, {"pk": 4113564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "Though the Lord gives you the bread of distress and the water of oppression, your teacher will no longer hide, but you will see your teacher."}, {"pk": 4113565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "If you stray to the right or the left, you will hear a word that comes from behind you: \u201cThis is the way; walk in it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "You will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered priestly vest, <sup>[4]</sup> and you will scatter them like menstrual rags. \u201cGet out,\u201d you will say to them.", "comment": "[4] Correction; Heb <i>ephod</i>"}, {"pk": 4113567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "God will provide rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food the ground produces will be rich and abundant. On that day, your cattle will graze in large pastures."}, {"pk": 4113568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "The oxen and donkeys that are working the ground will eat tasty feed spread for them with shovel and fork."}, {"pk": 4113569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "On every lofty mountain, and on every high hill, streams will run with water on the day of the great massacre, when the towers fall."}, {"pk": 4113570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter \u2014 like the light of seven days \u2014 on the day that the LORD bandages the people\u2019s brokenness and heals the wounds inflicted by his blows."}, {"pk": 4113571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 27, "text": "Look there! The LORD is coming from far away; <br>his anger blazing, his smoke-cloud thick. <br>His lips are full of fury; <br>his tongue is like a devouring fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 28, "text": "His breath is like a raging river that reaches up to the neck, <br>to shake the nations with a sieve of destruction, <br>and to put a misleading rein on the people\u2019s jaws.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 29, "text": "There will be singing for you <br>as on the night that people celebrate a festival. <br>The heart will be joyful as it is when one goes with a flute <br>to the LORD\u2019s mountain, <br>to the rock of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD will unleash his majestic voice <br>and display his crushing arm <br>in furious anger, with a flame of consuming fire, <br>in stormy rain and hail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 31, "text": "The LORD\u2019s voice will terrify Assyria; <br>with a rod he will smite it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 32, "text": "And every crack that is made in the foundation wall, <br>which the LORD will bring down upon him, <br>will be accompanied by timbrels and lyres. <br>The LORD will raise his arm and fight against Assyria in battle. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 30, "verse": 33, "text": "His place for burning <sup>[5]</sup> was arranged long ago; <br>it is indeed made ready for a king. <br>God has made its wood pile wide and deep, <br>fire and wood in abundance. <br>The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, ignites it. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Topheth</i>"}, {"pk": 4113578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to those going down to Egypt for help! <br>They rely on horses, <br>trust in chariots because they are many, <br>and on riders because they are very strong. <br>But they don\u2019t look to the holy one of Israel; <br>they don\u2019t seek the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "But God also knows how to bring disaster; <br>he has not taken back his words. <br>God will rise up against the house of evildoers <br>and against the help of those who do wrong.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Egypt is human and not divine; <br>their horses are flesh and not spirit. <br>The LORD will extend his hand; <br>the helper will stumble, <br>those helped will fall, <br>and they will all die together. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD has said to me: <br>When the lion growls, <br>the young lion, over its prey, <br>though a band of shepherds is summoned against it, <br>isn\u2019t scared off by their noise <br>or frightened by their roar. <br>So the LORD of heavenly forces will go down <br>to fight on Mount Zion and on her hill.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "Like birds flying aloft, <br>so the LORD of heavenly forces will shield Jerusalem: <br>shielding and saving, sparing and rescuing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "People of Israel, return to the one whom you have deeply betrayed!"}, {"pk": 4113584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "On that day, you will each reject the idols of silver and the idols of gold, which you have sinfully made for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4113585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "Assyria will fall, but not by a human sword \u2014 <br>a sword not made by humans will devour them. <br>They will flee before the sword; <br>their young men will become forced laborers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "In horror they will flee from their stronghold; <br>their officers will be terrified at the signal, <br>says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion <br>and whose oven is in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "See here: A king rules to promote righteousness; <br>rulers govern to promote justice,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "each like a shelter from the wind <br>and a refuge from a storm, <br>like streams of water in a wasteland, <br>like the shade of a massive cliff in a worn-out land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the eyes of those who can see will no longer be blind, <br>the ears of those who can hear will listen,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "the minds of the rash will know and comprehend, <br>and the tongues of those who stammer will speak fluently and plainly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "Then a fool will no longer be called honorable, <br>nor a villain considered respectable.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "Fools speak folly; <br>their minds devise wickedness, <br>acting irreverently, <br>speaking falsely of the LORD, <br>leaving the hungry empty, <br>and depriving the thirsty of drink.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "As for the villain, his villainies are evil. <br>He plans schemes to destroy the poor with lying words, <br>even when the needy speak justly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "But an honorable person plans honorable things <br>and stands up for what is honorable. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "Women of leisure, stand up! Hear my voice! <br>Carefree daughters, listen to my word!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "In a little over a year, <br>the carefree will shudder, <br>because the grape harvest will fail; <br>the vintage won\u2019t arrive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Tremble, all of you who are at ease; <br>shudder, all of you who are secure! <br>Strip yourselves, bare your skin, <br>and tie mourning clothes around your waist,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "beating your breasts for the pleasant fields, <br>for the fruitful vine,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "for my people\u2019s soil <br>growing barbs and thorns, <br>for all the joyous houses <br>in the jubilant town.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "The palace will be deserted, <br>the crowded city abandoned. <br>Stronghold and watchtower <br>will become empty fields forever, <br>suited for the pleasure of wild donkeys, <br>and a pasture for flocks \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4113601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "until a spirit from on high <br>is poured out on us, <br>and the desert turns into farmland, and the farmland is considered a forest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "Then justice will reside in wild lands, <br>and righteousness will abide in farmlands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "The fruit of righteousness will be peace, <br>and the outcome of righteousness, <br>calm and security forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "Then my people will live in a peaceful dwelling, <br>in secure homes, in carefree resting places.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "Even if the forest falls <sup>[1]</sup> <br>and the humbled city is laid low,<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>it will hail when the forest falls</i>"}, {"pk": 4113606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "those who sow beside any stream will be happy, <br>sending out ox and donkey to graze. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to the destroyer left undestroyed, <br>you traitor whom none have betrayed: <br>when you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; <br>and when you have stopped betraying, they will betray you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "LORD, show us favor; <br>we hope in you. <br>Be our strength every morning, <br>our salvation in times of distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "At the noise, peoples fled; <br>on account of your roar, nations scattered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "They gathered spoil like insects; <br>they rushed upon it like a swarm of locusts. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD is exalted; he lives on high, <br>filling Zion with justice and righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "He will provide security during a lifetime: <sup>[2]</sup> <br>a source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge \u2014 <br>fear of the LORD will be Zion\u2019s treasure. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>his treasure</i><br>[2] Or <i>your times</i>"}, {"pk": 4113613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "But then those in Ariel <sup>[4]</sup> cried out in the streets; <br>messengers of peace wept bitterly.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the valiant</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "The highways were deserted; <br>travelers left the road. <br>The covenant was broken; <br>solemn pledges <sup>[5]</sup> were rejected; <br>no one cared for humanity.<br>", "comment": "[5] Correction; or <i>cities</i>; DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>) <i>witnesses</i>"}, {"pk": 4113615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "The land mourned; it wasted away; <br>Lebanon was ashamed; it withered. <br>Sharon became like the desert, <br>and Bashan and Carmel were dropping their leaves. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "Now I will arise, says the LORD. <br>Now I will exalt myself; now I will stand tall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "You conceive straw, give birth to stubble; <br>your breath is a fire that devours you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "Peoples will be burned to lime, <br>thorns cut up and set ablaze.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "You who are far away, hear what I have done; <br>and you who are near, know my strength! <br>"}, {"pk": 4113620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "Sinners became terrified in Zion; <br>trembling seized the godless: <br>\u201cWho among us can live with the devouring fire? <br>Who among us can live with the everlasting blaze?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "The one who walks righteously and speaks truthfully, <br>who rejects profit from extortion, <br>who waves away a bribe instead of grabbing it, <br>who won\u2019t listen to bloody plots, <br>and who won\u2019t contemplate doing something evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "He will live on the heights; <br>fortresses in the cliffs will be his refuge. <br>His food will be provided, <br>his water guaranteed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "When you gaze upon a king in his glamour <br>and look at the surrounding land,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "in dismay you will think: <br>Where is the one who counts? <br>Where is the one who weighs? <br>Where is the one who counts towers?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "You will no longer see the defiant people, <br>the people of speech too obscure to understand, <br>who stammer in an incomprehensible language.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "Gaze upon Zion, our festival town. <br>Your eyes will see Jerusalem, <br>a carefree dwelling, <br>a tent that is not packed up, <br>whose stakes are never pulled up, <br>whose ropes won\u2019t snap.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD\u2019s majesty will be there for us: <br>as a place of rivers, broad streams <br>where no boat will go, <br>no majestic ship will cross.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD is our judge; <br>the LORD is our leader; <br>the LORD is our king \u2014 <br>he will deliver us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "Your ropes are loosened; <br>they can\u2019t hold the mast firmly; <br>they can\u2019t spread the sail. <br>Then abundant spoil will be divided; <br>even the lame will seize spoil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "And no inhabitant will say, \u201cI\u2019m sick.\u201d <br>The people living there will be forgiven their sin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Draw near, you nations, to hear; <br>and listen, you peoples. <br>Hear, earth and all who fill it, <br>world and all its offspring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD rages against all the nations, <br>and is angry with all their armies. <br>God is about to wipe them out <br>and has prepared them for slaughter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "Their dead will be cast out, <br>the stench of their corpses will rise, <br>and the mountains will melt from their blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "All the stars of heaven will dissolve, <br>the skies will roll up like a scroll, <br>and all the stars will fall, <br>like a leaf withering from a vine, <br>like fruit from a fig tree. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, <br>it will descend upon Edom for judgment, <br>upon a people I have doomed for destruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD has a sword covered with blood; <br>it is soaked with fat <br>from the blood of lambs and goats, <br>from the kidney fat of rams, <br>for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, <br>a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "Wild oxen will fall with them, <br>steers with mighty bulls, <br>and their land will be drenched with blood; <br>its soil soaked with fat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD has a day of vengeance, <br>a year of payback for Zion\u2019s cause. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "Edom\u2019s streams will be turned into pitch, <br>its dust into sulfur, <br>and its land will become burning pitch.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "Night and day won\u2019t be extinguished; <br>its smoke will go up forever. <br>From generation to generation it will lie waste; <br>no one will ever pass through it again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "Screech owls and crows will possess it; <br>owls and ravens will live there. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>God will stretch over it the measuring line of chaos <br>and the plummet stone of emptiness over its officials.<br>", "comment": "[1] Species uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "No Kingdom There, they will call it, <br>and all its princes will disappear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "Thorns will grow up in its palaces, <br>weeds and brambles in its fortresses. <br>It will be a dwelling for jackals, <br>a home for ostriches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "Wildcats will meet hyenas, <br>the goat demon will call to his friends, <br>and there Lilith <sup>[2]</sup> will lurk <br>and find her resting place.<br>", "comment": "[2] Name of a demon"}, {"pk": 4113645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "There the snake will nest and lay eggs <br>and brood and hatch in its shadow. <br>There too vultures will gather, <br>each with its mate. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Species uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "Consult the LORD\u2019s scroll and read: <br>Not one of these will be missing; <br>none will lack its mate. <br>God\u2019s own mouth has commanded; <br>God\u2019s own spirit has gathered them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "God has cast the lot for them; <br>God\u2019s hand allotted it to them with the measuring line. <br>They will possess it forever; <br>they will live in it from generation to generation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "The desert and the dry land will be glad; <br>the wilderness will rejoice and blossom like the crocus.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "They will burst into bloom, <br>and rejoice with joy and singing. <br>They will receive the glory of Lebanon, <br>the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. <br>They will see the LORD\u2019s glory, <br>the splendor of our God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Strengthen the weak hands, <br>and support the unsteady knees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "Say to those who are panicking: <br>\u201cBe strong! Don\u2019t fear! <br>Here\u2019s your God, <br>coming with vengeance; <br>with divine retribution <br>God will come to save you.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, <br>and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the lame will leap like the deer, <br>and the tongue of the speechless will sing. <br>Waters will spring up in the desert, <br>and streams in the wilderness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "The burning sand will become a pool, <br>and the thirsty ground, fountains of water. <br>The jackals\u2019 habitat, a pasture; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>grass will become reeds and rushes.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "A highway will be there. <br>It will be called The Holy Way. <br>The unclean won\u2019t travel on it, <br>but it will be for those walking on that way. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Even fools won\u2019t get lost on it;<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "no lion will be there, <br>and no predator will go up on it. <br>None of these will be there; <br>only the redeemed will walk on it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD\u2019s ransomed ones will return and enter Zion with singing, <br>with everlasting joy upon their heads. <br>Happiness and joy will overwhelm them; <br>grief and groaning will flee away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib marched against all of Judah\u2019s fortified cities and captured them in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah."}, {"pk": 4113659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "Assyria\u2019s king sent his field commander from Lachish, together with a large army, to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. He stood at the water channel of the Upper Pool, which is on the road to the field where clothes are washed."}, {"pk": 4113660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "Hilkiah\u2019s son Eliakim, who was the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Asaph\u2019s son Joah the recorder went out to them."}, {"pk": 4113661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the field commander said to them, \u201cSay to Hezekiah: Assyria\u2019s Great King says this: Why do you feel so confident?"}, {"pk": 4113662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "Do you think that empty words are the same as good strategy and the strength to fight? Who are you trusting that you now rebel against me?"}, {"pk": 4113663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "It appears that you are trusting in a staff \u2014 Egypt \u2014 that\u2019s nothing but a broken reed! It will stab the hand of anyone who leans on it! That\u2019s all that Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, is to anyone who trusts in him."}, {"pk": 4113664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "Now suppose you say to me, \u2018We trust in the LORD our God.\u2019 Isn\u2019t he the one whose shrines and altars Hezekiah removed, telling Judah and Jerusalem, \u2018You must worship only at this altar\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4113665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cSo now, make a wager with my master, Assyria\u2019s king. I\u2019ll give you two thousand horses if you can supply the riders!"}, {"pk": 4113666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "How will you drive back even the least important official among my master\u2019s servants when you are relying on Egypt for chariots and riders?"}, {"pk": 4113667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "What\u2019s more, do you think I\u2019ve marched against this place to destroy it without the LORD\u2019s support? It was the LORD who told me, \u2018March against this land and destroy it!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, \u201cPlease speak to your servants in Aramaic, because we understand it. Don\u2019t speak with us in Hebrew, <sup>[1]</sup> because the people on the wall will hear it.\u201d", "comment": "[1] MT <i>Judean</i>, so also <a href='/CEB/23/36/13'>36:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4113669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "The field commander said to them, \u201cDid my master send me to speak these words just to you and your master and not also to the men on the wall? They are the ones who will have to eat their dung and drink their urine along with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the field commander stood up and shouted in Hebrew at the top of his voice: \u201cListen to the message of the great king, Assyria\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4113671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "The king says this: Don\u2019t let Hezekiah lie to you. He won\u2019t be able to rescue you."}, {"pk": 4113672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t let Hezekiah persuade you to trust the LORD by saying, \u2018The LORD will certainly rescue us. This city won\u2019t be handed over to Assyria\u2019s king.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4113673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t listen to Hezekiah, because this is what Assyria\u2019s king says: Surrender to me and come out. Then each of you will eat from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own well"}, {"pk": 4113674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "until I come to take you to a land just like your land. It will be a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards."}, {"pk": 4113675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t let Hezekiah fool you by saying, \u2018The LORD will rescue us.\u2019 Did any of the other gods of the nations save their lands from the power of Assyria\u2019s king?"}, {"pk": 4113676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Did they rescue Samaria from my power?"}, {"pk": 4113677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "Which one of the gods from those countries has rescued their land from my power? Will the LORD save Jerusalem from my power?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "But they kept quiet and didn\u2019t answer him with a single word, because King Hezekiah\u2019s command was, \u201cDon\u2019t answer him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Hilkiah\u2019s son Eliakim, who was the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Asaph\u2019s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with ripped clothes. They told him what the field commander had said."}, {"pk": 4113680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "When King Hezekiah heard this, he ripped his clothes, covered himself with mourning clothes, and went to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4113681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son. They were all wearing mourning clothes."}, {"pk": 4113682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "They said to him, \u201cHezekiah says this: Today is a day of distress, punishment, and humiliation. It\u2019s as if children are ready to be born, but there\u2019s no strength to see it through."}, {"pk": 4113683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "Perhaps the LORD your God heard all the words of the field commander who was sent by his master, Assyria\u2019s king. He insulted the living God! Perhaps he will punish him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Offer up a prayer for those few people who still survive.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "When King Hezekiah\u2019s servants got to Isaiah,"}, {"pk": 4113685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "Isaiah said to them, \u201cSay this to your master: The LORD says this: Don\u2019t be afraid at the words you heard, which the officers of Assyria\u2019s king have used to insult me."}, {"pk": 4113686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019m about to mislead him, so when he hears a rumor, he\u2019ll go back to his own country. Then I\u2019ll have him cut down by the sword in his own land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "The field commander heard that the Assyrian king had left Lachish. So he went back to the king and found him attacking Libnah."}, {"pk": 4113688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the Assyrian king learned that Cush\u2019s King Tirhakah was on his way to fight against him. So he sent messengers to Hezekiah again:"}, {"pk": 4113689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cSay this to Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah: Don\u2019t let the God you trust deceive you by saying, \u2018Jerusalem won\u2019t fall to the Assyrian king.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4113690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "You yourself have heard what Assyrian kings do to other countries, wiping them out. Is it likely that you will be saved?"}, {"pk": 4113691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "Did the gods of the nations that my ancestors destroyed save them, the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, or the people of Eden in Telassar?"}, {"pk": 4113692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "Where now is Hamath\u2019s king, Arpad\u2019s king, or the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the king of the city of Sepharvaim;</i> or <i>the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah</i>"}, {"pk": 4113693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "Hezekiah took the letters from the messengers and read them. Then he went to the temple and spread them out before the LORD."}, {"pk": 4113694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4113695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cLORD of heavenly forces, God of Israel: you sit enthroned on the winged creatures. You alone are God over all the earth\u2019s kingdoms. You made both heaven and earth."}, {"pk": 4113696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "LORD, turn your ear this way and hear! LORD, open your eyes and see! Listen to Sennacherib\u2019s words. He sent them to insult the living God!"}, {"pk": 4113697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "It\u2019s true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have destroyed all the nations and their lands."}, {"pk": 4113698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "The Assyrians burned the gods of those nations with fire because they aren\u2019t real gods. They are only man-made creations of wood and stone. That\u2019s how the Assyrians could destroy them."}, {"pk": 4113699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "So now, LORD our God, please save us from Sennacherib\u2019s power! Then all the earth\u2019s kingdoms will know that you alone are LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, sent a message to Hezekiah: The LORD God of Israel says this: Since you prayed to me about Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib,"}, {"pk": 4113701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "this is the message that the LORD has spoken against him: The young woman, Daughter Zion, despises you and mocks you; <br>Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "Whom did you insult and ridicule? <br>Against whom did you raise your voice <br>and look on with disdain? <br>It was against the holy one of Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "With your servants, you\u2019ve insulted the Lord; <br>you said, \u201cI, with my many chariots, <br>have gone up to the highest mountains, <br>to the farthest reaches of Lebanon. <br>I have cut down its tallest cedars, <br>the best of its pine trees. <br>I have reached its most remote lodging place, <br>its best forest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 25, "text": "I have dug wells, <br>have drunk water in foreign lands. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>With my own feet, I dried up all of Egypt\u2019s streams.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain; DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>) <i>in foreign lands</i>"}, {"pk": 4113705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 26, "text": "Haven\u2019t you heard? <br>I set this up long ago; <br>I planned it in the distant past! <br>Now I have made it happen, <br>making fortified cities collapse into piles of rubble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 27, "text": "Their citizens have lost their power; <br>they are frightened and dismayed. <br>They\u2019ve become like plants in a field, <br>tender green shoots, <br>the grass on rooftops, <br>blasted by the east wind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 28, "text": "I know where you are, <br>how you go out and come in, <br>and how you rage against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 29, "text": "Because you rage against me and because your pride has reached my ears, <br>I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. <br>I will make you go back the same way you came. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 30, "text": "Now this will be the sign for you, Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows by itself. Next year you will eat what grows from that. But in the third year, plant seed and harvest it; plant vineyards and eat their fruit."}, {"pk": 4113710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 31, "text": "The survivors of Judah\u2019s family who have escaped will put down roots and bear fruit above."}, {"pk": 4113711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 32, "text": "Those who remain will go out from Jerusalem, and those who survive will go out from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of heavenly forces will do this."}, {"pk": 4113712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 33, "text": "Therefore, the LORD says this about Assyria\u2019s king: He won\u2019t enter this city. He won\u2019t shoot a single arrow here. He won\u2019t come near the city with a shield. He won\u2019t build a ramp to besiege it."}, {"pk": 4113713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 34, "text": "He\u2019ll go back by the same way he came. He won\u2019t enter this city, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4113714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 35, "text": "I will defend this city and save it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David."}, {"pk": 4113715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 36, "text": "The LORD\u2019s messenger went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand soldiers in the Assyrian camp. When people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere."}, {"pk": 4113716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 37, "text": "So Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib left and went back to Nineveh, where he stayed."}, {"pk": 4113717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 37, "verse": 38, "text": "Later, while he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon ruled after him."}, {"pk": 4113718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "At about that time Hezekiah became deathly sick. The prophet Isaiah, Amoz\u2019s son, came to him and said: \u201cThe LORD God says this: Put your affairs in order because you are about to die. You won\u2019t survive this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4113720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cPlease, LORD, remember how I\u2019ve walked before you in truth and sincerity. I\u2019ve done what you consider to be good.\u201d Then Hezekiah cried and cried."}, {"pk": 4113721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Isaiah:"}, {"pk": 4113722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cGo and say to Hezekiah: The LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says this: I have heard your prayer and have seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life."}, {"pk": 4113723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "I will rescue you and this city from the power of the Assyrian king. I will defend this city."}, {"pk": 4113724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "This will be your sign from the LORD that he will do what he promised:"}, {"pk": 4113725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "once the shadow cast by the sun descends on the steps of Ahaz, I will make it back up ten steps.\u201d And the sun went back ten of the steps that it had already descended."}, {"pk": 4113726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "A composition by Judah\u2019s King Hezekiah when he was sick and then recovered from his sickness:"}, {"pk": 4113727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "I thought, I must depart in the prime of my life; <br>I have been relegated to the gates of the underworld <sup>[1]</sup> for the rest of my life.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "I thought, I won\u2019t see the LORD. <br>The LORD is in the land of the living. <br>I won\u2019t look upon humans again <br>or be with the inhabitants of the world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "My lifetime is plucked up <br>and taken from me like a shepherd\u2019s tent. <br>My life is shriveled like woven cloth; <br>God cuts me off from the loom. <br>Between daybreak and nightfall <br>you carry out your verdict against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "I cried out <sup>[2]</sup> until morning: <br>\u201cLike a lion God crushes all my bones. <br>Between daybreak and nightfall <br>you carry out your verdict against me.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I lay down</i>"}, {"pk": 4113731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "Like a swallow <sup>[3]</sup> I chirp; <br>I moan like a dove. <br>My eyes have grown weary looking to heaven. <br>Lord, I\u2019m overwhelmed; support me!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "What can I say? <br>God has spoken to me; <br>he himself has acted. <br>I will wander <sup>[4]</sup> my whole life <br>with a bitter spirit.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD Most High is the one who gives life to every heart, <br>who gives life to the spirit! <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "Look, he indeed exchanged my bitterness for wholeness. <sup>[6]</sup> <br> You yourself have spared <sup>[7]</sup> my whole being <br>from the pit of destruction, <br>because you have cast all my sins <br>behind your back.<br>", "comment": "[7] Cf LXX, Vulg; MT <i>loved</i><br>[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "The underworld <sup>[8]</sup> can\u2019t thank you, <br>nor can death <sup>[9]</sup> praise you; <br>those who go down to the pit <br>can\u2019t hope for your faithfulness.<br>", "comment": "[9] Heb <i>Maveth</i><br>[8] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4113736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "The living, the living can thank you, as I do today. <br>Parents will tell children about your faithfulness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD has truly saved me, <br>and we will make music <sup>[10]</sup> at the LORD\u2019s house all the days of our lives. <br>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>my stringed instruments</i>"}, {"pk": 4113738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Isaiah said, \u201cPrepare a salve made from figs, put it on the swelling, and he\u2019ll get better.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "Hezekiah said to Isaiah, \u201cWhat\u2019s the sign that I\u2019ll be able to go up to the LORD\u2019s temple?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, Babylon\u2019s King Merodach-baladan, Baladan\u2019s son, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been ill and had recovered."}, {"pk": 4113741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "Hezekiah was pleased, and he showed them his treasury \u2014 the silver and the gold, the spices and fine oil \u2014 and everything in his armory, all that was found in his storerooms. There wasn\u2019t a thing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah didn\u2019t show them."}, {"pk": 4113742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, \u201cWhat did these men say? Where did they come from?\u201d Hezekiah replied, \u201cThey came to me from a distant land, from Babylon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "So Isaiah said, \u201cWhat did they see in your house?\u201d Hezekiah said, \u201cThey saw everything in my house. There was nothing in my storerooms that I didn\u2019t show them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "Isaiah said to Hezekiah, \u201cHear the word of the LORD of heavenly forces:"}, {"pk": 4113745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "Days are coming when all that is in your house, which your ancestors have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4113746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "Some of your sons, your own descendants whom you fathered, will be taken to become eunuchs in the king of Babylon\u2019s palace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4113747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "Hezekiah said to Isaiah, \u201cThe LORD\u2019s word that you delivered is good,\u201d since he thought, That means there will be peace and security in my lifetime."}, {"pk": 4113748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "Comfort, comfort my people! <br>says your God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "Speak compassionately to Jerusalem, <br>and proclaim to her that her compulsory service has ended, <br>that her penalty has been paid, <br>that she has received from the LORD\u2019s hand double for all her sins! <br>"}, {"pk": 4113750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "A voice is crying out: <br>\u201cClear the LORD\u2019s way in the desert! <br>Make a level highway in the wilderness for our God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "Every valley will be raised up, <br>and every mountain and hill will be flattened. <br>Uneven ground will become level, <br>and rough terrain a valley plain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD\u2019s glory will appear, <br>and all humanity will see it together; <br>the LORD\u2019s mouth has commanded it.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "A voice was saying: <br>\u201cCall out!\u201d <br>And another <sup>[1]</sup> said, <br>\u201cWhat should I call out?\u201d <br>All flesh is grass; <br>all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.<br>", "comment": "[1] MT; DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>), LXX <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4113754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "The grass dries up <br>and the flower withers <br>when the LORD\u2019s breath blows on it. <br>Surely the people are grass.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "The grass dries up; <br>the flower withers, <br>but our God\u2019s word will exist forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "Go up on a high mountain, <br>messenger Zion! <br>Raise your voice and shout, <br>messenger Jerusalem! <br>Raise it; don\u2019t be afraid; <br>say to the cities of Judah, <br>\u201cHere is your God!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "Here is the LORD God, <br>coming with strength, <br>with a triumphant arm, <br>bringing his reward with him <br>and his payment before him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "Like a shepherd, God will tend the flock; <br>he will gather lambs in his arms <br>and lift them onto his lap. <br>He will gently guide the nursing ewes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "Who has measured the waters in the palm of a hand <br>or gauged the heavens with a ruler <br>or scooped the earth\u2019s dust up in a measuring cup <br>or weighed the mountains on a scale <br>and the hills in a balance?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "Who directed the LORD\u2019s spirit <br>and acted as God\u2019s advisor?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "Whom did he consult for enlightenment? <br>Who taught him the path of justice and knowledge <br>and explained to him the way of understanding?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, <br>and valued as dust on a scale. <br>Look, God weighs the islands like fine dust.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "Lebanon doesn\u2019t have enough fuel; <br>its animals aren\u2019t enough for an entirely burned offering.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "All the nations are like nothing before God. <br>They are viewed as less than nothing and emptiness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 18, "text": "So to whom will you equate God; <br>to what likeness will you compare him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 19, "text": "An idol? A craftsman pours it, <br>a metalworker covers it with gold, <br>and fashions silver chains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 20, "text": "The one who sets up an image chooses wood that won\u2019t rot <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and then seeks a skilled artisan <br>to set up an idol that won\u2019t move.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t you know? Haven\u2019t you heard? <br>Wasn\u2019t it announced to you from the beginning? <br>Haven\u2019t you understood since the earth was founded?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 22, "text": "God inhabits the earth\u2019s horizon \u2014 <br>its inhabitants are like locusts \u2014 <br>stretches out the skies like a curtain <br>and spreads it out like a tent for dwelling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 23, "text": "God makes dignitaries useless <br>and the earth\u2019s judges into nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 24, "text": "Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, <br>scarcely is their shoot rooted in the earth <br>when God breathes on them, and they dry up; <br>the windstorm carries them off like straw.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 25, "text": "So to whom will you compare me, <br>and who is my equal? says the holy one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 26, "text": "Look up at the sky and consider: <br>Who created these? <br>The one who brings out their attendants one by one, <br>summoning each of them by name. <br>Because of God\u2019s great strength <br>and mighty power, not one is missing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 27, "text": "Why do you say, Jacob, <br>and declare, Israel, <br>\u201cMy way is hidden from the LORD <br>my God ignores my predicament\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t you know? Haven\u2019t you heard? <br>The LORD is the everlasting God, <br>the creator of the ends of the earth. <br>He doesn\u2019t grow tired or weary. <br>His understanding is beyond human reach,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 29, "text": "giving power to the tired <br>and reviving the exhausted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 30, "text": "Youths will become tired and weary, <br>young men will certainly stumble;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 40, "verse": 31, "text": "but those who hope in the LORD <br>will renew their strength; <br>they will fly up on wings like eagles; <br>they will run and not be tired; <br>they will walk and not be weary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "Be quiet before me, coastlands. <br>Let the nations renew their strength. <br>Let them approach and speak. <br>Let\u2019s draw near for a judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "Who has awakened one from the east <br>and has authority to summon him to serve \u2014 <br>giving him nations, <br>conquering kings, <br>making them like dust with his sword, <br>like scattered straw with his bow?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "He pursues them and passes untouched, <br>needing no path for his feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "Who has acted and who has done this, <br>calling upon generation after generation since the beginning? <br>I, the LORD, was first, <br>and I will be the last! <br>"}, {"pk": 4113783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "The coastlands see and fear; <br>the ends of the earth tremble; <br>they draw near and arrive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "Each helps the other, <br>each saying to the other, \u201cTake courage!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "The craftsman encourages the metalworker; <br>the one who smoothes with the hammer <br>encourages the one who strikes the anvil, <br>saying of the welding, \u201cThat\u2019s good,\u201d <br>and strengthening it with nails so it won\u2019t move. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "But you, Israel my servant, <br>Jacob, whom I have chosen, <br>offspring of Abraham, whom I love,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "you whom I took from the ends of the earth <br>and called from its farthest corners, <br>saying to you, \u201cYou are my servant; <br>I chose you and didn\u2019t reject you\u201d:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t fear, because I am with you; <br>don\u2019t be afraid, for I am your God. <br>I will strengthen you, <br>I will surely help you; <br>I will hold you <br>with my righteous strong hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "All who rage against you will be shamed and disgraced. <br>Those who contend with you <br>will be as nothing and will perish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "You will look for your opponents, <br>and won\u2019t find them. <br>Those who fight you will be of no account and will die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "I am the LORD your God, <br>who grasps your strong hand, <br>who says to you, <br>Don\u2019t fear; I will help you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t fear, worm of Jacob, <br>people of Israel! <br>I will help you, says the LORD. <br>The holy one of Israel is your redeemer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 15, "text": "Look, I\u2019ve made you <br>into a new threshing tool with sharp teeth. <br>You will thresh mountains and pulverize them; <br>you will reduce hills to straw.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 16, "text": "When you winnow them, <br>the wind will carry them off; <br>the tempest will scatter them. <br>You will rejoice in the LORD <br>and take pride in the holy one of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 17, "text": "The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none; <br>their tongues are parched with thirst. <br>I, the LORD, will respond to them; <br>I, the God of Israel, won\u2019t abandon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 18, "text": "I will open streams on treeless hilltops <br>and springs in valleys. <br>I will make the desert into ponds <br>and dry land into cascades of water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 19, "text": "I will plant in the desert cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees; <br>I will put in the wilderness cypress, elm, and pine as well,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 20, "text": "so that they will see and know <br>and observe and comprehend <br>that the LORD\u2019s hand has done this, <br>and the holy one of Israel has created it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 21, "text": "Present your case, says the LORD. <br>Bring forward your evidence, says Jacob\u2019s king.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 22, "text": "Let the idols <sup>[1]</sup> approach <br>and tell us what will happen. <br>The prior things \u2014 what are they? <br>Announce them, and we\u2019ll think about them <br>and know their significance. <br>Or proclaim to us what is to come!<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4113801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 23, "text": "Report things that will happen in the future, <br>then we\u2019ll know that you are gods. <br>Do good! Or do bad! <br>Then we will all be afraid and fearful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 24, "text": "Look! You are nobody, and your deeds are nothing. <br>Whoever chooses you is disgusting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 25, "text": "I woke up one from the north and he came; <br>from the east, one who calls my name. <br>He tramples governors like mud, <br>as a potter treads clay.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 26, "text": "Who announced this from the start <br>so that we would know; <br>from an earlier time <br>so we would say, \u201cThat\u2019s right\u201d? <br>Truly, no one announced it, <br>no one proclaimed it, <br>and no one heard your words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 27, "text": "I first said it to Zion, \u201cLook, here they are\u201d; <br>to Jerusalem I now send a herald.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 28, "text": "But I look, and there\u2019s no one <br>among them, no counselor; <br>and when I ask, <br>no one can answer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 41, "verse": 29, "text": "Look, all of them are frauds; <br>their deeds amount to nothing; <br>their images are a total delusion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "But here is my servant, the one I uphold; <br>my chosen, who brings me delight. <br>I\u2019ve put my spirit upon him; <br>he will bring justice to the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "He won\u2019t cry out or shout aloud <br>or make his voice heard in public.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "He won\u2019t break a bruised reed; <br>he won\u2019t extinguish a faint wick, <br>but he will surely bring justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "He won\u2019t be extinguished or broken <br>until he has established justice in the land. <br>The coastlands await his teaching. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "God the LORD says \u2014 <br>the one who created the heavens, <br>the one who stretched them out, <br>the one who spread out the earth and its offspring, <br>the one who gave breath to its people <br>and life to those who walk on it \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4113813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "I, the LORD, have called you for a good reason. <br>I will grasp your hand and guard you, <br>and give you as a covenant to the people, <br>as a light to the nations,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "to open blind eyes, to lead the prisoners from prison, <br>and those who sit in darkness from the dungeon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "I am the LORD; <br>that is my name; <br>I don\u2019t hand out my glory to others <br>or my praise to idols.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "The things announced in the past \u2014 look \u2014 they\u2019ve already happened, <br>but I\u2019m declaring new things. <br>Before they even appear, <br>I tell you about them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 10, "text": "Sing to the LORD a new song! <br>Sing his praise from the ends of the earth! <br>You who sail the sea and all that fills it, <br>the coastlands and their residents.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "Let the desert and its towns shout aloud, <br>the villages that Kedar inhabits. <br>Let the cliff dwellers sing; <br>from the top of the mountains let them shout.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 12, "text": "Let them give the LORD glory <br>and declare God\u2019s praise in the coastlands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD will go out like a soldier; <br>like a warrior God will stir up rage. <br>God will shout, will roar; <br>over enemies he will prevail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019ve kept still for a very long time. <br>I\u2019ve been silent and restrained myself. <br>Like a woman in labor I will moan; <br>I will pant, I will gasp.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 15, "text": "I will wither mountains and valleys, <br>and I will dry up all their vegetation. <br>I will turn rivers into deserts, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>and I will dry up pools.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>islands</i>"}, {"pk": 4113823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 16, "text": "I will make the blind walk a road they don\u2019t know, <br>and I will guide them in paths they don\u2019t know. <br>But I will make darkness before them into light <br>and rough places into level ground. <br>These things I will do; <br>I won\u2019t abandon them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 17, "text": "Turned backward, utterly shamed <br>are those who trust in idols, <br>who say to a cast image, <br>\u201cYou are our god!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 18, "text": "Hear, deaf ones, <br>and blind ones, look and see!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 19, "text": "Who is blind if not my servant <br>and deaf like my messenger whom I send? <br>Who is blind like the restored one, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>blind like the servant of the LORD?<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Meshullam</i>, possibly a proper name"}, {"pk": 4113827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 20, "text": "You have seen many things, but don\u2019t keep watch. <br>With ears open, you don\u2019t hear. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>he does not hear</i>"}, {"pk": 4113828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD desired for the sake of his righteousness <br>to expand and glorify the Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 22, "text": "But this is a people plundered and looted, <br>everyone trapped in holes and hidden in dungeons. <br>They have become plunder with no one to rescue, <br>loot with no one to say, \u201cGive it back.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 23, "text": "Which of you will listen to this, <br>will pay attention and respond from now on?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 24, "text": "Who gave Jacob to the looter, <br>and Israel to the plunderers? <br>Wasn\u2019t it the LORD, <br>the one we sinned against? <br>They were not willing to walk in God\u2019s ways, <br>and wouldn\u2019t listen to his teaching.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 42, "verse": 25, "text": "So God poured out on Jacob the heat of his anger <br>and the fury of battle. <br>It scorched him, and he didn\u2019t know it; <br>it burned him, but he didn\u2019t give it much thought. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 1, "text": "But now, says the LORD \u2014 <br>the one who created you, Jacob, <br>the one who formed you, Israel: <br>Don\u2019t fear, for I have redeemed you; <br>I have called you by name; you are mine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 2, "text": "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; <br>when through the rivers, they won\u2019t sweep over you. <br>When you walk through the fire, you won\u2019t be scorched <br>and flame won\u2019t burn you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 3, "text": "I am the LORD your God, <br>the holy one of Israel, your savior. <br>I have given Egypt as your ransom, <br>Cush and Seba in your place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 4, "text": "Because you are precious in my eyes, <br>you are honored, and I love you. <br>I give people in your place, <br>and nations in exchange for your life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t fear, <br>I am with you. <br>From the east I\u2019ll bring your children; <br>from the west I\u2019ll gather you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019ll say to the north, \u201cGive them back!\u201d <br>and to the south, \u201cDon\u2019t detain them.\u201d <br>Bring my sons from far away, <br>and my daughters from the end of the earth,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 7, "text": "everyone who is called by my name <br>and whom I created for my glory, <br>whom I have formed and made. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 8, "text": "Bring out the blind people who have eyes, <br>the deaf ones who have ears.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 9, "text": "All the nations are gathered together; <br>the peoples are assembled. <br>Which of them announced this? <br>Who predicted to us the past events? <br>Let them bring their witnesses as a defense; <br>let them hear and say, \u201cIt\u2019s true!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 10, "text": "You are my witnesses, says the LORD, <br>my servant, whom I chose, <br>so that you would know and believe me <br>and understand that I am the one. <br>Before me no god was formed; <br>after me there has been no other.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 11, "text": "I, I am the LORD, <br>and there is no savior besides me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 12, "text": "I announced, I saved, I proclaimed, <br>not some stranger among you. <br>You are my witnesses, says the LORD, <br>and I am God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 13, "text": "From the dawn of time, I am the one. <br>No one can escape my power. <br>I act, and who can undo it? <br>"}, {"pk": 4113846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD your redeemer, <br>the holy one of Israel, says, <br>For your sake, I have sent an army <sup>[1]</sup> to Babylon, <br>and brought down all the bars, <br>turning the Chaldeans\u2019 singing into a lament. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain<br>[1] Heb lacks <i>an army.</i>"}, {"pk": 4113847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 15, "text": "I am the LORD, your holy one, <br>Israel\u2019s creator, your king!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD says \u2014 who makes a way in the sea <br>and a path in the mighty waters,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 17, "text": "who brings out chariot and horse, <br>army and battalion; <br>they will lie down together and will not rise; <br>they will be extinguished, extinguished like a wick.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t remember the prior things; <br>don\u2019t ponder ancient history.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 19, "text": "Look! I\u2019m doing a new thing; <br>now it sprouts up; don\u2019t you recognize it? <br>I\u2019m making a way in the desert, <br>paths <sup>[3]</sup> in the wilderness.<br>", "comment": "[3] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>); MT <i>streams</i>"}, {"pk": 4113852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 20, "text": "The beasts of the field, <br>the jackals and ostriches, will honor me, <br>because I have put water in the desert <br>and streams in the wilderness <br>to give water to my people, <br>my chosen ones,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 21, "text": "this people whom I formed for myself, <br>who will recount my praise. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 22, "text": "But you didn\u2019t call out to me, Jacob; <br>you were tired of me, Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 23, "text": "You didn\u2019t bring me lambs for your entirely burned offering; <br>you didn\u2019t honor me with your sacrifices. <br>I didn\u2019t make you worship with offerings; <br>I didn\u2019t weary you with frankincense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 24, "text": "You didn\u2019t buy spices for me with your money, <br>or satisfy me with the fat of your sacrifices. <br>Instead, you have burdened me with your sins <br>and wearied me with your evil actions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 25, "text": "I, I am the one who wipes out your rebellious behavior for my sake. I won\u2019t remember your sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 26, "text": "Summon me, and let\u2019s go to trial together; <br>you tell your story so that you may be vindicated!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 27, "text": "Your first ancestor sinned, <br>and your officials rebelled against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 43, "verse": 28, "text": "So I made the holy officials impure, <br>handed over Jacob to destruction and Israel to abuse. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 1, "text": "But now hear this, Jacob my servant, <br>and Israel, whom I have chosen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD your maker, <br>who formed you in the womb and will help you, says: <br>Don\u2019t fear, my servant Jacob, <br>Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 3, "text": "I will pour out water upon thirsty ground <br>and streams upon dry land. <br>I will pour out my spirit upon your descendants <br>and my blessing upon your offspring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 4, "text": "They will spring up from among the reeds <br>like willows by flowing streams.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 5, "text": "This one will say, \u201cI am the LORD\u2019s,\u201d <br>and that one will be named after Jacob. <br>Another will write on his hand, \u201cThe LORD\u2019s\u201d <br>and will take the name Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD, Israel\u2019s king and redeemer, <br>the LORD of heavenly forces, says: <br>I am the first, and I am the last, <br>and besides me there are no gods.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 7, "text": "Who is like me? <br>Let them speak up, explain it, and lay it out for me. <br>Who announced long ago what is to be? <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Let them tell us <sup>[2]</sup> what is to come.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>them</i><br>[1] Or <i>Since I placed an ancient people and coming things</i>"}, {"pk": 4113868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t tremble; have no fear! <br>Didn\u2019t I proclaim it? <br>Didn\u2019t I inform you long ago? <br>You are my witnesses! <br>Is there a God besides me? <br>There is no other rock; I know of none. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 9, "text": "Idol-makers are all as nothing; <br>their playthings do no good. <br>Their promoters neither see nor know anything, <br>so they ought to be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 10, "text": "Who would form a god or cast an idol <br>that does no good?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 11, "text": "All its worshippers will be ashamed, <br>and its artisans, who are only human. <br>They will all gather and stand, <br>tremble and be ashamed together.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 12, "text": "A blacksmith with his tools <br>works it over coals, <br>and shapes it with hammers, <br>and works it with his strong arm. <br>He even becomes hungry and weak. <br>If he didn\u2019t drink water, he\u2019d pass out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 13, "text": "A carpenter stretches out a string, <br>marks it out with a stylus, <br>fashions it with carving tools, <br>and marks it with a compass. <br>He makes it into a human form, <br>like a splendid human, <br>to live in a temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 14, "text": "He cuts down cedars for himself, <br>or chooses a cypress <sup>[3]</sup> or oak, <br>selecting from all the trees of the forest. <br>He plants a pine, <sup>[4]</sup> and the rain makes it grow.<br>", "comment": "[4] Species uncertain<br>[3] Species uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 15, "text": "It becomes suitable to burn for humans, <br>so he takes some of the wood and warms himself. <br>He kindles fire and bakes bread. <br>He fashions a god and worships it; <br>he makes an idol and bows down to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 16, "text": "Half of it he burns in the fire; <br>on that half he roasts and eats meat, and he is satisfied. <br>He warms himself and says, <br>\u201cAh, I\u2019m warm, watching the fire!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 17, "text": "And the rest of it he makes into a god, <br>into his idol, <br>and he bows down, worships, and prays to it, saying, \u201cSave me, for you are my god!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 18, "text": "They don\u2019t know or comprehend, <br>for their eyes can\u2019t see <br>and their minds can\u2019t comprehend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 19, "text": "He doesn\u2019t think, <br>and has no knowledge or understanding to think: <br>Half of it I burned in the fire, <br>and I baked bread on its coals, <br>and roasted meat and ate. <br>Should I make the rest into something detestable? <br>Should I bow down to a block of wood?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 20, "text": "He\u2019s feeding on ashes; <br>his deluded mind has led him astray. <br>He can\u2019t save himself and say, <br>\u201cIsn\u2019t this thing in my hand a lie?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 21, "text": "Remember these things, Jacob; <br>Israel, for you are my servant. <br>I formed you; you are my servant! <br>I won\u2019t forget you, Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 22, "text": "I swept away your rebellions like a cloud, <br>and your sins like fog. <br>Return to me, <br>because I have redeemed you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 23, "text": "Sing, heavens, for the LORD has acted; <br>shout, depths of the earth! <br>Burst out with a ringing cry, <br>you mountains, forest, and every tree in it. <br>The LORD has redeemed Jacob, <br>and will glorify himself through Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD your redeemer <br>who formed you in the womb says: <br>I am the LORD, the maker of all, <br>who alone stretched out the heavens, <br>who spread out the earth by myself,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 25, "text": "who frustrates the omens of diviners <br>and makes a mockery of magicians, <br>who turns back the wise <br>and turns their knowledge into folly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 26, "text": "But who confirms the word of my <sup>[5]</sup> servant, <br>and fulfills the predictions of my messengers; <br>who says about Jerusalem, \u201cIt will be resettled\u201d; <br>and who says about the cities of Judah, \u201cThey will be rebuilt, <br>and I will restore their ruins\u201d;<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>his</i>; also in next line"}, {"pk": 4113887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 27, "text": "who says to the ocean depths, <br>\u201cDry up; I will dry your streams\u201d;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 44, "verse": 28, "text": "who says about Cyrus, \u201cMy shepherd \u2014 <br>he will do all that I want\u201d; <br>who says about Jerusalem, <br>\u201cShe will be rebuilt\u201d; <br>and who says about the temple, <br>\u201cYou will be founded once again.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, <br>whom I have grasped by the strong hand, <br>to conquer nations before him, <br>disarming kings, <br>and opening doors before him, <br>so no gates will be shut:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 2, "text": "I myself will go before you, <br>and I will level mountains. <br>I will shatter bronze doors; <br>I will cut through iron bars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 3, "text": "I will give you hidden treasures of secret riches, <br>so you will know that I am the LORD, <br>the God of Israel, who calls you by name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 4, "text": "For the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel my chosen, <br>I called you by name. <br>I gave you an honored title, <br>though you didn\u2019t know me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 5, "text": "I am the LORD, and there is no other; <br>besides me there is no God. <br>I strengthen you \u2014 <br>though you don\u2019t know me \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4113894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 6, "text": "so all will know, from the rising of the sun to its setting, <br>that there is nothing apart from me. <br>I am the LORD; there\u2019s no other.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 7, "text": "I form light and create darkness, <br>make prosperity and create doom; <br>I am the LORD, who does all these things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 8, "text": "Pour down, you heavens above, <br>and let the clouds flow with righteousness. <br>Let the earth open for salvation to bear fruit; <br>let righteousness sprout as well. <br>I, the LORD, have created these things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 9, "text": "Doom to the one who argues with the potter, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>as if he were just another clay pot! <br>Does the clay say to the potter, \u201cWhat are you making?\u201d <br>or \u201cYour work has no handles\u201d?<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>maker</i>"}, {"pk": 4113898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 10, "text": "Doom to one who says to a father, <br>\u201cWhat have you fathered?\u201d <br>and to a woman, <br>\u201cWith what are you in labor?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD, the holy one of Israel and its maker, <sup>[2]</sup> says: <br>Are you questioning me <sup>[3]</sup> about my own children? <br>Are you telling me what to do with the work of my hands?<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>potter</i><br>[3] Or <i>about future things ask me</i>"}, {"pk": 4113900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 12, "text": "I myself made the earth, <br>and created humans upon it. <br>My own hands stretched out the heavens. <br>I commanded all their forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 13, "text": "I have a right to awaken Cyrus; <br>I will smooth all his paths. <br>He will build my city <br>and set my exiles free, <br>not for a price and not for a bribe, <br>says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Egypt will grow weary, Cush will be sold, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>and the tall Sabeans will cross over to you. <br>They will be yours, and after you they will go. <br>In chains they will come; <br>to you they will bow down. <br>They will plead with you: <br>\u201cTruly God is with you; <br>there\u2019s no other, no other God.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 15, "text": "Surely you are a god who hides himself, <br>Israel\u2019s God and savior. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 16, "text": "They will all be shamed and disgraced; <br>the makers of idols will end up disgraced together.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 17, "text": "Israel has been saved by the LORD of everlasting salvation. <br>You won\u2019t be shamed, <br>and you won\u2019t be disgraced forever and always.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 18, "text": "For this is what the LORD said, who created the heavens, <br>who is God, <br>who formed the earth and made it, <br>who established it, <br>who didn\u2019t create it a wasteland but formed it as a habitation: <br>I, the LORD, and none other!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 19, "text": "I didn\u2019t speak in secret <br>or in some land of darkness; <br>I didn\u2019t say to the offspring of Jacob, <br>\u201cSeek me in chaos.\u201d <br>I am the LORD, the one who speaks truth, <br>who announces what is correct.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 20, "text": "Gather and come, <br>draw near together, <br>fugitives of the nations! <br>Those who carry their wooden idols don\u2019t know; <br>those who pray to a god who won\u2019t save.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 21, "text": "Announce! Approach! Confer together! <br>Who proclaimed this from the beginning, announced it from long ago? <br>Wasn\u2019t it I, the LORD? <br>There\u2019s no other God except me, <br>a righteous God and a savior; <br>there\u2019s none besides me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 22, "text": "Turn to me and be saved, <br>all you ends of the earth, <br>for I am God, and there\u2019s no other.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 23, "text": "I have sworn a solemn pledge; <br>a word has left my mouth; <br>it is reliable and won\u2019t fail. <br>Surely every knee will bow <br>and every tongue will confess;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 24, "text": "they will say, \u201cRighteousness and strength come only from the LORD. <br>All who are angry with him will come to shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 45, "verse": 25, "text": "All the Israelites <br>will be victorious and rejoice.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4113914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 1, "text": "Bel crouches down; Nebo cowers. <br>Their idols sit on animals, on beasts. <br>The objects you once carried about <br>are now borne as burdens by the weary animals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 2, "text": "They crouch down and cower together. <br>They aren\u2019t able to rescue the burden, <br>but they themselves go into captivity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 3, "text": "Listen to me, house of Jacob, <br>all that remains from the house of Israel <br>who have been borne by me since pregnancy, <br>whom I carried from the womb<br>"}, {"pk": 4113917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 4, "text": "until you grow old. I am the one, <br>and until you turn gray I will support you. <br>I have done it, and I will continue to bear it; <br>I will support and I will rescue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 5, "text": "To whom will you liken me and count me equal <br>and compare me so that we are alike?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who pour out gold from a bag <br>and weigh silver with a balance <br>hire a metalworker; then he makes a god. <br>They bow down; they worship;<br>"}, {"pk": 4113920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 7, "text": "they carry the idol <sup>[1]</sup> on their shoulders and support it; <br>they set it down, and it stands still, <br>unable to move from its place. <br>If one cries out to it, it doesn\u2019t answer. <br>It can\u2019t save people from their distress. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4113921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 8, "text": "Remember this and take courage; <br>take it to heart, you rebels.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 9, "text": "Remember the prior things \u2014 from long ago; <br>I am God, and there\u2019s no other. <br>I am God! There\u2019s none like me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 10, "text": "who tells the end at the beginning, <br>from ancient times things not yet done, <br>saying, \u201cMy plan will stand; <br>all that I decide I will do,\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 11, "text": "I call a bird of prey from the east, <br>a man from a distant land for my plan. <br>As surely as I have spoken, I\u2019ll make it happen; <br>I have planned, and yes, I\u2019ll do it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 12, "text": "Listen to me, you bullheaded people <br>who are far from victory:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 46, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019m bringing my victory near \u2014 it isn\u2019t far, <br>and my salvation \u2014 it won\u2019t delay. <br>I will establish salvation in Zion <br>and grant my splendor to Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 1, "text": "Go down and sit in the dust, <br>virgin Daughter Babylon! <br>Sit on the ground without a throne, <br>Daughter Chaldea, <br>because they will no longer call you tender and pampered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 2, "text": "Take the millstones and grind flour! <br>Remove your veil, strip off your robe, <br>expose your thighs, wade through the rivers!<br>"}, {"pk": 4113929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 3, "text": "Your nakedness will be exposed, <br>and your disgrace will be seen. <br>I will take vengeance; <br>no one will intervene. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Syr, cf Vulg; MT <i>I won\u2019t meet a man</i>"}, {"pk": 4113930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 4, "text": "Our redeemer has spoken; <br>the LORD of heavenly forces is his name, <br>the holy one of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 5, "text": "Sit silent and go into darkness, Daughter Chaldea, <br>because they will no longer call you Queen of Kingdoms.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 6, "text": "I was enraged with my people; <br>I made my inheritance impure <br>and put them under your power. <br>You took no pity on them. <br>You made your yoke heavy even on the elderly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 7, "text": "You said, \u201cI\u2019m forever; I\u2019m the eternal mistress.\u201d <br>You didn\u2019t stop and think; <br>you didn\u2019t consider the outcome.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 8, "text": "So listen to this, <br>luxuriant one who sits secure, <br>who says in her heart, <br>I\u2019m utterly unique; <br>I\u2019ll never sit as a widow; <br>I\u2019ll never know childlessness:<br>"}, {"pk": 4113935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 9, "text": "Both of these will happen to you at once, on a single day: <br>childlessness and widowhood <br>will envelop you in full measure, <br>despite your many sorceries, <br>despite your very powerful spells.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 10, "text": "You felt secure in your evil; <br>you said, \u201cNo one sees me.\u201d <br>Your wisdom and knowledge spun you around. <br>You thought to yourself, I and no one else.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 11, "text": "Now evil will come against you, <br>something you won\u2019t anticipate. <br>A curse will fall upon you, <br>something you won\u2019t be able to dispel. <br>Destruction will come upon you suddenly, <br>something you won\u2019t foresee. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 12, "text": "Continue with your enchantments, <br>and with your many spells, <br>which you have practiced since childhood. <br>Maybe you will be able to succeed. <br>Maybe you will inspire terror.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 13, "text": "You are weary from all your consultations; <br>let the astrologers stand up and save you, <br>those who gaze at the stars, <br>and predict what will happen to you at each new moon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 14, "text": "They are just like stubble; <br>the fire burns them. <br>They won\u2019t save themselves from the powerful flames. <br>This is no warming ember or fire to sit beside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 47, "verse": 15, "text": "Those with whom you have wearied yourself are like this, <br>those with whom you were in business from your youth: <br>each has wandered off on their own way; <br>none will save you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to this, house of Jacob, <br>who are known by the name of Israel, <br>descendants of Judah, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>who swear by the LORD\u2019s name <br>and invoke Israel\u2019s God dishonestly and unrighteously. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>came out from the waters of Judah</i>"}, {"pk": 4113943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 2, "text": "They are known as residents of the holy city, <br>those who depend upon the God of Israel \u2014 <br>the LORD of heavenly forces is his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 3, "text": "Past things I announced long ago; <br>from my mouth I proclaimed them. <br>I acted suddenly, and they came about.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 4, "text": "Because I know that you are stubborn, <br>your neck is made of iron, <br>and your forehead is bronze.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 5, "text": "I informed you long ago; <br>before they came about I proclaimed them to you <br>so you wouldn\u2019t say, \u201cMy idol did them; <br>my wood statue and metal god commanded them.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 6, "text": "You\u2019ve heard and seen all this \u2014 <br>won\u2019t you admit it? <br>From now on I\u2019ll tell you new things, <br>guarded secrets that you don\u2019t know.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 7, "text": "They are created now, not long ago; <br>before today you hadn\u2019t heard of them, <br>so you won\u2019t say, \u201cI already knew them.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 8, "text": "You haven\u2019t heard, nor have you known; <br>as in ages past your ears are closed, <br>because I knew what a traitor you were; <br>you were known as a rebel from birth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 9, "text": "For the sake of my reputation I control my anger; <br>for your sake I restrain my powerful radiance <br>so as to not destroy you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 10, "text": "See, I have refined you, but not like silver; <br>I have tested you <sup>[2]</sup> in the furnace of misery.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I have chosen</i>"}, {"pk": 4113952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 11, "text": "For the sake of my reputation, for my own sake, I will act, <br>for why will my name be made impure? <br>I won\u2019t give my glory to another. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 12, "text": "Listen to me, Jacob; <br>Israel, whom I called: <br>I am the one; <br>I am the first and I am the last.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 13, "text": "My hand founded the earth; <br>my strong hand spread out the heavens. <br>When I call to them, they all stand up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 14, "text": "Gather yourselves, all of you, and listen. <br>Who among you announced these things? <br>\u201cThe LORD loves him. <br>He will do what God wants with Babylon <br>and with the descendants <sup>[3]</sup> of Chaldea.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>his arm</i>"}, {"pk": 4113956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 15, "text": "I, I have spoken and told him <br>the things that will happen to him; <br>I will make him succeed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 16, "text": "Come close to me; listen to this: <br>Since the very beginning I haven\u2019t spoken in secret. <br>Whenever anything happens, I am there. <br>(And now the LORD God has sent me with his spirit.) <br>"}, {"pk": 4113958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD your redeemer, <br>the holy one of Israel, proclaims: <br>I am the LORD your God <br>who teaches you for your own good, <br>who leads you in the way you should go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 18, "text": "If you would pay attention to my commands, <br>your well-being would be like a river, <br>and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 19, "text": "Your offspring would be like the sand, <br>and your descendants like its grains. <br>Their name would never be eliminated, <br>never wiped out from before me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 20, "text": "Go out from Babylon; <br>flee from the Chaldeans! <br>Report this with a loud shout, proclaim it; <br>broadcast it out to the end of the earth. <br>Say, \u201cThe LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 21, "text": "They weren\u2019t thirsty when he led them through the deserts. <br>God made water flow from the rock for them; <br>split the rock, and water flowed out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 48, "verse": 22, "text": "There is no well-being, says the LORD, for the wicked. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to me, coastlands; <br>pay attention, peoples far away. <br>The LORD called me before my birth, <br>called my name when I was in my mother\u2019s womb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 2, "text": "He made my mouth like a sharp sword, <br>and hid me in the shadow of God\u2019s own hand. <br>He made me a sharpened arrow, <br>and concealed me in God\u2019s quiver,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 3, "text": "saying to me, \u201cYou are my servant, <br>Israel, in whom I show my glory.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 4, "text": "But I said, \u201cI have wearied myself in vain. <br>I have used up my strength for nothing.\u201d <br>Nevertheless, the LORD will grant me justice; <br>my reward is with my God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 5, "text": "And now the LORD has decided \u2014 <br>the one who formed me from the womb as his servant \u2014 <br>to restore Jacob to God, <br>so that Israel might return to him. <br>Moreover, I\u2019m honored in the LORD\u2019s eyes; <br>my God has become my strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 6, "text": "He said: It is not enough, since you are my servant, <br>to raise up the tribes of Jacob <br>and to bring back the survivors of Israel. <br>Hence, I will also appoint you as light to the nations <br>so that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD, redeemer of Israel and its holy one, <br>says to one despised, <br>rejected by nations, <br>to the slave of rulers: <br>Kings will see and stand up; <br>commanders will bow down <br>on account of the LORD, who is faithful, <br>the holy one of Israel, <br>who has chosen you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD said: <br>At the right time, I answered you; <br>on a day of salvation, I helped you. <br>I have guarded you, <br>and given you as a covenant to the people, to restore the land, <br>and to reassign deserted properties,<br>"}, {"pk": 4113972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 9, "text": "saying to the prisoners, \u201cCome out,\u201d <br>and to those in darkness, \u201cShow yourselves.\u201d <br>Along the roads animals <sup>[1]</sup> will graze; <br>their pasture will be on every treeless hilltop.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>animals.</i>"}, {"pk": 4113973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 10, "text": "They won\u2019t hunger or thirst; <br>the burning heat and sun won\u2019t strike them, <br>because one who has compassion for them will lead them <br>and will guide them by springs of water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 11, "text": "I will turn all my mountains into roads; <br>my highways will be built up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 12, "text": "Look! These will come from far away. <br>Look! These from the north and west, <br>and these from the southland. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sinim</i>"}, {"pk": 4113976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 13, "text": "Sing, heavens! Rejoice, earth! <br>Break out, mountains, with a song. <br>The LORD has comforted his people, <br>and taken pity on those who suffer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 14, "text": "But Zion says, \u201cThe LORD has abandoned me; <br>my Lord has forgotten me.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 15, "text": "Can a woman forget her nursing child, <br>fail to pity the child of her womb? <br>Even these may forget, <br>but I won\u2019t forget you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 16, "text": "Look, on my palms I\u2019ve inscribed you; <br>your walls are before me continually.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 17, "text": "Your builders <sup>[3]</sup> come quickly; <br>those who destroy and demolish you will depart from you.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>children</i>"}, {"pk": 4113981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 18, "text": "Look up all around and see: <br>they are all gathered; <br>they come to you. <br>As surely as I live, says the LORD, <br>you will put them all on like ornaments, <br>bind them on like a bride. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 19, "text": "As for your ruins and desolate places <br>and destroyed land \u2014 <br>you will soon be crowded with settlers, <br>and those who swallowed you will be far away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 20, "text": "You will again hear the children who were born bereaved say, <br>\u201cThe place is too crowded for me; <br>make room for me to settle.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4113984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 21, "text": "And you will think to yourself, <br>Who bore me these? <br>I was bereaved and desolate, exiled and sent off. <br>So who raised these? <br>I was left behind, I was alone; <br>where were these? <br>"}, {"pk": 4113985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD God says: <br>Look, I will raise my hand to the nations, <br>and to the peoples I will lift up my signal. <br>They will bring your sons in their arms, <br>and will carry your daughters on their shoulders.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 23, "text": "Kings will be your attendants, <br>and their queens your nursemaids. <br>With faces to the ground they will bow down to you; <br>they will lick the dust from your feet. <br>You will know that I am the LORD; <br>the one who hopes in me won\u2019t be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 24, "text": "Can loot be taken from warriors? <br>Can a tyrant\u2019s captives escape?<br>"}, {"pk": 4113988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Even the captives of warriors will be taken, <br>and the tyrant\u2019s loot will escape. <br>I myself will oppose those who oppose you, <br>and I myself will save your children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 49, "verse": 26, "text": "I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; <br>and as with wine, with their own blood they will be drunk, <br>so that all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your savior, <br>and the mighty one of Jacob is your redeemer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Where\u2019s your mother\u2019s divorce decree, <br>with which I sent her away? <br>Or to which lender did I sell you? <br>On account of your sins you were sold; <br>on account of your transgressions <br>your mother was sent away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 2, "text": "Why did I come and find no one? <br>Why did I call when no one answered? <br>Is my hand too small to redeem you? <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Don\u2019t I have enough power to save? <br>With my rebuke I dry up the sea <br>and make the rivers into wilderness. <br>Their fish stink from lack of water; <br>they die of thirst.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4113992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 3, "text": "I clothe the heavens with darkness <br>and cover them with funeral clothing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD God gave me an educated tongue <br>to know how to respond to the weary <br>with a word that will awaken them in the morning. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>God awakens my ear in the morning to listen, <br>as educated people do.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4113994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD God opened my ear; <br>I didn\u2019t rebel; I didn\u2019t turn my back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 6, "text": "Instead, I gave my body to attackers, <br>and my cheeks to beard pluckers. <br>I didn\u2019t hide my face <br>from insults and spitting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD God will help me; <br>therefore, I haven\u2019t been insulted. <br>Therefore, I set my face like flint, <br>and knew I wouldn\u2019t be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 8, "text": "The one who will declare me innocent is near. <br>Who will argue with me? <br>Let\u2019s stand up together. <br>Who will bring judgment against me? <br>Let him approach me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4113998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 9, "text": "Look! The LORD God will help me. <br>Who will condemn me? <br>Look, they will wear out like clothing; <br>the moth will eat them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4113999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 10, "text": "Who among you fears the LORD? <br>Who listens to the voice of his servant, <br>who walks in darkness <br>and has no light? <br>They will trust in the LORD\u2019s name, <br>and rely upon their God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 50, "verse": 11, "text": "Look! All of you are kindling fire, <br>igniting torches. <br>Walk by the light of your fire, <br>by the torches you have ignited. <br>This is what will happen to you by my hand: <br>you will lie down in grief. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to me, you who look for righteousness, you who seek the LORD: <br>Look to the rock from which you were cut <br>and to the quarry where you were dug.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 2, "text": "Look to Abraham your ancestor, <br>and to Sarah, who gave you birth. <br>They were alone when I called them, but I blessed them <br>and made them many.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD will comfort Zion; <br>he will comfort all her ruins. <br>He will make her desert like Eden <br>and her wilderness like the LORD\u2019s garden. <br>Happiness and joy will be found in her \u2014 <br>thanks and the sound of singing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 4, "text": "Pay attention to me, my people; <br>listen to me, my nation, <br>for teaching will go out from me, <br>my justice, as a light to the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 5, "text": "I will quickly bring my victory. <br>My salvation is on its way, <br>and my arm will judge the peoples. <br>The coastlands hope for me; <br>they wait for my judgment. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>for my arm</i>"}, {"pk": 4114006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 6, "text": "Look up to the heavens, <br>and gaze at the earth beneath. <br>The heavens will disappear like smoke, <br>the earth will wear out like clothing, <br>and its inhabitants will die like gnats. <br>But my salvation will endure forever, <br>and my righteousness will be unbroken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 7, "text": "Listen to me, you who know what is right, <br>people who carry my teaching in your heart: <br>Don\u2019t fear human scorn, <br>and don\u2019t be upset when they abuse you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 8, "text": "The moth will eat them as if they were clothing, <br>and the worm will eat them like wool, <br>but my righteousness is forever, <br>and my salvation for all generations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 9, "text": "Awake, awake, put on strength, <br>arm of the LORD. <br>Awake as in times past, <br>generations long ago. <br>Aren\u2019t you the one who crushed Rahab, <br>who pierced the dragon?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 10, "text": "Didn\u2019t you dry up the sea, <br>the waters of the great deep? <br>And didn\u2019t you make the redeemed a road to cross <br>through the depths of the sea, <br>a road for the redeemed to pass?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 11, "text": "Then let those ransomed by the LORD return <br>and come to Zion with singing <br>and with everlasting joy upon their heads. <br>Let happiness and joy overwhelm them; <br>let grief and groaning flee. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 12, "text": "I, I am the one who comforts you. <br>Why should you fear humans who will die, <br>mortals who are treated like grass?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 13, "text": "You forgot the LORD your maker, <br>the one who stretched out the heavens <br>and founded the earth. <br>You were continually afraid, all day long, <br>on account of the oppressor\u2019s wrath \u2014 <br>a fear by which they intend to destroy you. <br>Where now is the oppressor\u2019s wrath?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 14, "text": "The imprisoned ones will soon be released; <br>they won\u2019t die in the pit <br>or even lack bread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 15, "text": "I am the LORD your God, <br>who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar \u2014 <br>the LORD of heavenly forces is his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 16, "text": "I put my words in your mouth <br>and hid you in the shadow of my hand, <br>stretching out <sup>[2]</sup> the heavens, founding the earth, <br>and saying to Zion, \u201cYou are my people.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>planting</i>"}, {"pk": 4114017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 17, "text": "Wake yourself, wake yourself! <br>Rise up, Jerusalem, <br>who drank the cup of wrath from the LORD\u2019s hand. <br>You drank; you drained the goblet of reeling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 18, "text": "There\u2019s no one to guide her among all the children she bore; <br>there\u2019s no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 19, "text": "These two things have happened to you \u2014 <br>Who will be sorry for you? <sup>[3]</sup> \u2014 <br>destruction and devastation, <br>famine and sword \u2014 <br>who will comfort you? <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>), LXX, Vulg; MT <i>How will I</i><br>[4] Or <i>how will I comfort you?</i>"}, {"pk": 4114020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 20, "text": "Your children passed out; <br>they lay at the head of every street like antelope in a net, <br>filled with the LORD\u2019s wrath, <br>with the rebuke of your God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, hear this, suffering one, <br>who is drunk, but not from wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD, your Lord and your God, <br>who contends for his people, says: <br>Look, I have taken the cup of reeling, <br>the goblet of my wrath, from your hand. <br>You will no longer drink from it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 51, "verse": 23, "text": "I will put it in the hand of your tormentors, <br>who said to you, <br>\u201cLie down so that we can walk on you. <br>Make your back like the ground, <br>like a street for those walking on it.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4114024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 1, "text": "Awake, awake, <br>put on your strength, Zion! <br>Put on your splendid clothing, <br>Jerusalem, you holy city; <br>for the uncircumcised and unclean <br>will no longer come into you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 2, "text": "Shake the dust off yourself; <br>rise up; sit enthroned, Jerusalem. <br>Loose the bonds from your neck, <br>captive Daughter Zion! <br>"}, {"pk": 4114026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>You were sold for nothing, <br>and you will be redeemed without money.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: <br>Long ago my people went down <br>to reside in Egypt. <br>Moreover, Assyria has oppressed them without cause.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 5, "text": "And now what have I here? says the LORD. <br>My people are taken away for nothing. <br>Their rulers wail, says the LORD, <br>and continually all day long my name is despised.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, my people will know my name on that day; <br>I\u2019m the one who promises it; I\u2019m here. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 7, "text": "How beautiful upon the mountains <br>are the feet of a messenger <br>who proclaims peace, <br>who brings good news, <br>who proclaims salvation, <br>who says to Zion, \u201cYour God rules!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 8, "text": "Listen! Your lookouts lift their voice; <br>they sing out together! <br>Right before their eyes they see the LORD returning to Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 9, "text": "Break into song together, you ruins of Jerusalem! <br>The LORD has comforted his people and has redeemed Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD has bared his holy arm in view of all the nations; <br>all the ends of the earth have seen our God\u2019s victory. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 11, "text": "Depart! Depart! Go out from there! <br>Unclean! Don\u2019t touch! <br>Get out of that place; purify yourselves, <br>carriers of the LORD\u2019s equipment!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 12, "text": "You won\u2019t go out in a rush, <br>nor will you run away, <br>because the one going before you is the LORD; <br>your rear guard is the God of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 13, "text": "Look, my servant will succeed. <br>He will be exalted and lifted very high.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 14, "text": "Just as many were appalled by you, <br>he too appeared disfigured, inhuman, <br>his appearance unlike that of mortals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 52, "verse": 15, "text": "But he will astonish <sup>[1]</sup> many nations. <br>Kings will be silenced because of him, <br>because they will see what they haven\u2019t seen before; <br>what they haven\u2019t heard before, they will ponder. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>sprinkle</i>"}, {"pk": 4114039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 1, "text": "Who can believe what we have heard, <br>and for whose sake has the LORD\u2019s arm <sup>[1]</sup> been revealed?<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>power</i>"}, {"pk": 4114040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 2, "text": "He grew up like a young plant before us, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>like a root from dry ground. <br>He possessed no splendid form for us to see, <br>no desirable appearance.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4114041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 3, "text": "He was despised and avoided by others; <br>a man who suffered, who knew sickness well. <br>Like someone from whom people hid their faces, <br>he was despised, and we didn\u2019t think about him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 4, "text": "It was certainly our sickness that he carried, <br>and our sufferings that he bore, <br>but we thought him afflicted, <br>struck down by God and tormented.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 5, "text": "He was pierced because of our rebellions <br>and crushed because of our crimes. <br>He bore the punishment that made us whole; <br>by his wounds we are healed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 6, "text": "Like sheep we had all wandered away, <br>each going its own way, <br>but the LORD let fall on him all our crimes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 7, "text": "He was oppressed and tormented, <br>but didn\u2019t open his mouth. <br>Like a lamb being brought to slaughter, <br>like a ewe silent before her shearers, <br>he didn\u2019t open his mouth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 8, "text": "Due to an unjust ruling he was taken away, <br>and his fate \u2014 who will think about it? <br>He was eliminated from the land of the living, <br>struck dead because of my people\u2019s rebellion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 9, "text": "His grave was among the wicked, <br>his tomb with evildoers, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>though he had done no violence, <br>and had spoken nothing false. <br>", "comment": "[3] Cf Tg; MT <i>and with a rich one in his deaths</i>"}, {"pk": 4114048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 10, "text": "But the LORD wanted to crush him <br>and to make him suffer. <br>If his life is offered <sup>[4]</sup> as restitution, <br>he will see his offspring; he will enjoy long life. <br>The LORD\u2019s plans will come to fruition through him.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>if you place his life</i>"}, {"pk": 4114049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 11, "text": "After his deep anguish he will see light, <sup>[5]</sup> and he will be satisfied. <br>Through his knowledge, the righteous one, my servant, <br>will make many righteous, <br>and will bear their guilt.<br>", "comment": "[5] DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>); MT lacks <i>light.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 53, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, I will give him a share with the great, <br>and he will divide the spoil with the strong, <br>in return for exposing his life to death <br>and being numbered with rebels, <br>though he carried the sin of many <br>and pleaded on behalf of those who rebelled. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 1, "text": "Sing, barren woman who has borne no child; <br>break forth into singing and cry out, <br>you who were never in labor, <br>for the children of the wife who has been deserted will be more numerous than the children of the married, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 2, "text": "Enlarge the site of your tent, <br>and stretch out the drapes of your dwellings; <br>don\u2019t hold back. <br>Lengthen your tent ropes and strengthen your stakes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 3, "text": "To the right and to the left you will burst out, <br>and your children will possess the nations\u2019 land <br>and settle their desolate cities. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t fear, <br>because you won\u2019t be ashamed; <br>don\u2019t be dismayed, <br>because you won\u2019t be disgraced. <br>You will forget the shame of your youth; <br>you\u2019ll no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 5, "text": "The one marrying you is the one who made you \u2014 <br>the LORD of heavenly forces is his name. <br>The one redeeming you is the holy one of Israel, <br>the one called the God of all the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 6, "text": "As an abandoned and dejected woman the LORD has summoned you; <br>as a young wife when she is rejected, <br>says your God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 7, "text": "For a brief moment I abandoned you, <br>but with great mercy I will bring you back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 8, "text": "In an outburst of rage, <br>I hid my face from you for a moment, <br>but with everlasting love I have consoled you, <br>says your redeemer, the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 9, "text": "These are like the days <sup>[1]</sup> of Noah for me, <br>when I promised that Noah\u2019s waters would never again cover the earth. <br>Likewise I promise not to rage against you or rebuke you.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>for the waters</i>"}, {"pk": 4114060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 10, "text": "The mountains may shift, <br>and the hills may be shaken, <br>but my faithful love won\u2019t shift from you, <br>and my covenant of peace won\u2019t be shaken, <br>says the LORD, the one who pities you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 11, "text": "Suffering one, storm-tossed, uncomforted, <br>look, I am setting your gemstones <br>in silvery metal <br>and your foundations with sapphires.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 12, "text": "I will make your towers of rubies, <br>and your gates of beryl, <br>and all your walls of precious jewels.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 13, "text": "All your children will be disciples of the LORD \u2014 <br>I will make peace abound for your children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 14, "text": "You will be firmly founded in righteousness. <br>You will stay far from oppression because you won\u2019t fear, <br>far from terror because it won\u2019t come near you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 15, "text": "If anyone attacks you, it\u2019s none of my doing. <br>Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 16, "text": "Look, I myself created the metalworker who blows the fire of coal and who produces a tool for his work. <br>And I myself created the looter to destroy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 54, "verse": 17, "text": "No weapon fashioned against you will succeed, <br>and you may condemn every tongue that disputes with you. <br>This is the heritage of the LORD\u2019s servants, <br>whose righteousness comes from me, says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 1, "text": "All of you who are thirsty, come to the water! <br>Whoever has no money, come, buy food and eat! <br>Without money, at no cost, buy wine and milk!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 2, "text": "Why spend money for what isn\u2019t food, <br>and your earnings for what doesn\u2019t satisfy? <br>Listen carefully to me and eat what is good; <br>enjoy the richest of feasts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 3, "text": "Listen and come to me; <br>listen, and you will live. <br>I will make an everlasting covenant with you, <br>my faithful loyalty to David.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 4, "text": "Look, I made him a witness to the peoples, <br>a prince and commander of peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 5, "text": "Look, you will call a nation you don\u2019t know, <br>a nation you don\u2019t know will run to you <br>because of the LORD your God, <br>the holy one of Israel, who has glorified you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 6, "text": "Seek the LORD when he can still be found; <br>call him while he is yet near.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 7, "text": "Let the wicked abandon their ways <br>and the sinful their schemes. <br>Let them return to the LORD so that he may have mercy on them, <br>to our God, because he is generous with forgiveness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 8, "text": "My plans aren\u2019t your plans, <br>nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 9, "text": "Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, <br>so are my ways higher than your ways, <br>and my plans than your plans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 10, "text": "Just as the rain and the snow come down from the sky <br>and don\u2019t return there without watering the earth, <br>making it conceive and yield plants <br>and providing seed to the sower and food to the eater,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 11, "text": "so is my word that comes from my mouth; <br>it does not return to me empty. <br>Instead, it does what I want, <br>and accomplishes what I intend. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 12, "text": "Yes, you will go out with celebration, <br>and you will be brought back in peace. <br>Even the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you; <br>all the trees of the field will clap their hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 55, "verse": 13, "text": "In place of the thorn the cypress will grow; <br>in place of the nettle the myrtle will grow. <br>This will attest to the LORD\u2019s stature, <br>an enduring reminder that won\u2019t be removed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Act justly and do what is righteous, <br>because my salvation is coming soon, <br>and my righteousness will be revealed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 2, "text": "Happy is the one who does this, <br>the person who holds it fast, <br>who keeps the Sabbath, not making it impure, <br>and avoids doing any evil. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t let the immigrant who has joined with the LORD say, <br>\u201cThe LORD will exclude me from the people.\u201d <br>And don\u2019t let the eunuch say, <br>\u201cI\u2019m just a dry tree.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD says: <br>To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, <br>choose what I desire, <br>and remain loyal to my covenant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 5, "text": "In my temple and courts, I will give them <br>a monument and a name better than sons and daughters. <br>I will give to them an enduring name <br>that won\u2019t be removed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 6, "text": "The immigrants who have joined me, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>serving me and loving my name, <sup>[2]</sup> becoming my servants, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>everyone who keeps the Sabbath without making it impure, <br>and those who hold fast to my covenant:<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>serving him and loving the LORD name</i><br>[1] Or <i>to the Lord</i><br>[3] Or <i>becoming his servants</i>"}, {"pk": 4114087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 7, "text": "I will bring them to my holy mountain, <br>and bring them joy in my house of prayer. <br>I will accept their entirely burned offerings and sacrifices on my altar. <br>My house will be known as a house of prayer for all peoples,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 8, "text": "says the LORD God, <br>who gathers Israel\u2019s outcasts. <br>I will gather still others to those I have already gathered. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 9, "text": "All you beasts of the field, <br>come and eat, all you beasts of the forest!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 10, "text": "The lookouts are blind; <br>they all lack sense. <br>They are all mute dogs that can\u2019t bark, <br>dreamers, loungers, loving to sleep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 11, "text": "But the dogs have monstrous appetites. <br>They never have enough. <br>They are shepherds who don\u2019t understand. <br>All of them have turned to their own ways, <br>every last one greedy for profit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 56, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cCome! I\u2019ll get some wine! <br>Let\u2019s drink beer! <br>Tomorrow will be like today, or even much better.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4114093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 1, "text": "The righteous person perishes, <br>and no one takes it to heart. <br>Loyal people are gathered together, <br>and no one understands that because of evil <br>the righteous one passed away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 2, "text": "They will find peace; <br>those who walk in straight paths <br>will find rest on their burial beds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 3, "text": "Come here, you children of sorcery, <br>offspring of adultery and prostitution!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 4, "text": "Whom are you mocking? <br>Against whom do you open your mouth wide <br>and stick out your tongue? <br>Aren\u2019t you children of rebellion, offspring of lies,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 5, "text": "who console yourselves with idols under every green tree, <br>who slaughter children in the valleys, under the rocky cliffs?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 6, "text": "You belong with the smooth talkers <sup>[1]</sup> in the valley; <br>they, they are your lot. <br>For them you poured out a drink offering, <br>and presented a grain offering. <br>Should I condone these things?<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>smooth things</i>"}, {"pk": 4114099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 7, "text": "On a very high mountain you made your bed. <br>You went up there to offer a sacrifice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 8, "text": "Behind the door and the doorpost <br>you placed your symbols. <br>You abandoned me and lay down, <br>making room in your bed <br>and making deals for yourself with them. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>You loved their bed; <br>you saw their nakedness.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 9, "text": "You went down to Molech <sup>[3]</sup> with oil, <br>and you slathered on your ointments; <br>you sent your messengers far away, <br>sent them down to the underworld. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[3] Or <i>the king</i>"}, {"pk": 4114102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 10, "text": "Worn out by all your efforts, <br>yet you wouldn\u2019t say, \u201cThis is useless.\u201d <br>You found new strength; <br>therefore, you weren\u2019t tired.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 11, "text": "Whom did you dread and fear so that you lied, <br>didn\u2019t remember me or give me a thought? <br>Isn\u2019t it because I was silent and closed my eyes <br>that you stopped fearing me?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 12, "text": "I will bring evidence about your righteousness and your actions; <br>they won\u2019t help you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 13, "text": "When you cry out, <br>let those things you\u2019ve gathered save you! <br>The wind will lift them all; <br>one breath will take them away. <br>but those taking refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 14, "text": "It will be said: \u201cSurvey, survey; build a road! <br>Remove barriers from my people\u2019s road!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 15, "text": "The one who is high and lifted up, <br>who lives forever, whose name is holy, says: <br>I live on high, in holiness, <br>and also with the crushed <sup>[5]</sup> and the lowly, <br>reviving the spirit of the lowly, <br>reviving the heart of those who have been crushed. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>contrite</i><br>[5] Or <i>contrite</i>"}, {"pk": 4114108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 16, "text": "I won\u2019t always accuse, <br>nor will I be enraged forever. <br>It is my own doing that their spirit is exhausted \u2014 <br>I gave them breath!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 17, "text": "I was enraged about their illegal profits; <br>I struck them; in rage I withdrew from them. <br>Yet they went on wandering wherever they wanted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 18, "text": "I have seen their ways, but I will heal them. <br>I will guide them, <br>and reward them with comfort. <br>And for those who mourn,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 19, "text": "I will create reason for praise: <sup>[7]</sup> <br>utter prosperity to those far and near, <br>and I will heal them, says the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 20, "text": "But the wicked are like the churning sea that can\u2019t keep still. <br>They churn up from their waters muck and mud.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 57, "verse": 21, "text": "There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 1, "text": "Shout loudly; don\u2019t hold back; <br>raise your voice like a trumpet! <br>Announce to my people their crime, <br>to the house of Jacob their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 2, "text": "They seek me day after day, <br>desiring knowledge of my ways <br>like a nation that acted righteously, <br>that didn\u2019t abandon their God. <br>They ask me for righteous judgments, <br>wanting to be close to God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWhy do we fast and you don\u2019t see; <br>why afflict ourselves and you don\u2019t notice?\u201d <br>Yet on your fast day you do whatever you want, <br>and oppress all your workers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 4, "text": "You quarrel and brawl, and then you fast; <br>you hit each other violently with your fists. <br>You shouldn\u2019t fast as you are doing today <br>if you want to make your voice heard on high.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 5, "text": "Is this the kind of fast I choose, <br>a day of self-affliction, <br>of bending one\u2019s head like a reed <br>and of lying down in mourning clothing and ashes? <br>Is this what you call a fast, <br>a day acceptable to the LORD? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 6, "text": "Isn\u2019t this the fast I choose: <br>releasing wicked restraints, untying the ropes of a yoke, <br>setting free the mistreated, <br>and breaking every yoke?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 7, "text": "Isn\u2019t it sharing your bread with the hungry <br>and bringing the homeless poor into your house, <br>covering the naked when you see them, <br>and not hiding from your own family?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 8, "text": "Then your light will break out like the dawn, <br>and you will be healed quickly. <br>Your own righteousness will walk before you, <br>and the LORD\u2019s glory will be your rear guard.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 9, "text": "Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; <br>you will cry for help, and God will say, \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d <br>If you remove the yoke from among you, <br>the finger-pointing, the wicked speech;<br>"}, {"pk": 4114123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 10, "text": "if you open your heart to the hungry, <br>and provide abundantly for those who are afflicted, <br>your light will shine in the darkness, <br>and your gloom will be like the noon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD will guide you continually <br>and provide for you, even in parched places. <br>He will rescue your bones. <br>You will be like a watered garden, <br>like a spring of water that won\u2019t run dry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 12, "text": "They will rebuild ancient ruins on your account; <br>the foundations of generations past you will restore. <br>You will be called Mender of Broken Walls, <br>Restorer of Livable Streets. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 13, "text": "If you stop trampling the Sabbath, <br>stop doing whatever you want on my holy day, <br>and consider the Sabbath a delight, <br>sacred to the LORD, honored, <br>and honor it instead of doing things your way, <br>seeking what you want and doing business as usual,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 58, "verse": 14, "text": "then you will take delight in the LORD. <br>I will let you ride on the heights of the earth; <br>I will sustain you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob. <br>The mouth of the LORD has spoken. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 1, "text": "Look! The LORD does not lack the power to save, <br>nor are his ears too dull to hear,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 2, "text": "but your misdeeds have separated you from your God. <br>Your sins have hidden his face from you <br>so that you aren\u2019t heard.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 3, "text": "Your hands are stained with blood, <br>and your fingers with guilt. <br>Your lips speak lies; <br>your tongues mutter malice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 4, "text": "No one sues honestly; <br>no one pleads truthfully. <br>By trusting in emptiness and speaking deceit, <br>they conceive harm and give birth to malice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 5, "text": "They hatch adders\u2019 eggs, <br>and weave spiderwebs. <br>Whoever eats their eggs will die. <br>Moreover, the crushed egg hatches a viper.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 6, "text": "Their webs can\u2019t serve as clothing; <br>they can\u2019t cover themselves with their deeds. <br>Their deeds are deeds of malice, <br>and the work of violence is in their hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 7, "text": "Their feet run to evil; <br>they rush to shed innocent blood. <br>Their thoughts are thoughts of malice; <br>desolation and destruction litter their highways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 8, "text": "They don\u2019t know the way of peace; <br>there\u2019s no justice in their paths. <br>They make their roads crooked; <br>no one who walks in them knows peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 9, "text": "Because of all this, justice is far from us, <br>and righteousness beyond our reach. <br>We expect light, and there is darkness; <br>we await a gleam of light, but walk about in gloom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 10, "text": "We grope along the wall like the blind; <br>like those without eyes we grope. <br>We stumble at noonday as if it were twilight, <br>and among the strong as if we were dying.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 11, "text": "All of us growl like bears, <br>and like doves we moan. <br>We expect justice, but there is none; <br>we await salvation, but it is far from us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 12, "text": "Our rebellions are numerous in your presence; <br>our sins testify against us. <br>Our rebellions are with us; <br>we\u2019re aware of our guilt:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 13, "text": "defying and denying the LORD, <br>turning away from our God, <br>planning oppression and revolt, <br>muttering lying words conceived in our minds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 14, "text": "Justice is pushed aside; <br>righteousness stands far off, <br>because truth has stumbled in the public square, <br>and honesty can\u2019t enter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 15, "text": "Truth is missing; <br>anyone turning from evil is plundered. <b>God will intervene</b> </pb> <br> The LORD looked and was upset at the absence of justice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 16, "text": "Seeing that there was no one, <br>and astonished that no one would intervene, <br>God\u2019s arm brought victory, <br>upheld by righteousness,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 17, "text": "putting on righteousness as armor <br>and a helmet of salvation on his head, <br>putting on garments of vengeance, <br>and wrapping himself in a cloak of zeal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 18, "text": "God will repay according to their actions: <br>wrath to his foes, retribution to enemies, <br>retribution to the coastlands,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 19, "text": "so those in the west will fear the LORD\u2019s name, <br>and those in the east will fear God\u2019s glory. <br>It will come like a rushing river <br>that the LORD\u2019s wind drives on.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 20, "text": "A redeemer will come to Zion <br>and to those in Jacob who stop rebelling, <br>says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 59, "verse": 21, "text": "As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD. <br>My spirit, which is upon you, <br>and my words, which I have placed in your mouth <br>won\u2019t depart from your mouth, <br>nor from the mouths of your descendants, <br>nor from the mouths of your descendants\u2019 children, <br>says the LORD, <br>forever and always. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 1, "text": "Arise! Shine! Your light has come; <br>the LORD\u2019s glory has shone upon you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 2, "text": "Though darkness covers the earth <br>and gloom the nations, <br>the LORD will shine upon you; <br>God\u2019s glory will appear over you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 3, "text": "Nations will come to your light <br>and kings to your dawning radiance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 4, "text": "Lift up your eyes and look all around: <br>they are all gathered; they have come to you. <br>Your sons will come from far away, <br>and your daughters on caregivers\u2019 hips.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 5, "text": "Then you will see and be radiant; <br>your heart will tremble and open wide, <br>because the sea\u2019s abundance will be turned over to you; <br>the nations\u2019 wealth will come to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 6, "text": "Countless camels will cover your land, <br>young camels from Midian and Ephah. <br>They will all come from Sheba, <br>carrying gold and incense, <br>proclaiming the LORD\u2019s praises.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 7, "text": "All Kedar\u2019s sheep will be gathered for you; <br>rams from Nebaioth will be your offerings; <br>they will be accepted on my altar, <br>and I will glorify my splendid house. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 8, "text": "Who are these who fly like a cloud, <br>like doves to their shelters?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019m the hope of the coastlands. <br>Ships from Tarshish are in the lead <br>to bring your children from afar, <br>their silver and gold with them <br>for the name of the LORD your God <br>and for the holy one of Israel, who has glorified you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 10, "text": "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, <br>and their kings will serve you. <br>Though in my rage I struck you down, <br>in my favor I have consoled you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 11, "text": "Your gates will be open continually; <br>day and night they won\u2019t close, <br>to bring to you the wealth of nations, <br>and their kings led in procession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 12, "text": "The nation and the dynasty <br>that won\u2019t serve you will perish; <br>such nations will be devastated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 13, "text": "Lebanon\u2019s glory will come upon you, <br>cypress, elm, and pine, <br>to glorify the site of my sanctuary, <br>and I will honor my royal footstool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 14, "text": "The children of your tormenters will come bending low to you; <br>all who despised you will bow down at your feet. <br>They will call you The LORD\u2019s City, <br>Zion, of the holy one of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 15, "text": "Instead of being abandoned, <br>hated, and forbidden, <br>I will make you majestic forever, <br>a joy for all generations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 16, "text": "You will suck the milk of nations, <br>and nurse at royal breasts. <br>You will know that I am the LORD, your savior <br>and your redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 17, "text": "Instead of bronze I will bring gold; <br>instead of iron I will bring silver; <br>instead of wood, bronze; <br>and instead of stones, iron. <br>I will make peace your governor <br>and righteousness your taskmaster.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 18, "text": "Violence will no longer resound throughout your land, <br>nor devastation or destruction within your borders. <br>You will call your walls Salvation, <br>and your gates Praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 19, "text": "The sun will no longer be your light by day, <br>nor will the moon shine for illumination by night. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>The LORD will be your everlasting light; <br>your God will be your glory.<br>", "comment": "[1] Cf DSS (1QIsa<sup>a</sup>), LXX; MT lacks <i>by night.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 20, "text": "Your sun will no longer set; <br>your moon will no longer wane. <br>The LORD will be an everlasting light for you, <br>and your days of mourning will be ended.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 21, "text": "Your people will all be righteous; <br>they will possess the land forever. <br>They are the shoot that I planted, <br>the work of my hands, to glorify myself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 60, "verse": 22, "text": "The least will become a thousand, <br>and the smallest a powerful people. <br>I am the LORD; at the right moment, I will hurry it along. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD God\u2019s spirit is upon me, <br>because the LORD has anointed me. <br>He has sent me <br>to bring good news to the poor, <br>to bind up the brokenhearted, <br>to proclaim release for captives, <br>and liberation for prisoners,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 2, "text": "to proclaim the year of the LORD\u2019s favor <br>and a day of vindication for our God, <br>to comfort all who mourn,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 3, "text": "to provide for Zion\u2019s mourners, <br>to give them a crown in place of ashes, <br>oil of joy in place of mourning, <br>a mantle of praise in place of discouragement. <br>They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, <br>planted by the LORD to glorify himself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 4, "text": "They will rebuild the ancient ruins; <br>they will restore formerly deserted places; <br>they will renew ruined cities, <br>places deserted in generations past. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 5, "text": "Foreigners will stay and shepherd your sheep, <br>and strangers will be your farmers and vinedressers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 6, "text": "You will be called The Priests of the LORD; <br>Ministers of Our God, they will say about you. <br>You will feed on the wealth of nations, <br>and fatten <sup>[1]</sup> yourself on their riches.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 7, "text": "Instead of shame, their <sup>[2]</sup> portion will be double; <br>instead of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share. <br>They will possess a double portion in their land; <br>everlasting joy will be theirs.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4114178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 8, "text": "I, the LORD, love justice; <br>I hate robbery and dishonesty. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>I will faithfully give them their wage, <br>and make with them an enduring covenant.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb manuscripts, LXX, Syr, Tg; MT <i>robbery with an entirely burned offering</i>"}, {"pk": 4114179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 9, "text": "Their offspring will be known among the nations, <br>and their descendants among the peoples. <br>All who see them will recognize <br>that they are a people blessed by the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 10, "text": "I surely rejoice in the LORD; <br>my heart is joyful because of my God, <br>because he has clothed me with clothes of victory, <br>wrapped me in a robe of righteousness <br>like a bridegroom in a priestly crown, <br>and like a bride adorned in jewelry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 61, "verse": 11, "text": "As the earth puts out its growth, <br>and as a garden grows its seeds, <br>so the LORD God will grow righteousness and praise before all the nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 1, "text": "For Zion\u2019s sake I won\u2019t keep silent, <br>and for Jerusalem\u2019s sake I won\u2019t sit still <br>until her righteousness shines out like a light, <br>and her salvation blazes like a torch.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 2, "text": "Nations will see your righteousness, <br>all kings your glory. <br>You will be called by a new name, <br>which the LORD\u2019s own mouth will determine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 3, "text": "You will be a splendid garland in the LORD\u2019s hand, <br>a royal turban in the palm of God\u2019s hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 4, "text": "You will no longer be called Abandoned, <br>and your land will no longer be called Deserted. <br>Instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her, <br>and your land, Married. <br>Because the LORD delights in you, <br>your land will be cared for once again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 5, "text": "As a young man marries a young woman, <br>so your sons will marry you. <br>With the joy of a bridegroom because of his bride, <br>so your God will rejoice because of you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 6, "text": "Upon your walls, Jerusalem, <br>I have appointed sentinels. <br>Continually, all day and all night, <br>they won\u2019t keep silent. <br>You who call on the LORD, don\u2019t rest,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 7, "text": "and don\u2019t allow God to rest <br>until he establishes Jerusalem, <br>and makes it the praise of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD has promised <br>with raised hand and strong arm: <br>I will never again give your grain <br>as food for your enemies. <br>Foreigners won\u2019t drink your wine <br>for which you labored.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who harvest will eat it <br>and will praise the LORD; <br>those who gather will drink it <br>in my holy courtyards. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 10, "text": "Pass through, pass through the gates; <br>prepare the way for the people! <br>Build, build the road; <br>clear away the stones! <br>Raise up a signal for the peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 11, "text": "This is what the LORD announced <br>to the earth\u2019s distant regions: <br>Say to Daughter Zion, \u201cLook! Your deliverer arrives, <br>bringing reward and payment!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 62, "verse": 12, "text": "They will be called The Holy People, <br>Redeemed By the LORD. <br>And you will be called Sought After \u2014 <br>A City That Is Not Abandoned. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 1, "text": "Who is this coming from Edom, <br>from Bozrah in bright red garments, <br>this splendidly dressed one, striding <sup>[1]</sup> with great power? <br>It is I, proclaiming righteousness, powerful to save!<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>stooping</i>"}, {"pk": 4114195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 2, "text": "Why is your clothing red, <br>and your garments like those of one who stomps on grapes?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 3, "text": "I have pressed out in the vat by myself \u2014 from the peoples, no one was with me. <br>I stomped on them in my anger, <br>trampled them in my wrath. <br>Their blood splashed on my garments, <br>and stained all my clothing,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 4, "text": "because I intended a day of vengeance; <br>the year of my deliverance had arrived.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 5, "text": "I looked and found no helper; <br>I was astonished to find no supporter. <br>But my arm brought victory for me; <br>my wrath helped me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 6, "text": "I trampled down nations in my anger <br>and made them drunk on my wrath; <br>I spilled their blood on the ground. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 7, "text": "I will recount the LORD\u2019s faithful acts; <br>I will sing the LORD\u2019s praises, <br>because of all the LORD did for us, <br>for God\u2019s great favor toward the house of Israel. <br>God treated them compassionately <br>and with deep affection.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 8, "text": "God said, \u201cTruly, they are my people, <br>children who won\u2019t do what is wrong.\u201d <br>God became their savior.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 9, "text": "During all their distress, God also was distressed, <br>so a messenger who served him saved them. <br>In love and mercy God redeemed them, <br>lifting and carrying them throughout earlier times.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 10, "text": "But they rebelled, <br>and made God\u2019s holy spirit terribly sad, <br>so that he turned into their enemy \u2014 <br>he fought against them! <br>"}, {"pk": 4114204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 11, "text": "Then they remembered earlier times, <br>when he rescued his people. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Where was the one who drew them up from the sea, <br>the shepherd <sup>[3]</sup> of the flock? <br>Where was the one who put within them his holy spirit;<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Tg; MT <i>shepherds</i><br>[2] Or <i>Moses, his people</i>"}, {"pk": 4114205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 12, "text": "the one who guided Moses\u2019 strong hand <br>with his glorious arm; <br>who split the water for them <br>to create an enduring reputation for himself,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 13, "text": "and who guided them through the depths? <br>Like a horse in the desert, they didn\u2019t stumble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 14, "text": "Like cattle descending to the valley, <br>the LORD\u2019s spirit brought them to rest. <br>In this way you led your people <br>and made for yourself a glorious reputation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 15, "text": "Look down from heaven and see, <br>from your holy and glorious perch. <br>Where are your energy and your might, <br>your concern and your pity? <br>Don\u2019t hold back! <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 16, "text": "You are surely our father, <br>even though Abraham doesn\u2019t know us, <br>and Israel doesn\u2019t recognize us. <br>You, LORD, are our father; <br>your reputation since long ago is that of our redeemer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 17, "text": "Why do you lead us astray, LORD, <br>from your ways? <br>Why do you harden our heart <br>so we don\u2019t fear you? <br>Return for the sake of your servants <br>the tribes that are your heritage!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 18, "text": "Why did the wicked bring down your holy place? <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Why did our enemies trample your sanctuary?<br>", "comment": "[5] Cf LXX, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 63, "verse": 19, "text": "For too long we have been like those you don\u2019t rule, <br>like those not known by your name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> If only you would tear open the heavens and come down! <br>Mountains would quake before you<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/63/19'>63:19</a><i>b</i> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4114214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 2, "text": "like fire igniting brushwood or making water boil. <br><sup>[2]</sup> If you would make your name known to your enemies, <br>the nations would tremble in your presence. <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/23/64/1'>64:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4114215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 3, "text": "When you accomplished wonders beyond all our expectations; <br>when you came down, mountains quaked before you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 4, "text": "From ancient times, <br>no one has heard, <br>no ear has perceived, <br>no eye has seen any god but you <br>who acts on behalf of those who wait for him! <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 5, "text": "You look after those who gladly do right; <br>they will praise you for your ways. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>But you were angry when we sinned; <br>you hid yourself when we did wrong. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 6, "text": "We have all become like the unclean; <br>all our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag. <br>All of us wither like a leaf; <br>our sins, like the wind, carry us away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 7, "text": "No one calls on your name; <br>no one bothers to hold on to you, <br>for you have hidden yourself from us, <br>and have handed us over <sup>[6]</sup> to our sin. <br>", "comment": "[6] LXX, cf Syr, Tg, Vulg; MT <i>melted</i>"}, {"pk": 4114220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 8, "text": "But now, LORD, you are our father. <br>We are the clay, and you are our potter. <br>All of us are the work of your hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t rage so fiercely, LORD; <br>don\u2019t hold our sins against us forever, <br>but gaze now on your people, all of us:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 10, "text": "Your holy cities have become a wilderness; <br>Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a wasteland.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 11, "text": "Our holy, glorious house, <br>where our ancestors praised you, <br>has gone up in flames; <br>all that we treasured has become a ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 64, "verse": 12, "text": "After all this, will you hold back, LORD? <br>Will you keep silent and torment us so terribly? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 1, "text": "I was ready to respond to those who didn\u2019t ask. <br>I was ready to be found by those who didn\u2019t look for me. <br>I said, \u201cI\u2019m here! I\u2019m here!\u201d to a nation <br>that didn\u2019t call on my name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 2, "text": "I extended my hands all day <br>to a rebellious people <br>walking in a way that isn\u2019t good, <br>following their own plans;<br>"}, {"pk": 4114227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 3, "text": "people who provoke me to my face continually, <br>sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 4, "text": "who sit in tombs <br>and spend the night among rocks; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>who eat swine\u2019s flesh <br>with broth of unclean meat in their bowls;<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>in guarded places</i>"}, {"pk": 4114229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 5, "text": "who say, \u201cKeep to yourself! <br>Keep away from me! I\u2019m too holy for you.\u201d <br>These people ignite my anger <br>like a fire that burns all day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 6, "text": "Look, this stands written before me. <br>I won\u2019t be silent, but I will repay; <br>I will repay in full measure<br>"}, {"pk": 4114231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 7, "text": "your sins and the sins of your ancestors as well, <br>says the LORD. <br>Since they burned incense on the mountains, <br>and mocked me in the hills, <br>I will count out to them <br>full payment for their actions. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>As new wine is found in the grape cluster, <br>and someone says, \u201cDon\u2019t destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,\u201d <br>so I will do for the sake of my servants <br>and not destroy everything:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 9, "text": "I will bring out offspring from Jacob, <br>and from Judah, heirs to my mountains. <br>My chosen ones will take possession; <br>my servants will dwell there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 10, "text": "Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, <br>and the Achor Valley a resting place for cattle, <br>for my people who seek me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 11, "text": "But you who abandon the LORD, <br>who forget my holy mountain, <br>who set a table for a god of good fortune, <br>and fill cups of mixed wine for a god of fate:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 12, "text": "I will offer you to the sword. <br>You will all bow down for slaughter, <br>because I called and you didn\u2019t answer; <br>I spoke and you wouldn\u2019t hear. <br>You did what I considered evil, <br>and chose what I didn\u2019t want.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God says: <br>Look, my servants will eat, but you will hunger. <br>My servants will drink, but you will thirst. <br>My servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 14, "text": "My servants will sing with contented hearts, <br>but you will cry out from heartache; <br>with broken spirits you will wail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 15, "text": "You will leave your name behind for my chosen ones to curse: <br>\u201cMay the LORD God kill you! <br>May he call his servants by a different name!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who pronounce a blessing in the land <br>will do so by the God called Amen; <br>those who make a solemn pledge in the land will do so by the God called Amen. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Past troubles will be forgotten <br>and hidden from my sight. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>so be it</i>"}, {"pk": 4114241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 17, "text": "Look! I\u2019m creating a new heaven and a new earth: <br>past events won\u2019t be remembered; <br>they won\u2019t come to mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 18, "text": "Be glad and rejoice forever <br>in what I\u2019m creating, <br>because I\u2019m creating Jerusalem as a joy <br>and her people as a source of gladness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 19, "text": "I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people. <br>No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 20, "text": "No more will babies live only a few days, <br>or the old fail to live out their days. <br>The one who dies at a hundred will be like a young person, <br>and the one falling short of a hundred will seem cursed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 21, "text": "They will build houses and live in them; <br>they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 22, "text": "They won\u2019t build for others to live in, <br>nor plant for others to eat. <br>Like the days of a tree will be the days of my people; <br>my chosen will make full use of their handiwork.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 23, "text": "They won\u2019t labor in vain, <br>nor bear children to a world of horrors, <br>because they will be people blessed by the LORD, <br>they along with their descendants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 24, "text": "Before they call, I will answer; <br>while they are still speaking, I will hear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 65, "verse": 25, "text": "Wolf and lamb will graze together, <br>and the lion will eat straw like the ox, <br>but the snake \u2014 its food will be dust. <br>They won\u2019t hurt or destroy at any place on my holy mountain, <br>says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Heaven is my throne, <br>and earth is my footstool. <br>So where could you build a house for me, <br>and where could my resting place be?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 2, "text": "My hand made all these things <br>and brought them into being, says the LORD. <br>But here is where I will look: <br>to the humble and contrite in spirit, <br>who tremble at my word. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 3, "text": "The one who slaughters an ox kills a person; <br>the one who sacrifices a sheep breaks a dog\u2019s neck; <br>the one who makes a grain offering offers swine\u2019s blood; <br>the one who burns incense blesses an idol. <br>All these have chosen their own ways, <br>and prefer their detestable things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 4, "text": "So I too will choose to punish them, <br>to bring horrors upon them, <br>since I called and no one answered. <br>I spoke and no one heard, <br>but they did evil in my eyes. <br>What I didn\u2019t want, they chose. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 5, "text": "Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, <br>you who tremble at his word: <br>Your family members, those who hate and exclude you because of my name, <br>have said, \u201cLet the LORD be glorified; <br>let\u2019s see your joy.\u201d <br>But they will be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 6, "text": "The sound of an uproar from the city! A sound from the temple! <br>The sound of the LORD repaying his enemies what they have earned. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 7, "text": "Before she was in labor, she gave birth. <br>Before her pangs came upon her, she delivered a boy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 8, "text": "Whoever heard of such a thing? <br>Whoever saw such things as these? <br>Can a land come to birth in one day? <br>Can a nation be born all at once? <br>Yet as soon as birth pangs came, <br>Zion bore her children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 9, "text": "Will I open the womb and not bring to birth? says the LORD. <br>Will I, who create life, close the womb? says your God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 10, "text": "Celebrate with Jerusalem; be happy with her, <br>all you who love her! <br>Rejoice with her in joy, <br>all you who mourn over her,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 11, "text": "so that you may nurse and be satisfied <br>from her comforting breasts, <br>that you may drink and be refreshed <br>from her full breasts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD says: <br>Look, I\u2019m extending prosperity to her like a river, <br>and the wealth of nations like an overflowing stream. <br>You will nurse and be carried on the hip <br>and bounced upon the knee. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 13, "text": "As a mother comforts her child, <br>so I will comfort you; <br>in Jerusalem you will be comforted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 14, "text": "When you see this, your heart will rejoice; <br>your entire being will flourish like grass. <br>The LORD\u2019s power will be known among his servants, <br>but his fury among his enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD will come with fire, <br>God\u2019s chariots like a windstorm, <br>to repay in hot anger, <br>to rebuke with fiery flames.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 16, "text": "With fire and with sword the LORD will judge all humanity; <br>many will be slain by the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who became holy and purify themselves, following their leader into the gardens, <sup>[1]</sup> who eat pork, detestable animals, and mice, will meet their end together, says the LORD.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 18, "text": "Because of their actions and thoughts, I\u2019m coming to gather all nations and cultures. They will come to see my glory."}, {"pk": 4114268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 19, "text": "I will put a sign on them, by sending out some of the survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Libya, and Lydia, and to the archers of Cilicia and Greece \u2014 distant coastlands that haven\u2019t heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will declare my glory among the nations."}, {"pk": 4114269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 20, "text": "They will bring your family members from all nations as an offering to the LORD \u2014 on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels \u2014 to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, like Israelites bringing an offering in purified containers to the LORD\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4114270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 21, "text": "I will select some of them as priests and Levites, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 22, "text": "As the new heavens and the new earth that I\u2019m making will endure before me, says the LORD, <br>so your descendants and your name will endure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 23, "text": "From month to month and from Sabbath to Sabbath, <br>all humanity will come to worship me, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 23, "chapter": 66, "verse": 24, "text": "They will go out and see the corpses <br>of the people who rebelled against me, <br>where their worm never dies, where their fire is never extinguished. <br>They will be a horror to everyone. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the words of Jeremiah, Hilkiah\u2019s son, who was one of the priests from Anathoth in the land of Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4114275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of Judah\u2019s King Josiah, Amon\u2019s son,"}, {"pk": 4114276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "and throughout the rule of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah, Josiah\u2019s son, when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile."}, {"pk": 4114277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4114278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cBefore I created you in the womb I knew you; <br>before you were born I set you apart; <br>I made you a prophet to the nations.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cAh, LORD God,\u201d I said, \u201cI don\u2019t know how to speak <br>because I\u2019m only a child.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD responded, <br>\u201cDon\u2019t say, \u2018I\u2019m only a child.\u2019 <br>Where I send you, you must go; <br>what I tell you, you must say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid of them, <br>because I\u2019m with you to rescue you,\u201d <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the LORD stretched out his hand, <br>touched my mouth, and said to me, <br>\u201cI\u2019m putting my words in your mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "This very day I appoint you over nations and empires, <br>to dig up and pull down, <br>to destroy and demolish, <br>to build and plant.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4114284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD asked me, \u201cWhat do you see, Jeremiah?\u201d I said, \u201cA branch of an almond <sup>[1]</sup> tree.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>shaqed</i>"}, {"pk": 4114285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD then said, \u201cYou are right, for I\u2019m watching over <sup>[2]</sup> my word until it is fulfilled.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>shoqed</i>"}, {"pk": 4114286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD asked me again, \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d I said, \u201cA pot boiling over from the north.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD said to me, \u201cTrouble will erupt from the north against the people of this land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019m calling for all the tribes of great nations from the north, says the LORD, and they will set up their rulers by the entrances of Jerusalem, on its walls, and in every city of Judah."}, {"pk": 4114289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "I will declare my judgment against them for doing evil: for abandoning me, worshipping other gods, and trusting in the works of their hands."}, {"pk": 4114290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "But you must prepare for battle and be ready to utter every word I command you. Don\u2019t be frightened before them, or I will frighten you before them."}, {"pk": 4114291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Today I have made you an armed city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the entire land \u2014 the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and all its people."}, {"pk": 4114292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "They will attack you, but they won\u2019t defeat you, because I am with you and will rescue you, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Go and proclaim to the people of Jerusalem, <br>The LORD proclaims: <br>I remember your first love, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>your devotion as a young bride, <br>how you followed me in the wilderness, <br>in an unplanted land.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the love of your youth</i>"}, {"pk": 4114295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Israel was devoted to the LORD, <br>the early produce of the harvest. <br>Whoever ate from it became guilty; <br>disaster overtook them, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, <br>people of Judah, <br>all you families of the Israelite household. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "This is what the LORD says: What wrong did your ancestors find in me <br>that made them wander so far? <br>They pursued what was worthless <br>and became worthless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "They didn\u2019t ask, <br>\u201cWhere\u2019s the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, <br>who led us through the wilderness, <br>in a land of deserts and ravines, <br>in a land of drought and darkness, <br>in a land of no return, <br>where no one survives?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "I brought you into a land of plenty, <br>to enjoy its gifts and goodness, <br>but you ruined my land; <br>you disgraced my heritage.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The priests didn\u2019t ask, <br>\u201cWhere\u2019s the LORD?\u201d <br>Those responsible for the Instruction didn\u2019t know me; <br>the leaders rebelled against me; <br>the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, <br>going after what has no value.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "That is why I will take you to court <br>and charge even your descendants, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Look to the west as far as the shores of Cyprus <br>and to the east as far as the land of Kedar. <br>Ask anyone there: <br>Has anything this odd ever taken place?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Has a nation switched gods, <br>though they aren\u2019t really gods at all? <br>Yet my people have exchanged their glory <br>for what has no value.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Be stunned at such a thing, you heavens; <br>shudder and quake, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "My people have committed two crimes: <br>They have forsaken me, the spring of living water. <br>And they have dug wells, broken wells that can\u2019t hold water. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Is Israel a slave, <br>a servant by birth? <br>If not, why then has he become prey?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Lions roar at him; they growl. <br>They destroy his land <br>and make his towns desolate <br>until nothing is left.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "As well, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes <br>lay open your scalp.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Haven\u2019t you brought this on yourself <br>by abandoning the LORD your God, <br>who has directed your paths?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "So why take the path to Egypt <br>to drink water from the Nile? <br>Why travel the path to Assyria <br>to drink water from the Euphrates?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Your wrongdoing will punish you. <br>Your acts of unfaithfulness will find you out. <br>Don\u2019t you understand how terribly bitter <br>it is to abandon the LORD your God <br>and not fear me? <br>declares the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Long ago I broke your yoke; <br>I shattered your chains. <br>But even then you said, \u201cI won\u2019t serve you.\u201d <br>On every high hill and under every lush tree, <br>you have acted like a prostitute.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Yet it was I who planted you, a precious vine of fine quality; <br>how could you turn into a wild vine <br>and become good for nothing?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Even though you scrub yourself with soap or strong powder, <br>the stain of your sin is still before me, <br>declares the LORD God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "How can you say, <br>\u201cI\u2019m not dirty; <br>I haven\u2019t gone after Baals.\u201d <br>Look what you have done in the valley; <br>consider what you have done there. <br>You are like a frenzied young camel, <br>racing around,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "a wild donkey in the wilderness, <br>lustfully sniffing the wind. <br>Who can restrain such passion? <br>Those who desire her need not give up; <br>with little effort they will find her in heat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t run about until your feet are blistered <br>and your throat is parched. <br>But you say, \u201cWhat\u2019s the use? <br>I have fallen in love with foreign gods, <br>and I must pursue them.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "As a thief is ashamed when caught in his tracks, <br>so the people of Israel are ashamed \u2014 <br>their kings, officials, priests, and prophets \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4114319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "when they say to a piece of wood, \u201cYou are my father,\u201d <br>and to a stone, \u201cYou gave me birth.\u201d <br>They have turned their backs to me <br>and not their faces. <br>Yet in their time of trouble they say, <br>\u201cArise and save us!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Where are the gods <br>you have made for yourselves? <br>Let\u2019s see if they will come through for you in your time of trouble. <br>You have as many gods, Judah, <br>as you have towns.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Why would you bring charges against me? <br>You have all rebelled against me, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "I have disciplined your children in vain; <br>they have rejected my correction. <br>You have devoured your prophets <br>like a hungry lion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "People of this generation, listen closely to the LORD\u2019s word: <br>Have I been a wasteland to Israel <br>or a land of dense darkness? <br>Why then do my people say, <br>\u201cWe have wandered far away; <br>we\u2019ll come to you no longer\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "Does a young woman forget her jewelry <br>or a bride her wedding dress? <br>Yet you have forgotten me days without end!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "So skilled are you at pursuing lovers <sup>[2]</sup> <br>that you instruct even the most wicked. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>love</i><br>[3] Or <i>you have taught your ways to wicked women</i>."}, {"pk": 4114326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "Your garments are stained <br>with the blood of the innocent poor, <br>even though you didn\u2019t catch them <br>breaking and entering. <br>Yet, despite all this, <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "you still insist, <br>\u201cI\u2019m innocent; <br>as a result he will turn his anger away from me.\u201d <br>Because you claim not to have sinned, <br>I will pass judgment against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "You change sides so casually! <br>But Egypt will shame you <br>no less than Assyria.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "From there you will go out <br>with your hands on your heads, <br>because the LORD has rejected those you rely on; <br>they won\u2019t help you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "If a man divorces his wife, <br>and after she leaves him marries another, <br>can he return to her again? <br>Wouldn\u2019t such an act completely corrupt the land? <br>Yet you have prostituted yourself with many lovers. <br>Would you return to me? <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Look to the well-traveled paths <sup>[1]</sup> and see! <br>Where haven\u2019t you committed adultery? <br>On the roadsides you sit in wait for lovers, <br>like a nomad in the wilderness. <br>You have corrupted the land <br>with your cheap and reckless behavior.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>bare heights</i>"}, {"pk": 4114332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "That\u2019s why the showers have failed <br>and the spring rains have ceased. <br>Still you act like a brazen prostitute <sup>[2]</sup> <br>who refuses to blush.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>You have a prostitute\u2019s forehead.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "At the same time you say to me, <br>\u201cMy father, my friend since youth,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "will you stay angry forever? <br>Will you continue to be furious?\u201d <br>This is what you say <br>while you do as much evil as you possibly can. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "During the rule of King Josiah, the LORD said to me: Have you noticed what unfaithful Israel has done? She\u2019s gone about looking for lovers on top of every high hill and under every lush tree."}, {"pk": 4114336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me, but she didn\u2019t. Her disloyal sister Judah saw this."}, {"pk": 4114337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "She <sup>[3]</sup> also saw that I sent unfaithful Israel away with divorce papers because of all her acts of unfaithfulness; yet disloyal sister Judah was not afraid but kept on playing the prostitute.", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr; MT <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4114338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "She didn\u2019t think twice about corrupting the land and committing adultery with stone and tree."}, {"pk": 4114339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Yet even after all this, disloyal sister Judah didn\u2019t return to me with all her heart but only insincerely, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the LORD said to me: Unfaithful Israel is less guilty <sup>[4]</sup> than disloyal Judah.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>more righteous</i>"}, {"pk": 4114341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Go proclaim these words to the north and say: Return, unfaithful Israel, <br>declares the LORD. <br>I won\u2019t reject you, <br>for I\u2019m faithful, <br>declares the LORD; <br>I won\u2019t stay angry forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Only acknowledge your wrongdoing: <br>how you have rebelled against the LORD your God, <br>and given yourself to strangers <br>under every lush tree <br>and haven\u2019t obeyed me, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Return, rebellious children, <br>declares the LORD, <br>for I\u2019m your husband. <br>I\u2019ll gather you \u2014 <br>one from a city and two from a tribe \u2014 <br>and bring you back to Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "I will appoint shepherds with whom I\u2019m pleased, and they will lead you with knowledge and understanding."}, {"pk": 4114345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "And in those days, when your numbers have greatly increased in the land, declares the LORD, people will no longer talk about the LORD\u2019s covenant chest; they won\u2019t recall or remember it; they won\u2019t even miss it or try to build another one."}, {"pk": 4114346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "At that time, they will call Jerusalem the LORD\u2019s throne, and all nations will gather there to honor the LORD\u2019s name. No longer will they follow their own willful and evil hearts."}, {"pk": 4114347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "In those days the people of Judah and Israel will leave the north together for the land that I gave their ancestors as an inheritance."}, {"pk": 4114348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "I thought to myself, How wonderful it would be <br>to treat you like children <br>and give you a beautiful land, <br>an inheritance unrivaled among the nations. <br>And I thought, You will call me father, <br>and you won\u2019t turn away from me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "But as a woman betrays her lover, <br>so you, people of Israel, have betrayed me, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "A voice is heard on the well-traveled paths; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>it\u2019s the crying and pleading of the people of Israel, <br>who have lost their way <br>and forgotten the LORD their God.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>bare heights</i>"}, {"pk": 4114351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Return, rebellious children, <br>and I will heal your rebellion. <br> \u201cHere we are; we come to you, <br>for you are the LORD our God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Surely what happens on the hills <sup>[6]</sup> is a waste, <br>as is the uproar on the mountains. <br>Only in the LORD our God <br>is the salvation of Israel.<br>", "comment": "[6] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>from the hills</i>"}, {"pk": 4114353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "From our youth, shame <sup>[7]</sup> has devoured <br>the fruit of our parents\u2019 labor \u2014 <br>their flocks and herds, <br>as well as their sons and daughters.<br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>the shame</i>"}, {"pk": 4114354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Let\u2019s lie down in our shame. <br>Let our dishonor cover us, <br>for we have sinned against the LORD our God, <br>both we and our ancestors, <br>from our youth to this very day. <br>We have disobeyed the voice of the LORD our God.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4114355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "If you return, Israel, return to me, declares the LORD. <br>If you get rid of your disgusting idols from my presence <br>and wander no more,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "and if you swear by the living God <br>in truth, justice, and righteousness, <br>then the nations will enjoy God\u2019s blessings; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>they will boast about him. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>bless themselves in him</i> or <i>be blessed by him</i> or <i>will bless themselves</i>"}, {"pk": 4114357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: Break up your hard rocky soil; <br>don\u2019t plant among the thorns.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Dedicate <sup>[2]</sup> yourselves to the LORD; <br>don\u2019t be thick-skinned, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem, <br>or else my anger will spread like a wildfire. <br>It will burn, with no one to put it out, <br>because of your evil deeds. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>remove the foreskins of your hearts</i><br>[2] Or <i>circumcise</i>"}, {"pk": 4114359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Announce in Judah, <br>in Jerusalem proclaim, <br>sound the alarm throughout the land, <br>cry out and say, <br>\u201cGather together! <br>Let\u2019s flee to the fortified towns!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Set up a flag to Zion; <br>take cover, don\u2019t just stand there! <br>I\u2019m bringing disaster from the north, <br>massive devastation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "A lion bursts out of the thicket; <br>a destroyer of nations advances. <br>He\u2019s gone forth from his place <br>to ravage your land, <br>to wipe out your towns, <br>until no one is left.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "So put on funeral clothing. <br>Weep and wail, <br>for the LORD\u2019s fierce anger <br>hasn\u2019t turned away from us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "On that day, declares the LORD, <br>the courage of the king and his princes will fail, <br>the priests will be stunned, <br>and the prophets will be shocked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Then I said, \u201cLORD God, no! <br>You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem <br>by promising them peace <br>even though the sword is at their throats.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "At that time, this people and Jerusalem will be told: <br>A blistering wind from the bare heights; <br>it rages in the desert toward my people, <br>not merely to winnow or cleanse.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "This wind is too devastating for that. <br>Now I, even I, will pronounce my sentence against them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Look! He approaches like the clouds; <br>his chariots advance like a tempest, <br>his horses swifter than eagles. <br>How horrible! We\u2019re doomed!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Cleanse your heart of evil, Jerusalem, <br>that you may be saved. <br>How long will you entertain your destructive ideas?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "A voice declares from Dan; <br>someone proclaims disaster from the highlands of Ephraim.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Warn the nations, <br>proclaim it to Jerusalem! <br>Armies are approaching from a far-away country, <br>raising their war cries against the towns of Judah.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "They hem her in like those guarding a field, <br>because she has rebelled against me, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Your own conduct, your own deeds have done this to you. <br>This is your payment and how bitter it is, <br>piercing into the depths of your heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Oh, my suffering, my suffering! <br>My pain is unbearable; <br>my heart is in turmoil; <br>it throbs nonstop. <br>I can\u2019t be silent, because I hear the blast of the trumpet <br>and the roar of the battle cry!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Disaster follows disaster; <br>the whole land is ruined. <br>Suddenly, my tents are destroyed, <br>my shelter in a moment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "How long must I see the battle flags <br>and hear the blast of the trumpet?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "My people are foolish. <br>They don\u2019t even know me! <br>They are thoughtless children <br>without understanding; <br>they are skilled at doing wrong, <br>inept at doing right.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "I looked at the earth, <br>and it was without shape or form; <br>at the heavens <br>and there was no light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "I looked at the mountains <br>and they were quaking; <br>all the hills were rocking back and forth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "I looked and there was no one left; <br>every bird in the sky had taken flight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "I looked and the fertile land was a desert; <br>all its towns were in ruins <br>before the LORD, <br>before his fury.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>The whole earth will become a desolation, <br>but I will not destroy it completely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, the earth will grieve <br>and the heavens grow dark <br>because I have declared my plan <br>and will neither change my mind <br>nor cancel the plan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "As the horsemen and archers approach, <br>the people take flight. <br>They hide in the bushes <br>and escape to the cliffs. <br>Every city is deserted; <br>no one remains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "And you, devastated one, <br>why dress up in scarlet, <br>deck yourself in gold jewelry, <br>and color your eyes with paint? <br>In vain you get all decked out; <br>your lovers have rejected you <br>and now seek your life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "I hear the cry of a woman in labor, <br>the distress of one delivering her first child. <br>It is the cry of Daughter Zion, <br>gasping for breath, <br>her arms stretched out, <br>and moaning, <br>\u201cI\u2019m about to fall into the hands of murderers!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4114386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Search every street in Jerusalem, <br>comb the squares, <br>look far and wide <br>for one person, <br>even one who acts justly <br>and seeks truth that I may pardon her!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Even when making a pledge \u2014 \u201cAs the LORD lives\u201d \u2014 <br>they swear falsely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "LORD, don\u2019t you look for integrity? <br>You have struck them down, <br>but they didn\u2019t even cringe. <br>You have crushed them, <br>but they have ignored your discipline. <br>They make their faces harder than rock <br>and refuse to return.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Then I thought to myself, <br>These are the poor who don\u2019t know better! <br>They don\u2019t understand the LORD\u2019s way <br>or the justice of their God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Let me go and speak to the powerful people, <br>for they will surely know the LORD\u2019s way <br>and the justice of their God. <br>But they too have broken their yoke <br>and shattered the chains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them; <br>a wolf from the desert will destroy them; <br>a leopard prowling around their towns <br>will tear to pieces anyone venturing out \u2014 <br>because of their many crimes <br>and countless acts of unfaithfulness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "How can I pardon you? <br>Your children have forsaken me <br>and swear by gods that are not gods. <br>Although I could have satisfied them, <br>they committed adultery, <br>dashing off to the prostitution house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "They are lusty stallions roving about, <br>snorting for another\u2019s wife.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD declares: <br>Shouldn\u2019t I confront these acts? <br>Shouldn\u2019t I take revenge on such a nation? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Climb through her vineyards and ravage them, <br>although not completely. <br>Prune back her branches, <br>because they aren\u2019t the LORD\u2019s.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "The people of Israel and Judah <br>have been utterly faithless to me, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "They have lied about the LORD <br>and said, \u201cHe\u2019ll do nothing! <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Disaster won\u2019t come upon us; <br>we won\u2019t see war or famine.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>not he</i>"}, {"pk": 4114398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "The prophets are so much wind; <br>the word isn\u2019t in them. <br>Thus and so may it be done to them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God of heavenly forces proclaims: Because you have spoken this way, <br>I will put my words <br>in your mouth as a fire; <br>it will consume the people, <br>who are but kindling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "I am about to bring a distant nation against you, <br>people of Israel, <br>declares the LORD. <br>It is an established nation, <br>an ancient nation, <br>a nation whose language you don\u2019t know, <br>whose speech you won\u2019t understand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Its weapons are deadly; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>its warriors are many.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Its quiver is like an open grave</i>"}, {"pk": 4114402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "It will devour your harvest and food; <br>it will devour your sons and daughters; <br>it will devour your flocks and herds; <br>it will devour your vines and fig trees; <br>it will shatter your fortified towns in which you trust \u2014 <br>with the sword! <br>"}, {"pk": 4114403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Yet even in those days, declares the LORD, I won\u2019t completely destroy you."}, {"pk": 4114404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "And when they ask, \u201cWhy has the LORD our God done all these things to us?\u201d you must reply, \u201cJust as you have abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land not your own.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Declare this to the people of Jacob, <br>announce it in Judah:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Listen, you foolish and senseless people, <br>who have eyes but don\u2019t see <br>and ears but don\u2019t hear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Shouldn\u2019t you fear me, <br>declares the LORD, <br>and tremble before me, <br>the one who set the shoreline for the sea, <br>an ancient boundary that it can\u2019t pass? <br>Though its waves may rise and roar, <br>they can\u2019t pass the limits I have set.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "And yet the people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; <br>they turn and go their own way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "They don\u2019t say in their hearts, <br>Let\u2019s fear the LORD our God, <br>who provides rain in autumn and spring <br>and who assures us of a harvest in its season.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Your wrongdoing has turned these blessings <sup>[3]</sup> away. <br>Your sin has robbed you of good.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>blessings.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Criminals are found among my people; <br>they set traps to catch people, <br>like hunters lying in wait. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Like a cage full of birds, <br>so their houses are full of loot. <br>No wonder they are rich and powerful<br>"}, {"pk": 4114413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "and have grown fat and sleek! <br>To be sure, their evil deeds exceed all limits, <br>and yet they prosper. <br>They are indifferent to the plight of the orphan, <br>reluctant to defend the rights of the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Shouldn\u2019t I punish such acts? <br>declares the LORD. <br>Shouldn\u2019t I repay that nation for its deeds?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "An awful, a terrible thing <br>has happened in the land:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "The prophets prophesy falsely, <br>the priests rule at their sides, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>and my people love it this way! <br>But what will you do when the end comes? <br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>by their hands</i>"}, {"pk": 4114417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Escape, people of Benjamin, <br>get out of Jerusalem! <br>Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, <br>sound the alarm in Beth-haccherem; <br>for disaster looms from the north, <br>massive devastation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "You are like a lovely pasture, Daughter Zion. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Shepherds come to her with their flocks. <br>They pitch their tents around her <br>and graze in their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cPrepare for battle against her; <br>get ready; let\u2019s attack by noon! <br>Oh, no! Daylight is fading, <br>and the evening shadows lengthen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Get ready, let\u2019s attack by night <br>and destroy her fortresses!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>Cut down her trees, <br>and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. <br>This city must be held accountable, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>for there\u2019s nothing but oppression in her midst.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "As a well brings forth fresh water, <br>she brings forth evil. <br>Violence and destruction are heard within her; <br>injury and wounds are ever before me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Hear me out, <sup>[3]</sup> Jerusalem, <br>or else I\u2019ll turn away from you <br>and reduce you to ruins, <br>a land unfit to live in. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Accept correction</i>"}, {"pk": 4114425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>From top to bottom, let them harvest <br>the remaining few in Israel. <br>Pick clean every <br>last grape on the vine!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "To whom can I speak and warn? <br>How can I get someone\u2019s attention? <br>Their ears are shut tight, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>so they won\u2019t hear. <br>They are ashamed of the LORD\u2019s word <br>and take no pleasure in it.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>uncircumcised</i>"}, {"pk": 4114427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "But I\u2019m filled with the LORD\u2019s rage <br>and am tired of holding it in. <br> Pour it out on the children in the streets <br>and on the youths gathered together; <br>husband with wife will be trapped, <br>as will those old and gray.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Their homes will be turned over to others, <br>their fields and wives as well. <br>I will stretch out my hand <br>against the people of this land, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "From the least to the greatest, <br>each is eager to profit; <br>from prophet to priest, <br>each trades in dishonesty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "They treat the wound of my people <br>as if it were nothing: <br>\u201cAll is well, all is well,\u201d they insist, <br>when in fact nothing is well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "They should be ashamed <br>of their detestable practices, <br>but they have no shame; <br>they don\u2019t even blush! <br>Therefore, they will fall among the fallen <br>and stumble when I bring disaster, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Stop at the crossroads and look around; <br>ask for the ancient paths. <br>Where is the good way? <br>Then walk in it <br>and find a resting place for yourselves. <br>But you <sup>[5]</sup> said, \u201cWe won\u2019t go!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4114433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Still, I have appointed watchmen to warn you. <br>But you <sup>[6]</sup> said, \u201cWe won\u2019t listen!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4114434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Therefore, pay attention, nations; <br>take notice, assembly, <br>what is ahead of them. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Pay attention, earth: <br>I\u2019m bringing disaster upon my people, <br>the fruit of their own devices, <br>because they have ignored my words <br>and they have rejected my teaching.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "What use to me is incense from Sheba <br>or sweet cane from a faraway land? <br>Your entirely burned offerings won\u2019t buy your pardon; <br>your sacrifices won\u2019t appease me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: <br>I\u2019m putting obstacles before this people, <br>and both parents and children will stumble over them; <br>neighbor and friend alike will perish. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>An army is on the move <br>from the northern regions; <br>a great nation is roused <br>from the ends of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Equipped with bow and spear, <br>they are cruel; <br>they show no mercy. <br>Their horsemen sound <br>like the roaring sea, <br>arrayed in battle formation <br>against you, Daughter Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "We have heard reports of them <br>and are panic-stricken; <br>distress overwhelms us, <br>pain like that of a woman in labor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t go out into the field! <br>Don\u2019t walk on the road! <br>The enemies\u2019 sword <br>terrorizes at every turn.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "My people, <br>put on funeral clothes and roll in ashes; <br>weep and wail as for an only child, <br>because the destroyer will suddenly descend upon us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "I have made you a tester of metals, <br>to examine my people <sup>[8]</sup> <br>to know and prove their ways.<br>", "comment": "[8] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "They are tin <sup>[9]</sup> and iron; <br>they are headstrong and rebellious. <br>They live to slander. <br>They act corruptly \u2014 every last one!<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>bronze</i>"}, {"pk": 4114445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "The bellows roar; <br>the lead is consumed. <sup>[10]</sup> <br>Yet the refining fails; <br>the impurities <sup>[11]</sup> remain.<br>", "comment": "[10] Heb uncertain<br>[11] Or <i>wicked</i>"}, {"pk": 4114446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "They are called \u201crejected silver,\u201d <br>for the LORD has rejected them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word:"}, {"pk": 4114448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Stand near the gate of the LORD\u2019s temple and proclaim there this message: Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, all you of Judah who enter these gates to worship the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: Improve your conduct and your actions, and I will dwell with you <sup>[1]</sup> in this place.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I will let you dwell</i>"}, {"pk": 4114450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t trust in lies: \u201cThis is the LORD\u2019s temple! The LORD\u2019s temple! The LORD\u2019s temple!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "No, if you truly reform your ways and your actions; if you treat each other justly;"}, {"pk": 4114452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "if you stop taking advantage of the immigrant, orphan, or widow; if you don\u2019t shed the blood of the innocent in this place, or go after other gods to your own ruin,"}, {"pk": 4114453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "only then will I dwell with you <sup>[2]</sup> in this place, in the land that I gave long ago to your ancestors for all time.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I will let you dwell</i>"}, {"pk": 4114454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "And yet you trust in lies that will only hurt you."}, {"pk": 4114455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, sacrifice to Baal and go after other gods that you don\u2019t know,"}, {"pk": 4114456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "and then come and stand before me in this temple that bears my name, and say, \u201cWe are safe,\u201d only to keep on doing all these detestable things?"}, {"pk": 4114457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Do you regard this temple, which bears my name, as a hiding place for criminals? I can see what\u2019s going on here, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Just go to my sanctuary <sup>[3]</sup> in Shiloh, where I let my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4114459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, because you haven\u2019t listened when I spoke to you again and again or responded when I called you,"}, {"pk": 4114460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "I will do to this temple that bears my name and on which you rely, the place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh."}, {"pk": 4114461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "I will cast you out of my sight, just as I cast out the rest of your family, all the people of Ephraim."}, {"pk": 4114462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "As for you, don\u2019t pray for these people, don\u2019t cry out or plead for them, and don\u2019t intercede with me, for I won\u2019t listen to you."}, {"pk": 4114463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Can\u2019t you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?"}, {"pk": 4114464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven. And to offend me all the more, they pour out drink offerings to foreign gods."}, {"pk": 4114465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "But am I the one they are really offending? declares the LORD. Aren\u2019t they in fact humiliating themselves?"}, {"pk": 4114466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD God says: I\u2019m going to pour out my fierce anger on this place, on humans and beasts, on the trees of the field and the crops of the fertile land. It will burn and not go out."}, {"pk": 4114467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: Add your entirely burned offerings to your sacrifices and eat them yourselves!"}, {"pk": 4114468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "On the day I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I didn\u2019t say a thing \u2014 I gave no instructions \u2014 about entirely burned offerings or sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4114469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Rather, this is what I required of them: Obey me so that I may become your God and you may become my people. Follow the path I mark out for you so that it may go well with you."}, {"pk": 4114470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "But they didn\u2019t listen or pay attention. They followed their willful and evil hearts and went backward rather than forward."}, {"pk": 4114471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "From the moment your ancestors left the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent you all my servants the prophets \u2014 day after day."}, {"pk": 4114472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "But they didn\u2019t listen to me or pay attention; they were stubborn and did more harm than their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4114473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "When you tell them all this, they won\u2019t listen to you. When you call to them, they won\u2019t respond."}, {"pk": 4114474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, say to them: This nation neither obeys the LORD its God nor accepts correction; truth has disappeared; it has vanished from their lips."}, {"pk": 4114475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Cut off your hair and cast it away; <br>grieve on the well-traveled paths. <br>The LORD has rejected you <br>and has cast off a generation that provokes his anger. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "The people of Judah have done what displeases me, declares the LORD. They have corrupted the temple that bears my name by setting up their disgusting idols."}, {"pk": 4114477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "They have built shrines at Topheth in the Ben-hinnom Valley to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, although I never commanded such a thing, nor did it ever cross my mind."}, {"pk": 4114478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "So now the time is coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer speak of Topheth or the Ben-hinnom Valley, but the Carnage Valley. They will bury in Topheth until no space is left."}, {"pk": 4114479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "The corpses of this people will be food for birds and wild animals, with no one to drive them off."}, {"pk": 4114480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "I will silence the sound of joy and delight as well as the voice of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, for the country will be reduced to a wasteland."}, {"pk": 4114481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, declares the LORD, the bones of the kings of Judah and its officers, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be taken from their graves"}, {"pk": 4114482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "and exposed to the sun, the moon, and the whole heavenly forces, which they have loved and served and which they have followed, consulted, and worshipped. Their bones won\u2019t be gathered for reburial but will become like refuse lying on the ground."}, {"pk": 4114483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "The survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, wherever I have scattered them, declares the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4114484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Say to them, The LORD proclaims: <br>When people fall down, don\u2019t they get up? <br>When they turn aside, don\u2019t they turn back?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Why then does this people, rebellious Jerusalem, <br>persistently turn away from me? <br>They cling to deceit <br>and refuse to return.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "I have listened carefully <br>but haven\u2019t heard a word of truth from them. <br>No one regrets their wrongdoing; <br>no one says, \u201cWhat have I done?\u201d <br>Everyone turns to their own course, <br>like a stallion dashing into the thick of battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Even the stork in the sky knows the seasons, <br>and the dove, swallow, <sup>[1]</sup> and crane <sup>[2]</sup> <br>return in due time. <br>But my people don\u2019t know the LORD\u2019s ways.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain<br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "How can you say, \u201cWe are wise; <br>we possess the LORD\u2019s Instruction,\u201d <br>when the lying pen of the scribes has surely distorted it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "The wise will be shamed and shocked <br>when they are caught. <br>Look, they have rejected the LORD\u2019s word; <br>what kind of wisdom is that?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, I will give their wives to others <br>and their fields to their captors. <br>From the least to the greatest, <br>all are eager to profit. <br>From prophet to priest, <br>all trade in falsehood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "They treat the wound of my people <br>as if it were nothing: <br>\u201cAll is well, all is well,\u201d they insist, <br>when in fact nothing is well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "They should be ashamed <br>of their detestable practices, <br>but they have no shame; <br>they don\u2019t even blush! <br>Therefore, they will fall among the fallen <br>and stumble when disaster arrives, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "I will put an end to them, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>declares the LORD; <br>there are no grapes on the vine, <br>no figs on the tree, <br>only withered leaves. <br>They have squandered what I have given them! <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Why are we sitting here? <br>Come, let\u2019s go to the fortified towns <br>and meet our doom there. <br>The LORD our God has doomed us <br>by giving us poisoned water to drink, <br>because we have sinned against the LORD!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "We longed for relief, <br>but received none; <br>for a time of healing, <br>but found only terror.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "The snorting of their horses can be heard as far as Dan; <br>the neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble. <br>They come to devour the land and everything in it, <br>towns and people alike.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "See, I\u2019m sending serpents against you, <br>vipers that you can\u2019t charm, <br>and they will bite you, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "No healing, <br>only grief; <br>my heart is broken. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Listen to the weeping of my people <br>all across the land: <br>\u201cIsn\u2019t the LORD in Zion? <br>Is her king no longer there?\u201d <br>Why then did they anger me with their images, <br>with pointless foreign gods?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cThe harvest is past, <br>the summer has ended, <br>yet we aren\u2019t saved.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Because my people are crushed, <br>I am crushed; <br>darkness and despair overwhelm me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Is there no balm in Gilead? <br>Is there no physician there? <br>Why then have my people <br>not been restored to health? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> If only my head were a spring of water, <br>and my eyes a fountain of tears, <br>I would weep day and night <br>for the wounds of my people.<br>", "comment": "[1] 8:23 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4114504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> If only I could flee for shelter in the desert, <br>to leave my people <br>and forget them \u2014 <br>for they are all adulterers, <br>a bunch of crooks.<br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/24/9/1'>9:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4114505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "They bend their tongues like bows <br>to spew out lies; <br>they are renowned in the land, <br>but not for truth. <br>They go from bad to worse. <br>They don\u2019t know me! <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Be wary of your friends! <br>Don\u2019t trust your sibling! <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Every sibling is a cheater, <br>and every friend traffics in slander.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>brother</i>"}, {"pk": 4114507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "One cheats the other; <br>no one tells the truth; <br>they train themselves to lie; <br>they wear themselves out by doing wrong.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "You live in a world of deceit, and in their deceit <br>they refuse to know me, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>declares the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>I\u2019m going to refine and test them, <br>for what else can I do with my people?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Their tongue is a lethal arrow; <br>their words are deceitful. <br>They wish their neighbors well, <br>but in their hearts plot their ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Shouldn\u2019t I punish them for this? <br>declares the LORD; <br>shouldn\u2019t I avenge such a nation?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "I will weep and wail for the mountains, <br>and lament for the grazing lands in the wilderness. <br>They are dried up and deserted; <br>no sound of the flocks is heard; <br>no sign of birds or animals is seen; <br>all have vanished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, <br>a den for wild dogs. <br>I will make the towns of Judah a wasteland, without inhabitant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Who is wise enough to understand this? <br>Who has been taught by the LORD <br>and can therefore explain it? <br>Why has the land been reduced to rubble <br>and laid waste like a desert, <br>with no one passing through? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD says: It is because they have abandoned my Instruction that I gave them, and haven\u2019t obeyed or followed it."}, {"pk": 4114516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Instead, they have followed their own willful hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."}, {"pk": 4114517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: I\u2019m going to feed this people bitter food and give them poison to drink."}, {"pk": 4114518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "I will scatter them among nations about whom neither they nor their ancestors have ever heard. I will pursue them with the sword until all are gone."}, {"pk": 4114519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>Pay attention! <br>Summon the women who mourn, <br>let them come; <br>send for those best trained, <br>let them come.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Hurry! <br>Let them weep for us <br>so that our eyes fill up with tears <br>and water streams down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "The sound of sobbing <br>is heard from Zion: <br>\u201cWe\u2019re devastated! <br>We\u2019re so ashamed! <br>We have to leave the land <br>and abandon our homes!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Women, hear the LORD\u2019s word. Listen closely to the word <br>from his mouth: <br>teach your daughters to mourn; <br>teach each other to grieve.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Death has climbed through our windows; <br>it has entered our fortresses <br>to eliminate children from the streets, <br>the youth from the squares.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Declare what the LORD says: <br>Dead bodies will lie <br>like dung on the fields, <br>like bundles of grain after the harvest, <br>with no one to pick them up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>the learned should not boast of their knowledge, <br>nor warriors boast of their might, <br>nor the rich boast of their wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "No, those who boast should boast in this: <br>that they understand and know me. <br>I am the LORD who acts with kindness, <br>justice, and righteousness in the world, <br>and I delight in these things, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will deal with everyone who is physically circumcised:"}, {"pk": 4114528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "whether they are Egyptians or Judeans, Edomites or Ammonites, Moabites or the desert dwellers who cut the hair on their foreheads. All these nations are really uncircumcised; even the people of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."}, {"pk": 4114529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to the word that the LORD has spoken to you, people of Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Don\u2019t follow the ways of the nations <br>or be troubled by signs in the sky, <br>even though the nations are troubled by them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "The rituals of the nations are hollow: <br>a tree from the forest is chopped down <br>and shaped by the craftsman\u2019s tools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "It\u2019s overlaid with silver and gold, <br>and fastened securely with hammer and nails <br>so it won\u2019t fall over.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "They are no different than a scarecrow <br>in a cucumber patch: <br>they can\u2019t speak; <br>they must be carried <br>because they can\u2019t walk. <br>Don\u2019t be afraid of them, <br>because they can\u2019t do harm or good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "LORD, no one is like you! <br>You are great, <br>and great is your mighty name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Who wouldn\u2019t fear you, <br>king of the nations? <br>That is your due; <br>among all the wise of the nations <br>and in all their countries, <br>there is no one like you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "But they are both foolish and silly; <br>they offer nothing <br>because they are mere wood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Covered with silver from Tarshish <br>and gold from Uphaz, <br>they are the work of a craftsman <br>and the hands of a goldsmith. <br>Clothed in blue and purple, <br>all of them nothing more than the work of artisans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "But the LORD is the true God! <br>He\u2019s the living God and the everlasting king! <br>When he\u2019s angry, the earth quakes; <br>the nations can\u2019t endure his rage. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Tell them this: The gods who didn\u2019t make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/24/10/11'>10:11</a> is written in Aramaic."}, {"pk": 4114540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "But God made the earth by his might; <br>he shaped the world by his wisdom, <br>crafted the skies by his knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "At the sound of his voice, <br>the heavenly waters roar. <br>He raises the clouds from the ends of the earth. <br>He sends the lightning with the rain, <br>the wind from his treasuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Everyone is too foolish to understand; <br>every goldsmith is dishonored by his idols, <br>for their images are shams; <br>they aren\u2019t alive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "They are a delusion, a charade; <br>at the appointed time they will vanish!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Jacob\u2019s portion is utterly different <br>because God has formed all things, <br>including Israel, his very own people \u2014 <br>the LORD of heavenly forces is his name! <br>"}, {"pk": 4114545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Pack your bags and get ready to leave, <br>you who live under siege. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>I\u2019m going to eject those who live in the land at this time; <br>I will badger them until they leave. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>find it</i>"}, {"pk": 4114547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "How terrible for me, due to my injury; <br>my wound is terrible. <br>Yet I said to myself: <br>This is my sickness, <br>and I must bear it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "But now my tent is destroyed; <br>all its ropes are cut, <br>and my children are gone for good. <br>There\u2019s no one left to set up my tent frame <br>and to attach the fabric.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "The shepherd kings have lost their senses <br>and don\u2019t seek answers from the LORD. <br>That is why they have failed <br>and their flock is scattered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Listen! The sound is getting louder, <br>a mighty uproar from the land of the north; <br>it will reduce the towns of Judah to ruins, <br>a den for wild dogs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own, <br>that we\u2019re not able to direct our paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "So correct me, LORD, but with justice, <br>not in your anger, <br>or else you will reduce me to nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Pour out your wrath on the nations <br>that ignore you <br>and on the people <br>who don\u2019t call on you, <br>since they have devoured Jacob; <br>they have devoured him completely <br>and ruined his country. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word:"}, {"pk": 4114555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen to the terms of this covenant and proclaim them to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Say to them: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed are those who don\u2019t heed the terms of this covenant"}, {"pk": 4114557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "that I commanded your ancestors when I bought them out of the land of Egypt, that iron crucible, saying, Obey me and observe all that I instruct you. Then you will be my people and I, even I, will be your God."}, {"pk": 4114558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "I will fulfill my solemn pledge that I made to your ancestors to give them a land full of milk and honey, as is the case today. And I replied, \u201cAs you say, LORD!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD said to me: Announce all these words in the towns of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem: Obey the terms of this covenant and perform them."}, {"pk": 4114560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "I repeatedly and tirelessly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt to this very day, saying, Obey me."}, {"pk": 4114561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "But they didn\u2019t listen or pay attention; they followed their own willful ambitions. So I brought upon them all the punishments I prescribed for violating this covenant \u2014 for refusing to obey."}, {"pk": 4114562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD said to me: A conspiracy is taking place among the people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "They have returned to the sins of their ancestors who refused to obey my words. They too are following other gods and serving them. The people of Israel and the people of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4114564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: I will bring upon them a disaster from which they won\u2019t be able to escape. They will cry out to me, but I won\u2019t listen to them."}, {"pk": 4114565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem will call upon the gods they worship, <sup>[1]</sup> but they won\u2019t save them when disaster strikes.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to whom they burn incense</i>"}, {"pk": 4114566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "You have as many gods as you have towns, Judah, and you have as many shameful altars for worshipping Baal as you have streets in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "As for you, don\u2019t pray for these people, don\u2019t cry out or plead for them, for I won\u2019t listen when they cry out to me on account of their distress."}, {"pk": 4114568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "What are my loved ones doing in my temple <br>while working out their many evil schemes? <br>Can sacred offerings cancel your sin <br>so that you revel in your evil deeds? <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD named you, <br>\u201cA blossoming olive tree, fair and fruitful\u201d; <br>but with the blast of a powerful storm <br>he will set it ablaze, <br>until its branches are completely consumed. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Vulg; MT <i>broken</i>"}, {"pk": 4114570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces who planted you has announced disaster for you, because the people of Israel and Judah have done evil and made me angry by worshipping Baal."}, {"pk": 4114571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD informed me and I knew. <br>Then he helped me see what they were up to.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "I was like a young lamb led to the slaughter; <br>I didn\u2019t realize that they were planning <br>their schemes against me: <br>\u201cLet\u2019s destroy the tree with its fruit; <br>let\u2019s cut him off from the land of the living <br>so that even any knowledge of him will be wiped out.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "LORD of heavenly forces, righteous judge, <br>who tests the heart and mind, <br>let me see your revenge upon them, <br>because I have committed my case to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "This is what the LORD says concerning the men from Anathoth who seek your life and say, \u201cDon\u2019t prophesy in the LORD\u2019s name or else you will die at our hands.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims, I\u2019m going to punish them. Their young men will die in war, and their sons and daughters will die by famine."}, {"pk": 4114576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "No one will be left because I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth when their time comes."}, {"pk": 4114577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "If I took you to court, LORD, <br>you would win. <br>But I still have questions about your justice. <br>Why do guilty persons enjoy success? <br>Why are evildoers so happy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "You plant them, and they take root; <br>they flourish and bear fruit. <br>You are always on their lips <br>but far from their hearts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Yet you, LORD, you know me. <br>You see me. <br>You can tell that I love you. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>So drag them away <br>and butcher them like sheep. <br>Prepare them for the slaughterhouse.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>You test my heart.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "How long will the land mourn <br>and the grass in the fields dry up? <br>The animals and birds are swept away <br>due to the evil of those in the land. <br>The people say, <br>\u201cGod doesn\u2019t see what we\u2019re up to!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4114581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "If you have raced with people and are worn out, <br>how will you compete with horses? <br>If you fall down in an open field, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>how will you survive in the forest along the Jordan?<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>If you are at ease only when in a peaceful land</i>"}, {"pk": 4114582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Even your relatives, your very family, <br>are planning to trap you. <br>They are out to get you. <br>So don\u2019t trust them, <br>even if they appear to be on your side. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "I have abandoned my house; <br>I have deserted my inheritance. <br>I have given the one I love <br>into the power of her enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "My inheritance has turned against me <br>like a lion in the forest; <br>she growls at me; <br>therefore, I have rejected her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "My inheritance has become <br>like a bird of prey, <br>surrounded and attacked. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Go, gather all the wild animals for the feast.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; <br>they have trampled down my field; <br>they have reduced my treasured field <br>to a desolate wilderness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "They have devastated her; <br>desolate, she cries out to me in distress: <br>\u201cThe whole land is desolate, <br>and no one seems to care.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Over all the desert roads <br>destroyers march; <br>for the sword of the LORD devours <br>from one end of the land to the other; <br>no one is safe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "They have sown wheat and reaped weeds; <br>they have worn themselves out for nothing. <br>They will be ashamed of their <sup>[4]</sup> harvest <br>on account of the LORD\u2019s fierce anger. <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4114590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD proclaims: The evil nations have seized the land <sup>[5]</sup> that I gave my people Israel. I\u2019m going to dig them up from their own lands, and I will dig up the people of Judah from among them.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>inheritance</i>"}, {"pk": 4114591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "And after I have dug them up, I will again have compassion on them and restore their inheritance and their land."}, {"pk": 4114592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "And then, if they will learn the ways of my people, to make a solemn pledge in my name, \u201cAs the LORD lives,\u201d just as they once taught my people to swear to Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of my people."}, {"pk": 4114593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "But if they don\u2019t listen, I will dig up that nation; yes, I will dig up and destroy, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD proclaimed to me: Go and buy a linen undergarment. Wear it for a while without washing it."}, {"pk": 4114595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "So I bought a linen undergarment, as the LORD told me, and I put it on."}, {"pk": 4114596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD spoke to me again:"}, {"pk": 4114597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Take the undergarment that you are wearing and go at once to the Euphrates and put it under a rock."}, {"pk": 4114598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "So I went and buried it at the Euphrates, <sup>[1]</sup> as the LORD instructed.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Perath</i>"}, {"pk": 4114599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "After a long time, the LORD said to me: Return to the Euphrates and dig up the undergarment that I commanded you to bury there."}, {"pk": 4114600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "So I went to the Euphrates and I dug up the linen undergarment from the place I had buried it. But it was ruined and good for nothing."}, {"pk": 4114601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4114602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD proclaims: In the same way I will ruin the brazen pride of Judah and Jerusalem!"}, {"pk": 4114603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Instead of listening to me, this wicked people follow their own willful hearts and pursue other gods, worshipping and serving them. They will become like this linen garment \u2014 good for nothing!"}, {"pk": 4114604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Just as a linen undergarment clings to the body, so I created the people of Israel and Judah to cling to me, declares the LORD, to be my people for my honor, praise, and grandeur. But they wouldn\u2019t obey."}, {"pk": 4114605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "So deliver this word to them: The LORD the God of Israel proclaims: Every wine jug should be filled with wine. And they will answer you, \u201cDon\u2019t we already know that? Obviously every wine jug should be filled with wine!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Then you should say to them: The LORD proclaims: I\u2019m going to fill everyone who lives in this country with wine that makes them drunk, including the kings on David\u2019s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all those living in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "And I will shatter every one of them, even parents and children, declares the LORD. I won\u2019t take pity; I won\u2019t have compassion; I will show no mercy when I destroy them."}, {"pk": 4114608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Listen closely, don\u2019t be arrogant, <br>for the LORD has spoken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Honor the LORD your God, <br>before it\u2019s too late, <br>before you stumble <br>on the mountain paths <br>in the evening shadows. <br>Then you will hope for light, <br>only to find darkness and gloom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "If you are too proud to listen, <br>I will go off alone <br>and cry my eyes out. <br>I will weep uncontrollably <br>because the LORD\u2019s flock <br>will be dragged off into exile.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Tell the king and the queen mother: <br>Come down from your lofty place, <br>because your glorious crowns <br>will soon be removed from your heads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "The towns of the arid southern plain will be surrounded; <br>no one will get in or out; <br>all Judah will be taken into exile; <br>everyone will be led away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Lift up your eyes <br>and see who is approaching from the north. <br>Where is the flock entrusted to you, <br>your beautiful flock?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "What will you say when he appoints someone as head over you: <br>your defenders, your trusted allies? <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Won\u2019t pain grip you <br>like that of a woman in labor?<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "And when you ask yourself, <br>Why have all these things happened to me? <br>it is because of your many sins <br>that you have been stripped and violated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Can a Cushite change his skin <br>or a leopard its spots? <br>Neither can you do good <br>when doing evil comes so naturally.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "So I will scatter you <sup>[3]</sup> like straw <br>that is blown away by the desert winds.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4114618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "This is the future <br>that I have prepared for you, <br>declares the LORD, <br>because you have forgotten me <br>and trusted in lies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "I myself will pull up your skirt over your face <br>and expose your shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "I have seen your adultery and lust, <br>your disgusting idols and shameless prostitution <br>on the hills and in the fields. <br>How terrible for you, Jerusalem! <br>How long will you remain dirty? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word to Jeremiah concerning the droughts:"}, {"pk": 4114622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Judah mourns; <br>her gates wither away. <br>The people fall to the ground in sorrow, <br>as sobs of Jerusalem ascend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "The rich send their servants for water, <br>but the wells run dry. <br>They return with empty jars, <br>ashamed, bewildered, and in despair.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Because the ground is cracked due to lack of rain, <br>the farmers too are ashamed; <br>they cover their heads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Even the doe in the field <br>abandons her newborn, <br>for there\u2019s no grass.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "The wild donkeys stand on the well-traveled paths, <br>panting like thirsty dogs; <br>they go blind <br>since there\u2019s nothing to eat. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Even though our sins testify against us, <br>help us, LORD, for your name\u2019s sake. <br>We have turned away from you <br>and sinned against you time and again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "You are the hope of Israel, <br>its savior in times of trouble. <br>Why are you like a stranger in the land, <br>like a tourist spending only the night?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Why are you like one taken by surprise, <br>like a warrior unable to act? <br>Yet you are in our midst, LORD; <br>we are called by your name. <br>Don\u2019t give up on us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "This is what the LORD proclaims about this people: <br>Since they have loved to wander off <br>and haven\u2019t restrained themselves, <br>I <sup>[1]</sup> won\u2019t accept them. <br>Now I will recall their wrongdoing <br>and punish their sin. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4114631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said to me: Don\u2019t pray for the safety of these people."}, {"pk": 4114632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "When they fast, I won\u2019t pay attention to their pleas, and when they offer entirely burned offerings and grain offerings, I won\u2019t accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease."}, {"pk": 4114633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "I replied, \u201cLORD God, the prophets are telling them: \u2018You won\u2019t see war or famine, for I will give you lasting peace in this place.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the LORD said to me: The prophets are telling lies in my name. I haven\u2019t sent them. I haven\u2019t commanded them. I haven\u2019t spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, worthless predictions, and deceit they have made up on their own."}, {"pk": 4114635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD proclaims concerning the prophets who are speaking in my name when I didn\u2019t send them, and who are telling you that war or famine will never come to this land: Those very prophets will die in war and by famine!"}, {"pk": 4114636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one to bury them or their wives and children. I will pour out on them their own wickedness."}, {"pk": 4114637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "So deliver this word to them: <br>My eyes well up with tears; <br>I can\u2019t stop weeping \u2014 day and night, <br>because my virgin daughter, my people, <br>has suffered a crushing blow <br>and is mortally wounded.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "If I go into the fields, <br>I see only the slain in battle. <br>If I enter the city, <br>I see only those suffering from famine. <br>Even both prophet and priest <br>wander about aimlessly in ignorance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Have you completely rejected Judah? <br>Do you hate Zion? <br>Why then have you mortally wounded us? <br>We look for peace, <br>but nothing good comes of it; <br>for a time of healing, <br>only to be terrorized.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "We acknowledge our sin, LORD, <br>the wrongdoing of our ancestors, <br>because we have sinned against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "For your name\u2019s sake, don\u2019t reject us, <br>don\u2019t scorn your glorious throne. <br>Remember your covenant with us; <br>don\u2019t break it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Can any of the false gods of the nations make it rain? <br>Can the sky by itself bring showers? <br>Aren\u2019t you the LORD, our God? <br>You are our hope, <br>since only you can do such things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, I wouldn\u2019t change my mind about these people. Send them away from me. Let them go!"}, {"pk": 4114644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "And if they say, \u201cGo where?\u201d tell them, This is what the LORD proclaims: Those marked for death \u2014 to death, <br>those marked for war \u2014 to war, <br>those marked for famine \u2014 to famine, and those marked for exile \u2014 to exile. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "I will appoint over them four agents <sup>[1]</sup> of death, declares the LORD: soldiers to kill, dogs to drag off, and vultures and wild animals to devour and destroy.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>families</i>"}, {"pk": 4114646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Because of what Judah\u2019s King Manasseh, Hezekiah\u2019s son, has done in Jerusalem, I will make them an object of horror to all nations on earth."}, {"pk": 4114647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Who will pity you, Jerusalem? <br>Who will shed tears over you? <br>Who will stop and ask how you\u2019re doing?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "You have deserted me, <br>declares the LORD. <br>You have turned your back on me. <br>So I will turn my hand against you <br>and destroy you. <br>I\u2019m tired of holding back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "I will winnow them with a winnowing fork <br>at the gates of their country. <br>I will bereave and destroy my people <br>because they haven\u2019t changed their ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Their widows will outnumber <br>the sand on the shore. <br>I will bring a destroyer in broad daylight <br>against the mothers of young men. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Suddenly I will bring distress <br>and terror upon them.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "The mother of seven <br>will grow weak and gasp for air; <br>her sun will set while it is yet day; <br>she will be ashamed and disgraced. <br>I will deliver the survivors to the sword, <br>to the power of their enemies, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "I wish I had never been born! I have become a source of conflict and dissension in my own country. Even though I haven\u2019t lent or borrowed, still everyone curses me."}, {"pk": 4114653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD said: <br>Haven\u2019t I taken care of you? <br>Haven\u2019t I helped you with your enemies <br>in time of trouble and distress? <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Can a person shatter iron, <br>iron from the north, or bronze?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Your wealth and belongings <br>I will deliver as plunder, <br>without a fee, <br>because of all your sins <br>throughout your territory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "I will make you serve your enemies <br>in a land you don\u2019t know, <br>for my anger blazes like a fire <br>that won\u2019t go out. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "You understand, LORD! <br>Remember me and act on my behalf. <br>Bring judgment on those who torment me. <br>In your mercy, spare my life. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>Consider how I\u2019m insulted on your account.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "When your words turned up, I feasted on them; <br>and they became my joy, the delight of my heart, <br>because I belong to you, <br>LORD God of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "I didn\u2019t join the festive occasions; <br>I took no delight in them. <br>I sat alone <br>because your hand was upon me <br>and you had filled me with curses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Why am I always in pain? <br>Why is my wound incurable, <br>so far beyond healing? <br>You have become for me as unreliable <br>as a spring gone dry! <br>"}, {"pk": 4114661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: <br>If you return to me, I will take you back <br>and let you stand before me. <br>If you utter what is worthwhile, <br>not what is worthless, <br>you will be my spokesman. <br>They will turn to you, <br>not you to them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "I will make you a sturdy bronze wall <br>against these people. <br>They will attack you, <br>but they won\u2019t triumph, <br>because I am with you <br>to protect and rescue you, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked; <br>I will redeem you from the grasp of the violent. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4114665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t marry or have children in this place."}, {"pk": 4114666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "This is what the LORD proclaims concerning children who are born in this place and their mothers and fathers who give birth to them in this place:"}, {"pk": 4114667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "They will die of horrible diseases. <br>No one will mourn for them or bury them. <br>They will be like refuse lying on the ground. <br>They will die from the sword and by famine, <br>and their corpses will be food for birds and wild animals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "This is what the LORD says: <br>Don\u2019t enter a house where there is mourning; <br>don\u2019t grieve or lament for them, <br>for I have taken away my blessing, kindness, and mercy from this people, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "From the least to the greatest, <br>all will die in this land, <br>and there will be no funerals or time of mourning. <br>No one will gash themselves in grief <br>or shave their heads in sorrow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "No one will bring food <sup>[1]</sup> for the mourner <br>as comfort for the dead. <br>No one will offer a cup of consolation <br>for the loss of father or mother. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb <i>break for them</i>"}, {"pk": 4114671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink."}, {"pk": 4114672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Before your very eyes and in your own lifetime, I will silence in this place the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bridegroom and the bride."}, {"pk": 4114673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "When you proclaim all these things to the people, and they ask you, \u201cWhy has the LORD pronounced such massive devastation against us? What have we done wrong? How have we sinned against the LORD our God?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "then you should tell them: It\u2019s because your ancestors have deserted me and followed other gods, declares the LORD. They have served and worshipped them, while abandoning me and refusing to keep my Instruction."}, {"pk": 4114675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "And you, you have acted worse than your ancestors, each of you following your own willful, evil hearts and paying no attention to me."}, {"pk": 4114676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "So I will banish you from this land to a place that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy."}, {"pk": 4114677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "But the time is coming, declares the LORD, when no one will say, \u201cAs the LORD lives who brought up the Israelites from the land of Egypt\u201d;"}, {"pk": 4114678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "instead, they will say, \u201cAs the LORD lives who brought up the Israelites from the land of the north and from all the lands where he has banished them.\u201d I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4114679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "I\u2019m going to send hordes of fishermen to catch them, declares the LORD. Afterward I will send a party of hunters to hunt them down on every mountain, hill, and cave."}, {"pk": 4114680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "I am watching their every move; not one is hidden from me. Nor is their sin concealed from my sight."}, {"pk": 4114681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "I will initially pay them back double for their evil and sin, because they have corrupted my land with their disgusting, lifeless idols and have filled my inheritance with their detestable practices."}, {"pk": 4114682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "LORD, you are my strength and my stronghold; <br>you are my refuge in time of trouble. <br>The nations will flock to you <br>from the ends of the earth, <br>and they will say: <br>\u201cOur ancestors have inherited utter lies, <br>things that are hollow and useless.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Can humans make their own gods? <br>If so, they are not gods at all!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, I will teach them; <br>this time I will teach them <br>my power and my might. <br>They will understand that I am the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Judah\u2019s sin is engraved <br>with an iron pen. <br>It\u2019s etched with a diamond point <br>on the tablets of their hearts <br>and on the horns of their altars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Their children remember their altars and sacred poles <sup>[1]</sup> <br>by the lush trees and high hills. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>asherim</i>; perhaps objects devoted to the worship of Asherah"}, {"pk": 4114687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Because you have committed such sins throughout your country, <br>I will give to your enemies <br>my mountain in the land, <br>as well as your wealth and all that you treasure. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "You will lose the inheritance that I gave you. <br>I will make you slaves of your enemies <br>in a land you don\u2019t know, <br>for my anger blazes like a fire <br>that won\u2019t go out. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Cursed are those who trust in mere humans, <br>who depend on human strength <br>and turn their hearts from the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "They will be like a desert shrub <br>that doesn\u2019t know when relief comes. <br>They will live in the parched places of the wilderness, <br>in a barren land where no one survives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Happy are those who trust in the LORD, <br>who rely on the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "They will be like trees planted by the streams, <br>whose roots reach down to the water. <br>They won\u2019t fear drought when it comes; <br>their leaves will remain green. <br>They won\u2019t be stressed in the time of drought <br>or fail to bear fruit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "The most cunning heart \u2014 <br>it\u2019s beyond help. <br>Who can figure it out?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "I, the LORD, probe the heart <br>and discern hidden motives, <br>to give everyone what they deserve, <br>the consequences of their deeds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Like a partridge gathering a brood that is not its own, <br>so are those who acquire their wealth corruptly. <br>By midlife it will be gone; <br>afterward they will look like fools. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Splendid and exalted throne, <br>the place of our sanctuary <br>from the beginning!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "LORD, the hope of Israel, <br>all who forsake you will suffer disgrace; <br>those who turn away from you <sup>[3]</sup> in the land <br>will be written off, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>for they have abandoned the LORD, <br>the fountain of living water. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Or <i>me</i>"}, {"pk": 4114698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Heal me, LORD, and I\u2019ll be healed. <br>Save me and I\u2019ll be saved, <br>for you are my heart\u2019s desire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "See how they harass me: <br>\u201cWhere\u2019s the LORD\u2019s word? <br>Let it come now!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "Yet I didn\u2019t urge you to bring disaster; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>I didn\u2019t want the calamity to happen. <br>You know what comes out of my mouth; <br>it\u2019s always before you.<br>", "comment": "[5] LXX; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t terrorize me; <br>you are my refuge in time of disaster.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "Let my tormentors be disgraced, but not me; <br>let them be terrorized, but not me. <br>Bring on them the time of disaster, <br>as they deserve; destroy them repeatedly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD proclaimed to me: Go and stand by the People\u2019s Gate where Judah\u2019s kings go in and out, and then by all the gates of Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4114704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "and say to them: Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah, and anyone living in Jerusalem who passes through these gates."}, {"pk": 4114705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD says: Be on guard not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or conduct business at the gates of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t carry a load from your houses or do any kind of work on the Sabbath day. Rather, keep the Sabbath day holy as I commanded your ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4114707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "although they didn\u2019t listen or pay attention. They were stubborn and wouldn\u2019t obey or accept correction."}, {"pk": 4114708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "If you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD, and don\u2019t conduct business at the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, if you keep the Sabbath day holy by not working,"}, {"pk": 4114709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "then through the gates of this city will come kings who occupy the throne of David and their officers, all riding on chariots and horses. They will be accompanied by the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem. And this city will always be inhabited."}, {"pk": 4114710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "Others will come from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from all around Jerusalem, and from the western foothills, the highlands, and the arid southern plain \u2014 they will come bringing entirely burned offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, incense, and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "But if you don\u2019t obey me by keeping the Sabbath day holy, if you carry your loads and conduct your business at the gates of Jerusalem as usual, then I will set fire to those gates that will completely engulf the fortresses of Jerusalem; it will not be put out."}, {"pk": 4114712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word:"}, {"pk": 4114713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Go down to the potter\u2019s house, and I\u2019ll give you instructions about what to do there."}, {"pk": 4114714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "So I went down to the potter\u2019s house; he was working on the potter\u2019s wheel."}, {"pk": 4114715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "But the piece he was making was flawed while still in his hands, so the potter started on another, as seemed best to him."}, {"pk": 4114716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4114717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "House of Israel, can\u2019t I deal with you like this potter, declares the LORD? Like clay in the potter\u2019s hand, so are you in mine, house of Israel!"}, {"pk": 4114718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "At any time I may announce that I will dig up, pull down, and destroy a nation or kingdom;"}, {"pk": 4114719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "but if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I\u2019ll relent and not carry out the harm I intended for it."}, {"pk": 4114720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "At the same time, I may announce that I will build and plant a nation or kingdom;"}, {"pk": 4114721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "but if that nation displeases and disobeys me, then I\u2019ll relent and not carry out the good I intended for it."}, {"pk": 4114722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Now say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem: This is what the LORD says: I am a potter preparing a disaster for you; I\u2019m working out a plan against you. So each one of you, turn from your evil ways; reform your ways and your actions."}, {"pk": 4114723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "But they said, \u201cWhat\u2019s the use! We will follow our own plans and act according to our own willful, evil hearts.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: <br>Ask among the nations: <br>Have you ever heard anything like this? <br>Virgin Israel has done <br>the most horrible thing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Does the snow on the mountains of Lebanon ever melt entirely <br>off their rocky cliffs? <br>Do the cool mountain streams ever dry up? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; or <i>be dug up</i>"}, {"pk": 4114726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Yet my people have forgotten me; <br>they have offered sacrifices to a lie. <br>And so they have stumbled along the way, <br>even along the ancient paths. <br>They have taken side roads, <br>not the main roads. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "They have ruined their country <br>and brought utter shame on it. <br>All who pass by are shocked <br>and shake their heads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Like a strong east wind, <br>I will scatter them before their enemy. <br>When disaster strikes them, <br>I will show them my back, <br>not my face. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "Then they said, \u201cCome, let\u2019s unite against Jeremiah, for the priest\u2019s instruction won\u2019t fail, nor will the sage\u2019s counsel, nor the prophet\u2019s word. Come, let\u2019s silence him and pay no attention to his words.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Pay attention to me, LORD; <br>listen to what my enemies are saying.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Should evil be returned for good? <br>Yet they have set traps for me. <br>Remember that I stood before you, <br>begging you to be merciful <br>and not to punish them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Enough! Let their children starve; <br>let them die by the sword. <br>Let their wives be barren widows; <br>let their men be slaughtered <br>and their youth struck down in battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Let screams be heard from their homes <br>when you suddenly bring armies against them. <br>They have dug a pit to capture me, <br>set traps for my feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "But you, LORD, you know <br>all their sinister plots to kill me. <br>Don\u2019t overlook their wrongdoing; <br>don\u2019t cleanse their sin from before you. <br>May they stumble before you; <br>when you become angry, do something about them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Go buy a clay jar from a potter in the presence of the elders of the people and the priests."}, {"pk": 4114736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Then go out to the Ben-hinnom Valley at the entrance of the gate called Broken Pots and proclaim there the words I will tell you."}, {"pk": 4114737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, you kings of Judah and those of you living in Jerusalem: This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: I\u2019m going to bring such disaster upon this place that it will shock all who hear of it."}, {"pk": 4114738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "They have deserted me and degraded this place into a shrine for other gods, which neither they nor their ancestors nor Judah\u2019s kings have ever known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent."}, {"pk": 4114739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "Yes, they have built shrines to Baal, to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, although I never commanded or ordered such a thing, nor did it ever cross my mind."}, {"pk": 4114740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "So now the time is coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or Ben-hinnom Valley but Carnage Valley."}, {"pk": 4114741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "I will foil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place and will have them fall in battle before their enemies, before those who seek their lives. I will give their corpses as food to the birds and the wild animals."}, {"pk": 4114742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "I will make this city something that sounds horrible; all who pass by it will be shocked at its pain."}, {"pk": 4114743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "And when their enemies lay siege to the city, seeking their lives, they will resort in desperation to eating the flesh of their sons and daughters, and to devouring the flesh of their neighbors."}, {"pk": 4114744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Then you should shatter the clay jar in the sight of the people who are with you,"}, {"pk": 4114745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "and you should say to them: This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: Just as one smashes the potter\u2019s piece beyond repair, so I will smash this people and this city. And they will bury the dead in Topheth until there\u2019s no room left."}, {"pk": 4114746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "That is what I will do to this place and its residents, declares the LORD: I will make this city like Topheth."}, {"pk": 4114747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "The houses of Jerusalem and those of Judah\u2019s kings will become as foul as Topheth \u2014 all the houses on whose roofs they made offerings to the heavenly force and poured out drink offerings to other gods."}, {"pk": 4114748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "When Jeremiah returned from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the LORD\u2019s temple and said to all the people:"}, {"pk": 4114749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I am about to bring upon this city and its surrounding towns every disaster that I have pronounced against them, because they have been stubborn and wouldn\u2019t obey my words."}, {"pk": 4114750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "When the priest Pashhur, Immer\u2019s son, the officer in charge of the LORD\u2019s temple, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words,"}, {"pk": 4114751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "he beat the prophet and detained him in confinement at the upper Benjamin Gate in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from confinement, Jeremiah said to him, \u201cThe LORD has changed your name from Pashhur to Panic Lurks Everywhere."}, {"pk": 4114753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD proclaims: I\u2019m going to strike panic into your heart and into the hearts of your friends. You will watch as they fall in battle to their enemies. I will hand over all Judah to the king of Babylon, who will exile some to Babylon and slaughter others."}, {"pk": 4114754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "I will hand over all the wealth of this city, all its goods and valuables, including the treasures of the kings of Judah, to their enemies, who will ransack and pillage and carry it all off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4114755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "And you, Pashhur, and all those in your household, will go into captivity. You will be deported to Babylon where you will die. There you will be buried with all your friends to whom you prophesied falsely.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "LORD, you enticed me, and I was taken in. <br>You were too strong for me, and you prevailed. <br>Now I\u2019m laughed at all the time; <br>everyone mocks me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Every time I open my mouth, I cry out <br>and say, \u201cViolence and destruction!\u201d <br>The LORD\u2019s word has brought me <br>nothing but insult and injury, constantly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "I thought, I\u2019ll forget him; <br>I\u2019ll no longer speak in his name. <br>But there\u2019s an intense fire in my heart, <br>trapped in my bones. <br>I\u2019m drained trying to contain it; <br>I\u2019m unable to do it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "I hear many whispering \u2014 <br>\u201cPanic Lurks Everywhere! \u2014 <br>proclaim, yes, let\u2019s proclaim it ourselves!\u201d <br>All my friends are waiting for me to stumble: <br>\u201cPerhaps he can be enticed. <br>Then we\u2019ll prevail against him <br>and get our revenge on him!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "But the LORD is with me like a strong defender. <br>Therefore, my oppressors <br>will stumble and not prevail. <br>They will be disgraced by their own failures. <br>Their dishonor will never be forgotten.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces tests the righteous <br>and discerns the heart and the mind. <br>Let me see your retribution upon them, <br>for I have committed my case to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Sing to the LORD, <br>praise the LORD, <br>for he has rescued the needy <br>from the clutches of evildoers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Cursed be the day that I was born. <br>May the day my mother gave birth to me not be blessed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Cursed be the one <br>who delivered the news to my father, <br>\u201cYou have a son!\u201d \u2014 <br>filling him with joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "May the bearer of that news be like the cities <br>that the LORD destroyed without mercy. <br>May he hear screams in the morning, <br>and the battle cries at noon,<br>"}, {"pk": 4114766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "because he didn\u2019t kill me in the womb <br>and let my mother become my grave, <br>her womb pregnant forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Why was I ever born <br>when all I see is suffering and misery, <br>and my days are filled with shame? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur, Malchiah\u2019s son, and the priest Zephaniah, Maaseiah\u2019s son, to him with an appeal:"}, {"pk": 4114769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cSpeak to the LORD on our behalf because Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar <sup>[1]</sup> is attacking us. Perhaps the LORD will perform one of his mighty deeds and force him to withdraw from us.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Nebuchadrezzar</i>"}, {"pk": 4114770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Jeremiah answered them: This is what you should tell Zedekiah:"}, {"pk": 4114771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I\u2019m going to turn your own weapons against you, yes, the weapons you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians <sup>[2]</sup> who have surrounded you! I will round them up in the center of the city.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Chaldeans</i>"}, {"pk": 4114772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Then I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and strong arm in fierce anger and rage."}, {"pk": 4114773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "I will strike down those within this city \u2014 both people and animals \u2014 and they will die of a terrible plague."}, {"pk": 4114774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Afterward, declares the LORD, I will deliver Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah, his servants, and those in this city who have survived plague, war, and famine to Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar <sup>[3]</sup> and to their enemies who seek to do them harm. He will put them to the sword without pity, mercy, or compassion.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Nebuchadrezzar</i>"}, {"pk": 4114775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "This is what you should tell this people: The LORD says: I\u2019m setting before you the way of life and the way of death."}, {"pk": 4114776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever stays in the city will die by the sword, famine, and disease. But whoever leaves the city and surrenders to the Babylonians <sup>[4]</sup> will live; yes, their lives will be spared.", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Chaldeans</i>"}, {"pk": 4114777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the LORD; it will be delivered to the king of Babylon, who will set it on fire."}, {"pk": 4114778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "House of Judah! This is what the LORD says:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "House of David! The LORD proclaims: <br>Begin each morning by administering justice, <br>rescue from their oppressor <br>those who have been robbed, <br>or else my anger will spread like a wildfire, <br>with no one to put it out, <br>because of your evil deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "I am against you, <br>you who live in the valley, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>like a rock of the plain, <br>declares the LORD, <br>and who say, \u201cWho will come down to attack us? <br>Who will breach our fortresses?\u201d<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "I will punish you based on what you have done, <br>declares the LORD. <br>I will set your <sup>[6]</sup> forests on fire; <br>the flames will engulf <br>everything around you. <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>its</i><br>[7] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4114782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and declare this message:"}, {"pk": 4114783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, king of Judah, you who sit on David\u2019s throne \u2014 you and your attendants, and all those who go through these gates."}, {"pk": 4114784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Do what is just and right; rescue the oppressed from the power of the oppressor. Don\u2019t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow. Don\u2019t spill the blood of the innocent in this place."}, {"pk": 4114785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "If you obey this command, then through the gates of this palace will come kings who occupy the throne of David, riding on chariots and horses along with their entourage and subjects."}, {"pk": 4114786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "But if you ignore these words, I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that this palace will become a ruin."}, {"pk": 4114787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD proclaims concerning the palace of the king of Judah: Though you are like Gilead to me, <br>like the summit of Lebanon, <br>I will turn you into a desert \u2014 uninhabited cities.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "I will summon destroyers against you, <br>who will use their weapons <br>to cut down your finest cedars <br>and hurl them into the fire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "People from many nations will pass by this city and ask each other: \u201cWhy has the LORD treated that great city like this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "And the answer will be, \u201cBecause they abandoned the covenant with the LORD their God and worshipped and served other gods.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t weep or lament for the dead king. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Weep instead for the one who has gone away, <br>for he will never return to see his native soil. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>king.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "This is what the LORD says about Shallum son of Judah\u2019s King Josiah, who succeeded his father Josiah as king but who is now gone from this place: He will never return!"}, {"pk": 4114793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "He will die where he\u2019s been exiled and never see this land again."}, {"pk": 4114794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "How terrible for Jehoiakim, who builds his house with corruption <br>and his upper chambers with injustice, <br>working his countrymen for nothing, <br>refusing to give them their wages.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "He says, \u201cI\u2019ll build myself a grand palace, <br>with huge upper chambers, <br>ornate windows, <br>cedar paneling, <br>and rich red decor.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Is this what makes you a king, <br>having more cedar than anyone else? <br>Didn\u2019t your father eat and drink <br>and still do what was just and right? <br>Then it went well for him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4114797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "He defended the rights of the poor and needy; <br>then it went well. <br>Isn\u2019t that what it means to know me? <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "But you set your eyes and heart <br>on nothing but unjust gain; <br>you spill the blood of the innocent; <br>you practice cruelty; <br>you oppress your subjects. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD says to Jehoiakim son of Judah\u2019s King Josiah: They won\u2019t grieve for him, saying, \u201cMy brother, my sister!\u201d <br>They won\u2019t grieve for him, saying, \u201cMy master, my majesty!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "They will give him a donkey\u2019s burial, <br>dragging him outside the gates of Jerusalem <br>and dumping him there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Go up to Lebanon and cry out, <br>lift up your voice in Bashan, <br>cry out from Abarim, <br>because all your lovers have been ravished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "I spoke to you when you felt safe and secure, <br>but you said, \u201cI won\u2019t listen.\u201d <br>You have been that way since your youth: <br>not listening to a word I say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "Your shepherds will be tossed to the wind, <br>your lovers taken off to exile. <br>Then you will be embarrassed and humiliated <br>by all your wickedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "You who live in Lebanon, <br>nestled in cedar, <br>who will pity you <sup>[2]</sup> <br>when you are overcome in pain, <br>like that of childbirth? <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "As surely as I live, declares the LORD, even if Coniah, <sup>[3]</sup> King Jehoiakim\u2019s son from Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still remove you from there.", "comment": "[3] Cf <i>Jeconiah</i> in <a href='/CEB/24/24/1'>Jer 24:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4114806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "I would hand you over to those who seek to kill you, those you dread, even Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar and his army. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the Babylonians</i>"}, {"pk": 4114807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "I will banish you and your mother who bore you to a land far from your native soil, and there the two of you will die."}, {"pk": 4114808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "You <sup>[5]</sup> will never return to the land you <sup>[6]</sup> long to go back to.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>they</i><br>[5] Or <i>They</i>"}, {"pk": 4114809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "Is this man Coniah <br>merely a defiled and broken pottery jar <br>that no one wants? <br>Why then have he and his children been hurled out <br>and cast into an unfamiliar land?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "Land, land, land, <br>hear the LORD\u2019s word:<br>"}, {"pk": 4114811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Mark this man as childless; <br>he will not prosper during his lifetime. <br>None of his children <br>will sit on David\u2019s throne <br>and rule again in Judah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Watch out, you shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims about the shepherds who \u201ctend to\u201d my people: You are the ones who have scattered my flock and driven them away. You haven\u2019t attended to their needs, so I will take revenge on you for the terrible things you have done to them, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "I myself will gather the few remaining sheep from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply."}, {"pk": 4114815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "I will place over them shepherds who care for them. Then they will no longer be afraid or dread harm, nor will any be missing, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous descendant <sup>[1]</sup> from David\u2019s line, and he will rule as a wise king. He will do what is just and right in the land.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>branch</i>"}, {"pk": 4114817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "During his lifetime, Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And his name will be The LORD Is Our Righteousness. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>of Our Righteousness</i>, possibly a play on the name <i>Zedekiah</i>"}, {"pk": 4114818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "So the time is coming, declares the LORD, when no one will say, \u201cAs the LORD lives who brought up the Israelites from the land of Egypt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Instead, they will say, \u201cAs the LORD lives who brought up the descendants of the people of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where he <sup>[3]</sup> has banished them so that they can live in their own land.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4114820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "As for the prophets: <br>My heart inside me is broken; <br>my body aches. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>I stagger like a drunk <br>who has had too much wine to drink, <br>because of the LORD <br>and because of God\u2019s holy words.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain; or <i>my bones shake</i>"}, {"pk": 4114821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Because the country teems <br>with adulterers, <br>because of them, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>yes, because their might isn\u2019t right <br>and their way is evil, <br>the land dries up, <br>and the grazing areas in the wilderness wither. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>a curse</i><br>[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Both prophet and priest are godless; <br>I even find their evil in my temple, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, they will find themselves on slippery ground <br>and will be thrust into darkness, <br>where they will collapse. <br>I will bring disaster upon them, <br>when their time comes, declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "In the prophets of Samaria <br>I saw something shocking: <br>They prophesied by Baal <br>and led astray my people Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "In the prophets of Jerusalem <br>I saw something horrible: <br>They commit adultery and tell lies. <br>They encourage evildoers <br>so that no one turns from their wickedness. <br>In my eyes, they are no better than Sodom; <br>its people are like Gomorrah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims concerning the prophets: I\u2019m going to feed them bitter food <br>and give them poison to drink. <br>Wickedness has spread from the prophets of Jerusalem <br>throughout the land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Don\u2019t listen to the prophets <br>who are speaking to you; <br>they are deceiving you. <br>Their visions come from their own hearts, <br>not from the LORD\u2019s mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "They keep saying to those who scorn God\u2019s message, <br>\u201cAll will go well for you,\u201d <br>and to those who follow their own willful hearts, <br>\u201cNothing bad will happen to you.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4114829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "But who has stood in the LORD\u2019s council <br>to listen to God\u2019s word? <br>Who has paid attention to his word and announced it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "Look! The LORD\u2019s angry storm breaks out; <br>it whirls around the heads of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD\u2019s fierce anger <br>won\u2019t turn back <br>until it accomplishes all that he has planned. <br>In the days to come, <br>you will understand what this means. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "I didn\u2019t send the prophets, <br>yet they ran anyway. <br>I didn\u2019t speak to them, <br>yet they prophesied anyway.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "If they had stood in my council, <br>they would have proclaimed <br>my words to my people; <br>they would have turned them <br>from their evil ways and deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD declares, Am I a God <br>who is only nearby and not far off?<br>"}, {"pk": 4114835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "Can people hide themselves in secret places <br>so I might not see them? <br>Don\u2019t I fill heaven and earth? <br>"}, {"pk": 4114836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "I have heard the prophets prophesying lies in my name. They claim, \u201cI\u2019ve had a dream; I\u2019ve had a dream!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "How long will deceitful prophecies dominate the minds of the prophets? Those prophets are treacherous."}, {"pk": 4114838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "They scheme to make my people forget me by their dreams that people tell each other, just as their ancestors forgot me because of Baal."}, {"pk": 4114839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "Let the prophet who has a dream declare it, but let the one who has my word proclaim it faithfully. What a difference between straw and wheat! <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "Isn\u2019t my word like fire <br>and like a hammer that shatters rock? <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "Therefore, I\u2019m against the prophets <br>who steal my words from each other, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "I\u2019m against the prophets <br>who carelessly deliver oracles, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>declares the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "I\u2019m against the prophets who dream up lies <br>and then proclaim them, <br>declares the LORD. <br>With their reckless lies, <br>they lead my people astray. <br>I didn\u2019t send them; <br>I didn\u2019t commission them. <br>They are completely useless to these people, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "When these people or a prophet or a priest asks you, \u201cWhat is the LORD\u2019s message?\u201d <sup>[8]</sup> say to them, \u201cWhat message? I will cast you off, declares the LORD.\u201d", "comment": "[8] Or <i>burden</i>"}, {"pk": 4114845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "I will punish anyone, including prophet or priest, who says, \u201cThis is the LORD\u2019s message.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "This is what you should ask each other: \u201cWhat has the LORD said?\u201d \u201cWhat has the LORD declared?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "But you are no longer to mention the LORD\u2019s message, because everyone thinks they have received a message from the LORD. You destroy the very word of the living God, the LORD of heavenly forces, our God."}, {"pk": 4114848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "So this is what you should say to the prophet: \u201cWhat has the LORD said to you?\u201d \u201cWhat has the LORD declared?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 38, "text": "But if you insist on saying, \u201cThis is the LORD\u2019s message,\u201d the LORD says to you: Because you have made this claim \u2014 this is the LORD\u2019s message \u2014 when I told you not to proclaim the LORD\u2019s message,"}, {"pk": 4114850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 39, "text": "I will lift you up <sup>[9]</sup> and cast you out of my presence, together with the city that I gave to your ancestors.", "comment": "[9] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>forget you</i>"}, {"pk": 4114851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 23, "verse": 40, "text": "I will make you an object of disgrace and enduring shame that no one will ever forget."}, {"pk": 4114852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "After Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar had deported Judah\u2019s King Jeconiah, King Jehoiakim\u2019s son, and the Judean officials, as well as the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs set in front of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "One basket was filled with fresh and ripe figs; the other basket was filled with rotten figs \u2014 too rotten to eat."}, {"pk": 4114854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "And the LORD asked me: \u201cWhat do you see, Jeremiah?\u201d I replied: \u201cFigs! Some good ones and others very bad \u2014 so bad that they can\u2019t be eaten.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD said to me:"}, {"pk": 4114856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: Just as with these good figs, I will treat kindly the Judean exiles that I have sent from this place to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4114857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "I regard them as good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not pull them down; I will plant them and not dig them up."}, {"pk": 4114858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "I will give them a heart to know me, for I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart."}, {"pk": 4114859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "And just like the rotten figs that are so bad that they can\u2019t be eaten, the LORD says, I will do to Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah and his officials, as well as the remaining few in Jerusalem and those who are living in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4114860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "I will make them an object of horror and evil to all the kingdoms of the earth. Wherever I scatter them, they will be disgraced and insulted, mocked and cursed."}, {"pk": 4114861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "I will send the sword, famine, and disease against them until they vanish from the fertile land that I gave to their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4114862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son. This was the first year of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar."}, {"pk": 4114863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "The prophet Jeremiah addressed all the people of Judah and all those living in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "From the thirteenth year of Judah\u2019s King Josiah, Amon\u2019s son, to this very day \u2014 twenty-three years \u2014 the LORD\u2019s word has come to me. I have delivered it to you repeatedly, although you wouldn\u2019t listen."}, {"pk": 4114865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "In fact, the LORD has tirelessly sent you all his servants, the prophets, but you wouldn\u2019t listen or pay attention."}, {"pk": 4114866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "They said, \u201cEach one of you, turn from your evil ways and deeds and live in the fertile land that the LORD gave you and your ancestors for all time."}, {"pk": 4114867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t follow or worship other gods and don\u2019t anger me by what you make with your hands. Then I won\u2019t bring disaster upon you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "But you wouldn\u2019t listen to me, making me angry by what you do and bringing disaster upon yourselves, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: Because you haven\u2019t listened to my words,"}, {"pk": 4114870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "I am going to muster all the tribes of the north and my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, declares the LORD, and I will bring them against this country and its residents as well as against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and will make them an object of horror, shock, and ruins for all time."}, {"pk": 4114871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "I will silence the sounds of joy and laughter and the voices of the bride and the bridegroom. Yes, I will silence the millstones and snuff out the lamplight."}, {"pk": 4114872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "This whole country will be reduced to a wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years."}, {"pk": 4114873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "When the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their wrongdoing, declares the LORD. I will reduce the land of the Babylonians to a wasteland for all time."}, {"pk": 4114874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "I will unleash upon that land everything I decreed, all that is written in this scroll, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations."}, {"pk": 4114875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "Yes, many great nations and powerful kings will enslave them, and I will pay them back in full for what they have done and made with their hands."}, {"pk": 4114876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "This is what the LORD, God of Israel, said to me: Take this seething cup of wine from my hand and make all the nations gulp it down where I\u2019m sending you."}, {"pk": 4114877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "They will drink and stagger about half-crazed because of the sword that I am sending against them."}, {"pk": 4114878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "So I took the cup from the LORD\u2019s hand, and I made all the nations drink from it where the LORD had sent me:"}, {"pk": 4114879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials. This was to make them a wasteland, an object of horror, shock, and cursing, as it is today;"}, {"pk": 4114880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, his attendants and officials, and all his people,"}, {"pk": 4114881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "including the foreigners <sup>[1]</sup> living there; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines \u2014 Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what\u2019s left of Ashdod;", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;"}, {"pk": 4114883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "all the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands across the sea;"}, {"pk": 4114884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all those who cut the hair of their foreheads; <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "all the kings of Arabia and the nomadic tribes, <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "all the kings of Zimri, <sup>[4]</sup> Elam, and Media;", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "all the kings of the north, those nearby and those faraway, one after another, all the empires on the earth will drink from this cup. <sup>[5]</sup> And after them the king of Sheshach <sup>[6]</sup> will drink from it.", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>will drink from this cup.</i><br>[6] <i>Sheshak</i> is a name for Babylon."}, {"pk": 4114888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "Then say to them: The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Drink this seething cup of wine and get drunk. Vomit and collapse and don\u2019t get up again because of the sword that I\u2019m thrusting into you."}, {"pk": 4114889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "If they refuse to take the cup in your hand and drink from it, tell them: This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: You must drink!"}, {"pk": 4114890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "Look! I\u2019m bringing disaster upon the city that bears my name; how then will you escape unpunished? You will not! I\u2019m summoning the sword against everyone on earth, declares the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4114891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "Now prophesy all these things and say to them: <br>The LORD roars on high; <br>from his holy place he thunders. <br>He roars fiercely against his flock, <br>like the shouting of those who tread on grapes, <br>against everyone on earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "The uproar is heard far and wide, <br>because the LORD is bringing a lawsuit against the nations. <br>He\u2019s entering into judgment with all people, <br>sentencing the guilty to death, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 32, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>Look! Disaster travels from nation to nation. <br>A terrible storm comes from the far ends of the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4114894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 33, "text": "At that time, those struck down by the LORD will fill the earth. And no one will mourn for them or prepare their bodies for burial. They will become like refuse lying on the ground."}, {"pk": 4114895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 34, "text": "Wail, you shepherds, cry out. <br>Roll in the dust, you masters of the flock! <br>The day of your slaughter has arrived. <br>You will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 35, "text": "The shepherds have no place to hide; <br>the masters of the flock can\u2019t escape.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 36, "text": "Hear the cry of the shepherds <br>and the sobbing of the masters of the flock, <br>because the LORD is ravaging their pasture.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 37, "text": "There\u2019s an eerie silence in the peaceful meadows, <br>because of the LORD\u2019s fierce anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4114899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 25, "verse": 38, "text": "The lion is on the prowl, <br>and the land is reduced to nothing, <br>because of the fierce sword, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>because of his fierce anger. <br>", "comment": "[7] LXX, Heb manuscripts; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Early in the rule of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son, this word came from the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4114901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Stand in the temple courtyard and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who have come to the temple to worship. Tell them everything I command you; leave nothing out."}, {"pk": 4114902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from their evil ways. If they do, I will relent and not carry out the harm I have in mind for them because of the wrong they have done."}, {"pk": 4114903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "So tell them, The LORD proclaims: If you don\u2019t listen to me or follow the Instruction I have set before you \u2014"}, {"pk": 4114904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "if you don\u2019t listen to the words of the prophets that I have sent to you time and again, though you haven\u2019t listened,"}, {"pk": 4114905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "then I will make this temple a ruin like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse before all nations on earth."}, {"pk": 4114906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah declare these words in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "And when Jeremiah finished saying everything the LORD told him to say, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him and said, \u201cYou must die!"}, {"pk": 4114908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "Why do you prophesy in the LORD\u2019s name that \u2018this temple will become a ruin like Shiloh, and this city will be destroyed and left without inhabitant\u2019?\u201d Then all the people joined ranks against Jeremiah in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the royal palace to the LORD\u2019s temple and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "The priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people: \u201cThis man deserves to die for prophesying against this city as you have all heard firsthand.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "Jeremiah said to all the officials and to all the people, \u201cThe LORD sent me to prophesy to this temple and this city everything you have heard."}, {"pk": 4114912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "So now transform your ways and actions. Obey the LORD your God, and the LORD may relent and not carry out the harm that he\u2019s pronounced against you."}, {"pk": 4114913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "But me? I\u2019m in your hands. Do whatever you would like to me."}, {"pk": 4114914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Only know for certain that if you sentence me to death, you and the people of this city will be guilty of killing an innocent man. The LORD has in fact sent me to speak everything I have said to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, \u201cThis man doesn\u2019t deserve to die, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "A few of the community elders got up and addressed the whole crowd:"}, {"pk": 4114917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cMicah of Moresheth, who prophesied during the rule of Judah\u2019s Hezekiah, said to all the people of Judah, \u2018The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Zion will be plowed down like a field, <br>Jerusalem will become piles of rubble, <br>and the temple mount will become an overgrown mound.\u2019 <br>"}, {"pk": 4114918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cDid King Hezekiah or anyone else in Judah execute him? Didn\u2019t he instead fear the LORD and plead for his mercy? Then the LORD relented of the harm that he had pronounced against them. We are about to commit a huge mistake that will cost us our lives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "There was another man who prophesied in the LORD\u2019s name: Uriah, Shemaiah\u2019s son from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied the same things that Jeremiah did about this city and against this land."}, {"pk": 4114920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "When King Jehoiakim and all his warriors and officials heard his words, the king sought to kill him. Uriah heard of this and fled in fear to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4114921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "But King Jehoiakim dispatched Elnathan, Achbor\u2019s son, and others to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4114922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "They brought Uriah back from Egypt to the king who had him killed, and his body was thrown into the common burial ground."}, {"pk": 4114923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "But Ahikam, Shaphan\u2019s son, protected Jeremiah and wouldn\u2019t let the people execute him."}, {"pk": 4114924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Early in the rule of Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah, <sup>[1]</sup> Josiah\u2019s son, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:", "comment": "[1] Heb manuscripts, Syr; MT <i>Jehoiakim</i>"}, {"pk": 4114925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "This is what the LORD said to me: Make a yoke of straps and bars and wear it on your neck."}, {"pk": 4114926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "Then send word <sup>[2]</sup> to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through their representatives who have come to Jerusalem to Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>them</i> (the yokes)"}, {"pk": 4114927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "Tell them to say to their masters: The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Say this to your masters:"}, {"pk": 4114928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "By my great power and outstretched arm, I have made the earth and the people and animals that are on it. I can give it to anyone I please."}, {"pk": 4114929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "Now I hand over all these countries to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I even give him the wild animals as subjects."}, {"pk": 4114930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "All nations will serve him, his son and grandson, until the time for his land arrives; then many nations and great kings will conquer him."}, {"pk": 4114931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "As for the nation or country that won\u2019t serve Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar and won\u2019t put its neck under his yoke, I will punish it with sword, famine, and disease until I have destroyed it by his hand, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "As for you, don\u2019t listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, <sup>[3]</sup> mediums, or your sorcerers who say to you, \u201cDon\u2019t serve the king of Babylon.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>dreams</i>"}, {"pk": 4114933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "They are lying to you, and their lies will lead to banishment from your land. I will drive you out, and you will perish."}, {"pk": 4114934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "But any nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let stay in its land to till it and live on it, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "I delivered the same message to Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah: If you want to live, put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people."}, {"pk": 4114936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "Why should you and your people die by sword, famine, and disease, as the LORD pronounced against any nation that won\u2019t serve the king of Babylon?"}, {"pk": 4114937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "Pay no attention to the words of the prophets who encourage you not to serve the king of Babylon, for they are lying to you."}, {"pk": 4114938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "I haven\u2019t sent these prophets, declares the LORD; they are prophesying falsely in my name. If you listen to them, I will drive you out, and you will perish, both you and your prophets!"}, {"pk": 4114939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "Then I spoke to the priests and all this people: This is what the LORD says: Don\u2019t listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you, \u201cIn a short while, the temple equipment will be brought back from Babylon.\u201d They are prophesying a lie to you."}, {"pk": 4114940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Otherwise, this city will be reduced to ruin."}, {"pk": 4114941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "If they are really prophets and have the LORD\u2019s word, let them intercede with the LORD of heavenly forces not to let the equipment left in the LORD\u2019s temple and in the royal palace of Judah and Jerusalem be carted off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4114942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims about the pillars, the Sea, the stands, and the rest of the equipment left in this city,"}, {"pk": 4114943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "which Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar didn\u2019t plunder when he deported Jeconiah the son of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the officials of Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "Yes, this is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims about the equipment that is left in the LORD\u2019s temple and in the royal palace in Judah, and in Jerusalem:"}, {"pk": 4114945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "They will be carted off to Babylon where they will remain until the day I come looking for them, declares the LORD; then I will bring them back and restore them to this place."}, {"pk": 4114946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "That same year, early in the rule of Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah, in the fifth month of his fourth year, the prophet Hananiah, Azzur\u2019s son from Gibeon, spoke to me in the LORD\u2019s temple before the priests and all the people."}, {"pk": 4114947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "He said: \u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4114948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "In two years I will restore to this place all of the temple equipment that Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar carted off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4114949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "I will also restore to this place Judah\u2019s King Jeconiah, Jehoiakim\u2019s son, along with all the exiles from Judah who were deported to Babylon, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon, declares the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4114951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "The prophet Jeremiah said: \u201cIndeed. May the LORD do just as you have said! May the LORD fulfill the words that you have prophesied and bring back from Babylon the equipment of the LORD\u2019s temple and all the exiles to this place."}, {"pk": 4114952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "However, listen closely to what I have to say to you and all the people:"}, {"pk": 4114953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "The prophets who came before you and me long ago prophesied war, disaster, and disease against many lands and great kingdoms."}, {"pk": 4114954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "So the prophet who prophesies peace is recognized as one who is actually sent by the LORD only when that prophet\u2019s message is fulfilled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the prophet Hananiah took hold of the yoke that was on the prophet Jeremiah\u2019s neck and broke it."}, {"pk": 4114956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "He said before all the people, \u201cThis is what the LORD says: Just as this yoke has been broken, I will break the yoke of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar from the neck of all the nations within two years.\u201d Then the prophet Jeremiah walked away."}, {"pk": 4114957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "Sometime after Hananiah had broken the yoke that was on Jeremiah\u2019s neck, the LORD told him:"}, {"pk": 4114958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "Go, say to Hananiah, The LORD proclaims: You have broken a wooden yoke, <sup>[1]</sup> but I <sup>[2]</sup> will replace it with an iron one.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>yokes</i><br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4114959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I will put iron yokes on the necks of all these nations, and they will serve Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar; even the wild animals will be subject to him!"}, {"pk": 4114960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah: \u201cListen, Hananiah! The LORD hasn\u2019t sent you. All you are doing is persuading these people to believe a lie."}, {"pk": 4114961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: I\u2019m going to send you somewhere \u2014 right off the face of the earth! Before the year ends, you will die since you have incited rebellion against the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "The prophet Hananiah died in the seventh month <sup>[3]</sup> of that year.", "comment": "[3] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4114963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter from Jerusalem to the few surviving elders among the exiles, to the priests and the prophets, and to all the people Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "The letter was sent after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the government leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and smiths had left Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4114965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "It was delivered to Babylon by Elasah, Shaphan\u2019s son, and Gemariah, Hilkiah\u2019s son \u2014 two men dispatched to Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar by King Zedekiah."}, {"pk": 4114966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims to all the exiles I have carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon:"}, {"pk": 4114967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "Build houses and settle down; cultivate gardens and eat what they produce."}, {"pk": 4114968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "Get married and have children; then help your sons find wives and your daughters find husbands in order that they too may have children. Increase in number there so that you don\u2019t dwindle away."}, {"pk": 4114969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "Promote the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because your future depends on its welfare."}, {"pk": 4114970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Don\u2019t let the prophets and diviners in your midst mislead you. Don\u2019t pay attention to your dreams."}, {"pk": 4114971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I didn\u2019t send them, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD proclaims: When Babylon\u2019s seventy years are up, I will come and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place."}, {"pk": 4114973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the LORD; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope."}, {"pk": 4114974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "When you call me and come and pray to me, I will listen to you."}, {"pk": 4114975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your heart, you will find me."}, {"pk": 4114976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "I will be present for you, declares the LORD, and I will end your captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have scattered you, and I will bring you home after your long exile, <sup>[1]</sup> declares the LORD.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I will restore you to the place from which I exiled you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "Yet you say, The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon:"}, {"pk": 4114978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "This is what the LORD proclaims concerning the king sitting on David\u2019s throne and all the people who live in this city, that is, those among you who didn\u2019t go into exile:"}, {"pk": 4114979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: I\u2019m going to send the sword, famine, and disease against them. I will make them like rotten figs that are too spoiled to eat."}, {"pk": 4114980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and disease; and I will make them an object of horror to all nations on earth and an object of cursing, scorn, shock, and disgrace among all the countries where I have scattered them,"}, {"pk": 4114981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "because they wouldn\u2019t listen to my words, declares the LORD, which I sent them time and again through my servants the prophets. They <sup>[2]</sup> wouldn\u2019t listen, declares the LORD.", "comment": "[2] Syr; MT <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4114982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "But now, all you exiles I deported from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to the LORD\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4114983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims concerning Ahab, Kolaiah\u2019s son, and Zedekiah, Maaseiah\u2019s son, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: I will hand them over to Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar, and he will slay them before your very eyes."}, {"pk": 4114984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "Because of them, all the Judean exiles in Babylon will use this curse: \u201cThe LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, who were burned alive by the king of Babylon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "They committed a horrible scandal in Israel \u2014 adultery with their neighbors\u2019 wives and deceit spoken in my name, with which I had nothing to do. Yet I\u2019m still aware of it and am witness to it, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4114986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite,"}, {"pk": 4114987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: <sup>[3]</sup> You sent letters on your own accord to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah, Maaseiah\u2019s son, and to the rest of the priests.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>because you sent</i>"}, {"pk": 4114988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "You said to Zephaniah: <sup>[4]</sup> The LORD has appointed you priest in charge of the LORD\u2019s temple instead of Jehoiada. You are responsible for putting every madman who prophesies into stocks and neck irons.", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>You said to Zephaniah.</i>"}, {"pk": 4114989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "So why haven\u2019t you threatened Jeremiah of Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?"}, {"pk": 4114990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "He has sent a letter telling those of us in Babylon: \u201cYou are going to be there a long time, so build houses and settle down, plant gardens and eat what they produce.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4114991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 29, "text": "The priest Zephaniah read this letter to the prophet Jeremiah."}, {"pk": 4114992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 30, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4114993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 31, "text": "Send word to all the exiles: The LORD proclaims concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah prophesied to you when I didn\u2019t send him, and because he convinced you to believe a lie,"}, {"pk": 4114994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 29, "verse": 32, "text": "I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants, declares the LORD. Not one member of this people will be around to see the good that I have in store for my people, declares the LORD, for he incited rebellion against me."}, {"pk": 4114995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word:"}, {"pk": 4114996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: Write down in a scroll all the words I have spoken to you."}, {"pk": 4114997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will bring back my people Israel and Judah from captivity, <sup>[1]</sup> says the LORD. I will bring them home to the land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>restore the fortunes</i>"}, {"pk": 4114998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "Here are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:"}, {"pk": 4114999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>I <sup>[2]</sup> hear screams of panic and terror; <br>no one is safe.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>We</i>"}, {"pk": 4115000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "Ask and see: <br>Can men bear children? <br>Then why do I see every man <br>bent over in pain, <sup>[3]</sup> as if he\u2019s in labor? <br>Why have all turned pale?<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>with his hands on his groin</i>"}, {"pk": 4115001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "That day is awful, beyond words. <br>A time of unspeakable pain <br>for my people Jacob. <br>But they will be delivered from it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "At that time, I will break the yoke off their <sup>[4]</sup> necks and remove their <sup>[5]</sup> shackles. Foreigners will no longer enslave them, declares the LORD of heavenly forces.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>your</i><br>[5] Or <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4115003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "They will serve the LORD their God and the king whom I will raise up for them from David\u2019s family."}, {"pk": 4115004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "So don\u2019t be afraid, my servant Jacob, <br>declares the LORD, <br>Don\u2019t lose hope, Israel. <br>I will deliver you from faraway places <br>and your children from the land of their exile. <br>My people Jacob will again be safe and sound, <br>with no one harassing them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "I am with you and will rescue you, <br>declares the LORD. <br>I will put an end to all the nations <br>where I have scattered you. <br>But I won\u2019t put an end to you. <br>I won\u2019t let you remain unpunished: <br>I will discipline you as you deserve. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "This is what the LORD says: <br>Your injury is incurable; <br>your illness is grave.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "No one comes to your aid; <br>no one attends to your wound; <br>your disease is incurable.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "All your lovers disregard you; <br>they write you off as a lost cause, <br>because I have dealt harshly with you <br>as an enemy would, <br>because your guilt is great <br>and your sins are many.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "Why cry out for relief from your pain? <br>Your wound is incurable. <br>I have done these things to you, <br>because your guilt is great <br>and your sins are many. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "Yet all who ravage you will be ravaged; <br>all who oppress you will go into exile. <br>Those who rob you will be robbed, <br>and all who plunder you will be plundered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "I will restore your health, <br>and I will heal your wounds, <br>declares the LORD, <br>because you were labeled an outcast, <br>\u201cZion, the lost cause.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>I will restore Jacob\u2019s tents <br>and have pity on their birthplace. <br>Their city will be rebuilt on its ruins <br>and the palace in its rightful place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "There will be laughter <br>and songs of thanks. <br>I will add to their numbers <br>so they don\u2019t dwindle away. <br>I will honor them <br>so they aren\u2019t humiliated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "Their children will thrive as they did long ago, <br>and their community will be established before me. <br>I will punish their oppressors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "They will have their own leader; <br>their ruler will come from among them. <br>I will let him approach me, <br>and he will draw near. <br>Who would dare approach me <br>unless I let them come? <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "You will be my people, <br>and I will be your God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "Look! The LORD\u2019s anger breaks out like a violent storm, <br>a fierce wind that strikes the heads of the wicked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "The LORD\u2019s fierce anger won\u2019t turn back <br>until God\u2019s <sup>[6]</sup> purposes are entirely accomplished. <br>In the days to come, <br>you will understand what this means. <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>his</i> or <i>its</i>"}, {"pk": 4115019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time, declares the LORD, <br>I will be the God of all the families of Israel, <br>and they will be my people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>The people who survived the sword <br>found grace in the wilderness. <br>As Israel searched for a place of rest,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "the LORD appeared to them <sup>[1]</sup> from a distance: <sup>[2]</sup> <br>I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. <br>And so with unfailing love, <br>I have drawn you to myself. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>myself.</i><br>[1] Or <i>to me</i><br>[2] Or <i>a long time ago</i>"}, {"pk": 4115022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "Again, I will build you up, <br>and you will be rebuilt, virgin Israel. <br>Again, you will play your tambourines <br>and dance with joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "Again, you will plant vineyards <br>on the hills of Samaria; <br>farmers will plant and then enjoy the harvests.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "The time will come when <br>the watchmen shout from <br>the highlands of Ephraim: <br>\u201cGet ready! We\u2019re going up to Zion <br>to the LORD our God!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4115025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Sing joyfully for the people of Jacob; <br>shout for the leading nation. <br>Raise your voices with praise and call out: <br>\u201cThe LORD has saved his people, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>the remaining few in Israel!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>Save your people, LORD</i>"}, {"pk": 4115026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m going to bring them back from the north; <br>I will gather them from the ends of the earth. <br>Among them will be the blind and the disabled, <br>expectant mothers and those in labor; <br>a great throng will return here.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "With tears of joy they will come; <br>while they pray, I will bring them back. <br>I will lead them by quiet streams <br>and on smooth paths so they don\u2019t stumble. <br>I will be Israel\u2019s father, <br>Ephraim will be my oldest child. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, you nations, <br>and announce it to the distant islands: <br>The one who scattered Israel will gather them <br>and keep them safe, as a shepherd his flock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD will rescue the people of Jacob <br>and deliver them from the power of those stronger than they are.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "They will come shouting for joy on the hills of Zion, <br>jubilant over the LORD\u2019s gifts: <br>grain, wine, oil, flocks, and herds. <br>Their lives will be like a lush garden; <br>they will grieve no more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the young women will dance for joy; <br>the young and old men will join in. <br>I will turn their mourning into laughter <br>and their sadness into joy; <br>I will comfort them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "I will lavish the priests with abundance <br>and shower my people with my gifts, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>A voice is heard in Ramah, <br>weeping and wailing. <br>It\u2019s Rachel crying for her children; <br>she refuses to be consoled, <br>because her children are no more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Keep your voice from crying <br>and your eyes from weeping, <br>because your endurance will be rewarded, <br>declares the LORD. <br>They will return from the land of their enemy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "There\u2019s hope for your future, <br>declares the LORD. <br>Your children will return home! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "I hear, yes, I hear Ephraim lamenting: <br>\u201cYou disciplined me, <br>and I learned my lesson, <br>even though I was as stubborn as a mule. <br>Bring me back, let me return, <br>because you are the LORD my God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "After I turned away from you, <br>I regretted it; <br>I realized what I had done, <br>and I have hit myself <sup>[5]</sup> \u2014 <br>I was humiliated and disgraced, <br>and I have carried this disgrace <br>since I was young.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>struck my thigh</i>"}, {"pk": 4115038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "Isn\u2019t Ephraim my much-loved child? <br>Don\u2019t I utterly adore him? <br>Even when I scold him, <br>I still hold him dear. <br>I yearn for him and love him deeply, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "Set up markers, <br>put up signs; <br>think about the road you have traveled, <br>the path you have taken. <br>Return, virgin Israel; <br>return to these towns of yours.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "How long will you hem and haw, <br>my rebellious daughter? <br>The LORD has created something new on earth: <br>Virgin Israel will once again embrace her God! <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>a woman surrounds a man</i>"}, {"pk": 4115041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: When I bring my people <sup>[7]</sup> back from captivity, they will once again utter these words in the land and towns of Judah: The LORD bless you, <br>righteous dwelling place, <br>holy mountain. <br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4115042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who live in Judah and its towns will dwell together with farmers and shepherds."}, {"pk": 4115043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "I will strengthen the weary and renew those who are weak."}, {"pk": 4115044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "Then I woke up and looked around. What a pleasant sleep I had!"}, {"pk": 4115045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will plant seeds in Israel and Judah, and both people and animals will spring up."}, {"pk": 4115046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "Just as I watched over them to dig up and pull down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and plant, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "In those days, people will no longer say: Sour grapes eaten by parents <br>leave a bitter taste in the mouths of their children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "Because everyone will die for their own sins: <br>whoever eats sour grapes <br>will have a bitter taste in their own mouths. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 31, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah."}, {"pk": 4115050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 32, "text": "It won\u2019t be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant with me even though I was their husband, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 33, "text": "No, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after that time, declares the LORD. I will put my Instructions within them and engrave them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people."}, {"pk": 4115052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 34, "text": "They will no longer need to teach each other to say, \u201cKnow the LORD!\u201d because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD; for I will forgive their wrongdoing and never again remember their sins."}, {"pk": 4115053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>The one who established the sun to light up the day <br>and ordered <sup>[8]</sup> the moon and stars to light up the night, <br>who stirs up the sea into crashing waves, <br>whose name is the LORD of heavenly forces:<br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>orders of</i>"}, {"pk": 4115054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 36, "text": "If the created order should vanish from my sight, <br>declares the LORD, <br>only then would Israel\u2019s descendants ever stop being a nation <br>before me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 37, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>If the heavens above could be measured <br>and the foundation of the earth below could be fathomed, <br>only then would I reject Israel\u2019s descendants <br>for what they have done, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 38, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate."}, {"pk": 4115057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 39, "text": "Its boundaries will extend to the Gareb Hill and around to Goah."}, {"pk": 4115058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 31, "verse": 40, "text": "The entire valley defiled by corpses and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley and the Horse Gate on the east, all this will be set apart for the LORD. And the city will never again be dug up or overthrown."}, {"pk": 4115059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word in the tenth year of Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s rule."}, {"pk": 4115060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "At that time, the army of the Babylonian king had surrounded Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined to the prison quarters in the palace of Judah\u2019s king."}, {"pk": 4115061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah had Jeremiah sent there after questioning him: \u201cWhy do you prophesy, \u2018This is what the LORD says: I\u2019m handing this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will occupy it;"}, {"pk": 4115062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "and Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah will be captured and handed over to the king of Babylon; he will speak to the king of Babylon personally and see him with his very own eyes."}, {"pk": 4115063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "And Zedekiah will be carried off to Babylon to live out his days until I punish him, declares the LORD. If you make war against the Babylonians, you will fail.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "Jeremiah said, The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4115065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "Your cousin Hanamel, Shallum\u2019s son, is on his way to see you; and when he arrives, he will tell you: \u201cBuy my field in Anathoth, for by law you are next in line to purchase it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "And just as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel showed up at the prison quarters and told me, \u201cBuy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you are next in line and have a family obligation to purchase it.\u201d Then I was sure this was the LORD\u2019s doing."}, {"pk": 4115067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver."}, {"pk": 4115068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "I signed the deed, sealed it, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales."}, {"pk": 4115069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Then I took the deed of purchase \u2014 the sealed copy, with its terms and conditions, and the unsealed copy \u2014"}, {"pk": 4115070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "and gave it to Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son and Mahseiah\u2019s grandson, before my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses named in the deed, as well as before all the Judeans who were present in the prison quarters."}, {"pk": 4115071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "I charged Baruch before all of them:"}, {"pk": 4115072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Take these documents \u2014 this sealed deed of purchase along with the unsealed one \u2014 and put them into a clay container so they will last a long time."}, {"pk": 4115073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "After I had given the documents to Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son, I prayed to the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4115075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "LORD God, you created heaven and earth by your great power and outstretched arm; nothing is too hard for you!"}, {"pk": 4115076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "You act with mercy toward thousands upon thousands, but you also bring the consequences of the fathers\u2019 sins on their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of heavenly forces,"}, {"pk": 4115077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "marvelous are your purposes, and mighty are your deeds. You are aware of all the ways of humanity, and you reward us for how we live and what we do even now."}, {"pk": 4115078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "You have performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt as you do to this very day in Israel and everywhere else. That\u2019s why you are so renowned."}, {"pk": 4115079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and with awesome power, yes, with signs and wonders, you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4115080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "You gave them this land that you promised to their ancestors, a land full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4115081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "They entered and took possession of it, but they didn\u2019t obey you or follow your Instruction. In fact, they didn\u2019t do anything you commanded them. So you brought upon them this disaster."}, {"pk": 4115082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "Now the siege ramps are in place to take the city. And the Babylonians are about to capture it by war, famine, and disease. What you have pronounced is now happening, as you can see."}, {"pk": 4115083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "So why tell me, LORD God, Buy the field for money and make sure there are witnesses, when the city is under Babylonian control?"}, {"pk": 4115084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "I am the LORD, the God of all living things! Is anything too hard for me?"}, {"pk": 4115086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: I\u2019m handing this city over to the Babylonians and King Nebuchadnezzar, who will capture it."}, {"pk": 4115087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "They will enter the city, set it on fire, and burn it down \u2014 including the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and drink offerings to other gods, which made me especially angry."}, {"pk": 4115088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes since their youth; the people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but anger me by the work of their hands, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "This city has enraged me from the day it was built to this very day, and so it must be removed from my sight \u2014"}, {"pk": 4115090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "because of all the evil done by the people of Israel and Judah to make me angry \u2014 they, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and those who live in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4115091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 33, "text": "They turned their backs to me and not their faces; and though I taught them over and over, they wouldn\u2019t accept my correction."}, {"pk": 4115092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 34, "text": "They set up their disgusting idols in the temple that bears my name and violated it;"}, {"pk": 4115093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 35, "text": "and they built shrines to Baal in the Ben-hinnon Valley, where they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, though I never commanded them \u2014 nor did it even cross my mind \u2014 that they should do such detestable things, leading Judah to sin."}, {"pk": 4115094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 36, "text": "You have been saying, \u201cThis city will be handed over to the king of Babylon through sword, famine, and disease.\u201d But this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:"}, {"pk": 4115095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 37, "text": "I will gather them from all the countries where I have scattered them in my fierce anger and rage. I will bring them back to this place to live securely."}, {"pk": 4115096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 38, "text": "They will be my people, and I will be their God."}, {"pk": 4115097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 39, "text": "I will give them one heart and one mind so that they may worship me all the days of their lives, for their own good and for the good of their children after them."}, {"pk": 4115098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 40, "text": "I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to stop treating them graciously. I will put into their hearts a sense of awe for me so that they won\u2019t turn away from me."}, {"pk": 4115099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 41, "text": "I will rejoice in treating them graciously, and I will plant them in this land faithfully and with all my heart and being."}, {"pk": 4115100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 42, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Just as I brought this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I promised them."}, {"pk": 4115101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 43, "text": "Fields will be bought in this land, a land you have said is bleak and uninhabited and in the possession of the Babylonians."}, {"pk": 4115102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 32, "verse": 44, "text": "Fields will be bought, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin and in the outlying areas of Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the highlands, in the towns of the western foothills and the arid southern plain; for I will bring them back from their captivity, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "While he was still confined to the prison quarters, the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah a second time:"}, {"pk": 4115104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD proclaims, the LORD who made the earth, <sup>[1]</sup> who formed and established it, whose name is the LORD:", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>the earth;</i> MT <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4115105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "Call to me and I will answer and reveal to you wondrous secrets that you haven\u2019t known."}, {"pk": 4115106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that were torn down to defend against the siege ramps and weapons"}, {"pk": 4115107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "of the invading Babylonians. <sup>[2]</sup> They will be filled with the corpses of those slain in my fierce anger. I hid my face from the people of this city because of all their evil deeds,", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "but now I will heal and mend them. I will make them whole and bless them <sup>[3]</sup> with an abundance of peace and security.", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "I will bring back the captives of Judah and Israel, and I will rebuild them as they were at first."}, {"pk": 4115110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "I will cleanse them of all the wrongdoing they committed against me, and I will forgive them for all of their guilt and rebellion."}, {"pk": 4115111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "Then this city <sup>[4]</sup> will bring me great joy, praise, and renown before all nations on earth, when they hear of all the good I provide for them. They will be in total awe at all the good and prosperity I provide for them.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4115112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD proclaims: You have said about this place, \u201cIt is a wasteland, without humans or animals.\u201d Yet in the ravaged and uninhabited towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4115113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "the sounds of joy and laughter and the voices of the bride and the bridegroom will again be heard. So will the voices of those who say, as thank offerings are brought to the LORD\u2019s temple, \u201cGive thanks to the LORD of heavenly forces, for the LORD is good and his kindness lasts forever.\u201d I will bring back the captives of this land as they were before, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: This wasteland, without humans or animals \u2014 and all its towns \u2014 will again become pastures for shepherds to care for their flocks."}, {"pk": 4115115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "Shepherds will again count their flocks in the towns of the highlands, the western foothills and the arid southern plain, in the land of Benjamin, as well as in the outlying areas of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "The time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill my gracious promise with the people of Israel and Judah."}, {"pk": 4115117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "In those days and at that time, I will raise up a righteous branch from David\u2019s line, who will do what is just and right in the land."}, {"pk": 4115118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "In those days, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is what he will be called: The LORD Is Our Righteousness."}, {"pk": 4115119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD proclaims: David will always have one of his descendants sit on the throne of the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4115120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "And the levitical priests will always have someone in my presence to make entirely burned offerings and grain offerings, and to present sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4115121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "This is what the LORD says: If one could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that they wouldn\u2019t come at their proper time,"}, {"pk": 4115123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "only then could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the levitical priests who minister before me be broken; only then would David no longer have a descendant to rule on his throne."}, {"pk": 4115124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "And just as the stars in the sky can\u2019t be numbered and the sand on the shore can\u2019t be counted, so I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before me."}, {"pk": 4115125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "Aren\u2019t you aware of what people are saying: \u201cThe LORD has rejected the two families that he had chosen\u201d? They are insulting my people as if they no longer belong to me. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD proclaims: I would no sooner break my covenant with day and night or the laws of heaven and earth"}, {"pk": 4115128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 33, "verse": 26, "text": "than I would reject the descendants of Jacob and my servant David and his descendants as rulers for the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will restore the captives and have compassion on them."}, {"pk": 4115129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word when Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar and his army, and all the countries and people he ruled, were attacking Jerusalem and all its towns."}, {"pk": 4115130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims, Go and speak to Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah and say to him: The LORD proclaims, I\u2019m handing this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down."}, {"pk": 4115131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "You won\u2019t escape but will be captured and handed over to him. You will see the king of Babylon with your very own eyes and speak to him personally, and you will be taken to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "Even so, hear the LORD\u2019s word, King Zedekiah of Judah: This is what the LORD proclaims about you: You won\u2019t die in battle;"}, {"pk": 4115133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "you will die a peaceful death. As burial incense was burned to honor your ancestors, the kings who came before you, so it will be burned to honor you as people mourn, \u201cOh, master!\u201d I myself promise this, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "The prophet Jeremiah delivered this message to Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah in Jerusalem"}, {"pk": 4115135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "when the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and all the remaining Judean towns, Lachish and Azekah \u2014 the only fortified towns still standing in Judah."}, {"pk": 4115136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty for their slaves:"}, {"pk": 4115137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "everyone was to free their male and female Hebrew slaves and no longer hold a Judean brother or sister in bondage."}, {"pk": 4115138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed to free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage; they obeyed the king\u2019s command <sup>[1]</sup> and let them go.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>the king\u2019s command.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "But afterward they broke their promise, took back the men and women they had freed, and enslaved them again."}, {"pk": 4115140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery."}, {"pk": 4115142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "I said that every seventh year each of you must free any Hebrews who have been sold to you. After they have served you for six years, you must set them free. But your ancestors didn\u2019t obey or pay any attention to me."}, {"pk": 4115143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "Recently you turned about and did what was right in my sight; each of you proclaimed liberty for the other and made a covenant before me in the temple that bears my name."}, {"pk": 4115144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "But then you went back on your word and made my name impure; each of you reclaimed the men and women you had set free and forced them to be your slaves again."}, {"pk": 4115145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: Since you have defied me by not setting your fellow citizens free, I\u2019m setting you free, declares the LORD, free to die by the sword, disease, and famine! And I will make you an object of horror for all nations on earth."}, {"pk": 4115146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "I will make those who disregarded my covenant, violating its terms that they agreed to in my presence, like the calf they cut in two and then walked between the halves of its carcass."}, {"pk": 4115147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the eunuchs and priests, and all the people who passed through the pieces of the calf"}, {"pk": 4115148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "I will hand over to their enemies who seek to kill them. And their corpses will become food for birds and wild animals."}, {"pk": 4115149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "I will hand over Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah and his officials to their enemies who seek to kill them: namely, the army of Babylon\u2019s king, which has just withdrawn from you."}, {"pk": 4115150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "I\u2019m about to issue orders, declares the LORD, that the army of Babylon return to this city. They will wage war against it, capture it, and burn it down along with other Judean cities. I will make Judah a wasteland, without inhabitants."}, {"pk": 4115151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word during the rule of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4115152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Go to the Rechabite family and invite them to come to one of the rooms of the LORD\u2019s temple. When they arrive, offer them some wine to drink."}, {"pk": 4115153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "So I took Jaazaniah, Jeremiah\u2019s son and Habazziniah\u2019s grandson, and his brothers and all his sons, and the whole Rechabite family."}, {"pk": 4115154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "I brought them to the room in the LORD\u2019s temple assigned to the sons of Hanan, Igdaliah\u2019s son, the man of God. The room was next to the one used by the chief officers and right above the room of Maaseiah, Shallum\u2019s son, the temple doorkeeper. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>keeper of the threshold</i>"}, {"pk": 4115155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Then I set bowls full of wine before the Rechabites, along with several cups, and I said to them, \u201cHave some.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "But they refused: \u201cWe don\u2019t drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab, Rechab\u2019s son, commanded us, \u2018You and your children are never to drink wine;"}, {"pk": 4115157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "nor are you to build or own houses or plant gardens and vineyards; rather, you are always to dwell in tents so you may live a long time in the fertile land you pass through.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4115158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "We have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab, Rechab\u2019s son, commanded us. No one in our household, including our wives and children, has ever had wine."}, {"pk": 4115159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "And we haven\u2019t built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields, or crops."}, {"pk": 4115160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "We have lived in tents and done everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us."}, {"pk": 4115161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "But when Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar invaded the country, we said, \u2018We better go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies.\u2019 That\u2019s why we\u2019re here in Jerusalem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Go and tell the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem: Can\u2019t you learn a lesson about what it means to obey me? declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "Jonadab, Rechab\u2019s son, commanded his descendants not to drink wine, and to this very day they have not drunk wine, obeying their ancestor\u2019s instruction. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you haven\u2019t listened to me."}, {"pk": 4115165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "I have sent you all my servants, the prophets, time and again, saying, \u201cEach of you, turn from your evil ways and reform your actions; don\u2019t worship or serve other gods. Then you may live in the fertile land I gave to you and your ancestors.\u201d But you haven\u2019t paid attention or listened to me."}, {"pk": 4115166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "The descendants of Jonadab, Rechab\u2019s son, have thoroughly obeyed their ancestor, but this people have not listened to me."}, {"pk": 4115167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: I\u2019m going to bring upon the people of Judah and all those who live in Jerusalem the disaster I pronounced against them, because they wouldn\u2019t listen to me or respond when I called."}, {"pk": 4115168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Jeremiah said to the Rechabite family: The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Because you have obeyed all Jonadab\u2019s instructions and you have done everything he commanded you,"}, {"pk": 4115169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel proclaims: Jonadab, Rechab\u2019s son, will always have a descendant that stands before me."}, {"pk": 4115170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "In the fourth year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:"}, {"pk": 4115171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "Take a scroll and write in it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time of Josiah until today."}, {"pk": 4115172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I intend to bring upon them, they will turn from their evil ways, and I will forgive their wrongdoing and sins."}, {"pk": 4115173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "So Jeremiah sent for Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son. As Jeremiah dictated all the words that the LORD had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them in the scroll."}, {"pk": 4115174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Jeremiah told Baruch, \u201cI\u2019m confined here and can\u2019t go to the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4115175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "So you go to the temple on the next day of fasting, and read the LORD\u2019s words from the scroll that I have dictated to you. Read them so that all the people in the temple can hear them, as well as all the Judeans who have come from their towns."}, {"pk": 4115176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "If they turn from their evil ways, perhaps the LORD will hear their prayers. The LORD has threatened them with fierce anger.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son, did everything the prophet Jeremiah instructed him: he read all the LORD\u2019s words from the scroll in the temple."}, {"pk": 4115178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "In the ninth month of the fifth year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son, all the people in Jerusalem and all those who had come from Judean towns observed a fast for the LORD in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4115179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Baruch read Jeremiah\u2019s words from the scroll to all the people in the LORD\u2019s temple; he read them in the chamber of Gemariah, Shaphan the scribe\u2019s son, in the upper courtyard near the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4115180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "When Micaiah, Gemariah\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, heard all the LORD\u2019s words from the scroll,"}, {"pk": 4115181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "he went down to the scribes\u2019 chamber in the royal palace. There he found all the officials meeting together: Elishama the scribe; Delaiah, Shemaiah\u2019s son; Elnathan, Achbor\u2019s son; Gemariah, Shaphan\u2019s son; Zedekiah, Hananiah\u2019s son, and all the other officials."}, {"pk": 4115182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "Micaiah told them all the words he heard Baruch read from the scroll before the people."}, {"pk": 4115183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "Then all the officials sent Jehudi, Nethaniah\u2019s son and Shelemiah\u2019s grandson, and Cushi\u2019s great-grandson, to Baruch: \u201cTake the scroll you read to the people and come with me.\u201d So Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son, took the scroll and went to the officials."}, {"pk": 4115184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "They said to him, \u201cSit down and read it to us.\u201d So Baruch read it to them."}, {"pk": 4115185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "When they heard all its words, they were alarmed and said to Baruch: \u201cWe must at once report all this to the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "Then they asked Baruch, \u201cTell us, how did you write all these words? Did they come from Jeremiah?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "Baruch replied, \u201cHe dictated all the words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the scroll.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "The officials then said to Baruch, \u201cYou and Jeremiah had better go and hide. And don\u2019t let anyone know where you are.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "After leaving the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe, they went to the king\u2019s court and told him everything."}, {"pk": 4115190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "The king sent Jehudi to take the scroll, and he retrieved it from the room of Elishama the scribe. Then Jehudi read it to the king and all his royal officials who were standing next to the king."}, {"pk": 4115191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Now it was the ninth month, <sup>[1]</sup> and the king was staying in the winterized part of the palace with the firepot burning near him.", "comment": "[1] November\u2013December, Kislev"}, {"pk": 4115192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "And whenever Jehudi read three or four columns of the scroll, the king would cut them off with a scribe\u2019s knife and throw them into the firepot until the whole scroll was burned up."}, {"pk": 4115193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 24, "text": "Neither the king nor any of his attendants who heard all these words were alarmed or tore their clothes."}, {"pk": 4115194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 25, "text": "Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, but he wouldn\u2019t listen to them."}, {"pk": 4115195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 26, "text": "The king commanded Jerahmeel, the king\u2019s son, along with Seraiah, Azriel\u2019s son, and Shelemiah, Abdeel\u2019s son, to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the LORD hid them."}, {"pk": 4115196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 27, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll containing the words written by Baruch at Jeremiah\u2019s dictation:"}, {"pk": 4115197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 28, "text": "Get another scroll and write in it all the words that were in the first scroll that Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim burned."}, {"pk": 4115198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 29, "text": "Then say to Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim: The LORD proclaims: You burned that scroll because it declared that the king of Babylon will come and destroy this land and eliminate every sign of life from it."}, {"pk": 4115199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 30, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD proclaims about Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim: He won\u2019t have any heirs to occupy the throne of David, and his dead body will be cast out and exposed to the heat of the day and the frost of the night."}, {"pk": 4115200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 31, "text": "I will punish him and his family and his attendants for their wrongdoing. I will bring upon them, as well as the residents of Jerusalem and the people of Judah, every disaster I pronounced against them. But they wouldn\u2019t listen."}, {"pk": 4115201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 36, "verse": 32, "text": "So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son, who wrote at Jeremiah\u2019s dictation all the words in the scroll burned in the fire by Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim. Many similar words were added to them."}, {"pk": 4115202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah, Josiah\u2019s son, to succeed Coniah, Jehoiakim\u2019s son, as king of Judah."}, {"pk": 4115203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "Neither Zedekiah, his attendants, nor the people of the land listened to the LORD\u2019s words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah."}, {"pk": 4115204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal, Shelemiah\u2019s son, and the priest Zephaniah, Maaseiah\u2019s son, to Jeremiah the prophet with this plea: \u201cPlease pray for us to the LORD our God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> (Now Jeremiah hadn\u2019t been imprisoned yet, so he was free to come and go among the people."}, {"pk": 4115206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "Pharaoh\u2019s army had recently <sup>[1]</sup> set out from Egypt; when the Babylonians who were attacking Jerusalem learned of the Egyptian advance, they withdrew from Jerusalem.)", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>recently.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah the prophet:"}, {"pk": 4115208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: Tell the king of Judah who sent his emissaries to seek advice from me: \u201cPharaoh\u2019s army that came to assist you is heading back to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4115209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "The Babylonians will return and attack this city. They will capture it and burn it down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Don\u2019t let yourself be deceived into thinking that the Babylonians will withdraw for good. <sup>[2]</sup> They won\u2019t!", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>for good.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "Even if you were to crush the entire Babylonian army that\u2019s attacking you and only the wounded in their tents remained, they would rise up and burn this city down."}, {"pk": 4115212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "Now when the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem due to Pharaoh\u2019s advance,"}, {"pk": 4115213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "Jeremiah set out for the land of Benjamin to secure his share of the family property. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "He got as far as the Benjamin Gate in Jerusalem when the guard there named Irijah, Shelemiah\u2019s son and Hananiah\u2019s grandson, arrested the prophet Jeremiah, saying, \u201cYou are deserting to the Babylonians.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThat\u2019s a lie,\u201d Jeremiah replied. \u201cI\u2019m not deserting to the Babylonians.\u201d But Irijah wouldn\u2019t listen to him. He arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials,"}, {"pk": 4115216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "who were furious with him. They beat him and threw him into the house of the scribe Jonathan, which had been turned into a prison."}, {"pk": 4115217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "So Jeremiah was put in a cistern, which was like a dungeon, where he remained a long time."}, {"pk": 4115218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "Later King Zedekiah sent for him and questioned Jeremiah secretly in the palace: \u201cIs there a word from the LORD?\u201d \u201cThere is,\u201d Jeremiah replied. \u201cYou are going to be handed over to the king of Babylon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, \u201cWhat have I done wrong to you or your attendants or this people that you should throw me into prison?"}, {"pk": 4115220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "Where are your prophets now who prophesied that the king of Babylon wouldn\u2019t attack you and this land?"}, {"pk": 4115221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "Now, my master and king, I beg you, don\u2019t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I\u2019ll die there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "So King Zedekiah gave orders that Jeremiah be held in the prison quarters and that he receive a loaf of bread daily from the street vendors <sup>[4]</sup> \u2014 until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the prison quarters.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>from the street of the bakers</i>"}, {"pk": 4115223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "Shephatiah, Mattan\u2019s son; Gedaliah, Pashhur\u2019s son; Jucal, Shelemiah\u2019s son; and Pashhur, Malchiah\u2019s son heard what Jeremiah had been telling the people:"}, {"pk": 4115224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, and disease. But whoever surrenders to the Babylonians will live; yes, their lives will be spared."}, {"pk": 4115225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD proclaims: This city will certainly be handed over to the army of Babylon\u2019s king, who will capture it."}, {"pk": 4115226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the officials said to the king: \u201cThis man must be put to death! By saying such things, he is discouraging the few remaining troops left in the city, as well as all the people. This man doesn\u2019t seek their welfare but their ruin!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHe\u2019s in your hands,\u201d King Zedekiah said, \u201cfor the king can do nothing to stop you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "So they seized Jeremiah, threw him into the cistern of the royal prince Malchiah, within the prison quarters, and lowered him down by ropes. Now there wasn\u2019t any water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah began to sink into the mud."}, {"pk": 4115229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, got word that they had thrown Jeremiah into the cistern. Since the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,"}, {"pk": 4115230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "Ebed-melech left the palace and said to the king:"}, {"pk": 4115231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cMy master the king, these men have made a terrible mistake in treating the prophet Jeremiah the way they have; they have thrown him into the cistern where he will die of starvation, for there\u2019s no bread left in the city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, \u201cTake thirty men from here and take Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "So Ebed-melech took the men and returned to the palace, to an underground supply room, where he found some old rags and scraps of clothing. Ebed-melech lowered them down the cistern by the ropes"}, {"pk": 4115234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "and called to Jeremiah, \u201cPut these old rags and scraps of clothing under your arms and hold on to the ropes.\u201d When Jeremiah did this,"}, {"pk": 4115235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "they pulled him up by the ropes and got him out of the cistern. After that Jeremiah remained in the prison quarters."}, {"pk": 4115236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "King Zedekiah ordered that the prophet Jeremiah be brought to him at the third entrance of the LORD\u2019s temple, where the king said to Jeremiah, \u201cI want to ask you something, and don\u2019t hide anything from me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "Jeremiah replied, \u201cIf I do, you\u2019ll kill me! And if I tell you what to do, you won\u2019t listen to me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "So King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah behind closed doors, \u201cAs the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I won\u2019t put you to death and I won\u2019t hand you over to those who seek to kill you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah: \u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will live, and this city will not be burned down."}, {"pk": 4115240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "If you don\u2019t surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will burn it down, and you won\u2019t escape from them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, \u201cI\u2019m afraid that I will fall into the hands of the Judeans who have defected to the Babylonians, and they will torture me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cThat won\u2019t happen,\u201d Jeremiah replied, \u201cif you obey the LORD, whose message I bring. You will survive, and all will go well for you."}, {"pk": 4115243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the LORD has shown me:"}, {"pk": 4115244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. And they will say: \u2018Your trusted friends have betrayed you; <br>they have deceived you; <br>now that your feet are stuck in the mud, <br>they are nowhere to be found.\u2019 <br>"}, {"pk": 4115245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cAll your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you yourself won\u2019t escape from them. The king of Babylon will capture you, and this city will be burned down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 24, "text": "Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, \u201cNo one is to know about these matters or else you will die."}, {"pk": 4115247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 25, "text": "If the officials find out that we met, and they come and say to you, \u2018Tell us what you said to the king. Don\u2019t hide anything from us; otherwise, we\u2019ll kill you. So what did the king say to you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4115248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 26, "text": "you should say to them, \u2018I was begging the king not to send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 27, "text": "Then all the officials approached Jeremiah to question him. And he responded exactly as the king had instructed him. So they stopped interrogating him because the conversation between the king and Jeremiah <sup>[1]</sup> hadn\u2019t been overheard.", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>between the king and Jeremiah.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 38, "verse": 28, "text": "Jeremiah remained in the prison quarters until Jerusalem was captured."}, {"pk": 4115251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "In the ninth year and the tenth month of Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah, Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar and his entire army came against Jerusalem and surrounded it."}, {"pk": 4115252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fourth month, they broke through the city walls."}, {"pk": 4115253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "Then all the commanding officers of the king of Babylon \u2014 Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, <sup>[1]</sup> Sarsechim the chief officer, Nergal-sharezer the field commander \u2014 entered it and took their places at the middle gate with the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Nergal-sharezer the Simmagir</i>"}, {"pk": 4115254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "When Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah and his troops saw them, they tried to escape at night through the royal gardens and the gate between the two walls, toward the desert plain."}, {"pk": 4115255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "But the Babylonian <sup>[2]</sup> army chased them down and caught Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They arrested him and brought him before Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king put him on trial.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Chaldean</i> and hereafter through Jeremiah"}, {"pk": 4115256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "The king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah\u2019s children at Riblah before his very own eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the officials of Judah."}, {"pk": 4115257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he gouged out Zedekiah\u2019s eyes, bound him in chains, and dragged him off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people, and they destroyed the Jerusalem walls."}, {"pk": 4115259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard rounded up the rest of the people who were left in the city, including those who had defected to the Babylonians, and deported them to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "But Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard left some of the poorest people in the land of Judah. He gave them vineyards and fields at that time."}, {"pk": 4115261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar gave orders concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard:"}, {"pk": 4115262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cFind Jeremiah and look after him; don\u2019t harm him but do whatever he asks from you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "So Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard, Nebushazban the chief officer, Nergal-sharezer the field commander, and all the commanders of the king of Babylon"}, {"pk": 4115264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 14, "text": "sent orders <sup>[3]</sup> to release Jeremiah from the prison quarters. They entrusted him to Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, so that Jeremiah could move about freely <sup>[4]</sup> among the people.", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Heb lacks <i>orders</i>."}, {"pk": 4115265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah when he was still confined to the prison quarters:"}, {"pk": 4115266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 16, "text": "Go and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite that the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I\u2019m about to fulfill my words concerning this city, for harm and not for good. You will witness it for yourself on that day."}, {"pk": 4115267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 17, "text": "But on that day, declares the LORD: I will rescue you; <br>you won\u2019t be handed over to those you dread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 39, "verse": 18, "text": "I will defend you; <br>you won\u2019t die in battle. <br>You will escape with your life, <br>because you have trusted in me, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word after Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard had released him from Ramah. He had been bound in chains there along with all the other detainees from Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent off to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "The captain of the special guard located Jeremiah and said to him, \u201cThe LORD your God declared that a great disaster would overtake this place."}, {"pk": 4115271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "Now the LORD has made it happen. He has done just as he warned because all of you have sinned against the LORD and haven\u2019t obeyed him. That\u2019s why this has happened to you."}, {"pk": 4115272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "But I\u2019m setting you free from the chains on your hands. If you would like, come with me to Babylon, and I\u2019ll take care of you. If you would rather not come with me, that\u2019s fine too. Now, the whole land lies before you; go wherever you want."}, {"pk": 4115273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "If you decide to remain here, <sup>[1]</sup> stay with Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson \u2014 the Babylonian appointee in charge of the cities of Judah. Stay with him and the people he rules or go wherever you want.\u201d Then the captain of the special guard gave him ample provisions and let him go.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son at Mizpah, and he stayed with him and the people who remained in the land."}, {"pk": 4115275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "Some of the army officers and their troops were still hiding out in the countryside when they heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son, over the region, responsible for the men, women, and children who were the poorest in the land and who hadn\u2019t been deported to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "So they went out to meet Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son; Johanan and Jonathan, Kareah\u2019s sons; Seraiah son of Tanhumeth; the sons of Ephai the Netophathite; Jezaniah son of the Maacathite; and their troops."}, {"pk": 4115277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, firmly assured them all: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of serving the Babylonians. Remain in the land, serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you."}, {"pk": 4115278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "But me? I will stay at Mizpah so I can speak on your behalf when the Babylonians arrive. But you? Settle down in the towns you have taken; harvest the grapes, the summer fruits and figs, and then store them in your containers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "In the same way, all the Judeans living in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and in other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in the land and that he had put Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, in charge of them."}, {"pk": 4115280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "So they left the places where they had been scattered and returned to the land, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. There they gathered large amounts of grapes and summer fruits."}, {"pk": 4115281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the army officers in the countryside approached Gedaliah at Mizpah"}, {"pk": 4115282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "and said to him, \u201cAre you aware that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, to kill you?\u201d But Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son, wouldn\u2019t believe them."}, {"pk": 4115283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "Still Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, met with Gedaliah secretly at Mizpah and said to him, \u201cLet me go and kill Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son; no one needs to knows about this matter. Otherwise, he\u2019ll kill you, and all the Judeans who have gathered around you will be scattered, and the few who are left will perish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "But Gedaliah son of Ahikam told Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, \u201cDon\u2019t do such a thing, for what you are saying about Ishmael is wrong.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "In the seventh month, <sup>[1]</sup> Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son and Elishama\u2019s grandson, who was from a royal family and who was one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son, at Mizpah. While they were eating a meal together,", "comment": "[1] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4115286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, and the ten men got up and struck down Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, with the sword. They murdered him because he had been appointed over the region by the king of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "Ishmael also murdered all the Judeans who had rallied around Gedaliah at Mizpah as well as the Babylonian soldiers who were posted there."}, {"pk": 4115288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "The day after Gedaliah was killed, before anyone knew of it,"}, {"pk": 4115289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "eighty men with shaved beards, torn clothes, and gashed bodies arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They were bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4115290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, \u201cCome to Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "When they arrived in the middle of the town, Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, and the men with him slaughtered them and threw their bodies <sup>[2]</sup> into a cistern.", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>and threw their bodies;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/24/41/9'>41:9</a>."}, {"pk": 4115292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "But there were ten men among them who begged Ishmael, \u201cDon\u2019t kill us; we have wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in a field.\u201d So he stopped and didn\u2019t kill them along with the rest."}, {"pk": 4115293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[8]</sup> (Now the cistern that Ishmael used to discard the bodies of the men he had killed because of their association with Gedaliah <sup>[3]</sup> was the one that King Asa had made to defend against Israel\u2019s King Baasha. Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, filled it with the dead.)", "comment": "[3] Or <i>by the hand of Gedaliah</i>"}, {"pk": 4115294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "Ishmael captured the rest of the people who were at Mizpah, including the daughters of the king and all those assigned to Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son, at Mizpah by Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard. Then Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, set out to cross over to the Ammonites with the hostages."}, {"pk": 4115295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the army officers at his side heard of the terrible acts committed by Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4115296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "So they mustered all their forces and went to fight him. They found Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, at the great pool in Gibeon."}, {"pk": 4115297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "When all those taken by Ishmael at Mizpah saw Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all his army officers with him, they were delighted."}, {"pk": 4115298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 14, "text": "They rallied around Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and returned home with him."}, {"pk": 4115299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 15, "text": "But Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, and eight of his men eluded Johanan and went to the Ammonites."}, {"pk": 4115300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the army officers with him took the small group they had rescued in Gibeon, including the soldiers, women, children, and commanding officers that Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, had captured at Mizpah after killing Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4115301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 17, "text": "They set out for Egypt, stopping on the way at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem,"}, {"pk": 4115302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 41, "verse": 18, "text": "because they were afraid of what the Babylonians would do when they found out that Ishmael, Nethaniah\u2019s son, had killed Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the region."}, {"pk": 4115303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "Then all the army officers, including Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and Jezaniah, Hoshaiah\u2019s son, and the rest of the people, from the least to the greatest, approached"}, {"pk": 4115304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, \u201cWe have something to ask you: Please pray to the LORD your God for us, this small group, for as you can see we were once many but now are very few."}, {"pk": 4115305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "May the LORD your God show us where we should go and what we should do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "The prophet Jeremiah replied, \u201cYes, I\u2019ll pray to the LORD your God as you have asked. And I\u2019ll tell you whatever the LORD says; I won\u2019t hide anything from you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "Then they said to Jeremiah, \u201cMay the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we fail to do everything that the LORD your God tells us through you."}, {"pk": 4115308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "Whether we like it or not, we will obey all that the LORD our God says. We will obey the LORD our God, to whom we\u2019re sending you, so it may go well for us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "Ten days later Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4115310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "So he called Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the army officers with him and the rest of the people, from the least to the greatest,"}, {"pk": 4115311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "and he said to them: You have sent me to present your plea to the LORD, and this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:"}, {"pk": 4115312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 10, "text": "If you live in this land, I will build you up and not pull you down. I will plant you and not dig you up because I grieve over the disaster I have brought upon you."}, {"pk": 4115313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "You don\u2019t have to be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. You don\u2019t have to be afraid of him anymore, declares the LORD, for I will be with you to save you and rescue you from his hand."}, {"pk": 4115314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 12, "text": "I will be merciful to you, and he will be merciful and return you to your land."}, {"pk": 4115315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 13, "text": "But if you say, \u201cWe won\u2019t live in this land,\u201d you will disobey the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4115316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 14, "text": "And if you insist, \u201cNo, we\u2019re going to live in Egypt, where there\u2019s no war, battle alarms, or hunger, and there we will stay,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 15, "text": "then listen to the LORD\u2019s word, you remaining Judeans. The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: If you are determined to go to Egypt and you then go and live there,"}, {"pk": 4115318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 16, "text": "then the war you fear will seize you in the land of Egypt; and the famine you dread will hunt you down in Egypt, and there you will die."}, {"pk": 4115319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 17, "text": "Every one of you who is determined to go and live in Egypt will die by the sword, famine, and disease. No one will escape the disaster that I will bring upon them there."}, {"pk": 4115320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Just as my fierce anger was poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so it will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing, scorn, shock, and disgrace. And you will never see this place again."}, {"pk": 4115321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 19, "text": "You who survive from Judah, the LORD has told you: Don\u2019t go to Egypt. Know without a doubt that I have warned you this day."}, {"pk": 4115322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 20, "text": "You are putting your lives at risk <sup>[1]</sup> by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, \u201cPray for us to the LORD our God; tell us everything the LORD our God says, and we\u2019ll do it.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to do evil</i>"}, {"pk": 4115323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 21, "text": "Today I have told you, but you still haven\u2019t obeyed all that the LORD your God has sent me to tell you."}, {"pk": 4115324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 42, "verse": 22, "text": "So know without a doubt that you will die by war, famine, and disease in the place you yearn to go and live."}, {"pk": 4115325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jeremiah finished telling the people all the words of the LORD their God \u2014 he didn\u2019t omit anything the LORD sent him to convey \u2014"}, {"pk": 4115326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 2, "text": "Azariah, Hoshaiah\u2019s son, and Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, \u201cYou\u2019re lying to us! The LORD our God didn\u2019t send you to tell us not to go to Egypt to live."}, {"pk": 4115327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 3, "text": "It\u2019s Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son, who put you up to it so that we end up in the hands of the Babylonians, who will either kill us or deport us to Babylon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 4, "text": "So Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the army officers and the rest of the people disobeyed the LORD\u2019s command to stay in the land of Judah."}, {"pk": 4115329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 5, "text": "Johanan, Kareah\u2019s son, and all the army officers took the remaining Judeans who had returned to the land of Judah after being scattered among the nations \u2014"}, {"pk": 4115330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 6, "text": "men, women, children, the king\u2019s daughters, everyone Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard had left with Gedaliah, Ahikam\u2019s son and Shaphan\u2019s grandson, including Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4115331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 7, "text": "They went to the land of Egypt, as far as Tahpanhes, for they wouldn\u2019t obey the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes:"}, {"pk": 4115333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 9, "text": "Take some large stones and set them in the clay pavement <sup>[1]</sup> in front of Pharaoh\u2019s palace in Tahpanhes while the people of Judah are watching.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 10, "text": "After that, say to the people: The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I\u2019m sending for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who <sup>[2]</sup> will set his throne over these stones and will spread his canopy over them.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4115335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 11, "text": "He will come and ravage the land of Egypt: those marked for disaster, to disaster, <br>and those marked for exile, to exile. <br>and those marked for war, to war. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 12, "text": "He will set on fire <sup>[3]</sup> the temples of the Egyptian gods. He will burn them down and carry off their gods. He will wrap the land of Egypt around himself, just as a shepherd wraps <sup>[4]</sup> his garment around himself, and he will move on unharmed. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr; MT <i>I will set on fire</i><br>[4] Or <i>picks clean</i><br>[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 43, "verse": 13, "text": "He will shatter the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods."}, {"pk": 4115338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 1, "text": "Jeremiah received the LORD\u2019s word for the Judeans living in the land of Egypt, those living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis and in the land of Pathros."}, {"pk": 4115339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: You have seen the disaster I brought on Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. They are now a wasteland with no one left"}, {"pk": 4115340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 3, "text": "because of their evil ways. They have angered me by making offerings and worshipping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors knew."}, {"pk": 4115341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 4, "text": "Yet time and again I sent you all my servants the prophets, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t do these detestable things that I hate.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 5, "text": "But they wouldn\u2019t listen or pay attention or turn from their evil ways. They continued making offerings to other gods."}, {"pk": 4115343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 6, "text": "So my fierce anger poured out and blazed against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. And they were reduced to an utter wasteland, as they are today."}, {"pk": 4115344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 7, "text": "Now the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Why are you committing this huge mistake that will cost you your lives? Every man, woman, child, and infant will be eliminated from the midst of Judah, and no one will be left."}, {"pk": 4115345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 8, "text": "Why do you anger me by what you do: by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live? You will be eliminated and become an object of cursing and disgrace among all the nations of the earth."}, {"pk": 4115346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 9, "text": "Have you forgotten the sins of your ancestors and the sins of the kings of Judah and their wives? <sup>[1]</sup> Have you forgotten the sins that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>his wives</i>"}, {"pk": 4115347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 10, "text": "To this day you <sup>[2]</sup> haven\u2019t shown any sorrow for what you have done. And you haven\u2019t revered me or followed my Instruction and my laws that I set before you and your ancestors.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4115348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I\u2019m determined to bring disaster on you, to eliminate all of Judah."}, {"pk": 4115349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 12, "text": "I will take the few remaining Judeans who were determined to go to the land of Egypt to live. They will all perish there. They will fall by the sword and perish due to famine. The least to the greatest will die by the sword and by famine. They will become an object of cursing, scorn, contempt, and disgrace."}, {"pk": 4115350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 13, "text": "I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem with war, famine, and disease."}, {"pk": 4115351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 14, "text": "From the few remaining in Judah, no fugitive or survivor who came to live here in the land of Egypt will be able to return to the land of Judah. Even though they want to return and live there, they won\u2019t be able to return, except for some fugitives."}, {"pk": 4115352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 15, "text": "Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, along with the great crowd of women who were present, as well as the people living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, all answered Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cWe\u2019re not going to listen to a word you have said to us in the LORD\u2019s name!"}, {"pk": 4115354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 17, "text": "No, we\u2019re going to do exactly what we want: We\u2019re going to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, have done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty to eat and we were thriving; we didn\u2019t have any troubles."}, {"pk": 4115355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 18, "text": "But ever since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring drink offerings to her, we have been destroyed by the sword and by famine.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 19, "text": "And the women added, <sup>[3]</sup> \u201cDo you think that we burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour drink offerings to her without our husbands\u2019 support when we make cakes in her image and pour drink offerings to her?\u201d", "comment": "[3] Syr; MT lacks <i>and the women added.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 20, "text": "Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women alike, in fact everyone who had spoken this way:"}, {"pk": 4115358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cDo you really think the LORD was unaware of what you were up to in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? Don\u2019t you think the LORD knew that you and your ancestors were making offerings to other gods <sup>[4]</sup> \u2014 along with your kings and officials, and the people of the land?", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>to other gods.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 22, "text": "It got so bad that the LORD could no longer bear your evil and shameless acts; it was at that point that your land was reduced to an utter wasteland and a curse, as it is today."}, {"pk": 4115360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 23, "text": "The current dire situation occurred because you made offerings to other gods <sup>[5]</sup> and sinned against the LORD \u2014 because you wouldn\u2019t obey the LORD or follow the LORD\u2019s instruction, laws, or warnings.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>to other gods.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women: Listen to the LORD\u2019s word, all you Judeans in the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4115362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: You and your wives have done exactly what you said you would do. You said, \u201cWe will definitely fulfill our promise to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.\u201d Go ahead and keep your promises!"}, {"pk": 4115363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 26, "text": "But listen to the LORD\u2019s word, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt. I swear by my great name, says the LORD, that no one from Judah living in Egypt will utter my name again, even in the solemn pledge: \u201cAs surely as the LORD God lives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 27, "text": "I\u2019m watching over them for harm and not for good. Everyone from Judah who is living in the land of Egypt will die by the sword and by famine, until all are gone."}, {"pk": 4115365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 28, "text": "Those who actually survive war and return from Egypt to the land of Judah will be very few. Then the few remaining Judeans living in Egypt will know for certain whose word is true \u2014 mine or theirs!"}, {"pk": 4115366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 29, "text": "And this will be a sign for you, declares the LORD: I will punish you here so that you know my threats against you will surely be fulfilled."}, {"pk": 4115367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 44, "verse": 30, "text": "The LORD proclaims: I will hand Pharaoh Hophra, Egypt\u2019s king, over to his enemies who seek to kill him, just as I delivered Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah over to his enemy King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who sought to kill him."}, {"pk": 4115368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 45, "verse": 1, "text": "In the fourth year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son, Baruch was writing in a scroll the words that Jeremiah was dictating to him. Jeremiah the prophet told Baruch, Neriah\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4115369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 45, "verse": 2, "text": "This is what the LORD the God of Israel proclaims about you, Baruch:"}, {"pk": 4115370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 45, "verse": 3, "text": "You have said, \u201cI can\u2019t take it anymore! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain. I\u2019m worn out from groaning and can find no rest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 45, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what you should say to him: \u201cThe LORD proclaims: I\u2019m breaking down everything I have built up. I\u2019m digging up that which I have planted \u2014 the entire land."}, {"pk": 4115372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 45, "verse": 5, "text": "You seek great things for yourself, but don\u2019t bother. I\u2019m bringing disaster on all humanity, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 1, "text": "This is what the LORD told the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations."}, {"pk": 4115374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 2, "text": "About Egypt! A message for the army of Pharaoh Neco, Egypt\u2019s king, which was defeated by Babylon\u2019s Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish near the Euphrates River in the fourth year of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Josiah\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4115375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 3, "text": "Grab your shields <br>and prepare for war!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 4, "text": "Saddle the horses; <br>mount the stallions! <br>Take your positions <br>with helmets on! <br>Polish your spears; <br>put on your armor!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 5, "text": "Why do I see them terrified, <br>retreating in haste? <br>Their soldiers are crushed, <br>running for cover, <br>and they don\u2019t turn back. <br>Panic lurks at every turn, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 6, "text": "The swift can\u2019t flee; <br>the mighty can\u2019t escape. <br>Up north by the Euphrates River, <br>they stagger and fall. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 7, "text": "Who is this that rises like the Nile, <br>whose banks overflow? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>like rivers whose waters roar</i>"}, {"pk": 4115380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 8, "text": "It\u2019s Egypt that rises like the Nile, <br>whose banks overflow, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>who declares, \u201cI will arise <br>and cover the earth <br>and destroy cities and inhabitants.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>like rivers whose waters roar</i>"}, {"pk": 4115381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 9, "text": "Charge, you horses; <br>advance, you chariots! <br>Attack, you soldiers <br>with your shield in hand, <br>you people of Cush and Put <sup>[3]</sup> <br>with your bow drawn, <br>you archers from Lud. <br>", "comment": "[3] Traditionally <i>Ethiopia and Libya</i>"}, {"pk": 4115382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 10, "text": "But that day belongs to the <br>LORD God of heavenly forces; <br>it\u2019s a day of reckoning, <br>settling scores with enemies. <br>The sword will devour <br>until it has had its fill of blood. <br>The LORD God of heavenly forces <br>is preparing a sacrifice in the north <br>by the Euphrates River.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 11, "text": "Go up to Gilead and seek balm, <br>virgin Daughter Egypt. <br>You search out remedies in vain, <br>for your disease is incurable.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 12, "text": "Nations hear of your shame; <br>the earth is filled with your sobs. <br>Soldier stumbles over soldier; <br>together they go down. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 13, "text": "This is the word that the LORD spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the military offensive of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar against the land of Egypt:"}, {"pk": 4115386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 14, "text": "Tell Egypt, warn Migdol, <br>alert Memphis and Tahpanhes! <br>Say: \u201cBrace yourselves for what\u2019s coming. <br>War is breaking out from every side!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4115387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 15, "text": "Why have your mighty fallen? <br>Why haven\u2019t they stood their ground? <br>Because the LORD has struck them down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 16, "text": "He\u2019s tripped them up; <br>they fall over each other and say, <br>\u201cLet\u2019s get out of here <br>and go home to our people, <br>where we were born, <br>far away from the oppressor\u2019s sword.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 17, "text": "There they call Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, <br>Loudmouth \u2014 Nothing But Hot Air!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 18, "text": "As I live, declares the king, <br>whose name is the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>one is coming <br>just as surely as Tabor is in the mountains <br>and Carmel is by the sea. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 19, "text": "Get what you need for deportation, <br>you inhabitants of Egypt. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>Memphis will be reduced to a wasteland, <br>a ruin with no one left.<br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>inhabitant, Daughter Egypt</i>"}, {"pk": 4115392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 20, "text": "Egypt is a beautiful, yes, beautiful heifer, <br>but a horsefly from the north <br>is coming to bite her. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 21, "text": "Even her mercenaries <br>are like well-fed calves; <br>they too will retreat and run for cover; <br>they won\u2019t survive. <br>The day of disaster has come to haunt them, <br>the time of their punishment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 22, "text": "Like the sound of a snake hissing <br>as it slithers away <br>is Egypt <sup>[8]</sup> as armies approach in force; <br>they come against her with axes, <br>like woodcutters.<br>", "comment": "[8] Heb lacks <i>is Egypt</i>."}, {"pk": 4115395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 23, "text": "They destroy her dense forest, <br>though it is vast, <br>because they outnumber locusts <br>and can\u2019t be counted, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 24, "text": "Daughter Egypt will be humiliated, <br>handed over to people from the north. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 25, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I\u2019m going to punish Amon of Thebes, Egypt and its gods and kings, as well as Pharaoh and all who rely on him."}, {"pk": 4115398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 26, "text": "I will hand them over to those who seek to kill them, namely Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar and his servants. But afterward Egypt will dwell like it did a long time ago, declares the LORD."}, {"pk": 4115399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 27, "text": "But don\u2019t be afraid, my servant Judah; <br>don\u2019t lose heart, Israel. <br>I will deliver you from a faraway place <br>and your children from the land of their exile. <br>My people Jacob will again be safe and sound, <br>with no one harassing them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 46, "verse": 28, "text": "So don\u2019t be afraid, my servant Jacob, <br>declares the LORD. <br>I\u2019m with you; <br>I will put an end to all the nations <br>where I have scattered you. <br>But I won\u2019t put an end to you. <br>I won\u2019t let you avoid punishment; <br>I will discipline you as you deserve. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh conquered Gaza."}, {"pk": 4115402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Waters are rising from the north <br>and turning into a raging flood. <br>They will engulf the land and everything in it, <br>the towns and those living in them. <br>The people cry out; <br>all who live there scream.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 3, "text": "At the pounding of the stallions\u2019 hooves, <br>at the deafening roar of the chariots\u2019 wheels, <br>parents abandon children, <br>so paralyzed are they with fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 4, "text": "Because the time is coming <br>for the Philistines\u2019 destruction, <br>for cutting off from Tyre and Sidon <br>anyone who might try to save Gaza, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>because the LORD will destroy the Philistines, <br>the few left from the island of Caphtor.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>a helper</i>"}, {"pk": 4115405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 5, "text": "Mourning <sup>[2]</sup> will come upon Gaza; <br>silence will cover Ashkelon, <br>the few left in their valley. <br>How long will you gash yourselves in grief? <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>baldness</i><br>[3] Heb lacks <i>in grief.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 6, "text": "You sword of the LORD, <br>how long until you are silent? <br>Return to your sheath; <br>rest and be still!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 47, "verse": 7, "text": "How can you be silent <br>when the LORD has directed you <sup>[4]</sup> <br>to attack Ashkelon and the coast line? <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4115408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 1, "text": "Concerning Moab: The LORD of heavenly forces, <br>the God of Israel, proclaims: <br>How awful for Nebo; <br>it lies in ruins. <br>Kirathaim is captured and shamed; <br>the fortress is disgraced, <br>reduced to rubble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 2, "text": "No one sings Moab\u2019s praise any longer! <br>In Heshbon they are hatching <br>a plot against her: <br>\u201cCome, let\u2019s bring down the nation!\u201d <br>You too, madmen, will be silenced; <br>the sword will pursue you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 3, "text": "Listen to the cries for help from Horonaim: <br>\u201cDestruction and massive devastation!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4115411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 4, "text": "Moab is shattered; <br>its young cry for help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 5, "text": "On the way up to Luhith, <br>there is uncontrollable weeping. <br>On the way down to Horonaim, <br>they hear sobs of anguish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 6, "text": "Run for your lives! <br>Be like Aroer <sup>[1]</sup> in the desert.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 7, "text": "Because you have relied <br>on your own strength and treasures, <br>you also will be captured. <br>Chemosh will go into exile, <br>together with his priests and officials.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 8, "text": "The destroyer will sweep through every town; <br>no town will escape. <br>The valleys will be ravaged; <br>the plateaus will be destroyed, <br>because the LORD has declared it so.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 9, "text": "Give wings to Moab, <br>and it would fly away <sup>[2]</sup> <br>because its towns lie in ruins, <br>with no one left in them. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 10, "text": "Cursed is the one who is halfhearted <br>in doing the LORD\u2019s work. <br>Cursed is the one who restrains <br>the sword from bloodshed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 11, "text": "From early on Moab has been at ease, <br>like wine <sup>[3]</sup> left to settle on its sediment. <br>It hasn\u2019t been poured into jars; <br>nor has Moab been taken into exile. <br>Therefore, its taste is still pleasant, <br>and its aroma is the same. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>like wine.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 12, "text": "But the time is coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him someone to spill it \u2014 to pour out his wine and to smash his jars."}, {"pk": 4115420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 13, "text": "And Moab will be put to shame on account of Chemosh, just as the people of Israel were put to shame on account of Bethel, in which they trusted. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh just as the people of Israel were ashamed of Bethel, in which they trusted.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 14, "text": "How can you claim, <br>\u201cWe\u2019re soldiers; we\u2019re war heroes\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4115422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 15, "text": "Moab is doomed; <br>its towns will surrender; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>its elite forces will go down in defeat, <br>declares the king whose name is the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 16, "text": "Moab\u2019s destruction is near; <br>its downfall approaches rapidly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 17, "text": "Grieve for this nation, <br>you neighbors of Moab, <br>all you who know his name. <br>Proclaim how its mighty scepter <br>and magnificent staff are shattered! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 18, "text": "Come down from your lofty place <br>and sit in the dust, <sup>[6]</sup> <br>you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon; <sup>[7]</sup> <br>because Moab\u2019s destroyer <br>has arrived to level your fortresses.<br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain, or <i>residing Daughter Dibon</i><br>[6] Or <i>thirst</i>"}, {"pk": 4115426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 19, "text": "Stand by the roads and watch, <br>you inhabitants of Aroer. <br>Ask the men who flee <br>and the women who run off, <br>\u201cWhat\u2019s happened?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4115427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 20, "text": "Moab is shamed and shocked; <br>weep and wail! <br>Tell it by the Arnon River: <br>Moab\u2019s been destroyed! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 21, "text": "Judgment has come to the towns of the plateau \u2014 <br>to Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 22, "text": "to Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 23, "text": "to Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 24, "text": "to Kerioth and Bozrah, <br>to all the towns of Moab, far and near. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 25, "text": "Moab\u2019s horn is cut off; <br>its arm is broken, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 26, "text": "Get Moab drunk, <br>because it has exalted itself above the LORD. <br>Moab will collapse in its vomit <br>and become the butt of every joke.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 27, "text": "Wasn\u2019t Israel the butt of your jokes? <br>Didn\u2019t you shake your head <br>as if they were thieves <br>caught in the act?<br>"}, {"pk": 4115435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 28, "text": "Leave your towns, head for the cliffs, <br>you people of Moab. <br>Hide like a dove <br>that nests in the mouth of a cave. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 29, "text": "We have heard of Moab\u2019s pride: <br>arrogant, puffed up, exalted, <br>high and mighty, boastful!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 30, "text": "I myself know about its arrogance, <br>declares the LORD, <br>the idle talk, the empty deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 31, "text": "But I\u2019ll still wail for Moab; <br>I\u2019ll cry out for all Moab; <br>I\u2019ll <sup>[8]</sup> sob for the people of Kir-heres.<br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>He</i>"}, {"pk": 4115439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 32, "text": "I\u2019ll weep for you, vine of Sibmah, <br>more than I would for Jazer. <br>Though your branches extended to the sea <br>and reached the coast of Jazer, <br>now the destroyer has come <br>to harvest your grapes and summer fruits.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 33, "text": "Joy and gladness have been taken <br>from the orchards and farms of Moab. <br>I have stopped making wine in the presses. <br>No one shouts with joy <br>while treading the grapes. <br>Though there are shouts, <br>they are not shouts of joy! <sup>[9]</sup><br>", "comment": "[9] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 34, "text": "Screams are heard from Heshbon <br>to Elealeh and Jahaz; <br>their cries resound from Zoar <br>to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. <br>Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 35, "text": "I\u2019ll put an end to Moab, <br>declares the LORD, <br>for making offerings on the shrines, <br>and worshipping their gods. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 36, "text": "Therefore, my heart wails for Moab <br>like a mournful <sup>[10]</sup> flute that plays the dirge; <br>my heart wails for the people of Kir-heres, <br>like a mournful flute. <br>Their abundance is now gone.<br>", "comment": "[10] Heb lacks <i>mournful.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 37, "text": "Every head is shaved, <br>every beard is cut off, <br>every hand is slashed, <br>and everyone wears mourning clothes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 38, "text": "On every housetop of Moab <br>and in all its streets, <br>there\u2019s nothing but mourning. <br>I have shattered Moab <br>like a pottery vessel no one wants, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 39, "text": "How it\u2019s shattered! Go wail! <br>How Moab turns away! <br>What shame! <br>Moab has become the butt of every joke, <br>horrific to all its neighbors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 40, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Look! One who soars like an eagle <br>and spreads its wings over Moab.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 41, "text": "The towns will be captured; <br>the strongholds will be seized. <br>On that day, the heart of every soldier from Moab <br>will be like that of a woman in the throes of labor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 42, "text": "Moab will be destroyed once and for all <br>because it has exalted itself above the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 43, "text": "Terror, traps, and trackers <sup>[11]</sup> <br>are upon you, people of Moab, <br>declares the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[11] Or <i>terror, pit, and trap</i>"}, {"pk": 4115451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 44, "text": "Those who flee from terror <br>will fall into a pit; <br>those who escape the pit <br>will be captured by the trap. <br>I will bring upon Moab <br>the year of its punishment, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 45, "text": "In Heshbon tired refugees seek shelter. <br>But fire is raging in Heshbon, <br>flames from the house <sup>[12]</sup> of Sihon. <br>It has burned up part of Moab, <br>including the leader of this rebellious nation. <sup>[13]</sup><br>", "comment": "[12] Heb manuscripts; MT <i>from among</i><br>[13] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 46, "text": "How terrible for you, Moab; <br>the people of Chemosh have perished. <br>Your sons have been carried off; <br>your daughters have been taken captive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 48, "verse": 47, "text": "But in the days to come <br>I\u2019ll bring back Moab from captivity, <br>declares the LORD. <br>Such is the judgment on Moab. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 1, "text": "Concerning the Ammonites, the LORD proclaims: Doesn\u2019t Israel have children? <br>Aren\u2019t there heirs to his land? <br>Why then has Milcom taken over Gad? <br>Why have his people settled in its towns?<br>"}, {"pk": 4115456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 2, "text": "Therefore, the time is coming, <br>declares the LORD, <br>when I will sound the battle alarm against Rabbah, <br>the capital city of the Ammonites. <br>The city will be demolished, <br>and its neighboring villages <br>will be burned to the ground. <br>Then Israel will repossess <br>the land seized by its captors, <br>says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 3, "text": "Weep, you people of Heshbon; <br>Ai has been destroyed. <br>Wail, you daughters of Rabbah; <br>put on funeral clothing, <br>cry your eyes out, <br>run for shelter. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Milcom will surely go into exile, <br>together with his priests and ministers. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; or <i>run back and forth in the sheepfolds</i>"}, {"pk": 4115458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 4, "text": "Why do you brag about your strength? <br>Your strength is exhausted, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>you rebellious daughter. <br>You trust in your treasures, <br>never imagining who would attack you.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019m the one who will terrify you from every side, <br>declares the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>Every one of you will be scattered about; <br>no one will gather those who fled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 6, "text": "Afterward, though, I will bring back <br>the Ammonites from captivity, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 7, "text": "Concerning Edom, the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>Is wisdom no longer in Teman? <br>Has good sense vanished from the perceptive? <br>Are they no longer wise?<br>"}, {"pk": 4115462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 8, "text": "Turn, flee, and run for cover, <br>you inhabitants of Dedan. <br>I\u2019m bringing disaster on Esau: <br>its day of reckoning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 9, "text": "If workers would come to you to pick grapes, <br>they would at least leave a few on the vine. <br>If thieves would come in the night, <br>they would take only what they needed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 10, "text": "But me? I will strip Esau bare. <br>I will expose his hiding places, <br>and he will find no place to take cover. <br>His offspring, family, and acquaintances will perish, <br>and there will be no one left to say, <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>and there will (</i> or <i>he will) be no more</i>"}, {"pk": 4115465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cLeave me your orphans, <br>and I\u2019ll look after them; <br>trust your widows into my care.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD proclaims: If the innocent must drink the cup, why do you expect to escape punishment? You won\u2019t! You will drink it!"}, {"pk": 4115467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 13, "text": "I myself swear, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become an object of horror and scorn, a wasteland and a curse. And all of its towns will lie in ruins forever."}, {"pk": 4115468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 14, "text": "I have heard a report from the LORD <br>that a messenger is sent among the nations: <br>Join forces and come against her; <br>prepare for war!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019m about to cut you down to size before the nations; <br>you will be scorned by everyone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 16, "text": "The terror you have inflicted on others has deceived you, <br>as has your own pride. <br>Though you live in a fortress <br>and occupy the high ground; <br>though you nest on high like the eagles, <br>I will bring you down, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Edom will become a wasteland. <br>All who pass by will be shocked by its injuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 18, "text": "It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah <br>and their surrounding towns, <br>says the LORD. <br>No one will live there; <br>no human will dwell in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 19, "text": "Like a lion coming up <br>from the jungle of the Jordan <br>to a well-watered meadow, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>so I will suddenly chase down Edom <br>and single out its choicest of rams. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Who is like me? <br>Who can direct me? <br>What shepherd can withstand me?<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 20, "text": "Therefore, listen to the counsel <br>that the LORD has for Edom <br>and the plans he\u2019s devised <br>against the people of Teman: <br>The little ones of the flock <br>will be dragged off, <br>as their pasture watches <br>in utter disbelief. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 21, "text": "The earth quakes <br>as the Edomites go down; <br>their screams echo <br>as far as the Reed Sea. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>Red Sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4115476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 22, "text": "Look! One who mounts up and soars like an eagle, <br>who swoops down and spreads his wings over Bozrah. <br>On that day, the heart of every soldier from Edom <br>will be like that of a woman in the throes of labor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 23, "text": "Concerning Damascus: <br>Hamath and Arpad lose heart <br>when they hear the bad news. <br>They are trembling with fear, <br>like the raging sea, <br>which can\u2019t become quiet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 24, "text": "Damascus staggers about; <br>she tries to flee, <br>but panic overwhelms her. <br>She\u2019s gripped by anguish and pain, <br>like a woman in labor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 25, "text": "Forsaken <sup>[8]</sup> is the renowned city, <br>city of my delight.<br>", "comment": "[8] Vulg; MT <i>Not forsaken</i>"}, {"pk": 4115480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 26, "text": "Yes, her young men will fall in the streets, <br>and her soldiers will be silent on that day, <br>declares the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 27, "text": "I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; <br>it will burn up the fortresses of Ben-hadad. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 28, "text": "Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar defeated, the LORD proclaims: Get ready to attack Kedar; <br>destroy the people from the east!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 29, "text": "Seize <sup>[9]</sup> their tents and their flocks, <br>their belongings and all their goods. <br>Take off with their camels <br>and shout as you go: <br>\u201cPanic Lurks Everywhere!\u201d<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>They will seize\u2026they will take off</i>"}, {"pk": 4115484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 30, "text": "Run away; take cover, <br>you people of Hazor, <br>declares the LORD. <br>Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar <br>has taken counsel and devised a plan against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 31, "text": "Get ready to attack a nation <br>that feels safe and secure, <br>declares the LORD, <br>one without barred gates <br>that lives by itself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 32, "text": "Their camels will become plunder; <br>their many cattle will be pillaged. <br>I will scatter to the winds those who are clean-shaven, <sup>[10]</sup> <br>and I will bring disaster on them from every side, <br>declares the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>those who have temples that are shaved</i>"}, {"pk": 4115487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 33, "text": "Hazor will become a den for wild dogs, <br>a wilderness forever. <br>No one will live there; <br>no human will dwell in it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 34, "text": "This is what the LORD told the prophet Jeremiah concerning Elam at the beginning of the rule of Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah."}, {"pk": 4115489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 35, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: I\u2019m going to break the bow of Elam, <br>the backbone of its military might.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 36, "text": "I will bring against Elam four winds <br>from the four corners of heaven, <br>and I will scatter them to the winds. <br>Those banished from Elam will migrate to every nation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 37, "text": "I will terrify Elam before their enemies, <br>before those who seek to kill them. <br>I will bring disaster upon them, <br>my fierce anger, <br>declares the LORD. <br>I will send the sword to attack them <br>until I have destroyed them all.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 38, "text": "I will establish my rule in Elam <br>and dispose of its king and officials, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 49, "verse": 39, "text": "But in the days to come <br>I will bring back the captives of Elam, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 1, "text": "This is what the LORD said concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians through the prophet Jeremiah:"}, {"pk": 4115495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell the nations; <br>proclaim it far and wide! <br>Set up a flag; <br>proclaim it far and wide! <br>Hold nothing back; <br>just shout it: <br>\u201cBabylon is captured; <br>Bel is shamed; <br>Marduk is panic-stricken. <br>Her images are shamed; <br>her idols are panic-stricken.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4115496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 3, "text": "A nation from the north <br>has risen up against her. <br>It will decimate her land, <br>and no one will live in it. <br>Every living thing will flee.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 4, "text": "In those days and at that time, <br>declares the LORD, <br>the people of Israel and Judah <br>will come out of Babylon <sup>[1]</sup> together; <br>with weeping they will leave <br>as they seek the LORD their God.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>of Babylon.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 5, "text": "They will search for Zion, <br>turning their faces toward it. <br>They will come <sup>[2]</sup> and <br>unite with the LORD, <br>in an everlasting covenant <br>that will never be forgotten.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 6, "text": "My people were lost sheep; <br>their shepherds led them astray; <br>they deserted them on the mountains, <br>where they wandered off among the hills, <br>forgetting their resting place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 7, "text": "All who found them devoured them; <br>and their attackers said, <br>\u201cIt\u2019s not our fault, <br>because they have sinned against the LORD, <br>the true pasture, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>the hope of their ancestors \u2014 the LORD.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>righteous dwelling place</i>"}, {"pk": 4115501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 8, "text": "Now wander far from Babylon. <br>Get out of that country. <br>Like rams of the flock, <br>lead the way home.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019m stirring up against Babylon <br>a coalition of mighty nations. <br>It will mobilize in the north, <br>and from there she will be captured. <br>Their arrows are like those of an expert archer <br>who does not return empty-handed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 10, "text": "Babylon will be defeated; <br>its attackers will carry off all that they want, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 11, "text": "Sure, you gloat and rejoice, <br>you plunderers of my possession. <br>Sure, you dance around like a calf <br>and neigh like a stallion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 12, "text": "But Mother Babylon <sup>[4]</sup> will be humiliated; <br>the one who bore you will be disgraced. <br>She will become the least of the nations: <br>a wilderness, a desert, and parched land.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>your mother</i>"}, {"pk": 4115506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 13, "text": "Because of the LORD\u2019s anger, <br>no one will live there; <br>she will be reduced to total ruin. <br>All who pass by Babylon will be shocked; <br>they will gasp at all her injuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 14, "text": "Take up your positions around Babylon, <br>all you archers; <br>now shoot at her; <br>save none of your arrows, <br>because she\u2019s sinned <br>against the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 15, "text": "Raise a victory shout <br>against her on every side! <br>She\u2019s surrendered; <br>her towers have collapsed; <br>her walls are destroyed. <br>This is the LORD\u2019s retribution; <br>now pay her back: <br>do to her what she\u2019s done to others!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 16, "text": "Cut Babylon off from those who plant <br>and those who harvest the crops, <br>because of its ruthless sword. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Now return, all of you, to your people; <br>flee to your homeland! <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 17, "text": "Israelites are scattered sheep, <br>driven away by lions. <br>First the king of Assyria devoured them, <br>and now Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar has ravaged them. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>gnawed their bones</i>"}, {"pk": 4115511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 18, "text": "Therefore, the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I\u2019m going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, <br>just as I punished the king of Assyria.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 19, "text": "But I will restore Israel to their pasture; <br>they will graze on Carmel and Bashan; <br>they will eat their fill <br>in the highlands of Ephraim and Gilead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 20, "text": "In those days and at that time, <br>declares the LORD, <br>if one searches for the sin of Israel, <br>they will find nothing; <br>if one seeks out <br>the wrongdoing of Judah, <br>they will look in vain. <br>I will forgive those I have spared. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 21, "text": "Attack the land of Merathaim; <sup>[7]</sup> <br>crush those living in Pekod. <br>Ruin and destroy them, <br>declares the LORD; <br>do all I have commanded you.<br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>Double rebellion</i>"}, {"pk": 4115515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 22, "text": "There\u2019s the sound of war in the land <br>and enormous devastation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 23, "text": "How the hammer of the whole earth <br>has been broken and shattered <br>into pieces! <br>How Babylon has become a wasteland <br>among the nations!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 24, "text": "You set a trap for others, Babylon, <sup>[8]</sup> <br>but you yourself were caught <br>in it unaware; <br>you have been found and captured <br>because you have defied the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>I set a trap for you, Babylon, and you were</i>"}, {"pk": 4115518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD has opened his arsenal <br>and brought out his brutal weapons. <br>The LORD God of heavenly forces <br>has a job to do <br>in the land of the Babylonians.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 26, "text": "Come against her from every side; <br>throw open her granaries; <br>pile her up like stalks of grain; <br>totally destroy her; <br>leave nothing intact.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 27, "text": "Destroy all her bulls; <br>prepare them for slaughter. <br>How terrible for them! <br>Their time has come, <br>the day of reckoning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 28, "text": "A voice of fugitives and refugees, <br>from the land of Babylon, <br>declaring in Zion <br>the retribution of the LORD our God <br>because of what has been done <br>to his temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 29, "text": "Send the archers against Babylon, <br>all who draw the bow! <br>Surround her <br>and let no one escape. <br>Pay her back for her deeds; <br>do to her what she\u2019s done to others. <br>She has acted arrogantly <br>toward the LORD, <br>the holy one of Israel! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 30, "text": "Therefore, her soldiers will fall <br>in the streets; <br>all her warriors will be silenced <br>on that day, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 31, "text": "I\u2019m against you, you arrogant one! <br>declares the LORD God <br>of heavenly forces. <br>Your day has come, <br>your time of reckoning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 32, "text": "The arrogant one will stumble and fall, <br>and no one will help her up. <br>I\u2019ll set your cities on fire, <br>and it will consume all that\u2019s around her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 33, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>The people of Israel were oppressed, <br>together with the people of Judah. <br>Their captors held them <br>and refused to let them go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 34, "text": "Yet their redeemer is strong; <br>the LORD of heavenly forces is his name. <br>He will surely defend their cause <br>and give them rest in the land. <br>But he will unsettle <br>the people of Babylon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 35, "text": "A sword against Babylon and its people, <br>declares the LORD, <br>along with its officials and sages.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 36, "text": "A sword against its diviners <br>so that they become fools. <br>A sword against its warriors <br>so that they are terrified.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 37, "text": "A sword against its horses <br>and chariots, <br>and the mercenaries <sup>[9]</sup> in its midst <br>so that they lose courage. <sup>[10]</sup> <br>A sword against its treasures <br>so that they are looted.<br>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>become like women</i><br>[9] Or <i>foreigners</i>"}, {"pk": 4115531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 38, "text": "A sword <sup>[11]</sup> against the water supplies <br>so that they dry up. <br>It is truly the land of idols, <br>idols about which they have gone utterly mad!<br>", "comment": "[11] Or <i>drought</i> or <i>A drought</i>"}, {"pk": 4115532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 39, "text": "Therefore, Babylon <br>will become a ghost town, <br>a place for desert animals, <br>hyenas, and ravenous birds. <sup>[12]</sup> <br>No one will live there again; <br>no one will make it their home.<br>", "comment": "[12] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 40, "text": "Just as God destroyed Sodom <br>and Gomorrah and their neighbors, <br>declares the LORD, <br>so no one will live in Babylon <br>or settle there again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 41, "text": "Look! An army is on the move <br>from the northern regions. <br>A powerful nation <br>and many kings are coming <br>from the ends of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 42, "text": "Equipped with bow and spear, <br>they are cruel <br>and show no mercy. <br>Their horsemen sound <br>like the roaring sea, <br>arrayed in battle formation against you, <br>Daughter Babylon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 43, "text": "The king of Babylon has heard <br>reports of them <br>and is panic-stricken; <br>distress overwhelms him, <br>pain like that of a woman in labor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 44, "text": "Like a lion coming up from <br>the jungle of the Jordan <br>to a well-watered meadow, <sup>[13]</sup> <br>so I will suddenly chase down Babylon <br>and single out its choicest of rams. <br>Who is like me? <br>Who can direct me? <br>What shepherd can withstand me?<br>", "comment": "[13] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 45, "text": "Therefore, listen to the counsel <br>that the LORD has for Babylon <br>and the plans he\u2019s devised <br>against the land of Babylon: <br>The little ones of the flock <br>will be dragged off, <br>as their pasture watches <br>in utter disbelief. <sup>[14]</sup><br>", "comment": "[14] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 50, "verse": 46, "text": "The earth quakes <br>at the sound of Babylon\u2019s capture; <br>its screams echo <br>throughout the world. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD proclaims: I\u2019m stirring up a violent wind <br>against Babylon <br>and those who live in Leb-qamai. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the inhabitants of Leb qamai</i>, a reference to Chaldea (Babylonia); or <i>those who rise up against me</i>"}, {"pk": 4115541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 2, "text": "I will send mercenaries <sup>[2]</sup> to Babylon <br>who will sift her and clear out her land. <br>They will surround her <br>on the day of disaster.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>foreigners</i>"}, {"pk": 4115542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 3, "text": "Let the archers draw their bows; <br>let them prepare their armor. <br>Show no mercy to her young men; <br>wipe out her entire company!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 4, "text": "They will fall wounded <br>in the land of Babylon, <br>struck down in her streets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 5, "text": "God, the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>hasn\u2019t abandoned Israel and Judah, <br>even though they live <br>in a land filled with guilt <br>before the holy one of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 6, "text": "Escape from Babylon; <br>each of you run for your lives! <br>Don\u2019t perish because of her guilt, <br>because this is the time <br>for the LORD\u2019s retribution, <br>a day of reckoning <br>for all that Babylon <sup>[3]</sup> has done. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>she</i> or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4115546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 7, "text": "Babylon was a gold cup <br>in the LORD\u2019s hand; <br>it made the whole earth drunk. <br>The nations drank her wine <br>and went mad.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 8, "text": "But suddenly Babylon fell <br>and shattered into pieces. <br>Wail for her! <br>Bring medicine for her pain; <br>perhaps she will recover.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 9, "text": "We tried to cure Babylon, <br>but she was beyond help. <br>Let\u2019s depart from her <br>and return to your own country, <br>each of you. <br>Her punishment reaches to heaven <br>and extends to the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD has come to our defense, <br>so let\u2019s declare in Zion <br>what the LORD our God has done! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 11, "text": "Sharpen your arrows; <br>prepare your shields. <br>The LORD is stirring up <br>the spirit of kings from Media. <br>He intends to destroy Babylon; <br>this is the LORD\u2019s retribution, <br>a day of reckoning for his temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 12, "text": "Set up a flag on the walls of Babylon, <br>fortify the guards, <br>post watchmen, <br>prepare an ambush, <br>because the LORD has a plan <br>against the inhabitants of Babylon. <br>He will accomplish it, <br>just as he said he would.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 13, "text": "You live beside a great river, <br>and you are rich in treasures. <br>But your time has come; <br>your cruelty has caught up with you. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces <br>has sworn by his own name: <br>I\u2019m going to fill your cities <sup>[5]</sup> <br>with soldiers like a swarm of locusts; <br>they will celebrate their victory over you. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>cities</i>."}, {"pk": 4115554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 15, "text": "God made the earth by his might, <br>shaped the world by his wisdom, <br>and crafted the skies by his knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 16, "text": "At the sound of God\u2019s voice, <br>the heavenly waters roar. <br>God raises the clouds <br>from the ends of the earth. <br>He makes lightning for the rain <br>and sends the wind from his treasuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 17, "text": "Everyone is too foolish to understand; <br>every smith is shamed by his idols, <br>for their images are shams; <br>they aren\u2019t alive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 18, "text": "They are a delusion, a charade; <br>at the appointed time they will be ruined!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 19, "text": "But the portion of Jacob <br>is utterly different, <br>for he has formed all things, <br>including his very own tribe; <br>the LORD of heavenly forces <br>is his name! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 20, "text": "You are my hammer, <br>my weapon of war. <br>With you I will crush the nations. <br>With you I will destroy kingdoms.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 21, "text": "With you I will crush horse and rider. <br>With you I will crush chariot and driver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 22, "text": "With you I will crush men and women. <br>With you I will crush old and young. <br>With you I will crush <br>young men and young women.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 23, "text": "With you I will crush <br>shepherds and flocks. <br>With you I will crush farmers and oxen. <br>With you I will crush <br>governors and officials. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 24, "text": "I will repay Babylon and all its inhabitants <br>for the terrible things <br>they have done to Zion in your sight, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 25, "text": "I\u2019m against you, <br>you mountain of destruction, <br>declares the LORD, <br>you destroyer of the whole earth! <br>I will reach out against you; <br>I will topple you from your heights; <br>I will turn you into a rubbish heap.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 26, "text": "They will never remove a cornerstone <br>or a foundation stone from you. <br>You will be a wasteland forever, <br>declares the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 27, "text": "Set up a flag in the land; <br>sound the alarm among the nations! <br>Prepare them for war against her; <br>summon kingdoms against her \u2014 <br>Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. <br>Appoint a commander against her; <br>call up the troops, <br>like swarms of locusts!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 28, "text": "Prepare the nations for war against her, <br>the kings of Media, <br>its governors, all its officials, <br>and all the countries they rule. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 29, "text": "The earth quakes and trembles <br>because the LORD\u2019s plans <br>against Babylon are fulfilled: <br>to reduce Babylon to a wasteland, <br>with no one left in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 30, "text": "Babylon\u2019s warriors quit fighting; <br>they hide in their fortifications. <br>Their strength is worn out; <br>their courage is gone! <br>Babylon\u2019s houses are burned down, <br>and its gates are smashed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 31, "text": "Courier joins courier, <br>messenger joins messenger <br>to relate the news <br>to the king of Babylon <br>that his entire city has fallen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 32, "text": "The river crossings are blocked; <br>the marshes are on fire; <br>the soldiers are terrified. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 33, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor <br>ready to be trampled down. <br>In a little while her harvest will come. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 34, "text": "Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar <br>has eaten us alive; <br>he\u2019s drained us of strength; <br>he\u2019s left us for dead. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>He\u2019s gobbled us up <br>like a great sea monster; <br>he\u2019s filled his belly with our treasures; <br>and he\u2019s spit us out.<br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>He\u2019s made us an empty container.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 35, "text": "May Babylon be violated <br>as our bodies were, <br>say the inhabitants of Zion. <br>May our blood be on the Babylonians, <br>say those from Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 36, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: <br>I\u2019m going to defend your cause; <br>I\u2019ll turn the tables on your attacker. <br>I\u2019ll dry up her sea; <br>I\u2019ll shut up her springs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 37, "text": "Babylon will become a heap of ruins, <br>a den of wild dogs, a wasteland <br>with no one left in it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 38, "text": "Like lions they will roar together; <br>they will growl like lions\u2019 cubs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 39, "text": "They are ready to devour, <br>so I\u2019ll prepare the feast <br>and mix the drinks! <br>But after their noisy drunkenness, <br>they will fall fast asleep. <br>They will sleep forever, <br>never to get up, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 40, "text": "I\u2019ll lead them off <br>like lambs for slaughter, <br>like rams and goats. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 41, "text": "How Sheshach <sup>[7]</sup> has been defeated, <br>the pride of the whole earth <br>taken captive! <br>How Babylon has become a wasteland <br>among the nations!<br>", "comment": "[7] <i>Sheshach</i> is a name for Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 42, "text": "The sea has risen over Babylon; <br>its pounding waves overwhelm her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 43, "text": "Her towns are devastated; <br>her land is scorched and barren, <br>a place where no one lives <br>or dares to pass through.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 44, "text": "I will punish Bel in Babylon; <br>I will force him to vomit <br>what he\u2019s consumed. <br>Then nations will no longer <br>stream to him, <br>and Babylon\u2019s walls will collapse! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 45, "text": "Get out of Babylon, my people! <br>Run for your lives <br>from the LORD\u2019s fierce anger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 46, "text": "Don\u2019t be distracted or frightened <br>by the rumors you hear in the land. <br>Sometimes you hear one thing <br>and another time something else: <br>rumors of violence and uprisings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 47, "text": "The time is coming <br>when I will deal with Babylon\u2019s idols; <br>the whole land will be disgraced, <br>and her wounded will fall in her midst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 48, "text": "Then all creation will rejoice over Babylon, <br>because out of the north <br>destroying armies will come to attack her, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 49, "text": "Babylon must fall <br>for the dead in Israel, <br>as the dead of all the earth <br>have fallen to Babylon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 50, "text": "You survivors of war, <br>leave now; don\u2019t delay! <br>Remember the LORD, <br>from a faraway land. <br>Keep Jerusalem alive in your hearts. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 51, "text": "We\u2019re humiliated by their taunts; <br>we\u2019re disgraced that strangers <br>have violated the sacred places <br>of the LORD\u2019s temple. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 52, "text": "The time is coming, <br>declares the LORD, <br>when I will deal with her idols, <br>and the wounded in her land will groan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 53, "text": "Even if Babylon scales the heavens <br>and strengthens its towering defenses, <br>the destroying armies will still come <br>against her, at my command, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 54, "text": "Listen to the cries for help from Babylon, <br>signs of massive devastation in the land, <br>declares the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 55, "text": "The LORD is destroying Babylon <br>and silencing her outcry, <br>whose roar is like the crushing waves, <br>a deafening crash.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 56, "text": "He certainly comes against her; <br>the destroyer comes against Babylon. <br>Her warriors are captured; <br>their bows are broken. <br>The LORD is an exacting God <br>who repays in full.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 57, "text": "I\u2019ll make her leaders and sages drunk, <br>her governors, officials, <br>and warriors as well. <br>They will sleep forever, never to get up, <br>declares the king, <br>whose name is <br>the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 58, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>Babylon\u2019s massive walls will come down, <br>down to the ground; <br>and its high gates will be burned <br>to the ground. <br> People labor in vain; <br>nations toil for nothing but ashes! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 59, "text": "This is what the prophet Jeremiah instructed the staff officer <sup>[8]</sup> Seraiah, Neriah\u2019s son and Mahseiah\u2019s grandson, when Seraiah went to Babylon with Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah in the fourth year of his rule.", "comment": "[8] Or <i>officer of rest</i>, often translated as <i>quartermaster</i>"}, {"pk": 4115599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 60, "text": "Jeremiah wrote down in a single scroll all the disasters that would happen to Babylon \u2014 all these things concerning Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 61, "text": "Jeremiah said to Seraiah: When you get to Babylon, see to it that you read all these words."}, {"pk": 4115601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 62, "text": "Then say, \u201cLORD, you declared that this place will be destroyed and nothing will remain in it \u2014 neither human nor animal; that it will forever be a wasteland!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 63, "text": "When you finish reading the scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates River."}, {"pk": 4115603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 51, "verse": 64, "text": "Then say, \u201cIn the same way, Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I\u2019m bringing against it.\u201d Jeremiah\u2019s words end here."}, {"pk": 4115604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 1, "text": "Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother\u2019s name was Hamutal; she was a daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah."}, {"pk": 4115605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 2, "text": "He did evil in the LORD\u2019s eyes just as Jehoiachin had done."}, {"pk": 4115606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 3, "text": "It was because the LORD was angry against Jerusalem and Judah that he thrust them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 4, "text": "In the ninth year, the tenth month, and the tenth day of the month, Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem with all of his army. He camped beside the city and built a siege wall around it."}, {"pk": 4115608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 5, "text": "The city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah."}, {"pk": 4115609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 6, "text": "On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city reached a point that no food remained for the people."}, {"pk": 4115610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 7, "text": "The enemy entered the city, and all the soldiers fled by night along the gate between the two walls by the royal gardens. So the Babylonians surrounded the city while the soldiers fled toward the desert plain."}, {"pk": 4115611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 8, "text": "However, the Babylonian army chased down Zedekiah and caught him in the plains of Jericho. (His entire army had fled from him.)"}, {"pk": 4115612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 9, "text": "They arrested the king and brought him before the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he pronounced sentence on him."}, {"pk": 4115613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 10, "text": "The king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah\u2019s children before his very own eyes, and he slaughtered all Judah\u2019s officers at Riblah."}, {"pk": 4115614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 11, "text": "Then he gouged out Zedekiah\u2019s eyes and bound him in chains. The king of Babylon dragged him off to Babylon and put him in prison, where he remained until he died."}, {"pk": 4115615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 12, "text": "In the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan commander of the guard came to Jerusalem on behalf of his king."}, {"pk": 4115616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 13, "text": "He burned down the LORD\u2019s temple, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the important buildings."}, {"pk": 4115617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 14, "text": "The entire Babylonian army and the commander of the guard destroyed the walls surrounding Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4115618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 15, "text": "Nebuzaradan commander of the guard deported some of the poorest people, the rest of the people left in the city, a few skilled workers, and those who had joined the king of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 16, "text": "But Nebuzaradan commander of the guard left some of the poor to tend the vineyards and till the land."}, {"pk": 4115620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 17, "text": "The Babylonians broke apart the bronze columns, the stands, and the bronze Sea in the LORD\u2019s temple. They carried the bronze to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 18, "text": "They took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the sprinkling bowls, the incense dishes, and all the bronze equipment used for the temple services."}, {"pk": 4115622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 19, "text": "The commander of the guard took whatever gold or silver he could find as well: the small bowls, the fire pans, the sprinkling bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the basins, and the offering bowls."}, {"pk": 4115623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 20, "text": "There was too much bronze to be weighed: two columns, the bronze Sea and the twelve bronze bulls that held it up, and the stands, all of which Solomon had made for the LORD\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4115624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 21, "text": "Each column was about twenty-seven feet high and eighteen feet around. They were hollow, but the bronze was about three inches thick."}, {"pk": 4115625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 22, "text": "Each had a capital of bronze above it that towered seven and a half feet high, and each had an ornate design of bronze pomegranates around it. The second column was the same, also with pomegranates."}, {"pk": 4115626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 23, "text": "There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, a total of one hundred pomegranates around the ornate design."}, {"pk": 4115627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 24, "text": "The commander of the guard also took Seraiah the high priest, Zephaniah the deputy priest, and the three doorkeepers."}, {"pk": 4115628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 25, "text": "From the city, he took a eunuch who was appointed over the army and the seven royal advisors who remained in the city. He also took the scribe of the commander of the army in charge of military conscription and sixty military personnel <sup>[1]</sup> who were found in the city.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>from the people of the land</i>"}, {"pk": 4115629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 26, "text": "Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah."}, {"pk": 4115630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 27, "text": "The king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And Judah went away from its land into exile."}, {"pk": 4115631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 28, "text": "This is the number of people whom Nebuchadnezzar deported: In the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans."}, {"pk": 4115632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 29, "text": "In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, he took 832 people from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4115633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 30, "text": "In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, he dispatched Nebuzaradan commander of the guard, who deported 745 Judeans. Altogether, 4,600 were taken captive."}, {"pk": 4115634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 31, "text": "Judah\u2019s King Jehoiachin had been in exile for thirty-seven years when Awil-merodach <sup>[2]</sup> became king in Babylon. He took note of Jehoiachin\u2019s plight and released him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month <sup>[3]</sup> of that very year.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Evil-merodach</i><br>[3] February\u2013March, Adar"}, {"pk": 4115635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 32, "text": "Awil-merodach treated Jehoiachin kindly and gave him a throne higher than those of the other kings with him in Babylon."}, {"pk": 4115636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 33, "text": "So Jehoiachin discarded his prison clothes and ate his meals at the king\u2019s table for the rest of his life."}, {"pk": 4115637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 24, "chapter": 52, "verse": 34, "text": "The Babylonian king provided him daily provisions for the rest of his life, right up until he died."}, {"pk": 4115705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, no! <br>She sits alone, the city that was once full of people. <br>Once great among nations, she has become like a widow. <br>Once a queen over provinces, she has become a slave. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "She weeps bitterly in the night, her tears on her cheek. <br>None of her lovers comfort her. All her friends lied to her; <br>they have become her enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Judah was exiled after suffering and hard service. <br>She lives among the nations; she finds no rest. <br>All who were chasing her caught her \u2014 right in the middle of <br>her distress. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Zion\u2019s roads are in mourning; no one comes to the festivals. <br>All her gates are deserted. Her priests are groaning, <br>her young women grieving. She is bitter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Her adversaries have become rulers; her enemies relax. <br>Certainly the LORD caused her grief because of her many wrong acts. <br>Her children have gone away, captive before the enemy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Daughter Zion lost all her glory. <br>Her officials are like deer that can\u2019t find pasture. <br>They have gone away, frail, before the hunter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "While suffering and homeless, Jerusalem remembers all her treasures from days long past. <br>When her people fell by the enemy\u2019s hand, there was no one to help her. <br>Enemies saw her, laughed at her defeat. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore, she\u2019s become a joke. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>All who honored her now detest her, for they\u2019ve seen her naked. <br>Even she groans and turns away. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>she\u2019s become unclean.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Her uncleanness shows on her clothing; she didn\u2019t consider what would happen to her. <br>She\u2019s gone down shockingly; she has no comforter. <br>\u201cLORD, look at my suffering \u2014 the enemy has definitely triumphed!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The enemy grabbed all her treasures. <br>She watched nations enter her sanctuary \u2014 <br>nations that you, God, <sup>[2]</sup> commanded: They must not enter your assembly. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>God</i>."}, {"pk": 4115715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "All her people are groaning, seeking bread. <br>They give up their most precious things for food to survive. <br>\u201cLORD, look and take notice: I am most certainly despised.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Is this nothing to all you who pass by? <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Look around: Is there any suffering like the suffering inflicted on me, <br>the grief that the LORD caused on the day of his fierce anger? <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "From above he sent fire into my bones; he trampled them. <br>He spread a net for my feet; he forced me backward. <br>He left me devastated, constantly sick. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "My steps <sup>[4]</sup> are being watched; <sup>[5]</sup> by his hand they are tripped up. <br>His yoke is on my neck; he makes my strength fail. <br>My Lord has handed me over to people I can\u2019t resist. <br>", "comment": "[4] Correction; or <i>my wrong acts</i><br>[5] Or <i>a yoke is bound to my wrong acts</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "My Lord has despised my mighty warriors. <br>He called a feast for me \u2014 in order to crush my young men! <br>My Lord has stomped on the winepress of the young woman Daughter Judah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Because of all these things I\u2019m crying. My eyes, my own eyes pour water <br>because a comforter who might encourage me is nowhere near. <br>My children are destroyed because the enemy was so strong. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Zion spreads out her hands; she has no comforter. <br>The LORD commanded Jacob\u2019s enemies to surround him. <br>Jerusalem is just a piece of garbage to them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD is right, because I disobeyed his word. <br>Listen, all you people; look at my suffering. <br>My young women and young men have gone away as prisoners. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "I called to my lovers, but they deceived me. <br>My priests and my elders have perished in the city; <br>they were looking for food to survive. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Pay attention, LORD, for I am in trouble. My stomach is churning; <br>my heart is pounding inside me because I am so bitter. <br>In the streets the sword kills; in the house it is like death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "People heard that I was groaning, that I had no comforter. <br>All my enemies heard about my distress; they were thrilled that you had done this. <br>Bring the day you have announced so they become like me! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Let all their evil come before you. <br>Then injure them like you\u2019ve injured me because of all my wrong acts; <br>my groans are many, my heart is sick. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, no! <br>In anger, my Lord put Daughter Zion under a cloud; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>he threw Israel\u2019s glory from heaven down to earth. <br>On that day of wrath, he didn\u2019t consider his own footstool. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Showing no compassion, my Lord devoured each of Jacob\u2019s meadows; <br>in his wrath he tore down the walled cities of Daughter Judah. <br>The kingdom and its officials, he forced to the ground, shamed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "In his burning rage, he cut off each of Israel\u2019s horns; <br>right in front of the enemy, he withdrew his strong hand; <br>he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire that ate up everything nearby. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "He bent his bow as an enemy would; his strong hand was poised like an adversary. <br>He killed every precious thing in sight; <br>he poured out his wrath like fire on Daughter Zion\u2019s tent. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "My Lord has become like an enemy. He devoured Israel; <br>he devoured all her palaces; he made ruins of her city walls. <br>In Daughter Judah he multiplied mourning along with more mourning! <br>"}, {"pk": 4115732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "He wrecked his own booth like a garden; he destroyed his place for festivals. <br>The LORD made Zion forget both festival and sabbath; <br>in his fierce rage, he scorned both monarch and priest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "My Lord rejected his altar, he abandoned his sanctuary; <br>he handed Zion\u2019s palace walls over to enemies. <br>They shouted in the LORD\u2019s own house as if it were a festival day. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD planned to destroy Daughter Zion\u2019s wall. <br>He stretched out a measuring line, didn\u2019t stop himself from devouring. <br>He made barricades and walls wither \u2014 together they wasted away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Zion\u2019s gates sank into the ground; he broke and shattered her bars; <br>her king and her officials are now among the nations. There is no Instruction! <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Even her prophets couldn\u2019t find a vision from the LORD. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Torah</i>"}, {"pk": 4115736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Daughter Zion\u2019s elders sit on the ground and mourn. <br>They throw dust on their heads; they put on mourning clothes. <br>Jerusalem\u2019s young women bow their heads all the way to the ground. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is churning. <br>My insides are poured on the ground because the daughter of my people is shattered, <br>because children and babies are fainting in the city streets. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "They say to their mothers, \u201cWhere are grain and wine?\u201d <br>while fainting like the wounded in the city streets, <br>while their lives are draining away at their own mothers\u2019 breasts. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "What can I testify about you, Daughter Jerusalem? <sup>[3]</sup> To what could I compare you? <br>With what could I equate you? How can I comfort you, young woman Daughter Zion? <br>Your hurt is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you? <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>How can I warn you?</i> or <i>To what could I liken you?</i>; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Your prophets gave you worthless and empty visions. <br>They didn\u2019t reveal your sin so as to prevent your captivity. <br>Instead, they showed you worthless and incorrect prophecies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "All who pass by on the road clap their hands about you; <br>they whistle, shaking their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: <br>\u201cCould this be the city called Perfect Beauty, the Joy of All the Earth?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "All your enemies open wide their mouths against you; <br>they whistle, grinding their teeth. They say, \u201cWe have devoured! <br>This is definitely the day we\u2019ve been waiting for. We\u2019ve seen it come to pass.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD did what he had planned. He accomplished the word <br>that he had commanded long ago. He ripped down, showing no compassion. <br>He made the enemy rejoice over you; he raised up your adversaries\u2019 horn. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Cry out to my Lord from the heart, <sup>[4]</sup> you wall of Daughter Zion; <br>make your <sup>[5]</sup> tears run down like a flood all day and night. <br>Don\u2019t relax at all; don\u2019t rest your eyes a moment. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>your</i>.<br>[4] Correction; or <i>their heart cried out to my Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4115745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Get up and cry out at nighttime, at the start of the night shift; pour out your heart before my Lord like water. <br>Lift your hands up to him for the life of your children \u2014 <br>the ones who are fainting from hunger on every street corner. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "LORD, look and see to whom you have done this! <br>Should women eat their own offspring, their own beautiful babies? <br>Should priest and prophet be killed in my Lord\u2019s own sanctuary? <br>"}, {"pk": 4115747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Young and old alike lie on the ground in the streets; <br>my young women and young men fall dead by the sword. <br>On the day of your anger, you killed; you slaughtered, showing no compassion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "You invited \u2014 as if to a festival! \u2014 terrors <sup>[6]</sup> from every side. <br>On the day of the LORD\u2019s anger, no one escaped, not one survived. <br>The children that I nurtured, that I raised myself, my enemy finished them off. <br>", "comment": "[6] Correction; or <i>my attackers</i>"}, {"pk": 4115749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "I am someone <sup>[1]</sup> who saw the suffering caused by God\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> angry rod.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the man</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/25/3/27'>3:27</a>, <a href='/CEB/25/3/35'>35</a>, <a href='/CEB/25/3/39'>39</a><br>[2] Or <i>his</i>"}, {"pk": 4115750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "He drove me away, forced me to walk in darkness, not light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "He turned his hand even against me, over and over again, all day long. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "He wore out my flesh and my skin; he broke my bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "He besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and weariness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He made me live in dark places like those who\u2019ve been dead a long time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "He walled me in so I couldn\u2019t escape; he made my chains heavy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Even though I call out and cry for help, he silences my prayer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "He walled in my paths with stonework; he made my routes crooked. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "He is a bear lurking for me, a lion in hiding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "He took me from my path <sup>[3]</sup> and tore me apart; he made me desolate.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "He drew back his bow, made me a shooting target for arrows. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "He shot the arrows of his quiver into my inside parts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "I have become a joke to all my people, the object of their song of ridicule all day long.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "He saturated me with grief, made me choke on bitterness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "He crushed my teeth into the gravel; he pressed me down into the ashes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019ve <sup>[4]</sup> rejected peace; I\u2019ve forgotten what is good.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>my spirit</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/25/3/20'>3:20</a>, <a href='/CEB/25/3/24'>24</a>, <a href='/CEB/25/3/25'>25</a>, <a href='/CEB/25/3/51'>51</a>, <a href='/CEB/25/3/58'>58</a>"}, {"pk": 4115766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "I thought: My future is gone, as well as my hope from the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "The memory of my suffering and homelessness is bitterness and poison.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "I <sup>[5]</sup> can\u2019t help but remember and am depressed.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>My spirit can\u2019t help but remember and is depressed</i>"}, {"pk": 4115769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "I call all this to mind \u2014 therefore, I will wait. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Certainly the faithful love of the LORD hasn\u2019t ended; <sup>[6]</sup> certainly God\u2019s compassion isn\u2019t through!<br>", "comment": "[6] Tg, Syr, and other ancient sources; MT <i>we aren\u2019t finished.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "I think: <sup>[7]</sup> The LORD is my portion! Therefore, I\u2019ll wait for him. <br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>My spirit thinks</i>"}, {"pk": 4115773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD is good to those who hope in him, to the person <sup>[8]</sup> who seeks him.<br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4115774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "It\u2019s good to wait in silence for the LORD\u2019s deliverance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "It\u2019s good for a man to carry a yoke in his youth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "He should sit alone and be silent when God lays it on him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "He should put his mouth in the dirt \u2014 perhaps there is hope.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "He should offer his cheek for a blow; he should be filled with shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "My Lord definitely <sup>[9]</sup> won\u2019t reject forever.<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>Because my Lord won\u2019t reject forever</i>"}, {"pk": 4115780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "Although he has caused grief, he will show compassion in measure with his covenant loyalty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "He definitely doesn\u2019t enjoy affliction, <sup>[10]</sup> making humans suffer. <br>", "comment": "[10] Heb <i>He does not afflict from his heart.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "Now crushing underfoot all the earth\u2019s prisoners,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "denying someone justice before the Most High,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "subverting a person\u2019s lawsuit \u2014 doesn\u2019t my Lord see all this? <br>"}, {"pk": 4115785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "Who ever spoke and it happened if my Lord hadn\u2019t commanded the same?<br>"}, {"pk": 4115786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 38, "text": "From the mouth of the Most High evil things don\u2019t come, but rather good!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 39, "text": "Why then does any living person complain; why should anyone complain about their sins? <br>"}, {"pk": 4115788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 40, "text": "We must search and examine our ways; we must return to the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 41, "text": "We should lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 42, "text": "We are the ones who did wrong; we rebelled. But you, God, have not forgiven. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 43, "text": "You wrapped yourself up in wrath and hunted us; you killed, showing no compassion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 44, "text": "You wrapped yourself up in a cloud; prayers can\u2019t make it through!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 45, "text": "You made us trash and garbage in front of all other people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 46, "text": "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 47, "text": "Terror and trap have come upon us, catastrophe and collapse!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 48, "text": "Streams of water pour from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 49, "text": "My eyes flow and don\u2019t stop. There is no relief<br>"}, {"pk": 4115798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 50, "text": "until the LORD looks down from the heavens and notices.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 51, "text": "My eyes hurt me <sup>[11]</sup> because of what\u2019s happened to my city\u2019s daughters. <br>", "comment": "[11] Or <i>my spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4115800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 52, "text": "My enemies hunted me down like a bird, relentlessly, for no reason.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 53, "text": "They caught me alive in a pit and threw stones at me;<br>"}, {"pk": 4115802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 54, "text": "water flowed over my head. I thought: I\u2019m finished. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 55, "text": "I call on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 56, "text": "Hear my voice. Don\u2019t close your ear <sup>[12]</sup> to my need for relief, to my cry for help. <sup>[13]</sup><br>", "comment": "[12] Or <i>You didn\u2019t close your ear.</i><br>[13] Or <i>You have heard my voice.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 57, "text": "Come near to me on the day I call to you. Say to me, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 58, "text": "My Lord! Plead my desperate case; <sup>[14]</sup> redeem my life.<br>", "comment": "[14] Or <i>my spirit\u2019s case</i> or <i>my spirit\u2019s grievance</i>"}, {"pk": 4115807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 59, "text": "LORD, look at my mistreatment; judge my cause.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 60, "text": "Look at all of my enemies\u2019 vengeance, all of their scheming against me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 61, "text": "Hear their jeering, LORD, all of their scheming against me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 62, "text": "the speech of those who rise up against me, their incessant gossiping about me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 63, "text": "Whether sitting or standing, look at how I am the object of their song of ridicule.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 64, "text": "Pay them back fully, LORD, according to what they have done.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 65, "text": "Give them a tortured mind \u2014 put your curse on them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 3, "verse": 66, "text": "Angrily hunt them down; wipe them out from under the LORD\u2019s heaven. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Oh, no! <br>Gold is tarnished; <sup>[1]</sup> even the purest gold is changed. <br>Sacred jewels are scattered on every street corner. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Zion\u2019s precious children, once valued as pure gold \u2014 <br>oh no! \u2014 now they are worth no more than clay pots made by a potter. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Even jackals offer the breast; they nurse their young. <br>But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like desert ostriches. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "The baby\u2019s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth, thirsty. <br>Children ask for bread, beg for it \u2014 but there is no bread. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who once ate gourmet food now tremble in the streets. <br>Those who wore the finest purple clothes now cling to piles of garbage. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Greater was the punishment <sup>[2]</sup> of the daughter of my people than Sodom\u2019s penalty, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>which was quickly overthrown without any hand-wringing. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Or <i>sin</i><br>[2] Or <i>iniquity</i>"}, {"pk": 4115821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Her nazirites were purer than snow; they were more dazzling than milk. <br>Their limbs were redder than coral; their bodies were sapphire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "But their appearance grew darker than soot; they weren\u2019t recognized in the streets. <br>Their skin shriveled on their bones; it became dry like wood. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Things were better for those stabbed by the sword than for those stabbed by famine \u2014 <br>those who bled away, pierced, lacking food from the field. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "The hands of loving women boiled their own children <br>to become their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD let loose his fury; he poured out his fierce anger. <br>He started a fire in Zion; it licked up its foundations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "The earth\u2019s rulers didn\u2019t believe it \u2014 neither did any who inhabit the world \u2014 <br>that either enemy or adversary could enter Jerusalem\u2019s gates. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "It was because of her prophets\u2019 sins, her priests\u2019 iniquities, <br>those who shed righteous blood in the middle of the city. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "People wandered blindly in the streets, polluted with blood. <br>No one would even touch their clothing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cGo away! Unclean!\u201d was shouted at them, \u201cGo away! Away! Don\u2019t touch!\u201d <br>So they fled and wandered around. The nations said, \u201cThey can\u2019t stay here anymore.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "It was the LORD\u2019s presence that scattered them; <sup>[5]</sup> he no longer notices them. <br>They didn\u2019t honor the priests\u2019 presence; they didn\u2019t favor the elders. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Our eyes continually failed, looking for some help, but for nothing. <br>From our watchtower we watched for a nation that doesn\u2019t save. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Our steps were tracked; we could no longer walk in our streets. <br>Our end had drawn near; our days were done \u2014 our end had definitely come. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Our hunters were faster than airborne eagles. <br>They chased us up the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD\u2019s chosen one, the very breath in our lungs, was caught in their traps \u2014 <br>the one we used to talk about, saying, Under his protection we will live among the nations.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4115835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Rejoice and be happy, Daughter Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. <br>But this cup will pass over to you too. You will get drunk on it. You will be stripped naked. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Your punishment <sup>[6]</sup> is over, Daughter Zion; God won\u2019t expose you anymore. <br>But he will attend to your punishment, Daughter Edom; he will expose your sins. <br>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>iniquity</i>"}, {"pk": 4115837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "LORD, consider what has become of us; take notice of our disgrace. Look at it!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Our property has been turned over to strangers; <br>our houses belong to foreigners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "We have become orphans, having no father; <br>our mothers are like widows.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "We drink our own water \u2014 but for a price; <br>we gather our own wood \u2014 but pay for it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Our hunters have been at our necks; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>we are worn out, but have no rest.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "We held out a hand to Egypt <br>and to Assyria, to get sufficient food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Our fathers have sinned and are gone, <br>but we are burdened with their iniquities.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us <br>from their power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "We get our bread at the risk of our lives <br>because of the desert heat. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>sword;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Our skin is as hot as an oven <br>because of the burning heat of famine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Women have been raped in Zion, <br>young women in Judah\u2019s cities.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Officials have been hung up by their hands; <br>elders have been shown no respect.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Young men have carried grinding stones; <br>boys have stumbled under loads of wood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Elders have left the city gate; <br>young people stop their music.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Joy has left our heart; <br>our dancing has changed into lamentation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "The crown has fallen off our head. <br>We are doomed because we have sinned.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Because of all this our heart is sick; <br>because of these things our glance is dark.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Mount Zion, now deserted \u2014 <br>only jackals walk on it now!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "But you, LORD, will rule forever; <br>your throne lasts from one generation to the next.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Why do you forget us continually; <br>why do you abandon us for such a long time?<br>"}, {"pk": 4115857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Return us, LORD, to yourself. Please let us return! <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Give us new days, like those long ago \u2014 <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>and we will return</i> or <i>so that we can return</i>"}, {"pk": 4115858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 25, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "unless you have completely rejected us, <br>or have become too angry with us. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>But instead you have completely rejected us, become too angry with us,</i> or <i>Because if you have completely rejected us, have become too angry with us.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, I was with the exiles at the Chebar River when the heavens opened and I saw visions of God."}, {"pk": 4116136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "(It happened on the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin\u2019s deportation."}, {"pk": 4116137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word burst in on the priest Ezekiel, Buzi\u2019s son, in the land of Babylon at the Chebar River. There the LORD\u2019s power overcame him.)"}, {"pk": 4116138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "As I watched, suddenly a driving storm came out of the north, a great cloud flashing fire, with brightness all around. At its center, in the middle of the fire, there was something like gleaming amber."}, {"pk": 4116139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "And inside that were forms of four living creatures. This was what they looked like: Each had the form of a human being,"}, {"pk": 4116140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "though each had four faces and four wings."}, {"pk": 4116141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Their feet looked like proper feet, but the soles of their feet were like calves\u2019 hooves, and they shone like burnished bronze."}, {"pk": 4116142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Human hands were under their wings on all four sides. All four creatures had faces and wings, and"}, {"pk": 4116143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "their wings touched each other\u2019s wings. When they moved, they each went straight ahead without turning."}, {"pk": 4116144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "As for the form of their faces: each of the four had a human face, with a lion\u2019s face on the right and a bull\u2019s face on the left, and also an eagle\u2019s face."}, {"pk": 4116145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The pairs of wings <sup>[1]</sup> that stretched out overhead touched each other, while the other pairs covered their bodies.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT adds <i>and their faces.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Each moved straight ahead wherever the wind propelled them; they moved without turning."}, {"pk": 4116147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Regarding the creatures\u2019 forms: they looked like blazing coals, like torches. Fire darted about between the creatures and illuminated them, and lightning flashed from the fire."}, {"pk": 4116148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The creatures looked like lightning streaking back and forth."}, {"pk": 4116149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "As I looked at the creatures, suddenly there was a wheel on the earth corresponding to all four faces of the creatures."}, {"pk": 4116150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "The appearance and composition of the wheels were like sparkling topaz. There was one shape for all four of them, as if one wheel were inside another."}, {"pk": 4116151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "When they moved in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving."}, {"pk": 4116152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Their rims were tall and terrifying, because all four of them were filled with eyes all around."}, {"pk": 4116153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "When the creatures moved, the wheels moved next to them. Whenever the creatures rose above the earth, the wheels also rose up."}, {"pk": 4116154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Wherever the wind would appear to go, the wind would make them go there too. The wheels rose up beside them, because the spirit <sup>[2]</sup> of the creatures was in the wheels.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>wind</i>"}, {"pk": 4116155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "When they moved, the wheels <sup>[3]</sup> moved; when they stood still, the wheels stood still; and when they rose above the earth, the wheels rose up along with them, because the spirit <sup>[4]</sup> of the creatures was in the wheels.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>they</i><br>[4] Or <i>wind</i>"}, {"pk": 4116156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "The shape above the heads of the creatures <sup>[5]</sup> was a dome; it was like glittering ice stretched out over their heads.", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT <i>creature</i>"}, {"pk": 4116157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Just below the dome, their outstretched wings touched each other. They each also had two wings to cover their bodies."}, {"pk": 4116158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Then I heard the sound of their wings when they moved forward. It was like the sound of mighty waters, like the sound of the Almighty, <sup>[6]</sup> like the sound of tumult or the sound of an army camp. When they stood still, their wings came to rest.", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>Shaddai</i> or <i>Mountain One</i>"}, {"pk": 4116159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Then there was a sound from above the dome over their heads. They stood still, and their wings came to rest."}, {"pk": 4116160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Above the dome over their heads, there appeared something like lapis lazuli in the form of a throne. Above the form of the throne there was a form that looked like a human being."}, {"pk": 4116161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Above what looked like his waist, I saw something like gleaming amber, something like fire enclosing it all around. Below what looked like his waist, I saw something that appeared to be fire. Its brightness shone all around."}, {"pk": 4116162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Just as a rainbow lights up a cloud on a rainy day, so its brightness shone all around. This was how the form of the LORD\u2019s glory appeared. When I saw it, I fell on my face. I heard the sound of someone speaking."}, {"pk": 4116163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The voice said to me: Human one, stand on your feet, and I\u2019ll speak to you."}, {"pk": 4116164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "As he spoke to me, a wind <sup>[1]</sup> came to me and stood me on my feet, and I heard someone addressing me.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4116165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "He said to me: Human one, I\u2019m sending you to the Israelites, a traitorous and rebellious people. They and their ancestors have been rebelling against me to this very day."}, {"pk": 4116166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019m sending you to their hardheaded and hard-hearted descendants, and you will say to them: The LORD God proclaims."}, {"pk": 4116167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Whether they listen or whether they refuse, since they are a household of rebels, they will know that a prophet has been among them."}, {"pk": 4116168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "And as for you, human one, don\u2019t be afraid of them or their words. Don\u2019t be afraid! You possess thistles and thorns that subdue scorpions. <sup>[2]</sup> Don\u2019t be afraid of their words or shrink from their presence, because they are a household of rebels.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>thistles and thorns are with you, and you sit on scorpions.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "You\u2019ll speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they refuse. They are just a household <sup>[3]</sup> of rebels!", "comment": "[3] LXX, Syr, Tg; MT lacks <i>household.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "As for you, human one, listen to what I say to you. Don\u2019t become rebellious like that household of rebels. Open your mouth and eat what I give you."}, {"pk": 4116171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I looked, and there in a hand stretched out to me was a scroll."}, {"pk": 4116172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "He spread it open in front of me, and it was filled with writing on both sides, songs of mourning, lamentation, and doom."}, {"pk": 4116173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Then he said to me: Human one, eat this thing that you\u2019ve found. Eat this scroll and go, speak to the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll."}, {"pk": 4116175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "He said to me: Human one, feed your belly and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you. So I ate it, and in my mouth it became as sweet as honey."}, {"pk": 4116176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Then he said to me: Human one, go! Go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them."}, {"pk": 4116177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "You aren\u2019t being sent to a people whose language and speech are difficult and obscure but to the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "No, not to many peoples who speak difficult and obscure languages, whose words you wouldn\u2019t understand. If I did send you to them, they would listen to you."}, {"pk": 4116179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "But the house of Israel \u2014 they will refuse to listen to you because they refuse to listen to me. The whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hard-hearted too."}, {"pk": 4116180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ve now hardened your face so that you can meet them head-on."}, {"pk": 4116181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ve made your forehead like a diamond, harder than stone. Don\u2019t be afraid of them or shrink away from them, because they are a household of rebels."}, {"pk": 4116182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "He said to me: Human one, listen closely, and take to heart every word I say to you."}, {"pk": 4116183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Then go to the exiles, to your people\u2019s children. Whether they listen or not, speak to them and say: The LORD God proclaims!"}, {"pk": 4116184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Then a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great quaking sound from his place. Blessed is the LORD\u2019s glory!"}, {"pk": 4116185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The sound was the creatures\u2019 wings beating against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them; it was a great rumbling noise."}, {"pk": 4116186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the wind picked me up and took me away. With the LORD\u2019s power pressing down against me I went away, bitter and deeply angry,"}, {"pk": 4116187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "and I came to the exiles who lived beside the Chebar River at Tel-abib. I stayed there among them for seven desolate days."}, {"pk": 4116188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "At the end of the seven days, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Human one, I\u2019ve made you a lookout for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from me, deliver my warning."}, {"pk": 4116190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "If I declare that the wicked will die but you don\u2019t warn them, if you say nothing to warn them from their wicked ways so that they might live, they will die because of their guilt, but I will hold you accountable for their deaths."}, {"pk": 4116191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "If you do warn the wicked and they don\u2019t turn from their wickedness or their wicked ways, they will die because of their guilt, but you will save your life."}, {"pk": 4116192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Or suppose righteous people turn away from doing the right thing. If they act dishonestly, and I make them stumble because of it, they will die because you didn\u2019t warn them of their sin. Their righteous deeds won\u2019t be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their deaths."}, {"pk": 4116193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "But if you do warn the righteous not to sin, and they don\u2019t sin, they will be declared righteous. Their lives will be preserved because they heeded the warning, and you will save your life."}, {"pk": 4116194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD\u2019s power overcame me, and he said to me: Get up! Go out to the valley, and I\u2019ll speak to you there."}, {"pk": 4116195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "So I got up and went out to the valley. Suddenly, the LORD\u2019s glory stood there, like the glory that I had seen at the Chebar River, and I fell on my face."}, {"pk": 4116196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "When a wind came to me and stood me on my feet, he spoke to me and said: Go, shut yourself up inside your house."}, {"pk": 4116197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Look at you, human one! They\u2019ve now put cords on you and bound you up so that you can\u2019t go out among them."}, {"pk": 4116198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "I\u2019ll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth and take away your ability to speak. You won\u2019t be able to correct them, because they are a household of rebels."}, {"pk": 4116199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "But whenever I speak to you, I\u2019ll open your mouth, and you will say to them: The LORD God proclaims. Those who hear will understand, but those who refuse will not. They are just a household of rebels."}, {"pk": 4116200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "You, human one, take a brick. Put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it."}, {"pk": 4116201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Prepare the siege: Build a wall, construct ramps, set up army camps, and place battering rams all around."}, {"pk": 4116202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Face it directly. When it is under siege like this, press hard against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Now, lie on your left side, and set the guilt of the house of Israel on it. For the length of time that you lie on your side, you will bear their punishment."}, {"pk": 4116204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "I appoint to you three hundred ninety days, one day for each year of their guilt. So you will bear the punishment of the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "When you have completed these days, lie on your right side to bear the guilt of the house of Judah. I appoint forty days to you, one day for each year."}, {"pk": 4116206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "With your arm stretched out, face the siege of Jerusalem directly and prophesy against it."}, {"pk": 4116207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ve now bound you with cords so that you can\u2019t turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege."}, {"pk": 4116208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "You, gather some wheat and barley, beans and lentils, and millet and spelt. Put them in a bowl and make your bread from them. Eat it during the three hundred ninety days that you lie on your side."}, {"pk": 4116209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "At fixed times you will eat your food by weight, fourteen ounces a day. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>twenty shekels</i>"}, {"pk": 4116210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "You will also ration your water by measure, drinking a sixth of a hin <sup>[2]</sup> at fixed times each day.", "comment": "[2] A hin is approximately one pint."}, {"pk": 4116211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Eat it like barley bread, and bake it on human excrement while they watch."}, {"pk": 4116212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD says: In this same way the Israelites will eat their unclean bread among the nations where I am scattering them."}, {"pk": 4116213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "And I said: \u201cAh, LORD God! I\u2019ve never been unclean! From my childhood until now I\u2019ve never eaten anything that wasn\u2019t properly slaughtered, <sup>[3]</sup> and no unclean meat has ever entered my mouth!\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>what died of itself</i> or <i>was torn by wild beasts</i>"}, {"pk": 4116214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "He answered me: \u201cThen I\u2019ll let you use cow dung instead of human excrement. You can make your bread over that.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Then he said to me: Human one, I\u2019m destroying the food supply in Jerusalem. They will anxiously ration and eat their food, and in dismay they will dole out and drink their water."}, {"pk": 4116216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "When their food and water dwindles away, everyone will be horrified, and they will waste away because of their guilt."}, {"pk": 4116217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "You, human one, take a sharp sword. Use it like a razor and shave your head and beard. Then use scales to divide the hair."}, {"pk": 4116218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "At the end of the siege, burn one-third of it in the city. Strike another third with the sword left and right. Then scatter one-third to the wind and let loose <sup>[1]</sup> the sword after it.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I will let loose</i>"}, {"pk": 4116219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "From that third, take a few strands and hide them in your garment."}, {"pk": 4116220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "From that hair, take yet another batch and throw it into the fire and burn it up. From there, fire will spread to the whole house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the middle of the nations and surrounding countries."}, {"pk": 4116222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "But she rebelled against my case laws and my regulations with greater treachery than these nations and surrounding countries, who also rejected my case laws and didn\u2019t follow my regulations."}, {"pk": 4116223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: You have become more turbulent than these nations around you because you haven\u2019t obeyed my regulations or followed my case laws. You haven\u2019t even followed the case laws of the nations around you!"}, {"pk": 4116224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: I myself am now against you! I will impose the case law penalties on you in the sight of the nations."}, {"pk": 4116225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Because of you, I will do what I\u2019ve never done before and will never do again \u2014 all because of your detestable practices."}, {"pk": 4116226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will impose penalties from case laws on you and scatter all that is left of you to the winds."}, {"pk": 4116227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, as surely as I live, this is what the LORD God says: Because you made my sanctuary unclean with all your disgusting practices and detestable things, I myself will shave you. I will not shed a tear. You will have no compassion, even from me."}, {"pk": 4116228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "One-third of you will die of plague and waste away by famine among you. One-third will fall by the sword all around you. And one-third I will scatter to all the winds, letting loose a sword to pursue them."}, {"pk": 4116229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "My anger will be complete. I will exhaust my wrath against them and take my revenge. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken against them in my zeal and consumed them in my wrath."}, {"pk": 4116230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "I will turn you into a desolation to the ridicule of the nations all around you, in the sight of all who pass by."}, {"pk": 4116231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "You will become an object of ridicule, a mockery, and a horrifying lesson to the nations all around you, when I impose penalties from case laws against you in anger, wrath, and overflowing fury. I, the LORD, have spoken."}, {"pk": 4116232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "When I launch my deadly arrows of famine against you, I have released them for your destruction! I will add to your famine and completely cut off your food supply."}, {"pk": 4116233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "I will send famine and wild animals against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will come to you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken."}, {"pk": 4116234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, face Israel\u2019s mountains, and prophesy to them."}, {"pk": 4116236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Say: Hear the LORD God\u2019s word, mountains of Israel! <br>The LORD God proclaims to the mountains and hills, <br>to the valleys and their deepest ravines: <br>I\u2019m about to bring a sword against you <br>and destroy your shrines.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Your altars will be destroyed, <br>your incense altars broken. <br>And I\u2019ll make your slain fall in front of your idols.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ll throw the Israelites\u2019 corpses in front of their idols, <br>and I\u2019ll scatter your bones all around your altars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Wherever you live, <br>cities will be in ruins, shrines made desolate, <br>turned into utter ruin. <br>Your altars will be punished <br>and then broken down. <br>Your idols will be demolished, <br>your incense altars shattered, <br>and all your works wiped out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The slain will fall among you, <br>and you will know that I am the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But I will spare a few. <br>Some of you will escape the nations\u2019 swords <br>when you are scattered throughout the lands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Your fugitives will remember me <br>in the nations to which they\u2019ve been banished, <br>how I was crushed when their roving hearts turned away from me, <br>and their roving eyes went after their idols. <br>They will loathe themselves <br>for their treacherous acts and detestable practices,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "and they will know that I am the LORD. <br>Not in vain have I threatened to bring this evil against them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and cry \u201cHorror\u201d over all the detestable practices of the house of Israel. They will fall by the sword, famine, and plague."}, {"pk": 4116245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Whoever is far off will die of plague, whoever is nearby will fall to the sword, and whoever finds refuge will die of famine. I\u2019ll satisfy my wrath against them!"}, {"pk": 4116246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "They will know that I am the LORD when their slain appear among their idols and around their altars, wherever they offered up pleasing aromas for all their idols, on every high hill and mountaintop, and under every lofty tree and leafy oak."}, {"pk": 4116247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Wherever they live, I will direct my power against them. I will turn the land into a greater wasteland than the Riblah desert. Then they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "You, human one, this is what the LORD God proclaims to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come to the four corners of the earth!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Even now the end is upon you! <br>I\u2019ll send my anger against you, <br>I\u2019ll judge you according to your ways, <br>and I\u2019ll turn all your detestable practices against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "I won\u2019t shed a tear for you or show any pity. <br>Instead, I\u2019ll turn your ways against you, <br>and your detestable practices will stay with you. <br>Then you will know that I am the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Disaster! A singular disaster! Look, it comes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "The end has come! Oh, yes, it has come! <br>It has come to you! Look, it\u2019s here!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "You who live on the earth, <br>you are finally caught in your own trap! <br>The time has come; the day draws near. <br>On the hills panic, not glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "And now it\u2019s near! <br>Against you I will pour out my wrath, <br>and my anger will be satisfied. <br>I\u2019ll judge you according to your ways, <br>and turn all your detestable practices against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "I won\u2019t shed a tear or show any pity <br>when I turn your ways against you, <br>and your detestable practices stay with you. <br>Then you will know that I, the LORD, am the one who strikes you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4116257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Look, the day! Look, it comes! <br>Doom has arrived! The staff blossoms, and pride springs up!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Violence rises up as a wicked master. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>It isn\u2019t from others or their armies or their violence. <br>It hasn\u2019t loomed up because of them.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>wicked staff</i>"}, {"pk": 4116259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The time is coming! The day draws near! <br>No buyer should rejoice, and no seller should mourn, <br>because wrath overcomes the whole crowd.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "The seller will never get back what was sold, <br>even if both of them survive. <br>The vision concerns the whole crowd. <br>It won\u2019t be revoked. <br>And the guilty ones \u2014 <br>they won\u2019t even be able to hang on to their lives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "They have blown the horn, <br>and everything is ready, but no one goes to battle, <br>because my wrath overcomes the whole crowd.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Outside, the sword! Inside, plague and famine! <br>Whoever is out in the field will die by the sword. <br>Whoever is in the city, <br>plague and famine will consume them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "And those who flee? <br>They will turn up on the hills like valley doves, <br>all of them moaning, those guilty ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Every hand will hang limp; <br>urine will run down every leg.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "They will put on mourning clothes, <br>and horror will cover them. <br>On every face, shame; <br>on all their heads, baldness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "They will hurl their silver into the street, <br>and their gold will seem unclean. <br>Their silver and their gold won\u2019t deliver them <br>on the day of the LORD\u2019s anger. <br>They won\u2019t satisfy their appetites or fill their bellies. <br>Their guilt will bring them down. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "From their beautiful ornament, in which they took pride, <br>they have made horrible and detestable images! <br>Therefore, I\u2019ve declared it an unclean thing for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "I\u2019ll hand it over to foreigners as loot taken in war, <br>to the earth\u2019s wicked ones as plunder \u2014 they will defile it!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "When I hide my face from my people, <br>foreigners will defile my treasured place. <br>Violent intruders will invade it; they will defile it! <br>"}, {"pk": 4116270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Make a chain! <br>The earth is full of perverted justice, <br>the city full of violence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "I\u2019ll bring up the cruelest nations, <br>and they will seize their houses. <br>I\u2019ll break their proud strength, <br>and their sanctuaries will be defiled. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Disaster! It has come! <br>They seek peace, but there is none.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "One disaster comes after another, <br>and rumor follows rumor. <br> They seek a vision from the prophet. <br>Instruction disappears from the priest, <br>and counsel from the elders.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "The king will go into mourning, <br>the prince will clothe himself in despair, <br>and the hands of the land\u2019s people will tremble. <br>When I do to them as they have done <br>and judge them by their own justice, <br>they will know that I am the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and Judah\u2019s elders were sitting with me, when the LORD God\u2019s power overcame me."}, {"pk": 4116276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "I looked, and there was a form that looked like fire. Below what looked like his waist was fire, but above his waist it looked like gold, like gleaming amber."}, {"pk": 4116277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "He stretched out the form of a hand and picked me up by the hair of my head. A wind lifted me up between earth and heaven, and in a divine vision it brought me to Jerusalem, to the north-facing entrance of the gate to the inner court. That was where the pedestal was for the outrageous image that incites outrage."}, {"pk": 4116278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "There I saw the glory of Israel\u2019s God, exactly like what I had seen in the valley."}, {"pk": 4116279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "He said to me: Human one, look toward the north. So I looked north, and there, north of the altar gate, was this outrageous image in the entrance."}, {"pk": 4116280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "He said to me: Human one, do you see what they are doing, the terribly detestable practices that the house of Israel is doing here that drive me far from my sanctuary? Yet you will see even more detestable practices than these."}, {"pk": 4116281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he brought me to the court entrance. When I looked, I saw a hole in the wall."}, {"pk": 4116282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "He said to me: Human one, dig through the wall. So I dug through the wall, and I discovered a doorway."}, {"pk": 4116283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "And he said to me: Go in and see what wicked and detestable things they are doing in there."}, {"pk": 4116284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "So I went in and looked, and I saw every form of loathsome beasts and creeping things and all the idols of the house of Israel engraved on the walls all around."}, {"pk": 4116285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing in front of them, and all of them were holding censers in their hands. Jaazaniah, Shaphan\u2019s son, was standing right there with them, and the scent of the incense cloud rose up."}, {"pk": 4116286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to me: Human one, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every one of them in their rooms full of sculptured images? They say, \u201cThe LORD doesn\u2019t see us; the LORD has abandoned the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "He said to me: You will see them performing even more detestable practices."}, {"pk": 4116288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the temple, where women were sitting and performing the Tammuz lament."}, {"pk": 4116289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "He said to me: Human one, do you see? Yet you will see even more detestable practices than these."}, {"pk": 4116290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "He brought me to the inner court of the LORD\u2019s temple. There, at the entrance to the LORD\u2019s temple, between the porch and the altar, were twenty-five men facing toward the east with their backs to the LORD\u2019s temple. They were bowing to the sun in the east."}, {"pk": 4116291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "He said to me: Do you see, human one? Isn\u2019t it enough that the house of Judah has observed here all these detestable things? They have filled the land with violence, and they continue to provoke my fury. Look at them! They even put the branch to their noses!"}, {"pk": 4116292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "I will certainly respond with wrath. I won\u2019t spare or pity anyone. Even though they call out loudly to me in my hearing, I won\u2019t listen to them."}, {"pk": 4116293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Then in my hearing he called out loudly: Draw near, you guardians of the city, and bring your weapons of destruction!"}, {"pk": 4116294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Suddenly, six men came from the Upper Gate that faces north. All of them were holding weapons of destruction. Among them was another man who was dressed in linen and had a writing case at his side. When they came in and stood beside the bronze altar,"}, {"pk": 4116295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "the glory of Israel\u2019s God rose from above the winged creatures <sup>[1]</sup> where he had been and moved toward the temple\u2019s threshold. The LORD called to the man who was dressed in linen with the writing case at his side:", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>creature</i>"}, {"pk": 4116296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark the foreheads of those who sigh and groan because of all the detestable practices that have been conducted in it."}, {"pk": 4116297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "To the others he said in my hearing: Go through the city after him, and attack. Spare no one! Be merciless!"}, {"pk": 4116298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Kill them all, old men, young men and women, babies and mothers. Only don\u2019t touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the men, the elders in front of the temple."}, {"pk": 4116299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to them: Make the temple unclean! Fill the courts with the slain! Go! And they went out and attacked the city."}, {"pk": 4116300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "While they were attacking, I was left alone. I fell on my face, and I cried out, \u201cOh, LORD God! When you pour out your wrath on Jerusalem, will you destroy all that is left of Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "He said to me: \u201cJudah and the house of Israel are very, very guilty. The land is filled with blood, and the city is full of injustice. They have said, \u2018The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD sees nothing.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4116302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "I most definitely won\u2019t spare or pity anyone! I will hold them accountable for their ways.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Just then the man who was dressed in linen with the writing case at his side returned and said, \u201cI\u2019ve done just as you commanded.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "At that moment I saw a form of a throne in the dome above the heads of the winged creatures. It appeared above them, and it looked like lapis lazuli."}, {"pk": 4116305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to the man clothed in linen: Go in between the wheels under the winged creatures. <sup>[1]</sup> Fill your hands with fiery coals from between the winged creatures, and scatter them over the city. As I watched, he went in.", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>creature</i>"}, {"pk": 4116306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Now the winged creatures were standing to the right of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner courtyard."}, {"pk": 4116307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s glory rose from above the winged creatures <sup>[2]</sup> and moved toward the temple\u2019s threshold. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the LORD\u2019s glory.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>creature</i>"}, {"pk": 4116308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "The sound of the winged creatures\u2019 wings could be heard as far as the outer courtyard. It was like the sound of God Almighty <sup>[3]</sup> when he speaks.", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>El Shaddai</i> or <i>God of the Mountain</i>"}, {"pk": 4116309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "When he instructed the man clothed in linen to take fire from between the winged creatures and their wheels, the man went and stood next to the wheel."}, {"pk": 4116310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Then one of the winged creatures stretched a hand between the winged creatures into the fire that was between them, and he drew out some of it and set it in the palm of the one clothed in linen. He took it and went out."}, {"pk": 4116311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "It appeared that the winged creatures had the form of a human hand under their wings."}, {"pk": 4116312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Suddenly, I saw four wheels next to the winged creatures. There was a wheel next to each winged creature, and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling topaz."}, {"pk": 4116313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "It appeared that there was one shape for all four of them, as if one wheel were inside another."}, {"pk": 4116314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When they moved in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving. Whichever way the leading one faced, they moved in that direction without swerving."}, {"pk": 4116315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Their whole body \u2014 backs, hands, and wings \u2014 as well as their wheels, all four of them, were covered with eyes all around."}, {"pk": 4116316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "It was these wheels that were called \u201cthe wheels\u201d in my hearing."}, {"pk": 4116317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Each winged creature had four faces. The first face was that of a winged creature, the second face was that of a human being, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle."}, {"pk": 4116318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The winged creatures rose up, the same creatures that I had seen at the Chebar River."}, {"pk": 4116319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "When the winged creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them. When the winged creatures lifted their wings to ascend above the earth, the wheels remained beside them without swerving."}, {"pk": 4116320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "When they stood still, the wheels stood still; when they rose up, they rose up with them, because the spirit <sup>[4]</sup> of the living creatures was in them.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>wind</i>"}, {"pk": 4116321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s glory went out from above the temple\u2019s threshold and it stood over the winged creatures."}, {"pk": 4116322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "While I watched, the winged creatures raised their wings and rose from the ground to leave, with their wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the temple, and the glory of Israel\u2019s God was up above them."}, {"pk": 4116323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "These were the same living creatures that I saw underneath Israel\u2019s God at the Chebar River, and I realized that they were winged creatures."}, {"pk": 4116324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Each had four faces and four wings, with the form of a human hand under their wings."}, {"pk": 4116325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "The forms of their faces were the same faces that I saw at the Chebar River. Their appearance was also the same. All four of them moved straight ahead."}, {"pk": 4116326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD\u2019s temple. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw that two officials of the people, Jaazaniah, Azzur\u2019s son, and Pelatiah, Benaiah\u2019s son, were with them."}, {"pk": 4116327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to me: Human one, these men devise evil plans and give wicked advice in this city."}, {"pk": 4116328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "They are the ones who say, \u201cThe nearest relatives aren\u2019t building houses. <sup>[1]</sup> The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>it is not time to build houses</i>"}, {"pk": 4116329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Therefore, prophesy against them, human one, prophesy!"}, {"pk": 4116330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD\u2019s spirit took hold of me, and he said to me: Say, This is what the LORD God proclaims: So you have said, house of Israel! But I know what you really mean."}, {"pk": 4116331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "You continue to commit murder in this city, and you fill its streets with the slain."}, {"pk": 4116332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: The city is the cooking pot, and the ones you have slain in it are the meat. But you will be taken out of it."}, {"pk": 4116333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "I will lead you out of the city, hand you over to foreigners, and execute judgments against you."}, {"pk": 4116335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "You will fall by the sword! At Israel\u2019s borders I will judge you, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "The city won\u2019t be your cooking pot, and you won\u2019t be the meat in it. At Israel\u2019s borders, I will judge you."}, {"pk": 4116337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "You will know that I am the LORD, whose regulations you didn\u2019t observe and whose case laws you didn\u2019t follow. Instead, you followed the case laws of the nations around you."}, {"pk": 4116338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "While I was prophesying, Benaiah\u2019s son Pelatiah dropped dead. I fell on my face, and I wailed and said, \u201cOh, LORD God! Are you finishing off even the Israelites who are left?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Human one, when the people living in Jerusalem said, \u201cThey\u2019ve gone far from the LORD, and we\u2019ve been given the land as an inheritance,\u201d they were talking about your family, your nearest relatives, the whole house of Israel, all of it."}, {"pk": 4116341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, say, The LORD God proclaims: Even though I made them go far away among the nations and caused them to scatter throughout the earth, I\u2019ve provided some sanctuary for them in the countries to which they\u2019ve gone."}, {"pk": 4116342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, say, The LORD God proclaims: I will gather you from the nations, assemble you from the countries where you were scattered, and I will give you Israel\u2019s fertile land."}, {"pk": 4116343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "They will enter the land, and they will remove from it all its disgusting and detestable things."}, {"pk": 4116344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "I will give them a single heart, and I will put a new spirit in them. I will remove the stony hearts from their bodies and give them hearts of flesh"}, {"pk": 4116345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "so that they may follow my regulations and carefully observe my case laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God."}, {"pk": 4116346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "As for those whose hearts continue to go after their disgusting and detestable things, I will hold them accountable for their ways. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Then the winged creatures raised their wings. The wheels were next to them, and the glory of Israel\u2019s God was above them."}, {"pk": 4116348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD\u2019s glory ascended from the middle of the city, and it stopped at the mountain east of the city."}, {"pk": 4116349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "And a wind lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Chaldea, through a vision with a divine wind. <sup>[2]</sup> When the vision I had seen left me,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4116350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "I spoke to the exiles about everything the LORD had shown to me."}, {"pk": 4116351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, you live in a household of rebels. They have eyes to see but they don\u2019t see, ears to hear but they don\u2019t hear, because they are a household of rebels."}, {"pk": 4116353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "But you, human one, prepare a backpack for going into exile. In the daytime while they watch, go into exile; while they watch, go out from your place to another. Even though they are a household of rebels, perhaps they will understand."}, {"pk": 4116354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "In the daytime while they watch, carry your backpack as if for exile. At twilight while they watch, go out like those who are led out to exile."}, {"pk": 4116355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "While they watch, dig a hole through the wall and take your backpack out through it."}, {"pk": 4116356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "While they watch, shoulder your backpack and carry it out in the dark. Cover your face so that you can\u2019t see the land, because I\u2019m making you a sign for the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "So I did as I was commanded. I carried out my backpack like an exile\u2019s backpack in the daytime. At night I dug a hole through the wall with my hands. In the darkness, I shouldered my backpack and carried it out while they watched."}, {"pk": 4116358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "In the morning, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Human one, has the house of Israel, that household of rebels, asked you, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Say to them, The LORD God proclaims: This concerns the prince in Jerusalem, along with the entire house of Israel in it. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4116361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Say: I\u2019m your sign. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them. They will go into captivity in exile."}, {"pk": 4116362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Their prince will shoulder his backpack at night and go out. They will dig through the wall to lead him out through it, and he will cover his face so that his eyes won\u2019t see the land."}, {"pk": 4116363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "But I will spread my net over him, catch him in my trap, and bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans. He won\u2019t see it, but he will die there."}, {"pk": 4116364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "As for all those who are in league with him, I will scatter his helpers and all his troops to the winds and let the sword loose after them."}, {"pk": 4116365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "They will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands."}, {"pk": 4116366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "But I will preserve a few of their number from the sword, famine, and plague, so that they may confess all their detestable practices among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Human one, eat your bread in trembling, and drink your water in anxious agitation."}, {"pk": 4116369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Say to the land\u2019s people, The LORD God proclaims to those living in Jerusalem regarding Israel\u2019s fertile land: As they anxiously eat up their bread and drink up their water in dismay, the land will be emptied of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there."}, {"pk": 4116370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "The inhabited cities will be laid waste, the land left desolate, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Human one, what is this proverb of your people concerning Israel\u2019s fertile land? They say, \u201cThe days go by, and every vision vanishes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "Therefore, say to them, The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019ll put an end to this proverb! It will never again be uttered in Israel. Tell them instead: The days are coming soon for the fulfillment of every vision."}, {"pk": 4116374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Never again will there be any worthless vision or deceptive divination in the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "I am the LORD! The word that I speak is the word that I will speak! It will happen and be delayed no longer. In your own days, household of rebels, I speak a word and make it happen. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "Human one, the house of Israel is now saying, \u201cThe vision that he sees is for distant days; he prophesies about future times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, say to them, The LORD God proclaims: It will be delayed no longer. Every word of mine that I\u2019ve spoken is certain, and it will happen. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, prophesy to Israel\u2019s prophets who prophesy from their own imaginations. Say, Hear the LORD\u2019s word!"}, {"pk": 4116381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Doom to the foolish prophets who follow their own whims but see nothing."}, {"pk": 4116382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Israel, your prophets have been like jackals among ruins."}, {"pk": 4116383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "You haven\u2019t gone up into the breach or reinforced the wall of the house of Israel, so that it might withstand the battle on the day of the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "They saw worthless visions and performed deceptive divinations. Even though the LORD didn\u2019t send them, they said, \u201cThis is what the LORD says\u201d and expected their word to stand."}, {"pk": 4116385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Didn\u2019t you see worthless visions? And didn\u2019t you report deceptive divinations and say, \u201cThis is what the LORD says,\u201d even though I didn\u2019t speak?"}, {"pk": 4116386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: Because you spoke worthless things and had false visions, I\u2019m against you. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ll wield my power against the prophets, those seers of nothingness and diviners of lies. They won\u2019t be included in my people\u2019s council, or recorded in the house of Israel\u2019s official records, or enter Israel\u2019s fertile land. Then you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Without a doubt, they led my people astray, saying \u201cPeace\u201d when there was no peace, and \u201cHe is building a wall\u201d when they were the ones who laid on the plaster."}, {"pk": 4116389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Say to those who laid on the plaster that it will fall. When the flooding rains appear and I send hailstones, it will collapse, and the storm winds will break it apart."}, {"pk": 4116390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "The wall will certainly fall. Won\u2019t it be said about you, \u201cWhere is your plaster now?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: In my fury I will make a storm wind break out, and in my anger there will be flooding rains and hailstones in consuming wrath."}, {"pk": 4116392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "I will tear down the wall on which you laid plaster. I will raze it to the ground and expose its foundation. When it falls, you will be destroyed with it, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "I will exhaust my fury on the wall and on those who laid plaster on it. Then I will say to you, \u201cWhere is the wall?\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> and \u201cWhere are those who plastered it,", "comment": "[1] Syr, cf <a href='/CEB/26/13/12'>13:12</a>; MT <i>There is no wall.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and envisioned peace when there was no peace?\u201d This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "You, human one, face the daughters of your people, those women who prophesy from their imaginations. Prophesy against them"}, {"pk": 4116396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "and say, The LORD God proclaims: Doom to the women who sew bands on every wrist and make veils for heads of all sizes to entrap human lives. Will you ensnare my people\u2019s lives but preserve your own?"}, {"pk": 4116397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "When you degrade me to my people for handfuls of barley and bread crumbs, you mislead my gullible people, and you bring about the death of those who shouldn\u2019t die and keep alive those who shouldn\u2019t live."}, {"pk": 4116398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m against the bands that you use to trap human lives. <sup>[2]</sup> I will tear them from your arms, and I will set free the lives that you\u2019ve trapped like birds.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT adds <i>like birds</i>."}, {"pk": 4116399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "I will tear off your veils and snatch my people out of your clutches. They will be prey in your clutches no longer. Then you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "You hurt the righteous with slander \u2014 I didn\u2019t wound them! \u2014 and you strengthened the hands of the wicked so that they survived without changing their evil ways!"}, {"pk": 4116401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Therefore, you will no longer see empty visions or perform divinations. I will rescue my people from your clutches, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "When some of the elders of the house of Israel came to sit in my presence,"}, {"pk": 4116403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Human one, these men decide on their own to set up their idols, so the cause of their downfall is right in front of them. Why should I allow them to ask me anything?"}, {"pk": 4116405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Therefore, speak to them and tell them, The LORD God proclaims: If anyone from the house of Israel decides on his own to set up his idols and puts the cause of his downfall right in front him, but then comes to the prophet, I, the LORD, will require an answer from him through his many idols."}, {"pk": 4116406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "So I\u2019ll seize the hearts of the house of Israel, whose idols have made them all strangers to me."}, {"pk": 4116407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, say to the house of Israel, The LORD God proclaims: Come back! Turn away from your idols and from all your detestable practices. Turn away!"}, {"pk": 4116408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Or anyone of the house of Israel or any immigrant in Israel who becomes estranged from me by deciding on their own to set up their idols and puts the cause of their downfall right in front of them, but then comes to the prophet to ask me something through him, I, the LORD, will require an answer."}, {"pk": 4116409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "I will confront that one. I will set them up as a sign and an object lesson, and I will cut them off from my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "As for the prophet who was seduced into speaking a word, even though it was I, the LORD, who seduced that prophet, I will use my power against him and cut him off completely from my people Israel."}, {"pk": 4116411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "The prophet and the inquirer alike will bear their guilt,"}, {"pk": 4116412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "so that the house of Israel won\u2019t stray away from me again or make themselves impure with any of their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Human one, suppose a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, so that I use my power against it, break off its food supply, let famine run rampant, and eliminate both humans and animals."}, {"pk": 4116415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "If these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, lived there, their lives alone would be saved because they were righteous. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Or suppose I allow wild animals to roam through the land, and it becomes so wild that no one can live there or even travel through it on account of the wild animals."}, {"pk": 4116417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "If these three men lived there, as surely as I live, proclaims the LORD God, they wouldn\u2019t be able to rescue even their sons or daughters. They alone would be rescued, but the land would become a ruin."}, {"pk": 4116418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and command the sword to pass through and eliminate both humans and animals."}, {"pk": 4116419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "If these three men lived there, as surely as I live, proclaims the LORD God, they wouldn\u2019t be able to rescue even their sons or daughters. They alone would be rescued."}, {"pk": 4116420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Or suppose I send a plague against that land and pour out my fury on it. With great bloodshed I would eliminate both humans and animals."}, {"pk": 4116421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "If Noah, Daniel, and Job lived there, as surely as I live, proclaims the LORD God, they wouldn\u2019t be able to rescue either sons or daughters. But they would save their lives because they were righteous."}, {"pk": 4116422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: How much more if I send all four of these terrible acts of judgment \u2014 sword, famine, wild animals, and plague \u2014 against Jerusalem, to eliminate both humans and animals?"}, {"pk": 4116423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Yet a few survivors will be left. Sons and daughters will be brought out to you. When you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the evil that I inflicted on Jerusalem, for all that I brought against it."}, {"pk": 4116424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Seeing their ways and their deeds will bring you some consolation, because then you will understand what I\u2019ve done, and that I didn\u2019t do any of these things without cause. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, how is the vine\u2019s wood better than the wood of all the trees in the forest?"}, {"pk": 4116427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Can you make anything useful from its wood? Can you make a peg from it and hang objects on it?"}, {"pk": 4116428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "If not, can it be used as firewood? Fire would consume its two ends, but its middle part would only get charred. So is it useful for anything?"}, {"pk": 4116429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Look, even when it was whole, it was worthless. Now that the fire has consumed it, and it is charred, it\u2019s even more useless."}, {"pk": 4116430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: Of all the trees in the forest, I have decreed that the vine\u2019s wood is destined to be consumed by fire. So also have I decreed for those who live in Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4116431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "and I have confronted them. They may try to go out from the fire, but the fire will consume them. You will know that I am the LORD, because I confronted them."}, {"pk": 4116432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "I will turn the land into a ruin because they acted faithlessly, proclaims the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4116433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, show Jerusalem her detestable practices."}, {"pk": 4116435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Say, The LORD God proclaims to Jerusalem: By origin and birth you are from the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, your mother a Hittite."}, {"pk": 4116436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "This is how you were treated on the day you were born: Your umbilical cord wasn\u2019t cut, you weren\u2019t washed clean with water or rubbed with salt, and you weren\u2019t wrapped in blankets."}, {"pk": 4116437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "No one took pity or cared enough to do any of these things for you. You were despised on the day of your birth and thrown out on the open field."}, {"pk": 4116438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "When I happened to come by, I saw you flailing about in your blood. I said to you while you were still bloody, \u201cLive!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "I helped you to flourish like a young plant in the field, and you grew tall and became wonderfully endowed. Your breasts were firm, your hair beautifully thick. And you were completely naked."}, {"pk": 4116440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "When I passed by you, I realized that you were ready for love. So I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I made a solemn promise and entered into a covenant with you, and you became mine. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I washed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and poured oil on you."}, {"pk": 4116442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "I clothed you with colorful garments, put fine sandals on you, wrapped your head in linen, and covered you with jewels."}, {"pk": 4116443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "I adorned you with fine jewelry, and put bracelets on your wrists and a necklace around your neck."}, {"pk": 4116444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "I put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head."}, {"pk": 4116445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "I adorned you with gold and silver, and your garments were made of the finest linen and brocade. You ate the finest flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful, fit for royalty."}, {"pk": 4116446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Among the nations you were famous for your beauty. It was perfect because of the splendor that I had given you. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "But you trusted in your beauty and traded on your fame. At every opportunity, you seduced all who came by."}, {"pk": 4116448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "You took some of your clothing to make colorful shrines and prostituted yourself in them."}, {"pk": 4116449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "You took the beautiful gold and silver jewelry that I had given to you, and you made male images for yourself and prostituted yourself with them."}, {"pk": 4116450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "You took your fine garments and clothed them. You set my oil and incense before them."}, {"pk": 4116451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "You set my food that I had given you to eat \u2014 fine wheat, oil, and honey \u2014 before them as a pleasing aroma. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "You took your sons and daughters, which you had borne to me, and you sacrificed these to them so they could consume them. Was this promiscuity of yours a small thing?"}, {"pk": 4116453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "You slaughtered my sons and placed them in the fire for them!"}, {"pk": 4116454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "In all your detestable practices and promiscuities, you didn\u2019t remember the days of your infancy when you lay completely naked, flailing about in your blood."}, {"pk": 4116455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "After all your wickedness \u2014 doom, doom to you, proclaims the LORD God \u2014"}, {"pk": 4116456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "you built a pavilion for yourself and set up platforms in every square."}, {"pk": 4116457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "At every crossroad you built your platform and degraded your beauty by spreading your legs to all comers. And so you encouraged even more promiscuity."}, {"pk": 4116458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "You prostituted yourself with the Egyptians, your neighbors with the large sexual organs, and as you added to your seductions, you provoked me to anger."}, {"pk": 4116459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "So I used my power against you, cut off your allowance, and gave you up to the passions of the Philistine women who had been confounded by your infamous ways and had rejected you."}, {"pk": 4116460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "Still not satisfied, you prostituted yourself to the Assyrians, but they weren\u2019t enough for you either."}, {"pk": 4116461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "So you prostituted yourself with the Babylonians, the land of traders, but again you weren\u2019t satisfied."}, {"pk": 4116462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "How sick was your heart \u2014 the LORD God proclaims \u2014 that you could do all these things, the deeds of a hardened prostitute."}, {"pk": 4116463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "But you weren\u2019t like an ordinary prostitute! When you built your pavilion at the head of every street and made your platform in every square, you refused to be paid."}, {"pk": 4116464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "You are like an adulterous wife: you take in strangers instead of your husband."}, {"pk": 4116465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "Ordinary prostitutes are given gifts, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers. From every direction you even bribed them to come to you for your sexual favors."}, {"pk": 4116466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "As a prostitute, you were more perverse than other women. No one approached you for sexual favors, but you yourself gave gifts instead of receiving them. You are perversion itself!"}, {"pk": 4116467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 35, "text": "Therefore, you prostitute, hear the LORD\u2019s word!"}, {"pk": 4116468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 36, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: You were in a constant state of arousal <sup>[1]</sup> and exposed yourself when you acted like a prostitute with your lovers and with the idols to which you gave your children\u2019s blood.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 37, "text": "Therefore, I will now gather all of your lovers whom you pleased, the ones you loved and the ones you rejected. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose you to them. They will see it all."}, {"pk": 4116470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 38, "text": "I will convict you of adultery and murder, and I will hand you over in bloody fury and zeal."}, {"pk": 4116471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 39, "text": "I will hand you over to them, and they will tear down your pavilion and destroy your platforms. They will strip you of your garments, take your beautiful jewels, and they will leave you completely naked."}, {"pk": 4116472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 40, "text": "They will bring an army against you, pelt you with stones, and slaughter you with their swords."}, {"pk": 4116473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 41, "text": "They will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will bring an end to your prostitution; indeed, you will never again give payment."}, {"pk": 4116474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 42, "text": "When I\u2019ve satisfied my anger, and my rage has turned away from you, I will be calm and no longer angry."}, {"pk": 4116475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 43, "text": "Because you didn\u2019t remember your youthful days, and infuriated me with all these things, I will hold you accountable for what you\u2019ve done. This is what the LORD God says. Have you not added bad reputation to all your detestable acts?"}, {"pk": 4116476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 44, "text": "Now everyone who speaks in proverbs will say this about you: \u201cLike mother, like daughter.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 45, "text": "You are your mother\u2019s daughter! She loathed her husband and also her children. You are just like your sisters too! They also loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite."}, {"pk": 4116478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 46, "text": "Your older sister is Samaria, who lives with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lives with her daughters in the south."}, {"pk": 4116479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 47, "text": "You didn\u2019t follow in their ways or engage in their detestable practices in any small way. You were far more destructive."}, {"pk": 4116480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 48, "text": "As surely as I live, says the LORD God, not even your sister Sodom and her daughters did what you and your daughters have done!"}, {"pk": 4116481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 49, "text": "This is the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were proud, had plenty to eat, and enjoyed peace and prosperity; but she didn\u2019t help the poor and the needy."}, {"pk": 4116482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 50, "text": "They became haughty and did detestable things in front of me, and I turned away from them as soon as I saw it."}, {"pk": 4116483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 51, "text": "Samaria didn\u2019t sin even half as much as you did. You\u2019ve so outstripped her in multiplying your detestable practices, with all the detestable things you\u2019ve done, that you\u2019ve even made your sisters seem innocent."}, {"pk": 4116484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 52, "text": "Bear your disgrace, which has actually improved your sisters\u2019 position. Because your sins and detestable acts were greater than theirs, they are now more righteous than you. Be ashamed, and bear the disgrace of making your sisters righteous!"}, {"pk": 4116485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 53, "text": "I will improve the circumstances of Sodom and her daughters and the circumstances of Samaria and her daughters. And what\u2019s left of your fortune will go to them,"}, {"pk": 4116486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 54, "text": "so that you will bear your disgrace and be humiliated by all that you\u2019ve done to make them feel better."}, {"pk": 4116487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 55, "text": "Then your sister Sodom and her daughters will return to their former state, and your sister Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state. You and your daughters will return to your former state,"}, {"pk": 4116488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 56, "text": "but you will no longer talk about your sister Sodom as in your haughty days"}, {"pk": 4116489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 57, "text": "before your wickedness was exposed. You are now the reproach of all the daughters of Edom <sup>[2]</sup> and all those around her, including the daughters of the Philistines. They mock you on every side.", "comment": "[2] Syr; MT <i>Aram</i>"}, {"pk": 4116490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 58, "text": "You alone must bear your bad reputation and your detestable ways. This is what the LORD says."}, {"pk": 4116491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 59, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: I will do to you just as you have done, despising solemn pledges and breaking covenants."}, {"pk": 4116492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 60, "text": "Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you."}, {"pk": 4116493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 61, "text": "And you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when in spite of your covenant I <sup>[3]</sup> take your big sisters and little sisters from you and give them back to you as daughters.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4116494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 62, "text": "I myself will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 16, "verse": 63, "text": "Then you will remember and be ashamed, and you won\u2019t even open your mouth because of your shame, after I\u2019ve forgiven you for all that you\u2019ve done. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, compose a riddle and a parable about the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4116498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Say, The LORD God proclaims: The great eagle with great wings, long feathers, and full, colorful plumage came to Lebanon and took the top branch of the cedar."}, {"pk": 4116499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "He plucked a twig from the cedar\u2019s crown, brought it to the land of traders, and set it down in a city of merchants."}, {"pk": 4116500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "He took a native seed and planted it in a prepared field, placing it like a willow beside plentiful water."}, {"pk": 4116501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "It grew and became a low-spreading vine. Its foliage turned toward him, and its roots developed under him. And so it became a vine, and it produced branches and sent out its shoots."}, {"pk": 4116502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Now there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage. This vine bent its roots and turned its branches toward him so that it might draw more water from him than from its own bed,"}, {"pk": 4116503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "a good field with plentiful water where it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine."}, {"pk": 4116504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Say, The LORD God proclaims: Will it thrive? Won\u2019t he tear out its roots, strip its fruit, and cause all the leaves of its branches to wither? It will dry up, and no one will need a strong arm or a mighty army to uproot it."}, {"pk": 4116505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Though it is planted, will it thrive? When the east wind touches it, won\u2019t it completely wither? On the bed in which it was planted, it will wither away."}, {"pk": 4116506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Say now to the rebellious household: Don\u2019t you know what these things mean? Say: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and carried its king and its officers away with him to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4116508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Then he took a prince from the royal line, made an agreement with him, and made him take a solemn pledge of loyalty. He also took away the land\u2019s officials."}, {"pk": 4116509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "Thus it would be a lowly kingdom, not asserting its own interests but observing the agreement so that it would survive."}, {"pk": 4116510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "But the prince rebelled against him and sent messengers to Egypt to supply him with horses and a great army. Can such a person succeed? Can one who does these things escape? Can he overturn the agreement and escape capture?"}, {"pk": 4116511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "As surely as I live, says the LORD God, he will die in Babylon, in the place of the king who gave him the authority to rule, whose solemn pledge he scorned and whose agreement he overturned."}, {"pk": 4116512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Pharaoh won\u2019t help him. There will be no strong force or mighty army in battle when siege ramps are set up and towers are built to eliminate many lives."}, {"pk": 4116513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "He scorned the solemn pledge and overturned the agreement! Even though he made a promise, he did all these things, and he won\u2019t escape capture."}, {"pk": 4116514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: As surely as I live, it was my solemn pledge that he scorned and my agreement that he overturned, and I will hold him accountable."}, {"pk": 4116515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon, and I myself will enter into judgment with him there for rebelling against me."}, {"pk": 4116516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "All his elite fighters <sup>[1]</sup> along with all his troops will fall by the sword, and those who are left will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr, Tg; MT <i>his fugitives</i>"}, {"pk": 4116517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: I myself will take one of the top branches from the tall cedar. I will pluck a tender shoot from its crown, and I myself will plant it on a very high and lofty mountain."}, {"pk": 4116518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "On Israel\u2019s mountainous highlands I will plant it, and it will send out branches and bear fruit. It will grow into a mighty cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it and find shelter in the shade of its boughs."}, {"pk": 4116519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "Then all the trees in the countryside will know that I, the LORD, bring down the tall tree and raise up the lowly tree, and make the green tree wither and the dry tree bloom. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it."}, {"pk": 4116520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "What do you mean by this proverb of yours about the land of Israel: \u201cWhen parents eat unripe grapes, the children\u2019s teeth suffer\u201d?"}, {"pk": 4116522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "As surely as I live, says the LORD God, no longer will you use this proverb in Israel!"}, {"pk": 4116523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "All lives are mine; the life of the parent and the life of the child belong to me. Only the one who sins will die."}, {"pk": 4116524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "People are declared innocent when they act justly and responsibly."}, {"pk": 4116525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "They don\u2019t eat on the hills or give their attention to the idols of the house of Israel. They don\u2019t defile the wives of their neighbors or approach menstruating women."}, {"pk": 4116526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "They don\u2019t cheat anyone, but fulfill their obligations. They don\u2019t rob others, but give food to the hungry and clothes to the naked."}, {"pk": 4116527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "They don\u2019t impose interest or take profit. They refrain from evil and settle cases between people fairly."}, {"pk": 4116528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "They follow my regulations, keep my case laws, and act faithfully. Such people are innocent, and they will live, proclaims the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4116529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "But suppose one of them has a violent child who sheds blood or does any one of these things,"}, {"pk": 4116530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "even though his parents didn\u2019t do any of them. He eats on the mountains, defiles his neighbor\u2019s wife,"}, {"pk": 4116531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "oppresses the poor and needy, robs others and doesn\u2019t fulfill his obligations, pays attention to the idols and does detestable things,"}, {"pk": 4116532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "and takes interest and profit. Should he live? He should not. He engaged in all these detestable practices. He will surely die, and his blood will be on him."}, {"pk": 4116533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "But suppose he has a child who sees all the sins that his father committed. He becomes alarmed and doesn\u2019t do them."}, {"pk": 4116534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "He doesn\u2019t eat on the mountains or pay attention to the idols of the house of Israel. He doesn\u2019t defile his neighbor\u2019s wife."}, {"pk": 4116535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "He doesn\u2019t cheat anyone, either by seizing collateral for loans or committing robbery. He gives his food to the hungry and clothes to the naked."}, {"pk": 4116536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "He refrains from oppressing the poor by taking neither interest nor profit. He observes my case laws and follows my regulations. He won\u2019t die because of his father\u2019s guilt. He will surely live."}, {"pk": 4116537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "As for his father: If he exploited the weak or committed robbery, or did anything else that wasn\u2019t good for the people, he will die because of his own guilt."}, {"pk": 4116538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "You will say, \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t the child bear his parent\u2019s guilt?\u201d The child has acted justly and responsibly. The child kept all my regulations and observed them. The child will surely live."}, {"pk": 4116539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Only the one who sins will die. A child won\u2019t bear a parent\u2019s guilt, and a parent won\u2019t bear a child\u2019s guilt. Those who do right will be declared innocent, and the wicked will be declared guilty."}, {"pk": 4116540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "But if the wicked turn away from all the sins that they have committed, keep all my regulations, and act justly and responsibly, they will surely live and not die."}, {"pk": 4116541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "None of the sins that they committed will be held against them, but they will live because they do the right things."}, {"pk": 4116542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the LORD God. Certainly not! If they change their ways, they will live."}, {"pk": 4116543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "If those who do the right thing turn from righteousness and engage in the same detestable practices that the wicked committed, can they do these things and live? None of their righteous deeds will be remembered. They will die because of their treacheries and sins."}, {"pk": 4116544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "But you say, \u201cMy Lord\u2019s way doesn\u2019t measure up.\u201d Listen, house of Israel, is it my ways that don\u2019t measure up? Isn\u2019t it your ways that don\u2019t measure up?"}, {"pk": 4116545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "When those who do the right thing turn from their responsible ways and act maliciously, they will die because of it. For their malicious acts they will die."}, {"pk": 4116546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "And when the wicked turn from their wicked deeds and act justly and responsibly, they will preserve their lives."}, {"pk": 4116547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "When they become alarmed and turn away from all their sins, they will surely live; they won\u2019t die."}, {"pk": 4116548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "Yet the house of Israel says, \u201cMy Lord\u2019s way doesn\u2019t measure up.\u201d Is it my ways that don\u2019t measure up? Isn\u2019t it your ways that don\u2019t measure up, house of Israel?"}, {"pk": 4116549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "Therefore, I will judge each of you according to your ways, house of Israel. This is what the LORD God says. Turn, turn away from all your sins. Don\u2019t let them be sinful obstacles for you."}, {"pk": 4116550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Abandon all of your repeated sins. Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?"}, {"pk": 4116551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "I most certainly don\u2019t want anyone to die! This is what the LORD God says. Change your ways, and live!"}, {"pk": 4116552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "You, raise a lament for Israel\u2019s princes."}, {"pk": 4116553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Say: What a lioness among lionesses was your mother! <br>She bedded down among the strong young lions and reared her cubs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "She singled out one of her cubs and he became a strong young lion; <br>he learned to tear flesh and devour humans.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "When the nations heard about him, they caught him in their trap <br>and carried him with hooks to the land of Egypt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope faded. <br>So she took another of her cubs and set him up as a strong young lion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "He went on the prowl with the other lions and became a strong young lion. <br>He learned to tear flesh and devour humans;<br>"}, {"pk": 4116558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "he ravaged <sup>[1]</sup> their widows and laid waste to their cities. <br>When the earth and everything in it became horrified by the sound of his raging,<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>knew</i>"}, {"pk": 4116559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "the nations from the surrounding regions allied against him. <br>They cast their nets over him and caught him in their trap.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "They put a collar on him and brought him with hooks. <br>They brought him with nets to the king of Babylon <br>so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard <sup>[2]</sup> planted beside the waters;<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>in your blood</i>"}, {"pk": 4116562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "<sup>[10]</sup> she bore lush fruit and foliage because of the plentiful water, <br>and she produced mighty branches, fit for rulers\u2019 scepters. <br>She grew tall, and her crown went up between the clouds. <br>Because of her height and thick growth, she became conspicuous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "So she was struck down in anger, <br>thrown down to the ground. <br>The east wind dried her out and destroyed her fruit; <br>it sapped the branch of its strength, <br>and fire consumed it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "So now she is planted in the desert, <br>in a parched and thirsty land,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "and fire has gone out from her branch and consumed her foliage and fruit, <br>leaving her no strong branch <br>or ruler\u2019s scepter. <br> This is a lamentation, and it will serve as a lamentation."}, {"pk": 4116566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of Israel\u2019s elders came to inquire of the LORD. As they were sitting with me,"}, {"pk": 4116567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Human one, speak to Israel\u2019s elders and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: Have you come to petition me? As surely as I live, I reject your petitions. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4116569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Will you judge them, human one, will you judge them? Then expose to them the detestable practices of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4116570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Say to them, The LORD God proclaims: On the day I chose Israel, I swore a solemn pledge to the descendants of Jacob\u2019s household. When I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I swore a solemn pledge: I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4116571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "On that day I swore that I would lead them out of the land of Egypt to a land that I would show them, a land full of milk and honey, the most splendid of all lands."}, {"pk": 4116572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "And I said to them, Every one of you must cast away your disgusting things. Don\u2019t let yourselves be defiled by Egypt\u2019s idols. I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4116573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "But they rebelled against me and refused to listen to me. No one cast off their disgusting things or abandoned their Egyptian idols. So I declared that I would pour out my wrath on them and satisfy my anger against them in the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "But I acted for my name\u2019s sake, so that it wouldn\u2019t be degraded in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, and in whose sight I made it known that I would lead them out of the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the desert."}, {"pk": 4116576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "I gave them my regulations and made known to them my case laws, which bring life to all who observe them."}, {"pk": 4116577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "I also gave them my sabbaths as a sign between us that I, the LORD, have set them apart for my purpose. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to make them holy</i>"}, {"pk": 4116578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They didn\u2019t follow my regulations and rejected my case laws, which bring life to all who observe them. They completely degraded my sabbaths. So I declared that I would pour out my anger against them and destroy them in the desert."}, {"pk": 4116579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "But instead, I acted for the sake of my name so that it wouldn\u2019t be degraded in the sight of the nations who saw me lead them out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "So in the desert I swore another solemn pledge, that I wouldn\u2019t bring them to the land that I had given to them, a land full of milk and honey, a land more splendid than any other,"}, {"pk": 4116581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "because they rejected my case laws, didn\u2019t follow my regulations, and degraded my sabbaths. They had their hearts set on their idols."}, {"pk": 4116582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "But I had too much compassion to destroy them, so I didn\u2019t put an end to them in the desert."}, {"pk": 4116583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "In the desert, I said to their children, Don\u2019t follow your parents\u2019 regulations or observe their case laws or become defiled by their idols."}, {"pk": 4116584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "I am the LORD your God! Follow my regulations! Observe my case laws and do them!"}, {"pk": 4116585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Make my sabbaths holy, and let them be a sign between us that I am the LORD your God."}, {"pk": 4116586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "But the children rebelled against me. They didn\u2019t follow my regulations or observe my case laws, which bring life to all who observe them. They also degraded my sabbaths. So I declared that I would pour out my wrath on them and satisfy my anger against them in the desert."}, {"pk": 4116587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "But I restrained myself and acted for the sake of my name so that it wouldn\u2019t be diminished in the sight of the nations who saw me lead them out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "And I swore yet another solemn pledge in the desert, that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the earth,"}, {"pk": 4116589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "because they didn\u2019t observe my case laws, they rejected my regulations, and they degraded my sabbaths while they kept looking to their parents\u2019 idols."}, {"pk": 4116590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "I also issued regulations that were not good and case laws by which they could not live."}, {"pk": 4116591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "I defiled them with their very gifts when they offered up all their oldest children. They were supposed to be so horrified that they would acknowledge that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Therefore, human one, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: Yet again your ancestors defamed me by rebelling against me!"}, {"pk": 4116593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "I brought them into the land that I swore to give to them. But when they saw all the high hills and lofty trees, there they made their sacrifices: irksome offerings here, pleasing aromas there, and drink offerings elsewhere!"}, {"pk": 4116594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "I said to them, What shrine are you going to now? So it\u2019s called Shrine <sup>[2]</sup> to this very day.", "comment": "[2] Heb sounds like <i>Where are you going?</i>"}, {"pk": 4116595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "So now say to the house of Israel, The LORD God proclaims: Will you defile yourselves as your ancestors did, and will you prostitute yourself after their disgusting things?"}, {"pk": 4116596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "When you offer up your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Should I let you seek me out, house of Israel? This is what the LORD God says: As surely as I live, I won\u2019t let you seek me."}, {"pk": 4116597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "What is in your minds will never happen! You\u2019ve been saying, \u201cLet\u2019s be like the nations and the clans of the lands in the service of wood and stone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "This is what the LORD God says: As surely as I live, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, I will be your king!"}, {"pk": 4116599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "I will lead you out from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you\u2019ve been scattered \u2014 yes, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out!"}, {"pk": 4116600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "I will march you out to the wilderness nations, and there I will judge you face-to-face."}, {"pk": 4116601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "Just as I judged your ancestors in the desert of the land of Egypt, so will I judge you. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "I will make you walk under the rod, and I will bring you into the covenant bond."}, {"pk": 4116603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 38, "text": "I will remove from among you those who rebel and transgress against me. I will lead them out from the land where they lived as immigrants, but they won\u2019t enter Israel\u2019s fertile land. Then you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 39, "text": "But to you, house of Israel, the LORD God proclaims: Go ahead and serve your idols, all of you! But afterward, if any of you are left to listen to me, <sup>[3]</sup> you will no longer make my holy name impure with your gifts or your idols!", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 40, "text": "On my holy mountain, on the high mountain in Israel, the whole house of Israel will serve me there \u2014 every one of them in the land! This is what the LORD God says. There I will accept them, and there I will ask for their offerings, their finest gifts, and all their holy things."}, {"pk": 4116606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 41, "text": "When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you are scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. Through you I will be made holy in the sight of the nations."}, {"pk": 4116607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 42, "text": "Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you to Israel\u2019s fertile land, to the land that I swore to give to your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4116608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 43, "text": "There you will remember how your ways and all your wicked deeds defiled you, and you will loathe yourselves for all the wicked things that you\u2019ve done."}, {"pk": 4116609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 44, "text": "Then, house of Israel, you will know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for the sake of my name and not according to your wicked ways and ruinous deeds. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 45, "text": "<sup>[4]</sup> The LORD\u2019s word came to me:", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/26/21/1'>21:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4116611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 46, "text": "Human one, face Teman, preach against the south, and prophesy against the thicket in the arid southern plain."}, {"pk": 4116612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 47, "text": "Say to the thicket in the arid southern plain: Hear the LORD God\u2019s word. This is what the LORD God says: I\u2019m about to set a fire in you, and it will consume every green and every dry tree in you. Its blazing flame won\u2019t be put out, and everything from south to north will be scorched."}, {"pk": 4116613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 48, "text": "Everyone will see that I, the LORD, have set it on fire. It won\u2019t be quenched."}, {"pk": 4116614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 20, "verse": 49, "text": "Then I said, \u201cOh, LORD God! They say about me, \u2018Isn\u2019t he one for making metaphors?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> The LORD\u2019s word came to me:", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/26/21/6'>21:6</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4116616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, face Jerusalem, preach against their sanctuary, and prophesy against Israel\u2019s fertile land."}, {"pk": 4116617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Say to Israel\u2019s fertile land, The LORD proclaims: I\u2019m now against you! I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you."}, {"pk": 4116618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "In order to cut off the righteous and wicked from you, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from south to north."}, {"pk": 4116619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "And everyone will know that I, the LORD, have taken my sword out of its sheath. It won\u2019t be put away again."}, {"pk": 4116620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "You, human one, groan in their sight; groan bitterly with trembling knees."}, {"pk": 4116621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "If they ask you why you\u2019re groaning, say to them, \u201cBecause of the news.\u201d When it comes, every heart will despair, every hand will hang lifeless, every spirit will be listless, and urine will run down every leg. It\u2019s coming! It will happen! This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Human one, prophesy! Say, The Lord proclaims! Say: A sword! A sharp and polished sword!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "For utter slaughter it is sharpened, <br>polished to flash like lightning. <br>Let\u2019s not rejoice, because no one will escape the purge. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "He appoints it for polishing, to seize in the hand. <br>The sword is sharpened, it is polished; <br>it is ready for the destroyer\u2019s hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Human one, cry aloud, and wail, <br>for it comes against my people, <br>against all of Israel\u2019s princes, <br>handed over to the sword along with my people. <br>Therefore, strike your thigh. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "He\u2019s testing. <br>When even the rod rejects, <br>will it not certainly happen? <sup>[3]</sup> <br>This is what the LORD God says. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "And you, human one, prophesy! <br>Strike hand to hand. <br>Let the sword strike twice, three times! <br>It\u2019s a deadly sword, <br>a great deadly sword. <br>It whirls around them<br>"}, {"pk": 4116629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "to make hearts shudder, <br>to make many stumble and fall. <br>I\u2019ve set the slaughtering sword <br>against all their gates. <br>Oh! It\u2019s crafted to flash like lightning, <br>polished for slaughter!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Stab again and again! Plunge right, <br>plunge left, wherever your edge goes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "It is I who strike hand to hand! <br>I\u2019ll satisfy my wrath! I, the LORD, have spoken. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "You, human one, mark two roads for the coming of the sword of the king of Babylon. They should diverge from a single country. Where the road to the city begins, set up a sign,"}, {"pk": 4116634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "and point out the way for the sword to come: \u201cTo Rabbah of the Ammonites\u201d or \u201cTo Judah in its stronghold Jerusalem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "The king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road where the two roads begin and performs his divinations. He shakes the arrows, consults the divine images, and inspects the liver."}, {"pk": 4116636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "On his right side appeared the omen for Jerusalem: to put battering rams in place, to proclaim war and raise the alarm, to place battering rams against the gates, and to set up siege ramps and build towers."}, {"pk": 4116637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "It seems to them like a lying divination, because solemn pledges had been sworn to them. But he will remind them of their guilt, and they will be captured."}, {"pk": 4116638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "So the LORD God proclaims: Now that you have remembered your guilt and your treacheries are exposed, your sins can be seen in everything you do. Because you have brought your guilt to light, you will be captured!"}, {"pk": 4116639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "But you vile, wicked prince of Israel whose day has come, the time of final punishment,"}, {"pk": 4116640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "this is what the LORD God says: Remove the turban, take off the crown! Nothing will be as it was. Bring down the exalted, and exalt the lowly."}, {"pk": 4116641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "A ruin, ruin, ruin, I\u2019ll make it! Such a thing has never happened! Even before the rightful judge comes, I\u2019ve handed it over to him."}, {"pk": 4116642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "You, human one, prophesy and say, The LORD God proclaims to the Ammonites concerning their disgrace. Say, Sword! Sword unsheathed for slaughter, burnished, battle-ready, <sup>[4]</sup> flashing like lightning:", "comment": "[4] Or <i>to take in the hand</i>"}, {"pk": 4116643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "False visions and lying divinations set you against the necks of vile, wicked men whose day had come, the time of final punishment."}, {"pk": 4116644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you."}, {"pk": 4116645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "I will pour out my wrath against you. With a raging fire I will blow against you, and I will hand you over to those who burn and forge destruction."}, {"pk": 4116646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "Fire will consume you, your blood will sink into the earth, and you will no longer be remembered. I, the LORD, have spoken."}, {"pk": 4116647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "You, human one, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then explain all her detestable practices to her."}, {"pk": 4116649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Say, The LORD God proclaims: City, self-destructive blood-letter, self-defiling idol maker:"}, {"pk": 4116650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "All the blood that you\u2019ve shed is your punishment, and all the idols that you\u2019ve made are your defilement. This is how you\u2019ve shortened your days and hastened the end <sup>[1]</sup> of your years! For this reason I\u2019ve given you over to the ridicule of nations and the derision of every land.", "comment": "[1] LXX, Syr; Vulg <i>time</i>; MT <i>until</i>"}, {"pk": 4116651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Those from near and far will mock your infamous name and great chaos."}, {"pk": 4116652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Look, Israel\u2019s princes, every one of them, have joined forces to shed blood in you."}, {"pk": 4116653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "In you they treat father and mother with contempt. In you they oppress immigrants and deny the rights of orphans and widows."}, {"pk": 4116654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "You despise my holy things and degrade my sabbaths."}, {"pk": 4116655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "In you slanderers show up to shed blood. In you they eat on the mountains. In you they do obscene things."}, {"pk": 4116656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "In you a father\u2019s nakedness is uncovered. In you menstruating women are violated."}, {"pk": 4116657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Every man engages in detestable practices with his neighbor\u2019s wife, every man defiles his daughter-in-law with obscene acts, and every man violates his sister, his own father\u2019s daughter."}, {"pk": 4116658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "In you they take bribes to shed blood. You collect interest and fees, you profit by extorting your neighbor, and you neglect even me! This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "I now strike my hands over your ill-gotten gain and blood that\u2019s been shed in you."}, {"pk": 4116660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "Will your strength and courage endure when I deal with you? I am the LORD: I speak, and I act!"}, {"pk": 4116661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you throughout the lands, and so I will remove your uncleanness from you."}, {"pk": 4116662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "When you are degraded <sup>[2]</sup> like this in the sight of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.", "comment": "[2] MT adds <i>in you</i>."}, {"pk": 4116663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Human one, the house of Israel has become a waste product for me. They are all copper, tin, iron, and lead. In the furnace, they\u2019ve become the waste product of silver."}, {"pk": 4116665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "So this is what the LORD God says: Because you\u2019ve all become a waste product, I\u2019m now gathering you into the middle of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4116666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are collected and placed in a furnace to fan the flames under them and melt them down, so in my anger and rage I will collect you, put you in, and melt you down."}, {"pk": 4116667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "I will gather you, fan the flames of my wrath under you, and melt you down in the middle of it."}, {"pk": 4116668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it. You will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my rage on you."}, {"pk": 4116669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Human one, say to her, You are an unclean land without rain on the day of reckoning."}, {"pk": 4116671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "The conspiracy of princes <sup>[3]</sup> in her is like a roaring lion ripping up prey. They\u2019ve piled up wealth and precious goods and made many widows in her.", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>prophets</i>"}, {"pk": 4116672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "Her priests have done violence to my instructions and made my holy things impure. They have not clearly separated the holy from the ordinary, and they have not taught the difference between unclean and clean things. They\u2019ve disregarded my sabbaths. So I\u2019ve been degraded among them."}, {"pk": 4116673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "The officials in her are like wolves ripping up prey. They shed blood and destroy lives for unjust riches."}, {"pk": 4116674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "Her prophets have whitewashed everything for them, seeing false visions and making wrong predictions for them, saying, \u201cThis is what the LORD God says,\u201d when the LORD hasn\u2019t spoken."}, {"pk": 4116675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "The important people of the land have practiced extortion and have committed robbery. They\u2019ve oppressed the poor and mistreated the immigrant. They\u2019ve oppressed and denied justice."}, {"pk": 4116676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "I looked for anyone to repair the wall and stand in the gap for me on behalf of the land, so I wouldn\u2019t have to destroy it. But I couldn\u2019t find anyone."}, {"pk": 4116677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "So I\u2019ve poured out my anger on them. With my furious fire I\u2019ve finished them off. I\u2019ve held them accountable. This is what the LORD God proclaims."}, {"pk": 4116678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, there were two women, daughters of one woman."}, {"pk": 4116680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "When they were girls in Egypt, they began to prostitute themselves by allowing their young and nubile breasts to be touched and fondled."}, {"pk": 4116681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "The older sister was named Oholah, and the younger sister was named Oholibah. They became mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Now Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4116682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "But Oholah became unfaithful to me and lusted after her lovers the Assyrians:"}, {"pk": 4116683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "warriors dressed in fine blue cloth, governors and officers, charioteers and horsemen, all of them the most handsome of men."}, {"pk": 4116684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "She sought them out to seduce them, all of them men of the highest rank of Assyria. She defiled herself by everyone she lusted after and also by all their idols."}, {"pk": 4116685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "But she never gave up her promiscuities with the Egyptians, who had slept with her in her girlhood and fondled her nubile breasts, and who continued to seduce her."}, {"pk": 4116686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians for whom she lusted."}, {"pk": 4116687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "They stripped her naked, took her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. And she became notorious among women for the punishments they enacted against her."}, {"pk": 4116688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Her sister Oholibah saw it, and she proceeded to outdo her sister in her lust and in her seductions."}, {"pk": 4116689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and officers, warriors richly clothed, charioteers and horsemen, all of them the most handsome of men."}, {"pk": 4116690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "I saw that she too defiled herself. Both had the same tendencies,"}, {"pk": 4116691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "but she was even more promiscuous. She saw men carved in wall reliefs, images of Chaldeans outlined in vermilion,"}, {"pk": 4116692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "wearing only loincloths around their hips and flowing headbands on their heads. All of them had the appearance of warriors of the third rank, the likeness of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea."}, {"pk": 4116693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Aroused just by looking at them, she sent messengers to them in Chaldea."}, {"pk": 4116694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "The Babylonians came to her to lie down and make love with her, defiling her with their seductions. But once she had defiled herself with them, she recoiled from them in disgust."}, {"pk": 4116695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "When her seductions became known and her nakedness exposed, I recoiled from her just as I had recoiled from her sister."}, {"pk": 4116696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "But she added to her promiscuities, bringing to mind her youthful days when she was a prostitute in the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "She lusted after their male consorts, whose sexual organs were like those of donkeys, and whose ejaculation was like that of horses."}, {"pk": 4116698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "She relived the wicked days of her youth, when the Egyptians touched and fondled her young and nubile breasts."}, {"pk": 4116699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "So Oholibah, the LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m now inciting your lovers against you, all those from whom you recoiled, and I will bring them against you from all around \u2014"}, {"pk": 4116700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the Assyrians with them, the most handsome young men, all of them governors and officers, career officers and conscripts, all of them on horseback."}, {"pk": 4116701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "They will come against you with weapons, <sup>[1]</sup> chariots, and wagons, and with a great army, with shield, buckler, and helmet; and they will surround you. I will hand your punishment over to them, and they will judge you according to their laws.", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "I will direct my passion against you, and they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and those who are left will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and those who are left will be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4116703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "They will strip your clothing from you and remove your beautiful crown."}, {"pk": 4116704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "That\u2019s how I will put an end to your lewdness and your Egyptian-styled promiscuity. Never again will you stare at them, and you won\u2019t remember Egypt anymore."}, {"pk": 4116705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m now handing you over to those whom you hate and from whom you recoil."}, {"pk": 4116706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "They will deal hatefully with you: They will seize your pay and leave you completely naked. Your promiscuity, betrayal, and seductions will be exposed."}, {"pk": 4116707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "This will be done to you because you sold yourself to the nations and became defiled by their idols."}, {"pk": 4116708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "You followed in your sister\u2019s path, so I have put her cup into your hand."}, {"pk": 4116709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Deep and wide is your sister\u2019s cup. Drink! <br>Appointed for abuse and scorn, it overflows.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "You will be filled with drunken sadness. <br>A cup of devastation and dismay <br>is the cup of your sister Samaria.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "Drink it, drain it dry, break it into pieces, <br>and tear off your breasts, for I have spoken. <br>This is what the LORD God says. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: Because you forgot me and turned your back on me, you alone will bear the consequences of your betrayal and promiscuities."}, {"pk": 4116713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "Then the LORD said to me, Human one, judge Oholah and Oholibah, and make known their detestable practices to them."}, {"pk": 4116714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "They committed adultery, so now blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols, and they even took their children whom they had borne to me and offered them up to be consumed for them."}, {"pk": 4116715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 38, "text": "They also did this to me: On the same day, they made my sanctuary unclean and made my sabbaths impure."}, {"pk": 4116716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 39, "text": "When they slaughtered their children for their idols, they came into my sanctuary and made it impure on that very same day. They actually did this inside my temple."}, {"pk": 4116717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 40, "text": "They even sent for men who came from a great distance. No sooner than a messenger was sent, they arrived! For these men you bathed, you painted your eyes, and you put on your jewelry."}, {"pk": 4116718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 41, "text": "You took your place on a splendid couch with a richly set table in front of it, and you set my incense and my oil on it."}, {"pk": 4116719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 42, "text": "The sound of a noisy crowd was around her. Men from the common multitude, drinkers of wine, were brought from the desert. They put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads."}, {"pk": 4116720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 43, "text": "Then I thought, For a foolish woman they become adulterers! Incited by her seduction, they prostitute themselves \u2014 for her! <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 44, "text": "They come as if coming to a prostitute, first to Oholah, and then to Oholibah, those traitorous women."}, {"pk": 4116722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 45, "text": "But men who do the right thing will judge them, and they will be punished as adulterers and murderers, because they are in fact adulterers, and blood is on their hands."}, {"pk": 4116723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 46, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Bring up an assembly against them, and decree terror and plunder for them."}, {"pk": 4116724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 47, "text": "Let the assembly stone them! Let them carve them up with their swords, slay their sons and daughters, and burn their houses with fire!"}, {"pk": 4116725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 48, "text": "So I will put an end to betrayal in the land. Taking warning, no woman will betray as you have done."}, {"pk": 4116726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 23, "verse": 49, "text": "You will be held accountable for your betrayals, and you will bear the sins of your idols. Then you will know that I am the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4116727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, write down today\u2019s date, because today the king of Babylon has set up camp at Jerusalem \u2014 today!"}, {"pk": 4116729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Compose a parable for the rebels\u2019 household and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: Put on the pot, set it on, <br>and fill it with water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Add meat to it, <br>every good piece. <br>With shoulder and thigh, <br>the meatiest bones, fill it up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "Take the flock\u2019s best animal; <br>arrange the wood <sup>[1]</sup> beneath it. <br>Bring it to a rolling boil, <br>and cook its bones in it. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>bones</i>"}, {"pk": 4116732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Horror! You bloody city, you corroded pot; pot whose corrosion can\u2019t be removed! Empty it piece by piece. She is rejected <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the lot did not fall to her</i>"}, {"pk": 4116733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "because her blood is still with her. She didn\u2019t pour it out on the ground so that it could be covered with dirt, but she spread it out on a bare rock."}, {"pk": 4116734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "In order to arouse wrath, to guarantee vengeance, I will spread her blood on a bare rock, never to be covered."}, {"pk": 4116735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: Horror! You bloody city! <br>I myself will add fuel to the fire!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "Pile on the wood, light the fire, and cook the meat. <br>Season it well and let the bones be charred.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Let the pot stand empty on its coals <br>until it\u2019s so hot that its copper glows, <br>its impurities melt in it, <br>and its corrosion is consumed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "It\u2019s a worthless task. <br>Even by fire its great corrosion isn\u2019t removed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "How your betrayals defile you! I cleansed you, but you didn\u2019t come clean from your impurities. You won\u2019t be clean again until I have exhausted my anger against you."}, {"pk": 4116740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "I, the LORD, have spoken! It\u2019s coming, and I\u2019ll do it. I won\u2019t relent or have any pity or compassion. Your punishments will fit your ways and your deeds! This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "Human one, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you in a single stroke. Don\u2019t mourn or weep. Don\u2019t even let your tears well up."}, {"pk": 4116743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Sigh inwardly; be deathly still. Don\u2019t perform mourning rites, but bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet. And don\u2019t cover your upper lip or eat in human company."}, {"pk": 4116744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "I spoke with the people in the morning, and by evening my wife was dead. The next morning I did as I was commanded."}, {"pk": 4116745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "The people asked, \u201cWon\u2019t you tell us what your actions mean for us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "So I said to them, The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Say to the house of Israel, the LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m about to make my sanctuary impure, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes. Your heart\u2019s desire, the sons and daughters you left behind, will fall by the sword."}, {"pk": 4116748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "You will do as I have done. You will neither cover your upper lip nor eat in human company."}, {"pk": 4116749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "Your turbans will be on your heads, your sandals on your feet. You won\u2019t mourn or weep. You will waste away in your guilt, all of you groaning to each other."}, {"pk": 4116750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "Ezekiel is your sign. You will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4116751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "And you, human one: On the day that I take from them their proud stronghold \u2014 their crowning joy, the delight of their eyes \u2014 and their sons and daughters, whose fate weighs on them,"}, {"pk": 4116752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "on that day, a refugee will come to you so that you yourself will hear the news."}, {"pk": 4116753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "On that day your mouth will be opened to the refugee, and you will speak and no longer be silent. You will be their sign, and they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, face the Ammonites and prophesy against them."}, {"pk": 4116756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "Say to the Ammonites: Hear the LORD God\u2019s word! The LORD God proclaims: You laughed when my sanctuary was degraded, when Israel\u2019s fertile land was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile;"}, {"pk": 4116757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "therefore, I\u2019m handing you over to people in the east for them to take possession. They will set up their encampments against you, establish residence, devour your fruit, and drink your milk."}, {"pk": 4116758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ll make Rabbah into pastureland for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Because you clapped your hands and stamped your feet when you rejoiced with utter contempt for Israel\u2019s fertile land,"}, {"pk": 4116760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019m about to overpower you. Nations will plunder you. I will cut you off from the peoples, remove you from the lands, and utterly destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Because Moab and Seir say, \u201cAha! The house of Judah has become like all the nations,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019ll open up the flank of Moab from the cities at its border, the land\u2019s splendid cities, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim."}, {"pk": 4116763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019ll hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to people in the east for them to take possession. And so Ammon will no longer be remembered among the nations."}, {"pk": 4116764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019ll execute judgments in Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Edom acted with excessive force against the house of Judah. The Judeans were guilty, but Edom\u2019s vengeance was excessive."}, {"pk": 4116766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "So the LORD God now proclaims: I\u2019ll overpower Edom, eliminate all living creatures, and make it a wasteland from Teman to Dedan. They will fall by the sword."}, {"pk": 4116767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "I will execute my vengeance in Edom through my people Israel\u2019s power. They will act in Edom according to my anger and fury, and they will know my vengeance. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: When the Philistines set out to right the wrongs done to them, they enacted revenge with utter contempt and old hatreds."}, {"pk": 4116769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: I will overpower the Philistines, eliminate the Cherethites, and obliterate all who are left along the coastline."}, {"pk": 4116770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "I will act against them with great vengeance and with wrathful punishments. When I execute my vengeance against them, they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, because Tyre laughed at Jerusalem: <br>\u201cThe gate of the peoples is broken, <br>she lies open before me, <br>she is destroyed, but I will succeed!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4116773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD God now proclaims: Tyre, I\u2019m now against you! <br>Just as the sea hurls up its waves, <br>I will bring many nations up against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "When they destroy the walls of Tyre <br>and throw down its towers, <br>I will scrape off all its dirt <br>and make it into a bare rock,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "a place for drying nets <br>in the middle of the sea. <br>I have spoken! This is what the LORD God says. <br>It will become prey for the nations,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "and its towns around it <br>will be put to the sword. <br>Then they will know that I am the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: <br>I\u2019m bringing Nebuchadrezzar against Tyre, <br>the king of Babylon from the north, <br>the greatest of all kings, <br>with horses, chariots, and charioteers, <br>an assembly, a great army.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "The towns around you he will destroy with the sword. <br>Then he will build towers against you, <br>erect siege ramps against you, <br>and set up shields.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "He will pound his battering ram against your walls; <br>with crowbars he will tear down your towers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "The dust from all his horses will cover you <br>when he enters your gates <br>as one who enters a breached city. <br>Your walls will quake <br>at the thundering of the charioteers and chariot wheels.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "His horses\u2019 hooves will trample all your courtyards; <br>he will cut down your people with the sword, <br>and the monuments to your strength he will bring down <sup>[1]</sup> to the ground.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>it will fall</i>"}, {"pk": 4116782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "They will destroy your wealth, plunder your goods, <br>tear down your walls, and raze your fine houses. <br>Your stone, lumber, and rubble they will dump into the sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "I will bring an end to your cacophonous songs; <br>the sound of your lyres will never be heard again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "I will make you into a bare rock, a place for drying nets, <br>and you will never be rebuilt. <br>I, the LORD, have spoken. <br>This is what the LORD God says. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD God proclaims to Tyre: Won\u2019t the coastlands quake at the news of your downfall, when the wounded groan, and when the slaughter in your midst goes on and on?"}, {"pk": 4116786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "All the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, remove their royal robes, and strip off their fine garments. They will be clothed only in terror as they sit on the ground. They will be so terrified, they won\u2019t stop shuddering because of you."}, {"pk": 4116787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "They will sing a lament for you, and they will say: How you have perished, queen of the sea, <br>city once praised, <br>who once dominated the sea, <br>she and her rulers, <br>who spread their terror abroad, <br>every one of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Now the wastelands tremble on the day of your fall. <br>Your expulsion horrifies the islands of the sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: When I turn you into ruins like uninhabitable cities, when the deep sea washes over you and the raging seas cover you,"}, {"pk": 4116790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "I will lead you down into the pit, to the everlasting people. I will install you in the world below, <sup>[2]</sup> in the everlasting ruins, with those who go down to the pit. And so you will neither rule nor radiate splendor in the land of the living.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the land of the lowest places</i>"}, {"pk": 4116791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "I will terrify you, and you will disappear. You will be sought but never found again. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "You, human one, sing a lament for Tyre."}, {"pk": 4116794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "Say this about Tyre, who sits enthroned at the entrance to the sea, the people\u2019s agent for trade throughout the coastlands. The LORD God proclaims: Tyre, you say, <br>\u201cI\u2019m perfectly beautiful!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4116795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "But your territory is in the depths of the sea, <br>and it\u2019s your builders who made you beautiful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "For you they made your deck of cypress from Senir. <br>To make your mast, they took cedar from Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "For your oars, they used the oaks of Bashan. <br>They made your hull, inlaid with ivory, of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail; <br>it became your emblem. <br>Your awning was made of blue and purple cloth from the coasts of Elishah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "The princes of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your own wise men were in you as your helmsmen."}, {"pk": 4116800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "The elders and wise men of Gebal were in you, patching up your leaks. Every seagoing ship and its sailors came to do business with you."}, {"pk": 4116801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "Paras, Lud, and Put were the warriors in your army. By hanging their shields and helmets on you, they made you radiant."}, {"pk": 4116802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "The men of Arvad and Helech were stationed on your walls all around; the men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their weapons on your walls all around. They were the ones who completed your beauty."}, {"pk": 4116803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Tarshish was your procurer of great wealth. For your wares, they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead."}, {"pk": 4116804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your agents in human trafficking. They gave you bronze vessels for these wares of yours."}, {"pk": 4116805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "Beth-togarmah traded horses, warhorses, and mules for your wares."}, {"pk": 4116806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "Islanders from Rhodes <sup>[1]</sup> were your agents. By contract they procured ebony and ivory for you from many coastlands.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Dedan</i>"}, {"pk": 4116807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "Aram was your agent for many products. They traded turquoise, purple cloth, colorful brocades, linen, coral, and rubies for your wares."}, {"pk": 4116808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "Judah and the land of Israel were your agents, trading the finest wheat, <sup>[2]</sup> millet, <sup>[3]</sup> honey, oil, and balm for your wares.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>wheat from Minnith</i><br>[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4116809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "For many of your finished products, Damascus traded out of its great wealth the wine of Helbon and white wool."}, {"pk": 4116810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "Vedan and Javan from the region of Uzal traded with you. They exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices for your wares."}, {"pk": 4116811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "Dedan was your agent for saddle blankets."}, {"pk": 4116812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "Arabia and all the princes of Kedar traded for you. They procured lambs, rams, and goats for you."}, {"pk": 4116813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "They were your agents in Sheba and Raamah. For your wares they exchanged the finest spices, every kind of precious stone, and gold."}, {"pk": 4116814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "Haran, Canneh, and Eden were your agents, <sup>[4]</sup> and also Assyria and Chilmad.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT adds <i>Sheba</i>."}, {"pk": 4116815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "They procured fine finished goods for you, garments of purple and brocade, and plush carpets rolled up and securely tied with ropes, among your acquisitions."}, {"pk": 4116816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "The ships of Tarshish carried your goods. You were filled to capacity and heavily laden in the middle of the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "Your oarsmen brought you out onto the high seas; <br>an east wind sank you into the sea\u2019s depths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "Your goods, your wares, your wealth, <br>your sailors, your helmsmen, those patching your leaks, <br>your merchants, all your warriors in you, <br>and all the company that is with you \u2014 <br>they also sank into the sea\u2019s depth <br>on the day of your demise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "At your helmsmen\u2019s cries for help, <br>the troubled waters seethe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "Those entrusted with the oars desert their posts. <br>All sailors and helmsmen seek footing on the shore.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "Loudly they cry, <br>bitterly they wail, <br>and they put dust on their heads <br>and cover themselves with ashes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 31, "text": "They cut off all their hair <br>and put on mourning clothes. <br>In despair they weep for you, <br>and bitterly perform the mourning rites.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 32, "text": "In their lamentation they raise a lament for you; <br>they sing lamentions over you: <br>\u201cWho was like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4116824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 33, "text": "When your wares came out from the seas, <br>you satisfied many people. <br>Your abundant wealth and merchandise <br>enriched the kings of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 34, "text": "Now you are shattered by the seas; <br>your cargoes, as well as everyone in your company, <br>are sunk into the water\u2019s depths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 35, "text": "Now the inhabitants of the coastlands <br>shudder on account of you. <br>And as for their kings, their hair stands on end; <br>their faces betray their horror.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 27, "verse": 36, "text": "The merchants for the peoples hiss because of you. <br>You have become a terror; <br>from now on you are nothing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, say to the prince of Tyre, The LORD God proclaims: In your arrogance, you say, \u201cI am God, and as God I rule the seas!\u201d Though you claim to have the mind of a god, you are mortal, not divine."}, {"pk": 4116830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "You are certainly wiser than Daniel; no secrets are hidden from you."}, {"pk": 4116831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "By your wisdom and discernment, you made yourself rich, and you filled your storehouses with silver and gold."}, {"pk": 4116832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Through your shrewd trading you multiplied your riches. But then you became proud of your riches."}, {"pk": 4116833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: Because you claim to have the mind of a god,"}, {"pk": 4116834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019ll bring foreigners, the most ruthless nations, against you. They will let loose their swords against your fine wisdom, and they will degrade your splendor."}, {"pk": 4116835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "They will hurl you to destruction, and you will die, murdered, on the high seas."}, {"pk": 4116836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "When you face your murderers, will you still say, \u201cI\u2019m God\u201d? In your killers\u2019 hands, you are mortal, not divine."}, {"pk": 4116837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "You will die as the uncircumcised do, at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken. This is what the LORD God has said."}, {"pk": 4116838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "Human one, sing a lament for the king of Tyre. Say to him, The LORD God proclaims: You were full of wisdom and beauty, the image of perfection."}, {"pk": 4116840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "You were in Eden, God\u2019s garden. You were covered with gold and every precious stone: carnelian, topaz, and moonstone; beryl, onyx, and jasper; lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald. On the day that you were created, finely crafted pendants and engravings were prepared."}, {"pk": 4116841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "You, a winged creature, were installed as a guardian. I placed you in God\u2019s holy mountain where you walked among the stones of fire."}, {"pk": 4116842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "From the day you were created until injustice was found in you, your ways were assured."}, {"pk": 4116843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "But because of your trade, your oppressive business practices piled up, and you became impure. So I expelled you from God\u2019s mountain. I removed you, winged creature, guardian, from among the stones of fire."}, {"pk": 4116844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "You exalted yourself because of your beauty and corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I will cast you down to the earth in the sight of kings, and I will make a spectacle of you."}, {"pk": 4116845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Because of your corrupt trade, which surpassed your many other sins, you made your sanctuaries impure. Therefore, I will bring fire from your midst. When it has consumed you, I will turn you into dust on the earth in the sight of all who see you."}, {"pk": 4116846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "Everyone among the peoples who knows you will be appalled because of you. You will become a terror. From that time on, you will be nothing."}, {"pk": 4116847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "Human one, face Sidon, prophesy against it,"}, {"pk": 4116849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "and say, The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m against you, Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in you. When I\u2019ve executed judgment against it and through it have manifested my holiness, they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "I will hurl plague against it, and blood will run in its streets. When the sword comes against it from all sides, the slain will fall within it. Then they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "The house of Israel will no longer suffer from the pricking thorn or painful briar of any of its neighbors who hold it in contempt. And they will know that I am the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4116852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they\u2019ve scattered, and I demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, they will live on their fertile land, which I gave to my servant Jacob."}, {"pk": 4116853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "They will live on it in safety. They will build houses, plant vineyards, and live in safety. When I execute judgments against all who hold them in contempt on every side, they will know that I, the LORD, am their God."}, {"pk": 4116854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, face Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "Speak and say, The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m against you, Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, <br>great crocodile lurking <br>in the Nile\u2019s canals, <br>who says, \u201cThe Nile is all mine; <br>I made it for myself!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4116857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "I will set hooks in your jaws; <br>I will make the fish from the Nile\u2019s canals cling to your scales. <br>I will drag you out of the Nile\u2019s canals, <br>and also all the fish from the Nile\u2019s canals <br>clinging to your scales.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "I will fling you out into the desert, <br>and also all the fish from the Nile\u2019s canals. <br>You will fall on the open ground, <br>and won\u2019t be gathered or retrieved. <br> I\u2019ve given you to the beasts of the earth <br>and the birds in the sky for food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "Everyone living in Egypt will know that I am the LORD. <br> Because they were a flimsy crutch for the house of Israel \u2014"}, {"pk": 4116860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "when they took you in hand, you would splinter and make their shoulders sore; when they leaned on you, you would break, bringing them to their knees \u2014"}, {"pk": 4116861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "now the LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m bringing a sword against you, and I will cut off from you human and beast."}, {"pk": 4116862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "The land of Egypt will be turned into a wasteland and ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you <sup>[1]</sup> said, \u201cThe Nile is mine; I made it,\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4116863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m against you and against the Nile\u2019s canals. I will make the land of Egypt into an utter ruin, a wasteland, from Migdol to Syene and as far as its boundary with Cush."}, {"pk": 4116864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "No foot, animal or human, will walk across it, and it won\u2019t be inhabited for forty years."}, {"pk": 4116865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "I will make the land of Egypt the most desolate of wastelands and its cities the most devastated of ruined cities. It will be a wasteland for forty years, and the Egyptians will be scattered among the nations and dispersed throughout the lands."}, {"pk": 4116866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: At the end of forty years, I will gather the Egyptians from among the nations where they are scattered."}, {"pk": 4116867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "I will improve their circumstances and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. Egypt will be a lowly kingdom there."}, {"pk": 4116868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "Out of all the kingdoms, it will be the lowliest. It will never again exalt itself over the nations, and I will make it small to keep it from ruling the nations."}, {"pk": 4116869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "The house of Israel will never again bring guilt on itself by faithlessly turning to Egypt for help, for they will know that I am the LORD God."}, {"pk": 4116870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "Human one, Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadrezzar made his army labor very hard against Tyre. Every head was scraped bald, and every shoulder was rubbed raw, yet he got nothing from Tyre for himself or for his army for any of his efforts against it."}, {"pk": 4116872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m going to give the land of Egypt to Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar. He will carry off its wealth, he will plunder and loot it, and it will be the wages for his army."}, {"pk": 4116873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "I will give him the land of Egypt as payment for his laboring for me. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "On that day I will give new strength <sup>[2]</sup> to the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>make a horn sprout</i>"}, {"pk": 4116875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, prophesy and say, The LORD God proclaims: Howl! Horror for the day!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "The day is coming, <br>the day of the LORD comes, <br>a day of clouds: the nations\u2019 time has come.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "A sword will come into Egypt, <br>and trembling will overcome Cush, <br>when the slain fall in Egypt, <br>its wealth carried away, <br>and its foundations razed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "Cush, Put, and Lud, <br>all Arabia and Cub, <br>and the people from the allied country <sup>[1]</sup> with them <br>will fall by the sword. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>land of the covenant</i>"}, {"pk": 4116880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>When Egypt\u2019s helpers fall, <br>its proud strength will decline. <br>From Migdol to Syene <br>they will fall by the sword. <br>This is what the LORD God says. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "Of all the lands laid waste, it will be the most desolate; of all cities, the most ruined."}, {"pk": 4116882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "They will know that I am the LORD. On the day that I set fire to Egypt and all its helpers are broken,"}, {"pk": 4116883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "messengers in ships will go out from me to startle the complacent Cushites. Anguish will overcome them on Egypt\u2019s day. It\u2019s certainly coming."}, {"pk": 4116884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: <br>I will bring an end to the hordes of Egypt <br>through the power of Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadrezzar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "He and his people with him, <br>the most terrible of the nations, <br>will be brought in to destroy the land. <br>They will draw their swords against Egypt <br>and fill the land with the slain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "I will dry up the Nile canals; <br>I will sell the land to evildoers. <br>With the help of foreigners <br>I will lay waste to the land and everything in it. <br>I, the LORD, have spoken. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: <br>I will destroy the idols <br>and bring an end to the images in Memphis. <br>Never again will there be a prince from the land of Egypt; <br>so I will kindle fear in the land of Egypt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "I will turn Pathros into a desolation, <br>set fire to Zoan, <br>and execute judgments in Thebes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "I will pour out my anger on Pelusium, <br>the stronghold of Egypt, <br>and I will cut down pompous Thebes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "I will set Egypt on fire; <br>Pelusium will writhe in travail, <br>Thebes will be split open, <br>Memphis assaulted in broad daylight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "The elite troops of On and Pi-beseth <br>will fall by the sword, <br>and the cities themselves will go into captivity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": "At Tehaphnehes the day will go dark when I break Egypt\u2019s yoke and bring an end to its proud strength. A cloud will cover it, and the towns around it will go into captivity."}, {"pk": 4116893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "I will execute judgments in Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "Human one, I\u2019ve broken the arm of Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, and it hasn\u2019t been set so that it might heal, nor has it been braced or wrapped up so that it might be strong enough to grasp a sword."}, {"pk": 4116896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m against Pharaoh, and I will break his arms, both the sound one and the broken one, and I\u2019ll make the sword fall out of his hand."}, {"pk": 4116897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the earth."}, {"pk": 4116898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will put my sword into his hand. When I break the arms of Pharaoh, he will groan like a dying man in his presence."}, {"pk": 4116899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. They will know that I am the LORD, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he uses it against the land of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4116900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 30, "verse": 26, "text": "When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the earth, they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, say to Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, and his troops: With whom do you compare in your greatness?<br>"}, {"pk": 4116903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Consider Assyria, a cedar of Lebanon: <br>beautiful branches, dense shade, towering height; <br>indeed, its top went up between the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "Waters nourished it; the deep raised it up, <br>because its streams flowed around the place where it was planted. <br>From there, water trickled down to all the other trees of the field.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "And so it became higher than all the trees of the field. <br>Its branches became abundant; its boughs grew long. <br>Because of the plentiful water, it grew freely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "All the birds in the sky made nests in its branches; <br>all the beasts of the field gave birth under its boughs, <br>and in its shade, every great nation lived.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "It became beautiful in its greatness and in its lush foliage, <br>because it took root in plentiful water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "No cedar was its equal in God\u2019s garden. <br>The fir trees didn\u2019t have anything like its branches, <br>and the plane trees had nothing like its boughs. <br>None of the trees in God\u2019s garden could compare to it in its beauty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "As for its beauty \u2014 I made it so, with its abundant foliage. <br>All the trees of Eden envied it, <br>all that were in God\u2019s garden. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: Consider the fate of those who tower high! <br>When it allowed its branches to reach up among the clouds, <br>it became arrogant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "So I handed it over <br>to the most powerful nation, <br>who continually acted treacherously against it. <br>I banished it!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "Foreigners, the worst of the nations, cut it down <br>and left it to lie among the hills. <br>All its branches fell among the valleys, <br>and its boughs were broken off in the earth\u2019s deep ravines. <br>All the earth\u2019s peoples departed from its shade and abandoned it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "On its trunk roost all the birds in the sky, <br>and on its boughs lie all the beasts of the field. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "All this has happened so that no other well-watered tree would tower high or allow its branches to reach among the clouds. Nor would their leaders achieve the towering stature of such well-watered trees. Certainly, all of them are consigned to death, to the world below, <sup>[1]</sup> among human beings who go down to the pit.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the land of the lowest places</i>"}, {"pk": 4116915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: On the day that it went down to the underworld, <sup>[2]</sup> I caused mourning. I blocked off the deep sea against it. I dried up its rivers and restrained the mighty waters. I made Lebanon go into mourning for it, and all the trees of the field languished on its account.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4116916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "When it was felled, the nations quaked at the sound. When I cast it down into the underworld, with those who go down to the pit, all the trees of Eden were comforted in the world below, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all the trees that depended on water."}, {"pk": 4116917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "His allies, <sup>[3]</sup> those among the nations who lived under his shade, these also went down with him to the underworld, to those who are slain by the sword.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>his arms</i>"}, {"pk": 4116918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "Are you like any of these in glory or greatness among Eden\u2019s trees? Then you too will go down with Eden\u2019s trees to the world below. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and his entire horde. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, sing a lament for Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king. Say to him: You consider yourself a young lion among the nations, <br>but you are like the sea monster! <br>You thrash about in your rivers, <br>you roil the waters with your feet, <br>and you muddy your <sup>[1]</sup> rivers. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>their</i>"}, {"pk": 4116921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: In the company of many peoples <br>I will spread my net over you, <br>and I will haul you up in my dragnet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "I will cast you out on the earth <br>and throw you on the open ground. <br>I will cause all the birds in the sky to settle on you, <br>and all the beasts of the earth to devour you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "Your flesh I will set upon the mountains, <br>and I will fill the valleys with your gore.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "With your blood I will soak your irrigated land, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and the streambeds will be filled with you.<br>", "comment": "[2] MT adds <i>to the mountains</i>."}, {"pk": 4116925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "When you are snuffed out, I will cover the sky, <br>and I will darken the stars. <br>I will cover the sun with a cloud, <br>and the moon won\u2019t radiate its light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "As for the shining lights of the heavens, <br>I will make them dark over you, <br>and set darkness over your land. <br>This is what the LORD God says. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "I will trouble the hearts of many peoples <br>when I bring about your destruction <br>with nations from lands you didn\u2019t know.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "I will make many peoples appalled because of you. <br>Their kings will shudder violently on your account <br>when I brandish my sword before them. <br>They will tremble for their lives again and again <br>on the day of your downfall. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: The sword of the king of Babylon is coming against you!"}, {"pk": 4116930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "I will make your hordes fall by the swords of mighty men, the most terrifying of the nations, all of them. They will bring an end to Egypt\u2019s pride, and all of its hordes will be destroyed."}, {"pk": 4116931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "I will remove all its livestock from beside the plentiful waters so that neither human foot nor livestock\u2019s hoof will trouble it again."}, {"pk": 4116932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "At that time, I will allow the waters to run clear, and make its rivers flow like oil. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "When I turn the land of Egypt into a wasteland and the land is deprived of all that fills it, and when I strike down those who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4116934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "This is a lament, and it will be sung as a lament. The daughters of the nations will lament for Egypt, and they will also lament for Egypt\u2019s hordes. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, <sup>[3]</sup> the LORD\u2019s word came to me:", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT lacks <i>the first month</i>."}, {"pk": 4116936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "Human one, mourn for Egypt\u2019s hordes. Send Egypt down <br>with the mighty nations subject <sup>[4]</sup> to it, <br>to the world below, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>among those who go down to the pit.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>the land of the lowest places</i><br>[4] Or <i>daughter nations</i>"}, {"pk": 4116937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "Whom do you surpass in beauty? <br>Go down and take your bed with the uncircumcised,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "among those who fall slain by the sword. <br> A sword is appointed, and all his hordes will carry him off."}, {"pk": 4116939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "The mighty chieftains, those who once came to his aid, will speak to him from the middle of the underworld, <sup>[6]</sup> for the uncircumcised have gone down and have lain down, slain by the sword.", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4116940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "Assyria is there, and all its assembly round about his grave, <br>all of them slain, fallen by the sword,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "who were assigned graves in the deepest region of the pit. <br>His assembly surrounded his grave, <br>all of them slain, fallen by the sword, <br>who caused terror in the land of the living. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "Elam is there, her entire horde round about her grave, <br>all of them slain, fallen by the sword, <br>who went down uncircumcised to the world below, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>who caused terror in the land of the living. <br>They bore their shame like those who go down to the pit.<br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>the land of the lowest places</i>"}, {"pk": 4116943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 25, "text": "Among the slain they made a bed for her, <br>with all her hordes round about her grave, <br>all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, <br>for they caused terror in the land of the living. <br>They bore their shame like those who go down to the pit; <br>in the midst of the slain she <sup>[8]</sup> was placed. <br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4116944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 26, "text": "Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their hordes around their graves, <br>all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, <br>for they caused terror in the land of the living. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 27, "text": "They don\u2019t lie with the mighty men fallen among the uncircumcised. When they went down to the underworld <sup>[9]</sup> with their weapons of war, they put their swords under their heads and their shields <sup>[10]</sup> over their bones. The terror of the mighty men is in the land of the living.", "comment": "[9] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[10] Or <i>sin</i>"}, {"pk": 4116946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 28, "text": "But you, you will be broken among the uncircumcised, and you will lie with those who are slain by the sword."}, {"pk": 4116947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 29, "text": "Edom is there, its kings and all its princes, <br>who, though strong, were put with those slain by the sword. <br>They lie with the uncircumcised, <br>like those who go down to the pit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 30, "text": "All the princes of the north are there, <br>and all the Sidonians who went down with the slain; <br>in spite of the terror of their strength, they were disgraced. <br>They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. <br>They bore their shame like those who go down to the pit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 31, "text": "When Pharaoh sees them, <br>he will be sorry for all his hordes who are slain by the sword \u2014 <br>Pharaoh and all his army. <br>This is what the LORD God says,<br>"}, {"pk": 4116950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 32, "verse": 32, "text": "Though it was I who put his terror in the land of the living, <br>he will be laid out among the uncircumcised, <br>with those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his horde. <br>This is what the LORD God says. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, speak to your people and say to them: Suppose I bring a sword against a country, and the people of the land take a certain person from their assembly and make him their lookout."}, {"pk": 4116953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "When he sees the sword coming against the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people."}, {"pk": 4116954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "If they hear the sound of the trumpet but don\u2019t heed the warning, when the sword comes and they are taken away, they are responsible for their blood."}, {"pk": 4116955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "They heard the sound of the trumpet but didn\u2019t heed the warning, so their blood is on them. If they had paid attention to the warning, they would have saved their lives."}, {"pk": 4116956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "If the lookout sees the sword coming but doesn\u2019t blow the trumpet to warn the people, when the sword comes and takes away any of them, they are taken away in their sin, but I\u2019ll hold the lookout responsible for their blood."}, {"pk": 4116957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "You, human one, I\u2019ve made you a lookout for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear me speaking, you must give them warning from me."}, {"pk": 4116958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "If I pronounce a death sentence on wicked people, and you don\u2019t warn them to turn from their way, they will die in their guilt, but I will hold you responsible for their blood."}, {"pk": 4116959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "But suppose you do warn the wicked of their ways so that they might turn from them. If they don\u2019t turn from their ways, they will die in their guilt, but you will save your life."}, {"pk": 4116960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "You, human one, say to the house of Israel: This is what all of you are saying: \u201cHow our transgressions and our sins weigh on us! We waste away because of them. How can we live?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "Say to them, This is what the LORD God says: As surely as I live, do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? If the wicked turn from their ways, they will live. Turn, completely turn from your wicked ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?"}, {"pk": 4116962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "You, human one, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous doesn\u2019t rescue them when they begin to sin. Nor does the wickedness of the wicked make them stumble if they turn from their wickedness. If the righteous sin, their righteousness won\u2019t protect them."}, {"pk": 4116963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "Even if I\u2019ve told the righteous they will live, none of their righteous deeds will be remembered if they trust in their righteousness and do wrong. They will die because of their evil deeds."}, {"pk": 4116964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "And even if I have pronounced a death sentence on the wicked, if they turn from sin and do what is just and right \u2014"}, {"pk": 4116965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "if they return pledges, make restitution for robbery, and walk in life-giving regulations in order not to sin \u2014 they will live and not die."}, {"pk": 4116966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "None of the sins they\u2019ve committed will be remembered against them. They\u2019ve done what is just and right, and they will live."}, {"pk": 4116967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "Yet your people say, \u201cMy Lord\u2019s way doesn\u2019t measure up.\u201d Isn\u2019t it their ways that don\u2019t measure up?"}, {"pk": 4116968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "When the righteous turn from their righteousness to do wrong, they will die because of it."}, {"pk": 4116969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "And when the wicked turn from their wickedness to do what is just and right, it is for that reason they will live."}, {"pk": 4116970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "Yet you say, \u201cMy Lord\u2019s way doesn\u2019t measure up.\u201d I judge each one of you according to your ways, house of Israel!"}, {"pk": 4116971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "In the twelfth year, on the fifth day of the tenth month of our exile, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and reported, \u201cThe city has fallen!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "The LORD\u2019s power was with me in the evening before the survivor arrived, and just before he arrived in the morning, God opened my mouth. So my mouth was opened, and I was no longer speechless."}, {"pk": 4116973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "Human one, those who live among those ruins in Israel\u2019s fertile land are saying, \u201cAbraham was just one man, and he inherited the land. We are many, so certainly the land has been given to us as an inheritance.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "So say to them, The LORD God proclaims: You eat with the blood, you lift your eyes to the idols, and you shed blood. Should you inherit the land?"}, {"pk": 4116976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 26, "text": "You live by the sword, you observe detestable practices, and every one of you commits adultery. <sup>[1]</sup> Should you inherit the land?", "comment": "[1] Or <i>defiles his neighbors wife</i>"}, {"pk": 4116977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 27, "text": "Say to them, The LORD God proclaims: As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the countryside I will give to the wild beasts to consume, and those in the strongholds and caves will die of plague."}, {"pk": 4116978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 28, "text": "I will make the land an uninhabitable waste. Its proud strength will come to an end, and Israel\u2019s highlands will become so deserted that no one will cross through them."}, {"pk": 4116979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 29, "text": "They will know that I am the LORD when I make the land an uninhabitable waste because of all their detestable practices."}, {"pk": 4116980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 30, "text": "As for you, human one, your people talk about you beside the walls and in their doorways. One by one, they say to each other, \u201cLet\u2019s go hear what sort of message has come from the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 31, "text": "So they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as my people. They listen to your words, but they refuse to do them. Though they speak of their longing <sup>[2]</sup> for me, they act out of their own interests and opinions.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>love songs</i>"}, {"pk": 4116982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 32, "text": "To them you are like a singer of love songs with a lovely voice and skilled technique. They listen to your words, but no one does them."}, {"pk": 4116983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 33, "verse": 33, "text": "When this comes \u2014 and it is certainly coming \u2014 they will know that a prophet has been among them."}, {"pk": 4116984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4116985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, prophesy against Israel\u2019s shepherds. Prophesy and say to them, The LORD God proclaims to the shepherds: Doom to Israel\u2019s shepherds who tended themselves! Shouldn\u2019t shepherds tend the flock?"}, {"pk": 4116986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "You drink the milk, you wear the wool, and you slaughter the fat animals, but you don\u2019t tend the flock."}, {"pk": 4116987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "You don\u2019t strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the injured, bring back the strays, or seek out the lost; but instead you use force to rule them with injustice."}, {"pk": 4116988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "Without a shepherd, my flock was scattered; and when it was scattered, it became food for all the wild animals."}, {"pk": 4116989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "My flock strayed on all the mountains and on every high hill throughout all the earth. My flock was scattered, and there was no one to look for them or find them."}, {"pk": 4116990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "So now shepherds, hear the LORD\u2019s word!"}, {"pk": 4116991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "This is what the LORD God says: As surely as I live, without a shepherd, my flock became prey. My flock became food for all the wild animals. My shepherds didn\u2019t seek out my flock. They tended themselves, but they didn\u2019t tend my flock."}, {"pk": 4116992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "So, shepherds, hear the LORD\u2019s word!"}, {"pk": 4116993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m against the shepherds! I will hold them accountable for my flock, and I will put an end to their tending the flock. The shepherds will no longer tend them, because I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and they will no longer be their food."}, {"pk": 4116994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: I myself will search for my flock and seek them out."}, {"pk": 4116995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "As a shepherd seeks out the flock when some in the flock have been scattered, so will I seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered during the time of clouds and thick darkness."}, {"pk": 4116996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "I will gather and lead them out from the countries and peoples, and I will bring them to their own fertile land. I will feed them on Israel\u2019s highlands, along the riverbeds, and in all the inhabited places."}, {"pk": 4116997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "I will feed them in good pasture, and their sheepfold will be there, on Israel\u2019s lofty highlands. On Israel\u2019s highlands, they will lie down in a secure fold and feed on green pastures."}, {"pk": 4116998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "I myself will feed my flock and make them lie down. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4116999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "I will seek out the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the wounded, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy, because I will tend my sheep <sup>[1]</sup> with justice.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4117000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "As for you, my flock, the LORD God proclaims: I will judge between the rams and the bucks among the sheep and the goats."}, {"pk": 4117001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "Is feeding in good pasture or drinking clear water such a trivial thing that you should trample and muddy what is left with your feet?"}, {"pk": 4117002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "But now my flock must feed on what your feet have trampled and drink water that your feet have muddied."}, {"pk": 4117003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "So the LORD God proclaims to them: I will judge between the fat and the lean sheep."}, {"pk": 4117004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "You shove with shoulder and flank, and with your horns you ram all the weak sheep until you\u2019ve scattered them outside."}, {"pk": 4117005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "But I will rescue my flock so that they will never again be prey. I will even judge between the sheep!"}, {"pk": 4117006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "I will appoint for them a single shepherd, and he will feed them. My servant David will feed them. He will be their shepherd."}, {"pk": 4117007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be their prince. I, the LORD, have spoken."}, {"pk": 4117008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "I will make a covenant of peace for them, and I will banish the wild animals from the land. Then they will safely live in the desert and sleep in the forest."}, {"pk": 4117009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "I will give them and those around my hill a blessing by sending the rain in its season. They will be rains of blessing."}, {"pk": 4117010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "The trees in the field will bear fruit, and the earth will yield its harvest. They will be safe on their fertile land, and they will know that I am the LORD when I break the bars of their yoke and deliver them from those who enslaved them."}, {"pk": 4117011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "The nations will no longer prey on them, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, with no one to trouble them."}, {"pk": 4117012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "I will establish for them a place famous for what it grows. No longer will they experience famine in the land, nor will they bear the disgrace of the nations."}, {"pk": 4117013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 30, "text": "They will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are my people. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 34, "verse": 31, "text": "You are my flock, the flock of my pasture. You are human, and I am your God. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4117016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, face Mount Seir, and prophesy against it."}, {"pk": 4117017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Say to it, The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m against you, Mount Seir! <br>I will use my power against you. <br>I will make you into a desolate wasteland,<br>"}, {"pk": 4117018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "I will turn your cities into ruins, <br>and you will become a desolation. <br>Then you will know that I am the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Because you nursed an ancient grudge, you handed the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their distress, during their final punishment."}, {"pk": 4117020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: As surely as I live, I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Because you don\u2019t hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you."}, {"pk": 4117021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate wasteland, when I cut off from it both passerby and homecomer."}, {"pk": 4117022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "I will fill its highlands \u2014 your hills and your valleys, and all your ravines \u2014 with its slain. Those who are slain by the sword will fall on them."}, {"pk": 4117023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "I will turn you into an eternal desolation. Your cities won\u2019t be inhabited, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "You said, \u201cThese two nations and these two territories are mine. We will take possession of them even if the LORD is there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: As surely as I live, I will act according to the anger and zeal you displayed when you dealt with them so hatefully. When I judge you, I will make myself known to them,"}, {"pk": 4117026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "and you will know that I am the LORD. I\u2019ve heard the lies and libels that you uttered against Israel\u2019s highlands when you said, \u201cThey are laid waste. They\u2019ve been given to us to consume.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "With your mouths you exalted yourselves against me and spoke your words against me. I myself heard it!"}, {"pk": 4117028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: As the whole world rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation."}, {"pk": 4117029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "Just as you rejoiced over the house of Israel\u2019s inheritance because it became desolate, so I will deal with you. Mount Seir, you will become a desolation, with all of Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "You, human one, prophesy to Israel\u2019s mountains and say, Hear the LORD\u2019s word, mountains of Israel!"}, {"pk": 4117031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: The enemy mocked you and said, \u201cThe ancient heights belong to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, prophesy and say, The LORD God proclaims: When the surviving nations pressed in and ravaged you from all around to lay claim to you, you became an object of the people\u2019s slander and derision."}, {"pk": 4117033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "Hear the LORD God\u2019s word, mountains of Israel! The LORD God proclaims to the mountains and the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that were contemptuously looted by the surviving nations all around you."}, {"pk": 4117034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "So now, says the LORD God, I will speak in my fiery passion against the surviving nations and against Edom, all those who gleefully and spitefully took my land for themselves as a possession only for plunder. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] MT adds <i>to drive it out.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "Prophesy concerning Israel\u2019s fertile land, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, The LORD God proclaims: Because you endured the ridicule of the nations, my passion and fury lead me to speak."}, {"pk": 4117036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "So now the LORD God proclaims: I myself swear that the nations round about you will themselves suffer ridicule."}, {"pk": 4117037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "But you, mountains of Israel, will extend your branches and bear your fruit for my people Israel, because they will come home very soon."}, {"pk": 4117038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "Look, I\u2019m here for you, and I will turn toward you, and you will be farmed and sown."}, {"pk": 4117039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "I will populate you with human beings, the whole house of Israel, all of them. The cities will be inhabited, the ruins rebuilt."}, {"pk": 4117040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "When I make people and animals increase on you, they will multiply and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before. I will do more good for you than in the beginning, and you will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "I will let people walk through you, my people Israel! They will lay claim to you, you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of anything."}, {"pk": 4117042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Because people say, \u201cYou are a devourer of human beings\u201d and \u201cYou are depriving your nation,\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 14, "text": "therefore, you will no longer devour human beings or deprive your nation of anything. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 15, "text": "You won\u2019t have to listen anymore to the taunts of the nations or endure the scorn of the peoples. And you will no longer deprive your nation of anything. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4117046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "Human one, when the house of Israel lived on their fertile land, they polluted it with their ways and deeds. Their ways before me were polluted like the blood of menstruation,"}, {"pk": 4117047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "and so I poured out my fury on them for all the blood they had poured out on the land and for all the defilement of their idols."}, {"pk": 4117048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "When I scattered them to the nations and dispersed them into other lands, I judged them according to their ways and deeds."}, {"pk": 4117049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "But then when they entered the other nations, they degraded my holy name because it was said of them, \u201cThese are the LORD\u2019s people, yet they had to leave his land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "So I had compassion on my holy name, which the house of Israel degraded among the nations where they had gone."}, {"pk": 4117051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, say to the house of Israel, The LORD God proclaims: House of Israel, I\u2019m not acting for your sake but for the sake of my holy name, which you degraded among the nations where you have gone."}, {"pk": 4117052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "I will make my great name holy, which was degraded among the nations when you dishonored it among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD. This is what the LORD God says. When I make myself holy among you in their sight,"}, {"pk": 4117053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 24, "text": "I will take you from the nations, I will gather you from all the countries, and I will bring you to your own fertile land."}, {"pk": 4117054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 25, "text": "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be cleansed of all your pollution. I will cleanse you of all your idols."}, {"pk": 4117055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 26, "text": "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stony heart from your body and replace it with a living one,"}, {"pk": 4117056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 27, "text": "and I will give you my spirit so that you may walk according to my regulations and carefully observe my case laws."}, {"pk": 4117057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 28, "text": "Then you will live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, you will be my people, and I will be your God."}, {"pk": 4117058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 29, "text": "I will save you from all your uncleanness, and I will summon the grain and make it grow abundantly so that you won\u2019t endure famine."}, {"pk": 4117059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 30, "text": "I will make abundant the orchards\u2019 fruit and the fields\u2019 produce so that you will never again endure the shame of famine among the nations."}, {"pk": 4117060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 31, "text": "Then you will remember your evil ways and no-good deeds, and you will feel disgust for yourselves because of your sinful and detestable practices."}, {"pk": 4117061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 32, "text": "Not for your sake do I act. This is what the LORD God proclaims. Let that be known to you! Be ashamed and be humiliated because of all your ways, house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4117062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 33, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: On the day that I cleanse you of all your guilt, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt."}, {"pk": 4117063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 34, "text": "The desolate land will be farmed, and it won\u2019t be like it was when it seemed a wasteland to all who passed by."}, {"pk": 4117064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 35, "text": "They will say, \u201cThis land, which was a desolation, has become like the garden of Eden.\u201d And the cities that were ruined, ravaged, and razed are now fortified and inhabited."}, {"pk": 4117065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 36, "text": "The surviving nations around you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was torn down and have planted what was made desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it."}, {"pk": 4117066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 37, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: I will also allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: that I increase them like a human flock."}, {"pk": 4117067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 36, "verse": 38, "text": "Like the holy flock, like the flock of Jerusalem at its festivals, the ruined cities will be filled with a human flock. Then they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s power overcame me, and while I was in the LORD\u2019s spirit, he led me out and set me down in the middle of a certain valley. It was full of bones."}, {"pk": 4117069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "He led me through them all around, and I saw that there were a great many of them on the valley floor, and they were very dry."}, {"pk": 4117070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "He asked me, \u201cHuman one, can these bones live again?\u201d I said, \u201cLORD God, only you know.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "He said to me, \u201cProphesy over these bones, and say to them, Dry bones, hear the LORD\u2019s word!"}, {"pk": 4117072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD God proclaims to these bones: I am about to put breath in you, and you will live again."}, {"pk": 4117073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "I will put sinews on you, place flesh on you, and cover you with skin. When I put breath in you, and you come to life, you will know that I am the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "I prophesied just as I was commanded. There was a great noise as I was prophesying, then a great quaking, and the bones came together, bone by bone."}, {"pk": 4117075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "When I looked, suddenly there were sinews on them. The flesh appeared, and then they were covered over with skin. But there was still no breath in them."}, {"pk": 4117076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "He said to me, \u201cProphesy to the breath; prophesy, human one! Say to the breath, The LORD God proclaims: Come from the four winds, breath! Breathe into these dead bodies and let them live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "I prophesied just as he commanded me. When the breath entered them, they came to life and stood on their feet, an extraordinarily large company."}, {"pk": 4117078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "He said to me, \u201cHuman one, these bones are the entire house of Israel. They say, \u2018Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are completely finished.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4117079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "So now, prophesy and say to them, The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m opening your graves! I will raise you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to Israel\u2019s fertile land."}, {"pk": 4117080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "You will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and raise you up from your graves, my people."}, {"pk": 4117081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "I will put my breath <sup>[1]</sup> in you, and you will live. I will plant you on your fertile land, and you will know that I am the LORD. I\u2019ve spoken, and I will do it. This is what the LORD says.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4117082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4117083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "You, human one, take a stick, and write on it, \u201cBelonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.\u201d Take another stick and write on it, \u201cStick of Ephraim belonging to Joseph and everyone of the house of Israel associated with him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "Join them to each other to make a single stick so that they become one stick in your hand."}, {"pk": 4117085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "When your people ask you, \u201cWhy won\u2019t you tell us what these sticks mean to you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "say to them, The LORD God proclaims: I\u2019m taking Joseph\u2019s stick, which has been in Ephraim\u2019s hand, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I\u2019m putting it with Judah\u2019s stick, and I\u2019m making them into a single stick so that they will be one stick in my hand."}, {"pk": 4117087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "When the two sticks that you\u2019ve written on are in your hand in their sight,"}, {"pk": 4117088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "speak to them, This is what the LORD God says: I will take the Israelites from among the nations where they\u2019ve gone, I will gather them from all around, and I will bring them to their fertile land."}, {"pk": 4117089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "I will make them into a single nation in the land on Israel\u2019s highlands. There will be just one king for all of them. They will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms."}, {"pk": 4117090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or their worthless things or with any of their rebellions. I will deliver them from all the places where they sinned, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God."}, {"pk": 4117091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "My servant David will be king over them. There will be just one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my case laws and carefully observe my regulations."}, {"pk": 4117092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 25, "text": "They will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where their ancestors lived. They will live on it, they and their children and their grandchildren, forever. My servant David will be their prince forever."}, {"pk": 4117093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 26, "text": "I will make a covenant of peace for them. It will be their covenant forever. I will grant it to them and allow them to increase. I will set my sanctuary among them forever."}, {"pk": 4117094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 27, "text": "My dwelling will be with them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."}, {"pk": 4117095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 37, "verse": 28, "text": "The nations will know that I, the LORD, make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever."}, {"pk": 4117096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:"}, {"pk": 4117097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "Human one, face Gog in the land of Magog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy concerning him"}, {"pk": 4117098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "and say, The LORD God proclaims: I challenge you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!"}, {"pk": 4117099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "I will turn you about, set hooks in your jaws, and lead you out, you and all your army, horses and riders, handsomely dressed, all of them, a great assembly, with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords."}, {"pk": 4117100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "Persia, Cush, and Put are with you, <sup>[1]</sup> all of them equipped with shield and helmet.", "comment": "[1] Cf <a href='/CEB/26/38/6'>38:6</a>; MT <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4117101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "Gomer and all his troops, Beth-togarmah from the far north and all his troops; many peoples are with you."}, {"pk": 4117102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "Stand ready and be prepared, you and all your assembly. You will watch out for those who gather against you."}, {"pk": 4117103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "After many days you will be called out. In future years you will enter a country that has been freed from the sword, a gathering from many peoples on the mountains of Israel, which had become a perpetual ruin. This country was brought out from the peoples, and all of them live securely."}, {"pk": 4117104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "You will invade like a sudden storm. You and all your troops, and the many peoples with you, will be like clouds covering the earth."}, {"pk": 4117105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan."}, {"pk": 4117106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "You will say, \u201cI will go up against the open country and come against a quiet people who all live securely without walls, bars, or doors"}, {"pk": 4117107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "to take plunder and seize loot, to use my <sup>[2]</sup> power against the resettled waste places, against a people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring goods and cattle, and who live at the center <sup>[3]</sup> of the earth.\u201d", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>your</i><br>[3] Or <i>navel</i>"}, {"pk": 4117108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "Sheba and Dedan and the merchants and officials of Tarshish will say to you, \u201cHave you come to take plunder and seize loot? Have you assembled your army to take silver and gold, to take goods and cattle, to engage in great looting?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "So now, prophesy, human one, and say to Gog, The LORD God proclaims: Isn\u2019t that what you will decide to do <sup>[4]</sup> on that day, when my people Israel live securely?", "comment": "[4] Or <i>you will know</i>"}, {"pk": 4117110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "You will come up from your place from the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding horses, a great assembly, a mighty army."}, {"pk": 4117111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "You will go up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. But when this happens in future days, I will be the one who brings you up against my land, so that the nations may know me, Gog, when through you I show my holiness in their sight!"}, {"pk": 4117112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Are you the one about whom I spoke in former times through my servants, Israel\u2019s prophets, the ones who prophesied for years in those days to bring you against them?"}, {"pk": 4117113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "On that day, the day when Gog comes against Israel\u2019s fertile land, my wrath will be aroused. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "In my jealousy and blazing anger I declare: On that day, a great quaking will come over Israel\u2019s fertile land."}, {"pk": 4117115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "The fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creatures crawling on the ground, and every living human being will quake in my presence. Mountains will be thrown down and cliffs will crumble; every wall will fall to the ground."}, {"pk": 4117116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains. This is what the LORD God says! The swords of the warriors will be against each other,"}, {"pk": 4117117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "and I will enter into judgment with him, with plague and blood. I will pour out flooding rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him, on all his troops, and on the many peoples with him."}, {"pk": 4117118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 38, "verse": 23, "text": "So I will display my greatness, show my holiness, and make myself known in the sight of many nations. And they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "You, human one, prophesy about Gog and say, The LORD God proclaims: I challenge you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!"}, {"pk": 4117120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "I will turn you about, drag you out, and bring you out of the far north, and I will bring you to Israel\u2019s mountains."}, {"pk": 4117121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "I will strike your bow from your left hand, and make your arrows fall from your right."}, {"pk": 4117122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "You will fall on Israel\u2019s mountains, you, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the birds of prey, to every kind of bird and wild animal as food."}, {"pk": 4117123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "You will fall on the open field, for I have spoken! This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4117124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "I will send fire on Magog and on those who live securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. They will never again degrade my holy name, and the nations will know that I, the LORD, am holy in Israel."}, {"pk": 4117126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "Look, it has come! It has happened! This is what the LORD God says. This is the day that I spoke about."}, {"pk": 4117127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who live in Israel\u2019s cities will go out and kindle a fire with the weapons \u2014 shield and buckler, bow and arrow, spear and lance. They will burn them with fire for seven years."}, {"pk": 4117128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "They won\u2019t gather wood from the field or chop down trees from the forest, because they will be able to keep the fire burning with the weapons. So they will take plunder and seize loot. This is what the LORD says."}, {"pk": 4117129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "On that day, I will assign Gog a place for burial in Israel in the Travelers\u2019 Valley east of the sea. It will block the travelers\u2019 way, because Gog and all of his horde will be buried there. It will be called Hamon-gog <sup>[1]</sup> Valley.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>horde of Gog</i>"}, {"pk": 4117130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "For seven months, the house of Israel will bury them in order to cleanse the land."}, {"pk": 4117131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "All the people of the land will take part in the burial, so they will make a name for themselves on the day that I glorify myself. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 14, "text": "They will appoint people who will continually cross through the land and bury <sup>[2]</sup> the human remains that are left on the surface of the ground in order to purify it. They will begin their search at the end of seven months.", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT adds <i>the travelers.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 15, "text": "As the travelers cross through the land, when they see a human bone, they will set up a marker next to it until the gravediggers bury it in Hamon-gog Valley"}, {"pk": 4117134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 16, "text": "(the name of the city is Hamonah). So they will purify the land."}, {"pk": 4117135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 17, "text": "And you, human one, the LORD God proclaims: Say to the birds of prey, to every kind of bird and every wild animal: Assemble and come! Come together from all around for the sacrifice that I make for you, a great sacrifice on Israel\u2019s mountains! You will eat flesh and drink blood."}, {"pk": 4117136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 18, "text": "You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth: rams, lambs, goats, bulls, all fattened animals from Bashan."}, {"pk": 4117137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 19, "text": "Gorge yourselves on their fat, and get drunk on their blood, from the sacrifice that I have made for you."}, {"pk": 4117138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 20, "text": "Satisfy yourselves at my table with horses and riders, mighty men and every warrior. This is what the LORD God says!"}, {"pk": 4117139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 21, "text": "When I glorify myself among the nations, all the nations will understand the judgments that I executed and the power that I used among them."}, {"pk": 4117140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 22, "text": "And the house of Israel will know that I, the LORD, am their God, from that day on."}, {"pk": 4117141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 23, "text": "The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile because of their guilt. Because they rebelled against me, I hid my face from them. When I handed them over to their enemies, all of them fell by the sword."}, {"pk": 4117142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 24, "text": "I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions and hid my face from them."}, {"pk": 4117143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 25, "text": "So the LORD God proclaims: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob. I will have compassion on the whole house of Israel and defend my holy name."}, {"pk": 4117144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 26, "text": "They will forget their humiliation and all their rebellions against me when they live securely on their fertile land with no one to frighten them."}, {"pk": 4117145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 27, "text": "When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will be made holy through them in the sight of the many nations."}, {"pk": 4117146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 28, "text": "They will know that I am the LORD their God when, after I made them go into exile among the nations, I gathered them to their land. I won\u2019t leave any of them behind."}, {"pk": 4117147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 39, "verse": 29, "text": "When I pour my Spirit upon the house of Israel, I won\u2019t hide my face from them again. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "In the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of our exile, on the tenth day of the month, exactly fourteen years after the city was struck down, on that very day, the LORD\u2019s power was on me, and he took me there."}, {"pk": 4117149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "In God\u2019s visions, he brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, where there was a city structure to the south."}, {"pk": 4117150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "When he brought me there, I saw a man standing in the gate. He appeared to be bronze, and he had a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand."}, {"pk": 4117151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "The man spoke to me, \u201cHuman one, look and listen well, and take seriously everything I show you, because you were brought here so that these things could be revealed to you. Describe everything you see to the house of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "Now there was an outer wall that went all the way around the temple compound. The measuring rod in the man\u2019s hand was ten and a half feet <sup>[1]</sup> (based on a standard eighteen inches <sup>[2]</sup> plus three inches <sup>[3]</sup>). When he measured the wall\u2019s height and width it was ten and a half feet high and ten and a half feet wide.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>a handbreadth</i><br>[1] Heb <i>shesh ammoth baammah</i> traditionally <i>six long cubits</i>, which is defined as six times a standard <i>ammah</i> of eighteen inches plus a <i>topha</i> (traditionally <i>handbreadth</i>) of three inches. So the measuring rod has six segments of twenty-one inches each, which equals ten and a half feet. It is unclear whether the measurements with the rod continue past <a href='/CEB/26/40/8'>40:8</a>, when standard <i>ammah</i> appear, though the longer <i>ammah</i> do continue briefly in <a href='/CEB/26/43/13-17'>43:13\u201317</a> for the altar.<br>[2] Or <i>a standard cubit</i>"}, {"pk": 4117153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "He entered the gate facing east. He went up its steps, and he measured the plaza <sup>[4]</sup> at the gate. It was ten and a half feet wide: the plaza was ten and a half feet wide.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>threshold</i>; Heb architectural and decorative terminology in <a href='/CEB/26/40/1-48'>Ezek 40\u201348</a> is often uncertain."}, {"pk": 4117154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "The rooms were ten and a half feet long and ten and a half feet wide, with a space of seven and a half feet between them. The plaza next to the porch at the gate opposite the temple was ten and a half feet."}, {"pk": 4117155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "He measured the porch of the gate opposite the temple: it was ten and a half feet."}, {"pk": 4117156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "Then he measured the porch of the gate: it was twelve feet, <sup>[5]</sup> and its arches were three feet. The porch of the gate was opposite the temple.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>eight cubits</i>"}, {"pk": 4117157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "Inside the east gate, there were three rooms on each side. Each was the same size, and the arches on each side were the same size also."}, {"pk": 4117158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "Then he measured the width of the gate opening, which was fifteen feet, and the gate\u2019s length, which was nineteen and a half feet."}, {"pk": 4117159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "A border running along the front of the rooms on each side was eighteen inches wide, and each of the rooms was nine feet square."}, {"pk": 4117160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "He measured the gate through the room openings that faced each other. From the outer ceiling edge of one room to the outer ceiling edge of the other, the gate was thirty-seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "Next he made out the perimeter of the hallway, defined by the arches inside the gate: it was ninety feet."}, {"pk": 4117162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "It was seventy-five feet from the front of the outer gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate."}, {"pk": 4117163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "Inside the gate, all of the rooms and their arches had closed windows; there were also niches inside the porch all the way around. The arches were decorated with palm trees."}, {"pk": 4117164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "Then he brought me to the outer courtyard, which consisted of chambers and a pavement all the way around. Thirty chambers came up to the pavement,"}, {"pk": 4117165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 18, "text": "and the pavement came up to the facades of the gates along their entire length. That was the lower pavement."}, {"pk": 4117166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 19, "text": "When he measured the width from the inside of the lower gate to the outer edge of the inner courtyard, it was one hundred fifty feet. After he measured the east gate, he measured the north gate,"}, {"pk": 4117167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 20, "text": "the one facing north at the outer courtyard. He measured its length and width,"}, {"pk": 4117168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 21, "text": "its three inner rooms on each side, its arches, and its porch. Its measurements were the same as the first gate: seventy-five feet long and thirty-seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 22, "text": "The windows, porch, and palm decorations had the same measurements as those of the east gate. Seven steps led up to the entrance, and the porch was at the other end."}, {"pk": 4117170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 23, "text": "There were also gates to the inner courtyard opposite the north and east gates. When he measured from gate to gate, it was one hundred fifty feet."}, {"pk": 4117171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 24, "text": "Then he had me walk toward the south, where there was a gate facing south. He measured its arches and porch using the same measurements."}, {"pk": 4117172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 25, "text": "Its windows and its porch all around were like the others, and the gate also was seventy-five feet long and thirty-seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 26, "text": "Its stairway had seven steps, and its porch was at the other end. On its arches, one on either side, were palm decorations."}, {"pk": 4117174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 27, "text": "There was a gate to the inner courtyard on the south. When he measured from gate to gate on the south side, it was one hundred fifty feet."}, {"pk": 4117175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 28, "text": "When he brought me to the inner courtyard by way of the south gate, he took the same measurements of the south gate."}, {"pk": 4117176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 29, "text": "Its rooms, arches, and porch, as well as its windows and porch all the way around, measured the same as the others. It was seventy-five feet long and thirty-seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 30, "text": "There were porches all around, thirty-seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 31, "text": "Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palms decorated its arches, and its stairway had eight steps."}, {"pk": 4117179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 32, "text": "Then he brought me to the inner courtyard on the east side, and again he took the same measurements of the gate."}, {"pk": 4117180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 33, "text": "Its rooms, arches, and porch measured the same as the others, as well as its windows and porch all the way around. It was seventy-five feet long and thirty-seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 34, "text": "Its porch faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees decorated its arches on both sides, and its stairway had eight steps."}, {"pk": 4117182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 35, "text": "Then he brought me to the north gate and took the same measurements of the"}, {"pk": 4117183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 36, "text": "rooms, arches, and porch, and also its windows all around. It was seventy-five feet long and thirty-seven and a half feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 37, "text": "Its porch <sup>[6]</sup> faced the outer courtyard. Palm trees decorated its arches on both sides, and its stairway had eight steps.", "comment": "[6] LXX; MT <i>arches</i>"}, {"pk": 4117185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 38, "text": "At that gate, there was a room with an entrance in the arches for washing the entirely burned offering,"}, {"pk": 4117186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 39, "text": "and inside the porch on each side of the gate were two tables where the entirely burned offerings, the purification offerings, and the compensation offerings were slaughtered."}, {"pk": 4117187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 40, "text": "Outside, two pairs of tables flanked the entrance of the north gate at both ends, at the steps on one end and the porch on the other."}, {"pk": 4117188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 41, "text": "There were four tables on each side of the gate, eight tables in all, for preparing the animal offerings."}, {"pk": 4117189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 42, "text": "The four tables that were used for the entirely burned offering as well as for the communal sacrifices were made of hewn stone. Each was twenty-seven inches square and eighteen inches high. Equipment used in the ritual slaughter was set on them."}, {"pk": 4117190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 43, "text": "Hooks, <sup>[7]</sup> three inches wide, were securely fixed all the way around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 44, "text": "Outside the inner gate there were two <sup>[8]</sup> chambers in the inner courtyard. The one beside the north gate faced south, and the one beside the east gate faced north.", "comment": "[8] LXX; MT <i>singing</i>"}, {"pk": 4117192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 45, "text": "He spoke to me: \u201cThe chamber facing south is for the priests who keep watch over the temple,"}, {"pk": 4117193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 46, "text": "and the chamber facing north is for the priests who keep watch over the altar. Of all the Levites, only the Zadokites may draw near to serve the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 47, "text": "Then he measured the courtyard. It was square, one hundred fifty feet long and one hundred fifty feet wide. The altar was in front of the temple."}, {"pk": 4117195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 48, "text": "Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured its arches. They were seven and a half feet on each side, and the width of the gate was four and a half feet on each side."}, {"pk": 4117196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 40, "verse": 49, "text": "The porch was thirty feet long and eighteen feet wide. Steps led up into the porch, and there were columns for the arches, one on each side."}, {"pk": 4117197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "He brought me to the main hall, and he measured the arches. They were nine feet deep on both sides, so that was also the depth of the tent."}, {"pk": 4117198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "The entrance was fifteen feet wide, and the facades on either side of the entrance were seven and a half feet. When he measured its length, it was sixty feet, and its width was thirty feet."}, {"pk": 4117199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "Then he went into the inner room, and he measured the arches on both sides of the entrance; they were each three feet. The entrance was nine feet wide, and its depth was ten and a half feet."}, {"pk": 4117200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "When he measured the length of the inner room, it was thirty feet, and the width of the side adjoining the main hall was also thirty feet. He said to me, \u201cThis is the most holy place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "When he measured the wall of the temple, it was nine feet, and the side chambers that went all the way around the temple were six feet."}, {"pk": 4117202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "Now these side chambers adjoined each other, thirty chambers in three stories. The side chambers had a ledge in the temple wall all the way around to serve as supports, but these supports were not inserted into the temple wall itself."}, {"pk": 4117203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "A wide ramp ascended stage by stage to the side chambers all the way around the temple. In this way, the ascent stage by stage all around the temple added to the temple\u2019s width. One ascended from the foundation to the top by way of the middle story."}, {"pk": 4117204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "Then I looked at the temple: Its roof all around rested on the side chambers. Each raised section was ten and a half feet, and the indentations between them were nine feet. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was seven and a half feet. The space left free between the temple\u2019s side chambers and"}, {"pk": 4117206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "the other chambers was thirty feet wide all the way around the temple."}, {"pk": 4117207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "There were two entrances from the side chambers to the free space, one facing north, the other facing south. And the width of the place that was left free was seven and a half feet all the way around."}, {"pk": 4117208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "The structure facing the yard on the west was one hundred five feet wide. The structure\u2019s wall was seven and a half feet wide all the way around, and its length was one hundred thirty-five feet."}, {"pk": 4117209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "Then he measured the temple. It was one hundred fifty feet long. The yard, the structure, and its walls were also one hundred fifty feet."}, {"pk": 4117210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 14, "text": "The area in front of the house and the yard to the east was one hundred fifty feet also."}, {"pk": 4117211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he measured the length of the structure along the side of the yard, including its promenades on both sides: one hundred fifty feet. Now the interior of the main hall as well as the porches in the courtyard"}, {"pk": 4117212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 16, "text": "were paneled all around, including the ceilings, <sup>[2]</sup> closed windows, and its three courses of promenades adjoined the ceiling. From the ground up to the windows was covered.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>thresholds</i>"}, {"pk": 4117213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 17, "text": "Above the entrance, from the interior to the exterior of the temple, and on every interior and exterior wall,"}, {"pk": 4117214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 18, "text": "there were carved winged creatures and palm trees. The palm trees were positioned between the winged creatures, and each winged creature had two faces."}, {"pk": 4117215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 19, "text": "A human face turned toward one palm tree, and the face of a lion turned toward another. They were carved on the temple all the way around."}, {"pk": 4117216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 20, "text": "From the ground to above the entrance, the walls of the main hall were carved with winged creatures and palm trees."}, {"pk": 4117217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 21, "text": "In the main hall itself, there were square doorposts in front of the holy place, where there was the appearance of"}, {"pk": 4117218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 22, "text": "the altar. It was four and a half feet high and three feet wide. It was made of wood, and its corners, base, and sides were also wood. He said to me, \u201cThis is the table that stands before the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 23, "text": "The main hall and the holy place each had two doors,"}, {"pk": 4117220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 24, "text": "and each door had two turning panels, two for one door and two for the other."}, {"pk": 4117221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 25, "text": "Like the walls, the doors of the main hall were carved with winged creatures and palm trees. A single luxuriant <sup>[3]</sup> tree stood outside, in front of the porch,", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 41, "verse": 26, "text": "while closed windows and palm trees decorated both sides of the facade of the porch, the temple\u2019s side chambers, and the beams."}, {"pk": 4117223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "Then he led me north to the outer courtyard and brought me into the set of chambers opposite the yard and the structure to the north."}, {"pk": 4117224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "The length of the facade at the north entrance was one hundred fifty feet, its depth seventy-five feet."}, {"pk": 4117225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "It was next to the twenty chambers that belonged to the inner courtyard and next to the pavement of the outer courtyard, and it had three courses of promenades."}, {"pk": 4117226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "In front of the chambers there was a passage fifteen feet wide, and to the inside, a passage eighteen inches wide. The entrance to the chambers was on the north."}, {"pk": 4117227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "The upper chambers were smaller, because the promenades took up more space from them than from the first and second stories."}, {"pk": 4117228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "This was because the promenades were arranged in three levels, but they didn\u2019t have columns like those in the courtyards. For this reason, the top story was narrower than the first and second stories."}, {"pk": 4117229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "A stone wall ran parallel to the chambers facing the outer courtyard. It was seventy-five feet long,"}, {"pk": 4117230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "the same length, seventy-five feet, as the chambers facing the outer courtyard. Those facing the temple were one hundred fifty feet."}, {"pk": 4117231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[9-10]</sup> These chambers were entered from the outer courtyard at the end of the courtyard wall, because the entrance was at the end of the chambers at the east. South of the yard and the building, there were more chambers with a passage"}, {"pk": 4117232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "in front of them. The design of the chambers resembled the ones to the north in length and width, as well as in all their exits. The arrangement of the entrances"}, {"pk": 4117233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 12, "text": "to the chambers on the south side was identical as well. One entered from the east at the beginning of the corresponding wall."}, {"pk": 4117234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 13, "text": "Then he said to me, \u201cThe north and south chambers that face the building and the yard are the holy chambers where the priests eat the offerings that have been brought to the LORD. They are most holy. Here they will place the most holy things, the grain offering, the purification offering, and the compensation offering. The place is holy."}, {"pk": 4117235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 14, "text": "When the priests enter, they won\u2019t go out of the sanctuary to the outer courtyard. There they will place the priestly vests that they wore when they were ministering, because these garments are also holy. They will put on other garments when they go out to the people\u2019s area.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 15, "text": "When he finished making the interior measurements of the temple, he led me out toward the east gate, and he measured all the way around."}, {"pk": 4117237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 16, "text": "He used the same measuring rod on all four sides. He measured the east side, seven hundred fifty feet;"}, {"pk": 4117238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 17, "text": "the north side, seven hundred fifty feet; and"}, {"pk": 4117239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 18, "text": "the south side, seven hundred fifty feet."}, {"pk": 4117240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 19, "text": "He turned to the west side, seven hundred fifty feet."}, {"pk": 4117241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 42, "verse": 20, "text": "On all four sides he measured the wall all the way around. Its length was seven hundred fifty feet, and its width seven hundred fifty feet. So he made a division between the holy and the ordinary."}, {"pk": 4117242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 1, "text": "Then he led me to the east gate,"}, {"pk": 4117243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 2, "text": "where the glory of Israel\u2019s God was coming in from the east. Its sound was like the sound of a mighty flood, and the earth was lit up with his glory."}, {"pk": 4117244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 3, "text": "What appeared when I looked was like what I had seen when he <sup>[1]</sup> came to destroy the city, and also like what I saw at the Chebar River, and I fell on my face.", "comment": "[1] Vulg; MT <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4117245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s glory came into the temple by way of the east gate."}, {"pk": 4117246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 5, "text": "A wind picked me up and brought me to the inner courtyard, and there the LORD\u2019s glory filled the temple."}, {"pk": 4117247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 6, "text": "A man was standing next to me, but the voice that I heard came from inside the temple."}, {"pk": 4117248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to me, Human one, this is the place for my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, with their disloyalties <sup>[2]</sup> and with their kings\u2019 corpses at the shrines.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>prostitution</i>"}, {"pk": 4117249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 8, "text": "When they set their plazas <sup>[3]</sup> with mine and their doorposts next to mine, the wall was between us. They defiled my holy name with their detestable practices, so I consumed them in my anger.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>thresholds</i>"}, {"pk": 4117250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 9, "text": "Now let them remove their disloyalties and their kings\u2019 corpses from me, and I will dwell among them forever."}, {"pk": 4117251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 10, "text": "You, human one, describe the temple to the house of Israel. Let them be humiliated because of their guilt when they think about its design."}, {"pk": 4117252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 11, "text": "When they feel humiliated by all that they have done, make known to them the shape of the temple and its adornment, its exits and its entrances, its entire plan and all of its regulations. <sup>[4]</sup> Write them down in their sight so that they may observe all of its entire plan and all its regulations and perform them.", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT adds <i>and all of its structures and all of its instructions.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 12, "text": "These are the instructions for the temple: the top of the mountain, as well as its boundaries all around, are most holy. These are the instructions for the temple."}, {"pk": 4117254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 13, "text": "These are the dimensions of the altar, according to a twenty-one-inch unit of measure. <sup>[5]</sup> The base is twenty-one inches high and twenty-one inches wide, with an outer curb measuring one and a half inches all around. This is the altar\u2019s height.", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>ammah ammah</i>, traditionally <i>a long cubit</i>"}, {"pk": 4117255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 14, "text": "From the base at ground level to the lower ledge is forty-two inches; the lower ledge is twenty-one inches wide. The distance from the lower to the upper ledge is seven feet; the upper ledge is twenty-one inches wide."}, {"pk": 4117256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 15, "text": "The hearth is seven feet high, with four horns projecting upward from the hearth."}, {"pk": 4117257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 16, "text": "The hearth is twenty-one feet square; each side is equal to the others."}, {"pk": 4117258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 17, "text": "The ledge around the hearth is twenty-four and a half feet long by twenty-four and a half feet wide, a square. Its outer rim is ten and a half inches, and its base all around is twenty-one inches. Its ramp faces east."}, {"pk": 4117259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 18, "text": "He said to me, Human one, the LORD God proclaims: These are the regulations established for the altar on the day when it is prepared for making entirely burned offerings and dashing blood on it."}, {"pk": 4117260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 19, "text": "You will provide a young bull as a purification offering to the levitical priests who are descendants of Zadok, the ones who may draw near to minster to me. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 20, "text": "You will take some of its blood and set it on the four horns of the altar and on the four sides of the ledge and on the curb all around. So you will purify it and purge it."}, {"pk": 4117262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 21, "text": "Then you will take the bull selected as the purification offering, and the priests will burn it in a designated place of the temple outside of the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4117263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 22, "text": "On the second day, you will present a flawless male goat as a purification offering. The priests will purify the altar just as they purified the altar with the bull."}, {"pk": 4117264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 23, "text": "When you have completed the purification, you will present a flawless bull from the herd and a flawless ram from the flock."}, {"pk": 4117265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 24, "text": "You will present them to the LORD. The priests will throw salt on them and offer them as entirely burned offerings to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 25, "text": "Daily, for seven days, you will present a male goat for a purification offering. You will also present a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, both flawless."}, {"pk": 4117267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 26, "text": "For seven days the priests will purge the altar in order to purify it and to dedicate it."}, {"pk": 4117268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 43, "verse": 27, "text": "When the seven days are completed, the priests will offer your entirely burned offerings and your well-being sacrifices on the altar from the eighth day on, and I will accept you with pleasure. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 1, "text": "He brought me back to the outer sanctuary gate that faces east. It was closed."}, {"pk": 4117270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD said to me, This gate remains closed. It shouldn\u2019t be opened. No one should come in through it because the LORD, Israel\u2019s God, has entered through it. It will remain closed."}, {"pk": 4117271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 3, "text": "As for the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread in the LORD\u2019s presence. He may come in and go out by way of the gate\u2019s porch."}, {"pk": 4117272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 4, "text": "Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked, and suddenly the LORD\u2019s glory filled the LORD\u2019s temple, and I fell on my face."}, {"pk": 4117273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the LORD said to me: Human one, pay close attention! Use your eyes and ears and listen to all that I say to you concerning the regulations of the LORD\u2019s temple and all its instructions. Pay close attention to the access to the temple through all the sanctuary portals. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>exits</i>"}, {"pk": 4117274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 6, "text": "Speak to the rebels, to the house of Israel, The LORD God proclaims: Enough of your detestable practices, house of Israel!"}, {"pk": 4117275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 7, "text": "You made my temple unclean because you brought into my sanctuary foreigners who were physically and spiritually uncircumcised. When you offered my food of fat and blood to me, you <sup>[2]</sup> broke my covenant with all your detestable practices.", "comment": "[2] LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4117276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 8, "text": "You didn\u2019t keep charge of my holy things. On the contrary, you appointed them <sup>[3]</sup> to keep charge in my sanctuary for you.", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Foreigners who are spiritually and physically uncircumcised must not enter my sanctuary; that is, all foreigners among the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4117278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 10, "text": "But the Levites, who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, will bear their guilt."}, {"pk": 4117279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 11, "text": "They will keep charge in my sanctuary, and they will oversee the temple gates and keep charge of the temple. They will slaughter the entirely burned offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them."}, {"pk": 4117280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 12, "text": "Because they ministered to them before their idols, they brought about the downfall of the house of Israel. For that reason I made a solemn pledge against them \u2014 this is what the LORD God says \u2014 and they will bear their guilt."}, {"pk": 4117281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 13, "text": "They won\u2019t approach me to officiate for me as priests or approach any of my holy things or the most holy place. Though they will bear their humiliation and the consequences of their detestable practices,"}, {"pk": 4117282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 14, "text": "I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all its work, and all that is done in it."}, {"pk": 4117283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 15, "text": "As for the priests of the levitical family of Zadok who did keep charge of my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed away from me, they will draw near to me to serve me. They will stand in my presence to present fat and blood to me. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 16, "text": "They will come into my sanctuary, and they will approach my table to minister to me. They will keep my charge."}, {"pk": 4117285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 17, "text": "When they come through the gates to the inner courtyard, they will wear linen garments. They won\u2019t wear any wool when they minister at the gates of the inner courtyard or in the temple."}, {"pk": 4117286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 18, "text": "They will have linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They won\u2019t wear anything that makes them sweat."}, {"pk": 4117287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 19, "text": "When they go out to the outer courtyard to the people, they will remove the garments in which they were ministering. They will lay them aside in the holy chambers and wear other clothing. They must not transfer holiness to the people through their clothing."}, {"pk": 4117288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 20, "text": "They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they will trim the hair on their heads."}, {"pk": 4117289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 21, "text": "None of the priests should drink wine when they come into the inner courtyard."}, {"pk": 4117290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 22, "text": "They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only Israelite virgins. Priests may, however, marry the widows of other priests."}, {"pk": 4117291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 23, "text": "They must teach my people the difference between the holy and the ordinary, and show them the difference between clean and unclean."}, {"pk": 4117292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 24, "text": "They must execute judgments according to my case laws in cases of civil conflict. They must observe my instructions and my regulations regarding all my festivals. They must keep my sabbaths holy."}, {"pk": 4117293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 25, "text": "In order to avoid uncleanness, they must not approach the dead. They may, however, become unclean for their father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister."}, {"pk": 4117294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 26, "text": "Once the priest is clean again, he must count off seven days."}, {"pk": 4117295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 27, "text": "On the day that he comes into the holy place, the inner courtyard, to minister in the holy place, he will present his purification offering. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 28, "text": "As for their inheritance, I am their inheritance. They won\u2019t be given family property in Israel; I am their family property."}, {"pk": 4117297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 29, "text": "They will eat the grain offerings, the purification offerings, and the compensation offerings. Every dedicated thing in Israel belongs to them."}, {"pk": 4117298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 30, "text": "The best of the early produce of every kind, and every contribution, all of them, belong to the priests. You will give the best of your bread dough to the priest so that a blessing may come to rest on your household."}, {"pk": 4117299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 44, "verse": 31, "text": "The priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies naturally or is torn apart by prey."}, {"pk": 4117300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 1, "text": "When you distribute the land as an inheritance, you will set aside a holy portion of land for the LORD. It will be 7.1 miles long and 5.68 miles <sup>[1]</sup> wide. It will be holy throughout the entire area.", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>twenty thousand</i> (<i>pechon</i>, standard cubit); MT <i>ten thousand</i> (<i>ammah</i>); see <a href=C:@330 40:5>note</a> at <a href='/CEB/26/40/5'>Ezek 40:5</a>."}, {"pk": 4117301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 2, "text": "Out of this portion, an area seven hundred fifty feet by seven hundred fifty feet square will be for the sanctuary. All around it will be an open space seventy-five feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 3, "text": "Beginning with this measurement, you will measure out an area 7.1 miles long and 2.84 miles wide. The sanctuary, the most holy place, will lie on it."}, {"pk": 4117303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 4, "text": "It is holy, set apart from the land, and it belongs to the priests who draw near to minister in the LORD\u2019s sanctuary. It will be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4117304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 5, "text": "The area 7.1 miles long and 2.84 miles wide will be for the Levites who minister in the temple. Twenty chambers are theirs as their property."}, {"pk": 4117305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 6, "text": "As the property for the city, you will set aside an area 1.42 miles wide and 7.1 miles long next to the holy portion. It will be for the whole house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4117306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 7, "text": "The territory for the prince will be on both sides of the holy portion and the city property, alongside the holy portion and alongside the city property, from their western boundaries westward and from their eastern boundaries eastward. Its length will equal one tribal portion, from the western border to the eastern border."}, {"pk": 4117307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 8, "text": "The land will be his property in Israel, and my princes will no longer oppress my people. They will give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes."}, {"pk": 4117308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: Enough, princes of Israel! Turn aside from violence and oppression. Establish justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people! This is what the LORD God says:"}, {"pk": 4117309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 10, "text": "You must use fair scales, a fair ephah, <sup>[2]</sup> and a fair bath. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] One bath is approximately twenty quarts of liquid.<br>[2] One ephah is approximately twenty quarts of grain."}, {"pk": 4117310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 11, "text": "The ephah and the bath must be the same size. Both should be calibrated to the homer: each will contain one-tenth of a homer."}, {"pk": 4117311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 12, "text": "The shekel must weigh twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels will equal one maneh for you."}, {"pk": 4117312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 13, "text": "These are your prescribed contributions: one-sixth of an ephah for each homer of wheat, and one-sixth of an ephah for each homer of barley;"}, {"pk": 4117313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 14, "text": "a regular amount of oil, <sup>[4]</sup> one-tenth of a bath for each kor <sup>[5]</sup> (each kor <sup>[6]</sup> contains ten baths);", "comment": "[4] Syr, Tg; MT adds <i>a bath of oil.</i><br>[5] MT adds <i>each homer contains ten baths</i>.<br>[6] Vulg; MT <i>homer</i>"}, {"pk": 4117314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 15, "text": "and one sheep from the flock for every two hundred from Israel\u2019s pastureland, for grain offerings, for entirely burned offerings, and for well-being sacrifices to make reconciliation for them. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 16, "text": "All the people will make this contribution on behalf of the prince in Israel."}, {"pk": 4117316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 17, "text": "The prince will be responsible for the entirely burned offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the festivals, new moons, and sabbaths, all the appointed festivals of the house of Israel. He will offer the purification offering, the grain offering, the entirely burned offering, and the well-being sacrifice to make reconciliation on behalf of the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4117317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 18, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: On the first day of the first month, <sup>[7]</sup> you will take a flawless young bull from the herd, and you will purify the sanctuary.", "comment": "[7] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4117318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 19, "text": "The priest will take some of the blood from the purification offering, and he will set it on the doorposts of the temple and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar and on the doorposts of the gate to the inner courtyard."}, {"pk": 4117319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 20, "text": "You will do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins through inadvertence or ignorance. So you will purge the temple."}, {"pk": 4117320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 21, "text": "Your Passover will be on the fourteenth day of the first month. Unleavened bread will be eaten during the seven days of the festival."}, {"pk": 4117321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 22, "text": "On that day, the prince will provide a young bull as the purification offering for himself and for the people of the land."}, {"pk": 4117322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 23, "text": "For the seven days of the festival, he will provide seven flawless bulls and seven flawless rams, one for each day of the festival, as the entirely burned offering for the LORD, and, for the purification offering, one male goat for each day."}, {"pk": 4117323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 24, "text": "He will also provide the grain offerings, one ephah <sup>[8]</sup> for each bull, and one ephah for each ram, with one hin <sup>[9]</sup> of oil for each ephah.", "comment": "[9] One hin is approximately equal to one pint.<br>[8] One ephah is approximately twenty quarts of grain."}, {"pk": 4117324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 45, "verse": 25, "text": "For the festival that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, <sup>[10]</sup> he will make the same provisions for the purification offerings, entirely burned offerings, grain offerings, and oil, for all seven days of the festival.", "comment": "[10] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4117325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: The east-facing gate of the inner courtyard will remain closed for the six days of the workweek. But on the Sabbath and on the day of the new moon it will be opened,"}, {"pk": 4117326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 2, "text": "and the prince will come in from outside by way of the porch of the gate and stand at the gate\u2019s doorposts. The priests will present the prince\u2019s entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices, and then he will bow down on the threshold of the gate and go out. The gate won\u2019t be closed until evening"}, {"pk": 4117327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 3, "text": "so that the people of the land may bow in the presence of the LORD on sabbaths and new moons at the opening of that gate."}, {"pk": 4117328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 4, "text": "On the Sabbath day, the prince will offer to the LORD an entirely burned offering of six flawless lambs and a flawless ram,"}, {"pk": 4117329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 5, "text": "a grain offering of one ephah for the ram, and a grain offering at his discretion for the lambs, with one hin of oil for each ephah."}, {"pk": 4117330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 6, "text": "For the day of the new moon, the offering will be a flawless young bull from the herd, six lambs, and a flawless ram,"}, {"pk": 4117331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 7, "text": "and he will provide a grain offering of one ephah each for the bull and the ram, and for the lambs as much as he likes, with one hin of oil for each ephah."}, {"pk": 4117332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 8, "text": "When the prince enters, he comes in by way of the porch of the gate and goes out in the same direction."}, {"pk": 4117333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 9, "text": "When the people of the land come into the LORD\u2019s presence for the festivals, those who enter through the north gate to worship should go out through the south, and those who come in through the south gate should go out through the north gate. They shouldn\u2019t turn around and go out the same way they came in. Instead, they should go out the opposite gate."}, {"pk": 4117334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 10, "text": "The prince should accompany them: when they come in, he comes in, and when they go out, he goes out."}, {"pk": 4117335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 11, "text": "At the festivals and appointed gatherings, the grain offering is one ephah for each bull, one ephah for each ram, and whatever one is able to give for each lamb, with one hin of oil for each ephah."}, {"pk": 4117336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 12, "text": "Whenever the prince makes a spontaneous gift to the LORD, whether it is an entirely burned offering or a well-being sacrifice, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will present his entirely burned offering and well-being sacrifices, just as he does on the Sabbath day. When he leaves, the gate will be closed after he has gone out."}, {"pk": 4117337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 13, "text": "As a daily entirely burned offering for the LORD, you will provide a flawless year-old lamb. You will make the offering every morning."}, {"pk": 4117338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 14, "text": "You will provide a grain offering along with it every morning, one-sixth of an ephah along with one-third of a hin of oil to moisten the choice flour. This is a permanent and perpetual regulation for the grain offering to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 15, "text": "So the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil are provided every morning as a perpetual entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4117340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: When the prince gives a gift to each of his sons, it becomes their inheritance. It becomes their family property as an inheritance."}, {"pk": 4117341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 17, "text": "And if he gives one of his servants a gift from his inheritance, it will belong to the servant only until the year of release, and then it will revert to the prince. It is his children\u2019s inheritance; it belongs to them."}, {"pk": 4117342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 18, "text": "The prince won\u2019t take the people\u2019s inheritance by evicting them from their family property. He will bequeath only his own property to his sons, lest any of my people be deprived of their rightful property."}, {"pk": 4117343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 19, "text": "Then he brought me through the passage beside the gate next to the priests\u2019 quarters, the holy chambers facing north. There was a place hidden away on the western side."}, {"pk": 4117344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 20, "text": "He said to me, \u201cRather than taking these offerings out into the outer courtyard and transferring holiness to the people, this is the place where the priests will boil the compensation offerings and the purification offerings, and where they will bake the grain offerings.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 21, "text": "Then he took me to the outer courtyard, and he had me pass through its four corners, and I saw that there were additional courtyards in each of the corners."}, {"pk": 4117346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 22, "text": "In all four corners of the courtyard, these courtyards were constructed to handle smoke. All four were the same size, sixty feet long by forty-five feet wide."}, {"pk": 4117347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 23, "text": "All four had stone masonry all the way around, and hearths were built under this masonry all the way around."}, {"pk": 4117348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 46, "verse": 24, "text": "He said to me, \u201cThese are the kitchens where those who minister in the temple cook the people\u2019s sacrifices.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 1, "text": "When he brought me back to the temple\u2019s entrance, I noticed that water was flowing toward the east from under the temple\u2019s threshold (the temple faced east). The water was going out from under the temple\u2019s facade toward the south, south of the altar."}, {"pk": 4117350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 2, "text": "He led me out through the north gate and around the outside to the outer east gate, where the water flowed out under the facade on the south side."}, {"pk": 4117351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 3, "text": "With the line in his hand, the man went out toward the east. When he measured off fifteen hundred feet, he made me cross the water; it was ankle-deep."}, {"pk": 4117352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 4, "text": "He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and made me cross the water; it was knee-deep. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and made me cross the water, and it was waist-high."}, {"pk": 4117353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 5, "text": "When he measured off another fifteen hundred feet, it had become a river that I couldn\u2019t cross. The water was high, deep enough for swimming but too high to cross."}, {"pk": 4117354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 6, "text": "He said to me, \u201cHuman one, do you see?\u201d Then he led me back to the edge of the river."}, {"pk": 4117355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 7, "text": "When I went back, I saw very many trees on both banks of the river."}, {"pk": 4117356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 8, "text": "He said to me, \u201cThese waters go out to the eastern region, flow down the steep slopes, <sup>[1]</sup> and go into the Dead Sea. <sup>[2]</sup> When the flowing waters enter the sea, its water becomes fresh.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>sea</i><br>[1] Or <i>Arabah</i>"}, {"pk": 4117357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 9, "text": "Wherever the river flows, every living thing that moves will thrive. There will be great schools of fish, because when these waters enter the sea, it will be fresh. Wherever the river flows, everything will live."}, {"pk": 4117358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 10, "text": "People will stand fishing beside it, from En-gedi to En-eglayim, and it will become a place for spreading nets. It will be like the Mediterranean Sea, <sup>[3]</sup> having all kinds of fish in it.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>great sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4117359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 11, "text": "Its marshes and swamps won\u2019t be made fresh (they are left for salt),"}, {"pk": 4117360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 12, "text": "but on both banks of the river will grow up all kinds of fruit-bearing trees. Their leaves won\u2019t wither, and their fruitfulness won\u2019t wane. They will produce fruit in every month, because their water comes from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for eating, their leaves for healing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: These <sup>[4]</sup> are the boundaries of the portions of land that will be distributed as an inheritance to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph will receive two portions.", "comment": "[4] LXX, Tg, Vulg; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 14, "text": "What I swore to give to your ancestors, you will distribute as an inheritance equally. This land is given to you as an inheritance."}, {"pk": 4117363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 15, "text": "This is the boundary of the land. The northern limit begins at the Mediterranean Sea and goes in the direction of Hethlon toward Lebo-hamath, Zedad, <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] LXX; MT transposes <i>Hamath</i> and <i>Zedad.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 16, "text": "Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the boundary of Damascus and the boundary of Hamath), and Hazer-hatticon (that is on the boundary of Hauran)."}, {"pk": 4117365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 17, "text": "So the boundary from the Mediterranean Sea <sup>[6]</sup> to Hazar-enon will run north of the boundary of Damascus, with the boundary of Hamath to the north. This is the northern limit.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>the sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4117366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 18, "text": "For the eastern limit, you will measure continuously between Hauran and Damascus and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan River as far as the Dead Sea. <sup>[7]</sup> This is the eastern limit.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>eastern sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4117367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 19, "text": "The southern limit runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh and from there along the border <sup>[8]</sup> of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the southern limit.", "comment": "[8] Or <i>Wadi</i>; traditionally <i>Brook</i>"}, {"pk": 4117368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 20, "text": "For the western limit, the Mediterranean Sea is the boundary up to Lebo-hamath. This is the western limit."}, {"pk": 4117369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 21, "text": "You will apportion this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4117370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 22, "text": "When you distribute the land as an inheritance, the immigrants who reside with you and raise families among you are considered full citizens along with the Israelites. They will receive an inheritance along with you among the tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4117371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 47, "verse": 23, "text": "You will assign the immigrants\u2019 inheritance with the tribe with whom they reside. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the tribes\u2019 names: Beginning at the north, along the Hethlon road from Lebo-hamath to Hazar-enon, the boundary of Damascus with Hamath to the north, from the eastern border to the western border: Dan, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 2, "text": "Along the boundary of Dan from the eastern border to the western border: Asher, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 3, "text": "Along the boundary of Asher from the eastern border to the western border: Naphtali, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 4, "text": "Along the boundary of Naphtali from the eastern border to the western border: Manasseh, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 5, "text": "Along the boundary of Manasseh from the eastern border to the western border: Ephraim, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 6, "text": "Along the boundary of Ephraim from the eastern border to the western border: Reuben, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 7, "text": "Along the boundary of Reuben from the eastern border to the western border: Judah, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 8, "text": "Along the boundary of Judah from the eastern border to the western border will be the portion that you will set aside, 7.1 miles wide and the length of a tribal portion from the eastern border to the western border. The sanctuary is in its center."}, {"pk": 4117380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 9, "text": "The portion that you will set aside for the LORD will be 7.1 miles long and 5.68 miles <sup>[1]</sup> wide.", "comment": "[1] Cf LXX and <a href='/CEB/26/45/1'>Ezek 45:1</a>; MT <i>ten thousand ammah</i> equals 2.84 miles."}, {"pk": 4117381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 10, "text": "These measurements define the holy portion for the priests: along the north, a length of 7.1 miles; along the west, a width of 2.84 miles; along the east, a width of 2.84 miles; and along the south, a length of 7.1 miles. The LORD\u2019s sanctuary is in its center."}, {"pk": 4117382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 11, "text": "This holy area is for the Zadokite priests who kept my charge and didn\u2019t stray as the Levites did when the house of Israel strayed away from me."}, {"pk": 4117383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 12, "text": "It belongs to them as a most special portion of the land, a most holy place, up to the border of the Levites."}, {"pk": 4117384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 13, "text": "The Levites\u2019 allotment is next to the boundary of the priests, a length of 7.1 miles and a width of 2.84 miles. The entire length is 7.1 miles and the width 2.84 miles."}, {"pk": 4117385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 14, "text": "None of it will be sold, exchanged, or transferred. It is the choicest land, because it is holy to the LORD."}, {"pk": 4117386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 15, "text": "The remaining area, 1.42 miles wide and 7.1 miles long, is for ordinary use for the city, for residences, and for pastures. The city will be in the middle of it."}, {"pk": 4117387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 16, "text": "It measures 1.28 miles on its northern border, 1.28 miles on its southern border, 1.28 miles on its eastern border, and 1.28 miles on its western border."}, {"pk": 4117388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 17, "text": "There will be pastures for the city, three hundred seventy-five feet on the north side, three hundred seventy-five feet on the south side, three hundred seventy-five feet on the east side, and three hundred seventy-five feet on the west side."}, {"pk": 4117389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 18, "text": "The remaining area alongside the holy portion is 2.84 miles on the east and 2.84 miles on the west. These areas that adjoin the holy portion will produce the food for the city\u2019s workers."}, {"pk": 4117390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 19, "text": "The city\u2019s workers from every tribe of Israel will farm it."}, {"pk": 4117391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 20, "text": "The entire portion that you will set aside is 7.1 miles by 7.1 miles, a square; it includes the holy portion in addition to the city property."}, {"pk": 4117392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 21, "text": "What is left on both sides of the holy portion and the city property belongs to the prince. The land from the edge of the portion of 7.1 miles, to the eastern boundary, and on the western edge of the 7.1 miles to the western boundary, belongs to the prince. It corresponds to one tribal portion. The holy portion and the temple sanctuary are in the middle of it,"}, {"pk": 4117393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 22, "text": "but what belongs to the prince is separate from both the levitical property and the city property. The prince\u2019s territory will be between the boundary of Judah and the boundary of Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4117394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 23, "text": "Now for the rest of the tribes: From the eastern border to the western border: Benjamin, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 24, "text": "Along the boundary of Benjamin from the eastern border to the western border: Simeon, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 25, "text": "Along the boundary of Simeon from the eastern border to the western border: Issachar, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 26, "text": "Along the boundary of Issachar from the eastern border to the western border: Zebulun, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 27, "text": "Along the boundary of Zebulun from the eastern border to the western border: Gad, one portion."}, {"pk": 4117399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 28, "text": "Along the boundary of Gad to the southern border, the boundary will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh and from there to the border of Egypt <sup>[2]</sup> and to the Mediterranean Sea. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Great Sea</i><br>[2] Or <i>Wadi</i>; traditionally <i>Brook</i>, MT lacks <i>of Egypt.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 29, "text": "This is the land that you will distribute as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel. These are their portions. This is what the LORD God says."}, {"pk": 4117401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 30, "text": "These are the city exits. The north side is measured at 1.28 miles."}, {"pk": 4117402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 31, "text": "The gates of the city go by the names of the tribes of Israel. There are three gates on the north side: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi."}, {"pk": 4117403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 32, "text": "There are three gates on the east side along its 1.28 miles: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan."}, {"pk": 4117404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 33, "text": "There are three gates on the south side measuring 1.28 miles: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun."}, {"pk": 4117405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 34, "text": "There are three gates on the west side along its 1.28 miles: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4117406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 26, "chapter": 48, "verse": 35, "text": "The circumference of the city is 5.1 miles. As of today, the name of the city is The LORD Is There."}, {"pk": 4117407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the third year of the rule of Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim, Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar came to Jerusalem and attacked it."}, {"pk": 4117408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The Lord handed Judah\u2019s King Jehoiakim over to Nebuchadnezzar, along with some of the equipment from God\u2019s house. Nebuchadnezzar took these to Shinar, to his own god\u2019s temple, putting them in his god\u2019s treasury."}, {"pk": 4117409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar instructed his highest official Ashpenaz to choose royal descendants and members of the ruling class from the Israelites \u2014"}, {"pk": 4117410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "good-looking young men without defects, skilled in all wisdom, possessing knowledge, conversant with learning, and capable of serving in the king\u2019s palace. Ashpenaz was to teach them the Chaldean language and its literature."}, {"pk": 4117411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The king assigned these young men daily allotments from his own food and from the royal wine. Ashpenaz was to teach them for three years so that at the end of that time they could serve before the king."}, {"pk": 4117412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Among these young men from the Judeans were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah."}, {"pk": 4117413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "But the chief official gave them new names. He named Daniel \u201cBelteshazzar,\u201d Hananiah \u201cShadrach,\u201d Mishael \u201cMeshach,\u201d and Azariah \u201cAbednego.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Daniel decided that he wouldn\u2019t pollute himself with the king\u2019s rations or the royal wine, and he appealed to the chief official in hopes that he wouldn\u2019t have to do so."}, {"pk": 4117415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Now God had established faithful loyalty between Daniel and the chief official;"}, {"pk": 4117416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "but the chief official said to Daniel, \u201cI\u2019m afraid of my master, the king, who has mandated what you are to eat and drink. What will happen if he sees your faces looking thinner than the other young men in your group? The king will have my head because of you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "So Daniel spoke to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:"}, {"pk": 4117418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cWhy not test your servants for ten days? You could give us a diet of vegetables to eat and water to drink."}, {"pk": 4117419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Then compare our appearance to the appearance of the young men who eat the king\u2019s food. Then deal with your servants according to what you see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The guard decided to go along with their plan and tested them for ten days."}, {"pk": 4117421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "At the end of ten days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king\u2019s food."}, {"pk": 4117422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "So the guard kept taking away their rations and the wine they were supposed to drink and gave them vegetables instead."}, {"pk": 4117423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "And God gave knowledge, mastery of all literature, and wisdom to these four men. Daniel himself gained understanding of every type of vision and dream."}, {"pk": 4117424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "When the time came to review the young men as the king had ordered, the chief official brought them before Nebuchadnezzar."}, {"pk": 4117425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "When the king spoke with them, he found no one as good as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they took their place in the king\u2019s service."}, {"pk": 4117426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Whenever the king consulted them about any aspect of wisdom and understanding, he found them head and shoulders above all the dream interpreters and enchanters in his entire kingdom."}, {"pk": 4117427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "And Daniel stayed in the king\u2019s service until the first year of King Cyrus."}, {"pk": 4117428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s rule, he had many dreams. The dreams made him anxious, but he kept sleeping."}, {"pk": 4117429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The king summoned the dream interpreters, enchanters, diviners, and Chaldeans to explain his dreams to him. They came and stood before the king."}, {"pk": 4117430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the king said to them: \u201cI had a dream, and I\u2019m anxious to know its meaning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The Chaldeans answered the king in Aramaic: <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cLong live the king! Tell your servants the dream, and we will explain its meaning.\u201d", "comment": "[1] The book switches into Aramaic at this point, returning to Hebrew in <a href='/CEB/27/8/1'>8:1</a>."}, {"pk": 4117432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "The king answered the Chaldeans: \u201cMy decision is final: If you can\u2019t tell me the dream and its meaning, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into trash dumps."}, {"pk": 4117433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "But if you do explain the dream and its meaning, you\u2019ll receive generous gifts and glorious honor from me. So explain to me the dream as well as its meaning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "They answered him again: \u201cThe king must tell his servants the dream. We will then explain the meaning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The king replied: \u201cNow I definitely know you are stalling for time, because you see that my decision is final"}, {"pk": 4117436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "and that if you can\u2019t tell me the dream, your fate is certain. You\u2019ve conspired to make false and lying speeches before me until the situation changes. Tell me the dream now! Then I\u2019ll know you can explain its meaning to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The Chaldeans answered the king: \u201cNo one on earth can do what the king is asking! No king or ruler, no matter how great, has ever asked such a thing of any dream interpreter, enchanter, or Chaldean."}, {"pk": 4117438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "What the king is asking is impossible! No one could declare the dream to the king but the gods, who don\u2019t live among mere humans.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "At this, the king exploded in a furious rage and ordered that all Babylon\u2019s sages be wiped out."}, {"pk": 4117440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "So the command went out: The sages were to be killed. Daniel and his friends too were hunted down; they were to be killed as well."}, {"pk": 4117441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Daniel, with wisdom and sound judgment, responded to Arioch the king\u2019s chief executioner, who had gone out to kill Babylon\u2019s sages."}, {"pk": 4117442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He said to Arioch the king\u2019s royal officer, \u201cWhy is the king\u2019s command so unreasonable?\u201d After Arioch explained the situation to Daniel,"}, {"pk": 4117443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Daniel went and asked the king to give him some time so he could explain the dream\u2019s meaning to him."}, {"pk": 4117444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Daniel went to his house and explained the situation to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah"}, {"pk": 4117445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "so that they would ask the God of heaven for help about this mystery, in hopes that Daniel and his friends wouldn\u2019t die with the rest of Babylon\u2019s sages."}, {"pk": 4117446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Then, in a vision by night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel! Daniel praised the God of heaven:"}, {"pk": 4117447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "God\u2019s name be praised <br>from age to eternal age! <br>Wisdom and might are his!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "God is the one who changes times and eras, <br>who dethrones one king, only to establish another, <br>who grants wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those with insight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "God is the one who uncovers what lies deeply hidden; <br>he knows what hides in darkness; <br>light lives with him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "I acknowledge and praise you, my fathers\u2019 God! <br>You\u2019ve given me wisdom and might, <br>and now you\u2019ve made known to me what we asked of you: <br>you\u2019ve made known to us the king\u2019s demand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "So Daniel went to Arioch, the man the king had appointed to wipe out Babylon\u2019s sages. Daniel said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t wipe out the sages of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will explain the dream\u2019s meaning to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Wasting no time, Arioch brought Daniel before the king, telling him, \u201cI have found someone from the Judean exiles who will tell the dream\u2019s meaning to the king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "In reply the king said to Daniel (whose name was Belteshazzar), \u201cCan you really tell me the dream that I saw, as well as its meaning?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Daniel answered the king, \u201cSages, enchanters, dream interpreters, and diviners can\u2019t explain to the king the mystery he seeks."}, {"pk": 4117455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "But there is a God in heaven, a revealer of mysteries, who has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the days to come! Now this was your dream \u2014 this was the vision in your head as you lay in your bed:"}, {"pk": 4117456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cAs you lay in bed, Your Majesty, your thoughts turned to what will happen in the future. The revealer of mysteries has revealed to you what will happen."}, {"pk": 4117457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Now this mystery was revealed to me, not because I have more wisdom than any other living person but so that the dream\u2019s meaning might be made known to the king, and so that you might know the thoughts of your own mind."}, {"pk": 4117458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cYour Majesty, you were looking, and there, rising before you, was a single, massive statue. This statue was huge, shining with dazzling light, and was awesome to see."}, {"pk": 4117459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "The statue\u2019s head was made of pure gold; its chest and arms were made from silver; its abdomen and hips were made of bronze."}, {"pk": 4117460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "Its legs were of iron, and its feet were a mixture of iron and clay."}, {"pk": 4117461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "You observed this until a stone was cut, but not by hands; and it smashed the statue\u2019s feet of iron and clay and shattered them."}, {"pk": 4117462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "Then all the parts shattered simultaneously \u2014 iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. They became like chaff, left on summer threshing floors. The wind lifted them away until no trace of them remained. But the stone that smashed the statue became a mighty mountain, and it filled the entire earth."}, {"pk": 4117463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cThis was the dream. Now we will tell the king its meaning:"}, {"pk": 4117464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "You, Your Majesty, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given kingship, power, might, and glory to you!"}, {"pk": 4117465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "God has delivered into your care human beings, wild creatures, and birds in the sky \u2014 wherever they live \u2014 and has made you ruler of all of them. You are the gold head."}, {"pk": 4117466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "But in your place, another kingdom will arise, one inferior to yours, and then a third, bronze kingdom will rule over all the earth."}, {"pk": 4117467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "Then will come a fourth kingdom, mighty like iron. Just as iron shatters and crushes everything; so like an iron that smashes, it will shatter and crush all these others."}, {"pk": 4117468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "As for the feet and toes that you saw, which were a mixture of potter\u2019s clay and iron, that signifies a divided kingdom; but it will possess some of the unyielding strength of iron. Even so, you saw the iron mixed with earthy clay"}, {"pk": 4117469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "so that the toes were made from a mixture of iron and clay. Part of the kingdom will be mighty, but part of it will be fragile."}, {"pk": 4117470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "Just as you saw the iron mixed with earthy clay, they will join together by intermarrying, but they will not bond to each other, just as iron does not fuse with clay."}, {"pk": 4117471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cBut in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will be indestructible. Its rule will never pass to another people. It will shatter other kingdoms. It will put an end to all of them. It will stand firm forever,"}, {"pk": 4117472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "just like you saw when the stone, which was cut from the mountain, but not by hands, shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. A great God has revealed to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is certain. Its meaning can be trusted.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "Then King Nebuchadnezzar bowed low and honored Daniel. The king ordered that grain and incense offerings be made to Daniel."}, {"pk": 4117474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "The king declared to Daniel, \u201cNo doubt about it: your God is God of gods, Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries because you were able to reveal this mystery!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 48, "text": "Then the king exalted Daniel and lavished gifts on him, making him ruler over all the province of Babylon and chief minister over all Babylon\u2019s sages."}, {"pk": 4117476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 2, "verse": 49, "text": "At Daniel\u2019s urging, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to administer the province of Babylon, but Daniel himself remained at the royal court."}, {"pk": 4117477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue. It was ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up in the Dura Valley in the province of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4117478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "King Nebuchadnezzar then ordered the chief administrators, ministers, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to assemble and come for the dedication of the statue that he had set up."}, {"pk": 4117479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "So the chief administrators, ministers, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. They stood in front of the statue the king had set up."}, {"pk": 4117480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "The herald proclaimed loudly: \u201cPeoples, nations, and languages! This is what you must do:"}, {"pk": 4117481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "When you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, lyre, harp, flute, and every kind of instrument, you must bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up."}, {"pk": 4117482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Anyone who will not bow down and worship will be immediately thrown into a furnace of flaming fire.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "So because of this order as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, lyre, harp, flute, <sup>[1]</sup> and every kind of instrument, all the peoples, nations, and languages bowed down and worshipped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.", "comment": "[1] Identification of the instruments is not certain; several of the Aramaic terms are Greek loanwords."}, {"pk": 4117484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "At that moment some Chaldeans came forward, seizing a chance to attack the Jews."}, {"pk": 4117485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "They said to King Nebuchadnezzar: \u201cLong live the king!"}, {"pk": 4117486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Your Majesty, you gave a command that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, lyre, harp, flute, and every kind of instrument should bow down and worship the gold statue."}, {"pk": 4117487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Anyone who wouldn\u2019t bow and worship would be thrown into a furnace of flaming fire."}, {"pk": 4117488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Now there are some Jews, ones you appointed to administer the province of Babylon \u2014 specifically, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego \u2014 who have ignored your command. They don\u2019t serve your gods, and they don\u2019t worship the gold statue you\u2019ve set up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "In a violent rage Nebuchadnezzar ordered them to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They were brought before the king."}, {"pk": 4117490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar said to them: \u201cShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Is it true that you don\u2019t serve my gods or worship the gold statue I\u2019ve set up?"}, {"pk": 4117491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "If you are now ready to do so, bow down and worship the gold statue I\u2019ve made when you hear the sound of horn, pipe, zither, lyre, harp, flute, and every kind of instrument. But if you won\u2019t worship it, you will be thrown straight into the furnace of flaming fire. Then what god will rescue you from my power?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar: \u201cWe don\u2019t need to answer your question."}, {"pk": 4117493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "If our God \u2014 the one we serve \u2014 is able to rescue us from the furnace of flaming fire and from your power, Your Majesty, then let him rescue us. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he will deliver us</i>"}, {"pk": 4117494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "But if he doesn\u2019t, know this for certain, Your Majesty: we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you\u2019ve set up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his face twisted beyond recognition because of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. In response he commanded that the furnace be heated to seven times its normal heat."}, {"pk": 4117496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "He told some of the strongest men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the furnace of flaming fire."}, {"pk": 4117497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were bound, still dressed in all their clothes, and thrown into the furnace of flaming fire."}, {"pk": 4117498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "<sup>[21]</sup> (Now the king\u2019s command had been rash, and the furnace was heated to such an extreme that the fire\u2019s flame killed the very men who carried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to it.)"}, {"pk": 4117499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "So these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell, bound, into the furnace of flaming fire."}, {"pk": 4117500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Then King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in shock and said to his associates, \u201cDidn\u2019t we throw three men, bound, into the fire?\u201d They answered the king, \u201cCertainly, Your Majesty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "He replied, \u201cLook! I see four men, unbound, walking around inside the fire, and they aren\u2019t hurt! And the fourth one looks like one of the gods.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar went near the opening of the furnace of flaming fire and said, \u201cShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!\u201d Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire."}, {"pk": 4117503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "The chief administrators, ministers, governors, and the king\u2019s associates crowded around to look at them. The fire hadn\u2019t done anything to them: their hair wasn\u2019t singed; their garments looked the same as before; they didn\u2019t even smell like fire!"}, {"pk": 4117504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar declared: \u201cMay the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be praised! He sent his messenger <sup>[3]</sup> to rescue his servants who trusted him. They ignored the king\u2019s order, sacrificing their bodies, because they wouldn\u2019t serve or worship any god but their God.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>angel</i>"}, {"pk": 4117505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "I now issue a decree to every people, nation, and language: whoever speaks disrespectfully about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego\u2019s God will be torn limb from limb and their house made a trash heap, because there is no other god who can rescue like this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "Then the king made Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego prosperous in the province of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4117507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> King Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s message to all the peoples, nations, and languages inhabiting the entire earth: \u201cI wish you much peace.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/27/3/31'>3:31</a> in Aram"}, {"pk": 4117508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019m delighted to share the signs and miracles that the Most High God has worked in my life."}, {"pk": 4117509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "His signs are superb! <br>His miracles so powerful! <br>His kingdom is everlasting. <br>His rule is for all time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> \u201cWhile I, Nebuchadnezzar, was safe in my house, content in my palace,", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/27/4/1'>4:1</a> in Aram"}, {"pk": 4117511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "I had a terrifying dream. My thoughts while I was lying in bed and the vision in my mind overwhelmed me."}, {"pk": 4117512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "I ordered all Babylon\u2019s sages to come before me, so they might tell me the dream\u2019s meaning."}, {"pk": 4117513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "So the dream interpreters, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners came. I told them the dream, but they couldn\u2019t interpret it for me."}, {"pk": 4117514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Daniel, who is called Belteshazzar after the name of my god, was the last to come before me. In him is the breath <sup>[3]</sup> of the holy gods! I told Daniel the dream:", "comment": "[3] Or <i>spirit</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/27/4/9'>4:9</a>, <a href='/CEB/27/4/18'>18</a>"}, {"pk": 4117515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cBelteshazzar, chief of the dream interpreters, I know the breath of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Tell me the meaning of the visions I had in my dream."}, {"pk": 4117516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "In my mind, as I lay in bed, I saw a vision: At the center of the earth was a towering tree.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "The tree grew in size and strength; <br>it was as high as the sky; <br>it could be seen from every corner of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant; <br>it had enough food for everyone. <br>Wild animals took shade under it; <br>birds nested in its branches. <br>All living things lived off that tree. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cIn my mind, as I lay in bed, I saw another vision: A holy watcher came down from heaven."}, {"pk": 4117520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "He proclaimed loudly: \u2018Cut down the tree and shear off its branches! <br>Strip its leaves and scatter its fruit! <br>The creatures should flee from its shelter; <br>the birds should take flight from its branches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "But leave its deepest root in the earth, <br>bound with iron and bronze in the field grass. <br>Dew from heaven is to wash it, <br>and it must live with the animals in the earth\u2019s vegetation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Its <sup>[4]</sup> human mind is to be changed: <br>it will be given the mind of an animal. <br>Seven periods of time will pass over it.<br>", "comment": "[4] Throughout <a href='/CEB/27/4/15-16'>4:15\u201316</a> and later in this chap, <i>it</i> and <i>its</i> could also be translated <i>he</i> and <i>his</i>."}, {"pk": 4117523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "This sentence is by the watchers\u2019 decree; <br>this decision is the holy ones\u2019 word <br>so that all who live might know <br>that the Most High dominates human kingship. <br>The Most High gives kingship to anyone he wants <br>and sets over it the lowest of people.\u2019 <br>"}, {"pk": 4117524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cThis is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. So now Belteshazzar, tell me the meaning because all the sages in my kingdom were unable to interpret it for me. But you are able to do it because the breath of the holy gods is in you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was shocked for a bit. What he thought about frightened him. The king declared, \u201cDon\u2019t let the dream and its meaning scare you, Belteshazzar.\u201d Then Belteshazzar answered, \u201cSir, I wish the dream to be for those who hate you and its meaning to be for your enemies!"}, {"pk": 4117526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "The tree you saw that grew in size and strength, that was as high as the sky, that could be seen from every corner of the earth,"}, {"pk": 4117527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "with its beautiful leaves and its abundant fruit, and that had enough food for everyone, with wild animals living under it and birds nesting in its branches \u2014"}, {"pk": 4117528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Your Majesty, that tree is you! You have grown large and become powerful. Your greatness is as high as the sky; your rule extends to the edge of the earth!"}, {"pk": 4117529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cYour Majesty, the holy watcher you saw coming down from heaven, who said, \u2018Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave its deepest root in the earth, bound with iron and bronze in the field grass, dew from heaven is to wash it, and it must live with the wild animals until seven periods of time pass over it\u2019 \u2014"}, {"pk": 4117530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "Your Majesty, this is the dream\u2019s meaning: It is the sentence of the Most High, delivered to my master the king."}, {"pk": 4117531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "You will be driven away from other humans and will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and will be washed by dew from heaven. Seven periods of time will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High dominates human kingship, giving it to anyone he wants."}, {"pk": 4117532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "And when he said to leave the deepest root of the tree \u2014 that means your kingship will again be yours, once you acknowledge that heaven rules all."}, {"pk": 4117533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Therefore, Your Majesty, please accept my advice: remove your sins by doing what is right; remove your wrongdoing by showing mercy to the poor. Then your safety will be long lasting.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar."}, {"pk": 4117535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Twelve months later, he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon."}, {"pk": 4117536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "The king declared, \u201cIsn\u2019t this Babylon, the magnificent city that I built as the royal house by my own mighty strength and for my own majestic glory?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "These words hadn\u2019t even left the king\u2019s mouth when a voice came from heaven: \u201cYou, King Nebuchadnezzar, are now informed: Kingship is taken away from you."}, {"pk": 4117538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "You will be driven away from other humans and will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High dominates human kingship, giving it to anyone he wants.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s sentence was immediately carried out. He was driven away from other humans and ate grass like cattle. Dew from heaven washed his body until he grew hair like eagles\u2019 feathers and claws like a bird."}, {"pk": 4117540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cAt the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes to heaven. My reason returned to me, and I praised the Most High. I worshipped and glorified the one who lives forever because his rule is everlasting; his kingdom is for all time."}, {"pk": 4117541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "All of earth\u2019s inhabitants are nothing in comparison. The Most High does whatever he wants with heaven\u2019s forces and with earth\u2019s inhabitants. No one can contain his power or say to him, \u2018What do you think you are doing?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4117542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "So at that moment my reason returned to me. My honor and splendor came back to me for the glory of my kingdom. My associates and my princes wanted to be with me again. Not only was I reinstated over my kingdom, I received more power than ever before."}, {"pk": 4117543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cNow I, Nebuchadnezzar, worship, magnify, and glorify the king of heaven. All his works are truth, all his paths are justice, and he is able to humble all who walk in pride.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "King Belshazzar threw a huge party for a thousand of his princes, and he drank a lot of wine in front of them."}, {"pk": 4117545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "While he was under the wine\u2019s influence, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver equipment that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem\u2019s temple be brought to the party so that the king, his princes, his consorts, and his secondary wives could drink wine out of them."}, {"pk": 4117546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "So the gold <sup>[1]</sup> equipment that had been carried out of the temple, God\u2019s house in Jerusalem, was brought in; and the king, his princes, his consorts, and his secondary wives drank out of it.", "comment": "[1] Vulg, Theodotion add <i>silver</i>."}, {"pk": 4117547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "They drank a lot of wine; and they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone."}, {"pk": 4117548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Right then the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the king\u2019s palace wall in the light of the lamp. The king saw the hand that wrote."}, {"pk": 4117549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "The king\u2019s mood changed immediately, and he was deeply disturbed. He felt weak, and his knees were shaking."}, {"pk": 4117550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "The king yelled, calling for the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king told these sages of Babylon: \u201cAnyone who can read this writing and tell me its meaning will wear royal robes, will have a gold chain around his neck, and will rule the kingdom as third in command.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Then all the king\u2019s sages arrived, but they couldn\u2019t read the writing or interpret it for the king."}, {"pk": 4117552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "At that point King Belshazzar was really frightened. All the color drained from his face, and his princes were also very worried."}, {"pk": 4117553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Upon hearing the commotion coming from the king and his princes, the queen entered the banqueting hall and declared, \u201cLong live the king! Don\u2019t be so disturbed. Don\u2019t be so frightened."}, {"pk": 4117554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "There is a man in your kingdom who has the breath <sup>[2]</sup> of holy gods in him! When your father was alive, this man was shown to possess illumination, insight, and wisdom like the very wisdom of the gods. <sup>[3]</sup> Your father King Nebuchadnezzar appointed this man as chief over the dream interpreters, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners. Yes, your father did this", "comment": "[3] Or <i>wisdom of God</i><br>[2] Or <i>spirit</i>; also in <a href='/CEB/27/5/14'>5:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4117555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "because this man \u2014 Daniel, the one the king named Belteshazzar \u2014 possesses an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and insight into the meaning of dreams. He can explain ambiguities and resolve mysteries. Now in light of all that, summon Daniel! He will explain the meaning of this thing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "So Daniel was brought before the king. The king said to him, \u201cSo you are Daniel, the Daniel from the exiles that my father the king brought from Judah?"}, {"pk": 4117557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "I have heard that the breath of the gods is in you and that you possess illumination, insight, and extraordinary wisdom."}, {"pk": 4117558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Now, the sages and the dream interpreters were brought before me to read this writing and interpret it for me, but they couldn\u2019t explain its meaning."}, {"pk": 4117559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "But I\u2019ve heard that you can explain meanings and solve mysteries. So if you can read this writing and interpret it for me, you will wear royal robes, have a gold chain around your neck, and will rule the kingdom as third in command.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Daniel answered the king: \u201cKeep your gifts. Give the rewards to someone else. But I will still read the writing to the king and interpret it for him."}, {"pk": 4117561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Listen, Your Majesty: The Most High God gave kingship, power, glory, and majesty to your father Nebuchadnezzar."}, {"pk": 4117562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Because of the power God gave Nebuchadnezzar, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified of him. He did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted: killing or sparing, exalting or humbling."}, {"pk": 4117563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "But when he became arrogant, acting in stubborn pride, he was pulled off his royal throne and the glory was taken from him."}, {"pk": 4117564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "He was driven away from other humans, and his mind became like an animal\u2019s. He lived with wild donkeys, he ate grass like cattle, and dew from heaven washed his body until he realized that the Most High God dominates human kingship and sets over it anyone he wants."}, {"pk": 4117565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cBut you who are his son, Belshazzar, you haven\u2019t submitted, even though you\u2019ve known all this."}, {"pk": 4117566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Instead, you\u2019ve set yourself up against the Lord of heaven! The equipment of God\u2019s house was brought to you; and you, your princes, your consorts, and your secondary wives drank wine out of it, all the while praising the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone \u2014 gods who can\u2019t see, hear, or know anything. But you didn\u2019t glorify the true God who holds your very breath in his hand and who owns every road you take."}, {"pk": 4117567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cThat\u2019s why this hand was sent from God and why this message was written down."}, {"pk": 4117568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "This is what was written down: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Aram <i>Upharsin</i>"}, {"pk": 4117569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cThis is the meaning of the word MENE: God has numbered <sup>[5]</sup> the days of your rule. It\u2019s over!", "comment": "[5] Aram <i>menah</i>, which is a wordplay with <i>Mene</i>"}, {"pk": 4117570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "TEKEL means that you\u2019ve been weighed <sup>[6]</sup> on the scales, and you don\u2019t measure up.", "comment": "[6] Aram <i>teqal</i>, which is a wordplay with <i>Tekel</i>"}, {"pk": 4117571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "PERES <sup>[7]</sup> means your kingship is divided <sup>[8]</sup> and given to the Medes and the Persians.\u201d <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[9] Aram <i>Paras</i>, another wordplay with <i>Parsin</i><br>[7] The singular form of the plural <i>Parsin</i> in <a href='/CEB/27/5/25'>5:25</a><br>[8] Aram <i>peras</i>, which is a wordplay with <i>Parsin</i>"}, {"pk": 4117572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Then Belshazzar commanded that Daniel be dressed in a purple robe, have a gold chain around his neck, and be officially appointed as third in command in the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4117573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "That very same night, Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed."}, {"pk": 4117574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62."}, {"pk": 4117575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Darius decided to appoint one hundred twenty chief administrators throughout the kingdom,"}, {"pk": 4117576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "and to set over them three main officers to whom they would report so that the king wouldn\u2019t have to be bothered with too much. <sup>[1]</sup> One of these main officers was Daniel.", "comment": "[1] Aram uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Because of his extraordinary spirit, Daniel soon surpassed the other officers and the chief administrators \u2014 so much so that the king had plans to set him over the entire kingdom."}, {"pk": 4117578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "As a result, the other officers and the chief administrators tried to find some problem with Daniel\u2019s work for the kingdom. But they couldn\u2019t find any problem or corruption at all because Daniel was trustworthy. He wasn\u2019t guilty of any negligence or corruption."}, {"pk": 4117579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "So these men said, \u201cWe won\u2019t find any fault in Daniel, unless we can find something to use against him from his religious practice.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>in the Instruction of his God</i>"}, {"pk": 4117580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "So these officers and chief administrators ganged together and went to the king. They said to him, \u201cLong live King Darius!"}, {"pk": 4117581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "All the officers of the kingdom, the ministers, the chief administrators, the royal associates, and the governors advise the king to issue an edict and enforce a law, that for thirty days anyone who says prayers to any god or human being except you, Your Majesty, will be thrown into a pit of lions."}, {"pk": 4117582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Now, Your Majesty, issue the law and sign the document so that it cannot be changed, as per the law of Media and Persia, which cannot be annulled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Because of this, King Darius signed the document containing the law."}, {"pk": 4117584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went to his house. Now his upper room had open windows that faced Jerusalem. Daniel knelt down, prayed, and praised his God three times that day, just like he always did."}, {"pk": 4117585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Just then these men, all ganged together, came upon Daniel praying and seeking mercy from his God."}, {"pk": 4117586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "They then went and talked to the king about the law: \u201cYour Majesty! Didn\u2019t you sign a law, that for thirty days any person who prays to any god or human being besides you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into a pit of lions?\u201d The king replied, \u201cThe decision is absolutely firm in accordance with the law of Media and Persia, which cannot be annulled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "So they said to the king, \u201cOne of the Judean exiles, Daniel, has ignored you, Your Majesty, as well as the law you signed. He says his prayers three times a day!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "When the king heard this report, he was very unhappy. He decided to rescue Daniel and did everything he could do to save Daniel before the sun went down."}, {"pk": 4117589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "But these men, all ganged together, came and said to the king, \u201cYou must realize, Your Majesty, that the law of Media and Persia, including every law and edict the king has issued, cannot be changed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and hurled him into the pit of lions. The king said to Daniel: \u201cYour God \u2014 the one you serve so consistently \u2014 will rescue you.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>May your God\u2014the one you serve so consistently\u2014rescue you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "A single stone was brought and placed over the entrance to the pit. The king sealed it with his own ring and with those of his princes so that Daniel\u2019s situation couldn\u2019t be changed."}, {"pk": 4117592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The king then went home to his palace and fasted through the night. No pleasures <sup>[4]</sup> were brought to him, and he couldn\u2019t sleep.", "comment": "[4] Aram uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "At dawn, at the first sign of light, the king rose and rushed to the lions\u2019 pit."}, {"pk": 4117594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "As he approached it, he called out to Daniel, worried: \u201cDaniel, servant of the living God! Was your God \u2014 the one you serve so consistently \u2014 able to rescue you from the lions?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Daniel answered the king: \u201cLong live the king!"}, {"pk": 4117596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "My God sent his messenger, who shut the lions\u2019 mouths. They haven\u2019t touched me because I was judged innocent before my God. I haven\u2019t done anything wrong to you either, Your Majesty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "The king was thrilled. He commanded that Daniel be brought up out of the pit, and Daniel was lifted out. Not a scratch was found on him, because he trusted in his God."}, {"pk": 4117598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "The king then ordered that the men who had accused Daniel be brought and thrown into the lions\u2019 pit \u2014 including their wives and children. They hadn\u2019t even reached the bottom of the pit before the lions overpowered them, crushing all their bones."}, {"pk": 4117599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Then King Darius wrote the following decree: To all the peoples, nations, and languages inhabiting the entire earth: I wish you much peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "I now issue this command: In every region of my kingdom, all people must fear and revere Daniel\u2019s God because: <br> He is the living God. <br>God stands firm forever. <br>His kingship is indestructible. <br>God\u2019s rule will last until the end of time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "He is rescuer and savior; <br>God performs signs and miracles in heaven and on earth. <br>Here\u2019s the proof: <br>He rescued Daniel from the lions\u2019 power. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "And so Daniel was made prosperous during the rule of Darius and during the rule of Cyrus the Persian."}, {"pk": 4117603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "In the first year of Babylon\u2019s King Belshazzar, Daniel had a dream \u2014 a vision in his head as he lay on his bed. He wrote the dream down. Here is the beginning of the account:"}, {"pk": 4117604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "I am Daniel. In the vision I had during the night I saw the four winds of heaven churning the great sea."}, {"pk": 4117605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Four giant beasts emerged from the sea, each different from the others."}, {"pk": 4117606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "The first was like a lion with eagle\u2019s wings. I observed it until its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the ground. It was then set on two feet, like a human being, and it received a human mind."}, {"pk": 4117607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Then I saw another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told: \u201cGet up! Devour much flesh!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "I kept watching, and suddenly there was another beast, this one like a leopard. On its back it had four wings like bird wings. This beast had four heads. Authority was given to it."}, {"pk": 4117609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "After this, as I continued to watch this night vision, I saw a fourth beast, terrifying and hideous, with extraordinary power and with massive iron teeth. As it ate and crushed, its feet smashed whatever was left over. It was different from all the other beasts before it, and it had ten horns."}, {"pk": 4117610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "I was staring at the horns when, suddenly, another small horn came up between them. Three of the earlier horns were ripped out to make room for it. On this new horn were eyes like human eyes and a mouth that bragged and bragged."}, {"pk": 4117611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "As I was watching, thrones were raised up. <br>The ancient one took his seat. <br>His clothes were white like snow; <br>his hair was like a lamb\u2019s wool. <br>His throne was made of flame; <br>its wheels were blazing fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "A river of fire flowed out from his presence; <br>thousands upon thousands served him; <br>ten thousand times ten thousand stood ready to serve him! <br>The court sat in session; the scrolls were opened. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "I kept watching. I watched from the moment the horn started bragging until the beast was killed and its body was destroyed, handed over to be burned with fire."}, {"pk": 4117614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the authority of the remaining beasts was brought to an end, but they were given an extension among the living for a set time and season."}, {"pk": 4117615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "As I continued to watch this night vision of mine, I suddenly saw one like a human being <sup>[1]</sup> <br>coming with the heavenly clouds. <br>He came to the ancient one <br>and was presented before him.<br>", "comment": "[1] Aram <i>kebar enash</i> (<i>like a son of man</i>) is an idiom that means <i>like a human being;</i> cf also <a href='/CEB/27/8/17'>8:17</a>; <a href='/CEB/27/10/16'>10:16</a>, <a href='/CEB/27/10/18'>18</a> for Heb approximations."}, {"pk": 4117616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Rule, glory, and kingship were given to him; <br>all peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. <br>His rule is an everlasting one \u2014 <br>it will never pass away! \u2014 <br>his kingship is indestructible. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Now this caused me, Daniel, to worry. <sup>[2]</sup> My visions disturbed me greatly.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my spirit was distressed in its sheath</i>; Aram uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "So I went to one of the servants who was standing ready nearby. I asked him for the truth about all this. He spoke to me and explained to me the meaning of these things."}, {"pk": 4117619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cThese four giant beasts are four kings that will rise up from the earth,"}, {"pk": 4117620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "but the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingship. They will hold the kingship securely forever and always.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Next I wanted greater clarity about the fourth beast, the one that was different from all the others and utterly terrifying with its iron teeth and bronze claws. As it ate and crushed, its feet smashed whatever was left over."}, {"pk": 4117622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "I wanted greater clarity about the ten horns on its head, and the other horn that came up, along with the three that fell out to make room for it \u2014 but especially about the horn that had eyes and a mouth that bragged, and that seemed more important than the others."}, {"pk": 4117623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "As I watched, this same horn waged war against the holy ones and defeated them,"}, {"pk": 4117624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "until the Ancient One came. Then judgment was given in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. The set time arrived, and the holy ones held the kingship securely."}, {"pk": 4117625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "This is what he said: \u201cThe fourth beast means <br>that there will be a fourth kingship on the earth. <br>It will be different from all the other kingships. <br>It will devour the entire earth, trample it, crush it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "The ten horns mean <br>that from this kingship will rise ten kings, <br>and after them will rise yet another. <br>He will be different from the previous ones. <br>He will defeat three kings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "He will say things against the Most High <br>and will exhaust the holy ones of the Most High. <br>He will try to change times set by law. <br>And for a period of time, <br>periods of time, <br>and half a period of time, <br>they will be delivered into his power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the court will sit in session. <br>His rule will be taken away \u2014 <br>ruined and wiped out for all time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "The kingship, authority, and power <br>of all kingdoms under heaven <br>will be given to the people, <br>the holy ones of the Most High. <br>Their kingship is an everlasting one; every authority will serve them and obey.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4117630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "The account ends here. Now as for how I, Daniel, felt about this: My thoughts disturbed me greatly. My mood darkened considerably, and I kept thinking about this matter."}, {"pk": 4117631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "In the third year of King Belshazzar\u2019s rule, a vision came to me, Daniel, some time after the earlier vision I had."}, {"pk": 4117632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "I saw this vision, and as I experienced it I was in the walled city of Susa in the province of Elam, <sup>[1]</sup> by the Ulai canal.", "comment": "[1] Some LXX sources; MT repeats <i>I had this vision before I was by the Ulai canal.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "When I lifted my eyes, I suddenly saw a ram with two horns standing in front of the canal. Both horns were high, but one was higher than the other. The higher one came up after the other one."}, {"pk": 4117634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "I saw the ram goring west, north, and south. No animal could resist the ram, and no one could stop it, rescuing others from its power. The ram did whatever it pleased. It became powerful."}, {"pk": 4117635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "I was trying to understand this when suddenly a he-goat came from the west, crossing the entire earth but not touching the ground. Between this goat\u2019s eyes was a horn that was a sight to see."}, {"pk": 4117636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The he-goat came to the ram that had two horns, the one I\u2019d seen standing in front of the canal. The he-goat charged the ram in powerful anger."}, {"pk": 4117637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "I saw the he-goat approach the ram. It was enraged at the ram and attacked it, shattering the ram\u2019s two horns. The ram couldn\u2019t resist the he-goat. The he-goat threw the ram on the ground and trampled on it. No one could rescue the ram from the he-goat\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4117638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "The he-goat became even greater, but at the height of its power, its large horn snapped. In its place, four horns, each a sight to see, came up toward the four winds of heaven."}, {"pk": 4117639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "A single, very small horn came out of one of the four horns. It grew bigger and bigger, stretching toward the south, the east, and the beautiful country."}, {"pk": 4117640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "It grew as high as the heavenly forces, until it finally threw some of them and some of the stars down to the earth. Then it trampled on them."}, {"pk": 4117641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "It grew as high as the very leader of those forces, taking the daily sacrifice away from him <sup>[2]</sup> and overturning his holy place.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the daily sacrifice was taken away from him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "In an act of rebellion, another force will take control of the daily sacrifice. It will throw truth to the ground and will succeed in everything it does. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "I then heard a certain holy one speaking. A second holy one said to the first one: \u201cHow long will this vision last \u2014 the one concerning the daily sacrifice, the desolating rebellion, and the handing over of the sanctuary and its forces to be trampled?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "He said to me, \u201cFor two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be restored.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Now I, Daniel, needed help understanding the vision I saw. Suddenly standing in front of me was someone who looked like a man."}, {"pk": 4117646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "I then heard a human voice coming out of the center of the Ulai canal. It called out: \u201cGabriel, help this person understand what he has seen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Gabriel approached me, and I was terrified when he came. I fell with my face to the ground. Gabriel said to me, \u201cKnow this, human one: the vision is for the end time.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "As soon as he said this to me, I fell into a trance. My face was still on the ground. Then Gabriel touched me and set me up on my feet."}, {"pk": 4117649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "He said, \u201cNow, I am going to tell you what will happen during the time of doom that is coming, because at the appointed time there will be an end."}, {"pk": 4117650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "The two-horned ram you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia."}, {"pk": 4117651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "The long-haired he-goat is the king of Greece, and the big horn between its eyes is the first king."}, {"pk": 4117652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "The horn that snapped so that four came up in its place means that four kingdoms will come from one nation, but these four won\u2019t have the strength of the first one."}, {"pk": 4117653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "When their kingship nears its end <br>and their sins <sup>[4]</sup> are almost complete, <br>a king will step forward. <br>He will be stern and a master of deception.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX; MT <i>rebels</i>"}, {"pk": 4117654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "At the height of his power, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>he will wreak unbelievable destructions. <br>He will succeed in all he does. <br>He will destroy both the mighty <br>and the people of the holy ones.<br>", "comment": "[5] LXX sources; MT <i>His power will grow strong, but not by his own power,</i> perhaps influenced by <a href='/CEB/27/8/22'>8:22</a>."}, {"pk": 4117655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Along with his cunning, <br>he will succeed by using deceit. <br>In his own mind, he will be great. <br>In a time of peace, <br>he will bring destruction on many, <br>opposing even the supreme leader. <br>But he will be broken \u2014 <br>and not by a human hand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Now this vision of evening and morning, which has been announced, is true. But you must seal it up, because it is for days far in the future.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Then I, Daniel, was overwhelmed and felt sick for days. When I finally got up and went about the king\u2019s business, I remained troubled by the vision and couldn\u2019t understand it."}, {"pk": 4117658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "In the first year of Darius\u2019 rule \u2014 Darius, who was Ahasuerus\u2019 son, a Median by birth and who ruled the Chaldean kingdom \u2014"}, {"pk": 4117659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "I, Daniel, pondered the scrolls, specifically the number of years that it would take to complete Jerusalem\u2019s desolation according to the LORD\u2019s word to the prophet Jeremiah. It was seventy years."}, {"pk": 4117660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "I then turned my face to my Lord God, asking for an answer with prayer and pleading, and with fasting, mourning clothes, and ashes."}, {"pk": 4117661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "As I prayed to the LORD my God, I made this confession: Please, my Lord \u2014 you are the great and awesome God, the one who keeps the covenant, and truly faithful to all who love him and keep his commands: <br>"}, {"pk": 4117662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "We have sinned and done wrong. We have brought guilt on ourselves and rebelled, ignoring your commands and your laws. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "We haven\u2019t listened to your servants, the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our leaders, our parents, and to all the land\u2019s people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Righteousness belongs to you, my Lord! But we are ashamed this day \u2014 we, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all Israel whether near or far, in whatever country where you\u2019ve driven them because of their unfaithfulness when they broke faith with you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "LORD, we are ashamed \u2014 we, our kings, our leaders, and our parents who sinned against you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Compassion and deep forgiveness belong to my Lord, our God, because we rebelled against him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "We didn\u2019t listen to the voice of the LORD our God by following the teachings he gave us through his servants, the prophets. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "All Israel broke your Instruction and turned away, ignoring your voice. Then the curse that was sworn long ago \u2014 the one written in the Instruction from Moses, God\u2019s servant \u2014 swept over us because we sinned against God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "God confirmed the words he spoke against us and against our rulers, bringing great trouble on us. What happened in Jerusalem hasn\u2019t happened anywhere else in the entire world! <br>"}, {"pk": 4117670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "All this trouble came upon us, exactly as it was written in the Instruction of Moses, but we didn\u2019t try to reconcile with the LORD our God by turning from our wrongdoing or by finding wisdom in your faithfulness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "So the LORD oversaw the great trouble and brought it on us, because the LORD our God has been right in every move he\u2019s made, but we haven\u2019t listened to his voice. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cBut now, my Lord, our God \u2014 you who brought your people out of Egypt with a strong hand, making a name for yourself even to this day: We have sinned and done the wrong thing.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4117673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "My Lord, please! In line with your many righteous acts, please turn your raging anger from Jerusalem, which is your city, your own holy mountain. Because of our sins and the wrongdoing of our parents, both Jerusalem and your people have become a disgrace to all our neighbors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cBut now, our God, listen to your servant\u2019s prayer and pleas for help. Shine your face on your ruined sanctuary, for your own sake, my Lord. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Open your ears, my God, and listen! Open your eyes and look at our devastation. Look at the city called by your name! We pray our prayers for help to you, not because of any righteous acts of ours but because of your great compassion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "My Lord, listen! My Lord, forgive! My Lord, pay attention and act! Don\u2019t delay! My God, do all this for your own sake, because your city and your people are called by your name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "While I was still speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sins of my people Israel \u2014 while I was still praying my prayer for help to the LORD my God about my God\u2019s holy mountain \u2014"}, {"pk": 4117678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "while I was still speaking this prayer, the man Gabriel approached me at the time of the evening offering. This was the same Gabriel I had seen in my earlier vision. He was weary with exhaustion. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>approached me in swift flight at the time of the evening offering;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "He explained as he spoke with me: \u201cDaniel, here\u2019s why I\u2019ve come: to give you insight and understanding."}, {"pk": 4117680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "When you began making your requests, a word went out, and I\u2019ve come to tell it to you because you are greatly treasured. So now understand this word and grasp the meaning of this vision!"}, {"pk": 4117681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Seventy weeks are appointed for your people and for your holy city to complete the rebellion, to end sins, to cover over wrongdoing, to bring eternal righteousness, to seal up prophetic vision, and to anoint the most holy place."}, {"pk": 4117682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cSo you must know and gain wisdom about this: There will be seven weeks from the moment the word went out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until a leader is anointed. And for sixty-two weeks the city will be rebuilt with a courtyard and a moat. But in difficult times,"}, {"pk": 4117683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be eliminated. No one will support him. <sup>[2]</sup> The army of a future leader will destroy the city and the sanctuary. His <sup>[3]</sup> end will come in a flood, but devastations will be decreed until the end of the war. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>and will have nothing</i> or <i>and will disappear;</i> Heb uncertain<br>[4] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Or <i>Its</i> (the army\u2019s)"}, {"pk": 4117684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "For one week, he will make a strong covenant with many people. For a half-week, he will stop both sacrifices and offerings. In their place <sup>[5]</sup> will be the desolating monstrosities until the decreed destruction sweeps over the devastator.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Correction <i>on the wing;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "In the third year of Persia\u2019s King Cyrus, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true: there would be a great conflict. Daniel understood the message, having discerned the meaning of the vision."}, {"pk": 4117686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "During that time, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three weeks."}, {"pk": 4117687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "I didn\u2019t eat any rich foods. Neither meat nor wine passed my lips, and I didn\u2019t clean up at all until the three weeks were up."}, {"pk": 4117688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great Tigris River,"}, {"pk": 4117689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "I looked up and suddenly saw a man clothed in linen in front of me. He had a brilliant gold belt around his waist,"}, {"pk": 4117690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "and his body was like topaz. His face was like a flash of lightning, and his eyes were like burning torches. His arms and feet looked like polished bronze. When he spoke, it sounded like the roar of a crowd."}, {"pk": 4117691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The other people who were with me didn\u2019t see it. Despite that, they were terrified and ran away to hide."}, {"pk": 4117692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "So I was left alone to see this great vision all by myself. All my strength left me. My energy was sapped, and I couldn\u2019t stay strong."}, {"pk": 4117693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I heard the sound of the man\u2019s words. When I heard it, I fell into a trance with my face on the ground."}, {"pk": 4117694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "But then a hand touched me, lifting me up to my hands and knees."}, {"pk": 4117695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "The man said to me, \u201cDaniel, you are greatly treasured. Now grasp the meaning of what I\u2019m saying to you. And stand up, because I\u2019ve been sent to you.\u201d As he said this to me, I stood up, shaking."}, {"pk": 4117696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the man said to me, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Daniel, because from the day you first set your mind to understand things and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I\u2019ve come because of your words!"}, {"pk": 4117697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "For twenty-one days the leader of the Persian kingdom blocked my way. But then Michael, one of the highest leaders, came to help me. I left Michael there with the leader of the Persian kingdom. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb <i>after I was detained there with the kings of Persia</i>"}, {"pk": 4117698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "But I\u2019ve come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the future, because there is another vision concerning that time.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "While he said this to me, I turned my face to the ground and kept quiet."}, {"pk": 4117700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "But then someone who looked like a human being <sup>[2]</sup> touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to the person standing in front of me: \u201cMy lord, the vision bothered me deeply, and I couldn\u2019t stay strong during it.", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>bene adam</i> (<i>a son of a man</i>) is an idiom that means <i>human being;</i> cf <a href='/CEB/27/7/13'>7:13</a>."}, {"pk": 4117701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "So how can I, my lord\u2019s servant, speak with you, my lord? Even now there\u2019s no strength in me, and I can barely breathe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "The one who looked like a human being touched me again and gave me strength."}, {"pk": 4117703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "He said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. You are greatly treasured. All will be well with you. Be strong!\u201d As he spoke to me, I suddenly felt strong. Then I said: \u201cMy lord can go on, because you\u2019ve made me strong.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he said: \u201cDo you know why I have come to you? Now I must go back to fight the leader of Persia. As I leave, the leader of Greece will come!"}, {"pk": 4117705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "But I will tell you what is written in the Scroll of Truth. No one stands strong with me against these leaders except your leader Michael."}, {"pk": 4117706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cIn the first year of Darius the Mede\u2019s rule, I took my stand to strengthen and protect him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "I will now tell you the truth. Persia will have three more kings, but the fourth will be richer than all of them. Once he has become strong through his great riches, he will disturb everyone, including the Greek kingdom."}, {"pk": 4117708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Then a warrior-king will come forward, ruling over a vast empire and doing whatever he wants."}, {"pk": 4117709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "But even as he takes control, his kingdom will be broken, divided to the four winds of heaven. It won\u2019t pass to his descendants. No one will rule like he did because his kingdom will be uprooted. It will belong to others, not to these."}, {"pk": 4117710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cThen the southern king will gain power, but one of his princes will overpower him, ruling in his place. His empire will be vast."}, {"pk": 4117711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "After some years, they will make an agreement together. The southern king\u2019s daughter will go to the northern king to finalize the agreement, but she won\u2019t retain her great power. Neither will his power remain in place. In those times she will be handed over, along with her escort, the one who fathered her, and the one who strengthened her. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cA branch from her roots will rise up in his place. Attacking the army, he will enter the walled fortress of the northern king. He will fight with them, and he will conquer."}, {"pk": 4117713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "He will even carry off their gods to Egypt, along with their statues and their silver and gold equipment. For years he will avoid the northern king."}, {"pk": 4117714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the northern king will attack the kingdom of the southern king, but will return to his own land."}, {"pk": 4117715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "His sons will get ready for war, gathering massive forces. Their attack will be like an overwhelming flood. And they will attack again, taking the battle as far as his walled fortress."}, {"pk": 4117716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThe southern king, in a bitter rage, will come out to battle the northern king. He will muster a huge army, but the army will be handed over to his enemy."}, {"pk": 4117717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "When the army is carried off, he will become confident. He will kill tens of thousands, but he will not stand strong."}, {"pk": 4117718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "The northern king will then muster another army \u2014 this one bigger than the first. After some years have passed, he will attack with a large and well-equipped army."}, {"pk": 4117719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "In those times, many will oppose the southern king. Violent persons from among your people also will rise up to support the vision, but they will fail."}, {"pk": 4117720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWhen the northern king attacks, he will throw up a siege ramp and occupy a walled city. The southern forces will not be able to resist \u2014 not even its elite forces. No one will be strong enough to resist."}, {"pk": 4117721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "The one who comes to attack will do whatever he wants; no one will be able to oppose him. He will take his place in the beautiful country, and he will hand out destruction."}, {"pk": 4117722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "He will decide to occupy his entire kingdom by force. He will make an agreement with him and will give him a wife, intending to destroy him, <sup>[2]</sup> but it won\u2019t succeed and it won\u2019t happen. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[2] DSS; MT <i>her</i> or <i>it</i> (the kingdom)<br>[3] Heb adds <i>for him</i>."}, {"pk": 4117723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "He will turn his face to the coastlands, capturing many people. A commander will put an end to his disgrace, <sup>[4]</sup> even though he won\u2019t repay that disgrace.", "comment": "[4] Heb adds <i>for him</i>."}, {"pk": 4117724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Then he will turn his attention to the walled fortresses of his own country but will stumble, fall, and disappear."}, {"pk": 4117725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cIn his place one will arise who will send his agent to exact a kingdom\u2019s glory, but in a few days he will be broken, though not by anger and not by war."}, {"pk": 4117726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "A worthless person will arise in his place. Royal majesty will not have been given to him, but he will come in a time of security and seize the kingdom by deceitful means."}, {"pk": 4117727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Forces will be completely swept away and broken before him. The same is true for the leader of the covenant."}, {"pk": 4117728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "From the moment they make an agreement with him, he will act deceitfully. He will gain power at the expense of a small nation."}, {"pk": 4117729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "He will come into a province\u2019s richest places untroubled and will do what his fathers and grandfathers never could. He will hand out plunder, spoil, and wealth to them. He will make plans against fortresses, but only for a time."}, {"pk": 4117730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cThen with a large army he will gather his strength and courage against the southern king. The southern king, with a large and super powerful army, will prepare for war, but he won\u2019t endure because they will make plans against him."}, {"pk": 4117731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who eat the king\u2019s provisions will destroy him. His army will be overrun. Many will die."}, {"pk": 4117732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cThese two kings, with their minds set on evil, will sit at one table, telling lies, but with no success because the end will come at the set time."}, {"pk": 4117733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "He will return to his country with great wealth and set his mind against a holy covenant. He will do what he wants and then return to his country."}, {"pk": 4117734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "At the set time he will again battle against the south, but the second time will be different from the first."}, {"pk": 4117735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Kittim ships will fight against him, and he will retreat in fear. He will rage against a holy covenant and will do what he wants. Then he will pay special attention to those who violate a holy covenant."}, {"pk": 4117736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "His forces will come and make the sanctuary fortress impure. They will stop the daily sacrifice and set up a desolating monstrosity."}, {"pk": 4117737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "By deceitful means he will corrupt those who violate a covenant, but the people who acknowledge their God will stand strong and will act."}, {"pk": 4117738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cThe people\u2019s teachers will help many understand, but for a time they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder."}, {"pk": 4117739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "When they fall, they will receive a little help, but many will join them with deceitful plans."}, {"pk": 4117740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Some of the teachers too will fall in order that they might be refined, purified, and cleansed \u2014 until an end time, because it is still not yet the set time."}, {"pk": 4117741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cThe king will do whatever he wants. He will exalt himself, making himself greater than any god. He will say unbelievable things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the doom is completed, because what is decreed must take place."}, {"pk": 4117742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "He will give no thought to the gods of his fathers, nor to the god cherished by women. He will give no thought to any god, because he will make himself greater than all of them."}, {"pk": 4117743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "In their place, he will worship a god of walled fortresses. With gold and silver, rare stones and precious things, he will worship a god his fathers did not acknowledge."}, {"pk": 4117744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "He will deal with walled fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will heap rewards on those who support him, making them rule over many and dividing up the land for a price."}, {"pk": 4117745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "At the end time, the southern king will attack him. The northern king will storm against him with chariots and horses and many ships. He will invade countries, sweeping over them like a flood."}, {"pk": 4117746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "He will invade the beautiful country, and tens of thousands will die. But Edom, Moab, and the best of the Ammonites will escape from his hand."}, {"pk": 4117747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "He will extend his power into other countries. Even Egypt won\u2019t escape."}, {"pk": 4117748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "He will take control of Egypt\u2019s hidden treasures of gold, silver, and all its precious things. Libyans and Cushites will follow at his feet."}, {"pk": 4117749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "But reports from the east and north will alarm him, and in a great rage he will set off to devastate and destroy many."}, {"pk": 4117750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, and no one will help him."}, {"pk": 4117751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cAt that time, Michael the great leader who guards your people will take his stand. It will be a difficult time \u2014 nothing like it has ever happened since nations first appeared. But at that time every one of your people who is found written in the scroll will be rescued."}, {"pk": 4117752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Many of those who sleep in the dusty land <sup>[1]</sup> will wake up \u2014 some to eternal life, others to shame and eternal disgrace.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>earthy soil</i> or <i>dust of the earth</i>"}, {"pk": 4117753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Those skilled in wisdom <sup>[2]</sup> will shine like the sky. Those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and always.", "comment": "[2] See <a href='/CEB/27/1/4'>1:4</a>; or <i>The teachers;</i> see <a href='/CEB/27/11/33'>11:33</a>, <a href='/CEB/27/11/35'>35</a>; also in <a href='/CEB/27/12/10'>12:10</a>."}, {"pk": 4117754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "But you, Daniel, must keep these words secret! Seal the scroll until the end time! Many will stray far, but knowledge will increase.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "I, Daniel, looked and suddenly saw two other figures \u2014 one standing on each side of the stream."}, {"pk": 4117756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "One said to the man clothed in white linen, who was farther upstream: \u201cWhen will these astonishing things be over?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "I heard the man clothed in white linen, who was farther upstream, swear by the one who lives forever as he raised both hands to heaven: \u201cFor one set time, two set times, and half a set time. When the breaking of the holy people\u2019s power is over, all these things will be over.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "I heard it, but I didn\u2019t understand it. \u201cMy lord,\u201d I said, \u201cwhat will happen after all this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "He said, \u201cGet going now, Daniel, because these words must remain secret and sealed up until the end time."}, {"pk": 4117760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Many will purify, cleanse, and refine themselves, but the wicked will act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but those skilled in wisdom will understand."}, {"pk": 4117761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "There will be one thousand two hundred ninety days from the time the daily sacrifice is stopped to the setting up of the desolating monstrosity."}, {"pk": 4117762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Happy is the one who waits and reaches one thousand three hundred thirty-five days."}, {"pk": 4117763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 27, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Now as for you, go on to the end. You will rest and will stand to receive your reward at the end of days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word that came to Hosea, Beeri\u2019s son, in the days of Judah\u2019s Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, and in the days of Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam, Joash\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4117807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to him,\u201cGo, marry a prostitute and have children of prostitution, for the people of the land commit great prostitution by deserting the LORD.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "So Hosea went and took Gomer, Diblaim\u2019s daughter, and she became pregnant and bore him a son."}, {"pk": 4117809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD said to him, \u201cName him Jezreel; for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will destroy the kingdom of the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4117810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Jezreel Valley.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to Hosea, \u201cName her No Compassion, because I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel or forgive them."}, {"pk": 4117812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "But I will have compassion on the house of Judah. I, the LORD their God, will save them; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or by horses, or by horsemen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "When Gomer finished nursing No Compassion, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son."}, {"pk": 4117814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the LORD said, \u201cName him Not My People because you are not my people, and I am not your God.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>I am not yours.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Yet the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, \u201cYou are not my people,\u201d it will be said to them, \u201cChildren of the living God.\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/28/1/10-11'>1:10\u201311</a>=<a href='/CEB/58/2/12'>Heb 2:12</a>"}, {"pk": 4117816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together, and they will choose one head. They will become fruitful in the land. <sup>[3]</sup> The day will be a wonderful one for Jezreel.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>They will go up from the land.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Say to your brother, My People, and to your sister, Compassion:", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/28/2/1-23'>2:1\u201323</a>=<a href='/CEB/58/2/3'>Heb 2:3</a>-25"}, {"pk": 4117818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Level a charge against your mother; plead with her! <br>She is not my wife, <br>and I am not her husband. <br>Let her remove prostitution from her presence, <br>and adultery from between her breasts,<br>"}, {"pk": 4117819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "or else I will strip her naked <br>and expose her as on the day she was born. <br>I will make her like a desert, <br>and turn her into a dry land, <br>and make her die of thirst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "I will also have no compassion on her children <br>because they are children of prostitution.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Their mother has played the prostitute; <br>she who conceived them has behaved shamefully. <br>She said, \u201cI will seek out my lovers; <br>they give me my bread and my water, <br>my wool and my linen cloth, my oil and my drink.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4117822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, I will line her path with thorns; <br>and I will build a wall against her, <br>so that she can\u2019t find her paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "She will go after her lovers, <br>but she won\u2019t catch up with them; <br>she will seek them, <br>but she won\u2019t find them. <br>Then she will say, <br>\u201cI will return to my first husband, <br>for I had it better then than now.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "She didn\u2019t know that I gave her <br>the corn, the new wine, and the fresh oil, <br>and that I gave her much silver, <br>and gold that they used for Baal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "So now I will take back <br>my corn in its time, <br>and my wine in its season; <br>and I will take away my wool and my linen cloth, <br>which were to cover her nakedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Now I will uncover her nakedness <br>in plain view of her lovers, <br>and no one will rescue her from me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "I will end all her religious celebrations, <br>her festivals, her new moons, her Sabbath days, <br>and all her sacred seasons.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, <br>of which she said, <br>\u201cThese are my pay, <br>which my lovers have given to me.\u201d <br>I will change them into a forest, <br>and the wild animals will eat them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "I will punish her for the days dedicated to the Baals, <br>when she offered sweet-smelling sacrifices to them <br>and dressed herself up with rings and jewelry, <br>and went after her lovers, <br>and forgot me, says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, I will charm her, <br>and bring her into the desert, <br>and speak tenderly to her heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "From there I will give her vineyards, <br>and make the Achor Valley a door of hope. <br>There she will respond to me as in the days of her youth, <br>like the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "On that day, says the LORD, you will call me, \u201cMy husband,\u201d and no longer will you call me, \u201cMy Lord.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "I will take away the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will not be mentioned by name anymore."}, {"pk": 4117834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "On that day, I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the creeping creatures of the fertile ground. I will do away with the bow, the sword, and war from the land; I will make you lie down in safety."}, {"pk": 4117835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "I will take you for my wife forever; <br>I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, <br>in devoted love, and in mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "I will take you for my wife in faithfulness; <br>and you will know the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "On that day I will answer, says the LORD. <br>I will answer the heavens <br>and they will answer the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "The earth will answer the corn, the new wine, and the fresh oil, <br>and they will answer Jezreel;<br>"}, {"pk": 4117839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "I will sow him for myself in the land; <br>and I will have compassion on No Compassion, <br>and I will say to Not My People, \u201cYou are my people\u201d; <br>and he will say, \u201cYou are my God.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4117840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD said to me again, \u201cGo, make love to a woman who has a lover and is involved in adultery, just as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "So I bought her for fifteen pieces of silver, a large amount of barley, and a portion of wine. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] LXX"}, {"pk": 4117842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "I said to her, \u201cYou must stay with me for many days; you won\u2019t act like a prostitute; you won\u2019t have sex with a man, nor I with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Similarly, the Israelites will remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred standing stone, without a priestly vest or household divine images."}, {"pk": 4117844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; they will come trembling to the LORD and to the LORD\u2019s goodness in the latter days."}, {"pk": 4117845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear the LORD\u2019s word, <br>people of Israel; <br>for the LORD has a dispute <br>with the inhabitants of the land. <br>There\u2019s no faithful love or loyalty, <br>and no knowledge of God in the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Swearing, lying, murder, <br>together with stealing and adultery are common; <br>bloody crime followed by bloody crime.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, the earth itself becomes sick, <br>and all who live on it grow weak; <br>together with the wild animals <br>and the birds in the sky, <br>even the fish of the sea are dying.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Yet let no one protest, <br>and let no one complain. <br> Listen, priest, I am angry with your people. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "You will stumble by day; <br>and at nighttime so will your prophet, <br>and I will destroy your mother.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "My people are destroyed <br>from lack of knowledge. <br>Since you have rejected knowledge, <br>so I will reject you from serving me as a priest. <br>Since you have forgotten the Instruction of your God, <br>so also I will forget your children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "The more they increased, <br>the more they sinned against me; <br>they exchanged their glory for shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "They feed on the sin of my people; <br>they set their hearts on evil things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "The priest will be just like the people; <br>I will punish them for their ways, <br>and judge them for their deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "They will eat but not be satisfied; <br>they will have sex like prostitutes, <br>but they will not have children, <br>because they have rejected the LORD <br>to devote themselves to <br>"}, {"pk": 4117855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "false religious practices. <b>Description of Israel\u2019s idolatry</b> </pb> <br> Wine and new wine <br>destroy understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "My people take advice from a piece of wood, <br>and their divining rod gives them predictions. <br>A spirit of prostitution has led them astray; <br>they have left God to follow other gods.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "They offer sacrifices on mountaintops, <br>and make entirely burned offerings on hills; <br>they offer sacrifices under various green trees, <br>because their shade is pleasant. <br>Therefore, your daughters act like prostitutes, <br>and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "I will not punish your daughters because they act like prostitutes, <br>nor your daughters-in-law because they commit adultery; <br>for the men themselves visit prostitutes, <br>and offer sacrifices with consecrated workers at temples; <br>so now the people without sense must come to ruin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Israel, even though you act like a prostitute, <br>don\u2019t let Judah become guilty. <br>Don\u2019t enter into Gilgal, <br>or go up to Beth-aven, <br>and don\u2019t swear, \u201cAs the LORD lives.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Like a stubborn cow Israel is stubborn. <br>Now the LORD will tend them, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>as the LORD tends a lamb in a pasture.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>her</i>"}, {"pk": 4117861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Ephraim is associated with idols \u2014 <br>let him alone!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Though they have stopped drinking, <br>they continue to behave like prostitutes; <br>indeed, they \u201clove\u201d; shame is their pride.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "The wind has wrapped her in its wings; <br>they will be ashamed of their sacrifices. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear this, priests! <br>Pay attention, house of Israel! <br>Listen, house of the king! <br>The judgment concerns you because you have been a trap at Mizpah, <br>and a net spread out upon Tabor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "In their wicked condition, they have sunk deep into corruption; <br>I will correct them through judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "I know Ephraim; Israel doesn\u2019t escape my eye; <br>for now Ephraim <br>you have acted like a prostitute; <br>Israel is defiled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Their deeds don\u2019t allow them <br>to return to their God, <br>because the spirit of prostitution is within them, <br>and they don\u2019t know the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Israel\u2019s pride is a witness against him; <br>both Israel and Ephraim stagger because of their guilt; <br>Judah staggers with them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "With their sheep and their cattle they will go <br>to seek the LORD, <br>but they will not find him; <br>he has withdrawn from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "They have acted faithlessly against the LORD; <br>for their children have produced illegitimate children. <br>Now the new moon will devour them <sup>[1]</sup> along with their fields. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Blow a horn in Gibeah; <br>blow a trumpet in Ramah. <br>Sound the warning at Beth-aven: <br>\u201cLook behind you, Benjamin!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Ephraim will become a horrible place <br>on the Judgment Day. <br>Against the tribes of Israel <br>I will certainly announce what is to take place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The princes of Judah act like raiders who steal the land; <br>I will pour out my anger like water upon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Ephraim is under pressure from its enemies; <br>Ephraim\u2019s rights aren\u2019t protected. <br>This is because Ephraim chose to pursue worthless things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, I am like a moth to Ephraim, <br>and like decay to the house of Judah.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "When Ephraim saw his sickness, <br>and Judah his wound, <br>then Ephraim went to Assyria, <br>and Ephraim sent for the great king. <br>But he could not heal them; <br>nor could he cure their wound.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "I am like a lion to Ephraim, <br>like a young lion to the house of Judah. <br>I am the one who tears the prey and goes forth; <br>no one can snatch it from me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "I will leave so that I can return to my place <br>until they pay for their deeds, <br>until they seek me. <br>In their distress, <br>they will beg for my favor: <br>"}, {"pk": 4117879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cCome, let\u2019s return to the LORD; <br>for it is he who has injured us and will heal us; <br>he has struck us down, but he will bind us up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "After two days he will revive us; <br>on the third day he will raise us up, <br>so that we may live before him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Let\u2019s know, let\u2019s press on to know the LORD; <br>whose appearing is as certain as the dawn; <br>who will come to us like the showers, <br>like the spring rains that give drink to the earth.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4117882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Ephraim, what will I do with you? <br>Judah, what will I do with you? <br>Your love is like a morning cloud, <br>like the dew that vanishes quickly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Therefore, I have attacked them by the prophets, <br>I have killed them by the words of my mouth, <br>and my judgment goes forth like a light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, <br>the knowledge of God instead of entirely burned offerings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "But like Adam <sup>[1]</sup> they broke the covenant; <br>then they acted in bad faith against me.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>at Adam</i>"}, {"pk": 4117886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Gilead is a city of wicked people, <br>tracked with blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "As robbers lie in wait for someone, <br>so the priests are in league with each other; <br>they murder on the road to Shechem; <br>they have done evil things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "In the house of Israel I have seen something horrible; <br>Ephraim acts like a prostitute; Israel is defiled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "For you also, Judah, a harvest is appointed, <br>when I would improve the circumstances of my people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "When I would heal Israel, <br>the evil acts of Ephraim are exposed, <br>and the wicked deeds of Samaria; <br>for they deceive and steal, <br>a thief breaks in; <br>a group of bandits raid outside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "But they don\u2019t consider within their hearts <br>that I remember all their wickedness. <br>Now their deeds show who they are, <br>right in front of my face.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "By their wickedness they make the king glad, <br>and give joy to the officials with their lies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "They all act like adulterers; <br>they are like a heated oven, <br>whose baker doesn\u2019t need to stoke the fire, <br>from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "On the day of our king, <br>the officials became sick with the heat of wine; <br>he stretched out his hand to those who mocked him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "They approach like a hot oven, their hearts burning. <br>Throughout the night, their anger smolders; <br>in the morning, it continues to burn like a flaming fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "All of them are hot as an oven; <br>they devour their rulers. <br>All their kings have fallen; <br>none of them call upon me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Ephraim mixes himself among the people; <br>Ephraim is like flatbread that is cooked on only one side.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Strangers have eaten up his strength, <br>yet he doesn\u2019t know it; <br>gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him, <br>yet he doesn\u2019t know it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Israel\u2019s pride is a witness against him; <br>yet they don\u2019t return to the LORD their God, <br>or seek him because of all this. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Ephraim has become like a dove, <br>silly and without common sense; <br>they call upon Egypt; they go to Assyria.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "As they go, I will spread my net over them; <br>like birds in the sky, I will bring them down; <br>I will judge them according to the report made to their assembly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Doom to them, for they have strayed from me; <br>destruction will be their lot because they have rebelled against me. <br>I would redeem them, <br>but they speak lies against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "They don\u2019t cry to me from the heart, <br>but they sob upon their beds; <br>they fight <sup>[1]</sup> over grain and wine; <br>they resist me.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>cut themselves</i>"}, {"pk": 4117904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "It was I who gave them their strength, <br>yet they plot evil against me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "They return, but not to the Most High; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>they have become like a worthless bow; <br>their officials will fall by the sword <br>because of the rage of their tongues; <br>in Egypt they will make fun of them. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain<br>[3] Or <i>they will be scorned in the land of Egypt.</i>"}, {"pk": 4117906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Put a trumpet to your lips! <br>It\u2019s as if a bird of prey has flown over the LORD\u2019s house, <br>because they have broken my covenant, <br>and have not kept my Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Israel cries to me, <br>\u201cMy God, we know you!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Israel has turned away from the good; <br>the enemy will pursue him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "They set up kings, but not through me; <br>they chose princes, but without my knowledge. <br>With silver and gold they crafted idols <br>for their own destruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Your calf is rejected, Samaria. <br>My anger burns against them. <br>How long will they remain guilty?<br>"}, {"pk": 4117911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The calf is from Israel, <br>a person made it; <br>it is not God. <br>The calf of Samaria will be smashed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Because they sow the wind, <br>they will get the whirlwind. <br>Standing grain, but no fresh growth; <br>it will yield no meal; <br>if it were to yield, <br>strangers would devour it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Israel is swallowed up; <br>among the nations, they are now <br>like a useless jar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "They have gone up to Assyria, <br>a wild ass wandering alone; <br>Ephraim has hired lovers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Though they have bargained with the nations, <br>I will now gather them up. <br>They will soon be diminished <br>due to the burden of kings and princes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "When Ephraim added more altars to take away sin, <br>they became altars to him for sinning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Even though I write out for him a large number of my instructions, <br>they are regarded as strange.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Though they offer choice sacrifices, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>though they eat flesh, <br>the LORD doesn\u2019t accept them. <br>Now he will remember their wickedness <br>and punish their sins; <br>they will return to Egypt.<br>", "comment": "[1] Correction; Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Israel has forgotten his maker, <br>and built palaces; <br>and Judah has multiplied walled cities; <br>but I will send a fire upon his cities, <br>and it will devour his fortresses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t rejoice, Israel! <br>Don\u2019t celebrate as other nations do; <br>for as whores you have gone away from your God. <br>You have loved a prostitute\u2019s pay <br>on all threshing floors of grain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Threshing floor and wine vat won\u2019t feed them; <br>the new wine will fail them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "They won\u2019t remain in the land of the LORD; <br>but Ephraim will return to Egypt, <br>and in Assyria they will eat unclean food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "They won\u2019t pour wine as an offering to the LORD; <br>their sacrifices won\u2019t please him. <br>Such sacrifices will be like food for those who touch the dead; <br>all who eat of it will be unclean; <br>their bread will be for their hunger alone; <br>it will not come to the LORD\u2019s house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "What will you do on the day of appointed festival, <br>on the day of the LORD\u2019s festival?<br>"}, {"pk": 4117925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Even if they escape destruction, <br>Egypt will gather them, <br>Memphis will bury them. <br>Briars will possess their precious things of silver; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>thorns will be in their tents.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the proud glory pertaining to their silver;</i> Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "The days of punishment have come; <br>the days of judgment have arrived; <br>Israel cries, <br>\u201cThe prophet is a fool, <br>the spiritual man is mad!\u201d <br>Because of your great wickedness, <br>your rejection of me is great. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "The prophet is God\u2019s watchman <br>looking over Ephraim, <br>yet a hunter\u2019s trap is set, covering all his ways, <br>and rejection is in his God\u2019s house.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "They have corrupted themselves terribly <br>as in the days of Gibeah; <br>he will remember their wickedness; <br>he will punish their sins. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Like grapes in the wilderness, <br>I found Israel. <br>In its first season, <br>like the first fruit on the fig tree, <br>I saw your ancestors. <br>But they came to Baal-peor, <br>and worshipped a thing of shame; <br>they became detestable like the thing they loved. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Ephraim\u2019s glory will fly away like a bird \u2014 <br>no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Though they bring up children, <br>I will make them childless <br>until no one is left. <br>Doom to them indeed when I leave them!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "When I looked toward Tyre, Ephraim was planted in a <br>lovely meadow; <br>but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Give them, LORD \u2014 <br>what will you give them? <br>Give them a womb that miscarries <br>and breasts that are dried up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Every wickedness of theirs began at Gilgal; <br>there I came to hate them. <br>Because of the wickedness of their deeds <br>I will drive them out of my house. <br>I will love them no more; <br>all their officials are rebels.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Ephraim is sick, <br>their root is dried up, <br>they will bear no fruit. <br>Even though they give birth, <br>I will put to death their much-loved little ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Because they haven\u2019t listened to him, <br>my God will reject them; <br>they will wander among the nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Israel is a growing vine <br>that yields its fruit. <br>The more his fruit increased, <br>the more altars he built; <br>the richer his land became, <br>the more he set up sacred standing stones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Their heart is false; <br>now they must bear their guilt. <br>The LORD will break down their altars <br>and destroy their standing stones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "For now they will say: <br>\u201cWe have no king, <br>because we don\u2019t love the LORD. <br>What then could a king do for us?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "They have spoken empty words, <br>swearing falsely when making covenants; <br>so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds <br>in the furrows of the field.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "The inhabitants of Samaria shake <br>because of the calf of Beth-aven. <br>Its people will mourn over it, <br>just as its idolatrous priests who rejoiced over its glory that is now gone. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "To Assyria it will be carried <br>as a gift for the great king. <br>Ephraim will be put to shame; <br>Israel will be ashamed of his own idol.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Samaria will be cut off; <br>her king is like a chip of wood on the surface of the water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "The sin of Israel, the shrines of Aven <br>will be torn down. <br>Thorn and thistle will sprout up <br>on their altars. <br>They will say to the mountains, \u201cCover us,\u201d <br>to the hills, \u201cFall on us.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel; <br>there they have continued. <br>Will not war overtake them in Gibeah?<br>"}, {"pk": 4117946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "I will come and punish them; <br>nations will be gathered against them <br>when they are punished for their double crime.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Ephraim was a trained cow that loved to pull a plow; <br>I spared her fair neck; <br>but I will make Ephraim break through the ground; <br>Judah will plow; <br>Jacob will turn the soil for himself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Sow for yourselves righteousness; <br>reap faithful love; <br>break up your unplanted ground, <br>for it is time to seek the LORD, <br>that he may come <br>and rain righteousness upon you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "You have plowed wickedness, <br>you have reaped depravity, <br>you have eaten the fruit of lies, <br>because you have trusted in your way <br>and in your many warriors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, the noise of war will rise against your people; <br>all your fortresses will be destroyed, <br>as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, <br>when mothers were dashed into pieces with their children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "It will indeed happen to you, Bethel, <br>because of your great wickedness. <br>At dawn, the king of Israel will be cut off completely. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When Israel was a child, I loved him, <br>and out of Egypt I called my son.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "The more I called them, <br>the further they went from me; <br>they kept sacrificing to the Baals, <br>and they burned incense to idols.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; <br>I took them up in my arms, <br>but they did not know that I healed them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "I led them <br>with bands of human kindness, <br>with cords of love. <br>I treated them like those <br>who lift infants to their cheeks; <br>I bent down to them and fed them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "They will return to the land of Egypt, <br>and Assyria will be their king, <br>because they have refused to return to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "The sword will strike wildly in their cities; <br>it will consume the bars of their gates <br>and will take everything because of their schemes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "My people are bent on turning away from me; <br>and though they cry out to the Most High, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>he will not raise them up. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4117959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "How can I give you up, Ephraim? <br>How can I hand you over, Israel? <br>How can I make you like Admah? <br>How can I treat you like Zeboiim? <br>My heart winces within me; <br>my compassion grows warm and tender. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "I won\u2019t act on the heat of my anger; <br>I won\u2019t return to destroy Ephraim; <br>for I am God and not a human being, <br>the holy one in your midst; <br>I won\u2019t come in harsh judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "They will walk after the LORD, <br>who roars like a lion. <br>When he roars, <br>his children will come trembling from the west.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "They will come trembling like a bird, <br>and like a dove from the land of Assyria; <br>and I will return them to their homes, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, <br>the house of Israel with faithless acts; <br>but Judah still walks with God, <br>and is faithful to the holy one. <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/28/12/1'>12:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4117964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Ephraim herds the wind, <br>and pursues the east wind all day long; <br>they multiply lies and violence; <br>they make a treaty with Assyria, <br>and oil is carried to Egypt.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/28/12/2'>12:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4117965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD has a charge against Judah, <br>and will punish Jacob according to his ways, <br>and respond to him according to his deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "From the womb he tried to be the oldest of twin brothers; <br>as an adult he struggled with God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "He struggled with the messenger and survived; <br>he wept and sought his favor; <br>he met him at Bethel, <br>and there he spoke with him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD God of heavenly forces, <br>the LORD is his name!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "But you! Return to your God <br>with faithful love and justice, <br>and wait continually for your God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "He is a merchant; the means to cheat are in his hands; <br>he loves to take advantage of others.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Ephraim has said, <br>\u201cI\u2019m rich, <br>I\u2019ve gained wealth for myself; <br>in all of my gain <br>no offense has been found in me <br>that would be sin.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4117972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "I am the LORD your God <br>from the land of Egypt; <br>I will make you live in tents again, <br>as in former days.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "I spoke to the prophets; <br>and I multiplied visions, <br>and through them I uttered parables.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "In Gilead there is wickedness; <br>they will surely come to nothing. <br>In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, <br>so their altars will be like piles of stones <br>on the rows of the field.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Jacob fled to the land of Aram; <br>there Israel served for a wife, <br>and for a wife he kept watch over livestock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, <br>and by a prophet he was guarded.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Ephraim has given bitter offense; <br>so the LORD will bring his crimes down on him <br>and pay him back for his wrongdoing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "When Ephraim spoke, there was excitement; <br>he was praised in Israel; <br>but he became guilty through Baal and died.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "And now they keep on sinning; <br>they have made metal images, <br>idols of silver, <br>as a result of their skill, <br>all of them the work of craftsmen. <br>\u201cSacrifice to these,\u201d they say. <br>People are kissing calves!<br>"}, {"pk": 4117980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, <br>like the dew that passes away early, <br>like husks that swirl from the threshing floor, <br>or like smoke from a window.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Yet I have been the LORD your God <br>ever since the land of Egypt; <br>and you will know no other gods but me; <br>there is no savior besides me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "I knew you in the wilderness, <br>in the land of no rain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "When I fed them, they were satisfied; <br>and their hearts became proud; <br>therefore, they forgot me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4117984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "So I will become like a lion to them; <br>like a leopard I will lurk beside the road.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, <br>and I will tear open the covering of their hearts. <br>I will devour them like a lion, <br>as a wild animal would eat them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "I will destroy you, Israel; <br>for you didn\u2019t realize that I could help you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Where is your king now, <br>so that he can save you? <br>Where in all your cities are your judges, <br>of whom you said, <br>\u201cGive me a king and rulers\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4117988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "I gave you a king in my anger, <br>and I took him away in my wrath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Ephraim\u2019s wickedness is bound up; <br>his sin is kept in store.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "The pangs of a woman in childbirth come for him, <br>but he is not aware of the time to be born; <br>for at the proper time he doesn\u2019t present himself <br>at the mouth of the womb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Will I ransom them from the power of the grave <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Will I redeem them from death\u2019s hold? <br>Death, where are your diseases? <br>Grave, <sup>[2]</sup> where is your destruction? <br>Compassion is hidden from my eyes.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[2] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4117992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Although he may flourish among rushes, <br>the east wind will come \u2014 <br>the breath of God <br>rising from the wilderness; <br>and his spring will dry up; <br>his fountain will be dried up. <br>It will strip his household <br>of every cherished possession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> Samaria will be desolate, <br>because she has rebelled against her God; <br>by the sword they will fall \u2014 <br>their babies will be dashed, <br>and their pregnant women ripped open. <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/28/14/1'>14:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4117994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Return, Israel, to the LORD your God; <br>you have stumbled because of your wickedness.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/28/14/2'>14:2</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4117995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Prepare to speak <br>and return to the LORD; <br>say to the LORD, <br>\u201cForgive all wickedness; <br>and receive the good. <br>Instead of bulls, <br>let us offer what we can say:<br>"}, {"pk": 4117996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Assyria won\u2019t save us; <br>we won\u2019t ride upon horses; <br>we will no longer say, \u2018Our God,\u2019 <br>to the work of our hands. <br>In you the orphan finds compassion.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4117997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "I will heal their faithlessness; <br>I will love them freely, <br>for my anger has turned from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4117998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "I will be like the dew to Israel; <br>he will blossom like the lily; <br>he will cast out his roots like the forests of Lebanon. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>like Lebanon</i>"}, {"pk": 4117999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "His branches will spread out; <br>his beauty will be like the olive tree, <br>and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "They will again live beneath my shadow, <br>they will flourish like a garden; <br>they will blossom like the vine, <br>their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Ephraim, what do idols have to do with me? <br>It is I who answer and look after you. <br>I am like a green cypress tree; <br>your fruit comes from me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 28, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever is wise understands these things. <br>Whoever observes carefully knows them. <br>Truly, the LORD\u2019s ways are right, <br>and the righteous will walk in them, <br>but evildoers will stumble in them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word that came to Joel, Pethuel\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4118004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Hear this, elders; <br>pay attention, everyone in the land! <br>Has anything like this ever happened in your days, <br>or in the days of your ancestors? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>your fathers</i>"}, {"pk": 4118005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Tell it to your children, <br>and have your children tell their children, <br>and their children tell their children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "What the cutting locust left, <br>the swarming locust has eaten. <br>What the swarming locust left, <br>the hopping locust has eaten. <br>And what the hopping locust left, <br>the devouring locust has eaten. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] The Heb uses several different words for <i>locust</i>; none of the meanings are identical."}, {"pk": 4118007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Wake up, you who drink too much, and weep. <br>Scream over the sweet wine, <br>all you wine drinkers, <br>because it is snatched from your mouth;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "because a nation, powerful and beyond number, <br>has invaded my land. <br> Its teeth are like lions\u2019 teeth; <br>its fangs are like those of a lioness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "It has destroyed my vines, <br>splintered my fig trees, <br>stripped off their bark and thrown it down; <br>their branches have turned white.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Lament like a woman dressed in funeral clothing, <br>one who has lost the husband of her youth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "The grain offering and the drink offering are gone from the LORD\u2019s temple. <br>The priests and the LORD\u2019s ministers mourn.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The fields are devastated, <br>the ground mourns; <br>for the grain is destroyed, <br>the new wine dries up, <br>the olive oil fails.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Be shocked, you farmers; <br>howl, you vinedressers, <br>over the wheat and the barley, <br>for the crops of the field are destroyed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The grapevine is dried up; <br>the fig tree withers. <br>Pomegranate, palm, and apple \u2014 <br>all the trees of the field are dried up. <br>Joy fades away from the people. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>from the sons of men</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/29/2/1'>2:1</a> Heb <i>the people of the land</i>"}, {"pk": 4118015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Dress for a funeral and grieve, you priests; <br>lament, ministers of the altar. <br>Come, spend the night in funeral clothing, servants of my God, <br>because the grain offering and the drink offering <br>have gone from the temple of your God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Demand a fast, <br>request a special assembly. <br>Gather the elders <br>and all the land\u2019s people <br>to the temple of the LORD your God, <br>and cry out to the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "What a terrible day! <br>The day of the LORD is near; <br>it comes like chaos from the Almighty. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>Shaddai</i>"}, {"pk": 4118018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Isn\u2019t the food cut off <br>right before our eyes? <br>Aren\u2019t joy and gladness also gone from our God\u2019s house?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "The grain shrivels under the shovels; <sup>[5]</sup> <br>the barns are empty. <br>The granaries are in ruin <br>because the grain has dried up.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "How the animals groan! <br>Herds of cattle are in distress <br>because there is no pasture for them; <br>even the flocks of sheep pant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "To you, LORD, I cry, <br>for fire has completely destroyed <br>the pastures of the wilderness; <br>and flames have burned <br>all the trees of the field.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Even the field\u2019s wild animals cry to you <br>because the streams have dried up; <br>the fire has completely destroyed <br>the meadows of the wilderness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Blow the horn in Zion; <br>give a shout on my holy mountain! <br>Let all the people of the land tremble, <br>for the day of the LORD is coming. <br>It is near \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4118024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "a day of darkness and no light, <br>a day of clouds and thick darkness! <br>Like blackness spread out upon the mountains, <br>a great and powerful army <sup>[1]</sup> comes, <br>unlike any that has ever come before them, <br>or will come after them in centuries ahead.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>a great and strong people</i>"}, {"pk": 4118025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "In front of them a fire consumes; <br>and behind them a flame burns. <br>Land ahead of them is like Eden\u2019s garden, <br>but they leave behind them a barren wasteland; <br>nothing escapes them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "They resemble horses, <br>and like warhorses they charge,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "like the rumbling of chariots. <br>They leap on the mountaintops \u2014 <br>like the crackling of a fire\u2019s flame, <br>devouring the stubble; <br>like a powerful army <br>ready for battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "In their presence, peoples shake with fear; <br>all faces turn red with worry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Like warriors they charge; <br>like soldiers they climb the wall. <br>Each keeps to their own path; <br>they didn\u2019t change their course.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "They don\u2019t crowd each other; <br>each keeps to their own path. <br>Even if they fall among the weapons, <br>they won\u2019t stop.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "They rush upon the city; <br>they run upon the walls. <br>They climb into the houses; <br>they enter through the windows like thieves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The earth quakes before them; <br>the heavens shake. <br>The sun and the moon are darkened; <br>the stars have stopped shining,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "because the LORD utters his voice <br>at the head of his army. <br>How numerous are his troops! <br>Mighty are those who obey his word. <br>The day of the LORD is great; <br>it stirs up great fear \u2014 who can endure it? <br>"}, {"pk": 4118034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Yet even now, says the LORD, <br>return to me with all your hearts, <br>with fasting, with weeping, and with sorrow;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "tear your hearts <br>and not your clothing. <br>Return to the LORD your God, <br>for he is merciful and compassionate, <br>very patient, full of faithful love, <br>and ready to forgive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Who knows whether he will have a change of heart <br>and leave a blessing behind him, <br>a grain offering and a drink offering <br>for the LORD your God?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Blow the horn in Zion; <br>demand a fast; <br>request a special assembly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Gather the people; <br>prepare a holy meeting; <br>assemble the elders; <br>gather the children, <br>even nursing infants. <br>Let the groom leave his room <br>and the bride her chamber.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Between the porch and the altar <br>let the priests, the LORD\u2019s ministers, weep. <br>Let them say, \u201cHave mercy, LORD, on your people, <br>and don\u2019t make your inheritance a disgrace, <br>an example of failure among the nations. <br>Why should they say among the peoples, <br>\u2018Where is their God?\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the LORD became passionate about this land, <sup>[2]</sup> and had pity on his people.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>then the LORD became jealous for his land</i>"}, {"pk": 4118041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD responded to the people: <br>See, I am sending you <br>the corn, new wine, and fresh oil, <br>and you will be fully satisfied by it; <br>and I will no longer make you <br>a disgrace among the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "I will remove the northern army far from you <br>and drive it into a dried-up and desolate land, <br>its front into the eastern sea, <br>and its rear into the western sea. <br>Its stench will rise up; <br>its stink will come to the surface. <br>The LORD is about to do great things!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t fear, fertile land; <br>rejoice and be glad, <br>for the LORD is about to do great things!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid, animals of the field, <br>for the meadows of the wilderness will turn green; <br>the tree will bear its fruit; <br>the fig tree and grapevine will give their full yield.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Children of Zion, <br>rejoice and be glad in the LORD your God, <br>because he will give you the early rain as a sign of righteousness; <br>he will pour down abundant rain for you, <br>the early and the late rain, as before. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>at the first</i>"}, {"pk": 4118046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "The threshing floors will be full of grain; <br>the vats will overflow with new wine and fresh oil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "I will repay you for the years <br>that the cutting locust, <br>the swarming locust, the hopping locust, and the devouring locust have eaten \u2014 <br>my great army, which I sent against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "You will eat abundantly and be satisfied, <br>and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, <br>who has done wonders for you; <br>and my people will never again be put to shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, <br>and that I am the LORD your God \u2014 no other exists; <br>never again will my people be put to shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "After that I will pour out my spirit upon everyone; <br>your sons and your daughters will prophesy, <br>your old men will dream dreams, <br>and your young men will see visions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "In those days, I will also pour out my <br>spirit on the male and female slaves. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "I will give signs in the heavens and on the earth \u2014 blood and fire and columns of smoke."}, {"pk": 4118053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes."}, {"pk": 4118054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "But everyone who calls on the LORD\u2019s name will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be security, as the LORD has promised; and in Jerusalem, the LORD will summon those who survive."}, {"pk": 4118055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Truly, in those days and in that time, I will bring back to Judah and Jerusalem those who were sent away."}, {"pk": 4118056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them to the Jehoshaphat Valley. There I will enter into judgment with them in support of my people and my possession, Israel, which they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,"}, {"pk": 4118057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "and have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, which they drank down."}, {"pk": 4118058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "What are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, then in a flash I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads."}, {"pk": 4118059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples."}, {"pk": 4118060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border."}, {"pk": 4118061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "But now I am calling them from the places where you have sold them, and I will repay you for your deeds."}, {"pk": 4118062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "I will sell your sons and your daughters as a possession of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for the LORD has spoken."}, {"pk": 4118063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Announce this among the nations: <br>Prepare a holy war, <br>wake up the warriors; <br>let all the soldiers draw near, <br>let them come up!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Beat the iron tips of your plows into swords <br>and your pruning tools into spears; <br>let the weakling say, \u201cI am mighty.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Come quickly, <br>all you surrounding nations; <br>gather yourselves there; <br>bring your mighty ones, LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Let the nations prepare themselves, <br>and come up to the Jehoshaphat Valley; <br>for there I will sit to judge <br>all the surrounding nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Cut with the sickle, <br>for the harvest is ripe. <br>Go and crush grapes, <br>for the winepress is full. <br>The jars overflow with wine, <br>for their wickedness is great.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Crowd after crowd fills the valley of judgment, <br>for the day of the LORD is near <br>in the valley of judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "The sun and the moon are darkened; <br>the stars have ceased shining. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD roars from Zion, <br>and utters his voice from Jerusalem; <br>the heavens and the earth quake. <br>But the LORD is a refuge for his people, <br>a shelter for the people of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "So you will know that I am the LORD your God, <br>settle down in Zion, my holy mountain. <br>Jerusalem will be holy, <br>and never again will strangers pass through it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "In that day <br>the mountains will drip sweet wine, <br>the hills will flow with milk, <br>and all the streambeds of Judah <br>will flow with water; <br>a spring will come forth from the LORD\u2019s house <br>and water the Shittim Valley.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Egypt will become desolate <br>and Edom a desolate wilderness. <br>This is because of the violence done to the people of Judah, <br>in whose land they have shed innocent blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "But Judah will be inhabited forever, <br>and Jerusalem for all generations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 29, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "I will forgive their bloodguilt, <br>which I had not forgiven. <br>I will act on their account; <br>I will not pardon the guilty. <br> The LORD dwells in Zion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa. He perceived these things concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days of Judah\u2019s King Uzziah and in the days of Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam, Joash\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4118077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "He said: <br>The LORD roars from Zion. <br>He shouts from Jerusalem; <br>the pastures of the shepherds wither, <br>and the top of Carmel dries up. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Damascus, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because they have harvested Gilead <br>with sharp iron tools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I will send down fire on the house of Hazael; <br>it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "I will break the fortified gates of Damascus, <br>and eliminate the people from the Aven Valley, <br>including the one who rules from Beth-eden; <br>the people of Aram will be forced to live in Kir, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Gaza, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because they rounded up entire communities, <br>to hand them over to Edom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "I will send down a fire on the wall of Gaza; <br>it will devour Gaza\u2019s palaces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "I will eliminate the people from Ashdod, <br>the one who rules from Ashkelon. <br>I will turn my hand against Ekron, <br>and the Philistines who remain will perish, <br>\u2014 says the LORD God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Tyre, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because they have delivered up entire communities over to Edom, <br>and neglected their covenantal obligations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre; <br>it will devour their palaces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Edom, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because he chased after his brother with the sword, <br>denied all compassion, <br>kept his anger alive, <br>and fueled his wrath forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "So I will send a fire on Teman; <br>it will devour the fortresses of Bozrah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of the Ammonites, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead <br>in order to possess more land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "So I will start a fire at the wall of Rabbah; <br>the fire will devour its palaces, <br>with a war cry on the day of battle, <br>with strong wind on the day of the storm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Then their king will be taken away, <br>he and his officials together, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Moab, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because he burned to lime <br>the bones of the king of Edom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "So I will send down a fire on Moab; <br>it will devour the palaces of Kerioth. <br>Moab will die in a great uproar, <br>with a war cry, with the sound of the ram\u2019s horn.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "I will remove their judge from them <br>and slay all their officials with him, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Judah, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because they have rejected the Instruction of the LORD, <br>and haven\u2019t kept his laws. <br>They have been led off the right path by the same lies <br>after which their ancestors walked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "So I will send a fire on Judah, <br>and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>For three crimes of Israel, <br>and for four, I won\u2019t hold back the punishment, <br>because they have sold the innocent for silver, <br>and those in need for a pair of sandals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "They crush the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, <br>and push the afflicted out of the way. <br>Father and son have intercourse with the same young woman, <br>degrading my holy name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "They stretch out beside every altar <br>on garments taken in loan; <br>in the house of their god they drink <br>wine bought with fines they imposed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, <br>whose height was as tall as cedar trees, <br>and whose strength was as strong as oak trees. <br>I destroyed his fruit above <br>and his roots below.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, <br>and led you forty years in the wilderness, <br>to lay claim to the land of the Amorite.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "I raised up some of your children to be prophets <br>and some of your youth to be nazirites. <br>Isn\u2019t this so, people of Israel? <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "But you made the nazirites drink wine, <br>and commanded the prophets, <br>saying, \u201cYou won\u2019t prophesy.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "So now I will oppress you, <br>just like a cart is weighed down <sup>[1]</sup> <br>when it is full of harvested grain.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Fast runners will find no refuge; <br>the strong will lose their strength; <br>the mighty will be unable to save their lives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Those who shoot the bow won\u2019t survive. <br>Fast runners won\u2019t escape; <br>those who ride horses won\u2019t save themselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "The bravest warrior <br>will flee away naked in that day, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought out of the land of Egypt:"}, {"pk": 4118108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "You only have I loved so deeply <br>of all the families of the earth. <br>Therefore, I will punish you <br>for all your wrongdoing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Will two people walk together <br>unless they have agreed to do so? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Will two walk together unless they have agreed?</i>"}, {"pk": 4118110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Does a lion roar in the forest <br>when it has no prey? <br>Does a young lion cry out from its den <br>if it has caught nothing?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Will a bird fall into a trap on the ground <br>when there is no bait for it? <br>Will a trap spring up from the ground <br>when it has taken nothing?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "If a ram\u2019s horn is blown in a city, <br>won\u2019t people tremble? <br>If disaster falls on a city, <br>is it the LORD who has done it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Surely the LORD God does nothing <br>without revealing his secret <br>to his servants the prophets. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "A lion has roared; <br>who will not fear? <br>The LORD God has spoken; <br>who can but prophesy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Proclaim it to the palaces of Ashdod <br>and to the palaces in the land of Egypt. <br>Say, \u201cGather yourselves on Mount Samaria, <br>and see the great turmoil in the city, <br>and what violent deeds are inside it.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "They don\u2019t know how to do right, <br>\u2014 says the LORD \u2014 <br>those who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, the LORD my God proclaims: <br>An enemy will surround the land; <br>he will bring you down from your protected places, <br>and your palaces will be robbed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD proclaims: Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or the piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so will the people of Israel be rescued. Those who live in Samaria will escape with the corner of a bed, and those in Damascus with a piece of a couch. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Hear this and speak against the house of Jacob, <br>says the LORD God, the God of heavenly forces:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "On the day I punish the crimes of Israel, <br>I will also visit the altars of Bethel; <br>the horns of the altar will be cut off <br>and will fall to the ground.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house; <br>the houses of ivory will perish; <br>the great houses will be swept away, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, <br>who are on Mount Samaria, <br>who cheat the weak, <br>who crush the needy, <br>who say to their husbands, \u201cBring drinks, so we can get drunk!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD God has solemnly promised by his holiness: <br>The days are surely coming upon you, <br>when they will take you away with hooks, <br>even the last one of you with fishhooks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "You will go out through the broken wall, <br>each one after another; <br>and you will be flung out into Harmon, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Come to Bethel \u2014 and commit a crime; <br>multiply crimes at Gilgal. <br>Bring your sacrifices every morning, <br>your tenth-part gifts every three days.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice of leavened bread, <br>and publicize your gifts to the LORD; <br>for so you love to do, people of Israel! <br>\u2014 says the LORD God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "I have sent a famine in all your cities, <br>and not provided enough bread in all your places, <br>yet you didn\u2019t return to me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "I also withheld rain from you <br>when there were still three months to the harvest. <br>I allowed no rain to fall on one city, <br>no rain to fall on another city. <br>One field was rained on, <br>and the field dried up where it didn\u2019t rain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "So two or three thirsty towns went to one city to drink water, and weren\u2019t satisfied; <br>yet you didn\u2019t return to me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "I struck you with disease and mildew. <br>I destroyed your gardens and your vineyards. <br>The locust devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; <br>yet you didn\u2019t return to me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "I sent a plague against you like the one in Egypt. <br>I killed your young men with the sword. <br>I carried away your horses. <br>I made the stink of your camp go up into your nostrils; <br>yet you didn\u2019t return to me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "I destroyed some of you, <br>as when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. <br>You were like a burning coal plucked out of the fire; <br>yet you didn\u2019t return to me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Truly, Israel, <br>I will act in this way toward you; <br>therefore, I will do this to you. <br>Prepare to meet your God, Israel! <br>"}, {"pk": 4118134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The one who forms the mountains, creates the wind, <br>makes known his thoughts to humankind, <br>makes the morning darkness, <br>and moves over the heights of the earth \u2014 <br>the LORD, the God of heavenly forces is his name! <br>"}, {"pk": 4118135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear this word \u2014 a funeral song \u2014 that I am lifting up against you, house of Israel:"}, {"pk": 4118136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Fallen, no more to rise, <br>is virgin Israel, <br>deserted on her land, <br>with no one to raise her up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD God proclaims: <br>The city that marched out one thousand people <br>will have one hundred left, <br>and the city that marched out one hundred will have ten left in the house of Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD proclaims to the house of Israel: <br>Seek me and live.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "But don\u2019t seek Bethel, <br>don\u2019t enter into Gilgal, <br>or cross over to Beer-sheba; <br>for Gilgal will go into exile, <br>and Bethel will come to nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Seek the LORD and live, <br>or else God might rush like a fire against the house of Joseph. <br>The fire will burn up Bethel, with no one to put it out. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Doom to you who turn justice into poison, <br>and throw righteousness to the ground!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, <br>and turns deep darkness into the morning, <br>and darkens the day into night; <br>who summons the waters of the sea, <br>and pours them out on the surface of the earth \u2014 <br>this one\u2019s name is the LORD \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4118143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "who causes destruction to flash out against the strong, <br>so that destruction comes upon the fortress. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "They hate the one who judges at the city gate, <br>and they reject the one who speaks the truth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Truly, because you crush the weak, <br>and because you tax their grain, <br>you have built houses of carved stone, <br>but you won\u2019t live in them; <br>you have planted pleasant vineyards, <br>but you won\u2019t drink their wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "I know how many are your crimes, <br>and how numerous are your sins \u2014 <br>afflicting the righteous, <br>taking money on the side, <br>turning away the poor who seek help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, the one who is wise will keep silent in that time; <br>it is an evil time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Seek good and not evil, <br>that you may live; <br>and so the LORD, the God of heavenly forces, <br>will be with you just as you have said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Hate evil, love good, <br>and establish justice at the city gate. <br>Perhaps the LORD God of heavenly forces <br>will be gracious to what is left of Joseph. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Truly, the LORD proclaims, <br>the God of heavenly forces, the Lord: <br>Crying will be heard in all the squares. <br>In all the streets they will say, \u201cOh no! Oh no!\u201d <br>They will call upon the farmers to wail, <br>and those skilled in mourning to lament.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "In all the vineyards there will be bitter crying because <br>I will pass through your midst, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Doom to those who desire the day of the LORD! <br>Why do you want the day of the LORD? <br>It is darkness, not light;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "as if someone fled from a lion, <br>and was met by a bear; <br>or sought refuge in a house, <br>rested a hand against the wall, <br>and was bitten by a snake.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Isn\u2019t the day of the LORD darkness, not light; <br>all dark with no brightness in it? <br>"}, {"pk": 4118155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "I hate, I reject your festivals; <br>I don\u2019t enjoy your joyous assemblies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "If you bring me your entirely burned offerings and gifts of food \u2014 <br>I won\u2019t be pleased; <br>I won\u2019t even look at your offerings of well-fed animals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Take away the noise of your songs; <br>I won\u2019t listen to the melody of your harps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "But let justice roll down like waters, <br>and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings <br>during the forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "You will take up Sakkuth your king, <br>and Kaiwan your star-god, <br>your images, which you made for yourselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Therefore, I will take you away <br>beyond Damascus, says the LORD, <br>whose name is the God of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to those resting comfortably in Zion <br>and those trusting in Mount Samaria, <br>the chiefs of the nations, <br>to whom the house of Israel comes!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Cross over to Calneh and see; <br>from there go to Hamath the great; <br>then go down to Gath of the Philistines. <br>Are you better than these kingdoms? <br>Or is your territory greater than their territory? <br>"}, {"pk": 4118164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Doom to those who ignore the evil day <br>and make violent rule draw near:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "who lie on beds of ivory, <br>stretch out on their couches, <br>eat lambs from the flock, <br>and bull calves from the stall;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, <br>and, like David, compose tunes on musical instruments;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "who drink bowls of wine, <br>put the best of oils on themselves, <br>but who aren\u2019t grieved over the ruin of Joseph!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, they will now be the first to be taken away, <br>and the feast of those who lounged at the table will pass away. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD God has solemnly sworn, <br>says the LORD, the God of heavenly forces: <br>I reject the pride of Jacob. <br>I hate his fortresses. <br>I will hand over the city and all that is in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "If ten people remain in one house, <br>then they will die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "If a relative, someone who burns the dead, <br>picks up the body to bring it out of the house, <br>and says to someone inside the house, <br>\u201cIs anyone else with you?\u201d <br>the answer will be, \u201cNo.\u201d <br>Then the relative will say, <br>\u201cHush! We mustn\u2019t mention the name of the LORD.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Look, the LORD is giving an order; <br>he will shatter the great house into bits <br>and the little house into pieces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Do horses run on rocks? <br>Does one plow the sea with oxen? <br>But you have turned justice into poison <br>and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4118174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "you who rejoice in Lo-debar, <br>who say, \u201cHaven\u2019t we by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Indeed, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel, says the LORD God of heavenly forces, <br>and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the desert ravine. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "This is what the LORD God showed me: The LORD God was forming locusts at the time the late grass began to sprout. (It was the late grass after the king\u2019s harvest.)"}, {"pk": 4118177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "When they had finished eating the green plants of the land, I said, \u201cLORD God, please forgive! <br>How can Jacob survive? <br>He is so small!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD relented concerning this: <br>\u201cIt won\u2019t take place,\u201d <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what the LORD God showed me: The LORD God was calling for judgment with fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up part of the land."}, {"pk": 4118180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Then I said, \u201cLORD God, I beg you, stop! <br>How can Jacob survive? <br>He is so small!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD relented concerning this: <br>\u201cThis also won\u2019t take place,\u201d <br>\u2014 says the LORD God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "This is what the LORD showed me: The LORD was standing by a wall, with a plumb line in his hand."}, {"pk": 4118183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD said to me, \u201cAmos, what do you see?\u201d \u201cA plumb line,\u201d I said. <br>Then the LORD said, <br>\u201cSee, I am setting a plumb line <br>in the middle of my people Israel. <br>I will never again forgive them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "The shrines of Isaac will be made desolate, <br>and the holy places of Israel will be laid waste, <br>and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, reported to Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam, \u201cAmos has plotted against you within the house of Israel. The land isn\u2019t able to cope with everything that he is saying."}, {"pk": 4118186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Amos has said, \u2018Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will be forced out of its land.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Amaziah said to Amos, \u201cYou who see things, go, run away to the land of Judah, eat your bread there, and prophesy there;"}, {"pk": 4118188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king\u2019s holy place and his royal house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Amos answered Amaziah, \u201cI am <sup>[1]</sup> not a prophet, nor am I a prophet\u2019s son; but I am a shepherd, and a trimmer of sycamore trees.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>was</i>; the verb is implied."}, {"pk": 4118190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "But the LORD took me from shepherding the flock, and the LORD said to me, \u2018Go, prophesy to my people Israel.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4118191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cNow then hear the LORD\u2019s word. <br>You say, \u2018Don\u2019t prophesy against Israel, and don\u2019t preach <br>against the house of Isaac.\u2019<br>"}, {"pk": 4118192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cTherefore, the LORD proclaims: <br>\u2018Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, <br>and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, <br>and your land will be measured and divided up; <br>you yourself will die in an unclean land, <br>and Israel will surely be taken away from its land.\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "This is what the LORD God showed me: a basket of summer fruit."}, {"pk": 4118194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "He said, \u201cAmos, what do you see?\u201d I said, \u201cA basket of summer fruit.\u201d Then the LORD said to me, \u201cThe end has come upon my people Israel; <br>I will never again forgive them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "On that day, the people will wail the temple songs,\u201d <br>says the LORD God; <br>\u201cthere will be many corpses, <br>thrown about everywhere. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Silence.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Hear this, you who trample on the needy and destroy <br>the poor of the land,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "saying, <br>\u201cWhen will the new moon <br>be over so that we may sell grain, <br>and the Sabbath <br>so that we may offer wheat for sale, <br>make the ephah smaller, enlarge the shekel, <br>and deceive with false balances,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "in order to buy the needy for silver <br>and the helpless for sandals, <br>and sell garbage as grain?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: <br>Surely I will never forget what they have done.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Will not the land tremble on this account, <br>and all who live in it mourn, <br>as it rises and overflows like the Nile, <br>and then falls again, like the River of Egypt? <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "On that day, says the LORD God, <br>I will make the sun go down at noon, <br>and I will darken the earth in broad daylight.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "I will turn your feasts into sad affairs <br>and all your singing into a funeral song; <br>I will make people wear mourning clothes <br>and shave their heads; <br>I will make it like the loss of an only child, <br>and the end of it like a bitter day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The days are surely coming, says the LORD God, <br>when I will send hunger and thirst on the land; <br>neither a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for water, <br>but of hearing the LORD \u2019s words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "They will wander from sea to sea, <br>and from north to east; <br>they will roam all around, seeking the LORD\u2019s word, <br>but they won\u2019t find it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "On that day the beautiful young women and the young men <br>will faint with thirst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, <br>and say, \u201cAs your god lives, Dan,\u201d <br>and, \u201cAs the way of Beer-sheba lives\u201d \u2014 <br>even they will fall and never rise again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and the Lord said: <br>Strike the pillars until the foundations shake, <br>shatter them on the heads of all the people. <br>With the sword, I will kill the last of them; <br>not one of them will flee, <br>not one of them will escape.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "If they dig through into the underworld, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>from there my hand will take them. <br>If they climb up to the heavens, <br>from there I will bring them down.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4118209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, <br>I will search for them there and remove them. <br>If they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, <br>I will give an order to the sea serpent, and it will bite them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "If they are forced from their homes before their enemies, <br>there I will give an order to the sword, and it will kill them. <br>I will fix my eyes on them <br>for harm and not for good. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD, God of heavenly forces, <br>touches the earth and it melts, <br>and all who live in it are sick to death. <br>All of it <sup>[2]</sup> rises up like the Nile <br>and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the earth</i>"}, {"pk": 4118212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "It is the LORD who builds his upper rooms in the heavens <br>and establishes his residence upon the earth; <br>who summons the waters of the sea, <br>and pours them out upon the face of the earth \u2014 <br>the LORD is his name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Aren\u2019t you like the Cushites to me, <br>people of Israel? <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>Haven\u2019t I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, <br>and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Look, the LORD God is eyeing the sinful kingdom, <br>and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. <br>However, I won\u2019t destroy fully the house of Jacob, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Look, I am giving orders, <br>and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations <br>as one sifts dirt with a screen, <br>but no pebble will fall to the ground.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, <br>those who say, <br>\u201cEvil won\u2019t overtake or meet us.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "On that day I will raise up <br>the meeting tent of David that has fallen, <br>and repair its broken places. <br>I will raise up its ruins, <br>and I will rebuild it like a long time ago;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "so that they may possess what is left of Edom, <br>as well as all the nations who are called by my name, <br>\u2014 says the LORD who will do this.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "The days are surely coming, says the LORD, <br>when the one who plows <br>will overtake the one who gathers, <br>when the one who crushes grapes <br>will overtake the one who sows the seed. <br>The mountains will drip wine, <br>and all the hills will flow with it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "I will improve the circumstances of my people Israel; <br>they will rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them. <br>They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; <br>and they will make gardens and eat their fruit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 30, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "I will plant them upon their land, <br>and they will never again be plucked up <br>out of the land that I have given them, <br>\u2014 says the LORD your God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The vision of Obadiah. <br>The LORD God proclaims concerning Edom: <br>We have heard a message from the LORD \u2014 <br>a messenger has been sent among the nations: <br>\u201cRise up! Let us rise against her for battle!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Look now, I will make you of little importance among the nations; <br>you will be totally despised.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Your proud heart has tricked you \u2014 <br>you who live in the cracks of the rock, <br>whose dwelling is high above. <br>You who say in your heart, <br>\u201cWho will bring me down to the ground?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Though you soar like the eagle, <br>though your nest is set among the stars, <br>I will bring you down from there, <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "If thieves approach you, <br>if robbers by night \u2014 how you\u2019ve been devastated! \u2014 <br>wouldn\u2019t they steal only what they wanted? <br>If those who gather grapes came to you, <br>wouldn\u2019t they leave some grapes?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "How Esau has been looted, <br>his treasures taken away!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "All those who were your allies <br>have driven you to the border. <br>Those who were on your side tricked you <br>and triumphed over you. <br>They are setting your own bread as a trap under you, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>but you don\u2019t see it coming.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Won\u2019t I on that day, says the LORD, <br>destroy the wise from Edom <br>and understanding from Mount Esau?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Your warriors will be shattered, Teman, <br>and everyone from Mount Esau will be eliminated. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Because of the slaughter and violence done to your brother Jacob, <br>shame will cover you, <br>and you will be destroyed forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "You stood nearby, <br>strangers carried off his wealth, <br>and foreigners entered his gates <br>and cast lots for Jerusalem; <br>you too were like one of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But you should have taken no pleasure over your brother <br>on the day of his misery; <br>you shouldn\u2019t have rejoiced over the people of Judah <br>on the day of their devastation; <br>you shouldn\u2019t have bragged <br>on their day of hardship.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "You shouldn\u2019t have entered the gate of my people <br>on the day of their defeat; <br>you shouldn\u2019t have even looked on his suffering <br>on the day of his disaster; <br>you shouldn\u2019t have stolen his possessions <br>on the day of his distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "You shouldn\u2019t have waited on the roads <br>to destroy his escapees; <br>you shouldn\u2019t have handed over his survivors <br>on the day of defeat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The day of the LORD is near <br>against all the nations. <br>As you have done, so it will be done to you; <br>your actions will make you suffer!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Just as you have drunk on my holy mountain, <br>so will all the nations around you drink; <br>they will drink and swallow quickly, <br>and they will be like they\u2019ve never been before. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape, <br>and it will be holy; <br>and the house of Jacob will drive out those who drove them out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The house of Jacob will be a fire, <br>the house of Joseph a flame, <br>and the house of Esau straw; <br>they will burn them up completely, <br>and there will be no one left of the house of Esau, <br>\u2014 for the LORD has spoken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Those of the arid southern plain will possess Mount Esau, <br>and those of the western foothills, the land of the Philistines; <br>they will possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria, <br>and Benjamin will possess Gilead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Those who remain of the Israelites <br>will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; <br>and those left from Jerusalem and who are now living in Sepharad <br>will possess the cities of the arid southern plain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 31, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "The deliverers will go up to Mount Zion <br>to rule Mount Esau, <br>and the kingdom will be the LORD\u2019s. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jonah, Amittai\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4118244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cGet up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their evil has come to my attention.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "So Jonah got up \u2014 to flee to Tarshish from the LORD! He went down to Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went aboard to go with them to Tarshish, away from the LORD."}, {"pk": 4118246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, so that there was a great storm on the sea; the ship looked like it might be broken to pieces."}, {"pk": 4118247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The sailors were terrified, and each one cried out to his god. They hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to make it lighter. Now Jonah had gone down into the hold of the vessel to lie down and was deep in sleep."}, {"pk": 4118248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The ship\u2019s officer came and said to him, \u201cHow can you possibly be sleeping so deeply? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps the god will give some thought to us so that we won\u2019t perish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Meanwhile, the sailors said to each other, \u201cCome on, let\u2019s cast lots so that we might learn who is to blame for this evil that\u2019s happening to us.\u201d They cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah."}, {"pk": 4118250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "So they said to him, \u201cTell us, since you\u2019re the cause of this evil happening to us: What do you do and where are you from? What\u2019s your country and of what people are you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "He said to them, \u201cI\u2019m a Hebrew. I worship the LORD, the God of heaven \u2014 who made the sea and the dry land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the men were terrified and said to him, \u201cWhat have you done?\u201d (The men knew that Jonah was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them.)"}, {"pk": 4118253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They said to him, \u201cWhat will we do about you so that the sea will become calm around us?\u201d (The sea was continuing to rage.)"}, {"pk": 4118254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to them, \u201cPick me up and hurl me into the sea! Then the sea will become calm around you. I know it\u2019s my fault that this great storm has come upon you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The men rowed to reach dry land, but they couldn\u2019t manage it because the sea continued to rage against them."}, {"pk": 4118256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "So they called on the LORD, saying, \u201cPlease, LORD, don\u2019t let us perish on account of this man\u2019s life, and don\u2019t blame us for innocent blood! You are the LORD: whatever you want, you can do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased its raging."}, {"pk": 4118258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "The men worshipped the LORD with a profound reverence; they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made solemn promises."}, {"pk": 4118259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Meanwhile, the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/32/2/1'>2:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4118260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish:"}, {"pk": 4118261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI called out to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. <br>From the belly of the underworld <sup>[1]</sup> I cried out for help; <br>you have heard my voice.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4118262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "You had cast me into the depths in the heart of the seas, <br>and the flood surrounds me. <br>All your strong waves and rushing water passed over me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "So I said, \u2018I have been driven away from your sight. <br>Will I ever again look on your holy temple?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Waters have grasped me to the point of death; <br>the deep surrounds me. <br>Seaweed is wrapped around my head<br>"}, {"pk": 4118265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "at the base of the undersea <sup>[2]</sup> mountains. <br>I have sunk down to the underworld; <br>its bars held me with no end in sight. <br>But you brought me out of the pit.\u2019<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>undersea.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "When my endurance <sup>[3]</sup> was weakening, <br>I remembered the LORD, <br>and my prayer came to you, <br>to your holy temple.<br>", "comment": "[3] <i>Endurance</i> here renders the same Heb word as <i>life</i> in <a href='/CEB/32/1/14'>1:14</a> and <i>death</i> in <a href='/CEB/32/2/5'>2:5</a>."}, {"pk": 4118267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Those deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "But me, I will offer a sacrifice to you with a voice of thanks. <br>That which I have promised, I will pay. <br>Deliverance belongs to the LORD!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land."}, {"pk": 4118270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Jonah a second time:"}, {"pk": 4118271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cGet up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and declare against it the proclamation that I am commanding you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "And Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD\u2019s word. (Now Nineveh was indeed an enormous city, a three days\u2019 walk across.)"}, {"pk": 4118273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Jonah started into the city, walking one day, and he cried out, \u201cJust forty days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "And the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and put on mourning clothes, from the greatest of them to the least significant."}, {"pk": 4118275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "When word of it reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, stripped himself of his robe, covered himself with mourning clothes, and sat in ashes."}, {"pk": 4118276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he announced, \u201cIn Nineveh, by decree of the king and his officials: Neither human nor animal, cattle nor flock, will taste anything! No grazing and no drinking water!"}, {"pk": 4118277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Let humans and animals alike put on mourning clothes, and let them call upon God forcefully! And let all persons stop their evil behavior and the violence that\u2019s under their control!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "He thought, Who knows? God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>For he thought.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "God saw what they were doing \u2014 that they had ceased their evil behavior. So God stopped planning to destroy them, and he didn\u2019t do it."}, {"pk": 4118280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "But Jonah thought this was utterly wrong, and he became angry."}, {"pk": 4118281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He prayed to the LORD, \u201cCome on, LORD! Wasn\u2019t this precisely my point when I was back in my own land? This is why I fled to Tarshish earlier! I know that you are a merciful and compassionate God, very patient, full of faithful love, and willing not to destroy."}, {"pk": 4118282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "At this point, LORD, you may as well take my life from me, because it would be better for me to die than to live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD responded, \u201cIs your anger a good thing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "But Jonah went out from the city and sat down east of the city. There he made himself a hut and sat under it, in the shade, to see what would happen to the city."}, {"pk": 4118285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the LORD God provided a shrub, <sup>[1]</sup> and it grew up over Jonah, providing shade for his head and saving him from his misery. Jonah was very happy about the shrub.", "comment": "[1] Botanists disagree about whether Heb <i>qiqayon</i> refers to a climbing gourd plant, a castor bean plant, or some other shrub."}, {"pk": 4118286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "But God provided a worm the next day at dawn, and it attacked the shrub so that it died."}, {"pk": 4118287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Then as the sun rose God provided a dry east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah\u2019s head so that he became faint. He begged that he might die, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s better for me to die than to live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "God said to Jonah, \u201cIs your anger about the shrub a good thing?\u201d Jonah said, \u201cYes, my anger is good \u2014 even to the point of death!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "But the LORD said, \u201cYou \u2018pitied\u2019 the shrub, for which you didn\u2019t work and which you didn\u2019t raise; it grew in a night and perished in a night."}, {"pk": 4118290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 32, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Yet for my part, can\u2019t I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred twenty thousand people who can\u2019t tell their right hand from their left, and also many animals?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Judah\u2019s Kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:"}, {"pk": 4118292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Listen, all you peoples! <br>Pay attention, earth, and all that fills it! <br>May the LORD God be a witness against you, <br>the Lord from his holy temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Look! The LORD is coming out from his place; <br>he will go down and tread on the shrines of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the mountains will melt under him; <br>the valleys will split apart, <br>like wax yielding to the fire, <br>like waters poured down a slope.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "All this is for the crime of Jacob <br>and the sins of the house of Israel. <br>Who is responsible for the crime of Jacob? <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Isn\u2019t it Samaria? <br>Who is responsible for <sup>[2]</sup> the shrines of Judah? <br>Isn\u2019t it Jerusalem?<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>responsible for.</i><br>[1] Heb lacks <i>responsible for.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "So I will make Samaria a pile of rubble in the open field, <br>a place for planting vineyards. <br>I will pour her stones into the valley; <br>her foundations I will lay bare.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "All her images will be beaten to pieces; <br>all her wages will be burned; <br>I will make all her idols worthless. <br>Since she gathered them from the wages of a prostitute, <br>they will again become wages of a prostitute.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "On account of this, I will cry out and howl; <br>I will go about barefoot and stripped. <br>I will cry out like the jackals, <br>and mourn like the ostriches. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Indeed, Zion has been weakened by her wounds! <br>It has come as far as Judah; <br>he has struck as far as the gate of my people, <br>as far as Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "In Gath tell it not; no need to weep there! <sup>[3]</sup> <br>In Beth-le-aphrah, roll yourself in the dust!<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>there.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Pass by (for your sake), <sup>[4]</sup> inhabitants of Shaphir! <br>In nakedness and shame she will not go out, inhabitants of Zaanan. <br>The cry of Beth-ezel <br>will take away from you <sup>[5]</sup> any place to stand.<br>", "comment": "[5] <i>You</i> (feminine singular)<br>[4] <i>You</i> (plural)"}, {"pk": 4118302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "How she longs for good, inhabitants of Maroth! <br>Calamity has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Harness the horses to the chariot, inhabitants of Lachish! <br>It was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion; <br>the crimes of Israel have been found in you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, you will give good-bye gifts to Moresheth-gath; <br>the houses of Achzib have become a deception for the kings of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Again I will bring to you the one who conquers, inhabitants of Mareshah; <br>the glory of Israel will come as far as Adullam.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Make yourself bald and cut off your hair <br>because of your cherished children! <br>Make yourself as bald as the vulture, <br>for they have gone from you into exile. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom to those who devise wickedness, <br>to those who plan evil when they are in bed. <br>By the light of morning they do it, <br>for they are very powerful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "They covet fields and seize them, <br>houses and take them away. <br>They oppress a householder <br>and those in his house, <br>a man and his estate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, the LORD proclaims: <br>I myself am devising an evil against this family <br>from which you will not be able to remove your necks! <br>You will no longer be able to go about arrogantly, <br>for it will be an evil time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "On that day, a taunt will be raised against you; <br>someone will wail bitterly: <br>\u201cWe are utterly destroyed! <br>He exchanges the portion of my people; <br>he removes what belongs to me; <br>he gives away our fields to a rebel.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Therefore, you will have no one to set boundary lines <br>by lot in the LORD\u2019s assembly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cThey mustn\u2019t preach!\u201d so they preach. <br>\u201cThey mustn\u2019t preach of such things! <br>Disgrace won\u2019t overtake us.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "(Should this be said, house of Jacob?) <br>\u201cIs the LORD\u2019s patience cut short? Are these his deeds?\u201d <br>Don\u2019t my words help the one who behaves righteously?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "But yesterday, my people, the LORD rose up as an enemy. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>You strip off the glorious clothes <sup>[2]</sup> <br>from trusting passersby, those who reject war.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>the LORD</i>.<br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "You drive out the women of my people, <br>each from her cherished house; <br>from their young children <br>you take away my splendor forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Rise up and go! This can\u2019t be the resting place; <br>because of its uncleanness, <br>it destroys and the destruction is horrific.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "If someone were to go about inspired and say deceitfully: <br>\u201cI will preach to you for wine and liquor,\u201d <br>such a one would be the preacher for this people! <br>"}, {"pk": 4118318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019ll surely gather Jacob \u2014 all of you! <br>I\u2019ll surely assemble you, those who are left of Israel! <br>I\u2019ll put them together like sheep in Bozrah, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>like a flock in its pen, <br>noisy with people.<br>", "comment": "[3] See <a href='/CEB/23/34/6'>Isa 34:6</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/63/1'>63:1</a>."}, {"pk": 4118319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "The one who breaks out will go before them; <br>they will break out and pass through the gate; <br>they will leave by it. <br>They will pass on, <br>their king before them, <br>the LORD at their head. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "But I said: <br>Hear, leaders of Jacob, <br>rulers of the house of Israel! <br>Isn\u2019t it your job to know justice? \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4118321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "you who hate good and love evil, <br>who tear the skin off them, and the flesh off their bones,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "who devour the flesh of my people, <br>tear off their skin, <br>break their bones in pieces, <br>and spread them out as if in a pot, <br>like meat in a kettle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Then they will cry out to the LORD, <br>but he won\u2019t answer them. <br>He will hide his face from them at that time, <br>because of their evil deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD proclaims concerning the prophets, <br>those who lead my people astray, <br>those who chew with their teeth <br>and then proclaim \u201cPeace!\u201d <br>but stir up war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, it will become night for you, <br>without vision, only darkness <br>without divination! <br>The sun will set on the prophets; <br>the day will be dark upon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Those seeing visions will be ashamed, <br>and the diviners disgraced; <br>they will all cover their upper lips, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>for there will be no answer from God.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>mustache</i> or <i>beard</i>"}, {"pk": 4118327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "But me! I am filled with power, <br>with the spirit of the LORD, <br>with justice and might, <br>to declare to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, <br>rulers of the house of Israel, <br>you who reject justice and make crooked all that is straight,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with injustice!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Her officials give justice for a bribe, <br>and her priests teach for hire. <br>Her prophets offer divination for silver, <br>yet they rely on the LORD, saying, <br>\u201cIsn\u2019t the LORD in our midst? <br>Evil won\u2019t come upon us!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, <br>Jerusalem will become piles of rubble, <br>and the temple mount will become an overgrown mound. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "But in the days to come, <br>the mountain of the LORD\u2019s house <br>will be the highest of the mountains; <br>it will be lifted above the hills; <br>peoples will stream to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Many nations will go and say: <br>\u201cCome, let\u2019s go up to the mountain of the LORD, <br>to the house of Jacob\u2019s God, <br>so that he may teach us his ways <br>and we may walk in God\u2019s paths!\u201d <br>Instruction will come from Zion <br>and the LORD\u2019s word from Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "God will judge between the nations <br>and settle disputes of mighty nations, <br>which are far away. <br>They will beat their swords into iron plows <br>and their spears into pruning tools. <br>Nation will not take up sword against nation; <br>they will no longer learn how to make war.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "All will sit underneath their own grapevines, <br>under their own fig trees. <br>There will be no one to terrify them; <br>for the mouth of the LORD of heavenly forces has spoken. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Each of the peoples walks in the name of their own god; <br>but as for us, we will walk in the name of the LORD our God <br>forever and always. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "On that day, says the LORD, <br>I will gather the lame; <br>I will assemble those who were driven away <br>and those whom I have harmed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "I will make the lame into survivors, <br>those driven away into a mighty nation. <br>The LORD will rule over them on Mount Zion <br>from now on and forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "As for you, Tower of Eder, <sup>[1]</sup> hill of Daughter Zion, <br>as for you it will come, <br>the former dominion will come, <br>the royal power belonging to Daughter Zion. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tower of the flock</i>"}, {"pk": 4118340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Now why do you cry out so loudly? <br>Isn\u2019t the king in you? <br>Or has your counselor perished, <br>so that pain has seized you like that of a woman in labor?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Writhe and scream, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor! <br>Now you will leave the city and dwell in the open field; <br>you will go to Babylon. <br>There you will be rescued; <br>there the LORD will redeem you from the power of your enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Now many nations may gather against you; <br>they say, \u201cLet her be defiled,\u201d <br>or \u201cLet our eyes look with desire at Zion.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "But they don\u2019t know the plans of the LORD; <br>they can\u2019t understand his scheme, <br>namely, that he will bring them like grain to the threshing floor!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Arise and thresh, Daughter Zion, <br>for I will make your horn out of iron; <br>your hooves I will make out of bronze. <br>You will crush many peoples; <br>you will dedicate their ill-gotten gains to the LORD, <br>their wealth to the LORD of all the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Now muster your troops, Daughter Troop! <sup>[2]</sup> <br>They have laid siege against us; <br>with a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.<br>", "comment": "[1] 4:14 in Heb<br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "As for you, Bethlehem of Ephrathah, <br>though you are the least significant of Judah\u2019s forces, <br>one who is to be a ruler in Israel on my behalf will come out from you. <br>His origin is from remote times, from ancient days.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, he will give them up <br>until the time when she who is in labor gives birth. <br>The rest of his kin will return to the people of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "He will stand and shepherd his flock <sup>[3]</sup> in the strength of the LORD, <br>in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. <br>They will dwell secure, <br>because he will surely become great throughout the earth;<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>his flock.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "he will become one of peace. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>When Assyria invades our land and treads down our fortresses, <br>then we will raise up against him seven shepherds and eight human princes.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>this will ensure peace.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, <br>the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword. <br>He will rescue us from Assyria <br>when he invades our land <br>and treads within our territory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the few remaining in Jacob will be amid many peoples <br>like dew from the LORD, <br>like spring showers upon the grass, <br>which does not hope for humans or wait for human ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the few remaining in Jacob will be among the nations, <br>amid many peoples, <br>like a lion among the creatures of the forest, <br>like a young lion among flocks <br>of sheep, which when it passes by, tramples and tears to pieces <br>with no one to deliver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Your hand will be lifted over your foes; <br>all your enemies will be cut off. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "On that day \u2014 says the LORD \u2014 <br>I will cut down your horses in your midst; <br>I will destroy your chariots!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "I will cut down the cities of your land; <br>I will tear down your defenses!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "I will demolish the sorceries you perform; <br>you will have no more diviners!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "I will cut down your images <br>and your sacred pillars in your midst. <br>You will no longer bow down to the works of your hands!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "I will tear down your sacred poles <sup>[5]</sup> in your midst; <br>I will destroy your cities!<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>asherim</i>"}, {"pk": 4118359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "I will exact vengeance in anger <br>and in wrath on the nations that don\u2019t obey! <br>"}, {"pk": 4118360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Hear what the LORD is saying: <br>Arise, lay out the lawsuit before the mountains; <br>let the hills hear your voice!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Hear, mountains, the lawsuit of the LORD! <br>Hear, eternal foundations of the earth! <br>The LORD has a lawsuit against his people; <br>with Israel he will argue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cMy people, what did I ever do to you? <br>How have I wearied you? Answer me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "I brought you up out of the land of Egypt; <br>I redeemed you from the house of slavery. <br>I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "My people, remember what Moab\u2019s King Balak had planned, <br>and how Balaam, Beor\u2019s son, answered him! <br>Remember everything <sup>[1]</sup> from Shittim to Gilgal, <br>that you might learn to recognize the righteous acts of the LORD!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>everything.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "With what should I approach the LORD <br>and bow down before God on high? <br>Should I come before him with entirely burned offerings, <br>with year-old calves?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, <br>with many torrents of oil? <br>Should I give my oldest child for my crime; <br>the fruit of my body for the sin of my spirit?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "He has told you, human one, what is good and <br>what the LORD requires from you: <br>to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "The voice of the LORD calls out to the city; <br>wisdom appears when one fears your name. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Hear, tribe, and who appointed her! <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain<br>[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of wickedness, <br>while the shorted basket <sup>[4]</sup> is denounced? <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain<br>[4] Or <i>ephah</i>, approximately twenty quarts of grain"}, {"pk": 4118370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Can I approve wicked scales and a bag of false weights<br>"}, {"pk": 4118371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "in a city <sup>[6]</sup> whose wealthy are full of violence <br>and whose inhabitants speak falsehood <br>with lying tongues in their mouths?<br>", "comment": "[6] Heb lacks <i>in a city.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "So I have made you sick by striking you! <br>I have struck you because of your sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "You devour, but you aren\u2019t satisfied; <br>a gnawing emptiness is within you. <br>You put something aside, <br>but you don\u2019t keep it safe. <br>That which you do try to keep safe, <br>I will give to the sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "You sow, but you don\u2019t gather. <br>You tread down olives, but you don\u2019t anoint with oil; <br>you tread grapes, but don\u2019t drink wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Yet you <sup>[7]</sup> have kept the policies of Omri, <br>all the practices of the house of Ahab; <br>you have followed their counsels. <br>Therefore, I will make you a sign of destruction, <br>your <sup>[8]</sup> inhabitants an object of hissing! <br>You must bear the reproach of my people. <br>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>he</i><br>[8] Or <i>her</i>"}, {"pk": 4118376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m doomed! <br>I\u2019ve become like one who, <br>even after the summer fruit has been gathered, <br>after the ripened fruits have been collected, <br>has no cluster of grapes to eat, <br>no ripe fig that I might desire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Faithful ones have perished from the land; <br>there is no righteous one among humanity. <br>All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; <br>they hunt each other with nets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Their hands are skilled at doing evil. <br>Official and judge alike ask for a bribe; <br>the powerful speak however they like; <br>this is how they conspire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "The good among them are like a briar; <br>those who do the right thing are like a thorny thicket. <br>(A day for your lookouts! <sup>[1]</sup> <br>Your punishment has arrived. <br>The confusion of the wicked <sup>[2]</sup> is nearby.)<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain<br>[2] Heb lacks <i>the wicked</i>."}, {"pk": 4118380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t rely on a friend; <br>put no trust in a companion; <br>guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Son disrespects father; <br>a daughter rises up against her mother, <br>a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; <br>the enemies of a man are those of his own household.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "But me! I will keep watch for the LORD; <br>I will wait for the God of my salvation; <br>my God will hear me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Do not rejoice <sup>[3]</sup> over me, my enemy, <br>because when I fall, I will rise; <br>if I sit in darkness, the LORD is my light.<br>", "comment": "[3] <i>Rejoice</i> (feminine singular)"}, {"pk": 4118384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "I must bear the raging of the LORD, <br>for I have sinned against him, <br>until he decides my case and provides justice for me. <br>He will bring me out into the light; <br>I will see by means of his righteousness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Then my enemy will see; <br>shame will cover her who said to me: <br>\u201cWhere is the LORD your God?\u201d <br>My eyes will see her ruin; <sup>[4]</sup> <br>now she will become something to be trampled, <br>like mud in the streets. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>ruin.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "A day for the building of your walls! <br>On that day, the boundary will be distant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "On that day, they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, <br>from Egypt to the River, <br>from sea to sea, <br>and from mountain to mountain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants, <br>because of the fruit of their actions. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Shepherd your people with your staff, <br>the sheep of your inheritance, <br>those dwelling alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. <br>Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as a long time ago. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, <br>I will show Israel wonderful things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Nations will see and be ashamed of all their strength; <br>they will cover their mouths; <br>their ears will be deaf.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "They will lick dust like the snake, <br>like things that crawl on the ground. <br>They will come trembling from their strongholds to the LORD our God; <br>they will dread and fear you!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity, <br>overlooking the sin of the few remaining for his inheritance? <br>He doesn\u2019t hold on to his anger forever; <br>he delights in faithful love.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "He will once again have compassion on us; <br>he will tread down our iniquities. <br>You will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 33, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "You will provide faithfulness to Jacob, faithful love to Abraham, <br>as you swore to our ancestors a long time ago. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "An oracle about Nineveh: the scroll containing the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite."}, {"pk": 4118397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD is a jealous and vengeful God; <br>the LORD is vengeful and strong in wrath. <br>The LORD is vengeful against his foes; <br>he rages against his enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD is very patient but great in power; <br>the LORD punishes. <br>His way is in whirlwind and storm; <br>clouds are the dust of his feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He can blast the sea and make it dry up; <br>he can dry up all the rivers. <br>Bashan and Carmel wither; <br>the bud of Lebanon withers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The mountains quake because of him; <br>the hills melt away. <br>The earth heaves before him \u2014 <br>the world and all who dwell in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Who can stand before his indignation? <br>Who can confront the heat of his fury? <br>His wrath pours out like fire; <br>the rocks are shattered because of him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD is good, <br>a haven in a day of distress. <br>He acknowledges those who take refuge in him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "With a rushing flood, he will utterly destroy her <sup>[1]</sup> place <br>and pursue his enemies into darkness. <br>", "comment": "[1] <i>her;</i> likely Nineveh"}, {"pk": 4118404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "What are you plotting against the LORD? <br>He is one who can annihilate! <br>Distress will not arise twice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "They are tangled up like thorns, <br>like drunkards in their cups. <br>They are consumed like stubble <br>that is entirely dried up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "From you <sup>[2]</sup> goes out <br>one who plots evil against the LORD \u2014 <br>a worthless counselor! <br>", "comment": "[2] <i>you</i> (feminine singular); likely Nineveh"}, {"pk": 4118407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD proclaims: <br>Though once they were a healthy and numerous force, <br>they have been cut off and have disappeared. <br>I have afflicted you; <br>I won\u2019t afflict you further, Zion. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>Zion.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Now I will break off his yoke from you <br>and tear off your chains. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD has commanded concerning you: <br>You will have no children to carry on your name. <br>I will remove carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods; <br>I will make your grave, for you are worthless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "<sup>[4]</sup> Look, on the mountains: the feet of a messenger who announces peace! <br>Celebrate your festivals, Judah! <br>Fulfill your solemn promises! <br>The worthless one will never again invade you; <br>he has been completely cut off. <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/34/2/1'>2:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4118411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "A scatterer has come up against you. <br>Guard the ramparts, watch the road, <br>protect your groin, save your <sup>[1]</sup> strength!<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>your.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD will restore the pride of Jacob, <br>indeed, the pride of Israel, <br>because ravagers have destroyed <br>them and spoiled their branches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "The shields of his warriors are red; <br>his soldiers are dressed in crimson. <br>The ironwork of the chariots flashes like fire <br>on the day he has prepared; <br>the horses quiver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The chariots race wildly through the streets; <br>they rush back and forth through the squares. <br>They look like flaming torches; <br>they dart like bolts of lightning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "He musters his officers; <br>they stumble as they press forward. <br>They hurry to the city wall, <br>and the portable shield is set up.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The gates of the rivers are opened; <br>the palace melts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "It is decreed: <sup>[2]</sup> She is sent into exile, carried away, <br>while her female servants moan like doves, beating their breasts.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Nineveh has been like a pool of water. <br>Such are its waters, <sup>[3]</sup> and others are fleeing. <br>\u201cStop, stop!\u201d \u2014 but no one can turn them back.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Plunder silver! Plunder gold! <br>There is no end to the supplies, <br>an abundance of precious objects!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Destruction and devastation; <br>the city is laid waste! <br>The heart grows faint and knees buckle; <br>there is anguish in every groin; <br>all the faces grow pale. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Where is the lions\u2019 den, the meadow of the young lions, <br>where lion, lioness, even lion cub go about with no one to terrify them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "The lion has torn enough prey <br>for his cubs and strangled enough for his lionesses; <br>he has filled his lairs with prey, <br>his dens with torn flesh.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Look! I am against you, proclaims the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>I will burn your <sup>[4]</sup> chariots in smoke; <br>the sword will devour your young lions; <br>I will cut off your prey from the earth, <br>the voice of your messengers will never again be heard! <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>her</i>"}, {"pk": 4118424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom, city of bloodshed \u2014 all deceit, <br>full of plunder: prey cannot get away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Cracking whip and rumbling wheel, <br>galloping horse and careening chariot!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Charging cavalry, flashing sword, and glittering spear; <br>countless slain, masses of corpses, <br>endless dead bodies \u2014 they stumble over their dead bodies!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Because of the many whorings of the whore, <br>the lovely graces of the mistress of sorceries, <br>the one who sells nations by means of her whorings <br>and peoples by means of her sorceries:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Look! I am against you, proclaims <br>the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>I will lift your skirts over your face; <br>I will show nations your nakedness <br>and kingdoms your dishonor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "I will throw disgusting things at you; <br>I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then all who look at you will recoil from you and say, <br>\u201cNineveh has been devastated! <br>Who will lament for her?\u201d <br>Where could I possibly seek comforters for you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Are you better than Thebes, <br>situated by the Nile, waters surrounding her, <br>whose fortress is sea and whose city wall is waters?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Cush <sup>[1]</sup> and Egypt constituted her strength, without limit; <br>Put and the Libyans were her <sup>[2]</sup> help.<br>", "comment": "[1] Traditionally <i>Ethiopia</i><br>[2] LXX; MT <i>your</i>"}, {"pk": 4118433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Yet even she was destined for exile; <br>she went into captivity. <br>Indeed, her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. <br>They cast lots for her officials; <br>all of her powerful citizens were bound in chains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Yes, even you will become drunk; <br>you will have to hide! <br>Even you will have to seek refuge from the enemy!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit; <br>when the trees are shaken, the fruit falls into the mouth of the eater.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Look, your people are women in your midst. <br>The gates of your land have been flung wide open to your enemies. <br>Fire consumes the bars of your gates.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Draw water for yourself to prepare for siege! <br>Strengthen your fortifications! <br>Tread the clay, trample the mortar, grab the brick mold!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Fire will consume you there; <br>the sword will cut you down; <br>like the locust it will consume you. <br>Multiply like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "You boasted more traders than the heavens have stars. <br>The locust sheds its skin and flies away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Your guards are like grasshoppers, <br>your marshals like swarms of cicadas <br>that encamp on stone fences on a chilly day; <br>when the sun rises, they take flight; <br>no one knows where they have gone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Your shepherds have fallen asleep, king of Assyria! <br>Your officials are lying down. <br>Your people are scattered across the mountains; <br>there is no one to gather them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 34, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "There is no remedy for your injury; <br>your wound is grievous. <br>All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. <br>Who has not suffered from your continual cruelty? <br>"}, {"pk": 4118443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw."}, {"pk": 4118444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "LORD, how long will I call for help and you not listen? <br>I cry out to you, \u201cViolence!\u201d <br>but you don\u2019t deliver us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Why do you show me injustice and look at anguish <br>so that devastation and violence are before me? <br>There is strife, and conflict abounds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "The Instruction is ineffective. <br>Justice does not endure <br>because the wicked surround the righteous. <br>Justice becomes warped. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Look among the nations and watch! <br>Be astonished and stare <br>because something is happening in your days <br>that you wouldn\u2019t believe even if told.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "I am about to rouse the Chaldeans, <br>that bitter and impetuous nation, <br>which travels throughout the earth to possess dwelling places it does not own.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The Chaldean is dreadful and fearful. <br>He makes his own justice and dignity. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>his justice and dignity come from him</i>"}, {"pk": 4118450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "His horses are faster than leopards; <br>they are quicker than wolves of the evening. <br>His horsemen charge forward; <br>his horsemen come from far away. <br>They fly in to devour, swiftly, like an eagle. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>vulture</i>"}, {"pk": 4118451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "They come for violence, <br>the horde with all their faces set toward the desert. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>He takes captives like sand.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "He makes fun of kings; <br>rulers are ridiculous to him. <br>He laughs at every fortress, <br>then he piles up dirt and takes it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "He passes through like the wind and invades; <br>but he will be held guilty, <br>the one whose strength is his god. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "LORD, aren\u2019t you ancient, my God, my holy one? <br>Don\u2019t let us die. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>LORD, you put the Chaldean here for judgment. <br>Rock, you established him as a rebuke.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; <br>you are unable to look at disaster. <br>Why would you look at the treacherous <br>or keep silent when the wicked swallows one who is more righteous?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "You made humans like the fish of the sea, <br>like creeping things with no one to rule over them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The Chaldean brings all of them up with a fishhook. <br>He drags them away with a net; <br>he collects them in his fishing net, <br>then he rejoices and celebrates.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, he sacrifices to his net; <br>he burns incense to his fishing nets, <br>because due to them his portion grows fat <br>and his food becomes luxurious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Should he continue to empty his net <br>and continue to slay nations without sparing them? <br>"}, {"pk": 4118460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "I will take my post; <br>I will position myself on the fortress. <br>I will keep watch to see what the Lord says to me <br>and how he <sup>[1]</sup> will respond to my complaint. <br>", "comment": "[1] Syr <i>he</i>; MT <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4118461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Then the LORD answered me and said, Write a vision, and make it plain upon a tablet <br>so that a runner can read it. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>a reader can run with it</i>"}, {"pk": 4118462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "There is still a vision for the appointed time; <br>it testifies to the end; <br>it does not deceive. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>If it delays, wait for it; <br>for it is surely coming; it will not be late.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain; antecedants to pronouns in <a href='/CEB/35/2/3-6'>2:3\u20136</a> are uncertain."}, {"pk": 4118463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Some people\u2019s desires are truly audacious; <sup>[4]</sup> <br>they don\u2019t do the right thing. <br>But the righteous person will live honestly.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Moreover, wine betrays an arrogant man. <br>He doesn\u2019t rest. <br>He opens his jaws <sup>[5]</sup> like the grave; <sup>[6]</sup> <br>like death, he is never satisfied. <br>He gathers all nations to himself <br>and collects all peoples for himself.<br>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>Sheol</i><br>[5] Or <i>throat</i>"}, {"pk": 4118465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Won\u2019t everyone tell parables about him <br>or mocking poems concerning him? <br> They will say: Doom to the one who multiplies what doesn\u2019t belong to him <br>and who increases his own burden. <br>How long?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Won\u2019t they suddenly rise up to bite you? <br>Those who frighten you will awaken; <br>you will become plunder for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Since you yourself have plundered many nations, <br>all the rest of the peoples will plunder you <br>because of the human bloodshed <br>and the violence done to the earth, <br>to every village, and to all its inhabitants. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Doom to the one making evil gain for his own house, <br>for putting his own nest up high, <br>for delivering himself from the grasp of calamity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "You plan shame for your own house, <br>cutting off many peoples <br>and sinning against your own life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "A stone will cry out from a village wall, <br>and a tree branch will respond.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Pity the one building a city with bloodshed <br>and founding a village with injustice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Look, isn\u2019t this from the LORD of heavenly forces? <br>Peoples grow weary from making just enough fire; <br>nations become tired for nothing. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But the land will be full of the knowledge of the LORD\u2019s glory, <br>just as water covers the sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Doom to the one who makes his companions drunk, <br>pouring out your wrath in order to see them naked. <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "You have drunk your fill of dishonor rather than glory. <br>So drink and stagger. <sup>[9]</sup> <br>The cup of the LORD\u2019s strong hand will come around to you; <br>disgrace will engulf you.<br>", "comment": "[9] DSS, LXX; MT <i>uncircumcised</i>"}, {"pk": 4118476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Because of the violence done to Lebanon, he will overwhelm you; <br>the destruction of animals will terrify you, <br>as will human bloodshed and violence throughout the land, the villages, <br>and all their inhabitants. <sup>[10]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[10] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Of what value is an idol, when its potter carves it, <br>or a cast image that has been shaped? <br>It is a teacher of lies, <br>for the potter trusts the pottery, though it is incapable of speaking.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Doom to the one saying to the tree, \u201cWake up!\u201d <br>or \u201cGet up\u201d to the silent stone. <br>Does it teach? <br>Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, <br>but there is no breath within it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "But the LORD is in his holy temple. <br>Let all the earth be silent before him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "The prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:"}, {"pk": 4118481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "LORD, I have heard your reputation. <br>I have seen your work. <br>Over time, revive it. <br>Over time, make it known. <br>Though angry, remember compassion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "God comes from Teman <br>and the holy one from the mountain of Paran. <b>Selah</b> <br>His majesty covers the heavens <br>and his praise fills the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "His radiance is like the sunlight, <br>with rays flashing from his hand. <br>That is the hiding place of his power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Pestilence walks in front of him. <br>Plague marches at his feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He stops and measures the earth. <br>He looks and sets out against the nations. <br>The everlasting mountains collapse; <br>the eternal hills bow down; <br>the eternal paths belong to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "I saw the tents of Cushan under duress. <br>The curtains of the land of Midian were quaking. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Was the LORD raging against the rivers? <br>Or was your anger directed against the rivers? <br>Or was your fury directed against the sea <br>when you rode on your horses <br>or rode your chariots to victory?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "You raise up your empty bow, <br>uttering curses for the arrows. <sup>[1]</sup> <b>Selah</b> <br>With rivers you split open the earth.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The mountains see you and writhe. <br>A flood of water rushes through. <br>The deep utters its voice; <br>it raises its hands aloft. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Sun and moon stand still high above. <br>With the light, your arrows shoot, <br>your spear at the flash of lightning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "In fury, you stride the earth; <br>in anger you tread the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "You go out to save your people. <br>For the salvation of your anointed <br>you smashed the head of the house of wickedness, <br>laying bare the foundation up to the neck. <b>Selah</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4118493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "You pierce the head of his warrior with his own spear. <br>His warriors are driven off, <br>those who take delight in oppressing us, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>those who take pleasure in secretly devouring the poor.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>me</i>"}, {"pk": 4118494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "You make your horses tread on the sea; <br>turbulent waters foam. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "I hear and my insides tremble. <br>My lips quiver at the sound. <br>Rottenness enters my bones. <br>I tremble while I stand, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>while I wait for the day of distress to come against the people who attack us.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>I tremble beneath me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Though the fig tree doesn\u2019t bloom, <br>and there\u2019s no produce on the vine; <br>though the olive crop withers, <br>and the fields don\u2019t provide food; <br>though the sheep are cut off from the pen, <br>and there are no cattle in the stalls;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "I will rejoice in the LORD. <br>I will rejoice in the God of my deliverance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 35, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD God is my strength. <br>He will set my feet like the deer. <br>He will let me walk upon the heights. <sup>[5]</sup> <br> To the director, with stringed instruments", "comment": "[5] Or <i>my heights</i>"}, {"pk": 4118499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word that came to Zephaniah, Cushi\u2019s son, Gedaliah\u2019s grandson, Amariah\u2019s great-grandson, and Hezekiah\u2019s great-great-grandson in the days of Judah\u2019s King Josiah, Amon\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4118500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "I will wipe out everything from the earth, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "I will destroy humanity and the beasts; <br>I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea. <br>I will make the wicked into a heap of ruins; <br>I will eliminate humanity from the earth, says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I will stretch out my hand against Judah <br>and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <br>I will eliminate what\u2019s left of Baal from this place <br>and the names of the priests of foreign gods, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the name of the priests of foreign gods along with the priests</i>"}, {"pk": 4118503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "those bowing down to the forces of heaven on the rooftops, <br>those swearing by the LORD along with those swearing by Milcom,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "those turning away from the LORD, <br>those who don\u2019t seek the LORD and don\u2019t pursue him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Hush before the LORD God, <br>for the day of the LORD is near! <br>The LORD has established a sacrifice; <br>he has made holy those he has summoned.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "On the day of the LORD\u2019s sacrifice, <br>I will punish the princes, the king\u2019s sons, <br>and all those wearing foreign clothes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I will punish the one leaping on the threshold on that day, <br>those filling the house of their master with violence and deceit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "On that day \u2014 says the LORD \u2014 <br>an outcry will resound from the Fish Gate, <br>wailing from the second quarter, <br>a loud crash from the hills.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The ones who grind the grain <sup>[2]</sup> will wail; <br>all the merchants will be silenced. <br>I will eliminate all those weighing out silver.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>keeper of the mortar</i>"}, {"pk": 4118510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps; <br>I will punish the men growing fat on the sediment in their wine, <br>those saying to themselves, The LORD won\u2019t do good or evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Their wealth will be looted and their houses destroyed. <br>They will rebuild houses, but not live in them; <br>they will plant vineyards, but not drink the wine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The great day of the LORD is near; <br>it is near and coming very quickly. <br>The sound of the day of the LORD is bitter. <br>A warrior screams there.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "That day is a day of fury, <br>a day of distress and anxiety, <br>a day of desolation and devastation, <br>a day of darkness and gloominess, <br>a day of clouds and deep darkness,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "a day for blowing the trumpet and alarm against their invincible cities <br>and against their high towers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "I will make humanity suffer; <br>they will walk like the blind <br>because they sinned against the LORD. <br>Their blood will be poured out like dust <br>and their intestines like manure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Moreover, their silver and their gold won\u2019t be able to deliver them <br>on the day of the LORD\u2019s fury. <br>His jealousy will devour the entire land with fire; <br>he will make an end, <br>a truly horrible one, <br>for all the inhabitants of the land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Gather together and assemble yourselves, shameless nation,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "before the decision is made \u2014 the day vanishes like chaff <sup>[1]</sup> \u2014 <br>before the burning anger of the LORD comes against you, <br>before the day of the LORD\u2019s anger comes against you.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land who practice his justice; <br>seek righteousness; <br>seek humility. <br>Maybe you will be hidden on the day of the LORD\u2019s anger. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Gaza will certainly be abandoned; <br>and Ashkelon destroyed. <br>Ashdod will be driven out at noon; <br>Ekron will be uprooted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Doom, inhabitants of the seacoast, <br>nation of Cretans. <br>The LORD\u2019s word is against you, <br>Canaan, land of the Philistines. <br>I will exterminate you, leaving no inhabitant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The seacoast will become pastureland, <br>with wells for shepherds and pens for the flocks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The coast will belong to the survivors from the house of Judah; <br>they will pasture beside the sea; <sup>[2]</sup> <br>in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening. <br>The LORD their God will visit them and restore their possessions. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>they will pasture by them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "I have heard the taunting of Moab <br>and the defamation of the Ammonites; <br>they taunted my people <br>and enlarged their borders.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, as I live \u2014 <br>says the LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel \u2014 <br>Moab will become like Sodom <br>and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: <br>a plot of weeds, salt pits, and devastation forever. <br>The few remaining from my people will plunder them; <br>the rest of my nation will possess them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "This will happen on account of their pride, <br>because they taunted and boasted over the people of the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "The LORD will terrify them; <br>he will make all the gods of the earth disappear. <br>All the coastlands of the nations will bow down to the LORD, <br>each one in its own place. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Moreover, you too, Cushites, will be pierced by my sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "He will stretch out his hand against the north <br>and will cause Assyria to perish. <br>Let him make Nineveh a desolation, <br>a desolate place like the wilderness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Flocks will lie down in its midst, <br>every living thing of the nation. <br>Moreover, the owl and the porcupine will spend the night on its columns. <br>A bird\u2019s call will resound from the window. <br>Desolation will be on the sill, <br>for the cedar will be stripped bare.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "This is the jubilant city, <br>the one dwelling securely, <br>the one saying in her heart, <br>I, and no one else, will endure forever. <br>How she has become a desolation, <br>a resting place for the wild animals. <br>All those who pass through her hiss and shake their fist. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Doom, obstinate one, <br>the defiled one, <br>the violent city.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "She listened to no voice; <br>she accepted no discipline. <br>She didn\u2019t trust in the LORD, <br>nor did she draw near to her God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "The princes in her midst are roaring lions. <br>Her judges are wolves of the evening; <br>they leave nothing for the morning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Her prophets are reckless, men of treachery. <br>Her priests pollute that which is holy; <br>they do violence to the Instruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "The LORD is righteous in her midst. <br>He does nothing unjust. <br>Morning by morning he renders justice, <br>but the unrighteous one knows no shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "I will cut off nations; <br>their towers will be destroyed; <br>I will devastate their streets. <br>No one will pass through. <br>Their cities will be laid waste. <br>There will be no person, no inhabitant left.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "I said, \u201cSurely, she will fear me; <br>she will take instruction <br>so that her habitation won\u2019t be cut off <sup>[1]</sup> <br>because of everything I did to her.\u201d <br>However, they rose early to corrupt their deeds.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, wait for me, says the LORD, <br>wait for the day when I rise up as a witness, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>when I decide to gather nations, <br>to collect kingdoms, <br>to pour out my indignation upon them, <br>all the heat of my anger. <br>In the fire of my jealousy, <br>all the earth will be devoured. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX; MT <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4118540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I will change the speech of the peoples into pure speech, <br>that all of them will call on the name of the LORD <br>and will serve him as one. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>with one shoulder</i>"}, {"pk": 4118541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "From beyond the rivers of Cush, <br>my daughter, my dispersed ones, will bring me offerings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "On that day, you won\u2019t be ashamed of all your deeds <br>with which you sinned against me; <br>then I will remove from your midst those boasting with pride. <br>No longer will you be haughty on my holy mountain,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "but I will cause a humble and powerless people to remain in your midst; <br>they will seek refuge in the name of the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The few remaining from Israel won\u2019t commit injustice; <br>they won\u2019t tell lies; <br>a deceitful tongue won\u2019t be found on their lips. <br>They will graze and lie down; <br>no one will make them afraid.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Rejoice, Daughter Zion! Shout, Israel! <br>Rejoice and exult with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD has removed your judgment; <br>he has turned away your enemy. <br>The LORD, the king of Israel, is in your midst; <br>you will no longer fear evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "On that day, it will be said to Jerusalem: <br>Don\u2019t fear, Zion. <br>Don\u2019t let your hands fall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "The LORD your God is in your midst \u2014 a warrior bringing victory. <br>He will create calm with his love; <br>he will rejoice over you with singing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "I will remove from you those worried about the appointed feasts. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>They have been a burden for her, a reproach.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Watch what I am about to do to all your oppressors at that time. <br>I will deliver the lame; <br>I will gather the outcast. <br>I will change their shame into praise and fame throughout the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 36, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "At that time, I will bring all of you back, <br>at the time when I gather you. <br>I will give you fame and praise among all the neighboring peoples <br>when I restore your possessions and you can see them <sup>[5]</sup> \u2014 says the LORD. <br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>before your eyes</i>"}, {"pk": 4118552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came through Haggai the prophet in the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month on the first day of the month, to Judah\u2019s governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and to the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak\u2019s son:"}, {"pk": 4118553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>These people say, \u201cThe time hasn\u2019t come, <br>the time to rebuild the LORD\u2019s house.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s word came through Haggai the prophet:"}, {"pk": 4118555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses <br>while this house lies in ruins?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "So now, this is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>Take your ways to heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "You have sown much, but it has brought little. <br>You eat, but there\u2019s not enough to satisfy. <br>You drink, but not enough to get drunk. <br>There is clothing, but not enough to keep warm. <br>Anyone earning wages puts those wages into a bag with holes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>Take your ways to heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Go up to the highlands and bring back wood. <br>Rebuild the temple so that I may enjoy it <br>and that I may be honored, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "You expect a surplus, but look how it shrinks. <br>You bring it home, and I blow it away, says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>because my house lies in ruins. <br>But all of you hurry to your own houses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, the skies above you have withheld the dew, <br>and the earth has withheld its produce because of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "I have called for drought on the earth, <br>on the mountains, on the grain, <br>on the wine, on the olive oil, <br>on that which comes forth from the fertile ground, <br>on humanity, on beasts, <br>and upon everything that handles produce. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak\u2019s son, along with all who remained among the people, listened to the voice of the LORD God and to the words of Haggai the prophet because the LORD their God sent him. Then the people feared the LORD."}, {"pk": 4118564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Haggai, the LORD\u2019s messenger, gave the LORD\u2019s message to the people: I am with you, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4118565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD moved the spirit of Judah\u2019s governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak\u2019s son, and the spirit of all the rest of the people. Then they came and did work on the house of the LORD of heavenly forces, their God,"}, {"pk": 4118566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king."}, {"pk": 4118567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the LORD\u2019s word came through Haggai the prophet:"}, {"pk": 4118568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Say to Judah\u2019s governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and to the chief priest Joshua, Jehozadak\u2019s son, and to the rest of the people:"}, {"pk": 4118569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Who among you is left who saw this house in its former glory? <br>How does it look to you now? <br>Doesn\u2019t it appear as nothing to you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "So now, be strong, Zerubbabel, says the LORD. <br>Be strong, High Priest Joshua, Jehozadak\u2019s son, <br>and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD. <br>Work, for I am with you, says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "As with our agreement when you came out of Egypt, <br>my spirit stands in your midst. <br>Don\u2019t fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>In just a little while, I will make the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land quake.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "I will make all the nations quake. <br>The wealth of all the nations will come. <br>I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The silver and the gold belong to me, says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "This house will be more glorious than its predecessor, says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>I will provide prosperity in this place, says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the second year of Darius, the LORD\u2019s word came to Haggai the prophet:"}, {"pk": 4118577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>Go ahead and ask the priests for a ruling:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cIf someone lifts holy meat into the hem of one\u2019s garment and that hem touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any kind of food, will it be made holy?\u201d <br>And the priests responded, \u201cNo.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Haggai said, <br>\u201cIf an unclean person touches any of these things, will it become unclean?\u201d <br>And the priests responded, \u201cIt will be unclean.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Haggai responded: <br>Thus has this people and this nation become to me, says the LORD, <br>and everything that they do with their hands. <br>Whatever they offer is unclean.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So now, take it to heart from this day forward. <br>Before stone was placed on stone in the LORD\u2019s temple,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "when one came to the granary for twenty measures, <br>there were only ten; <br>and when one came to the wine vat for fifty measures, <br>there were only twenty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "I struck you \u2014 everything you do with your hands \u2014 <br>with blight and mildew and hail; <br>but you didn\u2019t return to me. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>but you weren\u2019t with me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "So take it to heart from this day forward, <br>from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. <br>Take it to heart from the day when the foundation for the LORD\u2019s temple was laid.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Is the seed yet in the granary \u2014 <br>or the vine, the fig tree, or the pomegranate \u2014 <br>or has the olive tree not borne fruit? <br>From this day forward, I will bless you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "And the LORD\u2019s word came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth of the month, saying:"}, {"pk": 4118587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Speak to Judah\u2019s governor Zerubbabel: <br>I am about to make the heavens and the earth quake.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "I will overthrow the thrones of the kingdoms; <br>I will destroy the strength of the nations. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>I will overthrow chariot and rider; <br>horses and riders will fall. <br>Each one will fall by the sword of his companion.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>of the kingdoms of the nations</i>"}, {"pk": 4118589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 37, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces: <br>I will take you, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, my servant, says the LORD; <br>I will make you like a signet ring <br>because I have chosen you, says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the eighth month in the second year of Darius, the LORD\u2019s word came to Zechariah the prophet, Berechiah\u2019s son and Iddo\u2019s grandson:"}, {"pk": 4118591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD was terribly angry with your ancestors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "But you must say to the people, <br>The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Return to me, <br>says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>and I will return to you, says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t be like your ancestors to whom the former prophets preached: <br>The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. <br>But they didn\u2019t listen; <br>they didn\u2019t draw near to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "So where are your ancestors? <br>Do the prophets live forever?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "In fact, didn\u2019t my words and laws, <br>which I gave to my servants, the prophets, <br>pursue your ancestors? <br>And then the people changed their hearts, and they said, <br>The LORD of heavenly forces has treated us according to <br>what we have done, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>exactly as he planned. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>our ways and our actions</i>"}, {"pk": 4118596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat <sup>[2]</sup>) in the second year of Darius, the LORD\u2019s word came to Zechariah the prophet, Berechiah\u2019s son and Iddo\u2019s grandson:", "comment": "[2] January\u2013February"}, {"pk": 4118597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Tonight I looked and saw a man riding on a red horse, <br>which was standing among the myrtle trees in the valley; <br>and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I said, \u201cWhat are these, sir?\u201d <br>The messenger speaking with me said, <br>\u201cI will show you what they are.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The man standing among the myrtles responded, <br>\u201cThese are the ones the LORD sent to patrol the earth.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Then they responded to the LORD\u2019s messenger, <br>who was standing among the myrtles, <br>\u201cWe have patrolled the earth. The whole earth is peaceful and quiet.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s messenger, who was speaking with me, said: <br>\u201cLORD of heavenly forces, <br>how long will you withhold compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, <br>with whom you have been angry these seventy years?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD responded to the messenger who was speaking with me <br>with kind and compassionate words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The messenger speaking with me called out, <br>\u201cThis is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: <br>I care passionately about Jerusalem and Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "And I am exceedingly angry with those carefree nations. <br>Though I was somewhat angry, they added to the violence.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: <br>I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion. <br>My house will be built in it, says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>Let a measuring line be stretched over Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cCall out again, <br>The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>My cities will again overflow with prosperity. <br>The LORD will again show compassion to Zion <br>and will again choose Jerusalem.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> Then I looked up and saw four horns.<br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/38/2/1'>2:1</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4118608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "I said to the messenger speaking with me, <br>\u201cWhat are these?\u201d <br>He said to me, <br>\u201cThese are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the LORD showed me four metalworkers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "I said, <br>\u201cWhat are they coming to do?\u201d <br>And he said, <br>\u201cThese are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head. <br>The metalworkers have come to terrify them and to destroy the horns of the nations, those who were attacking the land of Judah with <sup>[4]</sup> their horns to scatter it.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>those lifting their horns toward Judah</i>"}, {"pk": 4118611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line.<br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/38/2/5'>2:5</a> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4118612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "I said, \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d <br>He said to me, <br>\u201cTo measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "As I watched, the messenger speaking with me went ahead and another messenger came to meet him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "He said to him, <br>\u201cRun! Say to this young man: <br>Jerusalem will be inhabited like open fields <br>because of the throngs of people and cattle inside it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "But I will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, <br>and I will be glorious inside it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Look out; look out! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD, <br>for I will scatter you like the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Look out, Zion. <br>Flee, you who dwell with Daughter Babylon!<br>"}, {"pk": 4118618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims (after his glory sent me) <sup>[2]</sup> <br>concerning the nations plundering you: <br>Those who strike you strike the pupil of my eye.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "But look, I am about to raise my hand against them; <br>they will become prey to their own slaves, <br>so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, <br>because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Many nations will be joined to the LORD on that day. <br>They will become my people, <br>and I will dwell among you <br>so you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces sent me to you.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "The LORD will possess Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; <br>he will again choose Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Be silent, everyone, in the LORD\u2019s <br>presence, because he has moved from his holy habitation! <br>"}, {"pk": 4118624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the LORD showed me the high priest Joshua, standing before the messenger from the LORD, <br>and the Adversary <sup>[1]</sup> was standing by his right side to accuse him.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>hassatan</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/18/1/6'>Job 1:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4118625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "And the LORD said to the Adversary: <br>\u201cThe LORD rebukes you, Adversary. <br>The LORD, the one choosing Jerusalem, rebukes you. <br>Is this one not a log snatched from the fire?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Joshua was wearing filthy clothes and standing before the messenger.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "He responded to those standing before him, <br>\u201cTake off his filthy clothes.\u201d <br>And he said to Joshua, <br>\u201cLook, I have removed your guilt from you. <br>Put on priestly robes.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "He <sup>[2]</sup> said, \u201cPut a clean turban upon his head.\u201d <br>So they put the clean turban upon his head, <br>and they dressed him in garments while the LORD\u2019s messenger stood by.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4118629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the LORD\u2019s messenger admonished Joshua:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>If you will walk in my paths, <br>if you will keep my charge, <br>then you will lead my house and guard my courts, <br>and I will allow you to walk among those standing here.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Now listen, High Priest Joshua, <br>you and your companions sitting before you \u2014 <br>for these men are a sign \u2014 <br>look, I am about to bring my servant, Branch.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "See this stone that I have put before Joshua. <br>Upon one stone, there are seven facets. <br>I am about to engrave an inscription on it, <br>says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>I will remove the guilt of that land in one day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>everyone will invite their neighbors to sit beneath their vines and the fig trees.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "The messenger speaking with me returned and woke me like one who awakens someone who is asleep."}, {"pk": 4118635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Then he said to me, \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d <br>I said, \u201cI see a lampstand made entirely of gold. <br>It has a bowl on top. The bowl has seven lamps on top <br>and seven metal pipes for those lamps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "It has two olive trees beside the lampstand, <br>one to the right of its bowl and one to the left.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "I responded to the messenger speaking with me, <br>\u201cWhat are these, sir?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "The messenger responded to me: <br>\u201cDon\u2019t you know what these are?\u201d <br>I said, \u201cNo, sir. I don\u2019t.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "He answered me: <br>\u201cThis is the LORD\u2019s word to Zerubbabel: <br>Neither by power, nor by strength, <br>but by my spirit, says the LORD of heavenly forces.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Who are you, great mountain? <br>Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. <br>He will present the capstone to shouts of great gratitude. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "The hands of Zerubbabel laid the foundation of this house, <br>and his hands will finish it <br>so that you will know that the LORD of heavenly forces has sent me to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who despise a time of little things will rejoice when they see the plumb line <sup>[1]</sup> in Zerubbabel\u2019s hand. <br>These are the seven eyes of the LORD, surveying the entire earth.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>stone, tin</i>"}, {"pk": 4118644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "I responded to him, <br>\u201cWhat are these two olive trees on the right and left sides of the lampstand?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Then I responded a second time, <br>\u201cWhat are these two olive branches that empty out golden oil through the two gold pipes?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "He said to me, \u201cDon\u2019t you know what these are?\u201d <br>I said, \u201cNo, sir.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "He said, <br>\u201cThese are the two anointed ones <sup>[2]</sup> standing beside the LORD of all the earth.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>sons of oil</i>"}, {"pk": 4118648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "And he said to me, \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d <br>I said, \u201cI see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "He said to me, \u201cThis is the curse going out across all the land. <br>Anyone stealing will be purged according to what\u2019s on one side of the scroll, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>and anyone swearing lies <sup>[2]</sup> will be purged according to what\u2019s on the other side.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>lies.</i><br>[1] Heb lacks <i>of the scroll.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "I sent it out, says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>It will come to the house of the thief and the one swearing lies in my name. <br>It will lodge in their house and destroy the wood and stones of that house.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the messenger speaking with me came forward and said, \u201cLook up and see what\u2019s approaching.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "I said, \u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d <br>He said, \u201cThis is the basket <sup>[3]</sup> that is going out. <br>This is how it appears <sup>[4]</sup> throughout the entire land.\u201d <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>ephah</i>, a basket measuring approximately twenty quarts<br>[4] Or <i>their eye</i><br>[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Then a lead cover was lifted, <br>showing a woman sitting in the middle of the basket.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "He said, \u201cThis is wickedness.\u201d <br>He shoved her back into the basket, <br>and he put the lead stone over its opening.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "I looked up again and saw two women going out. <br>There was a wind in their wings; <br>their wings were like the wings of a stork. <br>They carried the basket between the earth and the sky.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "I said to the messenger speaking with me, <br>\u201cWhere are they taking the basket?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "He said to me, <br>\u201cTo build a house for it in the land of Shinar. <br>It will be firmly placed there on its base.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "I looked up again <br>and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains; <br>the mountains were made of bronze.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The first chariot had red horses, <br>and the second chariot had black horses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "The third chariot had white horses, <br>and the fourth chariot had horses that were heavily spotted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "I responded and said to the messenger speaking with me, <br>\u201cWhat are these, sir?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "The messenger answered and said to me, <br>\u201cThese are the four winds of heaven that are going out <br>after presenting themselves to the LORD of all the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The one with the black horses is going to the north country; <br>the white ones are going to the west; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>and the spotted ones are going south.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>after them</i>"}, {"pk": 4118665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the powerful ones approached, intent on going to patrol the earth. <br>He said, \u201cGo! Patrol the earth!\u201d <br>So they patrolled the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he called out and said to me, <br>\u201cLook, the ones going north have provided rest for my spirit in the north.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to me:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Take silver and gold <sup>[2]</sup> from the exiles who came from Babylon, <br>from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah. <br>As for you, go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>silver and gold</i>; cf <a href='/CEB/38/6/11'>6:11</a>."}, {"pk": 4118669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Take silver and gold and make a crown. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Place it on the head of the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak\u2019s son.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; Heb <i>crowns</i>, so also <a href='/CEB/38/6/14'>6:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4118670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Say to him, <br>\u201cThe LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>Here is a man. <br>His name is Branch, and he will branch out from his place; <br>he will build the LORD\u2019s temple.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "He will build the LORD\u2019s temple. <br>He will be majestic; <br>he will sit and rule on his throne. <br>There will be a priest on his throne, <br>and the two of them will share a peaceable plan.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "The crown will be a memorial in the LORD\u2019s temple <br>for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and for Hen, Zephaniah\u2019s son.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "People from far away will come and build the LORD\u2019s temple <br>so you might know that the LORD of heavenly forces has sent me to you. <br>It will happen if you truly obey the voice of the LORD your God.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "In the fourth year of Darius the king, the LORD\u2019s word came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, Kislev. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] November\u2013December"}, {"pk": 4118675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "The people of <sup>[2]</sup> Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, <sup>[3]</sup> along with his men, to seek the LORD\u2019s favor,", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain<br>[2] Heb lacks <i>the people of.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "saying to the priests who were in the house of the LORD of heavenly forces and to the prophets: \u201cShould I weep in the fifth month and abstain as I have done for a number of years?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the word of the LORD of heavenly forces came to me:"}, {"pk": 4118678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Say to all the land\u2019s people and to the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth month and the seventh month for these past seventy years, did you fast for me?"}, {"pk": 4118679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "When you ate and drank, weren\u2019t you the ones eating and drinking?"}, {"pk": 4118680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Weren\u2019t these the words that the LORD proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem was dwelling quietly along with the surrounding cities, and when the arid southern plain and the western foothills were inhabited?"}, {"pk": 4118681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The LORD\u2019s word came to Zechariah:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> Make just and faithful decisions; show kindness and compassion to each other!"}, {"pk": 4118683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor; don\u2019t plan evil against each other!"}, {"pk": 4118684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "But they refused to pay attention. They turned a cold shoulder and stopped listening."}, {"pk": 4118685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "They steeled their hearts against hearing the Instruction and the words that the LORD of heavenly forces sent by his spirit through the earlier prophets. As a result, the LORD of heavenly forces became enraged."}, {"pk": 4118686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "So just as he called and they didn\u2019t listen, when they called, I didn\u2019t listen, says the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4118687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "I scattered them throughout the nations whom they didn\u2019t know. The land was devastated behind them, with no one leaving or returning. They turned a delightful land into a wasteland."}, {"pk": 4118688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "The word from the LORD of heavenly forces came to me: <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>to me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> I care passionately about Zion; I burn with passion for her."}, {"pk": 4118690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD proclaims: I have returned to Zion; I will settle in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the city of truth; the mountain of the LORD of heavenly forces will be the holy mountain."}, {"pk": 4118691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> Old men and old women will again dwell in the plazas of Jerusalem. Each of them will have a staff in their hand because of their great age."}, {"pk": 4118692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "The city will be full of boys and girls playing in its plazas."}, {"pk": 4118693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> Even though it may seem to be a miracle for the few remaining among this people in these days, should it seem to be a miracle for me? says the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4118694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> I\u2019m about to deliver my people from the land of the east and the land of the west."}, {"pk": 4118695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ll bring them back so they will dwell in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God \u2014 in truth and in righteousness."}, {"pk": 4118696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> Be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets spoken on the day when the foundations for the house of the LORD of heavenly forces were laid."}, {"pk": 4118697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Before this time, there were no wages for people or animals; there was no relief from distress about going out or coming in, because I set everyone against their own neighbor."}, {"pk": 4118698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "But now, unlike those earlier days, I\u2019ll be with the few remaining among this people, says the LORD of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4118699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "The seed is healthy: <br>the vine will give its fruit. <br>The land will give its produce; <br>the heavens will give its dew. <br>I will give the remnant of this people all these things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Just as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, <br>so now I will deliver you; you will be a blessing. <br>Don\u2019t fear, but be strong.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> Just as I planned evil against you when your ancestors angered me, says the LORD of heavenly forces, and did not relent,"}, {"pk": 4118702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "so now I have changed course and again plan to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don\u2019t be afraid."}, {"pk": 4118703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "These are the things you should do: Speak the truth to each other; make truthful, just, and peaceable decisions within your gates."}, {"pk": 4118704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t plan evil for each other. Don\u2019t adore swearing falsely, for all of these are things that I hate, says the LORD."}, {"pk": 4118705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "The word of the LORD of heavenly forces came to me:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah. Love truth and peace!"}, {"pk": 4118707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> Peoples will still come, the inhabitants of many cities."}, {"pk": 4118708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "The inhabitants of one city will go to another saying, \u201cLet\u2019s go and seek the favor of the LORD, and look for the LORD of heavenly forces. I\u2019m going too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of heavenly forces in Jerusalem and to seek the favor of the LORD."}, {"pk": 4118710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br> In those days ten men from nations with entirely different languages will grab hold of a Judean\u2019s clothes and say, \u201cLet\u2019s go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "A pronouncement. The LORD\u2019s word is against the land of Hadrach, <br>and Damascus is its resting place, <br>for the city of Aram <sup>[1]</sup> and all the tribes of Israel belong to the LORD.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>eyes of humanity</i>"}, {"pk": 4118712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Hamath also borders on it. <br>Tyre and Sidon, indeed, each is exceedingly wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Tyre built a fortress for herself. <br>She piled up silver like dust <br>and gold like mud in the streets,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "but the LORD will take her possessions away <br>and knock her wealth into the sea. <br>She will be devoured with fire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Ashkelon will look and be afraid. <br>Gaza will writhe in agony, <br>and also Ekron, because her hope has dried up. <br>The king will perish from Gaza; <br>Ashkelon won\u2019t be inhabited.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "An illegitimate child will dwell in Ashdod; <br>I will eliminate the pride of the Philistines.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "I will remove bloody food from his mouth <br>and pieces of unclean food from between his teeth. <br>He will be a survivor who belongs to our God. <br>He will be like a chieftain in Judah; <br>Ekron will be like a Jebusite.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "I will encamp before my house as a guard <br>against anyone departing or returning. <br>A slave driver will no longer pass through against them, <br>for I have seen you <sup>[2]</sup> with my eyes. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion. <br>Sing aloud, Daughter Jerusalem. <br>Look, your king will come to you. <br>He is righteous and victorious. <br>He is humble and riding on an ass, <br>on a colt, the offspring of a donkey.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "He <sup>[3]</sup> will cut off the chariot from Ephraim <br>and the warhorse from Jerusalem. <br>The bow used in battle will be cut off; <br>he will speak peace to the nations. <br>His rule will stretch from sea to sea, <br>and from the river to the ends of the earth.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>I</i>"}, {"pk": 4118721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Moreover, <sup>[4]</sup> by the blood of your covenant, <br>I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope. <br>Moreover, declare today that I will return double to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Indeed, I myself will bend Judah as a bow; <br>I will fill it with Ephraim. <br>Zion, I will rouse your sons against your sons. Greece, I will make you <br>like a warrior\u2019s sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "The LORD will appear above them; <br>his arrow will go forth like lightning. <br>The LORD God will blow the horn; <br>he will march forth on the stormy winds of the south.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "The LORD of heavenly forces will protect them. <br>They will devour and subdue like sling stones. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>They will drink, mumbling like one having wine. <br>They will be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The LORD their God will deliver them on that day as the flock of his people; <br>they will be the jewels in a crown dotting his land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "What is his goodness, <br>and what is his beauty? <br>Grain will make his young men flourish; <br>so too wine his young women. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Ask the LORD for rain when it is time for the spring rain. <br>The LORD is the one who makes the thunderstorms. <br>He gives them rain showers. <br>He gives vegetation in the field to each of them. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>of them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The household divine images <br>speak idolatry, and diviners see lies. <br>They interpret dreams falsely <br>and provide empty comfort. <br>Therefore, they wander like sheep, <br>but they are oppressed because there is no shepherd.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "My anger burns hot against the shepherds; <br>I will punish the goats. <br>The LORD of heavenly forces will take care of his splendor, the house of Judah. <br>He will make them like his majestic horse in battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "The cornerstone, the tent peg, and the bow used in battle will come from Judah. <br>Every oppressor will leave Judah simultaneously.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Judah will be like warriors, <br>trampling through the muddy streets during battle. <br>They will do battle because the LORD is with them. <br>All the cavalry will be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "I will strengthen the house of Judah <br>and deliver the house of Joseph. <br>I will bring them back <sup>[2]</sup> because I have compassion on them. <br>They will be as though I hadn\u2019t rejected them, for I am the LORD their God; <br>I will respond to them. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>I will restore them</i>"}, {"pk": 4118734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Ephraim will be like a warrior. <br>They will be as glad as if they were drinking wine. <br>Their children will watch and be glad. <br>Their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "I will whistle for them and gather them, <br>because I have ransomed them. <br>They will be as numerous as they were previously.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Though I sowed them among the peoples, <br>they will remember me in the distant places <br>where they are living with their children until they return.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "I will bring them back from the land of Egypt; <br>I will collect them from Assyria. <br>I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon <br>until there is no more room for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "They <sup>[3]</sup> will pass through the sea of distress <br>and strike the sea with waves. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>All the depths of the river will dry up. <br>The pride of Assyria will be brought down; <br>the scepter of Egypt will turn away.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX; MT <i>he</i><br>[4] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "I will strengthen them in the LORD, <br>and they will walk in his name, says the LORD. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will devour your cedars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Scream, cypress, for the cedar has fallen; <br>those majestic ones have been devastated. <br>Scream, oaks of Bashan, for the deep forest has fallen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "The sound of screaming appears among the shepherds <br>because their majesty has been devastated. <br>The sound of roaring can be heard among the young lions <br>because the pride of the Jordan has been devastated. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "This is what the LORD my God says: <br>Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who buy them will kill them, <br>but they will go unpunished. <br>Those who sell them will say, <br>\u201cBlessed is the LORD, for I have become rich.\u201d <br>And their own shepherds won\u2019t spare them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "In fact, I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD. <br>But look what I am about to bring upon humanity, <br>upon each of them by their neighbor\u2019s hand and by the hand of their king: <br>They will beat the land to pieces, <br>but I won\u2019t rescue anyone from their hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, <br>the afflicted of the flock. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>I took two staffs for myself. <br>I named one Delight; <br>the other I named Harmony. <br>I shepherded the flock.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "I removed three shepherds in one month <br>when I grew impatient with them. <br>Moreover, they detested me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I said, \u201cI won\u2019t shepherd you. <br>Let the dying die, <br>and let what is to be removed be removed. <br>Let those who are left devour the flesh of their neighbor.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Then I took the staff Delight, <br>and I chopped it up in order to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "It was broken on that day. <br>As a result, the afflicted <sup>[2]</sup> of the flock knew that it was the LORD\u2019s word.<br>", "comment": "[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/38/11/7'>Zech 11:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4118751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "And I said to them, <br>\u201cIf it appears good to you, give me my wages; <br>but if not, then stop.\u201d <br>So they weighed out my wages, thirty shekels of silver.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "The LORD said to me, <br>\u201cPut it in the treasury. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>They value me at too magnificent a price.\u201d <br>So I took the thirty shekels <sup>[4]</sup> of silver <br>and put them in the treasury of the LORD\u2019s house. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>shekels.</i><br>[3] Syr; MT <i>to the potter</i>"}, {"pk": 4118753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Then I chopped up my second staff Harmony, <br>to break the alliance between Judah and Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the LORD said to me, <br>\u201cTake for yourself again the equipment of a foolish shepherd,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "because I am about to appoint a shepherd in the land. <br>He won\u2019t tend to those who have been removed. <br>He won\u2019t seek the young or heal the broken. <br>He won\u2019t sustain the one standing. <br>Instead, he will devour the flesh of the fat ones, even tearing off their hooves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Doom, foolish shepherd who forsakes the flock. <br>A sword will strike <sup>[5]</sup> his arm and his right eye. <br>His arm will wither completely; <br>his right eye will become blind.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>will strike.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "A pronouncement. The LORD\u2019s word against Israel, <br>an utterance of the LORD <br>who stretches out the heavens, <br>who establishes the earth, <br>and who fashions the spirit of humanity within it:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that will stagger all the surrounding nations. <br>There will be a siege against Judah and against Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "On that day I will make Jerusalem into a heavy stone <sup>[1]</sup> for all the peoples. <br>All who carry it will hurt themselves; <br>nevertheless, the nations of the earth will conspire against it. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "On that day, says the LORD, I will strike every horse with confusion <br>and its rider with madness. <br>I will keep my eyes open for the house of Judah; <br>I will strike blind every horse of the peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "The chieftains of Judah will say to themselves, We are strong; <br>the inhabitants of Jerusalem will say, <br>The LORD their God of heavenly forces is strong. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "On that day I will place the chieftains of Judah like a pot on a wood fire and like a burning torch among the bundles of grain. <br>They will devour all the surrounding nations to the right and the left. <br>Jerusalem will dwell again in its place, in Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "The LORD will first deliver the tents of Judah so that the splendor of David\u2019s house <br>and the splendor of Jerusalem\u2019s inhabitants won\u2019t overshadow Judah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <br>Anyone among them who stumbles on that day will become like David, <br>and David\u2019s house will become like God, <br>like the LORD\u2019s messenger in front of them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "On that day I intend to destroy all the nations who come against Jerusalem,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "but I will pour out a spirit of grace and mercy on David\u2019s house <br>and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <br>They will look to me concerning the one whom they pierced; <br>they will mourn over him like the mourning for an only child. <br>They will mourn bitterly over him like the bitter mourning over the death of <sup>[3]</sup> an oldest child. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>the death of.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem <br>will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-Rimmon in the Megiddo Valley.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "The land will mourn, each of the clans by itself: <br>the clan of David\u2019s house by themselves, and their women by themselves; <br>the clan of Nathan\u2019s house by themselves, and their women by themselves;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "the clan of Levi\u2019s house by themselves, and their women by themselves; <br>and the Shimeites\u2019 clan by themselves, and their women by themselves;<br>"}, {"pk": 4118770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "and all the remaining clans, each clan by itself, and their women by themselves. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "On that day, a fountain will open <br>to cleanse <sup>[1]</sup> the sin and impurity of David\u2019s house and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb lacks <i>to cleanse.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>I will eliminate the names of the idols from the land; <br>they will no longer be remembered. <br>Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the sinful spirit from the land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "If anyone again prophesies, <br>then that person\u2019s birth father and mother will say, <br>\u201cYou won\u2019t live, for you have told a lie in the name of the LORD.\u201d <br>That person\u2019s own birth father and mother will stab him when he prophesies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "On that day each of the prophets will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies <br>and won\u2019t put on a shaggy coat in order to deceive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Each will say, \u201cI\u2019m not a prophet. <br>I\u2019m a man who works the ground, for the soil has been my occupation since I was young.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Someone will say to him, <br>\u201cWhat are these wounds between your hands?\u201d <br>And he will say, \u201cThese happened when I was hit in my friends\u2019 home.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Sword, arise against my shepherd, <br>against the man responsible for <sup>[2]</sup> my community, says the LORD of heavenly forces! <br>Strike the shepherd in order to scatter the flock! <br>I will turn my hand against the little ones.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb lacks <i>responsible for.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Throughout all the land, says the LORD, <br>two-thirds will be cut off and die; <br>but one-third will be left in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "I will put the third part into the fire. <br>I will refine them like one refines silver; <br>I will test them like one tests gold. <br>They will call on my name, and I will respond to them. <br>I will say, \u201cThey are my people.\u201d <br>And they will say, \u201cThe LORD is our God.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "A day is coming that belongs to the LORD, <br>when that which has been plundered from you will be divided among you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for the battle, <br>the city will be captured, <br>the houses will be plundered, <br>and the women will be raped. <br>Half of the city will go forth into exile, <br>but what is left of the people won\u2019t be eliminated from the city.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "The LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "On that day he will stand upon the Mount of Olives, to the east of Jerusalem. <br>The Mount of Olives will be split in half by a very large valley running from east to west. <br>Half of the mountain will move north, <br>and the other half will move south.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "You will flee through the valley of my mountain, <br>because the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal. <br>You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Judah\u2019s King Uzziah. <br>The LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4118785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "On that day, there will be no light. <br>Splendid things will disappear. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "On one day known to the LORD, there will be neither day nor night, <br>but at evening time there will be light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "On that day, running water will flow out from Jerusalem, <br>half of it to the Dead Sea <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and half of it to the Mediterranean; <sup>[4]</sup> <br>this will happen during the summer and the fall.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>western sea</i><br>[3] Or <i>eastern sea</i>"}, {"pk": 4118788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "The LORD will become king over all the land. <br>On that day the LORD will be one, <br>and the LORD\u2019s name will be one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "The entire land will become like the desert <sup>[5]</sup> <br>from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem. <br>Jerusalem will be high up and firmly in place <br>from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the former gate, <br>to the Corner Gate, and from the Hananel Tower to the king\u2019s wine vats.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>Arabah</i>"}, {"pk": 4118790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "People will dwell in it; <br>it will never again be destroyed. <br>Jerusalem will dwell securely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "This will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who <br>swarmed against Jerusalem: <br>their flesh will rot, even while standing on their feet; <br>their eyes will rot in their sockets; <br>and their tongues will rot in their mouths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "On that day, a great panic brought on by the LORD will fall upon them; <br>they will all grasp at the hand of their neighbors; <br>neighbors will attack each other.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Even Judah will fight in Jerusalem. <br>The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: <br>gold, silver, and a great abundance of garments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "This <sup>[6]</sup> plague will also affect the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and any cattle in those camps during this plague. <br>", "comment": "[6] Heb lacks <i>this,</i> cf <a href='/CEB/38/14/12'>14:12</a>."}, {"pk": 4118795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "All those left from all the nations who attacked Jerusalem will go up annually to pay homage to the king, the LORD of heavenly forces, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths."}, {"pk": 4118796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Whoever among the families of the earth doesn\u2019t go up to Jerusalem to pay homage to the king, the LORD of heavenly forces, upon them no rain will fall."}, {"pk": 4118797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "And if the family of Egypt doesn\u2019t go up and doesn\u2019t present itself, then no rain <sup>[7]</sup> will fall on them. There will <sup>[8]</sup> be a plague like the one with which the LORD struck the nations that didn\u2019t go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths.", "comment": "[7] Heb lacks <i>rain.</i><br>[8] Or <i>will not.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "This would be the sin of Egypt and the sin of all the nations who don\u2019t go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths."}, {"pk": 4118799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "On that day, <b>Holy to the LORD</b> will be inscribed <sup>[9]</sup> on the bells of the horses, <br>and the pots in the LORD\u2019s house will be holy <sup>[10]</sup> like the bowls before the altar.<br>", "comment": "[9] Heb lacks <i>inscribed.</i><br>[10] Heb lacks <i>holy.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 38, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>All those who sacrifice will come. <br>They will take some of the pots and cook with them. <br>There will no longer be any merchants <sup>[11]</sup> in the house of the LORD of heavenly forces on that day. <br>", "comment": "[11] Heb <i>Canaanite</i>"}, {"pk": 4118801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "A pronouncement. The LORD\u2019s word to Israel through Malachi. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>my messenger</i>"}, {"pk": 4118802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "I have loved you, says the LORD; <br>but you say, \u201cHow have you loved us?\u201d <br>Wasn\u2019t Esau Jacob\u2019s brother? <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>I loved Jacob,<br>"}, {"pk": 4118803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "but I rejected Esau. <br>I turned Esau\u2019s mountains into desolation, <br>his inheritance into a wilderness for jackals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Edom may say, \u201cWe are beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins\u201d; <br>but the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: <br>They may build, but I will tear them down. <br>They will call themselves a wicked territory, <br>the people against whom the LORD rages forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Your eyes will see it and you will say, <br>\u201cMay the LORD be great beyond the borders of Israel.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "A son honors a father, <br>and a servant honors his master. <br>But if I\u2019m a father, where is my honor? <br>Or if I\u2019m a master, where is my respect? <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces <br>to you priests who despise my name. <br>So you say, \u201cHow have we despised your name?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "By approaching my altar with polluted food. <br>But you say, \u201cHow have we polluted it <sup>[2]</sup>?\u201d <br>When you say, \u201cThe table of the LORD can be despised.\u201d<br>", "comment": "[2] Gk; Heb <i>you</i>"}, {"pk": 4118808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "If you bring a blind animal to sacrifice, isn\u2019t that evil? <br>If you bring a lame or sick one, isn\u2019t that evil? <br>Would you bring it to your governor? <br>Would he be pleased with it or accept you? <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "So now ask God to be gracious to us. <br>After what you have done, will he accept you? <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Who among you will shut the doors of the temple <sup>[3]</sup> <br>so that you don\u2019t burn something on my altar in vain? <br>I take no delight in you, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>I won\u2019t accept a grain offering from your hand. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb lacks <i>of the temple.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Nevertheless, from sunrise to sunset, <br>my name will be great among the nations. <br>Incense and a pure grain offering will be offered everywhere in my name, <br>because my name is great among the nations, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But you make my name impure when you say, <br>\u201cThe table of the LORD is polluted. <br>Its fruit, its food, is despised.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "But you say, \u201cHow tedious!\u201d <br>and you groan about it, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>You permit what is stolen, lame, or sick to be brought for a sacrifice, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>and you bring the grain offering. <br>Should I accept such from your hands? <br>\u2014 says the LORD. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>for a sacrifice.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I will curse the cheater who has a healthy <sup>[5]</sup> male in his flock, <br>but who promises and sacrifices to the LORD that which is corrupt. <br>I am truly a great king, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>and my name is feared among the nations. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb lacks <i>healthy.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "But now, this command is for you, priests:<br>"}, {"pk": 4118816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "If you don\u2019t listen, <br>or don\u2019t intend to glorify my name, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>then I will send a curse among you. <br>I will curse your blessings, <br>and I mean really curse them, <br>because none of you intend to do it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "I am about to denounce your offspring; <br>I will scatter feces on your faces, <br>the feces of your festivals. <br>Then I will lift you up to me, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb uncertain; MT <i>He will carry you to it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "and you will know that I have sent this command to you <br>so that my covenant with Levi can continue to exist, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "My covenant with him involved life and peace, which I gave him, <br>and also fear so that he honored me. <br>He was in awe of my name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "True Instruction was in his mouth; <br>injustice wasn\u2019t found on his lips. <br>He walked with me in peace and did the right thing; <br>he made many turn from iniquity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The lips of the priest should guard knowledge; <br>everyone <sup>[2]</sup> should seek Instruction from his mouth, <br>for he is the messenger from the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4118822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "But you have turned from the path. <br>You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. <br>You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Moreover, I have made you despised and humiliated in the view of all the people, <br>since none of you keep my ways <br>or show respect for Instruction. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Isn\u2019t there one father for all of us, <br>one God who created us? <br>Why does everyone cheat each other to make the covenant of our ancestors impure?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Judah cheated \u2014 <br>a detestable thing was done in Israel and Jerusalem. <br>Judah made the LORD\u2019s holy place impure, which God loved, <br>and married the daughter of a foreign god.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "May the LORD eliminate anyone who does so from the tents of Jacob, <br>anyone awaking, testifying, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and making an offering to the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "You should do this as well: <br>cover the altar of the LORD with tears, weeping, and groaning <br>because there is still no divine favor for your offering or favorable regard <br>for anything from your hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But you say, \u201cWhy?\u201d <br>Because the LORD testifies about you <br>and the wife of your youth against whom you cheated. <br>She is your partner, <br>the wife of your covenant.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Didn\u2019t he make her <sup>[4]</sup> the one <sup>[5]</sup> <br>and the remnant of his spirit? <sup>[6]</sup> What is the one? <br>The one seeking godly offspring. <br>You should guard your own spirit. <br>Don\u2019t cheat on the wife of your youth<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>her.</i><br>[6] Heb uncertain<br>[5] Heb uncertain; <i>her</i> refers to the <i>wife</i> in <a href='/CEB/39/2/14'>Mal 2:14</a>."}, {"pk": 4118830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "because he hates divorce, <br>\u2014 says the LORD God of Israel, <br>and he also hates the one covering his garment with violence, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>Guard your own life, and don\u2019t cheat. <br>", "comment": "[7] Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4118831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "You have made the LORD tired with your words. <br>You say, \u201cHow have we made him tired?\u201d <br>When you say: <br>\u201cAnyone doing evil is good in the LORD\u2019s eyes,\u201d <br>or \u201cHe delights in those doing evil,\u201d <sup>[8]</sup> <br>or \u201cWhere is the God of justice?\u201d <br>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4118832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Look, I am sending my messenger who will clear the path before me; <br>suddenly the LORD whom you are seeking will come to his temple. <br>The messenger of the covenant in whom you take delight is coming, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Who can endure the day of his coming? <br>Who can withstand his appearance? <br>He is like the refiner\u2019s fire or the cleaner\u2019s soap.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver. <br>He will purify the Levites <br>and refine them like gold and silver. <br>They will belong to the LORD, <br>presenting a righteous offering.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD <br>as in ancient days and in former years.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "I will draw near to you for judgment. <br>I will be quick to testify against the sorcerers, <br>the adulterers, those swearing falsely, <br>against those who cheat the day laborers out of their wages <br>as well as oppress the widow and the orphan, <br>and against those who brush aside the foreigner and do not revere me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "I am the LORD, and I do not change; <br>and you, children of Jacob, have not perished. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Ever since the time of your ancestors, <br>you have deviated from my laws <br>and have not kept them. <br>Return to me and I will return to you, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>But you say, <br>\u201cHow should we return?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Should a person deceive God? <br>Yet you deceive me. <br>But you say, <br>\u201cHow have we deceived you?\u201d <br>With your tenth-part gifts and offerings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "You are being cursed with a curse, <br>and you, the entire nation, are robbing me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Bring the whole tenth-part to the storage house so there might be food in my house. <br>Please test me in this, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>See whether I do not open all the windows of the heavens for you <br>and empty out a blessing until there is enough. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Until what is required is lacking.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "I will threaten the one who wants to devour you <br>so that it doesn\u2019t spoil the fruit of your fertile land, <br>and so that the vine doesn\u2019t abort its fruit in your field, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "All the nations will consider you fortunate, <br>for you will be a desirable land, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "You have spoken harshly about me, <br>\u2014 says the LORD; <br>but you say, <br>\u201cWhat have we spoken about you?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4118845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "You said, <br>\u201cServing God is useless. <br>What do we gain by keeping his obligation <br>or by walking around as mourners <br>before the LORD of heavenly forces?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "So now we consider the arrogant fortunate. <br>Moreover, those doing evil are built up; <br>they test God and escape.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Then those revering the LORD, <br>each and every one, spoke among themselves. <br>The LORD paid attention and listened to them. <br>Then a scroll of remembrance was written before the LORD <br>about those revering the LORD, <br>the ones meditating on his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "On the day that I am preparing, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>they will be my special possession. <br>I will spare them just as parents spare a child who serves them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "You will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, <br>between those serving God and those not serving him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Look, the day is coming, <br>burning like an oven. <br>All the arrogant ones and all those doing evil will become straw. <br>The coming day will burn them, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces, <br>leaving them neither root nor branch.<br>", "comment": "[1] 3:19 in Heb"}, {"pk": 4118851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "But the sun of righteousness will rise on those revering my name; <br>healing will be in its wings <br>so that you will go forth and jump about like calves in the stall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "You will crush the wicked; <br>they will be like dust beneath the soles of your feet <br>on the day that I am preparing, <br>\u2014 says the LORD of heavenly forces.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Remember the Instruction from Moses, my servant, <br>to whom I gave Instruction and rules for all Israel at Horeb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Look, I am sending Elijah the prophet to you, <br>before the great and terrifying day of the LORD arrives.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 39, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Turn the hearts of the parents to the children <br>and the hearts of the children to their parents. <br>Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "A record of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:"}, {"pk": 4121986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Aram. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Aram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Salmon was the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram. Joram was the father of Uzziah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amos. Amos was the father of Josiah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers. This was at the time of the exile to Babylon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "After the exile to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Achim. Achim was the father of Eliud. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob. <br>"}, {"pk": 4122000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary \u2014 of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Christ."}, {"pk": 4122001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "So there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen generations from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen generations from the exile to Babylon to the Christ."}, {"pk": 4122002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4122003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn\u2019t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly."}, {"pk": 4122004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "As he was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, \u201cJoseph son of David, don\u2019t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4122005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Now all of this took place so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:"}, {"pk": 4122007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "<b>Look! A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son,</b> <br><b>And they will call him,</b> Emmanuel. <sup>[1]</sup> <br> (<b>Emmanuel</b> means \u201cGod with us.\u201d)", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/7/14'>Isa 7:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4122008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "When Joseph woke up, he did just as an angel from God commanded and took Mary as his wife."}, {"pk": 4122009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "But he didn\u2019t have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. Joseph called him Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the territory of Judea during the rule of King Herod, magi came from the east to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4122011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "They asked, \u201cWhere is the newborn king of the Jews? We\u2019ve seen his star in the east, and we\u2019ve come to honor him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and everyone in Jerusalem was troubled with him."}, {"pk": 4122013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "He gathered all the chief priests and the legal experts and asked them where the Christ was to be born."}, {"pk": 4122014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "They said, \u201cIn Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:"}, {"pk": 4122015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "<b>You, Bethlehem, land of Judah,</b> <br><b>by no means are you least among the rulers of Judah,</b> <br><b>because from you will come one who governs,</b> <br><b>who will shepherd my people Israel.</b>\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/33/5/2'>Mic 5:2</a>; <a href='/CEB/10/5/2'>2 Sam 5:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4122016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared."}, {"pk": 4122017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "He sent them to Bethlehem, saying, \u201cGo and search carefully for the child. When you\u2019ve found him, report to me so that I too may go and honor him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "When they heard the king, they went; and look, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the child was."}, {"pk": 4122019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "When they saw the star, they were filled with joy."}, {"pk": 4122020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "They entered the house and saw the child with Mary his mother. Falling to their knees, they honored him. Then they opened their treasure chests and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh."}, {"pk": 4122021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Because they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by another route."}, {"pk": 4122022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "When the magi had departed, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, \u201cGet up. Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod will soon search for the child in order to kill him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Joseph got up and, during the night, took the child and his mother to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4122024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He stayed there until Herod died. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: <b>I have called my son out of Egypt</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/28/11/1'>Hos 11:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4122025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "When Herod knew the magi had fooled him, he grew very angry. He sent soldiers to kill all the children in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding territory who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had learned from the magi."}, {"pk": 4122026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "This fulfilled the word spoken through Jeremiah the prophet:"}, {"pk": 4122027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "<b>A voice was heard in Ramah,</b> <br><b>weeping and much grieving.</b> <br><b>Rachel weeping for her children,</b> <br><b>and she did not want to be comforted,</b> <br><b>because they were no more.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/24/31/15'>Jer 31:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4122028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "After King Herod died, an angel from the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4122029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cGet up,\u201d the angel said, \u201cand take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel. Those who were trying to kill the child are dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel."}, {"pk": 4122031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "But when he heard that Archelaus ruled over Judea in place of his father Herod, Joseph was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he went to the area of Galilee."}, {"pk": 4122032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "He settled in a city called Nazareth so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene."}, {"pk": 4122033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "In those days John the Baptist appeared in the desert of Judea announcing,"}, {"pk": 4122034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cChange your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "He was the one of whom Isaiah the prophet spoke when he said: <b>The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,</b> <br>\u201c<b>Prepare the way for the Lord;</b> <br><b>make his paths straight.</b>\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/40/3'>Isa 40:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4122036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "John wore clothes made of camel\u2019s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey."}, {"pk": 4122037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "People from Jerusalem, throughout Judea, and all around the Jordan River came to him."}, {"pk": 4122038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4122039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to be baptized by John. He said to them, \u201cYou children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the angry judgment that is coming soon?"}, {"pk": 4122040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4122041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "And don\u2019t even think about saying to yourselves, Abraham is our father. I tell you that God is able to raise up Abraham\u2019s children from these stones."}, {"pk": 4122042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn\u2019t produce good fruit will be chopped down and tossed into the fire."}, {"pk": 4122043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "I baptize with water those of you who have changed your hearts and lives. The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am. I\u2019m not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."}, {"pk": 4122044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The shovel he uses to sift the wheat from the husks is in his hands. He will clean out his threshing area and bring the wheat into his barn. But he will burn the husks with a fire that can\u2019t be put out.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River so that John would baptize him."}, {"pk": 4122046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "John tried to stop him and said, \u201cI need to be baptized by you, yet you come to me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cAllow me to be baptized now. This is necessary to fulfill all righteousness.\u201d So John agreed to baptize Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "When Jesus was baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and resting on him."}, {"pk": 4122049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "A voice from heaven said, \u201cThis is my Son whom I dearly love; I find happiness in him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him."}, {"pk": 4122051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving."}, {"pk": 4122052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "The tempter came to him and said, \u201cSince you are God\u2019s Son, command these stones to become bread.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIt\u2019s written, <b>People won\u2019t live only by bread, but by every word spoken by God.\u201d</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/8/3'>Deut 8:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4122054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "After that the devil brought him into the holy city and stood him at the highest point of the temple. He said to him,"}, {"pk": 4122055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cSince you are God\u2019s Son, throw yourself down; for it is written, <b>I will command my angels concerning you, and they will take you up in their hands so that you won\u2019t hit your foot on a stone.</b>\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/91/11-12'>Ps 91:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4122056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cAgain it\u2019s written, <b>Don\u2019t test the Lord your God.\u201d</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/6/16'>Deut 6:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4122057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the devil brought him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory."}, {"pk": 4122058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "He said, \u201cI\u2019ll give you all these if you bow down and worship me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cGo away, Satan, because it\u2019s written, <b>You will worship the Lord your God and serve only him.\u201d</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/5/6/13'>Deut 6:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4122060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "The devil left him, and angels came and took care of him."}, {"pk": 4122061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Now when Jesus heard that John was arrested, he went to Galilee."}, {"pk": 4122062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "He left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum, which lies alongside the sea in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali."}, {"pk": 4122063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "This fulfilled what Isaiah the prophet said:"}, {"pk": 4122064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "<b>Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,</b> <br><b>alongside the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4122065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "<b>the people who lived in the dark have seen a great light,</b> <br><b>and a light has come upon those who lived in the region and in shadow of death.</b> <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/23/9/1-2'>Isa 9:1\u20132</a>"}, {"pk": 4122066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "From that time Jesus began to announce, \u201cChange your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "As Jesus walked alongside the Galilee Sea, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, throwing fishing nets into the sea, because they were fishermen."}, {"pk": 4122068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cCome, follow me,\u201d he said, \u201cand I\u2019ll show you how to fish for people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Right away, they left their nets and followed him."}, {"pk": 4122070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Continuing on, he saw another set of brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father repairing their nets. Jesus called them and"}, {"pk": 4122071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him."}, {"pk": 4122072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues. He announced the good news of the kingdom and healed every disease and sickness among the people."}, {"pk": 4122073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "News about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all those who had various kinds of diseases, those in pain, those possessed by demons, those with epilepsy, and those who were paralyzed, and he healed them."}, {"pk": 4122074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the areas beyond the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4122075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up a mountain. He sat down and his disciples came to him."}, {"pk": 4122076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "He taught them, saying:"}, {"pk": 4122077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who are hopeless, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs."}, {"pk": 4122078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad."}, {"pk": 4122079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who are humble, because they will inherit the earth."}, {"pk": 4122080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because they will be fed until they are full."}, {"pk": 4122081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who show mercy, because they will receive mercy."}, {"pk": 4122082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who have pure hearts, because they will see God."}, {"pk": 4122083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cHappy are people who make peace, because they will be called God\u2019s children."}, {"pk": 4122084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cHappy are people whose lives are harassed because they are righteous, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs."}, {"pk": 4122085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cHappy are you when people insult you and harass you and speak all kinds of bad and false things about you, all because of me."}, {"pk": 4122086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you."}, {"pk": 4122087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cYou are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? It\u2019s good for nothing except to be thrown away and trampled under people\u2019s feet."}, {"pk": 4122088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "You are the light of the world. A city on top of a hill can\u2019t be hidden."}, {"pk": 4122089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on top of a lampstand, and it shines on all who are in the house."}, {"pk": 4122090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "In the same way, let your light shine before people, so they can see the good things you do and praise your Father who is in heaven."}, {"pk": 4122091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t even begin to think that I have come to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I haven\u2019t come to do away with them but to fulfill them."}, {"pk": 4122092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "I say to you very seriously that as long as heaven and earth exist, neither the smallest letter nor even the smallest stroke of a pen will be erased from the Law until everything there becomes a reality."}, {"pk": 4122093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Therefore, whoever ignores one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called the lowest in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever keeps these commands and teaches people to keep them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."}, {"pk": 4122094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "I say to you that unless your righteousness is greater than the righteousness of the legal experts and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."}, {"pk": 4122095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cYou have heard that it was said to those who lived long ago, <b>Don\u2019t commit murder,</b> <sup>[1]</sup> and all who commit murder will be in danger of judgment.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/2/20/13'>Exod 20:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4122096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with their brother or sister will be in danger of judgment. If they say to their brother or sister, \u2018You idiot,\u2019 they will be in danger of being condemned by the governing council. And if they say, \u2018You fool,\u2019 they will be in danger of fiery hell."}, {"pk": 4122097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you,"}, {"pk": 4122098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "leave your gift at the altar and go. First make things right with your brother or sister and then come back and offer your gift."}, {"pk": 4122099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Be sure to make friends quickly with your opponents while you are with them on the way to court. Otherwise, they will haul you before the judge, the judge will turn you over to the officer of the court, and you will be thrown into prison."}, {"pk": 4122100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "I say to you in all seriousness that you won\u2019t get out of there until you\u2019ve paid the very last penny."}, {"pk": 4122101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cYou have heard that it was said, <b>Don\u2019t commit adultery.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/20/14'>Exod 20:14</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/18'>Deut 5:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4122102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "But I say to you that every man who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart."}, {"pk": 4122103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "And if your right eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out and throw it away. It\u2019s better that you lose a part of your body than that your whole body be thrown into hell."}, {"pk": 4122104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "And if your right hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off and throw it away. It\u2019s better that you lose a part of your body than that your whole body go into hell."}, {"pk": 4122105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cIt was said, \u2018Whoever divorces his wife must <b>give her a divorce certificate.\u2019</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/24/1'>Deut 24:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4122106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife except for sexual unfaithfulness forces her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."}, {"pk": 4122107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cAgain you have heard that it was said to those who lived long ago: <b>Don\u2019t make a false solemn pledge, but you should follow through on what you have pledged to the Lord.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/3/19/12'>Lev 19:12</a>; <a href='/CEB/4/30/2'>Num 30:2</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/23/21'>Deut 23:21</a>"}, {"pk": 4122108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "But I say to you that you must not pledge at all. You must not pledge by heaven, because it\u2019s God\u2019s throne."}, {"pk": 4122109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "You must not pledge by the earth, because it\u2019s God\u2019s footstool. You must not pledge by Jerusalem, because it\u2019s the city of the great king."}, {"pk": 4122110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "And you must not pledge by your head, because you can\u2019t turn one hair white or black."}, {"pk": 4122111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "Let your <b>yes</b> mean yes, and your <b>no</b> mean no. Anything more than this comes from the evil one."}, {"pk": 4122112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cYou have heard that it was said, <b>An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth</b>. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/2/21/24'>Exod 21:24</a>; <a href='/CEB/3/24/20'>Lev 24:20</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/19/21'>Deut 19:21</a>"}, {"pk": 4122113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "But I say to you that you must not oppose those who want to hurt you. If people slap you on your right cheek, you must turn the left cheek to them as well."}, {"pk": 4122114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "When they wish to haul you to court and take your shirt, let them have your coat too."}, {"pk": 4122115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "When they force you to go one mile, go with them two."}, {"pk": 4122116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "Give to those who ask, and don\u2019t refuse those who wish to borrow from you."}, {"pk": 4122117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "\u201cYou have heard that it was said, <b>You must love your neighbor</b> <sup>[6]</sup> and hate your enemy.", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4122118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 44, "text": "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who harass you"}, {"pk": 4122119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 45, "text": "so that you will be acting as children of your Father who is in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both the evil and the good and sends rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous."}, {"pk": 4122120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 46, "text": "If you love only those who love you, what reward do you have? Don\u2019t even the tax collectors do the same?"}, {"pk": 4122121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 47, "text": "And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing? Don\u2019t even the Gentiles do the same?"}, {"pk": 4122122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 5, "verse": 48, "text": "Therefore, just as your heavenly Father is complete in showing love to everyone, so also you must be complete."}, {"pk": 4122123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cBe careful that you don\u2019t practice your religion in front of people to draw their attention. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven."}, {"pk": 4122124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cWhenever you give to the poor, don\u2019t blow your trumpet as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may get praise from people. I assure you, that\u2019s the only reward they\u2019ll get."}, {"pk": 4122125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "But when you give to the poor, don\u2019t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing"}, {"pk": 4122126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "so that you may give to the poor in secret. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you."}, {"pk": 4122127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cWhen you pray, don\u2019t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that\u2019s the only reward they\u2019ll get."}, {"pk": 4122128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you."}, {"pk": 4122129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cWhen you pray, don\u2019t pour out a flood of empty words, as the Gentiles do. They think that by saying many words they\u2019ll be heard."}, {"pk": 4122130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask."}, {"pk": 4122131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Pray like this: Our Father who is in heaven, uphold the holiness of your name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4122132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Bring in your kingdom so that your will is done on earth as it\u2019s done in heaven. <br>"}, {"pk": 4122133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Give us the bread we need for today. <br>"}, {"pk": 4122134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Forgive us for the ways we have wronged you, just as we also forgive those who have wronged us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4122135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "And don\u2019t lead us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. <br>"}, {"pk": 4122136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cIf you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."}, {"pk": 4122137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "But if you don\u2019t forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your sins."}, {"pk": 4122138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cAnd when you fast, don\u2019t put on a sad face like the hypocrites. They distort their faces so people will know they are fasting. I assure you that they have their reward."}, {"pk": 4122139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "When you fast, brush your hair and wash your face."}, {"pk": 4122140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Then you won\u2019t look like you are fasting to people, but only to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you."}, {"pk": 4122141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cStop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them."}, {"pk": 4122142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Instead, collect treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moth and rust don\u2019t eat them and where thieves don\u2019t break in and steal them."}, {"pk": 4122143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."}, {"pk": 4122144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cThe eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light."}, {"pk": 4122145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how terrible that darkness will be!"}, {"pk": 4122146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be loyal to the one and have contempt for the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."}, {"pk": 4122147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cTherefore, I say to you, don\u2019t worry about your life, what you\u2019ll eat or what you\u2019ll drink, or about your body, what you\u2019ll wear. Isn\u2019t life more than food and the body more than clothes?"}, {"pk": 4122148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Look at the birds in the sky. They don\u2019t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren\u2019t you worth much more than they are?"}, {"pk": 4122149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life?"}, {"pk": 4122150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don\u2019t wear themselves out with work, and they don\u2019t spin cloth."}, {"pk": 4122151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "But I say to you that even Solomon in all of his splendor wasn\u2019t dressed like one of these."}, {"pk": 4122152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it\u2019s alive today and tomorrow it\u2019s thrown into the furnace, won\u2019t God do much more for you, you people of weak faith?"}, {"pk": 4122153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "Therefore, don\u2019t worry and say, \u2018What are we going to eat?\u2019 or \u2018What are we going to drink?\u2019 or \u2018What are we going to wear?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "Gentiles long for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them."}, {"pk": 4122155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "Instead, desire first and foremost God\u2019s kingdom and God\u2019s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."}, {"pk": 4122156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "Therefore, stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."}, {"pk": 4122157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t judge, so that you won\u2019t be judged."}, {"pk": 4122158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "You\u2019ll receive the same judgment you give. Whatever you deal out will be dealt out to you."}, {"pk": 4122159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Why do you see the splinter that\u2019s in your brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s eye, but don\u2019t notice the log in your own eye?"}, {"pk": 4122160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "How can you say to your brother or sister, \u2018Let me take the splinter out of your eye,\u2019 when there\u2019s a log in your eye?"}, {"pk": 4122161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "You deceive yourself! First take the log out of your eye, and then you\u2019ll see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s eye."}, {"pk": 4122162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t give holy things to dogs, and don\u2019t throw your pearls in front of pigs. They will stomp on the pearls, then turn around and attack you."}, {"pk": 4122163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cAsk, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you."}, {"pk": 4122164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "For everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door is opened."}, {"pk": 4122165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Who among you will give your children a stone when they ask for bread?"}, {"pk": 4122166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Or give them a snake when they ask for fish?"}, {"pk": 4122167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him."}, {"pk": 4122168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people to treat you; this is the Law and the Prophets."}, {"pk": 4122169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cGo in through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is broad and the road wide, so many people enter through it."}, {"pk": 4122170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "But the gate that leads to life is narrow and the road difficult, so few people find it."}, {"pk": 4122171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWatch out for false prophets. They come to you dressed like sheep, but inside they are vicious wolves."}, {"pk": 4122172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles?"}, {"pk": 4122173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and every rotten tree produces bad fruit."}, {"pk": 4122174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "A good tree can\u2019t produce bad fruit. And a rotten tree can\u2019t produce good fruit."}, {"pk": 4122175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Every tree that doesn\u2019t produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire."}, {"pk": 4122176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Therefore, you will know them by their fruit."}, {"pk": 4122177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cNot everybody who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter."}, {"pk": 4122178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "On the Judgment Day, many people will say to me, \u2018Lord, Lord, didn\u2019t we prophesy in your name and expel demons in your name and do lots of miracles in your name?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Then I\u2019ll tell them, \u2018I\u2019ve never known you. Get away from me, you people who do wrong.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cEverybody who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise builder who built a house on bedrock."}, {"pk": 4122181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "The rain fell, the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house. It didn\u2019t fall because it was firmly set on bedrock."}, {"pk": 4122182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "But everybody who hears these words of mine and doesn\u2019t put them into practice will be like a fool who built a house on sand."}, {"pk": 4122183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "The rain fell, the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house. It fell and was completely destroyed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching"}, {"pk": 4122185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "because he was teaching them like someone with authority and not like their legal experts."}, {"pk": 4122186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Now when Jesus had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him."}, {"pk": 4122187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "A man with a skin disease came, kneeled before him, and said, \u201cLord, if you want, you can make me clean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, \u201cI do want to. Become clean.\u201d Instantly his skin disease was cleansed."}, {"pk": 4122189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t say anything to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded. This will be a testimony to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "When Jesus went to Capernaum, a centurion approached,"}, {"pk": 4122191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "pleading with him, \u201cLord, my servant is flat on his back at home, paralyzed, and his suffering is awful.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cI\u2019ll come and heal him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "But the centurion replied, \u201cLord, I don\u2019t deserve to have you come under my roof. Just say the word and my servant will be healed."}, {"pk": 4122194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019m a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, \u2018Go,\u2019 and he goes, and to another, \u2018Come,\u2019 and he comes. I say to my servant, \u2018Do this,\u2019 and the servant does it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "When Jesus heard this, he was impressed and said to the people following him, \u201cI say to you with all seriousness that even in Israel I haven\u2019t found faith like this."}, {"pk": 4122196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "I say to you that there are many who will come from east and west and sit down to eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven."}, {"pk": 4122197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "But the children of the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus said to the centurion, \u201cGo; it will be done for you just as you have believed.\u201d And his servant was healed that very moment."}, {"pk": 4122199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus went home with Peter and saw Peter\u2019s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever."}, {"pk": 4122200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served them."}, {"pk": 4122201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "That evening people brought to Jesus many who were demon-possessed. He threw the spirits out with just a word. He healed everyone who was sick."}, {"pk": 4122202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "This happened so that what Isaiah the prophet said would be fulfilled: <b>He is the one who took our illnesses and carried away our diseases.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/53/4'>Isa 53:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4122203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Now when Jesus saw the crowd, he ordered his disciples to go over to the other side of the lake."}, {"pk": 4122204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "A legal expert came and said to him, \u201cTeacher, I\u2019ll follow you wherever you go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cFoxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> has no place to lay his head.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Another man, one of his disciples, said to him, \u201cLord, first let me go and bury my father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "But Jesus said to him, \u201cFollow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "When Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him."}, {"pk": 4122209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "A huge storm arose on the lake so that waves were sloshing over the boat. But Jesus was asleep."}, {"pk": 4122210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "They came and woke him, saying, \u201cLord, rescue us! We\u2019re going to drown!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "He said to them, \u201cWhy are you afraid, you people of weak faith?\u201d Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm."}, {"pk": 4122212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "The people were amazed and said, \u201cWhat kind of person is this? Even the winds and the lake obey him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed came from among the tombs to meet him. They were so violent that nobody could travel on that road."}, {"pk": 4122214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "They cried out, \u201cWhat are you going to do with us, Son of God? Have you come to torture us before the time of judgment?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Far off in the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding."}, {"pk": 4122216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "The demons pleaded with him, \u201cIf you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "Then he said to the demons, \u201cGo away,\u201d and they came out and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned."}, {"pk": 4122218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Those who tended the pigs ran into the city and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men."}, {"pk": 4122219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Then the whole city came out and met Jesus. When they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region."}, {"pk": 4122220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Boarding a boat, Jesus crossed to the other side of the lake and went to his own city."}, {"pk": 4122221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "People brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a cot. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man who was paralyzed, \u201cBe encouraged, my child, your sins are forgiven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Some legal experts said among themselves, \u201cThis man is insulting God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, \u201cWhy do you fill your minds with evil things?"}, {"pk": 4122224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Which is easier \u2014 to say, \u2018Your sins are forgiven,\u2019 or to say, \u2018Get up and walk\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4122225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "But so you will know that the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> has authority on the earth to forgive sins\u201d \u2014 he said to the man who was paralyzed \u2014 \u201cGet up, take your cot, and go home.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "The man got up and went home."}, {"pk": 4122227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "When the crowds saw what had happened, they were afraid and praised God, who had given such authority to human beings."}, {"pk": 4122228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "As Jesus continued on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. He said to him, \u201cFollow me,\u201d and he got up and followed him."}, {"pk": 4122229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "As Jesus sat down to eat in Matthew\u2019s house, many tax collectors and sinners joined Jesus and his disciples at the table."}, {"pk": 4122230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, \u201cWhy does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "When Jesus heard it, he said, \u201cHealthy people don\u2019t need a doctor, but sick people do."}, {"pk": 4122232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Go and learn what this means: <b>I want mercy and not sacrifice</b>. <sup>[2]</sup> I didn\u2019t come to call righteous people, but sinners.\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/28/6/6'>Hos 6:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4122233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "At that time John\u2019s disciples came and asked Jesus, \u201cWhy do we and the Pharisees frequently fast, but your disciples never fast?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cThe wedding guests can\u2019t mourn while the groom is still with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they\u2019ll fast."}, {"pk": 4122235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cNo one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes because the patch tears away the cloth and makes a worse tear."}, {"pk": 4122236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "No one pours new wine into old wineskins. If they did, the wineskins would burst, the wine would spill, and the wineskins would be ruined. Instead, people pour new wine into new wineskins so that both are kept safe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "While Jesus was speaking to them, a ruler came and knelt in front of him, saying, \u201cMy daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her, and she\u2019ll live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "So Jesus and his disciples got up and went with him."}, {"pk": 4122239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the hem of his clothes."}, {"pk": 4122240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "She thought, If I only touch his robe I\u2019ll be healed."}, {"pk": 4122241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "When Jesus turned and saw her, he said, \u201cBe encouraged, daughter. Your faith has healed you.\u201d And the woman was healed from that time on."}, {"pk": 4122242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "When Jesus went into the ruler\u2019s house, he saw the flute players and the distressed crowd."}, {"pk": 4122243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "He said, \u201cGo away, because the little girl isn\u2019t dead but is asleep\u201d; but they laughed at him."}, {"pk": 4122244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "After he had sent the crowd away, Jesus went in and touched her hand, and the little girl rose up."}, {"pk": 4122245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "News about this spread throughout that whole region."}, {"pk": 4122246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "As Jesus departed, two blind men followed him, crying out, \u201cShow us mercy, Son of David.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "When he came into the house, the blind men approached him. Jesus said to them, \u201cDo you believe I can do this?\u201d \u201cYes, Lord,\u201d they replied."}, {"pk": 4122248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, \u201cIt will happen for you just as you have believed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, \u201cMake sure nobody knows about this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "But they went out and spread the word about him throughout that whole region."}, {"pk": 4122251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "As they were leaving, people brought to him a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak."}, {"pk": 4122252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "When Jesus had thrown out the demon, the man who couldn\u2019t speak began to talk. The crowds were amazed and said, \u201cNothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "But the Pharisees said, \u201cHe throws out demons with the authority of the ruler of demons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Jesus traveled among all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, announcing the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness."}, {"pk": 4122255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were troubled and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."}, {"pk": 4122256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "Then he said to his disciples, \u201cThe size of the harvest is bigger than you can imagine, but there are few workers."}, {"pk": 4122257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers for his harvest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "He called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to throw them out and to heal every disease and every sickness."}, {"pk": 4122259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter; and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee; and John his brother;"}, {"pk": 4122260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Philip; and Bartholomew; Thomas; and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Thaddaeus;"}, {"pk": 4122261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Simon the Cananaean; <sup>[1]</sup> and Judas, who betrayed Jesus.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>zealot</i>"}, {"pk": 4122262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, \u201cDon\u2019t go among the Gentiles or into a Samaritan city."}, {"pk": 4122263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Go instead to the lost sheep, the people of Israel."}, {"pk": 4122264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "As you go, make this announcement: \u2018The kingdom of heaven has come near.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, and throw out demons. You received without having to pay. Therefore, give without demanding payment."}, {"pk": 4122266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Workers deserve to be fed, so don\u2019t gather gold or silver or copper coins for your money belts to take on your trips."}, {"pk": 4122267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t take a backpack for the road or two shirts or sandals or a walking stick."}, {"pk": 4122268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Whatever city or village you go into, find somebody in it who is worthy and stay there until you go on your way."}, {"pk": 4122269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "When you go into a house, say, \u2018Peace!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if the house isn\u2019t worthy, take back your blessing."}, {"pk": 4122271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "If anyone refuses to welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or city."}, {"pk": 4122272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "I assure you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than it will be for that city."}, {"pk": 4122273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cLook, I\u2019m sending you as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be wise as snakes and innocent as doves."}, {"pk": 4122274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Watch out for people \u2014 because they will hand you over to councils and they will beat you in their synagogues."}, {"pk": 4122275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "They will haul you in front of governors and even kings because of me so that you may give your testimony to them and to the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4122276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Whenever they hand you over, don\u2019t worry about how to speak or what you will say, because what you can say will be given to you at that moment."}, {"pk": 4122277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "You aren\u2019t doing the talking, but the Spirit of my Father is doing the talking through you."}, {"pk": 4122278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Brothers and sisters will hand each other over to be executed. A father will turn his child in. Children will defy their parents and have them executed."}, {"pk": 4122279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Everyone will hate you on account of my name. But whoever stands firm until the end will be saved."}, {"pk": 4122280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Whenever they harass you in one city, escape to the next, because I assure that you will not go through all the cities of Israel before the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> comes.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cDisciples aren\u2019t greater than their teacher, and slaves aren\u2019t greater than their master."}, {"pk": 4122282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "It\u2019s enough for disciples to be like their teacher and slaves like their master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, it\u2019s certain that they will call the members of his household by even worse names."}, {"pk": 4122283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cTherefore, don\u2019t be afraid of those people because nothing is hidden that won\u2019t be revealed, and nothing secret that won\u2019t be brought out into the open."}, {"pk": 4122284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "What I say to you in the darkness, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, announce from the rooftops."}, {"pk": 4122285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid of those who kill the body but can\u2019t kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell."}, {"pk": 4122286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Aren\u2019t two sparrows sold for a small coin? But not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father knowing about it already."}, {"pk": 4122287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Even the hairs of your head are all counted."}, {"pk": 4122288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows."}, {"pk": 4122289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cTherefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven."}, {"pk": 4122290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "But everyone who denies me before people, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven."}, {"pk": 4122291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t think that I\u2019ve come to bring peace to the earth. I haven\u2019t come to bring peace but a sword."}, {"pk": 4122292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "I\u2019ve come to turn a man <b>against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law</b>."}, {"pk": 4122293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "<b>People\u2019s enemies are members of their own households</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/33/7/6'>Mic 7:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4122294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cThose who love father or mother more than me aren\u2019t worthy of me. Those who love son or daughter more than me aren\u2019t worthy of me."}, {"pk": 4122295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "Those who don\u2019t pick up their crosses and follow me aren\u2019t worthy of me."}, {"pk": 4122296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "Those who find their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives because of me will find them."}, {"pk": 4122297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "\u201cThose who receive you are also receiving me, and those who receive me are receiving the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4122298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "Those who receive a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet\u2019s reward. Those who receive a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person\u2019s reward."}, {"pk": 4122299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "I assure you that everybody who gives even a cup of cold water to these little ones because they are my disciples will certainly be rewarded.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jesus finished teaching his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities."}, {"pk": 4122301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Now when John heard in prison about the things the Christ was doing, he sent word by his disciples to Jesus, asking,"}, {"pk": 4122302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cAre you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cGo, report to John what you hear and see."}, {"pk": 4122304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "<b>Those who were blind are able to see</b>. Those who were crippled are walking. People with skin diseases are cleansed. Those <b>who were deaf now hear. Those who were dead are raised up. The poor have good news proclaimed to them</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/35/5-6'>Isa 35:5\u20136</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/61/1'>61:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4122305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Happy are those who don\u2019t stumble and fall because of me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "When John\u2019s disciples had gone, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: \u201cWhat did you go out to the wilderness to see? A stalk blowing in the wind?"}, {"pk": 4122307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who wear refined clothes are in royal palaces."}, {"pk": 4122308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet."}, {"pk": 4122309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "He is the one of whom it is written: <b>Look, I\u2019m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/39/3/1'>Mal 3:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4122310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cI assure you that no one who has ever been born is greater than John the Baptist. Yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."}, {"pk": 4122311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is violently attacked as violent people seize it."}, {"pk": 4122312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "All the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John came."}, {"pk": 4122313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come."}, {"pk": 4122314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Let the person who has ears, hear."}, {"pk": 4122315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cTo what will I compare this generation? It is like a child sitting in the marketplaces calling out to others,"}, {"pk": 4122316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "\u2018We played the flute for you and you didn\u2019t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn\u2019t mourn.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, \u2018He has a demon.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Yet the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> came eating and drinking, and they say, \u2018Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.\u2019 But wisdom is proved to be right by her works.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he began to scold the cities where he had done his greatest miracles because they didn\u2019t change their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4122320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their hearts and lives and put on funeral clothes and ashes a long time ago."}, {"pk": 4122321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "But I say to you that Tyre and Sidon will be better off on Judgment Day than you."}, {"pk": 4122322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "And you, Capernaum, will you be honored by being raised up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the place of the dead. After all, if the miracles that were done among you had been done in Sodom, it would still be here today."}, {"pk": 4122323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom on the Judgment Day than it will be for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "At that time Jesus said, \u201cI praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you\u2019ve hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have shown them to babies."}, {"pk": 4122325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Indeed, Father, this brings you happiness."}, {"pk": 4122326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cMy Father has handed all things over to me. No one knows the Son except the Father. And nobody knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wants to reveal him."}, {"pk": 4122327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cCome to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest."}, {"pk": 4122328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Put on my yoke, and learn from me. I\u2019m gentle and humble. And you will find rest for yourselves."}, {"pk": 4122329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "My yoke is easy to bear, and my burden is light.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry so they were picking heads of wheat and eating them."}, {"pk": 4122331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, \u201cLook, your disciples are breaking the Sabbath law.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "But he said to them, \u201cHaven\u2019t you read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?"}, {"pk": 4122333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "He went into God\u2019s house and broke the law by eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat."}, {"pk": 4122334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Or haven\u2019t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent?"}, {"pk": 4122335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here."}, {"pk": 4122336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "If you had known what this means, <b>I want mercy and not sacrifice</b>, <sup>[1]</sup> you wouldn\u2019t have condemned the innocent.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/28/6/6'>Hos 6:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4122337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "The Human One <sup>[2]</sup> is Lord of the Sabbath.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus left that place and went into their synagogue."}, {"pk": 4122339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "A man with a withered hand was there. Wanting to bring charges against Jesus, they asked, \u201cDoes the Law allow a person to heal on the Sabbath?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWho among you has a sheep that falls into a pit on the Sabbath and will not take hold of it and pull it out?"}, {"pk": 4122341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So the Law allows a person to do what is good on the Sabbath.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Jesus said to the man, \u201cStretch out your hand.\u201d So he did and it was made healthy, just like the other one."}, {"pk": 4122343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "The Pharisees went out and met in order to find a way to destroy Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Jesus knew what they intended to do, so he went away from there. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them all."}, {"pk": 4122345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "But he ordered them not to spread the word about him,"}, {"pk": 4122346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:"}, {"pk": 4122347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "<b>Look, my Servant whom I chose,</b> <br><b>the one I love, in whom I find great pleasure</b>. <br><b>I\u2019ll put my Spirit upon him,</b> <br><b>and he\u2019ll announce judgment to the Gentiles.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4122348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "<b>He won\u2019t argue or shout,</b> <br><b>and nobody will hear his voice in the streets.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4122349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "<b>He won\u2019t break a bent stalk,</b> <br><b>and he won\u2019t snuff out a smoldering wick,</b> <br><b>until he makes justice win.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4122350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "<b>And the Gentiles will put their hope in his name.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/42/1-4'>Isa 42:1\u20134</a>"}, {"pk": 4122351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "They brought to Jesus a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak. Jesus healed him so that he could both speak and see."}, {"pk": 4122352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "All the crowds were amazed and said, \u201cThis man couldn\u2019t be the Son of David, could he?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "When the Pharisees heard, they said, \u201cThis man throws out demons only by the authority of Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Because Jesus knew what they were thinking, he replied, \u201cEvery kingdom involved in civil war becomes a wasteland. Every city or house torn apart by divisions will collapse."}, {"pk": 4122355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "If Satan throws out Satan, he is at war with himself. How then can his kingdom endure?"}, {"pk": 4122356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "And if I throw out demons by the authority of Beelzebul, then by whose authority do your followers throw them out? Therefore, they will be your judges."}, {"pk": 4122357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "But if I throw out demons by the power of God\u2019s Spirit, then God\u2019s kingdom has already overtaken you."}, {"pk": 4122358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "Can people go into a house that belongs to a strong man and steal his possessions, unless they first tie up the strong man? Then they can rob his house."}, {"pk": 4122359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "Whoever isn\u2019t with me is against me, and whoever doesn\u2019t gather with me scatters."}, {"pk": 4122360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cTherefore, I tell you that people will be forgiven for every sin and insult to God. But insulting the Holy Spirit won\u2019t be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4122361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "And whoever speaks a word against the Human One <sup>[4]</sup> will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit won\u2019t be forgiven, not in this age or in the age that is coming.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cEither consider the tree good and its fruit good, or consider the tree rotten and its fruit rotten. A tree is known by its fruit."}, {"pk": 4122363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "Children of snakes! How can you speak good things while you are evil? What fills the heart comes out of the mouth."}, {"pk": 4122364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "Good people bring out good things from their good treasure. But evil people bring out evil things from their evil treasure."}, {"pk": 4122365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "I tell you that people will have to answer on Judgment Day for every useless word they speak."}, {"pk": 4122366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "By your words you will be either judged innocent or condemned as guilty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "At that time some of the legal experts and the Pharisees requested of Jesus, \u201cTeacher, we would like to see a sign from you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "But he replied, \u201cAn evil and unfaithful generation searches for a sign, but it won\u2019t receive any sign except Jonah\u2019s sign."}, {"pk": 4122369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "Just as <b>Jonah was in the whale\u2019s belly for three days and three nights</b>, <sup>[5]</sup> so the Human One <sup>[6]</sup> will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[5] <a href='/CEB/32/1/17'>Jonah 1:17</a>"}, {"pk": 4122370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "The citizens of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it as guilty, because they changed their hearts and lives in response to Jonah\u2019s preaching. And look, someone greater than Jonah is here."}, {"pk": 4122371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "The queen of the South will be raised up by God at the judgment with this generation and condemn it because she came from a distant land to hear Solomon\u2019s wisdom. And look, someone greater than Solomon is here."}, {"pk": 4122372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "\u201cWhen an unclean spirit leaves a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn\u2019t find any."}, {"pk": 4122373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "Then it says, \u2018I\u2019ll go back to the house I left.\u2019 When it arrives, it finds the place vacant, cleaned up, and decorated."}, {"pk": 4122374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself. They go in and make their home there. That person is worse off at the end than at the beginning. This is the way it will be also for this evil generation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers stood outside trying to speak with him."}, {"pk": 4122376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "Someone said to him, \u201cLook, your mother and brothers are outside wanting to speak with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 48, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWho is my mother? Who are my brothers?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 49, "text": "He stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, \u201cLook, here are my mother and my brothers."}, {"pk": 4122379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 12, "verse": 50, "text": "Whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, sister, and mother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "That day Jesus went out of the house and sat down beside the lake."}, {"pk": 4122381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Such large crowds gathered around him that he climbed into a boat and sat down. The whole crowd was standing on the shore."}, {"pk": 4122382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "He said many things to them in parables: \u201cA farmer went out to scatter seed."}, {"pk": 4122383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path, and birds came and ate it."}, {"pk": 4122384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn\u2019t deep."}, {"pk": 4122385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "But when the sun came up, it scorched the plants, and they dried up because they had no roots."}, {"pk": 4122386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked them."}, {"pk": 4122387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Other seed fell on good soil and bore fruit, in one case a yield of one hundred to one, in another case a yield of sixty to one, and in another case a yield of thirty to one."}, {"pk": 4122388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Everyone who has ears should pay attention.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus\u2019 disciples came and said to him, \u201cWhy do you use parables when you speak to the crowds?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cBecause they haven\u2019t received the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but you have."}, {"pk": 4122391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "For those who have will receive more and they will have more than enough. But as for those who don\u2019t have, even the little they have will be taken away from them."}, {"pk": 4122392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "This is why I speak to the crowds in parables: although they see, they don\u2019t really see; and although they hear, they don\u2019t really hear or understand."}, {"pk": 4122393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "What Isaiah prophesied has become completely true for them: <b>You will hear, to be sure, but never understand;</b> <br><b>and you will certainly see but never recognize what you are seeing</b>.<br>"}, {"pk": 4122394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "<b>For this people\u2019s senses have become calloused,</b> <br><b>and they\u2019ve become hard of hearing,</b> <br><b>and they\u2019ve shut their eyes</b> <br><b>so that they won\u2019t see with their eyes</b> <br><b>or hear with their ears</b> <br><b>or understand with their minds,</b> <br><b>and change their hearts and lives that I may heal them</b>. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/6/9-10'>Isa 6:9\u201310</a>"}, {"pk": 4122395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cHappy are your eyes because they see. Happy are your ears because they hear."}, {"pk": 4122396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "I assure you that many prophets and righteous people wanted to see what you see and hear what you hear, but they didn\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4122397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cConsider then the parable of the farmer."}, {"pk": 4122398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Whenever people hear the word about the kingdom and don\u2019t understand it, the evil one comes and carries off what was planted in their hearts. This is the seed that was sown on the path."}, {"pk": 4122399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "As for the seed that was spread on rocky ground, this refers to people who hear the word and immediately receive it joyfully."}, {"pk": 4122400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Because they have no roots, they last for only a little while. When they experience distress or abuse because of the word, they immediately fall away."}, {"pk": 4122401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "As for the seed that was spread among thorny plants, this refers to those who hear the word, but the worries of this life and the false appeal of wealth choke the word, and it bears no fruit."}, {"pk": 4122402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "As for what was planted on good soil, this refers to those who hear and understand, and bear fruit and produce \u2014 in one case a yield of one hundred to one, in another case a yield of sixty to one, and in another case a yield of thirty to one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Jesus told them another parable: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like someone who planted good seed in his field."}, {"pk": 4122404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "While people were sleeping, an enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat and went away."}, {"pk": 4122405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "When the stalks sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared."}, {"pk": 4122406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cThe servants of the landowner came and said to him, \u2018Master, didn\u2019t you plant good seed in your field? Then how is it that it has weeds?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201c\u2018An enemy has done this,\u2019 he answered. \u201cThe servants said to him, \u2018Do you want us to go and gather them?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cBut the landowner said, \u2018No, because if you gather the weeds, you\u2019ll pull up the wheat along with them."}, {"pk": 4122409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "Let both grow side by side until the harvest. And at harvesttime I\u2019ll say to the harvesters, \u201cFirst gather the weeds and tie them together in bundles to be burned. But bring the wheat into my barn.\u201d \u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "He told another parable to them: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in his field."}, {"pk": 4122411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "It\u2019s the smallest of all seeds. But when it\u2019s grown, it\u2019s the largest of all vegetable plants. It becomes a tree so that the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "He told them another parable: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through all the dough.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus said all these things to the crowds in parables, and he spoke to them only in parables."}, {"pk": 4122414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "This was to fulfill what the prophet spoke: <b>I\u2019ll speak in parables;</b> <br><b>I\u2019ll declare what has been hidden since the beginning of the world.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/78/2'>Ps 78:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4122415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, \u201cExplain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cThe one who plants the good seed is the Human One. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "The field is the world. And the good seeds are the followers of the kingdom. But the weeds are the followers of the evil one."}, {"pk": 4122418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 39, "text": "The enemy who planted them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the present age. The harvesters are the angels."}, {"pk": 4122419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 40, "text": "Just as people gather weeds and burn them in the fire, so it will be at the end of the present age."}, {"pk": 4122420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 41, "text": "The Human One <sup>[4]</sup> will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that cause people to fall away and all people who sin.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 42, "text": "He will throw them into a burning furnace. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth."}, {"pk": 4122422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 43, "text": "Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father\u2019s kingdom. Those who have ears should hear.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that somebody hid in a field, which someone else found and covered up. Full of joy, the finder sold everything and bought that field."}, {"pk": 4122424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 45, "text": "\u201cAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls."}, {"pk": 4122425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 46, "text": "When he found one very precious pearl, he went and sold all that he owned and bought it."}, {"pk": 4122426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 47, "text": "\u201cAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that people threw into the lake and gathered all kinds of fish."}, {"pk": 4122427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 48, "text": "When it was full, they pulled it to the shore, where they sat down and put the good fish together into containers. But the bad fish they threw away."}, {"pk": 4122428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 49, "text": "That\u2019s the way it will be at the end of the present age. The angels will go out and separate the evil people from the righteous people,"}, {"pk": 4122429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 50, "text": "and will throw the evil ones into a burning furnace. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth."}, {"pk": 4122430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 51, "text": "\u201cHave you understood all these things?\u201d Jesus asked. They said to him, \u201cYes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 52, "text": "Then he said to them, \u201cTherefore, every legal expert who has been trained as a disciple for the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings old and new things out of their treasure chest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 53, "text": "When Jesus finished these parables, he departed."}, {"pk": 4122433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 54, "text": "When he came to his hometown, he taught the people in their synagogue. They were surprised and said, \u201cWhere did he get this wisdom? Where did he get the power to work miracles?"}, {"pk": 4122434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 55, "text": "Isn\u2019t he the carpenter\u2019s son? Isn\u2019t his mother named Mary? Aren\u2019t James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers?"}, {"pk": 4122435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 56, "text": "And his sisters, aren\u2019t they here with us? Where did this man get all this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 57, "text": "They were repulsed by him and fell into sin. But Jesus said to them, \u201cProphets are honored everywhere except in their own hometowns and in their own households.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 13, "verse": 58, "text": "He was unable to do many miracles there because of their disbelief."}, {"pk": 4122438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time Herod the ruler <sup>[1]</sup> heard the news about Jesus.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tetrarch</i>, which refers to a prince over a small region"}, {"pk": 4122439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to his servants, \u201cThis is John the Baptist. He\u2019s been raised from the dead. This is why these miraculous powers are at work through him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Herod\u2019s brother Philip."}, {"pk": 4122441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "That\u2019s because John told Herod, \u201cIt\u2019s against the law for you to marry her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Although Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they thought John was a prophet."}, {"pk": 4122443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "But at Herod\u2019s birthday party Herodias\u2019 daughter danced in front of the guests and thrilled Herod."}, {"pk": 4122444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he swore to give her anything she asked."}, {"pk": 4122445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "At her mother\u2019s urging, the girl said, \u201cGive me the head of John the Baptist here on a plate.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Although the king was upset, because of his solemn pledge and his guests he commanded that they give it to her."}, {"pk": 4122447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Then he had John beheaded in prison."}, {"pk": 4122448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "They brought his head on a plate and gave it to the young woman, and she brought it to her mother."}, {"pk": 4122449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "But John\u2019s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus what had happened."}, {"pk": 4122450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "When Jesus heard about John, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. When the crowds learned this, they followed him on foot from the cities."}, {"pk": 4122451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "When Jesus arrived and saw a large crowd, he had compassion for them and healed those who were sick."}, {"pk": 4122452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "That evening his disciples came and said to him, \u201cThis is an isolated place and it\u2019s getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "But Jesus said to them, \u201cThere\u2019s no need to send them away. You give them something to eat.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "They replied, \u201cWe have nothing here except five loaves of bread and two fish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "He said, \u201cBring them here to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves of bread and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them and broke the loaves apart and gave them to his disciples. Then the disciples gave them to the crowds."}, {"pk": 4122457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Everyone ate until they were full, and they filled twelve baskets with the leftovers."}, {"pk": 4122458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "About five thousand men plus women and children had eaten."}, {"pk": 4122459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Right then, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side of the lake while he dismissed the crowds."}, {"pk": 4122460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "When he sent them away, he went up onto a mountain by himself to pray. Evening came and he was alone."}, {"pk": 4122461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Meanwhile, the boat, fighting a strong headwind, was being battered by the waves and was already far away from land."}, {"pk": 4122462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "Very early in the morning he came to his disciples, walking on the lake."}, {"pk": 4122463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified and said, \u201cIt\u2019s a ghost!\u201d They were so frightened they screamed."}, {"pk": 4122464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "Just then Jesus spoke to them, \u201cBe encouraged! It\u2019s me. Don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "Peter replied, \u201cLord, if it\u2019s you, order me to come to you on the water.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "And Jesus said, \u201cCome.\u201d Then Peter got out of the boat and was walking on the water toward Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "But when Peter saw the strong wind, he became frightened. As he began to sink, he shouted, \u201cLord, rescue me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him, saying, \u201cYou man of weak faith! Why did you begin to have doubts?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "When they got into the boat, the wind settled down."}, {"pk": 4122470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "Then those in the boat worshipped Jesus and said, \u201cYou must be God\u2019s Son!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "When they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret."}, {"pk": 4122472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "When the people who lived in that place recognized him, they sent word throughout that whole region, and they brought to him everyone who was sick."}, {"pk": 4122473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "Then they begged him that they might just touch the edge of his clothes. Everyone who touched him was cured."}, {"pk": 4122474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,"}, {"pk": 4122475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cWhy are your disciples breaking the elders\u2019 rules handed down to us? They don\u2019t ritually purify their hands by washing before they eat.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhy do you break the command of God by keeping the rules handed down to you?"}, {"pk": 4122477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "For God said, <b>Honor your father and your mother,</b> <sup>[1]</sup> and <b>The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/21/17'>Exod 21:17</a>; <a href='/CEB/3/20/9'>Lev 20:9</a><br>[1] <a href='/CEB/2/20/12'>Exod 20:12</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/16'>Deut 5:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4122478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "But you say, \u2018If you tell your father or mother, \u201cEverything I\u2019m expected to contribute to you I\u2019m giving to God as a gift,\u201d then you don\u2019t have to honor your father.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "So you do away with God\u2019s Law for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you."}, {"pk": 4122480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Hypocrites! Isaiah really knew what he was talking about when he prophesied about you,"}, {"pk": 4122481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "<b>This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.</b>"}, {"pk": 4122482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "<b>Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human rules.\u201d</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/29/13'>Isa 29:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4122483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus called the crowd near and said to them, \u201cListen and understand."}, {"pk": 4122484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "It\u2019s not what goes into the mouth that contaminates a person in God\u2019s sight. It\u2019s what comes out of the mouth that contaminates the person.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the disciples came and said to him, \u201cDo you know that the Pharisees were offended by what you just said?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cEvery plant that my heavenly Father didn\u2019t plant will be pulled up."}, {"pk": 4122487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Leave the Pharisees alone. They are blind people who are guides to blind people. But if a blind person leads another blind person, they will both fall into a ditch.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Peter spoke up, \u201cExplain this riddle to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cDon\u2019t you understand yet?"}, {"pk": 4122490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that everything that goes into the mouth enters the stomach and goes out into the sewer?"}, {"pk": 4122491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "But what goes out of the mouth comes from the heart. And that\u2019s what contaminates a person in God\u2019s sight."}, {"pk": 4122492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adultery, sexual sins, thefts, false testimonies, and insults."}, {"pk": 4122493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "These contaminate a person in God\u2019s sight. But eating without washing hands doesn\u2019t contaminate in God\u2019s sight.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "From there, Jesus went to the regions of Tyre and Sidon."}, {"pk": 4122495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "A Canaanite woman from those territories came out and shouted, \u201cShow me mercy, Son of David. My daughter is suffering terribly from demon possession.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "But he didn\u2019t respond to her at all. His disciples came and urged him, \u201cSend her away; she keeps shouting out after us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI\u2019ve been sent only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "But she knelt before him and said, \u201cLord, help me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "He replied, \u201cIt is not good to take the children\u2019s bread and toss it to dogs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "She said, \u201cYes, Lord. But even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall off their masters\u2019 table.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cWoman, you have great faith. It will be just as you wish.\u201d And right then her daughter was healed."}, {"pk": 4122502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus moved on from there along the shore of the Galilee Sea. He went up a mountain and sat down."}, {"pk": 4122503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Large crowds came to him, including those who were paralyzed, blind, injured, and unable to speak, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them."}, {"pk": 4122504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "So the crowd was amazed when they saw those who had been unable to speak talking, and the paralyzed cured, and the injured walking, and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4122505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Now Jesus called his disciples and said, \u201cI feel sorry for the crowd because they have been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don\u2019t want to send them away hungry for fear they won\u2019t have enough strength to travel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "His disciples replied, \u201cWhere are we going to get enough food in this wilderness to satisfy such a big crowd?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cHow much bread do you have?\u201d They responded, \u201cSeven loaves and a few fish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "He told the crowd to sit on the ground."}, {"pk": 4122509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish. After he gave thanks, he broke them into pieces and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds."}, {"pk": 4122510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "Everyone ate until they were full. The disciples collected seven baskets full of leftovers."}, {"pk": 4122511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "Four thousand men ate, plus women and children."}, {"pk": 4122512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "After dismissing the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan."}, {"pk": 4122513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus. In order to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven."}, {"pk": 4122514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "But he replied, \u201cAt evening you say, \u2018It will be nice weather because the sky is bright red.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "And in the morning you say, \u2018There will be bad weather today because the sky is cloudy.\u2019 You know how to make sense of the sky\u2019s appearance. But you are unable to recognize the signs that point to what the time is."}, {"pk": 4122516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "An evil and unfaithful generation searches for a sign. But it won\u2019t receive any sign except Jonah\u2019s sign.\u201d Then he left them and went away."}, {"pk": 4122517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "When the disciples arrived on the other side of the lake, they had forgotten to bring bread."}, {"pk": 4122518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cWatch out and be on your guard for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "They discussed this among themselves and said, \u201cWe didn\u2019t bring any bread.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus knew what they were discussing and said, \u201cYou people of weak faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don\u2019t have any bread?"}, {"pk": 4122521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t you understand yet? Don\u2019t you remember the five loaves that fed the five thousand and how many baskets of leftovers you gathered?"}, {"pk": 4122522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "And the seven loaves that fed the four thousand and how many large baskets of leftovers you gathered?"}, {"pk": 4122523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that I wasn\u2019t talking about bread? But be on your guard for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Then they understood that he wasn\u2019t telling them to be on their guard for yeast used in making bread. No, he was telling them to watch out for the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees."}, {"pk": 4122525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Now when Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, \u201cWho do people say the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> is?\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "They replied, \u201cSome say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "He said, \u201cAnd what about you? Who do you say that I am?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Simon Peter said, \u201cYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Jesus replied, \u201cHappy are you, Simon son of Jonah, because no human has shown this to you. Rather my Father who is in heaven has shown you."}, {"pk": 4122530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "I tell you that you are Peter. <sup>[2]</sup> And I\u2019ll build my church on this rock. The gates of the underworld won\u2019t be able to stand against it.", "comment": "[2] Peter means <i>rock.</i>"}, {"pk": 4122531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "I\u2019ll give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Anything you fasten on earth will be fastened in heaven. Anything you loosen on earth will be loosened in heaven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Then he ordered the disciples not to tell anybody that he was the Christ."}, {"pk": 4122533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and legal experts, and that he had to be killed and raised on the third day."}, {"pk": 4122534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Peter took hold of Jesus and, scolding him, began to correct him: \u201cGod forbid, Lord! This won\u2019t happen to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "But he turned to Peter and said, \u201cGet behind me, Satan. You are a stone that could make me stumble, for you are not thinking God\u2019s thoughts but human thoughts.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cAll who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross, and follow me."}, {"pk": 4122537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will find them."}, {"pk": 4122538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives? What will people give in exchange for their lives?"}, {"pk": 4122539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "For the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> is about to come with the majesty of his Father with his angels. And then he will repay each one for what that person has done.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "I assure you that some standing here won\u2019t die before they see the Human One <sup>[4]</sup> coming in his kingdom.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them to the top of a very high mountain."}, {"pk": 4122542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "He was transformed in front of them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light."}, {"pk": 4122543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "Peter reacted to all of this by saying to Jesus, \u201cLord, it\u2019s good that we\u2019re here. If you want, I\u2019ll make three shrines: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "While he was still speaking, look, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, \u201cThis is my Son whom I dearly love. I am very pleased with him. Listen to him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Hearing this, the disciples fell on their faces, filled with awe."}, {"pk": 4122547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "But Jesus came and touched them. \u201cGet up,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, \u201cDon\u2019t tell anybody about the vision until the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> is raised from the dead.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "The disciples asked, \u201cThen why do the legal experts say that Elijah must first come?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cElijah does come first and will restore all things."}, {"pk": 4122552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "In fact, I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they didn\u2019t know him. But they did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> is also going to suffer at their hands.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the disciples realized he was telling them about John the Baptist."}, {"pk": 4122554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "When they came to the crowd, a man met Jesus. He knelt before him,"}, {"pk": 4122555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "saying, \u201cLord, show mercy to my son. He is epileptic and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire or the water."}, {"pk": 4122556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn\u2019t heal him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cYou faithless and crooked generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Jesus spoke harshly to the demon. And it came out of the child, who was healed from that time on."}, {"pk": 4122559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, \u201cWhy couldn\u2019t we throw the demon out?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cBecause you have little faith,\u201d he said. \u201cI assure you that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, \u2018Go from here to there,\u2019 and it will go. There will be nothing that you can\u2019t do.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/40/17/21'>17:21</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <i>This kind doesn\u2019t come out except through prayer and fasting</i>."}, {"pk": 4122561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "When the disciples came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, \u201cThe Human One <sup>[4]</sup> is about to be delivered over into human hands.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "They will kill him. But he will be raised on the third day.\u201d And they were heartbroken."}, {"pk": 4122563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "When they came to Capernaum, the people who collected the half-shekel temple tax came to Peter and said, \u201cDoesn\u2019t your teacher pay the temple tax?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cYes,\u201d he said. But when they came into the house, Jesus spoke to Peter first.\u201cWhat do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect taxes, from their children or from strangers?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cFrom strangers,\u201d he said. Jesus said to him, \u201cThen the children don\u2019t have to pay."}, {"pk": 4122566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "But just so we don\u2019t offend them, go to the lake, throw out a fishing line and hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, \u201cWho is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Then he called a little child over to sit among the disciples,"}, {"pk": 4122569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "and said, \u201cI assure you that if you don\u2019t turn your lives around and become like this little child, you will definitely not enter the kingdom of heaven."}, {"pk": 4122570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who humble themselves like this little child will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."}, {"pk": 4122571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me."}, {"pk": 4122572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cAs for whoever causes these little ones who believe in me to trip and fall into sin, it would be better for them to have a huge stone hung around their necks and be drowned in the bottom of the lake."}, {"pk": 4122573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "How terrible it is for the world because of the things that cause people to trip and fall into sin! Such things have to happen, but how terrible it is for the person who causes those things to happen!"}, {"pk": 4122574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "If your hand or your foot causes you to fall into sin, chop it off and throw it away. It\u2019s better to enter into life crippled or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire with two hands or two feet."}, {"pk": 4122575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "If your eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out and throw it away. It\u2019s better to enter into life with one eye than to be cast into a burning hell with two eyes."}, {"pk": 4122576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cBe careful that you don\u2019t look down on one of these little ones. I say to you that their angels in heaven are always looking into the face of my Father who is in heaven. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/40/18/11'>18:11</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <i>For the Human One has come to save the lost</i>."}, {"pk": 4122577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "What do you think? If someone had one hundred sheep and one of them wandered off, wouldn\u2019t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides and go in search for the one that wandered off?"}, {"pk": 4122578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "If he finds it, I assure you that he is happier about having that one sheep than about the ninety-nine who didn\u2019t wander off."}, {"pk": 4122579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "In the same way, my Father who is in heaven doesn\u2019t want to lose one of these little ones."}, {"pk": 4122580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cIf your brother or sister sins against you, go and correct them when you are alone together. If they listen to you, then you\u2019ve won over your brother or sister."}, {"pk": 4122581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "But if they won\u2019t listen, take with you one or two others so that <b>every word may be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/19/15'>Deut 19:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4122582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "But if they still won\u2019t pay attention, report it to the church. If they won\u2019t pay attention even to the church, treat them as you would a Gentile and tax collector."}, {"pk": 4122583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "I assure you that whatever you fasten on earth will be fastened in heaven. And whatever you loosen on earth will be loosened in heaven."}, {"pk": 4122584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Again I assure you that if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, then my Father who is in heaven will do it for you."}, {"pk": 4122585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I\u2019m there with them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Then Peter said to Jesus, \u201cLord, how many times should I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Should I forgive as many as seven times?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cNot just seven times, but rather as many as seventy-seven times. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>seventy times seven</i>"}, {"pk": 4122588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants."}, {"pk": 4122589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "When he began to settle accounts, they brought to him a servant who owed him ten thousand bags of gold. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>ten thousand talanta</i>, an amount equal to the wages for sixty million days"}, {"pk": 4122590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "Because the servant didn\u2019t have enough to pay it back, the master ordered that he should be sold, along with his wife and children and everything he had, and that the proceeds should be used as payment."}, {"pk": 4122591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "But the servant fell down, kneeled before him, and said, \u2018Please, be patient with me, and I\u2019ll pay you back.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "The master had compassion on that servant, released him, and forgave the loan."}, {"pk": 4122593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cWhen that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred coins. <sup>[5]</sup> He grabbed him around the throat and said, \u2018Pay me back what you owe me.\u2019", "comment": "[5] Or <i>one hundred denaria</i>, an amount equal to the wages for one hundred days"}, {"pk": 4122594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cThen his fellow servant fell down and begged him, \u2018Be patient with me, and I\u2019ll pay you back.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "But he refused. Instead, he threw him into prison until he paid back his debt."}, {"pk": 4122596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cWhen his fellow servants saw what happened, they were deeply offended. They came and told their master all that happened."}, {"pk": 4122597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "His master called the first servant and said, \u2018You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you appealed to me."}, {"pk": 4122598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "Shouldn\u2019t you also have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "His master was furious and handed him over to the guard responsible for punishing prisoners, until he had paid the whole debt."}, {"pk": 4122600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 18, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cMy heavenly Father will also do the same to you if you don\u2019t forgive your brother or sister from your heart.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and came to the area of Judea on the east side of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4122602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Large crowds followed him, and he healed them."}, {"pk": 4122603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Some Pharisees came to him. In order to test him, they said, \u201cDoes the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cHaven\u2019t you read that at the beginning the creator <b>made them male and female?</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/1/27'>Gen 1:27</a>; <a href='/CEB/1/5/2'>5:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4122605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "<b>And God said, \u2018Because of this a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife, and the two will be one flesh</b>.\u2019 <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/2/24'>Gen 2:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4122606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, humans must not pull apart what God has put together.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "The Pharisees said to him, \u201cThen why did Moses command us to <b>give a divorce certificate and divorce her?</b>\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/24/1'>Deut 24:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4122608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cMoses allowed you to divorce your wives because your hearts are unyielding. But it wasn\u2019t that way from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4122609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "His disciples said to him, \u201cIf that\u2019s the way things are between a man and his wife, then it\u2019s better not to marry.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "He replied, \u201cNot everybody can accept this teaching, but only those who have received the ability to accept it."}, {"pk": 4122612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "For there are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from birth. And there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by other people. And there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of heaven. Those who can accept it should accept it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Some people brought children to Jesus so that he would place his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded them."}, {"pk": 4122614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cAllow the children to come to me,\u201d Jesus said. \u201cDon\u2019t forbid them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he blessed the children and went away from there."}, {"pk": 4122616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "A man approached him and said, \u201cTeacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cWhy do you ask me about what is good? There\u2019s only one who is good. If you want to enter eternal life, keep the commandments.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "The man said, \u201cWhich ones?\u201d Then Jesus said, <b>\u201cDon\u2019t commit murder. Don\u2019t commit adultery. Don\u2019t steal. Don\u2019t give false testimony.</b>"}, {"pk": 4122619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "<b>Honor your father and mother,</b> <sup>[4]</sup> and <b>love your neighbor as you love yourself.\u201d</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/2/20/12-16'>Exod 20:12\u201316</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/16-20'>Deut 5:16\u201320</a><br>[5] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4122620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "The young man replied, \u201cI\u2019ve kept all these. What am I still missing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cIf you want to be complete, go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. And come follow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "But when the young man heard this, he went away saddened, because he had many possessions."}, {"pk": 4122623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "Then Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cI assure you that it will be very hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven."}, {"pk": 4122624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "In fact, it\u2019s easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "When his disciples heard this, they were stunned. \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d they asked."}, {"pk": 4122626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "Jesus looked at them carefully and said, \u201cIt\u2019s impossible for human beings. But all things are possible for God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "Then Peter replied, \u201cLook, we\u2019ve left everything and followed you. What will we have?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cI assure you who have followed me that, when everything is made new, when the Human One <sup>[6]</sup> sits on his magnificent throne, you also will sit on twelve thrones overseeing the twelve tribes of Israel.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "And all who have left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms because of my name will receive one hundred times more and will inherit eternal life."}, {"pk": 4122630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "But many who are first will be last. And many who are last will be first."}, {"pk": 4122631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard."}, {"pk": 4122632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "After he agreed with the workers to pay them a denarion, <sup>[1]</sup> he sent them into his vineyard.", "comment": "[1] A denarion was a typical day\u2019s wage."}, {"pk": 4122633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cThen he went out around nine in the morning and saw others standing around the marketplace doing nothing."}, {"pk": 4122634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "He said to them, \u2018You also go into the vineyard, and I\u2019ll pay you whatever is right.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "And they went. \u201cAgain around noon and then at three in the afternoon, he did the same thing."}, {"pk": 4122636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Around five in the afternoon he went and found others standing around, and he said to them, \u2018Why are you just standing around here doing nothing all day long?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201c\u2018Because nobody has hired us,\u2019 they replied. \u201cHe responded, \u2018You also go into the vineyard.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cWhen evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, \u2018Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and moving on finally to the first.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "When those who were hired at five in the afternoon came, each one received a denarion."}, {"pk": 4122640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarion."}, {"pk": 4122641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "When they received it, they grumbled against the landowner,"}, {"pk": 4122642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "\u2018These who were hired last worked one hour, and they received the same pay as we did even though we had to work the whole day in the hot sun.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cBut he replied to one of them, \u2018Friend, I did you no wrong. Didn\u2019t I agree to pay you a denarion?"}, {"pk": 4122644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Take what belongs to you and go. I want to give to this one who was hired last the same as I give to you."}, {"pk": 4122645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t I have the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you resentful because I\u2019m generous?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "So those who are last will be first. And those who are first will be last.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves on the road. He told them,"}, {"pk": 4122648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cLook, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Human One <sup>[2]</sup> will be handed over to the chief priests and legal experts. They will condemn him to death.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be ridiculed, tortured, and crucified. But he will be raised on the third day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the mother of Zebedee\u2019s sons came to Jesus along with her sons. Bowing before him, she asked a favor of him."}, {"pk": 4122651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d he asked. She responded, \u201cSay that these two sons of mine will sit, one on your right hand and one on your left, in your kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re asking! Can you drink from the cup that I\u2019m about to drink from?\u201d They said to him, \u201cWe can.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou will drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left hand isn\u2019t mine to give. It belongs to those for whom my Father prepared it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "Now when the other ten disciples heard about this, they became angry with the two brothers."}, {"pk": 4122655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "But Jesus called them over and said, \u201cYou know that those who rule the Gentiles show off their authority over them and their high-ranking officials order them around."}, {"pk": 4122656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "But that\u2019s not the way it will be with you. Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant."}, {"pk": 4122657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Whoever wants to be first among you will be your slave \u2014 "}, {"pk": 4122658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "just as the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> didn\u2019t come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life to liberate many people.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "As Jesus and his disciples were going out of Jericho a large crowd followed him."}, {"pk": 4122660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "When two blind men sitting along the road heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, \u201cShow us mercy, Lord, Son of David!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "Now the crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet. But they shouted even louder, \u201cShow us mercy, Lord, Son of David!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus stopped in his tracks and called to them. \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4122663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cLord, we want to see,\u201d they replied."}, {"pk": 4122664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they were able to see, and they followed him."}, {"pk": 4122665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus gave two disciples a task."}, {"pk": 4122666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to them, \u201cGo into the village over there. As soon as you enter, you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to me."}, {"pk": 4122667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "If anybody says anything to you, say that the Lord needs it.\u201d He sent them off right away."}, {"pk": 4122668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "Now this happened to fulfill what the prophet said,"}, {"pk": 4122669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "<b>Say to Daughter Zion,</b> \u201c<b>Look, your king is coming to you, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a colt the donkey\u2019s offspring.</b>\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/62/11'>Isa 62:11</a>; <a href='/CEB/38/9/9'>Zech 9:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4122670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "The disciples went and did just as Jesus had ordered them."}, {"pk": 4122671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them. Then he sat on them."}, {"pk": 4122672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Now a large crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut palm branches off the trees and spread them on the road."}, {"pk": 4122673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "The crowds in front of him and behind him shouted, \u201c<b>Hosanna</b> to the Son of David! <b>Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <b>Hosanna</b> in the highest!\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/118/26'>Ps. 118:26</a>"}, {"pk": 4122674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up. \u201cWho is this?\u201d they asked."}, {"pk": 4122675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "The crowds answered, \u201cIt\u2019s the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves."}, {"pk": 4122677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "He said to them, \u201cIt\u2019s written, <b>My house will be called a house of prayer.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> But you\u2019ve made it a hideout for crooks.\u201d", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/56/7'>Isa 56:7</a>; <a href='/CEB/24/7/11'>Jer 7:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4122678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "People who were blind and lame came to Jesus in the temple, and he healed them."}, {"pk": 4122679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "But when the chief priests and legal experts saw the amazing things he was doing and the children shouting in the temple, \u201c<b>Hosanna</b> to the Son of David!\u201d they were angry."}, {"pk": 4122680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "They said to Jesus, \u201cDo you hear what these children are saying?\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d he answered. \u201cHaven\u2019t you ever read, <b>From the mouths of babies and infants you\u2019ve arranged praise for yourself?</b> <sup>[4]</sup>\u201d", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/8/3'>Ps 8:3</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4122681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there."}, {"pk": 4122682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Early in the morning as Jesus was returning to the city, he was hungry."}, {"pk": 4122683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "He saw a fig tree along the road, but when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves. Then he said to it, \u201cYou\u2019ll never again bear fruit!\u201d The fig tree dried up at once."}, {"pk": 4122684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "When the disciples saw it, they were amazed. \u201cHow did the fig tree dry up so fast?\u201d they asked."}, {"pk": 4122685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cI assure you that if you have faith and don\u2019t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree. You will even say to this mountain, \u2018Be lifted up and thrown into the lake.\u2019 And it will happen."}, {"pk": 4122686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "If you have faith, you will receive whatever you pray for.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "When Jesus entered the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching. They asked, \u201cWhat kind of authority do you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI have a question for you. If you tell me the answer, I\u2019ll tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things."}, {"pk": 4122689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "Where did John get his authority to baptize? Did he get it from heaven or from humans?\u201d They argued among themselves, \u201cIf we say \u2018from heaven,\u2019 he\u2019ll say to us, \u2018Then why didn\u2019t you believe him?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "But we can\u2019t say \u2018from humans\u2019 because we\u2019re afraid of the crowd, since everyone thinks John was a prophet.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Then they replied, \u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d Jesus also said to them, \u201cNeither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things."}, {"pk": 4122692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cWhat do you think? A man had two sons. Now he came to the first and said, \u2018Son, go and work in the vineyard today.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201c\u2018No, I don\u2019t want to,\u2019 he replied. But later he changed his mind and went."}, {"pk": 4122694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cThe father said the same thing to the other son, who replied, \u2018Yes, sir.\u2019 But he didn\u2019t go."}, {"pk": 4122695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cWhich one of these two did his father\u2019s will?\u201d They said, \u201cThe first one.\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cI assure you that tax collectors and prostitutes are entering God\u2019s kingdom ahead of you."}, {"pk": 4122696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "For John came to you on the righteous road, and you didn\u2019t believe him. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw this, you didn\u2019t change your hearts and lives and you didn\u2019t believe him."}, {"pk": 4122697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cListen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and took a trip."}, {"pk": 4122698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "When it was time for harvest, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit."}, {"pk": 4122699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 35, "text": "But the tenant farmers grabbed his servants. They beat some of them, and some of them they killed. Some of them they stoned to death."}, {"pk": 4122700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cAgain he sent other servants, more than the first group. They treated them in the same way."}, {"pk": 4122701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 37, "text": "Finally he sent his son to them. \u2018They will respect my son,\u2019 he said."}, {"pk": 4122702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cBut when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, \u2018This is the heir. Come on, let\u2019s kill him and we\u2019ll have his inheritance.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 39, "text": "They grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him."}, {"pk": 4122704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 40, "text": "\u201cWhen the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 41, "text": "They said, \u201cHe will totally destroy those wicked farmers and rent the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruit when it\u2019s ready.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 42, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cHaven\u2019t you ever read in the scriptures, <b>The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord has done this, and it\u2019s amazing in our eyes?</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/19/118/22-23'>Ps 118:22\u201323</a>"}, {"pk": 4122707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 43, "text": "Therefore, I tell you that God\u2019s kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruit."}, {"pk": 4122708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 44, "text": "Whoever falls on this stone will be crushed. And the stone will crush the person it falls on.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 45, "text": "Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard the parable, they knew Jesus was talking about them."}, {"pk": 4122710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 21, "verse": 46, "text": "They were trying to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, who thought he was a prophet."}, {"pk": 4122711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus responded by speaking again in parables:"}, {"pk": 4122712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding party for his son."}, {"pk": 4122713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "He sent his servants to call those invited to the wedding party. But they didn\u2019t want to come."}, {"pk": 4122714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "Again he sent other servants and said to them, \u2018Tell those who have been invited, \u201cLook, the meal is all prepared. I\u2019ve butchered the oxen and the fattened cattle. Now everything\u2019s ready. Come to the wedding party!\u201d \u2019"}, {"pk": 4122715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "But they paid no attention and went away \u2014 some to their fields, others to their businesses."}, {"pk": 4122716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "The rest of them grabbed his servants, abused them, and killed them."}, {"pk": 4122717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cThe king was angry. He sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and set their city on fire."}, {"pk": 4122718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he said to his servants, \u2018The wedding party is prepared, but those who were invited weren\u2019t worthy."}, {"pk": 4122719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, go to the roads on the edge of town and invite everyone you find to the wedding party.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cThen those servants went to the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding party was full of guests."}, {"pk": 4122721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Now when the king came in and saw the guests, he spotted a man who wasn\u2019t wearing wedding clothes."}, {"pk": 4122722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "He said to him, \u2018Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?\u2019 But he was speechless."}, {"pk": 4122723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the king said to his servants, \u2018Tie his hands and feet and throw him out into the farthest darkness. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cMany people are invited, but few people are chosen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the Pharisees met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words."}, {"pk": 4122726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "They sent their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to him. \u201cTeacher,\u201d they said, \u201cwe know that you are genuine and that you teach God\u2019s way as it really is. We know that you are not swayed by people\u2019s opinions, because you don\u2019t show favoritism."}, {"pk": 4122727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "So tell us what you think: Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Knowing their evil motives, Jesus replied, \u201cWhy do you test me, you hypocrites?"}, {"pk": 4122729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Show me the coin used to pay the tax.\u201d And they brought him a denarion."}, {"pk": 4122730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cWhose image and inscription is this?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4122731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cCaesar\u2019s,\u201d they replied. Then he said, \u201cGive to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "When they heard this they were astonished, and they departed."}, {"pk": 4122733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "That same day Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "They asked, \u201cTeacher, Moses said, <b>If a man who doesn\u2019t have children dies, his brother must marry his wife and produce children for his brother.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/25/5'>Deut 25:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4122735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married, then died. Because he had no children he left his widow to his brother."}, {"pk": 4122736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "The same thing happened with the second brother and the third, and in fact with all seven brothers."}, {"pk": 4122737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "Finally, the woman died."}, {"pk": 4122738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "At the resurrection, which of the seven brothers will be her husband? They were all married to her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cYou are wrong because you don\u2019t know either the scriptures or God\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4122740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "At the resurrection people won\u2019t marry nor will they be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like angels from God."}, {"pk": 4122741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "As for the resurrection of the dead, haven\u2019t you read what God told you,"}, {"pk": 4122742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "<b>I\u2019m the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?</b> <sup>[2]</sup> He isn\u2019t the God of the dead but of the living.\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/3/6'>Exod 3:6</a>, <a href='/CEB/2/3/15-16'>15\u201316</a>"}, {"pk": 4122743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "Now when the crowd heard this, they were astonished at his teaching."}, {"pk": 4122744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 34, "text": "When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had left the Sadducees speechless, they met together."}, {"pk": 4122745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 35, "text": "One of them, a legal expert, tested him."}, {"pk": 4122746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cTeacher, what is the greatest commandment in the Law?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 37, "text": "He replied, <b>\u201cYou must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being,</b> <sup>[3]</sup> and with all your mind.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/6/5'>Deut 6:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4122748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 38, "text": "This is the first and greatest commandment."}, {"pk": 4122749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 39, "text": "And the second is like it: <b>You must love your neighbor as you love yourself</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4122750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 40, "text": "All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 41, "text": "Now as the Pharisees were gathering, Jesus asked them,"}, {"pk": 4122752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 42, "text": "\u201cWhat do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?\u201d \u201cDavid\u2019s son,\u201d they replied."}, {"pk": 4122753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 43, "text": "He said, \u201cThen how is it that David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, called him Lord when he said,"}, {"pk": 4122754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 44, "text": "<b>The Lord said to my lord, \u2018Sit at my right side until I turn your enemies into your footstool\u2019?</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4122755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 45, "text": "If David calls him Lord, how can he be David\u2019s son?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 22, "verse": 46, "text": "Nobody was able to answer him. And from that day forward nobody dared to ask him anything."}, {"pk": 4122757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples,"}, {"pk": 4122758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cThe legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses\u2019 seat."}, {"pk": 4122759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, you must take care to do everything they say. But don\u2019t do what they do."}, {"pk": 4122760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "For they tie together heavy packs that are impossible to carry. They put them on the shoulders of others, but are unwilling to lift a finger to move them."}, {"pk": 4122761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "Everything they do, they do to be noticed by others. They make extra-wide prayer bands for their arms and long tassels for their clothes."}, {"pk": 4122762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "They love to sit in places of honor at banquets and in the synagogues."}, {"pk": 4122763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "They love to be greeted with honor in the markets and to be addressed as \u2018Rabbi.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cBut you shouldn\u2019t be called <b>Rabbi</b>, because you have one teacher, and all of you are brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4122765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t call anybody on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is heavenly."}, {"pk": 4122766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t be called <b>teacher</b>, because Christ is your one teacher."}, {"pk": 4122767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "But the one who is greatest among you will be your servant."}, {"pk": 4122768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "All who lift themselves up will be brought low. But all who make themselves low will be lifted up."}, {"pk": 4122769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don\u2019t enter yourselves, and you won\u2019t allow those who want to enter to do so. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Most critical editions of the Gk New Testament omit <a href='/CEB/40/23/14'>23:14</a> <i>How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You eat up widows\u2019 houses and make a show of praying long prayers. Therefore, you will receive greater judgment.</i>"}, {"pk": 4122770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you, legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to make one convert. But when they\u2019ve been converted, they become twice the child of hell you are."}, {"pk": 4122771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you blind guides who say, \u2018If people swear by the temple, it\u2019s nothing. But if people swear by the gold in the temple, they are obligated to do what they swore.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "You foolish and blind people! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy?"}, {"pk": 4122773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "You say, \u2018If people swear by the altar, it\u2019s nothing. But if they swear by the gift on the altar, they are obligated to do what they swore.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?"}, {"pk": 4122775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Therefore, those who swear by the altar swear by it and by everything that\u2019s on it."}, {"pk": 4122776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who swear by the temple swear by it and by everything that\u2019s part of it."}, {"pk": 4122777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "Those who swear by heaven swear by God\u2019s throne and by the one who sits on it."}, {"pk": 4122778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You give to God a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, but you forget about the more important matters of the Law: justice, peace, and faith. You ought to give a tenth but without forgetting about those more important matters."}, {"pk": 4122779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "You blind guides! You filter out an ant but swallow a camel."}, {"pk": 4122780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and plate, but inside they are full of violence and pleasure seeking."}, {"pk": 4122781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup so that the outside of the cup will be clean too."}, {"pk": 4122782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs. They look beautiful on the outside. But inside they are full of dead bones and all kinds of filth."}, {"pk": 4122783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "In the same way you look righteous to people. But inside you are full of pretense and rebellion."}, {"pk": 4122784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous."}, {"pk": 4122785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "You say, \u2018If we had lived in our ancestors\u2019 days, we wouldn\u2019t have joined them in killing the prophets.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "You testify against yourselves that you are children of those who murdered the prophets."}, {"pk": 4122787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "Go ahead, complete what your ancestors did."}, {"pk": 4122788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "You snakes! You children of snakes! How will you be able to escape the judgment of hell?"}, {"pk": 4122789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "Therefore, look, I\u2019m sending you prophets, wise people, and legal experts. Some of them you will kill and crucify. And some you will beat in your synagogues and chase from city to city."}, {"pk": 4122790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "Therefore, upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been poured out on the earth, from the blood of that righteous man Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar."}, {"pk": 4122791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "I assure you that all these things will come upon this generation."}, {"pk": 4122792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cJerusalem, Jerusalem! You who kill the prophets and stone those who were sent to you. How often I wanted to gather your people together, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you didn\u2019t want that."}, {"pk": 4122793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 38, "text": "Look, your house is left to you deserted."}, {"pk": 4122794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 23, "verse": 39, "text": "I tell you, you won\u2019t see me until you say, <b>Blessings on the one who comes in the Lord\u2019s name.\u201d</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/118/26'>Ps 118:26</a>"}, {"pk": 4122795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Jesus left the temple and was going away. His disciples came to point out to him the temple buildings."}, {"pk": 4122796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "He responded, \u201cDo you see all these things? I assure that no stone will be left on another. Everything will be demolished.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Now while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, \u201cTell us, when will these things happen? What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWatch out that no one deceives you."}, {"pk": 4122799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "Many will come in my name, saying, \u2018I\u2019m the Christ.\u2019 They will deceive many people."}, {"pk": 4122800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "You will hear about wars and reports of wars. Don\u2019t be alarmed. These things must happen, but this isn\u2019t the end yet."}, {"pk": 4122801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "Nations and kingdoms will fight against each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in all sorts of places."}, {"pk": 4122802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "But all these things are just the beginning of the sufferings associated with the end."}, {"pk": 4122803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "They will arrest you, abuse you, and they will kill you. All nations will hate you on account of my name."}, {"pk": 4122804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "At that time many will fall away. They will betray each other and hate each other."}, {"pk": 4122805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people."}, {"pk": 4122806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "Because disobedience will expand, the love of many will grow cold."}, {"pk": 4122807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "But the one who endures to the end will be delivered."}, {"pk": 4122808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all the nations. Then the end will come."}, {"pk": 4122809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWhen you see the disgusting and destructive thing that Daniel talked about standing in the holy place (the reader should understand this),"}, {"pk": 4122810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "then those in Judea must escape to the mountains."}, {"pk": 4122811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Those on the roof shouldn\u2019t come down to grab things from their houses."}, {"pk": 4122812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "Those in the field shouldn\u2019t come back to grab their clothes."}, {"pk": 4122813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "How terrible it will be at that time for women who are pregnant and for women who are nursing their children."}, {"pk": 4122814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Pray that it doesn\u2019t happen in winter or on the Sabbath day."}, {"pk": 4122815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "There will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see."}, {"pk": 4122816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "If that time weren\u2019t shortened, nobody would be rescued. But for the sake of the ones whom God chose, that time will be cut short."}, {"pk": 4122817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cThen if somebody says to you, \u2018Look, here\u2019s the Christ,\u2019 or \u2018He\u2019s over here,\u2019 don\u2019t believe it."}, {"pk": 4122818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "False christs and false prophets will appear, and they will offer great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even those whom God has chosen."}, {"pk": 4122819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "Look, I\u2019ve told you ahead of time."}, {"pk": 4122820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "So if they say to you, \u2018Look, he\u2019s in the desert,\u2019 don\u2019t go out. And if they say, \u2018Look, he\u2019s in the rooms deep inside the house,\u2019 don\u2019t believe it."}, {"pk": 4122821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "Just as the lightning flashes from the east to the west, so it will be with the coming of the Human One. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "The vultures gather wherever there\u2019s a dead body."}, {"pk": 4122823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cNow immediately after the suffering of that time the sun will become dark, and the moon won\u2019t give its light. The stars will fall from the sky and the planets and other heavenly bodies will be shaken."}, {"pk": 4122824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "Then the sign of the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> will appear in the sky. At that time all the tribes of the earth will be full of sadness, and they will see <b>the Human One</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <b>coming in the heavenly clouds</b> <sup>[4]</sup> with power and great splendor.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[4] <a href='/CEB/27/7/13'>Dan 7:13</a> <i>I suddenly saw one like a human being</i> (Aram <i>kebar enash</i>) <i>coming with the heavenly clouds.</i><br>[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "He will send his angels with the sound of a great trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from the four corners of the earth, from one end of the sky to the other."}, {"pk": 4122826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cLearn this parable from the fig tree. After its branch becomes tender and it sprouts new leaves, you know that summer is near."}, {"pk": 4122827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 33, "text": "In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that the Human One <sup>[5]</sup> is near, at the door.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 34, "text": "I assure you that this generation won\u2019t pass away until all these things happen."}, {"pk": 4122829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 35, "text": "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away."}, {"pk": 4122830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cBut nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the heavenly angels and not the Son. Only the Father knows."}, {"pk": 4122831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 37, "text": "As it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Human One. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 38, "text": "In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark."}, {"pk": 4122833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 39, "text": "They didn\u2019t know what was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. The coming of the Human One <sup>[7]</sup> will be like that.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 40, "text": "At that time there will be two men in the field. One will be taken and the other left."}, {"pk": 4122835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 41, "text": "Two women will be grinding at the mill. One will be taken and the other left."}, {"pk": 4122836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 42, "text": "Therefore, stay alert! You don\u2019t know what day the Lord is coming."}, {"pk": 4122837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 43, "text": "But you understand that if the head of the house knew at what time the thief would come, he would keep alert and wouldn\u2019t allow the thief to break into his house."}, {"pk": 4122838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 44, "text": "Therefore, you also should be prepared, because the Human One <sup>[8]</sup> will come at a time you don\u2019t know.", "comment": "[8] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 45, "text": "\u201cWho then are the faithful and wise servants whom their master puts in charge of giving food at the right time to those who live in his house?"}, {"pk": 4122840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 46, "text": "Happy are those servants whom the master finds fulfilling their responsibilities when he comes."}, {"pk": 4122841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 47, "text": "I assure you that he will put them in charge of all his possessions."}, {"pk": 4122842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 48, "text": "But suppose those bad servants should say to themselves, My master won\u2019t come until later."}, {"pk": 4122843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 49, "text": "And suppose they began to beat their fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunks?"}, {"pk": 4122844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 50, "text": "The master of those servants will come on a day when they are not expecting him, at a time they couldn\u2019t predict."}, {"pk": 4122845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 24, "verse": 51, "text": "He will cut them in pieces and put them in a place with the hypocrites. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth."}, {"pk": 4122846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cAt that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten young bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom."}, {"pk": 4122847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "Now five of them were wise, and the other five were foolish."}, {"pk": 4122848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "The foolish ones took their lamps but didn\u2019t bring oil for them."}, {"pk": 4122849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "But the wise ones took their lamps and also brought containers of oil."}, {"pk": 4122850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cWhen the groom was late in coming, they all became drowsy and went to sleep."}, {"pk": 4122851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "But at midnight there was a cry, \u2018Look, the groom! Come out to meet him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cThen all those bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps."}, {"pk": 4122853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "But the foolish bridesmaids said to the wise ones, \u2018Give us some of your oil, because our lamps have gone out.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cBut the wise bridesmaids replied, \u2018No, because if we share with you, there won\u2019t be enough for our lamps and yours. We have a better idea. You go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "But while they were gone to buy oil, the groom came. Those who were ready went with him into the wedding. Then the door was shut."}, {"pk": 4122856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cLater the other bridesmaids came and said, \u2018Lord, lord, open the door for us.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cBut he replied, \u2018I tell you the truth, I don\u2019t know you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cTherefore, keep alert, because you don\u2019t know the day or the hour."}, {"pk": 4122859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a man who was leaving on a trip. He called his servants and handed his possessions over to them."}, {"pk": 4122860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "To one he gave five valuable coins, <sup>[1]</sup> and to another he gave two, and to another he gave one. He gave to each servant according to that servant\u2019s ability. Then he left on his journey.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>talantas</i> (talents)"}, {"pk": 4122861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cAfter the man left, the servant who had five valuable coins took them and went to work doing business with them. He gained five more."}, {"pk": 4122862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "In the same way, the one who had two valuable coins gained two more."}, {"pk": 4122863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "But the servant who had received the one valuable coin dug a hole in the ground and buried his master\u2019s money."}, {"pk": 4122864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cNow after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them."}, {"pk": 4122865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "The one who had received five valuable coins came forward with five additional coins. He said, \u2018Master, you gave me five valuable coins. Look, I\u2019ve gained five more.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cHis master replied, \u2018Excellent! You are a good and faithful servant! You\u2019ve been faithful over a little. I\u2019ll put you in charge of much. Come, celebrate with me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cThe second servant also came forward and said, \u2018Master, you gave me two valuable coins. Look, I\u2019ve gained two more.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cHis master replied, \u2018Well done! You are a good and faithful servant. You\u2019ve been faithful over a little. I\u2019ll put you in charge of much. Come, celebrate with me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cNow the one who had received one valuable coin came and said, \u2018Master, I knew that you are a hard man. You harvest grain where you haven\u2019t sown. You gather crops where you haven\u2019t spread seed."}, {"pk": 4122870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "So I was afraid. And I hid my valuable coin in the ground. Here, you have what\u2019s yours.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cHis master replied, \u2018You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest grain where I haven\u2019t sown and that I gather crops where I haven\u2019t spread seed?"}, {"pk": 4122872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "In that case, you should have turned my money over to the bankers so that when I returned, you could give me what belonged to me with interest."}, {"pk": 4122873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, take from him the valuable coin and give it to the one who has ten coins."}, {"pk": 4122874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who have much will receive more, and they will have more than they need. But as for those who don\u2019t have much, even the little bit they have will be taken away from them."}, {"pk": 4122875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 30, "text": "Now take the worthless servant and throw him outside into the darkness.\u2019 \u201cPeople there will be weeping and grinding their teeth."}, {"pk": 4122876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cNow when the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> comes in his majesty and all his angels are with him, he will sit on his majestic throne.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 32, "text": "All the nations will be gathered in front of him. He will separate them from each other, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats."}, {"pk": 4122878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 33, "text": "He will put the sheep on his right side. But the goats he will put on his left."}, {"pk": 4122879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cThen the king will say to those on his right, \u2018Come, you who will receive good things from my Father. Inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world began."}, {"pk": 4122880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 35, "text": "I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me."}, {"pk": 4122881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 36, "text": "I was naked and you gave me clothes to wear. I was sick and you took care of me. I was in prison and you visited me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cThen those who are righteous will reply to him, \u2018Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?"}, {"pk": 4122883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 38, "text": "When did we see you as a stranger and welcome you, or naked and give you clothes to wear?"}, {"pk": 4122884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 39, "text": "When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 40, "text": "\u201cThen the king will reply to them, \u2018I assure you that when you have done it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you have done it for me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 41, "text": "\u201cThen he will say to those on his left, \u2018Get away from me, you who will receive terrible things. Go into the unending fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels."}, {"pk": 4122887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 42, "text": "I was hungry and you didn\u2019t give me food to eat. I was thirsty and you didn\u2019t give me anything to drink."}, {"pk": 4122888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 43, "text": "I was a stranger and you didn\u2019t welcome me. I was naked and you didn\u2019t give me clothes to wear. I was sick and in prison, and you didn\u2019t visit me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cThen they will reply, \u2018Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and didn\u2019t do anything to help you?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 45, "text": "Then he will answer, \u2018I assure you that when you haven\u2019t done it for one of the least of these, you haven\u2019t done it for me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4122891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 25, "verse": 46, "text": "And they will go away into eternal punishment. But the righteous ones will go into eternal life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jesus finished speaking all these words, he said to his disciples,"}, {"pk": 4122893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cYou know that the Passover is two days from now. And the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> will be handed over to be crucified.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest."}, {"pk": 4122895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "They were plotting to arrest Jesus by cunning tricks and to kill him."}, {"pk": 4122896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "But they agreed that it shouldn\u2019t happen during the feast so there wouldn\u2019t be an uproar among the people."}, {"pk": 4122897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "When Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease,"}, {"pk": 4122898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "a woman came to him with a vase made of alabaster containing very expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus\u2019 head while he was sitting at dinner."}, {"pk": 4122899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Now when the disciples saw it they were angry and said, \u201cWhy this waste?"}, {"pk": 4122900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "This perfume could have been sold for a lot of money and given to the poor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He said, \u201cWhy do you make trouble for the woman? She\u2019s done a good thing for me."}, {"pk": 4122902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "You always have the poor with you, but you won\u2019t always have me."}, {"pk": 4122903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "By pouring this perfume over my body she\u2019s prepared me to be buried."}, {"pk": 4122904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "I tell you the truth that wherever in the whole world this good news is announced, what she\u2019s done will also be told in memory of her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests"}, {"pk": 4122906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "and said, \u201cWhat will you give me if I turn Jesus over to you?\u201d They paid him thirty pieces of silver."}, {"pk": 4122907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "From that time on he was looking for an opportunity to turn him in."}, {"pk": 4122908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, \u201cWhere do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "He replied, \u201cGo into the city, to a certain man, and say, \u2018The teacher says, \u201cMy time is near. I\u2019m going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.\u201d \u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "The disciples did just as Jesus instructed them. They prepared the Passover."}, {"pk": 4122911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "That evening he took his place at the table with the twelve disciples."}, {"pk": 4122912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "As they were eating he said, \u201cI assure you that one of you will betray me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "Deeply saddened, each one said to him, \u201cI\u2019m not the one, am I, Lord?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "He replied, \u201cThe one who will betray me is the one who dips his hand with me into this bowl."}, {"pk": 4122915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "The Human One <sup>[2]</sup> goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! <sup>[3]</sup> It would have been better for him if he had never been born.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "Now Judas, who would betray him, replied, \u201cIt\u2019s not me, is it, Rabbi?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cYou said it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, \u201cTake and eat. This is my body.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, \u201cDrink from this, all of you."}, {"pk": 4122919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many so that their sins may be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4122920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "I tell you, I won\u2019t drink wine again until that day when I drink it in a new way with you in my Father\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "Then, after singing songs of praise, they went to the Mount of Olives."}, {"pk": 4122922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "Then Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cTonight you will all fall away because of me. This is because it is written, <b>I will hit the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will go off in all directions</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/38/13/7'>Zech 13:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4122923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "But after I\u2019m raised up, I\u2019ll go before you to Galilee.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 33, "text": "Peter replied, \u201cIf everyone else stumbles because of you, I\u2019ll never stumble.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cI assure you that, before the rooster crows tonight, you will deny me three times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 35, "text": "Peter said, \u201cEven if I must die alongside you, I won\u2019t deny you.\u201d All the disciples said the same thing."}, {"pk": 4122927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 36, "text": "Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to the disciples, \u201cStay here while I go and pray over there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 37, "text": "When he took Peter and Zebedee\u2019s two sons, he began to feel sad and anxious."}, {"pk": 4122929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 38, "text": "Then he said to them, \u201cI\u2019m very sad. It\u2019s as if I\u2019m dying. Stay here and keep alert with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 39, "text": "Then he went a short distance farther and fell on his face and prayed, \u201cMy Father, if it\u2019s possible, take this cup of suffering away from me. However \u2014 not what I want but what you want.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 40, "text": "He came back to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, \u201cCouldn\u2019t you stay alert one hour with me?"}, {"pk": 4122932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 41, "text": "Stay alert and pray so that you won\u2019t give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 42, "text": "A second time he went away and prayed, \u201cMy Father, if it\u2019s not possible that this cup be taken away unless I drink it, then let it be what you want.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 43, "text": "Again he came and found them sleeping. Their eyes were heavy with sleep."}, {"pk": 4122935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 44, "text": "But he left them and again went and prayed the same words for the third time."}, {"pk": 4122936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 45, "text": "Then he came to his disciples and said to them, \u201cWill you sleep and rest all night? Look, the time has come for the Human One <sup>[5]</sup> to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 46, "text": "Get up. Let\u2019s go. Look, here comes my betrayer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 47, "text": "While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came. With him was a large crowd carrying swords and clubs. They had been sent by the chief priests and elders of the people."}, {"pk": 4122939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 48, "text": "His betrayer had given them a sign: \u201cArrest the man I kiss.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 49, "text": "Just then he came to Jesus and said, \u201cHello, Rabbi.\u201d Then he kissed him."}, {"pk": 4122941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 50, "text": "But Jesus said to him, \u201cFriend, do what you came to do.\u201d Then they came and grabbed Jesus and arrested him."}, {"pk": 4122942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 51, "text": "One of those with Jesus reached for his sword. Striking the high priest\u2019s slave, he cut off his ear."}, {"pk": 4122943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 52, "text": "Then Jesus said to him, \u201cPut the sword back into its place. All those who use the sword will die by the sword."}, {"pk": 4122944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 53, "text": "Or do you think that I\u2019m not able to ask my Father and he will send to me more than twelve battle groups <sup>[6]</sup> of angels right away?", "comment": "[6] Or <i>legions</i> (of the Roman army, about five thousand soldiers each)"}, {"pk": 4122945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 54, "text": "But if I did that, how would the scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 55, "text": "Then Jesus said to the crowds, \u201cHave you come with swords and clubs to arrest me, like a thief? Day after day, I sat in the temple teaching, but you didn\u2019t arrest me."}, {"pk": 4122947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 56, "text": "But all this has happened so that what the prophets said in the scriptures might be fulfilled.\u201d Then all the disciples left Jesus and ran away."}, {"pk": 4122948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 57, "text": "Those who arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest. The legal experts and the elders had gathered there."}, {"pk": 4122949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 58, "text": "Peter followed him from a distance until he came to the high priest\u2019s courtyard. He entered that area and sat outside with the officers to see how it would turn out."}, {"pk": 4122950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 59, "text": "The chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death."}, {"pk": 4122951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 60, "text": "They didn\u2019t find anything they could use from the many false witnesses who were willing to come forward. But finally they found two"}, {"pk": 4122952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 61, "text": "who said, \u201cThis man said, \u2018I can destroy God\u2019s temple and rebuild it in three days.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 62, "text": "Then the high priest stood and said to Jesus, \u201cAren\u2019t you going to respond to the testimony these people have brought against you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 63, "text": "But Jesus was silent. The high priest said, \u201cBy the living God, I demand that you tell us whether you are the Christ, God\u2019s Son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 64, "text": "\u201cYou said it,\u201d Jesus replied. \u201cBut I say to you that from now on you\u2019ll see <b>the Human One</b> <sup>[7]</sup> <b>sitting on the right side of the Almighty</b> <sup>[8]</sup> <b>and coming on the heavenly clouds.\u201d</b> <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[9] <a href='/CEB/27/7/13'>Dan 7:13</a><br>[8] Or <i>the Power</i><br>[7] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4122956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 65, "text": "Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, \u201cHe\u2019s insulting God! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, you\u2019ve heard his insult against God."}, {"pk": 4122957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 66, "text": "What do you think?\u201d And they answered, \u201cHe deserves to die!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 67, "text": "Then they spit in his face and beat him. They hit him"}, {"pk": 4122959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 68, "text": "and said, \u201cProphesy for us, Christ! Who hit you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 69, "text": "Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant woman came and said to him, \u201cYou were also with Jesus the Galilean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 70, "text": "But he denied it in front of all of them, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know what you are talking about.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 71, "text": "When he went over to the gate, another woman saw him and said to those who were there, \u201cThis man was with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 72, "text": "With a solemn pledge, he denied it again, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know the man.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 73, "text": "A short time later those standing there came and said to Peter, \u201cYou must be one of them. The way you talk gives you away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 74, "text": "Then he cursed and swore, \u201cI don\u2019t know the man!\u201d At that very moment the rooster crowed."}, {"pk": 4122966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 26, "verse": 75, "text": "Peter remembered Jesus\u2019 words, \u201cBefore the rooster crows you will deny me three times.\u201d And Peter went out and cried uncontrollably."}, {"pk": 4122967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people reached the decision to have Jesus put to death."}, {"pk": 4122968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "They bound him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate the governor."}, {"pk": 4122969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "When Judas, who betrayed Jesus, saw that Jesus was condemned to die, he felt deep regret. He returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, and"}, {"pk": 4122970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "said, \u201cI did wrong because I betrayed an innocent man.\u201d But they said, \u201cWhat is that to us? That\u2019s your problem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "Judas threw the silver pieces into the temple and left. Then he went and hanged himself."}, {"pk": 4122972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, \u201cAccording to the Law it\u2019s not right to put this money in the treasury. Since it was used to pay for someone\u2019s life, it\u2019s unclean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "So they decided to use it to buy the potter\u2019s field where strangers could be buried."}, {"pk": 4122974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "That\u2019s why that field is called \u201cField of Blood\u201d to this very day."}, {"pk": 4122975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "This fulfilled the words of Jeremiah the prophet: <b>And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price for the one whose price had been set by some of the Israelites,</b>"}, {"pk": 4122976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "<b>and I gave them for the potter\u2019s field, as the Lord commanded me</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/38/11/12-13'>Zech 11:12\u201313</a>; <a href='/CEB/24/32/6-9'>Jer 32:6\u20139</a>"}, {"pk": 4122977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus was brought before the governor. The governor said, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cThat\u2019s what you say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "But he didn\u2019t answer when the chief priests and elders accused him."}, {"pk": 4122979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Pilate said, \u201cDon\u2019t you hear the testimony they bring against you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "But he didn\u2019t answer, not even a single word. So the governor was greatly amazed."}, {"pk": 4122981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "It was customary during the festival for the governor to release to the crowd one prisoner, whomever they might choose."}, {"pk": 4122982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas."}, {"pk": 4122983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "When the crowd had come together, Pilate asked them, \u201cWhom would you like me to release to you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "He knew that the leaders of the people had handed him over because of jealousy."}, {"pk": 4122985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "While he was serving as judge, his wife sent this message to him, \u201cLeave that righteous man alone. I\u2019ve suffered much today in a dream because of him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus."}, {"pk": 4122987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "The governor said, \u201cWhich of the two do you want me to release to you?\u201d \u201cBarabbas,\u201d they replied."}, {"pk": 4122988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "Pilate said, \u201cThen what should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?\u201d They all said, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "But he said, \u201cWhy? What wrong has he done?\u201d They shouted even louder, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere and that a riot was starting. So he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. \u201cI\u2019m innocent of this man\u2019s blood,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s your problem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "All the people replied, \u201cLet his blood be on us and on our children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "Then he released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus whipped, then handed him over to be crucified."}, {"pk": 4122993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "The governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the governor\u2019s house, and they gathered the whole company <sup>[2]</sup> of soldiers around him.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>cohort</i> (approximately six hundred soldiers)"}, {"pk": 4122994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "They stripped him and put a red military coat on him."}, {"pk": 4122995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "They twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they bowed down in front of him and mocked him, saying, \u201cHey! King of the Jews!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4122996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "After they spit on him, they took the stick and struck his head again and again."}, {"pk": 4122997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 31, "text": "When they finished mocking him, they stripped him of the military coat and put his own clothes back on him. They led him away to crucify him."}, {"pk": 4122998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 32, "text": "As they were going out, they found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to carry his cross."}, {"pk": 4122999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 33, "text": "When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place,"}, {"pk": 4123000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 34, "text": "they gave Jesus wine mixed with vinegar to drink. But after tasting it, he didn\u2019t want to drink it."}, {"pk": 4123001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 35, "text": "After they crucified him, they divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots."}, {"pk": 4123002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 36, "text": "They sat there, guarding him."}, {"pk": 4123003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 37, "text": "They placed above his head the charge against him. It read, \u201cThis is Jesus, the king of the Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 38, "text": "They crucified with him two outlaws, one on his right side and one on his left."}, {"pk": 4123005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 39, "text": "Those who were walking by insulted Jesus, shaking their heads"}, {"pk": 4123006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 40, "text": "and saying, \u201cSo you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you? Save yourself! If you are God\u2019s Son, come down from the cross.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 41, "text": "In the same way, the chief priests, along with the legal experts and the elders, were making fun of him, saying,"}, {"pk": 4123008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 42, "text": "\u201cHe saved others, but he can\u2019t save himself. He\u2019s the king of Israel, so let him come down from the cross now. Then we\u2019ll believe in him."}, {"pk": 4123009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 43, "text": "He trusts in God, so let God deliver him now if he wants to. He said, \u2018I\u2019m God\u2019s Son.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 44, "text": "The outlaws who were crucified with him insulted him in the same way."}, {"pk": 4123011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 45, "text": "From noon until three in the afternoon the whole earth was dark."}, {"pk": 4123012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 46, "text": "At about three Jesus cried out with a loud shout, <b>\u201cEli, Eli, lama sabachthani,\u201d</b> which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you left me?\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/22/1'>Ps 22:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4123013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 47, "text": "After hearing him, some standing there said, \u201cHe\u2019s calling Elijah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 48, "text": "One of them ran over, took a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a pole. He offered it to Jesus to drink."}, {"pk": 4123015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 49, "text": "But the rest of them said, \u201cLet\u2019s see if Elijah will come and save him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 50, "text": "Again Jesus cried out with a loud shout. Then he died."}, {"pk": 4123017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 51, "text": "Look, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split,"}, {"pk": 4123018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 52, "text": "and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised."}, {"pk": 4123019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 53, "text": "After Jesus\u2019 resurrection they came out of their graves and went into the holy city where they appeared to many people."}, {"pk": 4123020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 54, "text": "When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what had just happened, they were filled with awe and said, \u201cThis was certainly God\u2019s Son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 55, "text": "Many women were watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to serve him."}, {"pk": 4123022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 56, "text": "Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4123023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 57, "text": "That evening a man named Joseph came. He was a rich man from Arimathea who had become a disciple of Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 58, "text": "He came to Pilate and asked for Jesus\u2019 body. Pilate gave him permission to take it."}, {"pk": 4123025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 59, "text": "Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,"}, {"pk": 4123026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 60, "text": "and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had carved out of the rock. After he rolled a large stone at the door of the tomb, he went away."}, {"pk": 4123027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 61, "text": "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting in front of the tomb."}, {"pk": 4123028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 62, "text": "The next day, which was the day after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate."}, {"pk": 4123029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 63, "text": "They said, \u201cSir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, \u2018After three days I will arise.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4123030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 64, "text": "Therefore, order the grave to be sealed until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people, \u2018He\u2019s been raised from the dead.\u2019 This last deception will be worse than the first.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 65, "text": "Pilate replied, \u201cYou have soldiers for guard duty. Go and make it as secure as you know how.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 27, "verse": 66, "text": "Then they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard."}, {"pk": 4123033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb."}, {"pk": 4123034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Look, there was a great earthquake, for an angel from the Lord came down from heaven. Coming to the stone, he rolled it away and sat on it."}, {"pk": 4123035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Now his face was like lightning and his clothes as white as snow."}, {"pk": 4123036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "The guards were so terrified of him that they shook with fear and became like dead men."}, {"pk": 4123037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "But the angel said to the women, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified."}, {"pk": 4123038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "He isn\u2019t here, because he\u2019s been raised from the dead, just as he said. Come, see the place where they laid him."}, {"pk": 4123039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "Now hurry, go and tell his disciples, \u2018He\u2019s been raised from the dead. He\u2019s going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.\u2019 I\u2019ve given the message to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "With great fear and excitement, they hurried away from the tomb and ran to tell his disciples."}, {"pk": 4123041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "But Jesus met them and greeted them. They came and grabbed his feet and worshipped him."}, {"pk": 4123042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Jesus said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Go and tell my brothers that I am going into Galilee. They will see me there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "Now as the women were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened."}, {"pk": 4123044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "They met with the elders and decided to give a large sum of money to the soldiers."}, {"pk": 4123045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "They told them, \u201cSay that Jesus\u2019 disciples came at night and stole his body while you were sleeping."}, {"pk": 4123046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "And if the governor hears about this, we will take care of it with him so you will have nothing to worry about.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told. And this report has spread throughout all Judea to this very day."}, {"pk": 4123048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus told them to go."}, {"pk": 4123049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted."}, {"pk": 4123050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Jesus came near and spoke to them, \u201cI\u2019ve received all authority in heaven and on earth."}, {"pk": 4123051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,"}, {"pk": 4123052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 40, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "teaching them to obey everything that I\u2019ve commanded you. Look, I myself will be with you every day until the end of this present age.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, God\u2019s Son,"}, {"pk": 4123054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "happened just as it was written about in the prophecy of Isaiah: <b>Look, I am sending my messenger before you</b>. <br><b>He will prepare your way,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4123055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "<b>a voice shouting in the wilderness:</b> <br>\u201c<b>Prepare the way for the Lord;</b> <br><b>make his paths straight</b>.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/40/3'>Isa 40:3</a>; <a href='/CEB/39/3/1'>Mal 3:1</a>; <a href='/CEB/2/23/20'>Exod 23:20</a>"}, {"pk": 4123056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "John the Baptist was in the wilderness calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins."}, {"pk": 4123057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Everyone in Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to the Jordan River and were being baptized by John as they confessed their sins."}, {"pk": 4123058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "John wore clothes made of camel\u2019s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey."}, {"pk": 4123059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "He announced, \u201cOne stronger than I am is coming after me. I\u2019m not even worthy to bend over and loosen the strap of his sandals."}, {"pk": 4123060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "About that time, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4123062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "While he was coming up out of the water, Jesus saw heaven splitting open and the Spirit, like a dove, coming down on him."}, {"pk": 4123063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "And there was a voice from heaven: \u201cYou are my Son, whom I dearly love; in you I find happiness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "At once the Spirit forced Jesus out into the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4123065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among the wild animals, and the angels took care of him."}, {"pk": 4123066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "After John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee announcing God\u2019s good news,"}, {"pk": 4123067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "saying, \u201cNow is the time! Here comes God\u2019s kingdom! Change your hearts and lives, and trust this good news!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "As Jesus passed alongside the Galilee Sea, he saw two brothers, Simon and Andrew, throwing fishing nets into the sea, for they were fishermen."}, {"pk": 4123069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cCome, follow me,\u201d he said, \u201cand I\u2019ll show you how to fish for people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Right away, they left their nets and followed him."}, {"pk": 4123071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "After going a little farther, he saw James and John, Zebedee\u2019s sons, in their boat repairing the fishing nets."}, {"pk": 4123072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "At that very moment he called them. They followed him, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers."}, {"pk": 4123073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus and his followers went into Capernaum. Immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and started teaching."}, {"pk": 4123074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "The people were amazed by his teaching, for he was teaching them with authority, not like the legal experts."}, {"pk": 4123075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Suddenly, there in the synagogue, a person with an evil spirit screamed,"}, {"pk": 4123076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cWhat have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the holy one from God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cSilence!\u201d Jesus said, speaking harshly to the demon. \u201cCome out of him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "The unclean spirit shook him and screamed, then it came out."}, {"pk": 4123079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Everyone was shaken and questioned among themselves, \u201cWhat\u2019s this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands unclean spirits and they obey him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Right away the news about him spread throughout the entire region of Galilee."}, {"pk": 4123081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "After leaving the synagogue, Jesus, James, and John went home with Simon and Andrew."}, {"pk": 4123082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "Simon\u2019s mother-in-law was in bed, sick with a fever, and they told Jesus about her at once."}, {"pk": 4123083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them."}, {"pk": 4123084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "That evening, at sunset, people brought to Jesus those who were sick or demon-possessed."}, {"pk": 4123085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "The whole town gathered near the door."}, {"pk": 4123086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "He healed many who were sick with all kinds of diseases, and he threw out many demons. But he didn\u2019t let the demons speak, because they recognized him."}, {"pk": 4123087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "Early in the morning, well before sunrise, Jesus rose and went to a deserted place where he could be alone in prayer."}, {"pk": 4123088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Simon and those with him tracked him down."}, {"pk": 4123089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "When they found him, they told him, \u201cEveryone\u2019s looking for you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "He replied, \u201cLet\u2019s head in the other direction, to the nearby villages, so that I can preach there too. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "He traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and throwing out demons."}, {"pk": 4123092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "A man with a skin disease approached Jesus, fell to his knees, and begged, \u201cIf you want, you can make me clean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Incensed, <sup>[2]</sup> Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, \u201cI do want to. Be clean.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Most critical editions of the Gk New Testament read <i>filled with compassion</i>."}, {"pk": 4123094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "Instantly, the skin disease left him, and he was clean."}, {"pk": 4123095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "Sternly, Jesus sent him away,"}, {"pk": 4123096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "saying, \u201cDon\u2019t say anything to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifice for your cleansing that Moses commanded. This will be a testimony to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "Instead, he went out and started talking freely and spreading the news so that Jesus wasn\u2019t able to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, but people came to him from everywhere."}, {"pk": 4123098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "After a few days, Jesus went back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home."}, {"pk": 4123099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "So many gathered that there was no longer space, not even near the door. Jesus was speaking the word to them."}, {"pk": 4123100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Some people arrived, and four of them were bringing to him a man who was paralyzed."}, {"pk": 4123101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "They couldn\u2019t carry him through the crowd, so they tore off part of the roof above where Jesus was. When they had made an opening, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying."}, {"pk": 4123102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, \u201cChild, your sins are forgiven!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Some legal experts were sitting there, muttering among themselves,"}, {"pk": 4123104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cWhy does he speak this way? He\u2019s insulting God. Only the one God can forgive sins.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus immediately recognized what they were discussing, and he said to them, \u201cWhy do you fill your minds with these questions?"}, {"pk": 4123106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Which is easier \u2014 to say to a paralyzed person, \u2018Your sins are forgiven,\u2019 or to say, \u2018Get up, take up your bed, and walk\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4123107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "But so you will know that the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> has authority on the earth to forgive sins\u201d \u2014 he said to the man who was paralyzed,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cGet up, take your mat, and go home.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Jesus raised him up, and right away he picked up his mat and walked out in front of everybody. They were all amazed and praised God, saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve never seen anything like this!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus went out beside the lake again. The whole crowd came to him, and he began to teach them."}, {"pk": 4123111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "As he continued along, he saw Levi, Alphaeus\u2019 son, sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, \u201cFollow me.\u201d Levi got up and followed him."}, {"pk": 4123112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Jesus sat down to eat at Levi\u2019s house. Many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples. Indeed, many of them had become his followers."}, {"pk": 4123113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "When some of the legal experts from among the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, \u201cWhy is he eating with sinners and tax collectors?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "When Jesus heard it, he said to them, \u201cHealthy people don\u2019t need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn\u2019t come to call righteous people, but sinners.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "John\u2019s disciples and the Pharisees had a habit of fasting. Some people asked Jesus, \u201cWhy do John\u2019s disciples and the Pharisees\u2019 disciples fast, but yours don\u2019t?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cThe wedding guests can\u2019t fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can\u2019t fast."}, {"pk": 4123117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."}, {"pk": 4123118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cNo one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes; otherwise, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and makes a worse tear."}, {"pk": 4123119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "No one pours new wine into old leather wineskins; otherwise, the wine would burst the wineskins and the wine would be lost and the wineskins destroyed. But new wine is for new wineskins.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. As the disciples made their way, they were picking the heads of wheat."}, {"pk": 4123121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "The Pharisees said to Jesus, \u201cLook! Why are they breaking the Sabbath law?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "He said to them, \u201cHaven\u2019t you ever read what David did when he was in need, when he and those with him were hungry?"}, {"pk": 4123123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "During the time when Abiathar was high priest, David went into God\u2019s house and ate the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat. He also gave bread to those who were with him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he said, \u201cThe Sabbath was created for humans; humans weren\u2019t created for the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4123125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "This is why the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> is Lord even over the Sabbath.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus returned to the synagogue. A man with a withered hand was there."}, {"pk": 4123127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Wanting to bring charges against Jesus, they were watching Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4123128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "He said to the man with the withered hand, \u201cStep up where people can see you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Then he said to them, \u201cIs it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?\u201d But they said nothing."}, {"pk": 4123130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Looking around at them with anger, deeply grieved at their unyielding hearts, he said to the man, \u201cStretch out your hand.\u201d So he did, and his hand was made healthy."}, {"pk": 4123131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "At that, the Pharisees got together with the supporters of Herod to plan how to destroy Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus left with his disciples and went to the lake. A large crowd followed him because they had heard what he was doing. They were from Galilee,"}, {"pk": 4123133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the area surrounding Tyre and Sidon."}, {"pk": 4123134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus told his disciples to get a small boat ready for him so the crowd wouldn\u2019t crush him."}, {"pk": 4123135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "He had healed so many people that everyone who was sick pushed forward so that they could touch him."}, {"pk": 4123136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down at his feet and shouted, \u201cYou are God\u2019s Son!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "But he strictly ordered them not to reveal who he was."}, {"pk": 4123138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus went up on a mountain and called those he wanted, and they came to him."}, {"pk": 4123139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "He appointed twelve and called them apostles. He appointed them to be with him, to be sent out to preach,"}, {"pk": 4123140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "and to have authority to throw out demons."}, {"pk": 4123141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "He appointed twelve: Peter, a name he gave Simon;"}, {"pk": 4123142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "James and John, Zebedee\u2019s sons, whom he nicknamed Boanerges, which means \u201csons of Thunder\u201d;"}, {"pk": 4123143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "and Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, Alphaeus\u2019 son; Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean; <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>zealot</i>"}, {"pk": 4123144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Jesus entered a house. A crowd gathered again so that it was impossible for him and his followers even to eat."}, {"pk": 4123146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "When his family heard what was happening, they came to take control of him. They were saying, \u201cHe\u2019s out of his mind!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "The legal experts came down from Jerusalem. Over and over they charged, \u201cHe\u2019s possessed by Beelzebul. He throws out demons with the authority of the ruler of demons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "When Jesus called them together he spoke to them in a parable: \u201cHow can Satan throw Satan out?"}, {"pk": 4123149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "A kingdom involved in civil war will collapse."}, {"pk": 4123150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "And a house torn apart by divisions will collapse."}, {"pk": 4123151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "If Satan rebels against himself and is divided, then he can\u2019t endure. He\u2019s done for."}, {"pk": 4123152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "No one gets into the house of a strong person and steals anything without first tying up the strong person. Only then can the house be burglarized."}, {"pk": 4123153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "I assure you that human beings will be forgiven for everything, for all sins and insults of every kind."}, {"pk": 4123154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "But whoever insults the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. That person is guilty of a sin with consequences that last forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "He said this because the legal experts were saying, \u201cHe\u2019s possessed by an evil spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "His mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside and sent word to him, calling for him."}, {"pk": 4123157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "A crowd was seated around him, and those sent to him said, \u201cLook, your mother, brothers, and sisters are outside looking for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "He replied, \u201cWho is my mother? Who are my brothers?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "Looking around at those seated around him in a circle, he said, \u201cLook, here are my mother and my brothers."}, {"pk": 4123160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "Whoever does God\u2019s will is my brother, sister, and mother.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus began to teach beside the lake again. Such a large crowd gathered that he climbed into a boat there on the lake. He sat in the boat while the whole crowd was nearby on the shore."}, {"pk": 4123162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He said many things to them in parables. While teaching them, he said,"}, {"pk": 4123163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cListen to this! A farmer went out to scatter seed."}, {"pk": 4123164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "As he was scattering seed, some fell on the path; and the birds came and ate it."}, {"pk": 4123165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Other seed fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They sprouted immediately because the soil wasn\u2019t deep."}, {"pk": 4123166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "When the sun came up, it scorched the plants; and they dried up because they had no roots."}, {"pk": 4123167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorny plants grew and choked the seeds, and they produced nothing."}, {"pk": 4123168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Other seed fell into good soil and bore fruit. Upon growing and increasing, the seed produced in one case a yield of thirty to one, in another case a yield of sixty to one, and in another case a yield of one hundred to one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "He said, \u201cWhoever has ears to listen should pay attention!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "When they were alone, the people around Jesus, along with the Twelve, asked him about the parables."}, {"pk": 4123171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "He said to them, \u201cThe secret of God\u2019s kingdom has been given to you, but to those who are outside everything comes in parables."}, {"pk": 4123172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "This is so that they can look and see but have no insight, and they can hear but not understand. Otherwise, they might turn their lives around and be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4123173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?"}, {"pk": 4123174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "The farmer scatters the word."}, {"pk": 4123175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "This is the meaning of the seed that fell on the path: When the word is scattered and people hear it, right away Satan comes and steals the word that was planted in them."}, {"pk": 4123176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Here\u2019s the meaning of the seed that fell on rocky ground: When people hear the word, they immediately receive it joyfully."}, {"pk": 4123177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Because they have no roots, they last for only a little while. When they experience distress or abuse because of the word, they immediately fall away."}, {"pk": 4123178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Others are like the seed scattered among the thorny plants. These are the ones who have heard the word;"}, {"pk": 4123179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "but the worries of this life, the false appeal of wealth, and the desire for more things break in and choke the word, and it bears no fruit."}, {"pk": 4123180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "The seed scattered on good soil are those who hear the word and embrace it. They bear fruit, in one case a yield of thirty to one, in another case sixty to one, and in another case one hundred to one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cDoes anyone bring in a lamp in order to put it under a basket or a bed? Shouldn\u2019t it be placed on a lampstand?"}, {"pk": 4123182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Everything hidden will be revealed, and everything secret will come out into the open."}, {"pk": 4123183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Whoever has ears to listen should pay attention!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "He said to them, \u201cListen carefully! God will evaluate you with the same standard you use to evaluate others. Indeed, you will receive even more."}, {"pk": 4123185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Those who have will receive more, but as for those who don\u2019t have, even what they don\u2019t have will be taken away from them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Then Jesus said, \u201cThis is what God\u2019s kingdom is like. It\u2019s as though someone scatters seed on the ground,"}, {"pk": 4123187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "then sleeps and wakes night and day. The seed sprouts and grows, but the farmer doesn\u2019t know how."}, {"pk": 4123188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "The earth produces crops all by itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full head of grain."}, {"pk": 4123189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Whenever the crop is ready, the farmer goes out to cut the grain because it\u2019s harvesttime.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "He continued, \u201cWhat\u2019s a good image for God\u2019s kingdom? What parable can I use to explain it?"}, {"pk": 4123191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Consider a mustard seed. When scattered on the ground, it\u2019s the smallest of all the seeds on the earth;"}, {"pk": 4123192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "but when it\u2019s planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all vegetable plants. It produces such large branches that the birds in the sky are able to nest in its shade.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "With many such parables he continued to give them the word, as much as they were able to hear."}, {"pk": 4123194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "He spoke to them only in parables, then explained everything to his disciples when he was alone with them."}, {"pk": 4123195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Later that day, when evening came, Jesus said to them, \u201cLet\u2019s cross over to the other side of the lake.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "They left the crowd and took him in the boat just as he was. Other boats followed along."}, {"pk": 4123197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "Gale-force winds arose, and waves crashed against the boat so that the boat was swamped."}, {"pk": 4123198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "But Jesus was in the rear of the boat, sleeping on a pillow. They woke him up and said, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care that we\u2019re drowning?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "He got up and gave orders to the wind, and he said to the lake, \u201cSilence! Be still!\u201d The wind settled down and there was a great calm."}, {"pk": 4123200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "Jesus asked them, \u201cWhy are you frightened? Don\u2019t you have faith yet?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "Overcome with awe, they said to each other, \u201cWho then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes."}, {"pk": 4123203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out of the tombs."}, {"pk": 4123204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "This man lived among the tombs, and no one was ever strong enough to restrain him, even with a chain."}, {"pk": 4123205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "He had been secured many times with leg irons and chains, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one was tough enough to control him."}, {"pk": 4123206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Night and day in the tombs and the hills, he would howl and cut himself with stones."}, {"pk": 4123207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "When he saw Jesus from far away, he ran and knelt before him,"}, {"pk": 4123208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "shouting, \u201cWhat have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won\u2019t torture me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "He said this because Jesus had already commanded him, \u201cUnclean spirit, come out of the man!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus asked him, \u201cWhat is your name?\u201d He responded, \u201cLegion is my name, because we are many.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "They pleaded with Jesus not to send them out of that region."}, {"pk": 4123212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside."}, {"pk": 4123213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cSend us into the pigs!\u201d they begged. \u201cLet us go into the pigs!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus gave them permission, so the unclean spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned."}, {"pk": 4123215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Those who tended the pigs ran away and told the story in the city and in the countryside. People came to see what had happened."}, {"pk": 4123216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "They came to Jesus and saw the man who used to be demon-possessed. They saw the very man who had been filled with many demons sitting there fully dressed and completely sane, and they were filled with awe."}, {"pk": 4123217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who had actually seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man told the others about the pigs."}, {"pk": 4123218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Then they pleaded with Jesus to leave their region."}, {"pk": 4123219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "While he was climbing into the boat, the one who had been demon-possessed pleaded with Jesus to let him come along as one of his disciples."}, {"pk": 4123220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "But Jesus wouldn\u2019t allow it. \u201cGo home to your own people,\u201d Jesus said, \u201cand tell them what the Lord has done for you and how he has shown you mercy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "The man went away and began to proclaim in the Ten Cities all that Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed."}, {"pk": 4123222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus crossed the lake again, and on the other side a large crowd gathered around him on the shore."}, {"pk": 4123223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Jairus, one of the synagogue leaders, came forward. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet"}, {"pk": 4123224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "and pleaded with him, \u201cMy daughter is about to die. Please, come and place your hands on her so that she can be healed and live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "So Jesus went with him. A swarm of people were following Jesus, crowding in on him."}, {"pk": 4123226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "A woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years."}, {"pk": 4123227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "She had suffered a lot under the care of many doctors, and had spent everything she had without getting any better. In fact, she had gotten worse."}, {"pk": 4123228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Because she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes."}, {"pk": 4123229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "She was thinking, If I can just touch his clothes, I\u2019ll be healed."}, {"pk": 4123230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Her bleeding stopped immediately, and she sensed in her body that her illness had been healed."}, {"pk": 4123231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "At that very moment, Jesus recognized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, \u201cWho touched my clothes?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "His disciples said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t you see the crowd pressing against you? Yet you ask, \u2018Who touched me?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "But Jesus looked around carefully to see who had done it."}, {"pk": 4123234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "The woman, full of fear and trembling, came forward. Knowing what had happened to her, she fell down in front of Jesus and told him the whole truth."}, {"pk": 4123235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "He responded, \u201cDaughter, your faith has healed you; go in peace, healed from your disease.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "While Jesus was still speaking with her, messengers came from the synagogue leader\u2019s house, saying to Jairus, \u201cYour daughter has died. Why bother the teacher any longer?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "But Jesus overheard their report and said to the synagogue leader, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; just keep trusting.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "He didn\u2019t allow anyone to follow him except Peter, James, and John, James\u2019 brother."}, {"pk": 4123239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "They came to the synagogue leader\u2019s house, and he saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly."}, {"pk": 4123240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "He went in and said to them, \u201cWhat\u2019s all this commotion and crying about? The child isn\u2019t dead. She\u2019s only sleeping.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "They laughed at him, but he threw them all out. Then, taking the child\u2019s parents and his disciples with him, he went to the room where the child was."}, {"pk": 4123242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "Taking her hand, he said to her, <b>\u201cTalitha koum,\u201d</b> which means, \u201cYoung woman, get up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "Suddenly the young woman got up and began to walk around. She was 12 years old. They were shocked!"}, {"pk": 4123244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "He gave them strict orders that no one should know what had happened. Then he told them to give her something to eat."}, {"pk": 4123245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus left that place and came to his hometown. His disciples followed him."}, {"pk": 4123246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "On the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were surprised. \u201cWhere did this man get all this? What\u2019s this wisdom he\u2019s been given? What about the powerful acts accomplished through him?"}, {"pk": 4123247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Isn\u2019t this the carpenter? Isn\u2019t he Mary\u2019s son and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren\u2019t his sisters here with us?\u201d They were repulsed by him and fell into sin."}, {"pk": 4123248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cProphets are honored everywhere except in their own hometowns, among their relatives, and in their own households.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "He was unable to do any miracles there, except that he placed his hands on a few sick people and healed them."}, {"pk": 4123250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "He was appalled by their disbelief. <b>Sending out the disciples</b> </pb> Then Jesus traveled through the surrounding villages teaching."}, {"pk": 4123251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "He called for the Twelve and sent them out in pairs. He gave them authority over unclean spirits."}, {"pk": 4123252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a walking stick \u2014 no bread, no bags, and no money in their belts."}, {"pk": 4123253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "He told them to wear sandals but not to put on two shirts."}, {"pk": 4123254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "He said, \u201cWhatever house you enter, remain there until you leave that place."}, {"pk": 4123255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "If a place doesn\u2019t welcome you or listen to you, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "So they went out and proclaimed that people should change their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4123257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "They cast out many demons, and they anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them."}, {"pk": 4123258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Herod the king heard about these things, because the name of Jesus had become well-known. Some were saying, \u201cJohn the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and this is why miraculous powers are at work through him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Others were saying, \u201cHe is Elijah.\u201d Still others were saying, \u201cHe is a prophet like one of the ancient prophets.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "But when Herod heard these rumors, he said, \u201cJohn, whom I beheaded, has been raised to life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "He said this because Herod himself had arranged to have John arrested and put in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Herod\u2019s brother Philip. Herod had married her,"}, {"pk": 4123262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "but John told Herod, \u201cIt\u2019s against the law for you to marry your brother\u2019s wife!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "So Herodias had it in for John. She wanted to kill him, but she couldn\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4123264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "This was because Herod respected John. He regarded him as a righteous and holy person, so he protected him. John\u2019s words greatly confused Herod, yet he enjoyed listening to him."}, {"pk": 4123265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Finally, the time was right. It was on one of Herod\u2019s birthdays, when he had prepared a feast for his high-ranking officials and military officers and Galilee\u2019s leading residents."}, {"pk": 4123266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Herod\u2019s daughter Herodias <sup>[1]</sup> came in and danced, thrilling Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the young woman, \u201cAsk me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the daughter of Herodias herself</i>; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4123267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Then he swore to her, \u201cWhatever you ask I will give to you, even as much as half of my kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "She left the banquet hall and said to her mother, \u201cWhat should I ask for?\u201d \u201cJohn the Baptist\u2019s head,\u201d Herodias replied."}, {"pk": 4123269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Hurrying back to the ruler, she made her request: \u201cI want you to give me John the Baptist\u2019s head on a plate, right this minute.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Although the king was upset, because of his solemn pledge and his guests, he didn\u2019t want to refuse her."}, {"pk": 4123271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "So he ordered a guard to bring John\u2019s head. The guard went to the prison, cut off John\u2019s head,"}, {"pk": 4123272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the young woman, and she gave it to her mother."}, {"pk": 4123273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "When John\u2019s disciples heard what had happened, they came and took his dead body and laid it in a tomb."}, {"pk": 4123274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "The apostles returned to Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught."}, {"pk": 4123275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "Many people were coming and going, so there was no time to eat. He said to the apostles, \u201cCome by yourselves to a secluded place and rest for a while.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "They departed in a boat by themselves for a deserted place."}, {"pk": 4123277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "Many people saw them leaving and recognized them, so they ran ahead from all the cities and arrived before them."}, {"pk": 4123278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "When Jesus arrived and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things."}, {"pk": 4123279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "Late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, \u201cThis is an isolated place, and it\u2019s already late in the day."}, {"pk": 4123280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something to eat for themselves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "He replied, \u201cYou give them something to eat.\u201d But they said to him, \u201cShould we go off and buy bread worth almost eight months\u2019 pay <sup>[2]</sup> and give it to them to eat?\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>two hundred denaria</i>; a denarion was a typical day\u2019s wage."}, {"pk": 4123282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "He said to them, \u201cHow much bread do you have? Take a look.\u201d After checking, they said, \u201cFive loaves of bread and two fish.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "He directed the disciples to seat all the people in groups as though they were having a banquet on the green grass."}, {"pk": 4123284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "They sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties."}, {"pk": 4123285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "He took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke the loaves into pieces, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all."}, {"pk": 4123286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "Everyone ate until they were full."}, {"pk": 4123287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 43, "text": "They filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of bread and fish."}, {"pk": 4123288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 44, "text": "About five thousand had eaten."}, {"pk": 4123289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 45, "text": "Right then, Jesus made his disciples get into a boat and go ahead to the other side of the lake, toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd."}, {"pk": 4123290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 46, "text": "After saying good-bye to them, Jesus went up onto a mountain to pray."}, {"pk": 4123291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 47, "text": "Evening came and the boat was in the middle of the lake, but he was alone on the land."}, {"pk": 4123292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 48, "text": "He saw his disciples struggling. They were trying to row forward, but the wind was blowing against them. Very early in the morning, he came to them, walking on the lake. He intended to pass by them."}, {"pk": 4123293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 49, "text": "When they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost and they screamed."}, {"pk": 4123294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 50, "text": "Seeing him was terrifying to all of them. Just then he spoke to them, \u201cBe encouraged! It\u2019s me. Don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 51, "text": "He got into the boat, and the wind settled down. His disciples were so baffled they were beside themselves."}, {"pk": 4123296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 52, "text": "That\u2019s because they hadn\u2019t understood about the loaves. Their hearts had been changed so that they resisted God\u2019s ways."}, {"pk": 4123297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 53, "text": "When Jesus and his disciples had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret, anchored the boat,"}, {"pk": 4123298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 54, "text": "and came ashore. People immediately recognized Jesus"}, {"pk": 4123299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 55, "text": "and ran around that whole region bringing sick people on their mats to wherever they heard he was."}, {"pk": 4123300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 6, "verse": 56, "text": "Wherever he went \u2014 villages, cities, or farming communities \u2014 they would place the sick in the marketplaces and beg him to allow them to touch even the hem of his clothing. Everyone who touched him was healed."}, {"pk": 4123301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The Pharisees and some legal experts from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "They saw some of his disciples eating food with unclean hands. (They were eating without first ritually purifying their hands through washing."}, {"pk": 4123303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "The Pharisees and all the Jews don\u2019t eat without first washing their hands carefully. This is a way of observing the rules handed down by the elders."}, {"pk": 4123304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Upon returning from the marketplace, they don\u2019t eat without first immersing themselves. They observe many other rules that have been handed down, such as the washing of cups, jugs, pans, and sleeping mats.)"}, {"pk": 4123305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "So the Pharisees and legal experts asked Jesus, \u201cWhy are your disciples not living according to the rules handed down by the elders but instead eat food with ritually unclean hands?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "He replied, \u201cIsaiah really knew what he was talking about when he prophesied about you hypocrites. He wrote, <b>This people honors me with their lips,</b> <br><b>but their hearts are far away from me.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4123307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "<b>Their worship of me is empty</b> <br><b>since they teach instructions that are human words.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/29/13'>Isa 29:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4123308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "You ignore God\u2019s commandment while holding on to rules created by humans and handed down to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus continued, \u201cClearly, you are experts at rejecting God\u2019s commandment in order to establish these rules."}, {"pk": 4123310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Moses said, <b>Honor your father and your mother,</b> <sup>[2]</sup> and <b>The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/2/21/17'>Exod 21:17</a>; <a href='/CEB/3/20/9'>Lev 20:9</a><br>[2] <a href='/CEB/2/20/12'>Exod 20:12</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/16'>Deut 5:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4123311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "But you say, \u2018If you tell your father or mother, \u201cEverything I\u2019m expected to contribute to you is <b>corban</b> (that is, a gift I\u2019m giving to God),\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "then you are no longer required to care for your father or mother.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4123313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "In this way you do away with God\u2019s word in favor of the rules handed down to you, which you pass on to others. And you do a lot of other things just like that.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Jesus called the crowd again and said, \u201cListen to me, all of you, and understand."}, {"pk": 4123315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Nothing outside of a person can enter and contaminate a person in God\u2019s sight; rather, the things that come out of a person contaminate the person.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/41/7/16'>7:16</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <font color=1><i>Whoever has ears to listen should pay attention!</i></font>"}, {"pk": 4123316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "After leaving the crowd, he entered a house where his disciples asked him about that riddle."}, {"pk": 4123317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "He said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t you understand either? Don\u2019t you know that nothing from the outside that enters a person has the power to contaminate?"}, {"pk": 4123318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "That\u2019s because it doesn\u2019t enter into the heart but into the stomach, and it goes out into the sewer.\u201d By saying this, Jesus declared that no food could contaminate a person in God\u2019s sight."}, {"pk": 4123319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s what comes out of a person that contaminates someone in God\u2019s sight,\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4123320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s from the inside, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come: sexual sins, thefts, murders,"}, {"pk": 4123321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "adultery, greed, evil actions, deceit, unrestrained immorality, envy, insults, arrogance, and foolishness."}, {"pk": 4123322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "All these evil things come from the inside and contaminate a person in God\u2019s sight.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Jesus left that place and went into the region of Tyre. He didn\u2019t want anyone to know that he had entered a house, but he couldn\u2019t hide."}, {"pk": 4123324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "In fact, a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him right away. She came and fell at his feet."}, {"pk": 4123325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "The woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by birth. She begged Jesus to throw the demon out of her daughter."}, {"pk": 4123326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "He responded, \u201cThe children have to be fed first. It isn\u2019t right to take the children\u2019s bread and toss it to the dogs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "But she answered, \u201cLord, even the dogs under the table eat the children\u2019s crumbs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cGood answer!\u201d he said. \u201cGo on home. The demon has already left your daughter.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "When she returned to her house, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone."}, {"pk": 4123330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "After leaving the region of Tyre, Jesus went through Sidon toward the Galilee Sea through the region of the Ten Cities."}, {"pk": 4123331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly speak, and they begged him to place his hand on the man for healing."}, {"pk": 4123332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "Jesus took him away from the crowd by himself and put his fingers in the man\u2019s ears. Then he spit and touched the man\u2019s tongue."}, {"pk": 4123333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "Looking into heaven, Jesus sighed deeply and said, <b>\u201cEphphatha,\u201d</b> which means, \u201cOpen up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "At once, his ears opened, his twisted tongue was released, and he began to speak clearly."}, {"pk": 4123335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "Jesus gave the people strict orders not to tell anyone. But the more he tried to silence them, the more eagerly they shared the news."}, {"pk": 4123336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "People were overcome with wonder, saying, \u201cHe does everything well! He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who can\u2019t speak.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples and told them,"}, {"pk": 4123338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI feel sorry for the crowd because they have been with me for three days and have nothing to eat."}, {"pk": 4123339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "If I send them away hungry to their homes, they won\u2019t have enough strength to travel, for some have come a long distance.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "His disciples responded, \u201cHow can anyone get enough food in this wilderness to satisfy these people?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus asked, \u201cHow much bread do you have?\u201d They said, \u201cSeven loaves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "He told the crowd to sit on the ground. He took the seven loaves, gave thanks, broke them apart, and gave them to his disciples to distribute; and they gave the bread to the crowd."}, {"pk": 4123343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "They also had a few fish. He said a blessing over them, then gave them to the disciples to hand out also."}, {"pk": 4123344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "They ate until they were full. They collected seven baskets full of leftovers."}, {"pk": 4123345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "This was a crowd of about four thousand people! Jesus sent them away,"}, {"pk": 4123346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "then got into a boat with his disciples and went over to the region of Dalmanutha."}, {"pk": 4123347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The Pharisees showed up and began to argue with Jesus. To test him, they asked for a sign from heaven."}, {"pk": 4123348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "With an impatient sigh, Jesus said, \u201cWhy does this generation look for a sign? I assure you that no sign will be given to it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Leaving them, he got back in the boat and crossed to the other side of the lake."}, {"pk": 4123350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus\u2019 disciples had forgotten to bring any bread, so they had only one loaf with them in the boat."}, {"pk": 4123351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "He gave them strict orders: \u201cWatch out and be on your guard for the yeast of the Pharisees as well as the yeast of Herod.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "The disciples discussed this among themselves, \u201cHe said this because we have no bread.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus knew what they were discussing and said, \u201cWhy are you talking about the fact that you don\u2019t have any bread? Don\u2019t you grasp what has happened? Don\u2019t you understand? Are your hearts so resistant to what God is doing?"}, {"pk": 4123354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t you have eyes? Why can\u2019t you see? Don\u2019t you have ears? Why can\u2019t you hear? Don\u2019t you remember?"}, {"pk": 4123355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "When I broke five loaves of bread for those five thousand people, how many baskets full of leftovers did you gather?\u201d They answered, \u201cTwelve.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cAnd when I broke seven loaves of bread for those four thousand people, how many baskets full of leftovers did you gather?\u201d They answered, \u201cSeven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cAnd you still don\u2019t understand?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch and heal him."}, {"pk": 4123359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "Taking the blind man\u2019s hand, Jesus led him out of the village. After spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on the man, he asked him, \u201cDo you see anything?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "The man looked up and said, \u201cI see people. They look like trees, only they are walking around.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Jesus placed his hands on the man\u2019s eyes again. He looked with his eyes wide open, his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly."}, {"pk": 4123362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Then Jesus sent him home, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t go into the village!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Jesus and his disciples went into the villages near Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, \u201cWho do people say that I am?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "They told him, \u201cSome say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "He asked them, \u201cAnd what about you? Who do you say that I am?\u201d Peter answered, \u201cYou are the Christ.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone about him."}, {"pk": 4123367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: \u201cThe Human One <sup>[1]</sup> must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and the legal experts, and be killed, and then, after three days, rise from the dead.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "He said this plainly. But Peter took hold of Jesus and, scolding him, began to correct him."}, {"pk": 4123369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, then sternly corrected Peter: \u201cGet behind me, Satan. You are not thinking God\u2019s thoughts but human thoughts.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "After calling the crowd together with his disciples, Jesus said to them, \u201cAll who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross, and follow me."}, {"pk": 4123371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me and because of the good news will save them."}, {"pk": 4123372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives?"}, {"pk": 4123373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "What will people give in exchange for their lives?"}, {"pk": 4123374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and sinful generation, the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> will be ashamed of that person when he comes in the Father\u2019s glory with the holy angels.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus continued, \u201cI assure you that some standing here won\u2019t die before they see God\u2019s kingdom arrive in power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and brought them to the top of a very high mountain where they were alone. He was transformed in front of them,"}, {"pk": 4123377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "and his clothes were amazingly bright, brighter than if they had been bleached white."}, {"pk": 4123378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Elijah and Moses appeared and were talking with Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Peter reacted to all of this by saying to Jesus, \u201cRabbi, it\u2019s good that we\u2019re here. Let\u2019s make three shrines \u2014 one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "He said this because he didn\u2019t know how to respond, for the three of them were terrified."}, {"pk": 4123381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice spoke from the cloud, \u201cThis is my Son, whom I dearly love. Listen to him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> had risen from the dead.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "So they kept it to themselves, wondering, \u201cWhat\u2019s this \u2018rising from the dead\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "They asked Jesus, \u201cWhy do the legal experts say that Elijah must come first?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "He answered, \u201cElijah does come first to restore all things. Why was it written that the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> would suffer many things and be rejected?", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "In fact, I tell you that Elijah has come, but they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it was written about him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "When Jesus, Peter, James, and John approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them and legal experts arguing with them."}, {"pk": 4123389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Suddenly the whole crowd caught sight of Jesus. They ran to greet him, overcome with excitement."}, {"pk": 4123390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus asked them, \u201cWhat are you arguing about?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Someone from the crowd responded, \u201cTeacher, I brought my son to you, since he has a spirit that doesn\u2019t allow him to speak."}, {"pk": 4123392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Wherever it overpowers him, it throws him into a fit. He foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and stiffens up. So I spoke to your disciples to see if they could throw it out, but they couldn\u2019t.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus answered them, \u201cYou faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "They brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a fit. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth."}, {"pk": 4123395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus asked his father, \u201cHow long has this been going on?\u201d He said, \u201cSince he was a child."}, {"pk": 4123396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "It has often thrown him into a fire or into water trying to kill him. If you can do anything, help us! Show us compassion!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201c\u2018If you can do anything\u2019? All things are possible for the one who has faith.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "At that the boy\u2019s father cried out, \u201cI have faith; help my lack of faith!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Noticing that the crowd had surged together, Jesus spoke harshly to the unclean spirit, \u201cMute and deaf spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "After screaming and shaking the boy horribly, the spirit came out. The boy seemed to be dead; in fact, several people said that he had died."}, {"pk": 4123401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "But Jesus took his hand, lifted him up, and he arose."}, {"pk": 4123402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "After Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, \u201cWhy couldn\u2019t we throw this spirit out?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cThrowing this kind of spirit out requires prayer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "From there Jesus and his followers went through Galilee, but he didn\u2019t want anyone to know it."}, {"pk": 4123405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "This was because he was teaching his disciples, \u201cThe Human One <sup>[3]</sup> will be delivered into human hands. They will kill him. Three days after he is killed he will rise up.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "But they didn\u2019t understand this kind of talk, and they were afraid to ask him."}, {"pk": 4123407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "They entered Capernaum. When they had come into a house, he asked them, \u201cWhat were you arguing about during the journey?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "They didn\u2019t respond, since on the way they had been debating with each other about who was the greatest."}, {"pk": 4123409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, \u201cWhoever wants to be first must be least of all and the servant of all.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "Jesus reached for a little child, placed him among the Twelve, and embraced him. Then he said,"}, {"pk": 4123411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cWhoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me isn\u2019t actually welcoming me but rather the one who sent me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "John said to Jesus, \u201cTeacher, we saw someone throwing demons out in your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn\u2019t following us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cDon\u2019t stop him. No one who does powerful acts in my name can quickly turn around and curse me."}, {"pk": 4123414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "Whoever isn\u2019t against us is for us."}, {"pk": 4123415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "I assure you that whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will certainly be rewarded."}, {"pk": 4123416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "\u201cAs for whoever causes these little ones who believe in me to trip and fall into sin, it would be better for them to have a huge stone hung around their necks and to be thrown into the lake."}, {"pk": 4123417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "If your hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It\u2019s better for you to enter into life crippled than to go away with two hands into the fire of hell, which can\u2019t be put out. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/41/9/44'>9:44</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <font color=1><i>where worms don\u2019t die and the fire never goes out</i></font>."}, {"pk": 4123418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 45, "text": "If your foot causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It\u2019s better for you to enter life lame than to be thrown into hell with two feet. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/41/9/46'>9:46</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <font color=1><i>where worms don\u2019t die and the fire never goes out</i></font>."}, {"pk": 4123419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 47, "text": "If your eye causes you to fall into sin, tear it out. It\u2019s better for you to enter God\u2019s kingdom with one eye than to be thrown into hell with two."}, {"pk": 4123420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 48, "text": "That\u2019s a place <b>where worms don\u2019t die and the fire never goes out</b>. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/23/66/24'>Isa 66:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4123421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 49, "text": "Everyone will be salted with fire."}, {"pk": 4123422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 9, "verse": 50, "text": "Salt is good; but if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? Maintain salt among yourselves and keep peace with each other.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus left that place and went beyond the Jordan and into the region of Judea. Crowds gathered around him again and, as usual, he taught them."}, {"pk": 4123424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Some Pharisees came and, trying to test him, they asked, \u201cDoes the Law allow a man to divorce his wife?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cWhat did Moses command you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "They said, \u201cMoses allowed a man to write a divorce certificate and to divorce his wife.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cHe wrote this commandment for you because of your unyielding hearts."}, {"pk": 4123428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "At the beginning of creation, <b>God made them male and female</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/1/27'>Gen 1:27</a>"}, {"pk": 4123429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "<b>Because of this, a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife,</b>"}, {"pk": 4123430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "<b>and the two will be one flesh.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> So they are no longer two but one flesh.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/2/24'>Gen 2:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4123431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, humans must not pull apart what God has put together.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Inside the house, the disciples asked him again about this."}, {"pk": 4123433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "He said to them, \u201cWhoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;"}, {"pk": 4123434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "and if a wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "People were bringing children to Jesus so that he would bless them. But the disciples scolded them."}, {"pk": 4123436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "When Jesus saw this, he grew angry and said to them, \u201cAllow the children to come to me. Don\u2019t forbid them, because God\u2019s kingdom belongs to people like these children."}, {"pk": 4123437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "I assure you that whoever doesn\u2019t welcome God\u2019s kingdom like a child will never enter it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Then he hugged the children and blessed them."}, {"pk": 4123439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "As Jesus continued down the road, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked, \u201cGood Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhy do you call me good? No one is good except the one God."}, {"pk": 4123441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "You know the commandments: <b>Don\u2019t commit murder. Don\u2019t commit adultery. Don\u2019t steal. Don\u2019t give false testimony</b>. Don\u2019t cheat. <b>Honor your father and mother.\u201d</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/2/12/16'>Exod 12:16</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/16/20'>Deut 16:20</a>"}, {"pk": 4123442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cTeacher,\u201d he responded, \u201cI\u2019ve kept all of these things since I was a boy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus looked at him carefully and loved him. He said, \u201cYou are lacking one thing. Go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "But the man was dismayed at this statement and went away saddened, because he had many possessions."}, {"pk": 4123445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Looking around, Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cIt will be very hard for the wealthy to enter God\u2019s kingdom!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "His words startled the disciples, so Jesus told them again, \u201cChildren, it\u2019s difficult to enter God\u2019s kingdom!"}, {"pk": 4123447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "It\u2019s easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "They were shocked even more and said to each other, \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Jesus looked at them carefully and said, \u201cIt\u2019s impossible with human beings, but not with God. All things are possible for God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Peter said to him, \u201cLook, we\u2019ve left everything and followed you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cI assure you that anyone who has left house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or farms because of me and because of the good news"}, {"pk": 4123452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "will receive one hundred times as much now in this life \u2014 houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and farms (with harassment) \u2014 and in the coming age, eternal life."}, {"pk": 4123453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "But many who are first will be last. And many who are last will be first.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus and his disciples were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus in the lead. The disciples were amazed while the others following behind were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he told them what was about to happen to him."}, {"pk": 4123455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cLook!\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going up to Jerusalem. The Human One <sup>[4]</sup> will be handed over to the chief priests and the legal experts. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "They will ridicule him, spit on him, torture him, and kill him. After three days, he will rise up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "James and John, Zebedee\u2019s sons, came to Jesus and said, \u201cTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4123459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "They said, \u201cAllow one of us to sit on your right and the other on your left when you enter your glory.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re asking! Can you drink the cup I drink or receive the baptism I receive?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "\u201cWe can,\u201d they answered. Jesus said, \u201cYou will drink the cup I drink and receive the baptism I receive,"}, {"pk": 4123462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "but to sit at my right or left hand isn\u2019t mine to give. It belongs to those for whom it has been prepared.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "Now when the other ten disciples heard about this, they became angry with James and John."}, {"pk": 4123464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "Jesus called them over and said, \u201cYou know that the ones who are considered the rulers by the Gentiles show off their authority over them and their high-ranking officials order them around."}, {"pk": 4123465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 43, "text": "But that\u2019s not the way it will be with you. Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant."}, {"pk": 4123466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 44, "text": "Whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all,"}, {"pk": 4123467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 45, "text": "for the Human One <sup>[5]</sup> didn\u2019t come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life to liberate many people.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 46, "text": "Jesus and his followers came into Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, Timaeus\u2019 son, was sitting beside the road."}, {"pk": 4123469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 47, "text": "When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, \u201cJesus, Son of David, show me mercy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 48, "text": "Many scolded him, telling him to be quiet, but he shouted even louder, \u201cSon of David, show me mercy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 49, "text": "Jesus stopped and said, \u201cCall him forward.\u201d They called the blind man, \u201cBe encouraged! Get up! He\u2019s calling you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 50, "text": "Throwing his coat to the side, he jumped up and came to Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 51, "text": "Jesus asked him, \u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d The blind man said, \u201cTeacher, I want to see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 10, "verse": 52, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cGo, your faith has healed you.\u201d At once he was able to see, and he began to follow Jesus on the way."}, {"pk": 4123475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jesus and his followers approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. Jesus gave two disciples a task,"}, {"pk": 4123476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "saying to them, \u201cGo into the village over there. As soon as you enter it, you will find tied up there a colt that no one has ridden. Untie it and bring it here."}, {"pk": 4123477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "If anyone says to you, \u2018Why are you doing this?\u2019 say, \u2018Its master needs it, and he will send it back right away.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "They went and found a colt tied to a gate outside on the street, and they untied it."}, {"pk": 4123479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Some people standing around said to them, \u201cWhat are you doing, untying the colt?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "They told them just what Jesus said, and they left them alone."}, {"pk": 4123481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes upon it, and he sat on it."}, {"pk": 4123482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Many people spread out their clothes on the road while others spread branches cut from the fields."}, {"pk": 4123483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Those in front of him and those following were shouting, \u201c<b>Hosanna! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/118/26'>Ps 118:26</a>"}, {"pk": 4123484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Blessings on the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. After he looked around at everything, because it was already late in the evening, he returned to Bethany with the Twelve."}, {"pk": 4123486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "The next day, after leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry."}, {"pk": 4123487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "From far away, he noticed a fig tree in leaf, so he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves, since it wasn\u2019t the season for figs."}, {"pk": 4123488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "So he said to it, \u201cNo one will ever again eat your fruit!\u201d His disciples heard this."}, {"pk": 4123489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "They came into Jerusalem. After entering the temple, he threw out those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves."}, {"pk": 4123490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "He didn\u2019t allow anyone to carry anything through the temple."}, {"pk": 4123491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "He taught them, \u201cHasn\u2019t it been written, <b>My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations?</b> <sup>[2]</sup> But you\u2019ve turned it into <b>a hideout for crooks.\u201d</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/24/7/11'>Jer 7:11</a><br>[2] <a href='/CEB/23/56/7'>Isa 56:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4123492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "The chief priests and legal experts heard this and tried to find a way to destroy him. They regarded him as dangerous because the whole crowd was enthralled at his teaching."}, {"pk": 4123493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "When it was evening, Jesus and his disciples went outside the city."}, {"pk": 4123494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Early in the morning, as Jesus and his disciples were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered from the root up."}, {"pk": 4123495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Peter remembered and said to Jesus, \u201cRabbi, look how the fig tree you cursed has dried up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus responded to them, \u201cHave faith in God!"}, {"pk": 4123497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "I assure you that whoever says to this mountain, \u2018Be lifted up and thrown into the sea\u2019 \u2014 and doesn\u2019t waver but believes that what is said will really happen \u2014 it will happen."}, {"pk": 4123498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you will receive it, and it will be so for you."}, {"pk": 4123499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "And whenever you stand up to pray, if you have something against anyone, forgive so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your wrongdoings.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/41/11/26'>11:26</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <font color=1><i>And if you don\u2019t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive you your wrongdoings</i></font>."}, {"pk": 4123500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "Jesus and his disciples entered Jerusalem again. As Jesus was walking around the temple, the chief priests, legal experts, and elders came to him."}, {"pk": 4123501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "They asked, \u201cWhat kind of authority do you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cI have a question for you. Give me an answer, then I\u2019ll tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things."}, {"pk": 4123503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Was John\u2019s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "They argued among themselves, \u201cIf we say, \u2018It\u2019s of heavenly origin,\u2019 he\u2019ll say, \u2018Then why didn\u2019t you believe him?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4123505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "But we can\u2019t say, \u2018It\u2019s of earthly origin.\u2019\u201d They said this because they were afraid of the crowd, because they all thought John was a prophet."}, {"pk": 4123506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "They answered Jesus, \u201cWe don\u2019t know.\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cNeither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus spoke to them in parables. \u201cA man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and took a trip."}, {"pk": 4123508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "When it was time, he sent a servant to collect from the tenants his share of the fruit of the vineyard."}, {"pk": 4123509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "But they grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed."}, {"pk": 4123510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Again the landowner sent another servant to them, but they struck him on the head and treated him disgracefully."}, {"pk": 4123511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "He sent another one; that one they killed. The landlord sent many other servants, but the tenants beat some and killed others."}, {"pk": 4123512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Now the landowner had one son whom he loved dearly. He sent him last, thinking, They will respect my son."}, {"pk": 4123513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "But those tenant farmers said to each other, \u2018This is the heir. Let\u2019s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4123514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "They grabbed him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard."}, {"pk": 4123515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cSo what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others."}, {"pk": 4123516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Haven\u2019t you read this scripture, <b>The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.</b>"}, {"pk": 4123517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "<b>The Lord has done this, and it\u2019s amazing in our eyes?\u201d</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/118/22-23'>Ps 118:22\u201323</a>"}, {"pk": 4123518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "They wanted to arrest Jesus because they knew that he had told the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away."}, {"pk": 4123519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "They sent some of the Pharisees and supporters of Herod to trap him in his words."}, {"pk": 4123520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "They came to him and said, \u201cTeacher, we know that you\u2019re genuine and you don\u2019t worry about what people think. You don\u2019t show favoritism but teach God\u2019s way as it really is. Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay taxes or not?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Since Jesus recognized their deceit, he said to them, \u201cWhy are you testing me? Bring me a coin. Show it to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "And they brought one. He said to them, \u201cWhose image and inscription is this?\u201d \u201cCaesar\u2019s,\u201d they replied."}, {"pk": 4123523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cGive to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.\u201d His reply left them overcome with wonder."}, {"pk": 4123524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked,"}, {"pk": 4123525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cTeacher, Moses wrote for us that <b>if a man\u2019s brother dies</b>, leaving a widow <b>but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/25/5'>Deut 25:5</a>; <a href='/CEB/1/38/8'>Gen 38:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4123526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman; when he died, he left no children."}, {"pk": 4123527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "The second married her and died without leaving any children. The third did the same."}, {"pk": 4123528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "None of the seven left any children. Finally, the woman died."}, {"pk": 4123529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "At the resurrection, when they all rise up, whose wife will she be? All seven were married to her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cIsn\u2019t this the reason you are wrong, because you don\u2019t know either the scriptures or God\u2019s power?"}, {"pk": 4123531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "When people rise from the dead, they won\u2019t marry nor will they be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like God\u2019s angels."}, {"pk": 4123532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "As for the resurrection from the dead, haven\u2019t you read in the scroll from Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to Moses, <b>I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/2/3/6'>Exod 3:6</a>, <a href='/CEB/2/3/15-16'>15\u201316</a>"}, {"pk": 4123533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "He isn\u2019t the God of the dead but of the living. You are seriously mistaken.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "One of the legal experts heard their dispute and saw how well Jesus answered them. He came over and asked him, \u201cWhich commandment is the most important of all?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cThe most important one is <b>Israel, listen! Our God is the one Lord,</b>"}, {"pk": 4123536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "<b>and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your mind, and with all your strength.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/5/6/4-5'>Deut 6:4\u20135</a>"}, {"pk": 4123537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "The second is this, <b>You will love your neighbor as yourself</b>. <sup>[5]</sup> No other commandment is greater than these.\u201d", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4123538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "The legal expert said to him, \u201cWell said, Teacher. You have truthfully said that God is one and there is no other besides him."}, {"pk": 4123539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "And to love God with all of the heart, a full understanding, and all of one\u2019s strength, and to love one\u2019s neighbor as oneself is much more important than all kinds of entirely burned offerings and sacrifices.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "When Jesus saw that he had answered with wisdom, he said to him, \u201cYou aren\u2019t far from God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d After that, no one dared to ask him any more questions."}, {"pk": 4123541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, \u201cWhy do the legal experts say that the Christ is David\u2019s son?"}, {"pk": 4123542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said, <b>The Lord said to my lord, \u2018Sit at my right side until I turn your enemies into your footstool.\u2019</b> <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4123543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "David himself calls him \u2018Lord,\u2019 so how can he be David\u2019s son?\u201d The large crowd listened to him with delight."}, {"pk": 4123544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "As he was teaching, he said, \u201cWatch out for the legal experts. They like to walk around in long robes. They want to be greeted with honor in the markets."}, {"pk": 4123545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "They long for places of honor in the synagogues and at banquets."}, {"pk": 4123546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "They are the ones who cheat widows out of their homes, and to show off they say long prayers. They will be judged most harshly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "Jesus sat across from the collection box for the temple treasury and observed how the crowd gave their money. Many rich people were throwing in lots of money."}, {"pk": 4123548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "One poor widow came forward and put in two small copper coins worth a penny. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Or two <i>lepta</i> (the smallest Greek copper coin, each worth 1/128 of a single day\u2019s pay), that is, a <i>kodrantes</i> (the smallest Roman coin, equal in value to two <i>lepta</i>)"}, {"pk": 4123549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "Jesus called his disciples to him and said, \u201cI assure you that this poor widow has put in more than everyone who\u2019s been putting money in the treasury."}, {"pk": 4123550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had, even what she needed to live on.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "As Jesus left the temple, one of his disciples said to him, \u201cTeacher, look! What awesome stones and buildings!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cDo you see these enormous buildings? Not even one stone will be left upon another. All will be demolished.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple. Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,"}, {"pk": 4123554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cTell us, when will these things happen? What sign will show that all these things are about to come to an end?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cWatch out that no one deceives you."}, {"pk": 4123556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Many people will come in my name, saying, \u2018I\u2019m the one!\u2019 They will deceive many people."}, {"pk": 4123557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "When you hear of wars and reports of wars, don\u2019t be alarmed. These things must happen, but this isn\u2019t the end yet."}, {"pk": 4123558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Nations and kingdoms will fight against each other, and there will be earthquakes and famines in all sorts of places. These things are just the beginning of the sufferings associated with the end."}, {"pk": 4123559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWatch out for yourselves. People will hand you over to the councils. You will be beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me so that you can testify before them."}, {"pk": 4123560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "First, the good news must be proclaimed to all the nations."}, {"pk": 4123561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "When they haul you in and hand you over, don\u2019t worry ahead of time about what to answer or say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that moment, for you aren\u2019t doing the speaking but the Holy Spirit is."}, {"pk": 4123562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Brothers and sisters will hand each other over to death. A father will turn in his children. Children will rise up against their parents and have them executed."}, {"pk": 4123563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Everyone will hate you because of my name. But whoever stands firm until the end will be saved."}, {"pk": 4123564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cWhen you see the disgusting and destructive thing standing where it shouldn\u2019t be (the reader should understand this), then those in Judea must escape to the mountains."}, {"pk": 4123565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Those on the roof shouldn\u2019t come down or enter their houses to grab anything."}, {"pk": 4123566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Those in the field shouldn\u2019t come back to grab their clothes."}, {"pk": 4123567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "How terrible it will be at that time for women who are pregnant and for women who are nursing their children."}, {"pk": 4123568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Pray that it doesn\u2019t happen in winter."}, {"pk": 4123569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "In those days there will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see."}, {"pk": 4123570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "If the Lord hadn\u2019t shortened that time, no one would be rescued. But for the sake of the chosen ones, the ones whom God chose, he has cut short the time."}, {"pk": 4123571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cThen if someone says to you, \u2018Look, here\u2019s the Christ,\u2019 or \u2018There he is,\u2019 don\u2019t believe it."}, {"pk": 4123572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "False christs and false prophets will appear, and they will offer signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, those whom God has chosen."}, {"pk": 4123573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "But you, watch out! I\u2019ve told you everything ahead of time."}, {"pk": 4123574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cIn those days, after the suffering of that time, the sun will become dark, and the moon won\u2019t give its light."}, {"pk": 4123575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "The stars will fall from the sky, and the planets and other heavenly bodies will be shaken."}, {"pk": 4123576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "Then they will see the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> coming in the clouds with great power and splendor.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he will send the angels and gather together his chosen people from the four corners of the earth, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven."}, {"pk": 4123578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cLearn this parable from the fig tree. After its branch becomes tender and it sprouts new leaves, you know that summer is near."}, {"pk": 4123579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "In the same way, when you see these things happening, you know that he\u2019s near, at the door."}, {"pk": 4123580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "I assure you that this generation won\u2019t pass away until all these things happen."}, {"pk": 4123581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away."}, {"pk": 4123582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cBut nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the angels in heaven and not the Son. Only the Father knows."}, {"pk": 4123583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "Watch out! Stay alert! You don\u2019t know when the time is coming."}, {"pk": 4123584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "It is as if someone took a trip, left the household behind, and put the servants in charge, giving each one a job to do, and told the doorkeeper to stay alert."}, {"pk": 4123585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "Therefore, stay alert! You don\u2019t know when the head of the household will come, whether in the evening or at midnight, or when the rooster crows in the early morning or at daybreak."}, {"pk": 4123586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "Don\u2019t let him show up when you weren\u2019t expecting and find you sleeping."}, {"pk": 4123587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "It was two days before Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and legal experts through cunning tricks were searching for a way to arrest Jesus and kill him."}, {"pk": 4123589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "But they agreed that it shouldn\u2019t happen during the festival; otherwise, there would be an uproar among the people."}, {"pk": 4123590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus was at Bethany visiting the house of Simon, who had a skin disease. During dinner, a woman came in with a vase made of alabaster and containing very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke open the vase and poured the perfume on his head."}, {"pk": 4123591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Some grew angry. They said to each other, \u201cWhy waste the perfume?"}, {"pk": 4123592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "This perfume could have been sold for almost a year\u2019s pay <sup>[1]</sup> and the money given to the poor.\u201d And they scolded her.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>three hundred denaria</i>; a denarion was equivalent to a day\u2019s pay."}, {"pk": 4123593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cLeave her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me."}, {"pk": 4123594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "You always have the poor with you; and whenever you want, you can do something good for them. But you won\u2019t always have me."}, {"pk": 4123595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "She has done what she could. She has anointed my body ahead of time for burial."}, {"pk": 4123596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "I tell you the truth that, wherever in the whole world the good news is announced, what she\u2019s done will also be told in memory of her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to give Jesus up to them."}, {"pk": 4123598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "When they heard it, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he started looking for an opportunity to turn him in."}, {"pk": 4123599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, the disciples said to Jesus, \u201cWhere do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "He sent two of his disciples and said to them, \u201cGo into the city. A man carrying a water jar will meet you. Follow him."}, {"pk": 4123601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, \u2018The teacher asks, \u201cWhere is my guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?\u201d \u2019"}, {"pk": 4123602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "He will show you a large room upstairs already furnished. Prepare for us there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "The disciples left, came into the city, found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal."}, {"pk": 4123604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "That evening, Jesus arrived with the Twelve."}, {"pk": 4123605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "During the meal, Jesus said, \u201cI assure you that one of you will betray me \u2014 someone eating with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Deeply saddened, they asked him, one by one, \u201cIt\u2019s not me, is it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cIt\u2019s one of the Twelve, one who is dipping bread with me into this bowl."}, {"pk": 4123608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "The Human One <sup>[2]</sup> goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! <sup>[3]</sup> It would have been better for him if he had never been born.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, \u201cTake; this is my body.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it."}, {"pk": 4123611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "He said to them, \u201cThis is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many."}, {"pk": 4123612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "I assure you that I won\u2019t drink wine again until that day when I drink it in a new way in God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "After singing songs of praise, they went out to the Mount of Olives."}, {"pk": 4123614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cYou will all falter in your faithfulness to me. It is written, <b>I will hit the shepherd, and the sheep will go off in all directions</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/38/13/7'>Zech 13:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4123615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "But after I\u2019m raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Peter said to him, \u201cEven if everyone else stumbles, I won\u2019t.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "But Jesus said to him, \u201cI assure you that on this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "But Peter insisted, \u201cIf I must die alongside you, I won\u2019t deny you.\u201d And they all said the same thing."}, {"pk": 4123619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus and his disciples came to a place called Gethsemane. Jesus said to them, \u201cSit here while I pray.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "He took Peter, James, and John along with him. He began to feel despair and was anxious."}, {"pk": 4123621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "He said to them, \u201cI\u2019m very sad. It\u2019s as if I\u2019m dying. Stay here and keep alert.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "Then he went a short distance farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if possible, he might be spared the time of suffering."}, {"pk": 4123623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "He said, \u201cAbba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup of suffering away from me. However \u2014 not what I want but what you want.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "He came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, \u201cSimon, are you asleep? Couldn\u2019t you stay alert for one hour?"}, {"pk": 4123625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "Stay alert and pray so that you won\u2019t give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "Again, he left them and prayed, repeating the same words."}, {"pk": 4123627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "And, again, when he came back, he found them sleeping, for they couldn\u2019t keep their eyes open, and they didn\u2019t know how to respond to him."}, {"pk": 4123628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "He came a third time and said to them, \u201cWill you sleep and rest all night? That\u2019s enough! The time has come for the Human One <sup>[5]</sup> to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "Get up! Let\u2019s go! Look, here comes my betrayer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "Suddenly, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came with a mob carrying swords and clubs. They had been sent by the chief priests, legal experts, and elders."}, {"pk": 4123631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "His betrayer had given them a sign: \u201cArrest the man I kiss, and take him away under guard.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "As soon as he got there, Judas said to Jesus, \u201cRabbi!\u201d Then he kissed him."}, {"pk": 4123633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 46, "text": "Then they came and grabbed Jesus and arrested him."}, {"pk": 4123634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 47, "text": "One of the bystanders drew a sword and struck the high priest\u2019s slave and cut off his ear."}, {"pk": 4123635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 48, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cHave you come with swords and clubs to arrest me, like an outlaw?"}, {"pk": 4123636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 49, "text": "Day after day, I was with you, teaching in the temple, but you didn\u2019t arrest me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 50, "text": "And all his disciples left him and ran away."}, {"pk": 4123638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 51, "text": "One young man, a disciple, was wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They grabbed him,"}, {"pk": 4123639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 52, "text": "but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked."}, {"pk": 4123640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 53, "text": "They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders, and legal experts gathered."}, {"pk": 4123641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 54, "text": "Peter followed him from a distance, right into the high priest\u2019s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards, warming himself by the fire."}, {"pk": 4123642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 55, "text": "The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they couldn\u2019t find any."}, {"pk": 4123643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 56, "text": "Many brought false testimony against him, but they contradicted each other."}, {"pk": 4123644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 57, "text": "Some stood to offer false witness against him, saying,"}, {"pk": 4123645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 58, "text": "\u201cWe heard him saying, \u2018I will destroy this temple, constructed by humans, and within three days I will build another, one not made by humans.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 59, "text": "But their testimonies didn\u2019t agree even on this point."}, {"pk": 4123647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 60, "text": "Then the high priest stood up in the middle of the gathering and examined Jesus. \u201cAren\u2019t you going to respond to the testimony these people have brought against you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 61, "text": "But Jesus was silent and didn\u2019t answer. Again, the high priest asked, \u201cAre you the Christ, the Son of the blessed one?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 62, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cI am. And you will see the Human One <sup>[6]</sup> sitting on the right side of the Almighty <sup>[7]</sup> and coming on the heavenly clouds.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[7] Or <i>the Power</i>"}, {"pk": 4123650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 63, "text": "Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, \u201cWhy do we need any more witnesses?"}, {"pk": 4123651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 64, "text": "You\u2019ve heard his insult against God. What do you think?\u201d They all condemned him. \u201cHe deserves to die!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 65, "text": "Some began to spit on him. Some covered his face and hit him, saying, \u201cProphesy!\u201d Then the guards took him and beat him."}, {"pk": 4123653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 66, "text": "Meanwhile, Peter was below in the courtyard. A woman, one of the high priest\u2019s servants, approached"}, {"pk": 4123654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 67, "text": "and saw Peter warming himself by the fire. She stared at him and said, \u201cYou were also with the Nazarene, Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 68, "text": "But he denied it, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about. I don\u2019t understand what you\u2019re saying.\u201d And he went outside into the outer courtyard. A rooster crowed."}, {"pk": 4123656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 69, "text": "The female servant saw him and began a second time to say to those standing around, \u201cThis man is one of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 70, "text": "But he denied it again. A short time later, those standing around again said to Peter, \u201cYou must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 71, "text": "But he cursed and swore, \u201cI don\u2019t know this man you\u2019re talking about.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 14, "verse": 72, "text": "At that very moment, a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered what Jesus told him, \u201cBefore a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.\u201d And he broke down, sobbing."}, {"pk": 4123660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "At daybreak, the chief priests \u2014 with the elders, legal experts, and the whole Sanhedrin \u2014 formed a plan. They bound Jesus, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate."}, {"pk": 4123661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Pilate questioned him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cThat\u2019s what you say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "The chief priests were accusing him of many things."}, {"pk": 4123663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Pilate asked him again, \u201cAren\u2019t you going to answer? What about all these accusations?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate marveled."}, {"pk": 4123665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "During the festival, Pilate released one prisoner to them, whomever they requested."}, {"pk": 4123666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "A man named Barabbas was locked up with the rebels who had committed murder during an uprising."}, {"pk": 4123667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "The crowd pushed forward and asked Pilate to release someone, as he regularly did."}, {"pk": 4123668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Pilate answered them, \u201cDo you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "He knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of jealousy."}, {"pk": 4123670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead."}, {"pk": 4123671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Pilate replied, \u201cThen what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "They shouted back, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Pilate said to them, \u201cWhy? What wrong has he done?\u201d They shouted even louder, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, so he released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus whipped, then handed him over to be crucified."}, {"pk": 4123675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "The soldiers led Jesus away into the courtyard of the palace known as the governor\u2019s headquarters, <sup>[1]</sup> and they called together the whole company of soldiers. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>cohort</i> (approximately six hundred soldiers)<br>[1] Or <i>praetorium</i>"}, {"pk": 4123676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "They dressed him up in a purple robe and twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him."}, {"pk": 4123677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "They saluted him, \u201cHey! King of the Jews!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Again and again, they struck his head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt before him to honor him."}, {"pk": 4123679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "When they finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him."}, {"pk": 4123680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Simon, a man from Cyrene, Alexander and Rufus\u2019 father, was coming in from the countryside. They forced him to carry his cross."}, {"pk": 4123681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place."}, {"pk": 4123682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he didn\u2019t take it."}, {"pk": 4123683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "They crucified him. They divided up his clothes, drawing lots for them to determine who would take what."}, {"pk": 4123684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "It was nine in the morning when they crucified him."}, {"pk": 4123685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "The notice of the formal charge against him was written, \u201cThe king of the Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "They crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/41/15/28'>15:28</a> is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament <i>The scripture was fulfilled, which says, He was numbered among criminals</i>."}, {"pk": 4123687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "People walking by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, \u201cHa! So you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you?"}, {"pk": 4123688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Save yourself and come down from that cross!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "In the same way, the chief priests were making fun of him among themselves, together with the legal experts. \u201cHe saved others,\u201d they said, \u201cbut he can\u2019t save himself."}, {"pk": 4123690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross. Then we\u2019ll see and believe.\u201d Even those who had been crucified with Jesus insulted him."}, {"pk": 4123691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "From noon until three in the afternoon the whole earth was dark."}, {"pk": 4123692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "At three, Jesus cried out with a loud shout, <b>\u201cEloi, eloi, lama sabachthani,\u201d</b> which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you left me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "After hearing him, some standing there said, \u201cLook! He\u2019s calling Elijah!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "Someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, and put it on a pole. He offered it to Jesus to drink, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s see if Elijah will come to take him down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "But Jesus let out a loud cry and died."}, {"pk": 4123696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "The curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom."}, {"pk": 4123697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "When the centurion, who stood facing Jesus, saw how he died, he said, \u201cThis man was certainly God\u2019s Son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "Some women were watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James (the younger one) and Joses, and Salome."}, {"pk": 4123699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "When Jesus was in Galilee, these women had followed and supported him, along with many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him."}, {"pk": 4123700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 42, "text": "Since it was late in the afternoon on Preparation Day, just before the Sabbath,"}, {"pk": 4123701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 43, "text": "Joseph from Arimathea dared to approach Pilate and ask for Jesus\u2019 body. (Joseph was a prominent council member who also eagerly anticipated the coming of God\u2019s kingdom.)"}, {"pk": 4123702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 44, "text": "Pilate wondered if Jesus was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him whether Jesus had already died."}, {"pk": 4123703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 45, "text": "When he learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, Pilate gave the dead body to Joseph."}, {"pk": 4123704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 46, "text": "He bought a linen cloth, took Jesus down from the cross, wrapped him in the cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been carved out of rock. He rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb."}, {"pk": 4123705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 15, "verse": 47, "text": "Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was buried."}, {"pk": 4123706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint Jesus\u2019 dead body."}, {"pk": 4123707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb."}, {"pk": 4123708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "They were saying to each other, \u201cWho\u2019s going to roll the stone away from the entrance for us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away. (And it was a very large stone!)"}, {"pk": 4123710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Going into the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right side; and they were startled."}, {"pk": 4123711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "But he said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. <sup>[1]</sup> He has been raised. He isn\u2019t here. Look, here\u2019s the place where they laid him.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the Crucified One</i>"}, {"pk": 4123712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Overcome with terror and dread, they fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] In most critical editions of the Gk New Testament, the Gospel of Mark ends at <a href='/CEB/41/16/8'>16:8</a>."}, {"pk": 4123714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[8]</sup> [They promptly reported all of the young man\u2019s instructions to those who were with Peter. Afterward, through the work of his disciples, Jesus sent out, from the east to the west, the sacred and undying message of eternal salvation. Amen. ] [[After Jesus rose up early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons."}, {"pk": 4123715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "She went and reported to the ones who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping."}, {"pk": 4123716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "But even after they heard the news, they didn\u2019t believe that Jesus was alive and that Mary had seen him."}, {"pk": 4123717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "After that he appeared in a different form to two of them who were walking along in the countryside."}, {"pk": 4123718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "When they returned, they reported it to the others, but they didn\u2019t believe them."}, {"pk": 4123719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Finally he appeared to the eleven while they were eating. Jesus criticized their unbelief and stubbornness because they didn\u2019t believe those who saw him after he was raised up."}, {"pk": 4123720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "He said to them, \u201cGo into the whole world and proclaim the good news to every creature."}, {"pk": 4123721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn\u2019t believe will be condemned."}, {"pk": 4123722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "These signs will be associated with those who believe: they will throw out demons in my name. They will speak in new languages."}, {"pk": 4123723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "They will pick up snakes with their hands. If they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick, and they will get well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "After the Lord Jesus spoke to them, he was lifted up into heaven and sat down on the right side of God."}, {"pk": 4123725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 41, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "But they went out and proclaimed the message everywhere. The Lord worked with them, confirming the word by the signs associated with them.]]"}, {"pk": 4123726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Many people have already applied themselves to the task of compiling an account of the events that have been fulfilled among us."}, {"pk": 4123727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "They used what the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed down to us."}, {"pk": 4123728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Now, after having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, I have also decided to write a carefully ordered account for you, most honorable Theophilus."}, {"pk": 4123729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I want you to have confidence in the soundness of the instruction you have received."}, {"pk": 4123730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "During the rule of King Herod of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron."}, {"pk": 4123731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "They were both righteous before God, blameless in their observance of all the Lord\u2019s commandments and regulations."}, {"pk": 4123732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to become pregnant and they both were very old."}, {"pk": 4123733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God because his priestly division was on duty."}, {"pk": 4123734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Following the customs of priestly service, he was chosen by lottery to go into the Lord\u2019s sanctuary and burn incense."}, {"pk": 4123735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "All the people who gathered to worship were praying outside during this hour of incense offering."}, {"pk": 4123736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "An angel from the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense."}, {"pk": 4123737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and overcome with fear."}, {"pk": 4123738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The angel said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayers have been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will give birth to your son and you must name him John."}, {"pk": 4123739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "He will be a joy and delight to you, and many people will rejoice at his birth,"}, {"pk": 4123740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "for he will be great in the Lord\u2019s eyes. He must not drink wine and liquor. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before his birth."}, {"pk": 4123741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "He will bring many Israelites back to the Lord their God."}, {"pk": 4123742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "He will go forth before the Lord, equipped with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers <sup>[1]</sup> back to their children, and he will turn the disobedient to righteous patterns of thinking. He will make ready a people prepared for the Lord.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>parents</i>"}, {"pk": 4123743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Zechariah said to the angel, \u201cHow can I be sure of this? My wife and I are very old.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "The angel replied, \u201cI am Gabriel. I stand in God\u2019s presence. I was sent to speak to you and to bring this good news to you."}, {"pk": 4123745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Know this: What I have spoken will come true at the proper time. But because you didn\u2019t believe, you will remain silent, unable to speak until the day when these things happen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they wondered why he was in the sanctuary for such a long time."}, {"pk": 4123747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "When he came out, he was unable to speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he gestured to them and couldn\u2019t speak."}, {"pk": 4123748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "When he completed the days of his priestly service, he returned home."}, {"pk": 4123749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Afterward, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant. She kept to herself for five months, saying,"}, {"pk": 4123750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cThis is the Lord\u2019s doing. He has shown his favor to me by removing my disgrace among other people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "When Elizabeth was six months pregnant, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee,"}, {"pk": 4123752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "to a virgin who was engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David\u2019s house. The virgin\u2019s name was Mary."}, {"pk": 4123753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "When the angel came to her, he said, \u201cRejoice, favored one! The Lord is with you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "She was confused by these words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be."}, {"pk": 4123755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The angel said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Mary. God is honoring you."}, {"pk": 4123756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Look! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "He will be great and he will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father."}, {"pk": 4123758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "He will rule over Jacob\u2019s house forever, and there will be no end to his kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "Then Mary said to the angel, \u201cHow will this happen since I haven\u2019t had sexual relations with a man?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "The angel replied, \u201cThe Holy Spirit will come over you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the one who is to be born will be holy. He will be called God\u2019s Son."}, {"pk": 4123761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Look, even in her old age, your relative Elizabeth has conceived a son. This woman who was labeled \u2018unable to conceive\u2019 is now six months pregnant."}, {"pk": 4123762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Nothing is impossible for God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Then Mary said, \u201cI am the Lord\u2019s servant. Let it be with me just as you have said.\u201d Then the angel left her."}, {"pk": 4123764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Mary got up and hurried to a city in the Judean highlands."}, {"pk": 4123765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "She entered Zechariah\u2019s home and greeted Elizabeth."}, {"pk": 4123766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "When Elizabeth heard Mary\u2019s greeting, the child leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4123767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "With a loud voice she blurted out, \u201cGod has blessed you above all women, and he has blessed the child you carry."}, {"pk": 4123768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "Why do I have this honor, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"}, {"pk": 4123769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "As soon as I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy."}, {"pk": 4123770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "Happy is she who believed that the Lord would fulfill the promises he made to her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "Mary said, \u201cWith all my heart I glorify the Lord!<br>"}, {"pk": 4123772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant. <br>Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored<br>"}, {"pk": 4123774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "because the mighty one has done great things for me. <br>Holy is his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "He shows mercy to everyone, <br>from one generation to the next, <br>who honors him as God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "He has shown strength with his arm. <br>He has scattered those with arrogant thoughts and proud inclinations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "He has pulled the powerful down from their thrones <br>and lifted up the lowly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "He has filled the hungry with good things <br>and sent the rich away empty-handed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "He has come to the aid of his servant Israel, <br>remembering his mercy,<br>"}, {"pk": 4123780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 55, "text": "just as he promised to our ancestors, <br>to Abraham and to Abraham\u2019s descendants forever.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4123781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 56, "text": "Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months, and then returned to her home."}, {"pk": 4123782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 57, "text": "When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a boy."}, {"pk": 4123783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 58, "text": "Her neighbors and relatives celebrated with her because they had heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy."}, {"pk": 4123784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 59, "text": "On the eighth day, it came time to circumcise the child. They wanted to name him Zechariah because that was his father\u2019s name."}, {"pk": 4123785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 60, "text": "But his mother replied, \u201cNo, his name will be John.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 61, "text": "They said to her, \u201cNone of your relatives have that name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 62, "text": "Then they began gesturing to his father to see what he wanted to call him."}, {"pk": 4123788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 63, "text": "After asking for a tablet, he surprised everyone by writing, \u201cHis name is John.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 64, "text": "At that moment, Zechariah was able to speak again, and he began praising God."}, {"pk": 4123790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 65, "text": "All their neighbors were filled with awe, and everyone throughout the Judean highlands talked about what had happened."}, {"pk": 4123791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 66, "text": "All who heard about this considered it carefully. They said, \u201cWhat then will this child be?\u201d Indeed, the Lord\u2019s power was with him."}, {"pk": 4123792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 67, "text": "John\u2019s father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,"}, {"pk": 4123793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 68, "text": "\u201cBless the Lord God of Israel <br>because he has come to help and has delivered his people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 69, "text": "He has raised up a mighty savior for us in his servant David\u2019s house,<br>"}, {"pk": 4123795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 70, "text": "just as he said through the mouths of his holy prophets long ago.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 71, "text": "He has brought salvation from our enemies <br>and from the power of all those who hate us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 72, "text": "He has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, <br>and remembered his holy covenant,<br>"}, {"pk": 4123798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 73, "text": "the solemn pledge he made to our ancestor Abraham. <br>He has granted <br>"}, {"pk": 4123799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 74, "text": "that we would be rescued <br>from the power of our enemies <br>so that we could serve him without fear,<br>"}, {"pk": 4123800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 75, "text": "in holiness and righteousness in God\u2019s eyes, <br>for as long as we live.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 76, "text": "You, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, <br>for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 77, "text": "You will tell his people how to be saved <br>through the forgiveness of their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 78, "text": "Because of our God\u2019s deep compassion, <br>the dawn from heaven will break upon us,<br>"}, {"pk": 4123804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 79, "text": "to give light to those who are sitting in darkness <br>and in the shadow of death, <br>to guide us on the path of peace.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4123805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 1, "verse": 80, "text": "The child grew up, becoming strong in character. He was in the wilderness until he began his public ministry to Israel."}, {"pk": 4123806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax lists."}, {"pk": 4123807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "This first enrollment occurred when Quirinius governed Syria."}, {"pk": 4123808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Everyone went to their own cities to be enrolled."}, {"pk": 4123809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Since Joseph belonged to David\u2019s house and family line, he went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to David\u2019s city, called Bethlehem, in Judea."}, {"pk": 4123810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "He went to be enrolled together with Mary, who was promised to him in marriage and who was pregnant."}, {"pk": 4123811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "While they were there, the time came for Mary to have her baby."}, {"pk": 4123812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "She gave birth to her firstborn child, a son, wrapped him snugly, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the guestroom."}, {"pk": 4123813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Nearby shepherds were living in the fields, guarding their sheep at night."}, {"pk": 4123814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The Lord\u2019s angel stood before them, the Lord\u2019s glory shone around them, and they were terrified."}, {"pk": 4123815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The angel said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid! Look! I bring good news to you \u2014 wonderful, joyous news for all people."}, {"pk": 4123816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Your savior is born today in David\u2019s city. He is Christ the Lord."}, {"pk": 4123817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "This is a sign for you: you will find a newborn baby wrapped snugly and lying in a manger.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Suddenly a great assembly of the heavenly forces was with the angel praising God. They said,"}, {"pk": 4123819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cGlory to God in heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "When the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, \u201cLet\u2019s go right now to Bethlehem and see what\u2019s happened. Let\u2019s confirm what the Lord has revealed to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "They went quickly and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger."}, {"pk": 4123822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "When they saw this, they reported what they had been told about this child."}, {"pk": 4123823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Everyone who heard it was amazed at what the shepherds told them."}, {"pk": 4123824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Mary committed these things to memory and considered them carefully."}, {"pk": 4123825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "The shepherds returned home, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. Everything happened just as they had been told."}, {"pk": 4123826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "When eight days had passed, Jesus\u2019 parents circumcised him and gave him the name Jesus. This was the name given to him by the angel before he was conceived."}, {"pk": 4123827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "When the time came for their ritual cleansing, in accordance with the Law from Moses, they brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4123828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "<sup>[22]</sup> (It\u2019s written in the Law of the Lord, \u201cEvery firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord.\u201d)"}, {"pk": 4123829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "They offered a sacrifice in keeping with what\u2019s stated in the Law of the Lord, <b>A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/3/12/8'>Lev 12:8</a>; <a href='/CEB/3/5/11'>5:11</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4123830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "A man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. He was righteous and devout. He eagerly anticipated the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him."}, {"pk": 4123831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "The Holy Spirit revealed to him that he wouldn\u2019t die before he had seen the Lord\u2019s Christ."}, {"pk": 4123832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple area. Meanwhile, Jesus\u2019 parents brought the child to the temple so that they could do what was customary under the Law."}, {"pk": 4123833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Simeon took Jesus in his arms and praised God. He said,"}, {"pk": 4123834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cNow, master, let your servant go in peace according to your word,<br>"}, {"pk": 4123835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "because my eyes have seen your salvation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "You prepared this salvation in the presence of all peoples.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "It\u2019s a light for revelation to the Gentiles <br>and a glory for your people Israel.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4123838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "His father and mother were amazed by what was said about him."}, {"pk": 4123839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, \u201cThis boy is assigned to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that generates opposition"}, {"pk": 4123840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your innermost being too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher. She was very old. After she married, she lived with her husband for seven years."}, {"pk": 4123842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "She was now an 84-year-old widow. She never left the temple area but worshipped God with fasting and prayer night and day."}, {"pk": 4123843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "She approached at that very moment and began to praise God and to speak about Jesus to everyone who was looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4123844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "When Mary and Joseph had completed everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to their hometown, Nazareth in Galilee."}, {"pk": 4123845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "The child grew up and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God\u2019s favor was on him."}, {"pk": 4123846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival."}, {"pk": 4123847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "When he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to their custom."}, {"pk": 4123848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "After the festival was over, they were returning home, but the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn\u2019t know it."}, {"pk": 4123849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "Supposing that he was among their band of travelers, they journeyed on for a full day while looking for him among their family and friends."}, {"pk": 4123850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "When they didn\u2019t find Jesus, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him."}, {"pk": 4123851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "After three days they found him in the temple. He was sitting among the teachers, listening to them and putting questions to them."}, {"pk": 4123852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "Everyone who heard him was amazed by his understanding and his answers."}, {"pk": 4123853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 48, "text": "When his parents saw him, they were shocked. His mother said, \u201cChild, why have you treated us like this? Listen! Your father and I have been worried. We\u2019ve been looking for you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 49, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhy were you looking for me? Didn\u2019t you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father\u2019s house?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 50, "text": "But they didn\u2019t understand what he said to them."}, {"pk": 4123856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 51, "text": "Jesus went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. His mother cherished every word in her heart."}, {"pk": 4123857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 2, "verse": 52, "text": "Jesus matured in wisdom and years, and in favor with God and with people."}, {"pk": 4123858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius \u2014 when Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea and Herod was ruler <sup>[1]</sup> over Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler <sup>[2]</sup> over Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was ruler <sup>[3]</sup> over Abilene,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>tetrarch</i><br>[1] Or <i>tetrarch</i><br>[3] Or <i>tetrarch</i>"}, {"pk": 4123859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas \u2014 God\u2019s word came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4123860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "John went throughout the region of the Jordan River, calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins."}, {"pk": 4123861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "This is just as it was written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, <b>A voice crying out in the wilderness:</b> <br>\u201c<b>Prepare the way for the Lord;</b> <br><b>make his paths straight.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4123862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "<b>Every valley will be filled,</b> <br><b>and every mountain and hill will be leveled.</b> <br><b>The crooked will be made straight</b> <br><b>and the rough places made smooth.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4123863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "<b>All humanity will see God\u2019s salvation.</b>\u201d <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/23/40/3-5'>Isa 40:3\u20135</a>"}, {"pk": 4123864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then John said to the crowds who came to be baptized by him, \u201cYou children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the angry judgment that is coming soon?"}, {"pk": 4123865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives. And don\u2019t even think about saying to yourselves, Abraham is our father. I tell you that God is able to raise up Abraham\u2019s children from these stones."}, {"pk": 4123866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn\u2019t produce good fruit will be chopped down and tossed into the fire.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The crowds asked him, \u201cWhat then should we do?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "He answered, \u201cWhoever has two shirts must share with the one who has none, and whoever has food must do the same.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Even tax collectors came to be baptized. They said to him, \u201cTeacher, what should we do?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "He replied, \u201cCollect no more than you are authorized to collect.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Soldiers asked, \u201cWhat about us? What should we do?\u201d He answered, \u201cDon\u2019t cheat or harass anyone, and be satisfied with your pay.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "The people were filled with expectation, and everyone wondered whether John might be the Christ."}, {"pk": 4123873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "John replied to them all, \u201cI baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than me is coming. I\u2019m not worthy to loosen the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."}, {"pk": 4123874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "The shovel he uses to sift the wheat from the husks is in his hands. He will clean out his threshing area and bring the wheat into his barn. But he will burn the husks with a fire that can\u2019t be put out.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "With many other words John appealed to them, proclaiming good news to the people."}, {"pk": 4123876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "But Herod the ruler had been criticized harshly by John because of Herodias, Herod\u2019s brother\u2019s wife, and because of all the evil he had done."}, {"pk": 4123877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "He added this to the list of his evil deeds: he locked John up in prison."}, {"pk": 4123878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "When everyone was being baptized, Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven was opened"}, {"pk": 4123879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "and the Holy Spirit came down on him in bodily form like a dove. And there was a voice from heaven: \u201cYou are my Son, whom I dearly love; in you I find happiness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his ministry. People supposed that he was the son of Joseph son of Heli"}, {"pk": 4123881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "son of Matthat son of Levi son of Melchi son of Jannai son of Joseph"}, {"pk": 4123882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "son of Mattathias son of Amos son of Nahum son of Esli son of Naggai"}, {"pk": 4123883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "son of Maath son of Mattathias son of Semein son of Josech son of Joda"}, {"pk": 4123884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "son of Joanan son of Rhesa son of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel son of Neri"}, {"pk": 4123885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "son of Melchi son of Addi son of Cosam son of Elmadam son of Er"}, {"pk": 4123886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "son of Joshua son of Eliezer son of Jorim son of Matthat son of Levi"}, {"pk": 4123887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "son of Simeon son of Judah son of Joseph son of Jonam son of Eliakim"}, {"pk": 4123888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "son of Melea son of Menna son of Mattatha son of Nathan son of David"}, {"pk": 4123889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "son of Jesse son of Obed son of Boaz son of Sala son of Nahshon"}, {"pk": 4123890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "son of Amminadab son of Admin son of Arni son of Hezron son of Perez son of Judah"}, {"pk": 4123891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "son of Jacob son of Isaac son of Abraham son of Terah son of Nahor"}, {"pk": 4123892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "son of Serug son of Reu son of Peleg son of Eber son of Shelah"}, {"pk": 4123893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "son of Cainan son of Arphaxad son of Shem son of Noah son of Lamech"}, {"pk": 4123894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "son of Methuselah son of Enoch son of Jared son of Mahalalel son of Cainan"}, {"pk": 4123895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 3, "verse": 38, "text": "son of Enos son of Seth son of Adam son of God."}, {"pk": 4123896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4123897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving."}, {"pk": 4123898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "The devil said to him, \u201cSince you are God\u2019s Son, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIt\u2019s written, <b>People won\u2019t live only by bread.\u201d</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/8/3'>Deut 8:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4123900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Next the devil led him to a high place and showed him in a single instant all the kingdoms of the world."}, {"pk": 4123901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "The devil said, \u201cI will give you this whole domain and the glory of all these kingdoms. It\u2019s been entrusted to me and I can give it to anyone I want."}, {"pk": 4123902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, if you will worship me, it will all be yours.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cIt\u2019s written, <b>You will worship the Lord your God and serve only him.\u201d</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/6/13'>Deut 6:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4123904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "The devil brought him into Jerusalem and stood him at the highest point of the temple. He said to him, \u201cSince you are God\u2019s Son, throw yourself down from here;"}, {"pk": 4123905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "for it\u2019s written: <b>He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you</b>"}, {"pk": 4123906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "and <b>they will take you up in their hands so that you won\u2019t hit your foot on a stone.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>\u201d", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/91/11-12'>Ps 91:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4123907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cIt\u2019s been said, <b>Don\u2019t test the Lord your God.\u201d</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/5/6/16'>Deut 6:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4123908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "After finishing every temptation, the devil departed from him until the next opportunity."}, {"pk": 4123909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the whole countryside."}, {"pk": 4123910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "He taught in their synagogues and was praised by everyone."}, {"pk": 4123911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. On the Sabbath he went to the synagogue as he normally did and stood up to read."}, {"pk": 4123912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The synagogue assistant gave him the scroll from the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:"}, {"pk": 4123913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "<b>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,</b> <br><b>because the Lord has anointed me</b>. <br><b>He has sent me to preach good news to the poor,</b> <br><b>to proclaim release to the prisoners</b> <br><b>and recovery of sight to the blind,</b> <br><b>to liberate the oppressed,</b> <br>"}, {"pk": 4123914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "<b>and to proclaim the year of the Lord\u2019s favor.</b> <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/23/61/1-2'>Isa 61:1\u20132</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/58/6'>58:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4123915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the synagogue assistant, and sat down. Every eye in the synagogue was fixed on him."}, {"pk": 4123916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "He began to explain to them, \u201cToday, this scripture has been fulfilled just as you heard it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Everyone was raving about Jesus, so impressed were they by the gracious words flowing from his lips. They said, \u201cThis is Joseph\u2019s son, isn\u2019t it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Then Jesus said to them, \u201cUndoubtedly, you will quote this saying to me: \u2018Doctor, heal yourself. Do here in your hometown what we\u2019ve heard you did in Capernaum.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "He said, \u201cI assure you that no prophet is welcome in the prophet\u2019s hometown."}, {"pk": 4123920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "And I can assure you that there were many widows in Israel during Elijah\u2019s time, when it didn\u2019t rain for three and a half years and there was a great food shortage in the land."}, {"pk": 4123921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Yet Elijah was sent to none of them but only to a widow in the city of Zarephath in the region of Sidon."}, {"pk": 4123922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "There were also many persons with skin diseases in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha, but none of them were cleansed. Instead, Naaman the Syrian was cleansed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was filled with anger."}, {"pk": 4123924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "They rose up and ran him out of town. They led him to the crest of the hill on which their town had been built so that they could throw him off the cliff."}, {"pk": 4123925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "But he passed through the crowd and went on his way."}, {"pk": 4123926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Jesus went down to the city of Capernaum in Galilee and taught the people each Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4123927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "They were amazed by his teaching because he delivered his message with authority."}, {"pk": 4123928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "A man in the synagogue had the spirit of an unclean demon. He screamed,"}, {"pk": 4123929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cHey! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the holy one from God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cSilence!\u201d Jesus said, speaking harshly to the demon. \u201cCome out of him!\u201d The demon threw the man down before them, then came out of him without harming him."}, {"pk": 4123931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "They were all shaken and said to each other, \u201cWhat kind of word is this, that he can command unclean spirits with authority and power, and they leave?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "Reports about him spread everywhere in the surrounding region."}, {"pk": 4123933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "After leaving the synagogue, Jesus went home with Simon. Simon\u2019s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, and the family asked Jesus to help her."}, {"pk": 4123934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "He bent over her and spoke harshly to the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and served them."}, {"pk": 4123935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "When the sun was setting, everyone brought to Jesus relatives and acquaintances with all kinds of diseases. Placing his hands on each of them, he healed them."}, {"pk": 4123936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "Demons also came out of many people. They screamed, \u201cYou are God\u2019s Son.\u201d But he spoke harshly to them and wouldn\u2019t allow them to speak because they recognized that he was the Christ."}, {"pk": 4123937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "When daybreak arrived, Jesus went to a deserted place. The crowds were looking for him. When they found him, they tried to keep him from leaving them."}, {"pk": 4123938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "But he said to them, \u201cI must preach the good news of God\u2019s kingdom in other cities too, for this is why I was sent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "So he continued preaching in the Judean synagogues."}, {"pk": 4123940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "One day Jesus was standing beside Lake Gennesaret when the crowd pressed in around him to hear God\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4123941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus saw two boats sitting by the lake. The fishermen had gone ashore and were washing their nets."}, {"pk": 4123942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus boarded one of the boats, the one that belonged to Simon, then asked him to row out a little distance from the shore. Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat."}, {"pk": 4123943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "When he finished speaking to the crowds, he said to Simon, \u201cRow out farther, into the deep water, and drop your nets for a catch.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Simon replied, \u201cMaster, we\u2019ve worked hard all night and caught nothing. But because you say so, I\u2019ll drop the nets.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "So they dropped the nets and their catch was so huge that their nets were splitting."}, {"pk": 4123946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "They signaled for their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They filled both boats so full that they were about to sink."}, {"pk": 4123947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "When Simon Peter saw the catch, he fell at Jesus\u2019 knees and said, \u201cLeave me, Lord, for I\u2019m a sinner!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Peter and those with him were overcome with amazement because of the number of fish they caught."}, {"pk": 4123949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "James and John, Zebedee\u2019s sons, were Simon\u2019s partners and they were amazed too. Jesus said to Simon, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. From now on, you will be fishing for people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "As soon as they brought the boats to the shore, they left everything and followed Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Jesus was in one of the towns where there was also a man covered with a skin disease. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged, \u201cLord, if you want, you can make me clean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, \u201cI do want to. Be clean.\u201d Instantly, the skin disease left him."}, {"pk": 4123953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus ordered him not to tell anyone. \u201cInstead,\u201d Jesus said, \u201cgo and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses instructed. This will be a testimony to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "News of him spread even more and huge crowds gathered to listen and to be healed from their illnesses."}, {"pk": 4123955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "But Jesus would withdraw to deserted places for prayer."}, {"pk": 4123956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "One day when Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and legal experts were sitting nearby. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem. Now the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal."}, {"pk": 4123957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Some men were bringing a man who was paralyzed, lying on a cot. They wanted to carry him in and place him before Jesus,"}, {"pk": 4123958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "but they couldn\u2019t reach him because of the crowd. So they took him up on the roof and lowered him \u2014 cot and all \u2014 through the roof tiles into the crowded room in front of Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "When Jesus saw their faith, he said, \u201cFriend, your sins are forgiven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "The legal experts and Pharisees began to mutter among themselves, \u201cWho is this who insults God? Only God can forgive sins!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus recognized what they were discussing and responded, \u201cWhy do you fill your minds with these questions?"}, {"pk": 4123962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Which is easier \u2014 to say, \u2018Your sins are forgiven,\u2019 or to say, \u2018Get up and walk\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4123963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "But so that you will know that the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> has authority on the earth to forgive sins\u201d \u2014 Jesus now spoke to the man who was paralyzed, \u201cI say to you, get up, take your cot, and go home.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Right away, the man stood before them, picked up his cot, and went home, praising God."}, {"pk": 4123965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "All the people were beside themselves with wonder. Filled with awe, they glorified God, saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve seen unimaginable things today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "Afterward, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. Jesus said to him, \u201cFollow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "Levi got up, left everything behind, and followed him."}, {"pk": 4123968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Then Levi threw a great banquet for Jesus in his home. A large number of tax collectors and others sat down to eat with them."}, {"pk": 4123969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "The Pharisees and their legal experts grumbled against his disciples. They said, \u201cWhy do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cHealthy people don\u2019t need a doctor, but sick people do."}, {"pk": 4123971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "I didn\u2019t come to call righteous people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "Some people said to Jesus, \u201cThe disciples of John fast often and pray frequently. The disciples of the Pharisees do the same, but your disciples are always eating and drinking.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cYou can\u2019t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?"}, {"pk": 4123974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "The days will come when the groom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "Then he told them a parable. \u201cNo one tears a patch from a new garment to patch an old garment. Otherwise, the new garment would be ruined, and the new patch wouldn\u2019t match the old garment."}, {"pk": 4123976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "Nobody pours new wine into old wineskins. If they did, the new wine would burst the wineskins, the wine would spill, and the wineskins would be ruined."}, {"pk": 4123977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "Instead, new wine must be put into new wineskins."}, {"pk": 4123978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "No one who drinks a well-aged wine wants new wine, but says, \u2018The well-aged wine is better.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "One Sabbath, as Jesus was going through the wheat fields, his disciples were picking the heads of wheat, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them."}, {"pk": 4123980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Some Pharisees said, \u201cWhy are you breaking the Sabbath law?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cHaven\u2019t you read what David and his companions did when they were hungry?"}, {"pk": 4123982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "He broke the Law by going into God\u2019s house and eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests can eat. He also gave some of the bread to his companions.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Then he said to them, \u201cThe Human One <sup>[1]</sup> is Lord of the Sabbath.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4123984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "On another Sabbath, Jesus entered a synagogue to teach. A man was there whose right hand was withered."}, {"pk": 4123985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The legal experts and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. They were looking for a reason to bring charges against him."}, {"pk": 4123986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus knew their thoughts, so he said to the man with the withered hand, \u201cGet up and stand in front of everyone.\u201d He got up and stood there."}, {"pk": 4123987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus said to the legal experts and Pharisees, \u201cHere\u2019s a question for you: Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4123988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Looking around at them all, he said to the man, \u201cStretch out your hand.\u201d So he did and his hand was made healthy."}, {"pk": 4123989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "They were furious and began talking with each other about what to do to Jesus."}, {"pk": 4123990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "During that time, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night long."}, {"pk": 4123991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "At daybreak, he called together his disciples. He chose twelve of them whom he called apostles:"}, {"pk": 4123992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Simon, whom he named Peter; his brother Andrew; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;"}, {"pk": 4123993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Matthew; Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called a zealot;"}, {"pk": 4123994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor."}, {"pk": 4123995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus came down from the mountain with them and stood on a large area of level ground. A great company of his disciples and a huge crowd of people from all around Judea and Jerusalem and the area around Tyre and Sidon joined him there."}, {"pk": 4123996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "They came to hear him and to be healed from their diseases, and those bothered by unclean spirits were healed."}, {"pk": 4123997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "The whole crowd wanted to touch him, because power was going out from him and he was healing everyone."}, {"pk": 4123998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Jesus raised his eyes to his disciples and said: \u201cHappy are you who are poor, <br>because God\u2019s kingdom is yours.<br>"}, {"pk": 4123999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Happy are you who hunger now, <br>because you will be satisfied. <br>Happy are you who weep now, <br>because you will laugh. <br>"}, {"pk": 4124000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Happy are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and condemn your name as evil because of the Human One. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Rejoice when that happens! Leap for joy because you have a great reward in heaven. Their ancestors did the same things to the prophets."}, {"pk": 4124002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "But how terrible for you who are rich, <br>because you have already received your comfort.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "How terrible for you who have plenty now, <br>because you will be hungry. <br>How terrible for you who laugh now, <br>because you will mourn and weep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "How terrible for you when all speak well of you. <br>Their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets. <br>"}, {"pk": 4124005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cBut I say to you who are willing to hear: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you."}, {"pk": 4124006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you."}, {"pk": 4124007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "If someone slaps you on the cheek, offer the other one as well. If someone takes your coat, don\u2019t withhold your shirt either."}, {"pk": 4124008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "Give to everyone who asks and don\u2019t demand your things back from those who take them."}, {"pk": 4124009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "Treat people in the same way that you want them to treat you."}, {"pk": 4124010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cIf you love those who love you, why should you be commended? Even sinners love those who love them."}, {"pk": 4124011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "If you do good to those who do good to you, why should you be commended? Even sinners do that."}, {"pk": 4124012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, why should you be commended? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to be paid back in full."}, {"pk": 4124013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing in return. If you do, you will have a great reward. You will be acting the way children of the Most High act, for he is kind to ungrateful and wicked people."}, {"pk": 4124014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate."}, {"pk": 4124015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t judge, and you won\u2019t be judged. Don\u2019t condemn, and you won\u2019t be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4124016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "Give, and it will be given to you. A good portion \u2014 packed down, firmly shaken, and overflowing \u2014 will fall into your lap. The portion you give will determine the portion you receive in return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "Jesus also told them a riddle. \u201cA blind person can\u2019t lead another blind person, right? Won\u2019t they both fall into a ditch?"}, {"pk": 4124018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "Disciples aren\u2019t greater than their teacher, but whoever is fully prepared will be like their teacher."}, {"pk": 4124019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "Why do you see the splinter in your brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s eye but don\u2019t notice the log in your own eye?"}, {"pk": 4124020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "How can you say to your brother or sister, \u2018Brother, Sister, let me take the splinter out of your eye,\u2019 when you don\u2019t see the log in your own eye? You deceive yourselves! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s eye."}, {"pk": 4124021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 43, "text": "\u201cA good tree doesn\u2019t produce bad fruit, nor does a bad tree produce good fruit."}, {"pk": 4124022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 44, "text": "Each tree is known by its own fruit. People don\u2019t gather figs from thorny plants, nor do they pick grapes from prickly bushes."}, {"pk": 4124023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 45, "text": "A good person produces good from the good treasury of the inner self, while an evil person produces evil from the evil treasury of the inner self. The inner self overflows with words that are spoken."}, {"pk": 4124024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 46, "text": "\u201cWhy do you call me \u2018Lord, Lord\u2019 and don\u2019t do what I say?"}, {"pk": 4124025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 47, "text": "I\u2019ll show what it\u2019s like when someone comes to me, hears my words, and puts them into practice."}, {"pk": 4124026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 48, "text": "It\u2019s like a person building a house by digging deep and laying the foundation on bedrock. When the flood came, the rising water smashed against that house, but the water couldn\u2019t shake the house because it was well built."}, {"pk": 4124027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 6, "verse": 49, "text": "But those who don\u2019t put into practice what they hear are like a person who built a house without a foundation. The floodwater smashed against it and it collapsed instantly. It was completely destroyed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "After Jesus finished presenting all his words among the people, he entered Capernaum."}, {"pk": 4124029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "A centurion had a servant who was very important to him, but the servant was ill and about to die."}, {"pk": 4124030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Jesus to ask him to come and heal his servant."}, {"pk": 4124031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "When they came to Jesus, they earnestly pleaded with Jesus. \u201cHe deserves to have you do this for him,\u201d they said."}, {"pk": 4124032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHe loves our people and he built our synagogue for us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus went with them. He had almost reached the house when the centurion sent friends to say to Jesus, \u201cLord, don\u2019t be bothered. I don\u2019t deserve to have you come under my roof."}, {"pk": 4124034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "In fact, I didn\u2019t even consider myself worthy to come to you. Just say the word and my servant will be healed."}, {"pk": 4124035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m also a man appointed under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, \u2018Go,\u2019 and he goes, and to another, \u2018Come,\u2019 and he comes. I say to my servant, \u2018Do this,\u2019 and the servant does it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "When Jesus heard these words, he was impressed with the centurion. He turned to the crowd following him and said, \u201cI tell you, even in Israel I haven\u2019t found faith like this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "When the centurion\u2019s friends returned to his house, they found the servant restored to health."}, {"pk": 4124038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "A little later Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a great crowd traveled with him."}, {"pk": 4124039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "As he approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother\u2019s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her."}, {"pk": 4124040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "When he saw her, the Lord had compassion for her and said, \u201cDon\u2019t cry.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "He stepped forward and touched the stretcher on which the dead man was being carried. Those carrying him stood still. Jesus said, \u201cYoung man, I say to you, get up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother."}, {"pk": 4124043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Awestruck, everyone praised God. \u201cA great prophet has appeared among us,\u201d they said. \u201cGod has come to help his people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding region."}, {"pk": 4124045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "John\u2019s disciples informed him about all these things. John called two of his disciples"}, {"pk": 4124046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "and sent them to the Lord. They were to ask him, \u201cAre you the one who is coming, or should we look for someone else?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "When they reached Jesus, they said, \u201cJohn the Baptist sent us to you. He asks, \u2018Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for someone else?\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Right then, Jesus healed many of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he gave sight to a number of blind people."}, {"pk": 4124049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Then he replied to John\u2019s disciples, \u201cGo, report to John what you have seen and heard. <b>Those who were blind are able to see.</b> Those who were crippled now walk. People with skin diseases are cleansed. <b>Those who were deaf now hear. Those who were dead are raised up. And good news is preached to the poor.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/35/5-6'>Isa 35:5\u20136</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/61/1'>61:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4124050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Happy is anyone who doesn\u2019t stumble along the way because of me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "After John\u2019s messengers were gone, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. \u201cWhat did you go out into the wilderness to see? A stalk blowing in the wind?"}, {"pk": 4124052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who dress in fashionable clothes and live in luxury are in royal palaces."}, {"pk": 4124053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet."}, {"pk": 4124054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "He is the one of whom it\u2019s written: <b>Look, I\u2019m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/39/3/1'>Mal 3:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4124055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "I tell you that no greater human being has ever been born than John. Yet whoever is least in God\u2019s kingdom is greater than he.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Everyone who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God\u2019s justice because they had been baptized by John."}, {"pk": 4124057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "But the Pharisees and legal experts rejected God\u2019s will for themselves because they hadn\u2019t been baptized by John."}, {"pk": 4124058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cTo what will I compare the people of this generation?\u201d Jesus asked. \u201cWhat are they like?"}, {"pk": 4124059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "They are like children sitting in the marketplace calling out to each other, \u2018We played the flute for you and you didn\u2019t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn\u2019t cry.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, \u2018He has a demon.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "Yet the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> came eating and drinking, and you say, \u2018Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.\u2019", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "But wisdom is proved to be right by all her descendants.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. After he entered the Pharisee\u2019s home, he took his place at the table."}, {"pk": 4124064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "Meanwhile, a woman from the city, a sinner, discovered that Jesus was dining in the Pharisee\u2019s house. She brought perfumed oil in a vase made of alabaster."}, {"pk": 4124065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "Standing behind him at his feet and crying, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured the oil on them."}, {"pk": 4124066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw what was happening, he said to himself, If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. He would know that she is a sinner."}, {"pk": 4124067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cSimon, I have something to say to you.\u201d \u201cTeacher, speak,\u201d he said."}, {"pk": 4124068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "\u201cA certain lender had two debtors. One owed enough money to pay five hundred people for a day\u2019s work. <sup>[4]</sup> The other owed enough money for fifty.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>five hundred denaria</i>"}, {"pk": 4124069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "When they couldn\u2019t pay, the lender forgave the debts of them both. Which of them will love him more?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "Simon replied, \u201cI suppose the one who had the largest debt canceled.\u201d Jesus said, \u201cYou have judged correctly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, \u201cDo you see this woman? When I entered your home, you didn\u2019t give me water for my feet, but she wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair."}, {"pk": 4124072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "You didn\u2019t greet me with a kiss, but she hasn\u2019t stopped kissing my feet since I came in."}, {"pk": 4124073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "You didn\u2019t anoint my head with oil, but she has poured perfumed oil on my feet."}, {"pk": 4124074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "This is why I tell you that her many sins have been forgiven; so she has shown great love. The one who is forgiven little loves little.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "Then Jesus said to her, \u201cYour sins are forgiven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "The other table guests began to say among themselves, \u201cWho is this person that even forgives sins?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "Jesus said to the woman, \u201cYour faith has saved you. Go in peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Soon afterward, Jesus traveled through the cities and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of God\u2019s kingdom. The Twelve were with him,"}, {"pk": 4124079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "along with some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses. Among them were Mary Magdalene (from whom seven demons had been thrown out),"}, {"pk": 4124080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Joanna (the wife of Herod\u2019s servant Chuza), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources."}, {"pk": 4124081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "When a great crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one city after another, he spoke to them in a parable:"}, {"pk": 4124082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cA farmer went out to scatter his seed. As he was scattering it, some fell on the path where it was crushed, and the birds in the sky came and ate it."}, {"pk": 4124083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Other seed fell on rock. As it grew, it dried up because it had no moisture."}, {"pk": 4124084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Other seed fell among thorny plants. The thorns grew with the plants and choked them."}, {"pk": 4124085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Still other seed landed on good soil. When it grew, it produced one hundred times more grain than was scattered.\u201d As he said this, he called out, \u201cEveryone who has ears should pay attention.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "His disciples asked him what this parable meant."}, {"pk": 4124087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "He said, \u201cYou have been given the mysteries of God\u2019s kingdom, but these mysteries come to everyone else in parables so that <b>when they see, they can\u2019t see, and when they hear, they can\u2019t understand</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/6/9'>Isa 6:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4124088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThe parable means this: The seed is God\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4124089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "The seed on the path are those who hear, but then the devil comes and steals the word from their hearts so that they won\u2019t believe and be saved."}, {"pk": 4124090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "The seed on the rock are those who receive the word joyfully when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while but fall away when they are tempted."}, {"pk": 4124091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "As for the seed that fell among thorny plants, these are the ones who, as they go about their lives, are choked by the concerns, riches, and pleasures of life, and their fruit never matures."}, {"pk": 4124092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "The seed that fell on good soil are those who hear the word and commit themselves to it with a good and upright heart. Through their resolve, they bear fruit."}, {"pk": 4124093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cNo one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on top of a lampstand so that those who enter can see the light."}, {"pk": 4124094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Nothing is hidden that won\u2019t be exposed. Nor is anything concealed that won\u2019t be made known and brought to the light."}, {"pk": 4124095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Therefore, listen carefully. Those who have will receive more, but as for those who don\u2019t have, even what they seem to have will be taken away from them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus\u2019 mother and brothers came to him but were unable to reach him because of the crowd."}, {"pk": 4124097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Someone told him, \u201cYour mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "He replied, \u201cMy mother and brothers are those who listen to God\u2019s word and do it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "One day Jesus and his disciples boarded a boat. He said to them, \u201cLet\u2019s cross over to the other side of the lake.\u201d So they set sail."}, {"pk": 4124100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "While they were sailing, he fell asleep. Gale-force winds swept down on the lake. The boat was filling up with water and they were in danger."}, {"pk": 4124101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "So they went and woke Jesus, shouting, \u201cMaster, Master, we\u2019re going to drown!\u201d But he got up and gave orders to the wind and the violent waves. The storm died down and it was calm."}, {"pk": 4124102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "He said to his disciples, \u201cWhere is your faith?\u201d Filled with awe and wonder, they said to each other, \u201cWho is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Jesus and his disciples sailed to the Gerasenes\u2019 land, which is across the lake from Galilee."}, {"pk": 4124104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, a certain man met him. The man was from the city and was possessed by demons. For a long time, he had lived among the tombs, naked and homeless."}, {"pk": 4124105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "When he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell down before him. Then he shouted, \u201cWhat have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don\u2019t torture me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "He said this because Jesus had already commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had taken possession of him, so he would be bound with leg irons and chains and placed under guard. But he would break his restraints, and the demon would force him into the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4124107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Jesus asked him, \u201cWhat is your name?\u201d \u201cLegion,\u201d he replied, because many demons had entered him."}, {"pk": 4124108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "They pleaded with him not to order them to go back into the abyss. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>underworld</i>"}, {"pk": 4124109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs. Jesus gave them permission,"}, {"pk": 4124110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "and the demons left the man and entered the pigs. The herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned."}, {"pk": 4124111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "When those who tended the pigs saw what happened, they ran away and told the story in the city and in the countryside."}, {"pk": 4124112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "People came to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone. He was sitting at Jesus\u2019 feet, fully dressed and completely sane. They were filled with awe."}, {"pk": 4124113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "Those people who had actually seen what had happened told them how the demon-possessed man had been delivered."}, {"pk": 4124114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "Then everyone gathered from the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave their area because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and returned across the lake."}, {"pk": 4124115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "The man from whom the demons had gone begged to come along with Jesus as one of his disciples. Jesus sent him away, saying,"}, {"pk": 4124116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "\u201cReturn home and tell the story of what God has done for you.\u201d So he went throughout the city proclaiming what Jesus had done for him."}, {"pk": 4124117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they had been waiting for him."}, {"pk": 4124118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 41, "text": "A man named Jairus, who was a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus\u2019 feet. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his house"}, {"pk": 4124119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 42, "text": "because his only daughter, a twelve-year-old, was dying. As Jesus moved forward, he faced smothering crowds."}, {"pk": 4124120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 43, "text": "A woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent her entire livelihood on doctors, but no one could heal her."}, {"pk": 4124121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 44, "text": "She came up behind him and touched the hem of his clothes, and at once her bleeding stopped."}, {"pk": 4124122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 45, "text": "\u201cWho touched me?\u201d Jesus asked. When everyone denied it, Peter said, \u201cMaster, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing in on you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 46, "text": "But Jesus said, \u201cSomeone touched me. I know that power has gone out from me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 47, "text": "When the woman saw that she couldn\u2019t escape notice, she came trembling and fell before Jesus. In front of everyone, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed."}, {"pk": 4124125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 48, "text": "\u201cDaughter, your faith has healed you,\u201d Jesus said. \u201cGo in peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 49, "text": "While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader\u2019s house, saying to Jairus, \u201cYour daughter has died. Don\u2019t bother the teacher any longer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 50, "text": "When Jesus heard this, he responded, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; just keep trusting, and she will be healed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 51, "text": "When he came to the house, he didn\u2019t allow anyone to enter with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child\u2019s father and mother."}, {"pk": 4124129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 52, "text": "They were all crying and mourning for her, but Jesus said, \u201cDon\u2019t cry. She isn\u2019t dead. She\u2019s only sleeping.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 53, "text": "They laughed at him because they knew she was dead."}, {"pk": 4124131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 54, "text": "Taking her hand, Jesus called out, \u201cChild, get up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 55, "text": "Her life returned and she got up at once. He directed them to give her something to eat."}, {"pk": 4124133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 8, "verse": 56, "text": "Her parents were beside themselves with joy, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened."}, {"pk": 4124134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus called the Twelve together and he gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal sicknesses."}, {"pk": 4124135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "He sent them out to proclaim God\u2019s kingdom and to heal the sick."}, {"pk": 4124136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "He told them, \u201cTake nothing for the journey \u2014 no walking stick, no bag, no bread, no money, not even an extra shirt."}, {"pk": 4124137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Whatever house you enter, remain there until you leave that place."}, {"pk": 4124138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Wherever they don\u2019t welcome you, as you leave that city, shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "They departed and went through the villages proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere."}, {"pk": 4124140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Herod the ruler <sup>[1]</sup> heard about everything that was happening. He was confused because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tetrarch</i>"}, {"pk": 4124141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life."}, {"pk": 4124142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Herod said, \u201cI beheaded John, so now who am I hearing about?\u201d Herod wanted to see him."}, {"pk": 4124143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "When the apostles returned, they described for Jesus what they had done. Taking them with him, Jesus withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida."}, {"pk": 4124144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "When the crowds figured it out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about God\u2019s kingdom, and healed those who were sick."}, {"pk": 4124145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "When the day was almost over, the Twelve came to him and said, \u201cSend the crowd away so that they can go to the nearby villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in a deserted place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "He replied, \u201cYou give them something to eat.\u201d But they said, \u201cWe have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish \u2014 unless we go and buy food for all these people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "(They said this because about five thousand men were present.) Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cSeat them in groups of about fifty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "They did so, and everyone was seated."}, {"pk": 4124149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "He took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd."}, {"pk": 4124150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Everyone ate until they were full, and the disciples filled twelve baskets with the leftovers."}, {"pk": 4124151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Once when Jesus was praying by himself, the disciples joined him, and he asked them, \u201cWho do the crowds say that I am?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "They answered, \u201cJohn the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "He asked them, \u201cAnd what about you? Who do you say that I am?\u201d Peter answered, \u201cThe Christ sent from God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell this to anyone."}, {"pk": 4124155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "He said, \u201cThe Human One <sup>[2]</sup> must suffer many things and be rejected \u2014 by the elders, chief priests, and the legal experts \u2014 and be killed and be raised on the third day.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus said to everyone, \u201cAll who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me."}, {"pk": 4124157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will save them."}, {"pk": 4124158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "What advantage do people have if they gain the whole world for themselves yet perish or lose their lives?"}, {"pk": 4124159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "I assure you that some standing here won\u2019t die before they see God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray."}, {"pk": 4124162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes flashed white like lightning."}, {"pk": 4124163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him."}, {"pk": 4124164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "They were clothed with heavenly splendor and spoke about Jesus\u2019 departure, which he would achieve in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Peter and those with him were almost overcome by sleep, but they managed to stay awake and saw his glory as well as the two men with him."}, {"pk": 4124166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "As the two men were about to leave Jesus, Peter said to him, \u201cMaster, it\u2019s good that we\u2019re here. We should construct three shrines: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah\u201d \u2014 but he didn\u2019t know what he was saying."}, {"pk": 4124167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Peter was still speaking when a cloud overshadowed them. As they entered the cloud, they were overcome with awe."}, {"pk": 4124168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Then a voice from the cloud said, \u201cThis is my Son, my chosen one. Listen to him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "Even as the voice spoke, Jesus was found alone. They were speechless and at the time told no one what they had seen."}, {"pk": 4124170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "The next day, when Jesus, Peter, John, and James had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "A man from the crowd shouted, \u201cTeacher, I beg you to take a look at my son, my only child."}, {"pk": 4124172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "Look, a spirit seizes him and, without any warning, he screams. It shakes him and causes him to foam at the mouth. It tortures him and rarely leaves him alone."}, {"pk": 4124173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "I begged your disciples to throw it out, but they couldn\u2019t.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cYou faithless and crooked generation, how long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "While he was coming, the demon threw him down and shook him violently. Jesus spoke harshly to the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father."}, {"pk": 4124176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "Everyone was overwhelmed by God\u2019s greatness. <b>Jesus warns about his arrest</b> </pb> While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,"}, {"pk": 4124177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cTake these words to heart: the Human One <sup>[4]</sup> is about to be delivered into human hands.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 45, "text": "They didn\u2019t understand this statement. Its meaning was hidden from them so they couldn\u2019t grasp it. And they were afraid to ask him about it."}, {"pk": 4124179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 46, "text": "An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest."}, {"pk": 4124180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 47, "text": "Aware of their deepest thoughts, Jesus took a little child and had the child stand beside him."}, {"pk": 4124181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 48, "text": "Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cWhoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever is least among you all is the greatest.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 49, "text": "John replied, \u201cMaster, we saw someone throwing demons out in your name, and we tried to stop him because he isn\u2019t in our group of followers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 50, "text": "But Jesus replied, \u201cDon\u2019t stop him, because whoever isn\u2019t against you is for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 51, "text": "As the time approached when Jesus was to be taken up into heaven, he determined to go to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 52, "text": "He sent messengers on ahead of him. Along the way, they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival,"}, {"pk": 4124186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 53, "text": "but the Samaritan villagers refused to welcome him because he was determined to go to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 54, "text": "When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, \u201cLord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to consume them?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 55, "text": "But Jesus turned and spoke sternly to them,"}, {"pk": 4124189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 56, "text": "and they went on to another village."}, {"pk": 4124190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 57, "text": "As Jesus and his disciples traveled along the road, someone said to him, \u201cI will follow you wherever you go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 58, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cFoxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Human One <sup>[5]</sup> has no place to lay his head.\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 59, "text": "Then Jesus said to someone else, \u201cFollow me.\u201d He replied, \u201cLord, first let me go and bury my father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 60, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cLet the dead bury their own dead. But you go and spread the news of God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 61, "text": "Someone else said to Jesus, \u201cI will follow you, Lord, but first let me say good-bye to those in my house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 9, "verse": 62, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cNo one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "After these things, the Lord commissioned seventy-two others and sent them on ahead in pairs to every city and place he was about to go."}, {"pk": 4124197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to them, \u201cThe harvest is bigger than you can imagine, but there are few workers. Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers for his harvest."}, {"pk": 4124198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Go! Be warned, though, that I\u2019m sending you out as lambs among wolves."}, {"pk": 4124199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Carry no wallet, no bag, and no sandals. Don\u2019t even greet anyone along the way."}, {"pk": 4124200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Whenever you enter a house, first say, \u2018May peace be on this house.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "If anyone there shares God\u2019s peace, then your peace will rest on that person. If not, your blessing will return to you."}, {"pk": 4124202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Remain in this house, eating and drinking whatever they set before you, for workers deserve their pay. Don\u2019t move from house to house."}, {"pk": 4124203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Whenever you enter a city and its people welcome you, eat what they set before you."}, {"pk": 4124204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Heal the sick who are there, and say to them, \u2018God\u2019s kingdom has come upon you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Whenever you enter a city and the people don\u2019t welcome you, go out into the streets and say,"}, {"pk": 4124206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "\u2018As a complaint against you, we brush off the dust of your city that has collected on our feet. But know this: God\u2019s kingdom has come to you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "I assure you that Sodom will be better off on Judgment Day than that city."}, {"pk": 4124208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cHow terrible it will be for you, Chorazin. How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida. If the miracles done among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their hearts and lives long ago. They would have sat around in funeral clothes and ashes."}, {"pk": 4124209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "But Tyre and Sidon will be better off at the judgment than you."}, {"pk": 4124210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "And you, Capernaum, will you be honored by being raised up to heaven? No, you will be cast down to the place of the dead."}, {"pk": 4124211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "The seventy-two returned joyously, saying, \u201cLord, even the demons submit themselves to us in your name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning."}, {"pk": 4124214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Look, I have given you authority to crush snakes and scorpions underfoot. I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you."}, {"pk": 4124215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Nevertheless, don\u2019t rejoice because the spirits submit to you. Rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "At that very moment, Jesus overflowed with joy from the Holy Spirit and said, \u201cI praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you\u2019ve hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and shown them to babies. Indeed, Father, this brings you happiness."}, {"pk": 4124217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "My Father has handed all things over to me. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wants to reveal him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Turning to the disciples, he said privately, \u201cHappy are the eyes that see what you see."}, {"pk": 4124219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "I assure you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see and hear what you hear, but they didn\u2019t.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "A legal expert stood up to test Jesus. \u201cTeacher,\u201d he said, \u201cwhat must I do to gain eternal life?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhat is written in the Law? How do you interpret it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "He responded, \u201c<b>You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself</b>.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/6/5'>Deut 6:5</a>; <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4124223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cYou have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "But the legal expert wanted to prove that he was right, so he said to Jesus, \u201cAnd who is my neighbor?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cA man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He encountered thieves, who stripped him naked, beat him up, and left him near death."}, {"pk": 4124226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Now it just so happened that a priest was also going down the same road. When he saw the injured man, he crossed over to the other side of the road and went on his way."}, {"pk": 4124227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "Likewise, a Levite came by that spot, saw the injured man, and crossed over to the other side of the road and went on his way."}, {"pk": 4124228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "A Samaritan, who was on a journey, came to where the man was. But when he saw him, he was moved with compassion."}, {"pk": 4124229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "The Samaritan went to him and bandaged his wounds, tending them with oil and wine. Then he placed the wounded man on his own donkey, took him to an inn, and took care of him."}, {"pk": 4124230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "The next day, he took two full days\u2019 worth of wages and gave them to the innkeeper. He said, \u2018Take care of him, and when I return, I will pay you back for any additional costs.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "What do you think? Which one of these three was a neighbor to the man who encountered thieves?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "Then the legal expert said, \u201cThe one who demonstrated mercy toward him.\u201d Jesus told him, \u201cGo and do likewise.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "While Jesus and his disciples were traveling, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest."}, {"pk": 4124234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord\u2019s feet and listened to his message."}, {"pk": 4124235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "By contrast, Martha was preoccupied with getting everything ready for their meal. So Martha came to him and said, \u201cLord, don\u2019t you care that my sister has left me to prepare the table all by myself? Tell her to help me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "The Lord answered, \u201cMartha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things."}, {"pk": 4124237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "One thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the better part. It won\u2019t be taken away from her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, \u201cLord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus told them, \u201cWhen you pray, say: \u2018Father, uphold the holiness of your name. <br>Bring in your kingdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Give us the bread we need for today.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Forgive us our sins, <br>for we also forgive everyone who has wronged us. <br>And don\u2019t lead us into temptation.\u2019\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4124242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "He also said to them, \u201cImagine that one of you has a friend and you go to that friend in the middle of the night. Imagine saying, \u2018Friend, loan me three loaves of bread"}, {"pk": 4124243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "because a friend of mine on a journey has arrived and I have nothing to set before him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Imagine further that he answers from within the house, \u2018Don\u2019t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can\u2019t get up to give you anything.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "I assure you, even if he wouldn\u2019t get up and help because of his friendship, he will get up and give his friend whatever he needs because of his friend\u2019s brashness."}, {"pk": 4124246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "And I tell you: Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened to you."}, {"pk": 4124247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. To everyone who knocks, the door is opened."}, {"pk": 4124248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cWhich father among you would give a snake to your child if the child asked for a fish?"}, {"pk": 4124249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "If a child asked for an egg, what father would give the child a scorpion?"}, {"pk": 4124250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus was throwing out a demon that causes muteness. When the demon was gone, the man who couldn\u2019t speak began to talk. The crowds were amazed."}, {"pk": 4124252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "But some of them said, \u201cHe throws out demons with the authority of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Others were testing him, seeking a sign from heaven."}, {"pk": 4124254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Because Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, \u201cEvery kingdom involved in civil war becomes a wasteland, and a house torn apart by divisions will collapse."}, {"pk": 4124255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "If Satan is at war with himself, how will his kingdom endure? I ask this because you say that I throw out demons by the authority of Beelzebul."}, {"pk": 4124256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "If I throw out demons by the authority of Beelzebul, then by whose authority do your followers throw them out? Therefore, they will be your judges."}, {"pk": 4124257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "But if I throw out demons by the power <sup>[1]</sup> of God, then God\u2019s kingdom has already overtaken you.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>finger</i>"}, {"pk": 4124258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are secure."}, {"pk": 4124259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "But as soon as a stronger one attacks and overpowers him, the stronger one takes away the armor he had trusted and divides the stolen goods."}, {"pk": 4124260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cWhoever isn\u2019t with me is against me, and whoever doesn\u2019t gather with me, scatters."}, {"pk": 4124261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "When an unclean spirit leaves a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn\u2019t find any. Then it says, \u2018I\u2019ll go back to the house I left.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "When it arrives, it finds the house cleaned up and decorated."}, {"pk": 4124263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself. They go in and make their home there. That person is worse off at the end than at the beginning.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "While Jesus was saying these things, a certain woman in the crowd spoke up: \u201cHappy is the mother who gave birth to you and who nursed you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "But he said, \u201cHappy rather are those who hear God\u2019s word and put it into practice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "When the crowds grew, Jesus said, \u201cThis generation is an evil generation. It looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except Jonah\u2019s sign."}, {"pk": 4124267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> will be a sign to this generation.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from a distant land to hear Solomon\u2019s wisdom. And look, someone greater than Solomon is here."}, {"pk": 4124269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they changed their hearts and lives in response to Jonah\u2019s preaching \u2014 and one greater than Jonah is here."}, {"pk": 4124270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cPeople don\u2019t light a lamp and then put it in a closet or under a basket. Rather, they place the lamp on a lampstand so that those who enter the house can see the light."}, {"pk": 4124271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is full of darkness."}, {"pk": 4124272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Therefore, see to it that the light in you isn\u2019t darkness."}, {"pk": 4124273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "If your whole body is full of light \u2014 with no part darkened \u2014 then it will be as full of light as when a lamp shines brightly on you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to share a meal with him, so Jesus went and took his place at the table."}, {"pk": 4124275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "When the Pharisee saw that Jesus didn\u2019t ritually purify his hands by washing before the meal, he was astonished."}, {"pk": 4124276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "The Lord said to him, \u201cNow, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and platter, but your insides are stuffed with greed and wickedness."}, {"pk": 4124277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "Foolish people! Didn\u2019t the one who made the outside also make the inside?"}, {"pk": 4124278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "Therefore, give to those in need from the core of who you are and you will be clean all over."}, {"pk": 4124279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "\u201cHow terrible for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and garden herbs of all kinds, while neglecting justice and love for God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others."}, {"pk": 4124280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "\u201cHow terrible for you Pharisees! You love the most prominent seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces."}, {"pk": 4124281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cHow terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk on them without recognizing it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "One of the legal experts responded, \u201cTeacher, when you say these things, you are insulting us too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 46, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cHow terrible for you legal experts too! You load people down with impossible burdens and you refuse to lift a single finger to help them."}, {"pk": 4124284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 47, "text": "\u201cHow terrible for you! You built memorials to the prophets, whom your ancestors killed."}, {"pk": 4124285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 48, "text": "In this way, you testify that you approve of your ancestors\u2019 deeds. They killed the prophets, and you build memorials!"}, {"pk": 4124286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 49, "text": "Therefore, God\u2019s wisdom has said, \u2018I will send prophets and apostles to them and they will harass and kill some of them.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 50, "text": "As a result, this generation will be charged with the murder of all the prophets since the beginning of time."}, {"pk": 4124288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 51, "text": "This includes the murder of every prophet \u2014 from Abel to Zechariah \u2014 who was killed between the altar and the holy place. Yes, I\u2019m telling you, this generation will be charged with it."}, {"pk": 4124289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 52, "text": "\u201cHow terrible for you legal experts! You snatched away the key of knowledge. You didn\u2019t enter yourselves, and you stood in the way of those who were entering.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 53, "text": "As he left there, the legal experts and Pharisees began to resent him deeply and to ask him pointed questions about many things."}, {"pk": 4124291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 11, "verse": 54, "text": "They plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words."}, {"pk": 4124292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "When a crowd of thousands upon thousands had gathered so that they were crushing each other, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples: \u201cWatch out for the yeast of the Pharisees \u2014 I mean, the mismatch between their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4124293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Nothing is hidden that won\u2019t be revealed, and nothing is secret that won\u2019t be brought out into the open."}, {"pk": 4124294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and whatever you have whispered in the rooms deep inside the house will be announced from the rooftops."}, {"pk": 4124295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cI tell you, my friends, don\u2019t be terrified by those who can kill the body but after that can do nothing more."}, {"pk": 4124296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ll show you whom you should fear: fear the one who, after you have been killed, has the authority to throw you into hell. Indeed, I tell you, that\u2019s the one you should fear."}, {"pk": 4124297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Aren\u2019t five sparrows sold for two small coins? <sup>[1]</sup> Yet not one of them is overlooked by God.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>two assaria</i>\u2014that is, 1/8 of a day\u2019s wage"}, {"pk": 4124298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Even the hairs on your head are all counted. Don\u2019t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows."}, {"pk": 4124299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cI tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before humans, the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> will acknowledge before God\u2019s angels.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "But the one who rejects me before others will be rejected before God\u2019s angels."}, {"pk": 4124301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Anyone who speaks a word against the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> will be forgiven, but whoever insults the Holy Spirit won\u2019t be forgiven.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "When they bring you before the synagogues, rulers, and authorities, don\u2019t worry about how to defend yourself or what you should say."}, {"pk": 4124303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "The Holy Spirit will tell you at that very moment what you must say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Someone from the crowd said to him, \u201cTeacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cMan, who appointed me as judge or referee between you and your brother?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Jesus said to them, \u201cWatch out! Guard yourself against all kinds of greed. After all, one\u2019s life isn\u2019t determined by one\u2019s possessions, even when someone is very wealthy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Then he told them a parable: \u201cA certain rich man\u2019s land produced a bountiful crop."}, {"pk": 4124308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "He said to himself, What will I do? I have no place to store my harvest!"}, {"pk": 4124309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Then he thought, Here\u2019s what I\u2019ll do. I\u2019ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. That\u2019s where I\u2019ll store all my grain and goods."}, {"pk": 4124310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "I\u2019ll say to myself, You have stored up plenty of goods, enough for several years. Take it easy! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."}, {"pk": 4124311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "But God said to him, \u2018Fool, tonight you will die. Now who will get the things you have prepared for yourself?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "This is the way it will be for those who hoard things for themselves and aren\u2019t rich toward God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cTherefore, I say to you, don\u2019t worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear."}, {"pk": 4124314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "There is more to life than food and more to the body than clothing."}, {"pk": 4124315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Consider the ravens: they neither plant nor harvest, they have no silo or barn, yet God feeds them. You are worth so much more than birds!"}, {"pk": 4124316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>eighteen inches to your height</i>"}, {"pk": 4124317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "If you can\u2019t do such a small thing, why worry about the rest?"}, {"pk": 4124318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "Notice how the lilies grow. They don\u2019t wear themselves out with work, and they don\u2019t spin cloth. But I say to you that even Solomon in all his splendor wasn\u2019t dressed like one of these."}, {"pk": 4124319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it\u2019s alive today and tomorrow it\u2019s thrown into the furnace, how much more will God do for you, you people of weak faith!"}, {"pk": 4124320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t chase after what you will eat and what you will drink. Stop worrying."}, {"pk": 4124321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "All the nations of the world long for these things. Your Father knows that you need them."}, {"pk": 4124322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Instead, desire his kingdom and these things will be given to you as well."}, {"pk": 4124323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights in giving you the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4124324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Make for yourselves wallets that don\u2019t wear out \u2014 a treasure in heaven that never runs out. No thief comes near there, and no moth destroys."}, {"pk": 4124325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be too."}, {"pk": 4124326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cBe dressed for service and keep your lamps lit."}, {"pk": 4124327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "Be like people waiting for their master to come home from a wedding celebration, who can immediately open the door for him when he arrives and knocks on the door."}, {"pk": 4124328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "Happy are those servants whom the master finds waiting up when he arrives. I assure you that, when he arrives, he will dress himself to serve, seat them at the table as honored guests, and wait on them."}, {"pk": 4124329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "Happy are those whom he finds alert, even if he comes at midnight or just before dawn. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>in the second or third watch</i>"}, {"pk": 4124330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "But know this, if the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he wouldn\u2019t have allowed his home to be broken into."}, {"pk": 4124331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "You also must be ready, because the Human One <sup>[6]</sup> is coming at a time when you don\u2019t expect him.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "Peter said, \u201cLord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "The Lord replied, \u201cWho are the faithful and wise managers whom the master will put in charge of his household servants, to give them their food at the proper time?"}, {"pk": 4124334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "Happy are the servants whom the master finds fulfilling their responsibilities when he comes."}, {"pk": 4124335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "I assure you that the master will put them in charge of all his possessions."}, {"pk": 4124336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "\u201cBut suppose that these servants should say to themselves, My master is taking his time about coming. And suppose they began to beat the servants, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk."}, {"pk": 4124337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "The master of those servants would come on a day when they weren\u2019t expecting him, at a time they couldn\u2019t predict. The master will cut them into pieces and assign them a place with the unfaithful."}, {"pk": 4124338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "That servant who knew his master\u2019s will but didn\u2019t prepare for it or act on it will be beaten severely."}, {"pk": 4124339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 48, "text": "The one who didn\u2019t know the master\u2019s will but who did things deserving punishment will be beaten only a little. Much will be demanded from everyone who has been given much, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked."}, {"pk": 4124340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 49, "text": "\u201cI came to cast fire upon the earth. How I wish that it was already ablaze!"}, {"pk": 4124341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 50, "text": "I have a baptism I must experience. How I am distressed until it\u2019s completed!"}, {"pk": 4124342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 51, "text": "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, I have come instead to bring division."}, {"pk": 4124343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 52, "text": "From now on, a household of five will be divided \u2014 three against two and two against three."}, {"pk": 4124344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 53, "text": "Father will square off against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 54, "text": "Jesus also said to the crowds, \u201cWhen you see a cloud forming in the west, you immediately say, \u2018It\u2019s going to rain.\u2019 And indeed it does."}, {"pk": 4124346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 55, "text": "And when a south wind blows, you say, \u2018A heat wave is coming.\u2019 And it does."}, {"pk": 4124347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 56, "text": "Hypocrites! You know how to interpret conditions on earth and in the sky. How is it that you don\u2019t know how to interpret the present time?"}, {"pk": 4124348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 57, "text": "And why don\u2019t you judge for yourselves what is right?"}, {"pk": 4124349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 58, "text": "As you are going to court with your accuser, make your best effort to reach a settlement along the way. Otherwise, your accuser may bring you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison."}, {"pk": 4124350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 12, "verse": 59, "text": "I tell you, you won\u2019t get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.\u201d <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Or <i>leptos</i> (1/128 of a day\u2019s wages)"}, {"pk": 4124351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Some who were present on that occasion told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4124352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "He replied, \u201cDo you think the suffering of these Galileans proves that they were more sinful than all the other Galileans?"}, {"pk": 4124353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did."}, {"pk": 4124354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them? Do you think that they were more guilty of wrongdoing than everyone else who lives in Jerusalem?"}, {"pk": 4124355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus told this parable: \u201cA man owned a fig tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none."}, {"pk": 4124357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "He said to his gardener, \u2018Look, I\u2019ve come looking for fruit on this fig tree for the past three years, and I\u2019ve never found any. Cut it down! Why should it continue depleting the soil\u2019s nutrients?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "The gardener responded, \u2018Lord, give it one more year, and I will dig around it and give it fertilizer."}, {"pk": 4124359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Maybe it will produce fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4124361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "A woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and couldn\u2019t stand up straight."}, {"pk": 4124362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "When he saw her, Jesus called her to him and said, \u201cWoman, you are set free from your sickness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "He placed his hands on her and she straightened up at once and praised God."}, {"pk": 4124364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "The synagogue leader, incensed that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded, \u201cThere are six days during which work is permitted. Come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "The Lord replied, \u201cHypocrites! Don\u2019t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from its stall and lead it out to get a drink?"}, {"pk": 4124366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Then isn\u2019t it necessary that this woman, a daughter of Abraham, bound by Satan for eighteen long years, be set free from her bondage on the Sabbath day?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "When he said these things, all his opponents were put to shame, but all those in the crowd rejoiced at all the extraordinary things he was doing."}, {"pk": 4124368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Jesus asked, \u201cWhat is God\u2019s kingdom like? To what can I compare it?"}, {"pk": 4124369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "It\u2019s like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in a garden. It grew and developed into a tree and the birds in the sky nested in its branches.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Again he said, \u201cTo what can I compare God\u2019s kingdom?"}, {"pk": 4124371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "It\u2019s like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through the whole.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus traveled through cities and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Someone said to him, \u201cLord, will only a few be saved?\u201d Jesus said to them,"}, {"pk": 4124374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cMake every effort to enter through the narrow gate. Many, I tell you, will try to enter and won\u2019t be able to."}, {"pk": 4124375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Once the owner of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, \u2018Lord, open the door for us.\u2019 He will reply, \u2018I don\u2019t know you or where you are from.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "Then you will begin to say, \u2018We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "He will respond, \u2018I don\u2019t know you or where you are from. <b>Go away from me, all you evildoers!\u2019</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/6/9'>Ps 6:9</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4124378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "There will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God\u2019s kingdom, but you yourselves will be thrown out."}, {"pk": 4124379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "People will come from east and west, north and south, and sit down to eat in God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4124380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "Look! Those who are last will be first and those who are first will be last.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "At that time, some Pharisees approached Jesus and said, \u201cGo! Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cGo, tell that fox, \u2018Look, I\u2019m throwing out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work."}, {"pk": 4124383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "However, it\u2019s necessary for me to travel today, tomorrow, and the next day because it\u2019s impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cJerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your people just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you didn\u2019t want that."}, {"pk": 4124385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "Look, your house is abandoned. I tell you, you won\u2019t see me until the time comes when you say, <b>Blessings on the one who comes in the Lord\u2019s name.\u201d</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/118/26'>Ps 118:26</a>"}, {"pk": 4124386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "One Sabbath, when Jesus went to share a meal in the home of one of the leaders of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely."}, {"pk": 4124387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "A man suffering from an abnormal swelling of the body was there."}, {"pk": 4124388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, \u201cDoes the Law allow healing on the Sabbath or not?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "But they said nothing. Jesus took hold of the sick man, cured him, and then let him go."}, {"pk": 4124390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "He said to them, \u201cSuppose your child or ox fell into a ditch on the Sabbath day. Wouldn\u2019t you immediately pull it out?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "But they had no response."}, {"pk": 4124392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "When Jesus noticed how the guests sought out the best seats at the table, he told them a parable."}, {"pk": 4124393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cWhen someone invites you to a wedding celebration, don\u2019t take your seat in the place of honor. Someone more highly regarded than you could have been invited by your host."}, {"pk": 4124394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "The host who invited both of you will come and say to you, \u2018Give your seat to this other person.\u2019 Embarrassed, you will take your seat in the least important place."}, {"pk": 4124395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Instead, when you receive an invitation, go and sit in the least important place. When your host approaches you, he will say, \u2018Friend, move up here to a better seat.\u2019 Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests."}, {"pk": 4124396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "All who lift themselves up will be brought low, and those who make themselves low will be lifted up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Jesus said to the person who had invited him, \u201cWhen you host a lunch or dinner, don\u2019t invite your friends, your brothers and sisters, your relatives, or rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return and that will be your reward."}, {"pk": 4124398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, crippled, lame, and blind."}, {"pk": 4124399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "And you will be blessed because they can\u2019t repay you. Instead, you will be repaid when the just are resurrected.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "When one of the dinner guests heard Jesus\u2019 remarks, he said to Jesus, \u201cHappy are those who will feast in God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cA certain man hosted a large dinner and invited many people."}, {"pk": 4124402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "When it was time for the dinner to begin, he sent his servant to tell the invited guests, \u2018Come! The dinner is now ready.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "One by one, they all began to make excuses. The first one told him, \u2018I bought a farm and must go and see it. Please excuse me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Another said, \u2018I bought five teams of oxen, and I\u2019m going to check on them. Please excuse me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Another said, \u2018I just got married, so I can\u2019t come.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "When he returned, the servant reported these excuses to his master. The master of the house became angry and said to his servant, \u2018Go quickly to the city\u2019s streets, the busy ones and the side streets, and bring the poor, crippled, blind, and lame.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "The servant said, \u2018Master, your instructions have been followed and there is still room.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "The master said to the servant, \u2018Go to the highways and back alleys and urge people to come in so that my house will be filled."}, {"pk": 4124409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "I tell you, not one of those who were invited will taste my dinner.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. Turning to them, he said,"}, {"pk": 4124411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cWhoever comes to me and doesn\u2019t hate father and mother, spouse and children, and brothers and sisters \u2014 yes, even one\u2019s own life \u2014 cannot be my disciple."}, {"pk": 4124412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "Whoever doesn\u2019t carry their own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple."}, {"pk": 4124413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cIf one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn\u2019t you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it?"}, {"pk": 4124414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Otherwise, when you have laid the foundation but couldn\u2019t finish the tower, all who see it will begin to belittle you."}, {"pk": 4124415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "They will say, \u2018Here\u2019s the person who began construction and couldn\u2019t complete it!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down to consider whether his ten thousand soldiers could go up against the twenty thousand coming against him?"}, {"pk": 4124417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "And if he didn\u2019t think he could win, he would send a representative to discuss terms of peace while his enemy was still a long way off."}, {"pk": 4124418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "In the same way, none of you who are unwilling to give up all of your possessions can be my disciple."}, {"pk": 4124419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cSalt is good. But if salt loses its flavor, how will it become salty again?"}, {"pk": 4124420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "It has no value, neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Whoever has ears to hear should pay attention.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him."}, {"pk": 4124422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, \u201cThis man welcomes sinners and eats with them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus told them this parable:"}, {"pk": 4124424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cSuppose someone among you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them. Wouldn\u2019t he leave the other ninety-nine in the pasture and search for the lost one until he finds it?"}, {"pk": 4124425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "And when he finds it, he is thrilled and places it on his shoulders."}, {"pk": 4124426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "When he arrives home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, \u2018Celebrate with me because I\u2019ve found my lost sheep.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4124428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cOr what woman, if she owns ten silver coins and loses one of them, won\u2019t light a lamp and sweep the house, searching her home carefully until she finds it?"}, {"pk": 4124429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "When she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, \u2018Celebrate with me because I\u2019ve found my lost coin.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "In the same way, I tell you, joy breaks out in the presence of God\u2019s angels over one sinner who changes both heart and life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cA certain man had two sons."}, {"pk": 4124432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "The younger son said to his father, \u2018Father, give me my share of the inheritance.\u2019 Then the father divided his estate between them."}, {"pk": 4124433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Soon afterward, the younger son gathered everything together and took a trip to a land far away. There, he wasted his wealth through extravagant living."}, {"pk": 4124434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cWhen he had used up his resources, a severe food shortage arose in that country and he began to be in need."}, {"pk": 4124435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "He hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs."}, {"pk": 4124436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "He longed to eat his fill from what the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything."}, {"pk": 4124437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "When he came to his senses, he said, \u2018How many of my father\u2019s hired hands have more than enough food, but I\u2019m starving to death!"}, {"pk": 4124438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "I will get up and go to my father, and say to him, \u201cFather, I have sinned against heaven and against you."}, {"pk": 4124439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "I no longer deserve to be called your son. Take me on as one of your hired hands.\u201d \u2019"}, {"pk": 4124440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "So he got up and went to his father. \u201cWhile he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. His father ran to him, hugged him, and kissed him."}, {"pk": 4124441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Then his son said, \u2018Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "But the father said to his servants, \u2018Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!"}, {"pk": 4124443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Fetch the fattened calf and slaughter it. We must celebrate with feasting"}, {"pk": 4124444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life! He was lost and is found!\u2019 And they began to celebrate."}, {"pk": 4124445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cNow his older son was in the field. Coming in from the field, he approached the house and heard music and dancing."}, {"pk": 4124446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "He called one of the servants and asked what was going on."}, {"pk": 4124447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "The servant replied, \u2018Your brother has arrived, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he received his son back safe and sound.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "Then the older son was furious and didn\u2019t want to enter in, but his father came out and begged him."}, {"pk": 4124449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "He answered his father, \u2018Look, I\u2019ve served you all these years, and I never disobeyed your instruction. Yet you\u2019ve never given me as much as a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends."}, {"pk": 4124450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "But when this son of yours returned, after gobbling up your estate on prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "Then his father said, \u2018Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours."}, {"pk": 4124452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "But we had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours was dead and is alive. He was lost and is found.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus also said to the disciples, \u201cA certain rich man heard that his household manager was wasting his estate."}, {"pk": 4124454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "He called the manager in and said to him, \u2018What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of your administration because you can no longer serve as my manager.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cThe household manager said to himself, What will I do now that my master is firing me as his manager? I\u2019m not strong enough to dig and too proud to beg."}, {"pk": 4124456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "I know what I\u2019ll do so that, when I am removed from my management position, people will welcome me into their houses."}, {"pk": 4124457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cOne by one, the manager sent for each person who owed his master money. He said to the first, \u2018How much do you owe my master?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "He said, \u2018Nine hundred gallons of olive oil.\u2019 <sup>[1]</sup> The manager said to him, \u2018Take your contract, sit down quickly, and write four hundred fifty gallons.\u2019", "comment": "[1] Or <i>one hundred jugs</i> (approximately nine gallons each)"}, {"pk": 4124459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the manager said to another, \u2018How much do you owe?\u2019 He said, \u2018One thousand bushels of wheat.\u2019 <sup>[2]</sup> He said, \u2018Take your contract and write eight hundred.\u2019", "comment": "[2] Or <i>eighty measures</i> (ten to twelve bushels each)"}, {"pk": 4124460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cThe master commended the dishonest manager because he acted cleverly. People who belong to this world are more clever in dealing with their peers than are people who belong to the light."}, {"pk": 4124461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it\u2019s gone, you will be welcomed into the eternal homes."}, {"pk": 4124462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cWhoever is faithful with little is also faithful with much, and the one who is dishonest with little is also dishonest with much."}, {"pk": 4124463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "If you haven\u2019t been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?"}, {"pk": 4124464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "If you haven\u2019t been faithful with someone else\u2019s property, who will give you your own?"}, {"pk": 4124465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "No household servant can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be loyal to the one and have contempt for the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "The Pharisees, who were money-lovers, heard all this and sneered at Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou are the ones who justify yourselves before other people, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued by people is deeply offensive to God."}, {"pk": 4124468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Until John, there was only the Law and the Prophets. Since then, the good news of God\u2019s kingdom is preached, and everyone is urged to enter it."}, {"pk": 4124469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "It\u2019s easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest stroke of a pen in the Law to drop out."}, {"pk": 4124470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Any man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and a man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."}, {"pk": 4124471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cThere was a certain rich man who clothed himself in purple and fine linen, and who feasted luxuriously every day."}, {"pk": 4124472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "At his gate lay a certain poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores."}, {"pk": 4124473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Lazarus longed to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich man\u2019s table. Instead, dogs would come and lick his sores."}, {"pk": 4124474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cThe poor man died and was carried by angels to Abraham\u2019s side. The rich man also died and was buried."}, {"pk": 4124475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "While being tormented in the place of the dead, he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance with Lazarus at his side."}, {"pk": 4124476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "He shouted, \u2018Father Abraham, have mercy on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I\u2019m suffering in this flame.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "But Abraham said, \u2018Child, remember that during your lifetime you received good things, whereas Lazarus received terrible things. Now Lazarus is being comforted and you are in great pain."}, {"pk": 4124478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "Moreover, a great crevasse has been fixed between us and you. Those who wish to cross over from here to you cannot. Neither can anyone cross from there to us.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cThe rich man said, \u2018Then I beg you, Father, send Lazarus to my father\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4124480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "I have five brothers. He needs to warn them so that they don\u2019t come to this place of agony.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Abraham replied, \u2018They have Moses and the Prophets. They must listen to them.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "The rich man said, \u2018No, Father Abraham! But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will change their hearts and lives.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "Abraham said, \u2018If they don\u2019t listen to Moses and the Prophets, then neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cThings that cause people to trip and fall into sin must happen, but how terrible it is for the person through whom they happen."}, {"pk": 4124485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "It would be better for them to be thrown into a lake with a large stone hung around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to trip and fall into sin."}, {"pk": 4124486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Watch yourselves! If your brother or sister sins, warn them to stop. If they change their hearts and lives, forgive them."}, {"pk": 4124487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "Even if someone sins against you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times and says, \u2018I am changing my ways,\u2019 you must forgive that person.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "The apostles said to the Lord, \u201cIncrease our faith!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "The Lord replied, \u201cIf you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, \u2018Be uprooted and planted in the sea,\u2019 and it would obey you."}, {"pk": 4124490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cWould any of you say to your servant, who had just come in from the field after plowing or tending sheep, \u2018Come! Sit down for dinner\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4124491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "Wouldn\u2019t you say instead, \u2018Fix my dinner. Put on the clothes of a table servant and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that, you can eat and drink\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4124492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "You won\u2019t thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you?"}, {"pk": 4124493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "In the same way, when you have done everything required of you, you should say, \u2018We servants deserve no special praise. We have only done our duty.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee."}, {"pk": 4124495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him,"}, {"pk": 4124496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "they raised their voices and said, \u201cJesus, Master, show us mercy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "When Jesus saw them, he said, \u201cGo, show yourselves to the priests.\u201d As they left, they were cleansed."}, {"pk": 4124498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "One of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned and praised God with a loud voice."}, {"pk": 4124499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "He fell on his face at Jesus\u2019 feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan."}, {"pk": 4124500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWeren\u2019t ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?"}, {"pk": 4124501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "No one returned to praise God except this foreigner?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "Then Jesus said to him, \u201cGet up and go. Your faith has healed you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "Pharisees asked Jesus when God\u2019s kingdom was coming. He replied, \u201cGod\u2019s kingdom isn\u2019t coming with signs that are easily noticed."}, {"pk": 4124504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "Nor will people say, \u2018Look, here it is!\u2019 or \u2018There it is!\u2019 Don\u2019t you see? God\u2019s kingdom is already among you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "Then Jesus said to the disciples, \u201cThe time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Human One, <sup>[1]</sup> and you won\u2019t see it.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "People will say to you, \u2018Look there!\u2019 or \u2018Look here!\u2019 Don\u2019t leave or go chasing after them."}, {"pk": 4124507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "The Human One <sup>[2]</sup> will appear on his day in the same way that a flash of lightning lights up the sky from one end to the other.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "However, first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation."}, {"pk": 4124509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cAs it was in the days of Noah, so it will be during the days of the Human One. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all."}, {"pk": 4124511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "Likewise in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building."}, {"pk": 4124512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 29, "text": "But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all."}, {"pk": 4124513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 30, "text": "That\u2019s the way it will be on the day the Human One <sup>[4]</sup> is revealed.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 31, "text": "On that day, those on the roof, whose possessions are in the house, shouldn\u2019t come down to grab them. Likewise, those in the field shouldn\u2019t turn back."}, {"pk": 4124515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 32, "text": "Remember Lot\u2019s wife!"}, {"pk": 4124516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 33, "text": "Whoever tries to preserve their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life will preserve it."}, {"pk": 4124517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 34, "text": "I tell you, on that night two people will be in the same bed: one will be taken and the other left."}, {"pk": 4124518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 35, "text": "Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <a href='/CEB/42/17/36'>17:36</a> <i>Two will be in a field: one will be taken and the other left</i>."}, {"pk": 4124519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 17, "verse": 37, "text": "The disciples asked, \u201cWhere, Lord?\u201d Jesus said, \u201cThe vultures gather wherever there\u2019s a dead body.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus was telling them a parable about their need to pray continuously and not to be discouraged."}, {"pk": 4124521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "He said, \u201cIn a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people."}, {"pk": 4124522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him, asking, \u2018Give me justice in this case against my adversary.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "For a while he refused but finally said to himself, I don\u2019t fear God or respect people,"}, {"pk": 4124524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "but I will give this widow justice because she keeps bothering me. Otherwise, there will be no end to her coming here and embarrassing me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "The Lord said, \u201cListen to what the unjust judge says."}, {"pk": 4124526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "Won\u2019t God provide justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he be slow to help them?"}, {"pk": 4124527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> comes, will he find faithfulness on earth?\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus told this parable to certain people who had convinced themselves that they were righteous and who looked on everyone else with disgust:"}, {"pk": 4124529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cTwo people went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector."}, {"pk": 4124530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself with these words, \u2018God, I thank you that I\u2019m not like everyone else \u2014 crooks, evildoers, adulterers \u2014 or even like this tax collector."}, {"pk": 4124531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "I fast twice a week. I give a tenth of everything I receive.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He wouldn\u2019t even lift his eyes to look toward heaven. Rather, he struck his chest and said, \u2018God, show mercy to me, a sinner.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "I tell you, this person went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. All who lift themselves up will be brought low, and those who make themselves low will be lifted up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "People were bringing babies to Jesus so that he would bless them. When the disciples saw this, they scolded them."}, {"pk": 4124535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Jesus called them to him and said, \u201cAllow the children to come to me. Don\u2019t forbid them, because God\u2019s kingdom belongs to people like these children."}, {"pk": 4124536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "I assure you that whoever doesn\u2019t welcome God\u2019s kingdom like a child will never enter it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "A certain ruler asked Jesus, \u201cGood Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhy do you call me good? No one is good except the one God."}, {"pk": 4124539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "You know the commandments: <b>Don\u2019t commit adultery. Don\u2019t murder. Don\u2019t steal. Don\u2019t give false testimony. Honor your father and mother.\u201d</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/5/16-20'>Deut 5:16\u201320</a>; <a href='/CEB/2/20/12-16'>Exod 20:12\u201316</a>"}, {"pk": 4124540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the ruler said, \u201cI\u2019ve kept all of these things since I was a boy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "When Jesus heard this, he said, \u201cThere\u2019s one more thing. Sell everything you own and distribute the money to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "When he heard these words, the man became sad because he was extremely rich."}, {"pk": 4124543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "When Jesus saw this, he said, \u201cIt\u2019s very hard for the wealthy to enter God\u2019s kingdom!"}, {"pk": 4124544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "It\u2019s easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who heard this said, \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhat is impossible for humans is possible for God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "Peter said, \u201cLook, we left everything we own and followed you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cI assure you that anyone who has left house, husband, wife, brothers, sisters, parents, or children because of God\u2019s kingdom"}, {"pk": 4124549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "will receive many times more in this age and eternal life in the coming age.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Jesus took the Twelve aside and said, \u201cLook, we\u2019re going up to Jerusalem, and everything written about the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> by the prophets will be accomplished.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "He will be handed over to the Gentiles. He will be ridiculed, mistreated, and spit on."}, {"pk": 4124552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "After torturing him, they will kill him. On the third day, he will rise up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "But the Twelve understood none of these words. The meaning of this message was hidden from them and they didn\u2019t grasp what he was saying."}, {"pk": 4124554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 35, "text": "As Jesus came to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the road begging."}, {"pk": 4124555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 36, "text": "When the man heard the crowd passing by, he asked what was happening."}, {"pk": 4124556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 37, "text": "They told him, \u201cJesus the Nazarene is passing by.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 38, "text": "The blind man shouted, \u201cJesus, Son of David, show me mercy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 39, "text": "Those leading the procession scolded him, telling him to be quiet, but he shouted even louder, \u201cSon of David, show me mercy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 40, "text": "Jesus stopped and called for the man to be brought to him. When he was present Jesus asked,"}, {"pk": 4124560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 41, "text": "\u201cWhat do you want me to do for you?\u201d He said, \u201cLord, I want to see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 42, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cReceive your sight! Your faith has healed you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 18, "verse": 43, "text": "At once he was able to see, and he began to follow Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they praised God too."}, {"pk": 4124563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through town."}, {"pk": 4124564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich."}, {"pk": 4124565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn\u2019t because of the crowd."}, {"pk": 4124566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus, who was about to pass that way."}, {"pk": 4124567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "When Jesus came to that spot, he looked up and said, \u201cZacchaeus, come down at once. I must stay in your home today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "So Zacchaeus came down at once, happy to welcome Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Everyone who saw this grumbled, saying, \u201cHe has gone to be the guest of a sinner.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, \u201cLook, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I repay them four times as much.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cToday, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham."}, {"pk": 4124572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "The Human One <sup>[1]</sup> came to seek and save the lost.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "As they listened to this, Jesus told them another parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought God\u2019s kingdom would appear right away."}, {"pk": 4124574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "He said, \u201cA certain man who was born into royalty went to a distant land to receive his kingdom and then return."}, {"pk": 4124575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "He called together ten servants and gave each of them money worth four months\u2019 wages. <sup>[2]</sup> He said, \u2018Do business with this until I return.\u2019", "comment": "[2] Or <i>he divided ten minas among them</i>"}, {"pk": 4124576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "His citizens hated him, so they sent a representative after him who said, \u2018We don\u2019t want this man to be our king.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "After receiving his kingdom, he returned and called the servants to whom he had given the money to find out how much they had earned."}, {"pk": 4124578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "The first servant came forward and said, \u2018Your money has earned a return of one thousand percent.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "The king replied, \u2018Excellent! You are a good servant. Because you have been faithful in a small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cThe second servant came and said, \u2018Master, your money has made a return of five hundred percent.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "To this one, the king said, \u2018You will have authority over five cities.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cAnother servant came and said, \u2018Master, here is your money. I wrapped it up in a scarf for safekeeping."}, {"pk": 4124583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "I was afraid of you because you are a stern man. You withdraw what you haven\u2019t deposited and you harvest what you haven\u2019t planted.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "The king replied, \u2018I will judge you by the words of your own mouth, you worthless servant! You knew, did you, that I\u2019m a stern man, withdrawing what I didn\u2019t deposit, and harvesting what I didn\u2019t plant?"}, {"pk": 4124585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "Why then didn\u2019t you put my money in the bank? Then when I arrived, at least I could have gotten it back with interest.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cHe said to his attendants, \u2018Take his money and give it to the one who has ten times as much.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "\u2018But Master,\u2019 they said, \u2018he already has ten times as much!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "He replied, \u2018I say to you that everyone who has will be given more, but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away."}, {"pk": 4124589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "As for my enemies who don\u2019t want me as their king, bring them here and slaughter them before me.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "After Jesus said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "As Jesus came to Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he gave two disciples a task."}, {"pk": 4124592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "He said, \u201cGo into the village over there. When you enter it, you will find tied up there a colt that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here."}, {"pk": 4124593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "If someone asks, \u2018Why are you untying it?\u2019 just say, \u2018Its master needs it.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "Those who had been sent found it exactly as he had said."}, {"pk": 4124595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, \u201cWhy are you untying the colt?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "They replied, \u201cIts master needs it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "They brought it to Jesus, threw their clothes on the colt, and lifted Jesus onto it."}, {"pk": 4124598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "As Jesus rode along, they spread their clothes on the road."}, {"pk": 4124599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "As Jesus approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole throng of his disciples began rejoicing. They praised God with a loud voice because of all the mighty things they had seen."}, {"pk": 4124600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 38, "text": "They said, \u201cBlessings on the king who comes in the name of the Lord. <br>Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4124601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 39, "text": "Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Jesus, \u201cTeacher, scold your disciples! Tell them to stop!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 40, "text": "He answered, \u201cI tell you, if they were silent, the stones would shout.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 41, "text": "As Jesus came to the city and observed it, he wept over it."}, {"pk": 4124604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 42, "text": "He said, \u201cIf only you knew on this of all days the things that lead to peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes."}, {"pk": 4124605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 43, "text": "The time will come when your enemies will build fortifications around you, encircle you, and attack you from all sides."}, {"pk": 4124606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 44, "text": "They will crush you completely, you and the people within you. They won\u2019t leave one stone on top of another within you, because you didn\u2019t recognize the time of your gracious visit from God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 45, "text": "When Jesus entered the temple, he threw out those who were selling things there."}, {"pk": 4124608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 46, "text": "He said to them, \u201cIt\u2019s written, <b>My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hideout for crooks.\u201d</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/56/7'>Isa 56:7</a>; <a href='/CEB/24/7/11'>Jer 7:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4124609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 47, "text": "Jesus was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests, the legal experts, and the foremost leaders among the people were seeking to kill him."}, {"pk": 4124610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 19, "verse": 48, "text": "However, they couldn\u2019t find a way to do it because all the people were enthralled with what they heard."}, {"pk": 4124611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "On one of the days when Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests, legal experts, and elders approached him."}, {"pk": 4124612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "They said, \u201cTell us: What kind of authority do you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "He replied, \u201cI have a question for you. Tell me:"}, {"pk": 4124614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Was John\u2019s baptism of heavenly or of human origin?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "They discussed among themselves, \u201cIf we say, \u2018It\u2019s of heavenly origin,\u2019 he\u2019ll say, \u2018Why didn\u2019t you believe him?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "But if we say, \u2018It\u2019s of human origin,\u2019 all the people will stone us to death because they are convinced that John was a prophet.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "They answered that they didn\u2019t know where it came from."}, {"pk": 4124618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Jesus replied, \u201cNeither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus told the people this parable: \u201cA certain man planted a vineyard, rented it to tenant farmers, and went on a trip for a long time."}, {"pk": 4124620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "When it was time, he sent a servant to collect from the tenants his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants sent him away, beaten and empty-handed."}, {"pk": 4124621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "The man sent another servant. But they beat him, treated him disgracefully, and sent him away empty-handed as well."}, {"pk": 4124622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "He sent a third servant. They wounded this servant and threw him out."}, {"pk": 4124623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "The owner of the vineyard said, \u2018What should I do? I\u2019ll send my son, whom I love dearly. Perhaps they will respect him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "But when they saw him, they said to each other, \u2018This is the heir. Let\u2019s kill him so the inheritance will be ours.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to them?"}, {"pk": 4124626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.\u201d When the people heard this, they said, \u201cMay this never happen!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Staring at them, Jesus said, \u201cThen what is the meaning of this text of scripture: <b>The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/118/22'>Ps 118:22</a>"}, {"pk": 4124628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Everyone who falls on that stone will be crushed. And the stone will crush the person it falls on.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "The legal experts and chief priests wanted to arrest him right then because they knew he had told this parable against them. But they feared the people."}, {"pk": 4124630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "The legal experts and chief priests were watching Jesus closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to trap him in his words so they could hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor."}, {"pk": 4124631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "They asked him, \u201cTeacher, we know that you are correct in what you say and teach. You don\u2019t show favoritism but teach God\u2019s way as it really is."}, {"pk": 4124632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "Since Jesus recognized their deception, he said to them,"}, {"pk": 4124634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cShow me a coin. <sup>[2]</sup> Whose image and inscription does it have on it?\u201d \u201cCaesar\u2019s,\u201d they replied.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>denarion</i>"}, {"pk": 4124635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "He said to them, \u201cGive to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "They couldn\u2019t trap him in his words in front of the people. Astonished by his answer, they were speechless."}, {"pk": 4124637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Some Sadducees, who deny that there\u2019s a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked,"}, {"pk": 4124638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cTeacher, Moses wrote for us that <b>if a man\u2019s brother dies</b> leaving a widow <b>but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/25/5'>Deut 25:5</a>; <a href='/CEB/1/38/8'>Gen 38:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4124639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless."}, {"pk": 4124640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "The second"}, {"pk": 4124641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "and then the third brother married her. Eventually all seven married her, and they all died without leaving any children."}, {"pk": 4124642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "Finally, the woman died too."}, {"pk": 4124643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "In the resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven were married to her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cPeople who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage."}, {"pk": 4124645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "But those who are considered worthy to participate in that age, that is, in the age of the resurrection from the dead, won\u2019t marry nor will they be given in marriage."}, {"pk": 4124646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "They can no longer die, because they are like angels and are God\u2019s children since they share in the resurrection."}, {"pk": 4124647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "Even Moses demonstrated that the dead are raised \u2014 in the passage about the burning bush, when he speaks of the Lord as <b>the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/2/3/6'>Exod 3:6</a>, <a href='/CEB/2/3/15-16'>15\u201316</a>"}, {"pk": 4124648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 38, "text": "He isn\u2019t the God of the dead but of the living. To him they are all alive.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 39, "text": "Some of the legal experts responded, \u201cTeacher, you have answered well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 40, "text": "No one dared to ask him anything else."}, {"pk": 4124651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 41, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cWhy do they say that the Christ is David\u2019s son?"}, {"pk": 4124652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 42, "text": "David himself says in the scroll of Psalms, <b>The Lord said to my lord,</b> <b>\u2018Sit at my right side</b>"}, {"pk": 4124653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 43, "text": "<b>until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.\u2019</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4124654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 44, "text": "Since David calls him \u2018Lord,\u2019 how can he be David\u2019s son?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 45, "text": "In the presence of all the people, Jesus said to his disciples,"}, {"pk": 4124656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 46, "text": "\u201cWatch out for the legal experts. They like to walk around in long robes. They love being greeted with honor in the markets. They long for the places of honor in the synagogues and at banquets."}, {"pk": 4124657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 20, "verse": 47, "text": "They are the ones who cheat widows out of their homes, and to show off they say long prayers. They will be judged most harshly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Looking up, Jesus saw rich people throwing their gifts into the collection box for the temple treasury."}, {"pk": 4124659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "He also saw a poor widow throw in two small copper coins worth a penny. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>two lepta</i>"}, {"pk": 4124660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "He said, \u201cI assure you that this poor widow has put in more than them all."}, {"pk": 4124661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had to live on.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Some people were talking about the temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and ornaments dedicated to God. Jesus said,"}, {"pk": 4124663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cAs for the things you are admiring, the time is coming when not even one stone will be left upon another. All will be demolished.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "They asked him, \u201cTeacher, when will these things happen? What sign will show that these things are about to happen?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cWatch out that you aren\u2019t deceived. Many will come in my name, saying, \u2018I\u2019m the one!\u2019 and \u2018It\u2019s time!\u2019 Don\u2019t follow them."}, {"pk": 4124666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "When you hear of wars and rebellions, don\u2019t be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end won\u2019t happen immediately.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Jesus said to them, \u201cNations and kingdoms will fight against each other."}, {"pk": 4124668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "There will be great earthquakes and wide-scale food shortages and epidemics. There will also be terrifying sights and great signs in the sky."}, {"pk": 4124669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "But before all this occurs, they will take you into custody and harass you because of your faith. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name."}, {"pk": 4124670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "This will provide you with an opportunity to testify."}, {"pk": 4124671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "Make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance."}, {"pk": 4124672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019ll give you words and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to counter or contradict."}, {"pk": 4124673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "You will be betrayed by your parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, and friends. They will execute some of you."}, {"pk": 4124674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "Everyone will hate you because of my name."}, {"pk": 4124675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Still, not a hair on your heads will be lost."}, {"pk": 4124676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "By holding fast, you will gain your lives."}, {"pk": 4124677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cWhen you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that its destruction is close at hand."}, {"pk": 4124678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "At that time, those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those in the city must escape, and those in the countryside must not enter the city."}, {"pk": 4124679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "These are the days of punishment, when everything written will find its fulfillment."}, {"pk": 4124680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "How terrible it will be at that time for women who are pregnant or for women who are nursing their children. There will be great agony on the earth and angry judgment on this people."}, {"pk": 4124681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be plundered by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are concluded."}, {"pk": 4124682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cThere will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On the earth, there will be dismay among nations in their confusion over the roaring of the sea and surging waves."}, {"pk": 4124683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "The planets and other heavenly bodies will be shaken, causing people to faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world."}, {"pk": 4124684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Then they will see the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> coming on a cloud with power and great splendor.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "Now when these things begin to happen, stand up straight and raise your heads, because your redemption is near.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus told them a parable: \u201cLook at the fig tree and all the trees."}, {"pk": 4124687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near."}, {"pk": 4124688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "In the same way, when you see these things happening, you know that God\u2019s kingdom is near."}, {"pk": 4124689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "I assure you that this generation won\u2019t pass away until everything has happened."}, {"pk": 4124690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away."}, {"pk": 4124691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cTake care that your hearts aren\u2019t dulled by drinking parties, drunkenness, and the anxieties of day-to-day life. Don\u2019t let that day fall upon you unexpectedly,"}, {"pk": 4124692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 35, "text": "like a trap. It will come upon everyone who lives on the face of the whole earth."}, {"pk": 4124693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 36, "text": "Stay alert at all times, praying that you are strong enough to escape everything that is about to happen and to stand before the Human One.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 37, "text": "Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, but he spent each night on the Mount of Olives."}, {"pk": 4124695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 21, "verse": 38, "text": "All the people rose early in the morning to hear him in the temple area."}, {"pk": 4124696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was approaching."}, {"pk": 4124697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "The chief priests and the legal experts were looking for a way to kill Jesus, because they were afraid of the people."}, {"pk": 4124698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve."}, {"pk": 4124699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "He went out and discussed with the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard how he could hand Jesus over to them."}, {"pk": 4124700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "They were delighted and arranged payment for him."}, {"pk": 4124701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "He agreed and began looking for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them \u2014 a time when the crowds would be absent."}, {"pk": 4124702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "The Day of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover had to be sacrificed."}, {"pk": 4124703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus sent Peter and John with this task: \u201cGo and prepare for us to eat the Passover meal.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "They said to him, \u201cWhere do you want us to prepare it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWhen you go into the city, a man carrying a water jar will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters."}, {"pk": 4124706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Say to the owner of the house, \u2018The teacher says to you, \u201cWhere is the guestroom where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?\u201d \u2019"}, {"pk": 4124707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "He will show you a large upstairs room, already furnished. Make preparations there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "They went and found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal."}, {"pk": 4124709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "When the time came, Jesus took his place at the table, and the apostles joined him."}, {"pk": 4124710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "He said to them, \u201cI have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer."}, {"pk": 4124711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "I tell you, I won\u2019t eat it until it is fulfilled in God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "After taking a cup and giving thanks, he said, \u201cTake this and share it among yourselves."}, {"pk": 4124713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "I tell you that from now on I won\u2019t drink from the fruit of the vine until God\u2019s kingdom has come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "After taking the bread and giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "In the same way, he took the cup after the meal and said, \u201cThis cup is the new covenant by my blood, which is poured out for you."}, {"pk": 4124716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cBut look! My betrayer is with me; his hand is on this table."}, {"pk": 4124717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "The Human One <sup>[1]</sup> goes just as it has been determined. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays him.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "They began to argue among themselves about which of them it could possibly be who would do this."}, {"pk": 4124719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "An argument broke out among the disciples over which one of them should be regarded as the greatest."}, {"pk": 4124720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "But Jesus said to them, \u201cThe kings of the Gentiles rule over their subjects, and those in authority over them are called \u2018friends of the people.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "But that\u2019s not the way it will be with you. Instead, the greatest among you must become like a person of lower status and the leader like a servant."}, {"pk": 4124722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "So which one is greater, the one who is seated at the table or the one who serves at the table? Isn\u2019t it the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves."}, {"pk": 4124723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cYou are the ones who have continued with me in my trials."}, {"pk": 4124724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "And I confer royal power on you just as my Father granted royal power to me."}, {"pk": 4124725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "Thus you will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones overseeing the twelve tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4124726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cSimon, Simon, look! Satan has asserted the right to sift you all like wheat."}, {"pk": 4124727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 32, "text": "However, I have prayed for you that your faith won\u2019t fail. When you have returned, strengthen your brothers and sisters.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 33, "text": "Peter responded, \u201cLord, I\u2019m ready to go with you, both to prison and to death!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI tell you, Peter, the rooster won\u2019t crow today before you have denied three times that you know me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 35, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cWhen I sent you out without a wallet, bag, or sandals, you didn\u2019t lack anything, did you?\u201d They said, \u201cNothing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 36, "text": "Then he said to them, \u201cBut now, whoever has a wallet must take it, and likewise a bag. And those who don\u2019t own a sword must sell their clothes and buy one."}, {"pk": 4124732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 37, "text": "I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in relation to me: <b>And he was counted among criminals</b>. <sup>[2]</sup> Indeed, what\u2019s written about me is nearing completion.\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/23/53/12'>Isa 53:12</a>"}, {"pk": 4124733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 38, "text": "They said to him, \u201cLord, look, here are two swords.\u201d He replied, \u201cEnough of that!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 39, "text": "Jesus left and made his way to the Mount of Olives, as was his custom, and the disciples followed him."}, {"pk": 4124735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 40, "text": "When he arrived, he said to them, \u201cPray that you won\u2019t give in to temptation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 41, "text": "He withdrew from them about a stone\u2019s throw, knelt down, and prayed."}, {"pk": 4124737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 42, "text": "He said, \u201cFather, if it\u2019s your will, take this cup of suffering away from me. However, not my will but your will must be done.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 43, "text": "Then a heavenly angel appeared to him and strengthened him."}, {"pk": 4124739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 44, "text": "He was in anguish and prayed even more earnestly. His sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground."}, {"pk": 4124740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 45, "text": "When he got up from praying, he went to the disciples. He found them asleep, overcome by grief."}, {"pk": 4124741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 46, "text": "He said to them, \u201cWhy are you sleeping? Get up and pray so that you won\u2019t give in to temptation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 47, "text": "While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd appeared, and the one called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him."}, {"pk": 4124743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 48, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cJudas, would you betray the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> with a kiss?\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 49, "text": "When those around him recognized what was about to happen, they said, \u201cLord, should we fight with our swords?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 50, "text": "One of them struck the high priest\u2019s servant, cutting off his right ear."}, {"pk": 4124746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 51, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cStop! No more of this!\u201d He touched the slave\u2019s ear and healed him."}, {"pk": 4124747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 52, "text": "Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come to get him, \u201cHave you come with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a thief?"}, {"pk": 4124748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 53, "text": "Day after day I was with you in the temple, but you didn\u2019t arrest me. But this is your time, when darkness rules.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 54, "text": "After they arrested Jesus, they led him away and brought him to the high priest\u2019s house. Peter followed from a distance."}, {"pk": 4124750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 55, "text": "When they lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them."}, {"pk": 4124751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 56, "text": "Then a servant woman saw him sitting in the firelight. She stared at him and said, \u201cThis man was with him too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 57, "text": "But Peter denied it, saying, \u201cWoman, I don\u2019t know him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 58, "text": "A little while later, someone else saw him and said, \u201cYou are one of them too.\u201d But Peter said, \u201cMan, I\u2019m not!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 59, "text": "An hour or so later, someone else insisted, \u201cThis man must have been with him, because he is a Galilean too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 60, "text": "Peter responded, \u201cMan, I don\u2019t know what you are talking about!\u201d At that very moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed."}, {"pk": 4124756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 61, "text": "The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the Lord\u2019s words: \u201cBefore a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 62, "text": "And Peter went out and cried uncontrollably."}, {"pk": 4124758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 63, "text": "The men who were holding Jesus in custody taunted him while they beat him."}, {"pk": 4124759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 64, "text": "They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, \u201cProphesy! Who hit you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 65, "text": "Insulting him, they said many other horrible things against him."}, {"pk": 4124761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 66, "text": "As morning came, the elders of the people, both chief priests and legal experts, came together, and Jesus was brought before their council."}, {"pk": 4124762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 67, "text": "They said, \u201cIf you are the Christ, tell us!\u201d He answered, \u201cIf I tell you, you won\u2019t believe."}, {"pk": 4124763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 68, "text": "And if I ask you a question, you won\u2019t answer."}, {"pk": 4124764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 69, "text": "But from now on, <b>the Human One</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <b>will be seated on the right side of the power of God.\u201d</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[5] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4124765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 70, "text": "They all said, \u201cAre you God\u2019s Son, then?\u201d He replied, \u201cYou say that I am.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 22, "verse": 71, "text": "Then they said, \u201cWhy do we need further testimony? We\u2019ve heard it from his own lips.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "The whole assembly got up and led Jesus to Pilate and"}, {"pk": 4124768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "began to accuse him. They said, \u201cWe have found this man misleading our people, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming that he is the Christ, a king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Pilate asked him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cThat\u2019s what you say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, \u201cI find no legal basis for action against this man.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "But they objected strenuously, saying, \u201cHe agitates the people with his teaching throughout Judea \u2014 starting from Galilee all the way here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean."}, {"pk": 4124773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "When he learned that Jesus was from Herod\u2019s district, Pilate sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time."}, {"pk": 4124774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "Herod was very glad to see Jesus, for he had heard about Jesus and had wanted to see him for quite some time. He was hoping to see Jesus perform some sign."}, {"pk": 4124775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Herod questioned Jesus at length, but Jesus didn\u2019t respond to him."}, {"pk": 4124776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "The chief priests and the legal experts were there, fiercely accusing Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "Herod and his soldiers treated Jesus with contempt. Herod mocked him by dressing Jesus in elegant clothes and sent him back to Pilate."}, {"pk": 4124778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "Pilate and Herod became friends with each other that day. Before this, they had been enemies."}, {"pk": 4124779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people."}, {"pk": 4124780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou brought this man before me as one who was misleading the people. I have questioned him in your presence and found nothing in this man\u2019s conduct that provides a legal basis for the charges you have brought against him."}, {"pk": 4124781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "Neither did Herod, because Herod returned him to us. He\u2019s done nothing that deserves death."}, {"pk": 4124782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, I\u2019ll have him whipped, then let him go.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <a href='/CEB/42/23/17'>23:17</a> <i>He had to release one prisoner for them because of the festival</i>."}, {"pk": 4124783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "But with one voice they shouted, \u201cAway with this man! Release Barabbas to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "<sup>[18]</sup> (Barabbas had been thrown into prison because of a riot that had occurred in the city, and for murder.)"}, {"pk": 4124785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Pilate addressed them again because he wanted to release Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "They kept shouting out, \u201cCrucify him! Crucify him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "For the third time, Pilate said to them, \u201cWhy? What wrong has he done? I\u2019ve found no legal basis for the death penalty in his case. Therefore, I will have him whipped, then let him go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "But they were adamant, shouting their demand that Jesus be crucified. Their voices won out."}, {"pk": 4124789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "Pilate issued his decision to grant their request."}, {"pk": 4124790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "He released the one they asked for, who had been thrown into prison because of a riot and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will."}, {"pk": 4124791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, who was coming in from the countryside. They put the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "A huge crowd of people followed Jesus, including women, who were mourning and wailing for him."}, {"pk": 4124793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "Jesus turned to the women and said, \u201cDaughters of Jerusalem, don\u2019t cry for me. Rather, cry for yourselves and your children."}, {"pk": 4124794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "The time will come when they will say, \u2018Happy are those who are unable to become pregnant, the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that never nursed a child.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "Then <b>they will say to the mountains, \u2018Fall on us,\u2019 and to the hills, \u2018Cover us.\u2019</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/28/10/8'>Hos 10:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4124796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "If they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "They also led two other criminals to be executed with Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him, along with the criminals, one on his right and the other on his left."}, {"pk": 4124799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cFather, forgive them, for they don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing.\u201d They drew lots as a way of dividing up his clothing."}, {"pk": 4124800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "The people were standing around watching, but the leaders sneered at him, saying, \u201cHe saved others. Let him save himself if he really is the Christ sent from God, the chosen one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 36, "text": "The soldiers also mocked him. They came up to him, offering him sour wine"}, {"pk": 4124802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 37, "text": "and saying, \u201cIf you really are the king of the Jews, save yourself.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 38, "text": "Above his head was a notice of the formal charge against him. It read \u201cThis is the king of the Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 39, "text": "One of the criminals hanging next to Jesus insulted him: \u201cAren\u2019t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 40, "text": "Responding, the other criminal spoke harshly to him, \u201cDon\u2019t you fear God, seeing that you\u2019ve also been sentenced to die?"}, {"pk": 4124806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 41, "text": "We are rightly condemned, for we are receiving the appropriate sentence for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 42, "text": "Then he said, \u201cJesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 43, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI assure you that today you will be with me in paradise.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 44, "text": "It was now about noon, and darkness covered the whole earth until about three o\u2019clock,"}, {"pk": 4124810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 45, "text": "while the sun stopped shining. Then the curtain in the sanctuary tore down the middle."}, {"pk": 4124811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 46, "text": "Crying out in a loud voice, Jesus said, \u201cFather, <b>into your hands I entrust my life.\u201d</b> <sup>[3]</sup> After he said this, he breathed for the last time.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/31/5'>Ps 31:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4124812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 47, "text": "When the centurion saw what happened, he praised God, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s really true: this man was righteous.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 48, "text": "All the crowds who had come together to see this event returned to their homes beating their chests after seeing what had happened."}, {"pk": 4124814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 49, "text": "And everyone who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance observing these things."}, {"pk": 4124815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 50, "text": "Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council. He was a good and righteous man."}, {"pk": 4124816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 51, "text": "He hadn\u2019t agreed with the plan and actions of the council. He was from the Jewish city of Arimathea and eagerly anticipated God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4124817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 52, "text": "This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus\u2019 body."}, {"pk": 4124818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 53, "text": "Taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid it in a tomb carved out of the rock, in which no one had ever been buried."}, {"pk": 4124819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 54, "text": "It was the Preparation Day for the Sabbath, and the Sabbath was quickly approaching."}, {"pk": 4124820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 55, "text": "The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph. They saw the tomb and how Jesus\u2019 body was laid in it,"}, {"pk": 4124821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 23, "verse": 56, "text": "then they went away and prepared fragrant spices and perfumed oils. They rested on the Sabbath, in keeping with the commandment."}, {"pk": 4124822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, bringing the fragrant spices they had prepared."}, {"pk": 4124823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,"}, {"pk": 4124824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "but when they went in, they didn\u2019t find the body of the Lord Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "They didn\u2019t know what to make of this. Suddenly, two men were standing beside them in gleaming bright clothing."}, {"pk": 4124826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "The women were frightened and bowed their faces toward the ground, but the men said to them, \u201cWhy do you look for the living among the dead?"}, {"pk": 4124827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "He isn\u2019t here, but has been raised. Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee,"}, {"pk": 4124828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "that the Human One <sup>[1]</sup> must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and on the third day rise again.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "Then they remembered his words."}, {"pk": 4124830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "When they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and all the others."}, {"pk": 4124831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles."}, {"pk": 4124832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "Their words struck the apostles as nonsense, and they didn\u2019t believe the women."}, {"pk": 4124833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "But Peter ran to the tomb. When he bent over to look inside, he saw only the linen cloth. Then he returned home, wondering what had happened."}, {"pk": 4124834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "On that same day, two disciples were traveling to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "They were talking to each other about everything that had happened."}, {"pk": 4124836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "While they were discussing these things, Jesus himself arrived and joined them on their journey."}, {"pk": 4124837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "They were prevented from recognizing him."}, {"pk": 4124838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "He said to them, \u201cWhat are you talking about as you walk along?\u201d They stopped, their faces downcast."}, {"pk": 4124839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "The one named Cleopas replied, \u201cAre you the only visitor to Jerusalem who is unaware of the things that have taken place there over the last few days?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "He said to them, \u201cWhat things?\u201d They said to him, \u201cThe things about Jesus of Nazareth. Because of his powerful deeds and words, he was recognized by God and all the people as a prophet."}, {"pk": 4124841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "But our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him."}, {"pk": 4124842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "We had hoped he was the one who would redeem Israel. All these things happened three days ago."}, {"pk": 4124843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "But there\u2019s more: Some women from our group have left us stunned. They went to the tomb early this morning"}, {"pk": 4124844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "and didn\u2019t find his body. They came to us saying that they had even seen a vision of angels who told them he is alive."}, {"pk": 4124845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women said. They didn\u2019t see him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "Then Jesus said to them, \u201cYou foolish people! Your dull minds keep you from believing all that the prophets talked about."}, {"pk": 4124847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "Wasn\u2019t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then enter into his glory?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he interpreted for them the things written about himself in all the scriptures, starting with Moses and going through all the Prophets."}, {"pk": 4124849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "When they came to Emmaus, he acted as if he was going on ahead."}, {"pk": 4124850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "But they urged him, saying, \u201cStay with us. It\u2019s nearly evening, and the day is almost over.\u201d So he went in to stay with them."}, {"pk": 4124851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "After he took his seat at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them."}, {"pk": 4124852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight."}, {"pk": 4124853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 32, "text": "They said to each other, \u201cWeren\u2019t our hearts on fire when he spoke to us along the road and when he explained the scriptures for us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 33, "text": "They got up right then and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and their companions gathered together."}, {"pk": 4124855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 34, "text": "They were saying to each other, \u201cThe Lord really has risen! He appeared to Simon!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 35, "text": "Then the two disciples described what had happened along the road and how Jesus was made known to them as he broke the bread."}, {"pk": 4124857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 36, "text": "While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said, \u201cPeace be with you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 37, "text": "They were terrified and afraid. They thought they were seeing a ghost."}, {"pk": 4124859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 38, "text": "He said to them, \u201cWhy are you startled? Why are doubts arising in your hearts?"}, {"pk": 4124860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 39, "text": "Look at my hands and my feet. It\u2019s really me! Touch me and see, for a ghost doesn\u2019t have flesh and bones like you see I have.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 40, "text": "As he said this, he showed them his hands and feet."}, {"pk": 4124862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 41, "text": "Because they were wondering and questioning in the midst of their happiness, he said to them, \u201cDo you have anything to eat?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 42, "text": "They gave him a piece of baked fish."}, {"pk": 4124864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 43, "text": "Taking it, he ate it in front of them."}, {"pk": 4124865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 44, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cThese are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you \u2014 that everything written about me in the Law from Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 45, "text": "Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures."}, {"pk": 4124867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 46, "text": "He said to them, \u201cThis is what is written: the Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,"}, {"pk": 4124868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 47, "text": "and a change of heart and life for the forgiveness of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 48, "text": "You are witnesses of these things."}, {"pk": 4124870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 49, "text": "Look, I\u2019m sending to you what my Father promised, but you are to stay in the city until you have been furnished with heavenly power.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 50, "text": "He led them out as far as Bethany, where he lifted his hands and blessed them."}, {"pk": 4124872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 51, "text": "As he blessed them, he left them and was taken up to heaven."}, {"pk": 4124873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 52, "text": "They worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem overwhelmed with joy."}, {"pk": 4124874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 42, "chapter": 24, "verse": 53, "text": "And they were continuously in the temple praising God."}, {"pk": 4124875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the beginning was the Word <br>and the Word was with God <br>and the Word was God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The Word was with God in the beginning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Everything came into being through the Word, <br>and without the Word <br>nothing came into being. <br>What came into being<br>"}, {"pk": 4124878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "through the Word was life, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>and the life was the light for all people.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Everything came into being through the Word,/and without the Word / nothing came into being that came into being.</i> <i>In the Word was life</i>"}, {"pk": 4124879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The light shines in the darkness, <br>and the darkness doesn\u2019t extinguish the light. <br>"}, {"pk": 4124880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "A man named John was sent from God."}, {"pk": 4124881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "He came as a witness to testify concerning the light, so that through him everyone would believe in the light."}, {"pk": 4124882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "He himself wasn\u2019t the light, but his mission was to testify concerning the light."}, {"pk": 4124883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "The true light that shines on all people <br>was coming into the world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The light was in the world, <br>and the world came into being through the light, <br>but the world didn\u2019t recognize the light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The light came to his own people, <br>and his own people didn\u2019t welcome him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But those who did welcome him, <br>those who believed in his name, <br>he authorized to become God\u2019s children,<br>"}, {"pk": 4124887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "born not from blood <br>nor from human desire or passion, <br>but born from God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The Word became flesh <br>and made his home among us. <br>We have seen his glory, <br>glory like that of a father\u2019s only son, <br>full of grace and truth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4124889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "John testified about him, crying out, \u201cThis is the one of whom I said, \u2018He who comes after me is greater than me because he existed before me.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "From his fullness we have all received grace upon grace;<br>"}, {"pk": 4124891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "as the Law was given through Moses, <br>so grace and truth came into being through Jesus Christ.<br>"}, {"pk": 4124892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "No one has ever seen God. <br>God the only Son, <br>who is at the Father\u2019s side, <br>has made God known. <br>"}, {"pk": 4124893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "This is John\u2019s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "John confessed (he didn\u2019t deny but confessed), \u201cI\u2019m not the Christ.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "They asked him, \u201cThen who are you? Are you Elijah?\u201d John said, \u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d \u201cAre you the prophet?\u201d John answered, \u201cNo.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "They asked, \u201cWho are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "John replied, \u201c<b>I am a voice crying out in the wilderness,</b> <br><b>Make the Lord\u2019s path straight,</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br> just as the prophet Isaiah said.\u201d", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/23/40/3'>Isa 40:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4124898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Those sent by the Pharisees"}, {"pk": 4124899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "asked, \u201cWhy do you baptize if you aren\u2019t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "John answered, \u201cI baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don\u2019t recognize."}, {"pk": 4124901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "He comes after me, but I\u2019m not worthy to untie his sandal straps.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "This encounter took place across the Jordan in Bethany where John was baptizing."}, {"pk": 4124903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, \u201cLook! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"}, {"pk": 4124904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "This is the one about whom I said, \u2018He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Even I didn\u2019t recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be made known to Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "John testified, \u201cI saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it rested on him."}, {"pk": 4124907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Even I didn\u2019t recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, \u2018The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "I have seen and testified that this one is God\u2019s Son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "The next day John was standing again with two of his disciples."}, {"pk": 4124910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "When he saw Jesus walking along he said, \u201cLook! The Lamb of God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "The two disciples heard what he said, and they followed Jesus."}, {"pk": 4124912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "When Jesus turned and saw them following, he asked, \u201cWhat are you looking for?\u201d They said, \u201cRabbi (which is translated <b>Teacher</b>), where are you staying?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "He replied, \u201cCome and see.\u201d So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o\u2019clock in the afternoon."}, {"pk": 4124914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "One of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter."}, {"pk": 4124915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, \u201cWe have found the Messiah\u201d (which is translated <b>Christ</b> <sup>[3]</sup> ).", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Anointed One</i>"}, {"pk": 4124916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "He led him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, \u201cYou are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas\u201d (which is translated <b>Peter</b>)."}, {"pk": 4124917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "The next day Jesus wanted to go into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, \u201cFollow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter."}, {"pk": 4124919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "Philip found Nathanael and said to him, \u201cWe have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law and the Prophets: Jesus, Joseph\u2019s son, from Nazareth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "Nathanael responded, \u201cCan anything from Nazareth be good?\u201d Philip said, \u201cCome and see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, \u201cHere is a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "Nathanael asked him, \u201cHow do you know me?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cBefore Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "Nathanael replied, \u201cRabbi, you are God\u2019s Son. You are the king of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cDo you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these!"}, {"pk": 4124925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "I assure you that you will see heaven open and God\u2019s angels going up to heaven and down to earth on the Human One.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus\u2019 mother was there, and"}, {"pk": 4124927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration."}, {"pk": 4124928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "When the wine ran out, Jesus\u2019 mother said to him, \u201cThey don\u2019t have any wine.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWoman, what does that have to do with me? My time hasn\u2019t come yet.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "His mother told the servants, \u201cDo whatever he tells you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Nearby were six stone water jars used for the Jewish cleansing ritual, each able to hold about twenty or thirty gallons."}, {"pk": 4124932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus said to the servants, \u201cFill the jars with water,\u201d and they filled them to the brim."}, {"pk": 4124933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Then he told them, \u201cNow draw some from them and take it to the headwaiter,\u201d and they did."}, {"pk": 4124934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine. He didn\u2019t know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. The headwaiter called the groom"}, {"pk": 4124935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "and said, \u201cEveryone serves the good wine first. They bring out the second-rate wine only when the guests are drinking freely. You kept the good wine until now.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "This was the first miraculous sign that Jesus did in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him."}, {"pk": 4124937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "After this, Jesus and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples went down to Capernaum and stayed there for a few days."}, {"pk": 4124938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4124939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there."}, {"pk": 4124940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He made a whip from ropes and chased them all out of the temple, including the cattle and the sheep. He scattered the coins and overturned the tables of those who exchanged currency."}, {"pk": 4124941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "He said to the dove sellers, \u201cGet these things out of here! Don\u2019t make my Father\u2019s house a place of business.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "His disciples remembered that it is written, <b>Passion for your house consumes me.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/69/9'>Ps 69:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4124943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the Jewish leaders asked him, \u201cBy what authority are you doing these things? What miraculous sign will you show us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cDestroy this temple and in three days I\u2019ll raise it up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "The Jewish leaders replied, \u201cIt took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it up in three days?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "But the temple Jesus was talking about was his body."}, {"pk": 4124947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered what he had said, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken."}, {"pk": 4124948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs that he did."}, {"pk": 4124949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "But Jesus didn\u2019t trust himself to them because he knew all people."}, {"pk": 4124950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "He didn\u2019t need anyone to tell him about human nature, for he knew what human nature was."}, {"pk": 4124951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader."}, {"pk": 4124952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "He came to Jesus at night and said to him, \u201cRabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could do these miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI assure you, unless someone is born anew, <sup>[1]</sup> it\u2019s not possible to see God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>from above</i>"}, {"pk": 4124954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Nicodemus asked, \u201cHow is it possible for an adult to be born? It\u2019s impossible to enter the mother\u2019s womb for a second time and be born, isn\u2019t it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI assure you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, it\u2019s not possible to enter God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4124956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit."}, {"pk": 4124957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t be surprised that I said to you, \u2018You must be born anew.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4124958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "God\u2019s Spirit <sup>[2]</sup> blows wherever it wishes. You hear its sound, but you don\u2019t know where it comes from or where it is going. It\u2019s the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>wind</i>"}, {"pk": 4124959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Nicodemus said, \u201cHow are these things possible?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cJesus answered, \u201cYou are a teacher of Israel and you don\u2019t know these things?"}, {"pk": 4124961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "I assure you that we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you don\u2019t receive our testimony."}, {"pk": 4124962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "If I have told you about earthly things and you don\u2019t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?"}, {"pk": 4124963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Human One. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so must the Human One <sup>[4]</sup> be lifted up", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4124965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life."}, {"pk": 4124966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won\u2019t perish but will have eternal life."}, {"pk": 4124967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "God didn\u2019t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him."}, {"pk": 4124968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Whoever believes in him isn\u2019t judged; whoever doesn\u2019t believe in him is already judged, because they don\u2019t believe in the name of God\u2019s only Son."}, {"pk": 4124969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cThis is the basis for judgment: The light came into the world, and people loved darkness more than the light, for their actions are evil."}, {"pk": 4124970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "All who do wicked things hate the light and don\u2019t come to the light for fear that their actions will be exposed to the light."}, {"pk": 4124971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Whoever does the truth comes to the light so that it can be seen that their actions were done in God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "After this Jesus and his disciples went into Judea, where he spent some time with them and was baptizing."}, {"pk": 4124973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "John was baptizing at Aenon near Salem because there was a lot of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized."}, {"pk": 4124974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "<sup>[23]</sup> (John hadn\u2019t yet been thrown into prison.)"}, {"pk": 4124975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "A debate started between John\u2019s disciples and a certain Jew about cleansing rituals."}, {"pk": 4124976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "They came to John and said, \u201cRabbi, look! The man who was with you across the Jordan, the one about whom you testified, is baptizing and everyone is flocking to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "John replied, \u201cNo one can receive anything unless it is given from heaven."}, {"pk": 4124978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "You yourselves can testify that I said that I\u2019m not the Christ but that I\u2019m the one sent before him."}, {"pk": 4124979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "The groom is the one who is getting married. The friend of the groom stands close by and, when he hears him, is overjoyed at the groom\u2019s voice. Therefore, my joy is now complete."}, {"pk": 4124980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "He must increase and I must decrease."}, {"pk": 4124981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "The one who comes from above is above all things. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all things."}, {"pk": 4124982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony."}, {"pk": 4124983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "Whoever accepts his testimony confirms that God is true."}, {"pk": 4124984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "The one whom God sent speaks God\u2019s words because God gives the Spirit generously."}, {"pk": 4124985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "The Father loves the Son and gives everything into his hands."}, {"pk": 4124986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever doesn\u2019t believe in the Son won\u2019t see life, but the angry judgment of God remains on them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was making more disciples and baptizing more than John"}, {"pk": 4124988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "(although Jesus\u2019 disciples were baptizing, not Jesus himself)."}, {"pk": 4124989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, he left Judea and went back to Galilee."}, {"pk": 4124990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus had to go through Samaria."}, {"pk": 4124991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son Joseph."}, {"pk": 4124992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Jacob\u2019s well was there. Jesus was tired from his journey, so he sat down at the well. It was about noon."}, {"pk": 4124993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, \u201cGive me some water to drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "His disciples had gone into the city to buy him some food."}, {"pk": 4124995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "The Samaritan woman asked, \u201cWhy do you, a Jewish man, ask for something to drink from me, a Samaritan woman?\u201d (Jews and Samaritans didn\u2019t associate with each other.)"}, {"pk": 4124996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cIf you recognized God\u2019s gift and who is saying to you, \u2018Give me some water to drink,\u2019 you would be asking him and he would give you living water.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "The woman said to him, \u201cSir, you don\u2019t have a bucket and the well is deep. Where would you get this living water?"}, {"pk": 4124998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "You aren\u2019t greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave this well to us, and he drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4124999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cEveryone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,"}, {"pk": 4125000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "but whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never be thirsty again. The water that I give will become in those who drink it a spring of water that bubbles up into eternal life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The woman said to him, \u201cSir, give me this water, so that I will never be thirsty and will never need to come here to draw water!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cGo, get your husband, and come back here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "The woman replied, \u201cI don\u2019t have a husband.\u201d \u201cYou are right to say, \u2018I don\u2019t have a husband,\u2019\u201d Jesus answered."}, {"pk": 4125004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cYou\u2019ve had five husbands, and the man you are with now isn\u2019t your husband. You\u2019ve spoken the truth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "The woman said, \u201cSir, I see that you are a prophet."}, {"pk": 4125006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cBelieve me, woman, the time is coming when you and your people will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4125008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "You and your people worship what you don\u2019t know; we worship what we know because salvation is from the Jews."}, {"pk": 4125009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "But the time is coming \u2014 and is here! \u2014 when true worshippers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way."}, {"pk": 4125010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "The woman said, \u201cI know that the Messiah is coming, the one who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will teach everything to us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cI Am \u2014 the one who speaks with you.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>It is I, the one who speaks with you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4125013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Just then, Jesus\u2019 disciples arrived and were shocked that he was talking with a woman. But no one asked, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d or \u201cWhy are you talking with her?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "The woman put down her water jar and went into the city. She said to the people,"}, {"pk": 4125015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cCome and see a man who has told me everything I\u2019ve done! Could this man be the Christ?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "They left the city and were on their way to see Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "In the meantime the disciples spoke to Jesus, saying, \u201cRabbi, eat.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cI have food to eat that you don\u2019t know about.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "The disciples asked each other, \u201cHas someone brought him food?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cI am fed by doing the will of the one who sent me and by completing his work."}, {"pk": 4125021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Don\u2019t you have a saying, \u2018Four more months and then it\u2019s time for harvest\u2019? Look, I tell you: open your eyes and notice that the fields are already ripe for the harvest."}, {"pk": 4125022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Those who harvest are receiving their pay and gathering fruit for eternal life so that those who sow and those who harvest can celebrate together."}, {"pk": 4125023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "This is a true saying, that one sows and another harvests."}, {"pk": 4125024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "I have sent you to harvest what you didn\u2019t work hard for; others worked hard, and you will share in their hard work.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "Many Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because of the woman\u2019s word when she testified, \u201cHe told me everything I\u2019ve ever done.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days."}, {"pk": 4125027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "Many more believed because of his word,"}, {"pk": 4125028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "and they said to the woman, \u201cWe no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this one is truly the savior of the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "After two days Jesus left for Galilee."}, {"pk": 4125030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "<sup>[43]</sup> (Jesus himself had testified that prophets have no honor in their own country.)"}, {"pk": 4125031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem during the festival, for they also had been at the festival."}, {"pk": 4125032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "He returned to Cana in Galilee where he had turned the water into wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick."}, {"pk": 4125033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "When he heard that Jesus was coming from Judea to Galilee, he went out to meet him and asked Jesus if he would come and heal his son, for his son was about to die."}, {"pk": 4125034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cUnless you see miraculous signs and wonders, you won\u2019t believe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "The royal official said to him, \u201cLord, come before my son dies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 50, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cGo home. Your son lives.\u201d The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and set out for his home."}, {"pk": 4125037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 51, "text": "While he was on his way, his servants were already coming to meet him. They said, \u201cYour son lives!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 52, "text": "So he asked them at what time his son had started to get better. And they said, \u201cThe fever left him yesterday at about one o\u2019clock in the afternoon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 53, "text": "Then the father realized that this was the hour when Jesus had said to him, \u201cYour son lives.\u201d And he and his entire household believed in Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 4, "verse": 54, "text": "This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did while going from Judea to Galilee."}, {"pk": 4125041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4125042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate in the north city wall is a pool with the Aramaic name Bethsaida. It had five covered porches,"}, {"pk": 4125043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "and a crowd of people who were sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed sat there. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include the following addition <i>waiting for the water to move.</i> <sup>4 </sup><i>Sometimes an angel would come down to the pool and stir up the water. Then the first one going into the water after it had been stirred up was cured of any sickness.</i>"}, {"pk": 4125044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years."}, {"pk": 4125045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "When Jesus saw him lying there, knowing that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, \u201cDo you want to get well?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "The sick man answered him, \u201cSir, <sup>[2]</sup> I don\u2019t have anyone who can put me in the water when it is stirred up. When I\u2019m trying to get to it, someone else has gotten in ahead of me.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4125047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cGet up! Pick up your mat and walk.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Immediately the man was well, and he picked up his mat and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4125049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, \u201cIt\u2019s the Sabbath; you aren\u2019t allowed to carry your mat.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "He answered, \u201cThe man who made me well said to me, \u2018Pick up your mat and walk.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "They inquired, \u201cWho is this man who said to you, \u2018Pick it up and walk\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "The man who had been cured didn\u2019t know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away from the crowd gathered there."}, {"pk": 4125053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Later Jesus found him in the temple and said, \u201cSee! You have been made well. Don\u2019t sin anymore in case something worse happens to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "The man went and proclaimed to the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the man who had made him well."}, {"pk": 4125055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "As a result, the Jewish leaders were harassing Jesus, since he had done these things on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4125056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cMy Father is still working, and I am working too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "For this reason the Jewish leaders wanted even more to kill him \u2014 not only because he was doing away with the Sabbath but also because he called God his own Father, thereby making himself equal with God."}, {"pk": 4125058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus responded to the Jewish leaders, \u201cI assure you that the Son can\u2019t do anything by himself except what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise."}, {"pk": 4125059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "The Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he does. He will show him greater works than these so that you will marvel."}, {"pk": 4125060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "As the Father raises the dead and gives life, so too does the Son give life to whomever he wishes."}, {"pk": 4125061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "The Father doesn\u2019t judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son"}, {"pk": 4125062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn\u2019t honor the Son doesn\u2019t honor the Father who sent him."}, {"pk": 4125063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cI assure you that whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and won\u2019t come under judgment but has passed from death into life."}, {"pk": 4125064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cI assure you that the time is coming \u2014 and is here! \u2014 when the dead will hear the voice of God\u2019s Son, and those who hear it will live."}, {"pk": 4125065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself."}, {"pk": 4125066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "He gives the Son authority to judge, because he is the Human One. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t be surprised by this, because the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice."}, {"pk": 4125068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who did good things will come out into the resurrection of life, and those who did wicked things into the resurrection of judgment."}, {"pk": 4125069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "I can\u2019t do anything by myself. Whatever I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just. I don\u2019t seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cIf I testify about myself, my testimony isn\u2019t true."}, {"pk": 4125071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "There is someone else who testifies about me, and I know his testimony about me is true."}, {"pk": 4125072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "You sent a delegation to John, and he testified to the truth."}, {"pk": 4125073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "Although I don\u2019t accept human testimony, I say these things so that you can be saved."}, {"pk": 4125074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "John was a burning and shining lamp, and, at least for a while, you were willing to celebrate in his light."}, {"pk": 4125075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cI have a witness greater than John\u2019s testimony. The Father has given me works to do so that I might complete them. These works I do testify about me that the Father sent me."}, {"pk": 4125076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "And the Father who sent me testifies about me. You have never even heard his voice or seen his form,"}, {"pk": 4125077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "and you don\u2019t have his word dwelling with you because you don\u2019t believe the one whom he has sent."}, {"pk": 4125078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "Examine the scriptures, since you think that in them you have eternal life. They also testify about me,"}, {"pk": 4125079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "yet you don\u2019t want to come to me so that you can have life."}, {"pk": 4125080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "\u201cI don\u2019t accept praise from people,"}, {"pk": 4125081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "but I know you, that you don\u2019t have God\u2019s love in you."}, {"pk": 4125082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "I have come in my Father\u2019s name, and you don\u2019t receive me. If others come in their own name, you receive them."}, {"pk": 4125083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 44, "text": "How can you believe when you receive praise from each other but don\u2019t seek the praise that comes from the only God?"}, {"pk": 4125084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 45, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, the one in whom your hope rests."}, {"pk": 4125085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 46, "text": "If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because Moses wrote about me."}, {"pk": 4125086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 5, "verse": 47, "text": "If you don\u2019t believe the writings of Moses, how will you believe my words?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "After this Jesus went across the Galilee Sea (that is, the Tiberias Sea)."}, {"pk": 4125088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "A large crowd followed him, because they had seen the miraculous signs he had done among the sick."}, {"pk": 4125089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus went up a mountain and sat there with his disciples."}, {"pk": 4125090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "It was nearly time for Passover, the Jewish festival."}, {"pk": 4125091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus looked up and saw the large crowd coming toward him. He asked Philip, \u201cWhere will we buy food to feed these people?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus said this to test him, for he already knew what he was going to do."}, {"pk": 4125093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Philip replied, \u201cMore than a half year\u2019s salary <sup>[1]</sup> worth of food wouldn\u2019t be enough for each person to have even a little bit.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>two hundred denaria</i>"}, {"pk": 4125094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter\u2019s brother, said,"}, {"pk": 4125095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cA youth here has five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that for a crowd like this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cHave the people sit down.\u201d There was plenty of grass there. They sat down, about five thousand of them."}, {"pk": 4125097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Jesus took the bread. When he had given thanks, he distributed it to those who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, each getting as much as they wanted."}, {"pk": 4125098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "When they had plenty to eat, he said to his disciples, \u201cGather up the leftover pieces, so that nothing will be wasted.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves that had been left over by those who had eaten."}, {"pk": 4125100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "When the people saw that he had done a miraculous sign, they said, \u201cThis is truly the prophet who is coming into the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Jesus understood that they were about to come and force him to be their king, so he took refuge again, alone on a mountain."}, {"pk": 4125102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "When evening came, Jesus\u2019 disciples went down to the lake."}, {"pk": 4125103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "They got into a boat and were crossing the lake to Capernaum. It was already getting dark and Jesus hadn\u2019t come to them yet."}, {"pk": 4125104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "The water was getting rough because a strong wind was blowing."}, {"pk": 4125105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "When the wind had driven them out for about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water. He was approaching the boat and they were afraid."}, {"pk": 4125106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "He said to them, \u201cI Am. <sup>[2]</sup> Don\u2019t be afraid.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>It is I.</i>"}, {"pk": 4125107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and just then the boat reached the land where they had been heading."}, {"pk": 4125108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one boat had been there. They knew Jesus hadn\u2019t gone with his disciples, but that the disciples had gone alone."}, {"pk": 4125109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Some boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they had eaten the bread over which the Lord had given thanks."}, {"pk": 4125110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, \u201cRabbi, when did you get here?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI assure you that you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate all the food you wanted."}, {"pk": 4125113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Don\u2019t work for the food that doesn\u2019t last but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> will give you. God the Father has confirmed him as his agent to give life.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "They asked, \u201cWhat must we do in order to accomplish what God requires?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cThis is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "They asked, \u201cWhat miraculous sign will you do, that we can see and believe you? What will you do?"}, {"pk": 4125117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, <b>He gave them bread from heaven to eat</b>.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/78/24'>Ps 78:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4125118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus told them, \u201cI assure you, it wasn\u2019t Moses who gave the bread from heaven to you, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven."}, {"pk": 4125119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "They said, \u201cSir, <sup>[5]</sup> give us this bread all the time!\u201d", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4125121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."}, {"pk": 4125122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "But I told you that you have seen me and still don\u2019t believe."}, {"pk": 4125123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "Everyone whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and I won\u2019t send away anyone who comes to me."}, {"pk": 4125124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "This is the will of the one who sent me, that I won\u2019t lose anything he has given me, but I will raise it up at the last day."}, {"pk": 4125126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "This is my Father\u2019s will: that all who see the Son and believe in him will have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "The Jewish opposition grumbled about him because he said, \u201cI am the bread that came down from heaven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "They asked, \u201cIsn\u2019t this Jesus, Joseph\u2019s son, whose mother and father we know? How can he now say, \u2018I have come down from heaven\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 43, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cDon\u2019t grumble among yourselves."}, {"pk": 4125130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 44, "text": "No one can come to me unless they are drawn to me by the Father who sent me, and I will raise them up at the last day."}, {"pk": 4125131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 45, "text": "It is written in the Prophets, And they <b>will all be taught by God.</b> <sup>[6]</sup> Everyone who has listened to the Father and learned from him comes to me.", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/23/54/13'>Isa 54:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4125132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 46, "text": "No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God. He has seen the Father."}, {"pk": 4125133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 47, "text": "I assure you, whoever believes has eternal life."}, {"pk": 4125134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 48, "text": "I am the bread of life."}, {"pk": 4125135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 49, "text": "Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness and they died."}, {"pk": 4125136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 50, "text": "This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that whoever eats from it will never die."}, {"pk": 4125137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 51, "text": "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 52, "text": "Then the Jews debated among themselves, asking, \u201cHow can this man give us his flesh to eat?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 53, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cI assure you, unless you eat the flesh of the Human One <sup>[7]</sup> and drink his blood, you have no life in you.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 54, "text": "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."}, {"pk": 4125141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 55, "text": "My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink."}, {"pk": 4125142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 56, "text": "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in them."}, {"pk": 4125143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 57, "text": "As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me lives because of me."}, {"pk": 4125144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 58, "text": "This is the bread that came down from heaven. It isn\u2019t like the bread your ancestors ate, and then they died. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 59, "text": "Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum."}, {"pk": 4125146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 60, "text": "Many of his disciples who heard this said, \u201cThis message is harsh. Who can hear it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 61, "text": "Jesus knew that the disciples were grumbling about this and he said to them, \u201cDoes this offend you?"}, {"pk": 4125148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 62, "text": "What if you were to see the Human One <sup>[8]</sup> going up where he was before?", "comment": "[8] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 63, "text": "The Spirit is the one who gives life and the flesh doesn\u2019t help at all. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life."}, {"pk": 4125150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 64, "text": "Yet some of you don\u2019t believe.\u201d Jesus knew from the beginning who wouldn\u2019t believe and the one who would betray him."}, {"pk": 4125151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 65, "text": "He said, \u201cFor this reason I said to you that none can come to me unless the Father enables them to do so.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 66, "text": "At this, many of his disciples turned away and no longer accompanied him."}, {"pk": 4125153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 67, "text": "Jesus asked the Twelve, \u201cDo you also want to leave?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 68, "text": "Simon Peter answered, \u201cLord, where would we go? You have the words of eternal life."}, {"pk": 4125155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 69, "text": "We believe and know that you are God\u2019s holy one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 70, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cDidn\u2019t I choose you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 6, "verse": 71, "text": "He was speaking of Judas, Simon Iscariot\u2019s son, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him."}, {"pk": 4125158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He didn\u2019t want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities wanted to kill him."}, {"pk": 4125159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "When it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Booths,"}, {"pk": 4125160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus\u2019 brothers said to him, \u201cLeave Galilee. Go to Judea so that your disciples can see the amazing works that you do."}, {"pk": 4125161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who want to be known publicly don\u2019t do things secretly. Since you can do these things, show yourself to the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "His brothers said this because even they didn\u2019t believe in him."}, {"pk": 4125163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cFor you, anytime is fine. But my time hasn\u2019t come yet."}, {"pk": 4125164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "The world can\u2019t hate you. It hates me, though, because I testify that its works are evil."}, {"pk": 4125165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "You go up to the festival. I\u2019m not going to this one because my time hasn\u2019t yet come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Having said this, he stayed in Galilee."}, {"pk": 4125167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "However, after his brothers left for the festival, he went too \u2014 not openly but in secret."}, {"pk": 4125168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "The Jewish leaders were looking for Jesus at the festival. They kept asking, \u201cWhere is he?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The crowds were murmuring about him. \u201cHe\u2019s a good man,\u201d some said, but others were saying, \u201cNo, he tricks the people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "No one spoke about him publicly, though, for fear of the Jewish authorities."}, {"pk": 4125171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the temple and started to teach."}, {"pk": 4125172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Astonished, the Jewish leaders asked, \u201cHe\u2019s never been taught! How has he mastered the Law?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cMy teaching isn\u2019t mine but comes from the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Whoever wants to do God\u2019s will can tell whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own."}, {"pk": 4125175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Those who speak on their own seek glory for themselves. Those who seek the glory of him who sent me are people of truth; there\u2019s no falsehood in them."}, {"pk": 4125176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Didn\u2019t Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you keep the Law. Why do you want to kill me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "The crowd answered, \u201cYou have a demon. Who wants to kill you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cI did one work, and you were all astonished."}, {"pk": 4125179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Because Moses gave you the commandment about circumcision (although it wasn\u2019t Moses but the patriarchs), you circumcise a man on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4125180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "If a man can be circumcised on the Sabbath without breaking Moses\u2019 Law, why are you angry with me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?"}, {"pk": 4125181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Don\u2019t judge according to appearances. Judge with right judgment.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Some people from Jerusalem said, \u201cIsn\u2019t he the one they want to kill?"}, {"pk": 4125183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Here he is, speaking in public, yet they aren\u2019t saying anything to him. Could it be that our leaders actually think he is the Christ?"}, {"pk": 4125184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "We know where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he exclaimed, \u201cYou know me and where I am from. I haven\u2019t come on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don\u2019t know him."}, {"pk": 4125186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "I know him because I am from him and he sent me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "So they wanted to seize Jesus, but they couldn\u2019t because his time hadn\u2019t yet come."}, {"pk": 4125188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "Many from that crowd believed in Jesus. They said, \u201cWhen the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man does?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about Jesus, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent guards to arrest him."}, {"pk": 4125190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "Therefore, Jesus said, \u201cI\u2019m still with you for a little while before I go to the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "You will look for me, but you won\u2019t find me, and where I am you can\u2019t come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "The Jewish opposition asked each other, \u201cWhere does he intend to go that we can\u2019t find him? Surely he doesn\u2019t intend to go where our people have been scattered and are living among the Greeks! He isn\u2019t going to teach the Greeks, is he?"}, {"pk": 4125193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "What does he mean when he says, \u2018You will look for me, but you won\u2019t find me, and where I am you can\u2019t come\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, \u201cAll who are thirsty should come to me!<br>"}, {"pk": 4125195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "All who believe in me should drink! <br>As the scriptures said concerning me, <sup>[1]</sup> <br><b>Rivers of living water will flow out from within him.\u201d</b> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Whoever is thirsty should come to me and drink.</i> <i>Whoever believes in me, just as the scriptures said,</i> rivers of living water will flow out from within them."}, {"pk": 4125196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "Jesus said this concerning the Spirit. Those who believed in him would soon receive the Spirit, but they hadn\u2019t experienced the Spirit yet since Jesus hadn\u2019t yet been glorified."}, {"pk": 4125197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "When some in the crowd heard these words, they said, \u201cThis man is truly the prophet.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "Others said, \u201cHe\u2019s the Christ.\u201d But others said, \u201cThe Christ can\u2019t come from Galilee, can he?"}, {"pk": 4125199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "Didn\u2019t the scripture say that the Christ comes from David\u2019s family and from Bethlehem, David\u2019s village?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "So the crowd was divided over Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "Some wanted to arrest him, but no one grabbed him."}, {"pk": 4125202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "The guards returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you bring him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "The guards answered, \u201cNo one has ever spoken the way he does.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "The Pharisees replied, \u201cHave you too been deceived?"}, {"pk": 4125205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "Have any of the leaders believed in him? Has any Pharisee?"}, {"pk": 4125206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "No, only this crowd, which doesn\u2019t know the Law. And they are under God\u2019s curse!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "Nicodemus, who was one of them and had come to Jesus earlier, said,"}, {"pk": 4125208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 51, "text": "\u201cOur Law doesn\u2019t judge someone without first hearing him and learning what he is doing, does it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 52, "text": "They answered him, \u201cYou are not from Galilee too, are you? Look it up and you will see that the prophet doesn\u2019t come from Galilee.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 7, "verse": 53, "text": "They each went to their own homes,"}, {"pk": 4125211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "And Jesus went to the Mount of Olives."}, {"pk": 4125212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Early in the morning he returned to the temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and taught them."}, {"pk": 4125213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "The legal experts and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. Placing her in the center of the group,"}, {"pk": 4125214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "they said to Jesus, \u201cTeacher, this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery."}, {"pk": 4125215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone women like this. What do you say?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "They said this to test him, because they wanted a reason to bring an accusation against him. Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger."}, {"pk": 4125217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "They continued to question him, so he stood up and replied, \u201cWhoever hasn\u2019t sinned should throw the first stone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Bending down again, he wrote on the ground."}, {"pk": 4125219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who heard him went away, one by one, beginning with the elders. Finally, only Jesus and the woman were left in the middle of the crowd."}, {"pk": 4125220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus stood up and said to her, \u201cWoman, where are they? Is there no one to condemn you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "She said, \u201cNo one, sir.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> Jesus said, \u201cNeither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on, don\u2019t sin anymore.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Lord</i><br>[2] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not contain <a href='/CEB/43/7/53-8'>7:53\u20138:11</a>."}, {"pk": 4125222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Jesus spoke to the people again, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me won\u2019t walk in darkness but will have the light of life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the Pharisees said to him, \u201cBecause you are testifying about yourself, your testimony isn\u2019t valid.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cEven if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, since I know where I came from and where I\u2019m going. You don\u2019t know where I come from or where I\u2019m going."}, {"pk": 4125225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "You judge according to human standards, but I judge no one."}, {"pk": 4125226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Even if I do judge, my judgment is truthful, because I\u2019m not alone. My judgments come from me and from the Father who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "In your Law it is written that the witness of two people is true."}, {"pk": 4125228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "I am one witness concerning myself, and the Father who sent me is the other.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "They asked him, \u201cWhere is your Father?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cYou don\u2019t know me and you don\u2019t know my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "He spoke these words while he was teaching in the temple area known as the treasury. No one arrested him, because his time hadn\u2019t yet come."}, {"pk": 4125231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus continued, \u201cI\u2019m going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I\u2019m going, you can\u2019t come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "The Jewish leaders said, \u201cHe isn\u2019t going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, \u2018Where I\u2019m going, you can\u2019t come\u2019?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou are from below; I\u2019m from above. You are from this world; I\u2019m not from this world."}, {"pk": 4125234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "This is why I told you that you would die in your sins. If you don\u2019t believe that I Am, you will die in your sins.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cWho are you?\u201d they asked. Jesus replied, \u201cI\u2019m exactly who I have claimed to be from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4125236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "I have many things to say in judgment concerning you. The one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "They didn\u2019t know he was speaking about his Father."}, {"pk": 4125238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "So Jesus said to them, \u201cWhen the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> is lifted up, <sup>[4]</sup> then you will know that I Am. <sup>[5]</sup> Then you will know that I do nothing on my own, but I say just what the Father has taught me.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>that I am he</i><br>[4] Or <i>exalted</i><br>[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "He who sent me is with me. He doesn\u2019t leave me by myself, because I always do what makes him happy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "While Jesus was saying these things, many people came to believe in him."}, {"pk": 4125241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, \u201cYou are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teaching."}, {"pk": 4125242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "They responded, \u201cWe are Abraham\u2019s children; we\u2019ve never been anyone\u2019s slaves. How can you say that we will be set free?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI assure you that everyone who sins is a slave to sin."}, {"pk": 4125245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "A slave isn\u2019t a permanent member of the household, but a son is."}, {"pk": 4125246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you really will be free."}, {"pk": 4125247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "I know that you are Abraham\u2019s children, yet you want to kill me because you don\u2019t welcome my teaching."}, {"pk": 4125248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "I\u2019m telling you what I\u2019ve seen when I am with the Father, but you are doing what you\u2019ve heard from your father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "They replied, \u201cOur father is Abraham.\u201d Jesus responded, \u201cIf you were Abraham\u2019s children, you would do Abraham\u2019s works."}, {"pk": 4125250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "Instead, you want to kill me, though I am the one who has spoken the truth I heard from God. Abraham didn\u2019t do this."}, {"pk": 4125251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 41, "text": "You are doing your father\u2019s works.\u201d They said, \u201cOur ancestry isn\u2019t in question! The only Father we have is God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 42, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIf God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God. Here I am. I haven\u2019t come on my own. God sent me."}, {"pk": 4125253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 43, "text": "Why don\u2019t you understand what I\u2019m saying? It\u2019s because you can\u2019t really hear my words."}, {"pk": 4125254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 44, "text": "Your father is the devil. You are his children, and you want to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has never stood for the truth, because there\u2019s no truth in him. Whenever that liar speaks, he speaks according to his own nature, because he\u2019s a liar and the father of liars."}, {"pk": 4125255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 45, "text": "Because I speak the truth, you don\u2019t believe me."}, {"pk": 4125256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 46, "text": "Who among you can show I\u2019m guilty of sin? Since I speak the truth, why don\u2019t you believe me?"}, {"pk": 4125257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 47, "text": "God\u2019s children listen to God\u2019s words. You don\u2019t listen to me because you aren\u2019t God\u2019s children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 48, "text": "The Jewish opposition answered, \u201cWe were right to say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon, weren\u2019t we?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 49, "text": "\u201cI don\u2019t have a demon,\u201d Jesus replied. \u201cBut I honor my Father and you dishonor me."}, {"pk": 4125260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 50, "text": "I\u2019m not trying to bring glory to myself. There\u2019s one who is seeking to glorify me, and he\u2019s the judge."}, {"pk": 4125261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 51, "text": "I assure you that whoever keeps my word will never die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 52, "text": "The Jewish opposition said to Jesus, \u201cNow we know that you have a demon. Abraham and the prophets died, yet you say, \u2018Whoever keeps my word will never die.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4125263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 53, "text": "Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died and the prophets died, so who do you make yourself out to be?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 54, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cIf I glorify myself, my glory is meaningless. My Father, who you say is your God, is the one who glorifies me."}, {"pk": 4125265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 55, "text": "You don\u2019t know him, but I do. If I said I didn\u2019t know him, I would be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I keep his word."}, {"pk": 4125266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 56, "text": "Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see my day. He saw it and was happy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 57, "text": "\u201cYou aren\u2019t even 50 years old!\u201d the Jewish opposition replied. \u201cHow can you say that you have seen Abraham?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 58, "text": "\u201cI assure you,\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cbefore Abraham was, I Am.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 8, "verse": 59, "text": "So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple."}, {"pk": 4125270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth."}, {"pk": 4125271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus\u2019 disciples asked, \u201cRabbi, who sinned so that he was born blind, this man or his parents?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cNeither he nor his parents. This happened so that God\u2019s mighty works might be displayed in him."}, {"pk": 4125273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "While it\u2019s daytime, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming when no one can work."}, {"pk": 4125274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "After he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4125276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus said to him, \u201cGo, wash in the pool of Siloam\u201d (this word means <b>sent</b>). So the man went away and washed. When he returned, he could see."}, {"pk": 4125277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "The man\u2019s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, \u201cIsn\u2019t this the man who used to sit and beg?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Some said, \u201cIt is,\u201d and others said, \u201cNo, it\u2019s someone who looks like him.\u201d But the man said, \u201cYes, it\u2019s me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "So they asked him, \u201cHow are you now able to see?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "He answered, \u201cThe man they call Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes, and said, \u2018Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.\u2019 So I went and washed, and then I could see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "They asked, \u201cWhere is this man?\u201d He replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Then they led the man who had been born blind to the Pharisees."}, {"pk": 4125283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Now Jesus made the mud and smeared it on the man\u2019s eyes on a Sabbath day."}, {"pk": 4125284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "So Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. The man told them, \u201cHe put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Some Pharisees said, \u201cThis man isn\u2019t from God, because he breaks the Sabbath law.\u201d Others said, \u201cHow can a sinner do miraculous signs like these?\u201d So they were divided."}, {"pk": 4125286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Some of the Pharisees questioned the man who had been born blind again: \u201cWhat do you have to say about him, since he healed your eyes?\u201d He replied, \u201cHe\u2019s a prophet.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "The Jewish leaders didn\u2019t believe the man had been blind and received his sight until they called for his parents."}, {"pk": 4125288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "The Jewish leaders asked them, \u201cIs this your son? Are you saying he was born blind? How can he now see?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "His parents answered, \u201cWe know he is our son. We know he was born blind."}, {"pk": 4125290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "But we don\u2019t know how he now sees, and we don\u2019t know who healed his eyes. Ask him. He\u2019s old enough to speak for himself.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "His parents said this because they feared the Jewish authorities. This is because the Jewish authorities had already decided that whoever confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue."}, {"pk": 4125292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "That\u2019s why his parents said, \u201cHe\u2019s old enough. Ask him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, they called a second time for the man who had been born blind and said to him, \u201cGive glory to God. We know this man is a sinner.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "The man answered, \u201cI don\u2019t know whether he\u2019s a sinner. Here\u2019s what I do know: I was blind and now I see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "They questioned him: \u201cWhat did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "He replied, \u201cI already told you, and you didn\u2019t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "They insulted him: \u201cYou are his disciple, but we are Moses\u2019 disciples."}, {"pk": 4125298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don\u2019t know where this man is from.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "The man answered, \u201cThis is incredible! You don\u2019t know where he is from, yet he healed my eyes!"}, {"pk": 4125300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "We know that God doesn\u2019t listen to sinners. God listens to anyone who is devout and does God\u2019s will."}, {"pk": 4125301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "No one has ever heard of a healing of the eyes of someone born blind."}, {"pk": 4125302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "If this man wasn\u2019t from God, he couldn\u2019t do this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "They responded, \u201cYou were born completely in sin! How is it that you dare to teach us?\u201d Then they expelled him."}, {"pk": 4125304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Jesus heard they had expelled the man born blind. Finding him, Jesus said, \u201cDo you believe in the Human One?\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "He answered, \u201cWho is he, sir? <sup>[2]</sup> I want to believe in him.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Lord</i>"}, {"pk": 4125306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cYou have seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "The man said, \u201cLord, <sup>[3]</sup> I believe.\u201d And he worshipped Jesus.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Sir</i>"}, {"pk": 4125308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cI have come into the world to exercise judgment so that those who don\u2019t see can see and those who see will become blind.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "Some Pharisees who were with him heard what he said and asked, \u201cSurely we aren\u2019t blind, are we?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cIf you were blind, you wouldn\u2019t have any sin, but now that you say, \u2018We see,\u2019 your sin remains."}, {"pk": 4125311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "I assure you that whoever doesn\u2019t enter into the sheep pen through the gate but climbs over the wall is a thief and an outlaw."}, {"pk": 4125312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep."}, {"pk": 4125313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "The guard at the gate opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out."}, {"pk": 4125314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Whenever he has gathered all of his sheep, he goes before them and they follow him, because they know his voice."}, {"pk": 4125315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "They won\u2019t follow a stranger but will run away because they don\u2019t know the stranger\u2019s voice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who heard Jesus use this analogy didn\u2019t understand what he was saying."}, {"pk": 4125317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "So Jesus spoke again, \u201cI assure you that I am the gate of the sheep."}, {"pk": 4125318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn\u2019t listen to them."}, {"pk": 4125319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out and find pasture."}, {"pk": 4125320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "The thief enters only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they could have life \u2014 indeed, so that they could live life to the fullest."}, {"pk": 4125321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cI am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."}, {"pk": 4125322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. That\u2019s because he isn\u2019t the shepherd; the sheep aren\u2019t really his. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them."}, {"pk": 4125323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "He\u2019s only a hired hand and the sheep don\u2019t matter to him."}, {"pk": 4125324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cI am the good shepherd. I know my own sheep and they know me,"}, {"pk": 4125325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I give up my life for the sheep."}, {"pk": 4125326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "I have other sheep that don\u2019t belong to this sheep pen. I must lead them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock, with one shepherd."}, {"pk": 4125327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cThis is why the Father loves me: I give up my life so that I can take it up again."}, {"pk": 4125328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "No one takes it from me, but I give it up because I want to. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "There was another division among the Jews because of Jesus\u2019 words."}, {"pk": 4125330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Many of them said, \u201cHe has a demon and has lost his mind. Why listen to him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Others said, \u201cThese aren\u2019t the words of someone who has a demon. Can a demon heal the eyes of people who are blind?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "The time came for the Festival of Dedication <sup>[1]</sup> in Jerusalem. It was winter,", "comment": "[1] Hanukkah"}, {"pk": 4125333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "and Jesus was in the temple, walking in the covered porch named for Solomon."}, {"pk": 4125334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "The Jewish opposition circled around him and asked, \u201cHow long will you test our patience? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI have told you, but you don\u2019t believe. The works I do in my Father\u2019s name testify about me,"}, {"pk": 4125336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "but you don\u2019t believe because you don\u2019t belong to my sheep."}, {"pk": 4125337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me."}, {"pk": 4125338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "I give them eternal life. They will never die, and no one will snatch them from my hand."}, {"pk": 4125339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them from my Father\u2019s hand."}, {"pk": 4125340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "I and the Father are one.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Again the Jewish opposition picked up stones in order to stone him."}, {"pk": 4125342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cI have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "The Jewish opposition answered, \u201cWe don\u2019t stone you for a good work but for insulting God. You are human, yet you make yourself out to be God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIsn\u2019t it written in your Law, <b>I have said, you are gods?</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/82/6'>Ps 82:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4125345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "Scripture calls those to whom God\u2019s word came <b>gods</b>, and scripture can\u2019t be abolished."}, {"pk": 4125346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "So how can you say that the one whom the Father has made holy and sent into the world insults God because he said, \u2018I am God\u2019s Son\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4125347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "If I don\u2019t do the works of my Father, don\u2019t believe me."}, {"pk": 4125348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "But if I do them, and you don\u2019t believe me, believe the works so that you can know and recognize that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "Again, they wanted to arrest him, but he escaped from them."}, {"pk": 4125350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had baptized at first, and he stayed there."}, {"pk": 4125351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "Many people came to him. \u201cJohn didn\u2019t do any miraculous signs,\u201d they said, \u201cbut everything John said about this man was true.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "Many believed in Jesus there."}, {"pk": 4125353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "A certain man, Lazarus, was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha."}, {"pk": 4125354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "(This was the Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was ill.)"}, {"pk": 4125355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "So the sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, \u201cLord, the one whom you love is ill.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "When he heard this, Jesus said, \u201cThis illness isn\u2019t fatal. It\u2019s for the glory of God so that God\u2019s Son can be glorified through it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus."}, {"pk": 4125358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "When he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was. After two days,"}, {"pk": 4125359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "he said to his disciples, \u201cLet\u2019s return to Judea again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "The disciples replied, \u201cRabbi, the Jewish opposition wants to stone you, but you want to go back?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cAren\u2019t there twelve hours in the day? Whoever walks in the day doesn\u2019t stumble because they see the light of the world."}, {"pk": 4125362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "But whoever walks in the night does stumble because the light isn\u2019t in them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "He continued, \u201cOur friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I am going in order to wake him up.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "The disciples said, \u201cLord, if he\u2019s sleeping, he will get well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "They thought Jesus meant that Lazarus was in a deep sleep, but Jesus had spoken about Lazarus\u2019 death."}, {"pk": 4125366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus told them plainly, \u201cLazarus has died."}, {"pk": 4125367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "For your sakes, I\u2019m glad I wasn\u2019t there so that you can believe. Let\u2019s go to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Thomas (the one called Didymus) said to the other disciples, \u201cLet us go too so that we may die with Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days."}, {"pk": 4125370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Bethany was a little less than two miles from Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4125371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Many Jews had come to comfort Martha and Mary after their brother\u2019s death."}, {"pk": 4125372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, while Mary remained in the house."}, {"pk": 4125373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Martha said to Jesus, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died."}, {"pk": 4125374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Even now I know that whatever you ask God, God will give you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus told her, \u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Martha replied, \u201cI know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cI am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though they die."}, {"pk": 4125378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "She replied, \u201cYes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, God\u2019s Son, the one who is coming into the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "After she said this, she went and spoke privately to her sister Mary, \u201cThe teacher is here and he\u2019s calling for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "He hadn\u2019t entered the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him."}, {"pk": 4125383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "When the Jews who were comforting Mary in the house saw her get up quickly and leave, they followed her. They assumed she was going to mourn at the tomb."}, {"pk": 4125384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "When Mary arrived where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, \u201cLord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "When Jesus saw her crying and the Jews who had come with her crying also, he was deeply disturbed and troubled."}, {"pk": 4125386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "He asked, \u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d They replied, \u201cLord, come and see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Jesus began to cry."}, {"pk": 4125388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "The Jews said, \u201cSee how much he loved him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "But some of them said, \u201cHe healed the eyes of the man born blind. Couldn\u2019t he have kept Lazarus from dying?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "Jesus was deeply disturbed again when he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone covered the entrance."}, {"pk": 4125391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "Jesus said, \u201cRemove the stone.\u201d Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, \u201cLord, the smell will be awful! He\u2019s been dead four days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you that if you believe, you will see God\u2019s glory?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "So they removed the stone. Jesus looked up and said, \u201cFather, thank you for hearing me."}, {"pk": 4125394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "I know you always hear me. I say this for the benefit of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "Having said this, Jesus shouted with a loud voice, \u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "The dead man came out, his feet bound and his hands tied, and his face covered with a cloth. Jesus said to them, \u201cUntie him and let him go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "Therefore, many of the Jews who came with Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him."}, {"pk": 4125398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 46, "text": "But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done."}, {"pk": 4125399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 47, "text": "Then the chief priests and Pharisees called together the council <sup>[1]</sup> and said, \u201cWhat are we going to do? This man is doing many miraculous signs!", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Sanhedrin</i>"}, {"pk": 4125400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 48, "text": "If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 49, "text": "One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, \u201cYou don\u2019t know anything!"}, {"pk": 4125402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 50, "text": "You don\u2019t see that it is better for you that one man die for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 51, "text": "He didn\u2019t say this on his own. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would soon die for the nation \u2014"}, {"pk": 4125404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 52, "text": "and not only for the nation. Jesus would also die so that God\u2019s children scattered everywhere would be gathered together as one."}, {"pk": 4125405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 53, "text": "From that day on they plotted to kill him."}, {"pk": 4125406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 54, "text": "Therefore, Jesus was no longer active in public ministry among the Jewish leaders. Instead, he left Jerusalem and went to a place near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples."}, {"pk": 4125407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 55, "text": "It was almost time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside up to Jerusalem to purify themselves through ritual washing before the Passover."}, {"pk": 4125408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 56, "text": "They were looking for Jesus. As they spoke to each other in the temple, they said, \u201cWhat do you think? He won\u2019t come to the festival, will he?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 11, "verse": 57, "text": "The chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where he was should report it, so they could arrest him."}, {"pk": 4125410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead."}, {"pk": 4125411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him. Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table."}, {"pk": 4125412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, <sup>[1]</sup> of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She anointed Jesus\u2019 feet with it, then wiped his feet dry with her hair. The house was filled with the aroma of the perfume.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>a litra,</i> a Roman pound, approximately twelve ounces"}, {"pk": 4125413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), complained,"}, {"pk": 4125414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cThis perfume was worth a year\u2019s wages! <sup>[2]</sup> Why wasn\u2019t it sold and the money given to the poor?\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>three hundred denaria</i>"}, {"pk": 4125415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> (He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would take what was in it.)"}, {"pk": 4125416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Jesus said, \u201cLeave her alone. This perfume was to be used in preparation for my burial, and this is how she has used it."}, {"pk": 4125417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "You will always have the poor among you, but you won\u2019t always have me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Many Jews learned that he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead."}, {"pk": 4125419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "The chief priests decided that they would kill Lazarus too."}, {"pk": 4125420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "It was because of Lazarus that many of the Jews had deserted them and come to believe in Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4125422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "They took palm branches and went out to meet him. They shouted, \u201cHosanna! <br><b>Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br>Blessings on the king of Israel!\u201d <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/118/26'>Ps 118:26</a>"}, {"pk": 4125423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,"}, {"pk": 4125424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "<b>Don\u2019t be afraid, Daughter Zion.</b> <br><b>Look! Your king is coming</b>, <br><b>sitting on a donkey\u2019s colt</b>. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/38/9/9'>Zech 9:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4125425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "His disciples didn\u2019t understand these things at first. After he was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him."}, {"pk": 4125426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "The crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were testifying about him."}, {"pk": 4125427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "That\u2019s why the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard about this miraculous sign that he had done."}, {"pk": 4125428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Therefore, the Pharisees said to each other, \u201cSee! You\u2019ve accomplished nothing! Look! The whole world is following him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival."}, {"pk": 4125430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request: \u201cSir, we want to see Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Philip told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip told Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cThe time has come for the Human One <sup>[5]</sup> to be glorified.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "I assure you that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it can only be a single seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit."}, {"pk": 4125434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Those who love their lives will lose them, and those who hate their lives in this world will keep them forever."}, {"pk": 4125435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "Whoever serves me must follow me. Wherever I am, there my servant will also be. My Father will honor whoever serves me."}, {"pk": 4125436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cNow <b>I am deeply troubled.</b> <sup>[6]</sup> What should I say? \u2018Father, save me from this time\u2019? No, for this is the reason I have come to this time.", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/19/6/2'>Ps 6:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4125437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "Father, glorify your name!\u201d Then a voice came from heaven, \u201cI have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "The crowd standing there heard and said, \u201cIt\u2019s thunder.\u201d Others said, \u201cAn angel spoke to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cThis voice wasn\u2019t for my benefit but for yours."}, {"pk": 4125440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Now is the time for judgment of this world. Now this world\u2019s ruler will be thrown out."}, {"pk": 4125441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "When I am lifted up <sup>[7]</sup> from the earth, I will draw everyone to me.\u201d", "comment": "[7] Or <i>exalted</i>"}, {"pk": 4125442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "<sup>[32]</sup> (He said this to show how he was going to die.)"}, {"pk": 4125443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "The crowd responded, \u201cWe have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Human One <sup>[8]</sup> must be lifted up? Who is this Human One?\u201d <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Or <i>Son of Man</i><br>[9] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cThe light is with you for only a little while. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn\u2019t overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness don\u2019t know where they are going."}, {"pk": 4125445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "As long as you have the light, believe in the light so that you might become people whose lives are determined by the light.\u201d After Jesus said these things, he went away and hid from them."}, {"pk": 4125446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "Jesus had done many miraculous signs before the people, but they didn\u2019t believe in him."}, {"pk": 4125447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "This was to fulfill the word of the prophet Isaiah: <b>Lord, who has believed through our message?</b> <br><b>To whom is the arm of the Lord fully revealed?</b> <sup>[10]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[10] <a href='/CEB/23/53/1'>Isa 53:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4125448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "Isaiah explains why they couldn\u2019t believe:"}, {"pk": 4125449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "<b>He made their eyes blind</b> <br><b>and closed their minds</b> <br><b>so that they might not see with their eyes,</b> <br><b>understand with their minds,</b> <br><b>and turn their lives around \u2014 </b> <br><b>and I would heal them.</b> <sup>[11]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[11] <a href='/CEB/23/6/10'>Isa 6:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4125450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus\u2019 glory; he spoke about Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "Even so, many leaders believed in him, but they wouldn\u2019t acknowledge their faith because they feared that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue."}, {"pk": 4125452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "They believed, but they loved human praise more than God\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4125453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "Jesus shouted, \u201cWhoever believes in me doesn\u2019t believe in me but in the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "I have come as a light into the world so that everyone who believes in me won\u2019t live in darkness."}, {"pk": 4125456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "If people hear my words and don\u2019t keep them, I don\u2019t judge them. I didn\u2019t come to judge the world but to save it."}, {"pk": 4125457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 48, "text": "Whoever rejects me and doesn\u2019t receive my words will be judged at the last day by the word I have spoken."}, {"pk": 4125458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 49, "text": "I don\u2019t speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me regarding what I should speak and say."}, {"pk": 4125459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 12, "verse": 50, "text": "I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, whatever I say is just as the Father has said to me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Before the Festival of Passover, Jesus knew that his time had come to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them fully."}, {"pk": 4125461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus and his disciples were sharing the evening meal. The devil had already provoked Judas, Simon Iscariot\u2019s son, to betray Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Jesus knew the Father had given everything into his hands and that he had come from God and was returning to God."}, {"pk": 4125463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "So he got up from the table and took off his robes. Picking up a linen towel, he tied it around his waist."}, {"pk": 4125464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Then he poured water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet, drying them with the towel he was wearing."}, {"pk": 4125465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, \u201cLord, are you going to wash my feet?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t understand what I\u2019m doing now, but you will understand later.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cNo!\u201d Peter said. \u201cYou will never wash my feet!\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cUnless I wash you, you won\u2019t have a place with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Simon Peter said, \u201cLord, not only my feet but also my hands and my head!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus responded, \u201cThose who have bathed need only to have their feet washed, because they are completely clean. You disciples are clean, but not every one of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "He knew who would betray him. That\u2019s why he said, \u201cNot every one of you is clean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "After he washed the disciples\u2019 feet, he put on his robes and returned to his place at the table. He said to them, \u201cDo you know what I\u2019ve done for you?"}, {"pk": 4125472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "You call me \u2018Teacher\u2019 and \u2018Lord,\u2019 and you speak correctly, because I am."}, {"pk": 4125473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "If I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you too must wash each other\u2019s feet."}, {"pk": 4125474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "I have given you an example: Just as I have done, you also must do."}, {"pk": 4125475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "I assure you, servants aren\u2019t greater than their master, nor are those who are sent greater than the one who sent them."}, {"pk": 4125476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Since you know these things, you will be happy if you do them."}, {"pk": 4125477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "I\u2019m not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I\u2019ve chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, <b>The one who eats my bread has turned against me.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/41/9'>Ps 41:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4125478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I Am."}, {"pk": 4125479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "I assure you that whoever receives someone I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "After he said these things, Jesus was deeply disturbed and testified, \u201cI assure you, one of you will betray me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "His disciples looked at each other, confused about which of them he was talking about."}, {"pk": 4125482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "One of the disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was at Jesus\u2019 side."}, {"pk": 4125483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Simon Peter nodded at him to get him to ask Jesus who he was talking about."}, {"pk": 4125484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Leaning back toward Jesus, this disciple asked, \u201cLord, who is it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cIt\u2019s the one to whom I will give this piece of bread once I have dipped into the bowl.\u201d Then he dipped the piece of bread and gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4125486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "After Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus told him, \u201cWhat you are about to do, do quickly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "No one sitting at the table understood why Jesus said this to him."}, {"pk": 4125488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "Some thought that, since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus told him, \u201cGo, buy what we need for the feast,\u201d or that he should give something to the poor."}, {"pk": 4125489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "So when Judas took the bread, he left immediately. And it was night."}, {"pk": 4125490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "When Judas was gone, Jesus said, \u201cNow the Human One <sup>[2]</sup> has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify the Human One <sup>[3]</sup> in himself and will glorify him immediately.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4125492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "Little children, I\u2019m with you for a little while longer. You will look for me \u2014 but, just as I told the Jewish leaders, I also tell you now \u2014 \u2018Where I\u2019m going, you can\u2019t come.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4125493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cI give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other."}, {"pk": 4125494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "Simon Peter said to Jesus, \u201cLord, where are you going?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cWhere I am going, you can\u2019t follow me now, but you will follow later.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "Peter asked, \u201cLord, why can\u2019t I follow you now? I\u2019ll give up my life for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cWill you give up your life for me? I assure you that you will deny me three times before the rooster crows."}, {"pk": 4125498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t be troubled. Trust in God. Trust also in me."}, {"pk": 4125499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "My Father\u2019s house has room to spare. If that weren\u2019t the case, would I have told you that I\u2019m going to prepare a place for you?"}, {"pk": 4125500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "When I go to prepare a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me so that where I am you will be too."}, {"pk": 4125501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "You know the way to the place I\u2019m going.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Thomas asked, \u201cLord, we don\u2019t know where you are going. How can we know the way?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."}, {"pk": 4125504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "If you have really known me, you will also know the Father. From now on you know him and have seen him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Philip said, \u201cLord, show us the Father; that will be enough for us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cDon\u2019t you know me, Philip, even after I have been with you all this time? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, \u2018Show us the Father\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4125507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I have spoken to you I don\u2019t speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me does his works."}, {"pk": 4125508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Trust me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or at least believe on account of the works themselves."}, {"pk": 4125509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do. They will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father."}, {"pk": 4125510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father can be glorified in the Son."}, {"pk": 4125511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "When you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it."}, {"pk": 4125512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cIf you love me, you will keep my commandments."}, {"pk": 4125513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "I will ask the Father, and he will send another Companion, <sup>[1]</sup> who will be with you forever.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Advocate</i>"}, {"pk": 4125514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "This Companion is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can\u2019t receive because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be with you."}, {"pk": 4125515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cI won\u2019t leave you as orphans. I will come to you."}, {"pk": 4125516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too."}, {"pk": 4125517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "On that day you will know that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you."}, {"pk": 4125518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Whoever has my commandments and keeps them loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Judas (not Judas Iscariot) asked, \u201cLord, why are you about to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cWhoever loves me will keep my word. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."}, {"pk": 4125521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Whoever doesn\u2019t love me doesn\u2019t keep my words. The word that you hear isn\u2019t mine. It is the word of the Father who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cI have spoken these things to you while I am with you."}, {"pk": 4125523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "The Companion, <sup>[2]</sup> the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I told you.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Advocate</i>"}, {"pk": 4125524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cPeace I leave with you. My peace I give you. I give to you not as the world gives. Don\u2019t be troubled or afraid."}, {"pk": 4125525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "You have heard me tell you, \u2018I\u2019m going away and returning to you.\u2019 If you loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than me."}, {"pk": 4125526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "I have told you before it happens so that when it happens you will believe."}, {"pk": 4125527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "I won\u2019t say much more to you because this world\u2019s ruler is coming. He has nothing on me."}, {"pk": 4125528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Rather, he comes so that the world will know that I love the Father and do just as the Father has commanded me. Get up. We\u2019re leaving this place."}, {"pk": 4125529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the vineyard keeper."}, {"pk": 4125530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "He removes any of my branches that don\u2019t produce fruit, and he trims any branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit."}, {"pk": 4125531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "You are already trimmed because of the word I have spoken to you."}, {"pk": 4125532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch can\u2019t produce fruit by itself, but must remain in the vine. Likewise, you can\u2019t produce fruit unless you remain in me."}, {"pk": 4125533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, then you will produce much fruit. Without me, you can\u2019t do anything."}, {"pk": 4125534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "If you don\u2019t remain in me, you will be like a branch that is thrown out and dries up. Those branches are gathered up, thrown into a fire, and burned."}, {"pk": 4125535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you."}, {"pk": 4125536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "My Father is glorified when you produce much fruit and in this way prove that you are my disciples."}, {"pk": 4125537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cAs the Father loved me, I too have loved you. Remain in my love."}, {"pk": 4125538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I kept my Father\u2019s commandments and remain in his love."}, {"pk": 4125539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete."}, {"pk": 4125540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "This is my commandment: love each other just as I have loved you."}, {"pk": 4125541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "No one has greater love than to give up one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends."}, {"pk": 4125542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "You are my friends if you do what I command you."}, {"pk": 4125543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "I don\u2019t call you servants any longer, because servants don\u2019t know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you."}, {"pk": 4125544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "You didn\u2019t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you could go and produce fruit and so that your fruit could last. As a result, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you."}, {"pk": 4125545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "I give you these commandments so that you can love each other."}, {"pk": 4125546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cIf the world hates you, know that it hated me first."}, {"pk": 4125547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, I have chosen you out of the world, and you don\u2019t belong to the world. This is why the world hates you."}, {"pk": 4125548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Remember what I told you, \u2018Servants aren\u2019t greater than their master.\u2019 If the world harassed me, it will harass you too. If it kept my word, it will also keep yours."}, {"pk": 4125549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "The world will do all these things to you on account of my name, because it doesn\u2019t know the one who sent me."}, {"pk": 4125550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cIf I hadn\u2019t come and spoken to the people of this world, they wouldn\u2019t be sinners. But now they have no excuse for their sin."}, {"pk": 4125551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Whoever hates me also hates the Father."}, {"pk": 4125552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "If I hadn\u2019t done works among them that no one else had done, they wouldn\u2019t be sinners. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father."}, {"pk": 4125553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "This fulfills the word written in their Law, <b>They hated me without a reason.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/35/19'>Pss 35:19</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/69/4'>69:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4125554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cWhen the Companion <sup>[2]</sup> comes, whom I will send from the Father \u2014 the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father \u2014 he will testify about me.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Advocate</i>"}, {"pk": 4125555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "You will testify too, because you have been with me from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4125556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "I have said these things to you so that you won\u2019t fall away."}, {"pk": 4125557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "They will expel you from the synagogue. The time is coming when those who kill you will think that they are doing a service to God."}, {"pk": 4125558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "They will do these things because they don\u2019t know the Father or me."}, {"pk": 4125559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "But I have said these things to you so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. <b>I go away</b> </pb> \u201cI didn\u2019t say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you."}, {"pk": 4125560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "But now I go away to the one who sent me. None of you ask me, \u2018Where are you going?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4125561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Yet because I have said these things to you, you are filled with sorrow."}, {"pk": 4125562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "I assure you that it is better for you that I go away. If I don\u2019t go away, the Companion <sup>[1]</sup> won\u2019t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Advocate</i>"}, {"pk": 4125563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "When he comes, he will show the world it was wrong about sin, righteousness, and judgment."}, {"pk": 4125564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "He will show the world it was wrong about sin because they don\u2019t believe in me."}, {"pk": 4125565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "He will show the world it was wrong about righteousness because I\u2019m going to the Father and you won\u2019t see me anymore."}, {"pk": 4125566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "He will show the world it was wrong about judgment because this world\u2019s ruler stands condemned."}, {"pk": 4125567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cI have much more to say to you, but you can\u2019t handle it now."}, {"pk": 4125568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you in all truth. He won\u2019t speak on his own, but will say whatever he hears and will proclaim to you what is to come."}, {"pk": 4125569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and proclaim it to you."}, {"pk": 4125570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Everything that the Father has is mine. That\u2019s why I said that the Spirit takes what is mine and will proclaim it to you."}, {"pk": 4125571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Soon you won\u2019t be able to see me; soon after that, you will see me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Some of Jesus\u2019 disciples said to each other, \u201cWhat does he mean: \u2018Soon you won\u2019t see me, and soon after that you will see me\u2019 and \u2018Because I\u2019m going to the Father\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4125573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "What does he mean by \u2018soon\u2019? We don\u2019t understand what he\u2019s talking about.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, so he said, \u201cAre you trying to find out from each other what I meant when I said, \u2018Soon you won\u2019t see me, and soon after that you will see me\u2019?"}, {"pk": 4125575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "I assure you that you will cry and lament, and the world will be happy. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy."}, {"pk": 4125576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "When a woman gives birth, she has pain because her time has come. But when the child is born, she no longer remembers her distress because of her joy that a child has been born into the world."}, {"pk": 4125577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "In the same way, you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and you will be overjoyed. No one takes away your joy."}, {"pk": 4125578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "In that day, you won\u2019t ask me anything. I assure you that the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name."}, {"pk": 4125579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive so that your joy will be complete."}, {"pk": 4125580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cI\u2019ve been using figures of speech with you. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in such analogies. Instead, I will tell you plainly about the Father."}, {"pk": 4125581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "In that day you will ask in my name. I\u2019m not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf."}, {"pk": 4125582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "The Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and believed that I came from God."}, {"pk": 4125583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "I left the Father and came into the world. I tell you again: I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "His disciples said, \u201cSee! Now you speak plainly; you aren\u2019t using figures of speech."}, {"pk": 4125585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "Now we know that you know everything and you don\u2019t need anyone to ask you. Because of this we believe you have come from God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cNow you believe?"}, {"pk": 4125587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "Look! A time is coming \u2014 and is here! \u2014 when each of you will be scattered to your own homes and you will leave me alone. I\u2019m not really alone, for the Father is with me."}, {"pk": 4125588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "I\u2019ve said these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have distress. But be encouraged! I have conquered the world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jesus finished saying these things, he looked up to heaven and said, \u201cFather, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son can glorify you."}, {"pk": 4125590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "You gave him authority over everyone so that he could give eternal life to everyone you gave him."}, {"pk": 4125591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent."}, {"pk": 4125592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do."}, {"pk": 4125593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I shared with you before the world was created."}, {"pk": 4125594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cI have revealed your name to the people you gave me from this world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word."}, {"pk": 4125595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you."}, {"pk": 4125596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "This is because I gave them the words that you gave me, and they received them. They truly understood that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me."}, {"pk": 4125597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m praying for them. I\u2019m not praying for the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours."}, {"pk": 4125598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Everything that is mine is yours and everything that is yours is mine; I have been glorified in them."}, {"pk": 4125599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019m no longer in the world, but they are in the world, even as I\u2019m coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them in your name, the name you gave me, that they will be one just as we are one."}, {"pk": 4125600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "When I was with them, I watched over them in your name, the name you gave to me, and I kept them safe. None of them were lost, except the one who was destined for destruction, so that scripture would be fulfilled."}, {"pk": 4125601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Now I\u2019m coming to you and I say these things while I\u2019m in the world so that they can share completely in my joy."}, {"pk": 4125602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "I gave your word to them and the world hated them, because they don\u2019t belong to this world, just as I don\u2019t belong to this world."}, {"pk": 4125603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019m not asking that you take them out of this world but that you keep them safe from the evil one."}, {"pk": 4125604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "They don\u2019t belong to this world, just as I don\u2019t belong to this world."}, {"pk": 4125605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth."}, {"pk": 4125606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world."}, {"pk": 4125607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "I made myself holy on their behalf so that they also would be made holy in the truth."}, {"pk": 4125608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m not praying only for them but also for those who believe in me because of their word."}, {"pk": 4125609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "I pray they will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me."}, {"pk": 4125610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "I\u2019ve given them the glory that you gave me so that they can be one just as we are one."}, {"pk": 4125611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "I\u2019m in them and you are in me so that they will be made perfectly one. Then the world will know that you sent me and that you have loved them just as you loved me."}, {"pk": 4125612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cFather, I want those you gave me to be with me where I am. Then they can see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world."}, {"pk": 4125613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cRighteous Father, even the world didn\u2019t know you, but I\u2019ve known you, and these believers know that you sent me."}, {"pk": 4125614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "I\u2019ve made your name known to them and will continue to make it known so that your love for me will be in them, and I myself will be in them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "After he said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples and crossed over to the other side of the Kidron Valley. He and his disciples entered a garden there."}, {"pk": 4125616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Judas, his betrayer, also knew the place because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples."}, {"pk": 4125617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Judas brought a company of soldiers <sup>[1]</sup> and some guards from the chief priests and Pharisees. They came there carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>cohort</i> (approximately six hundred soldiers)"}, {"pk": 4125618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Jesus knew everything that was to happen to him, so he went out and asked, \u201cWho are you looking for?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "They answered, \u201cJesus the Nazarene.\u201d He said to them, \u201cI Am.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> (Judas, his betrayer, was standing with them.)", "comment": "[2] Or <i>It is I</i>"}, {"pk": 4125620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "When he said, \u201cI Am,\u201d they shrank back and fell to the ground."}, {"pk": 4125621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "He asked them again, \u201cWho are you looking for?\u201d They said, \u201cJesus the Nazarene.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI told you, \u2018I Am.\u2019 <sup>[3]</sup> If you are looking for me, then let these people go.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>It is I</i>"}, {"pk": 4125623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "This was so that the word he had spoken might be fulfilled: \u201cI didn\u2019t lose anyone of those whom you gave me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest\u2019s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant\u2019s name was Malchus.)"}, {"pk": 4125625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus told Peter, \u201cPut your sword away! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the company of soldiers, the commander, and the guards from the Jewish leaders took Jesus into custody. They bound him"}, {"pk": 4125627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "and led him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year."}, {"pk": 4125628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "<sup>[13]</sup> (Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was better for one person to die for the people.)"}, {"pk": 4125629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Because this other disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest\u2019s courtyard."}, {"pk": 4125630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "However, Peter stood outside near the gate. Then the other disciple (the one known to the high priest) came out and spoke to the woman stationed at the gate, and she brought Peter in."}, {"pk": 4125631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "The servant woman stationed at the gate asked Peter, \u201cAren\u2019t you one of this man\u2019s disciples?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not,\u201d he replied."}, {"pk": 4125632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "The servants and the guards had made a fire because it was cold. They were standing around it, warming themselves. Peter joined them there, standing by the fire and warming himself."}, {"pk": 4125633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Meanwhile, the chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching."}, {"pk": 4125634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cI\u2019ve spoken openly to the world. I\u2019ve always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews gather. I\u2019ve said nothing in private."}, {"pk": 4125635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Why ask me? Ask those who heard what I told them. They know what I said.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "After Jesus spoke, one of the guards standing there slapped Jesus in the face. \u201cIs that how you would answer the high priest?\u201d he asked."}, {"pk": 4125637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIf I speak wrongly, testify about what was wrong. But if I speak correctly, why do you strike me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Annas sent him, bound, to Caiaphas the high priest."}, {"pk": 4125639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing with the guards, warming himself. They asked, \u201cAren\u2019t you one of his disciples?\u201d Peter denied it, saying, \u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "A servant of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said to him, \u201cDidn\u2019t I see you in the garden with him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed."}, {"pk": 4125642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "The Jewish leaders led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor\u2019s palace. <sup>[4]</sup> It was early in the morning. So that they could eat the Passover, the Jewish leaders wouldn\u2019t enter the palace; entering the palace would have made them ritually impure.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>praetorium</i>"}, {"pk": 4125643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "So Pilate went out to them and asked, \u201cWhat charge do you bring against this man?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": "They answered, \u201cIf he had done nothing wrong, we wouldn\u2019t have handed him over to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "Pilate responded, \u201cTake him yourselves and judge him according to your Law.\u201d The Jewish leaders replied, \u201cThe Law doesn\u2019t allow us to kill anyone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "<sup>[31]</sup> (This was so that Jesus\u2019 word might be fulfilled when he indicated how he was going to die.)"}, {"pk": 4125647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "Pilate went back into the palace. He summoned Jesus and asked, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 34, "text": "Jesus answered, \u201cDo you say this on your own or have others spoken to you about me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 35, "text": "Pilate responded, \u201cI\u2019m not a Jew, am I? Your nation and its chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 36, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cMy kingdom doesn\u2019t originate from this world. If it did, my guards would fight so that I wouldn\u2019t have been arrested by the Jewish leaders. My kingdom isn\u2019t from here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 37, "text": "\u201cSo you are a king?\u201d Pilate said. Jesus answered, \u201cYou say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this reason: to testify to the truth. Whoever accepts the truth listens to my voice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cWhat is truth?\u201d Pilate asked. <b>Release of Barabbas</b> </pb> After Pilate said this, he returned to the Jewish leaders and said, \u201cI find no grounds for any charge against him."}, {"pk": 4125653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 39, "text": "You have a custom that I release one prisoner for you at Passover. Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 18, "verse": 40, "text": "They shouted, \u201cNot this man! Give us Barabbas!\u201d (Barabbas was an outlaw.)"}, {"pk": 4125655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Pilate had Jesus taken and whipped."}, {"pk": 4125656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe."}, {"pk": 4125657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Over and over they went up to him and said, \u201cGreetings, king of the Jews!\u201d And they slapped him in the face."}, {"pk": 4125658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Pilate came out of the palace again and said to the Jewish leaders, \u201cLook! I\u2019m bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no grounds for a charge against him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, \u201cHere\u2019s the man.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "When the chief priests and their deputies saw him, they shouted out, \u201cCrucify, crucify!\u201d Pilate told them, \u201cYou take him and crucify him. I don\u2019t find any grounds for a charge against him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "The Jewish leaders replied, \u201cWe have a Law, and according to this Law he ought to die because he made himself out to be God\u2019s Son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "When Pilate heard this word, he was even more afraid."}, {"pk": 4125663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "He went back into the residence and spoke to Jesus, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d Jesus didn\u2019t answer."}, {"pk": 4125664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "So Pilate said, \u201cYou won\u2019t speak to me? Don\u2019t you know that I have authority to release you and also to crucify you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cYou would have no authority over me if it had not been given to you from above. That\u2019s why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "From that moment on, Pilate wanted to release Jesus. However, the Jewish leaders cried out, saying, \u201cIf you release this man, you aren\u2019t a friend of the emperor! Anyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes the emperor!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "When Pilate heard these words, he led Jesus out and seated him on the judge\u2019s bench at the place called Stone Pavement (in Aramaic, <b>Gabbatha</b>)."}, {"pk": 4125668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "It was about noon on the Preparation Day for the Passover. Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, \u201cHere\u2019s your king.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "The Jewish leaders cried out, \u201cTake him away! Take him away! Crucify him!\u201d Pilate responded, \u201cWhat? Do you want me to crucify your king?\u201d \u201cWe have no king except the emperor,\u201d the chief priests answered."}, {"pk": 4125670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified. <b>Crucifixion</b> </pb> The soldiers took Jesus prisoner."}, {"pk": 4125671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Carrying his cross by himself, he went out to a place called Skull Place (in Aramaic, <b>Golgotha</b>)."}, {"pk": 4125672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "That\u2019s where they crucified him \u2014 and two others with him, one on each side and Jesus in the middle."}, {"pk": 4125673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "Pilate had a public notice written and posted on the cross. It read \u201cJesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek."}, {"pk": 4125675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, the Jewish chief priests complained to Pilate, \u201cDon\u2019t write, \u2018The king of the Jews\u2019 but \u2018This man said, \u201cI am the king of the Jews.\u201d\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I\u2019ve written, I\u2019ve written.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and his sandals, and divided them into four shares, one for each soldier. His shirt was seamless, woven as one piece from the top to the bottom."}, {"pk": 4125678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "They said to each other, \u201cLet\u2019s not tear it. Let\u2019s cast lots to see who will get it.\u201d This was to fulfill the scripture, <b>They divided my clothes among themselves,</b> <br><b>and they cast lots for my clothing.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>That\u2019s what the soldiers did. <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/22/18'>Ps 22:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4125679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "Jesus\u2019 mother and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene stood near the cross."}, {"pk": 4125680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, here is your son.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he said to the disciple, \u201cHere is your mother.\u201d And from that time on, this disciple took her into his home."}, {"pk": 4125682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "After this, knowing that everything was already completed, in order to fulfill the scripture, Jesus said, \u201cI am thirsty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "A jar full of sour wine was nearby, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it, placed it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips."}, {"pk": 4125684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, \u201cIt is completed.\u201d Bowing his head, he gave up his life."}, {"pk": 4125685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "It was the Preparation Day and the Jewish leaders didn\u2019t want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath, especially since that Sabbath was an important day. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of those crucified broken and the bodies taken down."}, {"pk": 4125686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "Therefore, the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who were crucified with Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "When they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead so they didn\u2019t break his legs."}, {"pk": 4125688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out."}, {"pk": 4125689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he speaks the truth, and he has testified so that you also can believe."}, {"pk": 4125690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "These things happened to fulfill the scripture, <b>They won\u2019t break any of his bones</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/12/46'>Exod 12:46</a>"}, {"pk": 4125691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "And another scripture says, <b>They will look at him whom they have pierced.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/38/12/10'>Zech 12:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4125692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 38, "text": "After this Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate if he could take away the body of Jesus. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one because he feared the Jewish authorities. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body away."}, {"pk": 4125693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 39, "text": "Nicodemus, the one who at first had come to Jesus at night, was there too. He brought a mixture of myrrh and aloe, nearly seventy-five pounds in all. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>one hundred litra</i>; that is, one hundred Roman pounds"}, {"pk": 4125694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 40, "text": "Following Jewish burial customs, they took Jesus\u2019 body and wrapped it, with the spices, in linen cloths."}, {"pk": 4125695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 41, "text": "There was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid."}, {"pk": 4125696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 19, "verse": 42, "text": "Because it was the Jewish Preparation Day and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus in it."}, {"pk": 4125697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Early in the morning of the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb."}, {"pk": 4125698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "She ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said, \u201cThey have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don\u2019t know where they\u2019ve put him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "Peter and the other disciple left to go to the tomb."}, {"pk": 4125700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "They were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and was the first to arrive at the tomb."}, {"pk": 4125701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "Bending down to take a look, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he didn\u2019t go in."}, {"pk": 4125702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Following him, Simon Peter entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there."}, {"pk": 4125703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "He also saw the face cloth that had been on Jesus\u2019 head. It wasn\u2019t with the other clothes but was folded up in its own place."}, {"pk": 4125704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the other disciple, the one who arrived at the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed."}, {"pk": 4125705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "They didn\u2019t yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead."}, {"pk": 4125706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the disciples returned to the place where they were staying."}, {"pk": 4125707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Mary stood outside near the tomb, crying. As she cried, she bent down to look into the tomb."}, {"pk": 4125708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "She saw two angels dressed in white, seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and one at the foot."}, {"pk": 4125709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "The angels asked her, \u201cWoman, why are you crying?\u201d She replied, \u201cThey have taken away my Lord, and I don\u2019t know where they\u2019ve put him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "As soon as she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she didn\u2019t know it was Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cWoman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?\u201d Thinking he was the gardener, she replied, \u201cSir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will get him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cMary.\u201d She turned and said to him in Aramaic, \u201cRabbouni\u201d (which means <b>Teacher</b>)."}, {"pk": 4125713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "Jesus said to her, \u201cDon\u2019t hold on to me, for I haven\u2019t yet gone up to my Father. Go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, \u2018I\u2019m going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "Mary Magdalene left and announced to the disciples, \u201cI\u2019ve seen the Lord.\u201d Then she told them what he said to her."}, {"pk": 4125715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, \u201cPeace be with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy."}, {"pk": 4125717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus said to them again, \u201cPeace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Then he breathed on them and said, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4125719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "If you forgive anyone\u2019s sins, they are forgiven; if you don\u2019t forgive them, they aren\u2019t forgiven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "Thomas, the one called Didymus, <sup>[1]</sup> one of the Twelve, wasn\u2019t with the disciples when Jesus came.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the twin</i>"}, {"pk": 4125721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "The other disciples told him, \u201cWe\u2019ve seen the Lord!\u201d But he replied, \u201cUnless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger in the wounds left by the nails, and put my hand into his side, I won\u2019t believe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "After eight days his disciples were again in a house and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus entered and stood among them. He said, \u201cPeace be with you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he said to Thomas, \u201cPut your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand into my side. No more disbelief. Believe!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Thomas responded to Jesus, \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cDo you believe because you see me? Happy are those who don\u2019t see and yet believe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Jesus did many other miraculous signs in his disciples\u2019 presence, signs that aren\u2019t recorded in this scroll."}, {"pk": 4125727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "But these things are written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Christ, God\u2019s Son, and that believing, you will have life in his name."}, {"pk": 4125728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Later, Jesus himself appeared again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. This is how it happened:"}, {"pk": 4125729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus <sup>[1]</sup>), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee\u2019s sons, and two other disciples were together.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the twin</i>"}, {"pk": 4125730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "Simon Peter told them, \u201cI\u2019m going fishing.\u201d They said, \u201cWe\u2019ll go with you.\u201d They set out in a boat, but throughout the night they caught nothing."}, {"pk": 4125731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples didn\u2019t realize it was Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Jesus called to them, \u201cChildren, have you caught anything to eat?\u201d They answered him, \u201cNo.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "He said, \u201cCast your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.\u201d So they did, and there were so many fish that they couldn\u2019t haul in the net."}, {"pk": 4125734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, \u201cIt\u2019s the Lord!\u201d When Simon Peter heard it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked) and jumped into the water."}, {"pk": 4125735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "The other disciples followed in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they weren\u2019t far from shore, only about one hundred yards."}, {"pk": 4125736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "When they landed, they saw a fire there, with fish on it, and some bread."}, {"pk": 4125737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cBring some of the fish that you\u2019ve just caught.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "Simon Peter got up and pulled the net to shore. It was full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three of them. Yet the net hadn\u2019t torn, even with so many fish."}, {"pk": 4125739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Jesus said to them, \u201cCome and have breakfast.\u201d None of the disciples could bring themselves to ask him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d They knew it was the Lord."}, {"pk": 4125740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish."}, {"pk": 4125741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead."}, {"pk": 4125742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "When they finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, \u201cSimon son of John, do you love me more than these?\u201d Simon replied, \u201cYes, Lord, you know I love you.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cFeed my lambs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Jesus asked a second time, \u201cSimon son of John, do you love me?\u201d Simon replied, \u201cYes, Lord, you know I love you.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cTake care of my sheep.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "He asked a third time, \u201cSimon son of John, do you love me?\u201d Peter was sad that Jesus asked him a third time, \u201cDo you love me?\u201d He replied, \u201cLord, you know everything; you know I love you.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cFeed my sheep."}, {"pk": 4125745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "I assure you that when you were younger you tied your own belt and walked around wherever you wanted. When you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and another will tie your belt and lead you where you don\u2019t want to go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus said to Peter, \u201cFollow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. This was the one who had leaned against Jesus at the meal and asked him, \u201cLord, who is going to betray you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "When Peter saw this disciple, he said to Jesus, \u201cLord, what about him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIf I want him to remain until I come, what difference does that make to you? You must follow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "Therefore, the word spread among the brothers and sisters that this disciple wouldn\u2019t die. However, Jesus didn\u2019t say he wouldn\u2019t die, but only, \u201cIf I want him to remain until I come, what difference does that make to you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "This is the disciple who testifies concerning these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true."}, {"pk": 4125752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 43, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "Jesus did many other things as well. If all of them were recorded, I imagine the world itself wouldn\u2019t have enough room for the scrolls that would be written."}, {"pk": 4125753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Theophilus, the first scroll I wrote concerned everything Jesus did and taught from the beginning,"}, {"pk": 4125754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "right up to the day when he was taken up into heaven. Before he was taken up, working in the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus instructed the apostles he had chosen."}, {"pk": 4125755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "After his suffering, he showed them that he was alive with many convincing proofs. He appeared to them over a period of forty days, speaking to them about God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4125756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "While they were eating together, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised. He said, \u201cThis is what you heard from me:"}, {"pk": 4125757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "John baptized with water, but in only a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "As a result, those who had gathered together asked Jesus, \u201cLord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Jesus replied, \u201cIt isn\u2019t for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority."}, {"pk": 4125760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "After Jesus said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight."}, {"pk": 4125762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "While he was going away and as they were staring toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood next to them."}, {"pk": 4125763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They said, \u201cGalileans, why are you standing here, looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you saw him go into heaven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem \u2014 a sabbath day\u2019s journey away."}, {"pk": 4125765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "When they entered the city, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter, John, James, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James, Alphaeus\u2019 son; Simon the zealot; and Judas, James\u2019 son \u2014"}, {"pk": 4125766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "all were united in their devotion to prayer, along with some women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers."}, {"pk": 4125767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "During this time, the family of believers was a company of about one hundred twenty persons. Peter stood among them and said,"}, {"pk": 4125768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cBrothers and sisters, the scripture that the Holy Spirit announced beforehand through David had to be fulfilled. This was the scripture concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "This happened even though he was one of us and received a share of this ministry.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "<sup>[17]</sup> (In fact, he bought a field with the payment he received for his injustice. Falling headfirst, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines spilled out."}, {"pk": 4125771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "This became known to everyone living in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Hakeldama, or \u201cField of Blood.\u201d)"}, {"pk": 4125772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cIt is written in the Psalms scroll, <b>Let his home become deserted and let there be no one living in it;</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br> and <b>Give his position of leadership to another.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/109/8'>Ps 109:8</a><br>[1] <a href='/CEB/19/69/25'>Ps 69:25</a>"}, {"pk": 4125773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cTherefore, we must select one of those who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus lived among us,"}, {"pk": 4125774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "beginning from the baptism of John until the day when Jesus was taken from us. This person must become along with us a witness to his resurrection.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "So they nominated two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias."}, {"pk": 4125776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "They prayed, \u201cLord, you know everyone\u2019s deepest thoughts and desires. Show us clearly which one you have chosen from among these two"}, {"pk": 4125777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "to take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "When they cast lots, the lot fell on Matthias. He was added to the eleven apostles."}, {"pk": 4125779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place."}, {"pk": 4125780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house where they were sitting."}, {"pk": 4125781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them."}, {"pk": 4125782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak."}, {"pk": 4125783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "There were pious Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4125784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered. They were mystified because everyone heard them speaking in their native languages."}, {"pk": 4125785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "They were surprised and amazed, saying, \u201cLook, aren\u2019t all the people who are speaking Galileans, every one of them?"}, {"pk": 4125786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "How then can each of us hear them speaking in our native language?"}, {"pk": 4125787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; as well as residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,"}, {"pk": 4125788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya bordering Cyrene; and visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism),"}, {"pk": 4125789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Cretans and Arabs \u2014 we hear them declaring the mighty works of God in our own languages!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "They were all surprised and bewildered. Some asked each other, \u201cWhat does this mean?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Others jeered at them, saying, \u201cThey\u2019re full of new wine!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Peter stood with the other eleven apostles. He raised his voice and declared, \u201cJudeans and everyone living in Jerusalem! Know this! Listen carefully to my words!"}, {"pk": 4125793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "These people aren\u2019t drunk, as you suspect; after all, it\u2019s only nine o\u2019clock in the morning!"}, {"pk": 4125794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Rather, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:"}, {"pk": 4125795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "<b>In the last days, God says,</b> <br><b>I will pour out my Spirit on all people.</b> <br><b>Your sons and daughters will prophesy.</b> <br><b>Your young will see visions.</b> <br><b>Your elders will dream dreams.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "<b>Even upon my servants, men and women,</b> <br><b>I will pour out my Spirit in those days,</b> <br><b>and they will prophesy.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "<b>I will cause wonders to occur in the heavens above</b> <br><b>and signs on the earth below,</b> <br><b>blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "<b>The sun will be changed into darkness,</b> <br><b>and the moon will be changed into blood,</b> <br><b>before the great and spectacular day of the Lord comes.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "<b>And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/29/2/28-32'>Joel 2:28\u201332</a>"}, {"pk": 4125800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cFellow Israelites, listen to these words! Jesus the Nazarene was a man whose credentials God proved to you through miracles, wonders, and signs, which God performed through him among you. You yourselves know this."}, {"pk": 4125801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "In accordance with God\u2019s established plan and foreknowledge, he was betrayed. You, with the help of wicked men, had Jesus killed by nailing him to a cross."}, {"pk": 4125802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "God raised him up! God freed him from death\u2019s dreadful grip, since it was impossible for death to hang on to him."}, {"pk": 4125803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "David says about him, <b>I foresaw that the Lord was always with me;</b> <br><b>because he is at my right hand I won\u2019t be shaken.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "<b>Therefore, my heart was glad</b> <br><b>and my tongue rejoiced.</b> <br><b>Moreover, my body will live in hope,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "<b>because you won\u2019t abandon me to the grave,</b> <br><b>nor permit your holy one to experience decay.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "<b>You have shown me the paths of life;</b> <br><b>your presence will fill me with happiness.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/16/8-11'>Ps 16:8\u201311</a>"}, {"pk": 4125807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cBrothers and sisters, I can speak confidently about the patriarch David. He died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this very day."}, {"pk": 4125808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Because he was a prophet, he knew that God promised him with a solemn pledge to seat one of his descendants on his throne."}, {"pk": 4125809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "Having seen this beforehand, David spoke about the resurrection of Christ, that <b>he wasn\u2019t abandoned to the grave, nor did his body experience decay</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/16/10'>Ps 16:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4125810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "This Jesus, God raised up. We are all witnesses to that fact."}, {"pk": 4125811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "He was exalted to God\u2019s right side and received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit. He poured out this Spirit, and you are seeing and hearing the results of his having done so."}, {"pk": 4125812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "David didn\u2019t ascend into heaven. Yet he says, <b>The Lord said to my Lord, \u2018Sit at my right side,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "<b>until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.\u2019</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4125814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cTherefore, let all Israel know beyond question that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "When the crowd heard this, they were deeply troubled. They said to Peter and the other apostles, \u201cBrothers, what should we do?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "Peter replied, \u201cChange your hearts and lives. Each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4125817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "This promise is for you, your children, and for all who are far away \u2014 as many as the Lord our God invites.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "With many other words he testified to them and encouraged them, saying, \u201cBe saved from this perverse generation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "Those who accepted Peter\u2019s message were baptized. God brought about three thousand people into the community on that day."}, {"pk": 4125820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "The believers devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching, to the community, to their shared meals, and to their prayers."}, {"pk": 4125821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "A sense of awe came over everyone. God performed many wonders and signs through the apostles."}, {"pk": 4125822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "All the believers were united and shared everything."}, {"pk": 4125823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "They would sell pieces of property and possessions and distribute the proceeds to everyone who needed them."}, {"pk": 4125824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity."}, {"pk": 4125825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "They praised God and demonstrated God\u2019s goodness to everyone. The Lord added daily to the community those who were being saved."}, {"pk": 4125826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Peter and John were going up to the temple at three o\u2019clock in the afternoon, the established prayer time."}, {"pk": 4125827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Meanwhile, a man crippled since birth was being carried in. Every day, people would place him at the temple gate known as the Beautiful Gate so he could ask for money from those entering the temple."}, {"pk": 4125828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he began to ask them for a gift."}, {"pk": 4125829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Peter and John stared at him. Peter said, \u201cLook at us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "So the man gazed at them, expecting to receive something from them."}, {"pk": 4125831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Peter said, \u201cI don\u2019t have any money, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he grasped the man\u2019s right hand and raised him up. At once his feet and ankles became strong."}, {"pk": 4125833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Jumping up, he began to walk around. He entered the temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God."}, {"pk": 4125834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "All the people saw him walking and praising God."}, {"pk": 4125835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "They recognized him as the same one who used to sit at the temple\u2019s Beautiful Gate asking for money. They were filled with amazement and surprise at what had happened to him."}, {"pk": 4125836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "While the healed man clung to Peter and John, all the people rushed toward them at Solomon\u2019s Porch, completely amazed."}, {"pk": 4125837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Seeing this, Peter addressed the people: \u201cYou Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why are you staring at us as if we made him walk by our own power or piety?"}, {"pk": 4125838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob \u2014 the God of our ancestors \u2014 has glorified his servant Jesus. This is the one you handed over and denied in Pilate\u2019s presence, even though he had already decided to release him."}, {"pk": 4125839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "You rejected the holy and righteous one, and asked that a murderer be released to you instead."}, {"pk": 4125840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "You killed the author of life, the very one whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this."}, {"pk": 4125841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "His name itself has made this man strong. That is, because of faith in Jesus\u2019 name, God has strengthened this man whom you see and know. The faith that comes through Jesus gave him complete health right before your eyes."}, {"pk": 4125842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cBrothers and sisters, I know you acted in ignorance. So did your rulers."}, {"pk": 4125843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "But this is how God fulfilled what he foretold through all the prophets: that his Christ would suffer."}, {"pk": 4125844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Change your hearts and lives! Turn back to God so that your sins may be wiped away."}, {"pk": 4125845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the Lord will provide a season of relief from the distress of this age and he will send Jesus, whom he handpicked to be your Christ."}, {"pk": 4125846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Jesus must remain in heaven until the restoration of all things, about which God spoke long ago through his holy prophets."}, {"pk": 4125847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Moses said, <b>The Lord your God will raise up from your own people a prophet like me. Listen to whatever he tells you.</b>"}, {"pk": 4125848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "<b>Whoever doesn\u2019t listen to that prophet will be totally cut off from the people.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/18/15'>Deut 18:15</a>, <a href='/CEB/5/18/19'>19</a>"}, {"pk": 4125849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "All the prophets who spoke \u2014 from Samuel forward \u2014 announced these days."}, {"pk": 4125850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "You are the heirs of the prophets and the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, <b>Through your descendants, all the families on earth will be blessed.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/22/18'>Gen 22:18</a>; <a href='/CEB/1/26/4'>26:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4125851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "After God raised his servant, he sent him to you first \u2014 to bless you by enabling each of you to turn from your evil ways.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees confronted them."}, {"pk": 4125853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "They were incensed that the apostles were teaching the people and announcing that the resurrection of the dead was happening because of Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "They seized Peter and John and put them in prison until the next day. (It was already evening.)"}, {"pk": 4125855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Many who heard the word became believers, and their number grew to about five thousand."}, {"pk": 4125856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "The next day the leaders, elders, and legal experts gathered in Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4125857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others from the high priest\u2019s family."}, {"pk": 4125858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "They had Peter and John brought before them and asked, \u201cBy what power or in what name did you do this?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Peter, inspired by the Holy Spirit, answered, \u201cLeaders of the people and elders,"}, {"pk": 4125860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "are we being examined today because something good was done for a sick person, a good deed that healed him?"}, {"pk": 4125861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "If so, then you and all the people of Israel need to know that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene \u2014 whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead."}, {"pk": 4125862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "This Jesus is the stone you builders rejected; he has become the cornerstone!"}, {"pk": 4125863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Salvation can be found in no one else. Throughout the whole world, no other name has been given among humans through which we must be saved.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The council was caught by surprise by the confidence with which Peter and John spoke. After all, they understood that these apostles were uneducated and inexperienced. They also recognized that they had been followers of Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "However, since the healed man was standing with Peter and John before their own eyes, they had no rebuttal."}, {"pk": 4125866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "After ordering them to wait outside, the council members began to confer with each other."}, {"pk": 4125867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cWhat should we do with these men? Everyone living in Jerusalem is aware of the sign performed through them. It\u2019s obvious to everyone and we can\u2019t deny it."}, {"pk": 4125868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "To keep it from spreading further among the people, we need to warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "When they called Peter and John back, they demanded that they stop all speaking and teaching in the name of Jesus."}, {"pk": 4125870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Peter and John responded, \u201cIt\u2019s up to you to determine whether it\u2019s right before God to obey you rather than God."}, {"pk": 4125871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "As for us, we can\u2019t stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "They threatened them further, then released them. Because of public support for Peter and John, they couldn\u2019t find a way to punish them. Everyone was praising God for what had happened,"}, {"pk": 4125873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "because the man who had experienced this sign of healing was over 40 years old."}, {"pk": 4125874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "After their release, Peter and John returned to the brothers and sisters and reported everything the chief priests and elders had said."}, {"pk": 4125875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "They listened, then lifted their voices in unison to God, \u201cMaster, you are the one who created the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them."}, {"pk": 4125876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "You are the one who spoke by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant: <b>Why did the Gentiles rage</b>, <br><b>and the peoples plot in vain?</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "<b>The kings of the earth took their stand</b> <br><b>and the rulers gathered together as one</b> <br><b>against the Lord and against his Christ.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>anointed one;</i> <a href='/CEB/19/2/1-2'>Ps 2:1\u20132</a>"}, {"pk": 4125878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Indeed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with Gentiles and Israelites, did gather in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed."}, {"pk": 4125879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "They did what your power and plan had already determined would happen."}, {"pk": 4125880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Now, Lord, take note of their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with complete confidence."}, {"pk": 4125881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Stretch out your hand to bring healing and enable signs and wonders to be performed through the name of Jesus, your holy servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking God\u2019s word with confidence."}, {"pk": 4125883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "The community of believers was one in heart and mind. None of them would say, \u201cThis is mine!\u201d about any of their possessions, but held everything in common."}, {"pk": 4125884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "The apostles continued to bear powerful witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and an abundance of grace was at work among them all."}, {"pk": 4125885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "There were no needy persons among them. Those who owned properties or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds from the sales,"}, {"pk": 4125886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "and place them in the care and under the authority of the apostles. Then it was distributed to anyone who was in need."}, {"pk": 4125887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Joseph, whom the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (that is, \u201cone who encourages\u201d), was a Levite from Cyprus."}, {"pk": 4125888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "He owned a field, sold it, brought the money, and placed it in the care and under the authority of the apostles."}, {"pk": 4125889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "However, a man named Ananias, along with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property."}, {"pk": 4125890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "With his wife\u2019s knowledge, he withheld some of the proceeds from the sale. He brought the rest and placed it in the care and under the authority of the apostles."}, {"pk": 4125891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Peter asked, \u201cAnanias, how is it that Satan has influenced you to lie to the Holy Spirit by withholding some of the proceeds from the sale of your land?"}, {"pk": 4125892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Wasn\u2019t that property yours to keep? After you sold it, wasn\u2019t the money yours to do with whatever you wanted? What made you think of such a thing? You haven\u2019t lied to other people but to God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "When Ananias heard these words, he dropped dead. Everyone who heard this conversation was terrified."}, {"pk": 4125894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Some young men stood up, wrapped up his body, carried him out, and buried him."}, {"pk": 4125895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "About three hours later, his wife entered, but she didn\u2019t know what had happened to her husband."}, {"pk": 4125896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Peter asked her, \u201cTell me, did you and your husband receive this price for the field?\u201d She responded, \u201cYes, that\u2019s the amount.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "He replied, \u201cHow could you scheme with each other to challenge the Lord\u2019s Spirit? Look! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door. They will carry you out too.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "At that very moment, she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men entered and found her dead, they carried her out and buried her with her husband."}, {"pk": 4125899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Trepidation and dread seized the whole church and all who heard what had happened."}, {"pk": 4125900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. They would come together regularly at Solomon\u2019s Porch."}, {"pk": 4125901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "No one from outside the church dared to join them, even though the people spoke highly of them."}, {"pk": 4125902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Indeed, more and more believers in the Lord, large numbers of both men and women, were added to the church."}, {"pk": 4125903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "As a result, they would even bring the sick out into the main streets and lay them on cots and mats so that at least Peter\u2019s shadow could fall on some of them as he passed by."}, {"pk": 4125904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Even large numbers of persons from towns around Jerusalem would gather, bringing the sick and those harassed by unclean spirits. Everyone was healed."}, {"pk": 4125905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "The high priest, together with his allies, the Sadducees, was overcome with jealousy."}, {"pk": 4125906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "They seized the apostles and made a public show of putting them in prison."}, {"pk": 4125907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "An angel from the Lord opened the prison doors during the night and led them out. The angel told them,"}, {"pk": 4125908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cGo, take your place in the temple, and tell the people everything about this new life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Early in the morning, they went into the temple as they had been told and began to teach. When the high priest and his colleagues gathered, they convened the Jerusalem Council, that is, the full assembly of Israel\u2019s elders. They sent word to the prison to have the apostles brought before them."}, {"pk": 4125910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "However, the guards didn\u2019t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,"}, {"pk": 4125911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cWe found the prison locked and well-secured, with guards standing at the doors, but when we opened the doors we found no one inside!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "When they received this news, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were baffled and wondered what might be happening."}, {"pk": 4125913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Just then, someone arrived and announced, \u201cLook! The people you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the captain left with his guards and brought the apostles back. They didn\u2019t use force because they were afraid the people would stone them."}, {"pk": 4125915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "The apostles were brought before the council where the high priest confronted them:"}, {"pk": 4125916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cIn no uncertain terms, we demanded that you not teach in this name. And look at you! You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching. And you are determined to hold us responsible for this man\u2019s death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Peter and the apostles replied, \u201cWe must obey God rather than humans!"}, {"pk": 4125918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead \u2014 whom you killed by hanging him on a tree."}, {"pk": 4125919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "God has exalted Jesus to his right side as leader and savior so that he could enable Israel to change its heart and life and to find forgiveness for sins."}, {"pk": 4125920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "We are witnesses of such things, as is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "When the council members heard this, they became furious and wanted to kill the apostles."}, {"pk": 4125922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "One council member, a Pharisee and teacher of the Law named Gamaliel, well-respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be taken outside for a few moments."}, {"pk": 4125923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "He said, \u201cFellow Israelites, consider carefully what you intend to do to these people."}, {"pk": 4125924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and some four hundred men joined him. After he was killed, all of his followers scattered, and nothing came of that."}, {"pk": 4125925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "Afterward, at the time of the census, Judas the Galilean appeared and got some people to follow him in a revolt. He was killed too, and all his followers scattered far and wide."}, {"pk": 4125926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "Here\u2019s my recommendation in this case: Distance yourselves from these men. Let them go! If their plan or activity is of human origin, it will end in ruin."}, {"pk": 4125927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "If it originates with God, you won\u2019t be able to stop them. Instead, you would actually find yourselves fighting God!\u201d The council was convinced by his reasoning."}, {"pk": 4125928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "After calling the apostles back, they had them beaten. They ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, then let them go."}, {"pk": 4125929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "The apostles left the council rejoicing because they had been regarded as worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the name."}, {"pk": 4125930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "Every day they continued to teach and proclaim the good news that Jesus is the Christ, both in the temple and in houses."}, {"pk": 4125931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "About that time, while the number of disciples continued to increase, a complaint arose. Greek-speaking disciples accused the Aramaic-speaking disciples because their widows were being overlooked in the daily food service."}, {"pk": 4125932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The Twelve called a meeting of all the disciples and said, \u201cIt isn\u2019t right for us to set aside proclamation of God\u2019s word in order to serve tables."}, {"pk": 4125933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Brothers and sisters, carefully choose seven well-respected men from among you. They must be well-respected and endowed by the Spirit with exceptional wisdom. We will put them in charge of this concern."}, {"pk": 4125934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "As for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and the service of proclaiming the word.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "This proposal pleased the entire community. They selected Stephen, a man endowed by the Holy Spirit with exceptional faith, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus from Antioch, a convert to Judaism."}, {"pk": 4125936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The community presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them."}, {"pk": 4125937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "God\u2019s word continued to grow. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased significantly. Even a large group of priests embraced the faith."}, {"pk": 4125938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Stephen, who stood out among the believers for the way God\u2019s grace was at work in his life and for his exceptional endowment with divine power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people."}, {"pk": 4125939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Opposition arose from some who belonged to the so-called Synagogue of Former Slaves. Members from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and Asia entered into debate with Stephen."}, {"pk": 4125940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "However, they couldn\u2019t resist the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke."}, {"pk": 4125941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Then they secretly enticed some people to claim, \u201cWe heard him insult Moses and God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "They stirred up the people, the elders, and the legal experts. They caught Stephen, dragged him away, and brought him before the Jerusalem Council."}, {"pk": 4125943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Before the council, they presented false witnesses who testified, \u201cThis man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law."}, {"pk": 4125944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "In fact, we heard him say that this man Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and alter the customary practices Moses gave us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Everyone seated in the council stared at Stephen, and they saw that his face was radiant, just like an angel\u2019s."}, {"pk": 4125946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The high priest asked, \u201cAre these accusations true?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Stephen responded, \u201cBrothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran."}, {"pk": 4125948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "God told him, \u2018Leave your homeland and kin, and go to the land that I will show you.\u2019 <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/12/1'>Gen 12:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4125949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After Abraham\u2019s father died, God had him resettle in this land where you now live."}, {"pk": 4125950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "God didn\u2019t give him an inheritance here, not even a square foot of land. However, God did promise to give the land as his possession to him and to his descendants, even though Abraham had no child."}, {"pk": 4125951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "God put it this way: <b>His descendants will be strangers in a land that belongs to others, who will enslave them and abuse them for four hundred years.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/15/13'>Gen 15:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4125952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "<b>And I will condemn the nation they serve as slaves,</b> God said, <b>and afterward they will leave</b> <sup>[3]</sup> that land and serve me in this place.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/1/15/14'>Gen 15:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4125953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "God gave him the covenant confirmed through circumcision. Accordingly, eight days after Isaac\u2019s birth, Abraham circumcised him. Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the twelve patriarchs."}, {"pk": 4125954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cBecause the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him into slavery in Egypt. God was with him, however,"}, {"pk": 4125955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "and rescued him from all his troubles. The grace and wisdom he gave Joseph were recognized by Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole palace."}, {"pk": 4125956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "A famine came upon all Egypt and Canaan, and great hardship came with it. Our ancestors had nothing to eat."}, {"pk": 4125957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time."}, {"pk": 4125958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "During their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph\u2019s family."}, {"pk": 4125959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives \u2014 seventy-five in all \u2014 and invited them to live with him."}, {"pk": 4125960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died."}, {"pk": 4125961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had purchased for a certain sum of money from Hamor\u2019s children, who lived in Shechem."}, {"pk": 4125962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWhen it was time for God to keep the promise he made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly expanded."}, {"pk": 4125963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "But then <b>another king rose to power over Egypt who didn\u2019t know anything about Joseph.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/2/1/8'>Exod 1:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4125964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "He exploited our people and abused our ancestors. He even forced them to abandon their newly born babies so they would die."}, {"pk": 4125965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "That\u2019s when Moses was born. He was highly favored by God, and for three months his parents cared for him in their home."}, {"pk": 4125966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "After he was abandoned, Pharaoh\u2019s daughter adopted and cared for him as though he were her own son."}, {"pk": 4125967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Moses learned everything Egyptian wisdom had to offer, and he was a man of powerful words and deeds."}, {"pk": 4125968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cWhen Moses was 40 years old, he decided to visit his family, the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4125969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "He saw one of them being wronged so he came to his rescue and evened the score by killing the Egyptian."}, {"pk": 4125970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "He expected his own kin to understand that God was using him to rescue them, but they didn\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4125971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "The next day he came upon some Israelites who were caught up in an argument. He tried to make peace between them by saying, \u2018You are brothers! Why are you harming each other?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4125972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "The one who started the fight against his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, <b>\u2018Who appointed you as our leader and judge?</b>"}, {"pk": 4125973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "<b>Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian yesterday?\u2019</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/2/2/14'>Exod 2:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4125974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he lived as an immigrant and had two sons."}, {"pk": 4125975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cForty years later, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush in the wilderness near Mount Sinai."}, {"pk": 4125976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "Enthralled by the sight, Moses approached to get a closer look and he heard the Lord\u2019s voice:"}, {"pk": 4125977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "\u2018<b>I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.</b>\u2019 <sup>[6]</sup> Trembling with fear, Moses didn\u2019t dare to investigate any further.", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/2/3/6'>Exod 3:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4125978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "The Lord continued, \u2018<b>Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.</b>"}, {"pk": 4125979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "<b>I have clearly seen the oppression my people have experienced in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. I have come down to rescue them. Come! I am sending you to Egypt</b>.\u2019 <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/2/3/5'>Exod 3:5</a>, <a href='/CEB/2/3/7'>7</a>"}, {"pk": 4125980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cThis is the same Moses whom they rejected when they asked, \u2018Who appointed you as our leader and judge?\u2019 This is the Moses whom God sent as leader and deliverer. God did this with the help of the angel who appeared before him in the bush."}, {"pk": 4125981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "This man led them out after he performed wonders and signs in Egypt at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4125982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "This is the Moses who told the Israelites, \u2018<b>God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.</b>\u2019 <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/5/18/15'>Deut 18:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4125983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with our ancestors and with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He is the one who received life-giving words to give to us."}, {"pk": 4125984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "He\u2019s also the one whom our ancestors refused to obey. Instead, they pushed him aside and, in their thoughts and desires, returned to Egypt."}, {"pk": 4125985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "They told Aaron, \u2018<b>Make us gods that will lead us. As for this Moses who led us out of Egypt, we don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened to him!</b>\u2019 <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[9] <a href='/CEB/2/32/1'>Exod 32:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4125986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "That\u2019s when they made an idol in the shape of a calf, offered a sacrifice to it, and began to celebrate what they had made with their own hands."}, {"pk": 4125987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "So God turned away from them and handed them over to worship the stars in the sky, just as it is written in the scroll of the Prophets: <b>Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to me</b> <br><b>for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "<b>No! Instead, you took the tent of Moloch with you,</b> <br><b>and the star of your god Rephan,</b> <br><b>the images that you made in order to worship them.</b> <br><b>Therefore, I will send you far away, farther than Babylon.</b> <sup>[10]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[10] <a href='/CEB/30/5/25-27'>Amos 5:25\u201327</a>"}, {"pk": 4125989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "\u201cThe tent of testimony was with our ancestors in the wilderness. Moses built it just as he had been instructed by the one who spoke to him and according to the pattern he had seen."}, {"pk": 4125990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "In time, when they had received the tent, our ancestors carried it with them when, under Joshua\u2019s leadership, they took possession of the land from the nations whom God expelled. This tent remained in the land until the time of David."}, {"pk": 4125991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "God approved of David, who asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. <sup>[11]</sup>", "comment": "[11] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament read <i>house of Jacob</i>."}, {"pk": 4125992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "But it was Solomon who actually built a house for God."}, {"pk": 4125993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "However, the Most High doesn\u2019t live in houses built by human hands. As the prophet says,"}, {"pk": 4125994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "<b>Heaven is my throne,</b> <br><b>and the earth is my footstool.</b> <br><b>\u2018What kind of house will you build for me,\u2019 says the Lord,</b> <br><b>\u2018or where is my resting place?</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4125995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "<b>Didn\u2019t I make all these things with my own hand?\u2019</b> <sup>[12]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[12] <a href='/CEB/23/66/1-2'>Isa 66:1\u20132</a>"}, {"pk": 4125996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 51, "text": "\u201cYou stubborn people! In your thoughts and hearing, you are like those who have had no part in God\u2019s covenant! You continuously set yourself against the Holy Spirit, just like your ancestors did."}, {"pk": 4125997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 52, "text": "Was there a single prophet your ancestors didn\u2019t harass? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the righteous one, and you\u2019ve betrayed and murdered him!"}, {"pk": 4125998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 53, "text": "You received the Law given by angels, but you haven\u2019t kept it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4125999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 54, "text": "Once the council members heard these words, they were enraged and began to grind their teeth at Stephen."}, {"pk": 4126000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 55, "text": "But Stephen, enabled by the Holy Spirit, stared into heaven and saw God\u2019s majesty and Jesus standing at God\u2019s right side."}, {"pk": 4126001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 56, "text": "He exclaimed, \u201cLook! I can see heaven on display and the Human One <sup>[13]</sup> standing at God\u2019s right side!\u201d", "comment": "[13] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4126002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 57, "text": "At this, they shrieked and covered their ears. Together, they charged at him,"}, {"pk": 4126003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 58, "text": "threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses placed their coats in the care of a young man named Saul."}, {"pk": 4126004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 59, "text": "As they battered him with stones, Stephen prayed, \u201cLord Jesus, accept my life!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 7, "verse": 60, "text": "Falling to his knees, he shouted, \u201cLord, don\u2019t hold this sin against them!\u201d Then he died."}, {"pk": 4126006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Saul was in full agreement with Stephen\u2019s murder. <b>The church scatters</b> </pb> At that time, the church in Jerusalem began to be subjected to vicious harassment. Everyone except the apostles was scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria."}, {"pk": 4126007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Some pious men buried Stephen and deeply grieved over him."}, {"pk": 4126008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Saul began to wreak havoc against the church. Entering one house after another, he would drag off both men and women and throw them into prison."}, {"pk": 4126009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who had been scattered moved on, preaching the good news along the way."}, {"pk": 4126010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Philip went down to a city in Samaria <sup>[1]</sup> and began to preach Christ to them.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the city of Samaria</i>"}, {"pk": 4126011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The crowds were united by what they heard Philip say and the signs they saw him perform, and they gave him their undivided attention."}, {"pk": 4126012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many people, and many who were paralyzed or crippled were healed."}, {"pk": 4126013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "There was great rejoicing in that city."}, {"pk": 4126014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Before Philip\u2019s arrival, a certain man named Simon had practiced sorcery in that city and baffled the people of Samaria. He claimed to be a great person."}, {"pk": 4126015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Everyone, from the least to the greatest, gave him their undivided attention and referred to him as \u201cthe power of God called Great.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "He had their attention because he had baffled them with sorcery for a long time."}, {"pk": 4126017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "After they came to believe Philip, who preached the good news about God\u2019s kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized."}, {"pk": 4126018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Even Simon himself came to believe and was baptized. Afterward, he became one of Philip\u2019s supporters. As he saw firsthand the signs and great miracles that were happening, he was astonished."}, {"pk": 4126019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "When word reached the apostles in Jerusalem that Samaria had accepted God\u2019s word, they commissioned Peter and John to go to Samaria."}, {"pk": 4126020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Peter and John went down to Samaria where they prayed that the new believers would receive the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4126021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "<sup>[15]</sup> (This was because the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)"}, {"pk": 4126022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "So Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4126023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "When Simon perceived that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles\u2019 hands, he offered them money."}, {"pk": 4126024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "He said, \u201cGive me this authority too so that anyone on whom I lay my hands will receive the Holy Spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Peter responded, \u201cMay your money be condemned to hell along with you because you believed you could buy God\u2019s gift with money!"}, {"pk": 4126026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "You can have no part or share in God\u2019s word because your heart isn\u2019t right with God."}, {"pk": 4126027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, change your heart and life! Turn from your wickedness! Plead with the Lord in the hope that your wicked intent can be forgiven,"}, {"pk": 4126028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "for I see that your bitterness has poisoned you and evil has you in chains.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Simon replied, \u201cAll of you, please, plead to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said will happen to me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "After the apostles had testified and proclaimed the Lord\u2019s word, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news to many Samaritan villages along the way."}, {"pk": 4126031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "An angel from the Lord spoke to Philip, \u201cAt noon, take <sup>[2]</sup> the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.\u201d (This is a desert road.)", "comment": "[2] Or <i>travel south along</i>"}, {"pk": 4126032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "So he did. Meanwhile, an Ethiopian man was on his way home from Jerusalem, where he had come to worship. He was a eunuch and an official responsible for the entire treasury of Candace. (Candace is the title given to the Ethiopian queen.)"}, {"pk": 4126033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "He was reading the prophet Isaiah while sitting in his carriage."}, {"pk": 4126034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "The Spirit told Philip, \u201cApproach this carriage and stay with it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Running up to the carriage, Philip heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, \u201cDo you really understand what you are reading?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "The man replied, \u201cWithout someone to guide me, how could I?\u201d Then he invited Philip to climb up and sit with him."}, {"pk": 4126037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "This was the passage of scripture he was reading: <b>Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter</b> <br><b>and like a lamb before its shearer is silent</b> <br><b>so he didn\u2019t open his mouth.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "<b>In his humiliation justice was taken away from him.</b> <br><b>Who can tell the story of his descendants</b> <br><b>because his life was taken from the earth?</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/53/7-8'>Isa 53:7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4126039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "The eunuch asked Philip, \u201cTell me, about whom does the prophet say this? Is he talking about himself or someone else?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "Starting with that passage, Philip proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him."}, {"pk": 4126041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "As they went down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, \u201cLook! Water! What would keep me from being baptized?\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <a href='/CEB/44/8/37'>8:37</a> <i>Philip said to him, \u201cIf you believe with all your heart, you can be.\u201d The eunuch answered, \u201cI believe that Jesus Christ is God\u2019s Son.\u201d</i>"}, {"pk": 4126042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "He ordered that the carriage halt. Both Philip and the eunuch went down to the water, where Philip baptized him."}, {"pk": 4126043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "When they came up out of the water, the Lord\u2019s Spirit suddenly took Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing."}, {"pk": 4126044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "Philip found himself in Azotus. He traveled through that area, preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea."}, {"pk": 4126045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Meanwhile, Saul was still spewing out murderous threats against the Lord\u2019s disciples. He went to the high priest,"}, {"pk": 4126046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "seeking letters to the synagogues in Damascus. If he found persons who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, these letters would authorize him to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "During the journey, as he approached Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven encircled him."}, {"pk": 4126048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "He fell to the ground and heard a voice asking him, \u201cSaul, Saul, why are you harassing me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Saul asked, \u201cWho are you, Lord?\u201d \u201cI am Jesus, whom you are harassing,\u201d came the reply."}, {"pk": 4126050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cNow get up and enter the city. You will be told what you must do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Those traveling with him stood there speechless; they heard the voice but saw no one."}, {"pk": 4126052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "After they picked Saul up from the ground, he opened his eyes but he couldn\u2019t see. So they led him by the hand into Damascus."}, {"pk": 4126053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "For three days he was blind and neither ate nor drank anything."}, {"pk": 4126054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "In Damascus there was a certain disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, \u201cAnanias!\u201d He answered, \u201cYes, Lord.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "The Lord instructed him, \u201cGo to Judas\u2019 house on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying."}, {"pk": 4126056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias enter and put his hands on him to restore his sight.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Ananias countered, \u201cLord, I have heard many reports about this man. People say he has done horrible things to your holy people in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "He\u2019s here with authority from the chief priests to arrest everyone who calls on your name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "The Lord replied, \u201cGo! This man is the agent I have chosen to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and Israelites."}, {"pk": 4126060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Ananias went to the house. He placed his hands on Saul and said, \u201cBrother Saul, the Lord sent me \u2014 Jesus, who appeared to you on the way as you were coming here. He sent me so that you could see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Instantly, flakes fell from Saul\u2019s eyes and he could see again. He got up and was baptized."}, {"pk": 4126063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "After eating, he regained his strength. He stayed with the disciples in Damascus for several days."}, {"pk": 4126064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Right away, he began to preach about Jesus in the synagogues. \u201cHe is God\u2019s Son,\u201d he declared."}, {"pk": 4126065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Everyone who heard him was baffled. They questioned each other, \u201cIsn\u2019t he the one who was wreaking havoc among those in Jerusalem who called on this name? Hadn\u2019t he come here to take those same people as prisoners to the chief priests?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "But Saul grew stronger and stronger. He confused the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ."}, {"pk": 4126067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "After this had gone on for some time, the Jews hatched a plot to kill Saul."}, {"pk": 4126068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "However, he found out about their scheme. They were keeping watch at the city gates around the clock so they could assassinate him."}, {"pk": 4126069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "But his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the city wall."}, {"pk": 4126070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him. They didn\u2019t believe he was really a disciple."}, {"pk": 4126071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Then Barnabas brought Saul to the apostles and told them the story about how Saul saw the Lord on the way and that the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them about the confidence with which Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus."}, {"pk": 4126072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "After this, Saul moved freely among the disciples in Jerusalem and was speaking with confidence in the name of the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "He got into debates with the Greek-speaking Jews as well, but they tried to kill him."}, {"pk": 4126074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "When the family of believers learned about this, they escorted him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus."}, {"pk": 4126075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. God strengthened the church, and its life was marked by reverence for the Lord. Encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the church continued to grow in numbers."}, {"pk": 4126076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "As Peter toured the whole region, he went to visit God\u2019s holy people in Lydda."}, {"pk": 4126077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "There he found a man named Aeneas who was paralyzed and had been confined to his bed for eight years."}, {"pk": 4126078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Peter said to him, \u201cAeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and make your bed.\u201d At once he got up."}, {"pk": 4126079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Everyone who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas). Her life overflowed with good works and compassionate acts on behalf of those in need."}, {"pk": 4126081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "About that time, though, she became so ill that she died. After they washed her body, they laid her in an upstairs room."}, {"pk": 4126082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "Since Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two people to Peter. They urged, \u201cPlease come right away!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "Peter went with them. Upon his arrival, he was taken to the upstairs room. All the widows stood beside him, crying as they showed the tunics and other clothing Dorcas made when she was alive."}, {"pk": 4126084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "Peter sent everyone out of the room, then knelt and prayed. He turned to the body and said, \u201cTabitha, get up!\u201d She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up."}, {"pk": 4126085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "He gave her his hand and raised her up. Then he called God\u2019s holy people, including the widows, and presented her alive to them."}, {"pk": 4126086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "The news spread throughout Joppa, and many put their faith in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "Peter stayed for some time in Joppa with a certain tanner named Simon."}, {"pk": 4126088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion in the Italian Company. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>cohort</i> (approximately six hundred soldiers)"}, {"pk": 4126089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "He and his whole household were pious, Gentile God-worshippers. He gave generously to those in need among the Jewish people and prayed to God constantly."}, {"pk": 4126090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "One day at nearly three o\u2019clock in the afternoon, he clearly saw an angel from God in a vision. The angel came to him and said, \u201cCornelius!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Startled, he stared at the angel and replied, \u201cWhat is it, Lord?\u201d The angel said, \u201cYour prayers and your compassionate acts are like a memorial offering to God."}, {"pk": 4126092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Send messengers to Joppa at once and summon a certain Simon, the one known as Peter."}, {"pk": 4126093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "He is a guest of Simon the tanner, whose house is near the seacoast.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "When the angel who was speaking to him had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants along with a pious soldier from his personal staff."}, {"pk": 4126095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "He explained everything to them, then sent them to Joppa."}, {"pk": 4126096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "At noon on the following day, as their journey brought them close to the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray."}, {"pk": 4126097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "He became hungry and wanted to eat. While others were preparing the meal, he had a visionary experience."}, {"pk": 4126098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "He saw heaven opened up and something like a large linen sheet being lowered to the earth by its four corners."}, {"pk": 4126099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Inside the sheet were all kinds of four-legged animals, reptiles, and wild birds. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>birds in the sky</i>"}, {"pk": 4126100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "A voice told him, \u201cGet up, Peter! Kill and eat!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Peter exclaimed, \u201cAbsolutely not, Lord! I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The voice spoke a second time, \u201cNever consider unclean what God has made pure.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "This happened three times, then the object was suddenly pulled back into heaven."}, {"pk": 4126104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Peter was bewildered about the meaning of the vision. Just then, the messengers sent by Cornelius discovered the whereabouts of Simon\u2019s house and arrived at the gate."}, {"pk": 4126105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Calling out, they inquired whether the Simon known as Peter was a guest there."}, {"pk": 4126106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "While Peter was brooding over the vision, the Spirit interrupted him, \u201cLook! Three people are looking for you."}, {"pk": 4126107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Go downstairs. Don\u2019t ask questions; just go with them because I have sent them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "So Peter went downstairs and told them, \u201cI\u2019m the one you are looking for. Why have you come?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "They replied, \u201cWe\u2019ve come on behalf of Cornelius, a centurion and righteous man, a God-worshipper who is well-respected by all Jewish people. A holy angel directed him to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Peter invited them into the house as his guests. The next day he got up and went with them, together with some of the believers from Joppa."}, {"pk": 4126111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Anticipating their arrival, Cornelius had gathered his relatives and close friends."}, {"pk": 4126112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in order to honor him."}, {"pk": 4126113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "But Peter lifted him up, saying, \u201cGet up! Like you, I\u2019m just a human.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "As they continued to talk, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people."}, {"pk": 4126115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "He said to them, \u201cYou all realize that it is forbidden for a Jew to associate or visit with outsiders. However, God has shown me that I should never call a person impure or unclean."}, {"pk": 4126116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "For this reason, when you sent for me, I came without objection. I want to know, then, why you sent for me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Cornelius answered, \u201cFour days ago at this same time, three o\u2019clock in the afternoon, I was praying at home. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me."}, {"pk": 4126118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "He said, \u2018Cornelius, God has heard your prayers, and your compassionate acts are like a memorial offering to him."}, {"pk": 4126119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "Therefore, send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is known as Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, located near the seacoast.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "I sent for you right away, and you were kind enough to come. Now, here we are, gathered in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has directed you to say.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "Peter said, \u201cI really am learning that God doesn\u2019t show partiality to one group of people over another."}, {"pk": 4126122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "Rather, in every nation, whoever worships him and does what is right is acceptable to him."}, {"pk": 4126123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "This is the message of peace he sent to the Israelites by proclaiming the good news through Jesus Christ: He is Lord of all!"}, {"pk": 4126124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism John preached."}, {"pk": 4126125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "You know about Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and endowed with power. Jesus traveled around doing good and healing everyone oppressed by the devil because God was with him."}, {"pk": 4126126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "We are witnesses of everything he did, both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,"}, {"pk": 4126127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "but God raised him up on the third day and allowed him to be seen,"}, {"pk": 4126128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "not by everyone but by us. We are witnesses whom God chose beforehand, who ate and drank with him after God raised him from the dead."}, {"pk": 4126129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead."}, {"pk": 4126130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 43, "text": "All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 44, "text": "While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell on everyone who heard the word."}, {"pk": 4126132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 45, "text": "The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 46, "text": "They heard them speaking in other languages and praising God. Peter asked,"}, {"pk": 4126134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 47, "text": "\u201cThese people have received the Holy Spirit just as we have. Surely no one can stop them from being baptized with water, can they?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 10, "verse": 48, "text": "He directed that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited Peter to stay for several days."}, {"pk": 4126136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "The apostles and the brothers and sisters throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had welcomed God\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4126137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him."}, {"pk": 4126138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "They accused him, \u201cYou went into the home of the uncircumcised and ate with them!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Step-by-step, Peter explained what had happened."}, {"pk": 4126140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cI was in the city of Joppa praying when I had a visionary experience. In my vision, I saw something like a large linen sheet being lowered from heaven by its four corners. It came all the way down to me."}, {"pk": 4126141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "As I stared at it, wondering what it was, I saw four-legged animals \u2014 including wild beasts \u2014 as well as reptiles and wild birds. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>birds in the sky</i>"}, {"pk": 4126142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "I heard a voice say, \u2018Get up, Peter! Kill and eat!\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "I responded, \u2018Absolutely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "The voice from heaven spoke a second time, \u2018Never consider unclean what God has made pure.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "This happened three times, then everything was pulled back into heaven."}, {"pk": 4126146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "At that moment three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were staying."}, {"pk": 4126147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "The Spirit told me to go with them even though they were Gentiles. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered that man\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4126148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "He reported to us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, \u2018Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is known as Peter."}, {"pk": 4126149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "He will tell you how you and your entire household can be saved.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as the Spirit fell on us in the beginning."}, {"pk": 4126151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "I remembered the Lord\u2019s words: \u2018John will baptize with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "If God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, then who am I? Could I stand in God\u2019s way?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Once the apostles and other believers heard this, they calmed down. They praised God and concluded, \u201cSo then God has enabled Gentiles to change their hearts and lives so that they might have new life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Now those who were scattered as a result of the trouble that occurred because of Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch. They proclaimed the word only to Jews."}, {"pk": 4126155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Among them were some people from Cyprus and Cyrene. They entered Antioch and began to proclaim the good news about the Lord Jesus also to Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "The Lord\u2019s power was with them, and a large number came to believe and turned to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "When the church in Jerusalem heard about this, they sent Barnabas to Antioch."}, {"pk": 4126158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "When he arrived and saw evidence of God\u2019s grace, he was overjoyed and encouraged everyone to remain fully committed to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Barnabas responded in this way because he was a good man, whom the Holy Spirit had endowed with exceptional faith. A considerable number of people were added to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Barnabas went to Tarsus in search of Saul."}, {"pk": 4126161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. They were there for a whole year, meeting with the church and teaching large numbers of people. It was in Antioch where the disciples were first labeled \u201cChristians.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "About that time, some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch."}, {"pk": 4126163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "One of them, Agabus, stood up and, inspired by the Spirit, predicted that a severe famine would overtake the entire Roman world. (This occurred during Claudius\u2019 rule.)"}, {"pk": 4126164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "The disciples decided they would send support to the brothers and sisters in Judea, with everyone contributing to this ministry according to each person\u2019s abundance."}, {"pk": 4126165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "They sent Barnabas and Saul to take this gift to the elders."}, {"pk": 4126166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "About that time King Herod began to harass some who belonged to the church."}, {"pk": 4126167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "He had James, John\u2019s brother, killed with a sword."}, {"pk": 4126168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he arrested Peter as well. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread."}, {"pk": 4126169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "He put Peter in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers, sixteen in all, who guarded him. He planned to charge him publicly after the Passover."}, {"pk": 4126170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "While Peter was held in prison, the church offered earnest prayer to God for him."}, {"pk": 4126171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "The night before Herod was going to bring Peter\u2019s case forward, Peter was asleep between two soldiers and bound with two chains, with soldiers guarding the prison entrance."}, {"pk": 4126172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Suddenly an angel from the Lord appeared and a light shone in the prison cell. After nudging Peter on his side to awaken him, the angel raised him up and said, \u201cQuick! Get up!\u201d The chains fell from his wrists."}, {"pk": 4126173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "The angel continued, \u201cGet dressed. Put on your sandals.\u201d Peter did as he was told. The angel said, \u201cPut on your coat and follow me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Following the angel, Peter left the prison. However, he didn\u2019t realize the angel had actually done all this. He thought he was seeing a vision."}, {"pk": 4126175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself. After leaving the prison, they proceeded the length of one street, when abruptly the angel was gone."}, {"pk": 4126176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "At that, Peter came to his senses and remarked, \u201cNow I\u2019m certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people expected.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Realizing this, he made his way to Mary\u2019s house. (Mary was John\u2019s mother; he was also known as Mark.) Many believers had gathered there and were praying."}, {"pk": 4126178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "When Peter knocked at the outer gate, a female servant named Rhoda went to answer."}, {"pk": 4126179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "She was so overcome with joy when she recognized Peter\u2019s voice that she didn\u2019t open the gate. Instead, she ran back in and announced that Peter was standing at the gate."}, {"pk": 4126180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cYou\u2019ve lost your mind!\u201d they responded. She stuck by her story with such determination that they began to say, \u201cIt must be his guardian angel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Meanwhile, Peter remained outside, knocking at the gate. They finally opened the gate and saw him there, and they were astounded."}, {"pk": 4126182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "He gestured with his hand to quiet them down, then recounted how the Lord led him out of prison. He said, \u201cTell this to James and the brothers and sisters.\u201d Then he left for another place."}, {"pk": 4126183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "The next morning the soldiers were flustered about what had happened to Peter."}, {"pk": 4126184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Herod called for a thorough search. When Peter didn\u2019t turn up, Herod interrogated the guards and had them executed. Afterward, Herod left Judea in order to spend some time in Caesarea."}, {"pk": 4126185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Herod had been furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon for some time. They made a pact to approach him together, since their region depended on the king\u2019s realm for its food supply. They persuaded Blastus, the king\u2019s personal attendant, to join their cause, then appealed for an end to hostilities."}, {"pk": 4126186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "On the scheduled day Herod dressed himself in royal attire, seated himself on the throne, and gave a speech to the people."}, {"pk": 4126187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Those assembled kept shouting, over and over, \u201cThis is a god\u2019s voice, not the voice of a mere human!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "Immediately an angel from the Lord struck Herod down, because he didn\u2019t give the honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died."}, {"pk": 4126189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "God\u2019s word continued to grow and increase."}, {"pk": 4126190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "Barnabas and Saul returned to Antioch from Jerusalem <sup>[1]</sup> after completing their mission, bringing with them John, who was also known as Mark.", "comment": "[1] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament read <i>returned to Jerusalem.</i>"}, {"pk": 4126191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "The church at Antioch included prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (nicknamed Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen (a childhood friend of Herod the ruler), and Saul."}, {"pk": 4126192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, \u201cAppoint Barnabas and Saul to the work I have called them to undertake.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "After they fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on these two and sent them off."}, {"pk": 4126194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "After the Holy Spirit sent them on their way, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus."}, {"pk": 4126195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "In Salamis they proclaimed God\u2019s word in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their assistant."}, {"pk": 4126196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "They traveled throughout the island until they arrived at Paphos. There they found a certain man named Bar-Jesus, a Jew who was a false prophet and practiced sorcery."}, {"pk": 4126197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "He kept company with the governor of that province, an intelligent man named Sergius Paulus. The governor sent for Barnabas and Saul since he wanted to hear God\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4126198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "But Elymas the sorcerer <sup>[1]</sup> (for that\u2019s what people understood his name meant) opposed them, trying to steer the governor away from the faith.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>magician</i> (Gk <i>magos</i>)"}, {"pk": 4126199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Saul, also known as Paul, glared at Bar-Jesus and"}, {"pk": 4126200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "said, \u201cYou are a deceiver and trickster! You devil! You attack anything that is right! Will you never stop twisting the straight ways of the Lord into crooked paths?"}, {"pk": 4126201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Listen! The Lord\u2019s power is set against you. You will be blind for a while, unable even to see the daylight.\u201d At once, Bar-Jesus\u2019 eyes were darkened, and he began to grope about for someone to lead him around by the hand."}, {"pk": 4126202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "When the governor saw what had taken place, he came to believe, for he was astonished by the teaching about the Lord."}, {"pk": 4126203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos to Perga in Pamphylia. John deserted them there and returned to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "They went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath, they entered and found seats in the synagogue there."}, {"pk": 4126205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders invited them, \u201cBrothers, if one of you has a sermon for the people, please speak.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Standing up, Paul gestured with his hand and said, \u201cFellow Israelites and Gentile God-worshippers, please listen to me."}, {"pk": 4126207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors. God made them a great people while they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. With his great power, he led them out of that country."}, {"pk": 4126208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "For about forty years, God put up with them in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4126209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "God conquered seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave the Israelites their land as an inheritance."}, {"pk": 4126210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "This happened over a period of about four hundred fifty years. \u201cAfter this, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel."}, {"pk": 4126211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "The Israelites requested a king, so God gave them Saul, Kish\u2019s son, from the tribe of Benjamin, and he served as their king for forty years."}, {"pk": 4126212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "After God removed him, he raised up David to be their king. God testified concerning him, \u2018<b>I have found</b> David, Jesse\u2019s son, <b>a man who shares my desires.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> Whatever my will is, he will do.\u2019", "comment": "[2] Tg <a href='/CEB/9/13/14'>1 Sam 13:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4126213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "From this man\u2019s descendants, God brought to Israel a savior, Jesus, just as he promised."}, {"pk": 4126214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Before Jesus\u2019 appearance, John proclaimed to all the Israelites a baptism to show they were changing their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4126215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "As John was completing his mission, he said, \u2018Who do you think I am? I\u2019m not the one you think I am, but he is coming after me. I\u2019m not worthy to loosen his sandals.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cBrothers, children of Abraham\u2019s family, and you Gentile God-worshippers, the message about this salvation has been sent to us."}, {"pk": 4126217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "The people in Jerusalem and their leaders didn\u2019t recognize Jesus. By condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4126218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "Even though they didn\u2019t find a single legal basis for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have him executed."}, {"pk": 4126219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "When they finished doing everything that had been written about him, they took him down from the cross <sup>[3]</sup> and laid him in a tomb.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>tree</i>"}, {"pk": 4126220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "But God raised him from the dead!"}, {"pk": 4126221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "He appeared over many days to those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people."}, {"pk": 4126222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cWe proclaim to you the good news. What God promised to our ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4126223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it was written in the second psalm, <b>You are my son; today I have become your father.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/2/7'>Ps 2:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4126224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cGod raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be subjected to death\u2019s decay. Therefore, God said, <b>I will give to you the holy and firm promises I made to David.</b> <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/23/55/3'>Isa 55:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4126225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "In another place it is said, <b>You will not let your holy one experience death\u2019s decay.</b> <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/19/16/10'>Ps 16:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4126226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "David served God\u2019s purpose in his own generation, then he died and was buried with his ancestors. He experienced death\u2019s decay,"}, {"pk": 4126227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "but the one whom God has raised up didn\u2019t experience death\u2019s decay."}, {"pk": 4126228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cTherefore, brothers and sisters, know this: Through Jesus we proclaim forgiveness of sins to you. From all those sins from which you couldn\u2019t be put in right relationship with God through Moses\u2019 Law,"}, {"pk": 4126229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 39, "text": "through Jesus everyone who believes is put in right relationship with God."}, {"pk": 4126230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 40, "text": "Take care that the prophets\u2019 words don\u2019t apply to you:"}, {"pk": 4126231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 41, "text": "<b>Look, you scoffers</b>, <br><b>marvel and die</b>. <br><b>I\u2019m going to do work in your day \u2014 </b> <br><b>a work you won\u2019t believe</b> <br><b>even if someone told you</b>.\u201d <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/35/1/5'>Hab 1:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4126232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 42, "text": "As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to speak about these things again on the next Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4126233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 43, "text": "When the people in the synagogue were dismissed, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism accompanied Paul and Barnabas, who urged them to remain faithful to the message of God\u2019s grace."}, {"pk": 4126234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 44, "text": "On the next Sabbath, almost everyone in the city gathered to hear the Lord\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4126235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 45, "text": "When the Jews saw the crowds, they were overcome with jealousy. They argued against what Paul was saying by slandering him."}, {"pk": 4126236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 46, "text": "Speaking courageously, Paul and Barnabas said, \u201cWe had to speak God\u2019s word to you first. Since you reject it and show that you are unworthy to receive eternal life, we will turn to the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 47, "text": "This is what the Lord commanded us: <b>I have made you a light for the Gentiles,</b> <b>so that you could bring salvation to the end of the earth</b>.\u201d <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/23/49/6'>Isa 49:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4126238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 48, "text": "When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honored the Lord\u2019s word. Everyone who was appointed for eternal life believed,"}, {"pk": 4126239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 49, "text": "and the Lord\u2019s word was broadcast throughout the entire region."}, {"pk": 4126240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 50, "text": "However, the Jews provoked the prominent women among the Gentile God-worshippers, as well as the city\u2019s leaders. They instigated others to harass Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their district."}, {"pk": 4126241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 51, "text": "Paul and Barnabas shook the dust from their feet and went to Iconium."}, {"pk": 4126242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 13, "verse": 52, "text": "Because of the abundant presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives, the disciples were overflowing with happiness."}, {"pk": 4126243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "The same thing happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke as they had before. As a result, a huge number of Jews and Greeks believed."}, {"pk": 4126244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "However, the Jews who rejected the faith stirred up the Gentiles, poisoning their minds against the brothers."}, {"pk": 4126245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Nevertheless, Paul and Barnabas stayed there for quite some time, confidently speaking about the Lord. And the Lord confirmed the word about his grace by the signs and wonders he enabled them to perform."}, {"pk": 4126246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "The people of the city were divided \u2014 some siding with the Jews, others with the Lord\u2019s messengers."}, {"pk": 4126247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Then some Gentiles and Jews, including their leaders, hatched a plot to mistreat and stone Paul and Barnabas."}, {"pk": 4126248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "When they learned of it, these two messengers fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding area,"}, {"pk": 4126249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "where they continued to proclaim the good news."}, {"pk": 4126250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "In Lystra there was a certain man who lacked strength in his legs. He had been crippled since birth and had never walked. Sitting there, he"}, {"pk": 4126251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "heard Paul speaking. Paul stared at him and saw that he believed he could be healed."}, {"pk": 4126252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Raising his voice, Paul said, \u201cStand up straight on your feet!\u201d He jumped up and began to walk."}, {"pk": 4126253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Seeing what Paul had done, the crowd shouted in the Lycaonian language, \u201cThe gods have taken human form and come down to visit us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "They referred to Barnabas as Zeus and to Paul as Hermes, since Paul was the main speaker."}, {"pk": 4126255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "The priest of Zeus, whose temple was located just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates. Along with the crowds, he wanted to offer sacrifices to them."}, {"pk": 4126256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "When the Lord\u2019s messengers Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes in protest and rushed out into the crowd. They shouted,"}, {"pk": 4126257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cPeople, what are you doing? We are humans too, just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you: turn to the living God and away from such worthless things. He <b>made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/146/6'>Ps 146:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4126258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "In the past, he permitted every nation to go its own way."}, {"pk": 4126259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Nevertheless, he hasn\u2019t left himself without a witness. He has blessed you by giving you rain from above as well as seasonal harvests, and satisfying you with food and happiness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Even with these words, they barely kept the crowds from sacrificing to them."}, {"pk": 4126261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won the crowds over. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing he was dead."}, {"pk": 4126262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "When the disciples surrounded him, he got up and entered the city again. The following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe."}, {"pk": 4126263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Paul and Barnabas proclaimed the good news to the people in Derbe and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, where"}, {"pk": 4126264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "they strengthened the disciples and urged them to remain firm in the faith. They told them, \u201cIf we are to enter God\u2019s kingdom, we must pass through many troubles.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "They appointed elders for each church. With prayer and fasting, they committed these elders to the Lord, in whom they had placed their trust."}, {"pk": 4126266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "After Paul and Barnabas traveled through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia."}, {"pk": 4126267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "They proclaimed the word in Perga, then went down to Attalia."}, {"pk": 4126268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been entrusted by God\u2019s grace to the work they had now completed."}, {"pk": 4126269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "On their arrival, they gathered the church together and reported everything that God had accomplished through their activity, and how God had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "They stayed with the disciples a long time."}, {"pk": 4126271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Some people came down from Judea teaching the family of believers, \u201cUnless you are circumcised according to the custom we\u2019ve received from Moses, you can\u2019t be saved.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Paul and Barnabas took sides against these Judeans and argued strongly against their position. The church at Antioch appointed Paul, Barnabas, and several others from Antioch to go up to Jerusalem to set this question before the apostles and the elders."}, {"pk": 4126273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "The church sent this delegation on their way. They traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, telling stories about the conversion of the Gentiles to everyone. Their reports thrilled the brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4126274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "When they arrived in Jerusalem, the church, the apostles, and the elders all welcomed them. They gave a full report of what God had accomplished through their activity."}, {"pk": 4126275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Some believers from among the Pharisees stood up and claimed, \u201cThe Gentiles must be circumcised. They must be required to keep the Law from Moses.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "The apostles and the elders gathered to consider this matter."}, {"pk": 4126277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "After much debate, Peter stood and addressed them, \u201cFellow believers, you know that, early on, God chose me from among you as the one through whom the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and come to believe."}, {"pk": 4126278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "God, who knows people\u2019s deepest thoughts and desires, confirmed this by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us."}, {"pk": 4126279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "He made no distinction between us and them, but purified their deepest thoughts and desires through faith."}, {"pk": 4126280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Why then are you now challenging God by placing a burden on the shoulders of these disciples that neither we nor our ancestors could bear?"}, {"pk": 4126281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "On the contrary, we believe that we and they are saved in the same way, by the grace of the Lord Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "The entire assembly fell quiet as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God did among the Gentiles through their activity."}, {"pk": 4126283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "When Barnabas and Paul also fell silent, James responded, \u201cFellow believers, listen to me."}, {"pk": 4126284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Simon reported how, in his kindness, God came to the Gentiles in the first place, to raise up from them a people of God."}, {"pk": 4126285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The prophets\u2019 words agree with this; as it is written,"}, {"pk": 4126286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "<b>After this I will return,</b> <br><b>and I will rebuild David\u2019s fallen tent;</b> <br><b>I will rebuild what has been torn down.</b> <br><b>I will restore it</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "<b>so that the rest of humanity will seek the Lord,</b> <br><b>even all the Gentiles who belong to me.</b> <br><b>The Lord says this, the one who does these things</b> <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/30/9/11-12'>Amos 9:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4126288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "known from earliest times. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cTherefore, I conclude that we shouldn\u2019t create problems for Gentiles who turn to God."}, {"pk": 4126290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Instead, we should write a letter, telling them to avoid the pollution associated with idols, sexual immorality, eating meat from strangled animals, and consuming blood."}, {"pk": 4126291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "After all, Moses has been proclaimed in every city for a long time, and is read aloud every Sabbath in every synagogue.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "The apostles and the elders, along with the entire church, agreed to send some delegates chosen from among themselves to Antioch, together with Paul and Barnabas. They selected Judas Barsabbas and Silas, who were leaders among the brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4126293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "They were to carry this letter: The apostles and the elders, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4126294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "We\u2019ve heard that some of our number have disturbed you with unsettling words we didn\u2019t authorize. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "We reached a united decision to select some delegates and send them to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "These people have devoted their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Therefore, we are sending Judas and Silas. They will confirm what we have written. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "The Holy Spirit has led us to the decision that no burden should be placed on you other than these essentials: <br>"}, {"pk": 4126299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "refuse food offered to idols, blood, the meat from strangled animals, and sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid such things. Farewell. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "When Barnabas, Paul, and the delegates were sent on their way, they went down to Antioch. They gathered the believers and delivered the letter."}, {"pk": 4126301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "The people read it, delighted with its encouraging message."}, {"pk": 4126302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Judas and Silas were prophets, and they said many things that encouraged and strengthened the brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4126303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "Judas and Silas stayed there awhile, then were sent back with a blessing of peace from the brothers and sisters to those who first sent them. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <a href='/CEB/44/15/34'>15:34</a> <i>Silas decided to remain there.</i>"}, {"pk": 4126304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, where, together with many others, they taught and proclaimed the good news of the Lord\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4126305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "Some time later, Paul said to Barnabas, \u201cLet\u2019s go back and visit all the brothers and sisters in every city where we preached the Lord\u2019s word. Let\u2019s see how they are doing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "Barnabas wanted to take John Mark with them."}, {"pk": 4126307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "Paul insisted that they shouldn\u2019t take him along, since he had deserted them in Pamphylia and hadn\u2019t continued with them in their work."}, {"pk": 4126308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "Their argument became so intense that they went their separate ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus."}, {"pk": 4126309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "Paul chose Silas and left, entrusted by the brothers and sisters to the Lord\u2019s grace."}, {"pk": 4126310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches."}, {"pk": 4126311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Paul reached Derbe, and then Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy. He was the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father."}, {"pk": 4126312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "The brothers and sisters in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him."}, {"pk": 4126313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Paul wanted to take Timothy with him, so he circumcised him. This was because of the Jews who lived in those areas, for they all knew Timothy\u2019s father was Greek."}, {"pk": 4126314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "As Paul and his companions traveled through the cities, they instructed Gentile believers to keep the regulations put in place by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "So the churches were strengthened in the faith and every day their numbers flourished."}, {"pk": 4126316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Paul and his companions traveled throughout the regions of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit kept them from speaking the word in the province of Asia."}, {"pk": 4126317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "When they approached the province of Mysia, they tried to enter the province of Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn\u2019t let them."}, {"pk": 4126318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas instead."}, {"pk": 4126319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "A vision of a man from Macedonia came to Paul during the night. He stood urging Paul, \u201cCome over to Macedonia and help us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Immediately after he saw the vision, we prepared to leave for the province of Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them."}, {"pk": 4126321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "We sailed from Troas straight for Samothrace and came to Neapolis the following day."}, {"pk": 4126322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "From there we went to Philippi, a city of Macedonia\u2019s first district and a Roman colony. We stayed in that city several days."}, {"pk": 4126323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the riverbank, where we thought there might be a place for prayer. We sat down and began to talk with the women who had gathered."}, {"pk": 4126324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "One of those women was Lydia, a Gentile God-worshipper from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth. As she listened, the Lord enabled her to embrace Paul\u2019s message."}, {"pk": 4126325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Once she and her household were baptized, she urged, \u201cNow that you have decided that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.\u201d And she persuaded us."}, {"pk": 4126326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "One day, when we were on the way to the place for prayer, we met a slave woman. She had a spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She made a lot of money for her owners through fortune-telling."}, {"pk": 4126327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "She began following Paul and us, shouting, \u201cThese people are servants of the Most High God! They are proclaiming a way of salvation to you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "She did this for many days. This annoyed Paul so much that he finally turned and said to the spirit, \u201cIn the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to leave her!\u201d It left her at that very moment."}, {"pk": 4126329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Her owners realized that their hope for making money was gone. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the officials in the city center."}, {"pk": 4126330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "When her owners approached the legal authorities, they said, \u201cThese people are causing an uproar in our city. They are Jews"}, {"pk": 4126331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "who promote customs that we Romans can\u2019t accept or practice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "The crowd joined in the attacks against Paul and Silas, so the authorities ordered that they be stripped of their clothes and beaten with a rod."}, {"pk": 4126333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "When Paul and Silas had been severely beaten, the authorities threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to secure them with great care."}, {"pk": 4126334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "When he received these instructions, he threw them into the innermost cell and secured their feet in stocks."}, {"pk": 4126335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them."}, {"pk": 4126336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "All at once there was such a violent earthquake that it shook the prison\u2019s foundations. The doors flew open and everyone\u2019s chains came loose."}, {"pk": 4126337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "When the jailer awoke and saw the open doors of the prison, he thought the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword and was about to kill himself."}, {"pk": 4126338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "But Paul shouted loudly, \u201cDon\u2019t harm yourself! We\u2019re all here!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "The jailer called for some lights, rushed in, and fell trembling before Paul and Silas."}, {"pk": 4126340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "He led them outside and asked, \u201cHonorable masters, what must I do to be rescued?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "They replied, \u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved \u2014 you and your entire household.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "They spoke the Lord\u2019s word to him and everyone else in his house."}, {"pk": 4126343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "Right then, in the middle of the night, the jailer welcomed them and washed their wounds. He and everyone in his household were immediately baptized."}, {"pk": 4126344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "He brought them into his home and gave them a meal. He was overjoyed because he and everyone in his household had come to believe in God."}, {"pk": 4126345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 35, "text": "The next morning the legal authorities sent the police to the jailer with the order \u201cRelease those people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 36, "text": "So the jailer reported this to Paul, informing him, \u201cThe authorities sent word that you both are to be released. You can leave now. Go in peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 37, "text": "Paul told the police, \u201cEven though we are Roman citizens, they beat us publicly without first finding us guilty of a crime, and they threw us into prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? No way! They themselves will have to come and escort us out.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 38, "text": "The police reported this to the legal authorities, who were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens."}, {"pk": 4126349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 39, "text": "They came and consoled Paul and Silas, escorting them out of prison and begging them to leave the city."}, {"pk": 4126350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 16, "verse": 40, "text": "Paul and Silas left the prison and made their way to Lydia\u2019s house where they encouraged the brothers and sisters. Then they left Philippi."}, {"pk": 4126351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Paul and Silas journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, then came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue."}, {"pk": 4126352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "As was Paul\u2019s custom, he entered the synagogue and for three Sabbaths interacted with them on the basis of the scriptures."}, {"pk": 4126353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Through his interpretation of the scriptures, he demonstrated that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. He declared, \u201cThis Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "Some were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, including a larger number of Greek God-worshippers and quite a few prominent women."}, {"pk": 4126355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "But the Jews became jealous and brought along some thugs who were hanging out in the marketplace. They formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They attacked Jason\u2019s house, intending to bring Paul and Silas before the people."}, {"pk": 4126356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "When they didn\u2019t find them, they dragged Jason and some believers before the city officials. They were shouting, \u201cThese people who have been disturbing the peace throughout the empire have also come here."}, {"pk": 4126357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "What is more, Jason has welcomed them into his home. Every one of them does what is contrary to Caesar\u2019s decrees by naming someone else as king: Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "This provoked the crowd and the city officials even more."}, {"pk": 4126359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "After Jason and the others posted bail, they released them."}, {"pk": 4126360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "As soon as it was dark, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas on to Beroea. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue."}, {"pk": 4126361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "The Beroean Jews were more honorable than those in Thessalonica. This was evident in the great eagerness with which they accepted the word and examined the scriptures each day to see whether Paul and Silas\u2019 teaching was true."}, {"pk": 4126362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Many came to believe, including a number of reputable Greek women and many Greek men."}, {"pk": 4126363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "The Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul also proclaimed God\u2019s word in Beroea, so they went there too and were upsetting and disturbing the crowds."}, {"pk": 4126364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "The brothers and sisters sent Paul away to the seacoast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained at Beroea."}, {"pk": 4126365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Those who escorted Paul led him as far as Athens, then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible."}, {"pk": 4126366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "While Paul waited for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to find that the city was flooded with idols."}, {"pk": 4126367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "He began to interact with the Jews and Gentile God-worshippers in the synagogue. He also addressed whoever happened to be in the marketplace each day."}, {"pk": 4126368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "Certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion too. Some said, \u201cWhat an amateur! What\u2019s he trying to say?\u201d Others remarked, \u201cHe seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.\u201d (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)"}, {"pk": 4126369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "They took him into custody and brought him to the council on Mars Hill. \u201cWhat is this new teaching? Can we learn what you are talking about?"}, {"pk": 4126370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "You\u2019ve told us some strange things and we want to know what they mean.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "<sup>[20]</sup> (They said this because all Athenians as well as the foreigners who live in Athens used to spend their time doing nothing but talking about or listening to the newest thing.)"}, {"pk": 4126372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "Paul stood up in the middle of the council on Mars Hill and said, \u201cPeople of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way."}, {"pk": 4126373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "As I was walking through town and carefully observing your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: \u2018To an unknown God.\u2019 What you worship as unknown, I now proclaim to you."}, {"pk": 4126374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn\u2019t live in temples made with human hands."}, {"pk": 4126375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "Nor is God served by human hands, as though he needed something, since he is the one who gives life, breath, and everything else."}, {"pk": 4126376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "From one person God created every human nation to live on the whole earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands."}, {"pk": 4126377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "God made the nations so they would seek him, perhaps even reach out to him and find him. In fact, God isn\u2019t far away from any of us."}, {"pk": 4126378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "In God we live, move, and exist. As some of your own poets said, \u2018We are his offspring.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cTherefore, as God\u2019s offspring, we have no need to imagine that the divine being is like a gold, silver, or stone image made by human skill and thought."}, {"pk": 4126380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 30, "text": "God overlooks ignorance of these things in times past, but now directs everyone everywhere to change their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4126381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 31, "text": "This is because God has set a day when he intends to judge the world justly by a man he has appointed. God has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 32, "text": "When they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to ridicule Paul. However, others said, \u201cWe\u2019ll hear from you about this again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 33, "text": "At that, Paul left the council."}, {"pk": 4126384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 17, "verse": 34, "text": "Some people joined him and came to believe, including Dionysius, a member of the council on Mars Hill, a woman named Damaris, and several others."}, {"pk": 4126385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth."}, {"pk": 4126386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus. He had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul visited with them."}, {"pk": 4126387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Because they practiced the same trade, he stayed and worked with them. They all worked with leather."}, {"pk": 4126388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Every Sabbath he interacted with people in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks."}, {"pk": 4126389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Once Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ."}, {"pk": 4126390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "When they opposed and slandered him, he shook the dust from his clothes in protest and said to them, \u201cYou are responsible for your own fates! I\u2019m innocent! From now on I\u2019ll go to the Gentiles!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "He left the synagogue and went next door to the home of Titius Justus, a Gentile God-worshipper."}, {"pk": 4126392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household came to believe in the Lord. Many Corinthians believed and were baptized after listening to Paul."}, {"pk": 4126393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. Continue speaking. Don\u2019t be silent."}, {"pk": 4126394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m with you and no one who attacks you will harm you, for I have many people in this city.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "So he stayed there for eighteen months, teaching God\u2019s word among them."}, {"pk": 4126396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Now when Gallio was the governor of the province of Achaia, the Jews united in their opposition against Paul and brought him before the court."}, {"pk": 4126397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cThis man is persuading others to worship God unlawfully,\u201d they declared."}, {"pk": 4126398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, \u201cIf there had been some sort of injury or criminal behavior, I would have reason to accept your complaint."}, {"pk": 4126399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "However, since these are squabbles about a message, names, and your own Law, deal with them yourselves. I have no desire to sit in judgment over such things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "He expelled them from the court,"}, {"pk": 4126401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "but everyone seized Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and gave him a beating in the presence of the governor. None of this mattered to Gallio."}, {"pk": 4126402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "After Paul stayed in Corinth for some time, he said good-bye to the brothers and sisters. At the Corinthian seaport of Cenchreae he had his head shaved, since he had made a solemn promise. Then, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila, he sailed away to Syria."}, {"pk": 4126403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "After they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila and entered the synagogue and interacted with the Jews."}, {"pk": 4126404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "They asked him to stay longer, but he declined."}, {"pk": 4126405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "As he said farewell to them, though, he added, \u201cGod willing, I will return.\u201d Then he sailed off from Ephesus."}, {"pk": 4126406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "He arrived in Caesarea, went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch."}, {"pk": 4126407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "After some time there he left and traveled from place to place in the region of Galatia and the district of Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples."}, {"pk": 4126408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Meanwhile, a certain Jew named Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria and was well-educated and effective in his use of the scriptures."}, {"pk": 4126409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and spoke as one stirred up by the Spirit. He taught accurately the things about Jesus, even though he was aware only of the baptism John proclaimed and practiced."}, {"pk": 4126410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "He began speaking with confidence in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they received him into their circle of friends and explained to him God\u2019s way more accurately."}, {"pk": 4126411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "When he wanted to travel to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples so they would open their homes to him. Once he arrived, he was of great help to those who had come to believe through grace."}, {"pk": 4126412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "He would vigorously defeat Jewish arguments in public debate, using the scriptures to prove that Jesus was the Christ."}, {"pk": 4126413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul took a route through the interior and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples."}, {"pk": 4126414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "He asked them, \u201cDid you receive the Holy Spirit when you came to believe?\u201d They replied, \u201cWe\u2019ve not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Then he said, \u201cWhat baptism did you receive, then?\u201d They answered, \u201cJohn\u2019s baptism.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Paul explained, \u201cJohn baptized with a baptism by which people showed they were changing their hearts and lives. It was a baptism that told people about the one who was coming after him. This is the one in whom they were to believe. This one is Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "After they listened to Paul, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in other languages and prophesying."}, {"pk": 4126419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Altogether, there were about twelve people."}, {"pk": 4126420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Paul went to the synagogue and spoke confidently for the next three months. He interacted with those present and offered convincing arguments concerning the nature of God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4126421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Some people had closed their minds, though. They refused to believe and publicly slandered the Way. As a result, Paul left them, took the disciples with him, and continued his daily interactions in Tyrannus\u2019 lecture hall."}, {"pk": 4126422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "This went on for two years, so that everyone living in the province of Asia \u2014 both Jews and Greeks \u2014 heard the Lord\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4126423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "God was doing unusual miracles through Paul."}, {"pk": 4126424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Even the small towels and aprons that had touched his skin were taken to the sick, and their diseases were cured and the evil spirits left them."}, {"pk": 4126425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "There were some Jews who traveled around throwing out evil spirits. They tried to use the power of the name of the Lord Jesus against some people with evil spirits. They said, \u201cIn the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "The seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this."}, {"pk": 4126427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "The evil spirit replied, \u201cI know Jesus and I\u2019m familiar with Paul, but who are you?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "The person who had an evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all with such force that they ran out of that house naked and wounded."}, {"pk": 4126429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "This became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. Everyone was seized with fear and they held the name of the Lord Jesus in the highest regard."}, {"pk": 4126430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Many of those who had come to believe came, confessing their past practices."}, {"pk": 4126431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "This included a number of people who practiced sorcery. They collected their sorcery texts and burned them publicly. The value of those materials was calculated at more than someone might make if they worked for one hundred sixty-five years. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>fifty thousand silver drachmen</i> (a drachme is equivalent in value to a denarion, a typical day\u2019s wage)."}, {"pk": 4126432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "In this way the Lord\u2019s word grew abundantly and strengthened powerfully."}, {"pk": 4126433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Once these things had come to an end, Paul, guided by the Spirit, decided to return to Jerusalem, taking a route that would carry him through the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia. He said, \u201cAfter I have been there, I must visit Rome as well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "He sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he remained awhile in the province of Asia."}, {"pk": 4126435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "At that time a great disturbance erupted about the Way."}, {"pk": 4126436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "There was a silversmith named Demetrius. He made silver models of Artemis\u2019 temple, and his business generated a lot of profit for the craftspeople."}, {"pk": 4126437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "He called a meeting with these craftspeople and others working in related trades and said, \u201cFriends, you know that we make an easy living from this business."}, {"pk": 4126438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "And you can see and hear that this Paul has convinced and misled a lot of people, not only in Ephesus but also throughout most of the province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands aren\u2019t really gods."}, {"pk": 4126439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "This poses a danger not only by discrediting our trade but also by completely dishonoring the great goddess Artemis. The whole province of Asia \u2014 indeed, the entire civilized world \u2014 worships her, but her splendor will soon be extinguished.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "Once they heard this, they were beside themselves with anger and began to shout, \u201cGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "The city was thrown into turmoil. They rushed as one into the theater. They seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul\u2019s traveling companions from the province of Macedonia."}, {"pk": 4126442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "Paul wanted to appear before the assembly, but the disciples wouldn\u2019t allow him."}, {"pk": 4126443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 31, "text": "Even some officials of the province of Asia, who were Paul\u2019s friends, sent word to him, urging him not to risk going into the theater."}, {"pk": 4126444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 32, "text": "Meanwhile, the assembly was in a state of confusion. Some shouted one thing, others shouted something else, and most of the crowd didn\u2019t know why they had gathered."}, {"pk": 4126445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 33, "text": "The Jews sent Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd directed their words toward him. He gestured that he wanted to offer a defense before the assembly,"}, {"pk": 4126446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 34, "text": "but when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, \u201cGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!\u201d This continued for about two hours."}, {"pk": 4126447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 35, "text": "The city manager brought order to the crowd and said, \u201cPeople of Ephesus, doesn\u2019t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?"}, {"pk": 4126448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 36, "text": "Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you must calm down. Don\u2019t be reckless."}, {"pk": 4126449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 37, "text": "The men you brought here have neither robbed the temple nor slandered our goddess."}, {"pk": 4126450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 38, "text": "Therefore, if Demetrius and the craftspeople with him have a charge against anyone, the courts are in session and governors are available. They can press charges against each other there."}, {"pk": 4126451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 39, "text": "Additional disputes can be resolved in a legal assembly."}, {"pk": 4126452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 40, "text": "As for us, we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since we can\u2019t justify this unruly gathering.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 19, "verse": 41, "text": "After he said this, he dismissed the assembly."}, {"pk": 4126454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "When the riot was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, said good-bye, and left for the province of Macedonia."}, {"pk": 4126455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "He traveled through that region with a message of encouragement. When he came to Greece,"}, {"pk": 4126456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "he stayed for three months. Because the Jews hatched a plot against Paul as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided instead to return through Macedonia."}, {"pk": 4126457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "He was accompanied by Sopater, Pyrrhus\u2019 son from Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia."}, {"pk": 4126458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "They went on ahead and waited for us in Troas."}, {"pk": 4126459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "We sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread and met them five days later in Troas, where we stayed for a week."}, {"pk": 4126460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "On the first day of the week, as we gathered together for a meal, Paul was holding a discussion with them. Since he was leaving the next day, he continued talking until midnight."}, {"pk": 4126461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we had gathered."}, {"pk": 4126462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "A young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third floor and died."}, {"pk": 4126463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Paul went down, fell on him and embraced him, then said, \u201cDon\u2019t be alarmed. He\u2019s alive!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Then Paul went back upstairs and ate. He talked for a long time \u2014 right up until daybreak \u2014 then he left."}, {"pk": 4126465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "They took the young man away alive, and they were greatly comforted."}, {"pk": 4126466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "We went on to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we intended to take Paul on board. Paul had arranged this, since he intended to make his way there by land."}, {"pk": 4126467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene."}, {"pk": 4126468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "The next day we sailed from there and arrived opposite Chios. On the day after, we sailed to Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus."}, {"pk": 4126469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he wouldn\u2019t need to spend too much time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by Pentecost Day."}, {"pk": 4126470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus calling for the church\u2019s elders to meet him."}, {"pk": 4126471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "When they arrived, he said to them, \u201cYou know how I lived among you the whole time I was with you, beginning with the first day I arrived in the province of Asia."}, {"pk": 4126472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "I served the Lord with great humility and with tears in the midst of trials that came upon me because of the Jews\u2019 schemes."}, {"pk": 4126473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "You know I held back nothing that would be helpful so that I could proclaim to you and teach you both publicly and privately in your homes."}, {"pk": 4126474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "You know I have testified to both Jews and Greeks that they must change their hearts and lives as they turn to God and have faith in our Lord Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Now, compelled by the Spirit, I\u2019m going to Jerusalem. I don\u2019t know what will happen to me there."}, {"pk": 4126476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "What I do know is that the Holy Spirit testifies to me from city to city that prisons and troubles await me."}, {"pk": 4126477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "But nothing, not even my life, is more important than my completing my mission. This is nothing other than the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus: to testify about the good news of God\u2019s grace."}, {"pk": 4126478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cI know that none of you will see me again \u2014 you among whom I traveled and proclaimed the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4126479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "Therefore, today I testify to you that I\u2019m not responsible for anyone\u2019s fate."}, {"pk": 4126480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": "I haven\u2019t avoided proclaiming the entire plan of God to you."}, {"pk": 4126481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Watch yourselves and the whole flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as supervisors, to shepherd God\u2019s church, which he obtained with the death of his own Son. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>with the death of his own,</i> or <i>with his own death</i>"}, {"pk": 4126482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "I know that, after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and won\u2019t spare the flock."}, {"pk": 4126483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "Some of your own people will distort the word in order to lure followers after them."}, {"pk": 4126484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "Stay alert! Remember that for three years I constantly and tearfully warned each one of you. I never stopped warning you!"}, {"pk": 4126485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 32, "text": "Now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all whom God has made holy."}, {"pk": 4126486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 33, "text": "I haven\u2019t craved anyone\u2019s silver, gold, or clothing."}, {"pk": 4126487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 34, "text": "You yourselves know that I have provided for my own needs and for those of my companions with my own hands."}, {"pk": 4126488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 35, "text": "In everything I have shown you that, by working hard, we must help the weak. In this way we remember the Lord Jesus\u2019 words: \u2018It is more blessed to give than to receive.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 36, "text": "After he said these things, he knelt down with all of them to pray."}, {"pk": 4126490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 37, "text": "They cried uncontrollably as everyone embraced and kissed Paul."}, {"pk": 4126491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 20, "verse": 38, "text": "They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship."}, {"pk": 4126492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "After we tore ourselves away from them, we set sail on a straight course to Cos, reaching Rhodes the next day, and then Patara."}, {"pk": 4126493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, boarded, and put out to sea."}, {"pk": 4126494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "We spotted Cyprus, but passed by it on our left. We sailed on to the province of Syria and landed in Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo."}, {"pk": 4126495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "We found the disciples there and stayed with them for a week. Compelled by the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "When our time had come to an end, we departed. All of them, including women and children, accompanied us out of town where we knelt on the beach and prayed."}, {"pk": 4126497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "We said good-bye to each other, then we boarded the ship and they returned to their homes."}, {"pk": 4126498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Continuing our voyage, we sailed from Tyre and arrived in Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers and sisters there and spent a day with them."}, {"pk": 4126499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "The next day we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him."}, {"pk": 4126500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "He had four unmarried daughters who were involved in the work of prophecy."}, {"pk": 4126501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "After staying there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea."}, {"pk": 4126502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "He came to us, took Paul\u2019s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, \u201cThis is what the Holy Spirit says: \u2018In Jerusalem the Jews will bind the man who owns this belt, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "When we heard this, we and the local believers urged Paul not to go up to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "Paul replied, \u201cWhy are you doing this? Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I\u2019m ready not only to be arrested but even to die in Jerusalem for the sake of the name of the Lord Jesus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "Since we couldn\u2019t talk him out of it, the only thing we could say was, \u201cThe Lord\u2019s will be done.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "After this, we got ready and made our way up to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and led us to Mnason\u2019s home, where we were guests. He was from Cyprus and had been a disciple a long time."}, {"pk": 4126508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters welcomed us warmly."}, {"pk": 4126509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "On the next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James. All of the elders were present."}, {"pk": 4126510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "After greeting them, he gave them a detailed report of what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry."}, {"pk": 4126511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Those who heard this praised God. Then they said to him, \u201cBrother, you see how many thousands of Jews have become believers, and all of them keep the Law passionately."}, {"pk": 4126512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to reject Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to live according to our customs."}, {"pk": 4126513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "What about this? Without a doubt, they will hear that you have arrived."}, {"pk": 4126514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "You must therefore do what we tell you. Four men among us have made a solemn promise."}, {"pk": 4126515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Take them with you, go through the purification ritual with them, and pay the cost of having their heads shaved. Everyone will know there is nothing to those reports about you but that you too live a life in keeping with the Law."}, {"pk": 4126516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "As for the Gentile believers, we wrote a letter about what we decided, that they avoid food offered to idols, blood, the meat from strangled animals, and sexual immorality.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "The following day Paul took the men with him and went through the purification ritual with them. He entered the temple and publicly announced the completion of the days of purification, when the offering would be presented for each one of them."}, {"pk": 4126518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "When the seven days of purification were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul in the temple. Grabbing him, they threw the whole crowd into confusion by shouting,"}, {"pk": 4126519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cFellow Israelites! Help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, the Law, and this place. Not only that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 29, "text": "<sup>[28]</sup> (They said this because they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him earlier, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the temple.)"}, {"pk": 4126521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 30, "text": "The entire city was stirred up. The people came rushing, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the gates were closed."}, {"pk": 4126522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 31, "text": "While they were trying to kill him, a report reached the commander of a company of soldiers that all Jerusalem was in a state of confusion."}, {"pk": 4126523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 32, "text": "Without a moment\u2019s hesitation, he took some soldiers and officers and ran down to the mob. When the mob saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul."}, {"pk": 4126524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 33, "text": "When the commander arrived, he arrested Paul and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Only then did he begin to ask who Paul was and what he had done."}, {"pk": 4126525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 34, "text": "Some in the crowd shouted one thing, others shouted something else. Because of the commotion, he couldn\u2019t learn the truth, so he ordered that Paul be taken to the military headquarters."}, {"pk": 4126526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 35, "text": "When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers in order to protect him from the violence of the crowd."}, {"pk": 4126527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 36, "text": "The mob that followed kept screaming, \u201cAway with him!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 37, "text": "As Paul was about to be taken into the military headquarters, he asked the commander, \u201cMay I speak with you?\u201d He answered, \u201cDo you know Greek?"}, {"pk": 4126529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 38, "text": "Aren\u2019t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists into the desert some time ago?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 39, "text": "Paul replied, \u201cI\u2019m a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please, let me speak to the people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 21, "verse": 40, "text": "With the commander\u2019s permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people. When they were quiet, he addressed them in Aramaic."}, {"pk": 4126532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cBrothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "When they heard him address them in Aramaic, they became even more quiet."}, {"pk": 4126534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "Paul continued, \u201cI\u2019m a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city. Under Gamaliel\u2019s instruction, I was trained in the strict interpretation of our ancestral Law. I am passionately loyal to God, just like you who are gathered here today."}, {"pk": 4126535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "I harassed those who followed this Way to their death, arresting and delivering both men and women into prison."}, {"pk": 4126536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "The high priest and the whole Jerusalem Council can testify about me. I received letters from them, addressed to our associates in Damascus, then went there to bring those who were arrested to Jerusalem so they could be punished."}, {"pk": 4126537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cDuring that journey, about noon, as I approached Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven encircled me."}, {"pk": 4126538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "I fell to the ground and heard a voice asking me, \u2018Saul, Saul, why are you harassing me?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "I answered, \u2018Who are you, Lord?\u2019 \u2018I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are harassing,\u2019 he replied."}, {"pk": 4126540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "My traveling companions saw the light, but they didn\u2019t hear the voice of the one who spoke to me."}, {"pk": 4126541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "I asked, \u2018What should I do, Lord?\u2019 \u2018Get up,\u2019 the Lord replied, \u2018and go into Damascus. There you will be told everything you have been appointed to do.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "I couldn\u2019t see because of the brightness of that light, so my companions led me by the hand into Damascus."}, {"pk": 4126543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cThere was a certain man named Ananias. According to the standards of the Law, he was a pious man who enjoyed the respect of all the Jews living there."}, {"pk": 4126544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "He came and stood beside me. \u2018Brother Saul, receive your sight!\u2019 he said. Instantly, I regained my sight and I could see him."}, {"pk": 4126545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "He said, \u2018The God of our ancestors has selected you to know his will, to see the righteous one, and to hear his voice."}, {"pk": 4126546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "You will be his witness to everyone concerning what you have seen and heard."}, {"pk": 4126547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "What are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins as you call on his name.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWhen I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I had a visionary experience."}, {"pk": 4126549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "I saw the Lord speaking to me. \u2018Hurry!\u2019 he said. \u2018Leave Jerusalem at once because they won\u2019t accept your testimony about me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "I responded, \u2018Lord, these people know I used to go from one synagogue to the next, beating those who believe in you and throwing them into prison."}, {"pk": 4126551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "When Stephen your witness was being killed, I stood there giving my approval, even watching the clothes that belonged to those who were killing him.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the Lord said to me, \u2018Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted, \u201cAway with this man! He\u2019s not fit to live!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "As they were screaming, throwing off their garments, and flinging dust into the air,"}, {"pk": 4126555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "the commander directed that Paul be taken into the military headquarters. He ordered that Paul be questioned under the whip so that he could find out why they were shouting at him like this."}, {"pk": 4126556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "As they were stretching him out and tying him down with straps, Paul said to the centurion standing there, \u201cCan you legally whip a Roman citizen who hasn\u2019t been found guilty in court?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. He asked, \u201cWhat are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "The commander went to Paul and demanded, \u201cTell me! Are you a Roman citizen?\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 28, "text": "The commander replied, \u201cIt cost me a lot of money to buy my citizenship.\u201d Paul said, \u201cI\u2019m a citizen by birth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 29, "text": "At once those who were about to examine him stepped away. The commander was alarmed when he realized he had bound a Roman citizen."}, {"pk": 4126561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 22, "verse": 30, "text": "The commander still wanted to know the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews. Therefore, the next day he ordered the chief priests and the entire Jerusalem Council to assemble. Then he took Paul out of prison and had him stand before them."}, {"pk": 4126562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Paul stared at the council and said, \u201cBrothers, I have lived my life with an altogether clear conscience right up to this very day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "The high priest Ananias ordered those standing beside Paul to strike him in the mouth."}, {"pk": 4126564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Paul said to him, \u201cGod is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit and judge me according to the Law, yet disobey the Law by ordering that I be struck.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Those standing near him asked, \u201cYou dare to insult God\u2019s high priest?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "Paul replied, \u201cBrothers, I wasn\u2019t aware that he was the high priest. It is written, <b>You will not speak evil about a ruler of your people</b>.\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/2/22/28'>Exod 22:28</a>"}, {"pk": 4126567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, Paul exclaimed in the council, \u201cBrothers, I\u2019m a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I am on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": "These words aroused a dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided."}, {"pk": 4126569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "This is because Sadducees say that there\u2019s no resurrection, angel, or spirit, but Pharisees affirm them all."}, {"pk": 4126570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Council members were shouting loudly. Some Pharisees who were legal experts stood up and insisted forcefully, \u201cWe find nothing wrong with this man! What if a spirit or angel has spoken to him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "The dispute became so heated that the commander feared they might tear Paul to pieces. He ordered soldiers to go down and remove him by force from their midst. Then they took him back to the military headquarters."}, {"pk": 4126572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, \u201cBe encouraged! Just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so too you must testify in Rome.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "The next morning some Jewish leaders formulated a plot and solemnly promised that they wouldn\u2019t eat or drink until they had killed Paul."}, {"pk": 4126574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "More than forty people were involved in the conspiracy."}, {"pk": 4126575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "They went to the chief priests and elders and said, \u201cWe have solemnly promised to eat nothing until we have killed Paul."}, {"pk": 4126576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "You and the council must explain to the commander that you need Paul brought down to you. Pretend that you want to examine his case more closely. We\u2019re prepared to kill him before he arrives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Paul\u2019s sister had a son who heard about the ambush and he came to the military headquarters and reported it to Paul."}, {"pk": 4126578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "Paul called for one of the centurions and said, \u201cTake this young man to the commander because he has something to report to him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "He took him to the commander and said, \u201cThe prisoner Paul asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "The commander took him by the hand and withdrew to a place where they could speak privately. He asked, \u201cWhat do you have to report to me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "He replied, \u201cThe Jewish leaders have conspired to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow. They will pretend that they want to investigate his case more closely."}, {"pk": 4126582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t fall for it! More than forty of them are waiting to ambush him. They have solemnly promised not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, awaiting your consent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "The commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, \u201cDon\u2019t tell anyone that you brought this to my attention.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "The commander called two centurions and said, \u201cPrepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to leave for Caesarea at nine o\u2019clock tonight."}, {"pk": 4126585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "Have horses ready for Paul to ride, so they may take him safely to Governor Felix.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "He wrote the following letter:"}, {"pk": 4126587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "Claudius Lysias, to the most honorable Governor Felix: Greetings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "This man was seized by the Jews and was almost killed by them. I was nearby with a unit of soldiers, and I rescued him when I discovered that he was a Roman citizen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 28, "text": "I wanted to find out why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their council. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 29, "text": "I discovered that they were accusing him about questions related to their Law. I found no charge deserving of death or imprisonment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 30, "text": "When I was informed of a conspiracy against his life, I sent him to you at once and ordered his accusers to bring their case against him before you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4126592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 31, "text": "Following their orders, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris."}, {"pk": 4126593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 32, "text": "The following day they let the horsemen continue on with Paul while they returned to the military headquarters in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 33, "text": "The horsemen entered Caesarea, delivered the letter to the governor, and brought Paul before him."}, {"pk": 4126595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 34, "text": "After he read the letter, he asked Paul about his home province. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,"}, {"pk": 4126596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 23, "verse": 35, "text": "the governor said, \u201cI will hear your case when your accusers arrive.\u201d Then he ordered that Paul be kept in custody in Herod\u2019s palace."}, {"pk": 4126597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. They pressed charges against Paul before the governor."}, {"pk": 4126598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "After the governor summoned Paul, Tertullus began to make his case against him. He declared, \u201cUnder your leadership, we have experienced substantial peace, and your administration has brought reforms to our nation."}, {"pk": 4126599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "Always and everywhere, most honorable Felix, we acknowledge this with deep gratitude."}, {"pk": 4126600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "I don\u2019t want to take too much of your time, so I ask that you listen with your usual courtesy to our brief statement of the facts."}, {"pk": 4126601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the empire. He\u2019s a ringleader of the Nazarene faction"}, {"pk": 4126602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "and even tried to defile the temple. That\u2019s when we arrested him. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <i>We wanted to put him on trial according to our Law,</i> <sup>7 </sup><i>but Lysias the commander arrived and took him from our hands with great force.</i> <sup>8 </sup><i>Then he ordered his accusers to appear before you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4126603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "By examining him yourself, you will be able to verify the allegations we are bringing against him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "The Jews reinforced the action against Paul, affirming the truth of these accusations."}, {"pk": 4126605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "The governor nodded at Paul, giving him permission to speak. He responded, \u201cI know that you have been judge over this nation for many years, so I gladly offer my own defense."}, {"pk": 4126606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "You can verify that I went up to worship in Jerusalem no more than twelve days ago."}, {"pk": 4126607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "They didn\u2019t find me arguing with anyone in the temple or stirring up a crowd, whether in the synagogue or anywhere else in the city."}, {"pk": 4126608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "Nor can they prove to you the allegations they are now bringing against me."}, {"pk": 4126609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "I do admit this to you, that I am a follower of the Way, which they call a faction. Accordingly, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe everything set out in the Law and written in the Prophets."}, {"pk": 4126610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "The hope I have in God I also share with my accusers, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous."}, {"pk": 4126611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "On account of this, I have committed myself to maintaining a clear conscience before God and with all people."}, {"pk": 4126612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring gifts for the poor of my nation and to offer sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4126613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 18, "text": "When they found me in the temple, I was ritually pure. There was no crowd and no disturbance."}, {"pk": 4126614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "But there were some Jews from the province of Asia. They should be here making their accusations, if indeed they have something against me."}, {"pk": 4126615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "In their absence, have these people who are here declare what crime they found when I stood before the Jerusalem Council."}, {"pk": 4126616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Perhaps it concerns this one statement that I blurted out when I was with them: \u2018I am on trial before you today because of the resurrection of the dead.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "Felix, who had an accurate understanding of the Way, adjourned the meeting. He said, \u201cWhen Lysias the commander arrives from Jerusalem, I will decide this case.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "He arranged for a centurion to guard Paul. He was to give Paul some freedom, and his friends were not to be hindered in their efforts to provide for him."}, {"pk": 4126619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 24, "text": "After several days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and summoned Paul. He listened to him talk about faith in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "When he spoke about upright behavior, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became fearful and said, \u201cGo away for now! When I have time, I\u2019ll send for you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him some money, so he often sent for him and talked with him."}, {"pk": 4126622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison."}, {"pk": 4126623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea."}, {"pk": 4126624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "The chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. Appealing to him,"}, {"pk": 4126625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "they asked as a favor from Festus that he summon Paul to Jerusalem. They were planning to ambush and kill him along the way."}, {"pk": 4126626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "But Festus responded by keeping Paul in Caesarea, since he was to return there very soon himself."}, {"pk": 4126627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cSome of your leaders can come down with me,\u201d he said. \u201cIf he\u2019s done anything wrong, they can bring charges against him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "He stayed with them for no more than eight or ten days, then went down to Caesarea. The following day he took his seat in the court and ordered that Paul be brought in."}, {"pk": 4126629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "When he arrived, many Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him. They brought serious charges against him, but they couldn\u2019t prove them."}, {"pk": 4126630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "In his own defense, Paul said, \u201cI\u2019ve done nothing wrong against the Jewish Law, against the temple, or against Caesar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "Festus, wanting to put the Jews in his debt, asked Paul, \u201cAre you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me concerning these things?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "Paul replied, \u201cI\u2019m standing before Caesar\u2019s court. I ought to be tried here. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you well know."}, {"pk": 4126633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "If I\u2019m guilty and have done something that deserves death, then I won\u2019t try to avoid death. But if there is nothing to their accusations against me, no one has the authority to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 12, "text": "After Festus conferred with his advisors, he responded, \u201cYou have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea to welcome Festus."}, {"pk": 4126636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "Since they were staying there for many days, Festus discussed the case against Paul with the king. He said, \u201cThere is a man whom Felix left in prison."}, {"pk": 4126637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "When I was in Jerusalem, the Jewish chief priests and elders brought charges against him and requested a guilty verdict in his case."}, {"pk": 4126638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "I told them it is contrary to Roman practice to hand someone over before they have faced their accusers and had opportunity to offer a defense against the charges."}, {"pk": 4126639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "When they came here, I didn\u2019t put them off. The very next day I took my seat in the court and ordered that the man be brought before me."}, {"pk": 4126640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "When the accusers took the floor, they didn\u2019t charge him with any of the crimes I had expected."}, {"pk": 4126641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Instead, they quibbled with him about their own religion and about some dead man named Jesus, who Paul claimed was alive."}, {"pk": 4126642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "Since I had no idea how to investigate these matters, I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there on these issues."}, {"pk": 4126643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "However, Paul appealed that he be held in custody pending a decision from His Majesty the emperor, so I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "Agrippa said to Festus, \u201cI want to hear the man myself.\u201d \u201cTomorrow,\u201d Festus replied, \u201cyou will hear him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great fanfare. They entered the auditorium with the military commanders and the city\u2019s most prominent men. Festus then ordered that Paul be brought in."}, {"pk": 4126646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Festus said, \u201cKing Agrippa and everyone present with us: You see this man! The entire Jewish community, both here and in Jerusalem, has appealed to me concerning him. They\u2019ve been calling for his immediate death."}, {"pk": 4126647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "I\u2019ve found that he has done nothing deserving death. When he appealed to His Majesty, I decided to send him to Rome."}, {"pk": 4126648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "I have nothing definite to write to our lord emperor. Therefore, I\u2019ve brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this investigation, I might have something to write."}, {"pk": 4126649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 25, "verse": 27, "text": "After all, it would be foolish to send a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "Agrippa said to Paul, \u201cYou may speak for yourself.\u201d So Paul gestured with his hand and began his defense."}, {"pk": 4126651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cKing Agrippa, I consider myself especially fortunate that I stand before you today as I offer my defense concerning all the accusations the Jews have brought against me."}, {"pk": 4126652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "This is because you understand well all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I ask you to listen to me patiently."}, {"pk": 4126653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "Every Jew knows the way of life I have followed since my youth because, from the beginning, I was among my people and in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4126654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "They have known me for a long time. If they wanted to, they could testify that I followed the way of life set out by the most exacting group of our religion. I am a Pharisee."}, {"pk": 4126655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "Today I am standing trial because of the hope in the promise God gave our ancestors."}, {"pk": 4126656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "This is the promise our twelve tribes hope to receive as they earnestly worship night and day. The Jews are accusing me, King Agrippa, because of this hope!"}, {"pk": 4126657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "Why is it inconceivable to you that God raises the dead?"}, {"pk": 4126658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cI really thought that I ought to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene in every way possible."}, {"pk": 4126659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "And that\u2019s exactly what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of God\u2019s holy people in prison under the authority of the chief priests. When they were condemned to death, I voted against them."}, {"pk": 4126660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "In one synagogue after another \u2014 indeed, in all the synagogues \u2014 I would often torture them, compelling them to slander God. My rage bordered on the hysterical as I pursued them, even to foreign cities."}, {"pk": 4126661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cOn one such journey, I was going to Damascus with the full authority of the chief priests."}, {"pk": 4126662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "While on the road at midday, King Agrippa, I saw a light from heaven shining around me and my traveling companions. That light was brighter than the sun."}, {"pk": 4126663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice that said to me in Aramaic, \u2018Saul, Saul, why are you harassing me? It\u2019s hard for you to kick against a spear.\u2019 <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>goads</i>"}, {"pk": 4126664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "Then I said, \u2018Who are you, Lord?\u2019 The Lord replied, \u2018I am Jesus, whom you are harassing."}, {"pk": 4126665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "Get up! Stand on your feet! I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you as my servant and witness of what you have seen and what I will show you."}, {"pk": 4126666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you"}, {"pk": 4126667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "to open their eyes. Then they can turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, and receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are made holy by faith in me.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cSo, King Agrippa, I wasn\u2019t disobedient to that heavenly vision."}, {"pk": 4126669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "Instead, I proclaimed first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to the whole region of Judea and to the Gentiles. My message was that they should change their hearts and lives and turn to God, and that they should demonstrate this change in their behavior."}, {"pk": 4126670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "Because of this, some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder me."}, {"pk": 4126671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "God has helped me up to this very day. Therefore, I stand here and bear witness to the lowly and the great. I\u2019m saying nothing more than what the Prophets and Moses declared would happen:"}, {"pk": 4126672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "that the Christ would suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to my people and to the Gentiles.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "At this point in Paul\u2019s defense, Festus declared with a loud voice, \u201cYou\u2019ve lost your mind, Paul! Too much learning is driving you mad!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "But Paul replied, \u201cI\u2019m not mad, most honorable Festus! I\u2019m speaking what is sound and true."}, {"pk": 4126675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "King Agrippa knows about these things, and I have been speaking openly to him. I\u2019m certain that none of these things have escaped his attention. This didn\u2019t happen secretly or in some out-of-the-way place."}, {"pk": 4126676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "Agrippa said to Paul, \u201cAre you trying to convince me that, in such a short time, you\u2019ve made me a Christian?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "Paul responded, \u201cWhether it is a short or a long time, I pray to God that not only you but also all who are listening to me today will become like me, except for these chains.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 30, "text": "The king stood up, as did the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them."}, {"pk": 4126680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 31, "text": "As they left, they were saying to each other, \u201cThis man is doing nothing that deserves death or imprisonment.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 26, "verse": 32, "text": "Agrippa said to Festus, \u201cThis man could have been released if he hadn\u2019t appealed to Caesar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "When it was determined that we were to sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were placed in the custody of a centurion named Julius of the Imperial Company. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>cohort</i> (approximately six hundred soldiers)"}, {"pk": 4126683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "We boarded a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia. So we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, came with us."}, {"pk": 4126684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "The next day we landed in Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and permitted him to go to some friends so they could take care of him."}, {"pk": 4126685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "From there we sailed off. We passed Cyprus, using the island to shelter us from the headwinds."}, {"pk": 4126686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "We sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, and landed in Myra in Lycia."}, {"pk": 4126687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship headed for Italy and put us on board."}, {"pk": 4126688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "After many days of slow and difficult sailing, we arrived off the coast of Cnidus. The wind wouldn\u2019t allow us to go farther, so we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone."}, {"pk": 4126689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "We sailed along the coast only with difficulty until we came to a place called Good Harbors, <sup>[2]</sup> near the city of Lasea.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Fair Havens</i>"}, {"pk": 4126690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous since the Day of Reconciliation had already passed. Paul warned them,"}, {"pk": 4126691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cMen, I see that our voyage will suffer damage and great loss, not only for the cargo and ship but also for our lives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "But the centurion was persuaded more by the ship\u2019s pilot and captain than by Paul\u2019s advice."}, {"pk": 4126693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Since the harbor was unsuitable for spending the winter, the majority supported a plan to put out to sea from there. They thought they might reach Phoenix in Crete and spend the winter in its harbor, which faced southwest and northwest."}, {"pk": 4126694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they could carry out their plan. They pulled up anchor and sailed closely along the coast of Crete."}, {"pk": 4126695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "Before long, a hurricane-strength wind known as a northeaster swept down from Crete."}, {"pk": 4126696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "The ship was caught in the storm and couldn\u2019t be turned into the wind. So we gave in to it, and it carried us along."}, {"pk": 4126697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "After sailing under the shelter of an island called Cauda, we were able to control the lifeboat only with difficulty."}, {"pk": 4126698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "They brought the lifeboat aboard, then began to wrap the ship with cables to hold it together. Fearing they might run aground on the sandbars of the Gulf of Syrtis, they lowered the anchor and let the ship be carried along."}, {"pk": 4126699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "We were so battered by the violent storm that the next day the men began throwing cargo overboard."}, {"pk": 4126700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "On the third day, they picked up the ship\u2019s gear and hurled it into the sea."}, {"pk": 4126701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "When neither the sun nor the moon appeared for many days and the raging storm continued to pound us, all hope of our being saved from this peril faded."}, {"pk": 4126702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "For a long time no one had eaten. Paul stood up among them and said, \u201cMen, you should have complied with my instructions not to sail from Crete. Then we would have avoided this damage and loss."}, {"pk": 4126703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "Now I urge you to be encouraged. Not one of your lives will be lost, though we will lose the ship."}, {"pk": 4126704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "Last night an angel from the God to whom I belong and whom I worship stood beside me."}, {"pk": 4126705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "The angel said, \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar! Indeed, God has also graciously given you everyone sailing with you.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4126706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "Be encouraged, men! I have faith in God that it will be exactly as he told me."}, {"pk": 4126707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "However, we must run aground on some island.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "On the fourteenth night, we were being carried across the Adriatic Sea. Around midnight the sailors began to suspect that land was near."}, {"pk": 4126709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "They dropped a weighted line to take soundings and found the water to be about one hundred twenty feet deep. After proceeding a little farther, we took soundings again and found the water to be about ninety feet deep."}, {"pk": 4126710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "Afraid that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they hurled out four anchors from the stern and began to pray for daylight."}, {"pk": 4126711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "The sailors tried to abandon the ship by lowering the lifeboat into the sea, pretending they were going to lower anchors from the bow."}, {"pk": 4126712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 31, "text": "Paul said to the centurion and his soldiers, \u201cUnless they stay in the ship, you can\u2019t be saved from peril.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 32, "text": "The soldiers then cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away."}, {"pk": 4126714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 33, "text": "Just before daybreak, Paul urged everyone to eat. He said, \u201cThis is the fourteenth day you\u2019ve lived in suspense, and you\u2019ve not had even a bite to eat."}, {"pk": 4126715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 34, "text": "I urge you to take some food. Your health depends on it. None of you will lose a single hair from his head.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 35, "text": "After he said these things, he took bread, gave thanks to God in front of them all, then broke it and began to eat."}, {"pk": 4126717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 36, "text": "Everyone was encouraged and took some food."}, {"pk": 4126718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 37, "text": "<sup>[36]</sup> (In all, there were two hundred seventy-six of us on the ship.)"}, {"pk": 4126719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 38, "text": "When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea."}, {"pk": 4126720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 39, "text": "In the morning light they saw a bay with a sandy beach. They didn\u2019t know what land it was, but they thought they might possibly be able to run the ship aground."}, {"pk": 4126721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 40, "text": "They cut the anchors loose and left them in the sea. At the same time, they untied the ropes that ran back to the rudders. They raised the foresail to catch the wind and made for the beach."}, {"pk": 4126722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 41, "text": "But they struck a sandbar and the ship ran aground. The bow was stuck and wouldn\u2019t move, and the stern was broken into pieces by the force of the waves."}, {"pk": 4126723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 42, "text": "The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming to shore and escaping."}, {"pk": 4126724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 43, "text": "However, the centurion wanted to save Paul, so he stopped them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and head for land."}, {"pk": 4126725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 27, "verse": 44, "text": "He ordered the rest to grab hold of planks or debris from the ship. In this way, everyone reached land safely."}, {"pk": 4126726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "After reaching land safely, we learned that the island was called Malta."}, {"pk": 4126727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. Because it was rainy and cold, they built a fire and welcomed all of us."}, {"pk": 4126728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Paul gathered a bunch of dry sticks and put them on the fire. As he did, a poisonous snake, driven out by the heat, latched on to his hand."}, {"pk": 4126729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, \u201cThis man must be a murderer! He was rescued from the sea, but the goddess Justice hasn\u2019t let him live!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "Paul shook the snake into the fire and suffered no harm."}, {"pk": 4126731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "They expected him to swell up with fever or suddenly drop dead. After waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to claim that he was a god."}, {"pk": 4126732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "Publius, the island\u2019s most prominent person, owned a large estate in that area. He welcomed us warmly into his home as his guests for three days."}, {"pk": 4126733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "Publius\u2019 father was bedridden, sick with a fever and dysentery. Paul went to see him and prayed. He placed his hand on him and healed him."}, {"pk": 4126734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "Once this happened, the rest of the sick on the island came to him and were healed."}, {"pk": 4126735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "They honored us in many ways. When we were getting ready to sail again, they supplied us with what we needed."}, {"pk": 4126736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had spent the winter at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with carvings of the twin gods Castor and Pollux as its figurehead."}, {"pk": 4126737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "We landed in Syracuse where we stayed three days."}, {"pk": 4126738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "From there we sailed to Rhegium. After one day a south wind came up, and we arrived on the second day in Puteoli."}, {"pk": 4126739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "There we found brothers and sisters who urged us to stay with them for a week. In this way we came to Rome."}, {"pk": 4126740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "When the brothers and sisters there heard about us, they came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he gave thanks to God and was encouraged."}, {"pk": 4126741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to live by himself, with a soldier guarding him."}, {"pk": 4126742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "Three days later, Paul called the Jewish leaders together. When they gathered, he said, \u201cBrothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I\u2019m a prisoner from Jerusalem. They handed me over to the Romans,"}, {"pk": 4126743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "who intended to release me after they examined me, because they couldn\u2019t find any reason for putting me to death."}, {"pk": 4126744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "When the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar. Don\u2019t think I appealed to Caesar because I had any reason to bring charges against my nation."}, {"pk": 4126745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "This is why I asked to see you and speak with you: it\u2019s because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "They responded, \u201cWe haven\u2019t received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of our brothers come and reported or said anything bad about you."}, {"pk": 4126747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "But we think it\u2019s important to hear what you think, for we know that people everywhere are speaking against this faction.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "On the day scheduled for this purpose, many people came to the place where he was staying. From morning until evening, he explained and testified concerning God\u2019s kingdom and tried to convince them about Jesus through appealing to the Law from Moses and the Prophets."}, {"pk": 4126749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "Some were persuaded by what he said, but others refused to believe."}, {"pk": 4126750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "They disagreed with each other and were starting to leave when Paul made one more statement: \u201cThe Holy Spirit spoke correctly when he said to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet,"}, {"pk": 4126751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "<b>Go to this people and say:</b> <br><b>You will hear, to be sure, but never understand;</b> <br><b>and you will certainly see but never recognize what you are seeing.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 27, "text": "<b>This people\u2019s senses have become calloused,</b> <br><b>and they\u2019ve become hard of hearing,</b> <br><b>and they\u2019ve shut their eyes</b> <br><b>so that they won\u2019t see with their eyes</b> <br><b>or hear with their ears</b> <br><b>or understand with their minds,</b> <br><b>and change their hearts and lives that I may heal them.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/6/9-10'>Isa 6:9\u201310</a>"}, {"pk": 4126753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cTherefore, be certain of this: God\u2019s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <a href='/CEB/44/28/29'>28:29</a> <i>After he said this, the Jews left, debating among themselves.</i>"}, {"pk": 4126754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 30, "text": "Paul lived in his own rented quarters for two full years and welcomed everyone who came to see him."}, {"pk": 4126755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 44, "chapter": 28, "verse": 31, "text": "Unhindered and with complete confidence, he continued to preach God\u2019s kingdom and to teach about the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4126756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for God\u2019s good news."}, {"pk": 4126757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "<sup>[2-3]</sup> God promised this good news about his Son ahead of time through his prophets in the holy scriptures. His Son was descended from David."}, {"pk": 4126758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He was publicly identified as God\u2019s Son with power through his resurrection from the dead, which was based on the Spirit of holiness. This Son is Jesus Christ our Lord."}, {"pk": 4126759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Through him we have received God\u2019s grace and our appointment to be apostles. This was to bring all Gentiles to faithful obedience for his name\u2019s sake."}, {"pk": 4126760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "You who are called by Jesus Christ are also included among these Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "To those in Rome who are dearly loved by God and called to be God\u2019s people. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4126762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the news about your faithfulness is being spread throughout the whole world."}, {"pk": 4126763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I serve God in my spirit by preaching the good news about God\u2019s Son, and God is my witness that I continually mention you"}, {"pk": 4126764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "in all my prayers. I\u2019m always asking that somehow, by God\u2019s will, I might succeed in visiting you at last."}, {"pk": 4126765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "I really want to see you to pass along some spiritual gift to you so that you can be strengthened."}, {"pk": 4126766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "What I mean is that we can mutually encourage each other while I am with you. We can be encouraged by the faithfulness we find in each other, both your faithfulness and mine."}, {"pk": 4126767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I planned to visit you many times, although I have been prevented from coming until now. I want to harvest some fruit among you, just as I have done among the other Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I have a responsibility both to Greeks and to those who don\u2019t speak Greek, both to the wise and to the foolish."}, {"pk": 4126769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "That\u2019s why I\u2019m ready to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome."}, {"pk": 4126770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "I\u2019m not ashamed of the gospel: it is God\u2019s own power for salvation to all who have faith in God, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."}, {"pk": 4126771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "God\u2019s righteousness is being revealed in the gospel, from faithfulness <sup>[1]</sup> for faith, <sup>[2]</sup> as it is written, <b>The righteous person will live by faith.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>faith</i><br>[3] <a href='/CEB/35/2/4'>Hab 2:4</a><br>[2] Or <i>faithfulness</i>"}, {"pk": 4126772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "God\u2019s wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodly behavior and the injustice of human beings who silence the truth with injustice."}, {"pk": 4126773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "This is because what is known about God should be plain to them because God made it plain to them."}, {"pk": 4126774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Ever since the creation of the world, God\u2019s invisible qualities \u2014 God\u2019s eternal power and divine nature \u2014 have been clearly seen, because they are understood through the things God has made. So humans are without excuse."}, {"pk": 4126775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Although they knew God, they didn\u2019t honor God as God or thank him. Instead, their reasoning became pointless, and their foolish hearts were darkened."}, {"pk": 4126776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "While they were claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves."}, {"pk": 4126777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that look like mortal humans: birds, animals, and reptiles."}, {"pk": 4126778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "So God abandoned them to their hearts\u2019 desires, which led to the moral corruption of degrading their own bodies with each other."}, {"pk": 4126779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "They traded God\u2019s truth for a lie, and they worshipped and served the creation instead of the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen."}, {"pk": 4126780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "That\u2019s why God abandoned them to degrading lust. Their females traded natural sexual relations for unnatural sexual relations."}, {"pk": 4126781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Also, in the same way, the males traded natural sexual relations with females, and burned with lust for each other. Males performed shameful actions with males, and they were paid back with the penalty they deserved for their mistake in their own bodies."}, {"pk": 4126782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Since they didn\u2019t think it was worthwhile to acknowledge God, God abandoned them to a defective mind to do inappropriate things."}, {"pk": 4126783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "So they were filled with all injustice, wicked behavior, greed, and evil behavior. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deception, and malice. They are gossips,"}, {"pk": 4126784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "they slander people, and they hate God. They are rude and proud, and they brag. They invent ways to be evil, and they are disobedient to their parents."}, {"pk": 4126785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "They are without understanding, disloyal, without affection, and without mercy."}, {"pk": 4126786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "Though they know God\u2019s decision that those who persist in such practices deserve death, they not only keep doing these things but also approve others who practice them."}, {"pk": 4126787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "So every single one of you who judge others is without any excuse. You condemn yourself when you judge another person because the one who is judging is doing the same things."}, {"pk": 4126788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "We know that God\u2019s judgment agrees with the truth, and his judgment is against those who do these kinds of things."}, {"pk": 4126789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "If you judge those who do these kinds of things while you do the same things yourself, think about this: Do you believe that you will escape God\u2019s judgment?"}, {"pk": 4126790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Or do you have contempt for the riches of God\u2019s generosity, tolerance, and patience? Don\u2019t you realize that God\u2019s kindness is supposed to lead you to change your heart and life?"}, {"pk": 4126791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "You are storing up wrath for yourself because of your stubbornness and your heart that refuses to change. God\u2019s just judgment will be revealed on the day of wrath."}, {"pk": 4126792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "<b>God will repay everyone based on their works</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/62/12'>Ps 62:12</a>; <a href='/CEB/20/24/12'>Prov 24:12</a>"}, {"pk": 4126793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "On the one hand, he will give eternal life to those who look for glory, honor, and immortality based on their patient good work."}, {"pk": 4126794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "But on the other hand, there will be wrath and anger for those who obey wickedness instead of the truth because they are acting out of selfishness and disobedience."}, {"pk": 4126795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, for the Jew first and also for the Greek."}, {"pk": 4126796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, for the Jew first and also for the Greek."}, {"pk": 4126797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "God does not have favorites."}, {"pk": 4126798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Those who have sinned outside the Law will also die outside the Law, and those who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law."}, {"pk": 4126799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "It isn\u2019t the ones who hear the Law who are righteous in God\u2019s eyes. It is the ones who do what the Law says who will be treated as righteous."}, {"pk": 4126800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Gentiles don\u2019t have the Law. But when they instinctively do what the Law requires they are a Law in themselves, though they don\u2019t have the Law."}, {"pk": 4126801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "They show the proof of the Law written on their hearts, and their consciences affirm it. Their conflicting thoughts will accuse them, or even make a defense for them,"}, {"pk": 4126802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the hidden truth about human beings through Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "But, <br>if you call yourself a Jew; <br>if you rely on the Law; <br>if you brag about your relationship to God;<br>"}, {"pk": 4126804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "if you know the will of God; <br>if you are taught by the Law so that you can figure out the things that really matter;<br>"}, {"pk": 4126805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "if you have persuaded yourself that you are: <br>a guide for the blind; <br>a light to those who are in darkness;<br>"}, {"pk": 4126806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "an educator of the foolish; <br>a teacher of infants (since you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the Law);<br>"}, {"pk": 4126807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "then why don\u2019t you who are teaching others teach yourself? <br>If you preach, \u201cNo stealing,\u201d do you steal?<br>"}, {"pk": 4126808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "If you say, \u201cNo adultery,\u201d do you commit adultery? <br>If you hate idols, do you rob temples? <br>"}, {"pk": 4126809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "If you brag about the Law, do you shame God by breaking the Law?"}, {"pk": 4126810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "As it is written: <b>The name of God is discredited by the Gentiles because of you</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/23/52/5'>Isa 52:5</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4126811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Circumcision is an advantage if you do what the Law says. But if you are a person who breaks the Law, your status of being circumcised has changed into not being circumcised."}, {"pk": 4126812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "So if the person who isn\u2019t circumcised keeps the Law, won\u2019t his status of not being circumcised be counted as if he were circumcised?"}, {"pk": 4126813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "The one who isn\u2019t physically circumcised but keeps the Law will judge you. You became a lawbreaker after you had the written Law and circumcision."}, {"pk": 4126814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "It isn\u2019t the Jew who maintains outward appearances who will receive praise from God, and it isn\u2019t people who are outwardly circumcised on their bodies."}, {"pk": 4126815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Instead, it is the person who is a Jew inside, who is circumcised in spirit, not literally. That person\u2019s praise doesn\u2019t come from people but from God."}, {"pk": 4126816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "So what\u2019s the advantage of being a Jew? Or what\u2019s the benefit of circumcision?"}, {"pk": 4126817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Plenty in every way. First of all, the Jews were trusted with God\u2019s revelations."}, {"pk": 4126818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "What does it matter, then, if some weren\u2019t faithful? Their lack of faith won\u2019t cancel God\u2019s faithfulness, will it?"}, {"pk": 4126819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Absolutely not! God must be true, even if every human being is a liar, as it is written: <b>So that it can show that you are right in your words;</b> <br><b>and you will triumph when you are judged.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/51/4'>Ps 51:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4126820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "But if our lack of righteousness confirms God\u2019s justice, what will we say? That God, who brings wrath upon us, isn\u2019t just (I\u2019m speaking rhetorically)?"}, {"pk": 4126821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Absolutely not! If God weren\u2019t just, how could he judge the world?"}, {"pk": 4126822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "But if God\u2019s truth is demonstrated by my lie and it increases his glory, why am I still judged as a sinner?"}, {"pk": 4126823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Why not say, \u201cLet\u2019s do evil things so that good things will come out of it\u201d? (Some people who slander us accuse us of saying that, but these people deserve criticism.)"}, {"pk": 4126824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "So what are we saying? Are we better off? Not at all. We have already stated the charge: both Jews and Greeks are all under the power of sin."}, {"pk": 4126825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "As it is written, <b>There is no righteous person, not even one.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "<b>There is no one who understands.</b> <br><b>There is no one who looks for God.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "<b>They all turned away.</b> <br><b>They have become worthless together.</b> <br><b>There is no one who shows kindness.</b> <br><b>There is not even one.</b> <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/14/1-3'>Ps 14:1\u20133</a>"}, {"pk": 4126828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "<b>Their throat is a grave that has been opened.</b> <br><b>They are deceitful with their tongues,</b> <br><b>and the poison of vipers is under their lips.</b> <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/5/9'>Ps 5:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4126829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "<b>Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.</b> <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/10/7'>Ps 10:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4126830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "<b>Their feet are quick to shed blood;</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "<b>destruction and misery are in their ways;</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "<b>and they don\u2019t know the way of peace.</b> <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/23/59/7-8'>Isa 59:7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4126833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "<b>There is no fear of God in their view of the world.</b> <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/19/36/1'>Ps 36:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4126834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, in order to shut every mouth and make it so the whole world has to answer to God."}, {"pk": 4126835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "It follows that no human being will be treated as righteous in his presence by doing what the Law says, because the knowledge of sin comes through the Law."}, {"pk": 4126836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "But now God\u2019s righteousness has been revealed apart from the Law, which is confirmed by the Law and the Prophets."}, {"pk": 4126837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "God\u2019s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who have faith in him. There\u2019s no distinction."}, {"pk": 4126838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "All have sinned and fall short of God\u2019s glory,"}, {"pk": 4126839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "Through his faithfulness, God displayed Jesus as the place of sacrifice where mercy is found by means of his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness in passing over sins that happened before,"}, {"pk": 4126841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "during the time of God\u2019s patient tolerance. He also did this to demonstrate that he is righteous in the present time, and to treat the one who has faith in Jesus as righteous."}, {"pk": 4126842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "What happens to our bragging? It\u2019s thrown out. With which law? With what we have accomplished under the Law?"}, {"pk": 4126843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "No, not at all, but through the law of faith. We consider that a person is treated as righteous by faith, apart from what is accomplished under the Law."}, {"pk": 4126844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn\u2019t God the God of Gentiles also? Yes, God is also the God of Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4126845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "Since God is one, then the one who makes the circumcised righteous by faith will also make the one who isn\u2019t circumcised righteous through faith."}, {"pk": 4126846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "Do we then cancel the Law through this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we confirm the Law."}, {"pk": 4126847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "So what are we going to say? Are we going to find that Abraham is our ancestor on the basis of genealogy?"}, {"pk": 4126848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Because if Abraham was made righteous because of his actions, he would have had a reason to brag, but not in front of God."}, {"pk": 4126849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "What does the scripture say? <b>Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as righteousness</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/15/6'>Gen 15:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4126850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Workers\u2019 salaries aren\u2019t credited to them on the basis of an employer\u2019s grace but rather on the basis of what they deserve."}, {"pk": 4126851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "But faith is credited as righteousness to those who don\u2019t work, because they have faith in God who makes the ungodly righteous."}, {"pk": 4126852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "In the same way, David also pronounces a blessing on the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from actions:"}, {"pk": 4126853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "<b>Happy are those whose actions outside the Law are forgiven,</b> <br><b>and whose sins are covered.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4126854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "<b>Happy are those whose sin isn\u2019t counted against them by the Lord</b>. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/32/1-2'>Ps 32:1\u20132</a>"}, {"pk": 4126855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Is this state of happiness only for the circumcised or is it also for those who aren\u2019t circumcised? We say, \u201cFaith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "So how was it credited? When he was circumcised, or when he wasn\u2019t circumcised? In fact, it was credited while he still wasn\u2019t circumcised, not after he was circumcised."}, {"pk": 4126857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that comes from the faith he had while he still wasn\u2019t circumcised. It happened this way so that Abraham could be the ancestor of all those people who aren\u2019t circumcised, who have faith in God, and so are counted as righteous."}, {"pk": 4126858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "He could also be the ancestor of those circumcised people, who aren\u2019t only circumcised but who also walk in the path of faith, like our ancestor Abraham did while he wasn\u2019t circumcised."}, {"pk": 4126859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The promise to Abraham and to his descendants, that he would inherit the world, didn\u2019t come through the Law but through the righteousness that comes from faith."}, {"pk": 4126860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "If they inherit because of the Law, then faith has no effect and the promise has been canceled."}, {"pk": 4126861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "The Law brings about wrath. But when there isn\u2019t any law, there isn\u2019t any violation of the law."}, {"pk": 4126862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "That\u2019s why the inheritance comes through faith, so that it will be on the basis of God\u2019s grace. In that way, the promise is secure for all of Abraham\u2019s descendants, not just for those who are related by Law but also for those who are related by the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us."}, {"pk": 4126863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "As it is written: <b>I have appointed you to be the father of many nations.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> So Abraham is our father in the eyes of God in whom he had faith, the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that don\u2019t exist into existence.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/1/17/5'>Gen 17:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4126864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "When it was beyond hope, he had faith in the hope that he would become the father of many nations, in keeping with the promise God spoke to him: <b>That\u2019s how many descendants you will have.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/1/15/5'>Gen 15:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4126865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Without losing faith, Abraham, who was nearly 100 years old, took into account his own body, which was as good as dead, and Sarah\u2019s womb, which was dead."}, {"pk": 4126866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "He didn\u2019t hesitate with a lack of faith in God\u2019s promise, but he grew strong in faith and gave glory to God."}, {"pk": 4126867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "He was fully convinced that God was able to do what he promised."}, {"pk": 4126868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, it was credited to him as righteousness."}, {"pk": 4126869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "But the scripture that says <b>it was credited to him</b> <sup>[5]</sup> wasn\u2019t written only for Abraham\u2019s sake.", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/1/15/6'>Gen 15:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4126870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "It was written also for our sake, because it is going to be credited to us too. It will be credited to those of us who have faith in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead."}, {"pk": 4126871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "He was handed over because of our mistakes, and he was raised to meet the requirements of righteousness for us."}, {"pk": 4126872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness, <sup>[1]</sup> we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>faith</i>"}, {"pk": 4126873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand through him, and we boast in the hope of God\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4126874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "But not only that! We even take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces endurance,"}, {"pk": 4126875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "endurance produces character, and character produces hope."}, {"pk": 4126876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "This hope doesn\u2019t put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."}, {"pk": 4126877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "While we were still weak, at the right moment, Christ died for ungodly people."}, {"pk": 4126878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "It isn\u2019t often that someone will die for a righteous person, though maybe someone might dare to die for a good person."}, {"pk": 4126879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us."}, {"pk": 4126880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "So, now that we have been made righteous by his blood, we can be even more certain that we will be saved from God\u2019s wrath through him."}, {"pk": 4126881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "If we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son while we were still enemies, now that we have been reconciled, how much more certain is it that we will be saved by his life?"}, {"pk": 4126882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "And not only that: we even take pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, the one through whom we now have a restored relationship with God."}, {"pk": 4126883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Just as through one human being sin came into the world, and death came through sin, so death has come to everyone, since everyone has sinned."}, {"pk": 4126884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Although sin was in the world, since there was no Law, it wasn\u2019t taken into account until the Law came."}, {"pk": 4126885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "But death ruled from Adam until Moses, even over those who didn\u2019t sin in the same way Adam did \u2014 Adam was a type of the one who was coming."}, {"pk": 4126886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "But the free gift of Christ isn\u2019t like Adam\u2019s failure. If many people died through what one person did wrong, God\u2019s grace is multiplied even more for many people with the gift \u2014 of the one person Jesus Christ \u2014 that comes through grace."}, {"pk": 4126887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "The gift isn\u2019t like the consequences of one person\u2019s sin. The judgment that came from one person\u2019s sin led to punishment, but the free gift that came out of many failures led to the verdict of acquittal."}, {"pk": 4126888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "If death ruled because of one person\u2019s failure, those who receive the multiplied grace and the gift of righteousness will even more certainly rule in life through the one person Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4126889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "So now the righteous requirements necessary for life are met for everyone through the righteous act of one person, just as judgment fell on everyone through the failure of one person."}, {"pk": 4126890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Many people were made righteous through the obedience of one person, just as many people were made sinners through the disobedience of one person."}, {"pk": 4126891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "The Law stepped in to amplify the failure, but where sin increased, grace multiplied even more."}, {"pk": 4126892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "The result is that grace will rule through God\u2019s righteousness, leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, just as sin ruled in death."}, {"pk": 4126893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "So what are we going to say? Should we continue sinning so grace will multiply?"}, {"pk": 4126894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Absolutely not! All of us died to sin. How can we still live in it?"}, {"pk": 4126895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Or don\u2019t you know that all who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?"}, {"pk": 4126896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Therefore, we were buried together with him through baptism into his death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too can walk in newness of life."}, {"pk": 4126897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "If we were united together in a death like his, we will also be united together in a resurrection like his."}, {"pk": 4126898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "This is what we know: the person that we used to be was crucified with him in order to get rid of the corpse that had been controlled by sin. That way we wouldn\u2019t be slaves to sin anymore,"}, {"pk": 4126899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "because a person who has died has been freed from sin\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4126900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But if we died with Christ, we have faith that we will also live with him."}, {"pk": 4126901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and he will never die again. Death no longer has power over him."}, {"pk": 4126902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "He died to sin once and for all with his death, but he lives for God with his life."}, {"pk": 4126903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "In the same way, you also should consider yourselves dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "So then, don\u2019t let sin rule your body, so that you do what it wants."}, {"pk": 4126905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t offer parts of your body to sin, to be used as weapons to do wrong. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who have been brought back to life from the dead, and offer all the parts of your body to God to be used as weapons to do right."}, {"pk": 4126906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Sin will have no power over you, because you aren\u2019t under Law but under grace."}, {"pk": 4126907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "So what? Should we sin because we aren\u2019t under Law but under grace? Absolutely not!"}, {"pk": 4126908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, that you are slaves of the one whom you obey? That\u2019s true whether you serve as slaves of sin, which leads to death, or as slaves of the kind of obedience that leads to righteousness."}, {"pk": 4126909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "But thank God that although you used to be slaves of sin, you gave wholehearted obedience to the teaching that was handed down to you, which provides a pattern."}, {"pk": 4126910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Now that you have been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness."}, {"pk": 4126911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "(I\u2019m speaking with ordinary metaphors because of your limitations.) Once, you offered the parts of your body to be used as slaves to impurity and to lawless behavior that leads to still more lawless behavior. Now, you should present the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness, which makes your lives holy."}, {"pk": 4126912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "When you were slaves of sin, you were free from the control of righteousness."}, {"pk": 4126913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "What consequences did you get from doing things that you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death."}, {"pk": 4126914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves to God, you have the consequence of a holy life, and the outcome is eternal life."}, {"pk": 4126915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "The wages that sin pays are death, but God\u2019s gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."}, {"pk": 4126916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I\u2019m talking to you as people who know the Law. Don\u2019t you know that the Law has power over someone only as long as he or she lives?"}, {"pk": 4126917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "A married woman is united with her husband under the Law while he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is released from the Law concerning her husband."}, {"pk": 4126918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "So then, if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, she\u2019s committing adultery. But if her husband dies, she\u2019s free from the Law, so she won\u2019t be committing adultery if she marries someone else."}, {"pk": 4126919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also died with respect to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you could be united with someone else. You are united with the one who was raised from the dead so that we can bear fruit for God."}, {"pk": 4126920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "When we were self-centered, the sinful passions aroused through the Law were at work in all the parts of our body, so that we bore fruit for death."}, {"pk": 4126921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "But now we have been released from the Law. We have died with respect to the thing that controlled us, so that we can be slaves in the new life under the Spirit, not in the old life under the written Law."}, {"pk": 4126922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "So what are we going to say? That the Law is sin? Absolutely not! But I wouldn\u2019t have known sin except through the Law. I wouldn\u2019t have known the desire for what others have if the Law had not said, <b>Don\u2019t desire to take what others have</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/2/20/17'>Exod 20:17</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/21'>Deut 5:21</a>"}, {"pk": 4126923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "But sin seized the opportunity and used this commandment to produce all kinds of desires in me. Sin is dead without the Law."}, {"pk": 4126924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "I used to be alive without the Law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,"}, {"pk": 4126925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "and I died. So the commandment that was intended to give life brought death."}, {"pk": 4126926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Sin seized the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and killed me."}, {"pk": 4126927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "So the Law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good."}, {"pk": 4126928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "So did something good bring death to me? Absolutely not! But sin caused my death through something good so that sin would be exposed as sin. That way sin would become even more thoroughly sinful through the commandment."}, {"pk": 4126929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "We know that the Law is spiritual, but I\u2019m made of flesh and blood, and I\u2019m sold as a slave to sin."}, {"pk": 4126930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing, because I don\u2019t do what I want to do. Instead, I do the thing that I hate."}, {"pk": 4126931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "But if I\u2019m doing the thing that I don\u2019t want to do, I\u2019m agreeing that the Law is right."}, {"pk": 4126932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "But now I\u2019m not the one doing it anymore. Instead, it\u2019s sin that lives in me."}, {"pk": 4126933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "I know that good doesn\u2019t live in me \u2014 that is, in my body. The desire to do good is inside of me, but I can\u2019t do it."}, {"pk": 4126934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "I don\u2019t do the good that I want to do, but I do the evil that I don\u2019t want to do."}, {"pk": 4126935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "But if I do the very thing that I don\u2019t want to do, then I\u2019m not the one doing it anymore. Instead, it is sin that lives in me that is doing it."}, {"pk": 4126936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "So I find that, as a rule, when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me."}, {"pk": 4126937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "I gladly agree with the Law on the inside,"}, {"pk": 4126938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "but I see a different law at work in my body. It wages a war against the law of my mind and takes me prisoner with the law of sin that is in my body."}, {"pk": 4126939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "I\u2019m a miserable human being. Who will deliver me from this dead corpse?"}, {"pk": 4126940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then I\u2019m a slave to God\u2019s Law in my mind, but I\u2019m a slave to sin\u2019s law in my body."}, {"pk": 4126941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "So now there isn\u2019t any condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4126942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death."}, {"pk": 4126943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "God has done what was impossible for the Law, since it was weak because of selfishness. God condemned sin in the body by sending his own Son to deal with sin in the same body as humans, who are controlled by sin."}, {"pk": 4126944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "He did this so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us. Now the way we live is based on the Spirit, not based on selfishness."}, {"pk": 4126945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "People whose lives are based on selfishness think about selfish things, but people whose lives are based on the Spirit think about things that are related to the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4126946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "The attitude that comes from selfishness leads to death, but the attitude that comes from the Spirit leads to life and peace."}, {"pk": 4126947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "So the attitude that comes from selfishness is hostile to God. It doesn\u2019t submit to God\u2019s Law, because it can\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4126948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "People who are self-centered aren\u2019t able to please God."}, {"pk": 4126949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "But you aren\u2019t self-centered. Instead you are in the Spirit, if in fact God\u2019s Spirit lives in you. If anyone doesn\u2019t have the Spirit of Christ, they don\u2019t belong to him."}, {"pk": 4126950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "If Christ is in you, the Spirit is your life because of God\u2019s righteousness, but the body is dead because of sin."}, {"pk": 4126951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your human bodies also, through his Spirit that lives in you."}, {"pk": 4126952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but it isn\u2019t an obligation to ourselves to live our lives on the basis of selfishness."}, {"pk": 4126953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "If you live on the basis of selfishness, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the actions of the body, you will live."}, {"pk": 4126954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "All who are led by God\u2019s Spirit are God\u2019s sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4126955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "You didn\u2019t receive a spirit of slavery to lead you back again into fear, but you received a Spirit that shows you are adopted as his children. With this Spirit, we cry, \u201cAbba, Father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "The same Spirit agrees with our spirit, that we are God\u2019s children."}, {"pk": 4126957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "But if we are children, we are also heirs. We are God\u2019s heirs and fellow heirs with Christ, if we really suffer with him so that we can also be glorified with him."}, {"pk": 4126958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "I believe that the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to be revealed to us."}, {"pk": 4126959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "The whole creation waits breathless with anticipation for the revelation of God\u2019s sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4126960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice \u2014 it was the choice of the one who subjected it \u2014 but in the hope"}, {"pk": 4126961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "that the creation itself will be set free from slavery to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of God\u2019s children."}, {"pk": 4126962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "We know that the whole creation is groaning together and suffering labor pains up until now."}, {"pk": 4126963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "And it\u2019s not only the creation. We ourselves who have the Spirit as the first crop of the harvest also groan inside as we wait to be adopted and for our bodies to be set free."}, {"pk": 4126964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "We were saved in hope. If we see what we hope for, that isn\u2019t hope. Who hopes for what they already see?"}, {"pk": 4126965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "But if we hope for what we don\u2019t see, we wait for it with patience."}, {"pk": 4126966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "In the same way, the Spirit comes to help our weakness. We don\u2019t know what we should pray, but the Spirit himself pleads our case with unexpressed groans."}, {"pk": 4126967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "The one who searches hearts knows how the Spirit thinks, because he pleads for the saints, consistent with God\u2019s will."}, {"pk": 4126968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "We know that God works all things together for good for the ones who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose."}, {"pk": 4126969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "We know this because God knew them in advance, and he decided in advance that they would be conformed to the image of his Son. That way his Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4126970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Those who God decided in advance would be conformed to his Son, he also called. Those whom he called, he also made righteous. Those whom he made righteous, he also glorified."}, {"pk": 4126971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "So what are we going to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?"}, {"pk": 4126972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "He didn\u2019t spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. Won\u2019t he also freely give us all things with him?"}, {"pk": 4126973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Who will bring a charge against God\u2019s elect people? It is God who acquits them."}, {"pk": 4126974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Who is going to convict them? It is Christ Jesus who died, even more, who was raised, and who also is at God\u2019s right side. It is Christ Jesus who also pleads our case for us."}, {"pk": 4126975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "Who will separate us from Christ\u2019s love? Will we be separated by trouble, or distress, or harassment, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?"}, {"pk": 4126976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "As it is written, <b>We are being put to death all day long for your sake.</b> <br><b>We are treated like sheep for slaughter.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/44/22'>Ps 44:22</a>"}, {"pk": 4126977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "But in all these things we win a sweeping victory through the one who loved us."}, {"pk": 4126978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "I\u2019m convinced that nothing can separate us from God\u2019s love in Christ Jesus our Lord: not death or life, not angels or rulers, not present things or future things, not powers"}, {"pk": 4126979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "or height or depth, or any other thing that is created."}, {"pk": 4126980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m speaking the truth in Christ \u2014 I\u2019m not lying, as my conscience assures me with the Holy Spirit:"}, {"pk": 4126981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "I have great sadness and constant pain in my heart."}, {"pk": 4126982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "I wish I could be cursed, cut off from Christ if it helped my brothers and sisters, who are my flesh-and-blood relatives."}, {"pk": 4126983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "They are Israelites. The adoption as God\u2019s children, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship, and the promises belong to them."}, {"pk": 4126984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "The Jewish ancestors are theirs, and the Christ descended from those ancestors. He is the one who rules over all things, who is God, and who is blessed forever. Amen."}, {"pk": 4126985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "But it\u2019s not as though God\u2019s word has failed. Not all who are descended from Israel are part of Israel."}, {"pk": 4126986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Not all of Abraham\u2019s children are called Abraham\u2019s descendants, but instead <b>your descendants will be named through Isaac.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/21/12'>Gen 21:12</a>"}, {"pk": 4126987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "That means it isn\u2019t the natural children who are God\u2019s children, but it is the children from the promise who are counted as descendants."}, {"pk": 4126988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "The words in the promise were: <b>A year from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/18/10'>Gen 18:10</a>, <a href='/CEB/1/18/14'>14</a>"}, {"pk": 4126989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Not only that, but also Rebecca conceived children with one man, our ancestor Isaac."}, {"pk": 4126990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "When they hadn\u2019t been born yet and when they hadn\u2019t yet done anything good or bad, it was shown that God\u2019s purpose would continue because it was based on his choice."}, {"pk": 4126991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "It wasn\u2019t because of what was done but because of God\u2019s call. This was said to her: <b>The older child will be a slave to the younger one</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/1/25/23'>Gen 25:23</a>"}, {"pk": 4126992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "As it is written, <b>I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/39/1/2-3'>Mal 1:2\u20133</a>"}, {"pk": 4126993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "So what are we going to say? Isn\u2019t this unfair on God\u2019s part? Absolutely not!"}, {"pk": 4126994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "He says to Moses, <b>I\u2019ll have mercy on whomever I choose to have mercy, and I\u2019ll show compassion to whomever I choose to show compassion</b>. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/2/33/19'>Exod 33:19</a>"}, {"pk": 4126995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "So then, it doesn\u2019t depend on a person\u2019s desire or effort. It depends entirely on God, who shows mercy."}, {"pk": 4126996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Scripture says to Pharaoh, <b>I have put you in this position for this very thing: so I can show my power in you and so that my name can be spread through the entire earth.</b> <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/2/9/16'>Exod 9:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4126997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "So then, God has mercy on whomever he wants to, but he makes resistant whomever he wants to."}, {"pk": 4126998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "So you are going to say to me, \u201cThen why does he still blame people? Who has ever resisted his will?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4126999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "You are only a human being. Who do you think you are to talk back to God? <b>Does the clay say to the potter,</b> \u201c<b>Why did you make me like this?</b>\u201d <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/23/29/16'>Isa 29:16</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/45/9'>45:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4127000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Doesn\u2019t the potter have the power over the clay to make one pot for special purposes and another for garbage from the same lump of clay?"}, {"pk": 4127001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "What if God very patiently puts up with pots made for wrath that were designed for destruction, because he wanted to show his wrath and to make his power known?"}, {"pk": 4127002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "What if he did this to make the wealth of his glory known toward pots made for mercy, which he prepared in advance for glory?"}, {"pk": 4127003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "We are the ones God has called. We don\u2019t come only from the Jews but we also come from the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4127004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "As it says also in Hosea, <b>I will call \u201cmy people\u201d those who aren\u2019t my people,</b> <br><b>and the one who isn\u2019t well loved, I will call \u201cloved one.\u201d</b> <sup>[8]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/28/2/23'>Hos 2:23</a>"}, {"pk": 4127005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "And in the place where it was said to them, \u201c<b>You aren\u2019t my people,</b>\u201d <br>there they will be called \u201c<b>the living God\u2019s children</b>.\u201d <sup>[9]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[9] <a href='/CEB/28/1/10'>Hos 1:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4127006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "But Isaiah cries out for Israel, <b>Though the number of Israel\u2019s children will be like the sand of the sea,</b> <br><b>only a remaining part will be saved,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4127007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "<b>because the Lord does what he says completely and quickly.</b> <sup>[10]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[10] <a href='/CEB/23/10/22-23'>Isa 10:22\u201323</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4127008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "As Isaiah prophesied, <b>If the Lord of the heavenly forces had not left descendants for us,</b> <br><b>we would have been like Sodom,</b> <br><b>and we would have become like Gomorrah.</b> <sup>[11]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[11] <a href='/CEB/23/1/9'>Isa 1:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4127009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "So what are we going to say? Gentiles who weren\u2019t striving for righteousness achieved righteousness, the righteousness that comes from faith."}, {"pk": 4127010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "But though Israel was striving for a Law of righteousness, they didn\u2019t arrive."}, {"pk": 4127011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Why? It\u2019s because they didn\u2019t go for it by faith but they went for it as if it could be reached by doing something. They have tripped over a stumbling block."}, {"pk": 4127012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "As it is written: <b>Look! I\u2019m putting a stumbling block in Zion,</b> <br><b>which is a rock that offends people.</b> <br><b>And the one who has faith in him will not be put to shame.</b> <sup>[12]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[12] <a href='/CEB/23/28/16'>Isa 28:16</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/8/14'>8:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4127013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, my heart\u2019s desire is for Israel\u2019s salvation. That\u2019s my prayer to God for them."}, {"pk": 4127014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "I can vouch for them: they are enthusiastic about God. However, it isn\u2019t informed by knowledge."}, {"pk": 4127015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "They don\u2019t submit to God\u2019s righteousness because they don\u2019t understand his righteousness, and they try to establish their own righteousness."}, {"pk": 4127016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Christ is the goal of the Law, which leads to righteousness for all who have faith in God."}, {"pk": 4127017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the Law: <b>The person who does these things will live by them.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/3/18/5'>Lev 18:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4127018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "But the righteousness that comes from faith talks like this: <b>Don\u2019t say in your heart</b>, \u201c<b>Who will go up into heaven?</b>\u201d <sup>[2]</sup> (that is, to bring Christ down)", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/9/4'>Deut 9:4</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/30/12'>30:12</a>"}, {"pk": 4127019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "or \u201c<b>Who will go down into the region below?</b>\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/30/13'>Deut 30:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4127020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "But what does it say? <b>The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart</b> <sup>[4]</sup> (that is, the message of faith that we preach).", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/5/30/14'>Deut 30:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4127021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Because if you confess with your mouth \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."}, {"pk": 4127022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and confessing with the mouth leads to salvation."}, {"pk": 4127023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "The scripture says, <b>All who have faith in him won\u2019t be put to shame</b>. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/23/28/16'>Isa 28:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4127024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "There is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord is Lord of all, who gives richly to all who call on him."}, {"pk": 4127025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "<b>All who call on the Lord\u2019s name will be saved.</b> <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/29/2/32'>Joel 2:32</a>"}, {"pk": 4127026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "So how can they call on someone they don\u2019t have faith in? And how can they have faith in someone they haven\u2019t heard of? And how can they hear without a preacher?"}, {"pk": 4127027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, <b>How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the good news.</b> <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/23/52/7'>Isa 52:7</a>; <a href='/CEB/34/1/15'>Nah 1:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4127028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "But everyone hasn\u2019t obeyed the good news. As Isaiah says, <b>Lord, who has had faith in our message?</b> <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/23/53/1'>Isa 53:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4127029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "So, faith comes from listening, but it\u2019s listening by means of Christ\u2019s message."}, {"pk": 4127030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "But I ask you, didn\u2019t they hear it? Definitely! <b>Their voice has gone out into the entire earth, and their message has gone out to the corners of the inhabited world.</b> <sup>[9]</sup>", "comment": "[9] <a href='/CEB/19/19/4'>Ps 19:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4127031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "But I ask you again, didn\u2019t Israel understand? First, Moses says, <b>I will make you jealous of those who aren\u2019t a people, of a people without understanding.</b> <sup>[10]</sup>", "comment": "[10] <a href='/CEB/5/32/21'>Deut 32:21</a>"}, {"pk": 4127032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "And Isaiah even dares to say, <b>I was found by those who didn\u2019t look for me; I revealed myself to those who didn\u2019t ask for me.</b> <sup>[11]</sup>", "comment": "[11] <a href='/CEB/23/65/1'>Isa 65:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4127033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "But he says about Israel, <b>All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.</b> <sup>[12]</sup>", "comment": "[12] <a href='/CEB/23/65/2'>Isa 65:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4127034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "So I ask you, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! I\u2019m an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin."}, {"pk": 4127035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "God hasn\u2019t rejected his people, whom he knew in advance. Or don\u2019t you know what the scripture says in the case of Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?"}, {"pk": 4127036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Lord, <b>they have killed your prophets, and they have torn down your altars. I\u2019m the only one left, and they are trying to take my life.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/11/19/10'>1 Kgs 19:10</a>, <a href='/CEB/11/19/14'>14</a>"}, {"pk": 4127037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "But what is God\u2019s reply to him? <b>I have kept for myself seven thousand people who haven\u2019t bowed their knees to Baal.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/11/19/18'>1 Kgs 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4127038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "So also in the present time there is a remaining group by the choice of God\u2019s grace."}, {"pk": 4127039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "But if it is by grace, it isn\u2019t by what\u2019s done anymore. If it were, God\u2019s grace wouldn\u2019t be grace."}, {"pk": 4127040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "So what? Israel didn\u2019t find what it was looking for. Those who were chosen found it, but the others were resistant."}, {"pk": 4127041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "As it is written, <b>God gave them a dull spirit, so that their eyes would not see and their ears not hear, right up until the present day.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/29/4'>Deut 29:4</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/29/10'>Isa 29:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4127042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "And David says, <b>Their table should become a pitfall and a trap,</b> <br><b>a stumbling block and payback to them for what they have done.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4127043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "<b>Their eyes should be darkened so they can\u2019t see,</b> <br><b>and their backs always bent.</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/69/22-23'>Ps 69:22\u201323</a>"}, {"pk": 4127044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "So I\u2019m asking you: They haven\u2019t stumbled so that they\u2019ve fallen permanently, have they? Absolutely not! But salvation has come to the Gentiles by their failure, in order to make Israel jealous."}, {"pk": 4127045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "But if their failure brings riches to the world, and their defeat brings riches to the Gentiles, how much more will come from the completion of their number!"}, {"pk": 4127046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019m speaking to you Gentiles. Considering that I\u2019m an apostle to the Gentiles, I publicize my own ministry"}, {"pk": 4127047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "in the hope that somehow I might make my own people jealous and save some of them."}, {"pk": 4127048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "If their rejection has brought about a close relationship between God and the world, how can their acceptance mean anything less than life from the dead?"}, {"pk": 4127049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "But if part of a batch of dough is offered to God as holy, the whole batch of dough is holy too. If a root is holy, the branches will be holy too."}, {"pk": 4127050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "If some of the branches were broken off, and you were a wild olive branch, and you were grafted in among the other branches and shared the root that produces the rich oil of the olive tree,"}, {"pk": 4127051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "then don\u2019t brag like you\u2019re better than the other branches. If you do brag, be careful: it\u2019s not you that sustains the root, but it\u2019s the root that sustains you."}, {"pk": 4127052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "You will say then, \u201cBranches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Fine. They were broken off because they weren\u2019t faithful, but you stand only by your faithfulness. <sup>[5]</sup> So don\u2019t think in a proud way; instead be afraid.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>faith</i>"}, {"pk": 4127054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "If God didn\u2019t spare the natural branches, he won\u2019t spare you either."}, {"pk": 4127055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "So look at God\u2019s kindness and harshness. It\u2019s harshness toward those who fell, but it\u2019s God\u2019s kindness for you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise, you could be cut off too."}, {"pk": 4127056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "And even those who were cut off will be grafted back in if they don\u2019t continue to be unfaithful, because God is able to graft them in again."}, {"pk": 4127057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "If you were naturally part of a wild olive tree and you were cut off from it, and then, contrary to nature, you were grafted into the cultivated olive tree, won\u2019t these natural branches stand an even better chance of being grafted back onto their own olive tree?"}, {"pk": 4127058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "I don\u2019t want you to be unaware of this secret, <sup>[6]</sup> brothers and sisters. That way you won\u2019t think too highly of yourselves. A part of Israel has become resistant until the full number of the Gentiles comes in.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4127059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "In this way, all Israel will be saved, as it is written: <b>The deliverer will come from Zion.</b> <br><b>He will remove ungodly behavior from Jacob.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4127060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "<b>This is my covenant with them,</b> <br><b>when I take away their sins</b>. <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/23/59/20-21'>Isa 59:20\u201321</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/27/9'>27:9</a>; <a href='/CEB/24/31/33-34'>Jer 31:33\u201334</a>"}, {"pk": 4127061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "According to the gospel, they are enemies for your sake, but according to God\u2019s choice, they are loved for the sake of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4127062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "God\u2019s gifts and calling can\u2019t be taken back."}, {"pk": 4127063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Once you were disobedient to God, but now you have mercy because they were disobedient."}, {"pk": 4127064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "In the same way, they have also been disobedient because of the mercy that you received, so now they can receive mercy too."}, {"pk": 4127065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "God has locked up all people in disobedience, in order to have mercy on all of them."}, {"pk": 4127066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "God\u2019s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep! They are as mysterious as his judgments, and they are as hard to track as his paths!"}, {"pk": 4127067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "<b>Who has known the Lord\u2019s mind?</b> <br><b>Or who has been his mentor?</b> <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/23/40/13'>Isa 40:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4127068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "<b>Or who has given him a gift</b> <br><b>and has been paid back by him?</b> <sup>[9]</sup><br>", "comment": "[9] <a href='/CEB/18/41/11'>Job 41:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4127069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "All things are from him and through him and for him. <br>May the glory be to him forever. Amen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4127070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "So, brothers and sisters, because of God\u2019s mercies, I encourage you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. This is your appropriate priestly service."}, {"pk": 4127071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God\u2019s will is \u2014 what is good and pleasing and mature."}, {"pk": 4127072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Because of the grace that God gave me, I can say to each one of you: don\u2019t think of yourself more highly than you ought to think. Instead, be reasonable since God has measured out a portion of faith to each one of you."}, {"pk": 4127073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "We have many parts in one body, but the parts don\u2019t all have the same function."}, {"pk": 4127074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "In the same way, though there are many of us, we are one body in Christ, and individually we belong to each other."}, {"pk": 4127075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "We have different gifts that are consistent with God\u2019s grace that has been given to us. If your gift is prophecy, you should prophesy in proportion to your faith."}, {"pk": 4127076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "If your gift is service, devote yourself to serving. If your gift is teaching, devote yourself to teaching."}, {"pk": 4127077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "If your gift is encouragement, devote yourself to encouraging. The one giving should do it with no strings attached. The leader should lead with passion. The one showing mercy should be cheerful."}, {"pk": 4127078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Love should be shown without pretending. Hate evil, and hold on to what is good."}, {"pk": 4127079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Love each other like the members of your family. Be the best at showing honor to each other."}, {"pk": 4127080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t hesitate to be enthusiastic \u2014 be on fire in the Spirit as you serve the Lord!"}, {"pk": 4127081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you\u2019re in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer."}, {"pk": 4127082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Contribute to the needs of God\u2019s people, and welcome strangers into your home."}, {"pk": 4127083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Bless people who harass you \u2014 bless and don\u2019t curse them."}, {"pk": 4127084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Be happy with those who are happy, and cry with those who are crying."}, {"pk": 4127085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Consider everyone as equal, and don\u2019t think that you\u2019re better than anyone else. Instead, associate with people who have no status. Don\u2019t think that you\u2019re so smart."}, {"pk": 4127086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t pay back anyone for their evil actions with evil actions, but show respect for what everyone else believes is good."}, {"pk": 4127087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "If possible, to the best of your ability, live at peace with all people."}, {"pk": 4127088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t try to get revenge for yourselves, my dear friends, but leave room for God\u2019s wrath. It is written, <b>Revenge belongs to me; I will pay it back, says the Lord</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/32/35'>Deut 32:35</a>"}, {"pk": 4127089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Instead, <b>If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. By doing this, you will pile burning coals of fire upon his head</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/20/25/21-22'>Prov 25:21\u201322</a>"}, {"pk": 4127090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t be defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good."}, {"pk": 4127091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Every person should place themselves under the authority of the government. There isn\u2019t any authority unless it comes from God, and the authorities that are there have been put in place by God."}, {"pk": 4127092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "So anyone who opposes the authority is standing against what God has established. People who take this kind of stand will get punished."}, {"pk": 4127093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "The authorities don\u2019t frighten people who are doing the right thing. Rather, they frighten people who are doing wrong. Would you rather not be afraid of authority? Do what\u2019s right, and you will receive its approval."}, {"pk": 4127094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "It is God\u2019s servant given for your benefit. But if you do what\u2019s wrong, be afraid because it doesn\u2019t have weapons to enforce the law for nothing. It is God\u2019s servant put in place to carry out his punishment on those who do what is wrong."}, {"pk": 4127095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "That is why it is necessary to place yourself under the government\u2019s authority, not only to avoid God\u2019s punishment but also for the sake of your conscience."}, {"pk": 4127096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "You should also pay taxes for the same reason, because the authorities are God\u2019s assistants, concerned with this very thing."}, {"pk": 4127097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "So pay everyone what you owe them. Pay the taxes you owe, pay the duties you are charged, give respect to those you should respect, and honor those you should honor."}, {"pk": 4127098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t be in debt to anyone, except for the obligation to love each other. Whoever loves another person has fulfilled the Law."}, {"pk": 4127099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "The commandments, <b>Don\u2019t commit adultery, don\u2019t murder, don\u2019t steal, don\u2019t desire what others have,</b> <sup>[1]</sup> and any other commandments, are all summed up in one word: <b>You must love your neighbor as yourself.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a><br>[1] <a href='/CEB/2/20/13-15'>Exod 20:13\u201315</a>, <a href='/CEB/2/20/17'>17</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/17-19'>Deut 5:17\u201319</a>, <a href='/CEB/5/5/21'>21</a>"}, {"pk": 4127100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Love doesn\u2019t do anything wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is what fulfills the Law."}, {"pk": 4127101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "As you do all this, you know what time it is. The hour has already come for you to wake up from your sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we first had faith."}, {"pk": 4127102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "The night is almost over, and the day is near. So let\u2019s get rid of the actions that belong to the darkness and put on the weapons of light."}, {"pk": 4127103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Let\u2019s behave appropriately as people who live in the day, not in partying and getting drunk, not in sleeping around and obscene behavior, not in fighting and obsession."}, {"pk": 4127104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Instead, dress yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ, and don\u2019t plan to indulge your selfish desires."}, {"pk": 4127105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Welcome the person who is weak in faith \u2014 but not in order to argue about differences of opinion."}, {"pk": 4127106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "One person believes in eating everything, while the weak person eats only vegetables."}, {"pk": 4127107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Those who eat must not look down on the ones who don\u2019t, and the ones who don\u2019t eat must not judge the ones who do, because God has accepted them."}, {"pk": 4127108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Who are you to judge someone else\u2019s servants? They stand or fall before their own Lord (and they will stand, because the Lord has the power to make them stand)."}, {"pk": 4127109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "One person considers some days to be more sacred than others, while another person considers all days to be the same. Each person must have their own convictions."}, {"pk": 4127110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Someone who thinks that a day is sacred, thinks that way for the Lord. Those who eat, eat for the Lord, because they thank God. And those who don\u2019t eat, don\u2019t eat for the Lord, and they thank the Lord too."}, {"pk": 4127111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "We don\u2019t live for ourselves and we don\u2019t die for ourselves."}, {"pk": 4127112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to God."}, {"pk": 4127113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "This is why Christ died and lived: so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living."}, {"pk": 4127114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "But why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you look down on your brother or sister? We all will stand in front of the judgment seat of God."}, {"pk": 4127115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Because it is written, <b>As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me,</b> <br><b>and every tongue will give praise to God.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/45/23'>Isa 45:23</a>"}, {"pk": 4127116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God."}, {"pk": 4127117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "So stop judging each other. Instead, this is what you should decide: never put a stumbling block or obstacle in the way of your brother or sister."}, {"pk": 4127118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "I know and I\u2019m convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is wrong to eat in itself. But if someone thinks something is wrong to eat, it becomes wrong for that person."}, {"pk": 4127119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "If your brother or sister is upset by your food, you are no longer walking in love. Don\u2019t let your food destroy someone for whom Christ died."}, {"pk": 4127120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "And don\u2019t let something you consider to be good be criticized as wrong."}, {"pk": 4127121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "God\u2019s kingdom isn\u2019t about eating food and drinking but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Whoever serves Christ this way pleases God and gets human approval."}, {"pk": 4127123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "So let\u2019s strive for the things that bring peace and the things that build each other up."}, {"pk": 4127124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t destroy what God has done because of food. All food is acceptable, but it\u2019s a bad thing if it trips someone else."}, {"pk": 4127125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "It\u2019s a good thing not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that trips your brother or sister."}, {"pk": 4127126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Keep the belief that you have to yourself \u2014 it\u2019s between you and God. People are blessed who don\u2019t convict themselves by the things they approve."}, {"pk": 4127127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "But those who have doubts are convicted if they go ahead and eat, because they aren\u2019t acting on the basis of faith. Everything that isn\u2019t based on faith is sin."}, {"pk": 4127128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "We who are powerful need to be patient with the weakness of those who don\u2019t have power, and not please ourselves."}, {"pk": 4127129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Each of us should please our neighbors for their good in order to build them up."}, {"pk": 4127130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Christ didn\u2019t please himself, but, as it is written, <b>The insults of those who insulted you fell on me.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/69/9'>Ps 69:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4127131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction so that we could have hope through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures."}, {"pk": 4127132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "May the God of endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude toward each other, similar to Christ Jesus\u2019 attitude."}, {"pk": 4127133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "That way you can glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ together with one voice."}, {"pk": 4127134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "So welcome each other, in the same way that Christ also welcomed you, for God\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4127135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m saying that Christ became a servant of those who are circumcised for the sake of God\u2019s truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4127136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "and so that the Gentiles could glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, <b>Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles,</b> <br><b>and I will sing praises to your name</b>. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/18/49'>Ps 18:49</a>"}, {"pk": 4127137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "And again, it says, <b>Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people</b>. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/32/43'>Deut 32:43</a>"}, {"pk": 4127138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "And again, <b>Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,</b> <br><b>and all the people should sing his praises</b>. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/117/1'>Ps 117:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4127139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "And again, Isaiah says, <b>There will be a root of Jesse,</b> <br><b>who will also rise to rule the Gentiles.</b> <br><b>The Gentiles will place their hope in him</b>. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/23/11/10'>Isa 11:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4127140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and are able to teach each other."}, {"pk": 4127142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "But I\u2019ve written to you in a sort of daring way, partly to remind you of what you already know. I\u2019m writing to you in this way because of the grace that was given to me by God."}, {"pk": 4127143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "It helps me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I\u2019m working as a priest of God\u2019s gospel so that the offering of the Gentiles can be acceptable and made holy by the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "So in Christ Jesus I brag about things that have to do with God."}, {"pk": 4127145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "I don\u2019t dare speak about anything except what Christ has done through me to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles. He did it by what I\u2019ve said and what I\u2019ve done,"}, {"pk": 4127146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God\u2019s Spirit. So I\u2019ve completed the circuit of preaching Christ\u2019s gospel from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum."}, {"pk": 4127147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "In this way, I have a goal to preach the gospel where they haven\u2019t heard of Christ yet, so that I won\u2019t be building on someone else\u2019s foundation."}, {"pk": 4127148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Instead, as it\u2019s written, <b>Those who hadn\u2019t been told about him will see, and those who hadn\u2019t heard will understand</b>. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/23/52/15'>Isa 52:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4127149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "That\u2019s why I\u2019ve been stopped so many times from coming to see you."}, {"pk": 4127150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "But now, since I don\u2019t have any place to work in these regions anymore, and since I\u2019ve wanted to come to see you for many years,"}, {"pk": 4127151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "I\u2019ll visit you when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while I\u2019m passing through. And I hope you will send me on my way there, after I have first been reenergized by some time in your company."}, {"pk": 4127152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "But now I\u2019m going to Jerusalem, to serve God\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4127153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "Macedonia and Achaia have been happy to make a contribution for the poor among God\u2019s people in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4127154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "They were happy to do this, and they are actually in debt to God\u2019s people in Jerusalem. If the Gentiles got a share of the Jewish people\u2019s spiritual resources, they ought to minister to them with material resources."}, {"pk": 4127155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "So then after I have finished this job and have safely delivered the final amount of the Gentiles\u2019 offering to them, I will leave for Spain, visiting you on the way."}, {"pk": 4127156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "And I know that when I come to you I will come with the fullest blessing of Christ."}, {"pk": 4127157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I urge you, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggles in your prayers to God for me."}, {"pk": 4127158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "Pray that I will be rescued from the people in Judea who don\u2019t believe. Also, pray that my service for Jerusalem will be acceptable to God\u2019s people there"}, {"pk": 4127159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "so that I can come to you with joy by God\u2019s will and be reenergized with your company."}, {"pk": 4127160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "May the God of peace be with you all. Amen."}, {"pk": 4127161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m introducing our sister Phoebe to you, who is a servant <sup>[1]</sup> of the church in Cenchreae.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>deacon</i>"}, {"pk": 4127162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Welcome her in the Lord in a way that is worthy of God\u2019s people, and give her whatever she needs from you, because she herself has been a sponsor of many people, myself included."}, {"pk": 4127163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Say hello to Prisca and Aquila, my coworkers in Christ Jesus,"}, {"pk": 4127164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "who risked their own necks for my life. I\u2019m not the only one who thanks God for them, but all the churches of the Gentiles do the same."}, {"pk": 4127165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Also say hello to the church that meets in their house. Say hello to Epaenetus, my dear friend, who was the first convert <sup>[2]</sup> in Asia for Christ.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>is the firstfruits</i>"}, {"pk": 4127166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Say hello to Mary, who has worked very hard for you."}, {"pk": 4127167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Say hello to Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners. They are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before me."}, {"pk": 4127168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "Say hello to Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Say hello to Urbanus, our coworker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys."}, {"pk": 4127170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Say hello to Apelles, who is tried and true in Christ. Say hello to the members of the household of Aristobulus."}, {"pk": 4127171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Say hello to my relative Herodion. Say hello to the members of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Say hello to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who are workers for the Lord. Say hello to my dear friend Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Say hello to Rufus, who is an outstanding believer, along with his mother and mine."}, {"pk": 4127174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Say hello to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters who are with them."}, {"pk": 4127175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Say hello to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them."}, {"pk": 4127176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Say hello to each other with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ say hello to you."}, {"pk": 4127177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I urge you to watch out for people who create divisions and problems against the teaching that you learned. Keep away from them."}, {"pk": 4127178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "People like that aren\u2019t serving the Lord. They are serving their own feelings. They deceive the hearts of innocent people with smooth talk and flattery."}, {"pk": 4127179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "The news of your obedience has reached everybody, so I\u2019m happy for you. But I want you to be wise about what\u2019s good, and innocent about what\u2019s evil."}, {"pk": 4127180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "The God of peace will soon crush Satan <sup>[3]</sup> under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the Adversary</i>"}, {"pk": 4127181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Timothy my coworker says hello to you, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives."}, {"pk": 4127182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "I\u2019m Tertius, and I\u2019m writing this letter to you in the Lord \u2014 hello!"}, {"pk": 4127183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, says hello to you. Erastus the city treasurer says hello to you, along with our brother Quartus. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament do not include <a href='/CEB/45/16/24'>16:24</a> <i>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you</i>."}, {"pk": 4127184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "May the glory be to God who can strengthen you with my good news and the message that I preach about Jesus Christ. He can strengthen you with the announcement of the secret <sup>[5]</sup> that was kept quiet for a long time.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4127185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "Now that secret is revealed through what the prophets wrote. It is made known to the Gentiles <sup>[6]</sup> in order to lead to their faithful obedience based on the command of the eternal God.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>all the Gentiles</i>"}, {"pk": 4127186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 45, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "May the glory be to God, who alone is wise! May the glory be to him through Jesus Christ forever! Amen."}, {"pk": 4127187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, called by God\u2019s will to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and from Sosthenes our brother."}, {"pk": 4127188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "To God\u2019s church that is in Corinth: To those who have been made holy to God in Christ Jesus, who are called to be God\u2019s people. Together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place \u2014 he\u2019s their Lord and ours!"}, {"pk": 4127189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I thank my God always for you, because of God\u2019s grace that was given to you in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4127191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "That is, you were made rich through him in everything: in all your communication and every kind of knowledge,"}, {"pk": 4127192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "in the same way that the testimony about Christ was confirmed with you."}, {"pk": 4127193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The result is that you aren\u2019t missing any spiritual gift while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed."}, {"pk": 4127194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "He will also confirm your testimony about Christ until the end so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "God is faithful, and you were called by him to partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."}, {"pk": 4127196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Now I encourage you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Agree with each other and don\u2019t be divided into rival groups. Instead, be restored with the same mind and the same purpose."}, {"pk": 4127197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "My brothers and sisters, Chloe\u2019s people gave me some information about you, that you\u2019re fighting with each other."}, {"pk": 4127198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "What I mean is this: that each one of you says, \u201cI belong to Paul,\u201d \u201cI belong to Apollos,\u201d \u201cI belong to Cephas,\u201d \u201cI belong to Christ.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in Paul\u2019s name?"}, {"pk": 4127200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Thank God that I didn\u2019t baptize any of you, except Crispus and Gaius,"}, {"pk": 4127201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "so that nobody can say that you were baptized in my name!"}, {"pk": 4127202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Oh, I baptized the house of Stephanas too. Otherwise, I don\u2019t know if I baptized anyone else."}, {"pk": 4127203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Christ didn\u2019t send me to baptize but to preach the good news. And Christ didn\u2019t send me to preach the good news with clever words so that Christ\u2019s cross won\u2019t be emptied of its meaning."}, {"pk": 4127204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are being destroyed. But it is the power of God for those of us who are being saved."}, {"pk": 4127205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "It is written in scripture: <b>I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the intelligence of the intelligent</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/29/14'>Isa 29:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4127206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Where are the wise? Where are the legal experts? Where are today\u2019s debaters? Hasn\u2019t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?"}, {"pk": 4127207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "In God\u2019s wisdom, he determined that the world wouldn\u2019t come to know him through its wisdom. Instead, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of preaching."}, {"pk": 4127208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,"}, {"pk": 4127209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "but we preach Christ crucified, which is a scandal to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4127210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "But to those who are called \u2014 both Jews and Greeks \u2014 Christ is God\u2019s power and God\u2019s wisdom."}, {"pk": 4127211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "This is because the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength."}, {"pk": 4127212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Look at your situation when you were called, brothers and sisters! By ordinary human standards not many were wise, not many were powerful, not many were from the upper class."}, {"pk": 4127213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "But God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God chose what the world considers weak to shame the strong."}, {"pk": 4127214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "And God chose what the world considers low-class and low-life \u2014 what is considered to be nothing \u2014 to reduce what is considered to be something to nothing."}, {"pk": 4127215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "So no human being can brag in God\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4127216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "It is because of God that you are in Christ Jesus. He became wisdom from God for us. This means that he made us righteous and holy, and he delivered us."}, {"pk": 4127217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "This is consistent with what was written: <b>The one who brags should brag in the Lord!</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/24/9/24'>Jer 9:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4127218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I didn\u2019t come preaching God\u2019s secrets to you like I was an expert in speech or wisdom."}, {"pk": 4127219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "I had made up my mind not to think about anything while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and to preach him as crucified."}, {"pk": 4127220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "I stood in front of you with weakness, fear, and a lot of shaking."}, {"pk": 4127221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "My message and my preaching weren\u2019t presented with convincing wise words but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power."}, {"pk": 4127222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "I did this so that your faith might not depend on the wisdom of people but on the power of God."}, {"pk": 4127223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "What we say is wisdom to people who are mature. It isn\u2019t a wisdom that comes from the present day or from today\u2019s leaders who are being reduced to nothing."}, {"pk": 4127224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "We talk about God\u2019s wisdom, which has been hidden as a secret. God determined this wisdom in advance, before time began, for our glory."}, {"pk": 4127225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "It is a wisdom that none of the present-day rulers have understood, because if they did understand it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory!"}, {"pk": 4127226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "But this is precisely what is written: <b>God has prepared things for those who love him that no eye has seen, or ear has heard, or that haven\u2019t crossed the mind of any human being</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/64/4'>Isa 64:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4127227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, including the depths of God."}, {"pk": 4127228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Who knows a person\u2019s depths except their own spirit that lives in them? In the same way, no one has known the depths of God except God\u2019s Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "We haven\u2019t received the world\u2019s spirit but God\u2019s Spirit so that we can know the things given to us by God."}, {"pk": 4127230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "These are the things we are talking about \u2014 not with words taught by human wisdom but with words taught by the Spirit \u2014 we are interpreting spiritual things to spiritual people."}, {"pk": 4127231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But people who are unspiritual don\u2019t accept the things from God\u2019s Spirit. They are foolishness to them and can\u2019t be understood, because they can only be comprehended in a spiritual way."}, {"pk": 4127232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Spiritual people comprehend everything, but they themselves aren\u2019t understood by anyone."}, {"pk": 4127233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "<b>Who has known the mind of the Lord, who will advise him?</b> <sup>[2]</sup> But we have the mind of Christ.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/23/40/13'>Isa 40:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4127234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I couldn\u2019t talk to you like spiritual people but like unspiritual people, like babies in Christ."}, {"pk": 4127235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "I gave you milk to drink instead of solid food, because you weren\u2019t up to it yet."}, {"pk": 4127236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Now you are still not up to it because you are still unspiritual. When jealousy and fighting exist between you, aren\u2019t you unspiritual and living by human standards?"}, {"pk": 4127237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "When someone says, \u201cI belong to Paul,\u201d and someone else says, \u201cI belong to Apollos,\u201d aren\u2019t you acting like people without the Spirit?"}, {"pk": 4127238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "After all, what is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants who helped you to believe. Each one had a role given to them by the Lord:"}, {"pk": 4127239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "I planted, Apollos watered, but God made it grow."}, {"pk": 4127240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Because of this, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but the only one who is anything is God who makes it grow."}, {"pk": 4127241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "The one who plants and the one who waters work together, but each one will receive their own reward for their own labor."}, {"pk": 4127242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "We are God\u2019s coworkers, and you are God\u2019s field, God\u2019s building."}, {"pk": 4127243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "I laid a foundation like a wise master builder according to God\u2019s grace that was given to me, but someone else is building on top of it. Each person needs to pay attention to the way they build on it."}, {"pk": 4127244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "No one can lay any other foundation besides the one that is already laid, which is Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "So, whether someone builds on top of the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or hay,"}, {"pk": 4127246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "each one\u2019s work will be clearly shown. The day will make it clear, because it will be revealed with fire \u2014 the fire will test the quality of each one\u2019s work."}, {"pk": 4127247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "If anyone\u2019s work survives, they\u2019ll get a reward."}, {"pk": 4127248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "But if anyone\u2019s work goes up in flames, they\u2019ll lose it. However, they themselves will be saved as if they had gone through a fire."}, {"pk": 4127249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that you are God\u2019s temple and God\u2019s Spirit lives in you?"}, {"pk": 4127250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "If someone destroys God\u2019s temple, God will destroy that person, because God\u2019s temple is holy, which is what you are."}, {"pk": 4127251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t fool yourself. If some of you think they are worldly-wise, then they should become foolish so that they can become wise."}, {"pk": 4127252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "This world\u2019s wisdom is foolishness to God. As it\u2019s written, <b>He catches the wise in their cleverness.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/18/5/13'>Job 5:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4127253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "And also, <b>The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are silly</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/94/11'>Ps 94:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4127254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "So then, no one should brag about human beings. Everything belongs to you \u2014"}, {"pk": 4127255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, things in the present, things in the future \u2014 everything belongs to you,"}, {"pk": 4127256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "but you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God."}, {"pk": 4127257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "So a person should think about us this way \u2014 as servants of Christ and managers of God\u2019s secrets."}, {"pk": 4127258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "In this kind of situation, what is expected of a manager is that they prove to be faithful."}, {"pk": 4127259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "I couldn\u2019t care less if I\u2019m judged by you or by any human court; I don\u2019t even judge myself."}, {"pk": 4127260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019m not aware of anything against me, but that doesn\u2019t make me innocent, because the Lord is the one who judges me."}, {"pk": 4127261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "So don\u2019t judge anything before the right time \u2014 wait until the Lord comes. He will bring things that are hidden in the dark to light, and he will make people\u2019s motivations public. Then there will be recognition for each person from God."}, {"pk": 4127262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit. I\u2019ve done this so that you can learn what it means not to go beyond what has been written and so none of you will become arrogant by supporting one of us against the other."}, {"pk": 4127263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Who says that you are better than anyone else? What do you have that you didn\u2019t receive? And if you received it, then why are you bragging as if you didn\u2019t receive it?"}, {"pk": 4127264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "You\u2019ve been filled already! You\u2019ve become rich already! You rule like kings without us! I wish you did rule so that we could be kings with you!"}, {"pk": 4127265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "I suppose that God has shown that we apostles are at the end of the line. We are like prisoners sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle in the world, both to angels and to humans."}, {"pk": 4127266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "We are fools for Christ, but you are wise through Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!"}, {"pk": 4127267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Up to this very moment we are hungry, thirsty, wearing rags, abused, and homeless."}, {"pk": 4127268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we respond with a blessing; when we are harassed, we put up with it;"}, {"pk": 4127269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "when our reputation is attacked, we are encouraging. We have become the scum of the earth, the waste that runs off everything, up to the present time."}, {"pk": 4127270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "I\u2019m not writing these things to make you ashamed but to warn you, since you are my loved children."}, {"pk": 4127271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "You may have ten thousand mentors in Christ, but you don\u2019t have many fathers. I gave birth to you in Christ Jesus through the gospel,"}, {"pk": 4127272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "so I encourage you to follow my example."}, {"pk": 4127273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "This is why I\u2019ve sent Timothy to you; he\u2019s my loved and trusted child in the Lord; he\u2019ll remind you about my way of life in Christ Jesus. He\u2019ll teach the same way as I teach everywhere in every church."}, {"pk": 4127274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Some have become arrogant as if I\u2019m not coming to see you."}, {"pk": 4127275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "But, if the Lord is willing, I\u2019ll come to you soon. Then I won\u2019t focus on what these arrogant people say, but I\u2019ll find out what power they possess."}, {"pk": 4127276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "God\u2019s kingdom isn\u2019t about words but about power."}, {"pk": 4127277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Which do you want? Should I come to you with a big stick to punish you, or with love and a gentle spirit?"}, {"pk": 4127278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Everyone has heard that there is sexual immorality among you. This is a type of immorality that isn\u2019t even heard of among the Gentiles \u2014 a man is having sex with his father\u2019s wife!"}, {"pk": 4127279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "And you\u2019re proud of yourselves instead of being so upset that the one who did this thing is expelled from your community."}, {"pk": 4127280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Though I\u2019m absent physically, I\u2019m present in the spirit and I\u2019ve already judged the man who did this as if I were present."}, {"pk": 4127281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "When you meet together in the name of our Lord Jesus, I\u2019ll be present in spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus."}, {"pk": 4127282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "At that time we need to hand this man over to Satan to destroy his human weakness so that his spirit might be saved on the day of the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Your bragging isn\u2019t good! Don\u2019t you know that a tiny grain of yeast makes a whole batch of dough rise?"}, {"pk": 4127284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Clean out the old yeast so you can be a new batch of dough, given that you\u2019re supposed to be unleavened bread. Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed,"}, {"pk": 4127285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "so let\u2019s celebrate the feast with the unleavened bread of honesty and truth, not with old yeast or with the yeast of evil and wickedness."}, {"pk": 4127286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "I wrote to you in my earlier letter not to associate with sexually immoral people."}, {"pk": 4127287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "But I wasn\u2019t talking about the sexually immoral people in the outside world by any means \u2014 or the greedy, or the swindlers, or people who worship false gods \u2014 otherwise, you would have to leave the world entirely!"}, {"pk": 4127288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "But now I\u2019m writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls themselves \u201cbrother\u201d or \u201csister\u201d who is sexually immoral, greedy, someone who worships false gods, an abusive person, a drunk, or a swindler. Don\u2019t even eat with anyone like this."}, {"pk": 4127289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "What do I care about judging outsiders? Isn\u2019t it your job to judge insiders?"}, {"pk": 4127290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "God will judge outsiders. <b>Expel the evil one from among you!</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/17/7'>Deut 17:7</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/19/19'>19:19</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/22/21'>22:21</a>, <a href='/CEB/5/22/24'>24</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/24/7'>24:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4127291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "When someone in your assembly has a legal case against another member, do they dare to take it to court to be judged by people who aren\u2019t just, instead of by God\u2019s people?"}, {"pk": 4127292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Or don\u2019t you know that God\u2019s people will judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to judge trivial cases?"}, {"pk": 4127293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary things?"}, {"pk": 4127294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "So then if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint people as judges who aren\u2019t respected by the church?"}, {"pk": 4127295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019m saying this because you should be ashamed of yourselves! Isn\u2019t there one person among you who is wise enough to pass judgment between believers?"}, {"pk": 4127296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "But instead, does a brother or sister have a lawsuit against another brother or sister, and do they do this in front of unbelievers?"}, {"pk": 4127297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The fact that you have lawsuits against each other means that you\u2019ve already lost your case. Why not be wronged instead? Why not be cheated?"}, {"pk": 4127298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But instead you are doing wrong and cheating \u2014 and you\u2019re doing it to your own brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4127299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that people who are unjust won\u2019t inherit God\u2019s kingdom? Don\u2019t be deceived. Those who are sexually immoral, those who worship false gods, adulterers, both participants in same-sex intercourse, <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>submissive and dominant male sexual partners</i>"}, {"pk": 4127300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "thieves, the greedy, drunks, abusive people, and swindlers won\u2019t inherit God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4127301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "That is what some of you used to be! But you were washed clean, you were made holy to God, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God."}, {"pk": 4127302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "I have the freedom to do anything, but not everything is helpful. I have the freedom to do anything, but I won\u2019t be controlled by anything."}, {"pk": 4127303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, and yet God will do away with both. The body isn\u2019t for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body."}, {"pk": 4127304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "God has raised the Lord and will raise us through his power."}, {"pk": 4127305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that your bodies are parts of Christ? So then, should I take parts of Christ and make them a part of someone who is sleeping around? <sup>[2]</sup> No way!", "comment": "[2] Or <i>a prostitute;</i> commonly, women who sell their bodies to multiple sex partners but includes those who are sexually immoral"}, {"pk": 4127306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that anyone who is joined to someone who is sleeping around is one body with that person? The scripture says, <b>The two will become one flesh</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/1/2/24'>Gen 2:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4127307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him."}, {"pk": 4127308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Avoid sexual immorality! Every sin that a person can do is committed outside the body, except those who engage in sexual immorality commit sin against their own bodies."}, {"pk": 4127309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Or don\u2019t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you? Don\u2019t you know that you have the Holy Spirit from God, and you don\u2019t belong to yourselves?"}, {"pk": 4127310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "You have been bought and paid for, so honor God with your body."}, {"pk": 4127311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Now, about what you wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband because of sexual immorality."}, {"pk": 4127313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "The husband should meet his wife\u2019s sexual needs, and the wife should do the same for her husband."}, {"pk": 4127314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "The wife doesn\u2019t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband doesn\u2019t have authority over his own body, but the wife does."}, {"pk": 4127315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t refuse to meet each other\u2019s needs unless you both agree for a short period of time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come back together again so that Satan might not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."}, {"pk": 4127316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019m saying this to give you permission; it\u2019s not a command."}, {"pk": 4127317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "I wish all people were like me, but each has a particular gift from God: one has this gift, and another has that one."}, {"pk": 4127318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m telling those who are single and widows that it\u2019s good for them to stay single like me."}, {"pk": 4127319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "But if they can\u2019t control themselves, they should get married, because it\u2019s better to marry than to burn with passion."}, {"pk": 4127320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m passing on the Lord\u2019s command to those who are married: A wife shouldn\u2019t leave her husband,"}, {"pk": 4127321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "but if she does leave him, then she should stay single or be reconciled to her husband. And a man shouldn\u2019t divorce his wife."}, {"pk": 4127322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019m telling everyone else (the Lord didn\u2019t say this specifically): If a believer has a wife who doesn\u2019t believe, and she agrees to live with him, then he shouldn\u2019t divorce her."}, {"pk": 4127323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "If a woman has a husband who doesn\u2019t believe and he agrees to live with her, then she shouldn\u2019t divorce him."}, {"pk": 4127324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "The husband who doesn\u2019t believe belongs to God because of his wife, and the wife who doesn\u2019t believe belongs to God because of her husband. Otherwise, your children would be contaminated by the world, but now they are spiritually set apart."}, {"pk": 4127325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "But if a spouse who doesn\u2019t believe chooses to leave, then let them leave. The brother or sister isn\u2019t tied down in these circumstances. God has called you to peace."}, {"pk": 4127326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "How do you know as a wife if you will save your husband? Or how do you know as a husband if you will save your wife?"}, {"pk": 4127327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Nevertheless, each person should live the kind of life that the Lord assigned when he called each one. This is what I teach in all the churches."}, {"pk": 4127328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "If someone was circumcised when called, he shouldn\u2019t try to reverse it. If someone wasn\u2019t circumcised when he was called, he shouldn\u2019t be circumcised."}, {"pk": 4127329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Circumcision is nothing; not being circumcised is nothing. What matters is keeping God\u2019s commandments."}, {"pk": 4127330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Each person should stay in the situation they were in when they were called."}, {"pk": 4127331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "If you were a slave when you were called, don\u2019t let it bother you. But if you are actually able to be free, take advantage of the opportunity."}, {"pk": 4127332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Anyone who was a slave when they were called by the Lord has the status of being the Lord\u2019s free person. In the same way, anyone who was a free person when they were called is Christ\u2019s slave."}, {"pk": 4127333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "You were bought and paid for. Don\u2019t become slaves of people."}, {"pk": 4127334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "So then, brothers and sisters, each of you should stay with God in the situation you were in when you were called."}, {"pk": 4127335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "I don\u2019t have a command from the Lord about people who have never been married, <sup>[1]</sup> but I\u2019ll give you my opinion as someone you can trust because of the Lord\u2019s mercy.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>virgins</i>"}, {"pk": 4127336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "So I think this advice is good because of the present crisis: Stay as you are."}, {"pk": 4127337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "If you are married, don\u2019t get a divorce. If you are divorced, don\u2019t try to find a spouse."}, {"pk": 4127338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "But if you do marry, you haven\u2019t sinned; and if someone who hasn\u2019t been married gets married, they haven\u2019t sinned. But married people will have a hard time, and I\u2019m trying to spare you that."}, {"pk": 4127339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "This is what I\u2019m saying, brothers and sisters: The time has drawn short. From now on, those who have wives should be like people who don\u2019t have them."}, {"pk": 4127340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "Those who are sad should be like people who aren\u2019t crying. Those who are happy should be like people who aren\u2019t happy. Those who buy something should be like people who don\u2019t have possessions."}, {"pk": 4127341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "Those who use the world should be like people who aren\u2019t preoccupied with it, because this world in its present form is passing away."}, {"pk": 4127342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "I want you to be free from concerns. A man who isn\u2019t married is concerned about the Lord\u2019s concerns \u2014 how he can please the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "But a married man is concerned about the world\u2019s concerns \u2014 how he can please his wife."}, {"pk": 4127344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "His attention is divided. A woman who isn\u2019t married or who is a virgin is concerned about the Lord\u2019s concerns so that she can be dedicated to God in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the world\u2019s concerns \u2014 how she can please her husband."}, {"pk": 4127345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "I\u2019m saying this for your own advantage. It\u2019s not to restrict you but rather to promote effective and consistent service to the Lord without distraction."}, {"pk": 4127346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "If someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward an unmarried woman whom he knows, and if he has strong feelings and it seems like the right thing to do, he should do what he wants \u2014 he\u2019s not sinning \u2014 they should get married."}, {"pk": 4127347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "But if a man stands firm in his decision, and doesn\u2019t feel the pressure, but has his own will under control, he does right if he decides in his own heart not to marry the woman."}, {"pk": 4127348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "Therefore, the one who marries the unmarried woman does right, and the one who doesn\u2019t get married will do even better."}, {"pk": 4127349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "A woman is obligated to stay in her marriage as long as her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wants, only it should be a believer in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "But in my opinion, she will be happier if she stays the way she is. And I think that I have God\u2019s Spirit too."}, {"pk": 4127351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Now concerning meat that has been sacrificed to a false god: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds people up."}, {"pk": 4127352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "If anyone thinks they know something, they don\u2019t yet know as much as they should know."}, {"pk": 4127353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "But if someone loves God, then they are known by God."}, {"pk": 4127354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "So concerning the actual food involved in these sacrifices to false gods, we know that a false god isn\u2019t anything in this world, and that there is no God except for the one God."}, {"pk": 4127355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Granted, there are so-called \u201cgods,\u201d in heaven and on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords."}, {"pk": 4127356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "However, for us believers, There is one God the Father. <br>All things come from him, and we belong to him. <br>And there is one Lord Jesus Christ. <br>All things exist through him, and we live through him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4127357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "But not everybody knows this. Some are eating this food as though it really is food sacrificed to a real idol, because they were used to idol worship until now. Their conscience is weak because it has been damaged."}, {"pk": 4127358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Food won\u2019t bring us close to God. We\u2019re not missing out if we don\u2019t eat, and we don\u2019t have any advantage if we do eat."}, {"pk": 4127359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "But watch out or else this freedom of yours might be a problem for those who are weak."}, {"pk": 4127360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Suppose someone sees you (the person who has knowledge) eating in an idol\u2019s temple. Won\u2019t the person with a weak conscience be encouraged to eat the meat sacrificed to false gods?"}, {"pk": 4127361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed by your knowledge."}, {"pk": 4127362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "You sin against Christ if you sin against your brothers and sisters and hurt their weak consciences this way."}, {"pk": 4127363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "This is why, if food causes the downfall of my brother or sister, I won\u2019t eat meat ever again, or else I may cause my brother or sister to fall."}, {"pk": 4127364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven\u2019t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren\u2019t you my work in the Lord?"}, {"pk": 4127365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "If I\u2019m not an apostle to others, at least I am to you! You are the seal that shows I\u2019m an apostle."}, {"pk": 4127366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "This is my defense against those who criticize me."}, {"pk": 4127367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t we have the right to eat and drink?"}, {"pk": 4127368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t we have the right to travel with a wife who believes like the rest of the apostles, the Lord\u2019s brothers, and Cephas?"}, {"pk": 4127369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Or is it only I and Barnabas who don\u2019t have the right to not work for our living?"}, {"pk": 4127370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Who joins the army and pays their own way? Who plants a vineyard and doesn\u2019t eat its fruit? Who shepherds a flock and doesn\u2019t drink its milk?"}, {"pk": 4127371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m not saying these things just based on common sense, am I? Doesn\u2019t the Law itself say these things?"}, {"pk": 4127372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "In Moses\u2019 Law it\u2019s written: <b>You will not muzzle the ox when it is threshing</b>. <sup>[1]</sup> Is God worried about oxen,", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/25/4'>Deut 25:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4127373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "or did he say this entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake because the one who plows and the one who threshes should each do so with the hope of sharing the produce."}, {"pk": 4127374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it so much to ask to harvest some material things from you?"}, {"pk": 4127375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "If others have these rights over you, don\u2019t we deserve them all the more? However, we haven\u2019t made use of this right, but we put up with everything so we don\u2019t put any obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ."}, {"pk": 4127376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that those who serve in the temple get to eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share part of what is sacrificed on the altar?"}, {"pk": 4127377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who preach the gospel should get their living from the gospel."}, {"pk": 4127378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "But I haven\u2019t taken advantage of this. And I\u2019m not writing this so that it will be done for me. It\u2019s better for me to die than to lose my right to brag about this!"}, {"pk": 4127379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "If I preach the gospel, I have no reason to brag, since I\u2019m obligated to do it. I\u2019m in trouble if I don\u2019t preach the gospel."}, {"pk": 4127380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "If I do this voluntarily, I get rewarded for it. But if I\u2019m forced to do it, then I\u2019ve been charged with a responsibility."}, {"pk": 4127381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "What reward do I get? That when I preach, I offer the good news free of charge. That\u2019s why I don\u2019t use the rights to which I\u2019m entitled through the gospel."}, {"pk": 4127382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Although I\u2019m free from all people, I make myself a slave to all people, to recruit more of them."}, {"pk": 4127383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "I act like a Jew to the Jews, so I can recruit Jews. I act like I\u2019m under the Law to those under the Law, so I can recruit those who are under the Law (though I myself am not under the Law)."}, {"pk": 4127384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "I act like I\u2019m outside the Law to those who are outside the Law, so I can recruit those outside the Law (though I\u2019m not outside the law of God but rather under the law of Christ)."}, {"pk": 4127385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "I act weak to the weak, so I can recruit the weak. I have become all things to all people, so I could save some by all possible means."}, {"pk": 4127386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "All the things I do are for the sake of the gospel, so I can be a partner with it."}, {"pk": 4127387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Don\u2019t you know that all the runners in the stadium run, but only one gets the prize? So run to win."}, {"pk": 4127388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Everyone who competes practices self-discipline in everything. The runners do this to get a crown of leaves that shrivel up and die, but we do it to receive a crown that never dies."}, {"pk": 4127389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "So now this is how I run \u2014 not without a clear goal in sight. I fight like a boxer in the ring, not like someone who is shadowboxing."}, {"pk": 4127390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Rather, I\u2019m landing punches on my own body and subduing it like a slave. I do this to be sure that I myself won\u2019t be disqualified after preaching to others."}, {"pk": 4127391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I want you to be sure of the fact that our ancestors were all under the cloud and they all went through the sea."}, {"pk": 4127392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea."}, {"pk": 4127393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "All ate the same spiritual food,"}, {"pk": 4127394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "and all drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ."}, {"pk": 4127395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "However, God was unhappy with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4127396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "These things were examples for us, so we won\u2019t crave evil things like they did."}, {"pk": 4127397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t worship false gods like some of them did, as it is written, <b>The people sat down to eat and drink and they got up to play</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/2/32/6'>Exod 32:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4127398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Let\u2019s not practice sexual immorality, like some of them did, and twenty-three thousand died in one day."}, {"pk": 4127399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Let\u2019s not test Christ, like some of them did, and were killed by the snakes."}, {"pk": 4127400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Let\u2019s not grumble, like some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer."}, {"pk": 4127401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "These things happened to them as an example and were written as a warning for us to whom the end of time has come."}, {"pk": 4127402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "So those who think they are standing need to watch out or else they may fall."}, {"pk": 4127403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "No temptation has seized you that isn\u2019t common for people. But God is faithful. He won\u2019t allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it."}, {"pk": 4127404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "So then, my dear friends, run away from the worship of false gods!"}, {"pk": 4127405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019m talking to you like you are sensible people. Think about what I\u2019m saying."}, {"pk": 4127406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Isn\u2019t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn\u2019t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?"}, {"pk": 4127407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Since there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share the one loaf of bread."}, {"pk": 4127408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Look at the people of Israel. Don\u2019t those who eat the sacrifices share from the altar?"}, {"pk": 4127409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "What am I saying then? That food sacrificed to a false god is anything, or that a false god is anything?"}, {"pk": 4127410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "No, but this kind of sacrifice is sacrificed to demons and not to God. I don\u2019t want you to be sharing in demons."}, {"pk": 4127411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "You can\u2019t drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you can\u2019t participate in the table of the Lord and the table of demons."}, {"pk": 4127412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Or should we make the Lord jealous? We aren\u2019t stronger than he is, are we?"}, {"pk": 4127413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Everything is permitted, but everything isn\u2019t beneficial. Everything is permitted, but everything doesn\u2019t build others up."}, {"pk": 4127414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "No one should look out for their own advantage, but they should look out for each other."}, {"pk": 4127415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Eat everything that is sold in the marketplace, without asking questions about it because of your conscience."}, {"pk": 4127416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "<b>The earth and all that is in it belong to the Lord</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/24/1'>Ps 24:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4127417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "If an unbeliever invites you to eat with them and you want to go, eat whatever is served, without asking questions because of your conscience."}, {"pk": 4127418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "But if someone says to you, \u201cThis meat was sacrificed in a temple,\u201d then don\u2019t eat it for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience."}, {"pk": 4127419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Now when I say \u201cconscience\u201d I don\u2019t mean yours but the other person\u2019s. Why should my freedom be judged by someone else\u2019s conscience?"}, {"pk": 4127420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "If I participate with gratitude, why should I be blamed for food I thank God for?"}, {"pk": 4127421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, you should do it all for God\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4127422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "Don\u2019t offend either Jews or Greeks, or God\u2019s church."}, {"pk": 4127423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "This is the same thing that I do. I please everyone in everything I do. I don\u2019t look out for my own advantage, but I look out for many people so that they can be saved."}, {"pk": 4127424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Follow my example, just like I follow Christ\u2019s."}, {"pk": 4127425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "I praise you because you remember all my instructions, and you hold on to the traditions exactly as I handed them on to you."}, {"pk": 4127426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Now I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God."}, {"pk": 4127427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered shames his head."}, {"pk": 4127428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head. It is the same thing as having her head shaved."}, {"pk": 4127429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "If a woman doesn\u2019t cover her head, then she should have her hair cut off. If it is disgraceful for a woman to have short hair or to be shaved, then she should keep her head covered."}, {"pk": 4127430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "A man shouldn\u2019t have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is man\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4127431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Man didn\u2019t have his origin from woman, but woman from man;"}, {"pk": 4127432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "and man wasn\u2019t created for the sake of the woman, but the woman for the sake of the man."}, {"pk": 4127433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Because of this a woman should have authority over her head, because of the angels."}, {"pk": 4127434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "However, woman isn\u2019t independent from man, and man isn\u2019t independent from woman in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "As woman came from man so also man comes from woman. But everything comes from God."}, {"pk": 4127436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Judge for yourselves: Is it appropriate for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?"}, {"pk": 4127437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Doesn\u2019t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him;"}, {"pk": 4127438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? This is because her long hair is given to her for a covering."}, {"pk": 4127439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "But if someone wants to argue about this, we don\u2019t have such a custom, nor do God\u2019s churches."}, {"pk": 4127440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Now I don\u2019t praise you as I give the following instruction because when you meet together, it does more harm than good."}, {"pk": 4127441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "First of all, when you meet together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it."}, {"pk": 4127442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "It\u2019s necessary that there are groups among you, to make it clear who is genuine."}, {"pk": 4127443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "So when you get together in one place, it isn\u2019t to eat the Lord\u2019s meal."}, {"pk": 4127444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Each of you goes ahead and eats a private meal. One person goes hungry while another is drunk."}, {"pk": 4127445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on God\u2019s churches and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Will I praise you? No, I don\u2019t praise you in this."}, {"pk": 4127446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "I received a tradition from the Lord, which I also handed on to you: on the night on which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread."}, {"pk": 4127447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "After giving thanks, he broke it and said, \u201cThis is my body, which is for you; do this to remember me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "He did the same thing with the cup, after they had eaten, saying, \u201cThis cup is the new covenant in my blood. Every time you drink it, do this to remember me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you broadcast the death of the Lord until he comes."}, {"pk": 4127450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "This is why those who eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord inappropriately will be guilty of the Lord\u2019s body and blood."}, {"pk": 4127451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Each individual should test himself or herself, and eat from the bread and drink from the cup in that way."}, {"pk": 4127452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who eat and drink without correctly understanding the body are eating and drinking their own judgment."}, {"pk": 4127453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Because of this, many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few have died."}, {"pk": 4127454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "But if we had judged ourselves, we wouldn\u2019t be judged."}, {"pk": 4127455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "However, we are disciplined by the Lord when we are judged so that we won\u2019t be judged and condemned along with the whole world."}, {"pk": 4127456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "For these reasons, my brothers and sisters, when you get together to eat, wait for each other."}, {"pk": 4127457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "If some of you are hungry, they should eat at home so that getting together doesn\u2019t lead to judgment. I will give directions about the other things when I come."}, {"pk": 4127458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I don\u2019t want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts."}, {"pk": 4127459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "You know that when you were Gentiles you were often misled by false gods that can\u2019t even speak."}, {"pk": 4127460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "So I want to make it clear to you that no one says, \u201cJesus is cursed!\u201d when speaking by God\u2019s Spirit, and no one can say, \u201cJesus is Lord,\u201d except by the Holy Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;"}, {"pk": 4127462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "and there are different ministries and the same Lord;"}, {"pk": 4127463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone."}, {"pk": 4127464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good."}, {"pk": 4127465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "A word of wisdom is given by the Spirit to one person, a word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit,"}, {"pk": 4127466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "faith to still another by the same Spirit, gifts of healing to another in the one Spirit,"}, {"pk": 4127467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "performance of miracles to another, prophecy to another, the ability to tell spirits apart to another, different kinds of tongues <sup>[1]</sup> to another, and the interpretation of the tongues to another.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>ecstatic speech</i> or <i>languages</i> could be used for <i>tongues</i> or <i>tongue</i> throughout chaps 12\u201314."}, {"pk": 4127468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person."}, {"pk": 4127469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Christ is just like the human body \u2014 a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many."}, {"pk": 4127470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jew or Greek, or slave or free, and we all were given one Spirit to drink."}, {"pk": 4127471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Certainly the body isn\u2019t one part but many."}, {"pk": 4127472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "If the foot says, \u201cI\u2019m not part of the body because I\u2019m not a hand,\u201d does that mean it\u2019s not part of the body?"}, {"pk": 4127473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "If the ear says, \u201cI\u2019m not part of the body because I\u2019m not an eye,\u201d does that mean it\u2019s not part of the body?"}, {"pk": 4127474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "If the whole body were an eye, what would happen to the hearing? And if the whole body were an ear, what would happen to the sense of smell?"}, {"pk": 4127475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "But as it is, God has placed each one of the parts in the body just like he wanted."}, {"pk": 4127476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "If all were one and the same body part, what would happen to the body?"}, {"pk": 4127477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "But as it is, there are many parts but one body."}, {"pk": 4127478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "So the eye can\u2019t say to the hand, \u201cI don\u2019t need you,\u201d or in turn, the head can\u2019t say to the feet, \u201cI don\u2019t need you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are the most necessary."}, {"pk": 4127480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "The parts of the body that we think are less honorable are the ones we honor the most. The private parts of our body that aren\u2019t presentable are the ones that are given the most dignity."}, {"pk": 4127481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "The parts of our body that are presentable don\u2019t need this. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the part with less honor"}, {"pk": 4127482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "so that there won\u2019t be division in the body and so the parts might have mutual concern for each other."}, {"pk": 4127483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part gets the glory, all the parts celebrate with it."}, {"pk": 4127484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "You are the body of Christ and parts of each other."}, {"pk": 4127485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "In the church, God has appointed first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, the ability to help others, leadership skills, different kinds of tongues."}, {"pk": 4127486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "All aren\u2019t apostles, are they? All aren\u2019t prophets, are they? All aren\u2019t teachers, are they? All don\u2019t perform miracles, do they?"}, {"pk": 4127487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "All don\u2019t have gifts of healing, do they? All don\u2019t speak in different tongues, do they? All don\u2019t interpret, do they?"}, {"pk": 4127488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "Use your ambition to try to get the greater gifts. And I\u2019m going to show you an even better way."}, {"pk": 4127489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "If I speak in tongues of human beings and of angels but I don\u2019t have love, I\u2019m a clanging gong or a clashing cymbal."}, {"pk": 4127490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "If I have the gift of prophecy and I know all the mysteries and everything else, and if I have such complete faith that I can move mountains but I don\u2019t have love, I\u2019m nothing."}, {"pk": 4127491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "If I give away everything that I have and hand over my own body to feel good about what I\u2019ve done but I don\u2019t have love, I receive no benefit whatsoever."}, {"pk": 4127492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Love is patient, love is kind, it isn\u2019t jealous, it doesn\u2019t brag, it isn\u2019t arrogant,"}, {"pk": 4127493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "it isn\u2019t rude, it doesn\u2019t seek its own advantage, it isn\u2019t irritable, it doesn\u2019t keep a record of complaints,"}, {"pk": 4127494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "it isn\u2019t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth."}, {"pk": 4127495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things."}, {"pk": 4127496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Love never fails. As for prophecies, they will be brought to an end. As for tongues, they will stop. As for knowledge, it will be brought to an end."}, {"pk": 4127497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "We know in part and we prophesy in part;"}, {"pk": 4127498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "but when the perfect comes, what is partial will be brought to an end."}, {"pk": 4127499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, reason like a child, think like a child. But now that I have become a man, I\u2019ve put an end to childish things."}, {"pk": 4127500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Now we see a reflection in a mirror; then we will see face-to-face. Now I know partially, but then I will know completely in the same way that I have been completely known."}, {"pk": 4127501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Now faith, hope, and love remain \u2014 these three things \u2014 and the greatest of these is love."}, {"pk": 4127502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Pursue love, and use your ambition to try to get spiritual gifts but especially so that you might prophesy."}, {"pk": 4127503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "This is because those who speak in a tongue don\u2019t speak to people but to God; no one understands it \u2014 they speak mysteries by the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Those who prophesy speak to people, building them up, and giving them encouragement and comfort."}, {"pk": 4127505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "People who speak in a tongue build up themselves; those who prophesy build up the church."}, {"pk": 4127506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I\u2019d rather you could prophesy. Those who prophesy are more important than those who speak in tongues, unless they are able to interpret them so that the church might be built up."}, {"pk": 4127507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "After all, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation, some knowledge, a prophecy, or a teaching?"}, {"pk": 4127508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Likewise, things that aren\u2019t alive like a harp or a lyre can make a sound, but if there aren\u2019t different notes in the sounds they make, how will the tune from the harp or the lyre be recognized?"}, {"pk": 4127509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "And if a trumpet call is unrecognizable, then who will prepare for battle?"}, {"pk": 4127510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "It\u2019s the same way with you: If you don\u2019t use language that is easy to understand when you speak in a tongue, then how will anyone understand what is said?"}, {"pk": 4127511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "It will be as if you are speaking into the air! There are probably many language families in the world, and none of them are without meaning."}, {"pk": 4127512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "So if I don\u2019t know the meaning of the language, then I will be like a foreigner to those who speak it, and they will be like foreigners to me."}, {"pk": 4127513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "The same holds true for you: since you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, use your ambition to try to work toward being the best at building up the church."}, {"pk": 4127514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, those who speak in a tongue should pray to be able to interpret."}, {"pk": 4127515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind isn\u2019t productive."}, {"pk": 4127516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "What should I do? I\u2019ll pray in the Spirit, but I\u2019ll pray with my mind too; I\u2019ll sing a psalm in the Spirit, but I\u2019ll sing the psalm with my mind too."}, {"pk": 4127517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "After all, if you praise God in the Spirit, how will the people who aren\u2019t trained in that language say \u201cAmen!\u201d to your thanksgiving, when they don\u2019t know what you are saying?"}, {"pk": 4127518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "You may offer a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving, but the other person is not being built up."}, {"pk": 4127519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you."}, {"pk": 4127520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "But in the church I\u2019d rather speak five words in my right mind than speak thousands of words in a tongue so that I can teach others."}, {"pk": 4127521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Brothers and sisters, don\u2019t be like children in the way you think. Well, be babies when it comes to evil, but be adults in your thinking."}, {"pk": 4127522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "In the Law it is written: <b>I will speak to this people with foreign languages and foreigners\u2019 lips, but they will not even listen to me this way</b>, <sup>[1]</sup> says the Lord.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/28/11-12'>Isa 28:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4127523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "So then, tongues are a sign for those who don\u2019t believe, not for those who believe. But prophecy is a sign for believers, not for those who don\u2019t believe."}, {"pk": 4127524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "So suppose that the whole church is meeting and everyone is speaking in tongues. If people come in who are outsiders or unbelievers, won\u2019t they say that you are out of your minds?"}, {"pk": 4127525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "But if everyone is prophesying when an unbeliever or outsider comes in, they are tested by all and called to account by all."}, {"pk": 4127526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "The secrets of their hearts are brought to light. When that happens, they will fall on their faces and worship God, proclaiming out loud that truly God is among you!"}, {"pk": 4127527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "What is the outcome of this, brothers and sisters? When you meet together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All these things must be done to build up the church."}, {"pk": 4127528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "If some speak in a tongue, then let two or at most three speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret."}, {"pk": 4127529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "However, if there is no interpreter, then they should keep quiet in the meeting. They should speak privately to themselves and to God."}, {"pk": 4127530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "In the case of prophets, let two or three speak and have the rest evaluate what is said."}, {"pk": 4127531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "And if some revelation comes to someone else who is sitting down, the first one should be quiet."}, {"pk": 4127532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "You can all prophesy one at a time so that everyone can learn and be encouraged."}, {"pk": 4127533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "The spirits of prophets are under the control of the prophets."}, {"pk": 4127534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "God isn\u2019t a God of disorder but of peace. Like in all the churches of God\u2019s people,"}, {"pk": 4127535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "the women should be quiet during the meeting. They are not allowed to talk. Instead, they need to get under control, just as the Law says."}, {"pk": 4127536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "If they want to learn something, they should ask their husbands at home. It is disgraceful for a woman to talk during the meeting."}, {"pk": 4127537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "Did the word of God originate with you? Has it come only to you?"}, {"pk": 4127538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "If anyone thinks that they are prophets or \u201cspiritual people,\u201d then let them recognize that what I\u2019m writing to you is the Lord\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4127539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "If someone doesn\u2019t recognize this, they aren\u2019t recognized."}, {"pk": 4127540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "So then, brothers and sisters, use your ambition to try to get the gift of prophecy, but don\u2019t prevent speaking in tongues."}, {"pk": 4127541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "Everything should be done with dignity and in proper order."}, {"pk": 4127542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I want to call your attention to the good news that I preached to you, which you also received and in which you stand."}, {"pk": 4127543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "You are being saved through it if you hold on to the message I preached to you, unless somehow you believed it for nothing."}, {"pk": 4127544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "I passed on to you as most important what I also received: Christ died for our sins in line with the scriptures,"}, {"pk": 4127545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "he was buried, and he rose on the third day in line with the scriptures."}, {"pk": 4127546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve,"}, {"pk": 4127547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "and then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at once \u2014 most of them are still alive to this day, though some have died."}, {"pk": 4127548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,"}, {"pk": 4127549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "and last of all he appeared to me, as if I were born at the wrong time."}, {"pk": 4127550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019m the least important of the apostles. I don\u2019t deserve to be called an apostle, because I harassed God\u2019s church."}, {"pk": 4127551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "I am what I am by God\u2019s grace, and God\u2019s grace hasn\u2019t been for nothing. In fact, I have worked harder than all the others \u2014 that is, it wasn\u2019t me but the grace of God that is with me."}, {"pk": 4127552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "So then, whether you heard the message from me or them, this is what we preach and this is what you have believed."}, {"pk": 4127553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "So if the message that is preached says that Christ has been raised from the dead, then how can some of you say, \u201cThere\u2019s no resurrection of the dead\u201d?"}, {"pk": 4127554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "If there\u2019s no resurrection of the dead, then Christ hasn\u2019t been raised either."}, {"pk": 4127555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "If Christ hasn\u2019t been raised, then our preaching is useless and your faith is useless."}, {"pk": 4127556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "We are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, when he didn\u2019t raise him if it\u2019s the case that the dead aren\u2019t raised."}, {"pk": 4127557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "If the dead aren\u2019t raised, then Christ hasn\u2019t been raised either."}, {"pk": 4127558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "If Christ hasn\u2019t been raised, then your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins,"}, {"pk": 4127559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "and what\u2019s more, those who have died in Christ are gone forever."}, {"pk": 4127560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "If we have a hope in Christ only in this life, then we deserve to be pitied more than anyone else."}, {"pk": 4127561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. He\u2019s the first crop of the harvest <sup>[1]</sup> of those who have died.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>firstfruits</i>"}, {"pk": 4127562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came through one too."}, {"pk": 4127563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "In the same way that everyone dies in Adam, so also everyone will be given life in Christ."}, {"pk": 4127564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Each event will happen in the right order: Christ, the first crop of the harvest, <sup>[2]</sup> then those who belong to Christ at his coming,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>firstfruits</i>"}, {"pk": 4127565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "and then the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he brings every form of rule, every authority and power to an end."}, {"pk": 4127566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "It is necessary for him to rule until <b>he puts all enemies under his feet</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4127567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "Death is the last enemy to be brought to an end,"}, {"pk": 4127568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "since he has brought everything under control under his feet. When it says that everything has been brought under his control, this clearly means everything except for the one who placed everything under his control."}, {"pk": 4127569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "But when all things have been brought under his control, then the Son himself will also be under the control of the one who gave him control over everything so that God may be all in all."}, {"pk": 4127570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "Otherwise, what are those who are getting baptized for the dead doing? If the dead aren\u2019t raised, then why are they being baptized for them?"}, {"pk": 4127571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "And what about us? Why are we in danger all day every day?"}, {"pk": 4127572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I swear by the pride I have in you in Christ Jesus our Lord, I\u2019m facing death every day."}, {"pk": 4127573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "From a human point of view, what good does it do me if I fought wild animals in Ephesus? If the dead aren\u2019t raised, <b>let\u2019s eat and drink because tomorrow we\u2019ll die</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/23/22/13'>Isa 22:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4127574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "Don\u2019t be deceived, bad company corrupts good character."}, {"pk": 4127575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Sober up by acting like you should and don\u2019t sin. Some of you are ignorant about God \u2014 I say this because you should be ashamed of yourselves!"}, {"pk": 4127576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "But someone will say, \u201cHow are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "Look, fool! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn\u2019t come back to life unless it dies."}, {"pk": 4127578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "What you put in the ground doesn\u2019t have the shape that it will have, but it\u2019s a bare grain of wheat or some other seed."}, {"pk": 4127579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "God gives it the sort of shape that he chooses, and he gives each of the seeds its own shape."}, {"pk": 4127580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "All flesh isn\u2019t alike. Humans have one kind of flesh, animals have another kind of flesh, birds have another kind of flesh, and fish have another kind."}, {"pk": 4127581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The heavenly bodies have one kind of glory, and the earthly bodies have another kind of glory."}, {"pk": 4127582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "The sun has one kind of glory, the moon has another kind of glory, and the stars have another kind of glory (but one star is different from another star in its glory)."}, {"pk": 4127583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 42, "text": "It\u2019s the same with the resurrection of the dead: a rotting body is put into the ground, but what is raised won\u2019t ever decay."}, {"pk": 4127584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 43, "text": "It\u2019s degraded when it\u2019s put into the ground, but it\u2019s raised in glory. It\u2019s weak when it\u2019s put into the ground, but it\u2019s raised in power."}, {"pk": 4127585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 44, "text": "It\u2019s a physical body when it\u2019s put into the ground, but it\u2019s raised as a spiritual body. If there\u2019s a physical body, there\u2019s also a spiritual body."}, {"pk": 4127586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 45, "text": "So it is also written, <b>The first human, Adam, became a living person,</b> <sup>[5]</sup> and the last Adam became a spirit that gives life.", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/1/2/7'>Gen 2:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4127587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 46, "text": "But the physical body comes first, not the spiritual one \u2014 the spiritual body comes afterward."}, {"pk": 4127588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 47, "text": "The first human was from the earth made from dust; the second human is from heaven."}, {"pk": 4127589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 48, "text": "The nature of the person made of dust is shared by people who are made of dust, and the nature of the heavenly person is shared by heavenly people."}, {"pk": 4127590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 49, "text": "We will look like <sup>[6]</sup> the heavenly person in the same way as we have looked like the person made from dust.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>bear the image of</i>"}, {"pk": 4127591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 50, "text": "This is what I\u2019m saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood can\u2019t inherit God\u2019s kingdom. Something that rots can\u2019t inherit something that doesn\u2019t decay."}, {"pk": 4127592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 51, "text": "Listen, I\u2019m telling you a secret: All of us won\u2019t die, but we will all be changed \u2014"}, {"pk": 4127593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 52, "text": "in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the final trumpet. The trumpet will blast, and the dead will be raised with bodies that won\u2019t decay, and we will be changed."}, {"pk": 4127594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 53, "text": "It\u2019s necessary for this rotting body to be clothed with what can\u2019t decay, and for the body that is dying to be clothed in what can\u2019t die."}, {"pk": 4127595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 54, "text": "And when the rotting body has been clothed in what can\u2019t decay, and the dying body has been clothed in what can\u2019t die, then this statement in scripture will happen: <b>Death has been swallowed up by a victory</b>. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/23/25/8'>Isa 25:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4127596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 55, "text": "<b>Where is your victory, Death?</b> <br><b>Where is your sting, Death?</b> <sup>[8]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[8] <a href='/CEB/28/13/14'>Hos 13:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4127597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 56, "text": "<sup>[55]</sup> (Death\u2019s sting is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.)"}, {"pk": 4127598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 57, "text": "Thanks be to God, who gives us this victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!"}, {"pk": 4127599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 15, "verse": 58, "text": "As a result of all this, my loved brothers and sisters, you must stand firm, unshakable, excelling in the work of the Lord as always, because you know that your labor isn\u2019t going to be for nothing in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Concerning the collection of money for God\u2019s people: You should do what I have directed the churches in Galatia to do."}, {"pk": 4127601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside whatever you can afford from what you earn so that the collection won\u2019t be delayed until I come."}, {"pk": 4127602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Then when I get there, I\u2019ll send whomever you approve to Jerusalem with letters of recommendation to bring your gift."}, {"pk": 4127603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "If it seems right for me to go too, they\u2019ll travel with me."}, {"pk": 4127604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ll come to you after I go through Macedonia, and because I\u2019m going through Macedonia,"}, {"pk": 4127605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "I may stay with you or even spend the winter there in Corinth so that you can send me on my way to wherever I\u2019m off to next."}, {"pk": 4127606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "I don\u2019t want to make a quick visit to you, since I hope to spend some time with you if the Lord lets it happen."}, {"pk": 4127607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019ll stay here in Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost."}, {"pk": 4127608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "In spite of the fact that there are many opponents, a big and productive opportunity has opened up for my mission here."}, {"pk": 4127609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "If Timothy comes to you, be sure that he has no reason to be afraid while he\u2019s with you, because he does the work of the Lord just like I do."}, {"pk": 4127610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "So don\u2019t let anyone disrespect him, but send him on in peace so he can join me. I\u2019m waiting for him along with the brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4127611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the brothers and sisters, but he didn\u2019t want to go now. He\u2019ll come when he has an opportunity."}, {"pk": 4127612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Stay awake, stand firm in your faith, be brave, be strong."}, {"pk": 4127613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Everything should be done in love."}, {"pk": 4127614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I encourage you to do something else. You know that the people in Stephanas\u2019 household were the first crop of the harvest to come from the mission to Achaia. They have dedicated themselves to the service of God\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4127615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "So accept the authority of people like them and of anyone who cooperates and works hard."}, {"pk": 4127616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019m so happy that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived; they\u2019ve made up for my missing you."}, {"pk": 4127617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Indeed they\u2019ve provided my spirit and yours with a much-needed rest. Therefore, give them proper recognition."}, {"pk": 4127618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "The churches in the province of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, together with the church that meets in their house."}, {"pk": 4127619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "All the brothers and sisters greet you. You in turn should greet each other with a holy kiss."}, {"pk": 4127620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Here is my greeting in my own handwriting \u2014 Paul."}, {"pk": 4127621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "A curse on anyone who doesn\u2019t love the Lord. Come, Lord!"}, {"pk": 4127622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you."}, {"pk": 4127623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 46, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "My love is with all of you in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4127624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God\u2019s will, and Timothy our brother. To God\u2019s church that is in Corinth, along with all of God\u2019s people throughout Achaia."}, {"pk": 4127625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed! He is the compassionate Father and God of all comfort."}, {"pk": 4127627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He\u2019s the one who comforts us in all our trouble so that we can comfort other people who are in every kind of trouble. We offer the same comfort that we ourselves received from God."}, {"pk": 4127628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "That is because we receive so much comfort through Christ in the same way that we share so many of Christ\u2019s sufferings."}, {"pk": 4127629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "So if we have trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is to bring you comfort from the experience of endurance while you go through the same sufferings that we also suffer."}, {"pk": 4127630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Our hope for you is certain, because we know that as you are partners in suffering, so also you are partners in comfort."}, {"pk": 4127631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we don\u2019t want you to be unaware of the troubles that we went through in Asia. We were weighed down with a load of suffering that was so far beyond our strength that we were afraid we might not survive."}, {"pk": 4127632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "It certainly seemed to us as if we had gotten the death penalty. This was so that we would have confidence in God, who raises the dead, instead of ourselves."}, {"pk": 4127633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "God rescued us from a terrible death, and he will rescue us. We have set our hope on him that he will rescue us again,"}, {"pk": 4127634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "since you are helping with your prayer for us. Then many people can thank God on our behalf for the gift that was given to us through the prayers of many people."}, {"pk": 4127635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "We have conducted ourselves with godly sincerity and pure motives in the world, and especially toward you. This is why we are confident, and our conscience confirms this. We didn\u2019t act with human wisdom but we relied on the grace of God."}, {"pk": 4127636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "We don\u2019t write anything to you except what you can read and also understand. I hope that you will understand totally"}, {"pk": 4127637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "since you have already understood us partly. Understand that in the day of our Lord Jesus, we will make you proud as you will also make us proud."}, {"pk": 4127638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Because I was sure of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you could have a second opportunity to see me."}, {"pk": 4127639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then come to you again on my way back from Macedonia, at which point I was hoping you would help me on my way to Judea."}, {"pk": 4127640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "So I wasn\u2019t unreliable when I planned to do this, was I? Or do I make decisions with a substandard human process so that I say \u201cYes, yes\u201d and \u201cNo, no\u201d at the same time?"}, {"pk": 4127641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "But as God is faithful, our message to you isn\u2019t both yes and no."}, {"pk": 4127642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "God\u2019s Son, Jesus Christ, is the one who was preached among you by us \u2014 through me, Silvanus, and Timothy \u2014 he wasn\u2019t yes and no. In him it is always yes."}, {"pk": 4127643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "All of God\u2019s promises have their yes in him. That is why we say Amen through him to the glory of God."}, {"pk": 4127644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "God is the one who establishes us with you in Christ and who anointed us."}, {"pk": 4127645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "God also sealed us and gave the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts."}, {"pk": 4127646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "I call on God as my witness \u2014 I didn\u2019t come again to Corinth because I wanted to spare you."}, {"pk": 4127647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "It isn\u2019t that we are trying to control your faith, but we are working with you for your happiness, because you stand firm in your faith."}, {"pk": 4127648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "So I decided that, for my own sake, I wouldn\u2019t visit you again while I was upset."}, {"pk": 4127649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "If I make you sad, who will be there to make me glad when you are sad because of me?"}, {"pk": 4127650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "That\u2019s why I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I wouldn\u2019t be made sad by the ones who ought to make me happy. I have confidence in you, that my happiness means your happiness."}, {"pk": 4127651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "I wrote to you in tears, with a very troubled and anxious heart. I didn\u2019t write to make you sad but so you would know the overwhelming love that I have for you."}, {"pk": 4127652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "But if someone has made anyone sad, that person hasn\u2019t hurt me but all of you to some degree (not to exaggerate)."}, {"pk": 4127653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The punishment handed out by the majority is enough for this person."}, {"pk": 4127654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "This is why you should try your best to forgive and to comfort this person now instead, so that this person isn\u2019t overwhelmed by too much sorrow."}, {"pk": 4127655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "So I encourage you to show your love for this person."}, {"pk": 4127656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "This is another reason why I wrote you. I wanted to test you and see if you are obedient in everything."}, {"pk": 4127657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "If you forgive anyone for anything, I do too. And whatever I\u2019ve forgiven (if I\u2019ve forgiven anything), I did it for you in the presence of Christ."}, {"pk": 4127658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "This is so that we won\u2019t be taken advantage of by Satan, because we are well aware of his schemes."}, {"pk": 4127659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "When I came to Troas to preach Christ\u2019s gospel, the Lord gave me an opportunity to preach."}, {"pk": 4127660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "But I was worried because I couldn\u2019t find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia."}, {"pk": 4127661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But thank God, who is always leading us around through Christ as if we were in a parade. He releases the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere through us."}, {"pk": 4127662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "We smell like the aroma of Christ\u2019s offering to God, both to those who are being saved and to those who are on the road to destruction."}, {"pk": 4127663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "We smell like a contagious dead person to those who are dying, but we smell like the fountain of life to those who are being saved. Who is qualified for this kind of ministry?"}, {"pk": 4127664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "We aren\u2019t like so many people who hustle the word of God to make a profit. We are speaking through Christ in the presence of God, as those who are sincere and as those who are sent from God."}, {"pk": 4127665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Are we starting to commend ourselves again? We don\u2019t need letters of introduction to you or from you like other people, do we?"}, {"pk": 4127666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone."}, {"pk": 4127667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "You show that you are Christ\u2019s letter, delivered by us. You weren\u2019t written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You weren\u2019t written on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."}, {"pk": 4127668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "This is the confidence that we have through Christ in the presence of God."}, {"pk": 4127669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "It isn\u2019t that we ourselves are qualified to claim that anything came from us. No, our qualification is from God."}, {"pk": 4127670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not based on what is written but on the Spirit, because what is written kills, but the Spirit gives life."}, {"pk": 4127671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "The ministry that brought death was carved in letters on stone tablets. It came with such glory that the Israelites couldn\u2019t look for long at Moses\u2019 face because his face was shining with glory, even though it was a fading glory."}, {"pk": 4127672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Won\u2019t the ministry of the Spirit be much more glorious?"}, {"pk": 4127673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "If the ministry that brought condemnation has glory, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness?"}, {"pk": 4127674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "In fact, what was glorious isn\u2019t glorious now, because of the glory that is brighter."}, {"pk": 4127675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "If the glory that fades away was glorious, how much more glorious is the one that lasts!"}, {"pk": 4127676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "So, since we have such a hope, we act with great confidence."}, {"pk": 4127677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "We aren\u2019t like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites couldn\u2019t watch the end of what was fading away."}, {"pk": 4127678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "But their minds were closed. Right up to the present day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. The veil is not removed because it is taken away by Christ."}, {"pk": 4127679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Even today, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts."}, {"pk": 4127680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "But whenever someone turns back to the Lord, the veil is removed."}, {"pk": 4127681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord\u2019s Spirit is, there is freedom."}, {"pk": 4127682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "All of us are looking with unveiled faces at the glory of the Lord as if we were looking in a mirror. We are being transformed into that same image from one degree of glory to the next degree of glory. This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "This is why we don\u2019t get discouraged, given that we received this ministry in the same way that we received God\u2019s mercy."}, {"pk": 4127684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Instead, we reject secrecy and shameful actions. We don\u2019t use deception, and we don\u2019t tamper with God\u2019s word. Instead, we commend ourselves to everyone\u2019s conscience in the sight of God by the public announcement of the truth."}, {"pk": 4127685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are on the road to destruction."}, {"pk": 4127686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "The god of this age has blinded the minds of those who don\u2019t have faith so they couldn\u2019t see the light of the gospel that reveals Christ\u2019s glory. Christ is the image of God."}, {"pk": 4127687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "We don\u2019t preach about ourselves. Instead, we preach about Jesus Christ as Lord, and we describe ourselves as your slaves for Jesus\u2019 sake."}, {"pk": 4127688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "God said that light should shine out of the darkness. He is the same one who shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God\u2019s glory in the face of Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "But we have this treasure in clay pots so that the awesome power belongs to God and doesn\u2019t come from us."}, {"pk": 4127690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "We are experiencing all kinds of trouble, but we aren\u2019t crushed. We are confused, but we aren\u2019t depressed."}, {"pk": 4127691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "We are harassed, but we aren\u2019t abandoned. We are knocked down, but we aren\u2019t knocked out."}, {"pk": 4127692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "We always carry Jesus\u2019 death around in our bodies so that Jesus\u2019 life can also be seen in our bodies."}, {"pk": 4127693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "We who are alive are always being handed over to death for Jesus\u2019 sake so that Jesus\u2019 life can also be seen in our bodies that are dying."}, {"pk": 4127694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you."}, {"pk": 4127695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "We have the same faithful spirit as what is written in scripture: <b>I had faith, and so I spoke.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> We also have faith, and so we also speak.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/116/10'>Ps 116:10</a> (<a href='/CEB/19/115/1'>115:1</a> LXX)"}, {"pk": 4127696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "We do this because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and he will bring us into his presence along with you."}, {"pk": 4127697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "All these things are for your benefit. As grace increases to benefit more and more people, it will cause gratitude to increase, which results in God\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4127698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "So we aren\u2019t depressed. But even if our bodies are breaking down on the outside, the person that we are on the inside is being renewed every day."}, {"pk": 4127699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Our temporary minor problems are producing an eternal stockpile of glory for us that is beyond all comparison."}, {"pk": 4127700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "We don\u2019t focus on the things that can be seen but on the things that can\u2019t be seen. The things that can be seen don\u2019t last, but the things that can\u2019t be seen are eternal."}, {"pk": 4127701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "We know that if the tent that we live in on earth is torn down, we have a building from God. It\u2019s a house that isn\u2019t handmade, which is eternal and located in heaven."}, {"pk": 4127702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "We groan while we live in this residence. We really want to dress ourselves with our building from heaven \u2014"}, {"pk": 4127703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "since we assume that when we take off this tent, we won\u2019t find out that we are naked."}, {"pk": 4127704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Yes, while we are in this tent we groan, because we are weighed down. We want to be dressed not undressed, so that what is dying can be swallowed up by life."}, {"pk": 4127705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Now the one who prepared us for this very thing is God, and God gave us the Spirit as a down payment for our home."}, {"pk": 4127706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "So we are always confident, because we know that while we are living in the body, we are away from our home with the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "We live by faith and not by sight."}, {"pk": 4127708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "We are confident, and we would prefer to leave the body and to be at home with the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home."}, {"pk": 4127710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "We all must appear before Christ in court so that each person can be paid back for the things that were done while in the body, whether they were good or bad."}, {"pk": 4127711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "So we try to persuade people, since we know what it means to fear the Lord. We are well known by God, and I hope that in your heart we are well known by you as well."}, {"pk": 4127712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "We aren\u2019t trying to commend ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us so that you could answer those who take pride in superficial appearance, and not in what is in the heart."}, {"pk": 4127713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "If we are crazy, it\u2019s for God\u2019s sake. If we are rational, it\u2019s for your sake."}, {"pk": 4127714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: one died for the sake of all; therefore, all died."}, {"pk": 4127715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "He died for the sake of all so that those who are alive should live not for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised."}, {"pk": 4127716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "So then, from this point on we won\u2019t recognize people by human standards. Even though we used to know Christ by human standards, that isn\u2019t how we know him now."}, {"pk": 4127717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!"}, {"pk": 4127718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "All of these new things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and who gave us the ministry of reconciliation."}, {"pk": 4127719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "In other words, God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ, by not counting people\u2019s sins against them. He has trusted us with this message of reconciliation."}, {"pk": 4127720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "So we are ambassadors who represent Christ. God is negotiating with you through us. We beg you as Christ\u2019s representatives, \u201cBe reconciled to God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "God caused the one who didn\u2019t know sin to be sin for our sake so that through him we could become the righteousness of God."}, {"pk": 4127722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Since we work together with him, we are also begging you not to receive the grace of God in vain."}, {"pk": 4127723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "He says, <b>I listened to you at the right time, and I helped you on the day of salvation.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> Look, now is the right time! Look, now is the day of salvation!", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/49/8'>Isa 49:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4127724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "We don\u2019t give anyone any reason to be offended about anything so that our ministry won\u2019t be criticized."}, {"pk": 4127725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Instead, we commend ourselves as ministers of God in every way. We did this with our great endurance through problems, disasters, and stressful situations."}, {"pk": 4127726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "We went through beatings, imprisonments, and riots. We experienced hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger."}, {"pk": 4127727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "We displayed purity, knowledge, patience, and generosity. We served with the Holy Spirit, genuine love,"}, {"pk": 4127728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "telling the truth, and God\u2019s power. We carried the weapons of righteousness in our right hand and our left hand."}, {"pk": 4127729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "We were treated with honor and dishonor and with verbal abuse and good evaluation. We were seen as both fake and real,"}, {"pk": 4127730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "as unknown and well known, as dying \u2014 and look, we are alive! We were seen as punished but not killed,"}, {"pk": 4127731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "as going through pain but always happy, as poor but making many rich, and as having nothing but owning everything."}, {"pk": 4127732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, and our hearts are wide open."}, {"pk": 4127733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "There are no limits to the affection that we feel for you. You are the ones who placed boundaries on your affection for us."}, {"pk": 4127734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "But as a fair trade \u2014 I\u2019m talking to you like you are children \u2014 open your hearts wide too."}, {"pk": 4127735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t be tied up as equal partners with people who don\u2019t believe. What does righteousness share with that which is outside the Law? What relationship does light have with darkness?"}, {"pk": 4127736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "What harmony does Christ have with Satan? <sup>[2]</sup> What does a believer have in common with someone who doesn\u2019t believe?", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Beliah</i>"}, {"pk": 4127737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "What agreement can there be between God\u2019s temple and idols? Because we are the temple of the living God. Just as God said, <b>I live with them, and I will move among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/3/26/11-12'>Lev 26:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4127738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, <b>come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord. Don\u2019t touch what is unclean. Then I will welcome you.</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/23/52/11'>Isa 52:11</a>; <a href='/CEB/26/20/34'>Ezek 20:34</a>, <a href='/CEB/26/20/41'>41</a>"}, {"pk": 4127739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "<b>I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty</b>. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/10/7/14'>2 Sam 7:14</a>"}, {"pk": 4127740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "My dear friends, since we have these promises, let\u2019s cleanse ourselves from anything that contaminates our body or spirit so that we make our holiness complete in the fear of God."}, {"pk": 4127741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Make room in your hearts for us. We didn\u2019t do anything wrong to anyone. We didn\u2019t ruin anyone. We didn\u2019t take advantage of anyone."}, {"pk": 4127742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "I\u2019m not saying this to make you feel guilty. I\u2019ve already said that you are in our hearts so that we die and live together with you."}, {"pk": 4127743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "I have every confidence in you. I\u2019m terribly proud of you. I\u2019m filled with encouragement. I\u2019m overwhelmed with happiness while in the middle of our problems."}, {"pk": 4127744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Even after we arrived in Macedonia, we couldn\u2019t rest physically. We were surrounded by problems. There was external conflict, and there were internal fears."}, {"pk": 4127745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "However, God comforts people who are discouraged, and he comforted us by Titus\u2019 arrival."}, {"pk": 4127746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "We weren\u2019t comforted only by his arrival but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your desire to see me, how you were sorry, and about your concern for me, so that I was even happier."}, {"pk": 4127747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Even though my letter hurt you, I don\u2019t regret it. Well \u2014 I did regret it just a bit because I see that that letter made you sad, though only for a short time."}, {"pk": 4127748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Now I\u2019m glad \u2014 not because you were sad but because you were made sad enough to change your hearts and lives. You felt godly sadness so that no one was harmed by us in any way."}, {"pk": 4127749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Godly sadness produces a changed heart and life that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but sorrow under the influence of the world produces death."}, {"pk": 4127750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Look at what this very experience of godly sadness has produced in you: such enthusiasm, what a desire to clear yourselves of blame, such indignation, what fear, what purpose, such concern, what justice! In everything you have shown yourselves to be innocent in the matter."}, {"pk": 4127751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "So although I wrote to you, it wasn\u2019t for the sake of the one who did wrong, or for the sake of the one who was wronged, but to show you your own enthusiasm for us in the sight of God."}, {"pk": 4127752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Because of this we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we were even more pleased at how happy Titus was. His mind has been put at rest by all of you."}, {"pk": 4127753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "If I\u2019ve bragged about you to him in any way, I haven\u2019t been embarrassed. Instead, our bragging to Titus has also been proven to be true, just like everything we said to you was true."}, {"pk": 4127754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "His devotion to you is growing even more as he remembers how all of you were obedient when you welcomed him with fear and trembling."}, {"pk": 4127755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "I\u2019m happy, because I can completely depend on you."}, {"pk": 4127756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we want to let you know about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia."}, {"pk": 4127757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "While they were being tested by many problems, their extra amount of happiness and their extreme poverty resulted in a surplus of rich generosity."}, {"pk": 4127758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "I assure you that they gave what they could afford and even more than they could afford, and they did it voluntarily."}, {"pk": 4127759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "They urgently begged us for the privilege <sup>[1]</sup> of sharing in this service for the saints.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>grace</i>"}, {"pk": 4127760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "They even exceeded our expectations, because they gave themselves to the Lord first and to us, consistent with God\u2019s will."}, {"pk": 4127761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "As a result, we challenged Titus to finish this work of grace with you the way he had started it."}, {"pk": 4127762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Be the best in this work of grace in the same way that you are the best in everything, such as faith, speech, knowledge, total commitment, and the love we inspired in you."}, {"pk": 4127763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "I\u2019m not giving an order, but by mentioning the commitment of others, I\u2019m trying to prove the authenticity of your love also."}, {"pk": 4127764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Although he was rich, he became poor for our sakes, so that you could become rich through his poverty."}, {"pk": 4127765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m giving you my opinion about this. It\u2019s to your advantage to do this, since you not only started to do it last year but you wanted to do it too."}, {"pk": 4127766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Now finish the job as well so that you finish it with as much enthusiasm as you started, given what you can afford."}, {"pk": 4127767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "A gift is appreciated because of what a person can afford, not because of what that person can\u2019t afford, if it\u2019s apparent that it\u2019s done willingly."}, {"pk": 4127768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "It isn\u2019t that we want others to have financial ease and you financial difficulties, but it\u2019s a matter of equality."}, {"pk": 4127769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "At the present moment, your surplus can fill their deficit so that in the future their surplus can fill your deficit. In this way there is equality."}, {"pk": 4127770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "As it is written, <b>The one who gathered more didn\u2019t have too much, and the one who gathered less didn\u2019t have too little.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/16/18'>Exod 16:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4127771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "But thank God, who put the same commitment that I have for you in Titus\u2019 heart."}, {"pk": 4127772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Not only has he accepted our challenge but he\u2019s on his way to see you voluntarily, and he\u2019s excited."}, {"pk": 4127773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "We are sending the brother who is famous in all the churches because of his work for the gospel along with him."}, {"pk": 4127774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "In addition to this, he is chosen by the churches to be our traveling companion in this work of grace, which we are taking care of for the sake of the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our desire to help."}, {"pk": 4127775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "We are trying to avoid being blamed by anyone for the way we take care of this large amount of money."}, {"pk": 4127776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "We care about doing the right thing, not only in the Lord\u2019s eyes but also in the eyes of other people."}, {"pk": 4127777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "We are sending our brother with them. We have tested his commitment in many ways and many times. Now he\u2019s even more committed, because he has so much confidence in you."}, {"pk": 4127778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and coworker among you. If there is any question about our brothers, they are the churches\u2019 apostles and an honor to Christ."}, {"pk": 4127779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "So show them the proof of your love and the reason we are so proud of you, in such a way that the churches can see it."}, {"pk": 4127780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "It\u2019s unnecessary for me to write to you about this service for God\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4127781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "I know about your willingness to help. I brag about you to the Macedonians, saying, \u201cGreece has been ready since last year,\u201d and your enthusiasm has motivated most of them."}, {"pk": 4127782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "But I\u2019m sending the brothers so that our bragging about you in this case won\u2019t be empty words, and so that you can be prepared, just as I keep telling them you will be."}, {"pk": 4127783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "If some Macedonians should come with me and find out that you aren\u2019t ready, we (not to mention you) would be embarrassed as far as this project goes."}, {"pk": 4127784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "This is why I thought it was necessary to encourage the brothers to go to you ahead of time and arrange in advance the generous gift you have already promised. I want it to be a real gift from you. I don\u2019t want you to feel like you are being forced to give anything."}, {"pk": 4127785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "What I mean is this: the one who sows a small number of seeds will also reap a small crop, and the one who sows a generous amount of seeds will also reap a generous crop."}, {"pk": 4127786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn\u2019t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver."}, {"pk": 4127787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "God has the power to provide you with more than enough of every kind of grace. That way, you will have everything you need always and in everything to provide more than enough for every kind of good work."}, {"pk": 4127788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "As it is written, <b>He scattered everywhere; he gave to the needy; his righteousness remains forever.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/112/9'>Ps 112:9</a>"}, {"pk": 4127789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who supplies seed for planting and bread for eating will supply and multiply your seed and will increase your crop, which is righteousness."}, {"pk": 4127790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous in every way. Such generosity produces thanksgiving to God through us."}, {"pk": 4127791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Your ministry of this service to God\u2019s people isn\u2019t only fully meeting their needs but it is also multiplying in many expressions of thanksgiving to God."}, {"pk": 4127792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "They will give honor to God for your obedience to your confession of Christ\u2019s gospel. They will do this because this service provides evidence of your obedience, and because of your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone."}, {"pk": 4127793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "They will also pray for you, and they will care deeply for you because of the outstanding grace that God has given to you."}, {"pk": 4127794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Thank God for his gift that words can\u2019t describe!"}, {"pk": 4127795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "I, Paul, make a personal request to you with the gentleness and kindness of Christ. I\u2019m shy when I\u2019m with you, but I\u2019m bossy when I\u2019m away from you!"}, {"pk": 4127796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "I beg you that when I\u2019m with you in person, I won\u2019t have to boss you around. I\u2019m afraid that I may have to use that kind of behavior with those people who think we live by human standards."}, {"pk": 4127797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Although we live in the world, we don\u2019t fight our battles with human methods."}, {"pk": 4127798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Our weapons that we fight with aren\u2019t human, but instead they are powered by God for the destruction of fortresses. They destroy arguments,"}, {"pk": 4127799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "and every defense that is raised up to oppose the knowledge of God. They capture every thought to make it obedient to Christ."}, {"pk": 4127800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Once your obedience is complete, we are ready to punish any disobedience."}, {"pk": 4127801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Look at what is right in front of you! If anyone is sure about belonging to Christ, that person should think again. We belong to Christ just like that person."}, {"pk": 4127802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Even if I went on to brag about our authority, I wouldn\u2019t be ashamed of it. The Lord gave us that authority to build you up and not to destroy you."}, {"pk": 4127803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "I don\u2019t want it to seem like I\u2019m trying to intimidate you with my letters."}, {"pk": 4127804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "I know what some people are saying: \u201cHis letters are severe and powerful, but in person he is weak and his speech is worth nothing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "These people need to think about this \u2014 that when we are with you, our actions will show that we are the same as the words we wrote when we were away from you."}, {"pk": 4127806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "We won\u2019t dare to place ourselves in the same league or to compare ourselves with some of those who are promoting themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they have no understanding."}, {"pk": 4127807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "We won\u2019t take pride in anything more than what is appropriate. Let\u2019s look at the boundaries of our work area that God has assigned to us. It\u2019s an area that includes you."}, {"pk": 4127808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "We aren\u2019t going out of bounds, as if our work area doesn\u2019t extend as far as you. We were the first ones to travel as far as Corinth with the gospel of Christ."}, {"pk": 4127809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "We don\u2019t take pride in what other people do outside of our boundaries. We hope that our work will be extended even more by you as your faith grows, until it expands fully (within the boundaries, of course)."}, {"pk": 4127810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "We hope that our work grows even to the point of the gospel being preached in places beyond Corinth, without bragging about what has already been done in another person\u2019s work area."}, {"pk": 4127811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "But, <b>the one who brags should brag in the Lord.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/24/9/24'>Jer 9:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4127812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "It isn\u2019t the person who promotes himself or herself who is approved but the person whom the Lord commends."}, {"pk": 4127813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "I hope that you will put up with me while I act like a fool. Well, in fact, you are putting up with me!"}, {"pk": 4127814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "I\u2019m deeply concerned about you with the same concern that God has. As your father, I promised you in marriage to one husband. I promised to present you as an innocent virgin to Christ himself."}, {"pk": 4127815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "But I\u2019m afraid that your minds might be seduced in the same way as the snake deceived Eve with his devious tricks. You might be unable to focus completely on a genuine and innocent commitment to Christ."}, {"pk": 4127816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "If a person comes and preaches some other Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different Spirit than the one you had received, or a different gospel than the one you embraced, you put up with it so easily!"}, {"pk": 4127817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "I don\u2019t consider myself as second-rate in any way compared to the \u201csuper-apostles.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "But even if I\u2019m uneducated in public speaking, I\u2019m not uneducated in knowledge. We have shown this to you in every way and in everything we have done."}, {"pk": 4127819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Did I commit a sin by humbling myself to give you an advantage because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?"}, {"pk": 4127820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "I robbed other churches by taking a salary from them in order to serve you!"}, {"pk": 4127821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "While I was with you, I didn\u2019t burden any of you even though I needed things. The believers who came from Macedonia gave me everything I needed. I kept myself from being a financial drain on you in any way, and I will continue to keep myself from being a burden."}, {"pk": 4127822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Since Christ\u2019s truth is in me, I won\u2019t stop telling the entire area of Greece that I\u2019m proud of what I did."}, {"pk": 4127823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Why? Is it because I don\u2019t love you? God knows that I do!"}, {"pk": 4127824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "But I\u2019m going to continue to do what I\u2019m doing. I want to contradict the claims of the people who want to be treated like they are the same as us because of what they brag about."}, {"pk": 4127825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Such people are false apostles and dishonest workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ."}, {"pk": 4127826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "And no wonder! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."}, {"pk": 4127827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "It is no great surprise then that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."}, {"pk": 4127828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "I repeat, no one should take me for a fool. But if you do, then allow me to be a fool so that I can brag like a fool for a bit."}, {"pk": 4127829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019m not saying what I\u2019m saying because the Lord tells me to. I\u2019m saying it like I\u2019m a fool. I\u2019m putting my confidence in this business of bragging."}, {"pk": 4127830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Since so many people are bragging based on human standards, that is how I\u2019m going to brag too."}, {"pk": 4127831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Because you, who are so wise, are happy to put up with fools."}, {"pk": 4127832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "You put up with it if someone enslaves you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone places themselves over you, or if someone hits you in the face."}, {"pk": 4127833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "I\u2019m ashamed to say that we have been weak in comparison! But in whatever they challenge me, I challenge them (I\u2019m speaking foolishly)."}, {"pk": 4127834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I."}, {"pk": 4127835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "Are they ministers of Christ? I\u2019m speaking like a crazy person. What I\u2019ve done goes well beyond what they\u2019ve done. I\u2019ve worked much harder. I\u2019ve been imprisoned much more often. I\u2019ve been beaten more times than I can count. I\u2019ve faced death many times."}, {"pk": 4127836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "I received the \u201cforty lashes minus one\u201d from the Jews five times."}, {"pk": 4127837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "I was beaten with rods three times. I was stoned once. I was shipwrecked three times. I spent a day and a night on the open sea."}, {"pk": 4127838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "I\u2019ve been on many journeys. I faced dangers from rivers, robbers, my people, and Gentiles. I faced dangers in the city, in the desert, on the sea, and from false brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4127839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "I faced these dangers with hard work and heavy labor, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, and in the cold without enough clothes."}, {"pk": 4127840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Besides all the other things I could mention, there\u2019s my daily stress because I\u2019m concerned about all the churches."}, {"pk": 4127841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Who is weak without me being weak? Who is led astray without me being furious about it?"}, {"pk": 4127842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "If it\u2019s necessary to brag, I\u2019ll brag about my weaknesses."}, {"pk": 4127843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, the one who is blessed forever, knows that I\u2019m not lying."}, {"pk": 4127844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "At Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to capture me,"}, {"pk": 4127845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "but I got away from him by being lowered in a basket through a window in the city wall."}, {"pk": 4127846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "It is necessary to brag, not that it does any good. I\u2019ll move on to visions and revelations from the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven fourteen years ago. I don\u2019t know whether it was in the body or out of the body. God knows."}, {"pk": 4127848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "<sup>[3-4]</sup> I know that this man was caught up into paradise and that he heard unspeakable words that were things no one is allowed to repeat. I don\u2019t know whether it was in the body or apart from the body. God knows."}, {"pk": 4127849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019ll brag about this man, but I won\u2019t brag about myself, except to brag about my weaknesses."}, {"pk": 4127850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "If I did want to brag, I wouldn\u2019t make a fool of myself because I\u2019d tell the truth. I\u2019m holding back from bragging so that no one will give me any more credit than what anyone sees or hears about me."}, {"pk": 4127851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "I was given a thorn in my body because of the outstanding revelations I\u2019ve received so that I wouldn\u2019t be conceited. It\u2019s a messenger from Satan sent to torment me so that I wouldn\u2019t be conceited."}, {"pk": 4127852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "I pleaded with the Lord three times for it to leave me alone."}, {"pk": 4127853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "He said to me, \u201cMy grace is enough for you, because power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d So I\u2019ll gladly spend my time bragging about my weaknesses so that Christ\u2019s power can rest on me."}, {"pk": 4127854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, I\u2019m all right with weaknesses, insults, disasters, harassments, and stressful situations for the sake of Christ, because when I\u2019m weak, then I\u2019m strong."}, {"pk": 4127855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019ve become a fool! You made me do it. Actually, I should have been commended by you. I\u2019m not inferior to the super-apostles in any way, even though I\u2019m a nonentity."}, {"pk": 4127856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "The signs of an apostle were performed among you with continuous endurance through signs, wonders, and miracles."}, {"pk": 4127857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself wasn\u2019t a financial burden on you? Forgive me for this wrong!"}, {"pk": 4127858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Look, I\u2019m ready to visit you a third time, and I won\u2019t be a burden on you. I don\u2019t want your things; I want you. It isn\u2019t the children\u2019s responsibility to save up for their parents but parents for children."}, {"pk": 4127859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "I will very gladly spend and be spent for your sake. If I love you more, will you love me less?"}, {"pk": 4127860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "We all know that I didn\u2019t place a burden on you, but in spite of that you think I\u2019m a con artist who fooled you with a trick."}, {"pk": 4127861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "I haven\u2019t taken advantage of you through any of the people I sent to you, have I?"}, {"pk": 4127862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "I strongly encouraged Titus to go to you and sent the brother with him. Titus didn\u2019t take advantage of you, did he? Didn\u2019t we live by the same Spirit? Didn\u2019t we walk in the same footsteps?"}, {"pk": 4127863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Have you been thinking up to now that we are defending ourselves to you? Actually, we are speaking in the sight of God and in Christ. Dear friends, everything is meant to build you up."}, {"pk": 4127864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "I\u2019m afraid that maybe when I come you will be different from the way I want you to be, and that I\u2019ll be different from the way you want me to be. I\u2019m afraid that there might be fighting, obsession, losing your temper, competitive opposition, backstabbing, gossip, conceit, and disorderly conduct."}, {"pk": 4127865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "I\u2019m afraid that when I come again, my God may embarrass me in front of you. I might have to go into mourning over all the people who have sinned before and haven\u2019t changed their hearts and lives from what they used to practice: moral corruption, sexual immorality, and doing whatever feels good."}, {"pk": 4127866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "This is the third time that I\u2019m coming to visit you. Every matter is settled on the evidence of two or three witnesses."}, {"pk": 4127867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "When I was with you on my second visit, I already warned those who continued to sin. Now I\u2019m repeating that warning to all the rest of you while I\u2019m at a safe distance: if I come again, I won\u2019t spare anyone."}, {"pk": 4127868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Since you are demanding proof that Christ speaks through me, Christ isn\u2019t weak in dealing with you but shows his power among you."}, {"pk": 4127869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Certainly he was crucified because of weakness, but he lives by the power of God. Certainly we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God\u2019s power that is directed toward you."}, {"pk": 4127870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Don\u2019t you understand that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test."}, {"pk": 4127871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "But I hope that you will realize that we don\u2019t fail the test."}, {"pk": 4127872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "We pray to God that you don\u2019t do anything wrong, not because we want to appear to pass the test but so that you might do the right thing, even if we appear to fail."}, {"pk": 4127873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "We can\u2019t do anything against the truth but only to help the truth."}, {"pk": 4127874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "We are happy when we are weak but you are strong. We pray for this: that you will be made complete."}, {"pk": 4127875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "This is why I\u2019m writing these things while I\u2019m away. I\u2019m writing so that I won\u2019t need to act harshly when I\u2019m with you by using the authority that the Lord gave me. He gave it to me so that I could build you up, not tear you down."}, {"pk": 4127876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Finally, brothers and sisters, good-bye. Put things in order, respond to my encouragement, be in harmony with each other, and live in peace \u2014 and the God of love and peace will be with you."}, {"pk": 4127877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Say hello to each other with a holy kiss. <sup>[1]</sup> All of God\u2019s people say hello to you.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/47/13/12-13'>2 Cor 13:12\u201313</a> is in some versions equivalent to <a href='/CEB/47/13/12'>13:12</a>-14."}, {"pk": 4127878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 47, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."}, {"pk": 4127879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, an apostle who is not sent from human authority or commissioned through human agency, but sent through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead;"}, {"pk": 4127880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "and from all the brothers and sisters with me. To the churches in Galatia."}, {"pk": 4127881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He gave himself for our sins, so he could deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father."}, {"pk": 4127883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "To God be the glory forever and always! Amen."}, {"pk": 4127884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019m amazed that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ to follow another gospel."}, {"pk": 4127885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "It\u2019s not really another gospel, but certain people are confusing you and they want to change the gospel of Christ."}, {"pk": 4127886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "However, even if we ourselves or a heavenly angel should ever preach anything different from what we preached to you, they should be under a curse."}, {"pk": 4127887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I\u2019m repeating what we\u2019ve said before: if anyone preaches something different from what you received, they should be under a curse!"}, {"pk": 4127888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Am I trying to win over human beings or God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I wouldn\u2019t be Christ\u2019s slave."}, {"pk": 4127889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the gospel I preached isn\u2019t human in origin."}, {"pk": 4127890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I didn\u2019t receive it or learn it from a human. It came through a revelation from Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4127891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "You heard about my previous life in Judaism, how severely I harassed God\u2019s church and tried to destroy it."}, {"pk": 4127892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my peers, because I was much more militant about the traditions of my ancestors."}, {"pk": 4127893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "But God had set me apart from birth and called me through his grace. He was pleased"}, {"pk": 4127894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach about him to the Gentiles. I didn\u2019t immediately consult with any human being."}, {"pk": 4127895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "I didn\u2019t go up to Jerusalem to see the men who were apostles before me either, but I went away into Arabia and I returned again to Damascus."}, {"pk": 4127896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days."}, {"pk": 4127897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "But I didn\u2019t see any other of the apostles except James the brother of the Lord."}, {"pk": 4127898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Before God, I\u2019m not lying about the things that I\u2019m writing to you!"}, {"pk": 4127899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,"}, {"pk": 4127900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "but I wasn\u2019t known personally by the Christian churches in Judea."}, {"pk": 4127901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "They only heard a report about me: \u201cThe man who used to harass us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "So they were glorifying God because of me."}, {"pk": 4127903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus along also."}, {"pk": 4127904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "I went there because of a revelation, and I laid out the gospel that I preach to the Gentiles for them. But I did it privately with the influential leaders to make sure that I wouldn\u2019t be working or that I hadn\u2019t worked for nothing."}, {"pk": 4127905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "However, not even Titus, who was with me and who was a Greek, was required to be circumcised."}, {"pk": 4127906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "But false brothers and sisters, who were brought in secretly, slipped in to spy on our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, and to make us slaves."}, {"pk": 4127907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "We didn\u2019t give in and submit to them for a single moment, so that the truth of the gospel would continue to be with you."}, {"pk": 4127908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The influential leaders didn\u2019t add anything to what I was preaching \u2014 and whatever they were makes no difference to me, because God doesn\u2019t show favoritism."}, {"pk": 4127909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "But on the contrary, they saw that I had been given the responsibility to preach the gospel to the people who aren\u2019t circumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised."}, {"pk": 4127910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "The one who empowered Peter to become an apostle to the circumcised empowered me also to be one to the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4127911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "James, Cephas, and John, who are considered to be key leaders, shook hands with me and Barnabas as equals when they recognized the grace that was given to me. So it was agreed that we would go to the Gentiles, while they continue to go to the people who were circumcised."}, {"pk": 4127912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "They asked only that we would remember the poor, which was certainly something I was willing to do."}, {"pk": 4127913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was wrong."}, {"pk": 4127914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "He had been eating with the Gentiles before certain people came from James. But when they came, he began to back out and separate himself, because he was afraid of the people who promoted circumcision."}, {"pk": 4127915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "And the rest of the Jews also joined him in this hypocrisy so that even Barnabas got carried away with them in their hypocrisy."}, {"pk": 4127916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But when I saw that they weren\u2019t acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of everyone, \u201cIf you, though you\u2019re a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you require the Gentiles to live like Jews?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "We are born Jews \u2014 we\u2019re not Gentile sinners."}, {"pk": 4127918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "However, we know that a person isn\u2019t made righteous by the works of the Law but rather through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. We ourselves believed in Christ Jesus so that we could be made righteous by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the Law \u2014 because no one will be made righteous by the works of the Law."}, {"pk": 4127919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "But if it is discovered that we ourselves are sinners while we are trying to be made righteous in Christ, then is Christ a servant of sin? Absolutely not!"}, {"pk": 4127920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "If I rebuild the very things that I tore down, I show that I myself am breaking the Law."}, {"pk": 4127921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "I died to the Law through the Law, so that I could live for God."}, {"pk": 4127922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live in my body, I live by faith, indeed, by the faithfulness of God\u2019s Son, who loved me and gave himself for me."}, {"pk": 4127923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "I don\u2019t ignore the grace of God, because if we become righteous through the Law, then Christ died for no purpose."}, {"pk": 4127924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "You irrational Galatians! Who put a spell on you? Jesus Christ was put on display as crucified before your eyes!"}, {"pk": 4127925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "I just want to know this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the Law or by believing what you heard?"}, {"pk": 4127926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Are you so irrational? After you started with the Spirit, are you now finishing up with your own human effort?"}, {"pk": 4127927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Did you experience so much for nothing? I wonder if it really was for nothing."}, {"pk": 4127928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "So does the one providing you with the Spirit and working miracles among you do this by you doing the works of the Law or by you believing what you heard?"}, {"pk": 4127929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Understand that in the same way that Abraham <b>believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness,</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/15/6'>Gen 15:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4127930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "those who believe are the children of Abraham."}, {"pk": 4127931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "But when it saw ahead of time that God would make the Gentiles righteous on the basis of faith, scripture preached the gospel in advance to Abraham: <b>All the Gentiles will be blessed in you</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/12/3'>Gen 12:3</a>"}, {"pk": 4127932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham who believed."}, {"pk": 4127933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "All those who rely on the works of the Law are under a curse, because it is written, <b>Everyone is cursed who does not keep on doing all the things that have been written in the Law scroll</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/27/26'>Deut 27:26</a>"}, {"pk": 4127934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "But since no one is made righteous by the Law as far as God is concerned, it is clear that <b>the righteous one will live on the basis of faith</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/35/2/4'>Hab 2:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4127935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The Law isn\u2019t based on faith; rather, <b>the one doing these things will live by them</b>. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/3/18/5'>Lev 18:5</a>"}, {"pk": 4127936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us \u2014 because it is written, <b>Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed</b>. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/5/21/23'>Deut 21:23</a>"}, {"pk": 4127937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "He redeemed us so that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, and that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."}, {"pk": 4127938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I\u2019ll use an example from human experience. No one ignores or makes additions to a validated will."}, {"pk": 4127939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "The promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. It doesn\u2019t say, \u201cand to the descendants,\u201d as if referring to many rather than just one. It says, \u201cand to your descendant,\u201d who is Christ."}, {"pk": 4127940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019m saying this: the Law, which came four hundred thirty years later, doesn\u2019t invalidate the agreement that was previously validated by God so that it cancels the promise."}, {"pk": 4127941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "If the inheritance were based upon the Law, it would no longer be from the promise. But God has given it graciously to Abraham through a promise."}, {"pk": 4127942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "So why was the Law given? It was added because of offenses, until the descendant would come to whom the promise had been made. It was put in place through angels by the hand of a mediator."}, {"pk": 4127943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Now the mediator does not take one side; but God is one."}, {"pk": 4127944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "So, is the Law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! If a Law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would in fact have come from the Law."}, {"pk": 4127945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "But scripture locked up all things under sin, so that the promise based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith."}, {"pk": 4127946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Before faith came, we were guarded under the Law, locked up until faith that was coming would be revealed,"}, {"pk": 4127947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "so that the Law became our custodian until Christ so that we might be made righteous by faith."}, {"pk": 4127948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian."}, {"pk": 4127949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "You are all God\u2019s children through faith in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4127950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ."}, {"pk": 4127951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4127952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "Now if you belong to Christ, then indeed you are Abraham\u2019s descendants, heirs according to the promise."}, {"pk": 4127953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m saying that as long as the heirs are minors, they are no different from slaves, though they really are the owners of everything."}, {"pk": 4127954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "However, they are placed under trustees and guardians until the date set by the parents."}, {"pk": 4127955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "In the same way, when we were minors, we were also enslaved by this world\u2019s system."}, {"pk": 4127956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "But when the fulfillment of the time came, God sent his Son, born through a woman, and born under the Law."}, {"pk": 4127957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "This was so he could redeem those under the Law so that we could be adopted."}, {"pk": 4127958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Because you are sons and daughters, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, \u201cAbba, Father!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4127959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son or daughter, and if you are his child, then you are also an heir through God."}, {"pk": 4127960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "At the time, when you didn\u2019t know God, you were enslaved by things that aren\u2019t gods by nature."}, {"pk": 4127961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "But now, after knowing God (or rather, being known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless world system? Do you want to be slaves to it again?"}, {"pk": 4127962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "You observe religious days and months and seasons and years."}, {"pk": 4127963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019m afraid for you! Perhaps my hard work for you has been for nothing."}, {"pk": 4127964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "I beg you to be like me, brothers and sisters, because I have become like you! You haven\u2019t wronged me."}, {"pk": 4127965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "You know that I first preached the gospel to you because of an illness."}, {"pk": 4127966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Though my poor health burdened you, you didn\u2019t look down on me or reject me, but you welcomed me as if I were an angel from God, or as if I were Christ Jesus!"}, {"pk": 4127967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Where then is the great attitude that you had? I swear that, if possible, you would have dug out your eyes and given them to me."}, {"pk": 4127968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?"}, {"pk": 4127969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "They are so concerned about you, though not with good intentions. Rather, they want to shut you out so that you would run after them."}, {"pk": 4127970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "However, it\u2019s always good to have people concerned about you with good intentions, and not just when I\u2019m there with you."}, {"pk": 4127971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "My little children, I\u2019m going through labor pains again until Christ is formed in you."}, {"pk": 4127972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "But I wish I could be with you now and change how I sound, because I\u2019m at a loss about you."}, {"pk": 4127973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Tell me \u2014 those of you who want to be under the Law \u2014 don\u2019t you listen to the Law?"}, {"pk": 4127974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "It\u2019s written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman."}, {"pk": 4127975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "The son by the slave woman was conceived the normal way, but the son by the free woman was conceived through a promise."}, {"pk": 4127976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "These things are an allegory: the women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, which gives birth to slave children; this is Hagar."}, {"pk": 4127977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and she corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because the city is in slavery with her children."}, {"pk": 4127978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother."}, {"pk": 4127979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "It\u2019s written: <b>Rejoice, barren woman, you who have not given birth</b>. <br><b>Break out with a shout, you who have not suffered labor pains;</b> <br><b>because the woman who has been deserted will have many more children</b> <br><b>than the woman who has a husband</b>. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/54/1'>Isa 54:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4127980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Brothers and sisters, you are children of the promise like Isaac."}, {"pk": 4127981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "But just as it was then, so it is now also: the one who was conceived the normal way harassed the one who was conceived by the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4127982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "But what does the scripture say? <b>Throw out the slave woman and her son, because the slave woman\u2019s son won\u2019t share the inheritance with the free woman\u2019s son</b>. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/21/10'>Gen 21:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4127983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Therefore, brothers and sisters, we aren\u2019t the slave woman\u2019s children, but we are the free woman\u2019s children."}, {"pk": 4127984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Christ has set us free for freedom. Therefore, stand firm and don\u2019t submit to the bondage of slavery again."}, {"pk": 4127985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Look, I, Paul, am telling you that if you have yourselves circumcised, having Christ won\u2019t help you."}, {"pk": 4127986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Again I swear to every man who has himself circumcised that he is required to do the whole Law."}, {"pk": 4127987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "You people who are trying to be made righteous by the Law have been estranged from Christ. You have fallen away from grace!"}, {"pk": 4127988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "We eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness through the Spirit by faith."}, {"pk": 4127989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Being circumcised or not being circumcised doesn\u2019t matter in Christ Jesus, but faith working through love does matter."}, {"pk": 4127990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "You were running well \u2014 who stopped you from obeying the truth?"}, {"pk": 4127991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "This line of reasoning doesn\u2019t come from the one who calls you."}, {"pk": 4127992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "A little yeast works through the whole lump of dough."}, {"pk": 4127993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m convinced about you in the Lord that you won\u2019t think any other way. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever that may be."}, {"pk": 4127994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Brothers and sisters, if I\u2019m still preaching circumcision, why am I still being harassed? In that case, the offense of the cross would be canceled."}, {"pk": 4127995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!"}, {"pk": 4127996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don\u2019t let this freedom be an opportunity to indulge your selfish impulses, but serve each other through love."}, {"pk": 4127997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "All the Law has been fulfilled in a single statement: <b>Love your neighbor as yourself</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4127998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "But if you bite and devour each other, be careful that you don\u2019t get eaten up by each other!"}, {"pk": 4127999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "I say be guided by the Spirit and you won\u2019t carry out your selfish desires."}, {"pk": 4128000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "A person\u2019s selfish desires are set against the Spirit, and the Spirit is set against one\u2019s selfish desires. They are opposed to each other, so you shouldn\u2019t do whatever you want to do."}, {"pk": 4128001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "But if you are being led by the Spirit, you aren\u2019t under the Law."}, {"pk": 4128002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "The actions that are produced by selfish motives are obvious, since they include sexual immorality, moral corruption, doing whatever feels good,"}, {"pk": 4128003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "idolatry, drug use and casting spells, hate, fighting, obsession, losing your temper, competitive opposition, conflict, selfishness, group rivalry,"}, {"pk": 4128004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "jealousy, drunkenness, partying, and other things like that. I warn you as I have already warned you, that those who do these kinds of things won\u2019t inherit God\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4128005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,"}, {"pk": 4128006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this."}, {"pk": 4128007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the self with its passions and its desires."}, {"pk": 4128008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "If we live by the Spirit, let\u2019s follow the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Let\u2019s not become arrogant, make each other angry, or be jealous of each other."}, {"pk": 4128010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, if a person is caught doing something wrong, you who are spiritual should restore someone like this with a spirit of gentleness. Watch out for yourselves so you won\u2019t be tempted too."}, {"pk": 4128011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Carry each other\u2019s burdens and so you will fulfill the law of Christ."}, {"pk": 4128012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "If anyone thinks they are important when they aren\u2019t, they\u2019re fooling themselves."}, {"pk": 4128013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Each person should test their own work and be happy with doing a good job and not compare themselves with others."}, {"pk": 4128014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Each person will have to carry their own load."}, {"pk": 4128015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who are taught the word should share all good things with their teacher."}, {"pk": 4128016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Make no mistake, God is not mocked. A person will harvest what they plant."}, {"pk": 4128017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who plant only for their own benefit will harvest devastation from their selfishness, but those who plant for the benefit of the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Let\u2019s not get tired of doing good, because in time we\u2019ll have a harvest if we don\u2019t give up."}, {"pk": 4128019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "So then, let\u2019s work for the good of all whenever we have an opportunity, and especially for those in the household of faith."}, {"pk": 4128020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Look at the large letters I\u2019m making with my own handwriting!"}, {"pk": 4128021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Whoever wants to look good by human standards will try to get you to be circumcised, but only so they won\u2019t be harassed for the cross of Christ."}, {"pk": 4128022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who are circumcised don\u2019t observe the Law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised, so they can boast about your physical body. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] In Gk the word traditionally rendered as <i>flesh</i> is rendered here as <i>physical body</i>, but it has a wide range of meaning. <a href='/CEB/48/5/13-25'>Gal 5:13\u201325</a>; <a href='/CEB/48/6/8'>6:8</a>, <a href='/CEB/48/6/12'>12</a> contain nine close occurrences of the same word in Gk, but it is rendered as <i>selfish</i> in regard to impulses, desires, motives, or benefit, and <i>human standards</i> in <a href='/CEB/48/6/12'>6:12</a>."}, {"pk": 4128023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "But as for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through him, and I have been crucified to the world."}, {"pk": 4128024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Being circumcised or not being circumcised doesn\u2019t mean anything. What matters is a new creation."}, {"pk": 4128025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "May peace and mercy be on whoever follows this rule and on God\u2019s Israel."}, {"pk": 4128026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "From now on, no one should bother me because I bear the marks of Jesus on my body."}, {"pk": 4128027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 48, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen."}, {"pk": 4128028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God\u2019s will. To the holy and faithful people in Christ Jesus in Ephesus. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] The location of Ephesus was added in some later manuscripts, probably to make the opening of this letter similar to the others in the collection of Paul\u2019s letters."}, {"pk": 4128029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Bless the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing that comes from heaven."}, {"pk": 4128031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in God\u2019s presence before the creation of the world."}, {"pk": 4128032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan"}, {"pk": 4128033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "and to honor his glorious grace that he has given to us freely through the Son whom he loves."}, {"pk": 4128034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "We have been ransomed through his Son\u2019s blood, and we have forgiveness for our failures based on his overflowing grace,"}, {"pk": 4128035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "which he poured over us with wisdom and understanding."}, {"pk": 4128036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "God revealed his hidden design <sup>[2]</sup> to us, which is according to his goodwill and the plan that he intended to accomplish through his Son.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "This is what God planned for the climax of all times: <sup>[3]</sup> to bring all things together in Christ, the things in heaven along with the things on earth.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>the fullness of times</i>"}, {"pk": 4128038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "We have also received an inheritance in Christ. We were destined by the plan of God, who accomplishes everything according to his design."}, {"pk": 4128039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "We are called to be an honor to God\u2019s glory because we were the first to hope in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "You too heard the word of truth in Christ, which is the good news of your salvation. You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you believed in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "The Holy Spirit is the down payment on our inheritance, which is applied toward our redemption as God\u2019s own people, resulting in the honor of God\u2019s glory."}, {"pk": 4128042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God\u2019s people, this is the reason that"}, {"pk": 4128043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "I don\u2019t stop giving thanks to God for you when I remember you in my prayers."}, {"pk": 4128044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation that makes God known to you."}, {"pk": 4128045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "I pray that the eyes of your heart will have enough light to see what is the hope of God\u2019s call, what is the richness of God\u2019s glorious inheritance among believers,"}, {"pk": 4128046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "and what is the overwhelming greatness of God\u2019s power that is working among us believers. This power is conferred by the energy of God\u2019s powerful strength."}, {"pk": 4128047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "God\u2019s power was at work in Christ when God raised him from the dead and sat him at God\u2019s right side in the heavens,"}, {"pk": 4128048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "far above every ruler and authority and power and angelic power, any power that might be named not only now but in the future."}, {"pk": 4128049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "God put everything under Christ\u2019s feet and made him head of everything in the church,"}, {"pk": 4128050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "which is his body. His body, the church, is the fullness of Christ, who fills everything in every way."}, {"pk": 4128051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "At one time you were like a dead person because of the things you did wrong and your offenses against God."}, {"pk": 4128052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "You used to live like people of this world. You followed the rule of a destructive spiritual power. This is the spirit of disobedience to God\u2019s will that is now at work in persons whose lives are characterized by disobedience."}, {"pk": 4128053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "At one time you were like those persons. All of you used to do whatever felt good and whatever you thought you wanted so that you were children headed for punishment just like everyone else."}, {"pk": 4128054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "<sup>[4-5]</sup> However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. You are saved by God\u2019s grace!"}, {"pk": 4128055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "And God raised us up and seated us in the heavens with Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "God did this to show future generations the greatness of his grace by the goodness that God has shown us in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "You are saved by God\u2019s grace because of your faith. <sup>[1]</sup> This salvation is God\u2019s gift. It\u2019s not something you possessed.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>through his faithfulness</i>"}, {"pk": 4128058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "It\u2019s not something you did that you can be proud of."}, {"pk": 4128059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Instead, we are God\u2019s accomplishment, created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God planned for these good things to be the way that we live our lives."}, {"pk": 4128060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "So remember that once you were Gentiles by physical descent, who were called \u201cuncircumcised\u201d by Jews who are physically circumcised."}, {"pk": 4128061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "At that time you were without Christ. You were aliens rather than citizens of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of God\u2019s promise. In this world you had no hope and no God."}, {"pk": 4128062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "But now, thanks to Christ Jesus, you who once were so far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ."}, {"pk": 4128063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Christ is our peace. He made both Jews and Gentiles into one group. With his body, he broke down the barrier of hatred that divided us."}, {"pk": 4128064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He canceled the detailed rules of the Law so that he could create one new person out of the two groups, making peace."}, {"pk": 4128065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "He reconciled them both as one body to God by the cross, which ended the hostility to God."}, {"pk": 4128066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "When he came, he announced the good news of peace to you who were far away from God and to those who were near."}, {"pk": 4128067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "We both have access to the Father through Christ by the one Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "So now you are no longer strangers and aliens. Rather, you are fellow citizens with God\u2019s people, and you belong to God\u2019s household."}, {"pk": 4128069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "As God\u2019s household, you are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone."}, {"pk": 4128070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "The whole building is joined together in him, and it grows up into a temple that is dedicated to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Christ is building you into a place where God lives through the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "This is why I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ for you Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4128073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "You\u2019ve heard, of course, about the responsibility to distribute God\u2019s grace, which God gave to me for you, right?"}, {"pk": 4128074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "God showed me his secret plan <sup>[1]</sup> in a revelation, as I mentioned briefly before", "comment": "[1] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> (when you read this, you\u2019ll understand my insight into the secret plan <sup>[2]</sup> about Christ).", "comment": "[2] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Earlier generations didn\u2019t know this hidden plan that God has now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "This plan is that the Gentiles would be coheirs and parts of the same body, and that they would share with the Jews in the promises of God in Christ Jesus through the gospel."}, {"pk": 4128078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "I became a servant of the gospel because of the grace that God showed me through the exercise of his power."}, {"pk": 4128079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "God gave his grace to me, the least of all God\u2019s people, to preach the good news about the immeasurable riches of Christ to the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4128080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "God sent me to reveal the secret plan <sup>[3]</sup> that had been hidden since the beginning of time by God, who created everything.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "God\u2019s purpose is now to show the rulers and powers in the heavens the many different varieties of his wisdom through the church."}, {"pk": 4128082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "This was consistent with the plan he had from the beginning of time that he accomplished through Christ Jesus our Lord."}, {"pk": 4128083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "In Christ we have bold and confident access to God through faith in him. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>through his faithfulness</i>"}, {"pk": 4128084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "So then, I ask you not to become discouraged by what I\u2019m suffering for you, which is your glory."}, {"pk": 4128085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "This is why I kneel before the Father."}, {"pk": 4128086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Every ethnic group in heaven or on earth is recognized by him."}, {"pk": 4128087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "I ask that he will strengthen you in your inner selves from the riches of his glory through the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "I ask that Christ will live in your hearts through faith. As a result of having strong roots in love,"}, {"pk": 4128089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "I ask that you\u2019ll have the power to grasp love\u2019s width and length, height and depth, together with all believers."}, {"pk": 4128090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "I ask that you\u2019ll know the love of Christ that is beyond knowledge so that you will be filled entirely with the fullness of God."}, {"pk": 4128091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his power at work within us;"}, {"pk": 4128092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus for all generations, forever and always. Amen."}, {"pk": 4128093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, I encourage you to live as people worthy of the call you received from God."}, {"pk": 4128094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Conduct yourselves with all humility, gentleness, and patience. Accept each other with love,"}, {"pk": 4128095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "and make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together."}, {"pk": 4128096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "You are one body and one spirit, just as God also called you in one hope."}, {"pk": 4128097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,"}, {"pk": 4128098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "and one God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in all."}, {"pk": 4128099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "God has given his grace to each one of us measured out by the gift that is given by Christ."}, {"pk": 4128100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "That\u2019s why scripture says, <b>When he climbed up to the heights, he captured prisoners, and he gave gifts to people</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/68/18'>Ps 68:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4128101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "What does the phrase \u201che climbed up\u201d mean if it doesn\u2019t mean that he had first gone down into the lower regions, the earth?"}, {"pk": 4128102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who went down is the same one who climbed up above all the heavens so that he might fill everything."}, {"pk": 4128103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "He gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers."}, {"pk": 4128104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "His purpose was to equip God\u2019s people for the work of serving and building up the body of Christ"}, {"pk": 4128105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "until we all reach the unity of faith and knowledge of God\u2019s Son. God\u2019s goal is for us to become mature adults \u2014 to be fully grown, measured by the standard of the fullness of Christ."}, {"pk": 4128106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "As a result, we aren\u2019t supposed to be infants any longer who can be tossed and blown around by every wind that comes from teaching with deceitful scheming and the tricks people play to deliberately mislead others."}, {"pk": 4128107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Instead, by speaking the truth with love, let\u2019s grow in every way into Christ,"}, {"pk": 4128108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "who is the head. The whole body grows from him, as it is joined and held together by all the supporting ligaments. The body makes itself grow in that it builds itself up with love as each one does its part."}, {"pk": 4128109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "So I\u2019m telling you this, and I insist on it in the Lord: you shouldn\u2019t live your life like the Gentiles anymore. They base their lives on pointless thinking,"}, {"pk": 4128110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "and they are in the dark in their reasoning. They are disconnected from God\u2019s life because of their ignorance and their closed hearts."}, {"pk": 4128111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "They are people who lack all sense of right and wrong, and who have turned themselves over to doing whatever feels good and to practicing every sort of corruption along with greed."}, {"pk": 4128112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "But you didn\u2019t learn that sort of thing from Christ."}, {"pk": 4128113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Since you really listened to him and you were taught how the truth is in Jesus,"}, {"pk": 4128114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "change the former way of life that was part of the person you once were, corrupted by deceitful desires."}, {"pk": 4128115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Instead, renew the thinking in your mind by the Spirit"}, {"pk": 4128116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "and clothe yourself with the new person created according to God\u2019s image in justice and true holiness."}, {"pk": 4128117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Therefore, after you have gotten rid of lying, <b>Each of you must tell the truth to your neighbor</b> <sup>[2]</sup> because we are parts of each other in the same body.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/38/8/16'>Zech 8:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4128118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "<b>Be angry without sinning.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> Don\u2019t let the sun set on your anger.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/4/4'>Ps 4:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4128119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Don\u2019t provide an opportunity for the devil."}, {"pk": 4128120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Thieves should no longer steal. Instead, they should go to work, using their hands to do good so that they will have something to share with whoever is in need."}, {"pk": 4128121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t let any foul words come out of your mouth. Only say what is helpful when it is needed for building up the community so that it benefits those who hear what you say."}, {"pk": 4128122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Don\u2019t make the Holy Spirit of God unhappy \u2014 you were sealed by him for the day of redemption."}, {"pk": 4128123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Put aside all bitterness, losing your temper, anger, shouting, and slander, along with every other evil."}, {"pk": 4128124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Be kind, compassionate, and forgiving to each other, in the same way God forgave you in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children."}, {"pk": 4128126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Live your life with love, following the example of Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us. He was a sacrificial offering that smelled sweet to God."}, {"pk": 4128127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Sexual immorality, and any kind of impurity or greed, shouldn\u2019t even be mentioned among you, which is right for holy persons."}, {"pk": 4128128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Obscene language, silly talk, or vulgar jokes aren\u2019t acceptable for believers. Instead, there should be thanksgiving."}, {"pk": 4128129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Because you know for sure that persons who are sexually immoral, impure, or greedy \u2014 which happens when things become gods \u2014 those persons won\u2019t inherit the kingdom of Christ and God."}, {"pk": 4128130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Nobody should deceive you with stupid ideas. God\u2019s anger comes down on those who are disobedient because of this kind of thing."}, {"pk": 4128131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "So you shouldn\u2019t have anything to do with them."}, {"pk": 4128132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord, so live your life as children of light."}, {"pk": 4128133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Light produces fruit that consists of every sort of goodness, justice, and truth."}, {"pk": 4128134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, test everything to see what\u2019s pleasing to the Lord,"}, {"pk": 4128135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "and don\u2019t participate in the unfruitful actions of darkness. Instead, you should reveal the truth about them."}, {"pk": 4128136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "It\u2019s embarrassing to even talk about what certain persons do in secret."}, {"pk": 4128137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "But everything exposed to the light is revealed by the light."}, {"pk": 4128138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Everything that is revealed by the light is light. Therefore, it says, <b>Wake up, sleeper!</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <b>Get up from the dead,</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <b>and Christ will shine on you.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/60/1'>Isa 60:1</a><br>[1] <a href='/CEB/23/26/19'>Isa 26:19</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/51/17'>51:17</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/52/1'>52:1</a>; <a href='/CEB/23/60/1'>60:1</a><br>[2] <a href='/CEB/23/26/19'>Isa 26:19</a>"}, {"pk": 4128139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly."}, {"pk": 4128140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Take advantage of every opportunity because these are evil times."}, {"pk": 4128141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Because of this, don\u2019t be ignorant, but understand the Lord\u2019s will."}, {"pk": 4128142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t get drunk on wine, which produces depravity. Instead, be filled with the Spirit in the following ways:"}, {"pk": 4128143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "speak to each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music to the Lord in your hearts;"}, {"pk": 4128144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;"}, {"pk": 4128145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "and submit to each other out of respect for Christ."}, {"pk": 4128146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "For example, wives should submit to their husbands as if to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "A husband is the head of his wife like Christ is head of the church, that is, the savior of the body."}, {"pk": 4128148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "So wives submit to their husbands in everything like the church submits to Christ."}, {"pk": 4128149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "As for husbands, love your wives just like Christ loved the church and gave himself for her."}, {"pk": 4128150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "He did this to make her holy by washing her in a bath of water with the word."}, {"pk": 4128151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "He did this to present himself with a splendid church, one without any sort of stain or wrinkle on her clothes, but rather one that is holy and blameless."}, {"pk": 4128152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "That\u2019s how husbands ought to love their wives \u2014 in the same way as they do their own bodies. Anyone who loves his wife loves himself."}, {"pk": 4128153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "No one ever hates his own body, but feeds it and takes care of it just like Christ does for the church"}, {"pk": 4128154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "because we are parts of his body."}, {"pk": 4128155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "<b>This is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two of them will be one body</b>. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/1/2/24'>Gen 2:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4128156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "Marriage is a significant allegory, <sup>[5]</sup> and I\u2019m applying it to Christ and the church.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "In any case, as for you individually, each one of you should love his wife as himself, and wives should respect <sup>[6]</sup> their husbands.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>fear</i>"}, {"pk": 4128158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "As for children, obey your parents in the Lord, because it is right."}, {"pk": 4128159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "The commandment <b>Honor your father and mother</b> is the first one with a promise attached:"}, {"pk": 4128160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "<b>so that things will go well for you, and you will live for a long time in the land</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/2/20/12'>Exod 20:12</a>; <a href='/CEB/5/5/16'>Deut 5:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4128161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "As for parents, don\u2019t provoke your children to anger, but raise them with discipline and instruction about the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "As for slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling and with sincere devotion to Christ."}, {"pk": 4128163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t work to make yourself look good and try to flatter people, but act like slaves of Christ carrying out God\u2019s will from the heart."}, {"pk": 4128164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Serve your owners enthusiastically, as though you were serving the Lord and not human beings."}, {"pk": 4128165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "You know that the Lord will reward every person who does what is right, whether that person is a slave or a free person."}, {"pk": 4128166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "As for masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Stop threatening them, because you know that both you and your slaves have a master in heaven. He doesn\u2019t distinguish between people on the basis of status."}, {"pk": 4128167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and his powerful strength."}, {"pk": 4128168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Put on God\u2019s armor so that you can make a stand against the tricks of the devil."}, {"pk": 4128169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "We aren\u2019t fighting against human enemies but against rulers, authorities, forces of cosmic darkness, and spiritual powers of evil in the heavens."}, {"pk": 4128170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, pick up the full armor of God so that you can stand your ground on the evil day and after you have done everything possible to still stand."}, {"pk": 4128171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "So stand with the belt of truth around your waist, justice as your breastplate,"}, {"pk": 4128172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "and put shoes on your feet so that you are ready to spread the good news of peace."}, {"pk": 4128173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Above all, carry the shield of faith so that you can extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one."}, {"pk": 4128174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is God\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4128175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Offer prayers and petitions in the Spirit all the time. Stay alert by hanging in there and praying for all believers."}, {"pk": 4128176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "As for me, pray that when I open my mouth, I\u2019ll get a message that confidently makes this secret plan <sup>[2]</sup> of the gospel known.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "I\u2019m an ambassador in chains for the sake of the gospel. Pray so that the Lord will give me the confidence to say what I have to say."}, {"pk": 4128178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Tychicus, my loved brother and faithful servant of the Lord, can inform you about my situation and what I\u2019m doing."}, {"pk": 4128179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "I\u2019ve sent him for this reason \u2014 so that you will know about us. He can reassure you."}, {"pk": 4128180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "May there be peace with the brothers and sisters as well as love with the faith that comes from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 49, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "May grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ forever."}, {"pk": 4128182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus. To all those in Philippi who are God\u2019s people in Christ Jesus, along with your supervisors <sup>[1]</sup> and servants. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>overseers, bishops</i><br>[2] Or <i>deacons</i>"}, {"pk": 4128183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "May the grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you."}, {"pk": 4128184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "I thank my God every time I mention you in my prayers."}, {"pk": 4128185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019m thankful for all of you every time I pray, and it\u2019s always a prayer full of joy."}, {"pk": 4128186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019m glad because of the way you have been my partners in the ministry of the gospel from the time you first believed it until now."}, {"pk": 4128187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019m sure about this: the one who started a good work in you will stay with you to complete the job by the day of Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "I have good reason to think this way about all of you because I keep you in my heart. You are all my partners in God\u2019s grace, both during my time in prison and in the defense and support of the gospel."}, {"pk": 4128189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "God is my witness that I feel affection for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "This is my prayer: that your love might become even more and more rich with knowledge and all kinds of insight."}, {"pk": 4128191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "I pray this so that you will be able to decide what really matters and so you will be sincere and blameless on the day of Christ."}, {"pk": 4128192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "I pray that you will then be filled with the fruit of righteousness, which comes from Jesus Christ, in order to give glory and praise to God."}, {"pk": 4128193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the things that have happened to me have actually advanced the gospel."}, {"pk": 4128194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The whole Praetorian Guard and everyone else knows that I\u2019m in prison for Christ."}, {"pk": 4128195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Most of the brothers and sisters have had more confidence through the Lord to speak the word boldly and bravely because of my jail time."}, {"pk": 4128196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Some certainly preach Christ with jealous and competitive motives, but others preach with good motives."}, {"pk": 4128197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "They are motivated by love, because they know that I\u2019m put here to give a defense of the gospel;"}, {"pk": 4128198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "the others preach Christ because of their selfish ambition. They are insincere, hoping to cause me more pain while I\u2019m in prison."}, {"pk": 4128199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "What do I think about this? Just this: since Christ is proclaimed in every possible way, whether from dishonest or true motives, I\u2019m glad and I\u2019ll continue to be glad."}, {"pk": 4128200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "I\u2019m glad because I know that this will result in my release through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "It is my expectation and hope that I won\u2019t be put to shame in anything. Rather, I hope with daring courage that Christ\u2019s greatness will be seen in my body, now as always, whether I live or die."}, {"pk": 4128202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Because for me, living serves Christ and dying is even better."}, {"pk": 4128203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "If I continue to live in this world, I get results from my work."}, {"pk": 4128204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "But I don\u2019t know what I prefer. I\u2019m torn between the two because I want to leave this life and be with Christ, which is far better."}, {"pk": 4128205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "However, it\u2019s more important for me to stay in this world for your sake."}, {"pk": 4128206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "I\u2019m sure of this: I will stay alive and remain with all of you to help your progress and the joy of your faith,"}, {"pk": 4128207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "and to increase your pride in Christ Jesus through my presence when I visit you again."}, {"pk": 4128208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Most important, live together in a manner worthy of Christ\u2019s gospel. Do this, whether I come and see you or I\u2019m absent and hear about you. Do this so that you stand firm, united in one spirit and mind as you struggle together to remain faithful to the gospel."}, {"pk": 4128209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "That way, you won\u2019t be afraid of anything your enemies do. Your faithfulness and courage are a sign of their coming destruction and your salvation, which is from God."}, {"pk": 4128210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "God has generously granted you the privilege, not only of believing in Christ but also of suffering for Christ\u2019s sake."}, {"pk": 4128211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "You are having the same struggle that you saw me face and now hear that I\u2019m still facing."}, {"pk": 4128212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort in love, any sharing in the Spirit, any sympathy,"}, {"pk": 4128213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "complete my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, being united, and agreeing with each other."}, {"pk": 4128214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t do anything for selfish purposes, but with humility think of others as better than yourselves."}, {"pk": 4128215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Instead of each person watching out for their own good, watch out for what is better for others."}, {"pk": 4128216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Adopt the attitude that was in Christ Jesus:"}, {"pk": 4128217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Though he was in the form of God, <br>he did not consider being equal with God something to exploit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4128218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "But he emptied himself <br>by taking the form of a slave <br>and by becoming like human beings. <br>When he found himself in the form of a human,<br>"}, {"pk": 4128219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, <br>even death on a cross.<br>"}, {"pk": 4128220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Therefore, God highly honored him <br>and gave him a name above all names,<br>"}, {"pk": 4128221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "so that at the name of Jesus everyone <br>in heaven, on earth, and under the earth might bow<br>"}, {"pk": 4128222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "and every tongue confess that <br>Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, my loved ones, just as you always obey me, not just when I am present but now even more while I am away, carry out your own salvation with fear and trembling."}, {"pk": 4128224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "God is the one who enables you both to want and to actually live out his good purposes."}, {"pk": 4128225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Do everything without grumbling and arguing"}, {"pk": 4128226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "so that you may be blameless and pure, innocent children of God surrounded by people who are crooked and corrupt. Among these people you shine like stars in the world"}, {"pk": 4128227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "because you hold on to the word of life. This will allow me to say on the day of Christ that I haven\u2019t run for nothing or worked for nothing."}, {"pk": 4128228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "But even if I am poured out like a drink offering upon the altar of service for your faith, I am glad. I\u2019m glad with all of you."}, {"pk": 4128229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "You should be glad about this in the same way. Be glad with me!"}, {"pk": 4128230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to see you soon so that I may be encouraged by hearing about you."}, {"pk": 4128231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "I have no one like him. He is a person who genuinely cares about your well-being."}, {"pk": 4128232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "All the others put their own business ahead of Jesus Christ\u2019s business."}, {"pk": 4128233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "You know his character, how he labors with me for the gospel like a son works with his father."}, {"pk": 4128234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "So he is the one that I hope to send as soon as I find out how things turn out here for me."}, {"pk": 4128235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "I trust in the Lord that I also will visit you soon."}, {"pk": 4128236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "I think it is also necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. He is my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier; and he is your representative who serves my needs."}, {"pk": 4128237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "He misses you all, and he was upset because you heard he was sick."}, {"pk": 4128238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "In fact, he was so sick that he nearly died. But God had mercy on him \u2014 and not just on him but also on me, because his death would have caused me great sorrow."}, {"pk": 4128239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, I am sending him immediately so that when you see him again you can be glad and I won\u2019t worry."}, {"pk": 4128240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "So welcome him in the Lord with great joy and show great respect for people like him."}, {"pk": 4128241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "He risked his life and almost died for the work of Christ, and he did this to make up for the help you couldn\u2019t give me."}, {"pk": 4128242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "So then, my brothers and sisters, be glad in the Lord. It\u2019s no trouble for me to repeat the same things to you because they will help keep you on track."}, {"pk": 4128243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Watch out for the \u201cdogs.\u201d Watch out for people who do evil things. Watch out for those who insist on circumcision, which is really mutilation."}, {"pk": 4128244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "We are the circumcision. We are the ones who serve by God\u2019s Spirit and who boast in Christ Jesus. We don\u2019t put our confidence in rituals performed on the body,"}, {"pk": 4128245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "though I have good reason to have this kind of confidence. If anyone else has reason to put their confidence in physical advantages, I have even more:"}, {"pk": 4128246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "I was circumcised on the eighth day. I am from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew of the Hebrews. With respect to observing the Law, I\u2019m a Pharisee. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "With respect to devotion to the faith, I harassed the church. With respect to righteousness under the Law, I\u2019m blameless. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "These things were my assets, but I wrote them off as a loss for the sake of Christ."}, {"pk": 4128249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "But even beyond that, I consider everything a loss in comparison with the superior value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have lost everything for him, but what I lost I think of as sewer trash, so that I might gain Christ"}, {"pk": 4128250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "and be found in him. In Christ I have a righteousness that is not my own and that does not come from the Law but rather from the faithfulness of Christ. It is the righteousness of God that is based on faith."}, {"pk": 4128251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The righteousness that I have comes from knowing Christ, the power of his resurrection, and the participation in his sufferings. It includes being conformed to his death"}, {"pk": 4128252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "so that I may perhaps reach the goal of the resurrection of the dead."}, {"pk": 4128253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "It\u2019s not that I have already reached this goal or have already been perfected, but I pursue it, so that I may grab hold of it because Christ grabbed hold of me for just this purpose."}, {"pk": 4128254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Brothers and sisters, I myself don\u2019t think I\u2019ve reached it, but I do this one thing: I forget about the things behind me and reach out for the things ahead of me."}, {"pk": 4128255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "The goal I pursue is the prize of God\u2019s upward call in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "So all of us who are spiritually mature should think this way, and if anyone thinks differently, God will reveal it to him or her."}, {"pk": 4128257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Only let\u2019s live in a way that is consistent with whatever level we have reached."}, {"pk": 4128258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Brothers and sisters, become imitators of me and watch those who live this way \u2014 you can use us as models."}, {"pk": 4128259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "As I have told you many times and now say with deep sadness, many people live as enemies of the cross."}, {"pk": 4128260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Their lives end with destruction. Their god is their stomach, and they take pride in their disgrace because their thoughts focus on earthly things."}, {"pk": 4128261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Our citizenship is in heaven. We look forward to a savior that comes from there \u2014 the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "He will transform our humble bodies so that they are like his glorious body, by the power that also makes him able to subject all things to himself."}, {"pk": 4128263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, my brothers and sisters whom I love and miss, who are my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord. Loved ones,"}, {"pk": 4128264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to come to an agreement in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Yes, and I\u2019m also asking you, loyal friend, to help these women who have struggled together with me in the ministry of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the scroll of life."}, {"pk": 4128266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Be glad in the Lord always! Again I say, be glad!"}, {"pk": 4128267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Let your gentleness show in your treatment of all people. The Lord is near."}, {"pk": 4128268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t be anxious about anything; rather, bring up all of your requests to God in your prayers and petitions, along with giving thanks."}, {"pk": 4128269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the peace of God that exceeds all understanding will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise."}, {"pk": 4128271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Practice these things: whatever you learned, received, heard, or saw in us. The God of peace will be with you."}, {"pk": 4128272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "I was very glad in the Lord because now at last you have shown concern for me again. (Of course you were always concerned but had no way to show it.)"}, {"pk": 4128273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019m not saying this because I need anything, for I have learned how to be content in any circumstance."}, {"pk": 4128274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "I know the experience of being in need and of having more than enough; I have learned the secret to being content in any and every circumstance, whether full or hungry or whether having plenty or being poor."}, {"pk": 4128275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "I can endure all these things through the power of the one who gives me strength."}, {"pk": 4128276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Still, you have done well to share my distress."}, {"pk": 4128277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "You Philippians know from the time of my first mission work in Macedonia how no church shared in supporting my ministry except you."}, {"pk": 4128278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "You sent contributions repeatedly to take care of my needs even while I was in Thessalonica."}, {"pk": 4128279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "I\u2019m not hoping for a gift, but I am hoping for a profit that accumulates in your account."}, {"pk": 4128280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "I now have plenty and it is more than enough. I am full to overflowing because I received the gifts that you sent from Epaphroditus. Those gifts give off a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice that pleases God."}, {"pk": 4128281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "My God will meet your every need out of his riches in the glory that is found in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Let glory be given to God our Father forever and always. Amen."}, {"pk": 4128283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Greet all God\u2019s people in Christ Jesus. The brothers and sisters with me send you their greeting."}, {"pk": 4128284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "All God\u2019s people here, especially those in Caesar\u2019s household, send you their greeting."}, {"pk": 4128285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 50, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits."}, {"pk": 4128286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God\u2019s will, and Timothy our brother."}, {"pk": 4128287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "To the holy and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father."}, {"pk": 4128288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you."}, {"pk": 4128289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "We\u2019ve done this since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all God\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4128290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "You have this faith and love because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You previously heard about this hope through the true message, the good news,"}, {"pk": 4128291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "which has come to you. This message has been bearing fruit and growing among you since the day you heard and truly understood God\u2019s grace, in the same way that it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world."}, {"pk": 4128292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "You learned it from Epaphras, who is the fellow slave we love and Christ\u2019s faithful minister for your sake."}, {"pk": 4128293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "He informed us of your love in the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we haven\u2019t stopped praying for you and asking for you to be filled with the knowledge of God\u2019s will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding."}, {"pk": 4128295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "We\u2019re praying this so that you can live lives that are worthy of the Lord and pleasing to him in every way: by producing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God;"}, {"pk": 4128296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "by being strengthened through his glorious might so that you endure everything and have patience;"}, {"pk": 4128297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "and by giving thanks with joy to the Father. He made it so you could take part in the inheritance, in light granted to God\u2019s holy people."}, {"pk": 4128298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "He rescued us from the control of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves."}, {"pk": 4128299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "He set us free through the Son and forgave our sins."}, {"pk": 4128300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The Son is the image of the invisible God, <br>the one who is first over all creation, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>firstborn of all creation</i>"}, {"pk": 4128301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Because all things were created by him: <br>both in the heavens and on the earth, <br>the things that are visible and the things that are invisible. <br>Whether they are thrones or powers, <br>or rulers or authorities, <br>all things were created through him and for him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "He existed before all things, <br>and all things are held together in him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "He is the head of the body, the church, <br>who is the beginning, <br>the one who is firstborn from among the dead <sup>[2]</sup> <br>so that he might occupy the first place in everything. <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>first over the dead</i>"}, {"pk": 4128304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Because all the fullness of God was pleased to live in him,<br>"}, {"pk": 4128305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "and he reconciled all things to himself through him \u2014 <br>whether things on earth or in the heavens. <br>He brought peace through the blood of his cross. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Once you were alienated from God and you were enemies with him in your minds, which was shown by your evil actions."}, {"pk": 4128307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death, to present you before God as a people who are holy, faultless, and without blame."}, {"pk": 4128308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "But you need to remain well established and rooted in faith and not shift away from the hope given in the good news that you heard. This message has been preached throughout all creation under heaven. And I, Paul, became a servant of this good news."}, {"pk": 4128309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Now I\u2019m happy to be suffering for you. I\u2019m completing what is missing from Christ\u2019s sufferings with my own body. I\u2019m doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church."}, {"pk": 4128310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "I became a servant of the church by God\u2019s commission, which was given to me for you, in order to complete God\u2019s word."}, {"pk": 4128311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "I\u2019m completing it with a secret plan <sup>[3]</sup> that has been hidden for ages and generations but which has now been revealed to his holy people.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "God wanted to make the glorious riches of this secret plan <sup>[4]</sup> known among the Gentiles, which is Christ living in you, the hope of glory.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "This is what we preach as we warn and teach every person with all wisdom so that we might present each one mature in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "I work hard and struggle for this goal with his energy, which works in me powerfully."}, {"pk": 4128315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "I want you to know how much I struggle for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who haven\u2019t known me personally."}, {"pk": 4128316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "My goal is that their hearts would be encouraged and united together in love so that they might have all the riches of assurance that come with understanding, so that they might have the knowledge of the secret plan <sup>[1]</sup> of God, namely Christ.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in him."}, {"pk": 4128318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "I\u2019m telling you this so that no one deceives you with convincing arguments,"}, {"pk": 4128319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "because even though I am absent physically, I\u2019m with you in spirit. I\u2019m happy to see the discipline and stability of your faith in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "So live in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way as you received him."}, {"pk": 4128321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Be rooted and built up in him, be established in faith, and overflow with thanksgiving just as you were taught."}, {"pk": 4128322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "See to it that nobody enslaves you with philosophy and foolish deception, which conform to human traditions and the way the world thinks and acts rather than Christ."}, {"pk": 4128323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "All the fullness of deity lives in Christ\u2019s body."}, {"pk": 4128324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "And you have been filled by him, who is the head of every ruler and authority."}, {"pk": 4128325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "You were also circumcised by him. This wasn\u2019t performed by human hands \u2014 the whole body was removed through this circumcision by Christ."}, {"pk": 4128326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "You were buried with him through baptism and raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead."}, {"pk": 4128327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "When you were dead because of the things you had done wrong and because your body wasn\u2019t circumcised, God made you alive with Christ and forgave all the things you had done wrong."}, {"pk": 4128328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He destroyed the record of the debt we owed, with its requirements that worked against us. He canceled it by nailing it to the cross."}, {"pk": 4128329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "When he disarmed the rulers and authorities, he exposed them to public disgrace by leading them in a triumphal parade."}, {"pk": 4128330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "So don\u2019t let anyone judge you about eating or drinking or about a festival, a new moon observance, or sabbaths."}, {"pk": 4128331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "These religious practices are only a shadow of what was coming \u2014 the body that cast the shadow is Christ."}, {"pk": 4128332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t let anyone who wants to practice harsh self-denial and worship angels rob you of the prize. They go into detail about what they have seen in visions and have become unjustifiably arrogant by their selfish way of thinking."}, {"pk": 4128333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "They don\u2019t stay connected to the head. The head nourishes and supports the whole body through the joints and ligaments, so the body grows with a growth that is from God."}, {"pk": 4128334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "If you died with Christ to the way the world thinks and acts, why do you submit to rules and regulations as though you were living in the world?"}, {"pk": 4128335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t handle!\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t taste!\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t touch!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "All these things cease to exist when they are used. Such rules are human commandments and teachings."}, {"pk": 4128337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "They look like they are wise with this self-made religion and their self-denial by the harsh treatment of the body, but they are no help against indulging in selfish immoral behavior."}, {"pk": 4128338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, if you were raised with Christ, look for the things that are above where Christ is sitting at God\u2019s right side."}, {"pk": 4128339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Think about the things above and not things on earth."}, {"pk": 4128340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "You died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God."}, {"pk": 4128341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "When Christ, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory."}, {"pk": 4128342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "So put to death the parts of your life that belong to the earth, such as sexual immorality, moral corruption, lust, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry)."}, {"pk": 4128343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "The wrath of God is coming upon disobedient people because of these things."}, {"pk": 4128344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "You used to live this way, when you were alive to these things."}, {"pk": 4128345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "But now set aside these things, such as anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language."}, {"pk": 4128346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t lie to each other. Take off the old human nature with its practices"}, {"pk": 4128347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "and put on the new nature, which is renewed in knowledge by conforming to the image of the one who created it."}, {"pk": 4128348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "In this image there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all things and in all people."}, {"pk": 4128349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, as God\u2019s choice, holy and loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience."}, {"pk": 4128350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Be tolerant with each other and, if someone has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other. As the Lord forgave you, so also forgive each other."}, {"pk": 4128351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "And over all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity."}, {"pk": 4128352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "The peace of Christ must control your hearts \u2014 a peace into which you were called in one body. And be thankful people."}, {"pk": 4128353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts."}, {"pk": 4128354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him."}, {"pk": 4128355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Wives, submit to your husbands in a way that is appropriate in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Husbands, love your wives and don\u2019t be harsh with them."}, {"pk": 4128357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Children, obey your parents in everything, because this pleases the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Parents, don\u2019t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them."}, {"pk": 4128359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Slaves, obey your masters on earth in everything. Don\u2019t just obey like people pleasers when they are watching. Instead, obey with the single motivation of fearing the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Whatever you do, do it from the heart for the Lord and not for people."}, {"pk": 4128361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "You know that you will receive an inheritance as a reward. You serve the Lord Christ."}, {"pk": 4128362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "But evildoers will receive their reward for their evil actions. There is no discrimination."}, {"pk": 4128363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Masters, be just and fair to your slaves, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven."}, {"pk": 4128364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Keep on praying and guard your prayers with thanksgiving."}, {"pk": 4128365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "At the same time, pray for us also. Pray that God would open a door for the word so we can preach the secret plan <sup>[1]</sup> of Christ \u2014 which is why I\u2019m in chains.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>mystery</i>"}, {"pk": 4128366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Pray that I might be able to make it as clear as I ought to when I preach."}, {"pk": 4128367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity."}, {"pk": 4128368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Your speech should always be gracious and sprinkled with insight so that you may know how to respond to every person."}, {"pk": 4128369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Tychicus, our dearly loved brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will inform you about everything that has happened to me."}, {"pk": 4128370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "This is why I sent him to you, so that you\u2019ll know all about us and so he can encourage your hearts."}, {"pk": 4128371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "I sent him with Onesimus, our faithful and dearly loved brother, who is one of you. They will let you know about everything here."}, {"pk": 4128372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, says hello to you. So does Mark, Barnabas\u2019 cousin (you received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him)."}, {"pk": 4128373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Jesus, called Justus, also says hello. These are my only fellow workers for God\u2019s kingdom who are Jewish converts. They have been an encouragement to me."}, {"pk": 4128374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Epaphras, who is one of you, says hello. He\u2019s a slave of Christ Jesus who always wrestles for you in prayers so that you will stand firm and be fully mature and complete in the entire will of God."}, {"pk": 4128375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "I can vouch for him that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis."}, {"pk": 4128376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Luke, the dearly loved physician, and Demas say hello."}, {"pk": 4128377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Say hello to the brothers and sisters in Laodicea, along with Nympha and the church that meets in her house."}, {"pk": 4128378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "After this letter has been read to you publicly, make sure that the church in Laodicea reads it and that you read the one from Laodicea."}, {"pk": 4128379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "And tell Archippus, \u201cSee to it that you complete the ministry that you received in the Lord.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 51, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "I, Paul, am writing this greeting personally. Remember that I\u2019m in prison. Grace be with you."}, {"pk": 4128381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. To the Thessalonians\u2019 church that is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to all of you."}, {"pk": 4128382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "We always thank God for all of you when we mention you constantly in our prayers."}, {"pk": 4128383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "This is because we remember your work that comes from faith, <sup>[1]</sup> your effort that comes from love, and your perseverance that comes from hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>faithfulness</i>"}, {"pk": 4128384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Brothers and sisters, you are loved by God, and we know that he has chosen you."}, {"pk": 4128385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "We know this because our good news didn\u2019t come to you just in speech but also with power and the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know as well as we do what kind of people we were when we were with you, which was for your sake."}, {"pk": 4128386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "You became imitators of us and of the Lord when you accepted the message that came from the Holy Spirit with joy in spite of great suffering."}, {"pk": 4128387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia."}, {"pk": 4128388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The message about the Lord rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia but in every place. The news about your faithfulness to God has spread so that we don\u2019t even need to mention it."}, {"pk": 4128389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "People tell us about what sort of welcome we had from you and how you turned to God from idols. As a result, you are serving <sup>[2]</sup> the living and true God,", "comment": "[2] Or <i>to become slaves of</i>"}, {"pk": 4128390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "and you are waiting for his Son from heaven. His Son is Jesus, who is the one he raised from the dead and who is the one who will rescue us from the coming wrath."}, {"pk": 4128391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "As you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, our visit with you wasn\u2019t a waste of time."}, {"pk": 4128392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "On the contrary, we had the courage through God to speak God\u2019s good news in spite of a lot of opposition, although we had already suffered and were publicly insulted in Philippi, as you know."}, {"pk": 4128393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Our appeal isn\u2019t based on false information, the wrong motives, or deception."}, {"pk": 4128394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Rather, we have been examined and approved by God to be trusted with the good news, and that\u2019s exactly how we speak. We aren\u2019t trying to please people, but we are trying to please God, who continues to examine our hearts."}, {"pk": 4128395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "As you know, we never used flattery, and God is our witness that we didn\u2019t have greedy motives."}, {"pk": 4128396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "We didn\u2019t ask for special treatment from people \u2014 not from you or from others \u2014"}, {"pk": 4128397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "although we could have thrown our weight around as Christ\u2019s apostles. Instead, we were gentle with you like a nursing mother caring for her own children."}, {"pk": 4128398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "We were glad to share not only God\u2019s good news with you but also our very lives because we cared for you so much."}, {"pk": 4128399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "You remember, brothers and sisters, our efforts and hard work. We preached God\u2019s good news to you, while we worked night and day so we wouldn\u2019t be a burden on any of you."}, {"pk": 4128400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "You and God are witnesses of how holy, just, and blameless we were toward you believers."}, {"pk": 4128401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Likewise, you know how we treated each of you like a father treats his own children."}, {"pk": 4128402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "We appealed to you, encouraged you, and pleaded with you to live lives worthy of the God who is calling you into his own kingdom and glory."}, {"pk": 4128403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "We also thank God constantly for this: when you accepted God\u2019s word that you heard from us, you welcomed it for what it truly is. Instead of accepting it as a human message, you accepted it as God\u2019s message, and it continues to work in you who are believers."}, {"pk": 4128404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Brothers and sisters, you became imitators of the churches of God in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus. This was because you also suffered the same things from your own people as they did from the Jews."}, {"pk": 4128405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "They killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and drove us out. They don\u2019t please God, and they are hostile to the entire human race"}, {"pk": 4128406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "when they try to stop us from speaking to the Gentiles so they can be saved. Their sins are constantly pushing the limit. <sup>[1]</sup> God\u2019s wrath has caught up with them in the end.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>They constantly fill up the measure of their sin.</i>"}, {"pk": 4128407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we were separated from you for a while physically but not in our hearts. We made every effort in our desire to see you again face-to-face."}, {"pk": 4128408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "We wanted to come to you \u2014 I, Paul, tried over and over again \u2014 and Satan stopped us."}, {"pk": 4128409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "What is our hope, joy, or crown that we can brag about in front of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Isn\u2019t it all of you?"}, {"pk": 4128410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "You are our glory and joy!"}, {"pk": 4128411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "So when we couldn\u2019t stand it any longer, we thought it was a good idea to stay on in Athens by ourselves,"}, {"pk": 4128412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "and we sent you Timothy, who is our brother and God\u2019s coworker in the good news about Christ. We sent him to strengthen and encourage you in your faithfulness."}, {"pk": 4128413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "We didn\u2019t want any of you to be shaken by these problems. You know very well that we were meant to go through this."}, {"pk": 4128414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "In fact, when we were with you, we kept on predicting that we were going to face problems exactly like what happened, as you know."}, {"pk": 4128415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "That\u2019s why I sent Timothy to find out about your faithfulness when I couldn\u2019t stand it anymore. I was worried that the tempter might have tempted you so that our work would have been a waste of time."}, {"pk": 4128416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Now Timothy has returned to us from you and has given us good news about your faithfulness and love! He says that you always have good memories about us and that you want to see us as much as we want to see you."}, {"pk": 4128417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Because of this, brothers and sisters, we were encouraged in all our distress and trouble through your faithfulness."}, {"pk": 4128418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "For now we are alive if you are standing your ground in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "How can we thank God enough for you, given all the joy we have because of you before our God?"}, {"pk": 4128420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Night and day, we pray more than ever to see all of you in person and to complete whatever you still need for your faith."}, {"pk": 4128421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus guide us on our way back to you."}, {"pk": 4128422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "May the Lord cause you to increase and enrich your love for each other and for everyone in the same way as we also love you."}, {"pk": 4128423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "May the love cause your hearts to be strengthened, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his people. Amen."}, {"pk": 4128424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "So then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to keep living the way you already are and even do better in how you live and please God \u2014 just as you learned from us."}, {"pk": 4128425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "You know the instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "God\u2019s will is that your lives are dedicated to him. <sup>[1]</sup> This means that you stay away from sexual immorality", "comment": "[1] Or <i>holy, sanctified</i>"}, {"pk": 4128427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "and learn how to control your own body in a pure <sup>[2]</sup> and respectable way.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>holy, sanctified</i>"}, {"pk": 4128428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t be controlled by your sexual urges like the Gentiles who don\u2019t know God."}, {"pk": 4128429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "No one should mistreat or take advantage of their brother or sister in this issue. The Lord punishes people for all these things, as we told you before and sternly warned you."}, {"pk": 4128430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "God didn\u2019t call us to be immoral but to be dedicated to him. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>holy, sanctified</i>"}, {"pk": 4128431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, whoever rejects these instructions isn\u2019t rejecting a human authority. They are rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you."}, {"pk": 4128432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "You don\u2019t need us to write about loving your brothers and sisters because God has already taught you to love each other."}, {"pk": 4128433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "In fact, you are doing loving deeds for all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. Now we encourage you, brothers and sisters, to do so even more."}, {"pk": 4128434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Aim to live quietly, mind your own business, and earn your own living, just as I told you."}, {"pk": 4128435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "That way you\u2019ll behave appropriately toward outsiders, and you won\u2019t be in need."}, {"pk": 4128436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about people who have died <sup>[4]</sup> so that you won\u2019t mourn like others who don\u2019t have any hope.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>fallen asleep</i>"}, {"pk": 4128437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Since we believe that Jesus died and rose, so we also believe that God will bring with him those who have died in Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "What we are saying is a message from the Lord: we who are alive and still around at the Lord\u2019s coming definitely won\u2019t go ahead of those who have died."}, {"pk": 4128439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "This is because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with the signal of a shout by the head angel and a blast on God\u2019s trumpet. First, those who are dead in Christ will rise."}, {"pk": 4128440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Then, we who are living and still around will be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet with the Lord in the air. That way we will always be with the Lord."}, {"pk": 4128441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "So encourage each other with these words."}, {"pk": 4128442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "We don\u2019t need to write to you about the timing and dates, brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4128443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "You know very well that the day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night."}, {"pk": 4128444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "When they are saying, \u201cThere is peace and security,\u201d at that time sudden destruction will attack them, like labor pains start with a pregnant woman, and they definitely won\u2019t escape."}, {"pk": 4128445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "But you aren\u2019t in darkness, brothers and sisters, so the day won\u2019t catch you by surprise like a thief."}, {"pk": 4128446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "All of you are children of light and children of the day. We don\u2019t belong to night or darkness."}, {"pk": 4128447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "So then, let\u2019s not sleep like the others, but let\u2019s stay awake and stay sober."}, {"pk": 4128448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "People who sleep sleep at night, and people who get drunk get drunk at night."}, {"pk": 4128449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Since we belong to the day, let\u2019s stay sober, wearing faithfulness and love as a piece of armor that protects our body <sup>[1]</sup> and the hope of salvation as a helmet.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>breastplate</i>"}, {"pk": 4128450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "God didn\u2019t intend for us to suffer his wrath but rather to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Jesus died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with him."}, {"pk": 4128452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "So continue encouraging each other and building each other up, just like you are doing already."}, {"pk": 4128453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we ask you to respect those who are working with you, leading you, and instructing you."}, {"pk": 4128454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Think of them highly with love because of their work. Live in peace with each other."}, {"pk": 4128455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are disorderly. Comfort the discouraged. Help the weak. Be patient with everyone."}, {"pk": 4128456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Make sure no one repays a wrong with a wrong, but always pursue the good for each other and everyone else."}, {"pk": 4128457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Rejoice always."}, {"pk": 4128458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Pray continually."}, {"pk": 4128459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Give thanks in every situation because this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t suppress the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4128461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t brush off Spirit-inspired messages,"}, {"pk": 4128462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "but examine everything carefully and hang on to what is good."}, {"pk": 4128463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Avoid every kind of evil."}, {"pk": 4128464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Now, may the God of peace himself cause you to be completely dedicated to him; and may your spirit, soul, and body be kept intact and blameless at our Lord Jesus Christ\u2019s coming."}, {"pk": 4128465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "The one who is calling you is faithful and will do this."}, {"pk": 4128466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "Brothers and sisters, pray for us."}, {"pk": 4128467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss."}, {"pk": 4128468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "By the Lord\u2019s authority, I order all of you to have this letter read aloud to all the brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4128469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 52, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you."}, {"pk": 4128470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God our Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Grace and peace to all of you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we must always thank God for you. This is only right because your faithfulness is growing by leaps and bounds, and the love that all of you have for each other is increasing."}, {"pk": 4128473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "That\u2019s why we ourselves are bragging about you in God\u2019s churches. We tell about your endurance and faithfulness in all the harassments and trouble that you have put up with."}, {"pk": 4128474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "This shows that God\u2019s judgment is right, and that you will be considered worthy of God\u2019s kingdom for which you are suffering."}, {"pk": 4128475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "After all, it\u2019s right for God to pay back the ones making trouble for you with trouble"}, {"pk": 4128476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "and to pay back you who are having trouble with relief along with us. This payback will come when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels."}, {"pk": 4128477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "He will give justice with blazing fire to those who don\u2019t recognize God and don\u2019t obey the good news of our Lord Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from the Lord\u2019s presence and away from his mighty glory."}, {"pk": 4128479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "This will happen when he comes on that day to receive honor from his holy people and to be admired by everyone who has believed \u2014 and our testimony to you was believed."}, {"pk": 4128480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "We are constantly praying for you for this: that our God will make you worthy of his calling and accomplish every good desire and faithful work by his power."}, {"pk": 4128481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored by you, and you will be honored by him, consistent with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we have a request for you concerning our Lord Jesus Christ\u2019s coming and when we are gathered together to be with him."}, {"pk": 4128483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "We don\u2019t want you to be easily confused in your mind or upset if you hear that the day of the Lord is already here, whether you hear it through some spirit, a message, or a letter supposedly from us."}, {"pk": 4128484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t let anyone deceive you in any way. That day won\u2019t come unless the rebellion comes first and the person who is lawless is revealed, who is headed for destruction."}, {"pk": 4128485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "He is the opponent of every so-called god or object of worship and promotes himself over them. So he sits in God\u2019s temple, displaying himself to show that he is God."}, {"pk": 4128486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "You remember that I used to tell you these things while I was with you, don\u2019t you?"}, {"pk": 4128487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Now you know what holds him back so that he can be revealed when his time comes."}, {"pk": 4128488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "The hidden plan to live without any law is at work now, but it will be secret only until the one who is holding it back is out of the way."}, {"pk": 4128489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the person who is lawless will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath from his mouth. When the Lord comes, his appearance will put an end to him."}, {"pk": 4128490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "When the person who is lawless comes, it will happen through Satan\u2019s effort, with all kinds of fake power, signs, and wonders."}, {"pk": 4128491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "It will happen with every sort of wicked deception of those who are heading toward destruction because they have refused to love the truth that would allow them to be saved."}, {"pk": 4128492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "This is why God will send them an influence that will mislead them so that they will believe the lie."}, {"pk": 4128493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "The result will be that everyone will be judged who is not convinced by the truth but is happy with injustice."}, {"pk": 4128494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "But we always must thank God for you, brothers and sisters who are loved by God. This is because he chose you from the beginning to be the first crop of the harvest. This brought salvation, through your dedication to God by the Spirit and through your belief in the truth."}, {"pk": 4128495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "God called all of you through our good news so you could possess the honor of our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions we taught you, whether we taught you in person or through our letter."}, {"pk": 4128497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and a good hope."}, {"pk": 4128498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "May he encourage your hearts and give you strength in every good thing you do or say."}, {"pk": 4128499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us so that the Lord\u2019s message will spread quickly and be honored, just like it happened with you."}, {"pk": 4128500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Pray too that we will be rescued from inappropriate and evil people since everyone that we meet won\u2019t respond with faith."}, {"pk": 4128501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and protect you from the evil one."}, {"pk": 4128502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "We are confident about you in the Lord \u2014 that you are doing and will keep doing what we tell you to do."}, {"pk": 4128503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "May the Lord lead your hearts to express God\u2019s love and Christ\u2019s endurance."}, {"pk": 4128504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to stay away from every brother or sister who lives an undisciplined life that is not in line with the traditions that you received from us."}, {"pk": 4128505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "You yourselves know how you need to imitate us because we were not undisciplined when we were with you."}, {"pk": 4128506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "We didn\u2019t eat anyone\u2019s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked night and day with effort and hard work so that we would not impose on you."}, {"pk": 4128507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "We did this to give you an example to imitate, not because we didn\u2019t have a right to insist on financial support."}, {"pk": 4128508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Even when we were with you we were giving you this command: \u201cIf anyone doesn\u2019t want to work, they shouldn\u2019t eat.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "We hear that some of you are living an undisciplined life. They aren\u2019t working, but they are meddling in other people\u2019s business."}, {"pk": 4128510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "By the Lord Jesus Christ, we command and encourage such people to work quietly and put their own food on the table."}, {"pk": 4128511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Brothers and sisters, don\u2019t get discouraged in doing what is right."}, {"pk": 4128512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Take note of anyone who doesn\u2019t obey what we have said in this letter. Don\u2019t associate with them so they will be ashamed of themselves."}, {"pk": 4128513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t treat them like enemies, but warn them like you would do for a brother or sister."}, {"pk": 4128514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "May the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you."}, {"pk": 4128515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This verifies that the letter is from me, as in every letter of mine. This is how I write."}, {"pk": 4128516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 53, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you."}, {"pk": 4128517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, who is an apostle of Jesus Christ by the command of God our savior and of Christ Jesus our hope."}, {"pk": 4128518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "To Timothy, my true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord."}, {"pk": 4128519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "When I left for Macedonia, I asked you to stay behind in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain individuals not to spread wrong teaching."}, {"pk": 4128520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "They shouldn\u2019t pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. Their teaching only causes useless guessing games instead of faithfulness to God\u2019s way of doing things."}, {"pk": 4128521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The goal of instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith."}, {"pk": 4128522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Because they missed this goal, some people have been distracted by talk that doesn\u2019t mean anything."}, {"pk": 4128523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "They want to be teachers of Law without understanding either what they are saying or what they are talking about with such confidence."}, {"pk": 4128524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Now we know that the Law is good if used appropriately."}, {"pk": 4128525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "We understand this: the Law isn\u2019t established for a righteous person but for people who live without laws and without obeying any authority. They are the ungodly and the sinners. They are people who are not spiritual, and nothing is sacred to them. They kill their fathers and mothers, and murder others."}, {"pk": 4128526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "They are people who are sexually unfaithful, and people who have intercourse with the same sex. They are kidnappers, <sup>[1]</sup> liars, individuals who give false testimonies in court, and those who do anything else that is opposed to sound teaching.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>slave dealers</i>"}, {"pk": 4128527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Sound teaching agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that has been trusted to me."}, {"pk": 4128528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength because he considered me faithful. So he appointed me to ministry"}, {"pk": 4128529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "even though I used to speak against him, attack his people, and I was proud. But I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and without faith."}, {"pk": 4128530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Our Lord\u2019s favor poured all over me along with the faithfulness and love that are in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "This saying is reliable and deserves full acceptance: \u201cChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners\u201d \u2014 and I\u2019m the biggest sinner of all."}, {"pk": 4128532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "But this is why I was shown mercy, so that Christ Jesus could show his endless patience to me first of all. So I\u2019m an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life."}, {"pk": 4128533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Now to the king of the ages, to the immortal, invisible, and only God, may honor and glory be given to him forever and always! Amen."}, {"pk": 4128534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Timothy, my child, I\u2019m giving you these instructions based on the prophecies that were once made about you. So if you follow them, you can wage a good war"}, {"pk": 4128535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "because you have faith and a good conscience. Some people have ruined their faith because they refused to listen to their conscience,"}, {"pk": 4128536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "such as Hymenaeus and Alexander. I\u2019ve handed them over to Satan so that they can be taught not to speak against God."}, {"pk": 4128537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "First of all, then, I ask that requests, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving be made for all people."}, {"pk": 4128538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Pray for kings and everyone who is in authority so that we can live a quiet and peaceful life in complete godliness and dignity."}, {"pk": 4128539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "This is right and it pleases God our savior,"}, {"pk": 4128540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth."}, {"pk": 4128541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "There is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the human Christ Jesus,"}, {"pk": 4128542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "who gave himself as a payment to set all people free. This was a testimony that was given at the right time."}, {"pk": 4128543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "I was appointed to be a preacher and apostle of this testimony \u2014 I\u2019m telling the truth and I\u2019m not lying! I\u2019m a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth."}, {"pk": 4128544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, I want men to pray everywhere by lifting up hands that are holy, without anger or argument."}, {"pk": 4128545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "In the same way, I want women to enhance their appearance with clothing that is modest and sensible, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive clothes."}, {"pk": 4128546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "They should make themselves attractive by doing good, which is appropriate for women who claim to honor God."}, {"pk": 4128547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "A wife <sup>[1]</sup> should learn quietly with complete submission.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>a woman</i>"}, {"pk": 4128548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "I don\u2019t allow a wife <sup>[2]</sup> to teach or to control her husband. <sup>[3]</sup> Instead, she should be a quiet listener.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>a man</i><br>[2] Or <i>a woman</i>"}, {"pk": 4128549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Adam was formed first, and then Eve."}, {"pk": 4128550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Adam wasn\u2019t deceived, but rather his wife <sup>[4]</sup> became the one who stepped over the line because she was completely deceived.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>the woman</i>"}, {"pk": 4128551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "But a wife <sup>[5]</sup> will be brought safely through childbirth, <sup>[6]</sup> if they both continue in faith, love, and holiness, together with self-control.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>saved through childbearing</i><br>[5] Or <i>a woman</i>"}, {"pk": 4128552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "This saying is reliable: if anyone has a goal to be a supervisor <sup>[1]</sup> in the church, they want a good thing.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>bishop, overseer</i>"}, {"pk": 4128553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "So the church\u2019s supervisor must be without fault. They should be faithful to their spouse, sober, modest, and honest. They should show hospitality and be skilled at teaching."}, {"pk": 4128554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "They shouldn\u2019t be addicted to alcohol or be a bully. Instead, they should be gentle, peaceable, and not greedy."}, {"pk": 4128555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "They should manage their own household well \u2014 they should see that their children are obedient with complete respect,"}, {"pk": 4128556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "because if they don\u2019t know how to manage their own household, how can they take care of God\u2019s church?"}, {"pk": 4128557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "They shouldn\u2019t be new believers so that they won\u2019t become proud and fall under the devil\u2019s spell."}, {"pk": 4128558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "They should also have a good reputation with those outside the church so that they won\u2019t be embarrassed and fall into the devil\u2019s trap."}, {"pk": 4128559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "In the same way, servants <sup>[2]</sup> in the church should be dignified, not two-faced, heavy drinkers, or greedy for money.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>deacons</i>"}, {"pk": 4128560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "They should hold on to the faith that has been revealed with a clear conscience."}, {"pk": 4128561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "They should also be tested and then serve if they are without fault."}, {"pk": 4128562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "In the same way, women who are servants <sup>[3]</sup> in the church should be dignified and not gossip. They should be sober and faithful in everything they do.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>wives</i>, omit <i>who are servants</i>"}, {"pk": 4128563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Servants <sup>[4]</sup> must be faithful to their spouse and manage their children and their own households well.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>deacons</i>"}, {"pk": 4128564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who have served well gain a good standing and considerable confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "I hope to come to you quickly. But I\u2019m writing these things to you so that"}, {"pk": 4128566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "if I\u2019m delayed, you\u2019ll know how you should behave in God\u2019s household. It is the church of the living God and the backbone and support of the truth."}, {"pk": 4128567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Without question, the mystery of godliness is great: he was revealed as a human, declared righteous by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached throughout the nations, believed in around the world, and taken up in glory."}, {"pk": 4128568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "The Spirit clearly says that in latter times some people will turn away from the faith. They will pay attention to spirits that deceive and to the teaching of demons."}, {"pk": 4128569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "They will be controlled by the pretense of lying, and their own consciences will be seared."}, {"pk": 4128570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "They will prohibit marriage and eating foods that God created \u2014 and he intended them to be accepted with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and have come to know the truth."}, {"pk": 4128571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Everything that has been created by God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected."}, {"pk": 4128572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "These things are made holy by God\u2019s word and prayer."}, {"pk": 4128573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "If you point these things out to the believers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus who has been trained by the words of faith and the good teaching that you\u2019ve carefully followed."}, {"pk": 4128574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "But stay away from the godless myths that are passed down from the older women. <b>Practices of spiritual leadership</b> </pb> Train yourself for a holy life!"}, {"pk": 4128575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "While physical training has some value, training in holy living is useful for everything. It has promise for this life now and the life to come."}, {"pk": 4128576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "This saying is reliable and deserves complete acceptance."}, {"pk": 4128577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "We work and struggle for this: \u201cOur hope is set on the living God, who is the savior of all people, especially those who believe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Command these things. Teach them."}, {"pk": 4128579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Instead, set an example for the believers through your speech, behavior, love, faith, and by being sexually pure."}, {"pk": 4128580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Until I arrive, pay attention to public reading, preaching, and teaching."}, {"pk": 4128581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t neglect the spiritual gift in you that was given through prophecy when the elders laid hands on you."}, {"pk": 4128582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Practice these things, and live by them so that your progress will be visible to all."}, {"pk": 4128583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Focus on working on your own development and on what you teach. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you."}, {"pk": 4128584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t correct an older man, but encourage him like he\u2019s your father; treat younger men like your brothers,"}, {"pk": 4128585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "treat older women like your mother, and treat younger women like your sisters with appropriate respect."}, {"pk": 4128586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Take care of widows who are truly needy."}, {"pk": 4128587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "But if a particular widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to respect their own family and repay their parents, because this pleases God."}, {"pk": 4128588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "A widow who is truly needy and all alone puts her hope in God and keeps on going with requests and prayers, night and day."}, {"pk": 4128589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "But a widow who tries to live a life of luxury is dead even while she is alive."}, {"pk": 4128590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Teach these things so that the families <sup>[1]</sup> will be without fault.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4128591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "But if someone doesn\u2019t provide for their own family, and especially for a member of their household, they have denied the faith. They are worse than those who have no faith."}, {"pk": 4128592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Put a widow on the list who is older than 60 years old and who was faithful to her husband."}, {"pk": 4128593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "She should have a reputation for doing good: raising children, providing hospitality to strangers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those in distress, and dedicating herself to every kind of good thing."}, {"pk": 4128594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "But don\u2019t accept younger widows for the list. When their physical desires distract them from Christ, they will want to get married."}, {"pk": 4128595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Then they will be judged for setting aside their earlier commitment."}, {"pk": 4128596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Also, they learn to be lazy by going from house to house. They are not only lazy, but they also become gossips and busybodies, talking about things they shouldn\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4128597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "So I want younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes so that they won\u2019t give the enemy any reason to slander us."}, {"pk": 4128598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "<sup>[14]</sup> (Some have already turned away to follow Satan.)"}, {"pk": 4128599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "If any woman who is a believer has widows in her family, she should take care of them and not burden the church, so that it can help other widows who are truly needy."}, {"pk": 4128600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Elders who lead well should be paid double, especially those who work with public speaking and teaching."}, {"pk": 4128601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "The scripture says, <b>Don\u2019t put a muzzle on an ox while it treads grain</b>, <sup>[2]</sup> and <b>Workers deserve their pay</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/5/25/4'>Deut 25:4</a><br>[3] <a href='/CEB/42/10/7'>Luke 10:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4128602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t accept an accusation made against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses."}, {"pk": 4128603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Discipline those who are sinning in front of everyone so that all the others will be afraid."}, {"pk": 4128604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to follow these practices without bias, and without playing favorites."}, {"pk": 4128605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t rush to commission anyone to leadership, and don\u2019t participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure."}, {"pk": 4128606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Don\u2019t drink water anymore, but use a little wine because of your stomach problems and your frequent illnesses."}, {"pk": 4128607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "The sins of some people are obvious, and the sins are judged before the people must face judgment, but the sins of other people show up later."}, {"pk": 4128608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "In the same way, the good that people do is also obvious and can\u2019t be hidden."}, {"pk": 4128609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Those who are under the bondage of slavery should consider their own masters as worthy of full respect so that God\u2019s name and our teaching won\u2019t get a bad reputation."}, {"pk": 4128610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "And those who have masters who are believers shouldn\u2019t look down on them because they are brothers. Instead, they should serve them more faithfully, because the people who benefit from your good service are believers who are loved. Teach and encourage these things."}, {"pk": 4128611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "If anyone teaches anything different and doesn\u2019t agree with sound teaching about our Lord Jesus Christ and teaching that is consistent with godliness,"}, {"pk": 4128612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "that person is conceited. They don\u2019t understand anything but have a sick obsession with debates and arguments. This creates jealousy, conflict, verbal abuse, and evil suspicions."}, {"pk": 4128613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "There is constant bickering between people whose minds are ruined and who have been robbed of the truth. They think that godliness is a way to make money!"}, {"pk": 4128614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Actually, godliness is a great source of profit when it is combined with being happy with what you already have."}, {"pk": 4128615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "We didn\u2019t bring anything into the world and so we can\u2019t take anything out of it:"}, {"pk": 4128616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "we\u2019ll be happy with food and clothing."}, {"pk": 4128617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "But people who are trying to get rich fall into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful passions that plunge people into ruin and destruction."}, {"pk": 4128618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some have wandered away from the faith and have impaled themselves with a lot of pain because they made money their goal."}, {"pk": 4128619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "But as for you, man of God, run away from all these things. Instead, pursue righteousness, holy living, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness."}, {"pk": 4128620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Compete in the good fight of faith. Grab hold of eternal life \u2014 you were called to it, and you made a good confession of it in the presence of many witnesses."}, {"pk": 4128621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "I command you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and Christ Jesus, who made the good confession when testifying before Pontius Pilate."}, {"pk": 4128622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Obey this order without fault or failure until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "The timing of this appearance is revealed by God alone, who is the blessed and only master, the King of kings and Lord of lords."}, {"pk": 4128624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "He alone has immortality and lives in light that no one can come near. No human being has ever seen or is able to see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him. Amen."}, {"pk": 4128625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Tell people who are rich at this time not to become egotistical and not to place their hope on their finances, which are uncertain. Instead, they need to hope in God, who richly provides everything for our enjoyment."}, {"pk": 4128626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Tell them to do good, to be rich in the good things they do, to be generous, and to share with others."}, {"pk": 4128627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "When they do these things, they will save a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future. That way they can take hold of what is truly life."}, {"pk": 4128628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Timothy, protect what has been given to you in trust. Avoid godless and pointless discussions and the contradictory claims of so-called \u201cknowledge.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 54, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "When some people adopted this false knowledge, they missed the goal of faith. May grace be with you all."}, {"pk": 4128630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God\u2019s will, to promote the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "To Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."}, {"pk": 4128632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "I\u2019m grateful to God, whom I serve with a good conscience as my ancestors did. I constantly remember you in my prayers day and night."}, {"pk": 4128633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "When I remember your tears, I long to see you so that I can be filled with happiness."}, {"pk": 4128634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019m reminded of your authentic faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I\u2019m sure that this faith is also inside you."}, {"pk": 4128635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Because of this, I\u2019m reminding you to revive God\u2019s gift that is in you through the laying on of my hands."}, {"pk": 4128636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "God didn\u2019t give us a spirit that is timid but one that is powerful, loving, and self-controlled."}, {"pk": 4128637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "So don\u2019t be ashamed of the testimony about the Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, share the suffering for the good news, depending on God\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4128638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "God is the one who saved and called us with a holy calling. This wasn\u2019t based on what we have done, but it was based on his own purpose and grace that he gave us in Christ Jesus before time began."}, {"pk": 4128639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Now his grace is revealed through the appearance of our savior, Christ Jesus. He destroyed death and brought life and immortality into clear focus through the good news."}, {"pk": 4128640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "I was appointed a messenger, apostle, and teacher of this good news."}, {"pk": 4128641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "This is also why I\u2019m suffering the way I do, but I\u2019m not ashamed. I know the one in whom I\u2019ve placed my trust. I\u2019m convinced that God is powerful enough to protect what he has placed in my trust until that day."}, {"pk": 4128642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us."}, {"pk": 4128644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "You know that everyone in Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes."}, {"pk": 4128645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "May the Lord show mercy to Onesiphorus\u2019 household, because he supported me many times and he wasn\u2019t ashamed of my imprisonment."}, {"pk": 4128646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "After I arrived in Rome, he quickly looked for me and found me."}, {"pk": 4128647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "May the Lord allow him to find his mercy on that day (and you know very well how much he served me in Ephesus)."}, {"pk": 4128648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "So, my child, draw your strength from the grace that is in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Take the things you heard me say in front of many other witnesses and pass them on to faithful people who are also capable of teaching others."}, {"pk": 4128650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Accept your share of suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them."}, {"pk": 4128652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Also in the same way, athletes don\u2019t win unless they follow the rules."}, {"pk": 4128653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "A hardworking farmer should get the first share of the crop."}, {"pk": 4128654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Think about what I\u2019m saying; the Lord will give you understanding about everything."}, {"pk": 4128655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead and descended from David. This is my good news."}, {"pk": 4128656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "This is the reason I\u2019m suffering to the point that I\u2019m in prison like a common criminal. But God\u2019s word cannot be imprisoned."}, {"pk": 4128657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "This is why I endure everything for the sake of those who are chosen by God so that they too may experience salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory."}, {"pk": 4128658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "This saying is reliable: \u201cIf we have died together, we will also live together.<br>"}, {"pk": 4128659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "If we endure, we will also rule together. <br>If we deny him, he will also deny us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4128660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "If we are disloyal, he stays faithful\u201d <br>because he can\u2019t be anything else than what he is. <br>"}, {"pk": 4128661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Remind them of these things and warn them in the sight of God not to engage in battles over words that aren\u2019t helpful and only destroy those who hear them."}, {"pk": 4128662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Make an effort to present yourself to God as a tried-and-true worker, who doesn\u2019t need to be ashamed but is one who interprets the message of truth correctly."}, {"pk": 4128663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Avoid their godless discussions, because they will lead many people into ungodly behavior,"}, {"pk": 4128664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "and their ideas will spread like an infection. This includes Hymenaeus and Philetus,"}, {"pk": 4128665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "who have deviated from the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already happened. This has undermined some people\u2019s faith."}, {"pk": 4128666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "God\u2019s solid foundation is still standing with this sign: <b>The Lord knows the people who belong to him,</b> <sup>[1]</sup> and <b>Everyone who confesses the Lord\u2019s name must avoid wickedness.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/4/16/5'>Num 16:5</a> LXX<br>[2] Possibly modeled on <a href='/CEB/23/26/13'>Isa 26:13</a>"}, {"pk": 4128667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "In a mansion, there aren\u2019t just gold and silver bowls but also some bowls that are made of wood and clay. Some are meant for special uses, some for garbage. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>dishonorable purposes</i>"}, {"pk": 4128668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "So if anyone washes filth off themselves, they will be set apart as a \u201cspecial bowl.\u201d They will be useful to the owner of the mansion for every sort of good work."}, {"pk": 4128669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Run away from adolescent cravings. Instead, pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace together with those who confess the Lord with a clean heart."}, {"pk": 4128670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Avoid foolish and thoughtless discussions, since you know that they produce conflicts."}, {"pk": 4128671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "God\u2019s slave shouldn\u2019t be argumentative but should be kind toward all people, able to teach, patient,"}, {"pk": 4128672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "and should correct opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will change their mind and give them a knowledge of the truth."}, {"pk": 4128673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "They may come to their senses and escape from the devil\u2019s trap that holds them captive to do his will."}, {"pk": 4128674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Understand that the last days will be dangerous times."}, {"pk": 4128675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "People will be selfish and love money. They will be the kind of people who brag and who are proud. They will slander others, and they will be disobedient to their parents. They will be ungrateful, unholy,"}, {"pk": 4128676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "unloving, contrary, and critical. They will be without self-control and brutal, and they won\u2019t love what is good."}, {"pk": 4128677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "They will be people who are disloyal, reckless, and conceited. They will love pleasure instead of loving God."}, {"pk": 4128678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "They will look like they are religious but deny God\u2019s power. Avoid people like this."}, {"pk": 4128679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Some will slither into households and control immature women who are burdened with sins and driven by all kinds of desires."}, {"pk": 4128680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "These women are always learning, but they can never arrive at an understanding of the truth."}, {"pk": 4128681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "These people oppose the truth in the same way that Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. Their minds are corrupt and their faith is counterfeit."}, {"pk": 4128682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "But they won\u2019t get very far. Their foolishness will become obvious to everyone like those others."}, {"pk": 4128683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "But you have paid attention to my teaching, conduct, purpose, faithfulness, patience, love, and endurance."}, {"pk": 4128684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "You have seen me experience physical abuse and ordeals in places such as Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I put up with all sorts of abuse, and the Lord rescued me from it all!"}, {"pk": 4128685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "In fact, anyone who wants to live a holy life in Christ Jesus will be harassed."}, {"pk": 4128686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "But evil people and swindlers will grow even worse, as they deceive others while being deceived themselves."}, {"pk": 4128687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "But you must continue with the things you have learned and found convincing. You know who taught you."}, {"pk": 4128688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Since childhood you have known the holy scriptures that help you to be wise in a way that leads to salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus."}, {"pk": 4128689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Every scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for showing mistakes, for correcting, and for training character,"}, {"pk": 4128690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "so that the person who belongs to God can be equipped to do everything that is good."}, {"pk": 4128691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m giving you this commission in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is coming to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearance and his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4128692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Preach the word. Be ready to do it whether it is convenient or inconvenient. Correct, confront, and encourage with patience and instruction."}, {"pk": 4128693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "There will come a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will collect teachers who say what they want to hear because they are self-centered."}, {"pk": 4128694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "They will turn their back on the truth and turn to myths."}, {"pk": 4128695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "But you must keep control of yourself in all circumstances. Endure suffering, do the work of a preacher of the good news, and carry out your service fully."}, {"pk": 4128696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "I\u2019m already being poured out like a sacrifice to God, and the time of my death is near."}, {"pk": 4128697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "I have fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith."}, {"pk": 4128698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "At last the champion\u2019s wreath that is awarded for righteousness <sup>[1]</sup> is waiting for me. The Lord, who is the righteous <sup>[2]</sup> judge, is going to give it to me on that day. He\u2019s giving it not only to me but also to all those who have set their heart on waiting for his appearance.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>justice</i><br>[2] Or <i>just</i>"}, {"pk": 4128699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Do your best to come to me quickly."}, {"pk": 4128700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Demas has fallen in love with the present world and has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia."}, {"pk": 4128701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Only Luke is with me. Get Mark, and bring him with you. He has been a big help to me in the ministry."}, {"pk": 4128702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "I sent Tychicus to Ephesus."}, {"pk": 4128703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "When you come, bring along the coat I left with Carpus in Troas. Also bring the scrolls and especially the parchments."}, {"pk": 4128704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Alexander, the craftsman who works with metal, has really hurt me. The Lord will pay him back for what he has done."}, {"pk": 4128705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "But watch out for him, because he opposes our teaching."}, {"pk": 4128706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "No one took my side at my first court hearing. Everyone deserted me. I hope that God doesn\u2019t hold it against them!"}, {"pk": 4128707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the entire message would be preached through me and so all the nations could hear it. I was also rescued from the lion\u2019s mouth!"}, {"pk": 4128708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The Lord will rescue me from every evil action and will save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and always. Amen."}, {"pk": 4128709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Say hello to Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus."}, {"pk": 4128710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus because of his illness."}, {"pk": 4128711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Try hard to come to me before winter. Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters say hello."}, {"pk": 4128712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 55, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all."}, {"pk": 4128713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I\u2019m sent to bring about the faith of God\u2019s chosen people and a knowledge of the truth that agrees with godliness."}, {"pk": 4128714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Their faith and this knowledge are based on the hope of eternal life that God, who doesn\u2019t lie, promised before time began."}, {"pk": 4128715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "God revealed his message at the appropriate time through preaching, and I was trusted with preaching this message by the command of God our savior."}, {"pk": 4128716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "To Titus, my true child in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior."}, {"pk": 4128717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "The reason I left you behind in Crete was to organize whatever needs to be done and to appoint elders in each city, as I told you."}, {"pk": 4128718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Elders should be without fault. They should be faithful to their spouse, <sup>[1]</sup> and have faithful children who can\u2019t be accused of self-indulgence or rebelliousness.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they should be a one-woman man</i>."}, {"pk": 4128719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "This is because supervisors <sup>[2]</sup> should be without fault as God\u2019s managers: they shouldn\u2019t be stubborn, irritable, addicted to alcohol, a bully, or greedy.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>overseers, bishops</i>"}, {"pk": 4128720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Instead, they should show hospitality, love what is good, and be reasonable, ethical, godly, and self-controlled."}, {"pk": 4128721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "They must pay attention to the reliable message as it has been taught to them so that they can encourage people with healthy instruction and refute those who speak against it."}, {"pk": 4128722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "In fact, there are many who are rebellious people, loudmouths, and deceivers, especially some of those who are Jewish believers. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>from the circumcision</i>"}, {"pk": 4128723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They must be silenced because they upset entire households. They teach what they shouldn\u2019t to make money dishonestly."}, {"pk": 4128724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Someone who is one of their own prophets said, \u201cPeople from Crete are always liars, wild animals, and lazy gluttons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "This statement is true. Because of this, correct them firmly, so that they can be healthy in their faith."}, {"pk": 4128726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "They shouldn\u2019t pay attention to Jewish myths and commands from people who reject the truth."}, {"pk": 4128727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and without faith. Instead, their mind and conscience are corrupted."}, {"pk": 4128728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "They claim to know God, but they deny God by the things that they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good."}, {"pk": 4128729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "But you should talk in a way that is consistent with sound teaching."}, {"pk": 4128730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Tell the older men to be sober, dignified, sensible, and healthy in respect to their faith, love, and patience."}, {"pk": 4128731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in their behavior, teaching what is good, rather than being gossips or addicted to heavy drinking."}, {"pk": 4128732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "That way they can mentor young women to love their husbands and children,"}, {"pk": 4128733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "and to be sensible, morally pure, working at home, kind and submissive to their own husbands, so that God\u2019s word won\u2019t be ridiculed."}, {"pk": 4128734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Likewise, encourage the younger men to be sensible"}, {"pk": 4128735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "in every way. Offer yourself as a role model of good actions. Show integrity, seriousness,"}, {"pk": 4128736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "and a sound message that is above criticism when you teach, so that any opponent will be ashamed because they won\u2019t find anything bad to say about us."}, {"pk": 4128737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Tell slaves to submit to their own masters and please them in everything they do. They shouldn\u2019t talk back"}, {"pk": 4128738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "or steal. Instead, they should show that they are completely reliable in everything so that they might make the teaching about God our savior attractive in every way."}, {"pk": 4128739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people."}, {"pk": 4128740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "It educates us so that we can live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now by rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world."}, {"pk": 4128741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "At the same time we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and savior Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4128742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He gave himself for us in order to rescue us from every kind of lawless behavior, and cleanse a special people for himself who are eager to do good actions."}, {"pk": 4128743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Talk about these things. Encourage and correct with complete authority. Don\u2019t let anyone disrespect you."}, {"pk": 4128744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities. They should be obedient and ready to do every good thing."}, {"pk": 4128745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "They shouldn\u2019t speak disrespectfully about anyone, but they should be peaceful, kind, and show complete courtesy toward everyone."}, {"pk": 4128746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "We were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, and slaves to our desires and various pleasures too. We were spending our lives in evil behavior and jealousy. We were disgusting, and we hated other people."}, {"pk": 4128747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "But \u201cwhen God our savior\u2019s kindness and love appeared,"}, {"pk": 4128748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "he saved us because of his mercy, not because of righteous things we had done. He did it through the washing of new birth and the renewing by the Holy Spirit,"}, {"pk": 4128749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "which God poured out upon us generously through Jesus Christ our savior."}, {"pk": 4128750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "So, since we have been made righteous by his grace, we can inherit the hope for eternal life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "This saying is reliable. And I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God might give careful attention to doing good. These things are good and useful for everyone."}, {"pk": 4128752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, and fights about the Law, because they are useless and worthless."}, {"pk": 4128753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "After a first and second warning, have nothing more to do with a person who causes conflict,"}, {"pk": 4128754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "because you know that someone like this is twisted and sinful \u2014 so they condemn themselves."}, {"pk": 4128755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, try to come to me in Nicopolis, because I\u2019ve decided to spend the winter there."}, {"pk": 4128756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey with enthusiasm so that they won\u2019t need anything."}, {"pk": 4128757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "But our people should also learn to devote themselves to doing good in order to meet pressing needs so they aren\u2019t unproductive."}, {"pk": 4128758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 56, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Everyone with me greets you; greet those who love us faithfully. Grace be with all of you."}, {"pk": 4128759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Paul, who is a prisoner for the cause of Christ Jesus, and our brother Timothy. To Philemon our dearly loved coworker,"}, {"pk": 4128760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Apphia our sister, Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church that meets in your house."}, {"pk": 4128761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "May the grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you."}, {"pk": 4128762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Philemon, I thank my God every time I mention you in my prayers"}, {"pk": 4128763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "because I\u2019ve heard of your love and faithfulness, which you have both for the Lord Jesus and for all God\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4128764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "I pray that your partnership in the faith might become effective by an understanding of all that is good among us in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "I have great joy and encouragement because of your love, since the hearts of God\u2019s people are refreshed by your actions, my brother."}, {"pk": 4128766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to command you to do the right thing,"}, {"pk": 4128767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I would rather appeal to you through love. I, Paul \u2014 an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus \u2014"}, {"pk": 4128768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "appeal to you for my child Onesimus. I became his father in the faith during my time in prison."}, {"pk": 4128769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "He was useless to you before, but now he is useful to both of us."}, {"pk": 4128770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019m sending him back to you, which is like sending you my own heart."}, {"pk": 4128771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "I considered keeping him with me so that he might serve me in your place during my time in prison because of the gospel."}, {"pk": 4128772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "However, I didn\u2019t want to do anything without your consent so that your act of kindness would occur willingly and not under pressure."}, {"pk": 4128773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Maybe this is the reason that Onesimus was separated from you for a while so that you might have him back forever \u2014"}, {"pk": 4128774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "no longer as a slave but more than a slave \u2014 that is, as a dearly loved brother. He is especially a dearly loved brother to me. How much more can he become a brother to you, personally and spiritually in the Lord!"}, {"pk": 4128775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "So, if you really consider me a partner, welcome Onesimus as if you were welcoming me."}, {"pk": 4128776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "If he has harmed you in any way or owes you money, charge it to my account."}, {"pk": 4128777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "I, Paul, will pay it back to you (I\u2019m writing this with my own hand). Of course, I won\u2019t mention that you owe me your life."}, {"pk": 4128778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Yes, brother, I want this favor from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ."}, {"pk": 4128779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "I\u2019m writing to you, confident of your obedience and knowing that you will do more than what I ask."}, {"pk": 4128780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Also, one more thing \u2014 prepare a guest room for me. I hope that I will be released from prison to be with you because of your prayers."}, {"pk": 4128781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Epaphras, who is in prison with me for the cause of Christ Jesus, greets you,"}, {"pk": 4128782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "as well as my coworkers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke."}, {"pk": 4128783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 57, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit."}, {"pk": 4128784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the past, God spoke through the prophets to our ancestors in many times and many ways."}, {"pk": 4128785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "In these final days, though, he spoke to us through a Son. God made his Son the heir of everything and created the world through him."}, {"pk": 4128786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "The Son is the light of God\u2019s glory and the imprint of God\u2019s being. He maintains everything with his powerful message. After he carried out the cleansing of people from their sins, he sat down at the right side of the highest majesty."}, {"pk": 4128787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "And the Son became so much greater than the other messengers, such as angels, that he received a more important title than theirs."}, {"pk": 4128788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "After all, when did God ever say to any of the angels: <b>You are my Son.</b> <br><b>Today I have become your Father?</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br> Or, even, <b>I will be his Father,</b> <br><b>and he will be my Son?</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/10/7/14'>2 Sam 7:14</a>; <a href='/CEB/13/17/13'>1 Chron 17:13</a><br>[1] <a href='/CEB/19/2/7'>Ps 2:7</a>"}, {"pk": 4128789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "But then, when he brought his firstborn into the world, he said, <b>All of God\u2019s angels must worship him.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/5/32/43'>Deut 32:43</a> and <a href='/CEB/19/97/7'>Ps 97:7</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4128790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "He talks about the angels: <b>He\u2019s the one who uses the spirits for his messengers</b> <br><b>and who uses flames of fire as ministers.</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/104/4'>Ps 104:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4128791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "But he says to his Son, <b>God, your throne is forever</b> <br><b>and your kingdom\u2019s scepter is a rod of justice.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "<b>You loved righteousness and hated lawless behavior.</b> <br><b>That is why God, your God,</b> <br><b>has anointed you with oil instead of your companions.</b> <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/19/45/6-7'>Ps 45:6\u20137</a>"}, {"pk": 4128793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "And he says, <b>You, Lord, laid the earth\u2019s foundations in the beginning,</b> <br><b>and the heavens are made by your hands.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "<b>They will pass away,</b> <br><b>but you remain.</b> <br><b>They will all wear out like old clothes.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "<b>You will fold them up like a coat.</b> <br><b>They will be changed like a person changes clothes,</b> <br><b>but you stay the same,</b> <br><b>and the years of your life won\u2019t come to an end.</b> <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/19/102/25-27'>Ps 102:25\u201327</a>"}, {"pk": 4128796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "When has he ever said to any of the angels, <b>Sit at my right side</b> <br><b>until I put your enemies under your feet like a footstool?</b> <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/19/110/1'>Ps 110:1</a>"}, {"pk": 4128797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Aren\u2019t all the angels ministering spirits who are sent to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?"}, {"pk": 4128798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "This is why it\u2019s necessary for us to pay more attention to what we have heard, or else we may drift away from it."}, {"pk": 4128799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "If the message that was spoken by angels was reliable, and every offense and act of disobedience received an appropriate consequence,"}, {"pk": 4128800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "how will we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? It was first announced through the Lord, and then it was confirmed by those who heard him."}, {"pk": 4128801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "God also vouched for their message with signs, amazing things, various miracles, and gifts from the Holy Spirit, which were handed out the way he wanted."}, {"pk": 4128802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "God didn\u2019t put the world that is coming (the world we are talking about) under the angels\u2019 control."}, {"pk": 4128803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Instead, someone declared somewhere, <b>What is humanity that you think about them?</b> <br><b>Or what are the human beings that you care about them?</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "<b>For a while you made them lower than angels.</b> <br><b>You crowned the human beings with glory and honor.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "<b>You put everything under their control.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br> When he puts everything under their control, he doesn\u2019t leave anything out of control. But right now, we don\u2019t see everything under their control yet.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/8/4-6'>Ps 8:4\u20136</a>"}, {"pk": 4128806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "However, we do see the one who was made lower in order than the angels for a little while \u2014 it\u2019s Jesus! He\u2019s the one who is now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of his death. He suffered death so that he could taste death for everyone through God\u2019s grace."}, {"pk": 4128807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "It was appropriate for God, for whom and through whom everything exists, to use experiences of suffering to make perfect the pioneer of salvation. This salvation belongs to many sons and daughters whom he\u2019s leading to glory."}, {"pk": 4128808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "This is because the one who makes people holy and the people who are being made holy all come from one source. That is why Jesus isn\u2019t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters when he says,"}, {"pk": 4128809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "<b>I will publicly announce your name to my brothers and sisters.</b> <br><b>I will praise you in the middle of the assembly.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/22/22'>Ps 22:22</a>"}, {"pk": 4128810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "He also says, <b>I will rely on him.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br> And also, <b>Here I am with the children whom God has given to me.</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/23/8/17'>Isa 8:17</a> LXX<br>[4] <a href='/CEB/23/8/18'>Isa 8:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4128811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he also shared the same things in the same way. He did this to destroy the one who holds the power over death \u2014 the devil \u2014 by dying."}, {"pk": 4128812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He set free those who were held in slavery their entire lives by their fear of death."}, {"pk": 4128813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Of course, he isn\u2019t trying to help angels, but rather he\u2019s helping Abraham\u2019s descendants."}, {"pk": 4128814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every way. This was so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, in order to wipe away the sins of the people."}, {"pk": 4128815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "He\u2019s able to help those who are being tempted, since he himself experienced suffering when he was tempted."}, {"pk": 4128816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, brothers and sisters who are partners in the heavenly calling, think about Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession."}, {"pk": 4128817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Jesus was faithful to the one who appointed him just like Moses was faithful in God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4128818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "But he deserves greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of the house deserves more honor than the house itself."}, {"pk": 4128819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything."}, {"pk": 4128820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Moses was faithful in all God\u2019s house as a servant in order to affirm the things that would be spoken later."}, {"pk": 4128821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "But Jesus was faithful over God\u2019s house as a Son. We are his house if we hold on to the confidence and the pride that our hope gives us."}, {"pk": 4128822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "So, as the Holy Spirit says, <b>Today, if you hear his voice,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "<b>don\u2019t have stubborn hearts</b> <br><b>as they did in the rebellion,</b> <br><b>on the day when they tested me in the desert.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "<b>That is where your ancestors challenged and tested me,</b> <br><b>though they had seen my work for forty years.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "<b>So I was angry with them.</b> <br><b>I said,</b> \u201c<b>Their hearts always go off course,</b> <br><b>and they don\u2019t know my ways.</b>\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4128826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "<b>Because of my anger I swore:</b> <br>\u201c<b>They will never enter my rest!</b>\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/95/7-11'>Ps 95:7\u201311</a>"}, {"pk": 4128827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that none of you have an evil, unfaithful heart that abandons the living God."}, {"pk": 4128828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Instead, encourage each other every day, as long as it\u2019s called \u201ctoday,\u201d so that none of you become insensitive to God because of sin\u2019s deception."}, {"pk": 4128829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "We are partners with Christ, but only if we hold on to the confidence we had in the beginning until the end."}, {"pk": 4128830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "When it says, <b>Today, if you hear his voice, don\u2019t have stubborn hearts</b> <br><b>as they did in the rebellion.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/95/7-8'>Ps 95:7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4128831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Who was it who rebelled when they heard his voice? Wasn\u2019t it all of those who were brought out of Egypt by Moses?"}, {"pk": 4128832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "And with whom was God angry for forty years? Wasn\u2019t it with the ones who sinned, whose bodies fell in the desert?"}, {"pk": 4128833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "And against whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, if not against the ones who were disobedient?"}, {"pk": 4128834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "We see that they couldn\u2019t enter because of their lack of faith."}, {"pk": 4128835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, since the promise that we can enter into rest is still open, let\u2019s be careful so that none of you will appear to miss it."}, {"pk": 4128836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "We also had the good news preached to us, just as the Israelites did. However, the message they heard didn\u2019t help them because they weren\u2019t united in faith with the ones who listened to it."}, {"pk": 4128837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "We who have faith are entering the rest. As God said, <b>And because of my anger I swore:</b> <br>\u201c<b>They will never enter into my rest!</b>\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br> And yet God\u2019s works were completed at the foundation of the world.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/95/11'>Ps 95:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4128838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Then somewhere he said this about the seventh day of creation: <b>God rested on the seventh day from all his works.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/2/2'>Gen 2:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4128839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "But again, in the passage above, God said, <b>They will never enter my rest!</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/95/11'>Ps 95:11</a>"}, {"pk": 4128840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, it\u2019s left open for some to enter it, and the ones who had the good news preached to them before didn\u2019t enter because of disobedience."}, {"pk": 4128841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Just as it says in the passage above, God designates a certain day as \u201ctoday,\u201d when he says through David much later, <b>Today, if you hear his voice,</b> <br><b>don\u2019t have stubborn hearts.</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/19/95/7-8'>Ps 95:7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4128842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn\u2019t have spoken about another day later on."}, {"pk": 4128843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "So you see that a sabbath rest is left open for God\u2019s people."}, {"pk": 4128844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who entered God\u2019s rest also rested from his works, just as God rested from his own."}, {"pk": 4128845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, let\u2019s make every effort to enter that rest so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience,"}, {"pk": 4128846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "because God\u2019s word is living, active, and sharper than any two-edged sword. It penetrates to the point that it separates the soul from the spirit and the joints from the marrow. It\u2019s able to judge the heart\u2019s thoughts and intentions."}, {"pk": 4128847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "No creature is hidden from it, but rather everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of the one to whom we have to give an answer."}, {"pk": 4128848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Also, let\u2019s hold on to the confession since we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens, who is Jesus, God\u2019s Son;"}, {"pk": 4128849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "because we don\u2019t have a high priest who can\u2019t sympathize with our weaknesses but instead one who was tempted in every way that we are, except without sin."}, {"pk": 4128850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Finally, let\u2019s draw near to the throne of favor with confidence so that we can receive mercy and find grace when we need help."}, {"pk": 4128851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Every high priest is taken from the people and put in charge of things that relate to God for their sake, in order to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins."}, {"pk": 4128852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "The high priest is able to deal gently with the ignorant and those who are misled since he himself is prone to weakness."}, {"pk": 4128853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Because of his weakness, he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for the people."}, {"pk": 4128854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "No one takes this honor for themselves but takes it only when they are called by God, just like Aaron."}, {"pk": 4128855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "In the same way Christ also didn\u2019t promote himself to become high priest. Instead, it was the one who said to him, <b>You are my Son.</b> <br><b>Today I have become your Father</b>, <br>"}, {"pk": 4128856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "as he also says in another place, <b>You are a priest forever,</b> <br><b>according to the order of Melchizedek.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/110/4'>Ps 110:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4128857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "During his days on earth, Christ offered prayers and requests with loud cries and tears as his sacrifices to the one who was able to save him from death. He was heard because of his godly devotion."}, {"pk": 4128858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered."}, {"pk": 4128859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "After he had been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for everyone who obeys him."}, {"pk": 4128860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "He was appointed by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek."}, {"pk": 4128861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "We have a lot to say about this topic, and it\u2019s difficult to explain, because you have been lazy and you haven\u2019t been listening."}, {"pk": 4128862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Although you should have been teachers by now, you need someone to teach you an introduction to the basics about God\u2019s message. You have come to the place where you need milk instead of solid food."}, {"pk": 4128863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Everyone who lives on milk is not used to the word of righteousness, because they are babies."}, {"pk": 4128864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "But solid food is for the mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between good and evil."}, {"pk": 4128865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "So let\u2019s press on to maturity, by moving on from the basics about Christ\u2019s word. Let\u2019s not lay a foundation of turning away from dead works, of faith in God,"}, {"pk": 4128866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "of teaching about ritual ways to wash with water, laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment \u2014 all over again."}, {"pk": 4128867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "We\u2019re going to press on, if God allows it."}, {"pk": 4128868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Because it\u2019s impossible to restore people to changed hearts and lives who turn away once they have seen the light, tasted the heavenly gift, become partners with the Holy Spirit,"}, {"pk": 4128869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "and tasted God\u2019s good word and the powers of the coming age."}, {"pk": 4128870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "They are crucifying God\u2019s Son all over again and exposing him to public shame."}, {"pk": 4128871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The ground receives a blessing from God when it drinks up the rain that regularly comes and falls on it and yields a useful crop for those people for whom it is being farmed."}, {"pk": 4128872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But if it produces thorns and thistles, it\u2019s useless and close to being cursed. It ends up being burned."}, {"pk": 4128873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "But we are convinced of better things in your case, brothers and sisters, even though we are talking this way \u2014 things that go together with salvation."}, {"pk": 4128874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "God isn\u2019t unjust so that he forgets your efforts and the love you have shown for his name\u2019s sake when you served and continue to serve God\u2019s holy people."}, {"pk": 4128875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "But we desperately want each of you to show the same effort to make your hope sure until the end."}, {"pk": 4128876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "This is so you won\u2019t be lazy but follow the example of the ones who inherit the promises through faith and patience."}, {"pk": 4128877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "When God gave Abraham his promise, he swore by himself since he couldn\u2019t swear by anyone greater."}, {"pk": 4128878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "He said, <b>I will certainly bless you and multiply your descendants.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/22/17'>Gen 22:17</a>"}, {"pk": 4128879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "So Abraham obtained the promise by showing patience."}, {"pk": 4128880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "People pledge by something greater than themselves. A solemn pledge guarantees what they say and shuts down any argument."}, {"pk": 4128881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "When God wanted to further demonstrate to the heirs of the promise that his purpose doesn\u2019t change, he guaranteed it with a solemn pledge."}, {"pk": 4128882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "So these are two things that don\u2019t change, because it\u2019s impossible for God to lie. He did this so that we, who have taken refuge in him, can be encouraged to grasp the hope that is lying in front of us."}, {"pk": 4128883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "This hope, which is a safe and secure anchor for our whole being, enters the sanctuary behind the curtain."}, {"pk": 4128884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "That\u2019s where Jesus went in advance and entered for us, since he became a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek."}, {"pk": 4128885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "This Melchizedek, who was king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the defeat of the kings, and Melchizedek blessed him."}, {"pk": 4128886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Abraham gave a tenth of everything to him. His name means first \u201cking of righteousness,\u201d and then \u201cking of Salem,\u201d that is, \u201cking of peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4128887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "He is without father or mother or any family. He has no beginning or end of life, but he\u2019s like God\u2019s Son and remains a priest for all time."}, {"pk": 4128888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "See how great Melchizedek was! Abraham, the father of the people, gave him a tenth of everything he captured."}, {"pk": 4128889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "The descendants of Levi who receive the office of priest have a commandment under the Law to collect a tenth of everything from the people who are their brothers and sisters, though they also are descended from Abraham."}, {"pk": 4128890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "But Melchizedek, who isn\u2019t related to them, received a tenth of everything from Abraham and blessed the one who had received the promises."}, {"pk": 4128891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Without question, the less important person is blessed by the more important person."}, {"pk": 4128892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "In addition, in one case a tenth is received by people who die, and in the other case, the tenth is received by someone who continues to live, according to the record."}, {"pk": 4128893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "It could be said that Levi, who received a tenth, paid a tenth through Abraham"}, {"pk": 4128894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "because he was still in his ancestor\u2019s body when Abraham paid the tenth to Melchizedek."}, {"pk": 4128895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "So if perfection came through the levitical office of priest (for the people received the Law under the priests), why was there still a need to speak about raising up another priest according to the order of Melchizedek rather than one according to the order of Aaron?"}, {"pk": 4128896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "When the order of the priest changes, there has to be a change in the Law as well."}, {"pk": 4128897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "The person we are talking about belongs to another tribe, and no one ever served at the altar from that tribe."}, {"pk": 4128898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "It\u2019s clear that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, but Moses never said anything about priests from that tribe."}, {"pk": 4128899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "And it\u2019s even clearer if another priest appears who is like Melchizedek."}, {"pk": 4128900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "He has become a priest by the power of a life that can\u2019t be destroyed, rather than a legal requirement about physical descent."}, {"pk": 4128901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "This is confirmed: <b>You are a priest forever,</b> <br><b>according to the order of Melchizedek.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/110/4'>Ps 110:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4128902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "On the one hand, an earlier command is set aside because it was weak and useless"}, {"pk": 4128903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "(because the Law made nothing perfect). On the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God."}, {"pk": 4128904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "And this was not done without a solemn pledge! The others have become priests without a solemn pledge,"}, {"pk": 4128905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "but this priest was affirmed with a solemn pledge by the one who said, <b>The Lord has made a solemn pledge</b> <br><b>and will not change his mind:</b> <br><b>You are a priest forever.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/110/4'>Ps 110:4</a>"}, {"pk": 4128906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "As a result, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant."}, {"pk": 4128907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "The others who became priests are numerous because death prevented them from continuing to serve."}, {"pk": 4128908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "In contrast, he holds the office of priest permanently because he continues to serve forever."}, {"pk": 4128909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "This is why he can completely save those who are approaching God through him, because he always lives to speak with God for them."}, {"pk": 4128910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "It\u2019s appropriate for us to have this kind of high priest: holy, innocent, incorrupt, separate from sinners, and raised high above the heavens."}, {"pk": 4128911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "He doesn\u2019t need to offer sacrifices every day like the other high priests, first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself."}, {"pk": 4128912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "The Law appoints people who are prone to weakness as high priests, but the content of the solemn pledge, which came after the Law, appointed a Son who has been made perfect forever."}, {"pk": 4128913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right side of the throne of the majesty in the heavens."}, {"pk": 4128914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "He\u2019s serving as a priest in the holy place, which is the true meeting tent that God, not any human being, set up."}, {"pk": 4128915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. So it\u2019s necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer."}, {"pk": 4128916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "If he was located on earth, he wouldn\u2019t be a priest because there are already others who offer gifts based on the Law."}, {"pk": 4128917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "They serve in a place that is a copy and shadow of the heavenly meeting tent. This is indicated when Moses was warned by God when he was about to set up the meeting tent: <b>See that you follow the pattern that I showed you on the mountain in every detail</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/2/25/40'>Exod 25:40</a>"}, {"pk": 4128918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "But now, Jesus has received a superior priestly service just as he arranged a better covenant that is enacted with better promises."}, {"pk": 4128919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "If the first covenant had been without fault, it wouldn\u2019t have made sense to expect a second."}, {"pk": 4128920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "But God did find fault with them, since he says, <b>Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,</b> <br><b>when I will make a covenant with the house of Israel,</b> <br><b>and I will make a new covenant with the house of Judah.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "<b>It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors</b> <br><b>on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt,</b> <br><b>because they did not continue to keep my covenant,</b> <br><b>and I lost interest in them, says the Lord.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "<b>This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel</b> <br><b>after those days, says the Lord.</b> <br><b>I will place my laws in their minds,</b> <br><b>and write them on their hearts.</b> <br><b>I will be their God,</b> <br><b>and they will be my people.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "<b>And each person won\u2019t ever teach a neighbor</b> <br><b>or their brother or sister, saying,</b> \u201c<b>Know the Lord,</b>\u201d <br><b>because they will all know me,</b> <br><b>from the least important of them to the most important;</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "<b>because I will be lenient toward their unjust actions,</b> <br><b>and I won\u2019t remember their sins anymore.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/24/31/31-34'>Jer 31:31\u201334</a>"}, {"pk": 4128925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "When it says new, it makes the first obsolete. And if something is old and outdated, it\u2019s close to disappearing."}, {"pk": 4128926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "So then the first covenant had regulations for the priests\u2019 service and the holy place on earth."}, {"pk": 4128927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "They pitched the first tent called the holy place. It contained the lampstand, the table, and the loaves of bread presented to God."}, {"pk": 4128928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "There was a tent behind the second curtain called the holy of holies."}, {"pk": 4128929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "It had the gold altar for incense and the chest containing the covenant, which was covered with gold on all sides. In the chest there was a gold jar containing manna, Aaron\u2019s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant."}, {"pk": 4128930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Above the chest there were magnificent winged creatures <sup>[1]</sup> casting their shadow over the seat of the chest, where sin is taken care of. Right now we can\u2019t talk about these things in detail.", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>cherubim</i>"}, {"pk": 4128931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "When these things have been prepared in this way, priests enter the first tent all the time as they perform their service."}, {"pk": 4128932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "But only the high priest enters the second tent once a year. He never does this without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people committed in ignorance."}, {"pk": 4128933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "With this, the Holy Spirit is showing that the way into the holy place hadn\u2019t been revealed yet while the first tent was standing."}, {"pk": 4128934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "This is a symbol for the present time. It shows that the gifts and sacrifices that are being offered can\u2019t perfect the conscience of the one who is serving."}, {"pk": 4128935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "These are superficial regulations that are only about food, drink, and various ritual ways to wash with water. They are regulations that have been imposed until the time of the new order."}, {"pk": 4128936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "But Christ has appeared as the high priest of the good things that have happened. He passed through the greater and more perfect meeting tent, which isn\u2019t made by human hands (that is, it\u2019s not a part of this world)."}, {"pk": 4128937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "He entered the holy of holies once for all by his own blood, not by the blood of goats or calves, securing our deliverance for all time."}, {"pk": 4128938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "If the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkled ashes of cows made spiritually contaminated people holy and clean,"}, {"pk": 4128939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "how much more will the blood of Jesus wash our consciences clean from dead works in order to serve the living God? He offered himself to God through the eternal Spirit as a sacrifice without any flaw."}, {"pk": 4128940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "This is why he\u2019s the mediator of a new covenant (which is a will): so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance on the basis of his death. His death occurred to set them free from the offenses committed under the first covenant."}, {"pk": 4128941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "When there is a will, you need to confirm the death of the one who made the will."}, {"pk": 4128942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "This is because a will takes effect only after a death, since it\u2019s not in force while the one who made the will is alive."}, {"pk": 4128943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "So not even the first covenant was put into effect without blood."}, {"pk": 4128944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Moses took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the Law scroll itself and all the people after he had proclaimed every command of the Law to all the people."}, {"pk": 4128945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "While he did it, he said, <b>This is the blood of the covenant that God established for you.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/24/8'>Exod 24:8</a>"}, {"pk": 4128946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "And in the same way he sprinkled the meeting tent and also all the equipment that would be used in the priests\u2019 service with blood."}, {"pk": 4128947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Almost everything is cleansed by blood, according to the Law\u2019s regulations, and there is no forgiveness without blood being shed."}, {"pk": 4128948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be cleansed with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things had to be cleansed with better sacrifices than these."}, {"pk": 4128949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Christ didn\u2019t enter the holy place (which is a copy of the true holy place) made by human hands, but into heaven itself, so that he now appears in God\u2019s presence for us."}, {"pk": 4128950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "He didn\u2019t enter to offer himself over and over again, like the high priest enters the earthly holy place every year with blood that isn\u2019t his."}, {"pk": 4128951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "If that were so, then Jesus would have to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. Instead, he has now appeared once at the end of the ages to get rid of sin by sacrificing himself."}, {"pk": 4128952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "People are destined to die once and then face judgment."}, {"pk": 4128953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "In the same way, Christ was also offered once to take on himself the sins of many people. He will appear a second time, not to take away sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him."}, {"pk": 4128954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "The Law is a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the real things themselves. It never can perfect the ones who are trying to draw near to God through the same sacrifices that are offered continually every year."}, {"pk": 4128955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Otherwise, wouldn\u2019t they have stopped being offered? If the people carrying out their religious duties had been completely cleansed once, no one would have been aware of sin anymore."}, {"pk": 4128956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Instead, these sacrifices are a reminder of sin every year,"}, {"pk": 4128957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "because it\u2019s impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins."}, {"pk": 4128958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Therefore, when he comes into the world he says, <b>You didn\u2019t want a sacrifice or an offering,</b> <br><b>but you prepared a body for me;</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "<b>you weren\u2019t pleased with entirely burned offerings or a sin offering.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "<b>So then I said,</b> <br>\u201c<b>Look, I\u2019ve come to do your will, God.</b> <br><b>This has been written about me in the scroll.</b>\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/40/6-8'>Ps 40:6\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4128961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "He says above, <b>You didn\u2019t want</b> and <b>you weren\u2019t pleased with a sacrifice or an offering</b> or <b>with entirely burned offerings or a purification offering,</b> <sup>[2]</sup> which are offered because the Law requires them.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/40/6'>Ps 40:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4128962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Then he said, <b>Look, I\u2019ve come to do your will</b>. <sup>[3]</sup> He puts an end to the first to establish the second.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/40/7-8'>Ps 40:7\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4128963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "We have been made holy by God\u2019s will through the offering of Jesus Christ\u2019s body once for all."}, {"pk": 4128964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices over and over, sacrifices that can never take away sins."}, {"pk": 4128965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "But when this priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right side of God."}, {"pk": 4128966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Since then, he\u2019s waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for his feet,"}, {"pk": 4128967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "because he perfected the people who are being made holy with one offering for all time."}, {"pk": 4128968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The Holy Spirit affirms this when saying,"}, {"pk": 4128969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "<b>This is the covenant that I will make with them.</b> <br><b>After these days, says the Lord,</b> <br><b>I will place my laws in their hearts</b> <br><b>and write them on their minds.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "<b>And I won\u2019t remember their sins</b> <br><b>and their lawless behavior anymore.</b> <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/24/31/33-34'>Jer 31:33\u201334</a>"}, {"pk": 4128971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "When there is forgiveness for these things, there is no longer an offering for sin."}, {"pk": 4128972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "Brothers and sisters, we have confidence that we can enter the holy of holies by means of Jesus\u2019 blood,"}, {"pk": 4128973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "through a new and living way that he opened up for us through the curtain, which is his body,"}, {"pk": 4128974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "and we have a great high priest over God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4128975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, let\u2019s draw near with a genuine heart with the certainty that our faith gives us, since our hearts are sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies are washed with pure water."}, {"pk": 4128976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Let\u2019s hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, because the one who made the promises is reliable."}, {"pk": 4128977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "And let us consider each other carefully for the purpose of sparking love and good deeds."}, {"pk": 4128978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t stop meeting together with other believers, which some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near."}, {"pk": 4128979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "If we make the decision to sin after we receive the knowledge of the truth, there isn\u2019t a sacrifice for sins left any longer."}, {"pk": 4128980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "There\u2019s only a scary expectation of judgment and of a burning fire that\u2019s going to devour God\u2019s opponents."}, {"pk": 4128981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "When someone rejected the Law from Moses, they were put to death without mercy on the basis of the testimony of two or three witnesses."}, {"pk": 4128982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "How much worse punishment do you think is deserved by the person who walks all over God\u2019s Son, who acts as if the blood of the covenant that made us holy is just ordinary blood, and who insults the Spirit of grace?"}, {"pk": 4128983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "We know the one who said, <b>Judgment is mine; I will pay people back.</b> <sup>[5]</sup> <br> And he also said, <b>The Lord will judge his people.</b> <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/5/32/36'>Deut 32:36</a>; <a href='/CEB/19/135/14'>Ps 135:14</a><br>[5] <a href='/CEB/5/32/35'>Deut 32:35</a>"}, {"pk": 4128984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "It\u2019s scary to fall into the hands of the living God!"}, {"pk": 4128985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "But remember the earlier days, after you saw the light. You stood your ground while you were suffering from an enormous amount of pressure."}, {"pk": 4128986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "Sometimes you were exposed to insults and abuse in public. Other times you became partners with those who were treated that way."}, {"pk": 4128987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "You even showed sympathy toward people in prison and accepted the confiscation of your possessions with joy, since you knew that you had better and lasting possessions."}, {"pk": 4128988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "So don\u2019t throw away your confidence \u2014 it brings a great reward."}, {"pk": 4128989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "You need to endure so that you can receive the promises after you do God\u2019s will."}, {"pk": 4128990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "<b>In a little while longer,</b> <br><b>the one who is coming will come and won\u2019t delay;</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4128991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "<b>but my righteous one will live by faith,</b> <br><b>and my whole being won\u2019t be pleased with anyone who shrinks back.</b> <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] <a href='/CEB/35/2/3-4'>Hab 2:3\u20134</a>"}, {"pk": 4128992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "But we aren\u2019t the sort of people who timidly draw back and end up being destroyed. We\u2019re the sort of people who have faith so that our whole beings are preserved."}, {"pk": 4128993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don\u2019t see."}, {"pk": 4128994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "The elders in the past were approved because they showed faith."}, {"pk": 4128995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "By faith we understand that the universe has been created by a word from God so that the visible came into existence from the invisible."}, {"pk": 4128996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "By faith Abel offered a better sacrifice to God than Cain, which showed that he was righteous, since God gave approval to him for his gift. Though he died, he\u2019s still speaking through faith."}, {"pk": 4128997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he didn\u2019t see death, and <b>he wasn\u2019t found because God took him up.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> He was given approval for having pleased God before he was taken up.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/1/5/24'>Gen 5:24</a>"}, {"pk": 4128998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "It\u2019s impossible to please God without faith because the one who draws near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards people who try to find him."}, {"pk": 4128999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "By faith Noah responded with godly fear when he was warned about events he hadn\u2019t seen yet. He built an ark to deliver his household. With his faith, he criticized the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes from faith."}, {"pk": 4129000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out without knowing where he was going."}, {"pk": 4129001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "By faith he lived in the land he had been promised as a stranger. He lived in tents along with Isaac and Jacob, who were coheirs of the same promise."}, {"pk": 4129002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "He was looking forward to a city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God."}, {"pk": 4129003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "By faith even Sarah received the ability to have a child, though she herself was barren and past the age for having children, because she believed that the one who promised was faithful."}, {"pk": 4129004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "So descendants were born from one man (and he was as good as dead). They were as many as the number of the stars in the sky and as countless as the grains of sand on the seashore."}, {"pk": 4129005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "All of these people died in faith without receiving the promises, but they saw the promises from a distance and welcomed them. They confessed that they were strangers and immigrants on earth."}, {"pk": 4129006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "People who say this kind of thing make it clear that they are looking for a homeland."}, {"pk": 4129007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "If they had been thinking about the country that they had left, they would have had the opportunity to return to it."}, {"pk": 4129008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "But at this point in time, they are longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God isn\u2019t ashamed to be called their God \u2014 he has prepared a city for them."}, {"pk": 4129009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "By faith Abraham offered Isaac when he was tested. The one who received the promises was offering his only son."}, {"pk": 4129010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "He had been told concerning him, <b>Your legitimate descendants will come from Isaac.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/1/21/12'>Gen 21:12</a>"}, {"pk": 4129011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "He figured that God could even raise him from the dead. So in a way he did receive him back from the dead."}, {"pk": 4129012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "By faith Isaac also blessed Jacob and Esau concerning their future."}, {"pk": 4129013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "By faith Jacob blessed each of Joseph\u2019s sons as he was dying and <b>bowed in worship over the head of his staff.</b> <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/1/47/31'>Gen 47:31</a> LXX"}, {"pk": 4129014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "By faith Joseph recalled the exodus of the Israelites at the end of his life, and gave instructions about burying his bones."}, {"pk": 4129015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months when he was born, because they saw that the child was beautiful and they weren\u2019t afraid of the king\u2019s orders."}, {"pk": 4129016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "By faith Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh\u2019s daughter when he was grown up."}, {"pk": 4129017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "He chose to be mistreated with God\u2019s people instead of having the temporary pleasures of sin."}, {"pk": 4129018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "He thought that the abuses he suffered for Christ were more valuable than the treasures of Egypt, since he was looking forward to the reward."}, {"pk": 4129019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "By faith he left Egypt without being afraid of the king\u2019s anger. He kept on going as if he could see what is invisible."}, {"pk": 4129020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the destroyer could not touch their firstborn children."}, {"pk": 4129021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if they were on dry land, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were drowned."}, {"pk": 4129022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "By faith Jericho\u2019s walls fell after the people marched around them for seven days."}, {"pk": 4129023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "By faith Rahab the prostitute wasn\u2019t killed with the disobedient because she welcomed the spies in peace."}, {"pk": 4129024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "What more can I say? I would run out of time if I told you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets."}, {"pk": 4129025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "Through faith they conquered kingdoms, brought about justice, realized promises, shut the mouths of lions,"}, {"pk": 4129026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "put out raging fires, escaped from the edge of the sword, found strength in weakness, were mighty in war, and routed foreign armies."}, {"pk": 4129027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Women received back their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured and refused to be released so they could gain a better resurrection."}, {"pk": 4129028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "But others experienced public shame by being taunted and whipped; they were even put in chains and in prison."}, {"pk": 4129029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "They were stoned to death, they were cut in two, and they died by being murdered with swords. They went around wearing the skins of sheep and goats, needy, oppressed, and mistreated."}, {"pk": 4129030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "The world didn\u2019t deserve them. They wandered around in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground."}, {"pk": 4129031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "All these people didn\u2019t receive what was promised, though they were given approval for their faith."}, {"pk": 4129032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "God provided something better for us so they wouldn\u2019t be made perfect without us."}, {"pk": 4129033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "So then let\u2019s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let\u2019s throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up,"}, {"pk": 4129034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith\u2019s pioneer and perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was laid out in front of him, and sat down at the right side of God\u2019s throne."}, {"pk": 4129035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Think about the one who endured such opposition from sinners so that you won\u2019t be discouraged and you won\u2019t give up."}, {"pk": 4129036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "In your struggle against sin, you haven\u2019t resisted yet to the point of shedding blood,"}, {"pk": 4129037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "and you have forgotten the encouragement that addresses you as sons and daughters: <b>My child, don\u2019t make light of the Lord\u2019s discipline</b> <br><b>or give up when you are corrected by him,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4129038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "<b>because the Lord disciplines whomever he loves,</b> <br><b>and he punishes every son or daughter whom he accepts.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/20/3/11-12'>Prov 3:11\u201312</a>"}, {"pk": 4129039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Bear hardship for the sake of discipline. God is treating you like sons and daughters! What child isn\u2019t disciplined by his or her father?"}, {"pk": 4129040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "But if you don\u2019t experience discipline, which happens to all children, then you are illegitimate and not real sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4129041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "What\u2019s more, we had human parents who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live?"}, {"pk": 4129042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Our human parents disciplined us for a little while, as it seemed best to them, but God does it for our benefit so that we can share his holiness."}, {"pk": 4129043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "No discipline is fun while it lasts, but it seems painful at the time. Later, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained by it."}, {"pk": 4129044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "So strengthen your drooping hands and weak knees!"}, {"pk": 4129045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Make straight paths for your feet so that if any part is lame, it will be healed rather than injured more seriously."}, {"pk": 4129046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Pursue the goal of peace along with everyone \u2014 and holiness as well, because no one will see the Lord without it."}, {"pk": 4129047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Make sure that no one misses out on God\u2019s grace. Make sure that no root of bitterness grows up that might cause trouble and pollute many people."}, {"pk": 4129048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Make sure that no one becomes sexually immoral or ungodly like Esau. He sold his inheritance as the oldest son for one meal."}, {"pk": 4129049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "You know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he couldn\u2019t find a way to change his heart and life, though he looked for it with tears."}, {"pk": 4129050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "You haven\u2019t drawn near to something that can be touched: a burning fire, darkness, shadow, a whirlwind,"}, {"pk": 4129051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "a blast of a trumpet, and a sound of words that made the ones who heard it beg that there wouldn\u2019t be one more word."}, {"pk": 4129052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "They couldn\u2019t stand the command, <b>If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/19/12-13'>Exod 19:12\u201313</a>"}, {"pk": 4129053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "The sight was so frightening that Moses said, \u201cI\u2019m terrified and shaking!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "But you have drawn near to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels in a festival gathering,"}, {"pk": 4129055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "to the assembly of God\u2019s firstborn children who are registered in heaven, to God the judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect,"}, {"pk": 4129056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than Abel\u2019s blood."}, {"pk": 4129057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "See to it that you don\u2019t resist the one who is speaking. If the people didn\u2019t escape when they refused to listen to the one who warned them on earth, how will we escape if we reject the one who is warning from heaven?"}, {"pk": 4129058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "His voice shook the earth then, but now he has made a promise: <b>Still once more I will shake not only the earth but heaven also</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/2/19/18'>Exod 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4129059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "The words \u201cstill once more\u201d reveal the removal of what is shaken \u2014 the things that are part of this creation \u2014 so that what isn\u2019t shaken will remain."}, {"pk": 4129060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that can\u2019t be shaken, let\u2019s continue to express our gratitude. <sup>[4]</sup> With this gratitude, let\u2019s serve <sup>[5]</sup> in a way that is pleasing to God with respect and awe,", "comment": "[5] Or <i>offer priestly service</i><br>[4] Or <i>hold on to grace</i>"}, {"pk": 4129061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "because our God really is a consuming fire."}, {"pk": 4129062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Keep loving each other like family."}, {"pk": 4129063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t neglect to open up your homes to guests, because by doing this some have been hosts to angels without knowing it."}, {"pk": 4129064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Remember prisoners as if you were in prison with them, and people who are mistreated as if you were in their place."}, {"pk": 4129065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Marriage must be honored in every respect, with no cheating on the relationship, because God will judge the sexually immoral person and the person who commits adultery."}, {"pk": 4129066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Your way of life should be free from the love of money, and you should be content with what you have. After all, he has said, <b>I will never leave you or abandon you</b>. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/5/31/6'>Deut 31:6</a>; <a href='/CEB/1/28/15'>Gen 28:15</a>"}, {"pk": 4129067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "This is why we can confidently say, <b>The Lord is my helper,</b> <br><b>and I won\u2019t be afraid.</b> <br><b>What can people do to me?</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/118/6'>Ps 118:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4129068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "Remember your leaders who spoke God\u2019s word to you. Imitate their faith as you consider the way their lives turned out."}, {"pk": 4129069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!"}, {"pk": 4129070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t be misled by the many strange teachings out there. It\u2019s a good thing for the heart to be strengthened by grace rather than by food. Food doesn\u2019t help those who live in this context."}, {"pk": 4129071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "We have an altar, and those who serve as priests in the meeting tent don\u2019t have the right to eat from it."}, {"pk": 4129072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "The blood of the animals is carried into the holy of holies by the high priest as an offering for sin, and their bodies are burned outside the camp."}, {"pk": 4129073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy with his own blood."}, {"pk": 4129074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "So now, let\u2019s go to him outside the camp, bearing his shame."}, {"pk": 4129075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "We don\u2019t have a permanent city here, but rather we are looking for the city that is still to come."}, {"pk": 4129076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "So let\u2019s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise through him, which is the fruit from our lips that confess his name."}, {"pk": 4129077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t forget to do good and to share what you have because God is pleased with these kinds of sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4129078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Rely on your leaders and defer to them, because they watch over your whole being as people who are going to be held responsible for you. They need to be able to do this with pleasure and not with complaints about you, because that wouldn\u2019t help you."}, {"pk": 4129079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Pray for us. We\u2019re sure that we have a good conscience, and we want to do the right thing in every way."}, {"pk": 4129080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "I\u2019m particularly asking you to do this so that I can be returned to you quickly."}, {"pk": 4129081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "May the God of peace, <br>who brought back the great shepherd of the sheep, <br>our Lord Jesus, <br>from the dead by the blood of the eternal covenant,<br>"}, {"pk": 4129082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "equip you with every good thing to do his will, <br>by developing in us what pleases him through Jesus Christ. <br>To him be the glory forever and always. Amen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "I urge you, brothers and sisters, to put up with this message of encouragement, since I\u2019ve only written a short letter to you!"}, {"pk": 4129084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, we will travel together to see you."}, {"pk": 4129085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Greet your leaders and all of God\u2019s holy people. The group from Italy greets you."}, {"pk": 4129086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 58, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "May grace be with all of you."}, {"pk": 4129087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To the twelve tribes who are scattered outside the land of Israel. Greetings!"}, {"pk": 4129088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy."}, {"pk": 4129089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "After all, you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance."}, {"pk": 4129090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Let this endurance complete its work so that you may be fully mature, complete, and lacking in nothing."}, {"pk": 4129091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "But anyone who needs wisdom should ask God, whose very nature is to give to everyone without a second thought, without keeping score. Wisdom will certainly be given to those who ask."}, {"pk": 4129092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Whoever asks shouldn\u2019t hesitate. They should ask in faith, without doubting. Whoever doubts is like the surf of the sea, tossed and turned by the wind."}, {"pk": 4129093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "People like that should never imagine that they will receive anything from the Lord."}, {"pk": 4129094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "They are double-minded, unstable in all their ways."}, {"pk": 4129095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Brothers and sisters who are poor should find satisfaction in their high status."}, {"pk": 4129096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who are wealthy should find satisfaction in their low status, because they will die off like wildflowers."}, {"pk": 4129097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "The sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass so that its flowers fall and its beauty is lost. Just like that, in the midst of their daily lives, the wealthy will waste away."}, {"pk": 4129098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Those who stand firm during testing are blessed. They are tried and true. They will receive the life God has promised to those who love him as their reward."}, {"pk": 4129099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "No one who is tested should say, \u201cGod is tempting me!\u201d This is because God is not tempted by any form of evil, nor does he tempt anyone."}, {"pk": 4129100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Everyone is tempted by their own cravings; they are lured away and enticed by them."}, {"pk": 4129101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Once those cravings conceive, they give birth to sin; and when sin grows up, it gives birth to death."}, {"pk": 4129102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4129103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Every good gift, every perfect gift, comes from above. These gifts come down from the Father, the creator of the heavenly lights, in whose character there is no change at all."}, {"pk": 4129104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "He chose to give us birth by his true word, and here is the result: we are like the first crop from the harvest of everything he created."}, {"pk": 4129105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to grow angry."}, {"pk": 4129106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "This is because an angry person doesn\u2019t produce God\u2019s righteousness."}, {"pk": 4129107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, with humility, set aside all moral filth and the growth of wickedness, and welcome the word planted deep inside you \u2014 the very word that is able to save you."}, {"pk": 4129108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "You must be doers of the word and not only hearers who mislead themselves."}, {"pk": 4129109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Those who hear but don\u2019t do the word are like those who look at their faces in a mirror."}, {"pk": 4129110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "They look at themselves, walk away, and immediately forget what they were like."}, {"pk": 4129111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "But there are those who study the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continue to do it. They don\u2019t listen and then forget, but they put it into practice in their lives. They will be blessed in whatever they do."}, {"pk": 4129112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "If those who claim devotion to God don\u2019t control what they say, they mislead themselves. Their devotion is worthless."}, {"pk": 4129113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "True devotion, the kind that is pure and faultless before God the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their difficulties and to keep the world from contaminating us."}, {"pk": 4129114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "My brothers and sisters, when you show favoritism you deny the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has been resurrected in glory."}, {"pk": 4129115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Imagine two people coming into your meeting. One has a gold ring and fine clothes, while the other is poor, dressed in filthy rags."}, {"pk": 4129116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Then suppose that you were to take special notice of the one wearing fine clothes, saying, \u201cHere\u2019s an excellent place. Sit here.\u201d But to the poor person you say, \u201cStand over there\u201d; or, \u201cHere, sit at my feet.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Wouldn\u2019t you have shown favoritism among yourselves and become evil-minded judges?"}, {"pk": 4129118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "My dear brothers and sisters, listen! Hasn\u2019t God chosen those who are poor by worldly standards to be rich in terms of faith? Hasn\u2019t God chosen the poor as heirs of the kingdom he has promised to those who love him?"}, {"pk": 4129119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "But you have dishonored the poor. Don\u2019t the wealthy make life difficult for you? Aren\u2019t they the ones who drag you into court?"}, {"pk": 4129120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Aren\u2019t they the ones who insult the good name spoken over you at your baptism?"}, {"pk": 4129121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "You do well when you really fulfill the royal law found in scripture, <b>Love your neighbor as yourself.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/3/19/18'>Lev 19:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4129122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "But when you show favoritism, you are committing a sin, and by that same law you are exposed as a lawbreaker."}, {"pk": 4129123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Anyone who tries to keep all of the Law but fails at one point is guilty of failing to keep all of it."}, {"pk": 4129124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "The one who said, <b>Don\u2019t commit adultery</b>, also said, <b>Don\u2019t commit murder</b>. <sup>[2]</sup> So if you don\u2019t commit adultery but do commit murder, you are a lawbreaker.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/2/20/13'>Exod 20:13</a>, <a href='/CEB/2/20/15'>15</a> LXX (English: <a href='/CEB/2/20/13-14'>20:13\u201314</a>); <a href='/CEB/5/5/17-18'>Deut 5:17\u201318</a>"}, {"pk": 4129125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "In every way, then, speak and act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom."}, {"pk": 4129126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "There will be no mercy in judgment for anyone who hasn\u2019t shown mercy. Mercy overrules judgment."}, {"pk": 4129127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "My brothers and sisters, what good is it if people say they have faith but do nothing to show it? Claiming to have faith can\u2019t save anyone, can it?"}, {"pk": 4129128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Imagine a brother or sister who is naked and never has enough food to eat."}, {"pk": 4129129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "What if one of you said, \u201cGo in peace! Stay warm! Have a nice meal!\u201d? What good is it if you don\u2019t actually give them what their body needs?"}, {"pk": 4129130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn\u2019t result in faithful activity."}, {"pk": 4129131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Someone might claim, \u201cYou have faith and I have action.\u201d But how can I see your faith apart from your actions? Instead, I\u2019ll show you my faith by putting it into practice in faithful action."}, {"pk": 4129132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "It\u2019s good that you believe that God is one. Ha! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble with fear."}, {"pk": 4129133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Are you so slow? Do you need to be shown that faith without actions has no value at all?"}, {"pk": 4129134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "What about Abraham, our father? Wasn\u2019t he shown to be righteous through his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?"}, {"pk": 4129135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "See, his faith was at work along with his actions. In fact, his faith was made complete by his faithful actions."}, {"pk": 4129136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "So the scripture was fulfilled that says, <b>Abraham believed God, and God regarded him as righteous</b>. <sup>[3]</sup> What is more, Abraham was called God\u2019s friend.", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/1/15/6'>Gen 15:6</a>"}, {"pk": 4129137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "So you see that a person is shown to be righteous through faithful actions and not through faith alone."}, {"pk": 4129138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "In the same way, wasn\u2019t Rahab the prostitute shown to be righteous when she received the messengers as her guests and then sent them on by another road?"}, {"pk": 4129139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "As the lifeless body is dead, so faith without actions is dead."}, {"pk": 4129140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers, because we know that we teachers will be judged more strictly."}, {"pk": 4129141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "We all make mistakes often, but those who don\u2019t make mistakes with their words have reached full maturity. Like a bridled horse, they can control themselves entirely."}, {"pk": 4129142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "When we bridle horses and put bits in their mouths to lead them wherever we want, we can control their whole bodies."}, {"pk": 4129143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Consider ships: They are so large that strong winds are needed to drive them. But pilots direct their ships wherever they want with a little rudder."}, {"pk": 4129144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "In the same way, even though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts wildly. Think about this: A small flame can set a whole forest on fire."}, {"pk": 4129145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "The tongue is a small flame of fire, a world of evil at work in us. It contaminates our entire lives. Because of it, the circle of life is set on fire. The tongue itself is set on fire by the flames of hell."}, {"pk": 4129146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "People can tame and already have tamed every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and fish."}, {"pk": 4129147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison."}, {"pk": 4129148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "With it we both bless the Lord and Father and curse human beings made in God\u2019s likeness."}, {"pk": 4129149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Blessing and cursing come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it just shouldn\u2019t be this way!"}, {"pk": 4129150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Both fresh water and salt water don\u2019t come from the same spring, do they?"}, {"pk": 4129151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree produce olives? Can a grapevine produce figs? Of course not, and fresh water doesn\u2019t flow from a saltwater spring either."}, {"pk": 4129152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Are any of you wise and understanding? Show that your actions are good with a humble lifestyle that comes from wisdom."}, {"pk": 4129153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "However, if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, then stop bragging and living in ways that deny the truth."}, {"pk": 4129154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "This is not the wisdom that comes down from above. Instead, it is from the earth, natural and demonic."}, {"pk": 4129155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and everything that is evil."}, {"pk": 4129156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "What of the wisdom from above? First, it is pure, and then peaceful, gentle, obedient, filled with mercy and good actions, fair, and genuine."}, {"pk": 4129157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Those who make peace sow the seeds of justice by their peaceful acts."}, {"pk": 4129158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "What is the source of conflict among you? What is the source of your disputes? Don\u2019t they come from your cravings that are at war in your own lives?"}, {"pk": 4129159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "You long for something you don\u2019t have, so you commit murder. You are jealous for something you can\u2019t get, so you struggle and fight. You don\u2019t have because you don\u2019t ask."}, {"pk": 4129160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "You ask and don\u2019t have because you ask with evil intentions, to waste it on your own cravings."}, {"pk": 4129161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "You unfaithful people! Don\u2019t you know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world's friend becomes God's enemy."}, {"pk": 4129162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Or do you suppose that scripture is meaningless? Doesn\u2019t God long for our faithfulness in <sup>[1]</sup> the life he has given to us? <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Doesn\u2019t the spirit that God placed in us have jealous desires?</i><br>[1] Or <i>jealously longs for</i>"}, {"pk": 4129163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "But he gives us more grace. This is why it says, <b>God stands against the proud, but favors the humble</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/20/3/34'>Prov 3:34</a>"}, {"pk": 4129164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you."}, {"pk": 4129165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded."}, {"pk": 4129166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Cry out in sorrow, mourn, and weep! Let your laughter become mourning and your joy become sadness."}, {"pk": 4129167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."}, {"pk": 4129168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Brothers and sisters, don\u2019t say evil things about each other. Whoever insults or criticizes a brother or sister insults and criticizes the Law. If you find fault with the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge over it."}, {"pk": 4129169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "There is only one lawgiver and judge, and he is able to save and to destroy. But you who judge your neighbor, who are you?"}, {"pk": 4129170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Pay attention, you who say, \u201cToday or tomorrow we will go to such-and-such a town. We will stay there a year, buying and selling, and making a profit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "You don\u2019t really know about tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for only a short while before it vanishes."}, {"pk": 4129172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Here\u2019s what you ought to say: \u201cIf the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil."}, {"pk": 4129174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "It is a sin when someone knows the right thing to do and doesn\u2019t do it."}, {"pk": 4129175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Pay attention, you wealthy people! Weep and moan over the miseries coming upon you."}, {"pk": 4129176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Your riches have rotted. Moths have destroyed your clothes."}, {"pk": 4129177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you. It will eat your flesh like fire. Consider the treasure you have hoarded in the last days."}, {"pk": 4129178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Listen! Hear the cries of the wages of your field hands. These are the wages you stole from those who harvested your fields. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of heavenly forces."}, {"pk": 4129179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "You have lived a self-satisfying life on this earth, a life of luxury. You have stuffed your hearts in preparation for the day of slaughter."}, {"pk": 4129180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who doesn\u2019t oppose you."}, {"pk": 4129181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, brothers and sisters, you must be patient as you wait for the coming of the Lord. Consider the farmer who waits patiently for the coming of rain in the fall and spring, looking forward to the precious fruit of the earth."}, {"pk": 4129182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "You also must wait patiently, strengthening your resolve, because the coming of the Lord is near."}, {"pk": 4129183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t complain about each other, brothers and sisters, so that you won\u2019t be judged. Look! The judge is standing at the door!"}, {"pk": 4129184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of patient resolve and steadfastness."}, {"pk": 4129185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Look at how we honor those who have practiced endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job. And you have seen what the Lord has accomplished, for the Lord is full of compassion and mercy."}, {"pk": 4129186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Most important, my brothers and sisters, never make a solemn pledge \u2014 neither by heaven nor earth, nor by anything else. Instead, speak with a simple \u201cYes\u201d or \u201cNo,\u201d or else you may fall under judgment."}, {"pk": 4129187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "If any of you are suffering, they should pray. If any of you are happy, they should sing."}, {"pk": 4129188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord."}, {"pk": 4129189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Prayer that comes from faith will heal the sick, for the Lord will restore them to health. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven."}, {"pk": 4129190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "For this reason, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerful in what it can achieve."}, {"pk": 4129191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Elijah was a person just like us. When he earnestly prayed that it wouldn\u2019t rain, no rain fell for three and a half years."}, {"pk": 4129192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "He prayed again, God sent rain, and the earth produced its fruit."}, {"pk": 4129193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "My brothers and sisters, if any of you wander from the truth and someone turns back the wanderer,"}, {"pk": 4129194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 59, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "recognize that whoever brings a sinner back from the wrong path will save them from death and will bring about the forgiveness of many sins."}, {"pk": 4129195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God\u2019s chosen strangers in the world of the diaspora, who live in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia."}, {"pk": 4129196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "God the Father chose you because of what he knew beforehand. He chose you through the Holy Spirit\u2019s work of making you holy and because of the faithful obedience and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. May God\u2019s grace and peace be multiplied to you."}, {"pk": 4129197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed! On account of his vast mercy, he has given us new birth. You have been born anew into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."}, {"pk": 4129198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "You have a pure and enduring inheritance that cannot perish \u2014 an inheritance that is presently kept safe in heaven for you."}, {"pk": 4129199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Through his faithfulness, you are guarded by God\u2019s power so that you can receive the salvation he is ready to reveal in the last time."}, {"pk": 4129200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "You now rejoice in this hope, even if it\u2019s necessary for you to be distressed for a short time by various trials."}, {"pk": 4129201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "This is necessary so that your faith may be found genuine. (Your faith is more valuable than gold, which will be destroyed even though it is itself tested by fire.) Your genuine faith will result in praise, glory, and honor for you when Jesus Christ is revealed."}, {"pk": 4129202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Although you\u2019ve never seen him, you love him. Even though you don\u2019t see him now, you trust him and so rejoice with a glorious joy that is too much for words."}, {"pk": 4129203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "You are receiving the goal of your faith: your salvation."}, {"pk": 4129204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The prophets, who long ago foretold the grace that you\u2019ve received, searched and explored, inquiring carefully about this salvation."}, {"pk": 4129205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was saying when he bore witness beforehand about the suffering that would happen to Christ and the glory that would follow. They wondered what sort of person or what sort of time they were speaking about."}, {"pk": 4129206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "It was revealed to them that in their search they were not serving themselves but you. These things, which even angels long to examine, have now been proclaimed to you by those who brought you the good news. They did this in the power of the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven."}, {"pk": 4129207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Therefore, once you have your minds ready for action and you are thinking clearly, place your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed."}, {"pk": 4129208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t be conformed to your former desires, those that shaped you when you were ignorant. But, as obedient children,"}, {"pk": 4129209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "you must be holy in every aspect of your lives, just as the one who called you is holy."}, {"pk": 4129210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "It is written, <b>You will be holy, because I am holy.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/3/19/2'>Lev 19:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4129211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Since you call upon a Father who judges all people according to their actions without favoritism, you should conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your dwelling in a strange land."}, {"pk": 4129212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Live in this way, knowing that you were not liberated by perishable things like silver or gold from the empty lifestyle you inherited from your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4129213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Instead, you were liberated by the precious blood of Christ, like that of a flawless, spotless lamb."}, {"pk": 4129214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Christ was chosen before the creation of the world, but was only revealed at the end of time. This was done for you,"}, {"pk": 4129215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "who through Christ are faithful to the God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory. So now, your faith and hope should rest in God."}, {"pk": 4129216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "As you set yourselves apart by your obedience to the truth so that you might have genuine affection for your fellow believers, love each other deeply and earnestly."}, {"pk": 4129217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Do this because you have been given new birth \u2014 not from the type of seed that decays but from seed that doesn\u2019t. This seed is God\u2019s life-giving and enduring word."}, {"pk": 4129218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Thus, <b>All human life on the earth is like grass,</b> <br><b>and all human glory is like a flower in a field.</b> <br><b>The grass dries up and its flower falls off,</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4129219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "<b>but the Lord\u2019s word endures forever.</b> <sup>[2]</sup> <br> This is the word that was proclaimed to you as good news.", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/23/40/6-8'>Isa 40:6\u20138</a>"}, {"pk": 4129220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, get rid of all ill will and all deceit, pretense, envy, and slander."}, {"pk": 4129221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Instead, like a newborn baby, desire the pure milk of the word. Nourished by it, you will grow into salvation,"}, {"pk": 4129222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "since you have tasted that the Lord is good."}, {"pk": 4129223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Now you are coming to him as to a living stone. Even though this stone was rejected by humans, from God\u2019s perspective it is chosen, valuable."}, {"pk": 4129224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "You yourselves are being built like living stones into a spiritual temple. You are being made into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Thus it is written in scripture, <b>Look! I am laying a cornerstone in Zion, chosen, valuable. The person who believes in him will never be shamed.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/28/16'>Isa 28:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4129226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "So God honors you who believe. For those who refuse to believe, though, the stone the builders tossed aside has become the capstone."}, {"pk": 4129227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "This is a stone that makes people stumble and a rock that makes them fall. Because they refuse to believe in the word, they stumble. Indeed, this is the end to which they were appointed."}, {"pk": 4129228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people who are God\u2019s own possession. You have become this people so that you may speak of the wonderful acts of the one who called you out of darkness into his amazing light."}, {"pk": 4129229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Once you weren\u2019t a people, but now you are God\u2019s people. Once you hadn\u2019t received mercy, but now you have received mercy."}, {"pk": 4129230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Dear friends, since you are immigrants and strangers in the world, I urge that you avoid worldly desires that wage war against your lives."}, {"pk": 4129231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Live honorably among the unbelievers. Today, they defame you, as if you were doing evil. But in the day when God visits to judge they will glorify him, because they have observed your honorable deeds."}, {"pk": 4129232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "For the sake of the Lord submit to every human institution. Do this whether it means submitting to the emperor as supreme ruler,"}, {"pk": 4129233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "or to governors as those sent by the emperor. They are sent to punish those doing evil and to praise those doing good."}, {"pk": 4129234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Submit to them because it\u2019s God\u2019s will that by doing good you will silence the ignorant talk of foolish people."}, {"pk": 4129235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Do this as God\u2019s slaves, and yet also as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil."}, {"pk": 4129236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Have respectful fear of God. Honor the emperor."}, {"pk": 4129237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Household slaves, submit by accepting the authority of your masters with all respect. Do this not only to good and kind masters but also to those who are harsh."}, {"pk": 4129238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Now, it is commendable if, because of one\u2019s understanding of God, someone should endure pain through suffering unjustly."}, {"pk": 4129239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "But what praise comes from enduring patiently when you have sinned and are beaten for it? But if you endure steadfastly when you\u2019ve done good and suffer for it, this is commendable before God."}, {"pk": 4129240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "You were called to this kind of endurance, because Christ suffered on your behalf. He left you an example so that you might follow in his footsteps."}, {"pk": 4129241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "He committed no sin, nor did he ever speak in ways meant to deceive."}, {"pk": 4129242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "When he was insulted, he did not reply with insults. When he suffered, he did not threaten revenge. Instead, he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly."}, {"pk": 4129243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "He carried in his own body on the cross the sins we committed. He did this so that we might live in righteousness, having nothing to do with sin. By his wounds you were healed."}, {"pk": 4129244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Though you were like straying sheep, you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your lives."}, {"pk": 4129245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Wives, likewise, submit to your own husbands. Do this so that even if some of them refuse to believe the word, they may be won without a word by their wives\u2019 way of life."}, {"pk": 4129246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "After all, they will have observed the reverent and holy manner of your lives."}, {"pk": 4129247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t try to make yourselves beautiful on the outside, with stylish hair or by wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes."}, {"pk": 4129248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Instead, make yourselves beautiful on the inside, in your hearts, with the enduring quality of a gentle, peaceful spirit. This type of beauty is very precious in God\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4129249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "For it was in this way that holy women who trusted in God used to make themselves beautiful, accepting the authority of their own husbands."}, {"pk": 4129250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "For example, Sarah accepted Abraham\u2019s authority when she called him <b>master</b>. You have become her children when you do good and don\u2019t respond to threats with fear."}, {"pk": 4129251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Husbands, likewise, submit by living with your wife in ways that honor her, knowing that she is the weaker partner. Honor her all the more, as she is also a coheir of the gracious care of life. Do this so that your prayers won\u2019t be hindered."}, {"pk": 4129252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Finally, all of you be of one mind, sympathetic, lovers of your fellow believers, compassionate, and modest in your opinion of yourselves."}, {"pk": 4129253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t pay back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, give blessing in return. You were called to do this so that you might inherit a blessing."}, {"pk": 4129254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "For <b>those who want to love life</b> <br><b>and see good days</b> <br><b>should keep their tongue from evil speaking</b> <br><b>and their lips from speaking lies.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4129255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "<b>They should shun evil and do good;</b> <br><b>seek peace and chase after it.</b><br>"}, {"pk": 4129256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "<b>The Lord\u2019s eyes are on the righteous</b> <br><b>and his ears are open to their prayers.</b> <br><b>But the Lord cannot tolerate those who do evil.</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/19/34/12-16'>Ps 34:12\u201316</a>"}, {"pk": 4129257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Who will harm you if you are zealous for good?"}, {"pk": 4129258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "But happy are you, even if you suffer because of righteousness! Don\u2019t be terrified or upset by them."}, {"pk": 4129259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Instead, regard Christ as holy in your hearts. Whenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it."}, {"pk": 4129260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Yet do this with respectful humility, maintaining a good conscience. Act in this way so that those who malign your good lifestyle in Christ may be ashamed when they slander you."}, {"pk": 4129261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "It is better to suffer for doing good (if this could possibly be God\u2019s will) than for doing evil."}, {"pk": 4129262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Christ himself suffered on account of sins, once for all, the righteous one on behalf of the unrighteous. He did this in order to bring you into the presence of God. Christ was put to death as a human, but made alive by the Spirit."}, {"pk": 4129263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "And it was by the Spirit that he went to preach to the spirits in prison."}, {"pk": 4129264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "In the past, these spirits were disobedient \u2014 when God patiently waited during the time of Noah. Noah built an ark in which a few (that is, eight) lives were rescued through water."}, {"pk": 4129265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Baptism is like that. It saves you now \u2014 not because it removes dirt from your body but because it is the mark of a good conscience toward God. Your salvation comes through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,"}, {"pk": 4129266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "who is at God\u2019s right side. Now that he has gone into heaven, he rules over all angels, authorities, and powers."}, {"pk": 4129267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, since Christ suffered as a human, you should also arm yourselves with his way of thinking. This is because whoever suffers is finished with sin."}, {"pk": 4129268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "As a result, they don\u2019t live the rest of their human lives in ways determined by human desires but in ways determined by God\u2019s will."}, {"pk": 4129269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "You have wasted enough time doing what unbelievers desire \u2014 living in their unrestrained immorality and lust, their drunkenness and excessive feasting and wild parties, and their forbidden worship of idols."}, {"pk": 4129270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "They think it\u2019s strange that you don\u2019t join in these activities with the same flood of unrestrained wickedness. So they slander you."}, {"pk": 4129271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "They will have to reckon with the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead."}, {"pk": 4129272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Indeed, this is the reason the good news was also preached to the dead. This happened so that, although they were judged as humans according to human standards, they could live by the Spirit according to divine standards."}, {"pk": 4129273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "The end of everything has come. Therefore, be self-controlled and clearheaded so you can pray."}, {"pk": 4129274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Above all, show sincere love to each other, because love brings about the forgiveness of many sins."}, {"pk": 4129275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Open your homes to each other without complaining."}, {"pk": 4129276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "And serve each other according to the gift each person has received, as good managers of God\u2019s diverse gifts."}, {"pk": 4129277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Whoever speaks should do so as those who speak God\u2019s word. Whoever serves should do so from the strength that God furnishes. Do this so that in everything God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him be honor and power forever and always. Amen."}, {"pk": 4129278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Dear friends, don\u2019t be surprised about the fiery trials that have come among you to test you. These are not strange happenings."}, {"pk": 4129279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Instead, rejoice as you share Christ\u2019s suffering. You share his suffering now so that you may also have overwhelming joy when his glory is revealed."}, {"pk": 4129280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "If you are mocked because of Christ\u2019s name, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory \u2014 indeed, the Spirit of God \u2014 rests on you."}, {"pk": 4129281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Now none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or evildoer or rebel."}, {"pk": 4129282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "But don\u2019t be ashamed if you suffer as one who belongs to Christ. Rather, honor God as you bear Christ\u2019s name. Give honor to God,"}, {"pk": 4129283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "because it\u2019s time for judgment to begin with God\u2019s own household. But if judgment starts with us, what will happen to those who refuse to believe God\u2019s good news?"}, {"pk": 4129284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "If the righteous are barely rescued, what will happen to the godless and sinful?"}, {"pk": 4129285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "So then, those who suffer because they follow God\u2019s will should commit their lives to a trustworthy creator by doing what is right."}, {"pk": 4129286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, I have a request for the elders among you. (I ask this as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ\u2019s sufferings, and as one who shares in the glory that is about to be revealed.) I urge the elders:"}, {"pk": 4129287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Like shepherds, tend the flock of God among you. Watch over it. Don\u2019t shepherd because you must, but do it voluntarily for God. Don\u2019t shepherd greedily, but do it eagerly."}, {"pk": 4129288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t shepherd by ruling over those entrusted to your care, but become examples to the flock."}, {"pk": 4129289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "And when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive an unfading crown of glory."}, {"pk": 4129290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "In the same way, I urge you who are younger: accept the authority of the elders. And everyone, clothe yourselves with humility toward each other. God stands against the proud, but he gives favor to the humble."}, {"pk": 4129291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Therefore, humble yourselves under God\u2019s power so that he may raise you up in the last day."}, {"pk": 4129292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you."}, {"pk": 4129293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Be clearheaded. Keep alert. Your accuser, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."}, {"pk": 4129294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Resist him, standing firm in the faith. Do so in the knowledge that your fellow believers are enduring the same suffering throughout the world."}, {"pk": 4129295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, the one who called you into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself restore, empower, strengthen, and establish you."}, {"pk": 4129296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "To him be power forever and always. Amen."}, {"pk": 4129297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "I have written and sent these few lines to you by Silvanus. I consider him to be a faithful brother. In these lines I have urged and affirmed that this is the genuine grace of God. Stand firm in it."}, {"pk": 4129298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "The fellow-elect church in Babylon greets you, and so does my son Mark."}, {"pk": 4129299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 60, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Greet each other with the kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ."}, {"pk": 4129300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who received a faith equal to ours through the justice of our God and savior Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "May you have more and more grace and peace through the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord."}, {"pk": 4129302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "By his divine power the Lord has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of the one who called us by his own honor and glory."}, {"pk": 4129303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Through his honor and glory he has given us his precious and wonderful promises, that you may share the divine nature and escape from the world\u2019s immorality that sinful craving produces."}, {"pk": 4129304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "This is why you must make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge;"}, {"pk": 4129305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, endurance; and to endurance, godliness;"}, {"pk": 4129306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "and to godliness, affection for others; and to affection for others, love."}, {"pk": 4129307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "If all these are yours and they are growing in you, they\u2019ll keep you from becoming inactive and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever lacks these things is shortsighted and blind, forgetting that they were cleansed from their past sins."}, {"pk": 4129309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Therefore, brothers and sisters, be eager to confirm your call and election. Do this and you will never ever be lost."}, {"pk": 4129310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "In this way you will receive a rich welcome into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "So I\u2019ll keep reminding you about these things, although you already know them and stand secure in the truth you have."}, {"pk": 4129312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "I think it\u2019s right that I keep stirring up your memory, as long as I\u2019m alive."}, {"pk": 4129313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "After all, our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I am about to depart from this life."}, {"pk": 4129314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "I\u2019m eager for you always to remember these things after my death."}, {"pk": 4129315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "We didn\u2019t repeat crafty myths when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Quite the contrary, we witnessed his majesty with our own eyes."}, {"pk": 4129316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "He received honor and glory from God the Father when a voice came to him from the magnificent glory, saying, \u201cThis is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "We ourselves heard this voice from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain."}, {"pk": 4129318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "In addition, we have a most reliable prophetic word, and you would do well to pay attention to it, just as you would to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."}, {"pk": 4129319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Most important, you must know that no prophecy of scripture represents the prophet\u2019s own understanding of things,"}, {"pk": 4129320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "because no prophecy ever came by human will. Instead, men and women led by the Holy Spirit spoke from God."}, {"pk": 4129321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "But false prophets also arose among the people. In the same way, false teachers will come among you. They will introduce destructive opinions and deny the master who bought them, bringing quick destruction on themselves."}, {"pk": 4129322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Many will follow them in their unrestrained immorality, and because of these false teachers the way of truth will be slandered."}, {"pk": 4129323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "In their greed they will take advantage of you with lies. The judgment pronounced against them long ago hasn\u2019t fallen idle, nor is their destruction sleeping."}, {"pk": 4129324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "God didn\u2019t spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into the lowest level of the underworld and committed them to chains of darkness, keeping them there until the judgment."}, {"pk": 4129325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "And he didn\u2019t spare the ancient world when he brought a flood on the world of ungodly people, even though he protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others."}, {"pk": 4129326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to total destruction, reducing them to ashes as a warning to ungodly people."}, {"pk": 4129327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "And he rescued righteous Lot, who was made miserable by the unrestrained immorality of unruly people."}, {"pk": 4129328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> (While that righteous man lived among them he felt deep distress every day on account of the immoral actions he saw and heard.)"}, {"pk": 4129329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "These things show that the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and how to keep the unrighteous for punishment on the Judgment Day."}, {"pk": 4129330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "This is especially true for those who follow after the corrupt cravings of the sinful nature and defy the Lord\u2019s authority. <b>Evil character of the false teachers</b> </pb> These reckless, brash people aren\u2019t afraid to insult the glorious ones,"}, {"pk": 4129331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "yet angels, who are stronger and more powerful, don\u2019t use insults when pronouncing the Lord\u2019s judgment on them."}, {"pk": 4129332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "These false teachers are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They slander what they don\u2019t understand and, like animals, they will be destroyed."}, {"pk": 4129333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "In this way, they will receive payment for their wrongdoing. They even enjoy unruly parties in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, taking delight in their seductive pleasures while feasting with you."}, {"pk": 4129334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "They are always looking for someone with whom to commit adultery. They are always on the lookout for opportunities to sin. They ensnare people whose faith is weak. They have hearts trained in greed. They are under God\u2019s curse."}, {"pk": 4129335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Leaving the straight path, they have gone off course, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the payment of doing wrong."}, {"pk": 4129336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "But Balaam was rebuked for his wrongdoing. A donkey, which has no voice, spoke with a human voice and put a stop to the prophet\u2019s madness."}, {"pk": 4129337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "These false teachers are springs without water, mists driven by the wind. The underworld has been reserved for them."}, {"pk": 4129338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "With empty, self-important speech, they use sinful cravings and unrestrained immorality to ensnare people who have only just escaped life with those who have wandered from the truth."}, {"pk": 4129339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "These false teachers promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of immorality; whatever overpowers you, enslaves you."}, {"pk": 4129340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "If people escape the moral filth of this world through the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, then get tangled up in it again and are overcome by it, they are worse off than they were before."}, {"pk": 4129341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "It would be better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having come to know it, to turn back from the holy commandment entrusted to them."}, {"pk": 4129342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "They demonstrate the truth of the proverb: \u201cA dog returns to its own vomit, and a washed sow wallows in the mud.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "My dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both letters to stir up your sincere understanding with a reminder."}, {"pk": 4129344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "I want you to recall what the holy prophets foretold as well as what the Lord and savior commanded through your apostles."}, {"pk": 4129345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Most important, know this: in the last days scoffers will come, jeering, living by their own cravings,"}, {"pk": 4129346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "and saying, \u201cWhere is the promise of his coming? After all, nothing has changed \u2014 not since the beginning of creation, nor even since the ancestors died.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "But they fail to notice that, by God\u2019s word, heaven and earth were formed long ago out of water and by means of water."}, {"pk": 4129348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "And it was through these that the world of that time was flooded and destroyed."}, {"pk": 4129349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "But by the same word, heaven and earth are now held in reserve for fire, kept for the Judgment Day and destruction of ungodly people."}, {"pk": 4129350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t let it escape your notice, dear friends, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a single day."}, {"pk": 4129351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "The Lord isn\u2019t slow to keep his promise, as some think of slowness, but he is patient toward you, not wanting anyone to perish but all to change their hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4129352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will pass away with a dreadful noise, the elements will be consumed by fire, and the earth and all the works done on it will be exposed."}, {"pk": 4129353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be? You must live holy and godly lives,"}, {"pk": 4129354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "waiting for and hastening the coming day of God. Because of that day, the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt away in the flames."}, {"pk": 4129355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "But according to his promise we are waiting for a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness is at home."}, {"pk": 4129356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Therefore, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found by him in peace \u2014 pure and faultless."}, {"pk": 4129357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Consider the patience of our Lord to be salvation, just as our dear friend and brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him,"}, {"pk": 4129358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "speaking of these things in all his letters. Some of his remarks are hard to understand, and people who are ignorant and whose faith is weak twist them to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures."}, {"pk": 4129359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, dear friends, since you have been warned in advance, be on guard so that you aren\u2019t led off course into the error of sinful people, and lose your own safe position."}, {"pk": 4129360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 61, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Instead, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him belongs glory now and forever. Amen."}, {"pk": 4129361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "We announce to you what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have seen and our hands handled, about the word of life."}, {"pk": 4129362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "The life was revealed, and we have seen, and we testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us."}, {"pk": 4129363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "What we have seen and heard, we also announce it to you so that you can have fellowship with us. Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "We are writing these things so that our joy can be complete."}, {"pk": 4129365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "This is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you: \u201cGod is light and there is no darkness in him at all.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "If we claim, \u201cWe have fellowship with him,\u201d and live in the darkness, we are lying and do not act truthfully."}, {"pk": 4129367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "But if we live in the light in the same way as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin."}, {"pk": 4129368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "If we claim, \u201cWe don\u2019t have any sin,\u201d we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."}, {"pk": 4129369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from everything we\u2019ve done wrong."}, {"pk": 4129370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "If we claim, \u201cWe have never sinned,\u201d we make him a liar and his word is not in us."}, {"pk": 4129371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "My little children, I\u2019m writing these things to you so that you don\u2019t sin. But if you do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one."}, {"pk": 4129372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "He is God\u2019s way of dealing with our sins, not only ours but the sins of the whole world."}, {"pk": 4129373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments."}, {"pk": 4129374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The one who claims, \u201cI know him,\u201d while not keeping his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this person."}, {"pk": 4129375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "But the love of God is truly perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know we are in him."}, {"pk": 4129376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "The one who claims to remain in him ought to live in the same way as he lived."}, {"pk": 4129377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Dear friends, I\u2019m not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you heard."}, {"pk": 4129378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines."}, {"pk": 4129379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The one who claims to be in the light while hating a brother or sister is in the darkness even now."}, {"pk": 4129380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The person loving a brother and sister stays in the light, and there is nothing in the light that causes a person to stumble."}, {"pk": 4129381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "But the person who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and lives in the darkness, and doesn\u2019t know where to go because the darkness blinds the eyes."}, {"pk": 4129382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Little children, I\u2019m writing to you because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus\u2019 name."}, {"pk": 4129383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Parents, I\u2019m writing to you because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. Young people, I\u2019m writing to you because you have conquered the evil one."}, {"pk": 4129384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Little children, I write to you because you know the Father. Parents, I write to you because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. Young people, I write to you because you are strong, the word of God remains in you, and you have conquered the evil one."}, {"pk": 4129385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them."}, {"pk": 4129386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Everything that is in the world \u2014 the craving for whatever the body feels, the craving for whatever the eyes see and the arrogant pride in one\u2019s possessions \u2014 is not of the Father but is of the world."}, {"pk": 4129387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "And the world and its cravings are passing away, but the person who does the will of God remains forever."}, {"pk": 4129388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Little children, it is the last hour. Just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour."}, {"pk": 4129389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "They went out from us, but they were not really part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But by going out from us, they showed they all are not part of us."}, {"pk": 4129390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "But you have an anointing from the holy one, and all of you know the truth."}, {"pk": 4129391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "I don\u2019t write to you because you don\u2019t know the truth but because you know it. You know that no lie comes from the truth."}, {"pk": 4129392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Who is the liar? Isn\u2019t it the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This person is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son."}, {"pk": 4129393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father, but the one who confesses the Son has the Father also."}, {"pk": 4129394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "As for you, what you heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also remain in relationship to the Son and in the Father."}, {"pk": 4129395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "This is the promise that he himself gave us: eternal life."}, {"pk": 4129396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "I write these things to you about those who are attempting to deceive you."}, {"pk": 4129397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "As for you, the anointing that you received from him remains on you, and you don\u2019t need anyone to teach you the truth. But since his anointing teaches you about all things (it\u2019s true and not a lie), remain in relationship to him just as he taught you."}, {"pk": 4129398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "And now, little children, remain in relationship to Jesus, so that when he appears we can have confidence and not be ashamed in front of him when he comes."}, {"pk": 4129399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "If you know that he is righteous, you also know that every person who practices righteousness is born from him."}, {"pk": 4129400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "See what kind of love the Father has given to us in that we should be called God\u2019s children, and that is what we are! Because the world didn\u2019t recognize him, it doesn\u2019t recognize us."}, {"pk": 4129401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Dear friends, now we are God\u2019s children, and it hasn\u2019t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when he appears we will be like him because we\u2019ll see him as he is."}, {"pk": 4129402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself even as he is pure."}, {"pk": 4129403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Every person who practices sin commits an act of rebellion, and sin is rebellion."}, {"pk": 4129404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "You know that he appeared to take away sins, and there is no sin in him."}, {"pk": 4129405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Every person who remains in relationship to him does not sin. Any person who sins has not seen him or known him."}, {"pk": 4129406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Little children, make sure no one deceives you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, in the same way that Jesus is righteous."}, {"pk": 4129407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "The person who practices sin belongs to the devil, because the devil has been sinning since the beginning. God\u2019s Son appeared for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil."}, {"pk": 4129408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Those born from God don\u2019t practice sin because God\u2019s DNA <sup>[1]</sup> remains in them. They can\u2019t sin because they are born from God.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>genetic character</i>"}, {"pk": 4129409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "This is how God\u2019s children and the devil\u2019s children are apparent: everyone who doesn\u2019t practice righteousness is not from God, including the person who doesn\u2019t love a brother or sister."}, {"pk": 4129410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "This is the message that you heard from the beginning: love each other."}, {"pk": 4129411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t behave like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he kill him? He killed him because his own works were evil, but the works of his brother were righteous."}, {"pk": 4129412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you."}, {"pk": 4129413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "We know that we have transferred from death to life, because we love the brothers and sisters. The person who does not love remains in death."}, {"pk": 4129414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him."}, {"pk": 4129415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters."}, {"pk": 4129416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "But if a person has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need and that person doesn\u2019t care \u2014 how can the love of God remain in him?"}, {"pk": 4129417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Little children, let\u2019s not love with words or speech but with action and truth."}, {"pk": 4129418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts in God\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4129419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things."}, {"pk": 4129420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Dear friends, if our hearts don\u2019t condemn us, we have confidence in relationship to God."}, {"pk": 4129421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "We receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him."}, {"pk": 4129422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "This is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other as he commanded us."}, {"pk": 4129423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "The person who keeps his commandments remains in God and God remains in him; and this is how we know that he remains in us, because of the Spirit that he has given to us."}, {"pk": 4129424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Dear friends, don\u2019t believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see if they are from God because many false prophets have gone into the world."}, {"pk": 4129425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "This is how you know if a spirit comes from God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come as a human <sup>[1]</sup> is from God,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>come in the flesh</i>"}, {"pk": 4129426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "and every spirit that doesn\u2019t confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is now already in the world."}, {"pk": 4129427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "You are from God, little children, and you have defeated these people because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."}, {"pk": 4129428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "They are from the world. So they speak from the world\u2019s point of view and the world listens to them."}, {"pk": 4129429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "We are from God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever is not from God doesn\u2019t listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error."}, {"pk": 4129430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Dear friends, let\u2019s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God."}, {"pk": 4129431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "The person who doesn\u2019t love does not know God, because God is love."}, {"pk": 4129432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "This is how the love of God is revealed to us: God has sent his only Son into the world so that we can live through him."}, {"pk": 4129433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "This is love: it is not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as the sacrifice that deals with our sins."}, {"pk": 4129434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Dear friends, if God loved us this way, we also ought to love each other."}, {"pk": 4129435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God remains in us and his love is made perfect in us."}, {"pk": 4129436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "This is how we know we remain in him and he remains in us, because he has given us a measure of his Spirit."}, {"pk": 4129437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the savior of the world."}, {"pk": 4129438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "If any of us confess that Jesus is God\u2019s Son, God remains in us and we remain in God."}, {"pk": 4129439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "We have known and have believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them."}, {"pk": 4129440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "This is how love has been perfected in us, so that we can have confidence on the Judgment Day, because we are exactly the same as God is in this world."}, {"pk": 4129441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear expects punishment. The person who is afraid has not been made perfect in love."}, {"pk": 4129442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "We love because God first loved us."}, {"pk": 4129443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "If anyone says, I love God, and hates a brother or sister, he is a liar, because the person who doesn\u2019t love a brother or sister who can be seen can\u2019t love God, who can\u2019t be seen."}, {"pk": 4129444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "This commandment we have from him: Those who claim to love God ought to love their brother and sister also."}, {"pk": 4129445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born from God. Whoever loves someone who is a parent loves the child born to the parent."}, {"pk": 4129446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "This is how we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep God\u2019s commandments."}, {"pk": 4129447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "This is the love of God: we keep God\u2019s commandments. God\u2019s commandments are not difficult,"}, {"pk": 4129448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "because everyone who is born from God defeats the world. And this is the victory that has defeated the world: our faith."}, {"pk": 4129449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Who defeats the world? Isn\u2019t it the one who believes that Jesus is God\u2019s Son?"}, {"pk": 4129450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "This is the one who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth."}, {"pk": 4129451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "The three are testifying \u2014"}, {"pk": 4129452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "the Spirit, the water, and the blood \u2014 and the three are united in agreement."}, {"pk": 4129453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "If we receive human testimony, God\u2019s testimony is greater, because this is what God testified: he has testified about his Son."}, {"pk": 4129454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who believes in God\u2019s Son has the testimony within; the one who doesn\u2019t believe God has made God a liar, because that one has not believed the testimony that God gave about his Son."}, {"pk": 4129455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "And this is the testimony: God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son."}, {"pk": 4129456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "The one who has the Son has life. The one who doesn\u2019t have God\u2019s Son does not have life."}, {"pk": 4129457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "I write these things to you who believe in the name of God\u2019s Son so that you can know that you have eternal life."}, {"pk": 4129458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us."}, {"pk": 4129459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "If we know that he listens to whatever we ask, we know that we have received what we asked from him."}, {"pk": 4129460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not result in death, they should pray, and God will give life to them \u2014 that is, to those who commit sins that don\u2019t result in death. There is a sin that results in death \u2014 I\u2019m not saying that you should pray about that."}, {"pk": 4129461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Every unrighteous action is sin, but there is a sin that does not result in death."}, {"pk": 4129462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "We know that everyone born from God does not sin, but the ones born from God guard themselves, <sup>[1]</sup> and the evil one cannot touch them.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>but the one who is born from God guards him from sin</i>"}, {"pk": 4129463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "We know we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one."}, {"pk": 4129464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "We know that God\u2019s Son has come and has given us understanding to know the one who is true. We are in the one who is true by being in his Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."}, {"pk": 4129465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 62, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Little children, guard yourselves from idols!"}, {"pk": 4129466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From the elder. To the chosen gentlewoman and her children, whom I truly love (and I am not the only one, but also all who know the truth),"}, {"pk": 4129467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "because of the truth that remains with us and will be with us forever."}, {"pk": 4129468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be ours who live in truth and love."}, {"pk": 4129469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I was overjoyed to find some of your children living in the truth, just as we had been commanded by the Father."}, {"pk": 4129470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Now, dear friends, I am requesting that we love each other. It\u2019s not as though I\u2019m writing a new command to you, but it\u2019s one we have had from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4129471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "This is love: that we live according to his commands. This is the command that you heard from the beginning: live in love."}, {"pk": 4129472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Many deceivers have gone into the world who do not confess that Jesus Christ came as a human being. This kind of person is the deceiver and the antichrist."}, {"pk": 4129473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Watch yourselves so that you don\u2019t lose what we\u2019ve worked for but instead receive a full reward."}, {"pk": 4129474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Anyone who goes too far and does not continue in the teaching about Christ does not have God. Whoever continues in this teaching has both the Father and the Son."}, {"pk": 4129475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Whoever comes to you who does not affirm this teaching should neither be received nor welcomed into your home,"}, {"pk": 4129476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "because welcoming people like that is the same thing as sharing in their evil actions."}, {"pk": 4129477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I have a lot to tell you. I don\u2019t want to use paper and ink, but I hope to visit you and talk with you face-to-face, so that our joy can be complete."}, {"pk": 4129478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 63, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Your chosen sister\u2019s children greet you."}, {"pk": 4129479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "From the elder. To my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love."}, {"pk": 4129480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Dear friend, I\u2019m praying that all is well with you and that you enjoy good health in the same way that you prosper spiritually."}, {"pk": 4129481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "I was overjoyed when the brothers and sisters arrived and spoke highly of your faithfulness to the truth, shown by how you live according to the truth."}, {"pk": 4129482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth."}, {"pk": 4129483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Dear friend, you act faithfully in whatever you do for our brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers."}, {"pk": 4129484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "They spoke highly of your love in front of the church. You all would do well to provide for their journey in a way that honors God,"}, {"pk": 4129485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "because they left on their journey for the sake of Jesus Christ without accepting any support from the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4129486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, we ought to help people like this so that we can be coworkers with the truth."}, {"pk": 4129487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, doesn\u2019t welcome us."}, {"pk": 4129488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Because of this, if I come, I will bring up what he has done \u2014 making unjustified and wicked accusations against us. And as if that were not enough, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers and sisters but stops those who want to do so and even throws them out of the church!"}, {"pk": 4129489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Dear friend, don\u2019t imitate what is bad but what is good. Whoever practices what is good belongs to God. Whoever practices what is bad has not seen God."}, {"pk": 4129490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Everyone speaks highly of Demetrius, even the truth itself. We also speak highly of him, and you know that what we say is true."}, {"pk": 4129491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "I have a lot to say to you, but I don\u2019t want to use pen and ink."}, {"pk": 4129492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face-to-face."}, {"pk": 4129493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 64, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Peace be with you. Your friends here greet you. Greet our friends there by name."}, {"pk": 4129494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James. To those who are called, loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "May you have more and more mercy, peace, and love."}, {"pk": 4129496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Dear friends, I wanted very much to write to you concerning the salvation we share. Instead, I must write to urge you to fight for the faith delivered once and for all to God\u2019s holy people."}, {"pk": 4129497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Godless people have slipped in among you. They turn the grace of our God into unrestrained immorality and deny our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Judgment was passed against them a long time ago."}, {"pk": 4129498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "I want to remind you of something you already know very well. The Lord, who once saved a people out of Egypt, later destroyed those who didn\u2019t maintain their faith."}, {"pk": 4129499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "I remind you too of the angels who didn\u2019t keep their position of authority but deserted their own home. The Lord has kept them in eternal chains in the underworld until the judgment of the great day."}, {"pk": 4129500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and neighboring towns practiced immoral sexual relations and pursued other sexual urges. By undergoing the punishment of eternal fire, they serve as a warning."}, {"pk": 4129501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Yet, even knowing this, these dreamers in the same way pollute themselves, reject authority, and slander the angels."}, {"pk": 4129502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "The archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil about Moses\u2019 body, did not dare charge him with slander. Instead, he said, \u201cThe Lord rebuke you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "But these people slander whatever they don\u2019t understand. They are destroyed by what they know instinctively, as though they were irrational animals."}, {"pk": 4129504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They are damned, for they follow in the footsteps of Cain. For profit they give themselves over to Balaam\u2019s error. They are destroyed in the uprising of Korah."}, {"pk": 4129505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "These people are like jagged rocks just below the surface of the water waiting to snag you when they join your love feasts. They feast with you without reverence. They care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; fruitless autumn trees, twice dead, uprooted;"}, {"pk": 4129506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom the darkness of the underworld is reserved forever."}, {"pk": 4129507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Enoch, who lived seven generations after Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, \u201cSee, the Lord comes with his countless holy ones,"}, {"pk": 4129508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "to execute judgment on everyone and to convict everyone about every ungodly deed they have committed in their ungodliness as well as all the harsh things that sinful ungodly people have said against him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "These are faultfinding grumblers, living according to their own desires. They speak arrogant words and they show partiality to people when they want a favor in return."}, {"pk": 4129510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "But you, dear friends, remember the words spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ."}, {"pk": 4129511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "They said to you, \u201cIn the end time scoffers will come living according to their own ungodly desires.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "These people create divisions. Since they don\u2019t have the Spirit, they are worldly."}, {"pk": 4129513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "But you, dear friends: build each other up on the foundation of your most holy faith, pray in the Holy Spirit,"}, {"pk": 4129514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "keep each other in the love of God, wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will give you eternal life."}, {"pk": 4129515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Have mercy on those who doubt."}, {"pk": 4129516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Save some by snatching them from the fire. Fearing God, have mercy on some, hating even the clothing contaminated by their sinful urges."}, {"pk": 4129517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "To the one who is able to protect you from falling, <br>and to present you blameless and rejoicing before his glorious presence,<br>"}, {"pk": 4129518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 65, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "to the only God our savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, <br>belong glory, majesty, power, and authority, <br>before all time, now and forever. Amen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "A revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. Christ made it known by sending it through his angel to his servant John,"}, {"pk": 4129520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "who bore witness to the word of God and to the witness of Jesus Christ, including all that John saw."}, {"pk": 4129521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Favored is the one who reads the words of this prophecy out loud, and favored are those who listen to it being read, and keep what is written in it, for the time is near."}, {"pk": 4129522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "John, to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace and peace to you from the one who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before God\u2019s throne, <br>"}, {"pk": 4129523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "and from Jesus Christ \u2014 the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, <br>"}, {"pk": 4129524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "who made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father \u2014 to him be glory and power forever and always. Amen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Look, he is coming with the clouds! Every eye will see him, including those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. This is so. Amen."}, {"pk": 4129526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cI am the Alpha and the Omega,\u201d says the Lord God, \u201cthe one who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "I, John, your brother who shares with you in the hardship, kingdom, and endurance that we have in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and my witness about Jesus."}, {"pk": 4129528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "I was in a Spirit-inspired trance on the Lord\u2019s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet."}, {"pk": 4129529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "It said, \u201cWrite down on a scroll whatever you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I turned to see who was speaking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven oil lamps burning on top of seven gold stands."}, {"pk": 4129531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "In the middle of the lampstands I saw someone who looked like the Human One. <sup>[1]</sup> He wore a robe that stretched down to his feet, and he had a gold sash around his chest.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4129532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "His head and hair were white as white wool \u2014 like snow \u2014 and his eyes were like a fiery flame."}, {"pk": 4129533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "His feet were like fine brass that has been purified in a furnace, and his voice sounded like rushing water."}, {"pk": 4129534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "He held seven stars in his right hand, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining with all its power."}, {"pk": 4129535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he put his right hand on me and said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. I\u2019m the first and the last,"}, {"pk": 4129536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "and the living one. I was dead, but look! Now I\u2019m alive forever and always. I have the keys of Death and the Grave."}, {"pk": 4129537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "So write down what you have seen, both the scene now before you and the things that are about to unfold after this."}, {"pk": 4129538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands, here is what they mean: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches."}, {"pk": 4129539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Ephesus: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven gold lampstands:"}, {"pk": 4129540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "I know your works, your labor, and your endurance. I also know that you don\u2019t put up with those who are evil. You have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars."}, {"pk": 4129541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "You have shown endurance and put up with a lot for my name\u2019s sake, and you haven\u2019t gotten tired."}, {"pk": 4129542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "But I have this against you: you have let go of the love you had at first."}, {"pk": 4129543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "So remember the high point from which you have fallen. Change your hearts and lives and do the things you did at first. If you don\u2019t, I\u2019m coming to you. I will move your lampstand from its place if you don\u2019t change your hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4129544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "But you have this in your favor: you hate what the Nicolaitans are doing, which I also hate."}, {"pk": 4129545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. I will allow those who emerge victorious to eat from the tree of life, which is in God\u2019s paradise."}, {"pk": 4129546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: These are the words of the one who is the first and the last, who died and came back to life:"}, {"pk": 4129547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "I know your hardship and poverty (though you are actually rich). I also know the hurtful things that have been spoken about you by those who say they are Jews (though they are not, but are really Satan\u2019s synagogue)."}, {"pk": 4129548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison in order to test you. You will suffer hardship for ten days. Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life."}, {"pk": 4129549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Those who emerge victorious won\u2019t be hurt by the second death."}, {"pk": 4129550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Pergamum: These are the words of the one who has the sharp, two-edged sword:"}, {"pk": 4129551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "I know that you are living right where Satan\u2019s throne is. You are holding on to my name, and you didn\u2019t break faith with me even at the time that Antipas, my faithful witness, was killed among you, where Satan lives."}, {"pk": 4129552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who follow Balaam\u2019s teaching. Balaam had taught Balak to trip up the Israelites so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality."}, {"pk": 4129553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "In the same way, you have some who follow the Nicolaitans\u2019 teaching."}, {"pk": 4129554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "So change your hearts and lives. If you don\u2019t, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war on them with the sword that comes from my mouth."}, {"pk": 4129555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. I will give those who emerge victorious some of the hidden manna to eat. I will also give to each of them a white stone with a new name written on it, which no one knows except the one who receives it."}, {"pk": 4129556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Thyatira: These are the words of God\u2019s Son, whose eyes are like a fiery flame, and whose feet are like fine brass."}, {"pk": 4129557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "I know your works, your love and faithfulness, your service and endurance. I also know that the works you have done most recently are even greater than those you did at first."}, {"pk": 4129558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "But I have this against you: you put up with that woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. You allow her to teach and to mislead my servants into committing sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols."}, {"pk": 4129559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "I gave her time to change her heart and life, but she refuses to change her life of prostitution."}, {"pk": 4129560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Look! I\u2019m throwing her onto a sickbed. I am casting those who have committed adultery with her into terrible hardship \u2014 if they don\u2019t change their hearts from following her practices \u2014"}, {"pk": 4129561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "and I will even put her children to death with disease. Then all the churches will know that I\u2019m the one who examines minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your actions deserve."}, {"pk": 4129562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "As for the rest of you in Thyatira \u2014 those of you who don\u2019t follow this teaching and haven\u2019t learned the so-called \u201cdeep secrets\u201d of Satan \u2014 I won\u2019t burden you with anything else."}, {"pk": 4129563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Just hold on to what you have until I come."}, {"pk": 4129564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "To those who emerge victorious, keeping my practices until the end, I will give authority over the nations \u2014"}, {"pk": 4129565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "to rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like pottery \u2014"}, {"pk": 4129566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "just as I received authority from my Father. I will also give them the morning star."}, {"pk": 4129567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."}, {"pk": 4129568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Sardis: These are the words of the one who holds God\u2019s seven spirits and the seven stars: I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, and you are in fact dead."}, {"pk": 4129569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Wake up and strengthen whatever you have left, teetering on the brink of death, for I\u2019ve found that your works are far from complete in the eyes of my God."}, {"pk": 4129570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "So remember what you received and heard. Hold on to it and change your hearts and lives. If you don\u2019t wake up, I will come like a thief, and you won\u2019t know what time I will come upon you."}, {"pk": 4129571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "But you do have a few people in Sardis who haven\u2019t stained their clothing. They will walk with me clothed in white because they are worthy."}, {"pk": 4129572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who emerge victorious will wear white clothing like this. I won\u2019t scratch out their names from the scroll of life, but will declare their names in the presence of my Father and his angels."}, {"pk": 4129573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."}, {"pk": 4129574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: These are the words of the one who is holy and true, who has the key of David. Whatever he opens, no one will shut; and whatever he shuts, no one opens."}, {"pk": 4129575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "I know your works. Look! I have set in front of you an open door that no one can shut. You have so little power, and yet you have kept my word and haven\u2019t denied my name."}, {"pk": 4129576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Because of this I will make the people from Satan\u2019s synagogue (who say they are Jews and really aren\u2019t, but are lying) \u2014 I will make them come and bow down at your feet and realize that I have loved you."}, {"pk": 4129577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Because you kept my command to endure, I will keep you safe through the time of testing that is about to come over the whole world, to test those who live on earth."}, {"pk": 4129578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "I\u2019m coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your crown."}, {"pk": 4129579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "As for those who emerge victorious, I will make them pillars in the temple of my God, and they will never leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God. I will also write on them my own new name."}, {"pk": 4129580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."}, {"pk": 4129581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cWrite this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler <sup>[1]</sup> of God\u2019s creation.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>beginning</i>"}, {"pk": 4129582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot."}, {"pk": 4129583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I\u2019m about to spit you out of my mouth."}, {"pk": 4129584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "After all, you say, \u2018I\u2019m rich, and I\u2019ve grown wealthy, and I don\u2019t need a thing.\u2019 You don\u2019t realize that you are miserable, pathetic, poor, blind, and naked."}, {"pk": 4129585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "My advice is that you buy gold from me that has been purified by fire so that you may be rich, and white clothing to wear so that your nakedness won\u2019t be shamefully exposed, and ointment to put on your eyes so that you may see."}, {"pk": 4129586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "I correct and discipline those whom I love. So be earnest and change your hearts and lives."}, {"pk": 4129587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Look! I\u2019m standing at the door and knocking. If any hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to be with them, and will have dinner with them, and they will have dinner with me."}, {"pk": 4129588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "As for those who emerge victorious, I will allow them to sit with me on my throne, just as I emerged victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne."}, {"pk": 4129589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "After this I looked and there was a door that had been opened in heaven. The first voice that I had heard, which sounded like a trumpet, said to me, \u201cCome up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "At once I was in a Spirit-inspired trance and I saw a throne in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne."}, {"pk": 4129592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "The one seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and surrounding the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald."}, {"pk": 4129593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Twenty-four thrones, with twenty-four elders seated upon them, surrounded the throne. The elders were dressed in white clothing and had gold crowns on their heads."}, {"pk": 4129594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "From the throne came lightning, voices, and thunder. In front of the throne were seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God."}, {"pk": 4129595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Something like a glass sea, like crystal, was in front of the throne. In the center, by the throne, were four living creatures encircling the throne. These creatures were covered with eyes on the front and on the back."}, {"pk": 4129596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like an ox. The third living creature had a face like a human being. And the fourth living creature was like an eagle in flight."}, {"pk": 4129597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Each of the four living creatures had six wings, and each was covered all around and on the inside with eyes. They never rest day or night, but keep on saying, \u201cHoly, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, <br>who was and is and is coming.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, who lives forever and always,"}, {"pk": 4129599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "the twenty-four elders fall before the one seated on the throne. They worship the one who lives forever and always. They throw down their crowns before the throne and say,"}, {"pk": 4129600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cYou are worthy, our Lord and God, <br>to receive glory and honor and power, <br>because you created all things. <br>It is by your will that they existed and were created.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one seated on the throne. It had writing on the front and the back, and it was sealed with seven seals."}, {"pk": 4129602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "I saw a powerful angel, who proclaimed in a loud voice, \u201cWho is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it."}, {"pk": 4129604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "So I began to weep and weep, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look inside it."}, {"pk": 4129605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Then one of the elders said to me, \u201cDon\u2019t weep. Look! The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has emerged victorious so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Then, in between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb, standing as if it had been slain. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are God\u2019s seven spirits, sent out into the whole earth."}, {"pk": 4129607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "He came forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne."}, {"pk": 4129608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each held a harp and gold bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."}, {"pk": 4129609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "They took up a new song, saying, \u201cYou are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, <br>because you were slain, <br>and by your blood you purchased for God <br>persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, <br>and they will rule on earth.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Then I looked, and I heard the sound of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. They numbered in the millions \u2014 thousands upon thousands."}, {"pk": 4129612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "They said in a loud voice, \u201cWorthy is the slaughtered Lamb <br>to receive power, wealth, wisdom, and might, <br>and honor, glory, and blessing.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea \u2014 I heard everything everywhere say, \u201cBlessing, honor, glory, and power belong <br>to the one seated on the throne <br>and to the Lamb <br>forever and always.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Then the four living creatures said, \u201cAmen,\u201d and the elders fell down and worshipped."}, {"pk": 4129615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I looked on as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, \u201cCome!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "So I looked, and there was a white horse. Its rider held a bow and was given a crown. And he went forth from victory to victory."}, {"pk": 4129617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, \u201cCome!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Out came another horse, fiery red. Its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth so that people would kill each other. He was given a large sword."}, {"pk": 4129619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, \u201cCome!\u201d So I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider held a balance for weighing in his hand."}, {"pk": 4129620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures. It said, \u201cA quart of wheat for a denarion, <sup>[1]</sup> and three quarts of barley for a denarion, but don\u2019t damage the olive oil and the wine.\u201d", "comment": "[1] A denarion was a day\u2019s pay for a laborer."}, {"pk": 4129621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, \u201cCome!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "So I looked, and there was a pale green horse. Its rider\u2019s name was Death, and the Grave was following right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, famine, disease, and the wild animals of the earth."}, {"pk": 4129623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar those who had been slaughtered on account of the word of God and the witness they had given."}, {"pk": 4129624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "They cried out with a loud voice, \u201cHoly and true Master, how long will you wait before you pass judgment? How long before you require justice for our blood, which was shed by those who live on earth?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little longer, until their fellow servants and brothers and sisters \u2014 who were about to be killed as they were \u2014 were finished."}, {"pk": 4129626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "I looked on as he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as funeral clothing, and the entire moon turned red as blood."}, {"pk": 4129627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "The stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its fruit when shaken by a strong wind."}, {"pk": 4129628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "The sky disappeared like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place."}, {"pk": 4129629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the kings of the earth, the officials and the generals, the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in caves and in the rocks of the mountains."}, {"pk": 4129630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "They called to the mountains and the rocks, \u201cFall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the Lamb\u2019s wrath!"}, {"pk": 4129631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. They held back the earth\u2019s four winds so that no wind would blow against the earth, the sea, or any tree."}, {"pk": 4129633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "I saw another angel coming up from the east, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given the power to damage the earth and sea."}, {"pk": 4129634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "He said, \u201cDon\u2019t damage the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of those who serve our God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:"}, {"pk": 4129636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed; from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand; <br>"}, {"pk": 4129637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand; <br>"}, {"pk": 4129638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand; <br>"}, {"pk": 4129639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "After this I looked, and there was a great crowd that no one could number. They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and held palm branches in their hands."}, {"pk": 4129641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "They cried out with a loud voice: \u201cVictory belongs to our God <br>who sits on the throne, <br>and to the Lamb.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "All the angels stood in a circle around the throne, and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell facedown before the throne and worshipped God,"}, {"pk": 4129643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "saying, \u201cAmen! Blessing and glory <br>and wisdom and thanksgiving <br>and honor and power and might <br>be to our God forever and always. Amen.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Then one of the elders said to me, \u201cWho are these people wearing white robes, and where did they come from?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "I said to him, \u201cSir, you know.\u201d Then he said to me, \u201cThese people have come out of great hardship. They have washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb\u2019s blood."}, {"pk": 4129646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "This is the reason they are before God\u2019s throne. They worship him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them."}, {"pk": 4129647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "They won\u2019t hunger or thirst anymore. No sun or scorching heat will beat down on them,"}, {"pk": 4129648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to the springs of life-giving water, <sup>[1]</sup> and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the water of life</i>"}, {"pk": 4129649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Then, when the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour."}, {"pk": 4129650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them."}, {"pk": 4129651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Another angel came and stood at the altar, and he held a gold bowl for burning incense. He was given a large amount of incense, in order to offer it on behalf of the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar in front of the throne."}, {"pk": 4129652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The smoke of the incense offered for the prayers of the saints rose up before God from the angel\u2019s hand."}, {"pk": 4129653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the angel took the incense container and filled it with fire from the altar. He threw it down to the earth, and there were thunder, voices, lightning, and an earthquake."}, {"pk": 4129654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the seven angels who held the seven trumpets got ready to blow them."}, {"pk": 4129655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood appeared, and was thrown down to the earth. A third of the earth was burned up. A third of the trees were burned up. All the green grass was burned up."}, {"pk": 4129656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown down into the sea. A third of the sea became blood,"}, {"pk": 4129657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed."}, {"pk": 4129658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, burning like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water."}, {"pk": 4129659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "The star\u2019s name is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it became so bitter."}, {"pk": 4129660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars so that a third of them became dark. The day lost a third of its light, and the night lost a third of its light too."}, {"pk": 4129661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Then I looked and I heard an eagle flying high overhead. It said with a loud voice, \u201cHorror, horror, oh! The horror for those who live on earth because of the blasts of the remaining trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss."}, {"pk": 4129663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "He opened the shaft of the abyss; and smoke rose up from the shaft, like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft."}, {"pk": 4129664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Then locusts came forth from the smoke and onto the earth. They were given power like the power that scorpions have on the earth."}, {"pk": 4129665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree. They could only hurt the people who didn\u2019t have the seal of God on their foreheads."}, {"pk": 4129666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "The locusts weren\u2019t allowed to kill them, but only to make them suffer for five months \u2014 and the suffering they inflict is like that of a scorpion when it strikes a person."}, {"pk": 4129667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "In those days people will seek death, but they won\u2019t find it. They will want to die, but death will run away from them."}, {"pk": 4129668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "The locusts looked like horses ready for battle. On their heads were what seemed to be gold crowns. Their faces were like human faces,"}, {"pk": 4129669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "their hair was like women\u2019s hair, and their teeth were like lions\u2019 teeth."}, {"pk": 4129670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "In front they had what seemed to be iron armor upon their chests, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses racing into battle."}, {"pk": 4129671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "They also have tails with stingers, just like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months."}, {"pk": 4129672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Their king is an angel from the abyss, whose Hebrew name is Abaddon, <sup>[1]</sup> and whose Greek name is Apollyon. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Destruction<br>[2] Destroyer"}, {"pk": 4129673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "The first horror has passed. Look! Two horrors are still coming after this."}, {"pk": 4129674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar that is before God."}, {"pk": 4129675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "It said to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet, \u201cRelease the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the four angels who had been made ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of humankind."}, {"pk": 4129677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The number of cavalry troops was two hundred million. I heard their number."}, {"pk": 4129678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "And this is the way I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: they had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The horses\u2019 heads were like lions\u2019 heads, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur."}, {"pk": 4129679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "By these three plagues a third of humankind was killed: by the fire, smoke, and sulfur coming out of their mouths."}, {"pk": 4129680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "The horses\u2019 power is in their mouths and their tails, for their tails are like snakes with heads that inflict injuries."}, {"pk": 4129681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "The rest of humankind, who weren\u2019t killed by these plagues, didn\u2019t change their hearts and lives and turn from their handiwork. They didn\u2019t stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood \u2014 idols that can\u2019t see or hear or walk."}, {"pk": 4129682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "They didn\u2019t turn away from their murders, their spells and drugs, their sexual immorality, or their stealing."}, {"pk": 4129683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven. He was robed with a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet were like fiery pillars."}, {"pk": 4129684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "He held an open scroll in his hand. He put his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land."}, {"pk": 4129685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "He called out with a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he called out, the seven thunders raised their voices."}, {"pk": 4129686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, \u201cSeal up what the seven thunders have said, and don\u2019t write it down.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven."}, {"pk": 4129688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "He swore by the one who lives forever and always, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, and said, \u201cThe time is up."}, {"pk": 4129689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "In the days when the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God\u2019s mysterious purpose will be accomplished, fulfilling the good news he gave to his servants the prophets.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the voice I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, \u201cGo, take the opened scroll from the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "So I went to the angel and told him to give me the scroll. He said to me, \u201cTake it and eat it. It will make you sick to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "So I took the scroll from the angel\u2019s hand and ate it. And it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I swallowed it, it made my stomach churn."}, {"pk": 4129693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "I was told, \u201cYou must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I was given a measuring rod, which was like a pole. And I was told, \u201cGet up and measure God\u2019s temple, the altar, and those who worship there."}, {"pk": 4129695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "But don\u2019t measure the court outside the temple. Leave that out, because it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city underfoot for forty-two months."}, {"pk": 4129696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cAnd I will allow my two witnesses to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing mourning clothes."}, {"pk": 4129697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth."}, {"pk": 4129698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "If anyone wants to hurt them, fire comes out of their mouth and burns up their enemies. So if anyone wants to hurt them, they have to be killed in this way."}, {"pk": 4129699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "They have the power to close up the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. They also have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with any plague, as often as they wish."}, {"pk": 4129700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cWhen they have finished their witnessing, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them, gain victory over them, and kill them."}, {"pk": 4129701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Their dead bodies will lie on the street of the great city that is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified."}, {"pk": 4129702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "And for three and a half days, members of the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead bodies, but they won\u2019t let their dead bodies be put in a tomb."}, {"pk": 4129703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who live on earth will rejoice over them. They will celebrate and give each other gifts, because these two prophets had brought such pain to those who live on earth."}, {"pk": 4129704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cBut after three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear came over those who saw them."}, {"pk": 4129705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Then they heard a loud voice from heaven say to them, \u2018Come up here.\u2019 And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them."}, {"pk": 4129706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "At that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "The second horror is over. The third horror is coming soon."}, {"pk": 4129708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, \u201cThe kingdom of the world has become <br>the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, <br>and he will rule forever and always.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Then the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshipped God."}, {"pk": 4129710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "They said, \u201cWe give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, <br>who is and was, <br>for you have taken your great power and enforced your rule.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "The nations were enraged, but your wrath came. <br>The time came for the dead to be judged. <br>The time came to reward your servants, the prophets and saints, <br>and those who fear your name, both small and great, <br>and to destroy those who destroy the earth.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Then God\u2019s temple in heaven was opened, and the chest containing his covenant appeared in his temple. There were lightning, voices, thunder, an earthquake, and large hail."}, {"pk": 4129713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head."}, {"pk": 4129714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "She was pregnant, and she cried out because she was in labor, in pain from giving birth."}, {"pk": 4129715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Then another sign appeared in heaven: it was a great fiery red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads."}, {"pk": 4129716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "His tail swept down a third of heaven\u2019s stars and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that when she gave birth, he might devour her child."}, {"pk": 4129717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "She gave birth to a son, a male child who is to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was snatched up to God and his throne."}, {"pk": 4129718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Then the woman fled into the desert, where God has prepared a place for her. There she will be taken care of for one thousand two hundred sixty days."}, {"pk": 4129719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Then there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back,"}, {"pk": 4129720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "but they did not prevail, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven."}, {"pk": 4129721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "So the great dragon was thrown down. The old snake, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to the earth; and his angels were thrown down with him."}, {"pk": 4129722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, \u201cNow the salvation and power and kingdom of our God, <br>and the authority of his Christ have come. <br>The accuser of our brothers and sisters, <br>who accuses them day and night before our God, <br>has been thrown down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "They gained the victory over him on account of the blood of the Lamb <br>and the word of their witness. <br>Love for their own lives didn\u2019t make them afraid to die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them. <br>But oh! The horror for the earth and sea! <br>The devil has come down to you with great rage, <br>for he knows that he only has a short time.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he chased the woman who had given birth to the male child."}, {"pk": 4129726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she could fly to her place in the desert. There she would be taken care of \u2014 out of the snake\u2019s reach \u2014 for a time and times and half a time."}, {"pk": 4129727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Then from his mouth the snake poured a river of water after the woman so that the river would sweep her away."}, {"pk": 4129728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon poured out of his mouth."}, {"pk": 4129729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "So the dragon was furious with the woman, and he went off to make war on the rest of her children, on those who keep God\u2019s commandments and hold firmly to the witness of Jesus."}, {"pk": 4129730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the dragon stood on the seashore,"}, {"pk": 4129731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. Each of its horns was decorated with a royal crown, and on its heads were blasphemous names."}, {"pk": 4129732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "The beast I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like a bear\u2019s, and its mouth was like a lion\u2019s mouth. The dragon gave it his power, throne, and great authority."}, {"pk": 4129733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "One of its heads appeared to have been slain and killed, but its deadly wound was healed. So the whole earth was amazed and followed the beast."}, {"pk": 4129734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "They worshipped the dragon because it had given the beast its authority. They worshipped the beast and said, \u201cWho is like the beast, and who can fight against it?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "The beast was given a mouth that spoke boastful and blasphemous things, and it was given authority to act for forty-two months."}, {"pk": 4129736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "It opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God. It blasphemed God\u2019s name and his dwelling place (that is, those who dwell in heaven)."}, {"pk": 4129737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "It was also allowed to make war on the saints and to gain victory over them. It was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation."}, {"pk": 4129738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "All who live on earth worshipped it, all whose names hadn\u2019t been written \u2014 from the time the earth was made \u2014 in the scroll of life of the Lamb who was slain."}, {"pk": 4129739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever has ears must listen:"}, {"pk": 4129740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "If any are to be taken captive, then into captivity they will go. If any are to be killed by the sword, then by the sword they will be killed. This calls for endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints."}, {"pk": 4129741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it was speaking like a dragon."}, {"pk": 4129742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence. It also makes the earth and those who live in it worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed."}, {"pk": 4129743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "It does great signs so that it even makes fire come down from heaven to earth in the presence of the people."}, {"pk": 4129744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "It deceives those who live on earth by the signs that it was allowed to do in the presence of the beast. It told those who live on earth to make an image for the beast who had been wounded by the sword and yet came to life again."}, {"pk": 4129745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "It was allowed to give breath to the beast\u2019s image so that the beast\u2019s image would even speak and cause anyone who didn\u2019t worship the beast\u2019s image to be put to death."}, {"pk": 4129746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "It forces everyone \u2014 the small and great, the rich and poor, the free and slaves \u2014 to have a mark put on their right hand or on their forehead."}, {"pk": 4129747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "It will not allow anyone to make a purchase or sell anything unless the person has the mark with the beast\u2019s name or the number of its name."}, {"pk": 4129748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "This calls for wisdom. Let the one who understands calculate the beast\u2019s number, for it\u2019s a human being\u2019s number. Its number is six hundred sixty-six."}, {"pk": 4129749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion. With him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father\u2019s name written on their foreheads."}, {"pk": 4129750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "I heard a sound from heaven that was like the sound of rushing water and loud thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps."}, {"pk": 4129751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "They sing a new song in front of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth."}, {"pk": 4129752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "They weren\u2019t defiled with women, for these people who follow the Lamb wherever he goes are virgins. They were purchased from among humankind as early produce for God and the Lamb."}, {"pk": 4129753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "No lie came from their mouths; they are blameless."}, {"pk": 4129754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Then I saw another angel flying high overhead with eternal good news to proclaim to those who live on earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people."}, {"pk": 4129755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "He said in a loud voice, \u201cFear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Another angel, a second one, followed and said, \u201cFallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She made all the nations drink the wine of her lustful passion.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Then another angel, a third one, followed them and said in a loud voice, \u201cIf any worship the beast and its image, and receive a mark on their foreheads or their hands,"}, {"pk": 4129758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "they themselves will also drink the wine of God\u2019s passionate anger, poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will suffer the pain of fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb."}, {"pk": 4129759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "The smoke of their painful suffering goes up forever and always. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, and those who receive the mark of its name.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "This calls for the endurance of the saints, who keep God\u2019s commandments and keep faith with Jesus."}, {"pk": 4129761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "And I heard a voice from heaven say, \u201cWrite this: Favored are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d says the Spirit, \u201cso they can rest from their labors, because their deeds follow them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Then I looked, and there was a white cloud. On the cloud was seated someone who looked like the Human One. <sup>[1]</sup> He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Son of Man</i>"}, {"pk": 4129763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Another angel came out of the temple, calling in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud: \u201cUse your sickle to reap the harvest, for the time to harvest has come, and the harvest of the earth is ripe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested."}, {"pk": 4129765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle."}, {"pk": 4129766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Still another angel, who has power over fire, came out from the altar. He said in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, \u201cUse your sharp sickle to cut the clusters in the vineyard of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "So the angel swung his sickle into the earth, and cut the vineyard of the earth, and he put what he reaped into the great winepress of God\u2019s passionate anger."}, {"pk": 4129768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Then the winepress was trampled outside the city, and the blood came out of the winepress as high as the horses\u2019 bridles for almost two hundred miles. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>one thousand six hundred stades</i>"}, {"pk": 4129769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign in heaven. There were seven angels with seven plagues \u2014 and these are the last, for with them God\u2019s anger is brought to an end."}, {"pk": 4129770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Then I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who gained victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name were standing by the glass sea, holding harps from God."}, {"pk": 4129771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "They sing the song of Moses, God\u2019s servant, and the song of the Lamb, saying, \u201cGreat and awe-inspiring are your works, <br>Lord God Almighty. <br>Just and true are your ways, <br>king of the nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Who won\u2019t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? <br>You alone are holy. <br>All nations will come and fall down in worship before you, <br>for your acts of justice have been revealed.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "After this I looked, and the temple in heaven \u2014 that is, the tent of witness \u2014 was opened."}, {"pk": 4129774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "The seven angels, who have the seven plagues, came out of the temple. They were clothed in pure bright linen and had gold sashes around their waists."}, {"pk": 4129775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the anger of the God who lives forever and always."}, {"pk": 4129776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "The temple was filled with smoke from God\u2019s glory and power, and no one could go into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven last angels were brought to an end."}, {"pk": 4129777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels, \u201cGo and pour out the seven bowls of God\u2019s anger on the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "So the first angel poured his bowl on the earth, and a nasty and terrible sore appeared on the people who had the beast\u2019s mark and worshipped its image."}, {"pk": 4129779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and the sea turned into blood, like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing in the sea died."}, {"pk": 4129780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned into blood."}, {"pk": 4129781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Then I heard the angel of the waters say, \u201cYou are just, holy one, who is and was, <br>because you have given these judgments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "They poured out the blood of saints and prophets, <br>and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve it!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4129783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "And I heard the altar say, <br>\u201cYes, Lord God Almighty, your judgments are true and just.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to burn people with fire."}, {"pk": 4129785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "The people were burned by intense heat, and they cursed the name of the God who had power over these plagues. But they didn\u2019t change their hearts and lives and give him glory."}, {"pk": 4129786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "The fifth angel poured his bowl over the beast\u2019s throne, and darkness covered its kingdom. People bit their tongues because of their pain,"}, {"pk": 4129787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "and they cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores; but they didn\u2019t turn away from what they had done."}, {"pk": 4129788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the sixth angel poured his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up so that the way was ready for the kings from the east."}, {"pk": 4129789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Then I saw three unclean spirits, like frogs, come from the dragon\u2019s mouth, the beast\u2019s mouth, and the mouth of the false prophet."}, {"pk": 4129790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "These are demonic spirits that do signs. They go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty."}, {"pk": 4129791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "<sup>[14]</sup> (Look! I\u2019m coming like a thief! Favored are those who stay awake and clothed so that they don\u2019t go around naked and exposed to shame.)"}, {"pk": 4129792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "The spirits gathered them at the place that is called in Hebrew, Harmagedon. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Armageddon</i>"}, {"pk": 4129793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out from the temple, from the throne, saying, \u201cIt is done!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "There were lightning strikes, voices, and thunder, and a great earthquake occurred. The earthquake was greater than any that have occurred since there have been people on earth."}, {"pk": 4129795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered Babylon the great so that he gave her the wine cup of his furious anger."}, {"pk": 4129796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared."}, {"pk": 4129797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Huge hailstones weighing about one hundred pounds came down from heaven on the people. They cursed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible."}, {"pk": 4129798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls spoke with me. \u201cCome, he said, I will show you the judgment upon the great prostitute, who is seated on deep waters."}, {"pk": 4129799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on earth have become drunk with the wine of her whoring.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "Then he brought me in a Spirit-inspired trance to a desert. There I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads and ten horns."}, {"pk": 4129801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing, and she glittered with gold and jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup full of the vile and impure things that came from her activity as a prostitute."}, {"pk": 4129802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "A name \u2014 a mystery \u2014 was written on her forehead: \u201cBabylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and the vile things of the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and the blood of Jesus\u2019 witnesses. I was completely stunned when I saw her."}, {"pk": 4129804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "Then the angel said to me, \u201cWhy are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and the seven-headed, ten-horned beast that carries her."}, {"pk": 4129805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on earth, whose names haven\u2019t been written in the scroll of life from the time the earth was made, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and will again be present."}, {"pk": 4129806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "This calls for an understanding mind. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings."}, {"pk": 4129807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Five kings have fallen, the one is, and the other hasn\u2019t yet come. When that king comes, he must remain for only a short time."}, {"pk": 4129808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "As for the beast that was and is not, it is itself an eighth king that belongs to the seven, and it is going to destruction."}, {"pk": 4129809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "The ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who haven\u2019t yet received royal power. But they will receive royal authority for an hour, along with the beast."}, {"pk": 4129810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "These kings will be of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast."}, {"pk": 4129811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "They will make war on the Lamb, but the Lamb will emerge victorious, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he said to me, \u201cThe waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, crowds, nations, and languages."}, {"pk": 4129813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "As for the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will destroy her and strip her bare. They will devour her flesh and burn her with fire"}, {"pk": 4129814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "because God moved them to carry out his purposes. That is why they will be of one mind and give their royal power to the beast, until God\u2019s words have been accomplished."}, {"pk": 4129815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "The woman whom you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was filled with light because of his glory."}, {"pk": 4129817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "He called out with a loud voice, saying, \u201cFallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a home for demons and a lair for every unclean spirit. She is a lair for every unclean bird, and a lair for every unclean and disgusting beast"}, {"pk": 4129818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "because all the nations have fallen <sup>[1]</sup> due to the wine of her lustful passion. The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her loose and extravagant ways.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament read <i>have drunk.</i>"}, {"pk": 4129819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "Then I heard another voice from heaven say, \u201cCome out of her, my people, so that you don\u2019t take part in her sins and don\u2019t receive any of her plagues."}, {"pk": 4129820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God remembered her unjust acts."}, {"pk": 4129821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "Give her what she has given to others. Give her back twice as much for what she has done. In the cup that she has poured, pour her twice as much."}, {"pk": 4129822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "To the extent that she glorified herself and indulged her loose and extravagant ways, give her pain and grief. In her heart she says, \u2018I sit like a queen! I\u2019m not a widow. I\u2019ll never see grief.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4129823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "This is why her plagues will come in a single day \u2014 deadly disease, grief, and hunger. She will be consumed by fire because the Lord God who judges her is powerful."}, {"pk": 4129824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cThe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her and shared her loose and extravagant ways, will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning."}, {"pk": 4129825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of the pain she suffers, and they will say, \u2018Oh, the horror! Babylon, you great city, you powerful city! In a single hour your judgment has come.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4129826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cThe merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their cargoes anymore \u2014"}, {"pk": 4129827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "cargoes of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all those things made of scented wood, ivory, fine wood, bronze, iron, and marble;"}, {"pk": 4129828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "cinnamon, incense, fragrant ointment, and frankincense; wine, oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; and slaves, even human lives."}, {"pk": 4129829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "\u2018The fruit your whole being craved has gone from you. All your glitter and glamour are lost to you, never ever to be found again.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4129830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cThe merchants who sold these things, and got so rich by her, will stand a long way off because they fear the pain she suffers. They will weep and mourn, and say,"}, {"pk": 4129831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "\u2018Oh, the horror! The great city that wore fine linen, purple, and scarlet, who glittered with gold, jewels, and pearls \u2014"}, {"pk": 4129832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "in just one hour such great wealth was destroyed.\u2019 \u201cEvery sea captain, every seafarer, sailors, and all who make their living on the sea stood a long way off."}, {"pk": 4129833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "They cried out as they saw the smoke from her burning and said, \u2018What city was ever like the great city?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4129834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "They threw dust on their heads, and they cried out, weeping and mourning. They said, \u2018Oh, the horror! The great city, where all who have ships at sea became so rich by her prosperity \u2014 in just one hour she was destroyed."}, {"pk": 4129835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Rejoice over her, heaven \u2014 you saints, apostles, and prophets \u2014 because God has condemned her as she condemned you.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a huge millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, \u201cWith such violent force the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, and it won\u2019t be found anymore."}, {"pk": 4129837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "The sound of harpists and musicians, of pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard among you again. No craftsman of any kind will ever be found among you again. The sound of the hand mill will never be heard among you again."}, {"pk": 4129838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "The light of a lamp will never shine among you again. The sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard among you again because your merchants ran the world, because all the nations were deceived by the spell you cast, and because"}, {"pk": 4129839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "the blood of prophets, of saints, and of all who have been slaughtered on the earth was found among you.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>her</i>"}, {"pk": 4129840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "After this I heard what sounded like a huge crowd in heaven. They said, \u201cHallelujah! The salvation and glory and power of our God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4129841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "His judgments are true and just, <br>because he judged the great prostitute, <br>who ruined the earth by her whoring, <br>and he exacted the penalty for the blood of his servants <br>from her hand.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Then they said a second time, \u201cHallelujah! Smoke goes up from her forever and always.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God, who is seated on the throne, and they said, \u201cAmen. Hallelujah!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "Then a voice went out from the throne and said, \u201cPraise our God, all you his servants, <br>and you who fear him, both small and great.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "And I heard something that sounded like a huge crowd, like rushing water and powerful thunder. They said, \u201cHallelujah! The Lord our God, the Almighty, <br>exercised his royal power!<br>"}, {"pk": 4129846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Let us rejoice and celebrate, and give him the glory, <br>for the wedding day of the Lamb has come, <br>and his bride has made herself ready.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "She was given fine, pure white linen to wear, <br>for the fine linen is the saints\u2019 acts of justice.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4129848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the angel said to me, \u201cWrite this: Favored are those who have been invited to the wedding banquet of the Lamb.\u201d He said to me, \u201cThese are the true words of God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said, \u201cDon\u2019t do that! I\u2019m a servant just like you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the witness of Jesus. Worship God! The witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider was called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war justly."}, {"pk": 4129851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were many royal crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself."}, {"pk": 4129852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "He wore a robe dyed <sup>[1]</sup> with blood, and his name was called the Word of God.", "comment": "[1] Critical editions of the Gk New Testament read <i>dipped</i> or <i>covered with</i>."}, {"pk": 4129853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Heaven\u2019s armies, wearing fine linen that was white and pure, were following him on white horses."}, {"pk": 4129854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "From his mouth comes a sharp sword that he will use to strike down the nations. He is the one who will rule them with an iron rod. And he is the one who will trample the winepress of the Almighty God\u2019s passionate anger."}, {"pk": 4129855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "He has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of kings and Lord of lords."}, {"pk": 4129856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out with a loud voice and said to all the birds flying high overhead, \u201cCome and gather for God\u2019s great supper."}, {"pk": 4129857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "Come and eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of the powerful, and the flesh of horses and their riders. Come and eat the flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "Then I saw that the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies had gathered to make war against the rider on the horse and his army."}, {"pk": 4129859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "But the beast was seized, along with the false prophet who had done signs in the beast\u2019s presence. (He had used the signs to deceive people into receiving the beast\u2019s mark and into worshipping the beast\u2019s image.) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake that burns with sulfur."}, {"pk": 4129860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "The rest were killed by the sword that comes from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds ate their fill of their flesh."}, {"pk": 4129861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain."}, {"pk": 4129862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "He seized the dragon, the old snake, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years."}, {"pk": 4129863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "He threw him into the abyss, then locked and sealed it over him. This was to keep him from continuing to deceive the nations until the thousand years were over. After this he must be released for a little while."}, {"pk": 4129864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Then I saw thrones, and people took their seats on them, and judgment was given in their favor. <sup>[1]</sup> They were the ones who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and God\u2019s word, and those who hadn\u2019t worshipped the beast or its image, who hadn\u2019t received the mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and ruled with Christ for one thousand years.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>to them</i>"}, {"pk": 4129865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "The rest of the dead didn\u2019t come to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection."}, {"pk": 4129866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "Favored and holy are those who have a share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will rule with him for one thousand years."}, {"pk": 4129867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison."}, {"pk": 4129868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "He will go out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth \u2014 Gog and Magog. He will gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea."}, {"pk": 4129869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "They came up across the whole earth and surrounded the saints\u2019 camp, the city that God loves. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them."}, {"pk": 4129870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also were. There painful suffering will be inflicted upon them day and night, forever and always."}, {"pk": 4129871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "Then I saw a great white throne and the one who is seated on it. Before his face both earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them."}, {"pk": 4129872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Another scroll was opened too; this is the scroll of life. And the dead were judged on the basis of what was written in the scrolls about what they had done."}, {"pk": 4129873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and the Grave gave up the dead that were in them, and people were judged by what they had done."}, {"pk": 4129874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Death and the Grave were thrown into the fiery lake. This, the fiery lake, is the second death."}, {"pk": 4129875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "Then anyone whose name wasn\u2019t found written in the scroll of life was thrown into the fiery lake."}, {"pk": 4129876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more."}, {"pk": 4129877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband."}, {"pk": 4129878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "I heard a loud voice from the throne say, \u201cLook! God\u2019s dwelling is here with humankind. He will dwell with them, and they will be his peoples. God himself will be with them as their God."}, {"pk": 4129879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more. There will be no mourning, crying, or pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the one seated on the throne said, \u201cLook! I\u2019m making all things new.\u201d He also said, \u201cWrite this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "Then he said to me, \u201cAll is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will freely give water from the life-giving spring."}, {"pk": 4129882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Those who emerge victorious will inherit these things. I will be their God, and they will be my sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4129883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "But for the cowardly, the faithless, the vile, the murderers, those who commit sexual immorality, those who use drugs and cast spells, the idolaters and all liars \u2014 their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues spoke with me. \u201cCome,\u201d he said, \u201cI will show you the bride, the Lamb\u2019s wife.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "He took me in a Spirit-inspired trance to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God."}, {"pk": 4129886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "The city had God\u2019s glory. Its brilliance was like a priceless jewel, like jasper that was as clear as crystal."}, {"pk": 4129887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "It had a great high wall with twelve gates. By the gates were twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel\u2019s sons."}, {"pk": 4129888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west."}, {"pk": 4129889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "The city wall had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb\u2019s twelve apostles."}, {"pk": 4129890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring rod with which to measure the city, its gates, and its wall."}, {"pk": 4129891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "Now the city was laid out as a square. Its length was the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod, and it was fifteen hundred miles. <sup>[1]</sup> Its length and width and height were equal.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>twelve thousand stades</i>"}, {"pk": 4129892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "He also measured the thickness of its wall. It was two hundred sixteen feet <sup>[2]</sup> thick, as a person \u2014 or rather, an angel \u2014 measures things.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>one hundred forty-four pechon</i> (cubits)"}, {"pk": 4129893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "The wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like pure glass."}, {"pk": 4129894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "The city wall\u2019s foundations were decorated with every kind of jewel. The first foundation was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was chalcedony, and the fourth was emerald."}, {"pk": 4129895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "The fifth was sardonyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, and the eighth was beryl. The ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst."}, {"pk": 4129896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was made from a single pearl. And the city\u2019s main street was pure gold, as transparent as glass."}, {"pk": 4129897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "I didn\u2019t see a temple in the city, because its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb."}, {"pk": 4129898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "The city doesn\u2019t need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God\u2019s glory is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb."}, {"pk": 4129899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it."}, {"pk": 4129900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "Its gates will never be shut by day, and there will be no night there."}, {"pk": 4129901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it."}, {"pk": 4129902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is vile and deceitful, but only those who are registered in the Lamb\u2019s scroll of life."}, {"pk": 4129903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the angel showed me the river of life-giving water, <sup>[1]</sup> shining like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the water of life</i>"}, {"pk": 4129904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "through the middle of the city\u2019s main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life, which produces twelve crops of fruit, bearing its fruit each month. The tree\u2019s leaves are for the healing of the nations."}, {"pk": 4129905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him."}, {"pk": 4129906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads."}, {"pk": 4129907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "Night will be no more. They won\u2019t need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will rule forever and always."}, {"pk": 4129908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Then he said to me, \u201cThese words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place."}, {"pk": 4129909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cLook! I\u2019m coming soon. Favored is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy contained in this scroll.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 8, "text": "I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me."}, {"pk": 4129911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "But he said to me, \u201cDon\u2019t do that! I\u2019m a servant just like you and your brothers and sisters, the prophets, and those who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4129912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Then he said to me, \u201cDon\u2019t seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this scroll, because the time is near."}, {"pk": 4129913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Let those who do wrong keep doing what is wrong. Let the filthy still be filthy. Let those who are righteous keep doing what is right. Let those who are holy still be holy."}, {"pk": 4129914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cLook! I\u2019m coming soon. My reward is with me, to repay all people as their actions deserve."}, {"pk": 4129915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "I am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."}, {"pk": 4129916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "Favored are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right of access to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates."}, {"pk": 4129917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Outside are the dogs, the drug users and spell-casters, those who commit sexual immorality, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who love and practice deception."}, {"pk": 4129918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cI, Jesus, have sent my angel to bear witness to all of you about these things for the churches. I\u2019m the root and descendant of David, the bright morning star."}, {"pk": 4129919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "The Spirit and the bride say, \u2018Come!\u2019 Let the one who hears say, \u2018Come!\u2019 And let the one who is thirsty come! Let the one who wishes receive life-giving water <sup>[2]</sup> as a gift.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the water of life</i>"}, {"pk": 4129920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "Now I bear witness to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this scroll: If anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues that are written in this scroll."}, {"pk": 4129921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "If anyone takes away from the words of this scroll of prophecy, God will take away that person\u2019s share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this scroll."}, {"pk": 4129922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "The one who bears witness to these things says, \u201cYes, I\u2019m coming soon.\u201d Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"}, {"pk": 4129923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 66, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all."}, {"pk": 4105020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. He sacrificed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4105021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "He gave the priests, dressed in religious robes, their daily assignments in the Lord\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4105022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "He said to the Levites serving in Israel\u2019s temple: \u201cDedicate yourselves to the Lord for placing the Lord\u2019s holy chest in the house that David\u2019s son King Solomon built. You don\u2019t need to carry it on your shoulders anymore."}, {"pk": 4105023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Now worship the Lord your God and serve Israel, God\u2019s people. Prepare yourselves according to your families and tribes, and according to the plan of King David and the greatness of his son Solomon."}, {"pk": 4105024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Take your positions in the temple according to your inherited priestly <sup>[2]</sup> groups, serving before your people the Israelites.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>levitical</i>"}, {"pk": 4105025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Sacrifice the Passover lamb and prepare sacrifices for your people, and conduct the Passover ceremony according to the rules that the Lord gave to Moses.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Josiah gave to the people a gift of thirty thousand lambs and kid goats and three thousand calves. These came as promised from the king\u2019s own possessions to the people, priests, and Levites."}, {"pk": 4105027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel <sup>[3]</sup> (the chief officials of the temple) gave to the priests for the Passover twenty-six hundred sheep and three hundred calves.", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>Esyelus</i>"}, {"pk": 4105028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Jeconiah, Shemaiah and his brother Nethanel, Hashabiah, Ochiel, and Joram, military commanders, gave to the Levites five thousand sheep and seven hundred calves for the Passover."}, {"pk": 4105029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "This is what happened. Early in the morning the priests and Levites,"}, {"pk": 4105030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "holding the unleavened bread, stood in the proper order of their tribes"}, {"pk": 4105031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "and by their inherited groups. They brought the offerings to the Lord according to the scroll from Moses."}, {"pk": 4105032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "They roasted the Passover lamb over fire as required. They boiled the sacrifices, with a sweet aroma, in copper pots and kettles and carried them over to all the people."}, {"pk": 4105033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Later on, the Levites prepared the Passover meal for themselves and for their fellow priests, Aaron\u2019s sons, since the priests were offering the fat of the sacrifices until late into the night."}, {"pk": 4105034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The temple singers, Asaph\u2019s sons, were in their designated positions according to the instructions set down by David and by Asaph, Zechariah, and Eddinus, the king\u2019s advisors. The city gatekeepers were at each gate. No one needed to change his daily routine, because the Levites had prepared the Passover meal for them."}, {"pk": 4105035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Everything for the Lord\u2019s sacrifice was accomplished on that day. They celebrated the Passover and offered sacrifices on the Lord\u2019s altar according to King Josiah\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4105036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "The Israelites celebrated the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days."}, {"pk": 4105037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "No Passover like it had been celebrated in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel."}, {"pk": 4105038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Nor had any of the kings of Israel ever celebrated a Passover like that celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, the Judeans, and all of Israel who were living in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "In the eighteenth year of the rule of Josiah this Passover was celebrated."}, {"pk": 4105040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Josiah did the right thing in the Lord\u2019s presence, because his heart was devoted to God."}, {"pk": 4105041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "The story of his rule was officially recorded in ancient times. The records include those who sinned and committed ungodly acts toward the Lord, beyond those of any other nation and kingdom. Their acts intentionally grieved the Lord, so that the Lord spoke against Israel."}, {"pk": 4105042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Sometime after Josiah\u2019s actions, Pharaoh, Egypt\u2019s king, went to start a war at Carchemish on the Euphrates. Josiah went out against him."}, {"pk": 4105043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "The king of Egypt sent a message to Josiah: \u201cWhat do you want with me, King of Judea?"}, {"pk": 4105044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "I haven\u2019t been sent out by the Lord God against you; rather, my war is at the Euphrates. Now the Lord is with me and urges me on. So stand aside and don\u2019t oppose the Lord.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Josiah, however, didn\u2019t return to his chariot but resolved to fight. He didn\u2019t pay attention to the words of the prophet Jeremiah, which came from the Lord."}, {"pk": 4105046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "He went to war with Pharaoh in the plain of Megiddo, and Pharaoh\u2019s commanders came against King Josiah."}, {"pk": 4105047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "The king said to his attendants, \u201cTake me away from the battle, for I\u2019m severely wounded.\u201d His attendants immediately took him away from the line of battle."}, {"pk": 4105048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Josiah got into a second chariot. After he was brought back to Jerusalem, he died and was buried in his family tomb."}, {"pk": 4105049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The whole land of Judea mourned for Josiah. The prophet Jeremiah also grieved for Josiah. The leading citizens, with the women, grieve over him until this day. This has become a tradition for the whole nation of Israel to observe."}, {"pk": 4105050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "These events have been written in the official records of the Judean kings. All of Josiah\u2019s actions \u2014 including his honor, his understanding of the Law of the Lord, all that he did previously, and these things that are now told \u2014 are described in the official records of the kings of Israel and Judea."}, {"pk": 4105051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "Then the leaders of the nation appointed Jeconiah, Josiah\u2019s son, who was 23 years old, as king to succeed his father."}, {"pk": 4105052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "He ruled in Judea and Jerusalem for three months. Then the king of Egypt removed him from his rule in Jerusalem"}, {"pk": 4105053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "and fined the nation 5,700 pounds of silver and fifty-seven pounds of gold."}, {"pk": 4105054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "The king of Egypt appointed his own brother Jehoiakim as king of Judea and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Jehoiakim put the officials in prison. He seized his other brother Zarius and took him from Egypt."}, {"pk": 4105056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to rule over Judea and Jerusalem; he did what was evil in the Lord\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4105057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Then Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar went up against him, bound him with bronze chains, and took him away to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4105058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar also seized some of the Lord\u2019s holy equipment, carried it off to Babylon, and placed it in his temple."}, {"pk": 4105059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "But the things reported about Jehoiakim, <sup>[4]</sup> his impurity and godlessness, have been written in the scroll about the times of the kings.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4105060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "His son Jehoiachin <sup>[5]</sup> ruled in his place. When he was appointed king, he was 18 years old.", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>Jehoiakim</i>"}, {"pk": 4105061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "He ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil things in the Lord\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4105062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "After a year, Nebuchadnezzar removed Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with the Lord\u2019s holy equipment."}, {"pk": 4105063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "He appointed Zedekiah king of Judea and Jerusalem when Zedekiah was 21 years old. He ruled for eleven years."}, {"pk": 4105064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "He also did evil things in the Lord\u2019s presence and paid no attention to the words Jeremiah the prophet spoke, which came from the Lord."}, {"pk": 4105065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "Although King Nebuchadnezzar had made him swear a solemn pledge in the Lord\u2019s name, he swore falsely and rebelled. He was stubborn and broke the laws of the Lord, the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "The leaders of the people and the priests committed godless and immoral acts far beyond the impure ones of the nations. They even corrupted the Lord\u2019s temple that had been made holy in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "The God of their ancestors sent his messenger to call them back, because he was trying to spare them and his dwelling place."}, {"pk": 4105068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "But they mocked the messengers and made fun of the prophets on the day that the Lord spoke. Finally, God, with divine anger, brought the Chaldean kings against his chosen nation because of their godless acts."}, {"pk": 4105069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "The Chaldeans killed the young people around the holy temple. They spared neither man nor woman, young nor old, for God handed over all of them."}, {"pk": 4105070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "They seized and carried off to Babylon all the Lord\u2019s holy equipment, great and small, the treasure chests of the Lord, and the royal stores."}, {"pk": 4105071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "They set fire to the Lord\u2019s house. They smashed the walls of Jerusalem. They burned its towers with fire."}, {"pk": 4105072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "They utterly ruined all of its radiance. King Nebuchadnezzar led away the survivors to Babylon under guard."}, {"pk": 4105073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "They became servants to him and to his sons until the rise of the Persian kingdom, which fulfilled the Lord\u2019s word through Jeremiah,"}, {"pk": 4105074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 1, "verse": 55, "text": "who said, \u201cUntil the land has enjoyed its sabbath rest, it will remain untouched, <sup>[6]</sup> after its destruction, for seventy years.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Or <i>it will keep sabbath</i>"}, {"pk": 4105075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "In the first year of Cyrus as king of the Persians the Lord motivated the spirit of King Cyrus to fulfill the Lord\u2019s word spoken through Jeremiah. He made a royal announcement throughout the whole of his kingdom that he also put into writing."}, {"pk": 4105076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "This is what Persia\u2019s King Cyrus says: The Lord of Israel, the Most High Lord, has appointed me king of the entire world. The Lord has commissioned me to build God\u2019s house in Jerusalem in Judea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, if you are from this nation, may your Lord be with you. <sup>[1]</sup> Go up to Jerusalem in Judea and build the house of the Lord of Israel \u2014 for this is the Lord who dwells in Jerusalem. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>with him</i>"}, {"pk": 4105078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "As many of you live in other places, help the Lord with gold and silver, with horses and cattle, in addition to pledging other things dedicated for the Lord\u2019s temple in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Then the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin rose up. The priests and the Levites, and everyone whose spirit the Lord aroused, went up to build a house for the Lord in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Their neighbors helped them with everything, with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with many other things pledged by those whose minds were inspired to do so."}, {"pk": 4105081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "King Cyrus also brought out the Lord\u2019s holy equipment that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in his temple of idols."}, {"pk": 4105082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "When King Cyrus of the Persians brought these out, he handed them over to Mithridates, his own treasurer, and through him they were given over to Governor Sheshbazzar <sup>[2]</sup> of Judea.", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>Sanabassaros</i>"}, {"pk": 4105083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The number of these was one thousand gold cups, one thousand silver cups, twenty-nine silver censers,"}, {"pk": 4105084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "thirty gold bowls, twenty-four hundred ten silver bowls, and one thousand other objects."}, {"pk": 4105085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "They handed over all five thousand four hundred sixty-nine gold and silver objects. So Sheshbazzar, with the help of war prisoners returning from Babylon, carried the equipment back to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Then during the time of King Artaxerxes of the Persians, Bishlam, Mithridates, Tabeel, Rehum, Beltethmus, Shimshai the scribe, and others associated with them living in Samaria and other places nearby wrote the king a letter, opposing those who were living in Judea and Jerusalem:"}, {"pk": 4105087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "To Your Majesty, King Artaxerxes, your servants Rehum the reporter and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges in Coele-Syria and Phoenicia: <br>"}, {"pk": 4105088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Our master the king, may you know that the Judeans who came up to us have come to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and evil city, restoring its marketplaces and walls, and laying the foundations for a temple. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "If this city is rebuilt and the walls are completed, not only will they refuse to pay foreign taxes, but they will also be able to resist kings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Since the work on the temple is in progress, we didn\u2019t think we should overlook such an act but should call it to the attention of our master the king so that if it concerns you, a search may be made in the records of your ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "You will discover in the records what has been written about them. You will learn that this city was rebellious, annoying to both kings and other cities. The Judeans were rebels and would regularly set up huge barriers around the city. That is why this city was destroyed. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "So we now advise you, Master and King, that if this city is rebuilt and if its walls are erected, you will no longer have secure lines of access to Coele-Syria and Phoenicia. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "The king wrote back to the recorder Rehum, Beltethmus, the scribe Shimshai, and their associates living in Samaria, Syria, and Phoenicia, as follows:"}, {"pk": 4105094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "I have read the letter that you sent to me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Consequently, I ordered a search to be made. It was discovered that this city has indeed rallied against kings in the past, that the people in it revolted frequently and started wars, <br>"}, {"pk": 4105096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "and that powerful and cruel kings have ruled in Jerusalem and exacted taxes from Coele-Syria and Phoenicia. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Therefore, I issued orders to prevent these people from rebuilding the city <br>"}, {"pk": 4105098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "and to take care in advance that nothing more be done and that such wicked designs go no further to upset the kings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "After King Artaxerxes\u2019 letter was read, Rehum and the scribe Shimshai and their associates marched on Jerusalem immediately, with cavalry and a large group of armed troops, in order to stop the builders."}, {"pk": 4105100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "So the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the rule of Persia\u2019s King Darius."}, {"pk": 4105101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Now King Darius gave a great banquet for all his subjects, everyone born in his house, all the officials of Media and Persia,"}, {"pk": 4105102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "and all the chief administrators, generals, and district governors who were under him in the one hundred twenty-seven administrative districts from India to Ethiopia."}, {"pk": 4105103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "They ate and drank, and they left after they had enough. King Darius retired to his bedroom and went to sleep, but he eventually woke up again."}, {"pk": 4105104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the three young men, the bodyguards who protected the king, said to each other:"}, {"pk": 4105105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cLet\u2019s each offer one word that we think is the most superior thing in the world. To the one whose statement seems wisest, King Darius will give expensive gifts and great prizes as a reward."}, {"pk": 4105106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He should be clothed in purple, drink from gold cups, and sleep on a gold bed. He should have a chariot with gold-studded bridles, a turban of fine linen, and a gold necklace around his neck."}, {"pk": 4105107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "He will sit next to Darius on account of his wisdom and will be called Darius\u2019 confidant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Then each bodyguard composed his own statement and sealed it. They placed them under the pillow of King Darius. They said,"}, {"pk": 4105109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cWhen the king wakes up, his servants will give him the written statements; and whoever\u2019s statement the king and the three officials of Persia judge to be wisest will be given the victory according to Persian law.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The first wrote, \u201cWine is superior.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "The second wrote, \u201cThe king is superior.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "The third wrote, \u201cWomen are superior, but truth conquers all.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "When the king woke up, they gave the written statements to him, and he read them."}, {"pk": 4105114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Then he sent for all the officials of Persia and Media and the administrators, generals, district governors, and civil authorities. He sat in the council room, and the written statements were read before them all."}, {"pk": 4105115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "He said, \u201cCall in the young men to explain their statements.\u201d So they were called together."}, {"pk": 4105116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "He said to them, \u201cGive us an explanation for what you wrote.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "So the first young man, who had spoken of the strength of wine, started:"}, {"pk": 4105118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cGentlemen, how is it that wine is so superior? It misleads the minds of all who drink it."}, {"pk": 4105119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "It makes the mind of the king the same as that of the orphan, likewise of the slave and the free, of the poor and the rich."}, {"pk": 4105120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "It changes every thought to feasting and cheerfulness, and forgets all grief and every obligation."}, {"pk": 4105121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "It fattens all hearts, makes one remember neither kings nor administrators, and makes everyone talk in outrageous sums."}, {"pk": 4105122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "When drinking, people forget to be civil even with their friends and relatives, and after a while they draw their swords."}, {"pk": 4105123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "When they recover from the wine, they don\u2019t even remember what they did."}, {"pk": 4105124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Gentlemen, isn\u2019t wine superior, since it forces people to behave like this?\u201d With that, he stopped speaking."}, {"pk": 4105125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the second young man, who had spoken of the strength of the king, spoke:"}, {"pk": 4105126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cGentlemen, aren\u2019t people superior who control land and sea and all that\u2019s in them?"}, {"pk": 4105127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "But the king is most superior, because he is their ruler and master, and whatever he might say to them they obey as soon as they hear it."}, {"pk": 4105128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "If he tells them to make war on each other, they do so; and if he sends them out against the enemy, they march and overcome mountain fortresses, walls, and towers."}, {"pk": 4105129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "They murder and are murdered, but they don\u2019t disobey the king\u2019s word. If they win a battle, they bring everything to the king \u2014 whatever plunder they take and everything else."}, {"pk": 4105130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Similarly, for those who don\u2019t serve in the army or make war but farm the land, whenever they sow and reap, they bring some to the king. They force each other to pay taxes to the king."}, {"pk": 4105131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Yet the king is only one man! If he tells them to kill, they kill. If he tells them to set someone free, they set someone free."}, {"pk": 4105132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "If he tells them to strike, they strike. If he tells them to destroy or build something, they destroy it or they build it."}, {"pk": 4105133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "If he tells them to cut down something, they cut it down. If he tells them to plant, they plant."}, {"pk": 4105134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "All his people and his military powers obey him. Furthermore, he reclines, eats, drinks, and sleeps;"}, {"pk": 4105135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "but they keep watch around him, and no one can go away to take care of his own matters, nor do they disobey him."}, {"pk": 4105136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Gentlemen, isn\u2019t the king superior, since he is to be completely obeyed in this manner?\u201d Then he stopped speaking."}, {"pk": 4105137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Then the third young man, Zerubbabel, who had spoken of women and truth, began to speak:"}, {"pk": 4105138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cGentlemen, isn\u2019t the king great, aren\u2019t men abundant, and isn\u2019t wine strong? Who is it, though, that masters them or rules over them? Isn\u2019t it women?"}, {"pk": 4105139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Women give birth to the king and to all the people who rule over the sea and land."}, {"pk": 4105140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "From women they all are born. It was women who brought up those men who plant the vineyards from which wine is produced."}, {"pk": 4105141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWomen make men\u2019s clothes. They bring men honor. Without women, men aren\u2019t even able to exist."}, {"pk": 4105142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "If men gather gold and silver or any valuable thing, and then see a desirable and beautiful woman,"}, {"pk": 4105143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "they forget everything to gaze at her. With mouths wide open, they stare at her. All choose her over gold, silver, or any other valuable thing."}, {"pk": 4105144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "A man leaves his own father, who raised him, and his own country, and clings to his own wife."}, {"pk": 4105145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "With his wife he departs this life, with no memory of his father or mother or country."}, {"pk": 4105146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, surely you must recognize that women rule over you! \u201cDon\u2019t you work and labor, yet you bring everything and give it to women?"}, {"pk": 4105147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "A man takes his sword, goes out to travel abroad to raid, steal, and sail the sea and rivers."}, {"pk": 4105148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "He faces lions; he walks in darkness; when he steals and robs and plunders, he carries it back to the woman he loves."}, {"pk": 4105149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "A man loves his own wife much more than his father or mother."}, {"pk": 4105150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Many men have lost their heads over women, and have become slaves on account of them."}, {"pk": 4105151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Many have perished, stumbled, or sinned because of women."}, {"pk": 4105152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cNow don\u2019t you believe me? Isn\u2019t the king great in his authority? Don\u2019t all countries fear to touch him?"}, {"pk": 4105153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "I once saw the king and Apame his mistress, the daughter of the eminent Bartacus, sitting by his right side."}, {"pk": 4105154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "She took the crown from the king\u2019s head and put it on her own head, and slapped the king with her left hand."}, {"pk": 4105155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "At this the king would stare at her with his mouth wide open. If she smiles at him, he laughs; but if she should get angry with him, he humors her so that she may be reconciled to him."}, {"pk": 4105156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Gentlemen, aren\u2019t women powerful, since they can do such things?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "The king and the officials looked at each other, and the third young man began to speak about truth:"}, {"pk": 4105158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cGentlemen, aren\u2019t women strong? The earth is great, heaven is high, and the sun is swift in its course, for it circles the heavens and returns again to its place in a single day."}, {"pk": 4105159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Isn\u2019t the one who does these things great? Yet truth is also great and superior still to all of these things."}, {"pk": 4105160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "The whole earth calls on truth, and heaven praises it. All of heaven\u2019s works <sup>[1]</sup> move and tremble at the sight of it, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with truth.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>God\u2019s works</i>"}, {"pk": 4105161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "You can\u2019t trust wine; you can\u2019t trust the king; you can\u2019t trust women. No human beings are trustworthy. Everything they do is wrong. There is no truth in them. They will perish in their lies."}, {"pk": 4105162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "But truth endures and is valid for all time; it lives and succeeds forever."}, {"pk": 4105163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "With it there\u2019s no charade or preference, but it does what is right instead of what is wrong or evil. Everyone approves of its deeds. There\u2019s nothing unjust in its judgment."}, {"pk": 4105164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "To it belongs the strength, the royalty, the authority, and the greatness of all ages. Bless God\u2019s truth!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "He stopped speaking, and all the people cried out, \u201cGreat is truth and superior to all!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "Then the king said to Zerubbabel, \u201cAsk for whatever you like, even more than what was proposed, and we\u2019ll give it to you, for you\u2019ve been found to be the wisest one. You may sit next to me and be called my confidant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "Zerubbabel said to the king, \u201cRemember the promise that you made to rebuild Jerusalem on the day that you became king."}, {"pk": 4105168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "You promised to send back all the holy equipment that was taken from Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart when he promised to destroy Babylon and also promised to send it back there."}, {"pk": 4105169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "You also solemnly swore to rebuild the temple, which was burned down by the Edomites when Judea was devastated by the Chaldeans."}, {"pk": 4105170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "Now Master and King, this is what I ask and request of you, something that is fitting for your greatness. I beg you to fulfill the pledge you solemnly swore to the king of heaven with your own mouth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "Then King Darius stood up and kissed him. He wrote letters for him to all the treasurers, district governors, generals, and administrators so that they would send him out and all those who were going up with him to rebuild Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "He wrote letters to all the district governors in Coele-Syria and Phoenicia and to those in Lebanon, to bring cedar timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem and to help him rebuild the city."}, {"pk": 4105173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "He wrote on behalf of all the Judeans who were going up from the kingdom to Judea, for the benefit of their freedom, that no administrator, district governor, or treasurer should break down their doors."}, {"pk": 4105174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 50, "text": "He wrote that all the territory they forcibly took was for them to live in without taxation, and that the Idumeans should leave behind the villages of the Judeans that they had seized."}, {"pk": 4105175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 51, "text": "He wrote that 1,140 pounds of silver a year should be given for the building of the temple until it was completely rebuilt."}, {"pk": 4105176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 52, "text": "In addition, 570 pounds of silver a year should be given for entirely burned offerings that are provided daily on the altar, in keeping with the commandment that they make seventeen offerings in all."}, {"pk": 4105177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 53, "text": "He wrote that all who depart from Babylon to rebuild the city should have their freedom, both they and their children and all the priests who depart as well."}, {"pk": 4105178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 54, "text": "He wrote about the expenses and the priests\u2019 holy garments in which they were to serve."}, {"pk": 4105179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 55, "text": "He wrote that the expenses for the Levites should be supplied until the day when the temple would be completed and Jerusalem rebuilt."}, {"pk": 4105180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 56, "text": "He wrote that all who guarded the city should be supplied with land and wages."}, {"pk": 4105181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 57, "text": "He sent back from Babylon all the holy equipment that Cyrus had set aside. Everything that Cyrus had said he would do, Darius himself commanded to do them and to send them to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 58, "text": "When the young man Zerubbabel went outside, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem and praised the king of heaven:"}, {"pk": 4105183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 59, "text": "\u201cFrom you come the victory and wisdom. To you belongs the glory. I\u2019m your household servant."}, {"pk": 4105184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 60, "text": "You are worthy of praise, you who have given wisdom to me. I praise you, Lord of our ancestors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 61, "text": "So he took the letters, went to Babylon, and reported this to all of his people."}, {"pk": 4105186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 62, "text": "They praised the God of their ancestors, because he had given them amnesty and permission"}, {"pk": 4105187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 4, "verse": 63, "text": "to go up and rebuild Jerusalem and the temple that is called by God\u2019s name. They celebrated with music and enthusiasm for seven days."}, {"pk": 4105188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "After this the leaders of the family houses were chosen to go up, according to their tribes, with their wives, sons, daughters, their male and female servants, and their farm animals."}, {"pk": 4105189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Darius sent with them one thousand cavalry to restore them back in Jerusalem in peace. With the music of drums and flutes,"}, {"pk": 4105190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "all of their Jewish relatives were celebrating. Darius commanded them to go along with them."}, {"pk": 4105191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "These are the names of the men in charge of their assigned groups, who went up according to their families in the tribes:"}, {"pk": 4105192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "the priests, the sons of Phinehas son of Aaron; Jeshua son of Jozadak son of Seraiah, and Joakim son of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, from the house of David, from the family line of Phares, and from the tribe of Judah,"}, {"pk": 4105193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "who spoke wise words to Persia\u2019s King Darius, in the second year of his rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April"}, {"pk": 4105194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "These are the ones from Judea who came up out of their captivity in exile, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had taken to Babylon"}, {"pk": 4105195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "and who returned to Jerusalem and Judea, each to their own city. They came with their leaders Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Resaiah, Eneneus, Mordecai, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelaiah, <sup>[2]</sup> Rehum, and Baanah.", "comment": "[2] Cf <a href='/CEB/15/2/1'>Ezra 2:1</a>; Gk <i>Borolias</i>"}, {"pk": 4105196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "The number of those of the nation and their leaders: The family of Parosh2,172 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "The family of Shephatiah472 <br>The family of Arah756 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "The family of Pahath-moab of the family of Jeshua and Joab2,812 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "The family of Elam1,254 <br>The family of Zattu945 <br>The family of Chorbe705 <br>The family of Bani648 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "The family of Bebai623 <br>The family of Azgad1,322 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The family of Adonikam667 <br>The family of Bigvai2,066 <br>The family of Adin454 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "The family of Ater descended from Hezekiah92 <br>The family of Kilan and Azetas67 <br>The family of Azaru432 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "The family of Annias101 <br>The family of Arom. <br>The family of Bezai323 <br>The family of Arsiphurith112 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "The family of Baiterus3,005 <br>The family of Bethlomon123 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Those from Netophah55 <br>Those from Anathoth158 <br>Those from Bethasmoth42 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Those from Kiriatharim25 <br>Those from Chephirah and Beeroth743 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "The Chadiasans and Ammidians422 <br>Those from Kirama and Geba621 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Those from Macalon122 <br>Those from Betolio52 <br>The family of Niphish156 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "The family of the other Calamolalus and Ono725 <br>The family of Jerechus345 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "The family of Senaah3,330 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "The priests \u2014 the family of Jedaiah, Jeshua\u2019s son, of the family of Anasib972 <br>The family of Immer1,052 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "The family of Pashhur1,247 <br>The family of Charme1,017 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "The Levites \u2014 the family of Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bannas, and Sudias \u2014 74 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "The temple singers \u2014 the family of Asaph \u2014 128 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "The city gatekeepers: <br>the family of Shallum, the family of Ater, the family of Talmon, the family of Akkub, the family of Hatita, the family of Shobai, in all 139. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "The temple servants: the family of Esau, the family of Hasupha, the family of Tabbaoth, the family of Keros, the family of Suah, the family of Padon, the family of Lebanah, the family of Hagabah,"}, {"pk": 4105217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "the family of Akkub, the family of Uthai, the family of Ketab, the family of Hagabah, the family of Subai, the family of Hana, the family of Cathua, the family of Geddur,"}, {"pk": 4105218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "the family of Jairus, the family of Daisan, the family of Noeba, the family of Chezib, the family of Gazera, the family of Uzza, the family of Phinoe, the family of Hasrah, the family ofBasthai, the family of Asnah, the family of Maani, the family of Nephisim, the family of Acuph, the family of Hakupha, the family of Asur, the family of Pharakim, the family of Bazluth,"}, {"pk": 4105219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "the family of Mehida, the family of Cutha, the family of Charea, the family of Barkos, the family of Serar, the family of Temah, the family of Neziah, the family of Hatipha."}, {"pk": 4105220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "The family of Solomon\u2019s servants \u2014 the family of Assaphioth, the family of Peruda, the family of Jaalah, the family of Lozon, the family of Isdael, the family of Shephatiah,"}, {"pk": 4105221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "the family of Agia, the family of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the family of Sarothie, the family of Masiah, the family of Gas, the family of Addus, the family of Subas, the family of Apherra, the family of Barodis, the family of Shaphat, the family of Allon."}, {"pk": 4105222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "All the temple servants and the family of Solomon\u2019s servants numbered 372."}, {"pk": 4105223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "These following persons are those who went up from Tel-melah and Tel-harsha, under the leadership of Cherub, Addan, and Immer,"}, {"pk": 4105224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "who weren\u2019t able to prove by their family houses or by their lineage that they had descended from Israel: the family of Delaiah, Tobiah\u2019s son, and the family of Nekoda, 652."}, {"pk": 4105225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "Also from the priests, the following persons had assumed the priestly office but were found to be unqualified: the family of Habaiah, the family of Hakkoz, and the family of Jaddus, who had married Agia, one of the daughters of Barzillai, and was called by his name."}, {"pk": 4105226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "When they inspected the registry and didn\u2019t find the lineage of these men, they excluded them from the service of the priesthood."}, {"pk": 4105227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "Nehemiah and Attharias told them not to share in the holy things until a high priest arrives wearing Clarity and Truth. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Urim and Thummim in <a href='/CEB/16/7/65'>Neh 7:65</a>"}, {"pk": 4105228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "All those who were from Israel, 12 or more years old, excluding male and female servants, were 42,360; their male and female servants were 7,337; there were 245 harpists and singers."}, {"pk": 4105229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "There were 435 camels, 7,036 horses, 245 mules, and 5,525 donkeys."}, {"pk": 4105230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "Some of the leaders of the family houses, when they came to God\u2019s temple in Jerusalem, solemnly pledged that they would erect the house on its site,"}, {"pk": 4105231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 44, "text": "and that they would give to the sacred treasury for the work one thousand manehs of gold, five thousand manehs of silver, and one hundred priests\u2019 robes."}, {"pk": 4105232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 45, "text": "The priests, the Levites, and some of the people took up residence in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. The temple singers, the gatekeepers, and the rest of Israel settled in the villages."}, {"pk": 4105233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 46, "text": "When the seventh month <sup>[4]</sup> came and the Israelites were all in their own homes, they gathered together in the square near the first gate on the eastern side.", "comment": "[4] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4105234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 47, "text": "Then Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son with his group, took their positions and prepared the altar of the God of Israel"}, {"pk": 4105235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 48, "text": "to offer up entirely burned offerings, according to the stipulations in the scroll from Moses, the man of God."}, {"pk": 4105236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 49, "text": "Some from the other neighboring peoples gathered with them. They erected the altar in its proper place (even though all the other neighboring peoples were hostile to them and were stronger than they were). They offered sacrifices and entirely burned offerings to the Lord at the proper morning and evening times."}, {"pk": 4105237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 50, "text": "They celebrated the Festival of Booths, as it is commanded in the Law, and offered sacrifices daily as expected,"}, {"pk": 4105238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 51, "text": "in addition to the continual offerings and sacrifices on sabbaths, at new moons, and at all the sacred feasts."}, {"pk": 4105239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 52, "text": "All who made a solemn promise to God began to offer sacrifices to God, from the new moon of the seventh month, <sup>[5]</sup> even though God\u2019s temple wasn\u2019t yet rebuilt.", "comment": "[5] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4105240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 53, "text": "They gave money to the stonemasons and the carpenters, along with daily meals. They gave gifts <sup>[6]</sup> to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, to deliver cedar logs from Lebanon and ferry them in rafts to the harbor of Joppa, according to the written orders they had from Persia\u2019s King Cyrus.", "comment": "[6] Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4105241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 54, "text": "In the second month of the second year, <sup>[7]</sup> after they came to God\u2019s temple in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son, made a new start, together with their associates and the levitical priests and all who had returned to Jerusalem from captivity.", "comment": "[7] April\u2013May, Iyar"}, {"pk": 4105242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 55, "text": "They then laid the foundation of God\u2019s temple on the new moon of the second month in the second year of their arrival in Judea and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 56, "text": "They appointed the Levites who were 20 years old or more in charge of the Lord\u2019s work. Rising up were Jeshua, his sons and associates; his brother Kadmiel and Jeshua\u2019s sons; Emadabun and Joda\u2019s sons; and Iliadun\u2019s son with their sons and brothers. With them, all the Levites worked with a common purpose doing the work in God\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4105244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 57, "text": "So the builders built God\u2019s temple. The priests stood dressed up in their robes, with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites, Asaph\u2019s sons, with cymbals, singing to the Lord and praising him, according to the directions of King David of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 58, "text": "They sang hymns, praising the Lord, \u201cGod\u2019s goodness and glory are on Israel forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 59, "text": "The people blew trumpets and shouted loudly, singing to the Lord on the occasion of the construction of the Lord\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4105247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 60, "text": "Some of the levitical priests and leaders of family houses, the elderly who had seen the former house, came to this building with much weeping and wailing."}, {"pk": 4105248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 61, "text": "Many others came with trumpets and joy, with a tremendous uproar."}, {"pk": 4105249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 62, "text": "But the people couldn\u2019t hear the trumpets because of the people\u2019s weeping, even though the crowd was blowing the trumpets so loudly that the noise was heard far away."}, {"pk": 4105250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 63, "text": "When the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to investigate what the sound of the trumpets meant."}, {"pk": 4105251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 64, "text": "They discovered that those who had returned from captivity were building the temple to the Lord God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 65, "text": "So they came before Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the leaders of the family houses and said to them, \u201cWe will build with you."}, {"pk": 4105253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 66, "text": "We also obey your Lord, and we have been giving offerings to him ever since the days of Assyria\u2019s King Esarhaddon, <sup>[8]</sup> who transported us here.\u201d", "comment": "[8] Gk <i>Asbasareth</i>"}, {"pk": 4105254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 67, "text": "Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the leaders of the family houses in Israel, however, said to them, \u201cWe will have nothing to do with each other in building the house for the Lord our God."}, {"pk": 4105255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 68, "text": "We alone will build it for the Lord of Israel, just as Persia\u2019s King Cyrus commanded us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 69, "text": "But the neighboring peoples harassed the Judeans and hindered their rebuilding."}, {"pk": 4105257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 70, "text": "By scheming, spreading lies among the people, and stirring up trouble, they prevented the completion of the rebuilding as long as King Cyrus lived."}, {"pk": 4105258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 5, "verse": 71, "text": "They were kept from building for two years, until Darius\u2019 rule."}, {"pk": 4105259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "In the second year of Darius\u2019 rule, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah (Iddo\u2019s son) prophesied to the Judeans who were in Judea and in Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, who is ruler over them."}, {"pk": 4105260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Then Zerubbabel, Shealtiel\u2019s son, and Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son, went up and began to build the Lord\u2019s house in Jerusalem, assisted by the Lord\u2019s prophets."}, {"pk": 4105261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "At the same time, Sisinnes, the commander of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes and their associates came to them and said,"}, {"pk": 4105262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cBy whose order are you building this house and this roof and finishing all the other things? Who are the builders who are doing all of these things?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Yet the elders of the Judeans enjoyed the gracious protection of the Lord on the exiles,"}, {"pk": 4105264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "and they weren\u2019t prevented from building until Darius could be informed about them and return an answer."}, {"pk": 4105265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Here is a copy of the letter that Sisinnes, the commander of Syria and Phoenicia, Sathrabuzanes, and their associates, the local officials in Syria and Phoenicia, wrote to Darius:"}, {"pk": 4105266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "To King Darius. Greetings. <br> Our master the king, may you know that when we came to the country of Judea and entered the city of Jerusalem, we found the elders of the Jews, who had been in captivity, building in the city of Jerusalem a large new house for the Lord, of polished stone with costly beams set in the walls. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "These projects are proceeding swiftly, and the overall work is succeeding. They are completing it with brillance and precision. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "So we asked these elders, \u201cBy whose command are you building this house and laying the foundations of this project?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4105269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "In order that we might inform you, we questioned them about who the leaders are and demanded a list of the names of the troublemakers. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "They told us, \u201cWe are the servants of the Lord who created the heaven and the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "The house was built many years before by a great and mighty king of Israel, and it was finished. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "But when our ancestors angrily sinned against the Lord of Israel who is in heaven, God gave them over into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, king of the Chaldeans; <br>"}, {"pk": 4105273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "and they tore down the house and burned it, and led the people away as prisoners to Babylon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "But in the first year of Cyrus\u2019 rule over the country of Babylonia, King Cyrus wrote that this house should be rebuilt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "King Cyrus took out the holy gold and silver equipment from the temple in Babylon, which Nebuchadnezzar had removed from the house in Jerusalem and deposited in his own temple. Cyrus handed it over to Zerubbabel and the governor Sheshbazzar <br>"}, {"pk": 4105276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "with the order that they <sup>[1]</sup> take all of this equipment back and place it in the temple in Jerusalem, and that the Lord\u2019s temple be rebuilt on its site. <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4105277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "After coming here, Sheshbazzar laid the foundations of the Lord\u2019s house in Jerusalem. It has been under construction until now, although it isn\u2019t finished.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4105278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Now, King, if it seems right, please search the royal archives that are in Babylon. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "If it is discovered that the building of the Lord\u2019s house in Jerusalem was done with King Cyrus\u2019 consent, and if it seems right to our master the king, please direct us concerning these things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Then King Darius commanded a search of the royal archives that were kept in Babylon. In Ecbatana, within the palace of Medea, a scroll was found that recorded the following words:"}, {"pk": 4105281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "In the first year of Cyrus\u2019 rule, King Cyrus commissioned the rebuilding of the Lord\u2019s house in Jerusalem, where they offer sacrifices with continuous fire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "Its height should be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, with three layers of polished stone and one layer of new native wood. The expenses should come out of the treasury of King Cyrus. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Also the holy silver and gold equipment from the Lord\u2019s house, which Nebuchadnezzar removed from the house in Jerusalem and transported to Babylon, should be restored to the house in Jerusalem, to be kept where it used to be. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "So he commanded Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their associates, and those who were appointed as local officials in Syria and Phoenicia to stay away from the place and to let Zerubbabel, the Lord\u2019s servant and Judea\u2019s governor, and the elders of the Jews rebuild the Lord\u2019s house on its site."}, {"pk": 4105285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "I hereby command that it be built completely and that close attention be paid to helping those who have returned from the exile of Judea, util the Lord\u2019s house is finished. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "A sum of money, out of the tribute of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, should be carefully arranged to be given to these persons, specifically to Zerubbabel the governor, for offerings to the Lord, for bulls, rams, and lambs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Also money should be given for wheat, salt, wine, and oil, continually every year, without arguing, for daily use as the Jerusalem priests may indicate <br>"}, {"pk": 4105288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "so that drink offerings may be made to the Most High God for the king and his children, and prayers be offered for their lives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "He further commanded that if anyone should disobey any of the things previously mentioned or previously written, or attempt to cancel them, a beam should be taken out of the house of the guilty, who then should be hung on it, and all their possessions forfeited to the king."}, {"pk": 4105290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "May the Lord, on whose name they called, destroy every king and nation that will stretch out their hands to prevent or damage the Lord\u2019s house in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "I, King Darius, have declared that it be done with the necessary care described here. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Following the king\u2019s announcements, Sisinnes, the commander of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, Sathrabuzanes, and their associates"}, {"pk": 4105293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "supervised the holy work, carefully assisting the Judean elders and the temple officials."}, {"pk": 4105294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "The holy work flourished, while the prophets Haggai and Zechariah prophesied."}, {"pk": 4105295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "They finished it by the command of the Lord God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "So with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of the Persians, the holy house was finished by the twenty-third day of the month of Adar, <sup>[1]</sup> in the sixth year of King Darius.", "comment": "[1] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4105297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "The Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who returned from exile acted according to what was written in the scroll from Moses."}, {"pk": 4105298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "For the dedication of the Lord\u2019s temple, they brought offerings of one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,"}, {"pk": 4105299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "The priests and the Levites stood dressed in their robes, according to their tribes, for the services of the Lord God of Israel according to the scroll from Moses; and the gatekeepers stood at each gate."}, {"pk": 4105301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "The Israelites who came from exile celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, <sup>[2]</sup> after the priests and the Levites were purified together.", "comment": "[2] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4105302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Not everyone returning from exile was purified, but the Levites were all purified together."}, {"pk": 4105303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The Levites sacrificed the Passover lamb on behalf of the returned exiles, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves."}, {"pk": 4105304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "The Israelites who had returned from exile, those who had separated themselves from the scandal of the neighboring peoples and sought the Lord, ate the Passover meal."}, {"pk": 4105305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "They also celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days, rejoicing before the Lord,"}, {"pk": 4105306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "because he had changed the attitude of the king of the Assyrians toward them, to prepare them for the service of the Lord God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Sometime later, during Artaxerxes\u2019 rule as the king of the Persians, Ezra arrived. He was the son of Seraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Shallum"}, {"pk": 4105308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "son of Zadok son of Ahitub son of Amariah son of Uzzi son of Bukki son of Abishua son of Phinehas son of Eleazar son of the high priest Aaron."}, {"pk": 4105309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Ezra came up from Babylon as a legal expert well trained in the Law from Moses, a gift from the God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The king showed him honor because he found favor with the king <sup>[1]</sup> in all of his requests.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4105311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Going up to Jerusalem with him were some of the Israelites and some of the priests, Levites, temple singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes\u2019 rule, in the fifth month. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] July\u2013August, Av"}, {"pk": 4105312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "They left Babylon on the new moon of the first month <sup>[3]</sup> and arrived in Jerusalem on the new moon of the fifth month, <sup>[4]</sup> since the Lord gave them a safe journey.", "comment": "[4] July\u2013August, Av<br>[3] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4105313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Ezra had such a great understanding that he left out nothing from the Law that came from the Lord or the commandments, but he taught Israel all the regulations and decisions."}, {"pk": 4105314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "The following is a copy of the written decree from King Artaxerxes that he gave to Ezra the priest and reader of the Law from the Lord:"}, {"pk": 4105315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "King Artaxerxes to Ezra the priest and reader of the Law from the Lord. Greetings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "In accordance with my humane policies, I have given orders that those who are mindful of the Judean people and of the priests, Levites, and others in our kingdom, those who wish to do so, may accompany you to Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, let all who wish to do so join with you, just as I and my seven advisors have agreed, <br>"}, {"pk": 4105318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "so that they might take an interest in matters in Judea and in Jerusalem, according to the Law from the Lord. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "They might bring to Jerusalem the gifts for the Lord of Israel that I and my advisors have solemnly promised. They might acquire for the Lord in Jerusalem all the gold and silver that may be found in the country of Babylonia, together with what the nation gives them for the Lord\u2019s temple in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Gold and silver for bulls, rams, lambs, and what goes with them should be collected <br>"}, {"pk": 4105321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "so that sacrifices may be offered on their Lord\u2019s altar in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Whatever you and your people wish to do with the gold and silver, do it according to God\u2019s will. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Deliver the Lord\u2019s holy equipment that is given to you for use in your God\u2019s temple in Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Whatever else you think of that is needed in your God\u2019s temple, pay for it out of the royal treasury. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "I, King Artaxerxes, have commanded the treasurers of Syria and Phoenicia so that whatever Ezra the priest and reader of the Law of the Most High God sends for, they should give to him completely, up to 5,700 pounds of silver, <br>"}, {"pk": 4105326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "up to one hundred kors <sup>[5]</sup> of wheat, one hundred baths <sup>[6]</sup> of wine, and a lot of salt. <br>", "comment": "[5] A kor is equivalent to one hundred gallons dry in volume.<br>[6] A bath is approximately equivalent to twenty gallons wet in volume."}, {"pk": 4105327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Let everything be carried out for the Most High God strictly according to God\u2019s Law, so that God\u2019s wrath may not come on the king\u2019s empire and his family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Also no foreign tax or any other fine should be placed on any of the priests, Levites, temple singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or people working on this temple. No one has authority to impose anything on them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "You, Ezra, according to God\u2019s wisdom, should appoint judges and justices to have jurisdiction over all those who know the Law from your God, throughout all Syria and Phoenicia. You should teach it to those who don\u2019t know it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "All who disobey the Law from your God or the royal law will be strictly punished, whether by death or some other punishment, either fine or arrest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> Bless the Lord alone, who put this into the king\u2019s heart, to glorify his house in Jerusalem,", "comment": "[7] Some manuscripts add <i>Then Ezra the scribe said.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "and who honored me before the king, the counselors, all of his political advisors, <sup>[8]</sup> and officials.", "comment": "[8] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4105333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "I was encouraged by my God\u2019s help, and I gathered people from Israel to go up with me."}, {"pk": 4105334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "These are the leaders, according to their families and their divisions, who went up with me from Babylon, in King Artaxerxes\u2019 rule:"}, {"pk": 4105335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "From the family of Phinehas, Gershom. <br>From the family of Ithamar, Gamael. <br>From the family of David, Hattush, Shecaniah\u2019s son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "From the family of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him 150 men registered. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "From the family of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, Zerahiah\u2019s son and with him 200 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "From the family of Zattu, Shecaniah, Jahaziel\u2019s son and with him 300 men. <br>From the family of Adin, Obed, Jonathan\u2019s son and with him 250 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "From the family of Elam, Jeshaiah, Gotholiah\u2019s son and with him 70 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "From the family of Shephatiah, Zeraiah, Michael\u2019s son and with him 70 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "From the family of Joab, Obadiah, Jehiel\u2019s son and with him 212 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "From the family of Bani, Shelomith, Josiphiah\u2019s son and with him 160 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "From the family of Bebai, Zechariah, Bebai\u2019s son and with him 28 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "From the family of Azgad, Johanan, Hakkatan\u2019s son and with him 110 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "From the family of Adonikam, the last ones, their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 70 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "From the family of Bigvai, Uthai, Istalcurus\u2019 son and with him 70 men. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 41, "text": "I assembled them at the Theras River, where I inspected them. We camped at that place for three days."}, {"pk": 4105348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 42, "text": "When I found no families from the priests or the Levites there,"}, {"pk": 4105349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 43, "text": "I sent word to Eleazar, Iduel, Maasmas, Elnathan, Shemaiah, Jarib, Nathan, Elnathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were the leaders and persons of great learning."}, {"pk": 4105350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 44, "text": "I told them to go to Iddo, who was the official in charge at the residence of the treasury,"}, {"pk": 4105351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 45, "text": "and ordered them to ask Iddo and his relatives and the treasurers at that place to send us some persons to serve as priests in the Lord\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4105352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 46, "text": "By the Lord\u2019s direction, they brought us knowledgeable persons from the family of Mahli, Levi\u2019s son, and grandson of Israel, namely Sherebiah <sup>[9]</sup> with eighteen members of his family;", "comment": "[9] Gk <i>Asbebias</i>"}, {"pk": 4105353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 47, "text": "also Hashabiah, Annunus, and a brother Jeshaiah, from the family of Hananiah, and their family, twenty persons in all."}, {"pk": 4105354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 48, "text": "Of the temple servants, whom David and the leaders had given for the service of the Levites, they brought us two hundred twenty temple servants. All their names were listed in the register."}, {"pk": 4105355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 49, "text": "Then I announced a fast for the young people before our Lord,"}, {"pk": 4105356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 50, "text": "to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, for those with us, our children and our farm animals."}, {"pk": 4105357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 51, "text": "I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry, cavalry, and an escort for safety from our enemies,"}, {"pk": 4105358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 52, "text": "because we told the king, \u201cThe Lord\u2019s guidance will be with those who diligently seek after him, until everything is put right again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 53, "text": "So we prayed to our Lord about these things, and we obtained mercy."}, {"pk": 4105360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 54, "text": "I chose twelve of the leaders of the priestly families, Sherebiah and Hashabiah, and ten of their companions."}, {"pk": 4105361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 55, "text": "I weighed out for them the silver, the gold, and the holy equipment from the Lord\u2019s house, which the king himself, his advisors, the officials, and all Israel had contributed."}, {"pk": 4105362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 56, "text": "I presented to them 37,050 pounds of silver, silver equipment worth 5,700 pounds, 5,700 pounds of gold, twenty gold bowls, and twelve bronze objects of such fine quality that it glittered like gold."}, {"pk": 4105363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 57, "text": "I told them, \u201cYou are holy to the Lord, and the equipment is holy, and the silver and the gold are solemnly committed to the Lord, the Lord of our ancestors."}, {"pk": 4105364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 58, "text": "Be alert and careful until you hand them over to the leaders of the priestly families, to the Levites, and to the heads of the family houses of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the inner rooms of the Lord\u2019s house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 59, "text": "So the priests and the Levites carried the silver, the gold, and the equipment, which was in Jerusalem, and brought them to the Lord\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4105366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 60, "text": "On the twelfth day of the first month, <sup>[10]</sup> we left the Theras River and arrived in Jerusalem by the Lord\u2019s guidance. The Lord rescued us from every enemy on the way, and we arrived in Jerusalem.", "comment": "[10] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4105367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 61, "text": "After being there for three days, the silver and gold were weighed and handed over to the Lord\u2019s house, to the priest Meremoth, Uriah\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4105368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 62, "text": "With him was Eleazar, Phinehas\u2019 son, and with them were the Levites Jozabad, Jeshua\u2019s son, and Moeth, Binnui\u2019s <sup>[11]</sup> son. The whole collection was counted and weighed, and the total weight was recorded at that very moment.", "comment": "[11] Gk <i>Sabannus</i>"}, {"pk": 4105369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 63, "text": "All those who had returned from exile offered sacrifices to the Lord God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-two lambs, and twelve male goats as a well-being offering \u2014 all as a sacrifice to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4105370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 64, "text": "They delivered the king\u2019s orders to the royal managers and to the commanders of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia. These officials honored the people and the Lord\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4105371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 65, "text": "After these things happened, the leaders came to me and said,"}, {"pk": 4105372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 66, "text": "\u201cThe people of Israel, the rulers, the priests, and the Levites haven\u2019t separated themselves from the impurities in the foreign neighboring peoples: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Edomites."}, {"pk": 4105373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 67, "text": "They and their families have intermarried with their daughters, and the holy nation has been intermixed with the land\u2019s foreigners. The leaders and the officials have been sharing in this unlawful practice right from the start.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 68, "text": "As soon as I heard about these things, I tore my clothes and my priest\u2019s robe. I pulled out hair from my head and beard, and I sat down depressed and very sad."}, {"pk": 4105375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 69, "text": "Everyone who was moved by the word of the Lord of Israel gathered around me as I mourned over this unlawful deed, and I sat there depressed until the evening sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4105376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 70, "text": "After rising from my fast, with my clothes and priest\u2019s robe still torn, I knelt down, stretching out my hands to the Lord, and spoke:"}, {"pk": 4105377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 71, "text": "Lord, I\u2019m ashamed and disgraced before you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 72, "text": "Our sins are greater than what we imagined. Our ignorant deeds have reached heaven. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 73, "text": "From the times of our ancestors, we exist in great sin to this very day. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 74, "text": "Because of our sin and our ancestors\u2019 sin, we were handed over \u2014 with our brothers, sisters, kings, and priests \u2014 to the kings of the earth for death, exile, and plunder. We continue to bear the shame until today. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 75, "text": "But you, Lord, have shown to us a measure of mercy, to leave for us a descendant and honor in your holy place, <br>"}, {"pk": 4105382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 76, "text": "to uncover a light for us in the Lord\u2019s house, and to give us nourishment in the time of our slavery. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 77, "text": "Even in our servitude we weren\u2019t forgotten, but the Lord showed us favor among the kings of the Persians <br>"}, {"pk": 4105384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 78, "text": "so that they\u2019ve given us provisions, honored the Lord\u2019s temple, and rebuilt the ruins of Zion, to give us a solid place in Judea and Jerusalem. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 79, "text": "Now that we have these things, what will we say, Lord? We have violated your commandments, which you gave by your servants the prophets: <br>"}, {"pk": 4105386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 80, "text": "\u201cThe land that you are about to possess is a land polluted with the foreigners of the land. The foreigners have filled it with their impurity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 81, "text": "So don\u2019t give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and don\u2019t take their daughters for your sons. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 82, "text": "Don\u2019t seek at any time to make a peace treaty with them, so that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and pass it on as an inheritance to your children forever.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4105389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 83, "text": "All that has happened to us has resulted from our evil deeds and our great sins. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 84, "text": "For you, Lord, removed our sins, and you gave us such a root as this. Yet we again turned away to disobey your Law by intermixing with the impure of the neighboring peoples. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 85, "text": "Weren\u2019t you angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or a descendant or our honor? <br>"}, {"pk": 4105392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 86, "text": "Lord of Israel, you are true. We are left as a root this very day. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 87, "text": "Look! We are now before you in our immorality. <sup>[12]</sup> We can\u2019t stand in your presence anymore because of these things. <br>", "comment": "[12] Or <i>lawlessness</i>"}, {"pk": 4105394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 88, "text": "While Ezra was praying and offering up his confession, weeping in the dust before the temple, a very large crowd of men, women, and youth from Jerusalem gathered around him. There was great weeping among the people."}, {"pk": 4105395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 89, "text": "Then Shecaniah, Jehiel\u2019s son, one of the men of Israel, shouted to Ezra, \u201cWe have sinned against the Lord, and we have married foreign women from the neighboring peoples. Yet there is hope for Israel."}, {"pk": 4105396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 90, "text": "Let\u2019s swear a pledge to the Lord about this matter, to divorce all of our foreign wives, with their children, as it seems just to you and to as many who follow the Lord\u2019s Law."}, {"pk": 4105397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 91, "text": "Stand up and take part, for it is your duty, and we are with you to act with resolve.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 8, "verse": 92, "text": "Then Ezra stood up and made the leaders of the priests and Levites of all Israel swear to do as was said, and they swore that they would."}, {"pk": 4105399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Ezra went out from the temple court to the inner room of Jehohanan, Eliashib\u2019s son,"}, {"pk": 4105400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "and stayed the night there. He neither ate bread nor drank water, as he was mourning for the great immoral deeds of the multitude."}, {"pk": 4105401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "An announcement was issued throughout Judea and Jerusalem to all who had returned from exile that they should gather at Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Whoever didn\u2019t meet there within two or three days, according to the order of the leading elders, their animals would be used for sacrifice and the people themselves cut off from the company of those who had returned from the exile."}, {"pk": 4105403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Then everyone from the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days; this was the twentieth day of the ninth month. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] November\u2013December, Kislev"}, {"pk": 4105404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "The whole crowd sat in the square of the temple, shivering because it was winter."}, {"pk": 4105405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Ezra stood up and said, \u201cYou have broken the Law and married foreign women, and thus have increased the sin of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "So confess and give glory to the Lord God of our ancestors."}, {"pk": 4105407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Do God\u2019s will and separate yourselves from the neighboring peoples and from the foreign women.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "The whole crowd cried out, \u201cWe will do what you have said."}, {"pk": 4105409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "But it\u2019s a big crowd, and it\u2019s winter, and we aren\u2019t strong enough to keep standing outside. This isn\u2019t something we can do in one or two days, because we have sinned too greatly in these matters."}, {"pk": 4105410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "So let the leaders of the crowd remain, and let all those in our settlements who have foreign wives come at a specific time,"}, {"pk": 4105411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "with the local elders and judges, until we are free from the Lord\u2019s wrath that is against us in this affair.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Jonathan, Asahel\u2019s son, and Jahzeiah, Tikvah\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> son, accepted these terms, and Meshullam and Levi and Shabbethai supported them as moderators.", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>Thocanos</i>"}, {"pk": 4105413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Those who had returned from exile followed these recommendations in every respect."}, {"pk": 4105414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Ezra the priest chose for himself the leading men of their families, each by name. On the new moon of the tenth month <sup>[3]</sup> they convened their investigation of this affair.", "comment": "[3] December\u2013January, Tevet"}, {"pk": 4105415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The cases of the men who had married foreign wives were completed by the new moon of the first month. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4105416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Those who were found to have married foreign wives from the priesthood were:"}, {"pk": 4105417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Of the family of Jeshua, Jozadak\u2019s son, and his brothers Maaseiah, Eleazar, Jarib, and Jodan."}, {"pk": 4105418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "They pledged to divorce their wives and to offer rams as reconciliation for their error in judgment."}, {"pk": 4105419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Of the family of Immer: Hanani, Zebadiah, Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Azariah."}, {"pk": 4105420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Of the family of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nathanael, Gedaliah, and Salthas."}, {"pk": 4105421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "And of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah who was Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Jonah."}, {"pk": 4105422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Of the temple singers: Eliashib and Zaccur. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>Bacchurus</i>"}, {"pk": 4105423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Of the gatekeepers: Shallum and Telem. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Gk <i>Tolbanes</i>"}, {"pk": 4105424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "Of Israel: of the family of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Asibias, and Benaiah."}, {"pk": 4105425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Of the family of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jezrielus, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah."}, {"pk": 4105426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Of the family of Zamoth: Eliadas, Eliashib, Othoniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Zerdaiah."}, {"pk": 4105427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Of the family of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Emathis."}, {"pk": 4105428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Of the family of Mani: Olamus, Mamuchus, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth."}, {"pk": 4105429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Of the family of Addi: Naathus, Moossias, Laccunus, Naidus, Bescaspasmys, Sesthel, Belnuus, and Manasseas."}, {"pk": 4105430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Of the family of Annan: Elionas, Asaias, Melchias, Sabbaias, and Simon Chosamaeus."}, {"pk": 4105431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "Of the family of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Manasseh, and Shimei."}, {"pk": 4105432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Of the family of Bani: Jeremai, Momdius, Maerus, Joel, Mamdai, Bedeiah, Vaniah, Carabasion, Eliashib, Mamitanemus, Eliasis, Binnui, Elialis, Shimei, Shelemiah, and Nethaniah. Of the family of Ezora: Shashai, Azarel, Azael, Samatus, Zambris, and Joseph."}, {"pk": 4105433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Of the family of Nooma: Mazitias, Zabad, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah."}, {"pk": 4105434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "All these had married foreign women, and they divorced them, along with their children."}, {"pk": 4105435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "The priests, the Levites, and the Israelites lived in Jerusalem and in the countryside. On the new moon of the seventh month, <sup>[7]</sup> after the people of Israel were settled in their homes,", "comment": "[7] September\u2013October, Tishrei"}, {"pk": 4105436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "the whole crowd gathered together in the courtyard near the east gate of the temple."}, {"pk": 4105437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "They told Ezra the chief priest and reader to bring the Law from Moses that had been given by the Lord God of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "On the new moon of the seventh month, Ezra the chief priest brought the Law before the whole crowd, both men and women, as well as the priests, to hear the Law."}, {"pk": 4105439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "He read from dawn until noon in the courtyard near the temple gate, before men and women. The whole crowd gave full attention to the Law."}, {"pk": 4105440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "Ezra the priest and reader of the Law stood on the wooden podium that had been prepared."}, {"pk": 4105441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "Next to him stood Mattathiah, Shema, Ananias, Azariah, Uriah, Hezekiah, and Baalsamus at his right;"}, {"pk": 4105442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 44, "text": "and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Lothasubus, Nabariah, and Zechariah."}, {"pk": 4105443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 45, "text": "Ezra took up the Law scroll in front of the large crowd (for he was in charge in the place of honor before everyone)."}, {"pk": 4105444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 46, "text": "When he opened the Law, everyone stood up. Ezra blessed the Lord God Most High, the God of heavenly forces, the almighty,"}, {"pk": 4105445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 47, "text": "and the whole crowd responded, \u201cAmen.\u201d They lifted up their hands. They fell to the ground and worshipped the Lord."}, {"pk": 4105446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 48, "text": "The Levites (Jeshua, Anniuth, Sherebiah, Jadinus, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maiannas, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah) taught and read the Law from the Lord to the crowd, explaining the meaning."}, {"pk": 4105447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 49, "text": "Then Attharates said to Ezra the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites who were teaching the people, and to everyone, who were all weeping as they listened to the Law:"}, {"pk": 4105448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 50, "text": "\u201cThis day is holy to the Lord."}, {"pk": 4105449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 51, "text": "Go your way, eat the rich food and drink the sweet wine, and send some of it to those who have nothing,"}, {"pk": 4105450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 52, "text": "because the day is holy to the Lord. Don\u2019t be sad, because the Lord will honor you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 53, "text": "The Levites ordered all the people, \u201cThis day is holy; don\u2019t be sad.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 54, "text": "They all went their way, to eat and drink and to rejoice, and to share with those who had none, and to enjoy themselves."}, {"pk": 4105453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 67, "chapter": 9, "verse": 55, "text": "They were excited by the words that they had been taught. And they came together."}, {"pk": 4105454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "This scroll is a story told by Tobit. He was the son of Tobiel son of Hananiel son of Aduel son of Gabael son of Raphael son of Raguel, whose family came from Asiel, of the Naphtali tribe."}, {"pk": 4105455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "In the days of Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians, he was captured in Thisbe, south of Kedesh-naphtali in the upper hills of Galilee, northwest of Hazor and north of Peor."}, {"pk": 4105456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "I, Tobit, was trustworthy and behaved righteously during my entire life. I would help support my relatives and others of my country who were captured and taken with me to Nineveh in the country of the Assyrians."}, {"pk": 4105457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "While I was young and in my own country of Israel, the tribe of my ancestor Naphtali deserted the descendants of my ancestor David and stayed away from Jerusalem, the city chosen from among all the tribes of Israel for offering sacrifices on behalf of all the tribes of Israel. There God\u2019s own dwelling place, the temple, was built and dedicated for use by all future generations."}, {"pk": 4105458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Instead, all my relatives and the whole tribe of my ancestor Naphtali would offer sacrifices on all the hills of Galilee to the image of a calf that Israel\u2019s King Jeroboam had set up in Dan."}, {"pk": 4105459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "I would often go by myself to Jerusalem on religious holidays, as the Law commanded for every Israelite for all time. I would hurry off to Jerusalem and take with me the early produce of my crops, a tenth of my flocks, and the first portion of the wool cut from my sheep."}, {"pk": 4105460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "I would present these things at the altar to the priests, the descendants of Aaron. I would give the first tenth of my grain, wine, olive oil, pomegranates, figs, and other fruit to the Levites who served in Jerusalem. For six out of seven years, <sup>[1]</sup> I also brought the cash equivalent of the second tenth of these crops to Jerusalem where I would spend it every year.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>For six years</i>"}, {"pk": 4105461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "I gave this to orphans and widows, and to Gentiles who had joined Israel. In the third year, when I brought and gave it to them, we would eat together according to the instruction recorded in Moses\u2019 Law, as Deborah my grandmother <sup>[2]</sup> had taught me (for my father had died and left me an orphan).", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>the mother of our father Hananiel</i>"}, {"pk": 4105462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "When I became an adult, I married a woman from our clan. <sup>[3]</sup> Together we had a son, whom I named Tobias.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>ancestral kindred</i>"}, {"pk": 4105463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "After I was taken captive to Assyria and came to Nineveh, <sup>[4]</sup> all my relatives and fellow Jews there were eating Gentile food.", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>After I was taken into captivity into Assyria and when I was taken captive, I went into Nineveh.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "I, however, avoided eating the Gentiles\u2019 food."}, {"pk": 4105465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Because I kept God in view with all my heart,"}, {"pk": 4105466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "the Most High gave me favor and good standing before Shalmaneser, and I would buy for him everything he needed."}, {"pk": 4105467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I used to go to Media on business for him until he died. While in the land of Media, I entrusted 570 pounds of silver to Gabael brother of Gabri."}, {"pk": 4105468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "When Shalmaneser died, Sennacherib his son ruled in his place. The roads to Media became dangerous, <sup>[5]</sup> and I couldn\u2019t travel there any longer.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>slipped from his control</i>"}, {"pk": 4105469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "During the time of Shalmaneser, I gave away a lot of money to my relatives, my fellow Jews."}, {"pk": 4105470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "I gave a portion of my food to the hungry and clothes to the naked. Whenever I saw that the corpse of anyone from my nation had been flung outside the wall of Nineveh, I buried it."}, {"pk": 4105471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "I also buried anyone whom Sennacherib murdered after fleeing home from Judea, at the time when the king of heaven had punished him for all his insulting actions. In his rage Sennacherib killed many Israelites. However, I would take their bodies and bury them secretly. Sennacherib looked for them, but he didn\u2019t find them."}, {"pk": 4105472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "A native Ninevite went to the king and told him that I was the one burying the bodies. So I went into hiding. When I found out <sup>[6]</sup> that I was being hunted down to be put to death, I fled from the city in fear.", "comment": "[6] Gk adds <i>that the king was aware of me and</i>"}, {"pk": 4105473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "All my possessions were seized, and everything of mine became royal property except for my wife Anna and my son Tobias."}, {"pk": 4105474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Within forty days Sennacherib was killed by two of his sons, who escaped to the mountains of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon became king in his place. He hired Ahikar, my brother Hanael\u2019s son, to be in charge of all the financial accounts of his kingdom and all the king\u2019s treasury records."}, {"pk": 4105475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Ahikar petitioned the king on my behalf, and I returned to Nineveh. Ahikar had been the chief officer, <sup>[7]</sup> the keeper of the ring with the royal seal, the auditor of accounts, and the keeper of financial records under Assyria\u2019s King Sennacherib. And Esarhaddon promoted him to be second in charge after himself. Ahikar was my nephew and one of my family.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>chief cupbearer</i>"}, {"pk": 4105476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "When I returned to my house in the time of King Esarhaddon, my wife Anna and my son Tobias were restored to me. <b>Tobit is blinded</b> </pb> During our Festival of Pentecost, which is the holy Festival of Weeks, a splendid meal was cooked for me, and I lay down to eat."}, {"pk": 4105477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The table was set before me, and many fine foods were brought to me. Then I said to my son Tobias, \u201cGo, my son, and find one of our poorer relatives captive here in Nineveh, someone who pays attention to God with all his heart. Bring him here to eat with me. I will wait here, son, until you return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Tobias left to find some poor person among our relatives. When he returned, he said, \u201cFather?\u201d I answered, \u201cI\u2019m here, my son.\u201d He exclaimed, \u201cFather, one of our people has been murdered and tossed into the marketplace; his strangled body is just lying there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "I got up and left the meal before tasting it. I removed the body from the street and placed it in one of the smaller houses until sunset when I would bury it."}, {"pk": 4105480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Then, when I returned, I washed myself and ate my food in sadness."}, {"pk": 4105481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "I remembered the word that Amos the prophet pronounced against Bethel: <b>Your festivals will be transformed into sadness and all your songs</b> <sup>[1]</sup> <b>into sorrowful wailing</b>. <sup>[2]</sup> And I wept.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>paths</i><br>[2] <a href='/CEB/30/8/10'>Amos 8:10</a>"}, {"pk": 4105482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "After sunset I went out, dug a hole, and buried him."}, {"pk": 4105483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "My neighbors made fun of me, saying, \u201cIs he no longer afraid that he will be killed for doing this kind of thing? He ran away, but now look: he is burying the dead again!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "That night I washed myself and went into my courtyard and fell asleep alongside the courtyard wall, with my face uncovered because of the heat."}, {"pk": 4105485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "I didn\u2019t know that there were sparrows in the wall above me, and their warm droppings fell into my eyes, forming white spots. I went to doctors to be healed, but the more they applied their medicines on me, the worse the white spots became until I was completely blinded. I couldn\u2019t see with my eyes for four years. All my relatives felt sorry for me, and Ahikar took care of me for two years until he went to Elymais."}, {"pk": 4105486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "At that time my wife Anna made a living by weaving cloth out of wool. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>by doing women\u2019s work</i>"}, {"pk": 4105487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "She would send the cloth to the wool suppliers, <sup>[4]</sup> and they would pay her for it. On the seventh day of Dystrus, <sup>[5]</sup> she finished a piece on the loom for her employers. They gave her the full wages, along with a young goat from their herd for her home.", "comment": "[5] March<br>[4] Or <i>to its owners</i>"}, {"pk": 4105488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "When it approached me, the kid began to bleat. So I called to Anna and said, \u201cWhere does this goat come from? It isn\u2019t stolen, is it? Return it to its owners, for we have no right to eat anything that is stolen!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But she said to me, \u201cIt was given to me as a bonus in addition to my pay.\u201d I didn\u2019t believe her and demanded that she return it to the owners. I grew red with anger at her. But she replied and said to me, \u201cAnd what\u2019s become of your charitable donations? What\u2019s become of your righteous deeds? You have a reputation for that sort of thing, don\u2019t you?!\u201d <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] Gk <i>Where are your charitable donations now? Where are your righteous deeds? See, these things are known about you!</i>"}, {"pk": 4105490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Deeply upset in my heart, I sighed and wept and began to pray with sighs:"}, {"pk": 4105491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cYou are just, Lord, and all your deeds are just; mercy and truth mark all your ways. You judge the world. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cNow, Lord, remember me and look upon me. Don\u2019t punish me for my sins and the mistakes I made in ignorance, nor for those of my ancestors. They sinned against you, <br>"}, {"pk": 4105493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "and I disregarded your commandments. So you have handed us over to plunder, captivity, and death. We have become a parable and the object of chatter and scorn among all the nations to which you have scattered us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "You are right in your many judgments, holding me responsible for my sins; for we didn\u2019t observe your commandments, and we haven\u2019t behaved faithfully toward you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cAnd now, deal with me as you wish. Command that my spirit be taken from me so that I might be set free from the earth <sup>[1]</sup> and become dust. It is better for me to die than to live, for I have heard false insults, and I\u2019m full of grief. Lord, command that I might be set free from this distress. Set me free to go to the eternal place. Don\u2019t turn your face from me, Lord, for it is better for me to die than to experience this distress in my life and to endure insults.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[1] DSS Heb; LXX<sup>1,2 </sup><i>land</i>"}, {"pk": 4105496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "On the same day in Ecbatana of Media, Sarah, Raguel\u2019s daughter, also heard insults from one of her father\u2019s female servants."}, {"pk": 4105497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Sarah had been given in marriage to seven husbands; and Asmodeus, an evil demon, killed them before they could lie with her as newlyweds do. <sup>[2]</sup> And so the female servant said to her, \u201cYou are the one who keeps killing your husbands! See, you have already been given to seven husbands, and you haven\u2019t carried the name of any of them.", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>according to what is prescribed for wives</i>"}, {"pk": 4105498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Are you beating us because they have all died? Go with them, and may we never see a son or daughter of yours!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "On that day Sarah was deeply upset in her heart and wept. She went upstairs to a room in her father\u2019s house, and planned to hang herself. But she had second thoughts and said, \u201cThey will never insult my father by saying to him, \u2018You had but one dearly loved daughter, and she hanged herself because of her troubles.\u2019 If I did this, I would bring my old father down to the grave in sorrow. It is better for me not to hang myself, but to beg of the Lord to let me die so that I no longer hear insults during my lifetime.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "At that moment, she stretched her hands out toward the window and prayed: \u201cYou are blessed, merciful God, and your name is blessed forever! May all your works forever praise you! <br>"}, {"pk": 4105501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "And now, Lord, I lift my face and my eyes toward you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Speak the word, and set me free from the earth so that I don\u2019t have to hear insults anymore. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "You know, Master, that I\u2019m pure from any uncleanness from relations with a man. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "You know that I haven\u2019t tarnished my name or my father\u2019s name in this country where we are captives. I\u2019m my father\u2019s only child. He has no other child to be his heir, nor does he have a brother or near relative for whom I can keep myself as a wife. Seven have died on me already, so why should I go on living? And if you don\u2019t like the idea of killing me, take notice, at least, of how they insult me.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4105505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "At that very moment, the prayers of both Sarah and Tobit were heard in God\u2019s glorious presence."}, {"pk": 4105506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Raphael was sent to heal the two of them: Tobit, by removing the white spots from his eyes to see God\u2019s light with his eyes again, and Sarah, Raguel\u2019s daughter, by giving her as a wife to Tobias, Tobit\u2019s son, and by ridding her of the evil demon. It was Tobias\u2019 right to inherit her before all the others who wished to take her. At that very moment Tobit returned from the courtyard back into his house, and Sarah, Raguel\u2019s daughter, also came down from the upstairs room."}, {"pk": 4105507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "That day Tobit remembered the silver he had entrusted to Gabael in Rages of Media."}, {"pk": 4105508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to himself, I have asked for death; I should call my son Tobias and tell him about the money before I die."}, {"pk": 4105509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "So he called for his son Tobias, and Tobias came to him. Tobit said to him: \u201cGive me a proper burial. Honor your mother and take care of her <sup>[1]</sup> as long as she lives. Do what pleases her and don\u2019t grieve her spirit in any matter.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>don\u2019t neglect her</i>"}, {"pk": 4105510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Remember her, my son, because she went through many dangers while pregnant with you. And when she dies, bury her next to me in the same grave."}, {"pk": 4105511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cMy child, pay attention to the Lord as long as you live, and don\u2019t make it your desire to sin or to disobey his commandments. Do what is just as long as you live, and don\u2019t follow the paths that lead to wickedness."}, {"pk": 4105512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who live in line with the truth will prosper in everything they do."}, {"pk": 4105513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cTo everyone who practices righteousness, make donations based on what you have, and don\u2019t let your eye begrudge what you\u2019ve given. Don\u2019t turn your face away from any poor person, and God\u2019s face will never turn away from you."}, {"pk": 4105514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Give aid, my child, according to what you have. If you have a lot, make a donation out of your riches. If you have only a little, don\u2019t be afraid to make a donation in proportion."}, {"pk": 4105515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "In this way, you will store up a valuable treasure for a time of need."}, {"pk": 4105516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Giving assistance to the poor rescues a person from death and keeps a person from going down into darkness."}, {"pk": 4105517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "For everyone who does it, donating money to the needy is a good gift in the sight of the Most High."}, {"pk": 4105518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cChild, keep yourself away from all inappropriate sex. First, take a wife from the descendants of your ancestors, and don\u2019t take a foreign woman who isn\u2019t from your ancestral tribe, for we are children of the prophets. Noah was first a prophet, and then Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our ancestors from earlier times. Remember, my child, that they all took wives from their relatives. <sup>[2]</sup> They were blessed through their children, and their descendants will inherit the land.", "comment": "[2] OL; LXX<sup>1 </sup><i>We are children of the prophets. Remember that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our ancient ancestors, all took wives from among their families.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cAnd now, my child, love your relatives and don\u2019t be too proud in your heart to take a daughter from the descendants of your people as your wife. In pride there is much ruin and instability, and laziness results in loss and great poverty, for laziness is the mother of hunger."}, {"pk": 4105520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cPay the wages of any person who works with you that same day. Don\u2019t delay to pay a person\u2019s wages, and your own wages will certainly not be withheld if you truly serve God. Keep yourself under control, my child, in everything you do and be disciplined in every aspect of your behavior."}, {"pk": 4105521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWhat you yourself hate, do that to no one. Don\u2019t get drunk with wine, and don\u2019t let drunkards <sup>[3]</sup> accompany you on your way.", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>drunkenness</i>"}, {"pk": 4105522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cGive some of your food to the one who is hungry and some of your clothing to those who are naked. Give away all your surplus to the poor, and don\u2019t let your eye be resentful when you give your things away."}, {"pk": 4105523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cPlace your bread and wine on the tombs of the righteous, but don\u2019t give anything to sinners."}, {"pk": 4105524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cGet advice from everyone who is wise, and don\u2019t despise what they say, since all advice is useful."}, {"pk": 4105525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cAt every opportunity praise God and ask him to make all your ways straight and all your activities prosper. No nation has good counsel, but the Lord himself gives good counsel. The Lord will bring down whomever he wishes, even as far as hell below. For this reason, my son, remember these instructions, and don\u2019t let them be erased from your heart."}, {"pk": 4105526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cAnd now, my child, I want you to know that I have placed 570 pounds of silver in trust with Gabael the son of Gabrias in Rages of Media."}, {"pk": 4105527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "So don\u2019t worry, my child, about the fact that we have been poor. You have many good things if you fear God, flee from every kind of sin, and do what the Lord your God thinks is right.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Tobias said to his father Tobit, \u201cI will do everything you have commanded me, Father."}, {"pk": 4105529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "But how am I going to get it from Gabael, since he doesn\u2019t know me and I don\u2019t know him? What proof can I give him so that he will recognize and trust me and give me the money? Moreover, I don\u2019t know the roads to take to get to Media.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Tobit said to his son Tobias, \u201cHe gave me a signed receipt, and I gave him a handwritten document as well. I divided them in two, and we each took one part, and I deposited one with the money. And now it is twenty years since I deposited this money. So then go find a reliable man who will go with you, and we will pay him for his time until you return. Then you can retrieve this money from Gabael.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Then Tobias went out to look for a man who knew the way to Media and would go with him. He went out and found the angel Raphael standing near him, but he didn\u2019t know that he was an angel from God."}, {"pk": 4105532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Tobias said to him, \u201cWhere are you from, young man?\u201d He said to Tobias, \u201cI am one of the Israelites, your relatives. I have come here to find work.\u201d Tobias said to him, \u201cDo you know the way to Media?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "He replied, \u201cYes, I have been there many times; I\u2019m familiar with all the roads and know them well. Often I have gone to Media and have spent the night with Gabael, our relative, who lives in Ecbatana <sup>[1]</sup> of Media. It is a good two days\u2019 journey from Ecbatana to Rages, <sup>[2]</sup> because it is located in a mountainous area while Ecbatana lies in the midst of a plain.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>2</sup>; OL <i>Rages</i><br>[2] LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>Garras</i>; OL adds <i>a city of Phagar.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Tobias said to him, \u201cWait here for me, young man, until I go and report this to my father, because I need you to go with me, and I\u2019ll pay your wages.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Raphael replied, \u201cAll right, I\u2019ll wait. But don\u2019t delay!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "So Tobias went in and reported to his father Tobit, saying, \u201cWow, I\u2019ve found a man from among our relatives the Israelites.\u201d Tobit said to Tobias, \u201cCall the man in to me, my son, <sup>[3]</sup> so that I learn who his family is, from which tribe he is, and whether he can be trusted to go with you.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>child</i>, as generally throughout the book"}, {"pk": 4105537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "So Tobias went out, called Raphael, and said to him, \u201cYoung man, my father is calling for you.\u201d Raphael went in, and Tobit was the first to greet him. Raphael <sup>[4]</sup> said, \u201cMay joy be yours!\u201d Tobit responded, \u201cWhat joy can there still be for me? My eyes are useless, and I can\u2019t see the light of heaven. Instead, I lie in darkness just like the dead who no longer see the light. I live among the dead, hearing the sound of human beings without seeing them.\u201d Raphael said to him, \u201cTake heart! The time is near when God will heal you. Take heart!\u201d Then Tobit said to him, \u201cMy son Tobias wants to go to Media. Brother, can you accompany and guide him? I will pay your wages.\u201d Raphael said to him, \u201cI\u2019m able to go with him, for I know all the roads and have often traveled to Media and have passed through all its plains. So I\u2019m familiar with its mountains and all its roads.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Gk <i>The young man</i>"}, {"pk": 4105538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Tobit said to him, \u201cBrother, which family and which tribe do you come from? Tell me, brother!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "The young man answered, \u201cWhy do you need to know about my tribe?\u201d Tobit replied, \u201cI would like to know in all honesty, brother, who your father is and what your name is.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Then he answered, \u201cI\u2019m Azariah, the great Hananiah\u2019s son, one of your relatives.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Tobit said to him, \u201cMay you come in health and safety, brother! Don\u2019t be offended, brother, that I wanted to know the truth about your family. But you happen to be a relative, and you are from a good and honorable heritage. I knew Hananiah and Nathan, the two sons of the great Shemeliah. They used to go with me to Jerusalem. They used to worship with me there and weren\u2019t led astray. Your relatives are good men; you are of good stock, and may you feel welcome for coming here!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Then he added, <sup>[5]</sup> \u201cI will pay you a drachme a day as well as provide for your expenses just as for those of my son. So do go with my son,", "comment": "[5] OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>he said to him</i>"}, {"pk": 4105543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "and I\u2019ll give you additional pay.\u201d The young man replied, \u201cI\u2019ll go with him. Don\u2019t be afraid; we\u2019ll depart safely and we\u2019ll return safely to you, because the road is secure.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Tobit answered, \u201cBless you, brother!\u201d Then Tobit called his son and said to him, \u201cMy child, prepare provisions for the trip and head off with your brother. May God who is in heaven protect you on your way and restore you safely to me. May his angel travel with you and protect you, my child.\u201d He went to begin his journey, and he kissed his father and mother. Tobit said to him, \u201cTravel safely!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "His mother began to weep and said to Tobit, \u201cWhy have you sent my child away? Isn\u2019t he the staff on which we lean <sup>[6]</sup> as he comes and goes in our presence?", "comment": "[6] Gk <i>staff of our hands</i>"}, {"pk": 4105546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t make money more important than it is; <sup>[7]</sup> instead, let it be ransom for our child\u2019s sake.", "comment": "[7] Gk <i>don\u2019t pile up silver upon silver</i>"}, {"pk": 4105547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "It\u2019s enough for us to live as the Lord has provided.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Tobit said to her, \u201cDon\u2019t make such an issue of it! Our child will go safely and will come safely back to us. Your eyes will see him on the day he returns to you safe and sound. Don\u2019t overreact, and don\u2019t be afraid for them, my sister!"}, {"pk": 4105549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "A good angel will go with him, his journey will prosper, and he will return safely.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Then she calmed down and stopped crying."}, {"pk": 4105551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "So their son departed, with the angel alongside him. Tobias\u2019 dog also went with him and accompanied them on the journey. They both journeyed until the first night fell upon them, and they set up camp along the Tigris River."}, {"pk": 4105552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Now the lad went down to the Tigris River to wash his feet. Suddenly, <sup>[1]</sup> a massive fish leaped up out of the water and tried to swallow the lad\u2019s foot, and he cried out.", "comment": "[1] DSS Aram"}, {"pk": 4105553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "The angel said to him, \u201cGrab the fish and hang on to it.\u201d So Tobias hung on to the fish and brought it up onto the dry ground."}, {"pk": 4105554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "The angel said to him, \u201cCut open the fish and remove its gallbladder, heart, and liver and keep them with you, and throw away the guts. Its gallbladder, heart, and liver are useful medicines.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "So Tobias cut open the fish and gathered up the gallbladder, heart, and liver. He cooked the fish and ate it; and the remaining part of it, which he salted, he put aside. Then they both journeyed together until they approached Media."}, {"pk": 4105556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Tobias asked the angel, \u201cBrother Azariah, what medicine is there in the fish\u2019s heart, liver, and gallbladder?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Raphael replied, \u201cIf you burn the fish\u2019s heart and liver in the presence of a man or woman under attack by a demon or evil spirit, the spirit will flee and never bother that person again."}, {"pk": 4105558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "As for the gallbladder, if you smear the gall on a person\u2019s eyes in which white spots have appeared, and then blow on the white spots, the eyes will heal.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "When he arrived in Media and was already coming within reach of Ecbatana,"}, {"pk": 4105560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Raphael said to the lad, \u201cTobias my brother!\u201d He replied, \u201cI\u2019m here!\u201d Raphael said, \u201cTonight we must lodge with Raguel your relative. He has a daughter named Sarah."}, {"pk": 4105561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Except for her, he has no other son or daughter. Of all men you are her closest relative. The right to inherit her and her father\u2019s estate is yours. The girl is sensible, courageous, and very beautiful; moreover, her father loves her and <sup>[2]</sup> is a good man.\u201d", "comment": "[2] DSS Aram, OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>loves her and.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "He continued, \u201cIt\u2019s right for you to marry her. So listen to me, brother: I\u2019ll speak to her father about the girl tonight so that we can take her as a bride for you. And when we return from Rages, <sup>[3]</sup> we will celebrate her wedding. I know that Raguel can\u2019t keep her from you, nor can he promise her to someone else without incurring the death penalty according to the ruling of the scroll from Moses. He knows that the regulation for inheritance makes it fitting that you, rather than any other man, should marry his daughter. So now listen to me, brother: We will speak about the girl tonight and arrange for her engagement to you. When we return from Rages, we will take her and bring her back with us to your home.\u201d", "comment": "[3] OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>Raguel</i>"}, {"pk": 4105563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Tobias said to Raphael, \u201cBrother Azariah, I\u2019ve heard that she has already been given to seven men and that they died in the bridal chamber. They dropped dead the very night they tried to have sex with her. I\u2019ve heard people saying that a demon kills them."}, {"pk": 4105564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Now I\u2019m also afraid, because the demon loves her and <sup>[4]</sup> doesn\u2019t harm her but kills anyone who desires to approach her. I\u2019m my father\u2019s only child, and I\u2019m afraid <sup>[5]</sup> that I will die and bring my father and mother down to their graves with grief over me. Moreover, they don\u2019t have another son to bury them.\u201d", "comment": "[4] DSS Aram, OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>loves her and.</i><br>[5] LXX<sup>1</sup>; omitted in LXX<sup>2</sup>, OL"}, {"pk": 4105565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Raphael said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t you remember your father\u2019s instructions, that you should take a wife from among your father\u2019s relatives? Now listen to me, my brother: Don\u2019t worry about this demon. Take her, for I know that tonight she will be given to you as your wife."}, {"pk": 4105566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "When you enter into the bridal chamber, take some of the fish\u2019s liver and heart and lay them over the warm incense coals. This will let off an odor,"}, {"pk": 4105567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "and the demon will smell it, flee, and never stalk her <sup>[6]</sup> again. And before you have sex with her, the two of you must rise and pray and plead with the Lord of heaven for mercy and deliverance. So don\u2019t be afraid; she has been assigned to you before the world came into being. You will save her, and she will go with you. I\u2019m convinced that you will also have children by her, and they will be like brothers and sisters to you. So stop worrying.\u201d When Tobias heard Raphael\u2019s words, and learned that she was his relative and descendant from his father\u2019s house, he fell deeply in love with her and his heart was united with her.", "comment": "[6] LXX<sup>1 </sup><i>return</i>"}, {"pk": 4105568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "When they <sup>[1]</sup> entered Ecbatana, Tobias said to him, \u201cBrother Azariah, bring me at once to Raguel our relative.\u201d So Azariah took him to Raguel\u2019s house. They found him sitting at the gate of the courtyard and greeted him first. Raguel said to them, \u201cMany greetings, brothers. You have come generously and in health!\u201d Raguel brought them into his house", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4105569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "and said to his wife Edna, \u201cThis young man looks so much like my relative Tobit!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Then Edna asked them, \u201cWhere are you from, brothers?\u201d They answered her, \u201cWe are from the Naphtalites, who are captives in Nineveh.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "She asked them, \u201cDo you know our relative Tobit?\u201d They replied, \u201cWe do indeed know him.\u201d Then she asked them, \u201cIs he well?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "They answered, \u201cHe is alive and well.\u201d Tobias said, \u201cHe is my father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Raguel jumped up and kissed him. He began to cry"}, {"pk": 4105574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "and say, \u201cBless you, young man, son of a good and generous father! What a terrible tragedy that such a righteous and charitable man has been made blind!\u201d He embraced his relative Tobias and wept."}, {"pk": 4105575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Raguel\u2019s wife Edna also wept for Tobit, as did Sarah their daughter."}, {"pk": 4105576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Raguel slaughtered a ram from his flock and eagerly entertained his guests. When they had bathed and washed, they reclined to eat dinner. Tobias said to Raphael, \u201cBrother Azariah, tell Raguel that he should give me my relative Sarah as a wife.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Raguel overheard Tobias\u2019 comment and said to the young man, \u201cEat, drink, and be happy tonight! There is no other man except you, my brother, for whom it is proper to marry my daughter Sarah. What\u2019s more, I have no right to give her to any man except for you since you are my nearest relative. \u201cBut, my lad, I must tell you the truth."}, {"pk": 4105578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "I have given her to seven men among our relatives, and they all died the night they tried to have sex with her. Now, however, eat and drink, my son, and may the Lord act on behalf of you both.\u201d Tobias replied, \u201cI won\u2019t eat or drink here until you resolve the matters that have to do with me.\u201d Raguel said to him, \u201cI will do it. She is given to you according to the ruling of the scroll from Moses, and it has been decided in heaven that she be given to you. Receive your sister! From now on you are her brother and she is your sister. She is given to you from today until eternity. And tonight may the Lord of heaven grant success to both of you, my son, and may he shower you both with mercy and peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Raguel sent for his daughter Sarah, and she came to him. He took hold of her hand, delivered her to Tobias, and said, \u201cTake her to be your wife according to the Law and according to the ruling written in the scroll from Moses. Take her and lead her to your father safely. And may the God of heaven grant both of you success with peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Raguel called for her mother and told her to bring a scroll. He wrote a marriage contract, stating how he was giving her to him as a wife according to the ruling of the scroll from Moses. Then he sealed it. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] DSS Aram, OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>Then he sealed it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "From that point on, they began to eat and drink."}, {"pk": 4105582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Raguel called his wife Edna and said to her, \u201cMy sister, prepare the other bedroom and take Sarah there.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "She went and got things ready in the bedroom, just as Raguel had told her. She brought Sarah there and cried for her. Then Edna dried her tears and said to her, \u201cTake courage, my daughter! May the Lord of heaven give you joy in place of your pain. Take courage, my daughter!\u201d Then she left."}, {"pk": 4105584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "When they had all finished eating and drinking, they wanted to go to bed. So the bride\u2019s parents led the young man away and brought him into the bride\u2019s bedroom."}, {"pk": 4105585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Tobias remembered Raphael\u2019s words. He took the fish\u2019s liver and heart out of his bag and laid them upon the warm incense coals."}, {"pk": 4105586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "The odor from the fish drove off the demon, and he sped off to the region of Egypt. Raphael went after the demon, bound him there hand and foot, and immediately put him in chains."}, {"pk": 4105587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Then the parents left and shut the door of the bedroom. Tobias got up from the bed and said to Sarah, \u201cGet up, my sister! Let\u2019s pray and beg our Lord to show us mercy and give us deliverance.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "She got up, and they began to pray and to ask that they might be delivered. Tobias then began to speak: \u201cBlessed are you, God of our ancestors, and blessed is your name for all generations. May the heavens and all your creation bless you forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4105589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "You created Adam and you created Eve his wife to help and support him, and from the two of them has come the human race. You said, \u2018It isn\u2019t good for the man to be alone; let\u2019s make for him a helper like himself.\u2019 <br>"}, {"pk": 4105590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "I\u2019m not taking this sister of mine now out of lust but with honest integrity. <sup>[1]</sup> Grant that she and I will be shown mercy and grow old together.\u201d <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>with truth</i>"}, {"pk": 4105591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Together they said, \u201cAmen, amen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Then they fell asleep for the night. Upon getting up during the night, <sup>[2]</sup> Raguel summoned his servants, and they went with him and dug a grave.", "comment": "[2] OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>during the night.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "He said, \u201cTobias might die as well, and people will laugh and jeer at us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "When they had finished digging the grave, Raguel returned to his house, called his wife,"}, {"pk": 4105595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "and said, \u201cSend one of the female servants in to see if he\u2019s alive. If he\u2019s dead, let\u2019s bury him so that no one knows what has happened.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "So they sent for the female servant, lit a lamp, and opened the door. The female servant entered and found them fast asleep together."}, {"pk": 4105597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Then she came out and told them, \u201cHe\u2019s alive, and there\u2019s nothing wrong.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "They praised the God of heaven, saying, \u201cBlessed are you, God, with every pure blessing; may people bless you forever!"}, {"pk": 4105599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Blessed are you, because you have brought me joy. It didn\u2019t happen as I had expected. Instead, you have dealt with us according to your great mercy."}, {"pk": 4105600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Blessed are you, because you have shown mercy to our only two children. Master, provide them with mercy and well-being, <sup>[3]</sup> and bring both their lives to fulfillment with joy and mercy.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Or <i>and salvation</i>"}, {"pk": 4105601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Raguel told his servants to fill up the grave with dirt before dawn,"}, {"pk": 4105602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "and he told his wife to bake a lot of bread. From his herd he brought back two oxen and four rams. He gave instructions to have them slaughtered, and they began to make preparations."}, {"pk": 4105603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Raguel then called Tobias and said, \u201cYou will certainly not leave here for the next fourteen days. Instead, you will remain here to eat and drink with me, and you will bring joy to my daughter\u2019s troubled soul."}, {"pk": 4105604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Take now half of whatever I own and go in health to your father. When my wife and I die, the other half will be yours. Take courage, my son! I\u2019m your father and Edna is your mother. From now on and forever we will stand beside both you and your sister. Take courage, my son!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Tobias called Raphael and said to him,"}, {"pk": 4105606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cBrother Azariah, take along four servants and two camels. Travel to Rages and go to Gabael\u2019s place. Give him the signed contract, get the money, and bring it with you back to the wedding feast."}, {"pk": 4105607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "You know that my father will be counting the days, and if I delay just one day, I will cause him a lot of grief."}, {"pk": 4105608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "You see what Raguel swore, and that I\u2019m not in a position to go against his solemn pledge.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "So Raphael went with four servants and two camels to Rages of Media, and they spent the night at Gabael\u2019s place. Raphael gave him the receipt and told him that Tobias, Tobit\u2019s son, had taken a wife and was inviting Gabael to the wedding feast. Gabael got up and checked the sacks, which were still sealed, and they packed them up."}, {"pk": 4105610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "They got up early in the morning together and went to the wedding feast. They came to Raguel\u2019s place and found Tobias reclining at a table. Tobias jumped up and greeted him, and Gabael wept and blessed him, saying, \u201cGood and generous man, son of a good and generous man who is just and charitable! May the Lord grant a heavenly blessing to you and your wife, and to your wife\u2019s father and mother. May God be praised, for I have now seen in Tobias the image of Tobit my cousin!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Meanwhile, each and every day Tobit would keep count of how many days Tobias would need in order to travel and return. And when that number of days was past and his son hadn\u2019t arrived,"}, {"pk": 4105612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "he said, \u201cPerhaps he was kept there, or perhaps Gabael died, and no one gave him the money.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "So he began to worry."}, {"pk": 4105614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Moreover, his wife Anna was saying, \u201cMy child has perished and no longer remains among the living.\u201d She began to cry and mourn for her son, saying,"}, {"pk": 4105615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cWhat misery is mine, my child, light of my eyes, because I let you go away!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Tobit would reply, \u201cBe quiet! Don\u2019t get so upset, my sister! He\u2019s fine! Surely something has distracted them there. Moreover, the man traveling with him is trustworthy and one of our relatives. Don\u2019t grieve about him, my sister. He\u2019ll get here soon.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cYou be quiet!\u201d she would say. \u201cDon\u2019t lie to me! My son has perished.\u201d Daily she hurried out to scan the road on which her son had gone and she wouldn\u2019t be persuaded by anyone. When the sun set, she would come inside, mourning and weeping the whole night without sleeping. When the fourteen days of the wedding feast were finished, which Raguel had sworn to celebrate for his daughter, Tobias came to him and said, \u201cSend me off, for I know that my father and my mother don\u2019t believe they will ever see me again. So now, father, I ask you to send me off to go to my father. I have already let you know how I left him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Raguel said to Tobias, \u201cStay, my child. Stay with me. I\u2019ll send messengers to Tobit your father, and they will report to him about you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Tobias replied, \u201cAbsolutely not! I ask that you allow me to return to my father.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "So Raguel arose and gave to Tobias his wife Sarah and half of all his possessions, including servants and female servants, oxen and sheep, donkeys and camels, clothes, money, and furnishings."}, {"pk": 4105621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "He sent them away safely and said farewell to Tobias. \u201cGood-bye, my son. Have a safe trip! May the Lord of heaven cause you and your wife Sarah to prosper! May I see your children before I die!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Raguel said to his daughter Sarah, \u201cGo to your father-in-law, since from now on they are your parents, just as if they had conceived you. Go in peace, my daughter! May I hear a good report about you as long as I\u2019m alive!\u201d Having said good-bye, he allowed them to go. Then Edna said to Tobias, \u201cMy child and dearly loved brother, may the Lord bring you back, and may I see your children while I\u2019m still alive and those of my daughter before I die! In the Lord\u2019s presence I entrust my daughter into your care. Don\u2019t ever be a cause of grief to her, not as long as you live. Go in peace, my child! From now on I\u2019m your mother, and Sarah is your sister. May all our ways prosper together all the days of our lives!\u201d Then she kissed them both and sent them safely <sup>[1]</sup> on their way.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>in good health</i>"}, {"pk": 4105623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "So Tobias parted from Raguel in good health, rejoicing and praising the Lord of heaven and earth, the king of all, for making his journey so successful. Raphael said to Tobias, \u201cYou enjoyed this success that you might honor them all the days of their lives.\u201d <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Gk uncertain; OL <i>and he blessed Raguel and Anna (!) and said,</i> \u201c<i>I have been enjoined by the Lord to honor you all the days of your lives.</i>\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When they approached Kaserin, which is across from Nineveh,"}, {"pk": 4105625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Raphael said, \u201cYou know how we left your father."}, {"pk": 4105626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Let\u2019s run ahead of your wife and get the house ready while the rest are coming.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "So they both went on together, and Raphael said, \u201cGet the gallbladder ready.\u201d The dog came with them, still following behind."}, {"pk": 4105628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Now Anna was sitting down and watching the road that her son had taken."}, {"pk": 4105629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "When she saw him coming, she said to her husband, <sup>[1]</sup> \u201cLook! Your son is coming, along with the man who went with him!\u201d", "comment": "[1] Vulg; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>his father</i>"}, {"pk": 4105630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Before Tobias reached his father, Raphael said to him, \u201cI know that his eyes will be opened."}, {"pk": 4105631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Smear the fish\u2019s gall on his eyes. The medicine will make the white spots shrink and peel away from his eyes. Then your father will regain his sight and see the light.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Anna jumped up and embraced her son, saying, \u201cI see you, my child! Now I\u2019m ready to die.\u201d She began to cry."}, {"pk": 4105633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Tobit rose and stumbled through the courtyard door. Tobias went to him"}, {"pk": 4105634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "with the fish\u2019s gallbladder in his hand. Tobias sprinkled <sup>[2]</sup> some of the gall into his father\u2019s eyes, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid, Father!\u201d <sup>[3]</sup> He poured out the medicine on him and applied it.", "comment": "[3] DSS Heb; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>Take courage, Father!</i><br>[2] DSS Heb; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>blew</i>"}, {"pk": 4105635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "<sup>[12-13]</sup> Then with both his hands, he peeled off the white spots from the corners of Tobit\u2019s eyes."}, {"pk": 4105636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Tobit embraced him and began to cry, saying, \u201cI see you, my child and light of my eyes!"}, {"pk": 4105637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "May God be praised, and may his great name be praised, and may all his holy angels be praised forever! May his great name be upon us, and may all the angels be praised for all eternity!"}, {"pk": 4105638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Though he has disciplined me, look now! I see my son Tobias!\u201d Then Tobit came in rejoicing and praising God at the top of his lungs. <sup>[4]</sup> Tobias told his father that his trip had been successful: that he had brought the money; that he had taken Sarah, Raguel\u2019s daughter, as his wife; and that, indeed, she was arriving and was near the gate of Nineveh.", "comment": "[4] Gk <i>with his whole mouth</i>"}, {"pk": 4105639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Tobit went out to meet Tobias\u2019 bride at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing and praising God. The people of Nineveh were amazed when they saw him walking and moving along with all his strength without anyone leading him by the hand."}, {"pk": 4105640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Tobit declared to them that God had shown mercy on him and opened his eyes. Then Tobit approached Sarah, his son Tobias\u2019 wife, and he blessed her, saying, \u201cMay you come in good health, my daughter; may your God who has brought you to us be praised. May your father be blessed, may my son Tobias be blessed, and may you be blessed, my daughter. Come into your house in good health, in blessing and joy. Come in, my daughter!\u201d On this day joy came to all the Jews who were in Nineveh."}, {"pk": 4105641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Ahikar and Nadab, Tobit\u2019s nephews, were also there, rejoicing with Tobit. And Tobias\u2019 wedding feast was celebrated joyfully for seven days. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] OL, LXX<sup>1</sup>; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>And \u2026 days.</i> OL adds <i>And he was given many gifts.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "When the wedding feast was over, Tobit called his son Tobias to him and said, \u201cMy child, make sure to give the man who went with you his wages, and give him a bonus as well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Tobias asked him, \u201cFather, how much in wages should I give him? I wouldn\u2019t lose anything if I give him half my possessions, which he brought back with me."}, {"pk": 4105644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "After all, he has guided me safely, healed my wife, brought the money with me, and healed you. How much of a bonus should I give him?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Tobit answered, \u201cIt is right, my son, for him to receive half of everything that he had when he came back.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "So Tobit called Raphael in and said, \u201cTake as your wages half of everything you had when you came, and go in good health.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Raphael spoke to them privately, saying, \u201cPraise God and tell all living beings about the good things he has done for you, praising and singing to his name. Make God\u2019s words known in an honorable way to everyone, and don\u2019t fail to acknowledge him."}, {"pk": 4105648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "It\u2019s good to hide a king\u2019s secret from view, and good to reveal God\u2019s works and bear witness to them with due respect. \u201cDo what\u2019s good, and evil won\u2019t overtake you."}, {"pk": 4105649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Prayer with fasting <sup>[1]</sup> is good, and so is giving to the poor with righteousness. The possession of a little with righteousness is better than much with injustice. <sup>[2]</sup> Giving to the poor is better than storing up gold.", "comment": "[1] OL, LXX<sup>1</sup>; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>sincerity</i><br>[2] LXX<sup>1</sup>; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>and giving to the poor with righteousness is better than the possession of much with injustice.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Giving to the poor saves from death, and it washes away every sin. Those who give to the poor will feel satisfied with life,"}, {"pk": 4105651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "but those who commit sin and injustice are their own worst enemies."}, {"pk": 4105652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cI will tell you the whole truth, and I will keep nothing secret from you. I have already said to you, \u2018It\u2019s good to hide a king\u2019s secret from view, and good to reveal God\u2019s works in an honorable way.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4105653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "So when you and Sarah prayed, it was I who brought the record of your prayer into God\u2019s glorious presence, and likewise when you used to bury the dead,"}, {"pk": 4105654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "and when you didn\u2019t hesitate to get up and leave your dinner to go and bury the corpse."}, {"pk": 4105655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "I was sent to test you then, and at the same time God sent me to heal you and Sarah, your son\u2019s bride. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>your bride</i>"}, {"pk": 4105656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ready and who enter the Lord\u2019s glorious presence.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "The two were shocked. They fell on their faces in fear."}, {"pk": 4105658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "But Raphael said to them, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; be at peace! Praise God for all time!"}, {"pk": 4105659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "While I was with you, it wasn\u2019t because I was showing you any favor but because of God\u2019s will. Praise him all your days and sing to him!"}, {"pk": 4105660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "You were observing me, but <sup>[4]</sup> I wasn\u2019t eating or drinking <sup>[5]</sup> anything. Instead, you were seeing a vision.", "comment": "[5] DSS Aram; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>or drinking</i>; OL <i>for you used to see me eating;</i> LXX<sup>1 </sup><i>all those days I merely appeared to you without actually eating or drinking.</i><br>[4] LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>that</i>"}, {"pk": 4105661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Now praise the Lord here on earth and acknowledge God. Notice that I\u2019m ascending to the one who sent me. So record everything that has happened to you.\u201d Then Raphael ascended."}, {"pk": 4105662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "Tobit and Tobias got up and were no longer able to see him."}, {"pk": 4105663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "They continued to praise and sing to God, and acknowledged him for these great works of his. They marveled at <sup>[6]</sup> how one of God\u2019s angels had appeared to them.", "comment": "[6] DSS Heb; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>they marveled at.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Tobit spoke and wrote down a psalm in praise, saying, <sup>[1]</sup> Bless the God who lives forever, <br>and bless his kingdom,<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>and \u2026 saying.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "because he punishes and shows mercy. <br>He brings people <sup>[2]</sup> down to the underworld below the earth, <br>and he himself raises people <br>up from great destruction. <br>What is there that escapes <br>from his hand? <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Gk lacks <i>people.</i><br>[3] DSS Heb; LXX<sup>1,2 </sup><i>nothing will escape his hand.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Bear witness to him, Israelites, <br>in the presence of the nations, <br>because he has scattered you <br>among them,<br>"}, {"pk": 4105667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "and he has shown you <br>his greatness there. <br>Bring him honor in the presence <br>of everything that lives, <br>because he is our Lord: <br>he himself is our God; <br>he himself is our father, <br>and he is God forever and always.<br>"}, {"pk": 4105668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "He will punish you for your unjust acts, <br>but he will also show all of you mercy and gather you together <sup>[4]</sup> <br>out of all the nations among which you have been scattered.<br>", "comment": "[4] OL; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>and \u2026 together</i>; Vulg <i>and he will save us on account of his mercy</i>"}, {"pk": 4105669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "When you turn to him <br>with all your heart and your all being <br>to act sincerely before him, <br>then he will turn to you and never <br>hide his face from you again. <br>And now, look at what <br>he has done for you, <br>and acknowledge him <br>in everything you say. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Praise the Lord of righteousness, <br>and exalt the king of the ages! <br>I will acknowledge him in the land where I am a captive <br>and make known his power <br>and greatness to a sinful nation. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>So turn around, you sinners, <br>and act justly before him. <br>Who knows? <br>Perhaps he will want you back <br>and show you mercy.<br>", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>with your whole mouth</i><br>[6] OL; LXX<sup>1 </sup><i>to a nation of sinners</i>"}, {"pk": 4105670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "My soul exalts my God, <br>the king of heaven, <br>and my soul will rejoice <br>all the days of my life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4105671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Praise the Lord, all you chosen ones, <br>and let everyone <br>praise his greatness. <br>Let them speak through psalms, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>use your days for rejoicing, <br>and acknowledge him.<br>", "comment": "[7] DSS Heb; OL omits line."}, {"pk": 4105672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "He has punished you, Jerusalem, holy city, <br>because of the deeds of your hands. <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] OL; LXX<sup>1 </sup>reads for <a href='/CEB/68/13/7-9'>13:7\u20139</a> <i>I will exalt my God, and my whole being will exalt the king of heaven and rejoice on account of his greatness. <sup>(8)</sup>Let all speak and bear witness to him in Jerusalem. <sup>(9)</sup>Jerusalem, holy city, he will punish you because of the deeds of your children, but he will again show mercy to the children of those who are righteous.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Acknowledge the Lord in goodness, <br>and praise the Lord of ages! <br>Then <sup>[9]</sup> your dwelling will be rebuilt <br>for you with joy. <br>He will bring joy to <br>all the captives among you, <br>and he will love for all eternity <br>all those who have been subjugated.<br>", "comment": "[9] Gk <i>and</i>; OL <i>so that</i>"}, {"pk": 4105674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "A bright light will shine forth <br>into the farthest corners of the earth. <br>Many nations will come to you <br>from afar, <br>and inhabitants from all the ends <br>of the earth will come <br>to your holy name. <br>They will bear gifts in their hands <br>for the king of heaven. <br>Generation after generation <br>will give joyful worship to you <br>and honor your name forever and always.<br>"}, {"pk": 4105675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "May all who have despised you <br>and slandered you be cursed! <br>Cursed are all who hate you and all who speak a harsh word against you. <sup>[10]</sup> <br>But all who revere you <br>will be blessed for eternity.<br>", "comment": "[10] OL, cf DSS Heb; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>May everyone be cursed who speaks a harsh word. All who destroy you and tear down your walls, who topple your towers and set your homes on fire, will be cursed.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Rejoice then and be glad <sup>[11]</sup> <br>for the children of the righteous, <br>for all will be gathered together <br>and praise the eternal Lord.<br>", "comment": "[11] DSS Heb, OL, LXX<sup>1</sup>; LXX<sup>2 </sup><i>Go then and be joyful.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Favored by God are those who love you, <br>favored are those who rejoice <br>when you are at peace, <br>and favored are all the people <br>who grieve when you are afflicted, <br>for they will rejoice over you <br>and will see all your joy forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4105678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "I praise the Lord, the great king!<br>"}, {"pk": 4105679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Jerusalem will be built as a city, <br>God\u2019s house for all ages to come. <br>I will be greatly favored <br>when the few remaining from <br>my offspring see your glory <br>and acknowledge the king of heaven! <br>The gates of Jerusalem will be built <br>with sapphire and emerald, <br>and all your walls <br>will be made of precious stone. <br>The towers of Jerusalem <br>will be built with gold, <br>and their fortifications will be made of pure gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4105680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with garnet and stone from Ophir.<br>"}, {"pk": 4105681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "And the gates of Jerusalem will burst into song with joyful hymns, <br>and all her houses will shout out, <br>\u201cHallelujah! <br>May the God of Israel be praised, <br>and may those who bless the holy name be blessed forever and always!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4105682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Thus the words of Tobit\u2019s thanks came to an end. He died in peace at the age of 112 and was given an honorable burial in Nineveh."}, {"pk": 4105683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "He was 62 years old when he went blind, and after regaining his sight, he lived in wealth and gave to the poor. He continued to praise God and tell about God\u2019s greatness."}, {"pk": 4105684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Now when Tobit was dying, he summoned Tobias his son and seven grandsons <sup>[1]</sup> and gave him instructions, saying, \u201cMy child, take your children", "comment": "[1] OL, cf DSS Aram; LXX<sup>1 </sup><i>six</i>; LXX<sup>2 </sup>omits <i>and seven grandsons.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "and hurry away to Media. I trust God\u2019s word that Nahum <sup>[2]</sup> spoke about Nineveh; everything will come true and happen to Assyria and Nineveh. Indeed, everything that the prophets of Israel sent by God have said will actually occur. None of their words will fail, and everything will happen in its own time. Thus it will be safer in Media than in Assyria and Babylon. I know then and believe that everything that God has said will be accomplished and come true. Not a single detail of what they have spoken will fail to happen. All our relatives who dwell in the land of Israel will be scattered, and they will be taken away from that good land into captivity. The entire land of Israel will be deserted. Samaria and Jerusalem will be deserted, and after a while even God\u2019s house, still in mourning, will be destroyed by fire.", "comment": "[2] OL <i>he</i> (God); LXX<sup>1 </sup><i>Jonah</i>"}, {"pk": 4105686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cBut God will have mercy on them again. God will bring them back to the land of Israel, and they will rebuild the house, though not like the first one, until the appointed time has been fulfilled. Afterward, they will all return from the places where they are captives and build Jerusalem in grandeur. God\u2019s house will be built in it, just as Israel\u2019s prophets have predicted about it."}, {"pk": 4105687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Then all the nations of the whole earth will turn and genuinely revere God. They will all leave behind their idols that have deceived them and led them into error."}, {"pk": 4105688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "They will praise the eternal God in righteousness. All the Israelites who are delivered in those days, who are genuinely mindful of God, will be gathered together. They will come to Jerusalem and will live forever in the land of Abraham in security, and it will be given to them. Those who genuinely love God will rejoice, while those who commit sin and injustice will be wiped out entirely from the land."}, {"pk": 4105689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "<sup>[8-9]</sup> \u201cSo now, my children, I\u2019m giving you this instruction: Serve God with sincerity, and do what pleases him. Teach your children to do what is just and to give to the poor so that they will keep God ever in mind and praise his name at all times in sincerity and with all their strength."}, {"pk": 4105690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Now, my child, get out of Nineveh and don\u2019t stay here."}, {"pk": 4105691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "On the very day when you bury your mother beside me, don\u2019t stay within its borders another night. I see that a lot of iniquity and deception are practiced here, and its people have no sense of shame. My child, take note of what Nadab did to Ahikar, who brought him up. Was he not, even while alive, brought down into the earth? God paid back the dishonorable thing that he did in his presence: Ahikar came back into the light, while Nadab entered into eternal darkness, because he sought to kill Ahikar. By giving to the poor, he escaped the death trap that Nadab laid down for him. Nadab fell into that death trap instead, and it destroyed him."}, {"pk": 4105692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cNow then, my children, see what giving to the poor does and what injustice does. It kills! Now \u2014 my life is departing.\u201d And they laid him down on the bed. He died and was buried honorably."}, {"pk": 4105693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "When his mother died, Tobias buried her next to his father. Then he and his wife headed off to Media and lived in Ecbatana with Raguel his father-in-law."}, {"pk": 4105694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Tobias took care of them honorably and buried them in Ecbatana of Media. He inherited Raguel\u2019s house as well as his father Tobit\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4105695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Tobias died honorably at the age of 117 years."}, {"pk": 4105696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 68, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Before his death, he saw and heard about the destruction of Nineveh. He saw the Ninevite captives, who had been taken prisoner by King Cyaxares of Media being led away to Media. So he praised God for everything that God had done to the Ninevites and Assyrians. Before dying, he rejoiced over Nineveh and praised the Lord God forever and always."}, {"pk": 4105697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "It was the twelfth year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days, Arphaxad ruled the Medes in Ecbatana."}, {"pk": 4105698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Arphaxad built walls around Ecbatana from cut stones that measured four and a half feet wide and nine feet long. The walls he built were one hundred five feet high and seventy-five feet wide."}, {"pk": 4105699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "He built towers at the gates one hundred fifty feet high, with foundations that were ninety feet wide."}, {"pk": 4105700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He made its gates one hundred five feet high and sixty feet wide so that his mighty armies could march out in formation."}, {"pk": 4105701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "In those days King Nebuchadnezzar fought against King Arphaxad in the great plain that is on the border with Ragau."}, {"pk": 4105702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "And many people joined him \u2014 everyone who lived in the highlands, everyone who lived along the Euphrates, the Tigris, the Hydaspes, and on the plain of Arioch, king of the Elymeans. Many nations joined forces with the Assyrians. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Chaldeans</i>"}, {"pk": 4105703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians sent a message to everyone who lived in Persia, to everyone who lived in the west \u2014 those who lived in Cilicia, Damascus, Lebanon, and Anti-Lebanon, and everyone who lived along the seashore,"}, {"pk": 4105704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "and those among the nations of Carmel and Gilead, and upper Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon,"}, {"pk": 4105705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "and everyone in Samaria and its cities, and beyond the Jordan as far as Jerusalem and Bethany and Chelous and Kadesh, and the river of Egypt, and Tahpanhes and Raamses, and all the land of Goshen,"}, {"pk": 4105706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "even beyond Tanis and Memphis, and everyone who lived in Egypt as far away as the border of Ethiopia."}, {"pk": 4105707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "But the people who lived in all those lands ignored the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians. They didn\u2019t join him in the war because they weren\u2019t afraid of him and considered him to be nothing more than one man. So they sent away his messengers empty-handed and in disgrace."}, {"pk": 4105708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Nebuchadnezzar was very angry with the whole region. He swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would get revenge upon the entire region of Cilicia, Damascus, and Syria. He would kill them with his sword, as well as everyone living in Moab, including the children of Ammon, all of Judea, and everyone in Egypt, as far as the shores of the two seas."}, {"pk": 4105709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "In the seventeenth year of his rule he marched his armies against King Arphaxad and defeated him in battle. He overpowered all of Arphaxad\u2019s armies, all of his cavalry, and all of his chariots."}, {"pk": 4105710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "He gained control of Arphaxad\u2019s cities, marched as far as Ecbatana, captured its towers, looted the marketplace, and turned its glory into disgrace."}, {"pk": 4105711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "He captured Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau and stabbed him with spears, putting an end to him forever."}, {"pk": 4105712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Then he returned to Nineveh with all of his combined forces, a very large group of fighting men, where he and his army rested and feasted for one hundred twenty days."}, {"pk": 4105713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "In the eighteenth year of his rule, on the twenty-second day of the first month, a discussion took place in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians, about how to take revenge upon the whole region as he had promised."}, {"pk": 4105714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "After calling together all his attendants and all his officials, he laid out before them his secret plan and established, with his own mouth, all the wickedness of the region."}, {"pk": 4105715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "They determined to destroy everyone who hadn\u2019t obeyed his command. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the word of his mouth</i>"}, {"pk": 4105716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "When he finished laying out his plan, King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians called for Holofernes, the general of his army and next in charge after the king himself. The king said to him,"}, {"pk": 4105717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cThe great king, the master of all the earth, says that you will leave my presence and take with you men who are sure of their own strength, one hundred twenty thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry."}, {"pk": 4105718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "You will lead them out against all the lands in the west because they disobeyed my command."}, {"pk": 4105719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cYou will tell the people to prepare earth and water, for I\u2019m coming out against them in my rage, and I will cover the entire earth with the feet of my army. I will hand them over as spoil."}, {"pk": 4105720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Their wounded will fill up their valleys and every brook and river will be filled, overflowing with their dead."}, {"pk": 4105721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Then I will lead them as prisoners to the ends of the earth."}, {"pk": 4105722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "You will go ahead of me to seize all of their territory. If they surrender to you, keep them for me until the day of their punishment."}, {"pk": 4105723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "But show no mercy to any who continue to resist. Hand them over to be killed and plundered. Do this wherever you go."}, {"pk": 4105724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "As I live, and by the power of my kingdom, I have spoken, and I will do this with my own hand."}, {"pk": 4105725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Now don\u2019t neglect even one of your master\u2019s commands, but carry them out exactly as I have ordered you and without delay.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Holofernes left the presence of his master and called together all the leaders, captains, and commanders of the Assyrian army."}, {"pk": 4105727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "He assembled the chosen men in divisions as his master commanded him, one hundred twenty thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry armed with bows."}, {"pk": 4105728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "He arranged them as a great army prepared for war."}, {"pk": 4105729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "He also took a great many camels, donkeys, and mules to carry their baggage, and countless sheep, oxen, and goats as provisions."}, {"pk": 4105730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "He took enough food for everyone, as well as a large quantity of gold and silver from the king\u2019s palace."}, {"pk": 4105731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Then he and his whole army set out ahead of King Nebuchadnezzar to cover the whole face of the earth to the west with their chariots, cavalry, and chosen infantry."}, {"pk": 4105732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Joining them was an assorted group of people, so many that they couldn\u2019t be numbered. They were like swarms of locusts, like the dust of the earth."}, {"pk": 4105733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "After marching for three days from Nineveh to the plain of Bectileth, they camped across from Bectileth near the mountain to the north of Upper Cilicia."}, {"pk": 4105734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "From there Holofernes took his whole army \u2014 the infantry, the cavalry, and his chariots \u2014 and he went up into the highlands."}, {"pk": 4105735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "He cut through Put and Lud, and looted all the people of Rassis and the Ishmaelites along the edge of the desert to the south of the Chelleans."}, {"pk": 4105736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "He traveled along the Euphrates, passing through Mesopotamia, and destroyed every strategic city along the brook of Abron until he reached the sea."}, {"pk": 4105737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "He seized the territory of Cilicia, killing everyone who resisted him. Then he went to the region of Japheth, to the south along the edge of Arabia."}, {"pk": 4105738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "He surrounded all of the Midianites, burned their tents, and plundered their sheep pens."}, {"pk": 4105739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Then he went down onto the plain of Damascus during the wheat harvest and burned all their fields, destroyed their flocks and herds, and sacked their cities. He emptied their fields and killed all their young men with the sword."}, {"pk": 4105740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Fear and dread of Holofernes fell upon the people living along the seacoast, in Sidon and Tyre, those living in Sur and Ocina, and those living in Jamnia. The people who lived in Azotus and Ascalon were especially afraid of him."}, {"pk": 4105741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "So they sent messengers to Holofernes, requesting peace:"}, {"pk": 4105742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cLook, we are the servants of the Great King Nebuchadnezzar, and we present ourselves to you. Do with us whatever you think is best."}, {"pk": 4105743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Look, here are our homes and all of our property, all the wheat fields and flocks and herds. All of our tents <sup>[1]</sup> lie before you. Do with them as you think is best.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the sheepfolds of our tents</i>"}, {"pk": 4105744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Our cities and the people who live there are your slaves. Come down and deal with them as you see fit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "The men brought this message to Holofernes."}, {"pk": 4105746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Then he and his army went down to the seacoast and placed guards in strategic cities and chose men from among them to form a reserve army."}, {"pk": 4105747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Everyone in the surrounding countryside welcomed him with wreaths, dancing, and drums."}, {"pk": 4105748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Yet he still demolished all their shrines <sup>[2]</sup> and cut down their sacred groves. He had been commanded to destroy all the gods of the land so that all the nations would worship only Nebuchadnezzar, and so that those of every language and tribe would call upon him as their god.", "comment": "[2] Syr; LXX <i>borders</i>"}, {"pk": 4105749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Then Holofernes approached Esdraelon near Dothan, which is opposite the great ridge of Judea,"}, {"pk": 4105750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "and set up camp between Geba and Scythopolis. He stayed there one whole month, waiting for all of his army\u2019s baggage to arrive."}, {"pk": 4105751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "The Israelites living in Judea heard about everything that Holofernes the general of King Nebuchadnezzar, of the Assyrians, had done to all the other nations and how he had looted and destroyed all of their temples."}, {"pk": 4105752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "They were especially terrified of his coming and were anxious about the safety of Jerusalem and the temple of the Lord their God."}, {"pk": 4105753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "They had just recently returned from captivity in exile. All the people of Judea had only just gathered together again, and the temple together with its altar and equipment had been newly dedicated to God after being polluted."}, {"pk": 4105754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "They sent word, therefore, to all the regions of Samaria and to Kona, Beth-horon, Belmain, Jericho, and to Choba, Aesora, and the Salem Valley."}, {"pk": 4105755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Preparing for war, they occupied all the high hilltops, reinforced the villages on them, and stockpiled the food recently harvested from their fields."}, {"pk": 4105756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Then Joakim, the high priest in Jerusalem at that time, wrote to the residents of Bethulia and Betomasthaim, which is opposite Esdraelon, facing the plain near Dothan,"}, {"pk": 4105757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "telling them to guard the mountain passes because they were the entrance to Judea. It would be easy to stop anyone trying to enter through them, because the passages were narrow and allowed for only two men at the most to pass through."}, {"pk": 4105758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "So the Israelites did everything that they were told to do by Joakim the high priest and the council of the Israelites that was meeting in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Every man in Israel humbled himself and cried out earnestly to God."}, {"pk": 4105760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "They, along with their wives, their children, and their cattle, and every immigrant, hired worker, and slave put funeral clothing around their waists."}, {"pk": 4105761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "And all the Israelite men, women, and children living in Jerusalem fell on their faces before the temple, putting ashes on their heads and stretching out their funeral clothing before the Lord."}, {"pk": 4105762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "They even laid funeral clothing around the altar. They earnestly cried out in unison to the God of Israel not to let their children and women be carried off like stolen goods, nor the cities they inherited to be destroyed and the sanctuary polluted and defiled \u2014 giving the nations something to gloat over."}, {"pk": 4105763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The Lord heard their cries and looked kindly on their troubles, for the people fasted many days throughout all Judea and in Jerusalem in front of the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty."}, {"pk": 4105764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "The high priest Joakim and all of the priests who stood before the Lord ministering to the Lord, wearing funeral clothing around their waists, offered the daily entirely burned offerings along with the prayers and spontaneous gifts of the people."}, {"pk": 4105765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "With ashes on their turbans, they continued to cry out to the Lord with all their strength to look with favor upon the whole house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Holofernes the general of the Assyrian army was told that the Israelites, in preparation for war, had closed off the mountain passes, fortified all the high hilltops, and set up roadblocks in the plains."}, {"pk": 4105767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Filled with anger, he called together all the rulers of Moab, the commanders of Ammon, and all the governors of the coastlands."}, {"pk": 4105768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "He said to them, \u201cTell me, you Canaanites: Who are these people living in the highlands? In what cities do they dwell? How big is their army? Where does their strength and power lie? Who is set up as their king, leading their army?"}, {"pk": 4105769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "And why \u2014 unlike all those living in the west \u2014 have they refused to come and meet me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Achior the leader of all the Ammonites said to Holofernes, \u201cPlease listen to the word of your servant, my master, and I will tell you the truth about this people who live in the highlands near you. I\u2019m your servant and won\u2019t lie to you."}, {"pk": 4105771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "These people are descended from the Chaldeans."}, {"pk": 4105772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "In the past they lived as strangers in Mesopotamia because they weren\u2019t willing to follow the gods of their ancestors in the land of Chaldea."}, {"pk": 4105773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "They broke with the customs of their parents and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew. So their ancestors sent them away from the presence of their gods, and they fled to Mesopotamia, where they lived as strangers for a long time."}, {"pk": 4105774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Then their God commanded them to leave there and go to the land of Canaan. They settled there and became very rich in gold, silver, and cattle."}, {"pk": 4105775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "But when a famine spread through the land of Canaan, they went down to live as strangers in Egypt, where there was food. While they were there, their numbers increased so that they couldn\u2019t be counted."}, {"pk": 4105776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the king of Egypt turned against them and took advantage of them, enslaving them and forcing them to make bricks."}, {"pk": 4105777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "They cried out to their God, and he sent incurable plagues upon the entire land of Egypt, so that the Egyptians drove them out of their sight."}, {"pk": 4105778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "God dried up the Red Sea <sup>[1]</sup> before the Israelites,", "comment": "[1] Traditionally <i>Reed Sea</i> in Heb"}, {"pk": 4105779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "and led them by way of Sinai and Kadesh-barnea. They drove out all of the inhabitants of the desert."}, {"pk": 4105780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "They lived in the land of the Amorites and destroyed all the Heshbonites with their strength. Once they had crossed the Jordan, they took possession of all the highlands."}, {"pk": 4105781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "They drove out the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Shechemites, and all the Gergesites, and they lived there for a long time."}, {"pk": 4105782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cAs long as they didn\u2019t sin against their God, they prospered, because the God who hates wrongdoing was with them."}, {"pk": 4105783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "But when they neglected the way God had laid out for them, they were greatly defeated in many battles and taken as prisoners to a foreign land. The temple of their God was burned to the ground, and their enemies took possession of their cities."}, {"pk": 4105784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "But now they have turned back to their God, having returned from the place where they were scattered. They have occupied Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and settled in the highlands, because it was desolate."}, {"pk": 4105785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Now, my lord and master, if this people should slip up and sin against their God, and if we find out about their offense, then we can go up and defeat them."}, {"pk": 4105786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "But if they as a nation aren\u2019t guilty, it is better that my master just pass them by, for their Lord and God will protect them, and we will become a joke throughout all the land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "As Achior finished relating these things, all the people standing around in the tent began to grumble. Holofernes\u2019 officers and everyone from the seacoast and Moab said that Achior should be executed."}, {"pk": 4105788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "They said, \u201cWe aren\u2019t afraid of the Israelites. Indeed, these people don\u2019t have the power or strength for making war."}, {"pk": 4105789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, Lord Holofernes, let\u2019s go up and devour them with your entire army.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "When the commotion of the men who surrounded the council quieted down, Holofernes the general of the Assyrian army said to Achior and all the Moabites in the presence of all the assembled foreigners:"}, {"pk": 4105791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cWho are you, Achior, and you soldiers-for-hire from Ephraim, that you prophesy to us as you have today and say that we shouldn\u2019t attack the Israelites because their God will protect them? Who is god except Nebuchadnezzar? He will send his power and destroy them from the earth, and their God won\u2019t rescue them."}, {"pk": 4105792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "We, on the other hand, are Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s servants and will destroy them as if they were only a single man. They won\u2019t be able to resist the power of our cavalry,"}, {"pk": 4105793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "which will wipe them out. Their hills will be drunk with their blood, and their fields will be filled with their dead. Not even their footprints will survive! They will be completely destroyed. So says King Nebuchadnezzar, master of all the earth, for he has spoken and none of his words will fail."}, {"pk": 4105794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cBut as for you, Achior, you Ammonite mercenary, what you\u2019ve said today comes from your own wickedness. You won\u2019t see me again from now until the day I take revenge on this race that came out of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4105795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "And when I return, the sword of my army and the spear <sup>[1]</sup> of my servants will pierce through your ribs, and you will fall among their wounded.", "comment": "[1] Syr; LXX <i>people</i>"}, {"pk": 4105796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Now my servants will deliver you to the highlands and leave you in one of the cities near the mountain passes."}, {"pk": 4105797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "You won\u2019t die until you are destroyed along with them."}, {"pk": 4105798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "If in your heart you really do hope that they won\u2019t be conquered, cheer up! But I promise you, nothing I have spoken will fail to happen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Then Holofernes ordered the slaves who were waiting on him in the tent to seize Achior, deliver him to Bethulia, and hand him over to the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4105800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "So the slaves seized him and led him out of the camp to the plain and from the plain to the highlands, and they arrived at the springs below Bethulia."}, {"pk": 4105801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "When the men of the city <sup>[2]</sup> saw them, they grabbed their weapons and ran out of the city to the hilltop. They kept them off the mountain pass by throwing stones at them with their slings.", "comment": "[2] LXX adds <i>on the top of the hill.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "By finding shelter below the hill, the Assyrians tied up Achior and left him at the bottom of the hill, and then returned to their master."}, {"pk": 4105803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "When the Israelites came down from their city, they found Achior. They untied him and led him into Bethulia, and presented him to the rulers of their city."}, {"pk": 4105804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "In those days the rulers were Uzziah, Micah\u2019s son, from the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris, Gothoniel\u2019s son, and Charmis, Melchiel\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4105805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "They called together all the elders of the city, and all their young men and women ran to the assembly. They set Achior in the middle of all their people, and Uzziah questioned him about what had happened."}, {"pk": 4105806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "He answered and told them what was said in Holofernes\u2019 council \u2014 both what he had said among the Assyrian commanders and what Holofernes had boasted he would do to the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the people fell down and worshipped God. They cried out:"}, {"pk": 4105808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cLord God of heaven, look at their arrogance and have mercy on our nation in its humble state. Look favorably this day upon those who have been dedicated to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "They comforted Achior and praised him greatly."}, {"pk": 4105810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Uzziah took him from the assembly to his own house and made a feast for the elders, and all through the night they called on Israel\u2019s God for help."}, {"pk": 4105811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The next day Holofernes ordered his entire army and all his allies to break camp and move out against Bethulia, occupy the mountain passes, and engage the Israelites in battle."}, {"pk": 4105812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "So the entire force broke camp that day. The strength of their forces was one hundred seventy thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry, not including the baggage and the men handling it \u2014 a very great multitude."}, {"pk": 4105813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "They positioned themselves in the valley near Bethulia, beside the spring, and they spilled over Dothan as far as Balbaim, extending from Bethulia as far as Cyamon, which is opposite Esdraelon."}, {"pk": 4105814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "When the Israelites saw the great multitude, they were extremely frightened and said to each other: \u201cThese people will now devour the whole countryside! Neither the highlands nor the valleys nor the foothills will be able to support their weight!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Nevertheless, they each grabbed their weapons and, after lighting fires on their towers, remained on guard all that night."}, {"pk": 4105816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "On the second day, Holofernes led out his entire cavalry in full view of the Israelites who were in Bethulia."}, {"pk": 4105817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "He examined the approaches to their city, inspected the springs of water, seized them, and placed guards around them. Then he returned to the camp."}, {"pk": 4105818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Then all the rulers of the Edomites, all the leaders of the Moabites, and the commanders of the coastland came to him and said:"}, {"pk": 4105819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cMay our master listen to our advice, and your army won\u2019t suffer any losses."}, {"pk": 4105820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "These people, the Israelites, don\u2019t rely on their spears but on the height of the hills where they live, because it isn\u2019t easy to climb up to their hilltops."}, {"pk": 4105821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, Master, don\u2019t fight them in the usual way, and not one of your men will fall."}, {"pk": 4105822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Instead, wait in your camp, keeping all the men of your army there, and let your servants seize the spring of water that flows out from the base of the hill,"}, {"pk": 4105823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "because this is the water source for all those who live in Bethulia. Thirst will be their undoing, and it will force them to surrender their city. In the meantime, we and our people will go up to occupy the tops of the nearby hills and set up guard, to make sure that no man leaves the city."}, {"pk": 4105824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Then they, their wives, and their children will wither with hunger in the streets where they live before a sword even comes near them."}, {"pk": 4105825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Thus you will repay them with evil because they rebelled and didn\u2019t welcome you peacefully.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Their plan pleased Holofernes and his advisors, and he directed them to do as they had said."}, {"pk": 4105827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "So the Ammonites together with five thousand Assyrians moved their camp to the valley and seized the Israelite water supply and springs."}, {"pk": 4105828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Meanwhile, the Edomites and the Ammonites went up and camped in the highlands opposite Dothan and sent some of their men to the south and the east to Egrebeh, which is near Chusi, beside the Mochmur ravine. The rest of the Assyrian army camped on the plain and covered the whole countryside, and their tents and baggage stretched out over a vast encampment. They were indeed a very great multitude."}, {"pk": 4105829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "The Israelites cried out to the Lord their God, for their spirits were low, because their enemies had completely surrounded them, and no escape was in sight."}, {"pk": 4105830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "The whole Assyrian army remained around them, the infantry and chariots and cavalry, for thirty-four days until the water supplies of everyone who lived in Bethulia ran dry."}, {"pk": 4105831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Their reservoirs were nearly empty, and because drinking water was being rationed, on no day did anyone have enough to drink."}, {"pk": 4105832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Their children were discouraged, and the women and young men fainted from thirst in the city streets, collapsing at the entrance to the gates. They had no strength left."}, {"pk": 4105833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Then all the people \u2014 the young men, the women, and the children \u2014 gathered around Uzziah and the rulers of the city. They cried out before all the elders with a loud voice, saying:"}, {"pk": 4105834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cLet God judge between you and us! You have done us great wrong by not making peace with the Assyrians."}, {"pk": 4105835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Now there\u2019s no one to help us. Instead, God has handed us over to them to be scattered before them in thirst and great destruction."}, {"pk": 4105836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Call them, therefore, and surrender the whole city as plunder to the people of Holofernes and his army."}, {"pk": 4105837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "It would be better for us to be captured by them. <sup>[1]</sup> Even though we would become slaves, we would save our lives and not have to see with our own eyes the deaths of our little ones, nor watch our wives and children losing their lives.", "comment": "[1] Other sources add <i>than to die by thirst.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cWe testify against you by heaven and earth and our God, the Lord of our ancestors, who punishes us for our sins and the sins of our ancestors, if you don\u2019t do everything we have spoken today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "The whole congregation was wailing aloud together as they cried out to the Lord with a loud voice."}, {"pk": 4105840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "Uzziah said to them, \u201cBe brave, brothers and sisters. Let\u2019s wait five more days for the Lord our God to come to our aid. Surely he won\u2019t abandon us in the end."}, {"pk": 4105841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "But if the days pass by and help hasn\u2019t arrived, I\u2019ll do as you have said.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "Then he dismissed the people. They went back to their various posts on the walls and towers of the city, and Uzziah sent the women and children home. They were in great misery throughout the city."}, {"pk": 4105843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Now in those days Judith heard about these things. She was the daughter of Merari son of Ox son of Joseph son of Oziel son of Elkiah son of Ananias son of Gideon son of Raphain son of Ahitub son of Elijah son of Hilkiah son of Eliab son of Nathanael son of Salamiel son of Sarasadai son of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Her husband Manasseh, who was from her tribe and her family, had died during the barley harvest."}, {"pk": 4105845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "He suffered heat stroke while he was overseeing the workers in the fields, and died in his bed in Bethulia, his hometown. They buried him with his ancestors in the field between Dothan and Balamon."}, {"pk": 4105846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Judith had lived as a widow in her house for three years and four months."}, {"pk": 4105847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "She pitched a tent for herself on the roof of her house, put funeral clothing around her waist, and wore widow\u2019s clothing."}, {"pk": 4105848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "She fasted all the days of her widowhood except for the day before the Sabbath and the Sabbath itself, the day before the new moon, the day of the new moon, and the feasts and celebration days of the house of Israel."}, {"pk": 4105849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "She was very beautiful and lovely to stare at. Her husband Manasseh left her gold and silver, male and female slaves, cattle, and fields, which she continued to oversee."}, {"pk": 4105850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "And no one had a bad word to say about her, for she revered God greatly."}, {"pk": 4105851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Judith heard the people\u2019s harsh words against the ruler, for they were growing weak from the lack of water. Judith also heard everything that Uzziah told them, how he promised to surrender the city to the Assyrians in five days."}, {"pk": 4105852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "So she sent her most trusted servant, the one who managed her property, to call for Uzziah, Chabris, and Charmis, the elders of her city."}, {"pk": 4105853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "When they came to her, she said to them: \u201cListen to me, rulers of the inhabitants of Bethulia. What you have said to the people today isn\u2019t right. What is this promise you have made? How can you bargain with God by saying that you\u2019ll surrender the city to our enemies if the Lord doesn\u2019t send help within a certain time?"}, {"pk": 4105854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "So who are you to test God today and set yourselves up in the place of God in the midst of the people?"}, {"pk": 4105855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "You can question the Lord Almighty, but you won\u2019t ever learn anything."}, {"pk": 4105856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "You can\u2019t sound the depths of a person\u2019s heart or comprehend the thoughts of that person\u2019s mind. How then will you search out God, who made all these things? How will you understand God\u2019s mind and comprehend God\u2019s thoughts? \u201cNo, brothers, don\u2019t provoke the Lord our God,"}, {"pk": 4105857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "even if he chooses not to help us in the next five days. God has the power to visit us in however many days he wishes or to destroy us in front of our enemies."}, {"pk": 4105858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t attempt to block the plans of the Lord our God. God isn\u2019t like a human being who can be argued with, a person who can be threatened."}, {"pk": 4105859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, while we\u2019re waiting for his rescue, we should call upon him for help, and he will hear our voice if it pleases him."}, {"pk": 4105860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "There hasn\u2019t been in our generation, nor is there today, a tribe, a family, a people, or a city among us who worships gods made with human hands as happened in times past."}, {"pk": 4105861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "This is the reason why our ancestors were handed over to the sword and to plunder, and they suffered greatly in the presence of our enemies."}, {"pk": 4105862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "But we have known no other gods except him. \u201cTherefore, we hope that he won\u2019t forget about us and our generation."}, {"pk": 4105863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "If we are captured, so also will the rest of Judea be captured. Then our sanctuary will be plundered, and God will hold us responsible for its ruin with our own blood."}, {"pk": 4105864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "He will bring the murder of our families, the captivity of the land, and the destruction of our inheritance down upon our heads, wherever we may be enslaved among the nations. Those who purchase us as slaves will consider us offensive and disgraceful."}, {"pk": 4105865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "Our slavery won\u2019t bring us favor. Rather, the Lord our God will turn it into a disgrace."}, {"pk": 4105866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cNow, brothers, let us be an example to those whose lives depend on us. The sanctuary, the temple, and the altar depend on us as well."}, {"pk": 4105867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "In the midst of all this, let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who is testing us just as he did our ancestors."}, {"pk": 4105868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Remember what he did with Abraham, how he tested Isaac, and what happened to Jacob while he was in Mesopotamia of Syria, tending his uncle Laban\u2019s sheep?"}, {"pk": 4105869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "He hasn\u2019t yet tested us with fire, as he did them to examine their hearts, nor has he taken vengeance upon us. Rather, the Lord afflicts those close to him in order to warn them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "Uzziah said to her: \u201cYou have spoken all this from a genuine heart, and no one disagrees with your words."}, {"pk": 4105871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Today isn\u2019t the first time you have demonstrated your wisdom. Since your earliest days, all the people have observed your insight and the goodness of your heart."}, {"pk": 4105872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "But the people are very thirsty, and they strongly urged us to do what we promised them, and to make a solemn promise that we can\u2019t break."}, {"pk": 4105873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "You are a godly woman. So pray for us, and the Lord will send rain to fill our reservoirs, and we won\u2019t die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "Judith said to them: \u201cListen to me. I\u2019m going to do something that will be remembered for generations to come."}, {"pk": 4105875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "Stand at the gate tonight, and I, along with my most trusted servant, will go out. By the deadline you set for surrendering the city to our enemies, the Lord will deliver Israel by my hand."}, {"pk": 4105876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "Don\u2019t ask what I will do. I won\u2019t tell you until I\u2019m finished.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "Then Uzziah and the rulers said to her: \u201cGo in peace, and may the Lord God go before you to take vengeance on our enemies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "So they left the tent <sup>[1]</sup> and returned to their posts.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>tabernacle</i>"}, {"pk": 4105879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Judith fell on her face, put ashes on her head, and uncovered the funeral clothing she was wearing. Then, at the time when the evening incense was being offered in God\u2019s house in Jerusalem, Judith cried out to the Lord with a loud voice and said:"}, {"pk": 4105880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cLord, God of my ancestor Simeon, you put a sword into his hand to take revenge on the strangers who opened up a virgin\u2019s womb to pollute her, who exposed her thighs to shame her, and who violated her womb to disgrace her. You said that such a thing shouldn\u2019t happen, and yet they did it anyway. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "So you handed over their rulers to be murdered. You stained with blood the beds that were ashamed of their owners\u2019 deceit. You struck down slaves along with princes, even princes upon their thrones. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "You handed over their women as booty and their daughters as prisoners. You gave all of their property to be divided up among your dearly loved children, who burned with holy zeal for you and hated the pollution of their blood, and called on you for help. God, my God, also hear me \u2014 a widow. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "You did those things in the past, and other things before these, and other things that have happened since. You intended the current situation and the things yet to come. What you planned has occurred. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "The things you considered stood ready and said, \u2018Here we are!\u2019 Indeed, all your ways are prepared in advance, and your judgment is known ahead of time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cLook, the Assyrians have increased their army \u2014 priding themselves on their cavalry and horses, boasting in the weapons of their infantry, hoping in their shields, spears, bows, and slings. They don\u2019t know that you are the Lord who crushes wars. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "The Lord is your name. Destroy their strength with your might, and break their power in your anger. For they plan to defile your sanctuary, to pollute the dwelling where your glorious name resides, and to break off the horns of your altar with a sword. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Look at their arrogance, and send your wrath upon their heads. Give my hand, the hand of a widow, the strength to do what I have planned. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "By using my lying lips, strike down the slave along with the ruler, the ruler along with his servant. Break their pride by the hand of a woman. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Your might isn\u2019t in numbers, and your power isn\u2019t in the strength of a human being. But you are the God of the humble. You are a helper of the underdog, defender of the weak, protector of those who despair, savior of those without hope. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "I beg you, God of my ancestor, God of Israel\u2019s inheritance, ruler of heaven and earth, creator of the waters, king of all your creation, hear my prayer! <br>"}, {"pk": 4105891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Make my lying words a wound and a bruise to those who have planned cruel things against your covenant, your sacred temple, Mount Zion, and the house your children possess. <br>"}, {"pk": 4105892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Make your whole nation and every tribe understand and know that you are God, the God of all power and might, and that there is no one else who protects the people of Israel except you.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4105893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "When she had finished crying out to Israel\u2019s God and had finished saying all these things,"}, {"pk": 4105894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "she stood up from where she was lying, called her closest servant, and went down into her house where she would spend her sabbaths and feast days."}, {"pk": 4105895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "She took off the funeral clothing she had been wearing and removed her widow\u2019s garments. Then she washed her body with water, put on some expensive perfume, combed her hair, tied a headband around her head, and put on one of the festive dresses she used to wear when her husband Manasseh was still alive."}, {"pk": 4105896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "She slipped sandals on her feet, and adorned herself with bracelets on her ankles and wrists, rings, earrings, and all her jewelry. She made herself very beautiful in order to attract the eyes of any man who might see her."}, {"pk": 4105897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "She gave her servant a container of wine and a flask of olive oil. She filled a bag with grain, a fig cake, and fine bread. <sup>[1]</sup> She wrapped this up along with her tableware and gave it to her servant to carry.", "comment": "[1] Other sources add <i>and cheese.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Then they left the city of Bethulia through the gate and found Uzziah standing there with Chabris and Charmis the city elders."}, {"pk": 4105899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "They saw that she had transformed her appearance and changed her clothing, and they were astonished by her beauty. They said to her:"}, {"pk": 4105900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cMay the God of our ancestors grant you favor and accomplish your plans for the glory of the Israelites and the exaltation of Jerusalem.\u201d And she worshipped God."}, {"pk": 4105901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Then she said to them: \u201cOrder the city gate to be opened for me, and I will go out to accomplish what you have spoken to me.\u201d Then they ordered the young men to open the gate for her just as she had said."}, {"pk": 4105902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "When they did so, Judith went out, along with her servant. The men of the city watched her until she went down the hill and passed through the valley, until they could no longer see her."}, {"pk": 4105903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Judith and her female servant continued to go straight through the valley until an Assyrian patrol met them."}, {"pk": 4105904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "They arrested her and asked, \u201cWho are your people? Where did you come from? And where are you going?\u201d She replied, \u201cI\u2019m a daughter of the Hebrews, and I\u2019m escaping from them because they are about to be handed over to you to be consumed."}, {"pk": 4105905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019m going to see Holofernes the general of your army, to bring to him a true report of the situation. Furthermore, I will show him a road he can use to control all of the highlands without losing the life of even one of his men.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "When the men heard her words and saw her face (for they found her very beautiful), they said to her,"}, {"pk": 4105907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cYou have saved your own life by hurrying down here to see our master. Now go to his tent, and some of us will escort you to deliver you to him personally."}, {"pk": 4105908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "When you stand before him, don\u2019t let your heart be afraid. Tell him everything you just told us, and he\u2019ll treat you well.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "The patrol chose one hundred of their men to accompany Judith and her servant, and they led them to Holofernes\u2019 tent."}, {"pk": 4105910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "The soldiers in the camp turned out in droves, for word of her arrival had spread from tent to tent. So they came and stood around her as she waited outside Holofernes\u2019 tent while the patrol told him about her."}, {"pk": 4105911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "They were amazed by her beauty and admired the Israelites because of her. They said to each other, \u201cWho will underestimate these people when they have such women? It wouldn\u2019t be good to leave even one of their men alive, for they could beguile the whole world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Then Holofernes\u2019 bodyguards and his attendants went out and brought her into the tent."}, {"pk": 4105913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Holofernes was relaxing on his bed under a canopy made from purple and gold cloth woven with emeralds and precious stones."}, {"pk": 4105914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "When they told him about her, he went out to the front of the tent with silver lamps being carried before him."}, {"pk": 4105915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "As Judith came before him and his servants, they were all amazed by the beauty of her face. She fell to the ground before him and paid him respect, but his slaves raised her up."}, {"pk": 4105916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Holofernes said to her, \u201cTake courage, woman, and don\u2019t let your heart be afraid. I\u2019ve never harmed anyone who chose to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of all the earth."}, {"pk": 4105917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Even now, if your people who live in the highlands hadn\u2019t insulted me, I wouldn\u2019t have raised my spear against them. But they have brought this on themselves."}, {"pk": 4105918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Now tell me why you escaped from them and came to us. You\u2019re safe now, so take courage. You will live tonight and from now on."}, {"pk": 4105919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "No one will harm you. They will treat you well, just like all the slaves of my master King Nebuchadnezzar.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Judith answered him, \u201cListen to the words of your slave and let your servant woman speak in your presence. I won\u2019t lie to you this night, my master."}, {"pk": 4105921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "If you follow the instructions of your female servant, God will accomplish something great through you, and my master\u2019s plans won\u2019t fail."}, {"pk": 4105922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "As Nebuchadnezzar king of the whole earth lives, and as his power that sent you to direct every living being endures \u2014 not only do humans serve him because of you, but even the animals of the field, the cattle, and the birds in the sky live under Nebuchadnezzar and all his house because of your power."}, {"pk": 4105923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "We\u2019ve heard about your wisdom and your cunning spirit, and it was reported throughout all the land that, out of the entire kingdom, you alone are dignified, capable in intellect, and wonderful in military campaigns."}, {"pk": 4105924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "We heard what Achior told your council and his advice. The men of Bethulia spared him, and he told us everything he said to you."}, {"pk": 4105925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "Now, my master and lord, don\u2019t ignore what he told you, but keep it in mind because it\u2019s all true. Our nation can\u2019t be punished, and the sword won\u2019t succeed against the Israelites, unless they have sinned against their God."}, {"pk": 4105926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "But now, death will soon fall upon them, so that my master won\u2019t end up frustrated and defeated. A sin has overtaken them, and they will anger their God when they do what is wrong."}, {"pk": 4105927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Their food supply is almost used up, and water is scarce. So they have determined to kill their cattle and to consume everything that God, by his laws, has commanded them not to eat."}, {"pk": 4105928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "They have decided to eat the early produce from the grain and one-tenth of the wine and olive oil that were set apart and reserved for the priests who serve in Jerusalem in the presence of our God \u2014 things it isn\u2019t lawful for the people even to touch with their hands."}, {"pk": 4105929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Since even the people who live in Jerusalem have been doing the same thing, they sent messengers there to bring back permission from the council."}, {"pk": 4105930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Whenever they receive this communication and act on it, that very same day they will be handed over to you for destruction."}, {"pk": 4105931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cTherefore, when I your slave woman learned of all this, I escaped from them. God sent me to accomplish things with you that will amaze the whole world, wherever people hear about these things."}, {"pk": 4105932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Your slave woman is pious, and I serve the God of heaven, day and night. So I will stay with you, my master, and each night your slave woman will go out to the valley and pray to God. He will tell me when the people have committed their sins."}, {"pk": 4105933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "I\u2019ll come and report to you, and you\u2019ll go out with your whole army, and none of them will be able to resist you."}, {"pk": 4105934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "Then I will lead you through Judea to Jerusalem, and I will set your throne in her midst. You will drive them out like sheep without a shepherd, and not even a dog will growl at you. This was predicted to me and announced to me, and I was sent to tell you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Everything she said pleased Holofernes and all his attendants. They wondered at her wisdom and said to her,"}, {"pk": 4105936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cThere isn\u2019t another woman anywhere in the whole world as lovely in appearance or as wise in speech.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Holofernes said to her, \u201cGod did well by sending you ahead of the people to strengthen our hands and to bring destruction on those who despise my master."}, {"pk": 4105938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "You are beautiful in appearance and impressive in speech. If you do as you have said, your God will be my God. You will live in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar, and your name will be known throughout the entire world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Then he commanded them to bring her in to where his table was set, and he ordered them to place before her some of his own food and wine to drink."}, {"pk": 4105940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "But Judith said, \u201cI won\u2019t eat this, or it will be an offense. I\u2019ll have enough to eat from what I brought with me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Holofernes said to her, \u201cBut if your supply runs out, where can we get similar food for you, since there is no one else here from your nation?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Judith said to him, \u201cAs surely as you live, my master, your slave woman won\u2019t use up what she brought, before the Lord accomplishes by my hand what he has determined.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Then Holofernes\u2019 attendants led her into the tent, and she slept there until the middle of the night. She got up when it was the first watch of the morning"}, {"pk": 4105944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "and sent word to Holofernes, saying, \u201cPlease, my master, issue an order permitting your servant to go out and pray.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "So Holofernes ordered his bodyguards not to stop her. She remained in the camp for three days. Each night she went out to the Bethulia Valley and bathed in the spring of water near the camp."}, {"pk": 4105946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "When she came up from the water, she would pray to the Lord God of Israel to direct her way so as to uplift the children of her <sup>[1]</sup> people.", "comment": "[1] Other sources read <i>his.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Then she returned purified to the tent and remained there until evening time, when her food was brought to her."}, {"pk": 4105948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "On the fourth day Holofernes hosted a party for his closest attendants and didn\u2019t send an invitation to anyone besides them."}, {"pk": 4105949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "He said to Bagoas the eunuch, who looked after his property, \u201cGo and persuade the Hebrew woman who is in your care to come join us and eat and drink with us."}, {"pk": 4105950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "It would be a shame for us to let such a woman go without having sex with her. If we don\u2019t reel her in, she\u2019ll laugh at us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "So Bagoas left Holofernes and went to her and said, \u201cDon\u2019t let this pretty female servant delay in coming to my master, to be honored in his presence, to enjoy drinking wine with us, and to become today like one of the Assyrian women who are present in Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s house.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Judith said to him, \u201cWho am I to argue with my master? Whatever pleases him I will do quickly, and it will be my joy until the day I die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "She arose and dressed in all of her woman\u2019s adornments. Her servant went out with the sheepskins that Bagoas had given to her for daily use while reclining and eating, and spread these out on the floor in front of Holofernes."}, {"pk": 4105954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "When Judith entered the tent and lay down, Holofernes\u2019 heart was struck by her, he was shaken to the core, and he was very eager to have sex with her. He had been looking for an opportunity to seduce her since the day when he first saw her."}, {"pk": 4105955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "So Holofernes said to her, \u201cPlease, join us for a drink and enjoy yourself with us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Judith said, \u201cI will certainly drink, my master, because today is the best day of my life since the day I was born.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "Then she ate and drank before him the food prepared by her servant."}, {"pk": 4105958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "Holofernes was very pleased with her, and he drank a large amount of wine, more than he had ever drunk in any single day since the day he was born."}, {"pk": 4105959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "When evening came, his slaves left quickly, and Bagoas closed up the tent from the outside and shut out those who had been waiting on his master. They all went to bed, for they were exhausted because the party had lasted a long time."}, {"pk": 4105960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Judith was left alone in the tent with Holofernes sprawled out on his bed, dead drunk."}, {"pk": 4105961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Now Judith told her servant to stand outside of the bedroom and to watch for her to come out just as she had done on other days. She said that she would be going out to pray, and she told Bagoas the same thing."}, {"pk": 4105962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "So everyone went out, and there was no one left with them in the bedroom, either small or great. Then Judith stood next to his bed and said in her heart, Lord, God of all power, look at this hour upon the work of my hands for the glory of Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4105963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Now is the time to help your inheritance and to accomplish my plans to destroy the enemies who have risen up against us."}, {"pk": 4105964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Then she went to the bedpost near Holofernes\u2019 head and took down his sword."}, {"pk": 4105965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "When she came closer to the bed, she grabbed the hair on his head and said, \u201cGive me strength today, Lord God of Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "She struck him in the neck twice with all her might and cut off his head."}, {"pk": 4105967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Then she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the rods. After a little while she went out and handed Holofernes\u2019 head to her servant,"}, {"pk": 4105968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "who placed it in her food bag. <b>Judith and her servant escape to Bethulia</b> </pb> The two of them went out to pray, as was their habit. They walked through the camp, circled around the valley, went up the hill to Bethulia, and arrived at the city gates."}, {"pk": 4105969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "From a distance Judith called out to the guards at the gate, \u201cOpen, open the gate! God, our God, is with us and is still demonstrating strength in Israel and power against our enemies! He has done so even today!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "When the people in her city heard her voice, they hurried down to the city gate and called together the elders of the city."}, {"pk": 4105971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "They all ran together, from the youngest to the oldest, because it seemed impossible that she had returned safely. They opened the gate and welcomed them. After lighting a fire to give some light, they stood around them."}, {"pk": 4105972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Judith said to them in a loud voice, \u201cPraise God! Praise, praise God, who hasn\u2019t taken his mercy away from the house of Israel! Rather, he has destroyed our enemies by my hand this very night!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "And with that she pulled the head out of the bag. Showing it to them, she said, \u201cLook! Here\u2019s the head of Holofernes, the general of the Assyrian army, and here too is the canopy under which he was lying in a drunken stupor. The Lord struck him down by the hand of a woman!"}, {"pk": 4105974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "As the Lord lives, who protected me on my mission, I deceived him with my appearance in order to kill him. But he committed no sin with me, to pollute or shame me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Everyone was completely amazed and bowed down, worshipping God. They said with one voice, \u201cBlessed are you, our God, who has disgraced the enemies of your people this day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Then Uzziah said to her, \u201cDaughter, you are blessed by the Most High God above all other women on the earth. And blessed is the Lord God, who made the heavens and the earth, who guided you to cut off the head of our enemy\u2019s leader."}, {"pk": 4105977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Your hope <sup>[1]</sup> will never fade away from the hearts of the people who remember God\u2019s strength.", "comment": "[1] Other sources read <i>Praise of you.</i>"}, {"pk": 4105978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "May God make these things a continual source of honor for you and give you good things. You risked your own life for our nation when it was being oppressed, and you prevented our destruction by walking a straight line before our God.\u201d And all the people said, \u201cAmen, amen.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Judith said to them, \u201cListen well, my people! Take this head and hang it from the highest spot on your city walls."}, {"pk": 4105980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "At daybreak, when the sun rises upon the earth, take up your weapons, each one of you, and let every capable man go outside of the city. Place a captain over them as if you are preparing to go down to the plain against the Assyrian guard. Only don\u2019t go down."}, {"pk": 4105981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Then they will take up their armor and rush to their camp to wake up the Assyrian army officers. They will run together to Holofernes\u2019 tent, but they won\u2019t find him. Then fear will fall on them, and they\u2019ll run from the sight of you."}, {"pk": 4105982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "You and all those who live within the borders of Israel will take chase and lay them low on their way."}, {"pk": 4105983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "But before this, call Achior the Ammonite to me so that he can see and recognize the man who insulted the house of Israel and sent him to us as if to his death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "They brought Achior from Uzziah\u2019s house. When he came and saw Holofernes\u2019 head in the hand of one of the men at the assembly of the people, he fainted and fell on his face."}, {"pk": 4105985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "After they raised him up, he threw himself at Judith\u2019s feet, bowed before her, and said, \u201cBlessed are you in every dwelling of Judah! In every nation, whoever hears your name will be terrified."}, {"pk": 4105986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "Now tell me what you\u2019ve been doing during these last few days.\u201d So Judith told him in the presence of the people everything she had done since the day she left, up to the time she began talking to them."}, {"pk": 4105987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "When she finished speaking, the people gave a great shout and made a joyful noise in their city."}, {"pk": 4105988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "When Achior saw all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God wholeheartedly. So he was circumcised and joined the house of Israel, remaining until this day."}, {"pk": 4105989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "At dawn they hung Holofernes\u2019 head on the wall, and all the men took up their weapons and went out in groups to the mountain passes."}, {"pk": 4105990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "When the Assyrians saw them, they sent word to their leaders, who went to the captains, the commanders, and all the other officers."}, {"pk": 4105991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "They came to Holofernes\u2019 tent and said to the one who looked after his property, \u201cWake up our master, for the slaves have become so bold as to come down to make war with us \u2014 only to be completely destroyed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Bagoas went in and knocked at the entrance to the tent, for he assumed that Holofernes was sleeping with Judith."}, {"pk": 4105993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "But when there was no answer, he entered the bedroom and found him sprawled on the floor, dead, with his head missing."}, {"pk": 4105994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "He cried out with a loud voice, weeping, groaning, and shouting, and he tore his clothes."}, {"pk": 4105995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Next he went into the tent where Judith had been staying. Not finding her, he ran out to the people and shouted,"}, {"pk": 4105996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cThe slaves have made fools of us! One Hebrew woman has brought shame upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar. Look, Holofernes is lying on the ground and his head is gone!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4105997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "When the leaders of the Assyrian army heard this news, they tore their clothes. They were greatly disturbed, and their shouts and cries rang throughout the camp."}, {"pk": 4105998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "When those who were still in their tents heard all this, they were shocked at what had happened."}, {"pk": 4105999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "They were overcome with fear and trembling. Without waiting for anyone else, each and every person rushed out and fled in every direction across the plain and into the highlands."}, {"pk": 4106000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Even those who were camped in the hills around Bethulia turned and fled. Then every Israelite man capable of fighting rushed out upon them."}, {"pk": 4106001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "Uzziah sent messengers to Betomasthaim, Choba, Kola, and all the regions of Israel, announcing what had happened and saying that everyone should rush out upon their enemies to destroy them."}, {"pk": 4106002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "When the Israelites heard about it, they joined together, fell upon their enemies, and cut them down as far as Choba. Similarly, those from Jerusalem and everyone in the highlands also came, for they had been told what happened in the enemy camp. The Gileadites and the Galileans outflanked the Assyrians, inflicting heavy losses as far as Damascus and its territories."}, {"pk": 4106003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Meanwhile, the rest of the people living in Bethulia entered the Assyrian camp and plundered it, and they became extremely rich."}, {"pk": 4106004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "When the Israelites returned from the slaughter, they took what was left behind. Even the villages and farms in the highlands and the plain received large portions of the spoils, because there was plenty to go around."}, {"pk": 4106005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "At that time Joakim the high priest and the council of the Israelites who lived in Jerusalem came to witness the good things that the Lord had done for Israel, to see Judith, and to wish her well."}, {"pk": 4106006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "When they came to her, they joined together in blessing her and said, \u201cYou are the glory of Jerusalem; you are the great pride of Israel; you are the high honor of our nation."}, {"pk": 4106007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "You\u2019ve done all these things with your own hand. You\u2019ve done well for Israel, and God is pleased with these things. May you be forever blessed by the Lord Almighty!\u201d And all the people said, \u201cAmen!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "The people plundered the camp for thirty days, and they gave Holofernes\u2019 tent to Judith, including the silver plates, the beds, the bowls, and all of his furniture. She took it all, loaded up her mule, then hitched up her carts and filled them up as well."}, {"pk": 4106009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "All the women of Israel gathered together to see her. They blessed her, and some performed a dance for her. Then Judith took wands wrapped with ivy in her hands and gave them to the women who were with her."}, {"pk": 4106010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "They all crowned themselves with wreaths woven from olive branches. Then she went before all the people in a dance, leading all the women. All the men of Israel followed, carrying their weapons, wearing wreaths of victory, and singing hymns."}, {"pk": 4106011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Judith began this thanksgiving song in front of all Israel, and all the people enthusiastically sang this hymn."}, {"pk": 4106012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Judith said: Begin to praise my God with drums; <br>sing to the Lord with cymbals. <br>Adapt a psalm for him; <br>lift up your praise, <br>and call upon his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "The Lord is a God who crushes wars. <br>He rescued me <br>from the hand of my oppressors, <br>and brought me into his camp <br>in the midst of his people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "The Assyrian came from the mountains in the north; <br>he came with tens of thousands <br>of his warriors; <br>their crowd of people <br>blocked the ravines, <br>and their cavalry covered the hills.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "He bragged that he would <br>burn my territory, <br>kill my young men with the sword, <br>throw my infants to the ground, <br>take my children as slaves, <br>and rape my virgins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "But the Lord Almighty overthrew them by the hand of a woman. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Other sources add <i>and brought them to shame.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Their leader didn\u2019t fall to his knees because of young men, <br>nor did the sons of the Titans <br>strike him down, <br>nor did the tall giants assault him. <br>But Judith, Merari\u2019s daughter, <br>paralyzed him with her beauty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "She took off her widow\u2019s clothing <br>to lift up the oppressed in Israel. <br>She put perfume on her face,<br>"}, {"pk": 4106019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "tied a headband around her hair, <br>and put on a linen gown to trick him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Her sandal captured his eyes; <br>her beauty captured his heart, <br>and the sword sliced through his neck.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "The Persians trembled at her daring, <br>and the Medes were troubled <br>by her boldness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Then my humbled ones shouted loudly; <br>my weak ones cried out, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>they lifted up their voices, <br>and the enemies were overthrown.<br>", "comment": "[2] Other sources read <i>were afraid.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "Sons of mere girls stabbed them <br>and wounded them <br>like the children of deserters. <br>They perished before <br>my Lord\u2019s army.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "I will sing to my God a new song. <br>Lord, you are great and glorious, marvelous in strength <br>never to be outdone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "May all of your creation serve you; <br>you spoke, <br>and they came into being. <br>You sent forth your spirit <br>and it shaped them; <br>there is no one <br>who can resist your voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "The mountains will be shaken from their foundations with the waters; <br>rocks will melt like wax before you. <br>Yet you will show mercy <br>to those who fear you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "The pleasant fragrance of all offerings <br>is a small thing to you, <br>and the fat of all entirely burned offerings means even less to you. <br>But those who fear the Lord <br>are great forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4106028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "How terrible it will be for those nations <br>who rise up against my people. <br>The Lord Almighty will take vengeance upon them on the Judgment Day. <br>He will send fire and worms <br>into their flesh, <br>and they will weep forever with the pain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4106029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "When they arrived in Jerusalem, they worshipped God. Once the people were purified, they offered their entirely burned offerings and spontaneous gifts."}, {"pk": 4106030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Judith dedicated all of Holofernes\u2019 belongings that the people had given her. The canopy that she herself had taken from his bedroom, she dedicated as an offering to God."}, {"pk": 4106031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "The people continued to celebrate in Jerusalem for three months in front of the sanctuary. And Judith remained with them."}, {"pk": 4106032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "At the end of these days, everyone returned to their homes. Judith went back to Bethulia and lived on her estate. She was honored for the rest of her life all throughout the land."}, {"pk": 4106033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "There were many men who desired her, but no man had relations with her all the rest of her life after her husband Manasseh died and was buried with his people."}, {"pk": 4106034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "She became increasingly famous and grew old in her husband\u2019s house, reaching the advanced age of 105. She set her trusted servant free and died in Bethulia. They buried her in her husband Manasseh\u2019s cave,"}, {"pk": 4106035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "and the house of Israel mourned her for seven days. Before she died, she divided her property among all the relatives of Manasseh her husband, and among her own relatives."}, {"pk": 4106036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 69, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "No one terrified the Israelites again during Judith\u2019s lifetime or for a long time after her death."}, {"pk": 4111167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "You who judge the earth, love what is right. Set your mind on the Lord in goodness. Seek him with a sincere heart."}, {"pk": 4111168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Those who don\u2019t put the Lord to the test will find him. He makes himself known to those who trust him."}, {"pk": 4111169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Perverse reasoning separates people from God. His power exposes the foolish people who test him."}, {"pk": 4111170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Wisdom will avoid a deceptive soul that plans evil. Wisdom won\u2019t make her home in a body that is devoted to sin."}, {"pk": 4111171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "A holy, instructive spirit will flee deceit and leave when ignorant people start to plot. It is ashamed to be found in the presence of wrongdoing."}, {"pk": 4111172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Wisdom is a spirit that wants only what is best for humans. Wisdom won\u2019t declare blasphemers to be innocent because their own words convict them. God is witness to their thoughts. Truth examines the heart and hears what is said."}, {"pk": 4111173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The Lord\u2019s Spirit fills the whole world. It holds everything together and knows what everyone says."}, {"pk": 4111174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, those who utter unjust words don\u2019t escape notice. Justice will expose them and not pass them by."}, {"pk": 4111175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "A proper inquiry will be made into the plots of ungodly people. News of their words will reach the Lord and make their lawless deeds known."}, {"pk": 4111176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "God\u2019s ear listens intently to everything anyone says. Murmurings can\u2019t be kept secret for long."}, {"pk": 4111177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "So guard against useless murmuring. Keep your tongue from speaking ill. Everything you say has some consequence, even if you think that you are speaking in private. A lying mouth destroys the soul."}, {"pk": 4111178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t seek death through the error of your ways. Don\u2019t invite destruction on yourself by what you do."}, {"pk": 4111179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "God didn\u2019t make death. God takes no delight in the ruin of anything that lives."}, {"pk": 4111180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "God created everything so that it might exist. The creative forces at work in the cosmos are life-giving. There is no destructive poison in them. The underworld <sup>[1]</sup> doesn\u2019t rule on earth.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4111181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Doing what is right means living forever."}, {"pk": 4111182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "In spite of this, the ungodly called out to death by what they did and said. Thinking that death was their friend, they lost their resolve and made a treaty with death. Let them have each other: death and the ungodly belong together!"}, {"pk": 4111183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "By reasoning in their twisted way, the ungodly said: Our lives are short and painful. There is no antidote for death; no one has come back from the grave."}, {"pk": 4111184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "All of us came into being by chance. When our lives are over, it will be just as if we had never been. The breath in our nostrils is mere smoke. Reason is just a spark in the beating of our hearts."}, {"pk": 4111185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "When that spark is extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes. The spirit will evaporate into thin air."}, {"pk": 4111186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Over time, our names will be forgotten. No one will remember our deeds. Our lives will pass away like the last wisps of a cloud. Our lives will be dispersed like a morning mist chased away by the sun and weighed down by the day\u2019s heat."}, {"pk": 4111187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Our time here is like a shadow passing by. There\u2019s no turning back from death. It has been sealed, and no one will alter it."}, {"pk": 4111188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Come then! Let\u2019s enjoy all the good things of life now. Let\u2019s enjoy creation to the fullest as we did in our youth."}, {"pk": 4111189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Let\u2019s drink our fill of expensive wines and enjoy fine perfumes. Let\u2019s pluck every fresh blossom of spring as we pass by."}, {"pk": 4111190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Let\u2019s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither."}, {"pk": 4111191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Let\u2019s make sure that no meadow is left untouched by our high-spirited fun. Let\u2019s leave evidence everywhere that we made the most of this life, because this life is all we have."}, {"pk": 4111192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Let\u2019s take advantage of the day laborer who does what\u2019s right. Let\u2019s not be afraid to abuse the widow. Let\u2019s show that we couldn\u2019t care less for the gray hair of our elders."}, {"pk": 4111193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "May strength be our only law and determine what\u2019s right, for it\u2019s clear to us that what is weak is worthless."}, {"pk": 4111194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Let\u2019s lie in ambush for the one who does what is right. He\u2019s a nuisance to us. He always opposes our actions. He blames us because we have failed to keep the Law. He condemns us for turning our backs on our upbringing."}, {"pk": 4111195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "He boasts of his knowledge of God. He even calls himself the Lord\u2019s servant. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>child</i>"}, {"pk": 4111196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "He exposes our secret plans. Just to look at him makes us sick."}, {"pk": 4111197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "His life isn\u2019t like the lives of others. His ways are completely different."}, {"pk": 4111198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "He thinks we\u2019re frauds. He avoids us and our actions as though we\u2019re unclean. Instead, he blesses the final days of those who do what\u2019s right. He even boasts that God is his Father."}, {"pk": 4111199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Let\u2019s see if his words are true. Let\u2019s put him to the extreme test and see what happens."}, {"pk": 4111200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "If this man who does the right thing is indeed God\u2019s son, then God will assist him. God will rescue him from the hand of those who oppress him."}, {"pk": 4111201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Let\u2019s test him by assaulting and torturing him. Then we will know just how good he really is. Let\u2019s test his ability to endure pain."}, {"pk": 4111202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Let\u2019s condemn him to a disgraceful death: according to him, God should show up to protect him."}, {"pk": 4111203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "This was how the ungodly reasoned, but they were mistaken. Their malice completely blinded them."}, {"pk": 4111204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "They didn\u2019t know of God\u2019s secret plan. They didn\u2019t hope for the reward that holiness brings. They didn\u2019t consider the prize they would win if they kept their whole beings free from stain."}, {"pk": 4111205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "God created humans to live forever. He made them as a perfect representation of his own unique identity."}, {"pk": 4111206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "Death entered the universe only through the devil\u2019s envy. Those who belong to the devil\u2019s party experience death. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>continue to test people</i>"}, {"pk": 4111207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "The souls of those who do what is right are in God\u2019s hand. They won\u2019t feel the pain of torment."}, {"pk": 4111208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "To those who don\u2019t know any better, it seems as if they have died. Their departure from this life was considered their misfortune."}, {"pk": 4111209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Their leaving us seemed to be their destruction, but in reality they are at peace."}, {"pk": 4111210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "It may look to others as if they have been punished, but they have the hope of living forever."}, {"pk": 4111211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "They were disciplined a little, but they will be rewarded with abundant good things, because God tested them and found that they deserve to be with him."}, {"pk": 4111212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "He tested them like gold in the furnace; he accepted them like an entirely burned offering."}, {"pk": 4111213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Then, when the time comes for judgment, the godly will burst forth and run about like fiery sparks among dry straw."}, {"pk": 4111214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "The godly will judge nations and hold power over peoples, even as the Lord will rule over them forever."}, {"pk": 4111215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who trust in the Lord will know the truth. Those who are faithful will always be with him in love. Favor and mercy belong to the holy ones. God watches over God\u2019s chosen ones."}, {"pk": 4111216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The ungodly will get what their evil thinking deserves. They had no regard for the one who did what was right, and instead, they rose up against the Lord."}, {"pk": 4111217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Those who have contempt for wisdom and instruction will be miserable. People like this have no hope. Their work won\u2019t amount to anything. Their actions will be worthless."}, {"pk": 4111218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "They will marry foolish people. Their children will be wicked. Their whole family line will be cursed."}, {"pk": 4111219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "What a contrast to the barren woman who has kept herself pure, who hasn\u2019t had sex with another in sin. She will be blessed. When God inspects entire lives, she will bear fruit."}, {"pk": 4111220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Even the eunuch who doesn\u2019t break the Law with his hands and doesn\u2019t think evil thoughts against the Lord will receive a precious gift for his fidelity and a special place in the Lord\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4111221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Everyone will praise the fruit of good work. Good sense is a root that never withers."}, {"pk": 4111222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "The children of adulterers, however, will come to nothing. The seed of people who have sex with others in violation of the Law will dry up."}, {"pk": 4111223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Even if they live to old age, their lives won\u2019t amount to anything. In their old age they will have no honor."}, {"pk": 4111224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "If they die young, they will have no hope or comfort on Judgment Day."}, {"pk": 4111225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "The family line of those who don\u2019t do what is right will come to a bad end."}, {"pk": 4111226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "It\u2019s better to be virtuous but childless. Virtue is what will be remembered, and this means immortality. Virtue is recognized by both God and humans."}, {"pk": 4111227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "When humans find virtue in their midst, they imitate it. When virtue is gone, they long for its return. In every age, virtue wins the contest in which the prizes are unstained. It wears the victory crown, riding in triumph in the victory parade."}, {"pk": 4111228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Even though the ungodly have many children, none of them will amount to anything. Those bastard saplings will never put their roots down deep or be firmly established."}, {"pk": 4111229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "They may shoot up for a time like trees with lots of new branches, but the wind will shake them with ease, and the wind\u2019s force will uproot the whole tree."}, {"pk": 4111230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Even before the twigs have had a chance to bud, they will be broken off. Their fruit will be useless. It will never ripen and be fit to eat. It\u2019ll be good for absolutely nothing."}, {"pk": 4111231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Children born of sex outside the bounds of the Law will be called as witnesses against their parents\u2019 illicit sex when the time for judgment comes."}, {"pk": 4111232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "In contrast, those who have done what is right will be at rest, even if they die an early death."}, {"pk": 4111233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who are old aren\u2019t honorable simply because time has passed. Old age isn\u2019t measured by counting up a person\u2019s years."}, {"pk": 4111234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Wisdom and a spotless life are the marks of honorable maturity."}, {"pk": 4111235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "There was a man who pleased God, was loved by God, and was taken away from living in the midst of sinners."}, {"pk": 4111236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "He was snatched away so that evil didn't pervert his understanding and so that deception didn't corrupt his soul."}, {"pk": 4111237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Envying what is worthless blinds people to what is good, and the whirlwind of desire undermines an innocent mind."}, {"pk": 4111238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who do what\u2019s right are quickly perfected and live a long life in a short span of time."}, {"pk": 4111239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "They are whisked away from the wickedness that surrounds them because their whole beings are pleasing to the Lord. People around them see this, but they don\u2019t understand. It doesn\u2019t sink in"}, {"pk": 4111240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "that favor and mercy rest upon God\u2019s chosen ones, and that God watches over his holy ones."}, {"pk": 4111241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "So the dead who did what\u2019s right will condemn the ungodly who are still alive, and someone who dies young will condemn the old person who has lived many years but hasn\u2019t done what is right."}, {"pk": 4111242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "People will see the death of the wise, but they won\u2019t understand the Lord\u2019s purposes for them, nor to what end the Lord kept them safe."}, {"pk": 4111243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Instead, they will laugh at what they see. In the end, however, the Lord will have the last laugh on them."}, {"pk": 4111244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Then they will be no better than mutilated corpses, a scandal to the rest of the dead forever. The Lord will crush them and leave them lying there speechless. He will shake them from their very foundations. They will waste away in agony. Their memory will be wiped out."}, {"pk": 4111245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "They will cower when their sins are counted up. Their lawless deeds will witness against them and convict them."}, {"pk": 4111246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the one who did do what was right will stand up with full confidence in the very midst of those who caused his suffering and made light of his distress."}, {"pk": 4111247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "They will tremble with great fear when they see him. They will be amazed that he was delivered so unexpectedly."}, {"pk": 4111248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "They will sing a different tune as they gasp and say to themselves:"}, {"pk": 4111249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "He\u2019s the one we mocked?! He\u2019s the one we insulted? What idiots we were! We thought his life was madness and his death a disgrace."}, {"pk": 4111250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "How is it that he\u2019s now counted among God\u2019s children? How is it that he\u2019s now considered one of the saints?"}, {"pk": 4111251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Clearly we were the ones who missed the way to truth. The light that would have shown us the right thing to do hasn\u2019t shone for us. That sun didn\u2019t rise upon us."}, {"pk": 4111252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "We got entangled in lawlessness and destruction. We wandered through desolate wildernesses. We didn\u2019t know the Lord\u2019s way."}, {"pk": 4111253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "What good did our pride do us? What good were our wealth and pretension?"}, {"pk": 4111254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "These things have all passed away like a shadow. They\u2019re gone like old news."}, {"pk": 4111255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "They\u2019re gone like a ship passing through a storm-tossed sea: once it has passed, it leaves no trace of its passing; its keel leaves no lasting mark on the waves."}, {"pk": 4111256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "That\u2019s all disappeared in the way a bird flies through the air and leaves no hint of its path: it beats its wings against the thin air, dives with a rush, uses its wings to circle round \u2014 yet afterward there\u2019s no sign in the air that the bird was ever there."}, {"pk": 4111257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "It\u2019s all vanished like an arrow that\u2019s shot at its target: the air opens up as the arrow flies through it but immediately closes up behind the arrow, and no one can detect any trace of the arrow\u2019s path."}, {"pk": 4111258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "That\u2019s us! We came into being, and almost immediately afterward, we died. We leave behind no evidence of virtue. We squandered what we had in bad living."}, {"pk": 4111259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "The ungodly person\u2019s hope disappears like dust in the wind, like frost that is stripped away and scattered by a mighty wind, like smoke that rises and is immediately dispersed by the wind, like the memory of a stranger who spends the day and then is gone."}, {"pk": 4111260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "In contrast, those who do the right thing live forever. Their reward comes from the Lord. The Most High takes care of them."}, {"pk": 4111261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "For this reason, they will receive a lovely palace and a beautiful royal crown from the Lord himself. With his right hand he shelters them and with his right arm he protects them."}, {"pk": 4111262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "For his weapon, the Lord will take his zeal. He will arm creation itself for the fight against his foes."}, {"pk": 4111263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "He will put on justice as his body armor. He will strap on honest judgment as his helmet."}, {"pk": 4111264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "He will take up holiness as a shield that can never be beaten down."}, {"pk": 4111265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "He will sharpen his fierce anger into a sword. The cosmos itself will join with him to defeat those who have wandered from reason."}, {"pk": 4111266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Shafts of lightning will strike with precision. They will leap from the clouds as if shot from a well-bent bow, and they will hit their target every time."}, {"pk": 4111267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Showers of hail will rain down upon them as if shot from a catapult that never stops firing. The sea\u2019s waters will rage against them, and rivers will rise up and wash over them in a fury."}, {"pk": 4111268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "A powerful wind will blow against them and like a whirlwind, it will scatter them. Lawlessness will turn the whole earth into a desert. Evildoing will pull down the thrones of the powerful."}, {"pk": 4111269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "So then listen, you rulers, and understand. Learn, you who judge the far reaches of the earth."}, {"pk": 4111270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Pay attention, you who have power over multitudes, you who take pride in having power over throngs of nations."}, {"pk": 4111271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "The Lord gave you authority to rule. The Most High gave you your power. He will watch carefully what you do and examine everything that you are planning."}, {"pk": 4111272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "You are merely stewards of his kingdom. If you don\u2019t judge rightly, if you don\u2019t keep the Law, or if you don\u2019t act according to God\u2019s plan,"}, {"pk": 4111273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "then he\u2019ll fall upon you very suddenly and very terribly. Judgment falls hard on those in high places."}, {"pk": 4111274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who aren\u2019t important may be pardoned out of compassion, but the powerful will be powerfully examined."}, {"pk": 4111275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "The ruler of all won\u2019t back down from anyone. He won\u2019t show any special consideration to someone whom others consider great. The ruler of all made both the small and the great, and he regards them all in the same way."}, {"pk": 4111276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "But a stern judgment will fall upon the ruthless."}, {"pk": 4111277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Yes, I\u2019m speaking to you who rule with unbridled might so that you may learn wisdom and avoid going astray."}, {"pk": 4111278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who have treasured holy things in a holy way will themselves be made holy. Those who have been instructed in holy things will be able to offer a defense for what they have done."}, {"pk": 4111279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "So desire my words with all your heart. Commit yourself to them, and you will be educated."}, {"pk": 4111280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Wisdom is bright and unfading. She readily appears to those who love her. She\u2019s found by those who keep seeking after her."}, {"pk": 4111281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "She makes herself known even in advance to those who desire her with all their hearts."}, {"pk": 4111282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Someone who awakens before dawn to look for her will find her already sitting at the door."}, {"pk": 4111283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Taking wisdom to heart is the way to bring your thinking to maturity. The one who can\u2019t sleep at night because he\u2019s consumed with thinking about her will soon be free from worry."}, {"pk": 4111284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "She herself goes about looking for those who are worthy of her. She graciously makes herself known to them as they travel. She comes to them in each of the ideas that they think."}, {"pk": 4111285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "The real beginning of wisdom is to desire instruction with all your heart."}, {"pk": 4111286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Love for instruction expresses itself in careful reflection. If you love Wisdom, you will keep her laws. If you are attentive to her laws, you can be assured that you will live forever."}, {"pk": 4111287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "If you live forever, you will be near to God."}, {"pk": 4111288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "If you desire wisdom with all your heart, you will know what good leadership is."}, {"pk": 4111289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "So if you, who take charge over peoples, want to keep enjoying the thrones and symbols of power that you presently possess, honor wisdom so that you may rule forever."}, {"pk": 4111290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "I\u2019ll tell you what Wisdom is and how she came into being. I won\u2019t hide these secret matters from you. I\u2019ll show you her very origins. I\u2019ll lay all that I know of her in the open. I won\u2019t skip past the truth."}, {"pk": 4111291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "I won\u2019t be selfish or allow jealousy to make me keep this to myself, for jealousy has nothing to do with wisdom."}, {"pk": 4111292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "The more wise people there are in the world, the more likely it is that the world will be saved. A sensible ruler gives stability to his people."}, {"pk": 4111293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "So it will do you good to be instructed by my words."}, {"pk": 4111294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m just a human like everyone else. I\u2019m a descendant of the first person who was created out of earth. My flesh was molded into shape during the time that I was in my mother\u2019s womb."}, {"pk": 4111295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Over the course of ten months, I took shape from her blood, built up out of a man\u2019s seed and a night of pleasure."}, {"pk": 4111296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "When I was born, I gulped in the same air as everyone else. I dropped out onto the same earth that all people share. I let out my first cry that was just like the sound anyone else makes."}, {"pk": 4111297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "I was nurtured by snug clothes and good care."}, {"pk": 4111298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "No king has ever begun life any differently."}, {"pk": 4111299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "There\u2019s only one way into life for everyone, and only one way out as well."}, {"pk": 4111300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Because of this, I prayed, and the ability to reason wisely was given to me. I called out, and Wisdom\u2019s spirit came to me."}, {"pk": 4111301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "I chose wisdom above all the symbols of royalty and over any throne. In comparison to her, I counted riches as nothing."}, {"pk": 4111302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "She was more precious to me than even a priceless jewel, since all the gold in the world would be nothing more than a little sand before her. All the silver would be just like clay in her presence."}, {"pk": 4111303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "I loved her more than health or beauty. I chose her above sunlight itself, for her brightness never sets."}, {"pk": 4111304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Yet then I found that every other good thing also came with her, for in her hands were countless riches."}, {"pk": 4111305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "I rejoiced in all this because Wisdom brings them all in tow. I didn\u2019t know that she had given birth to them."}, {"pk": 4111306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "I learned in innocence, and I don\u2019t begrudge sharing it with you. I won\u2019t conceal her riches."}, {"pk": 4111307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "She\u2019s a never-ending treasure for humans. Those who possess her are ready to be God\u2019s friends, commended for the gifts that come from instruction."}, {"pk": 4111308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "I pray that God will allow me to speak knowledgeably and to ponder well what God has taught me. God himself is the guide even of Wisdom, and God keeps those who already possess wisdom on the right course."}, {"pk": 4111309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "We\u2019re in God\u2019s hands, as are our words, all our reasoning, and all our practical knowledge."}, {"pk": 4111310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "He\u2019s given me accurate knowledge of all that is \u2014 of how the world is made and holds together, and of the forces at work in the world\u2019s essential elements."}, {"pk": 4111311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "He\u2019s given me knowledge of the beginning, end, and middle of time; of the alternation of the solstices and the changes of seasons;"}, {"pk": 4111312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "of the cycle of the year and the positions of the stars;"}, {"pk": 4111313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "of the nature of animals, the temperaments of beasts, the extraordinary powers of spirits, the thoughts of humans, the different types of plants, and the healing powers of roots."}, {"pk": 4111314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "I now know everything, visible and hidden,"}, {"pk": 4111315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "for Wisdom, the designer of everything that is, has taught me. Her spirit is insightful, holy, unique, diverse, refined, kinetic, pure, spotless, transparent, harmless, delighting in what is good, sharp,"}, {"pk": 4111316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "unstoppable, overflowing with kindness, delighting in humans, steadfast, secure, not anxious, all-powerful, and all-seeing. Her spirit can be found in every spirit that is perceptive, pure, and refined."}, {"pk": 4111317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Wisdom is more mobile than anything that moves. She pervades and embraces everything because she is so pure."}, {"pk": 4111318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Wisdom is the warm breath of God\u2019s power. She pours forth from the all-powerful one\u2019s pure glory. Therefore, nothing impure can enter her."}, {"pk": 4111319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "She\u2019s the brightness that shines forth from eternal light. She\u2019s a mirror that flawlessly reflects God\u2019s activity. She\u2019s the perfect image of God\u2019s goodness."}, {"pk": 4111320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "She can do anything, since she\u2019s one and undivided. She never changes, and yet she makes everything new. Generation after generation, she enters souls and shapes them into God\u2019s friends and prophets."}, {"pk": 4111321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "God doesn\u2019t love anything as much as people who make their home with Wisdom."}, {"pk": 4111322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "She\u2019s more splendid than the sun and more wonderful than the arrangement of the stars. She\u2019s even brighter than sunlight,"}, {"pk": 4111323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "for night follows day, but evil can never overcome Wisdom."}, {"pk": 4111324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "She stands strong from one end of the world to the other. She is a marvelous governor over everything in between."}, {"pk": 4111325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "From my youth, I loved her and sought her out. I sought to make her my bride. I burned within for her beauty."}, {"pk": 4111326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "She honors her dignified birth by sharing her life with God. The master of all loves her."}, {"pk": 4111327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "She knows God\u2019s secret ways and is a partner in God\u2019s works."}, {"pk": 4111328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "If wealth is a possession to be desired with all one\u2019s heart, what could be wealthier than Wisdom, who has given form to everything?"}, {"pk": 4111329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "If thoughtful planning accomplishes things, who could possibly be wiser than she who designed everything that is?"}, {"pk": 4111330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "If anyone loves to do what is right, laboring with Wisdom will produce every virtue. She trains persons to learn moderation and practical wisdom. She teaches them what is right and how to exercise courage. Nothing is more advantageous than these when it comes to human existence."}, {"pk": 4111331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "If someone wants to gain experience, she\u2019s the one to teach it: She knows what has been from the beginning and sees what is yet to come. She can figure out puzzles of language and resolve riddles. She knows beforehand what signs and wonders point to. She knows what will happen in time and during the seasons of the year."}, {"pk": 4111332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "For these reasons, I decided to bring her to live with me. I knew that she would be a good counselor. I knew that she would be able to offer me advice when there were concerns or suffering."}, {"pk": 4111333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "I knew that crowds would honor me because of her and that my elders would esteem me, even though I was just a young man."}, {"pk": 4111334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "I knew that people would say that I had good judgment because of her. I knew that other leaders would admire me."}, {"pk": 4111335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "I knew that they would wait for me to speak if I had not yet spoken, and that they would praise what I had said after I had spoken. I also knew that, if I did have more to say, they would put their hands over their mouths until I had finished speaking."}, {"pk": 4111336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "I knew that because of her, I would gain everlasting life and that I would leave behind an everlasting memorial for those who would come after me."}, {"pk": 4111337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "I knew that because of her, I would be able to govern nations and that the peoples of the world would obey me."}, {"pk": 4111338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "I knew that even terrible tyrants would fear me once they had heard me. I knew that the common people would see that I was a good king and a courageous warrior."}, {"pk": 4111339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "I knew that when I entered my house, she would be there, and I would be able to rest easy, for life with her is sweet. I knew that sharing my life with her would mean that I would live a pain-free life, one full of celebration and joy."}, {"pk": 4111340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "I thought all these things to myself. I reflected on them in my heart. I thought: If immortality is to be found by becoming part of Wisdom\u2019s family,"}, {"pk": 4111341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "if dignified delight is to be found in being Wisdom\u2019s friend, if unending wealth comes through the works of her hands, if practical intelligence comes through being well acquainted with her, if fame comes through conversing with her, then I will definitely make her mine."}, {"pk": 4111342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "I was a clever child and had been born with a dignified attitude \u2014"}, {"pk": 4111343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "or, better said, because my soul was already dignified, it entered a spotless body."}, {"pk": 4111344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "But I knew that there was no way I could possess Wisdom unless God gave her to me (and to know this was also a mark of intelligence!). So I came before the Lord and pleaded with him. I said with all my heart:"}, {"pk": 4111345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "God of our ancestors and Lord of mercy, you made everything by your word. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "You gave shape to humanity through your wisdom so that humans might rule the creatures that you made, <br>"}, {"pk": 4111347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "so that they might govern the world by holiness and by doing what was right, and so that they might be honest in passing judgment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Give me Wisdom, who sits enthroned beside you. Don\u2019t reject me, out of all your servants. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "I\u2019m your servant and the son of one of your servants. I\u2019m just a weak human who will live a short life as other humans do. And I\u2019m the least of all humans when it comes to understanding judgment and laws properly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Indeed, even if somebody might be thought of as perfect, this person is nothing without your wisdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "But you chose me to be king over your people and to be a judge of your sons and daughters. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "You told me to construct a temple on your holy mountain and an altar in the city in which you had taken up residence. It was to be a copy of the holy tent that you had prepared from the beginning. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "You have Wisdom with you. She knows all your works. She was present with you when you were making the world. She knows what pleases you. She knows what someone needs to do to follow your commandments. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Send her out to me from your holy heavens. Send her from your glorious throne so that she may labor with me here and that I may learn what is pleasing to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "She knows and understands everything. She\u2019ll guide me wisely in all that I do. Her great honor will guard me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Then my works will be acceptable. Then I\u2019ll be able to judge your people rightly. Then I\u2019ll be worthy of my father\u2019s great throne. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "What human will ever know God\u2019s counsel? Who can understand what God wishes? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Mortals have only a weak capacity for reasoning, and our intentions are uncertain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "The body that is headed for destruction weighs down the soul. Our earthly container burdens our minds with cares and concerns. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "At best, we can barely draw correct inferences concerning things we find on earth. Only after much thought and work do we come to understand what is right in front of us. Who among us then is able to examine heavenly things? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "Who\u2019s ever known your counsel, unless you gave them wisdom and sent down your Holy Spirit from on high? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Only then did your ways become clear to us on earth. Only then were humans able to learn what pleases you, and were thus rescued by wisdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Wisdom kept watch over the world\u2019s first-formed parent, when he alone had been created. She delivered him from his grave misstep."}, {"pk": 4111364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "Wisdom gave him the strength to have dominion over everything."}, {"pk": 4111365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "When a wicked man disregarded Wisdom in his anger, he perished along with his desire to murder his brother."}, {"pk": 4111366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Because of him, the earth was flooded. Wisdom again came to the rescue. She took a man who did what was right and steered him straight on a vessel made of cheap wood."}, {"pk": 4111367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "When the peoples of the world were thrown into confusion by the combined force of their wickedness, Wisdom found one who did what was right and kept him pure before God. She even kept him strong when he would have been swayed by compassion for his child."}, {"pk": 4111368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "When the ungodly were about to be wiped out, Wisdom saved a man who did what was right. He was able to flee from the fire that descended on the five cities."}, {"pk": 4111369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "A smoking wasteland is all that remains, witnessing to their wickedness. Plants there never produce fully formed fruit. A pillar of salt still stands there as a reminder of a faithless being."}, {"pk": 4111370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "By trying to get along without Wisdom, they didn\u2019t recognize what was good. In doing so, they left a lasting memorial of their foolishness for everyone to see. They were unable to hide the things that led to their downfall."}, {"pk": 4111371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "But Wisdom rescues her servants from their trials."}, {"pk": 4111372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "When a man, who did what was right, fled from his brother\u2019s anger, Wisdom led him on straight paths. She showed him God\u2019s kingdom and gave him knowledge of holy things. She caused him to prosper through his handiworks and increased the fruit of his labors."}, {"pk": 4111373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When some, because of greed, sought to get the upper hand over him, she stood by him and made him even richer."}, {"pk": 4111374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "She protected him from his enemies and kept him safe from those who set an ambush for him. She intervened on his behalf in a difficult contest so that he might know that godliness is more powerful than anything."}, {"pk": 4111375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "When a man who did what was right was sold into slavery, she didn\u2019t abandon him. She rescued him from sin."}, {"pk": 4111376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "She even went down into the pit with him. She didn\u2019t forsake him when he was in chains. In the end, she obtained for him the symbol of kingly rule and authority over those who would have ruled over him. She showed that those who had accused him were liars. She gave him eternal glory."}, {"pk": 4111377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Wisdom rescued a holy people and a pure generation from the grip of people who were crushing them."}, {"pk": 4111378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "She entered the soul of a man who served the Lord. She enabled him to oppose terrifying kings by means of signs and wonders."}, {"pk": 4111379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "She rewarded the holy ones for their labors and led them along a wonderful route. She became a shelter for them by day and a flaming shower of stars by night."}, {"pk": 4111380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "She carried them across the Red Sea <sup>[1]</sup> and led them through deep waters.", "comment": "[1] Or traditionally <i>Reed Sea</i> in Hebrew Bible"}, {"pk": 4111381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "She drowned their enemies and caused the depths to boil up over them."}, {"pk": 4111382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "The people who did what was right then stripped the ungodly of their weapons. All together they sang hymns to your holy name, Lord. They praised your hand, which had defended and fought for them."}, {"pk": 4111383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "Wisdom opens the mouths of those who can\u2019t speak and puts clear words on the tongues of infants."}, {"pk": 4111384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "She caused their works to prosper by the hand of the holy prophet."}, {"pk": 4111385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "They wandered through a desert in which no one lived. They set up their tents in the midst of desolate surroundings."}, {"pk": 4111386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "They opposed those who fought against them and defended themselves from their enemies."}, {"pk": 4111387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "They thirsted and cried out to you. You gave them water from a sharp rock, and their thirst was quenched by liquid from that hard stone."}, {"pk": 4111388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "When your people were in need, they were blessed with the very things that you used to punish their enemies."}, {"pk": 4111389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "So instead of a source of fresh water, your enemies found their own flowing river to be polluted with blood and gore. It was a judgment on those who killed their own children."}, {"pk": 4111390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "But you gave your people water in greater abundance than they could possibly imagine."}, {"pk": 4111391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "You showed your people through their own experience of thirst how you punished their opponents."}, {"pk": 4111392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "When your people were put to the test, you disciplined them, but you also showed mercy. But they learned from this how harshly the ungodly were tormented when you judged them."}, {"pk": 4111393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "You disciplined your people in the same way that parents warn their children, but you examined and passed sentence on the ungodly like a strict ruler."}, {"pk": 4111394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Whether they were distant or close by, you still afflicted them."}, {"pk": 4111395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "They groaned on account of their punishment and on account of the memory of the things that they had done."}, {"pk": 4111396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "When they heard that the Hebrews were benefiting from their punishment, they perceived that it was the Lord\u2019s doing."}, {"pk": 4111397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "They thirsted, but their thirst was so different from the thirst of those who do what is right! In the end, they stood in awe of the man they had mockingly rejected long ago because he had been set adrift and exposed."}, {"pk": 4111398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Because their foolish and wicked thoughts had led them astray to worship unthinking reptiles and worthless animals, you sent hordes of mindless creatures upon them as a punishment."}, {"pk": 4111399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "In this way they learned that people are punished by the very same things by which they sin."}, {"pk": 4111400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Your all-powerful hand, which had brought the world into being out of formless matter, would have been more than able to send a host of bears and fierce lions against them."}, {"pk": 4111401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Or they could have been met by newly created beasts that no one had ever seen before, full of rage, breathing fire, belching smoke, and shooting deadly sparks from their eyes."}, {"pk": 4111402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "The damage that these beasts would have been able to do would have been more than enough to wipe out your enemies. Just the sight of them would have been enough to make them die from fear!"}, {"pk": 4111403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Or without any of these, your enemies could have been cut down by a single breath \u2014 pursued by your justice and crushed by a powerful breath. <b>Digressions on divine justice</b> </pb> But you have set all things in right order by proportion: by measure, by number, and by weight."}, {"pk": 4111404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "You are indeed able at any time to carry out mighty deeds. Who could possibly withstand the strength of your arm?"}, {"pk": 4111405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "Before you, the whole world is nothing but dust on the scale or but a drop of dew that falls to earth in the night."}, {"pk": 4111406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "Yet precisely because you can do all things, you show mercy to everyone. You overlook their sins, giving them a chance to change their hearts and minds."}, {"pk": 4111407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "You love everything that exists. You despise nothing that you have made. If you hated it, you wouldn\u2019t have created it."}, {"pk": 4111408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Nothing could survive unless you had willed it. Nothing could remain unless you continued to call it into being."}, {"pk": 4111409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "You spare all things because all things are yours, ruler and lover of life."}, {"pk": 4111410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Your imperishable spirit is present in all things."}, {"pk": 4111411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Therefore, Lord, little by little you correct those who have gone astray. You warn them by reminding them of how they have sinned, so that they can be set free from their wickedness and believe in you."}, {"pk": 4111412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "You hated the people who once lived in your holy land because of the evil deeds they were doing."}, {"pk": 4111413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "They were casting spells and using drugs, and performed unholy rites."}, {"pk": 4111414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "They murdered their own children without pity! Those who were initiated into their secret rituals feasted on human flesh and blood."}, {"pk": 4111415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "You were determined to use our ancestors to destroy parents who kill helpless beings."}, {"pk": 4111416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "You did this so that the land you honored above all others might be settled in a way that God\u2019s children deserved."}, {"pk": 4111417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "But you spared even these men and women when you sent wasps at the head of your army to destroy your enemies little by little."}, {"pk": 4111418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "It\u2019s not that you weren\u2019t able to hand the ungodly over to the righteous or because you weren\u2019t able to wipe out the ungodly from the face of the earth all at once by fierce beasts or with a powerful word."}, {"pk": 4111419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "You were judging them little by little to give them an opportunity to change their hearts and minds. You did so even though you knew full well that they were wicked from their birth, that their natural inclination was to evil, and that they would never change their minds."}, {"pk": 4111420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "Their genetic character <sup>[1]</sup> was cursed from the start. You didn\u2019t grant them immunity for their sins out of concern for anyone\u2019s opinion.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>seed</i> or <i>DNA</i>"}, {"pk": 4111421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "After all, who will question what you have done? Who will oppose your decision? Who will accuse you of destroying peoples that you yourself created? Who will come and stand before you as the champion of those who have done wrong?"}, {"pk": 4111422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "There\u2019s no god, other than you, caring for everyone. There\u2019s no one to whom you must prove that your judgments are right."}, {"pk": 4111423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "There\u2019s no king or ruler who\u2019s able to challenge you concerning those whom you punished."}, {"pk": 4111424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "You always do what\u2019s right. You\u2019ve always governed all things correctly. You\u2019d consider it a crime against yourself to destroy someone who didn\u2019t deserve to be cut down."}, {"pk": 4111425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Your strength is the very origin of doing the right thing. Because you rule over all, you spare all."}, {"pk": 4111426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "You show your strength to those who doubt how powerful you really are. You condemn the pride of those who should know better than to doubt you."}, {"pk": 4111427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "Still, though you rule absolutely, you exercise careful judgment. You govern us with amazing restraint. If you wanted to, you could do anything you wished."}, {"pk": 4111428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "By your actions, you taught your people that those who do what is right must always want what is best for others. Your sons and daughters saw that you give to those who have sinned a chance to change their hearts and minds. In this way you encouraged them."}, {"pk": 4111429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "They knew if you gave their enemies the opportunity to free themselves from evil, punishing them with such care, and even letting them go free when they clearly deserved death,"}, {"pk": 4111430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "how much more care would you exercise in judging your children, to whose fathers you had given such rich promises by means of solemn pledges and covenants?"}, {"pk": 4111431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "While you are disciplining us, you scourge our enemies ten thousand times as much, in order that we may keep your goodness in mind when we ourselves are passing judgment. And you teach us that when we ourselves are judged, we should expect your mercy."}, {"pk": 4111432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "It was for this reason that you tortured those who lived foolish and unjust lives through their own disgusting offenses."}, {"pk": 4111433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "They wandered far even from the normal ways in which people err! They took horrible things to be gods, the worst forms of animal life. They were deceived like foolish children."}, {"pk": 4111434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "So you sent your judgment upon them to mock them, treating them as if they were in fact mindless children."}, {"pk": 4111435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "The ones who weren\u2019t brought back to their senses by this mocking judgment would experience the just judgment of God."}, {"pk": 4111436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "They were plagued by the very things they once took to be gods, and came to hate them. In the end, they recognized that you, whom they had so long denied to be God, were in fact God. It was then that the full weight of judgment fell upon them."}, {"pk": 4111437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "All humans who don\u2019t know God are empty-headed by nature. In spite of the good things that can be seen, they were somehow unable to know the one who truly is. Though they were fascinated by what he had made, they were unable to recognize the maker of everything."}, {"pk": 4111438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Instead, they thought that all these things \u2014 fire or wind or quickly moving air or a constellation of stars or rippling water or the sky\u2019s bright lights that govern the world \u2014 were all gods."}, {"pk": 4111439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "They should have known that all these things \u2014 which they took to be gods and delighted in \u2014 were much less beautiful than the one who rules them all. The creator of beauty itself created them."}, {"pk": 4111440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who fear the power and might of created things should know how much more powerful than these things is the one who fashioned them."}, {"pk": 4111441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "These people could have perceived something of the one who created all things as they thought about the power and beauty of the things that were created."}, {"pk": 4111442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "It is for this reason that they\u2019re not without guilt. Yet perhaps we shouldn\u2019t blame them too much. They may have gone astray while they were looking for God, wanting to find him."}, {"pk": 4111443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "They spend a lot of time exploring his works. Something about their appearance leads them to wonder, for the things that they see are indeed wonderful."}, {"pk": 4111444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Even so, these persons aren\u2019t excused."}, {"pk": 4111445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "After all, if they were indeed able to know so much that they could speculate about space and time, how is it that they weren\u2019t able to discover the ruler of space and time more quickly?"}, {"pk": 4111446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "How much more miserable, though, are those people who put their trust in things that are dead? These people call gods the works of human hands, objects of gold and silver that artisans practice on, artistic representations of animals, even worthless stones carved by someone long ago."}, {"pk": 4111447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Imagine this. A woodcutter with some skill cuts down a pliable shrub. He carefully strips the outside covering of the plant and then, because he has some skill, shapes it into a tool for daily use."}, {"pk": 4111448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Afterward he picks up the leftover bark that he had stripped away and uses it to cook a meal for himself. He eats his fill and"}, {"pk": 4111449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "then picks up one of the leftover pieces of wood, one that wasn\u2019t good for anything, a crooked hard piece with broken ends where the branches had been. Having nothing else to do, he takes this piece of wood and starts carving. By a process of trial and error, he\u2019s finally able to give it a human shape,"}, {"pk": 4111450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "or he fashions it into something that vaguely resembles some miserable creature. He covers it with red paint, giving it a rosy hue where the creature\u2019s flesh is supposed to be. He covers over every flaw in the wood."}, {"pk": 4111451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Finally, he makes a perfect little shrine for it and fastens the shrine securely to the wall with a nail"}, {"pk": 4111452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "so that it doesn\u2019t fall down. He knows full well that it can\u2019t do anything for itself. After all, it\u2019s only an image, and it requires help."}, {"pk": 4111453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "In time he begins to pray to it: for his possessions, for his marriage, for his children. He\u2019s not ashamed to talk to this lifeless object. In fact, he begins to ask this fragile little creation to provide him with good health."}, {"pk": 4111454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "He begins to pray for his life to this lifeless object. He cries out for help to this thing that has no experience at all. He prays about a journey to a thing that can\u2019t even take a single step."}, {"pk": 4111455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "He asks it for wealth, for profit in his work, and for success in all he sets his hands to do \u2014 all this from something whose hands are powerless to do anything."}, {"pk": 4111456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Or imagine this: A man is preparing for a trip. He\u2019s about to board a ship that must sail through rough waves. So the man cries out for protection to a little piece of wood that is even more flimsy than the boat that will carry him."}, {"pk": 4111457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Desire for profit led to the ship\u2019s planning, and wisdom was the artisan who built it,"}, {"pk": 4111458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "but your watchful guidance, Father, pilots the ship. You made a way in the sea, a sure path through strong waves."}, {"pk": 4111459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "You have shown us that you can rescue us from anything, so that even those who have no skill can put out to sea."}, {"pk": 4111460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Your will is that the works of your wisdom be fruitful. This is the only reason in the end why humans can entrust their lives to cheap pieces of wood and can reach land safely by riding the breaking surf on a ship that is no more than a raft."}, {"pk": 4111461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "Near the beginning, at a time when proud giants were being destroyed, the hope of the world escaped on just such a raft. This was how the genetic character <sup>[1]</sup> of a new generation survived for the world to come. They were steered the whole way by your hand.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>seed</i> or <i>DNA</i>"}, {"pk": 4111462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Praised be the wood by means of which it has now become possible for us to do what is right!"}, {"pk": 4111463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "But idols made by human hands are cursed, as are those who make them. Those who make them are cursed because they make them. The idols are cursed because, though made of corruptible material, people call them gods."}, {"pk": 4111464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Both are equally hateful to God: the godless craftsmen and the products of their godlessness."}, {"pk": 4111465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "The thing that has been produced will be punished along with the one who produced it."}, {"pk": 4111466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, God will come in judgment on the nation\u2019s idols, for they have turned a part of God\u2019s creation into something that God hates. They have produced stumbling blocks for the well-being of humans, a trap set to spring when the feet of the foolish step on it."}, {"pk": 4111467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "The very notion of idols was the beginning of immoral sexual activity. The invention of idols ruined human life."}, {"pk": 4111468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "In the beginning, idols didn\u2019t exist, and they won\u2019t last forever."}, {"pk": 4111469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "They came into the world through the empty-headed imaginings of humans. Therefore, they\u2019ll come to a quick end."}, {"pk": 4111470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Imagine a father overcome with grief at the untimely death of his child. In his grief, he makes an image of the child. The person who was once a corpse he now honors as a god. He passes it on to those under his authority, along with certain mysteries and special ceremonies."}, {"pk": 4111471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "As time goes by, his godless custom becomes tradition. Eventually, his custom becomes law, and rulers order the people to worship these carved images."}, {"pk": 4111472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "These rulers, moreover, lived far away from most of their subjects. So because the people couldn\u2019t pay their respects in person, they imagined what the ruler looked like and made an image of their honored leader. By their diligent efforts, they were thus still able to shower the king with their flattery."}, {"pk": 4111473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "But the artist\u2019s desire to be recognized for his work also incited the fools to an ever greater intensity of worship."}, {"pk": 4111474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Perhaps out of a desire to please the person in power, the artist makes the most of his artistic skill to fashion an even more beautiful and perfect image."}, {"pk": 4111475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "The masses, charmed by the object\u2019s workmanship, now begin to consider the object worthy of their worship, where not long before they had only honored the person as a human being."}, {"pk": 4111476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "In this way idolatry becomes a trap for one\u2019s life. Whether it is because of a father\u2019s misfortune or because people are ordered to do so, stones and plants begin to be called by the name that was never supposed to be shared with anything or anyone else."}, {"pk": 4111477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Then, as if it weren\u2019t enough that they should err concerning the knowledge of God, other things follow. When living ignorantly in the midst of great war, people call such evil things peace."}, {"pk": 4111478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Then, in the celebration of secret religious ceremonies involving the ritual murder of children or in hidden mysteries or in the mad orgies of strange worship practices,"}, {"pk": 4111479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "people stop keeping their lives and their marriages pure. Instead, one person plots to kill another by lying in ambush. Another person causes grief by becoming sexually involved with another person\u2019s spouse."}, {"pk": 4111480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "Everything becomes a confused mix of blood, murder, theft, and deception. Corruption, breaking one\u2019s word, upheaval, false pledges \u2014 all these things abound."}, {"pk": 4111481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "What is good is shouted down. Favors are forgotten. Entire beings are stained with guilt. Legitimate genealogy is lost. Marriage is thrown into confusion. Adultery and promiscuity abound."}, {"pk": 4111482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "The worship of nameless idols is the origin of all evil \u2014 its cause as well as its result."}, {"pk": 4111483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "People begin to party so wildly that they all go mad. They prophesy lies. They live in such a way that everything they do is wrong. They bear false witness,"}, {"pk": 4111484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "but because they have entrusted themselves into the hands of lifeless idols, they don\u2019t expect any harm to come from swearing false pledges."}, {"pk": 4111485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "A double judgment will hunt them down \u2014 first, because they acted wickedly toward God when they gave their attention to idols; and second, because they made solemn pledges falsely out of contempt for what was holy."}, {"pk": 4111486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "It isn\u2019t the power of the things by which they made these solemn pledges but justice that will pursue them until it punishes them for doing wrong."}, {"pk": 4111487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "But you, our God, are good and true. You are very patient. You govern everything in your mercy."}, {"pk": 4111488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "Even if we sin, we will still belong to you because we know your power. But we won\u2019t sin, since you consider us as your own."}, {"pk": 4111489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Perfection of life is to know you. To recognize your power is the root from which everlasting life grows."}, {"pk": 4111490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "The misguided art of humans didn\u2019t deceive us, nor did the fruitless labor of clever painters even when they created an image that was dazzling in its combination of colors."}, {"pk": 4111491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "The sight of idols, however, creates desire in fools. They begin to long for a dead statue\u2019s lifeless image."}, {"pk": 4111492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who make them, those who want them, and those who worship them are all lovers of wicked things. They all deserve to have their hopes misdirected in this way."}, {"pk": 4111493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "The potters take great pains to mold the clay. They make each piece for our use. They make some containers to be used for holy purposes. Others will be used for ordinary purposes. Both pieces are made from the same clay, and both are made in the same way. But the use to which each is put is left up to the judgment of the potter."}, {"pk": 4111494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "The potters takes great care \u2014 but it is an evil care! \u2014 to design a useless god from the very same clay that only a moment before had come from the same earth from which the potters themselves also had been taken. It is the same earth to which the potters will one day return when their entire being\u2019s debt has to be paid back."}, {"pk": 4111495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Yet the potters don\u2019t worry that they are going to come down with some terrible disease or even that they will have only a short life. Rather, they spend all their time competing with the goldsmiths and the silversmiths, imitating the bronzeworkers, and thinking it\u2019s the greatest honor imaginable that they spend their lives making counterfeit gods."}, {"pk": 4111496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Their hearts are nothing but rust. Their hopes are more useless than dirt. Their lives are worth less than the clay they mold."}, {"pk": 4111497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Why? Because the potters don\u2019t know who made them. They don\u2019t know who breathed life into them and made them move, who put a spirit in them to become a living being."}, {"pk": 4111498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "They think that life is just a game. They think that our day-to-day existence is just a profit-seeking carnival. As they say: \u201cYou must earn a living however you can, even if it means doing the wrong thing.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4111499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "These people know better than anyone else that they are sinning when they give shape to equipment and images that are easily broken, because they are both fashioned from the same earthy material."}, {"pk": 4111500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "But the people who are most foolish of all, and even more to be pitied than the soul of a little child, are the enemies who oppressed your people."}, {"pk": 4111501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "These enemies considered the nation\u2019s idols to be gods, even though these idols have no eyes for seeing, no nostrils for breathing air, no ears for hearing, no fingers for touching, and no feet for walking."}, {"pk": 4111502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "A mere human made them. A person who has been given his spirit on loan crafted them. But no human is ever able to fashion a god who is anything like God."}, {"pk": 4111503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Being a human, a person can construct only a dead thing with lawless hands. These people are better than the things that they worship, for they have life and the things that they worship do not."}, {"pk": 4111504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "On top of it all, the enemies of your people worship the most hateful animals, things that are less intelligent than any other creatures."}, {"pk": 4111505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Even as animals, there\u2019s nothing appealing or beautiful about them. They have neither the praise nor the blessing of God."}, {"pk": 4111506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Therefore, the enemies of your people deserved to be punished and tormented by swarms of the very same monsters."}, {"pk": 4111507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "In contrast to their punishment, you blessed your people when they were famished. You prepared for them a tasty delicacy \u2014 a feast of quail!"}, {"pk": 4111508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "You did so in order that the enemies of your people, who were also hungry, wouldn\u2019t be able to stomach food because of the ugliness of those creatures that you had sent against them. You also did so in order that your people, who were in need only for a little while, might share in a novel meal."}, {"pk": 4111509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "The enemies of your people, who oppressed them like tyrants, were fated to experience a famine that never seemed to end. But all that was necessary for your people was to show them how their enemies were to be tortured."}, {"pk": 4111510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Even when the terrible fury of beasts overwhelmed your people and they were perishing from the stings of coiled serpents, your anger didn\u2019t last long."}, {"pk": 4111511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "They were terrified only for a little while as a warning, since they had the sign of their salvation as a reminder of the command of your Law."}, {"pk": 4111512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Those who turned to that sign were saved not by what they saw but by you, the savior of all."}, {"pk": 4111513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "In this way, you persuaded our enemies that you are the only one who rescues people from every evil."}, {"pk": 4111514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "Our enemies died when they were bitten by locusts and flies. There was no healing that was able to keep them alive. They deserved to be punished by those insects."}, {"pk": 4111515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Yet not even the fangs of poisonous snakes were able to overcome your children, because your mercy traveled along with them and healed them."}, {"pk": 4111516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "You did sting them in order to remind them of the things that you had told them. But you came to their rescue quickly so that they might not fall into a deep forgetfulness of your goodwill toward them."}, {"pk": 4111517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "It wasn\u2019t any herb or ointment that healed them but your word alone, Lord, which heals everything."}, {"pk": 4111518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "You have power over life and death. You lead people down to the gates of hell, and you bring them back up again."}, {"pk": 4111519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Humans can indeed kill by their evil, but they can\u2019t bring back the life that has expired or restore the spirit that has been taken away."}, {"pk": 4111520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "It is impossible to escape from your hand."}, {"pk": 4111521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "Even though the ungodly denied any knowledge of you, it was your strong arm that afflicted them. They were pursued by strange rainfalls that never stopped, and by hailstorms and downpours. They were pursued by a fire that consumed everything."}, {"pk": 4111522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "The most unusual thing about this fire was that it showed that it was stronger than water, which normally quenches any fire. Yet the universe itself comes to the defense of those who do what is right."}, {"pk": 4111523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "At one point the flame did die down, so that it might not destroy the creatures that had been sent but only punish them. The ungodly noticed and realized it was God\u2019s judgment that was hunting them down."}, {"pk": 4111524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Then suddenly the fire flared up again, right in the midst of water, with an even greater intensity than normal fire. It destroyed the crops in a land dominated by wrongdoing."}, {"pk": 4111525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "In contrast, you fed your people with the food from angels. Again and again, you provided your people with a bread that had been prepared in heaven. It was a bread that was able to satisfy anyone\u2019s longing and please anyone\u2019s taste."}, {"pk": 4111526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "You even showed your children your sweet side: when they ate, the bread was changed into whatever they wanted it to become!"}, {"pk": 4111527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "And though it was like snow and snowflakes, it endured the fire, which didn\u2019t melt it. In this way, they knew that their enemies\u2019 crops had been destroyed by an unusual fire, one that blazed even in the midst of the hail and let off sparks even in the midst of the rain."}, {"pk": 4111528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "But in order that those who do the right thing might be fed, fire itself forgot how powerful it was."}, {"pk": 4111529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "Creation, which serves you, the one who made it, tenses itself in preparation for the judgment of those who have done wrong and then relaxes itself again in order to benefit those who have put their trust in you."}, {"pk": 4111530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "And so it was that what was created was changed. It became a minister of your gift, completely nourishing and fulfilling the desire of those in need."}, {"pk": 4111531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "In this way your children, whom you love, Lord, would learn that it isn\u2019t the various kinds of crops that sustain humans, but it is your word that preserves those who trust in you."}, {"pk": 4111532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "As proof, what wasn\u2019t destroyed by the fire simply melted away when it was warmed by a gentle sunbeam."}, {"pk": 4111533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "In this way we learn that we too must arise before the sun to thank you and pray to you with the dawn of light."}, {"pk": 4111534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "The hope of those who don\u2019t thank God, however, will melt away like winter frost and drain away like wastewater."}, {"pk": 4111535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Your judgments are great and difficult to explain. This is why those who haven\u2019t been well-taught go astray."}, {"pk": 4111536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "When lawless people tried to oppress your holy nation, in actual fact they were the prisoners who were being held in a dark place, bound in chains through a long night. They were confined to their own homes as they vainly tried to flee from a plan that had been prepared for all eternity."}, {"pk": 4111537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "They thought that they could hide their sins by pulling a blanket of forgetfulness over themselves. But instead they were scattered in every direction, terrified by fear, and spooked by nightmarish visions."}, {"pk": 4111538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "They hid themselves in the deepest corners of their houses, but couldn\u2019t escape from their fears. Even there they heard all around them sounds that terrified them. Mournful ghosts with gloomy faces appeared to them."}, {"pk": 4111539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "No fire gave them any light, nor did the stars\u2019 light shine brightly enough to illumine that horrible night."}, {"pk": 4111540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Only once did anything shine through: it was a frightening fire that seemed to have a life of its own. But then, when they lost sight of that light, they were even more afraid than they had been before they had seen it! They began to realize that what they had seen was even worse than what they had thought."}, {"pk": 4111541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "They realized that their mocking attempts at magic were too weak and that they had no real power. It became clear to them that they had given themselves far too much credit for understanding what was happening."}, {"pk": 4111542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who had thought they could dispel fears and free sick beings from terror became sick themselves with a laughable case of nerves."}, {"pk": 4111543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "Even when there was nothing around to frighten them, they were scared by the simple sounds of animals\u2019 movements and hissing serpents."}, {"pk": 4111544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "Trembling, they were dying with fright, shutting their eyes even against the empty air, as if they could thus avoid what was scaring them."}, {"pk": 4111545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "Wickedness is cowardly, condemned by its own witness. Distressed by conscience, the wicked person thinks everything is worse than it is."}, {"pk": 4111546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Fear betrays our ability to help ourselves by thinking clearly."}, {"pk": 4111547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Expecting the worst, people prefer to remain ignorant of the cause of their torment."}, {"pk": 4111548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "The night itself was powerless, rising up from the darkest corners of a hell that didn\u2019t really exist. As they slept the same sleep,"}, {"pk": 4111549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "monsters from their own imaginations rose up and hunted them down. They were paralyzed with fear as their spirits failed them. A sudden and unexpected fear drenched their whole being."}, {"pk": 4111550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "All who fell into that kind of place became like prisoners, locked up in cells without metal bars."}, {"pk": 4111551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "Whether they were farmers or shepherds or laborers toiling alone in the desert, the same fate overtook them all, and they were all bound in the darkness as by a single chain."}, {"pk": 4111552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "Whether it was the whispering of the wind, or the sound of birds singing in the thick branches of trees, or the rhythm of rushing water,"}, {"pk": 4111553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "or the crashing down of rocks from a high cliff, or the unseen scurrying of little animals, or the howling of the most frightening of beasts, or an echo from the valleys between the hills; whatever it was, it frightened them so much that they were completely paralyzed."}, {"pk": 4111554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "So while bright sunlight lit up the rest of the world, and people and things went about their ordered, active lives,"}, {"pk": 4111555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "an oppressive night lay all around them, and around them alone. It was a sign of the darkness that was going to receive them, but they were a heavier burden to themselves than even the darkness itself."}, {"pk": 4111556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "In contrast, an incredible light shone all around your holy ones. Their enemies heard their voices, but couldn\u2019t see their physical forms. They considered your holy ones fortunate, since they weren\u2019t suffering as their enemies were."}, {"pk": 4111557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "They were grateful that your holy ones didn\u2019t take advantage of them, even when they could have and even after they had been treated so badly. They asked forgiveness of your people for having been at odds."}, {"pk": 4111558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "You provided your people with a fiery pillar to lead them on their way on the unknown journey. That pillar was like a sun, and yet that sun didn\u2019t hurt them during their long journey to a foreign land."}, {"pk": 4111559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "The others deserved to be robbed of light and to be locked up in darkness. After all, they had kept your children locked up, even though it was through them that the never-ending light of the Law was to be given to the world."}, {"pk": 4111560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "So you swept away in judgment a huge number of the children of those who had sought to kill off your holy ones\u2019 children (though one child, who was exposed to die, was saved!). You destroyed the rest by overwhelming them with water."}, {"pk": 4111561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "You had already alerted our fathers to that night well in advance. You did so in order that our fathers might rejoice and put their whole trust in the promises they had been given."}, {"pk": 4111562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "Your people fully expected that those who always do what is right would be delivered, while their enemies would be destroyed."}, {"pk": 4111563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "In the same way that you punished those who opposed your people, in just this way you called your people out of that land and gave them great honor."}, {"pk": 4111564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "Your holy children offered secret sacrifice of the very best that they had. They were all of one mind as they carried out the Law, which had come from God, that the holy people were to share good things as well as experience dangers together, while already singing the praises of their ancestors."}, {"pk": 4111565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "In contrast, the loud moaning of their enemies was a jarring and miserable sound. It rose up and could be heard everywhere as they mourned their dead children."}, {"pk": 4111566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "The same judgment fell on both slave and ruler. Both were punished together. The lowest person and the king suffered the same thing."}, {"pk": 4111567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "Countless bodies lay around, united together by a common name: death. There weren\u2019t even enough of the living left to bury the dead! In one fleeting moment, their most valued children were destroyed."}, {"pk": 4111568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Because of their misguided casting of spells and drug use, they didn\u2019t believe until it was too late. As a result, all their oldest males were destroyed. It was only then that they acknowledged your people to be your children."}, {"pk": 4111569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "It was then, while everything was wrapped in a gentle silence, and half a night had already passed,"}, {"pk": 4111570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "that your all-powerful word had leaped down from heaven, the royal throne. Like a fierce warrior, he had entered the land that was marked for destruction."}, {"pk": 4111571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "He carried with him your unchanging declaration like a sharp sword. He stood up and filled everything with death; he reached the sky while still standing on the ground."}, {"pk": 4111572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Immediately the visions of their nightmares shook them. Unexpected fears assaulted them."}, {"pk": 4111573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "One here, then another there, fell to the ground half-dead. They shouted out to tell those around them why they were dying."}, {"pk": 4111574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "The dreams that had so bothered them had foretold that this was to happen. And so they perished knowing full well why they were suffering."}, {"pk": 4111575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Those who did what is right were also touched by a test of death when many fell in the desert. But that wrath didn\u2019t last long,"}, {"pk": 4111576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "because a man in whom no blame could be found was already running to join the fight. He took up prayer and the reconciling incense as his weapons. He stood strong against the fury. In doing so, he limited the damage that was done. He showed that he was your servant."}, {"pk": 4111577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "He overcame divine anger not by bodily strength or by the power of weapons. He subdued the punisher by the word. He reminded him of the solemn pledges that had been made to our ancestors and of the covenants that had been given to them."}, {"pk": 4111578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "The dead already lay fallen one upon another in heaps when he stood between the punisher and the people and stopped the assault. He cut off the punisher\u2019s access to the living."}, {"pk": 4111579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "On his long robe could be seen the whole of the universe. On the four rows of carved stones were the glories of the patriarchs. On the royal crown upon his head was your majesty."}, {"pk": 4111580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "The destroyer yielded to all these, because he feared them. <b>Death and salvation at the Reed Sea</b> </pb> This one experience of wrath was sufficient for them,"}, {"pk": 4111581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "but anger without mercy assaulted the ungodly right up to the very end. God knew before they did what was yet to come: how,"}, {"pk": 4111582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "after agreeing to send your people away, and in fact sending them away in haste, their enemies would change their minds and pursue them."}, {"pk": 4111583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "And so, even as they still held in their arms those whom they mourned and even as they still raised up their laments at the graves of their dead, another thoughtless plan occurred to them. They decided to pursue those who had fled even after they had agreed to their request to send them away."}, {"pk": 4111584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "A fate they fully deserved drew them to this inevitable decision and made them forget about all the things that had so recently happened to them. All this took place so that they might complete the one punishment lacking in their sufferings."}, {"pk": 4111585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "So at the same time as your people began an incredible journey, their enemies found a strange death."}, {"pk": 4111586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "The whole creation began to take on a new shape in its very nature. It once again submitted to your commands so that your children might be kept unharmed."}, {"pk": 4111587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "A cloud appeared, casting its shadow over their camp. Dry land appeared where before there had been only water. It presented them an open path through the Red Sea, <sup>[1]</sup> a grassy plain where before there had been only violent surf.", "comment": "[1] Or traditionally <i>Reed Sea</i> in the Hebrew Bible"}, {"pk": 4111588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who were protected by your hand passed through as a single nation, seeing amazing wonders."}, {"pk": 4111589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "They were like horses ranging about and like lambs skipping along. They praised you, Lord, for you were rescuing them."}, {"pk": 4111590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "They remembered all that had happened in the foreign land in which they had lived so long. They remembered how the ground had brought forth insects instead of livestock. They remembered how the river had vomited up frogs instead of its normal wildlife."}, {"pk": 4111591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Later, driven by hunger, they requested meat and found a new breed of bird."}, {"pk": 4111592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Quail arose from the sea to nourish them."}, {"pk": 4111593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "In contrast, punishments rained down upon the sinners, but not before they were given a clear warning through violent thunder. It was right for them to suffer for their evil deeds and for their hatred of the immigrants in their midst."}, {"pk": 4111594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Some people have failed to welcome strangers who came into their midst to stay awhile. But these people went so far as to make slaves of people who were their guests and benefactors."}, {"pk": 4111595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Judgment will come on those who greeted people who weren\u2019t like them as enemies."}, {"pk": 4111596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "But these people first gave feasts to welcome those who did right and shared with them the blessings of the land. But then they began to force the strangers to do hard labor."}, {"pk": 4111597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, they were struck blind, just like those people who had gathered at the door of one who had also done what was right. A veil of darkness was cast around them, and each one of them groped for the entrance to his own gates."}, {"pk": 4111598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 18, "text": "If we are careful to observe events, we can see just how the elements of the universe are transformed. It\u2019s the same transformation that happens when someone changes the sounds that a harp makes by changing the key while continuing to play the same melody."}, {"pk": 4111599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 19, "text": "In this way, land animals were changed into underwater creatures, while animals that swam in the waters now moved onto the land."}, {"pk": 4111600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Fire was able to burn on the open water, while water forgot that it was supposed to put fire out."}, {"pk": 4111601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 21, "text": "Flames no longer burned the exposed flesh of living beings, who were able to walk through the flames. Flames didn\u2019t even melt the frostlike crystals that were a kind of food of everlasting life."}, {"pk": 4111602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 70, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "In every way, Lord, you have made your people great and given them great honor. You never neglected them, but you stood by them in every time and place."}, {"pk": 4111603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Numerous and wonderful things have been given to us through the Law, the Prophets, <sup>[2]</sup> and the other writings that followed them. <sup>[3]</sup> For this reason, it is necessary to praise Israel for education and wisdom. <sup>[4]</sup> It is also necessary not only for those who read them to gain understanding <sup>[5]</sup> but also for those who love learning to be of service to strangers <sup>[6]</sup> when they speak and write. <sup>[7]</sup> Because of this, my grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself more and more <sup>[8]</sup> to the reading of the Law, <sup>[9]</sup> the Prophets, <sup>[10]</sup> and the other ancestral scrolls, <sup>[11]</sup> and had gained enough experience with them, <sup>[12]</sup> was himself led to compose a work dealing with education and wisdom. <sup>[13]</sup> His goal was that lovers of learning who were committed to education and wisdom <sup>[1]</sup> <sup>[14]</sup> should gain much more by living according to the Law. <sup>[15]</sup> You are invited, therefore, <sup>[17]</sup> to read <sup>[16]</sup> with goodwill and attention <sup>[18]</sup> and to be forgiving <sup>[19]</sup> in cases where we seem <sup>[20]</sup> less than perfect in translating some expressions, despite working hard on the translation. <sup>[21-22]</sup> What was originally expressed in Hebrew does not have the same power when translated into another language. <sup>[23]</sup> Not only in this case <sup>[24]</sup> but even in the case of the Law, the Prophets, <sup>[25]</sup> and the rest of the scrolls, <sup>[26]</sup> there\u2019s no small difference between the translation and their expression in their own language. <sup>[27]</sup> In the thirty-eighth year of the rule of King Euergetes, <sup>[28]</sup> after I had arrived in Egypt and stayed awhile, <sup>[29]</sup> having found a copy of this scroll to contain no small amount of practical advice, <sup>[30]</sup> I personally made it a high priority to apply speed and hard work to translating this very scroll. <sup>[31-32]</sup> I worked skillfully and stayed up many nights <sup>[33]</sup> to bring the scroll to completion in order to publish it <sup>[34]</sup> for those living abroad, who want to become well educated, <sup>[35]</sup> preparing their character to live by the Law. <b>Wisdom\u2019s origins</b> </pb> All wisdom comes from the Lord. <br>It lives with him forever.<br>", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>these things</i>"}, {"pk": 4111604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Who can count the grains of sand in the seas, <br>the drops of rain, <br>or the days of eternity?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Who can discover heaven\u2019s height, <br>the earth\u2019s breadth, <br>the abyss, <sup>[2]</sup> or wisdom?<br>", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>abysson</i>"}, {"pk": 4111606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Wisdom was created before everything else. <br>Right understanding <br>is as old as eternity. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b</sup> adds <a href='/CEB/71/1/5'>1:5</a> <i>The source of wisdom is God\u2019s word in the highest places. She walks in accordance with eternal commandments</i>."}, {"pk": 4111607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "To whom was Wisdom\u2019s root revealed? <br>Who knew her wonderful feats? <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] <sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/1/7'>1:7</a> <i>To whom has Wisdom\u2019s skill been shown? Who has understood her vast experience?</i>"}, {"pk": 4111608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "There is one who is wise, greatly feared, <br>seated upon his throne.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "The Lord himself created her; <br>he saw her; he measured her. <br>The Lord poured her out <br>over everything he made, <br>to be with each person <br>to the extent that God grants, <br>and he supplied her abundantly <br>to those who love him. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] <sup>b </sup>adds to <a href='/CEB/71/1/10'>1:10</a> <i>Love for the Lord is recognized as wisdom. He gives wisdom to the person to whom he appears as a vision of himself</i>."}, {"pk": 4111610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Fear of the Lord is a person\u2019s glory, boasting, gladness, <br>and crown of rejoicing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Fear of the Lord will cheer the heart, <br>and it will give gladness, joy, <br>and a long life. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] <sup>b </sup>adds to <a href='/CEB/71/1/12'>1:12</a> <i>Fear of the Lord is the Lord\u2019s gift, because he also establishes paths for love.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Things will go well at the end <br>for those who fear the Lord. <br>They will be blessed <br>at the time of death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Wisdom starts with fearing the Lord, <br>and she is joined to the faithful <br>even within the womb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Wisdom built her nest among human beings as an eternal foundation, <br>and they will entrust <br>their offspring to her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Wisdom is fully satisfied <br>with fearing the Lord, <br>and she will make people drunk <br>with her fruits.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "She will fill all their houses <br>with desirable things <br>and fill their storehouses <br>from her produce.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Fearing the Lord <br>is Wisdom\u2019s crowning garland, <br>sprouting forth peace <br>and restorative health. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] <sup>b </sup>adds to <a href='/CEB/71/1/18'>1:18</a> and the beginning of <a href='/CEB/71/1/19'>1:19</a> <i>Both are God\u2019s gifts for peace, and those who love God find more reason to boast. God saw Wisdom and measured her</i>."}, {"pk": 4111618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "She rained down skill <br>and insightful knowledge, <br>and she raised up the reputation <br>of those who held on to her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Fearing the Lord is Wisdom\u2019s root, <br>and her branches yield a long life. <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] <sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/1/21'>1:21</a> <i>Fear of the Lord drives sins away, and when it lasts, it will turn aside all wrath.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Unjust anger won\u2019t be justified, <br>for the tipping point of one\u2019s anger <br>is one\u2019s downfall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Patient people will hold themselves back <br>until the right moment, <br>and afterward they will be paid back <br>with joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "They will hide their words <br>until the right moment, <br>and many will talk about <br>their good judgment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "There are intelligent proverbs <br>in Wisdom\u2019s treasuries, <br>but sinners avoid godliness <br>like the plague.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "If you want to find Wisdom, <br>then keep the commandments, <br>and the Lord will supply her to you in <br>vast quantities.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Fearing the Lord brings <br>wisdom and education. <br>He is pleased with faithfulness <br>and gentleness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t disobey the fear of the Lord, <br>and don\u2019t approach him <sup>[9]</sup> <br>with a divided heart.<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4111627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t give people reason <br>to call you a hypocrite, <br>and pay attention to what you say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "Don\u2019t exalt yourself, <br>or else you might fall <br>and bring dishonor to yourself. <br>The Lord will reveal your secrets, <br>and he will overthrow you <br>in the middle of the congregation, <br>because you didn\u2019t come <br>with proper regard for the Lord <br>and your heart was full of insincerity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "My child, if you come to serve the Lord, <br>prepare yourself for testing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Set your heart straight, be steadfast, <br>and don\u2019t act hastily in a time of distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Hold fast to God <br>and don\u2019t keep your distance from him, <br>so that you may find strength <br>at your end.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Accept whatever happens to you, <br>and be patient <br>when you suffer humiliation,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "because gold is tested with fire, <br>and acceptable people are tested <br>in the furnace of humiliation. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] <sup>b </sup>adds to <a href='/CEB/71/2/5'>2:5</a> <i>In sickness and in poverty trust in him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Trust him, and he will help you; <br>make your ways straight, <br>and hope in him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy, <br>and don\u2019t turn aside <br>or else you might fall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "You who fear the Lord, trust him, <br>and you won\u2019t lose your reward.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "You who fear the Lord, <br>hope for good things, <br>for unending joy and mercy. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds to <a href='/CEB/71/2/9'>2:9</a> <i>God repays with a gift of unending joy.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Look at the people <br>from long ago and see: <br>Who trusted in the Lord <br>and was put to shame? <br>Or who remained firm in godly fear <br>and was left behind? <br>Or who called upon the Lord, and the Lord <br>overlooked him?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "After all, the Lord is compassionate <br>and merciful; <br>he forgives sins and rescues people <br>in a time of hardship. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "How terrible it will be <br>for cowardly hearts and idle hands <br>and for a sinner who sets foot <br>upon two paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "How terrible it will be for the timid heart. <br>Because it doesn\u2019t trust, <br>therefore it won\u2019t be protected.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "How terrible it will be for you <br>who have lost your stamina. <br>What will you do when the Lord comes for his inspection? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>won\u2019t disobey his words, <br>and those who love him <br>will keep his ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>will try to please him, <br>and those who love him will be fully occupied with observing the Law.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>will prepare their hearts, <br>and they will humble themselves before him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "May we fall into the hands of the Lord <br>and not into the hands of human beings, <br>because his mercy <br>is equal to his greatness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Listen to a father\u2019s warning, children, <br>and act accordingly <br>so that you may be safe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "The Lord gives pride of place <br>to a father above his children <br>and establishes a mother\u2019s judgment <br>above that of her offspring.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Those who honor their fathers <br>will make up for their own sins,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "and those who praise their mother <br>are like people storing up treasure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who honor their fathers <br>will be made happy <br>by their own children, <br>and they will be heard when they pray.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Those who praise their fathers <br>will live a long life, <br>and those who listen to the Lord <br>will give rest to their mothers, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/3/7'>3:7</a><i>a Those who fear the Lord will honor their father</i>."}, {"pk": 4111653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "and they will serve their parents <br>as their masters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Honor your father in action and word <br>so that a blessing will come <br>from him to you,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "since a father\u2019s blessing <br>supports his children\u2019s families, <br>but a mother\u2019s curse <br>undermines their foundations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t glorify yourself <br>in your father\u2019s disgrace, <br>because your father\u2019s disgrace <br>brings you no credit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "A father\u2019s honor is the starting point <br>for his children\u2019s reputation, <br>and a mother in disrepute <br>is a disgrace to her children. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "My child, help your father in his old age, <br>and don\u2019t give him grief during his life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "And if his understanding fails, <br>be tolerant, <br>and don\u2019t shame him, <br>because you have all your faculties.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Taking care of one\u2019s father <br>won\u2019t be forgotten. <br>It will be credited to you <br>against your sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "When you are in trouble, <br>this will be recalled about you; <br>like frost warmed by sunshine, <br>so your sins will melt away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who abandon their fathers <br>are like blasphemers, <br>and those who anger their mothers <br>have been cursed by the Lord. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "My child, conduct your affairs <br>with gentleness, <br>and you will be loved <br>more than a person of good repute. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>a person who gives</i>"}, {"pk": 4111664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "However great you become, <br>humble yourself more, <br>and you will find favor before the Lord, <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/3/19'>3:19</a> <i>Many are lofty and of high repute, but to the gentle he reveals his secrets.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "because the Lord\u2019s power is great, <br>and he is glorified by the humble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t seek out things <br>that are too difficult for you, <br>and don\u2019t investigate matters <br>too perplexing for you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "Think about what <br>you have been commanded, <br>because you have no need <br>for matters that are hidden.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Don\u2019t meddle in things <br>beyond your own affairs <br>since you have already been shown things beyond human understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Speculation has led many people astray, <br>and false conjectures have <br>weakened their thoughts. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/3/25'>3:25</a> <i>If you have no pupils, you will be at a loss for light, and if you are without knowledge, don\u2019t exult in it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "A stubborn heart will come to misery, <br>and whoever loves danger <br>will be destroyed by it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "A stubborn heart will be weighed down <br>by suffering, <br>and the sinner will keep on sinning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "There\u2019s no healing for the distress <br>of arrogant people, <br>because an evil plant <br>has taken root in them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "The hearts of intelligent people <br>will think about a proverb, <br>and the wise desire people <br>who are ready to listen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "Water will put out a blazing fire, <br>and giving to those in need <br>will make up for sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "Those who repay favors <br>consider the future, <br>and at the moment when they fall, <br>they will find support. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t deprive a poor person\u2019s life, <br>and don\u2019t avoid looking <br>the needy in the eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t grieve a hungry person, <br>and don\u2019t make a person <br>in dire straits angry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t trouble an angry person, <br>and don\u2019t put off giving to the needy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t keep rejecting the plea <br>of someone in distress, <br>and don\u2019t turn your face <br>away from the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t turn your <br>eyes away from someone begging, <br>and don\u2019t give anyone an opportunity <br>to curse you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "If some curse you <br>in their bitter circumstances, <br>the one who made them <br>will hear their prayer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Behave yourself pleasantly in the assembly, <br>and bow your head <br>to an influential person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Listen to the poor, <br>and reply with peaceful <br>and gentle speech.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Set the wronged free <br>from the hand of the wrongdoer, <br>and don\u2019t be timid <br>when you give judgment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Be like a parent to orphans, <br>and take care of their mothers <br>as you would your own wife or husband. <br>Do this, and you will be like a child <br>of the Most High, <br>and God will love you <br>more than your own mother does. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Wisdom will exalt <sup>[1]</sup> <br>her children <br>and take hold of those who seek her.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>teaches</i>"}, {"pk": 4111687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Whoever loves her loves life. <br>Those who wake early for her <br>will be filled with gladness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "Those who possess her will inherit glory. <br>The Lord blesses the place <br>where they enter. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Or perhaps <i>she enters</i>"}, {"pk": 4111689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Those who serve her will serve <br>the holy one; <br>the Lord loves those who love her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Whoever obeys her will judge nations. <br>Whoever is devoted to her <br>will live with confidence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "If they persevere in faith, <br>they will inherit her, <br>and their descendants will possess her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "At first she will walk <br>in twists and turns with them. <br>She will bring fear and dread upon them, <br>and she will torture them <br>with her discipline <br>until she trusts them completely. <br>She will test them <br>with her commandments,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "and again she will come straight back to them, make them glad, <br>and reveal to them her secrets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "If they go astray, <br>she will leave them behind <br>and hand them over to their downfall. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Watch closely for the right opportunity, <br>be on guard against evil, <br>and don\u2019t be ashamed of yourself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "There\u2019s a kind of shame <br>that brings about sin, <br>and there\u2019s a kind of shame <br>that brings good reputation and favor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Don\u2019t show partiality to your own hurt, <br>and don\u2019t show respect <br>to your own downfall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Don\u2019t keep from speaking <br>in a time of need, <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>at the right moment;</i> LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>and don\u2019t hide your wisdom in beauty</i>."}, {"pk": 4111699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "for wisdom will show itself <br>in one\u2019s speech, <br>and education through one\u2019s words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t contradict the truth, <br>but don\u2019t be ashamed <br>when you don\u2019t know the answer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t be ashamed to confess your sins, <br>and don\u2019t force the flow of a river.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Don\u2019t lower yourself before a fool, <br>and don\u2019t show partiality <br>toward the powerful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Fight to the death on behalf of truth, <br>and the Lord God will fight for you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t be bold to speak, <br>but sluggish and slack <br>when it comes to action.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Don\u2019t be like a lion in your house, <br>putting on airs <br>among your household slaves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Don\u2019t stretch your hand out <br>to receive and withdraw it <br>when it is time to pay back. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t be preoccupied with your money, <br>and don\u2019t say, \u201cI\u2019m self-sufficient.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t follow your inclination <br>or your strength, <br>in order to walk in the desires <br>of your heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "And don\u2019t say, <br>\u201cWho\u2019ll have power over me?\u201d <br>When the Lord punishes, <br>he will punish.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cSure, I sinned, <br>but what happened to me?\u201d <br>The Lord is patient indeed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t be too confident <br>of being forgiven, <br>adding sin upon sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cHis compassion is great; <br>he will forgive the whole heap <br>of my sins.\u201d <br>Mercy and wrath are with him, <br>and his anger will rest on sinners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t wait to turn back to the Lord. <br>Don\u2019t put it off day after day, <br>because the Lord\u2019s wrath <br>will come forth suddenly; <br>when the time for punishment comes, you will be destroyed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t be preoccupied <br>with ill-gotten gains; <br>it will be of no benefit <br>when you are in trouble. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t be blown about by every wind, <br>and don\u2019t take every shortcut. <br>This is how the devious <sup>[1]</sup> sinner acts.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>double-tongued</i>"}, {"pk": 4111716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Be firmly grounded <br>in your understanding, <br>and let your speech be consistent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Listen carefully, <br>and utter a patient reply.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "If you have understanding, <br>answer your neighbor, <br>but if you don\u2019t, <br>clap your hand over your mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Speaking brings glory or dishonor. <br>Indeed, the tongue <br>can be a person\u2019s downfall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t get a reputation <br>for being a slanderer, <br>and don\u2019t set traps for people <br>with your speech, <br>because shame comes to the thief, <br>and terrible blame <br>comes upon the deceitful. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>double-tongued</i>"}, {"pk": 4111721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t be ignorant in matters <br>large or small. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t become an enemy <br>instead of a friend. <br>If you get a bad name, you will also inherit shame and reproach, <br>as is the case with the <br>deceitful <sup>[1]</sup> sinner. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>double-tongued</i>"}, {"pk": 4111723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t be enamored <br>of your own intelligence <br>lest your strength be taken captive <br>like a bull.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "You will devour your leaves, <br>destroy your fruit, <br>and leave yourself like a withered tree.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "If you have a bad soul, it will destroy you; <br>it will make you a joke to your enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Pleasant speech gains more friends for itself, <br>and a sweet-speaking tongue <br>will multiply pleasant exchanges.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> Let those who are at peace with you <br>be many, <br>but let only one in a thousand <br>be your advisor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "If you make friends, test them thoroughly <br>and don\u2019t trust them quickly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "Some are friends when it is convenient, <br>but they won\u2019t stay around <br>during hard times.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "There are friends who turn into enemies, <br>and they will reveal <br>your disgraceful arguments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "There are friends who are companions <br>at your table, <br>but they won\u2019t stay during hard times.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "They will act as if your belongings <br>are theirs, <br>and they will be bold <br>toward your household slaves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "If you are brought low, <br>they will be against you, <br>and they will abandon you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Stay away from your enemies, <br>and be careful with your friends.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Trustworthy friends are a strong shelter; <br>whoever finds one <br>has found a treasure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Trustworthy friends have no price, <br>and no one can estimate their worth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Trustworthy friends are life\u2019s medicine, <br>and those who fear the Lord <br>will find them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>will direct their friendships well, <br>because they will associate with people <br>of like mind. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>because as they are, so are their neighbors</i>"}, {"pk": 4111739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "My child, from your youth <br>welcome education, and you will continue to discover Wisdom <br>until you are gray-haired.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Approach her like one who plows <br>and one who sows, <br>and wait for her good fruits. <br>When cultivating her, <br>you will labor a little, <br>but you will eat her produce soon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Wisdom is rugged terrain <br>to the uneducated, <br>and the fainthearted <br>won\u2019t persevere with her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "She will be like a heavy stone <br>that tests them, <br>and they won\u2019t hesitate <br>to throw her aside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Wisdom is like her name, <br>and she won\u2019t be visible to many. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "Listen, my child, <br>and welcome my opinion. <br>Don\u2019t reject my advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "Put your feet into her shackles <br>and your neck into her collar.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Bend your shoulder down and carry her, <br>and don\u2019t chafe at her bonds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Come to her with your whole being, <br>and keep to her ways <br>with all your strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Track her down and seek her, <br>and she will become known to you. <br>When you get possession of her, <br>don\u2019t let her go.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "In the end, you will find rest in her, <br>and she will turn to you <br>and make you happy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Her shackles will be <br>a strong shelter for you, <br>and her collar will be a glorious robe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "She bears <sup>[3]</sup> <br>a gold ornament, <br>and her bonds <br>will be like blue embroidery. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>thread</i><br>[3] Or <i>her yoke is</i>"}, {"pk": 4111752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "You will wear her like a glorious robe, <br>and you will put her on <br>like a crown of joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "If you want, my child, <br>you will be instructed, <br>and if you devote your whole being, <br>you will be intelligent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "If you love to listen, you will receive, <br>and if you pay attention, <br>you will be wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "Keep company with the elders, <br>and stick closely to their wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "Desire to listen <br>to every godly conversation, <br>and don\u2019t let intelligent proverbs escape you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "If you find individuals who are intelligent, <br>get up before dawn to see those people, <br>and let your foot <br>wear out their doorsteps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "Think about the Lord\u2019s decrees, <br>and meditate constantly <br>on his commandments. <br>He will make your heart steadfast, <br>and will grant your desire for wisdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t do evil things, <br>and evil will never catch up with you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Keep your distance from anything unjust, and it will turn away from you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t sow in furrows of injustice, <br>and you won\u2019t reap <br>evil things sevenfold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t seek political power from the Lord <br>or a seat of honor from the king.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t justify yourself <br>in the Lord\u2019s presence, <br>and don\u2019t make a show of your wisdom <br>with a king.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t aspire to become a judge; <br>you might not be strong enough <br>to get rid of injustice. <br>Perhaps you will be too cautious <br>in the presence of a powerful person <br>and bring a scandal on your good name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t sin against a city\u2019s inhabitants, <br>and don\u2019t bring yourself down <br>in their estimation. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>in a crowd</i>"}, {"pk": 4111766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t repeat a sin, <br>for you won\u2019t be innocent <br>even of committing it the first time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t say, <br>\u201cHe will look at the heap of my gifts, <br>and when I make an offering <br>to the Most High, he will accept it.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t be timid in your prayer, <br>and don\u2019t neglect caring for those in need.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t mock a person <br>who is bitter in spirit; <br>for there\u2019s one who humbles <br>and who exalts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t cultivate a lie against your relative <br>or do the same thing to a friend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t desire to tell a lie; <br>continuing in a lie results in no good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t babble when the elders <br>are assembled, <br>and don\u2019t repeat yourself when praying. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t hate hard work and farming, <br>which were created by the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t count yourself <br>among a group of sinners; <br>remember that God\u2019s anger won\u2019t delay.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Humble your whole being <br>as much as possible, <br>because fire and worms <br>are the punishment of the ungodly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t trade a friend for cash <br>or a genuine friend for the gold of Ophir.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t neglect <sup>[2]</sup> a wise and good wife, <br>for her grace is worth more than gold.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>reject</i>"}, {"pk": 4111778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t abuse household slaves <br>who work hard <br>or laborers who devote themselves <br>to their work.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Cherish household servants <br>who are intelligent; <br>don\u2019t deprive them of freedom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "Do you have cattle? Look after them. <br>If they are useful to you, keep them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Do you have children? Instruct them. <br>Train them to be obedient <sup>[3]</sup> <br>from their youth.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>Bend their necks</i>"}, {"pk": 4111782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Do you have daughters? <br>Be attentive to their chastity, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>and don\u2019t be too cheerful with them. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>body</i><br>[5] LXX <i>Don\u2019t brighten your face toward them</i>."}, {"pk": 4111783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Give a daughter in marriage, <br>and you will have completed a great deed, <br>but present her <br>to an understanding husband.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Do you have a wife who is a soul mate? <sup>[6]</sup> <br>Don\u2019t divorce her, <br>and don\u2019t trust yourself to a woman <br>whom you hate. <br>", "comment": "[6] LXX <i>like your soul</i>; Heb <i>whom you abhor</i>"}, {"pk": 4111785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "Honor your father with all your heart, <br>and don\u2019t forget <br>your mother\u2019s labor pains.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "Remember that you were born <br>because of your parents. <br>How will you pay them back <br>for what they have done for you? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Revere the Lord with your whole being, <br>and honor his priests.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "With all your might <br>love the one who made you, <br>and don\u2019t neglect his ministers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "Fear the Lord and honor the priest. <br>Give the priest his portion, <br>just as you were commanded: <br>early produce, a sin offering, <br>the gift of the shoulders, <br>the dedicatory offering, <br>and the early produce <br>from the holy things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "Extend your hand to the poor <br>so that your blessing may be complete.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "The kindness of a gift <br>stands before all who are alive; <br>moreover, don\u2019t withhold kindness <br>from the dead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "Walk beside those who weep, <br>and mourn with those who mourn.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "Don\u2019t hesitate to visit the sick, <br>because you will be loved <br>on account of these acts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "In all of your words, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>remember your end, <br>and you will never sin. <br>", "comment": "[7] Heb <i>deeds</i>"}, {"pk": 4111795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t fight with powerful people, <br>or you might fall into their hands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t argue with rich people, <br>since they might outmatch <br>your resources; <br>for gold has destroyed many, <br>and it has turned aside <br>the hearts of kings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t fight with talkative people, <br>adding fuel to their fire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t make fun of the uneducated, <br>or your ancestors might be insulted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t reproach someone <br>turning away from sin; <br>remember that we are all <br>worthy of punishment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t dishonor people in their old age; <br>some of us are growing old as well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t celebrate <br>because someone has died; <br>remember that we all will pass away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t neglect the conversation <br>of the wise, <br>but keep returning to their proverbs, <br>because you will learn instruction <br>from them, <br>how to minister to dignitaries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t reject the words of the aged, <br>because they also learned <br>from their elders, <br>and you will learn understanding <br>from them <br>and how to give an answer <br>when it is necessary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t stoke up the coals of a sinner, <br>and don\u2019t let his fire set you ablaze.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t rise out of your seat <br>in the presence of insolent persons, <br>because they might set a trap <br>for what you say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t lend to people <br>who are more powerful than you, <br>but if you do lend, <br>treat it as though it were lost.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t guarantee a loan <br>beyond your ability, <br>and if you do guarantee one, <br>consider that you will need to pay. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t go to court with a judge; <br>people will judge him <br>according to his prestige.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t walk on the road <br>with reckless people, <br>or you will bear <br>the weight of your mistakes. <br>They will walk wherever they want, <br>and you will be destroyed <br>because of their foolishness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "Don\u2019t get in a fight <br>with hot-tempered people, <br>and don\u2019t travel through the desert <br>with them, <br>because spilling blood is nothing to them, <br>and where there\u2019s no one to help, <br>they will strike you down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t consult with fools, <br>because they can\u2019t keep a secret.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t do anything in front of strangers <br>that should be kept hidden, <br>for you don\u2019t know what they will reveal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t open your heart to just anyone, <br>and don\u2019t accept a favor from just anyone. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb <i>and don\u2019t drive goodness away from yourself</i>"}, {"pk": 4111814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t be jealous <br>of your dearly loved wife <br>or teach her a bad lesson <br>that hurts you too.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t give yourself to a woman <br>so that she crushes your strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t meet up with a female escort, <br>since you might fall into her traps.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t hang around <br>with a female musician, <br>since you might get caught <br>in her advances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t stare at a young woman, <br>since you might incur punishment <br>for her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t give yourself to prostitutes, <br>since you might lose your inheritance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t look around in the city streets, <br>and don\u2019t wander in its deserted areas.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Turn your eye away from a shapely woman, <br>and don\u2019t stare at beauty <br>belonging to someone else. <br>Many have gone astray <br>because of a woman\u2019s beauty, <br>and out of it affection <br>flames up like a fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t ever sit <sup>[1]</sup> with a married woman, <br>and don\u2019t share meals <br>or indulge in wine with her, <br>since your soul might be attracted to her <br>and you might slip into destruction <br>because of your passion. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>in your passion;</i> LXX <i>in your blood</i><br>[1] Or <i>Don\u2019t sit down at a meal.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t abandon old friends, <br>because newer ones are not their equals. <br>New friends are like new wine; <br>when wine ages, <br>you will drink it with good cheer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t envy the good reputation <br>of sinners, <br>since you don\u2019t know <br>how sudden their end will be.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t delight in the success <br>of the ungodly. <br>Remember that they won\u2019t <br>be considered righteous, <br>even in the grave. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4111826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Keep far away from people <br>who have the authority to kill, <br>and you won\u2019t be worried <br>by the fear of death. <br>If you do approach them, <br>don\u2019t make a mistake, <br>or they might take away your life. <br>Be aware that you are stepping <br>among traps <br>and that you are walking <br>on the parapet of the city\u2019s walls.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "As much as you can, <br>investigate your neighbor <br>and consult with wise people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "Converse with intelligent people, <br>and talk constantly about the Law <br>of the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "Let righteous people <br>be your dinner companions, <br>and let your pride <br>be in the fear of the Lord. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "A handicraft is praised <br>because of the craftsperson\u2019s skill, <br>and the one who leads a people <br>is wise in speech.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Talkative people are feared in their city, <br>and people who are reckless in speech <br>will be hated. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "Wise judges will instruct their people, <br>and an intelligent person\u2019s rule <br>will be orderly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "As the people\u2019s judges are, <br>so will their officials be, <br>and as the ruler of a city is, <br>so also are all of its inhabitants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "An uneducated king will ruin his people, <br>and a city is founded <br>on the intelligence of its rulers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Authority over the earth <br>belongs to the Lord, <br>and he will identify the person <br>who is right for the time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "A people\u2019s success belongs to the Lord, <br>and he will give glory <br>to the legal expert. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he will glorify the scribe</i>."}, {"pk": 4111837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t become angry with your neighbor over every wrong, <br>and don\u2019t do anything that offers <br>a flagrant insult.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Arrogance is hateful to God and people, <br>and injustice is wrong to both.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Sovereignty passes from <br>nation to nation <br>because of injustice, pride, and money. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>For there is nothing more lawless than love of money, because such people put their own souls up for sale.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "How can dust and ashes be arrogant? <br>Even when they are alive, <br>human bodies are decaying. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb; LXX <i>I threw off its entrails.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "A long illness mocks a doctor; <br>today\u2019s king will die tomorrow.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When people are dead, <br>they inherit maggots, vermin, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>and worms.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>beasts</i>"}, {"pk": 4111843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Human arrogance begins when people rebel against the Lord, <br>and their hearts rebel <br>against the one who made them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "The beginning of arrogance is sin, <br>and those who cling to it <br>will pour out blasphemy. <br>For this reason <br>the Lord brings calamities upon them, <br>and he ruins them completely.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "The Lord destroyed the thrones of rulers, <br>and he raised up the gentle <br>in their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "The Lord plucked up the roots of nations, <br>and he planted the humble <br>in their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "The Lord ruined the lands of the nations, <br>and he leveled them <br>to their very foundations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "He removed some people <br>and destroyed them, <br>and he erased their memory <br>from the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "Humans were not created to be arrogant, <br>nor were those born of women <br>made to indulge in anger. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "What offspring are honorable? <br>Human offspring. <br>What offspring are honorable? <br>Those who fear the Lord. <br>What offspring are dishonorable? <br>Human offspring. <br>What offspring are dishonorable? <br>Those who violate <br>the commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Among brothers and sisters, <br>their leader is honored, <br>and those who fear the Lord <br>are honored in his sight. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/10/21'>10:21</a> <i>Fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, but the beginning of rejection is stubbornness and arrogance.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "The rich, the heroes, and the poor \u2014 <br>their pride is the fear of the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "It\u2019s not right to dishonor <br>someone who is intelligent but poor, <br>and it\u2019s not proper to give glory <br>to a sinful person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "The official, the judge, and the ruler <br>will be glorified, <br>but none of them are greater <br>than the one who fears the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "Free people will serve the wise person <br>who has been enslaved, <br>and a knowledgeable person <br>won\u2019t complain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t show off your wisdom <br>when you do your work, <br>and don\u2019t magnify yourself <br>when you have difficulties.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Those who work and have what they need <br>in abundance are better <br>than those who walk around <br>glorifying themselves but lack bread.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "My child, hold yourself in honor <br>with gentleness, <br>and give yourself honor as you deserve it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "Who will justify those <br>who sin against themselves? <br>And who will honor those <br>who bring dishonor to their own lives?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Poor people will be honored <br>because of their knowledge, <br>and rich people will be honored <br>because of their wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Whoever is honored in poverty, <br>how much more will he or she <br>be honored in wealth? <br>And whoever is disreputable in wealth, <br>how much more will he or she <br>be disreputable in poverty? <br>"}, {"pk": 4111862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "The wisdom of humble people <br>raises up their heads, <br>and it will seat them among officials.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t praise people <br>for their beautiful looks, <br>and don\u2019t despise people <br>for their appearance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "The bee is small among flying creatures, <br>but its produce is the origin <br>of everything sweet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Don\u2019t take pride in the way you dress, <br>and don\u2019t promote yourself <br>when you are being honored, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>because the Lord\u2019s works <br>are wonderful, <br>and his works are hidden <br>from humans.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Don\u2019t mock someone wearing a linen undergarment, and don\u2019t make fun of someone in bitter circumstances.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "Many tyrants have sat on the ground, <br>and one who was never expected <br>to rule has worn a crown.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Many rulers have been <br>completely dishonored, <br>and those once held in honor <br>have been handed over to others. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t find fault before you investigate; <br>consider first, and then reprimand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t answer before you listen, <br>and don\u2019t interrupt someone <br>who is speaking.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t argue about something <br>that doesn\u2019t matter to you, <br>and don\u2019t deliberate in a court case <br>between sinners. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "My child, don\u2019t be busy with many things; <br>if you multiply pursuits, <br>you won\u2019t be held guiltless. <br>If you pursue them, <br>you won\u2019t overtake them, <br>and when you flee, you won\u2019t escape.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Some people work hard, struggle, <br>and hurry \u2014 <br>and end up even more deeply in need.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Others are sluggish and need support, <br>lacking strength <br>and immersed in poverty. <br>The Lord has looked upon them <br>with kindness, <br>and has restored them <br>from their low position.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "He has raised up their heads, <br>and many have been amazed at them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "Good things and bad, life and death, <br>poverty and wealth come from the Lord. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/11/15-16'>11:15\u201316</a> <i>Wisdom and knowledge and understanding of the law are from the Lord; love and the ways of good works come from him. Error and darkness were created together with sinners, and evil grows old along with those who exult in evil.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "The Lord\u2019s gift remains with the godly, <br>and his favor will always bring success.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Some become rich from diligence <br>and greed, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and this is part of their reward:<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>self-denial</i>"}, {"pk": 4111878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "When they say, \u201cI\u2019ve found rest, <br>and now I\u2019ll eat of my good things,\u201d <br>they don\u2019t know when the time <br>will come <br>when they will leave these things <br>to others and die. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "Stand by your agreement, <br>devote attention to accomplishing it, <br>and grow old in your work.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t be amazed at the works of sinners, <br>but trust in the Lord <br>and continue your work, <br>because it is easy in God\u2019s sight <br>to make the poor person <br>quickly and suddenly rich.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "The Lord\u2019s blessing is part <br>of the godly person\u2019s wages, <br>and God\u2019s good pleasure <br>causes a person to flourish very quickly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cWhat do I need? <br>What good things will be mine <br>from now on?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cI have enough. <br>What harm can come upon me <br>from now on?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "At a time of prosperity, <br>adversity is forgotten, <br>and at a time of adversity, <br>prosperity is not remembered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "It is easy for the Lord to pay back people <br>according to their ways <br>in the hour of death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "An hour of misery <br>makes one forget luxury; <br>the end of a person\u2019s life <br>reveals his or her deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t call anyone happy <br>before their death; <br>people are known <br>through their children. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>A person is known by the way he or she dies</i>."}, {"pk": 4111888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t bring just anyone into your house, <br>because deceitful people <br>set many ambushes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "The hearts of arrogant people <br>are like decoy birds in a cage; <br>and like spies <br>they will observe your downfall. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>weakness</i>"}, {"pk": 4111890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "They set up ambushes <br>and turn good into bad; <br>they place blame <br>on praiseworthy actions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "From a fire\u2019s spark come many coals, <br>and sinful people plot and connive <br>to shed blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "Beware of evildoers, for they plan <br>evil things, and they might bring <br>lasting disgrace upon you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "If you allow strangers to live with you, <br>they will twist you around in confusion <br>and make you a stranger <br>to your own family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "If you do good, <br>know for whom you do it, <br>and there\u2019ll be gratitude <br>for your good deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "Do good to the godly, <br>and you will find a reward, <br>and if not from them, <br>then from the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "There is nothing good <br>for those who continue to do evil <br>or for those who <br>don\u2019t freely offer charity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Give to the pious, but don\u2019t assist sinners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Do good to the humble, <br>but don\u2019t give to the ungodly. <br>Hold back your bread, <br>and don\u2019t give it to them, <br>since by it they might gain power <br>over you. <br>You will encounter twice as much evil <br>for all the good things <br>that you have done for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "The Most High also hated sinners, <br>and he will repay the ungodly <br>with punishment. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>and he is keeping them for the time of their punishment.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Give to good people, <br>and don\u2019t assist sinners.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "A friend is not avenged <sup>[2]</sup> <br>in prosperity, <br>and an enemy is not hidden <br>in adversity.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>is not recognized</i>"}, {"pk": 4111902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "When people are prosperous, <br>their enemies are in pain, <br>and when they meet with adversity, <br>even friends will keep away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t ever trust your enemies; <br>for just as copper corrodes, <br>so their wickedness does as well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "If they are humbled <br>and walk away stooped over, <br>look after yourself, <br>and keep up your guard against them. <br>You will be to them <br>as one who polishes a mirror, <br>and you will know that it won\u2019t be completely tarnished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t put them next to you; <br>they might overthrow you <br>and take your place. <br>Don\u2019t sit them on your right side, <br>since they might seek your seat. <br>In the end you will understand my words, <br>and you will be pierced by what I\u2019ve said. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Who pities a snake charmer <br>who gets bitten? <br>Or anyone who goes near wild beasts?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "So it is with anyone <br>who goes near sinful people <br>and becomes involved in their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "They will remain with you for a time, <br>but if you waver, they won\u2019t be loyal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Enemies speak sweetly with their lips, <br>but in their hearts, <br>they plan to throw you into a ditch. <br>Enemies cry tears with their eyes, <br>but if they find an opportunity, <br>they won\u2019t be able to <br>get enough blood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "If you meet up with trouble, <br>you will find them there ahead of you; <br>and appearing to help, <br>they will trip you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "They will shake their heads <br>and clap their hands, <br>and they will whisper many things <br>and change their faces. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Whoever touches tar will get dirty, <br>and those who associate with the arrogant will become like them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t lift something <br>that\u2019s too heavy for you, <br>and don\u2019t associate with people <br>who are more powerful and rich <br>than you are. <br>What does a clay pot have in common <br>with a metal cauldron? <br>The one will knock against the other <br>and be shattered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Rich people inflict injury, <br>but then act as if they\u2019re the ones <br>who have been wronged; <br>the poor suffer injury, <br>but they\u2019re the ones <br>who must apologize.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "If you are useful to the rich, <br>they will work with you, <br>but if you are in need, <br>they will abandon you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "If you own anything, <br>they will live with you; <br>they will exhaust what you have, <br>and they won\u2019t suffer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "If they need you, they will deceive you <br>and smile at you and give you hope; <br>they will speak nicely to you and say, <br>\u201cWhat do you need?\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "They will embarrass you <br>with their fine foods, <br>until they have cleaned you out <br>two or three times over. <br>In the end they will mock you, <br>and after these things, <br>they will see you and abandon you <br>and shake their heads at you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Take care that you don\u2019t go astray, <br>and don\u2019t be humiliated <br>by your own foolishness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "When powerful people invite you, <br>show yourself reluctant, <br>and they will invite you all the more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t be forward, <br>or you might be rejected; <br>and don\u2019t stand far off, <br>or you might be forgotten.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t think that you can speak <br>with them as an equal, <br>and don\u2019t trust in their <br>lengthy conversations, <br>because they will test you <br>with a lot of talking; <br>and when they are smiling, they are really examining you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Those who won\u2019t guard your secrets <br>are cruel, <br>and they won\u2019t spare you <br>from mistreatment <br>and imprisonment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Be on guard and pay attention, <br>because you are tiptoeing <br>around your own downfall. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/13/14'>13:14</a> <i>When you hear things in your sleep, wake up; love the Lord for all of your life, and call upon him for your deliverance.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "All living creatures love what is like them, <br>and all people their neighbors.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "All beings gather together <br>with their own kind, <br>and people cling to those <br>who are like them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "What does a wolf have in common <br>with a lamb? <br>So sinners have nothing in common <br>with the godly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "What peace is there <br>between a hyena and a dog? <br>And what peace is there <br>between the rich and the poor?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "Wild asses in the desert are prey for lions; <br>so the poor are feeding grounds <br>for the rich.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "The arrogant detest humility; <br>so the rich detest the poor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "When rich people stumble, <br>they are supported by friends. <br>But when the humble fall, <br>their own friends push them away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "When the rich slip, <br>their helpers are many; <br>they speak things that shouldn\u2019t be spoken, and people justify them. <br>The humble slip, <br>and people criticize them as well; <br>they utter something sensible, <br>and no one pays attention.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "The rich speak, and everyone is silent, <br>and what they say is praised <br>to the heavens. <br>The poor speak, and they say, <br>\u201cWho is this?\u201d <br>And if the poor stumble, <br>others push them down all the more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Wealth is good as long as it\u2019s free of sin; <br>the ungodly speak of poverty <br>as an evil in and of itself. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "A person\u2019s heart changes the disposition, <br>whether for good or for ill.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "A cheerful face indicates <br>a heart full of good; <br>coming up with proverbs requires conversation along with hard work. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Happy are those <br>who haven\u2019t slipped in their speech <br>and who haven\u2019t been stabbed <br>with pain for their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "Happy are those <br>whose spirit hasn\u2019t condemned them, <br>and who haven\u2019t given up their hope. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "Wealth isn\u2019t good for a mean person. <br>What use is money <br>to a begrudging person?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who deny themselves <br>collect for others, <br>and others will live luxuriously <br>with their goods.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who are evil to themselves, <br>to whom will they be good? <br>They will never enjoy their money.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "There are none worse than those <br>who begrudge themselves, <br>and this is the payback <br>for their wickedness:<br>"}, {"pk": 4111943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "If they do good, <br>they do it without being aware, <br>and in the end they reveal <br>their wickedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "The miserly are evil; <br>they turn their face away <br>and disregard people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Those who have greedy eyes <br>are never satisfied with their share, <br>and evil injustice withers their soul.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Envious people are even begrudging <br>when it comes to bread, <br>and it\u2019s lacking on their table. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "My child, treat yourself well <br>according to what you have, <br>and bring offerings to the Lord <br>that are worthy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Remember that death won\u2019t delay, <br>and the decree of the grave <sup>[1]</sup> <br>hasn\u2019t been shown to you.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4111949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Before you die, treat your friends well. <br>According to your ability, reach out, and give to them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Enjoy <sup>[2]</sup> a good day, <br>and don\u2019t let your share <br>of a good desire pass you by.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>Don\u2019t hold back from</i>"}, {"pk": 4111951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "Won\u2019t you end up leaving behind <br>to another what you have worked <br>so hard for? <br>Won\u2019t the things you have toiled for <br>end up being divided by lot?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Give, take, and distract yourself, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>because you can\u2019t search for luxury <br>in the grave. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>treat yourself well</i><br>[4] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4111953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "All flesh grows old like a garment; <br>the ancient decree is, <br>\u201cYou will certainly die!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4111954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Like a budding leaf on a leafy tree, <br>it sheds some and it puts forth others; <br>so is a generation of flesh and blood; <br>one dies, and another is born.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "All deeds decay and cease, <br>and those who do them <br>will pass away with them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "Happy are those who meditate <br>on Wisdom <br>and who reason intelligently.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who consider her ways <br>in their hearts <br>will also reflect on her secrets.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Pursue her like a hunter, <br>and lie in wait by her paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Those who peer into her windows <br>will also listen at her doorways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who lodge near her house <br>will also fasten a tent peg in her walls.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "They will pitch their tent close at hand <br>and will find accommodation <br>in a lodging place full of good things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "They will put their children <br>under her shelter, <br>and will encamp under her branches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "She will shelter them from the heat, <br>and they will dwell in her glory. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Whoever fears the Lord <br>will do these things, <br>and whoever has a firm hold <br>on the Law will possess Wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "She will come to meet them like a mother, <br>and she will await them <br>like a young bride.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "She will feed them bread <br>of understanding, <br>and will give them water of wisdom <br>to drink.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "They will be supported by her <br>and not be undermined; <br>they will be intent upon her <br>and will never be put to shame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "She will raise them above their neighbors, <br>and allow them to speak <br>in the midst of the assembly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "They will inherit gladness, <br>a crown of rejoicing, <br>and an eternal name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "People who lack sense will never <br>receive her, <br>and sinners will never see her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "She keeps far away from the arrogant, <br>and liars will never remember her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Praise isn\u2019t proper in the mouth of sinners <br>because it hasn\u2019t been assigned <br>by the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Praise must be spoken in wisdom, <br>and the Lord will cause it to prosper. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cI fell away because of the Lord.\u201d <br>What the Lord hates, he won\u2019t do.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cThe Lord made me go astray.\u201d <br>He has no use for sinful people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "The Lord has hated every foul thing, <br>and those who fear him <br>have no love for such things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "He created humanity at the beginning, <br>and he left them to the power <br>of their choices.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "If you choose to, <br>you will keep the commandments, <br>and keep faith out of goodwill. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4111979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "He has put fire and water before you; <br>you can stretch out your hand <br>for whichever you choose.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Life and death are in front <br>of human beings; <br>and they will be granted <br>whichever they please,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "because the wisdom <br>of the Lord is great; <br>he\u2019s mighty in authority, <br>he sees everything,<br>"}, {"pk": 4111982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "his eyes are upon those who fear him, <br>and he knows every human action.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "He doesn\u2019t command anyone <br>to be ungodly, <br>and he doesn\u2019t give anyone <br>a license to sin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "Don\u2019t wish for a multitude <br>of worthless children, <br>and don\u2019t be glad about sons and daughters if they are ungodly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "If they have children, <br>don\u2019t rejoice over them <br>unless they respect the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t be confident that they will live, <br>and don\u2019t rely on their great number. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>One is better than a thousand, <br>and it\u2019s better to die childless <br>than to have ungodly children.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>You will lament in untimely mourning; you will suddenly learn of their end.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "A city will be populated <br>through one intelligent person, <br>but a tribe of lawless people <br>can transform it into a desert. <br>"}, {"pk": 4111988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "My eye has seen many such things, <br>and my ear has heard more extraordinary matters than these.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "A fire will be kindled <br>in an assembly of sinners, <br>and wrath will flash forth <br>in a disobedient nation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "The Lord didn\u2019t seek reconciliation <br>with the ancient giants <sup>[2]</sup> <br>who rebelled in their might.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>princes</i>"}, {"pk": 4111991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "He didn\u2019t spare Lot\u2019s neighbors, <br>whom he detested <br>because of their arrogance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "He showed no mercy on a nation <br>doomed to destruction, <br>on people who were driven off <br>because of their sins. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>He did all these things to hard-hearted nations, and the multitude of his holy ones did not appease him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4111993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "So also he showed no mercy <br>to the six hundred thousand <br>foot soldiers <br>who gathered together <br>in their stubbornness. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>hardness of their hearts</i>; LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>By flogging, showing mercy, striking, healing, the Lord watched carefully with compassion and discipline</i>."}, {"pk": 4111994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Even if there was one <br>stiff-necked person, <br>it would be amazing <br>if that one would go unpunished, <br>because mercy and wrath are with him, <br>the Lord who reconciles <br>and who pours out wrath.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "His scrutiny is as severe <br>as his mercy is abundant; <br>he will judge people <br>according to their deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "A sinner won\u2019t escape with plunder, <br>and the endurance of the godly <br>will never fail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4111997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "He will make allowance <br>for every act of charity; <br>everyone will receive their just reward. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/16/15-16'>16:15\u201316</a> <i>The Lord hardened Pharaoh so that he didn\u2019t know him, so that God\u2019s works would be known everywhere under heaven. His mercy is evident to all creation, and his light and darkness he allotted to Adam</i>."}, {"pk": 4111998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t say, \u201cI\u2019ll be hidden from the Lord,\u201d <br>and \u201cWho from on high <br>will call me to mind? <br>Among a great many people, <br>I\u2019ll never be recognized; <br>for what am I in such a vast creation?<br>"}, {"pk": 4111999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Look at the heavens, <br>indeed the highest heavens; <br>the abyss and the earth <br>will tremble at the Lord\u2019s visitation. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>The entire world, past and present, is in his will.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "All at once the mountains <br>and the foundations of the earth <br>will shake together, quaking, <br>when he looks upon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "The mind cannot even think <br>about these things. <br>Who can ponder his ways?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Most of his deeds are hidden <br>like a hurricane that no one can see. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] LXX uncertain; Heb <i>If I sin, no one will see me; if I tell lies in complete secrecy, who will know?</i>"}, {"pk": 4112003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "Who will announce just actions? <br>Or who will endure, <br>since God\u2019s covenant is far off?\u201d <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds: <i>and everyone will be scrutinized in the end.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "Those who lack sense think this way; <br>a foolish and misguided person <br>thinks foolish things. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "Listen to me, my child: gain knowledge <br>and apply your mind to my words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "I will disclose instruction accurately, <sup>[9]</sup> <br>and with precision <br>I will declare knowledge. <br>", "comment": "[9] LXX <i>by weight</i>"}, {"pk": 4112007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "The Lord\u2019s works in creation <br>existed from the beginning, <br>and he defined their exact stations <br>when he made them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "He set their works in order forever, <br>and arranged their spheres of authority <br>for as long as they last. <br>They have never gotten hungry <br>or grown weary, <br>and they have never <br>abandoned their tasks.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "None of them crowd out their neighbor, <br>and none will ever disobey his word.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Afterward, the Lord looked at the earth <br>and filled it with his good things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "He covered its surface <br>with every living being, <br>and they return into it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "The Lord created a human being <br>out of earth, <br>and he returned that human being <br>into it again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "God gave human beings a set number <br>of days and a fixed time, <br>and he gave them authority <br>over the things that are upon the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "God endowed them with strength like his, and he made them according <br>to his image.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "God made all living beings afraid of them, so that they might exercise dominion over the animals and birds. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/17/5'>17:5</a> <i>They received the use of the Lord\u2019s five faculties, but he apportioned to them the gift of mind as a sixth, and the seventh, reason, the interpreter of his faculties.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "God gave them the capacity to plan, <br>a tongue and eyes, <br>ears and a mind <sup>[2]</sup> for thinking.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>heart</i>"}, {"pk": 4112017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "God filled them with common sense, <br>and he showed them <br>good things and bad.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "God put awe for him in their hearts, <br>in order to show them the greatness <br>of his works. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>He allowed them to boast about his wonders through the ages.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "So that they might tell of the magnificence of his works,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "they will praise his holy name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "God placed knowledge before them, <br>and he gave them a code for living. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>so that they are mindful that those who are alive now are mortal.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "God established an eternal covenant <br>with them, <br>and he showed them his decrees.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "They saw the majesty of his glory <br>with their own eyes, <br>and they heard his glorious voice <br>with their own ears.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "God said to them, <br>\u201cBeware of every injustice,\u201d <br>and he gave each of them commandments concerning <br>their neighbor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Their ways are always before him; <br>they won\u2019t be hidden from his sight. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/17/16-17'>17:16\u201317</a><i>a Their ways from youth led toward evil things, and they were not strong enough to make their hearts flesh instead of stone. When he divided up the nations of all the earth,</i>"}, {"pk": 4112026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "God appointed a leader for each nation, <br>and Israel is <br>the Lord\u2019s responsibility. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] LXX<sup>b </sup><a href='/CEB/71/17/18'>17:18</a> adds <i>whom, being the oldest male, he nurtures with instruction, and, apportioning the light of his love, he doesn\u2019t neglect Israel</i> (or <i>him</i>)."}, {"pk": 4112027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "All of their deeds are before him <br>as plain as the sun, <br>and his eyes are always on their ways.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "Their wrongs are not hidden from him, <br>and all their sins are exposed <br>in the Lord\u2019s presence. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[7] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/17/21'>17:21</a> <i>But the Lord, being kind and knowing how they are formed, neither neglected them nor stopped sparing them</i>."}, {"pk": 4112029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "A person\u2019s acts of charity <br>are like a seal with him, <br>and he will treasure a person\u2019s generosity like the apple of his eye. <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>doling out changed lives to his sons and daughters.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "Afterward God will rise up <br>and repay them; <br>he will deliver their repayment <br>upon their heads.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "However, for those who changed their hearts and minds, God granted a way back, and he encouraged those <br>who were abandoning hope. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 25, "text": "Turn back to the Lord <br>and leave sin behind; <br>offer prayers in his presence, <br>and reduce your offense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 26, "text": "Return to the Most High, <br>and turn from injustice, <sup>[9]</sup> <br>and hate what he detests.<br>", "comment": "[9] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>because he will guide you out of darkness into the healthful light</i>."}, {"pk": 4112034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 27, "text": "Who will praise the Most High <br>in the grave <sup>[10]</sup> <br>instead of the living <br>and those who give thanks?<br>", "comment": "[10] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4112035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 28, "text": "From the dead thanksgiving has perished, since they are no longer alive; <br>those who are alive and healthy <br>will praise the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 29, "text": "How great is the Lord\u2019s mercy! <br>How quickly is he reconciled <br>with those who turn back to him!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 30, "text": "Human beings can\u2019t do all things, <br>because no person is immortal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 31, "text": "What shines brighter than the sun? <br>Even that fails. <br>Flesh and blood will hanker after evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 17, "verse": 32, "text": "The Lord examines the might <br>of heaven\u2019s height, <br>and all human beings are dust and ashes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "The one who lives forever <br>created everything <br>in a common fashion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Only the Lord will be declared just. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/18/2'>18:2</a><i>b-</i>3 <i>and there is no other besides him. He steers the world with the palm of his hand, and all things obey his will. By his power, he is the king of all things, dividing the holy things from the ordinary among them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "He has given no one the power <br>to proclaim his works. <br>Who can search out his majestic deeds?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "Who will measure <br>the power of his greatness? <br>Who will continue to recount his mercy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "It\u2019s impossible to diminish <br>or to increase these things, <br>and it\u2019s impossible <br>to search out the wonders of the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "When people finish, <br>then they are just beginning, <br>and when they pause, <br>then they are puzzled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "What are human beings, <br>and what use are they? <br>What\u2019s good about them, <br>and what\u2019s evil about them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "The length of a person\u2019s life <br>is as much as one hundred years. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>but the death of any one of them cannot be calculated by anyone.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "Like a drop of water from the sea <br>or a grain of sand, <br>so are a few years in the span of eternity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "Therefore, the Lord was patient <br>with them, <br>and he poured out his mercy upon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "He saw and knew that their end <br>was terrible; <br>therefore, his willingness to be reconciled increased.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "Neighbors display mercy <br>toward each other, <br>but the mercy of the Lord is for all beings: <br>he corrects, instructs, teaches, <br>and turns them back, <br>as a shepherd does his flock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "He shows mercy to those <br>who accept discipline <br>and to those who passionately pursue <br>his judgments. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "My child, let the good you do <br>be without blemish, <br>and don\u2019t give harsh words <br>along with your gifts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "Doesn\u2019t dew put an end <br>to scorching heat? <br>So a word is better than a gift.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "Look! Doesn\u2019t a word exceed a good gift? <br>And both come from a person <br>who is gracious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "A fool reproaches ungraciously, <br>and a gift from a begrudging giver <br>becomes an eyesore. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>melts away eyes</i>"}, {"pk": 4112057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "Learn before you speak, <br>and attend to yourself <br>before you get sick.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "Examine yourself before judgment, <br>and you will be reconciled <br>when you are examined.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "Humble yourself before you get sick,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "<sup>[21]</sup> and when you commit sins <br>show a changed heart and mind. <br>Don\u2019t be prevented from repaying <br>a solemn promise in a timely way, <br>and don\u2019t wait until death <br>to be vindicated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "Prepare yourself before making <br>a solemn promise, <br>and don\u2019t be like someone <br>who tests the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "Be mindful of his wrath in times of death <br>and in times of vengeance <br>when he turns his face away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 25, "text": "Remember a time of hunger <br>in a time of plenty, <br>a time of poverty and want <br>in times of wealth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 26, "text": "From morning until evening <br>opportune times change, <br>and all things are fleeting <br>in the Lord\u2019s presence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 27, "text": "Wise people exercise caution <br>in everything, <br>and in times of sin <br>they will take heed against error.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 28, "text": "All intelligent people <br>have recognized Wisdom, <br>and they will acknowledge <sup>[4]</sup> <br>anyone who finds her.<br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>she will acknowledge</i>"}, {"pk": 4112067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who are intelligent with words <br>have become wise themselves, <br>and they have poured forth <br>fitting proverbs. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>Confidence in a single master is better than adhering with a dead heart to a dead one.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 30, "text": " Don\u2019t go after your desires, <br>and restrain yourself <br>from your appetites.<br><sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 31, "text": "If you cater to your desires, <br>you will become a laughingstock <br>to your enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 32, "text": "Don\u2019t be glad for great luxury, <br>and don\u2019t be made needy <br>by an encounter with it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 18, "verse": 33, "text": "Don\u2019t become poor <br>by feasting with borrowed money, <br>when you have nothing in your pocket. <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>because you will be plotting against your own life</i>."}, {"pk": 4112072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 1, "text": "A drunken worker <sup>[1]</sup> <br>won\u2019t become rich, <br>and whoever neglects the little things <br>will fail little by little.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Whoever does this</i>"}, {"pk": 4112073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 2, "text": "Wine and women <br>will mislead an intelligent person, <br>and the one who has sex with prostitutes will become more reckless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 3, "text": "Decay and worms will possess him, <br>and his reckless soul will be carried away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 4, "text": "Those who trust others too quickly <br>have empty heads, <br>and those who sin injure themselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 5, "text": "Those who rejoice in wickedness <br>will be condemned. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/19/5'>19:5</a><i>b-</i>6<i>a but those who withstand pleasures bring glory to their life. Those who control their tongue will live without conflict.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 6, "text": "And those who are reticent to speak <br>diminish wickedness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 7, "text": "Never repeat something that you\u2019ve heard, <br>and you will not lose anything.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t report it to a friend or an enemy, <br>and, as long as it wouldn\u2019t be a sin for you, don\u2019t reveal it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 9, "text": "People might hear you or observe you, <br>and in time they will hate you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 10, "text": "Have you heard some word? <br>Let it perish along with you. <br>Have courage! <br>It won\u2019t make you burst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 11, "text": "Because of something spoken, <br>a fool will suffer labor pains <br>like those caused by a baby <br>about to be delivered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 12, "text": "Like an arrow stuck in a thigh, <br>so is a word in the belly of a fool.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 13, "text": "Question a friend; <br>perhaps he didn\u2019t do it. <br>And if he did, question him <br>so he doesn\u2019t do it again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 14, "text": "Question a neighbor; <br>perhaps she didn\u2019t say it. <br>And if she did say it, <br>question her so that she doesn\u2019t repeat it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 15, "text": "Question a friend, because it often <br>turns out to be a false accusation. <br>Don\u2019t trust everything that is said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 16, "text": "There are those who slip, <br>and it wasn\u2019t intentional. <br>Who hasn\u2019t sinned with the tongue?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 17, "text": "Question your neighbor <br>before issuing a threat, <br>and give the Law of the Most High <br>its place. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/19/18-19'>19:18\u201319</a> <i>The fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, and wisdom secures affection from him. Knowledge of the Lord\u2019s commandments is education for life, and those who do things that are pleasing to him will harvest the fruit of the tree of immortality.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 20, "text": "Fearing the Lord is the whole of wisdom, <br>and all wisdom involves <br>doing the Law. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/19/20'>19:20</a><i>c</i>-21 <i>and there is knowledge of his omnipotence. When household slaves say to the master,</i> \u201c<i>I won\u2019t do what pleases you,</i>\u201d <i>and if after this they do those things, they still anger the one who provides for them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 22, "text": "The knowledge of wickedness <br>isn\u2019t wisdom, <br>and there is no prudence <br>in the advice that sinners give.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 23, "text": "There is a kind of cleverness <br>that is detestable, <br>and there is a senseless person <br>who lacks wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 24, "text": "Someone who fears God <br>but who has inferior intelligence <br>is better than someone <br>who abounds in intelligence <br>but who violates the Law.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 25, "text": "There is cleverness that is precise <br>but unjust, <br>and there are people who abuse favors <br>in order to get a favorable decision. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>and whoever treats others justly is wise in judgment.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 26, "text": "And there are people who act wickedly, bowed down gloomily, <br>and their insides are full of treachery.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 27, "text": "They hide their faces, <br>and they pretend they can\u2019t hear; <br>when you aren\u2019t paying attention, <br>they will outrun you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 28, "text": "If they are prevented from sinning, <br>it\u2019s because they lack the strength. <br>If they find an occasion, <br>they will do evil.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 29, "text": "People are known by their appearance, <br>and sensible people are recognized <br>in a face-to-face meeting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 19, "verse": 30, "text": "A person\u2019s clothing, <br>their vigorous laughter, <br>and the way they walk <br>will proclaim things about them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 1, "text": "There is a bad time <br>to rebuke someone. <br>Those who keep silent <br>are the prudent ones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 2, "text": "How much better to investigate <br>than to be angry!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 3, "text": "And those who confess openly <br>will be kept from loss.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 4, "text": "Like eunuchs desiring to violate a girl, <br>so are those who make decisions <br>by force.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 5, "text": "There are people who are silent <br>and are found to be wise, <br>and there are those who are hated <br>because they talk a lot.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 6, "text": "There are those who keep silent <br>because they have nothing to say <br>in response, <br>and there are those who keep silent <br>because they know the right time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 7, "text": "Wise people keep silent <br>until the proper moment, <br>but those who swagger and are senseless will miss the right moment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who talk excessively will be loathed, <br>and those who pretend <br>to have authority will be hated. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup><i>How good it is when someone who is reproved shows a changed heart and mind! In this way, you will escape sinning voluntarily</i>."}, {"pk": 4112107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 9, "text": "Some people have success <br>in bad circumstances, <br>and there\u2019s a windfall that results <br>in loss.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 10, "text": "There\u2019s a gift that won\u2019t profit you, <br>and there\u2019s a gift that will bring <br>twice the return.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 11, "text": "There are losses suffered <br>for the sake of one\u2019s reputation, <br>and there are people who have raised <br>their heads from humiliation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 12, "text": "There are those who buy a lot for a little, <br>and they pay for it seven times over.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 13, "text": "Wise people make themselves <br>dearly loved by means of words, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>but fools pour out gifts.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>a few things</i>"}, {"pk": 4112112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 14, "text": "Gifts from senseless people <br>won\u2019t profit you, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>because they look for a lot <br>rather than a little in return. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>and neither will the gift of a grudging person who\u2019s forced to give.</i><br>[4] LXX <i>for their eyes are many rather than one</i>"}, {"pk": 4112113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 15, "text": "They will give a little and reproach a lot, <br>and they will open their mouths <br>like a town crier. <br>Today they will lend <br>and tomorrow ask for it back; <br>such people are hateful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 16, "text": "Fools say, \u201cI don\u2019t have a friend, <br>and there\u2019s no gratitude <br>for my good deeds.\u201d <br>Those who eat the bread of such people <br>have mean tongues.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 17, "text": "How many will ridicule them, <br>and how often? <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>They haven\u2019t received what they have with real feeling, and what they don\u2019t have is similarly indifferent to them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 18, "text": "A slip on the pavement is preferable <br>to a slip of the tongue; <br>so the downfall of evil people <br>will come quickly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 19, "text": "A disagreeable person, an untimely story \u2014 <br>it will always be <br>in the mouth of the uneducated.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 20, "text": "Proverbs told by fools will be rejected, <br>because they\u2019ll never tell them <br>at their proper time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 21, "text": "Some are prevented from sinning <br>because of poverty, <br>and their conscience won\u2019t be pained <br>when they rest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 22, "text": "Some destroy their life through shame, <br>and they destroy it <br>because of foolish appearances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 23, "text": "Some promise a favor to a friend <br>out of shame, <br>and they create an enemy for no reason. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 24, "text": "A lie is a bad blemish on a person; <br>ignorant people tell them incessantly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 25, "text": "A thief is preferable to someone <br>who continuously lies, <br>but both will inherit destruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 26, "text": "The character of liars is dishonorable; <br>their shame is continuously <br>with them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 27, "text": " Wise people distinguish themselves <br>by their words, <br>and prudent people will please <br>the powerful.<br><sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 28, "text": "Those who work the soil <br>will pile up their harvest, <br>and those who please the powerful <br>will secure reconciliation for injuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 29, "text": "Friendly relationships and gifts <br>will blind the eyes of the wise; <br>like a muzzle on a mouth, <br>they turn away reproof.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 30, "text": "Hidden wisdom and unseen treasure \u2014 <br>of what benefit is either?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 20, "verse": 31, "text": "Better are those who hide <br>their foolishness <br>than those who hide their wisdom. <sup>[7]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[7] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds 20:32 <i>Better is unmovable endurance when seeking the Lord than a charioteer of one\u2019s life that has no master.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 1, "text": "My child, if you have sinned, <br>don\u2019t do it any longer, <br>and pray concerning your previous sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 2, "text": "Run away from sin <br>like you would from a snake: <br>If you go near it, it will bite you. <br>Its teeth are lion\u2019s teeth, <br>destroying a person\u2019s life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 3, "text": "All lawlessness is a two-edged sword, <br>and there\u2019s no healing for its wound. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 4, "text": "Alarm and insolence will strip away wealth; <br>thus will an arrogant person\u2019s house <br>be uprooted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 5, "text": "The petition of the poor goes <br>from their mouth to God\u2019s ears, <br>and his judgment comes quickly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 6, "text": "Anyone who hates reproof <br>walks in the footsteps of a sinner, <br>and those who fear the Lord <br>will turn back to him from the heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 7, "text": "Those who are powerful in speech <br>are widely known, <br>but those who are thoughtful <br>know when they slip. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who build their houses <br>with another person\u2019s money <br>are like those who gather stones <br>for their own burial mound.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 9, "text": "A gathering of lawless people <br>is the same as bundled flax; <br>their end is a flaming fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 10, "text": "The path of sinners <br>is made level with stones, <br>but its end is the pit of hell. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4112140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 11, "text": "Those who keep the Law <br>become masters of their thoughts; <br>fearing the Lord <br>leads ultimately to wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 12, "text": "Those who aren\u2019t clever <br>won\u2019t receive instruction, <br>but there is a kind of cleverness <br>that makes troubles multiply.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 13, "text": "The knowledge of the wise <br>will increase like a flood, <br>and their counsel is like <br>a stream of life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 14, "text": "The mind <sup>[2]</sup> of a fool is like a broken jar: <br>it can\u2019t hold knowledge. <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>entrails</i>"}, {"pk": 4112144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 15, "text": "If those who understand <br>hear a wise word; <br>they will praise it and add to it. <br>Those who like to indulge themselves <br>hear it and are displeased, <br>and they turn their back on it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 16, "text": "A fool\u2019s endless talk <br>is a burden while on a journey, <br>but grace will be found <br>on the lips of the intelligent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 17, "text": "The speech of the prudent <br>will be sought out in an assembly, <br>and its members will take their words <br>to heart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 18, "text": "Like a house in disrepair, <br>so is wisdom to the foolish, <br>and the knowledge of ignorant people <br>will not stand up to examination.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 19, "text": "Education is shackles <br>on the feet of the ignorant, <br>like manacles on their hand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 20, "text": "Fools raise their voice in laughter, <br>but clever people will smile subtly <br>in silence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 21, "text": "To the prudent, <br>education is like a gold ornament, <br>like a bracelet on the arm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 22, "text": "The foolish enter quickly into a house, <br>but experienced people <br>will be ashamed to do so. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>An honorable person will stand outside.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 23, "text": "The senseless peer into a house <br>through the door, <br>but the educated will stand outside.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 24, "text": "Ignorance causes people to listen <br>through a door, <br>but the prudent will be distressed <br>at the dishonor of doing so. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 25, "text": "The lips of strangers <br>will report these things, <br>but the words of the prudent <br>will be placed on a balance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 26, "text": "Fools say whatever is on their minds, <br>but the wise remain mindful <br>of what they say.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 27, "text": "When the ungodly <br>curse their enemies, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>they curse themselves.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>the satan</i>"}, {"pk": 4112157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 21, "verse": 28, "text": "Those who whisper stain themselves, <br>and they will be hated <br>by their neighbors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 1, "text": "People who are afraid to act <br>are like filthy stones; <br>everyone will hiss at their dishonor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 2, "text": "People who are afraid to act <br>are like clumps of cow manure; <br>those who pick it up <br>will shake off their hand. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 3, "text": "An uneducated son is a disgrace <br>to a father, <br>and a daughter\u2019s birth is a liability.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 4, "text": "A prudent daughter <br>will get a husband of her own, <br>and a daughter in disgrace <br>is a grief to her parents.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 5, "text": "A disrespectful daughter <br>shames her father and her husband, <br>and both will despise her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 6, "text": "Ill-timed talk is like party music <br>during mourning, <br>but a whipping and discipline <br>are wisdom at any time. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/22/7-8'>22:7\u20138</a> <i>Children who are brought up to live a good life mask the lowly birth of their parents. Children who take pride in contempt and lack of education pollute the honorable name of their own family</i>."}, {"pk": 4112164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 9, "text": "Whoever teaches a fool <br>is gluing together a broken pot <br>or waking up someone <br>out of a deep sleep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 10, "text": "Whoever talks with a fool <br>converses with someone who is drowsy; <br>when the conversation is over, <br>the fool will say, \u201cWhat is it?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 11, "text": "Weep for the dead, <br>for they have left the light behind; <br>and weep for fools, <br>for they have <br>left understanding behind. <br>Weep sweetly over the dead, <br>because they are at rest, <br>but the life of a fool is worse <br>than death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 12, "text": "Mourn for the dead for seven days, <br>but mourn for the foolish and the ungodly all the days of their lives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t talk a lot with fools, <br>and don\u2019t go to the unintelligent. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>Be on guard against them <br>so that you don\u2019t have trouble <br>and don\u2019t get dirty <br>when they shake themselves off. <br>Stay away from them <br>and you will find rest, <br>and their senselessness <br>won\u2019t make you weary.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>When people are senseless, they will bring everything of yours to nothing.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 14, "text": "What\u2019s heavier than lead? <br>And what name does it have but \u201cFool\u201d?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 15, "text": "Sand, salt, and a lump of iron <br>are easier to bear <br>than an unintelligent person. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 16, "text": "A wooden beam fastened into a building <br>won\u2019t be loosened by an earthquake. <br>So a heart firmly set <br>on thoughtful counsel <br>won\u2019t be afraid at any time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 17, "text": "A heart fixed on thoughtful understanding <br>is like an engraved ornament <br>on a smooth wall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 18, "text": "A protective barrier set on a high place <br>will never endure against the wind. <br>So a timid heart backed up <br>by a fool\u2019s plan <br>will never endure against any fear. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 19, "text": "Whoever pricks an eye <br>will make tears flow, <br>and whoever pricks a heart <br>reveals its feelings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 20, "text": "Whoever throws a stone at birds <br>scares them off, <br>and whoever insults a friend <br>breaks up a friendship.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 21, "text": "If you draw a sword on a friend, <br>don\u2019t despair, <br>because there can be a way back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 22, "text": "If you speak harshly to a friend, <br>don\u2019t be concerned, <br>because there can be reconciliation. <br>But in the case of reproach, arrogance, <br>the revealing of a secret, <br>or a treacherous blow, <br>any friend will flee. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 23, "text": "Gain your neighbors\u2019 trust <br>while they are poor, <br>so that when they are prosperous, <br>you will be filled along with them. <br>In a time of distress remain with them <br>so that when they inherit, <br>you will be a joint heir. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>One shouldn\u2019t always despise appearances, nor are the rich admirable when they have no sense.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 24, "text": "Before there\u2019s a fire, <br>a furnace has vapor and smoke; <br>so before bloodshed there are insults.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 25, "text": "I won\u2019t be ashamed to shelter friends, <br>and I won\u2019t hide from them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 26, "text": "And if something bad happens to me <br>because of them, <br>everyone who hears of it <br>will be on guard against them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 22, "verse": 27, "text": "Who will put a guard on my mouth <br>and an effective seal upon my lips <br>so that I don\u2019t fall <br>because of my speech <br>and so that my tongue <br>doesn\u2019t destroy me? <br>"}, {"pk": 4112183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 1, "text": "Lord, Father, and master of my life, <br>don\u2019t abandon me to their will, <br>and don\u2019t let me fall because of them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 2, "text": "Who will station whips <br>to keep my thoughts in line <br>and set the discipline of wisdom <br>over my heart, <br>so that I might not be spared my faults <br>due to ignorance <br>and my sins not go unnoticed?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 3, "text": "Otherwise, my acts of ignorance <br>might multiply, <br>and my sins might increase, <br>and I\u2019ll fall before my adversaries, <br>and my enemy will rejoice over me. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>The hope of your mercy is far from them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 4, "text": "Lord, Father, God of my life, <br>don\u2019t let me have prideful eyes;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 5, "text": "turn desire away from me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t allow gluttony or sexual desire <br>to overtake me, <br>and don\u2019t hand me over <br>to a shameless spirit. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4112189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 7, "text": " Listen, my children, to instruction <br>about your mouth; <br>whoever follows my instruction <br>will never succumb to it.<br><sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 8, "text": "The lips of sinners will seize them <br>and make abusers <br>and the arrogant stumble.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 9, "text": "Don\u2019t let your mouth <br>get used to making solemn pledges, <br>and don\u2019t get accustomed <br>to saying the name of the holy one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 10, "text": "Just as a household slave <br>who is constantly examined <br>won\u2019t be lacking bruises, <br>so also the person who always swears <br>and speaks the Lord\u2019s name <br>will never be cleansed from sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 11, "text": "People who make many solemn pledges <br>will be full of lawlessness, <br>and a scourge won\u2019t depart <br>from their house. <br>If they break their solemn pledges, <br>their sin is on them, <br>and if they disregard it, they sin doubly, <br>and if they swear falsely, <br>they won\u2019t be justified, <br>but their houses will be full of misery. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 12, "text": "There is a way of speaking <br>that\u2019s comparable to death; <br>don\u2019t let it be found <br>among Jacob\u2019s descendants. <br>All these things will stay far away <br>from the godly, <br>and they will not wallow in their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 13, "text": "Don\u2019t grow accustomed <br>to saying coarse things, <br>because to do so is to engage <br>in sinful speech.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 14, "text": "Remember your father and mother, <br>because you sit in the council <br>among officials. <br>This way, you won\u2019t forget yourself <br>in front of them <br>and act foolishly out of habit \u2014 <br>then you\u2019d wish <br>that you hadn\u2019t been born, <br>and you\u2019d curse the day of your birth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 15, "text": "People who are accustomed <br>to reproachful words <br>will never learn anything <br>their whole life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 16, "text": "Two types of people multiply sins, <br>and a third will bring wrath. <br>A hot temperament that burns like fire <br>will never be quenched until it is spent. <br>People who are promiscuous <br>with their kin <br>will never stop until the fire burns out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 17, "text": "To promiscuous people all bread is sweet; <br>they don\u2019t become weary until they die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 18, "text": "There are people <br>who violate their marriage bed, <br>saying to themselves, Who will see me? <br>Darkness envelops me; <br>the walls hide me; <br>no one will see me. <br>Why do I have a care? <br>The Most High <br>will never recall my sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 19, "text": "They fear human eyes, <br>but they are unaware <br>that the eyes of the Lord <br>are ten thousand times brighter <br>than the sun; <br>they observe all the ways <br>of human beings <br>and look into hidden places.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 20, "text": "Before all things were created, <br>God knew them; <br>so as well after they were finished.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 21, "text": "These people will be punished <br>in the streets of the city, <br>and when they least expect it, <br>they will be seized. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 22, "text": "So it is with a woman <br>when she is unfaithful to her husband <br>and she presents him with an heir <br>by another man.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 23, "text": "First, she\u2019s disobeyed <br>the Law of the Most High; <br>second, she\u2019s wronged her husband; <br>third, she\u2019s committed adultery <br>by her illicit sexual behavior <br>and produced children <br>by another man.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 24, "text": "She will be led into the assembly, <br>and her punishment <br>will be upon her children.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 25, "text": "Her children won\u2019t take root, <br>and her branches won\u2019t bear fruit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 26, "text": "She will leave behind a cursed memory, <br>and her reproach won\u2019t be wiped clean.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 23, "verse": 27, "text": "And those who remain will know <br>that nothing is better <br>than fearing the Lord, <br>and nothing is sweeter than keeping the Lord\u2019s commandments. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds 23:28 <i>It is a great glory to follow God; to be received by him is to have a long life.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  Wisdom will praise herself, <br>and she will boast in the midst of her people.<br>", "comment": "[1] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 2, "text": "In the assembly of the Most High, <br>she will open her mouth, <br>and in the presence of <br>his heavenly forces, she will boast:<br>"}, {"pk": 4112212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cI came forth from the mouth <br>of the Most High, <br>and I covered the earth like a mist.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 4, "text": "I lived in the heights, <br>and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 5, "text": "I alone encircled the vault of heaven <br>and walked in the depths of abysses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 6, "text": "In the waves of the sea and in every land, <br>and among every people and nation, <br>I led the way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 7, "text": "I sought a resting place <br>among all of these. <br>In whose allotted territory <br>should I make my home? <br>"}, {"pk": 4112217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cThen the creator of all things <br>gave me a command; <br>the one who created me pitched my tent <br>and said, \u2018Make your dwelling in Jacob, <br>and let Israel receive your inheritance.\u2019<br>"}, {"pk": 4112218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 9, "text": "Before the ages, from the beginning, <br>he created me, <br>and till eternity I will never fail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 10, "text": "I ministered before him in the holy tent, <br>and so I was established in Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 11, "text": "In the same way, he made <br>the dearly loved city my resting place <br>and established my authority <br>in Jerusalem.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 12, "text": "I took root in a glorified people; <br>among the people the Lord chose <br>for his inheritance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 13, "text": "\u2018I rose high like a cedar in Lebanon, <br>like a cypress on Mount Hermon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 14, "text": "I rose high like a palm in En-geddi, <br>and like rosebushes in Jericho, <br>like a fair olive tree in a field. <br>I rose high like a plane tree.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 15, "text": "Like cinnamon and camel\u2019s thorn <br>used for spices, <br>I gave off a fine aroma. <br>Like choice myrrh, <br>I spread forth my fragrance, <br>like galbanum, onycha, and stacte, <br>and like the smell of frankincense <br>in the tent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 16, "text": "Like a terebinth oak <br>I spread out my branches, <br>and my branches were glorious <br>and graceful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 17, "text": "Gracious favor was the leaf <br>that I put forth like a vine, <br>and honor and wealth <br>were the fruit that my blossoms bore. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/24/18'>24:18</a> <i>I am the mother of beautiful love, of awe, of knowledge, and of devout hope, and I grant them, together with all things, to my children eternally generated gifts, to those whom God chooses.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cCome to me, you who desire me, <br>and take your fill of my produce.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 20, "text": "Calling me to mind is sweeter <br>than honey, <br>and possessing me <br>is better than a dripping honeycomb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 21, "text": "Those who eat of me will hunger <br>for more, <br>and those who drink of me <br>will thirst for more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 22, "text": "Whoever obeys me won\u2019t be ashamed, <br>and those who work with me <br>won\u2019t sin.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4112231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 23, "text": "All these things are in the covenant scroll of the Most High God, <br>the Law that Moses commanded us, <br>the inheritance of the congregations <br>of Jacob. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/24/24'>24:24</a> <i>Don\u2019t stop being strong in the Lord, but cling to him so that he might strengthen you. The Lord Almighty alone is God, and there\u2019s no savior except for him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 25, "text": "God supplies Wisdom comparable <br>to the fullness of the Pishon River, <br>even like the Tigris River <br>in the springtime.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 26, "text": "God provides understanding <br>as deep as the Euphrates, <br>or like the Jordan at the time <br>of the harvest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 27, "text": "God pours forth understanding like light, <br>as does the Gihon Spring <br>at the time of the grape harvest.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 28, "text": "The first human <br>didn\u2019t know Wisdom completely, <br>and so the last won\u2019t probe her fully.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 29, "text": "Her thoughts are more plentiful <br>than the sea; <br>her counsel is deeper <br>than the great abyss. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>Her thoughts grow from the sea, and her plan grows from the deep abyss.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 30, "text": "Like a canal from a river, <br>like an irrigation channel, <br>I went out into a garden.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 31, "text": "I said, \u201cI\u2019ll water my garden, <br>and I\u2019ll drench my flower bed. <br>And look! The canal <br>turned into a river for me, <br>and my river turned into a sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 32, "text": "I\u2019ll continue to make instruction <br>shine forth like the dawn, <br>and I\u2019ll make things clear <br>to those who are far off.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 33, "text": "I\u2019ll continue to pour out teaching <br>like prophecy, <br>and I\u2019ll leave it behind <br>for future generations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 24, "verse": 34, "text": "See, I\u2019ve not labored for myself alone, <br>but for all those who seek her.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4112242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 1, "text": "My whole being takes pleasure <br>in three things, <br>and these are beautiful to the Lord <br>and to human beings: <br>harmony among brothers and sisters, <br>friendship among neighbors, <br>and a wife and husband <br>who adapt to each other.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 2, "text": "My whole being despises <br>three types of persons, <br>and I am angered by the way they live: <br>an arrogant poor person, <br>a rich liar, <br>an old adulterer who never learns. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 3, "text": "If you have gathered nothing <br>in your youth, <br>how then will you find anything <br>in your old age?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 4, "text": "How beautiful is sound judgment <br>in gray-haired women <br>and finding good advice in elderly men!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 5, "text": "How beautiful is wisdom in the aged <br>and thought and counsel <br>in those who are respectable!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 6, "text": "Experience is the crown of the aged <br>and respecting the Lord <br>is their claim to fame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 7, "text": "In my heart, I would consider <br>nine conditions to be happy, <br>and I\u2019ll name a tenth with my tongue \u2014 <br>people who are made glad <br>by their children, <br>and who live to see the downfall <br>of their enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 8, "text": "Happy are those <br>who live with sensible wives, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>who don\u2019t slip with their tongue, <br>and who haven\u2019t been a servant to one inferior to themselves.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb adds <i>and who does not plow with an ox and an ass together. Happy are those who;</i> LXX lacks this phrase and the prior line."}, {"pk": 4112250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 9, "text": "Happy is the one <br>who has gained good sense <br>and who is passing this along <br>to listening ears.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 10, "text": "How great is one who finds Wisdom, <br>but no one does better <br>than the one who fears the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 11, "text": "Fear of the Lord surpasses everything; <br>those who possess it are incomparable. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/25/12'>25:12</a> <i>Fear of the Lord is the start of loving him, and faith is the start of clinging to him.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 13, "text": "Any wound, but not a wound to the heart; <br>and any wickedness, <br>but not a woman\u2019s wickedness!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 14, "text": "Any attack, <br>but not an attack by those who hate; <br>and any vengeance, <br>but not the vengeance of enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 15, "text": "No poison is worse than a snake\u2019s poison, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and no anger is worse <br>than an enemy\u2019s anger. <br>", "comment": "[3] In both cases, LXX has <i>head.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 16, "text": "I would rather live with a lion or a serpent <br>than live with a wicked woman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 17, "text": "A woman\u2019s wickedness <br>changes her appearance, <br>and it darkens her face like that of a bear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 18, "text": "Her husband sits down among <br>his neighbors <br>and unintentionally groans bitterly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 19, "text": "Any evil is small <br>when compared to a woman\u2019s evil; <br>may she experience a sinner\u2019s fate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 20, "text": "A talkative wife for a quiet husband <br>is like a sand dune <br>beneath the feet of an elderly person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t fall for a woman\u2019s beauty, <br>and don\u2019t long for a woman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 22, "text": "There will be anger, shamelessness, <br>and utter disgrace <br>when a wife provides for her husband.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 23, "text": "A wicked wife causes a humiliated heart, <br>a gloomy face, <br>and a wounded heart. <br>Drooping hands and weakened knees <br>come from a woman <br>who doesn\u2019t make her husband happy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 24, "text": "Sin began with a woman, <br>and because of her all of us die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t allow an outlet for water, <br>and don\u2019t give a wicked wife <br>freedom to speak.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 25, "verse": 26, "text": "If she doesn\u2019t do as you say, <br>divorce her. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>separate her from your flesh</i>"}, {"pk": 4112267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 1, "text": "The husband of a good wife <br>is favored, <br>and the length of his life will be doubled.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 2, "text": "A courageous wife <br>will make her husband happy, <br>and he will complete his years in peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 3, "text": "A good wife is a great blessing. <br>The one who fears the Lord will receive her as part of his God-given portion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 4, "text": "Whether in poverty or in wealth, <br>his heart is happy; <br>at every moment he has a cheerful face. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 5, "text": "My heart was cautious about three things, <br>and I was fearful <br>in the face of a fourth \u2014 <br>slander in a city, <br>the gathering of a mob, <br>and a false accusation \u2014 <br>all of these are more miserable <br>than death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 6, "text": "Women who are rivals <br>bring heartache and grief, <br>and a tongue-lashing shares it <br>with everyone.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 7, "text": "A wicked wife is like a chafing ox yoke; <br>the one who holds her <br>is like one who grasps a scorpion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 8, "text": "A drunken wife is the same as rage; <br>she won\u2019t hide her disgraceful conduct.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 9, "text": "A wife\u2019s promiscuity is seen <br>in the arrogance of her eyes, <br>and her eyelids make it known. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 10, "text": "Keep a strict watch <br>over a disobedient daughter, <br>or else, if she finds you off guard, <br>she will take advantage of it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 11, "text": "Beware of her shameless eye, <br>and don\u2019t be surprised <br>if she wrongs you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 12, "text": "Just as thirsty travelers <br>will open their mouths <br>and drink from water that is near, <br>she will sit in front of every peg, <br>and she will open her quiver <br>to an arrow. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 13, "text": "A wife\u2019s charm will delight her husband, <br>and her skill will put fat on his bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 14, "text": "A silent wife is a gift from the Lord, <br>and nothing can be traded <br>for her self-discipline.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 15, "text": "A modest wife adds charm upon charm, <br>and there is no balance that can weigh <br>the full value of her self-control.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 16, "text": "As the sun rising in the Lord\u2019s <br>high heavens, <br>so is the beauty of a good wife <br>in her well-ordered home.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 17, "text": "As a lamp shines on the holy lampstand, <br>so also is a beautiful face <br>along with steady maturity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 18, "text": "Like gold pillars upon a silver base, <br>so also are shapely legs <br>on steadfast feet.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 19, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> My child, keep the vitality <br>of your prime of life safe and sound, <br>and don\u2019t give your strength <br>over to strangers.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/26/19-27'>26:19\u201327</a>."}, {"pk": 4112286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 20, "text": "After you have chosen a fertile plot <br>out of every field, <br>sow your own seed, <br>being confident of your <br>excellent descent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 21, "text": "Thus your offspring who surround you <br>and who have confidence <br>in their excellent descent, <br>will become great.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 22, "text": "A hired woman will be considered <br>the same as spit, <br>but a married woman will be considered a tower of death to those who associate too closely with her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 23, "text": "An ungodly woman will be bestowed <br>on a lawless man as his portion, <br>but a godly woman is granted <br>to the man who fears the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 24, "text": "A shameless woman will always be <br>in disgrace, <br>but a dignified daughter will show modesty even with her husband.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 25, "text": "An unruly wife will be thought of <br>as a dog, <br>but the wife who feels shame <br>will fear the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 26, "text": "A wife who honors her own husband will appear wise to everyone, <br>but the wife who dishonors her husband with arrogance <br>will be known to all as ungodly. <br>The husband of a good wife is happy, <br>for the number of his years will double.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 27, "text": "A loudmouthed and talkative wife <br>is like a battle trumpet <br>sounding an attack. <br>The spirit of the man <br>who lives under such conditions <br>lives perpetually in the chaos <br>of the battlefield. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 28, "text": "My heart has been saddened <br>by two things, <br>and I was made angry because of a third: <br>a warrior who is needy <br>and impoverished, <br>intelligent people who are treated <br>with contempt, <br>and people who are turned <br>from righteousness to sin \u2014 <br>the Lord will prepare them <br>for the sword. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 26, "verse": 29, "text": "A merchant will scarcely be kept <br>from wrongdoing, <br>and a retailer won\u2019t be innocent of sin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 1, "text": "Many have sinned because of money, <br>and whoever seeks to get more <br>will turn a blind eye.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 2, "text": "A stake is driven <br>between cracks in stones, <br>and sin will be wedged <br>between selling and buying.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 3, "text": "If people don\u2019t remain mindful <br>of the respect due the Lord, <br>their houses will be quickly overthrown. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 4, "text": "When a sieve is shaken, <br>rubbish remains behind; <br>so in the process of reasoning, <br>a person\u2019s flaws appear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 5, "text": "A kiln tests a potter\u2019s jars, <br>and decision making tests a person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 6, "text": "A tree\u2019s fruit reveals <br>how well it has been cultivated. <br>In the same way, reasoning makes plain <br>a person\u2019s thoughts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 7, "text": "Don\u2019t praise people <br>until after they present an argument, <br>for this is how people are tested. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 8, "text": "If you pursue what\u2019s just, <br>you will possess it <br>and wear it like a glorious robe.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 9, "text": "Birds will nest with their own kind, <br>and truth comes back <br>to those who practice it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 10, "text": "A lion lies in wait for prey <br>just as sin lies in wait <br>for those who practice injustice. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 11, "text": "The godly always speak wisdom, <br>but the fool changes like the moon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 12, "text": "Limit the time you spend <br>with unintelligent people, <br>but linger with the thoughtful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 13, "text": "The conversation of fools is offensive, <br>as is their laughter <br>over sinful pleasures.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 14, "text": "Their speech, full of profanity, <br>makes a person\u2019s hair stand on end, <br>and their conflicts make people <br>stop up their ears.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 15, "text": "The conflict of the arrogant <br>ends in bloodshed, <br>and their abuse is miserable to hear. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who reveal secrets <br>have destroyed trust, <br>and they will never find a friend <br>for themselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 17, "text": "Show affection to friends <br>and be loyal to them, <br>but if you reveal their secrets, <br>don\u2019t follow after them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 18, "text": "Just as people destroy an enemy, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>so you have destroyed your friendship <br>with your neighbors.<br>", "comment": "[1] Some manuscripts <i>a corpse</i>"}, {"pk": 4112314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 19, "text": "And as you set a bird free from your hand, <br>so too you have let your neighbors go, <br>and you won\u2019t catch them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t pursue them, <br>because they have withdrawn <br>far away from you, <br>and they have escaped <br>like a gazelle from a trap.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 21, "text": "In the same way that it\u2019s possible <br>to bandage a wound, <br>there\u2019s also reconciliation for insult, <br>but the one who has let a friend\u2019s secrets slip out has no hope. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 22, "text": "Those who wink their eye plan evil, <br>and whoever recognizes them <br>will keep their distance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 23, "text": "To your face their speech will be sweet, <br>and they will express amazement <br>at your words. <br>But later they will distort what they said, <br>and they will use your own words <br>against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 24, "text": "I\u2019ve hated many things, <br>but nothing compares with them. <br>Even the Lord will hate them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 25, "text": "Those who throw stones up high <br>throw them on their own heads, <br>and a deceitful blow <br>will open up wounds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 26, "text": "Whoever digs a hole will fall into it, <br>and whoever sets a trap <br>will get caught in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 27, "text": "Evil will roll back upon those <br>who practice evil, <br>and they will never know <br>where it came from.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 28, "text": "Mocking and blaming <br>belong to the arrogant, <br>and vengeance, like a lion, <br>will lie in wait for them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who rejoice when godly people fall <br>will get caught in a trap, <br>and pain will consume them <br>before their death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 27, "verse": 30, "text": "Wrath and anger \u2014 <br>these also are detestable, <br>and they will possess the sinful person. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 1, "text": "Those who are vengeful <br>will suffer the Lord\u2019s vengeance, <br>because the Lord keeps strict count <br>of their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 2, "text": "Forgive your neighbor a wrong, <br>and then, when you pray, <br>your sins will be forgiven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 3, "text": "Can people hold on to their anger <br>against others, and then look for healing from the Lord?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 4, "text": "Can they refuse to have mercy <br>on people like themselves, <br>and then pray about their own sins?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 5, "text": "If they, who are just flesh, <br>hold on to anger, <br>who will secure pardon <br>for their own sins?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 6, "text": "Be mindful of the end that awaits you, <br>and put an end to enmity; <br>be mindful of decay and death, <br>and be faithful to the commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 7, "text": "Be mindful of the commandments, <br>and don\u2019t be irate at your neighbor; <br>be mindful of the covenant of the <br>Most High, and overlook a mistake. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 8, "text": "Keep away from conflict, <br>and you will reduce your sins; <br>for hot-tempered people spark conflict.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 9, "text": "Sinful people will stir up trouble for friends, <br>and they spread slander <br>among people who are at peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 10, "text": "A fire burns in proportion to its fuel, <br>and conflict increases <br>the longer it continues. <br>The more powerful individuals are, <br>the stronger their anger will be; <br>and the wealthier they are, <br>the more their wrath will increase.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 11, "text": "A hasty quarrel sparks a fire, <br>and hasty conflict sheds blood. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 12, "text": "If you blow on a spark, it will flame up, <br>and if you spit on it, it will go out; <br>nonetheless, both come out <br>of your mouth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 13, "text": "A curse on slanderers and the deceitful, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>because they have destroyed many <br>who are at peace.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>double-tongued</i>"}, {"pk": 4112339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 14, "text": "Slander <sup>[2]</sup> has shaken up many people, <br>scattered them from nation to nation, <br>demolished mighty cities, <br>and overthrown the houses <br>of dignitaries.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>a third tongue</i>"}, {"pk": 4112340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 15, "text": "Slander <sup>[3]</sup> has driven out <br>courageous women, <br>and it has deprived them <br>of the rewards of their work.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>a third tongue</i>"}, {"pk": 4112341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who pay attention to slander <br>will never find rest, <br>nor will they live in peace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 17, "text": "The blow of a whip leaves a welt, <br>but the blow of the tongue <br>will break bones.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 18, "text": "Many have fallen by the edge <br>of the sword, <br>but many more have fallen <br>because of the tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 19, "text": "Happy is the person <br>who is protected from the tongue, <br>who hasn\u2019t endured its anger, <br>who hasn\u2019t pulled its yoke <br>or been bound by its shackles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 20, "text": "Its yoke is made of iron, <br>and its shackles are made of bronze.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 21, "text": "The death it inflicts is a wicked death, <br>and the grave <sup>[4]</sup> is preferable to it.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4112347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 22, "text": "It will never conquer the godly, <br>and they won\u2019t be burned by its flame.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 23, "text": "Those who abandon the Lord will <br>fall to it; <br>it will burn within them, <br>and it will never go out. <br>It will be sent against them like a lion, <br>and like a leopard it will mangle them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 24, "text": "<sup>a</sup>Watch out! Fence in your property <br>with thorns,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 25, "text": "<sup>b</sup>and make a door <br>and a bolt for your mouth. <br><sup>[24]</sup> <sup>b</sup> Lock up your silver and gold; <br><sup>a</sup>make a balance and a weight <br>for your words. <sup>[5]</sup><br>", "comment": "[5] The lines of these verses have suffered transposition in some manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 28, "verse": 26, "text": "Pay attention, and don\u2019t slip <br>by your tongue; <br>don\u2019t fall in front of those <br>who are just waiting to attack you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 1, "text": "Those who show compassion <br>will lend to a neighbor, <br>and those who lend a helping hand <br>keep the commandments.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 2, "text": "Lend to neighbors in their time of need, <br>and pay your neighbor back again <br>on time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 3, "text": "Keep your word, <br>and be trustworthy in your dealings, <br>and you will find what you need <br>every time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 4, "text": "Many think of a loan as a windfall, <br>and they have caused trouble <br>for those who have helped them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 5, "text": "Until they receive the loan, <br>they will kiss the hands of those <br>who can help, <br>and they will speak with deference <br>about their neighbor\u2019s money, <br>but when it\u2019s time for repayment, <br>they will put it off, <br>offer weak excuses, <br>and say it is a bad time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 6, "text": "If they can repay, their creditors <br>will barely recover half the amount, <br>and the creditors will consider <br>that much a windfall; <br>but if they can\u2019t pay, <br>they have defrauded their creditors <br>of their money, <br>and they have made enemies <br>out of them needlessly. <br>They will repay their creditors <br>with curses and insults, <br>and they will repay them with dishonor <br>rather than glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 7, "text": "Many have refused to make a loan, <br>not because they were vicious <br>but because they were cautious <br>about being needlessly cheated. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 8, "text": "Even so, be patient with those <br>in humble circumstances, <br>and don\u2019t make them wait for assistance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 9, "text": "Help the needy for the <br>commandment\u2019s sake, <br>and in proportion to their need <br>don\u2019t turn them away empty-handed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 10, "text": "Part with silver for a relative\u2019s <br>or friend\u2019s sake, <br>and don\u2019t let it corrode under a stone <br>and be destroyed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 11, "text": "Invest your treasure <br>according to the commandments <br>of the Most High, <br>and it will profit you more than gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 12, "text": "Store up acts of charity in your treasuries, <br>and it will deliver you <br>from every distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 13, "text": "More than a sturdy shield <br>and more than a hefty spear, <br>it will fight for you against an enemy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 14, "text": "Good people will guarantee a loan <br>for neighbors, <br>and those who have lost any <br>sense of shame will abandon them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t forget the kindness of those <br>who have guaranteed a loan, <br>since they gave their life <br>on your behalf.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 16, "text": "Sinners will ruin <br>their guarantor\u2019s property,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 17, "text": "and ungrateful persons <br>intentionally abandon their rescuers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 18, "text": "Guaranteeing a loan <br>has ruined many prosperous people <br>and tossed them about <br>like a wave on the sea. <br>It has led to the exile of the powerful, <br>and they have wandered <br>among foreign nations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 19, "text": "Sinners will fall into guaranteeing loans, <br>and when they chase profits, <br>they will fall into lawsuits.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 20, "text": "Help your neighbor as much as you can, <br>but keep yourself from ruin. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 21, "text": "Life\u2019s foundations are water, <br>bread, clothing, <br>and a house for ensuring privacy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 22, "text": "Better is the life of the poor <br>under a shelter of rafters <br>than magnificent food <br>in foreign countries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 23, "text": "Be content with a little or a lot, <br>and you will never be put down <br>for being a sojourner.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 24, "text": "Going from house to house <br>is a miserable life, <br>and wherever you are an immigrant, <br>don\u2019t open your mouth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 25, "text": "You will entertain and provide drink <br>without thanks, <br>and you will hear bitter words <br>such as these:<br>"}, {"pk": 4112377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cCome here, foreigner, prepare a table; <br>and if there\u2019s something in your hand, <br>feed it to me.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 27, "text": "Go away, foreigner, <br>I have a reputable guest; <br>my brother has come to visit, <br>and I need the house.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4112379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 29, "verse": 28, "text": "These are difficult things <br>for a person of intelligence: <br>criticism for being an immigrant <br>and rebuke from a moneylender. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  The person who loves his sons <br>will discipline them often <br>so that he may be glad <br>about how they turn out.<br>", "comment": "[1] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 2, "text": "Whoever instructs his sons <br>will benefit from them, <br>and he will boast about them <br>among his acquaintances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 3, "text": "The person who teaches his sons <br>will make his enemy jealous, <br>but among his friends <br>he will rejoice over them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 4, "text": "When their father passes away, <br>it is as if he hadn\u2019t died, <br>because he left behind sons <br>who are like him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 5, "text": "When he was alive, <br>he saw them and was glad, <br>and at his end, he wasn\u2019t grieved.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 6, "text": "He was survived by those <br>who would avenge him <br>against his enemies <br>and who would repay kindness <br>to his friends. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 7, "text": "A parent who spoils children now <br>will end up tending to their wounds, <br>and will experience heartache <br>at every outcry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 8, "text": "A horse that is unbroken <br>turns out stubborn, <br>and a child, when given free rein, <br>turns out reckless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 9, "text": "Indulge children, <br>and they will terrorize you; <br>play with them, <br>and they will grieve you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t laugh together with them, <br>so that you don\u2019t suffer together <br>and in the end <br>grind your teeth in regret.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t give them free rein in their youth. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/30/11'>30:11</a><i>b-</i>12<i>a and don\u2019t overlook his mistakes. In his youth, bow down his neck.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 12, "text": "Bruise their sides <br>while they are still young, <br>or else they will become stubborn <br>and disobey you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 13, "text": "Educate your children, and work on them, <br>so that you don\u2019t end up offended <br>by their shameful behavior. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 14, "text": "It is better to be poor, <br>but healthy and strong, <br>than a rich person <br>whose body is afflicted.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 15, "text": "Being healthy and fit <br>is better than any gold, <br>and a strong spirit <br>is better than untold riches.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 16, "text": "No wealth is better than a healthy body, <br>and no gladness is better than happiness in one\u2019s heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 17, "text": "Death is better than a bitter life, <br>and eternal rest is <br>better than chronic illness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 18, "text": " Good things that are poured out <br>on a closed mouth <br>are the same as food offerings <br>placed on a grave.<br><sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 19, "text": "Of what use is an offering of fruit <br>to an idol? <br>It can\u2019t eat or smell. <br>The person whom the Lord punishes <br>is like this,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 20, "text": "looking with the eyes and groaning <br>like a eunuch who embraces <br>a young woman and groans. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/30/20'>30:20</a><i>c So is the one who makes judgments under pressure.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t let grief take you over, <br>and don\u2019t distress yourself on purpose.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 22, "text": "A joyful heart means life <br>for a human being, <br>and a person\u2019s rejoicing <br>provides long life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 23, "text": "Distract yourself, cheer yourself up, <br>and keep grief far away from you <br>because grief has destroyed many, <br>and there\u2019s no benefit in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 24, "text": "Jealousy and anger <br>shorten a person\u2019s life, <br>and anxiety brings old age <br>before its time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 30, "verse": 25, "text": "Those who are cheerful <br>and contented at meals <br>will attend well to their food. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] Gk and Heb uncertain"}, {"pk": 4112405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 1, "text": "Sleeplessness over wealth <br>makes the body waste away, <br>and anxiety about wealth <br>keeps sleep away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 2, "text": "Worrying will keep you awake, <br>and serious illness <br>will chase sleep away.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 3, "text": "Rich people have worked <br>to accumulate money, <br>and when they rest, <br>they fill themselves with their luxuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 4, "text": "Poor people have worked <br>to eke out a living, <br>and when they rest, <br>they become needy again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 5, "text": "Whoever loves gold won\u2019t be declared just, <br>and whoever pursues profits <br>will be led astray by them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 6, "text": "Many have been ruined because of gold, <br>and their destruction has met them head-on. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>and who have trusted in jewels</i>."}, {"pk": 4112411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 7, "text": "It\u2019s a stumbling block for those <br>who are possessed by it, <br>and it will take <br>every senseless person captive.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 8, "text": "Happy are the rich <br>who are without blame <br>and who don\u2019t follow after gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 9, "text": "Who are they, <br>so that we might praise them? <br>They have done wonders <br>among the people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 10, "text": "Who has been tested by wealth <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and been found perfect? <br>For them it will be a reason to boast. <br>Who had the power to sin and didn\u2019t, <br>and could do evil but didn\u2019t?<br>", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>it</i>"}, {"pk": 4112415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 11, "text": "The possessions of such people <br>will be secure, <br>and the congregation will tell <br>of their acts of charity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 12, "text": "Have you been seated <br>at a magnificent table? <br>Don\u2019t be greedy as you sit there, <br>and don\u2019t say, <br>\u201cLook how much food there is!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4112417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 13, "text": "Remember, a greedy eye is a bad thing. <br>What has been created more greedy <br>than the eye? <br>For this reason, every face sheds tears.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t reach out your hand <br>for whatever you see, <br>and don\u2019t crowd your dinner companion by reaching into the same bowl.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 15, "text": "Put yourself in your companion\u2019s place, <br>and be considerate in everything.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 16, "text": "Eat what\u2019s put in front of you <br>like a normal human being, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and don\u2019t chew rudely, <br>or you will be hated.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>like a well-mannered person</i>"}, {"pk": 4112421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 17, "text": "Be the first to stop, <br>to show your good breeding, <br>and don\u2019t be gluttonous; <br>otherwise, you will offend.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 18, "text": "If you have been seated <br>with a lot of people, <br>don\u2019t help yourself before they do. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 19, "text": "A little food is more than enough <br>for well-educated people! <br>They won\u2019t gasp for breath <br>when they lie down to sleep.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 20, "text": "Healthy sleep depends <br>on not stuffing yourself. <br>Such people arise early and feel good. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>The gluttons suffer the pains of insomnia, nausea, and colic.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX <i>and their spirit with them</i>"}, {"pk": 4112425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 21, "text": "If you\u2019ve overstuffed yourself, <br>get up, vomit far away, <br>and you will feel better.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 22, "text": "Listen to me, my child, <br>and don\u2019t show me contempt, <br>and in the end you will understand <br>what I\u2019m saying; <br>be careful <sup>[5]</sup> in everything you do, <br>and you will never fall sick.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>moderate</i>"}, {"pk": 4112427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 23, "text": "People will bless those <br>who are generous with bread; <br>they give reliable testimony <br>to the excellence of such people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 24, "text": "The city will murmur about those <br>who are stingy with bread, <br>giving accurate witness <br>to the wickedness of such people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 25, "text": "Don\u2019t demonstrate your bravado <br>in wine drinking, <br>because wine has destroyed many.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 26, "text": "A furnace tests the hardening of steel <br>when it\u2019s dipped, <sup>[6]</sup> <br>so wine tests the heart <br>when the arrogant quarrel.<br>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>tests the work of the smith</i>"}, {"pk": 4112431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 27, "text": "If taken in moderation, <br>wine makes people\u2019s lives better. <br>What\u2019s life to those who <br>don\u2019t have wine? <br>It was created from the beginning <br>to bring merriment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 28, "text": "The right amount of wine <br>consumed at the right time <br>makes for a joyful heart <br>and a light spirit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 29, "text": "Too much wine drunk <br>in the midst of strife and conflict <br>makes for a bitter spirit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 30, "text": "Getting drunk causes fools to lose <br>their temper and do themselves harm, <br>reducing their strength, <br>and adding injuries as well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 31, "verse": 31, "text": "Don\u2019t correct your neighbors <br>at a wine banquet, <br>and don\u2019t show them contempt <br>when they are partying; <br>don\u2019t say any reproachful word <br>to them, <br>and don\u2019t trouble them <br>with any demands. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 1, "text": "If they have appointed you <br>as the banquet leader, <br>don\u2019t think too much of yourself; <br>behave toward them <br>as if you were one of them. <br>Take care of their needs <br>and then sit down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 2, "text": "When you have done <br>everything necessary, recline, <br>so that you can have fun with them, <br>and because of your excellent behavior <br>you will receive a wreath. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 3, "text": "Speak, you who are older, <br>for it\u2019s your privilege. <br>But know what you\u2019re talking about, <br>and don\u2019t interrupt the music.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 4, "text": "Where there\u2019s a performance, <br>don\u2019t talk too much, <br>and don\u2019t be clever at the wrong time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 5, "text": "A musical performance at a wine party <br>is like a ruby seal on a gold ornament.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 6, "text": "Melodic music accompanying sweet wine <br>is like an emerald seal <br>in a setting of gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 7, "text": "Speak, you who are young, <br>if it\u2019s necessary, <br>but only twice, <br>and only if you are asked.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 8, "text": "Sum up what you have to say; <br>much can be said in few words. <br>Be like one who knows <br>but who can keep silent.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 9, "text": "When you are among the more influential, don\u2019t presume authority; <br>and where elders are present, <br>don\u2019t talk idly about many things.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 10, "text": "Lightning comes before thunder, <br>and good favor walks <br>in front of a modest person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 11, "text": "Rise up to leave in time, <br>and don\u2019t be the last person out; <br>go back to your own home, <br>and don\u2019t miss your work <br>the next day.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 12, "text": "Enjoy yourself there, <br>and do what you please, <br>but don\u2019t sin with arrogant words.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 13, "text": "More than this, <br>bless the one who made you <br>and who lets you drink freely <br>from his good bounty. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 14, "text": "Whoever fears the Lord <br>will accept instruction; <br>those who rise early <br>will find approval.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 15, "text": "Whoever seeks the Law <br>will be filled with it, <br>but the hypocrite will stumble over it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>will discover his decree, <br>and they will kindle righteous deeds <br>like a lamp.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 17, "text": "Sinful people turn away from correction; <br>they will look for a judgment <br>that suits them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 18, "text": "A well-advised person <br>won\u2019t overlook an intelligent thought; <br>the stranger and the arrogant <br>won\u2019t cower out of fear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 19, "text": "Do nothing without deliberation, <br>and when you have acted, <br>don\u2019t feel regret.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t walk on a hazardous path, <br>and don\u2019t stumble on stony ground. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>don\u2019t stumble twice on an obstacle</i>"}, {"pk": 4112456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t trust an unexplored road,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 22, "text": "and be on guard <br>concerning your children. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Be careful of your paths</i>"}, {"pk": 4112458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 23, "text": "Trust yourself <sup>[3]</sup> in every action, <br>because this also means <br>keeping the commandments. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>be careful of yourself</i>"}, {"pk": 4112459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 32, "verse": 24, "text": "Whoever has faith in the Law <br>pays attention to the commandments; <br>whoever trusts the Lord <br>won\u2019t suffer loss. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 1, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>won\u2019t encounter evil, <br>but when they are tested <br>they will be delivered again and again.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 2, "text": "Wise people won\u2019t hate the Law, <br>but those who are hypocrites about it <br>are like a boat in a storm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 3, "text": "Sensible people will trust the Lord\u2019s word; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>for them, the Law is as trustworthy <br>as divine oracles. <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX lacks <i>the Lord\u2019s.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 4, "text": "Prepare your speech, <br>and then you will be heard; <br>draw upon your training, <br>and give an answer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 5, "text": "The emotions of the foolish <br>are like a wagon wheel, <br>and their arguments are like <br>a turning axle.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 6, "text": "A friend who mocks is like a stallion <br>that whinnies underneath <br>anyone who rides him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 7, "text": "Why is one day more significant <br>than another, <br>when all the daylight in a year <br>is from the sun?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 8, "text": "The Lord, in his knowledge, <br>classified them, <br>and he distinguished between <br>different seasons and festivals.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 9, "text": "He lifted out some days <br>and made them holy, <br>and some he made regular days.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 10, "text": "All people come from the ground, <br>and Adam <sup>[2]</sup> was created out of earth.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>humankind</i>"}, {"pk": 4112470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 11, "text": "In the fullness of his knowledge <br>the Lord made distinctions <br>between them, <br>and he made their ways different.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 12, "text": "Some of them he blessed and lifted up, <br>and some he made holy <br>and brought them near to himself; <br>some of them he cursed, brought low, <br>and expelled them from their place.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 13, "text": "Like clay in the potter\u2019s hand, <br>shaped according to the <br>potter\u2019s pleasure, <br>so are human beings <br>in the hand of the one <br>who made them, <br>whom he repays according <br>to his judgment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 14, "text": "Good is the opposite of evil, <br>and life is the opposite of death; <br>so the sinner is the opposite <br>of the godly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 15, "text": "Observe, then, <br>all the works of the Most High, <br>two by two, one opposite the other. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 16, "text": "I was the last to keep vigil, <br>as one who gathered the leftovers <br>after the grape pickers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 17, "text": "By the blessing of the Lord, <br>I was first on the scene, <br>and like the grape pickers, <br>I filled up a wine vat.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 18, "text": "Understand that I haven\u2019t labored <br>for myself alone, <br>but for all those who are seeking instruction. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 19, "text": "Listen to me, you who are great <br>among the people; <br>pay attention, <br>you leaders in the congregation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t give son or wife, sibling or friend, <br>authority over you in your lifetime, <br>and don\u2019t give your property <br>to someone else, <br>since you might change your mind <br>and ask for it back.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 21, "text": "While you still live <br>and have breath in you, <br>don\u2019t exchange places with anyone else.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 22, "text": "It\u2019s better for your children <br>to make requests of you <br>than that you should look to them <br>for generosity.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 23, "text": "Excel in everything you do; <br>don\u2019t bring a stain on your reputation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 24, "text": "On the last day of your life, <br>at the moment of death, <br>distribute your inheritance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 25, "text": "Fodder, a rod, and burdens for donkeys; <br>bread, discipline, <br>and work for household slaves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 26, "text": "Set them to work with discipline, <br>and you will have leisure; <br>let their hands be idle, <br>and they will seek freedom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 27, "text": "A yoke and a strap will bend a neck, <br>and there are racks and tortures <br>for a wicked household slave.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 28, "text": "Put them to work so that they aren\u2019t idle,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 29, "text": "because idleness teaches many evils.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 30, "text": "Set them to work, as is proper for them, <br>and if they don\u2019t obey, <br>make their shackles heavy. <br>Don\u2019t overburden a person <br>made of flesh, <br>and don\u2019t do anything <br>without exercising good judgment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 31, "text": "If you have household slaves, <br>treat them like yourself, <br>because you purchased them with blood. <br>If you have household slaves, <br>treat them like siblings, <br>because you will need them <br>as you go through life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 32, "text": "If you mistreat them, <br>and they leave and run away,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 33, "verse": 33, "text": "on which road will you search for them? <br>"}, {"pk": 4112493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 1, "text": "Senseless people <br>have empty and false hopes, <br>and dreams excite fools.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 2, "text": "Those who pay attention to dreams <br>are just like people who grasp <br>at a shadow or pursue the wind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 3, "text": "What one sees in a dream is a reflection, <br>a face looking at its own likeness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 4, "text": "What will be made clean <br>from something unclean? <br>And what will be true <br>of something false?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 5, "text": "Divinations, omens, <br>and dreams are empty. <br>The mind has fantasies, <br>just like a woman in labor does.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 6, "text": "Unless the Most High sends a dream <br>by means of a visitation, <br>don\u2019t pay any attention to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 7, "text": "Dreams have misled many, <br>and those who have placed hope in them have fallen.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 8, "text": "The Law will be fulfilled without lies; <br>wisdom in a faithful person\u2019s mouth <br>is fulfillment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 9, "text": "People who have traveled know a lot, <br>and those who are experienced <br>will speak sense.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 10, "text": "People with no experience know little,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 11, "text": "but those who have traveled <br>have become more clever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 12, "text": "I have seen a lot in my wandering, <br>and I understand more than I can tell.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019ve often been in danger, <br>close to death, <br>and I was saved <br>because of these experiences. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 14, "text": "The spirit of those who fear the Lord <br>will live,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 15, "text": "because their hope is in the one <br>who saves them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 16, "text": "Those who fear the Lord <br>won\u2019t be timid about anything; <br>they will never turn coward, <br>because the Lord is their hope.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 17, "text": "The souls of those who fear the Lord <br>are favored.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 18, "text": "To whom do they look? <br>And who is their support?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 19, "text": "The Lord\u2019s eyes <br>are upon those who love him. <br>The Lord is a powerful shield, <br>a strong support, <br>a shelter from the heat, <br>a shade from the midday sun, <br>a guard against stumbling, <br>and a help against falling;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 20, "text": "one who lifts up the spirit, <br>one who gives light to the eyes, <br>and one who gives healing <br>for life and blessing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 21, "text": "When someone sacrifices something unjustly gotten, <br>the offering is flawed;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 22, "text": "the gifts of those who don\u2019t follow <br>the Law are not acceptable.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 23, "text": "The Most High is not pleased <br>with the offerings of the ungodly, <br>nor will he forgive sins <br>for a multitude of sacrifices.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 24, "text": "Someone who brings a sacrifice that comes from the property of the needy <br>is like someone who slaughters a son <br>in the presence of his father.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 25, "text": "The needy person\u2019s bread <br>means life for that poor person; <br>whoever withholds it is a murderer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 26, "text": "Whoever takes away a neighbor\u2019s living <br>commits murder,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 27, "text": "and whoever deprives a worker <br>of wages sheds blood. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 28, "text": "One person builds, <br>and another tears down; <br>what have they gained <br>other than hard work?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 29, "text": "One person prays, <br>and another person curses; <br>to whose voice will the master listen?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 30, "text": "When people bathe after touching <br>a corpse and touch it again, <br>what have they gained by washing?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 34, "verse": 31, "text": "So when people fast because of their sins, <br>and then go and do the same <br>things again, <br>who will listen to their prayer, <br>and what did they gain <br>by humbling themselves? <br>"}, {"pk": 4112524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 1, "text": "Whoever keeps the Law <br>gives many offerings;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 2, "text": "whoever obeys the commandments <br>makes a sacrifice of well-being.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 3, "text": "Whoever repays a kindness <br>offers the finest flour,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 4, "text": "and whoever does an act of charity <br>makes a sacrifice of praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 5, "text": "Staying away from wickedness <br>pleases the Lord, <br>and keeping away from injustice <br>means reconciliation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t come into the Lord\u2019s presence <br>empty-handed,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 7, "text": "since fulfilling the commandments <br>means making offerings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 8, "text": "The righteous person\u2019s offering <br>enriches the altar, <br>and its pleasing odor comes <br>before the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 9, "text": "A righteous person\u2019s offering <br>is acceptable, <br>and its memory will last forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 10, "text": "Honor the Lord generously, <br>and don\u2019t skimp <br>on the early produce you present. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>of your hands</i>"}, {"pk": 4112534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 11, "text": "Every time you give, have a cheerful face, <br>and dedicate your tithe gladly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 12, "text": "Give to the Most High as he has given, <br>and give with generosity <br>from what you have,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 13, "text": "because the Lord is the one who repays, <br>and he will repay you seven times over. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t offer a bribe, <br>because the Lord won\u2019t accept it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 15, "text": "Don\u2019t present an unrighteous sacrifice, <br>because the Lord is a judge, <br>and he shows no partiality.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 16, "text": "God will not be partial to the poor, <br>but he will listen to the complaint <br>of those who are wronged.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 17, "text": "God will never ignore an orphan\u2019s plea, <br>nor that of a widow <br>when she pours out a complaint.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 18, "text": "Don\u2019t a widow\u2019s tears fall down <br>on her cheek,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 19, "text": "and isn\u2019t her plea against the one <br>who caused her tears?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 20, "text": "Those who serve with goodwill <br>will be accepted, <br>and their prayer will reach to the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 21, "text": "The prayer of the humble passes <br>through the clouds, <br>and it will never stop <br>until it draws near to God. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>It will never withdraw <br>until the Most High takes notice,<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX lacks <i>to God.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 22, "text": "gives justice for the righteous, <br>and executes judgment. <br>Indeed, the Lord will never delay, <br>nor will he be patient with them <br>until he crushes the power <sup>[3]</sup> <br>of the unmerciful,<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>testicles</i>"}, {"pk": 4112546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 23, "text": "until he exacts vengeance <br>on the nations, <br>until he removes the multitude <br>of abusive people <br>and shatters the authority <br>of the unrighteous,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 24, "text": "until he repays individuals <br>according to their deeds <br>and the works of human beings <br>according to their thoughts,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 25, "text": "until he decides the case of his people <br>and makes them glad by his mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 35, "verse": 26, "text": "His mercy is timely in a period <br>of distress, <br>like rain clouds in a dry season. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 1, "text": "Have mercy on us, Lord God of all;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 2, "text": "and teach all nations to stand <br>in awe of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 3, "text": "Raise up your hand <br>against foreign nations, <br>and let them see your power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 4, "text": "Just as they saw your holiness <br>made visible in our midst, <br>so let us see your power <br>made visible in their midst.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 5, "text": "Let them know you, <br>just as we also have known, Lord, <br>that there\u2019s no God except you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 6, "text": "Renew the signs, <br>and work different wonders;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 7, "text": "make your strong hand and arm glorious.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 8, "text": "Arouse your anger; <br>pour out your wrath;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 9, "text": "remove the adversary; <br>destroy the enemy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 10, "text": "Act quickly, <br>remember what you have sworn, <br>and let people tell of your mighty acts.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 11, "text": "Let those who survive <br>be consumed in a fiery wrath, <br>and may those who harm your people <br>come to destruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 12, "text": "Crush the heads of hostile rulers, <br>who say, \u201cWe\u2019re all that matters.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4112562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 13, "text": "Gather all the tribes of Jacob, <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Due to a mistaken transposition in chapter and verse order in every Gk manuscript, no text is missing, but verses <a href='/CEB/71/36/14-15'>36:14\u201315</a> are not used for chap 36."}, {"pk": 4112563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 16, "text": "and give them their inheritance, <br>as you did at the beginning.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 17, "text": "Have mercy, Lord, on the people <br>who have been called by your name; <br>on Israel, whom you made like <br>an oldest child.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 18, "text": "Take pity on the city <br>where your sanctuary is; <br>on Jerusalem, <br>the place where you live. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>the place where your dwelling is</i>"}, {"pk": 4112566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 19, "text": "Fill Zion with the celebration <br>of your mighty deeds, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and fill your temple with your glory.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>your splendor</i>"}, {"pk": 4112567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 20, "text": "Bear witness to those <br>whom you created at the beginning, <br>and fulfill the prophecies <br>that were given in your name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 21, "text": "Give a reward to those <br>who wait for you, <br>and let your prophets <br>be found trustworthy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 22, "text": "Hear, Lord, the prayer <br>of your household slaves <br>according to your goodwill <br>toward your people, <br>and all those <br>who live upon the earth <br>will know that you are the Lord, <br>the God of the ages. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 23, "text": "The stomach will accept any food, <br>but one kind of food <br>is better than another.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 24, "text": "As the palate tastes different <br>types of game, <br>so an intelligent mind tests <sup>[4]</sup> false words.<br>", "comment": "[4] LXX lacks <i>tests.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 25, "text": "A perverse heart will cause grief, <br>but an experienced person <br>will know how to give payback.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 26, "text": "A woman will accept any male <br>as a husband, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>but some daughters are preferable <br>to other ones.<br>", "comment": "[5] LXX lacks <i>as a husband.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 27, "text": "A woman\u2019s beauty brightens a man\u2019s face, <br>and she surpasses a man\u2019s every desire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 28, "text": "If her speech is characterized <br>by mercy and gentleness, <br>her husband is unlike anyone else.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 29, "text": "Whoever acquires a wife <br>takes his first step toward success. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>She will be a fit helper for him <br>and a pillar of rest. <sup>[7]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>gets his best possession</i><br>[7] Heb <i>pillar of support</i>"}, {"pk": 4112577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 30, "text": "Where no fence exists, <br>the property is carried off, <br>and where there\u2019s no wife, <br>a man sighs as he wanders about. <sup>[8]</sup><br>", "comment": "[8] Heb <i>he becomes a fugitive and a wanderer</i>"}, {"pk": 4112578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 36, "verse": 31, "text": "Who will trust a well-equipped robber <br>who travels from city to city? <br>Likewise, who will trust a man <br>who does not have a nest <br>and who lodges wherever night falls? <br>"}, {"pk": 4112579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 1, "text": "Every friend will say, <br>\u201cI too have been a friend,\u201d <br>but there\u2019s a friend who is one <br>in name only.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 2, "text": "Doesn\u2019t the pain bring a person <br>close to death <br>when a companion and friend <br>turns into an enemy?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 3, "text": "Evil inclination, <br>how did you get involved <br>in covering the land with deceit?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 4, "text": "Some companions take delight <br>in a friend\u2019s happiness, <br>but they turn against them <br>in a time of distress.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 5, "text": "Some companions work alongside <br>a friend for their stomach\u2019s sake, <br>but in the heat of battle, <br>they will shield themselves. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Good friends will fight with you against a stranger, and against your enemies they will be a strong shield.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 6, "text": "Don\u2019t forget friends in your heart, <br>and don\u2019t neglect them <br>when it comes to your money. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Don\u2019t forget friends in battle, and don\u2019t neglect them when you divide the spoil.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 7, "text": "Every counselor spews out advice, <br>but some give advice <br>for their own benefit.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 8, "text": "Guard yourself against counselors, <br>and know beforehand <br>where their interest lies, <br>since they too, <br>will give advice for their own benefit <br>and might cast the lot against you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 9, "text": "They might say to you, \u201cYour way is good,\u201d <br>but they will stand aside <br>to see what will happen to you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 10, "text": "Don\u2019t consult with people <br>who view you with suspicion; <br>hide your plans from those <br>who are jealous of you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t consult with a woman <br>about her rival, <br>or with the cowardly about war; <br>or with a merchant about business, <br>or with a buyer about a sale; <br>or with a slanderer about gratitude, <br>or with the unmerciful about kindness; <br>or with the idle about anything <br>involving work, <br>or with an annual laborer about <br>finishing a job; <br>or with a lazy household slave <br>about a large task. <br>Don\u2019t look to these persons <br>for any advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 12, "text": "Consult <sup>[3]</sup> instead with a godly person <br>whom you know <br>keeps the commandments, <br>who thinks the same way you do <br>and will empathize with you if you fail.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>persevere</i>"}, {"pk": 4112591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 13, "text": "Listen carefully to what <br>your own heart tells you, <br>since nothing is more faithful <br>to you than it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 14, "text": "At times a person\u2019s intuition <br>keeps them informed <br>better than seven sentries <br>sitting high up on a lookout.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 15, "text": "But above everything else, <br>pray to the Most High, <br>so that he may make your path straight <br>in truth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 16, "text": "Speech is the beginning of every deed, <br>and planning comes before <br>every action.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 17, "text": "The key to change is the heart;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 18, "text": "it poses four possibilities: <br>good and evil, life and death, <br>and their continual master <br>is the tongue.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 19, "text": "Some people instruct many, <br>but they are useless to themselves.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 20, "text": "Some skilled speakers are hated; <br>they will be deprived of any luxuries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 21, "text": "The Lord hasn\u2019t granted them <br>any refinement, <br>because they are deprived <br>of any wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 22, "text": "Some people are wise to their <br>own benefit, <br>and the fruits of their understanding <br>are evident to all.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 23, "text": "The wise will instruct their own people, <br>and the fruits of their understanding <br>are trustworthy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 24, "text": "Wise people will be highly praised, <br>and everyone who sees them <br>will consider them to be favored.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 25, "text": "A person\u2019s life is a limited time, <br>but Israel\u2019s days cannot be numbered.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 26, "text": "Those who are wise among their people <br>will inherit honor, <br>and their names will live forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 27, "text": "My child, test yourself during your life. <br>See what\u2019s bad for you, <br>and don\u2019t give in to it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 28, "text": "All things aren\u2019t beneficial to everybody, <br>and all things aren\u2019t pleasing <br>to every person.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t be greedy for every delicacy, <br>and don\u2019t be unrestrained with food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 30, "text": "Eating a lot of food will make one sick, <br>and gluttony will lead to nausea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 37, "verse": 31, "text": "Many have died because of gluttony, <br>but those who are on guard against it <br>will prolong life. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 1, "text": "Honor doctors for their services, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>since indeed the Lord created them.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Make friends with a physician before you need one</i>."}, {"pk": 4112611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 2, "text": "Healing comes from the Most High, <br>and the king will reward them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 3, "text": "The skill of doctors will make <br>them eminent, <br>and they will be admired <br>in the presence of the great.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 4, "text": "The Lord created medicines <br>out of the earth, <br>and a sensible person <br>won\u2019t ignore them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 5, "text": "Wasn\u2019t water made sweet <br>by means of wood <br>so that the Lord\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> strength <br>might be known?<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>his</i>; possibly <i>its</i>"}, {"pk": 4112615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 6, "text": "And he endowed human beings <br>with skill <br>so that he would be glorified <br>through his marvelous deeds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 7, "text": "With those medicines, <br>the doctor cures and takes away pain.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 8, "text": "Those who prepare ointments <br>will make a compound out of them, <br>and their <sup>[3]</sup> work will never be finished, <br>and well-being spreads <br>over the whole world from them. <br>", "comment": "[3] The referent of the pronouns in these two clauses and the next could possibly be God."}, {"pk": 4112618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 9, "text": "My child, when you are sick, <br>don\u2019t look around elsewhere, <br>but pray to the Lord, <br>and he will heal you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 10, "text": "Stay far from error, <br>direct your hands rightly, <br>and cleanse your heart from all sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 11, "text": "Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice <br>and a memorial of fine flour, <br>and pour an offering of oil, <br>using what you can afford. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb; LXX uncertain"}, {"pk": 4112621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 12, "text": "And give doctors a place, <br>because the Lord created them also, <br>and don\u2019t let them leave you, <br>because you indeed need them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 13, "text": "There\u2019s a time when success <br>is in their hands as well.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 14, "text": "They will also ask the Lord <br>so that he might grant them rest <sup>[5]</sup> <br>and healing in order to preserve life.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>a diagnosis</i>"}, {"pk": 4112624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 15, "text": "May those who sin against their creator <br>fall into the hands of a doctor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 16, "text": "My child, let your tears flow for the dead; <br>as one who is suffering terribly, <br>give voice to your sorrow. <br>Lay out their bodies in accordance <br>with their wishes, <br>and don\u2019t neglect their burial.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 17, "text": "Let your crying be bitter <br>and express your sorrow fervently, <br>and make your mourning <br>worthy of them. <br>Mourn for one day or two <br>so that there can be no criticism, <br>and then be comforted from your grief.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 18, "text": "Too much grief can lead to death, <br>and grief in one\u2019s heart <br>will sap one\u2019s strength.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 19, "text": "Grief also lingers in misery, <br>and the life of the poor <br>is a curse upon the heart.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 20, "text": "Don\u2019t give your heart over to grief; <br>stay away from it, <br>remembering your own end.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 21, "text": "Don\u2019t forget that there\u2019s no coming back; <br>you won\u2019t do them any good, <br>and you will hurt yourself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 22, "text": "Remember their sentence, <br>because it\u2019s yours also: <br>\u201cYesterday it was I, and today it\u2019s you!\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4112632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 23, "text": "When the dead are at rest, <br>put their memory to rest, <br>and be comforted for them <br>when their spirit has left. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 24, "text": "The scribe\u2019s wisdom depends <br>on the opportunity for leisure, <br>and whoever lacks busyness <br>will become wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 25, "text": "How will people become wise <br>when they take hold of a plow <br>or pride themselves <br>in how well they handle an ox prod, <br>when they drive cattle <br>and are absorbed with their work, <br>and their conversation is about bulls?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 26, "text": "Their hearts are given over <br>to plowing furrows, <br>and they lose sleep <br>because they\u2019re concerned <br>about supplying heifers with food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 27, "text": "So it is also with every craftsperson <br>and master artisan <br>who carries over the day\u2019s work <br>into the night, <br>who carves figures on seals <br>and works diligently <br>to make diverse ornamentations. <br>They will devote themselves <br>to producing a lifelike painting, <br>and they lose sleep <br>in order to finish their work.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 28, "text": "So it is with smiths who sit near an anvil <br>and who closely examine works of iron. <br>The blast of the fire <br>will melt their flesh, <br>and they will struggle <br>with the heat of the furnace. <br>The sound of the hammer <br>will strike their ears again and again, <br>and their eyes are focused <br>on the pattern of the object. <br>They will devote themselves <br>to finishing the work, <br>and they lose sleep <br>in order to complete its decoration.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 29, "text": "So it is with potters sitting at their work, <br>turning the wheel at their feet. <br>They lie down always feeling anxiety <br>about their work, <br>and every product of theirs is valued.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 30, "text": "They will mold the clay with their hands <br>and work the wheel with their feet. <br>They will devote themselves <br>to finishing the glazing, <br>and they lose sleep <br>in order to clean the kiln. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 31, "text": "All of these have relied on their hands, <br>and each one is skilled in their work.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 32, "text": "Without them a city can\u2019t be inhabited, <br>and they neither go abroad to live <br>as immigrants nor travel about. <br>However, they aren\u2019t sought out <br>when the people hold a council,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 33, "text": "and they won\u2019t gain prominence <br>in the assembly. <br>They won\u2019t sit in the judge\u2019s seat, <br>and they won\u2019t understand <br>the disposition of a legal case. <br>They will never shed light <br>on instruction and judgment, <br>and their words <br>won\u2019t be memorialized in proverbs. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] LXX <i>among parables</i>"}, {"pk": 4112643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 38, "verse": 34, "text": "But they support the world <br>from its foundations, <br>and their prayer is concerned <br>with their craft. <br> But those who devote themselves <br>and think about the Law of the <br>Most High are the exception. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 1, "text": "They will seek out the wisdom <br>of all the ancestors, <br>and they will be occupied <br>with prophecies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 2, "text": "They will preserve the stories <br>of famous people, <br>and they will penetrate <br>the subtle turns of parables.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 3, "text": "They will seek out <br>the hidden meanings of proverbs, <br>and will live with the puzzles of parables.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 4, "text": "They will serve among the great <br>and appear before rulers. <br>They will travel in foreign lands, <br>because they will test what\u2019s good <br>and what\u2019s evil in people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 5, "text": "They will commit themselves to rise early, <br>to seek the Lord who made them, <br>and to pray to the Most High. <br>They will open their mouth in prayer <br>and ask forgiveness for their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 6, "text": "If the great Lord is willing, <br>they will be filled <br>with a spirit of understanding; <br>they will pour forth words of wisdom, <br>and they will give thanks <br>to the Lord in prayer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 7, "text": "Their reasoning and knowledge <br>will remain on course, <br>and they will ponder God\u2019s mysteries.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 8, "text": "They will bring to light <br>the learning of their instruction, <br>and they will make the laws <br>of the Lord\u2019s covenant their boast.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 9, "text": "Many will praise their understanding, <br>and it will never be forgotten. <br>The remembrance of them <br>will never disappear, <br>and their name will live <br>for generations upon generations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 10, "text": "The nations will speak of their wisdom, <br>and the congregation <br>will proclaim their praise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 11, "text": "If they live a long time, <br>they will leave behind a name <br>greater than a thousand names, <br>and if they find rest, <br>it will be enough for them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 12, "text": "I\u2019ll speak of other things <br>I\u2019ve been thinking, <br>since I was filled like the full moon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 13, "text": "Listen to me, faithful children, <br>and blossom <br>like a rose growing near <br>a running stream.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 14, "text": "Send forth a fragrant aroma like incense, <br>and bloom with blossoms like a lily. <br>Raise your voice, give praise together, <br>and bless the Lord for all his works.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 15, "text": "Tell of the greatness of his name, <br>and give thanks when you praise him <br>with songs on your lips and with harps. <br>And this is what you will say <br>when you give thanks: <br>"}, {"pk": 4112659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 16, "text": "All the works of the Lord are very good. <br>Every command of his <br>will be carried out in its proper time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 17, "text": "It\u2019s not for us to say, <br>\u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d or <br>\u201cFor what purpose is that?\u201d <br>Everything will be examined <br>at its proper time. <br>At his command water piled up in a heap, <br>and by his spoken word <br>reservoirs of water stood erect.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 18, "text": "His command accomplishes <br>his good pleasure, <br>and no one can diminish <br>the deliverance he intends.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 19, "text": "The works of all living beings <br>are before him; <br>nothing can hide from his eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 20, "text": "He sees from one end of eternity <br>to the other, <br>and nothing is too wondrous for him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 21, "text": "It\u2019s not for us to say, <br>\u201cWhat\u2019s this?\u201d or <br>\u201cFor what purpose is that?\u201d <br>All things were created <br>for their own purpose. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 22, "text": "His blessing covers like a river <br>and soaks the dry land like a flood.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 23, "text": "Similarly, his anger will overtake <br>the nations, <br>as he changed fresh waters into brine.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 24, "text": "For the godly, his paths are straight, <br>but for the lawless, <br>there are obstacles.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 25, "text": "From the beginning, good things <br>have been made for good people, <br>but bad things for sinners. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>good things and bad</i>"}, {"pk": 4112669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 26, "text": "Basic to all the necessities of human life <br>are water, fire, iron, salt, <br>fine flour, milk, honey, <br>wine, <sup>[2]</sup> oil, and clothing.<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>blood of the grape</i>"}, {"pk": 4112670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 27, "text": "For the godly, <br>all these things are for good, <br>but for sinners, they will turn into evil. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 28, "text": "There are winds that have been created <br>for vengeance, <br>and they whip with strength <br>in their wrath. <br>At the moment of consummation, <br>they will pour out their strength, <br>and they will calm the wrath <br>of their maker.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 29, "text": "Fire, hail, famine, and death \u2014 <br>all have been created for vengeance \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4112673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 30, "text": "the teeth of wild beasts, scorpions, vipers, and a sword <br>punishing the ungodly <br>with destruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 31, "text": "These things gladly do <br>what he commands. <br>They will be ready for his service <br>on the earth, <br>and they won\u2019t violate his word <br>when their time comes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 32, "text": "Because of this, <br>I\u2019ve been steadfast from the beginning: <br>I\u2019ve thought things out <br>and left them in writing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 33, "text": "All the works of the Lord are good, <br>and he will supply every need in its time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 34, "text": "It\u2019s not for us to say, <br>\u201cThis is worse than that,\u201d <br>since everything will prove its worth <br>at the proper moment.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 39, "verse": 35, "text": "And now, sing hymns <br>with all your heart and voice, <br>and bless the Lord\u2019s name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 1, "text": "Hard work was created <br>for every person, <br>and a heavy yoke lies upon <br>human beings, <br>from the day when they leave <br>their mother\u2019s womb <br>until the day when they return <br>to the mother of all.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 2, "text": "Anxious expectation \u2014 the day of death \u2014 <br>fills their inner musings <br>and plants fear in their hearts. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4112681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 3, "text": "From the person who sits <br>upon a glorious throne <br>down to the person brought low <br>in dust and ashes,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 4, "text": "from the person who wears purple <br>and a crown <br>down to the person dressed <br>in rough linen \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4112683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 5, "text": "there exists anger, envy, confusion, unrest, fear of death, <br>fury, and conflict. <br>Even when they rest in bed, <br>nighttime dreams disturb their mind.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 6, "text": "They get little or no rest; <br>they even toil in their dreams, <br>just as they do in the day, <br>being troubled by images in their mind, <br>as one who escapes from war.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 7, "text": "They wake up at the most <br>desperate moment <br>and are astonished <br>that they were afraid for nothing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 8, "text": "To all flesh, both human and animal, <br>but to sinners seven times more so,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 9, "text": "come death, blood, strife, sword, <br>catastrophes, famine, ruin, <br>and disease. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>scourge</i>"}, {"pk": 4112688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 10, "text": "All these things were created <br>for the lawless, <br>and because of such people <br>the flood happened.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 11, "text": "Everything that\u2019s from earth; <br>returns to the earth; <br>everything that\u2019s from water <br>returns to the sea. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>what\u2019s from above returns above</i>"}, {"pk": 4112690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 12, "text": "All bribery and injustice <br>will be wiped out, <br>but good faith will last forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 13, "text": "The money of the unjust <br>will dry up like a river, <br>and it will crash like loud thunder <br>in a rainstorm.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 14, "text": "Generous people will rejoice, <br>but those who sin will ultimately fail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 15, "text": "The offspring of the ungodly <br>won\u2019t produce many branches, <br>and they are polluted roots <br>on sheer rock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 16, "text": "A reed by any water or riverbank <br>will be pulled up before any grass.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 17, "text": "Kindness is like an orchard of blessings, <br>and an act of charity will last forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 18, "text": "Life will be sweet for the self-reliant <br>and the hardworking, <br>but better than both <br>is the person who finds a treasure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 19, "text": "Children and building a city <br>establish one\u2019s name, <br>but better than both <br>is a wife who is considered blameless.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 20, "text": "Wine and music make the heart glad, <br>but better than both <br>is the love of wisdom. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4112699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 21, "text": "A flute and a harp make sweet melodies, <br>but better than both is a pleasant voice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 22, "text": "The eye will desire grace and beauty, <br>but better than both <br>are the first shoots of a crop.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 23, "text": "A friend and a companion encounter <br>each other at an opportune moment, <br>but better than both <br>is a woman with her husband.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 24, "text": "Relatives and help <br>in a time of distress are good, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>but acts of charity <br>will rescue one better than both.<br>", "comment": "[5] Gk lacks <i>are good.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 25, "text": "Gold and silver make one stand firm, <br>but more highly esteemed than both <br>is good advice.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 26, "text": "Money and strength will lift up <br>one\u2019s heart, <br>but fearing the Lord is better than both. <br>If you fear the Lord, <br>you\u2019ll lack nothing; <br>if you have it, <br>there\u2019s no reason to look for help.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 27, "text": "Fear of the Lord <br>is like an orchard of blessing, <br>and it covers a person <br>more fully than any glory. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 28, "text": "My child, don\u2019t live the life of a beggar; <br>it\u2019s better to die than to beg.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 29, "text": "When people look <br>to another person\u2019s table, <br>their way of life <br>cannot be considered a life. <br>They pollute themselves <br>by eating someone else\u2019s food, <br>but a person who is intelligent <br>and educated will guard <br>against that.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 40, "verse": 30, "text": "In the mouth of the shameless, <br>begging is sweet, <br>but a fire will burn inside of them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 1, "text": "How bitter, death, <br>is the thought of you <br>to those who are at peace <br>among their possessions, <br>to those who aren\u2019t anxiously distracted, who prosper at everything <br>and still have the strength <br>to enjoy good food.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 2, "text": "Your sentence looks good, death, <br>to a person who is needy <br>and lacks strength, <br>who is extremely old and anxious <br>about everything, <br>who is not compliant <br>and whose endurance has failed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t fear death\u2019s judgment; <br>remember those who came before you <br>and those who will come after you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 4, "text": "This is the Lord\u2019s judgment for all beings: <br>Why should you reject <br>the good pleasure of the Most High? <br>Whether ten or one hundred <br>or one thousand years, <br>there\u2019s no arguing about life <br>in the grave. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4112713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 5, "text": "The children of sinners are detestable, <br>and they live together <br>in the neighborhoods of the ungodly.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 6, "text": "The inheritance of sinners\u2019 children <br>will be destroyed, <br>and their offspring <br>will always live in disgrace.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 7, "text": "Children will blame an ungodly father, <br>because they will be disgraced <br>because of him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 8, "text": "How terrible it will be for you <br>who are ungodly, <br>who have abandoned the Law <br>of the Most High! <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <a href='/CEB/71/41/9'>41:9</a><i>a If you multiply, it is only to be destroyed</i>."}, {"pk": 4112717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 9, "text": "When you are born, <br>you are born to a curse, <br>and when you die, <br>you will leave a curse as your legacy. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>If you have children, harm will be at hand, and if you become a parent, you will sigh. If you stumble, it will evoke lasting joy, and if you die, you will be allotted a curse.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 10, "text": "Everything that\u2019s from the earth <br>will go back to the earth; <br>so the ungodly come from a curse <br>and go to destruction. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 11, "text": "Human beings show their grief <br>in their bodies, <br>but the no-good name of sinners <br>will be erased. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>The bodies of human beings are vapor, but a virtuous name will never be cut off</i>."}, {"pk": 4112720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 12, "text": "Guard your reputation, <br>for it will continue after you <br>longer than one thousand <br>great treasures of gold.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 13, "text": "A good life has a limited number of days, <br>but a good name will continue forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 14, "text": "Hold on to your education in peace, <br>my children. <br>Hidden wisdom <br>and an invisible treasure \u2014 <br>of what use is either?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 15, "text": "People who hide their foolishness <br>are better than people <br>who hide their wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, respect my judgment, <br>because it isn\u2019t good to guard <br>against every shame, <br>and not everyone, in good faith, <br>holds all the same things <br>in good repute. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 17, "text": "Be ashamed: <br>of sexual immorality <br>before your father and mother, <br>of lying before a prince or leader,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 18, "text": "of error before a judge and an official, <br>of lawlessness before the assembly <br>and the people, <br>of injustice before a partner and friend,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 19, "text": "of theft in the neighborhood <br>where you are staying. <br> Be ashamed: <br>before the Lord\u2019s truth and covenant, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>of leaning on your elbow at meals, <br>of showing contempt <br>when receiving or giving,<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>of breaking a solemn pledge or an agreement</i>"}, {"pk": 4112728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 20, "text": "of silence when people greet you, <br>of looking at a female escort,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 21, "text": "of turning away a relative, <br>of depriving someone of a share <br>or a gift, <br>of staring at another man\u2019s wife,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 41, "verse": 22, "text": "of fooling around with his <br>female servant \u2014 <br>(and don\u2019t get near her bed), <br>of reproachful words before friends <br>(and don\u2019t criticize after you give), <br>"}, {"pk": 4112731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 1, "text": "of repeating gossip; <br>and of revealing secrets \u2014 <br>then you will be truly modest <br>and find favor with every human being. <br> Don\u2019t be ashamed of these things, <br>and don\u2019t show favoritism <br>so that you sin.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t be ashamed: <br>of the Law of the Most High <br>or the covenant, <br>of a just verdict <br>in favor of an ungodly person,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 3, "text": "of keeping a record of expenses with a partner or a traveling companion, <br>of distributing an inheritance <br>to others,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 4, "text": "of accuracy with scales and weights, <br>of acquiring a lot or a little,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 5, "text": "of profit from business with merchants, <br>of frequent discipline of children, <br>and of whipping wicked <br>household slaves until they bleed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 6, "text": "In the case of a wicked wife, <br>using your seal on your documents and supplies <sup>[1]</sup> is an excellent idea, <br>and lock up things <br>anywhere there are lots of hands.<br>", "comment": "[1] Gk lacks <i>on your documents and supplies.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 7, "text": "Whatever you deposit, <br>whether by number and weight, <br>and whatever you give or receive, <br>put everything in writing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 8, "text": "Don\u2019t be ashamed of discipline <br>for the stupid and foolish <br>and for the old codger <br>who is guilty of sexual immorality. <br>Then you will have been truly educated <br>and approved by everyone alive. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 9, "text": "A daughter is a hidden source <br>of sleeplessness for her father, <br>and anxiety about her deprives him <br>of sleep: <br>in her youth, that she doesn\u2019t pass <br>her prime, <br>and when she\u2019s married, <br>that she not be hated;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 10, "text": "while she\u2019s a virgin, <br>that she not be seduced <br>and become pregnant <br>while still living at home; <br>when she\u2019s married, <br>that she not go straying; <br>or having married, <br>that she not be infertile.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 11, "text": "Keep a strict watch over <br>an unruly daughter <br>so that she doesn\u2019t make you <br>an object of ridicule to your enemies, <br>a topic of talk in the city <br>and the assembly of the people, <br>and she shame you before the crowd. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t consider the beauty <br>of any person, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and don\u2019t spend time among women.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>Don\u2019t allow any latticework in her room nor a place that overlooks the entrance to the house; don\u2019t let her display her beauty before any man.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 13, "text": "Moths come out of clothes, <br>and a woman\u2019s wickedness <br>comes from a woman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 14, "text": "A man\u2019s wickedness <br>is better than a woman who does good <br>and a disgraced woman <br>who brings shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 15, "text": "Now I\u2019ll call to mind the works <br>of the Lord, <br>and I\u2019ll tell about what I\u2019ve seen. <br>The Lord\u2019s works came into being <br>by his words. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb adds <i>and they agree to do his will</i>; LXX<sup>b </sup><i>and judgment comes about by his good will</i>."}, {"pk": 4112746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 16, "text": "The shining sun looked down <br>on everything, <br>and the Lord\u2019s work is radiant <br>with his glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 17, "text": "The Lord has not allowed his holy ones <br>to describe all of his wonders, <br>which the Lord Almighty established <br>so that the universe would stand firm <br>in his glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 18, "text": "He has searched the abyss and the heart, <br>and he took their great achievements <br>into consideration, <br>because the Most High <br>knew everything to be known. <br>He saw the sign of the age, <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>and he saw what was to come forever</i>"}, {"pk": 4112749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 19, "text": "explaining what has passed <br>and what will be, <br>and revealing the clues to things <br>that are hidden.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 20, "text": "No thought escaped him, <br>and not a single word <br>was hidden from him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 21, "text": "He ordered the splendors of his wisdom. <br>He remains the same <sup>[5]</sup> <br>from the beginning of time <br>all the way to eternity. <br>Nothing can be added to him <br>nor be taken away, <br>and he needed no one to give him advice.<br>", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>He is one</i>"}, {"pk": 4112752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 22, "text": "How desirable are all of his works, <br>and how brilliant they are to look upon.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 23, "text": "All these things live and remain forever <br>in every circumstance, <br>and everything obeys him. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] Heb <i>and all things are maintained for every need.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 24, "text": "All things exist in pairs, <br>one opposite the other, <br>and he made nothing that <br>was incomplete.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 42, "verse": 25, "text": "Each thing strengthens the good parts <br>of the other; <br>who can get enough of seeing <br>God\u2019s glory? <br>"}, {"pk": 4112756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 1, "text": "The pride of the heights <br>is the clear heavenly vault, <br>the appearance of the sky <br>in a vision of glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 2, "text": "The sun, when it appears, <br>announces at its rising <br>what an amazing thing it is, <br>a work of the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 3, "text": "At noon it dries up the land, <br>and who can endure its burning heat?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 4, "text": "A person blows on a furnace, <br>working in its burning heat, <br>but the sun is three times hotter <br>when it burns up mountains. <br>When it breathes out fiery vapors, <br>and shines forth its rays, it blinds eyes.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 5, "text": "Great is the Lord who made it; <br>it speeds on its course by his command.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 6, "text": "The moon stands at its proper time, <sup>[1]</sup> <br>a notification of times <br>and an everlasting sign.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>The moon indicates the seasons</i>"}, {"pk": 4112762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 7, "text": "The sign for a feast comes from the moon, <br>a luminous body that wanes <br>when it completes its course.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 8, "text": "The new moon shares the character <br>of its name, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>increasing wonderfully as it changes, <br>a signal on high for armies, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>shining in the vault of the sky.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>a military beacon for the clouds on high</i><br>[2] Heb <i>The new moon, like its name, renews itself.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 9, "text": "The stars\u2019 glory is the sky\u2019s beauty, <br>shining ornaments <br>in the heights of the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 10, "text": "They stand at the words of the holy one, <br>just as he orders, <br>and they will never grow tired <br>as they keep watch.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 11, "text": "Look at the rainbow, <br>exceedingly beautiful in its brightness, <br>and bless the one who made it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 12, "text": "It encircled the sky with a glorious ring; <br>the Lord\u2019s hands stretched it out. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 13, "text": "He drives the snow forward <br>by his command, <br>and he speeds the lightning bolts <br>of his judgment on their way.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 14, "text": "To this end, the storehouses are opened, <br>and clouds fly out like birds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 15, "text": "In his might he subdues clouds, <br>and stones are broken apart for hail.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 16, "text": " The sound of his thunder <br>scolds the earth, <br>and mountains will be shaken <br>when he appears. <br>The south wind blows by his will, <br><sup>[17]</sup> <sup>[5]</sup> as do storms from the north <br>and whirlwinds. <br>He sprinkles the snow <br>like birds flying down, <br>and its descent is like locusts alighting.<br>", "comment": "[5] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 18, "text": "The eye marvels at its beautiful whiteness, <br>and the heart is amazed <br>at its showering down.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 19, "text": "He pours frost, like salt, upon the earth, <br>and when it freezes it has pointy thorns.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 20, "text": "A cold north wind will blow, <br>and ice will freeze on the water; <br>it will settle on every pool of water, <br>and the water will put it on like armor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 21, "text": "He will consume mountains, <br>burn up the wilderness, <br>and extinguish grass like a fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 22, "text": "A mist hastens the healing of all things; <br>the dew that appears <br>will give relief from the heat. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 23, "text": "By his calculations, he stilled the deep, <br>and he planted islands in it.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 24, "text": "Those who sail the sea <br>describe its danger, <br>and we are amazed at what we hear.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 25, "text": "Incredible and amazing works are there, <br>all sorts of living things, <br>great sea monsters.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 26, "text": "Because of him, each messenger succeeds, <br>and all things hold together by his word. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 27, "text": "We could say many things <br>and never say enough. <br>The final word is: The Lord is \u201cthe All.\u201d<br>"}, {"pk": 4112782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 28, "text": "Where will we find the strength <br>to glorify him? <br>For God is great beyond all his works.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 29, "text": "The Lord is awesome and very great, <br>and his power is marvelous.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 30, "text": "Glorify the Lord, <br>and exalt him as much as you can: <br>he surpasses even that. <br>Exalt him, increase your strength, <br>and don\u2019t grow tired: <br>you will never say enough.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 31, "text": "Who has seen him and will describe him? <br>Whose praises of him <br>will match what he really is?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 32, "text": "There are many hidden things <br>greater than these, <br>for we have seen only <br>a few of his works.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 43, "verse": 33, "text": "The Lord made everything, <br>and he gave wisdom to the godly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 1, "text": "Now allow us to praise <br>famous people and our ancestors, <br>generation by generation. <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>in their generations</i>"}, {"pk": 4112789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 2, "text": "The Lord created <sup>[2]</sup> great glory, <br>his majesty from eternity.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>measured out</i>"}, {"pk": 4112790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 3, "text": "They ruled in their kingdoms, <br>and made a name with their power, <br>some giving counsel <br>by their intelligence; <br>some making pronouncements <br>in prophecies;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 4, "text": "some leading the people <br>by their deliberations, <br>and by their understanding <br>of the people\u2019s learning, <br>giving wise words in their instruction;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 5, "text": "others devising musical melodies, <br>and composing poems;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 6, "text": "rich people endowed with strength, <br>living in peace in their dwellings \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4112794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 7, "text": "all of these were honored <br>in their generation, <br>a source of pride in their time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 8, "text": "Some of them left behind a name <br>so that their praises might be told.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 9, "text": "For some there is no memory, <br>and they perished as though <br>they hadn\u2019t existed. <br>These have become as though <br>they hadn\u2019t been born, <br>they and even their children after them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 10, "text": "But these were compassionate people <br>whose righteous deeds <br>haven\u2019t been forgotten.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 11, "text": "This will persist with their children; <br>their descendants <br>will be a good legacy. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>Their goods will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance will be for their grandchildren.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 12, "text": "Their descendants stand <br>by the covenants, <br>and their children also, for their sake.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 13, "text": "Their descendants will last forever, <br>and their glory will never be erased.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 14, "text": "Their bodies were buried in peace, <br>but their name lives for generations.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 15, "text": "The people will tell of their wisdom, <br>and the congregation <br>will proclaim their praise. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 16, "text": "Enoch pleased the Lord <br>and was transferred, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>an example of a changed heart <br>and mind for generations. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>was taken</i>"}, {"pk": 4112804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 17, "text": "Noah was found perfect and righteous; <br>in a time of anger, <br>he was selected in exchange <br>for the ungodly. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>Because of him, <br>a few survivors remained on the earth <br>when the flood happened.<br>", "comment": "[5] Gk lacks <i>for the ungodly</i>; Heb <i>he continued the human race.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 18, "text": "Eternal covenants were made with him <br>so that all living things would not be wiped out by a flood again. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 19, "text": "Abraham was the great father <br>of a multitude of nations, <br>and there was no smudge on his glory. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] Some Gk manuscripts <i>He had no equal in glory.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 20, "text": "He kept the laws of the Most High, <br>and he entered into a covenant with him. <br>He established a covenant in his flesh, <br>and when he was tested, <br>he proved faithful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, the Lord certified for Abraham <br>with a solemn pledge <br>that he would bless nations <br>through his descendants, <br>that he would make him increase <br>like the dust of the earth, <br>exalt his descendants like the stars, <br>and give them an inheritance <br>from sea to sea <br>and from the river to the end <br>of the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 22, "text": "He made the same commitment to Isaac <br>because of Abraham his father. <br>He made a blessing for all humanity <br>and a covenant<br>"}, {"pk": 4112810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 44, "verse": 23, "text": "to rest on Jacob\u2019s head. <br>The Lord acknowledged him <br>with his blessings; <br>he gave him an inheritance, <br>divided his shares, <br>and allotted them <br>among the twelve tribes. <b>Moses</b> </pb> <br> The Lord brought forward out of Jacob <sup>[7]</sup> <br>a man of mercy, <br>who found favor with all living beings, <br>", "comment": "[7] Gk <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4112811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 1, "text": "dearly loved by God <br>and human beings \u2014 <br>Moses, who is remembered <br>with blessing.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 2, "text": "The Lord made Moses\u2019 glory <br>equal to that of the holy ones, <br>and he made Moses great <br>so that Moses\u2019 enemies would fear him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 3, "text": "By Moses\u2019 words, <br>he brought signs to a halt; <sup>[1]</sup> <br>the Lord glorified Moses <br>in the presence of kings. <br>The Lord gave Moses commandments <br>for his people, <br>and he showed Moses his glory.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX; Heb <i>he brought forth signs</i>"}, {"pk": 4112814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 4, "text": "The Lord ordained Moses <br>because of his faithfulness <br>and gentleness; <br>he chose him out of all human beings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 5, "text": "The Lord let Moses hear his voice; <br>he led him into the deep darkness, <br>and he gave Moses commandments <br>face-to-face, <br>an instruction for life, <br>and knowledge to teach the covenant <br>to Jacob and his laws to Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 6, "text": "The Lord exalted Aaron, <br>a holy person like Moses, <br>his brother from the tribe of Levi.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 7, "text": "The Lord established <br>an eternal covenant with him <br>and gave him the priesthood <br>of the people. <br>He blessed Aaron with dignity, <br>and wrapped him in a glorious cloak.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 8, "text": "The Lord clothed him <br>with unrivaled praise, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and honored him <br>with objects of power \u2014 <br>leggings, a full-length robe, <br>and the priestly vest.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>complete splendor</i>"}, {"pk": 4112819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 9, "text": "He encircled Aaron with pomegranates, <br>with a great number of gold bells <br>all around, <br>in order to create a sound <br>when he stepped, <br>to make a sound that would be heard <br>in the temple, <br>as a reminder for the children <br>of the Lord\u2019s people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 10, "text": "He clothed Aaron with the priestly vest, <br>with gold, blue, and purple, <br>the work of an embroiderer, <br>with the oracle of judgment <br>for making the truth known;<br>"}, {"pk": 4112821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 11, "text": "with braided scarlet, <br>the work of a craftsperson; <br>with the precious stones <br>of an engraved seal <br>in a gold setting, <br>the work of a jeweler, <br>as a memorial in engraved writing <br>according to the number <br>of the tribes of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 12, "text": "He set a gold crown <br>upon his turban, <br>carved with a sacred seal, <br>an item worthy of praise, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>a work of strength, <br>desirable objects to look at, <br>richly adorned.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>majesty, glory</i>; LXX <i>a boast of honor</i>"}, {"pk": 4112823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 13, "text": "Before Aaron, such beautiful things <br>had not existed. <br>No stranger will ever wear them, <br>but only his sons and his descendants <br>for all time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 14, "text": "His sacrifices will be entirely burned up <br>twice daily, for all time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 15, "text": "Moses ordained Aaron <br>and anointed him with holy oil; <br>it became an everlasting covenant <br>for him <br>and for his descendants <br>for as long as heaven lasts, <br>to minister to God, <br>to be a priest at the same time, <br>and to bless his people in his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 16, "text": "Moses chose him <br>out of all who were alive <br>to offer fruitful sacrifices to the Lord, <br>incense and a pleasing aroma <br>as a remembrance, <br>to secure reconciliation for the people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 17, "text": "By his commandments, <br>the Lord gave him authority <br>over covenants for judgment, <br>to teach Jacob the testimonies, <br>and to enlighten Israel with his Law.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 18, "text": "Strangers conspired against Aaron, <br>and they were jealous of him <br>in the wilderness; <br>those who were with <br>Dathan and Abiram <br>and the company of Korah <br>assembled in anger and fury.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 19, "text": "The Lord saw it and wasn\u2019t pleased, <br>and they were destroyed <br>in his furious anger; <br>he performed wonders among them, <br>consuming them in a blazing fire.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 20, "text": "He added to Aaron\u2019s glory <br>and gave him an inheritance; <br>he gave him as his share <br>the initial portion of the early produce; <br>he prepared in abundance <br>bread from the early produce.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 21, "text": "They also will eat the sacrifices <br>of the Lord, <br>which he gave to him <br>and to his descendants.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 22, "text": "But he has no inheritance <br>in the land of the people, <br>and he has no portion among the people; <br>for the Lord is your portion <br>and inheritance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 23, "text": "Phinehas, Eleazar\u2019s son, <br>comes third in glory, <br>since he was on fire <br>with the fear of the Lord, <br>and since he stood firm <br>when the people turned away, <br>in the goodness and readiness <br>of his spirit; <br>thus he secured reconciliation for Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 24, "text": "Therefore, a covenant of peace <br>was established with Phinehas, <br>that he should preside <br>over the holy places <br>and over his people, <br>so that he and his descendants <br>might have the splendor <br>of the priesthood forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 25, "text": "The Lord also made a covenant <br>with David, <br>Jesse\u2019s son, from the tribe of Judah; <br>the king\u2019s inheritance <br>that passes from son to son only; <br>Aaron\u2019s inheritance <br>is also for his descendants. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 45, "verse": 26, "text": "May the Lord grant you peace <br>in your heart, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>to judge his people justly, <br>so that the good things they have <br>might not vanish <br>and so that their glory might extend <br>to generations to come. <br>", "comment": "[4] Heb begins <i>And now bless the good Lord who has crowned you with glory</i>."}, {"pk": 4112837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 1, "text": "Joshua, Nun\u2019s son, <br>was powerful in battle, <br>and he was Moses\u2019 successor <br>in prophecy. <br>As his name suggests, <br>he was mighty <br>to deliver the Lord\u2019s chosen ones, <br>and to take revenge on enemies <br>when they rose against them, <br>so that he might give Israel <br>an inheritance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 2, "text": "How glorious he was <br>when he raised his hands <br>and when he extended his sword <br>against cities!<br>"}, {"pk": 4112839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 3, "text": "Who among those who came before <br>stood as he did? <br>Indeed, he fought the Lord\u2019s wars.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 4, "text": "Wasn\u2019t the sun restrained by his hand, <br>and one day lasted for two?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 5, "text": "He called upon the Most High, <br>the mighty one, <br>when his enemies pressed in on him <br>from every side, <br>and the great Lord responded to him <br>with hailstones of mighty power.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 6, "text": "He rushed headlong against a nation <br>in battle, <br>and on a hill he destroyed those <br>who opposed him, <br>so that the nations might know <br>how well-equipped he was, <br>because his war was fought <br>in the Lord\u2019s presence. <br>Indeed, he was a follower <br>of the mighty one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 7, "text": "In the days of Moses <br>he performed acts of mercy, <br>he and Caleb, Jephunneh\u2019s son. <br>They opposed the congregation, <br>restrained the people from sin, <br>and put an end <br>to their wicked grumbling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 8, "text": "So out of six hundred thousand soldiers, <br>the two were spared to lead the people into their inheritance, <br>into a land full of milk and honey.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 9, "text": "The Lord gave Caleb strength, <br>and it remained with him <br>until he was old, <br>so that he went up to the highlands, <br>and his descendants had it <br>as an inheritance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 10, "text": "In this way, all the Israelites <br>could see that it is a good thing <br>to follow the Lord. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 11, "text": "May the memories of the judges <br>bring blessings, <br>each with their own name, <br>whose hearts remained faithful <br>and who didn\u2019t turn away from the Lord.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 12, "text": "May their bones send forth new shoots of life from their burial places, <br>and their names, <br>honored by all humanity, <br>continue in their descendants. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>may their names be renewed in their descendants.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 13, "text": "Samuel was dearly loved by his Lord. <br>As a prophet from the Lord, <br>he established a kingdom <br>and anointed rulers over his people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 14, "text": "He judged the congregation <br>by the Lord\u2019s law, <br>and the Lord watched over Jacob.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 15, "text": "He proved to be a reliable prophet <br>because of his faithfulness, <br>and through his words <br>he became known as a trustworthy seer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 16, "text": "He called upon the Lord, the mighty one, <br>with an offering of a nursing lamb <br>when his enemies pressed on him <br>from every side.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 17, "text": "The Lord thundered from heaven, <br>and he made his voice loudly heard.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 18, "text": "He destroyed the leaders <br>of the people of Tyre <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and all the rulers of the Philistines.<br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>he subdued the deputies of the enemy</i>"}, {"pk": 4112855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 19, "text": "Before the time of his eternal sleep, <br>Samuel testified <br>before the Lord and his anointed one, <br>\u201cNo property, not even a pair of sandals, <br>have I taken from anyone! <br>And not one person accused him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 46, "verse": 20, "text": "Samuel prophesied <br>after he had fallen asleep, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and he showed the king <br>what his end would be. <br>He made his voice heard from the ground <br>in prophecy to wipe out <br>the people\u2019s lawless behavior. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>after he died</i>"}, {"pk": 4112857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 1, "text": "After him, Nathan rose up <br>to prophesy at the time of David. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 2, "text": "Just as the fat is separated <br>from the offering of well-being, <br>so David was set apart <br>from the Israelites.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 3, "text": "He played with lions <br>as if they were young goats, <br>and with bears <br>as if they were lambs from the flock.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 4, "text": "Didn\u2019t he kill a giant in his youth <br>and take away disgrace from the people, <br>when he raised his hand with a stone shot from a sling <br>and struck down <br>the arrogant Goliath?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 5, "text": "David called upon the Lord Most High, <br>and the Lord gave strength <br>to his strong arm <br>to do away with a mighty warrior, <br>to assert the power <sup>[1]</sup> of his people.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>horn</i>"}, {"pk": 4112862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 6, "text": "For this, they glorified him <br>in throngs of thousands. <br>They praised him, <br>calling down the Lord\u2019s blessings, <br>when they brought him <br>a glorious crown.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 7, "text": "David destroyed his enemies <br>on every side, <br>and he despised the Philistines, <br>his adversaries; <br>he shattered their power, <br>which has never recovered. <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>shattered their horn to this very day</i>"}, {"pk": 4112864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 8, "text": "In everything he did, he gave thanks <br>to the holy one, the Most High, <br>with glorious words. <br>He sang hymns with all his heart, <br>and he loved his maker.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 9, "text": "He appointed singers with harps <br>before the altar <br>to make sweet melody with their sounds. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>and every day they offer praise with their songs.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 10, "text": "He brought dignity to the festivals, <br>and he adorned the whole cycle <br>of sacred seasons, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>as they were praising God\u2019s holy name, <br>and from early morning <br>the sanctuary resounded.<br>", "comment": "[4] Gk <i>he adorned the times until their completion</i>"}, {"pk": 4112867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 11, "text": "The Lord took away David\u2019s sins, <br>and he exalted his power <sup>[5]</sup> forever. <br>He established his kingdom by agreement; <br>and a glorious throne in Israel. <br>", "comment": "[5] LXX <i>horn</i>"}, {"pk": 4112868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 12, "text": "After David a well-instructed son arose, <br>and because of David, <br>he enjoyed a large kingdom. <sup>[6]</sup><br>", "comment": "[6] Gk <i>he lived in broad places</i>; Heb <i>he lived in security</i>."}, {"pk": 4112869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 13, "text": "Solomon reigned at a time of peace. <br>God gave him tranquillity on every side, <br>so that he might build a house <br>for God\u2019s name <br>and prepare a sanctuary <br>that would last forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 14, "text": "How wise you were in your youth! <br>You were filled <br>like a river with understanding.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 15, "text": "Your spirit filled the earth, <br>and you were full of puzzling proverbs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 16, "text": "Your name reached faraway islands, <br>and you were dearly loved because of your peaceful rule.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 17, "text": "Countries marveled at you <br>on account of your songs, parables, proverbs, and teachings.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 18, "text": "In the Lord God\u2019s name, <br>who is called God over Israel, <br>you collected gold like tin, <br>and you amassed silver like lead.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 19, "text": "You gave yourself to women, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>and you were subdued <br>by your own body.<br>", "comment": "[7] LXX <i>You bent your sides for women</i>; Heb <i>You gave your genitals to women.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 20, "text": "You brought disgrace on your honor, <br>and you polluted your offspring, <br>so that you brought punishment <br>upon your children <br>and caused pain <br>because of your foolishness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 21, "text": "Your empire became divided, <br>and a rival kingdom sprang up <br>out of Ephraim.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 22, "text": "But the Lord will never <br>abandon his mercy, <br>and none of his words will perish. <br>He will never wipe out <br>the descendants of his chosen one, <br>and never take away the descendants <br>of the one who loved him. <br>Therefore, he gave a remnant to Jacob <br>and a root to David from his family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 23, "text": "Solomon rested with his ancestors, <br>and he left behind one of his offspring \u2014 <br>Rehoboam, a foolish man among the people, <sup>[8]</sup> one lacking understanding. <br>He caused the people to rebel <br>because of his policy, <br>led by Jeroboam, Nebat\u2019s son, <br>who made Israel sin <br>and set Ephraim on its sinful path.<br>", "comment": "[8] Heb <i>extensive in folly</i> to form a pun on the name <i>Rehoboam</i>"}, {"pk": 4112880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 24, "text": "Their sins increased greatly <br>until they were removed from their land.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 47, "verse": 25, "text": "They explored every kind of wickedness <br>until vengeance overtook them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 1, "text": "Then Elijah the prophet <br>rose up like fire, <br>and his word burned like a torch.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 2, "text": "He brought a famine upon them, <br>and he reduced their number by his zeal.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 3, "text": "By the Lord\u2019s word he shut up the sky, <br>and in the same way <br>he brought down fire three times.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 4, "text": "How glorious you were, Elijah, <br>in your amazing deeds! <br>Who will boast like you can?<br>"}, {"pk": 4112886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 5, "text": "You raised a corpse from death, <br>from the grave <sup>[1]</sup> by a word <br>of the Most High.<br>", "comment": "[1] LXX <i>Hades</i>; Heb <i>Sheol</i>"}, {"pk": 4112887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 6, "text": "You brought kings down to destruction <br>and dragged the famous <br>from their beds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 7, "text": "You heard a rebuke at Sinai <br>and decrees of punishment at Horeb.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 8, "text": "You anointed kings to bring retribution <br>and prophets to succeed you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 9, "text": "You were taken up in a whirlwind of fire <br>and in a chariot of fiery horses.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 10, "text": "It is recorded that you are ready <br>for the designated times, <br>to calm anger before it turns to wrath, <br>to turn the heart of a father to his son, <br>and to restore the tribes of Jacob.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 11, "text": "Happy are those who saw you <br>and who have fallen asleep <sup>[2]</sup> <br>in your love, <br>for we will surely live as well. <br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>died</i>"}, {"pk": 4112893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 12, "text": "Elijah was covered by the whirlwind, <br>and Elisha was filled with his spirit. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>In his time, he didn\u2019t tremble <br>before any ruler, <br>and no one oppressed him.<br>", "comment": "[3] Heb (with help of Syr) adds <i>He performed twice as many signs and marvels with every word from his mouth.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 13, "text": "Nothing was too great for him, <br>and in death his body prophesied. <sup>[4]</sup><br>", "comment": "[4] Heb <i>he did wonders</i>"}, {"pk": 4112895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 14, "text": "During his life, <br>he performed wonders, <br>and in death his accomplishments <br>were marvelous. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 15, "text": "In spite of these things, <br>the people didn\u2019t change <br>their hearts and lives, <br>and they didn\u2019t turn from their sins <br>until they were torn away <br>from their land and scattered over the whole earth. <br>The people who remained <br>were few in number, <br>but they had a ruler <br>from the house of David.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 16, "text": "Some of them did what pleased God, <br>but others sinned even more. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 17, "text": "Hezekiah strengthened <br>the city\u2019s defenses, <br>and he provided a water supply. <br>He tunneled through rock <br>with iron tools, <br>and he constructed storage tanks <br>for water.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 18, "text": "During his rule, <br>Sennacherib moved on Jerusalem, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>commissioned the field commander, <br>and departed. <br>The field commander attacked Zion, <br>and made great boasts <br>in his arrogance.<br>", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>came up</i>"}, {"pk": 4112900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 19, "text": "Then the people\u2019s hearts and hands <br>were shaken, <br>and they were in agony <br>like a woman who is in labor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 20, "text": "They called upon the Lord <br>who is merciful, <br>reaching out their hands to him. <br>The holy one at once heard them <br>from heaven, <br>and he rescued them through Isaiah.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 21, "text": "The Lord struck down <br>the camp of the Assyrians, <br>and his messenger destroyed them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 22, "text": "Hezekiah did what was pleasing <br>to the Lord, <br>and he kept to the ways of David <br>his ancestor, <br>as Isaiah the prophet, who was great <br>and whose visions were reliable, <br>had commanded. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 23, "text": "In Isaiah\u2019s time, the sun moved backward, <br>and he extended the king\u2019s life.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 24, "text": "By his great spirit, <br>he saw what was to come, <br>and he comforted those <br>who mourned in Zion.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 48, "verse": 25, "text": "He revealed forever what would be <br>and hidden things even before <br>they happened. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 1, "text": "The memory <sup>[1]</sup> of Josiah <br>is like a blend of incense, <br>prepared with skill by a perfumer. <br>It will be sweet in the mouth, like honey, <br>like music at a wine-drinking party.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>name</i>"}, {"pk": 4112908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 2, "text": "He succeeded in turning around <br>the people, <br>and he removed unlawful displays <br>of idolatry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 3, "text": "He directed his heart toward the Lord; <br>at a time of lawlessness, <br>he made devotion to God stronger. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 4, "text": "Except for David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, <br>all of them struck a bad chord, <br>because they abandoned <br>the Law of the Most High. <br>The kings of Judah came to an end.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 5, "text": "They gave their power <sup>[2]</sup> to others <br>and their glory to a foreign nation,<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>horn</i>"}, {"pk": 4112912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 6, "text": "which set fire to Jerusalem, the chosen city, and its sanctuary <br>and made its streets desolate, <br>as Jeremiah said.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 7, "text": "They mistreated him, <br>even though he had been set apart <br>from the womb to be a prophet <br>to uproot, ruin, destroy, <br>and likewise to build and plant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 8, "text": "Ezekiel saw a vision of glory, <br>when God showed him <br>the chariot of the winged creatures.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 9, "text": "He remembered the enemies <br>in the storm, <br>and favored those keeping <br>to a righteous path. <sup>[3]</sup><br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>God also remembered Job, a prophet, who held fast to all the ways of righteousness</i>."}, {"pk": 4112916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 10, "text": "May the bones of the twelve prophets <br>sprout new life from their <br>burial places, <br>because they comforted Jacob <br>and rescued them <br>with hopeful confidence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 11, "text": "How should we praise Zerubbabel? <br>He also was like a signet ring <br>on the right hand,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 12, "text": "as was Joshua, Jozadak\u2019s son. <br>In their time, they built a house <br>and raised a holy temple to the Lord, <br>prepared for everlasting glory. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 13, "text": "Nehemiah\u2019s memory is lasting; <br>he who raised our fallen walls, <br>set up gates and bars, <br>and rebuilt our buildings. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 14, "text": "No one was created on the earth <br>who was like Enoch, <br>for he was taken up from the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 15, "text": "Nor has any man been born like Joseph, <br>a leader of his brothers, <br>a support for the people. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>They took special care <br>even of his bones.<br>", "comment": "[4] Heb lacks <i>a support for the people</i>."}, {"pk": 4112922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 49, "verse": 16, "text": "Shem and Seth were honored <br>among human beings, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>and above every living thing in creation <br>was Adam. <br>", "comment": "[5] Heb adds <i>Enosh</i> to the list."}, {"pk": 4112923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 1, "text": "Simon, Onias\u2019 son, was <br>a great high priest. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>During his life, he repaired the house <br>and, in his time, <br>strengthened the temple\u2019s defenses.<br>", "comment": "[1] Heb <i>Distinguished among his brothers and the glory of his people was the high priest Simon son of Onias.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 2, "text": "He made the foundation <br>for the courtyard wall, <br>a high fortification for the <br>temple enclosure.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 3, "text": "In his time, he dug out a storage basin <br>for water, <br>a reservoir with a circumference <br>like a lake\u2019s.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 4, "text": "He gave forethought to keeping <br>his people from disaster, <br>and he strengthened the city <br>against sieges.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 5, "text": "How glorious he was as the people thronged around him <br>when he came out from behind <br>the curtain and left the temple! <sup>[2]</sup><br>", "comment": "[2] Heb <i>when he gazed out of the temple</i>"}, {"pk": 4112928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 6, "text": "Like a morning star <br>in the midst of a cloud, <br>like the full moon at the time of a feast,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 7, "text": "like the sun shining <br>on the temple of the Most High, <br>like a rainbow gleaming <br>in glorious clouds,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 8, "text": "like a rose blossom in springtime, <br>like lilies by streams of water, <br>like a fresh shoot of the incense tree <br>in the summertime,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 9, "text": "like fire and incense <br>in an incense burner, <br>like an object of hammered gold <br>adorned with all sorts <br>of precious stones,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 10, "text": "like an olive tree sprouting fruit, <br>and like a cypress towering <br>to the clouds.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 11, "text": "When he put on his glorious robe <br>and clothed himself <br>with perfect splendor, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>when he stepped up to the holy altar, <br>he brought glory to the courts <br>of the temple. <br>", "comment": "[3] Heb <i>and when he put on splendid clothes</i>"}, {"pk": 4112934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 12, "text": "When he received the portions <br>of the sacrificial animals <sup>[4]</sup> <br>from the priests\u2019 hands, <br>standing beside the altar\u2019s hearth, surrounded by a wreath of brothers, <br>he was like a new cedar of Lebanon, <br>and they surrounded him <br>like palm-tree trunks.<br>", "comment": "[4] Gk lacks <i>of the sacrificial animals.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 13, "text": "All Aaron\u2019s sons were in their glory, <br>and they held the Lord\u2019s offering <br>in their hands <br>in front of the entire assembly <br>of Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 14, "text": "When he was finishing his service <br>at the altar, <br>after he had arranged an offering <br>to the Most High, the almighty,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 15, "text": "he stretched out his hand <br>for the cup used for drink offerings <br>and he poured a libation of wine. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>He poured it out at the base <br>of the altar, <br>a pleasing aroma to the Most High, <br>the king of all.<br>", "comment": "[5] LXX <i>blood of the grape</i>"}, {"pk": 4112938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Aaron\u2019s sons cheered; <br>they blew trumpets <br>made of hammered metal <br>and caused a great sound to be heard <br>as a reminder before the Most High.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 17, "text": "Then all at once, all the people <br>put their faces to the ground, <br>bowing down to worship their Lord, <br>the almighty, God Most High. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 18, "text": "The singers, accompanied by harps, <br>sang praises with their voices; <br>they made a sweet melody <br>with a full-bodied sound.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 19, "text": "The people of the Lord Most High <br>offered prayers before the merciful one <br>until the order of the Lord\u2019s service <br>was completed, <br>and they finished their <br>worship duties to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 20, "text": "Then Simon came down <br>and raised his hands <br>over the entire assembly <br>of the Israelites <br>to give the Lord\u2019s blessing from his lips <br>and to glorify his name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 21, "text": "And they bowed down to worship <br>a second time, <br>to receive the blessing <br>from the Most High. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 22, "text": "Now bless the God of all <br>who everywhere does great things, <br>who raises us up from our birth <br>and deals mercifully with us.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 23, "text": "May he give us gladness in our hearts, <br>and may there be peace in our time, <br>in Israel as in times past.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 24, "text": "May he grant us his mercy, <br>and may he rescue us in our lifetime. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Heb in <a href='/CEB/71/50/24'>50:24</a> <i>May his kindness to Simon endure, and may he fulfill the covenant of Phineas, so that it won\u2019t be cut off from him or his descendants as long as the heavens last.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 25, "text": "My spirit takes offense at two nations, <br>and the third is not even a nation:<br>"}, {"pk": 4112948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 26, "text": "those who settled on Samaria\u2019s hills, <sup>[7]</sup> <br>the Philistines, <br>and the foolish people <br>who dwell in Shechem. <br>", "comment": "[7] Heb <i>the ones settling in Seir</i>"}, {"pk": 4112949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 27, "text": "Instruction in understanding <br>and knowledge <br>were inscribed in this scroll <br>by Jesus, Sirach\u2019s son and grandson <br>of Eleazar the Jerusalemite. <sup>[8]</sup> <br>He poured forth wisdom from his heart.<br>", "comment": "[8] LXX lacks <i>grandson;</i> Heb <i>Jesus, Eleazar\u2019s son and Sirach\u2019s grandson.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 28, "text": "Favored are those who devote their time <br>to these things; <br>when they take them to heart, <br>they will be wise.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 50, "verse": 29, "text": "Indeed, if they do these things, <br>they will be up to any task, <br>because the fear of the Lord <br>is their path. <sup>[9]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[9] LXX<sup>b </sup>adds <i>and he gave wisdom to the godly. Bless the Lord forever. Amen. Amen</i>."}, {"pk": 4112952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup>  I will give thanks to you, <br>Lord and King, <br>and I will praise you, God my savior. <br>I give thanks to your name,<br>", "comment": "[1] The title appears in Gk manuscripts."}, {"pk": 4112953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 2, "text": "because you have been <br>my protector and helper. <br>You have rescued my body <br>from destruction, <br>from the trap set <br>by a slanderous tongue, <br>from lips that fabricate lies. <br>In the presence of those who stood around me,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 3, "text": "you were my helper. <br>In line with your abundant mercy <br>and your great name, <br>you rescued me from grinding teeth prepared to devour me, <br>from the power of those <br>who wanted to take my life, <br>from the many troubles that I have had,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 4, "text": "from choking fire all around me, <br>from the midst of a fire <br>that I didn\u2019t start,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 5, "text": "from the depths of the belly <br>of the grave, <sup>[2]</sup> <br>and from a polluted tongue <br>and lying words,<br>", "comment": "[2] LXX <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4112957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 6, "text": "as well as the arrowlike <br>tongue of the unrighteous. <br>My soul approached death, <br>and my life was on the edge of the grave <sup>[3]</sup> below.<br>", "comment": "[3] LXX <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4112958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 7, "text": "People surrounded me on every side, <br>and no one helped; <br>I looked for assistance from human beings, and there was none.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 8, "text": "Then I remembered your mercy, Lord, <br>and your charity <sup>[4]</sup> from long ago, <br>that you raise up those who wait for you <br>and save them from the hands <br>of the wicked.<br>", "comment": "[4] Some Gk manuscripts work; Heb <i>faithful loyalty</i>"}, {"pk": 4112960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 9, "text": "I sent up my prayer from the earth, <br>and I begged to be rescued from death.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 10, "text": "I called out to the Lord, <br>the father of my master: <sup>[5]</sup> <br>\u201cDon\u2019t desert me in the time <br>of my distress, <br>when I am helpless before the arrogant.<br>", "comment": "[5] Heb <i>I cried out to the Lord,</i> \u201c<i>You are my father.</i>\u201d"}, {"pk": 4112962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 11, "text": "I will praise your name continually, <br>and I will sing thanksgiving hymns.\u201d <br>My prayer was heard,<br>"}, {"pk": 4112963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 12, "text": "because you saved me from destruction <br>and you rescued me from an evil time. <br>For this, I will give thanks, praise you, <br>and bless the Lord\u2019s name. <sup>[6]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[6] Between <a href='/CEB/71/51/12'>51:12</a> and 13, Heb adds a long doxology."}, {"pk": 4112964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 13, "text": "When I was still young, <br>before I had traveled, <br>I sought Wisdom openly in my prayer.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 14, "text": "In front of the temple, I asked for her, <br>and I will search for her until I die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 15, "text": "From the first blossom <br>to the ripening of the grape clusters, <br>my heart delighted in her; <br>I walked in straight paths; <br>I chased her down from my youth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 16, "text": "I paid a little attention, and I received her <br>and found much instruction for myself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 17, "text": "I made progress with her; <br>I will give glory to the one <br>who gives me Wisdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 18, "text": "I made up my mind <br>to put Wisdom into practice; <br>I sought the good, <br>and I will never be ashamed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 19, "text": "My whole being grappled with her, <br>and I was brought to perfection <br>in my performance of the Law. <br>I spread out my hands <br>toward heaven, <br>and I kept in mind <sup>[7]</sup> <br>my ignorance of her.<br>", "comment": "[7] Some Gk manuscripts <i>I mourned because of</i>"}, {"pk": 4112971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 20, "text": "I directed my whole being toward her, <br>and in purity I found her. <br> I had a heart for her <sup>[8]</sup> <br>from the beginning. <br>For this reason <br>I will never be abandoned.<br>", "comment": "[8] or <i>I acquired a heart with her</i>"}, {"pk": 4112972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 21, "text": "My guts were stirred to seek her; <br>for this reason I gained <br>a desired possession.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 22, "text": "The Lord gave me the power <br>to speak well, as my reward, <br>and I will praise him with it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4112974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 23, "text": "Draw near to me, <br>you who lack education, <br>and stay in my school.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 24, "text": "Why are you still lacking in these things; <br>why do you <sup>[9]</sup> thirst for this?<br>", "comment": "[9] Or <i>your soul</i>"}, {"pk": 4112976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 25, "text": "I opened my mouth and said, <br>\u201cAcquire <sup>[10]</sup> her for yourselves <br>without money. <br>", "comment": "[10] Heb adds <i>Wisdom.</i>"}, {"pk": 4112977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 26, "text": "Place your neck under her yoke, <br>and let your soul <br>receive instruction. <br>It is found close at hand.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4112978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 27, "text": "See for yourselves that I have labored <br>a little, <br>and I have found much rest for myself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 28, "text": "Invest in your education <br>with a great amount of silver, <br>and with it you will acquire much gold. <sup>[11]</sup><br>", "comment": "[11] Heb <i>Listen to a little of my instruction, and you will acquire silver and gold through me</i>."}, {"pk": 4112980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 29, "text": "May your whole being take delight <br>in God\u2019s mercy, <br>and may you never be ashamed <br>when you praise him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4112981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 71, "chapter": 51, "verse": 30, "text": "Accomplish your work in good time, <br>and he will give you your reward <br>in his time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that Jeremiah sent to those who would be taken as prisoners to Babylon by the Babylonian king. Jeremiah wrote to give them the instructions that God imposed upon him. <b>God\u2019s exile of Israel into Babylon</b> </pb> Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon\u2019s king, will bring you as prisoners to Babylon because of the sins that you committed in the presence of God."}, {"pk": 4115860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "When you enter Babylon, you will be there a long time, as long as seven generations. Afterward, I will bring you out from there peacefully."}, {"pk": 4115861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "In Babylon you will see gods of silver, gold, and wood paraded on the Babylonians\u2019 shoulders. These gods inspire awe among the people."}, {"pk": 4115862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Be careful that you don\u2019t become like the Gentiles, <sup>[1]</sup> letting fear of these gods grip you,", "comment": "[1] Or <i>foreigners</i>"}, {"pk": 4115863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "especially when you see large crowds of people walking in front of and behind them, worshipping them. But say to yourself, Lord, we want to worship you."}, {"pk": 4115864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "For God\u2019s <sup>[2]</sup> angel is with you, examining your souls.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>my</i>"}, {"pk": 4115865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "A carpenter smooths out the tongues of the idols. They are covered in gold and silver, but they are fake and unable to speak."}, {"pk": 4115866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The Gentiles take gold and place crowns on their gods\u2019 heads, like a young girl playing dress up."}, {"pk": 4115867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Sometimes the priests secretly take away the gold and silver from their gods to spend on themselves and give to prostitutes in the brothels."}, {"pk": 4115868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The Gentiles dress these gods of silver, gold, and wood with clothing just like people. But these idols can\u2019t be rescued from rust and rotting. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>food</i>"}, {"pk": 4115869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Even though the idols are dressed in rich purple clothing, the Gentiles have to wipe off the idols\u2019 faces because of the dust in the temple that thickly covers them."}, {"pk": 4115870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "One idol has a royal staff, like a person who is a regional judge, but the idol can\u2019t destroy the person who offends it."}, {"pk": 4115871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Another one has a dagger or an ax in its right hand, but it can\u2019t defend itself from war or robbers."}, {"pk": 4115872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Clearly they are no gods, so don\u2019t be afraid of them."}, {"pk": 4115873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Just as a person\u2019s utensil is useless after it\u2019s broken, so are the Gentiles\u2019 gods after they have been placed in their temples."}, {"pk": 4115874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Their eyes are full of dust from the feet of visitors."}, {"pk": 4115875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Even as the courtyards are locked up on every side when one is sentenced to death for doing wrong against a king, so the priests secure their temples with doors, bolts, and bars from robbers and thieves."}, {"pk": 4115876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The priests light more lamps for the idols than for themselves, but their gods can\u2019t see them."}, {"pk": 4115877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "The idols are just like the beams that support a house, but people say that their hearts melt before them. <sup>[4]</sup> They don\u2019t notice when vermin from the earth have eaten them and their clothing.", "comment": "[4] Gk uncertain; Gk lacks <i>before them</i>."}, {"pk": 4115878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Their faces have been darkened by the smoke that is in the temple."}, {"pk": 4115879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Bats, swallows, birds, and cats land on their bodies and heads."}, {"pk": 4115880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "From this you will know that they aren\u2019t gods. So don\u2019t be afraid of them."}, {"pk": 4115881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "As for the gold they wear beautifully, the idols won\u2019t shine unless someone else wipes away the rust. They didn\u2019t have any feeling when they were made."}, {"pk": 4115882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "They are purchased at great cost, but there is no breath in them."}, {"pk": 4115883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Since they have no feet, others carry them on their shoulders, demonstrating their worthlessness to people. Their servants are ashamed, since the idols fall to the ground unless they steady them and hold them up."}, {"pk": 4115884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "If anyone stands an idol up, it can\u2019t move by itself. If one is tilted over, it can\u2019t straighten itself up. Yet gifts are placed in front of them \u2014 just as people place gifts in front of the dead!"}, {"pk": 4115885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Their priests misuse the sacrifices by selling them and using the money for themselves. Their wives also preserve some of the meat, <sup>[5]</sup> but they don\u2019t share it with the poor or disabled. Menstruating <sup>[6]</sup> women and others who have just given birth have handled their sacrifices.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>Sitting apart</i><br>[5] Or <i>of them</i>"}, {"pk": 4115886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Since you know from these things that they aren\u2019t gods, don\u2019t be afraid of them."}, {"pk": 4115887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Why call them gods? Because women place food before these gods of silver, gold, and wood?"}, {"pk": 4115888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "Or because the priests sit in their temples with their garments torn, with their heads and beards shaved, and their heads uncovered?"}, {"pk": 4115889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "They howl and shout in front of their gods as some do at a funeral feast for the dead."}, {"pk": 4115890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "Yet the priests take the gods\u2019 clothing to dress their wives and children."}, {"pk": 4115891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Whether one treats them badly or well, the gods aren\u2019t able to repay in kind. They aren\u2019t able to install or remove a ruler."}, {"pk": 4115892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "They can\u2019t give either wealth or money. If someone makes a solemn promise and doesn\u2019t keep it, they can\u2019t enforce it."}, {"pk": 4115893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "They can\u2019t save a person from death or rescue a weak person from a strong one."}, {"pk": 4115894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "They can\u2019t restore sight to the blind or rescue a person in an emergency."}, {"pk": 4115895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "They can\u2019t show mercy to a widow, nor can they do any good for an orphan."}, {"pk": 4115896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "These wooden things covered in gold and silver are like stones from a mountain. Their servants will be humiliated."}, {"pk": 4115897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "So why should anyone consider or call them gods?"}, {"pk": 4115898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "In addition, even the Chaldeans dishonor them. When they see a person who is unable to speak, they bring out Bel and expect Bel to make a sound as if he were able to understand."}, {"pk": 4115899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Even after observing this, the Chaldeans themselves are unable to abandon the idols because they have no sense."}, {"pk": 4115900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "The women, with cords wrapped around them, sit along the streets and burn corn husks as incense."}, {"pk": 4115901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "When one of these women is dragged away by someone to have sex, she makes fun of the one nearest her by saying that the other woman wasn\u2019t as worthy as she, nor has the woman\u2019s cord been broken."}, {"pk": 4115902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "Everything that is done for the gods is phony. So why should anyone consider or call them gods?"}, {"pk": 4115903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "Carpenters and goldsmiths make them. They can be only what these designers want them to be."}, {"pk": 4115904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "Their creators won\u2019t live long themselves, so how can the things they have made be gods?"}, {"pk": 4115905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "These designers leave behind something fake and disgraceful for those who come after them."}, {"pk": 4115906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "When war or disasters come, the priests consult with each other about where they may hide along with the idols."}, {"pk": 4115907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "So how can one not grasp that they aren\u2019t gods? They can\u2019t save themselves from war or other disasters."}, {"pk": 4115908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "After such events as this, the idols, made of wood and covered in gold and silver, will be recognized as fake. It will be clear to the nations and to the rulers that they aren\u2019t gods but human creations. There\u2019s nothing divine about them."}, {"pk": 4115909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "Who then doesn\u2019t realize that they aren\u2019t gods?"}, {"pk": 4115910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "They could never raise up a ruler over a country or provide rain for people."}, {"pk": 4115911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "They can\u2019t render a verdict in their own cases, nor can they save those falsely accused, because the idols are powerless. They are like crows between the sky and the earth."}, {"pk": 4115912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "When a fire breaks out in the home of their wooden gods covered in gold and silver, their priests will run and save themselves, but the gods will be destroyed like the supporting beams."}, {"pk": 4115913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 55, "text": "The idols can\u2019t stand up against kings or enemies in war."}, {"pk": 4115914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 56, "text": "So why should anyone consider or call them gods?"}, {"pk": 4115915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 57, "text": "The wooden gods covered in gold and silver can\u2019t be saved from thieves and robbers, who will take away the gold, silver, and clothing that the idols wear. They won\u2019t be able to protect themselves."}, {"pk": 4115916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 58, "text": "It\u2019s better to be a ruler who has courage or a household utensil that the owner can actually use than to be fake gods. The door of a house, which keeps safe the things that are in it, is better than fake gods. A wooden column in a palace is better than these fake gods."}, {"pk": 4115917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 59, "text": "The sun, moon, and stars are bright, and they willingly obey when given an order."}, {"pk": 4115918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 60, "text": "Also lightning is widely seen when it flashes and draws attention. The wind also blows in every land."}, {"pk": 4115919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 61, "text": "When God commands the clouds to move across the whole world, they carry out the order. When the fire is sent out from above to destroy mountains and forests, it accomplishes what it is ordered to do."}, {"pk": 4115920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 62, "text": "But the idols can\u2019t be compared with such forces of nature in appearance or ability."}, {"pk": 4115921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 63, "text": "There\u2019s no reason at all to believe in them or call them gods. They aren\u2019t able to judge anyone\u2019s case or do good for anyone."}, {"pk": 4115922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 64, "text": "Since you know they aren\u2019t gods, don\u2019t be afraid of them."}, {"pk": 4115923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 65, "text": "They can\u2019t curse or bless rulers."}, {"pk": 4115924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 66, "text": "They can\u2019t show signs in the sky among the nations or shine like the sun or give light like the moon."}, {"pk": 4115925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 67, "text": "The animals are better off than the idols, for they are able to run for shelter and help themselves."}, {"pk": 4115926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 68, "text": "It is obvious to us that the idols aren\u2019t gods. So don\u2019t be afraid of them."}, {"pk": 4115927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 69, "text": "As a scarecrow in a cucumber field offers no protection, so do <sup>[7]</sup> their wooden gods covered in gold and silver.", "comment": "[7] Or <i>are</i>"}, {"pk": 4115928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 70, "text": "In the same way, their wooden gods covered in gold and silver could be compared to a briar patch where every bird perches or to a dead body thrown out into the darkness."}, {"pk": 4115929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 71, "text": "From the purple cloth \u2014 and the marble that decays and crumbles <sup>[8]</sup> on them \u2014 you will know they aren\u2019t gods. Later they themselves will be devoured, and it will be a disgrace in the land.", "comment": "[8] Gk lacks <i>and crumbles.</i>"}, {"pk": 4115930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 72, "chapter": 1, "verse": 72, "text": "So it is better to be a righteous person without any idols. That person will be far removed from disgrace."}, {"pk": 4115931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "These are the words of the scroll that Baruch \u2014 son of Neriah son of Mahseiah son of Zedekiah son of Hasadiah son of Hilkiah \u2014 wrote in Babylon"}, {"pk": 4115932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "in the fifth year on the seventh day of the month at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it down."}, {"pk": 4115933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Baruch read the words of this scroll aloud to Judah\u2019s King Jeconiah, Jehoiakim\u2019s son, and to all the people who came to hear the reading of the scroll,"}, {"pk": 4115934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "and to the powerful ones, the rulers\u2019 sons, the elders, and all the people, from the least important to the greatest, and to all the ones who lived in Babylon by the Sud River."}, {"pk": 4115935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "They wept, fasted, and prayed before the Lord."}, {"pk": 4115936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "They collected silver from everyone able to give, and"}, {"pk": 4115937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "they sent it to Jerusalem to the priest Jehoiakim, Hilkiah\u2019s son, Shallum\u2019s grandson, and to the other priests, and to all the people who were with Jehoiakim in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4115938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "During the same time, on the tenth day of Sivan, <sup>[1]</sup> Baruch took the equipment from the Lord\u2019s house that had been removed from the temple \u2014 the silver equipment that Judah\u2019s King Zedekiah, Josiah\u2019s son, had made \u2014 to return it to Judah.", "comment": "[1] May\u2013June"}, {"pk": 4115939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[8]</sup> (This occurred after Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar removed Jeconiah, the leading officials, the prisoners, the powerful ones, and the land\u2019s people from Jerusalem, and brought them <sup>[2]</sup> to Babylon.)", "comment": "[2] Or <i>him</i>"}, {"pk": 4115940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "And the people in exile said: We have sent you silver. Buy what is needed for entirely burned offerings and sin offerings. Buy incense and prepare grain as well, and offer them on the Lord our God\u2019s altar."}, {"pk": 4115941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Pray for the lives of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his son Belshazzar that their days on earth may be like the days of heaven."}, {"pk": 4115942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The Lord will give us strength and clear vision. We\u2019ll live under the protection of King Nebuchadnezzar and his son Belshazzar, and we\u2019ll serve them many days and find favor with them."}, {"pk": 4115943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Pray for us to the Lord our God because we have sinned against the Lord our God. Even now, the Lord\u2019s wrath and anger haven\u2019t turned away from us."}, {"pk": 4115944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Read aloud this scroll that we sent to you to make it public in the Lord\u2019s house on every festival day and appointed time."}, {"pk": 4115945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "You will say: Justice is on the side of the Lord God, but public shame is upon us today, upon everyone in Judah, upon those living in Jerusalem,"}, {"pk": 4115946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "and upon our rulers, leading officials, priests, prophets, and ancestors,"}, {"pk": 4115947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "upon all of us who have sinned against the Lord."}, {"pk": 4115948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "We have disobeyed the Lord. We have not listened to the Lord God\u2019s voice so as to keep the commandments that he gave to us."}, {"pk": 4115949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "From the day when the Lord brought our ancestors from the land of Egypt until today, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God and have acted carelessly by not listening to his voice."}, {"pk": 4115950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Therefore, to this day horrible things have come upon us, even the curse that the Lord ordered through Moses his servant in the day when he brought our ancestors out of Egypt to give us a prosperous land full of milk and honey."}, {"pk": 4115951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "But we didn\u2019t listen to the Lord God\u2019s voice through the prophets whom he sent to us."}, {"pk": 4115952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "All of us went off in the direction of our own evil hearts, serving other gods and doing horrible things in the presence of our Lord God."}, {"pk": 4115953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The Lord carried out the word that he spoke against us, against Israel\u2019s judges, rulers, leading officials, and every person of Israel and Judah."}, {"pk": 4115954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "What God did in Jerusalem hadn\u2019t been done anywhere under heaven, just as was written in the Law from Moses."}, {"pk": 4115955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Some of us ate the flesh of our sons and daughters."}, {"pk": 4115956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "God handed them over to be subjects of all the kingdoms around us \u2014 objects of insult and outcasts wherever the Lord scattered them."}, {"pk": 4115957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "They were brought down and not lifted up, because we sinned against the Lord our God by not listening to his voice."}, {"pk": 4115958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Justice is on the side of the Lord our God, but public shame is upon us and upon our ancestors to this very day."}, {"pk": 4115959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "All these horrible things that the Lord had spoken came on us."}, {"pk": 4115960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "But we didn\u2019t plead with the Lord so as to turn each one of us from the designs of our wicked hearts."}, {"pk": 4115961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Thus has the Lord kept watch over our wicked deeds and brought this upon us. The Lord is just in every action that he commanded us to do,"}, {"pk": 4115962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "but we didn\u2019t listen to the Lord\u2019s voice to walk by the commandments that the Lord gave to us."}, {"pk": 4115963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Now Lord God of Israel, you brought your people from Egypt by a powerful hand, by signs and wonders, with great power and an extended arm, and you have made your name famous to this very day."}, {"pk": 4115964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Lord our God, we have sinned. We were ungodly. We have broken all of your commandments."}, {"pk": 4115965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Turn your anger away from us, for only a few of us remain among the nations where you have scattered us."}, {"pk": 4115966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Lord, listen to our prayer and our pleading. For your own sake, set us free and give us favor with those who have brought us into exile"}, {"pk": 4115967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "so that all the earth might know that you are the Lord our God, since Israel and her children carry your name."}, {"pk": 4115968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Lord, look down on us from your holy house and think of us. Lord, bend your ear and listen."}, {"pk": 4115969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Lord, open your eyes and look upon us. Surely the dead who are in the grave, <sup>[1]</sup> whose spirit has been taken from their bodies, won\u2019t acknowledge the Lord\u2019s glory and justice!", "comment": "[1] Gr <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4115970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "But Lord, the one who is grieved, who goes about weak and bent over, whose eyes are failing and whose spirit is hungering \u2014 that one will acknowledge your glory and righteousness."}, {"pk": 4115971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Lord our God, we are not basing our prayer for mercy on any righteous actions of our ancestors and rulers."}, {"pk": 4115972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "You\u2019ve sent your anger and wrath on us just as you spoke through your servants the prophets. You said:"}, {"pk": 4115973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cThe Lord says: \u2018Bend your shoulders and serve the king of Babylon, and then you\u2019ll reside in the land that I gave to your ancestors."}, {"pk": 4115974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "But if you don\u2019t listen to the Lord\u2019s voice and serve the king of Babylon,"}, {"pk": 4115975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "I\u2019ll bring an end to the sound of joy and gladness and the celebration of marriage from the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem. The whole land will be a wasteland without life.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4115976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "But we didn\u2019t listen to your voice, to serve the king of Babylon, so you have carried out the words that you spoke through your servants the prophets. The bones of our rulers and ancestors were brought out of their tombs."}, {"pk": 4115977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Look, their bones have been thrown out into the heat of the day and the frost of the night. They died by many horrors, from famine, sword, and exile."}, {"pk": 4115978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "Because of Israel\u2019s and Judah\u2019s evil, you have made the house that carries your name what it is today."}, {"pk": 4115979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Lord our God, you have acted toward us in line with your great kindness and your great compassion,"}, {"pk": 4115980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "just as you spoke through your servant Moses on the day when you commanded him to write your Law in the presence of the Israelites. You said:"}, {"pk": 4115981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "If you don\u2019t listen to my voice, this great buzzing crowd will certainly turn into a small one among the nations where I\u2019ll scatter them."}, {"pk": 4115982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "I knew that they wouldn\u2019t listen to me, because they are stubborn. But they will change their hearts while in the land of captivity."}, {"pk": 4115983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "They will know that I am the Lord their God, and I\u2019ll give them a heart and ears that listen."}, {"pk": 4115984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "They will praise me in the land of their captivity, and they will remember my name."}, {"pk": 4115985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "They will turn away from their stubborn side and their wicked actions, because they will remember what happened to their ancestors who sinned in the Lord\u2019s presence."}, {"pk": 4115986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "I\u2019ll bring them back to the land that I promised in a solemn pledge to their ancestors \u2014 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob \u2014 and they will rule it. And I\u2019ll repopulate the land, and they will never decrease."}, {"pk": 4115987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "I\u2019ll make an eternal covenant with them that I will be their God and they will be my people. I\u2019ll never again remove my people Israel from the land that I have given them."}, {"pk": 4115988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Lord Almighty, God of Israel, a soul under great stress and a wearied spirit cry out to you."}, {"pk": 4115989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Lord, listen and have mercy, because we\u2019ve sinned in your presence,"}, {"pk": 4115990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "because you are enthroned for all time, and we are perishing for all time."}, {"pk": 4115991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Lord Almighty, God of Israel, listen now to the prayers of those who have died in Israel and the prayers of the children of those who kept sinning before you, who didn\u2019t listen to the Lord their God. Horrible things continue to trouble us."}, {"pk": 4115992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Don\u2019t remember our ancestors\u2019 unjust actions, but remember your power and your reputation at this time,"}, {"pk": 4115993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "because you, Lord, are our God, and we\u2019ll praise you."}, {"pk": 4115994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "You have planted respect for you in our hearts so that we\u2019ll call on your name. We\u2019ll praise you in this land far from home, for we have put away from our hearts all the injustice of our fathers who sinned before you."}, {"pk": 4115995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Today we are far from home, where you have scattered us as an insult, a curse, and a penalty due to all the unjust actions of our ancestors, who deserted the Lord our God."}, {"pk": 4115996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "Hear, Israel, the commandments of life. <br>Listen carefully, and you\u2019ll come to know Wisdom.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Why is it, Israel, that you are in the enemies\u2019 land, <br>growing old in a foreign land,<br>"}, {"pk": 4115998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "polluted by the dead, <br>and counted as people <br>already in the grave? <sup>[1]</sup><br>", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4115999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "You have abandoned the fountain <br>from which wisdom flows.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "If you had walked in the way of God, <br>you would be living in peace forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Learn where there are wisdom, strength, and understanding <br>so that you may know at the same time <br>where there are longevity, life, understanding, <sup>[2]</sup> and peace.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>light for the eyes</i>"}, {"pk": 4116002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Who has found her place of residence, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>and who has entered <br>her storehouses?<br>", "comment": "[3] Gk lacks <i>of residence.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Where are the leading officials <br>of the nations <br>and the masters of the animals <br>that are on the earth?<br>"}, {"pk": 4116004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Where are those who entrap <br>the birds in the sky, <br>and those who store up silver and gold, in which humans have trusted? <br>There is no end to their attempts <br>to acquire more.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Where are those who anxiously schemed to acquire silver? <br>There is no trace of their actions.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "They have all vanished <br>and gone to the grave, <sup>[4]</sup> <br>and others have risen up in their place.<br>", "comment": "[4] Gk <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4116007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "New generations have seen the light <br>and lived on the earth, <br>but they didn\u2019t know <br>the way of knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "They didn\u2019t understand her paths <br>or take hold of her. <br>Their children also went far off course.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "She hadn\u2019t been heard of in Canaan <br>or seen in Teman.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Hagar\u2019s children, <br>who seek earthly understanding, <br>the traders of Merran and Teman, <br>the storytellers and knowledge seekers, <br>haven\u2019t learned the way of Wisdom, <br>nor have they remembered her paths.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Israel, how great is God\u2019s house <br>and spacious is God\u2019s domain!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "It is great and has no end; <br>it is high and immeasurable!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "The giants were born there, <br>the famous ones <br>from the beginning of time, <br>who were very large <br>and experts in war.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "God didn\u2019t select them or give them <br>the way of true knowledge.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "So they perished <br>because they didn\u2019t have Wisdom; <br>they perished <br>through their carelessness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "Who went into heaven, took Wisdom, <br>and brought her down from the clouds?<br>"}, {"pk": 4116017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "Who crossed over to the other side of the sea and found her, <br>and who will bring her back <br>with choice gold?<br>"}, {"pk": 4116018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "No one knows the road she takes <br>or thinks much about <br>the path she travels.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "But the one who knows all things <br>knows her; <br>God found her by his understanding; <br>the one who made the earth <br>for time eternal, <br>and filled it with four-footed animals;<br>"}, {"pk": 4116020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "the one who sends the light <br>and it shines forth; <br>who called it <br>and it obeyed him with trembling.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "The stars shone at their appointed posts and were delighted. <br>God called them, <br>and the stars said, \u201cHere we are.\u201d <br>They shone joyfully <br>for the one who made them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "This is our God. <br>No other will be compared to him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "God discovered every way of knowledge <br>and gave her to his child <sup>[5]</sup> Jacob, <br>to Israel, whom he loved.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>servant</i>"}, {"pk": 4116024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "After this, she appeared on the earth <br>and lived among humans. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "She is the scroll containing God\u2019s commandments, <br>the Law that exists forever. <br>All who hold on to her will live, <br>but those who desert her will die.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "Jacob, turn and grab on to her. <br>Travel toward the rays <br>coming from her light.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t give your honor to another <br>or your advantages to a foreign nation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Israel, we are blessed <br>because we know <br>what is pleasing to God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Be confident, my people, <br>you who are the legacy of Israel!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "You weren\u2019t sold to the nations <br>for complete destruction, <br>but you were handed over <br>to your opponents <br>because you made God angry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "You upset your creator <br>when you sacrificed to demons <br>and not to God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "You forgot the eternal God <br>who raised you; <br>and you caused pain to Jerusalem, <br>who nurtured you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Jerusalem saw the wrath of God <br>that came on you and said: <br>Neighbors of Zion, listen! <br>God has brought me great grief.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "I have watched my sons and daughters taken captive, <br>the action of the eternal one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "I nursed them joyfully, <br>but I sent them away <br>with tears and mourning. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t any of you rejoice over me, <br>a widow deserted by many. <br>My children avoided God\u2019s Law, <br>so I was stripped bare <br>because of their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "They didn\u2019t acknowledge <br>God\u2019s requirements, <br>walk in the ways of <br>God\u2019s commandments, <br>or follow the paths in which <br>his righteousness trained them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Neighbors of Zion, come! <br>Remember the exile <br>my sons and daughters suffered, <br>brought on them by the eternal one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "God brought a nation <br>from far away against them, <br>a nation that is shameless <br>and speaks a strange language, <br>that showed no respect for the elderly or pity for the child.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "It <sup>[1]</sup> took away the widow\u2019s <br>dearly loved sons <br>and deprived the lonely woman <br>of her daughters.<br>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4116041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "But how am I able to help you?<br>"}, {"pk": 4116042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "The one who brought <br>the horrible things on you <br>will rescue you <br>from your enemies\u2019 grasp.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Go, children, go, <br>for I have been left desolate.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "I\u2019ve stripped off the robe of peace and put on the rough cloth of mourners. <br>I\u2019ll spend my days crying out <br>to the eternal one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "Children, be confident! Cry out to God! <br>God will rescue you from your enemies\u2019 authority and grip.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "I have placed hope in the eternal one <br>for your salvation; <br>the holy one has sent me joy, <br>because your eternal savior <br>will soon have mercy on you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "I sent you away <br>with mourning and wailing, <br>but God will restore you to me <br>with gladness and joy forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "Just as Zion\u2019s neighbors <br>have now seen your exile, <br>they\u2019ll also soon see <br>God\u2019s deliverance of you; <br>it will come to you with all the glory and splendor of the eternal one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Children, bear up patiently <br>under God\u2019s anger, <br>which has come on you. <br>Your enemy has hunted you down, <br>but you\u2019ll soon see their destruction. <br>Then you\u2019ll step on their throats.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "My delicate children <br>have traveled rough roads. <br>They were taken as a flock <br>snatched away by enemies.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Children, be confident! <br>Cry out to God, <br>for the one who brought this on you will remember you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Just as you plotted <br>to stray away from God, <br>return with ten times as much effort <br>to seek him out.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "The one who brought <br>these horrible things on you <br>will bring you eternal joy <br>along with your deliverance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "Jerusalem, be confident! <br>The one who named you will comfort you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Misery will fall upon those <br>who mistreated you <br>and celebrated your fall.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Misery will fall upon the cities <br>that enslaved your young. <br>Misery will fall upon the cities <sup>[2]</sup> <br>that received your children.<br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>the city</i>"}, {"pk": 4116057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "Just as the enemy <sup>[3]</sup> celebrated your fall <br>and rejoiced at your misfortune, <br>she herself will feel the pain <br>of being left desolate.<br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>he</i>"}, {"pk": 4116058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "I\u2019ll strip away the pride <br>she has in her great population, <br>and turn her arrogance into grief.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "The eternal one will send fire on her <br>for many days, <br>and demons will inhabit her <br>for a long time.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Jerusalem, look to the east <br>and see the joy that is coming <br>to you from God.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "The children you sent away are coming. <br>By the holy one\u2019s word, <br>they are coming from the east <br>and the west, <br>rejoicing in God\u2019s glory. <br>"}, {"pk": 4116062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Take off your mourning clothes <br>and oppression, Jerusalem! <br>Dress yourself in the dignity <br>of God\u2019s glory forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Wrap the justice that comes from God around yourself like a robe. <br>Place the eternal one\u2019s glory <br>on your head like a crown.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "God will show your brilliance everywhere under heaven.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "God will give you this name <br>by which to be called forever: <br>The Peace That Comes from Justice, <br>The Honor That Comes <br>from Reverence for God!<br>"}, {"pk": 4116066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Get up, Jerusalem! <br>Stand on the high place, <br>and look around to the east! <br>See your children gathered <br>from the west to the east <br>by the holy one\u2019s word, <br>as they rejoice that God has remembered them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "They went out from you on foot, <br>driven along by their enemies, <br>but God will bring them back to you, <br>carried aloft with glory <br>as on a royal throne.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "God has ordered every high mountain and the eternal hills <br>to be brought down, <br>and the valleys to be filled in <br>to level the ground <br>so that Israel may walk safely <br>in God\u2019s glory.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "The woods and every fragrant tree <br>have shaded Israel <br>with God\u2019s command.<br>"}, {"pk": 4116070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 73, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "God will lead Israel with gladness <br>by the light that shines forth <br>from his glory, <br>with the mercy and righteousness <br>that come from him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Alexander was Philip\u2019s son, a Macedonian, one of the western peoples known as the Kittim. After Alexander became king of Greece, he defeated King Darius, who ruled the Persians and the Medes. By doing so, Alexander greatly enlarged his realm."}, {"pk": 4118857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "He successfully fought many battles, conquered fortresses, and put to death many kings."}, {"pk": 4118858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "He advanced to the very ends of the known earth, plundering nation after nation. Finally, his battles reached an end, and he was widely recognized as supreme king, which made him proud."}, {"pk": 4118859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He built a very strong army and ruled countries, nations, and princes; and they all owed allegiance to him."}, {"pk": 4118860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "But eventually Alexander fell sick and was confined to bed. He knew that he was dying."}, {"pk": 4118861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "He therefore called for his most esteemed officers, those who had been raised with him; and he divided his kingdom among them while he was still alive."}, {"pk": 4118862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Alexander died, having ruled for twelve years. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] 323 BCE"}, {"pk": 4118863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Subsequently, his officers began to rule, each in his own territory."}, {"pk": 4118864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "They ruled as kings, and after them their descendants ruled for many years. Together they caused much suffering across the earth."}, {"pk": 4118865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "From these descendants sprouted a sinful root \u2014 Antiochus Epiphanes. He was a son of King Antiochus, and he had been brought up in Rome as a hostage. Antiochus Epiphanes began to rule in the year 137 <sup>[2]</sup> according to the calendar of the Greek kingdom.", "comment": "[2] 175 BCE"}, {"pk": 4118866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "At that time, some renegade Israelites emerged. These people went against their ancestral laws and encouraged many other Jews to join them. They spoke up, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s make an agreement with the Gentiles around us, because many horrible things have happened to us since we separated ourselves from them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "The proposal pleased their fellow Jews."}, {"pk": 4118868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Some of them eagerly went to King Antiochus, who gave them permission to start living by the laws of the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4118869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Consequently, they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem, following Gentile custom."}, {"pk": 4118870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "They even took steps to remove the marks of circumcision, utterly abandoning the holy covenant. They joined with Gentiles and gave themselves over to an evil course."}, {"pk": 4118871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "When Antiochus felt that his own kingdom was fully established, he determined also to take control of the land of Egypt so that he could rule over both kingdoms."}, {"pk": 4118872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "He invaded Egypt with a very strong force, including soldiers in chariots and on elephants, as well as cavalry and a large fleet."}, {"pk": 4118873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "When Antiochus met the Egyptian king Ptolemy in battle, Ptolemy and his forces hastily retreated. Many were wounded and killed."}, {"pk": 4118874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Antiochus and his forces were able to capture the fortified cities in Egypt and plunder the land."}, {"pk": 4118875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "After he conquered Egypt, Antiochus returned in the year 143. <sup>[3]</sup> He went up to Israel and entered Jerusalem with a strong force.", "comment": "[3] 169 BCE"}, {"pk": 4118876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "With arrogance he went into the sanctuary. He took the gold altar, the lampstand for the light, and all its equipment."}, {"pk": 4118877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "He also took the table that was used for the sacred bread, drink-offering cups, bowls, gold censers, a curtain, crowns, and the gold decoration on the front of the temple. He stripped it all."}, {"pk": 4118878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "He took silver, gold, and costly equipment. He took every hidden treasure he could find."}, {"pk": 4118879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Taking it all, he went back to his own land. He committed murder and spoke very arrogantly."}, {"pk": 4118880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Every community in Israel <br>grieved deeply.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Rulers and elders groaned; <br>young women and men became faint. <br>The women\u2019s beauty faded.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Every bridegroom was saddened, <br>and intended brides sat <br>mourning in their chambers.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Even the land shook for its people, <br>and all of Jacob\u2019s house <br>was clothed with shame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Two years later, <sup>[4]</sup> to collect tribute from the Judean cities, King Antiochus sent his chief officer, who came to Jerusalem with a large army.", "comment": "[4] 167 BCE"}, {"pk": 4118885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The agent spoke peaceably and the Jews believed him, but he was deceitful. Without warning, he attacked the city, dealt it a brutal blow, and killed many Israelites."}, {"pk": 4118886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "He plundered the city. He set fires within it, destroyed its houses, and tore down its protective walls."}, {"pk": 4118887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "His forces took women and children as prisoners and seized livestock."}, {"pk": 4118888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "After all of this, the agent\u2019s forces fortified David\u2019s City with a very strong wall and powerful towers, and it became their fortress."}, {"pk": 4118889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "They stationed sinful, immoral people there, and these soldiers held down their position."}, {"pk": 4118890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "They stocked up with weapons and food, collected the spoils of Jerusalem, and stored them there. They were a great menace."}, {"pk": 4118891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "They <sup>[5]</sup> ambushed the sanctuary. <br>They were an evil opponent of Israel <br>at all times.<br>", "comment": "[5] Or <i>It</i>"}, {"pk": 4118892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Its inhabitants shed innocent blood <br>all around the sanctuary, <br>and they even polluted <br>the sanctuary itself.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Because of them, <br>those who lived in Jerusalem fled. <br>The city became <br>a dwelling place for strangers. <br>She was like a stranger to her offspring, <br>and her children abandoned her.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Her sanctuary was as barren as a desert. <br>Her feasts turned into mourning, <br>her sabbaths into shame, <br>her honor into contempt.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "Her dishonor became as great <br>as her glory had been. <br>Her joy turned into sadness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Then King Antiochus sent word throughout his entire kingdom that everyone should act like one people,"}, {"pk": 4118897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "giving up their local customs. The Gentile nations all readily accepted the king\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4118898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "Many Jews also willingly adopted the king\u2019s religion. They sacrificed to idols and violated the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4118899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "The king sent messengers carrying letters to Jerusalem and the surrounding towns of Judah. He directed Jews to follow customs that had been unknown in the land."}, {"pk": 4118900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "He banned the regular practices of entirely burned offerings, sacrifices, and drink offerings in the sanctuary. He banned the observance of sabbaths and feast days."}, {"pk": 4118901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "The sanctuary and its priests were to be defiled."}, {"pk": 4118902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "They should build new altars, together with sacred precincts and shrines for idols. They should sacrifice pigs and other ritually impure animals."}, {"pk": 4118903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "Jews were no longer to circumcise their sons. They were supposed to make themselves repulsive to God by doing unclean and improper acts."}, {"pk": 4118904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "All of this was intended to make them forget the Law and change its regulations."}, {"pk": 4118905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "Whoever didn\u2019t obey the king would die."}, {"pk": 4118906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "In this way, Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom. He appointed inspectors over all the people, and commanded the Jewish communities to offer pagan sacrifices, town by town."}, {"pk": 4118907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "Many Jewish people, those who abandoned the Law, followed suit and did evil in the land."}, {"pk": 4118908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "The king\u2019s inspectors <sup>[6]</sup> drove Israel into hiding in every place of refuge they had available.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>They</i>"}, {"pk": 4118909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "Now on the fifteenth day of Kislev, <sup>[7]</sup> in the year 145, they set up a disgusting and destructive thing on the altar for entirely burned offerings in the sanctuary. The inspectors <sup>[8]</sup> built other altars in the surrounding Judean towns.", "comment": "[7] November\u2013December<br>[8] Or <i>They</i>"}, {"pk": 4118910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 55, "text": "They burned incense at the doors of houses and in the streets."}, {"pk": 4118911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 56, "text": "When they found the Law scrolls, they tore them to pieces and burned them."}, {"pk": 4118912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 57, "text": "If anyone was caught in possession of a copy of the covenant scroll or if anyone kept to the Law, that person was condemned to death by royal decree."}, {"pk": 4118913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 58, "text": "They were unrelenting in attacking Israelites, all those who were identified as law-observant month after month throughout the towns."}, {"pk": 4118914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 59, "text": "On the twenty-fifth day of the month they offered sacrifice on the altar built over the altar for entirely burned offerings."}, {"pk": 4118915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 60, "text": "In keeping with the decree, they killed women who had circumcised their sons."}, {"pk": 4118916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 61, "text": "They hanged the infant boys from their mothers\u2019 necks. The king\u2019s agents also killed the families of the women as well as those who had performed the circumcisions."}, {"pk": 4118917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 62, "text": "But many in Israel stood strong, and they resolved in their hearts not to eat impure food."}, {"pk": 4118918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 63, "text": "They chose to die rather than to be defiled by the food or to dishonor the holy covenant. And they did die."}, {"pk": 4118919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 1, "verse": 64, "text": "A great anger came against Israel."}, {"pk": 4118920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "In those days a priest from Joarib\u2019s family named Mattathias, the son of John and grandson of Simeon, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein."}, {"pk": 4118921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "He had five sons: John, who had the surname Gaddi;"}, {"pk": 4118922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Simon, called Thassi;"}, {"pk": 4118923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Judas, called Maccabeus;"}, {"pk": 4118924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Eleazar, called Avaran; and Jonathan, called Apphus."}, {"pk": 4118925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Mattathias saw the offensive actions against God that were taking place in Judah and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4118926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "He said: \u201cHorrible! Why was I born to see this \u2014 <br>the ruin of my people, <br>the ruin of the holy city? <br>Why was I born to live there when it was given over to the enemy, <br>and when the sanctuary <br>was given over to strangers?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Her temple has become <br>like a person stripped of honor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "Her glorious equipment <br>has been taken away into exile. <br>Her babies have been killed <br>in her streets, <br>her young people <br>by the enemy\u2019s sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Is there a nation that hasn\u2019t <br>taken away some part of her majesty <br>and seized upon her loot?<br>"}, {"pk": 4118930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "All her adornment has been taken away. <br>She is no longer free, <br>but is instead a slave.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Look! Our holy place, our beauty, <br>and our glory have all been destroyed. <br>The Gentiles have trampled them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Why should we live any longer?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4118933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Then Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes and put on mourning clothes, and they lamented."}, {"pk": 4118934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "At that time, the king\u2019s officers were enforcing the decrees to give up Jewish practice. They came to the town of Modein to make its people offer pagan sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4118935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Many from Israel came out to them, including Mattathias and his sons."}, {"pk": 4118936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Then the king\u2019s officers spoke to Mattathias: \u201cYou\u2019re a leader, honored and important in this town, and supported by sons and brothers."}, {"pk": 4118937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "Be the first to come and do what the king has commanded, as have all the Gentiles, the people of Judah, and those who are left in Jerusalem. Then you and your sons will be counted among the king\u2019s closest political advisors; you and your sons will be honored with silver, gold, and many gifts.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "But Mattathias answered loudly, \u201cEven if all the nations that live under the king\u2019s rule obey him and have chosen to follow his orders, departing from their ancestral religion,"}, {"pk": 4118939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "My sons and brothers and I will continue to live according to our ancestors\u2019 covenant."}, {"pk": 4118940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "We will never abandon the Law and its commands!"}, {"pk": 4118941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "We won\u2019t obey the king\u2019s orders by turning aside from our religion to either the right or the left.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "When he finished speaking, a Jew came forward in plain sight to offer sacrifice on the altar in Modein, in keeping with the king\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4118943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "When Mattathias saw this action, he burned with zeal, and his spirit was stirred up. He gave way to his righteous anger, and he ran over and killed the man on the altar."}, {"pk": 4118944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "He also killed the king\u2019s officer who was overseeing the sacrifice at that time, and he tore down the altar."}, {"pk": 4118945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "He burned with zeal for the Law, just like Phinehas did against Zimri, Salu\u2019s son."}, {"pk": 4118946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Then Mattathias shouted loudly in the town, \u201cEveryone who is zealous for the Law and supports the covenant should come with me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "So he and his sons fled to the hills and left behind all that they had in the town."}, {"pk": 4118948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "At that time, many who sought righteousness and justice went to live in the desert."}, {"pk": 4118949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "They were there with their sons, their wives, and their livestock because troubles pressed heavily on them."}, {"pk": 4118950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "The king\u2019s officers and the troops in Jerusalem, David\u2019s City, learned that those who had rejected the king\u2019s command had gone down to hiding places in the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4118951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "Many pursued and overtook them. The king\u2019s military forces camped opposite them and prepared for battle against them on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4118952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "They said to them: \u201cEnough of this! Come out and do what the king commands, and you will live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "But the Israelites replied: \u201cWe won\u2019t come out, and we won\u2019t do what the king commands and so violate the Sabbath.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "So the enemy immediately attacked them."}, {"pk": 4118955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "Still they didn\u2019t answer or throw a rock at them or even block up their hiding places."}, {"pk": 4118956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "They said, \u201cLet\u2019s all die in our innocence. Heaven and earth testify on our behalf that you are killing us unjustly.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "So the troops attacked them on the Sabbath. They died, with their wives and children and livestock, as many as one thousand people."}, {"pk": 4118958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "When Mattathias and his friends learned about this, they deeply mourned for the dead."}, {"pk": 4118959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "They said to each other: \u201cIf we all do as our people have done and refuse to fight against the Gentiles for our lives and our commandments, they will soon eliminate us from the earth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "So they decided that day: \u201cWe will fight against anyone who comes to attack us on the Sabbath. Let\u2019s not all die as our people did in their hiding places.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "At that time a company of Hasideans, <sup>[1]</sup> mighty warriors of Israel, united with them. They offered their lives willingly for the Law.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the pious ones</i>"}, {"pk": 4118962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "Others who became fugitives to escape their troubles joined them as well and reinforced them."}, {"pk": 4118963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "Together they organized an army. In their fury, they struck down sinners and renegades. Survivors fled to the Gentiles for safety."}, {"pk": 4118964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "Mattathias and his friends went around tearing down the altars to other gods. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Gk lacks <i>to other gods.</i>"}, {"pk": 4118965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "They forcibly circumcised boys whom they found uncircumcised within the borders of Israel."}, {"pk": 4118966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "They hunted down arrogant people, and their missions were successful."}, {"pk": 4118967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 48, "text": "They rescued the Law from the power of the Gentiles and kings, and they never let the sinner regain power."}, {"pk": 4118968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 49, "text": "Now the days drew near for Mattathias to die, and he spoke to his sons: \u201cArrogance and contempt are present everywhere. It is a time of ruin and raging anger."}, {"pk": 4118969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 50, "text": "Now, my children, demonstrate zeal for the Law, and give your lives for our ancestors\u2019 covenant."}, {"pk": 4118970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 51, "text": "\u201cRemember the deeds of the ancestors, which they did in their day, and you will inherit great honor and everlasting remembrance."}, {"pk": 4118971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 52, "text": "Wasn\u2019t Abraham found faithful when he was tested, and it was considered righteousness? <br>"}, {"pk": 4118972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 53, "text": "Joseph kept the commandment in the time of his distress, and he became ruler of Egypt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 54, "text": "Our ancestor Phinehas received the covenant of everlasting priesthood because he was deeply zealous. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 55, "text": "Joshua became a judge in Israel because he fulfilled the command. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 56, "text": "Caleb received an inheritance in the land because he testified in the assembly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 57, "text": "David inherited the throne of the kingdom forever because he was merciful. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 58, "text": "Elijah was taken up into heaven because he had great zeal for the Law. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 59, "text": "Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael believed, and were rescued from the flame. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 60, "text": "Daniel was delivered from the lions\u2019 mouths because of his innocence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 61, "text": "\u201cSo you see that from generation to generation, no one who continues to trust God will lack strength."}, {"pk": 4118981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 62, "text": "Don\u2019t fear the words of sinners, for their glory will turn into dung and worms."}, {"pk": 4118982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 63, "text": "Today they may be exalted, but tomorrow they can\u2019t be found, because they will have returned to the dust and their plans will have vanished."}, {"pk": 4118983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 64, "text": "My children, show courage and grow strong in the Law, because this will bring you honor."}, {"pk": 4118984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 65, "text": "\u201cLook, here is your brother Simon, who I know is a man with purpose. Always listen to him. He will be your father."}, {"pk": 4118985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 66, "text": "Judas Maccabeus has been a powerful fighter since he was a boy. He will command the army for you and lead the battle against the peoples."}, {"pk": 4118986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 67, "text": "Rally around yourselves all who observe the Law, and avenge wrong done to your people."}, {"pk": 4118987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 68, "text": "Pay the Gentiles back in full, and obey what the Law commands.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4118988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 69, "text": "Then he blessed them and joined his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4118989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 2, "verse": 70, "text": "He died in the year 146 <sup>[3]</sup> and was buried in an ancestral tomb at Modein. All Israel mourned for him with sorrow.", "comment": "[3] 166 BCE"}, {"pk": 4118990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Then his son Judas, known as Maccabeus, took command in his place."}, {"pk": 4118991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Every one of his brothers and all who had joined his father helped him, and they gladly fought for Israel."}, {"pk": 4118992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "He advanced the honor of his people. <br>He put on his breastplate like a giant. <br>He strapped on his war armor <br>and waged battles, <br>protecting the camp with his sword.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "He was like a lion in his actions, <br>like a lion\u2019s cub roaring after prey.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "He hunted and pursued <br>those who broke the Law. <br>He burned up <br>those who troubled his people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Lawbreakers were afraid of him <br>and retreated. <br>All evildoers were in turmoil. <br>His hand successfully <br>brought deliverance.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "He angered many kings, <br>but he brought joy to Jacob by his deeds. <br>His memory is blessed forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "He went through the cities of Judah <br>and destroyed the ungodly <br>out of the land. <br>As a result, he turned wrath <br>away from Israel.<br>"}, {"pk": 4118998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "His fame extended <br>to the ends of the earth. <br>He gathered together <br>those who were perishing. <br>"}, {"pk": 4118999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Apollonius gathered Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel."}, {"pk": 4119000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "When Judas found out about it, he went out to meet him in battle, then defeated and killed him. Judas wounded and killed many, while the rest fled."}, {"pk": 4119001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "Then the Israelites seized their spoils. Judas took Apollonius\u2019 sword and used it in battle for the rest of his life."}, {"pk": 4119002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "At this point, Seron the commander of the Syrian army heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a group of faithful soldiers who stayed with him and went out to battle."}, {"pk": 4119003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "He said, \u201cI will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will make war on Judas and his companions who reject the king\u2019s command.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "Once more, a strong army of godless men went up with Seron to help him take vengeance on the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4119005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "When he approached the ascent to go up to Beth-horon, Judas went out to meet him with a small group."}, {"pk": 4119006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "When they saw Seron\u2019s army that was coming against them, they said to Judas, \u201cHow can we, who are so few, fight against so large and strong a multitude? What\u2019s more, we feel faint because we haven\u2019t eaten today.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "Judas answered, \u201cIt\u2019s easy for many to be trapped by a few. In the sight of heaven, it makes no difference to win by many or by few."}, {"pk": 4119008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "It\u2019s not the size of the army that brings victory in battle, because strength comes from heaven."}, {"pk": 4119009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "They\u2019re coming against us with a lot of pride and evil. They want to destroy us, along with our wives and children. They want to ruin us."}, {"pk": 4119010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "But we are fighting for our lives and for our laws."}, {"pk": 4119011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "The heavenly one himself will crush them before us. Don\u2019t be afraid of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "After Judas said these words, his soldiers rushed suddenly against Seron\u2019s army, and they crushed them."}, {"pk": 4119013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "Judas\u2019 soldiers pursued Seron\u2019s army down the hill from Beth-horon to the plain below. Eight hundred of them died. The rest fled into the land of the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4119014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "After this, Judas and his brothers were feared. Terror fell on all the Gentiles around them."}, {"pk": 4119015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Even the king heard about his reputation, and the Gentiles talked about the battles waged by Judas."}, {"pk": 4119016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "When King Antiochus heard about these matters, he became very angry. So he gathered together all the forces of his empire, a mighty army."}, {"pk": 4119017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "He opened up his treasury and gave his soldiers a year\u2019s pay in advance, and he ordered them to be ready for anything."}, {"pk": 4119018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "Then he realized that the money in his treasury was all used up. The revenues from the country were small because of the turmoil and disaster that he had brought about in the land by abolishing the laws that had existed from early days."}, {"pk": 4119019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "He became afraid that he might not have enough funds to provide for his expenses as well as for the gifts that he granted more abundantly than previous kings."}, {"pk": 4119020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "He was very troubled by this. Then he decided to go to Persia and collect revenues there and raise a large sum of money."}, {"pk": 4119021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "The king appointed Lysias, a distinguished man from a royal family, to be in charge of his affairs from the Euphrates River to the Egyptian border."}, {"pk": 4119022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "He also wanted Lysias to take care of his young son Antiochus until he returned."}, {"pk": 4119023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "So he gave Lysias authority over half of his armed forces and war elephants. He gave him orders regarding what he wanted him to do, including the matter of the inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "He wanted Lysias to send an army against them to wipe out and destroy Israel\u2019s strength and the few remaining in Jerusalem. He ordered that their memory should be completely erased from the place."}, {"pk": 4119025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "Lysias was to settle strangers in all their territory and divide up their lands by lot."}, {"pk": 4119026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "Then the king took the other half of his forces and left his capital Antioch in the year 147. <sup>[1]</sup> He crossed the Euphrates River and went through the upper provinces.", "comment": "[1] 166 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 38, "text": "Lysias selected Ptolemy, Dorymenes\u2019 son, as well as Nicanor and Gorgias, two able men who were among the king\u2019s chief political advisors."}, {"pk": 4119028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 39, "text": "He sent them with forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded."}, {"pk": 4119029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 40, "text": "So they headed out with their whole force. When they arrived, they set up camp in the plain near Emmaus."}, {"pk": 4119030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 41, "text": "When traders in the region heard about their plan, they took a great amount of silver and gold, together with shackles, and went to the camp intending to obtain some Israelites for slaves. A force from Idumea <sup>[2]</sup> and the land of the Philistines also joined them.", "comment": "[2] Correction; LXX <i>Syria</i>"}, {"pk": 4119031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 42, "text": "Judas and his brothers saw that the situation was becoming increasingly difficult, as the military forces were encamped in their territory. They learned also that the king had commanded their complete destruction."}, {"pk": 4119032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 43, "text": "But they spoke to each other, \u201cLet\u2019s restore our people after all they\u2019ve suffered, and fight for our people and the sanctuary.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 44, "text": "So the congregation gathered to prepare for battle, and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion."}, {"pk": 4119034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 45, "text": "Jerusalem was deserted <br>like a wilderness. <br>None of her children moved around. <br>The sanctuary was trampled, <br>and strangers held the elevated fortress. <br>Gentiles lodged there. <br>Joy was taken from Jacob. <br>The flute and the harp <br>were no longer heard. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 46, "text": "Then they assembled and went to Mizpah, across from Jerusalem, because Israelites used to have a place of prayer there."}, {"pk": 4119036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 47, "text": "They fasted for a day and put on mourning clothes, sprinkled ashes on their heads, and tore their garments."}, {"pk": 4119037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 48, "text": "In addition, they opened up the Law scroll to find answers to the kinds of questions Gentiles would ask of their idols."}, {"pk": 4119038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 49, "text": "They also brought out the priestly garments as well as early produce and tenth-part gifts. They stirred up nazirites, who had completed the duration of their solomn promises."}, {"pk": 4119039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 50, "text": "Then they cried aloud to heaven: \u201cWhat should we do with these people? <br>Where should we take them?<br>"}, {"pk": 4119040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 51, "text": "Your sanctuary is trampled and degraded. <br>Your priests mourn in humiliation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 52, "text": "The Gentiles are gathered here against us, <br>planning to destroy us. <br>You know what they are plotting.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 53, "text": "How will we be able to withstand them <br>if you don\u2019t help us?\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4119043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 54, "text": "Then they blew the trumpets and gave a loud shout."}, {"pk": 4119044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 55, "text": "Judas appointed leaders of the people in charge of thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens."}, {"pk": 4119045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 56, "text": "In keeping with the Law, he told all who were building houses or were about to get married or were planting a vineyard or were fainthearted to go home."}, {"pk": 4119046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 57, "text": "Then the army went on the march and camped south of Emmaus."}, {"pk": 4119047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 58, "text": "Judas said: \u201cArm yourselves and be fearless. Be ready early in the morning to fight these Gentiles who have gathered here against us to destroy us and our sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4119048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 59, "text": "It would be better for us to die fighting than to see the misfortunes of our nation and the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4119049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 3, "verse": 60, "text": "Whatever may be heaven\u2019s will, that\u2019s what the heavenly one will do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Gorgias took five thousand infantry and one thousand select cavalry, and this division moved out secretly at night."}, {"pk": 4119051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He wanted to come to the Jewish camp and attack without warning. Men from the elevated fortress served as his guides."}, {"pk": 4119052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "But Judas heard about it, and he and his warriors moved out to attack the king\u2019s forces in Emmaus"}, {"pk": 4119053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "while the division was absent from the camp."}, {"pk": 4119054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "So when Gorgias entered Judas\u2019 camp during the night, there was no one there. He started looking for them in the hills, because he said, \u201cThese men are running away from us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "At daybreak, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. But they didn\u2019t have armor and swords such as they would have liked."}, {"pk": 4119056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "They saw the Gentile camp, strongly fortified, surrounded by cavalry clearly trained in warfare."}, {"pk": 4119057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Judas said to those who were with him: \u201cDon\u2019t fear their numbers or be afraid when they charge."}, {"pk": 4119058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Remember how our ancestors were saved at the Red Sea, <sup>[1]</sup> when Pharaoh was pursuing them with his forces.", "comment": "[1] Traditionally <i>Reed Sea</i> in the Hebrew Bible"}, {"pk": 4119059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "So let\u2019s cry to heaven to see if the heavenly one will favor us and remember his covenant with our ancestors and crush this army in front of us today."}, {"pk": 4119060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Then all the Gentiles will know that there is someone who redeems and saves Israel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "The foreigners looked up and saw the Israelites coming against them."}, {"pk": 4119062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "They went out from their camp to engage them in battle. The men with Judas blew their trumpets, and the battle began."}, {"pk": 4119063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "The Gentiles were crushed and fled into the plain."}, {"pk": 4119064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "All those who were in the rear were killed by the sword. The Israelites pursued them to Gazara, to the plains of Idumea, and to Azotus and Jamnia. Three thousand Gentiles died."}, {"pk": 4119065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Judas and his forces stopped pursuing them."}, {"pk": 4119066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "He said to everyone: \u201cDon\u2019t be greedy to plunder, for there is still a battle ahead of us."}, {"pk": 4119067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Gorgias and his force are still near us in the hills. Stand now against our enemies and fight them. Then afterward boldly seize the spoils.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Just as Judas said this, a detachment of Gentiles cautiously appeared, coming out of the hills."}, {"pk": 4119069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "They saw that their army had been put to flight and that the Jews were burning the camp, as evident from the smoke over the area."}, {"pk": 4119070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "When they saw the devastation and noticed Judas\u2019 army in the plain ready for battle, they were terrified."}, {"pk": 4119071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "They ran away into the land of the Philistines."}, {"pk": 4119072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "So Judas went back to plunder the camp. His army took a great amount of gold and silver, cloth that was dyed blue and purple, and great riches."}, {"pk": 4119073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "As they returned, they sang hymns and songs of praise to heaven: \u201cGod is good, because his mercy endures forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "That day Israel had a great deliverance."}, {"pk": 4119075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "The foreigners who escaped went and told Lysias about all that had happened."}, {"pk": 4119076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "When he heard it, he was perplexed and discouraged. Things hadn\u2019t happened to Israel as he had intended, and they hadn\u2019t turned out the way that the king commanded."}, {"pk": 4119077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "The next year he gathered together sixty thousand select men and five thousand cavalry, intending to subdue the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4119078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "They came to Idumea and camped at Beth-zur. Judas, on the other hand, went out to meet them with ten thousand men."}, {"pk": 4119079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "When Judas saw how numerous their army was, he prayed: Blessed are you, Savior of Israel, <br>who crushed the attack <br>of the mighty warrior <br>through the power <br>of your servant David. <br>You handed over the camp <br>of the Philistines <br>to Saul\u2019s son Jonathanand <br>and the man who carried his armor.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "So surround this army <br>by the power of your people Israel, <br>and let them be disappointed <br>by their troops and cavalry.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Fill them with cowardice. <br>Melt away the boldness <br>of their strength. <br>Let them quake in their destruction.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "Strike them down with the sword <br>of those who love you, <br>and let all who know your name <br>praise you with hymns. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "Then both sides attacked each other. Five thousand men from Lysias\u2019 army died in the fighting."}, {"pk": 4119084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Lysias saw his troops being defeated and took note of the boldness that inspired Judas\u2019 troops \u2014 how ready they were to live or die bravely. So he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries so that he could invade Judea again with an even bigger army."}, {"pk": 4119085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "At that time Judas and his brothers said, \u201cLook, our enemies have been crushed. Let\u2019s go up to cleanse and rededicate the sanctuary.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "All the army gathered together and went up to Mount Zion."}, {"pk": 4119087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "They found the sanctuary deserted, the altar treated with disrespect, and the gates burned. In the courts, bushes had sprung up like in an open field or on one of the mountains. They saw that the priests\u2019 chambers were in ruins as well."}, {"pk": 4119088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "So they tore their clothes and mourned with great sorrow. They sprinkled their heads with ashes"}, {"pk": 4119089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "and fell facedown on the ground. When the trumpets sounded a signal, they cried out to heaven."}, {"pk": 4119090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "Then Judas chose some soldiers to fight against those stationed in the elevated fortress until he completed cleansing the sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4119091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "He selected priests who were blameless and devoted to the Law."}, {"pk": 4119092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "They cleansed the sanctuary and took the polluted stones to a ritually unclean place."}, {"pk": 4119093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "They discussed what to do about the altar for entirely burned offerings, since it had been polluted."}, {"pk": 4119094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "They decided it was best to tear it down so that it wouldn\u2019t be a lasting shameful reminder to them that the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar."}, {"pk": 4119095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "They stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple mount until a prophet should arise who could say what to do with them."}, {"pk": 4119096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "They then took unfinished stones, in keeping with the Law, and built a new altar like the former one."}, {"pk": 4119097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "They also restored the sanctuary and the temple interior, and dedicated the courtyards."}, {"pk": 4119098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "They fashioned new holy equipment and brought the lampstand, the incense altar, and the table into the temple."}, {"pk": 4119099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 50, "text": "Then they offered incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, which illuminated the temple."}, {"pk": 4119100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 51, "text": "They placed bread on the table and hung curtains. Finally, they completed all the work that they had started."}, {"pk": 4119101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 52, "text": "They rose early in the morning of the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev. <sup>[2]</sup> It was the year 148.", "comment": "[2] November\u2013December, 164 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 53, "text": "They offered sacrifice, following the Law, on the new altar for entirely burned offerings that they had made."}, {"pk": 4119103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 54, "text": "In the very season, on the exact day that the Gentiles had polluted it, it was dedicated with songs, harps, lutes, and cymbals."}, {"pk": 4119104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 55, "text": "All the people bowed to the ground and worshipped and blessed heaven, which had given them success."}, {"pk": 4119105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 56, "text": "So they celebrated the rededication of the altar for eight days and joyfully made entirely burned offerings. They offered a sacrifice of deliverance and praise."}, {"pk": 4119106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 57, "text": "They decorated the front of the temple with gold crowns and small shields. They restored the gates and the priests\u2019 chambers, furnishing them with doors."}, {"pk": 4119107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 58, "text": "The people were extremely glad, and the disgrace the Gentiles brought was lifted."}, {"pk": 4119108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 59, "text": "Then Judas, with his brothers and all the assembly of Israel, laid down a law that every year at that season the dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and happiness for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of Kislev. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] November\u2013December"}, {"pk": 4119109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 60, "text": "At that same time the Israelites built high walls and strong towers all around Mount Zion so that the Gentiles did not come and trample them as they had done previously."}, {"pk": 4119110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 4, "verse": 61, "text": "Judas stationed an occupying force there as guards. He also built up Beth-zur to protect it so that the people might have a fortress that faced in the direction of Idumea."}, {"pk": 4119111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "When the Gentiles living nearby learned that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary had been dedicated just as it was before, they became very angry."}, {"pk": 4119112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "They sought to wipe out Jacob\u2019s descendants who lived among them. So they started to kill and destroy the people."}, {"pk": 4119113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "But Judas waged war on the descendants of Esau in Idumea at Akrabattene because they kept ambushing Israelites. He dealt them a heavy blow, humbling them and taking their goods."}, {"pk": 4119114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "He also took note of the wickedness of Baean\u2019s sons, who were trapping, catching, and ambushing people on the highways."}, {"pk": 4119115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Judas shut them up in their towers. He camped against them, and by promising their complete destruction, he burned their towers and all who were in them."}, {"pk": 4119116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Then he moved against the Ammonites. He found a strong group with many people and a man named Timothy as their leader."}, {"pk": 4119117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Judas had many battles with them, beat them severely, and struck them down."}, {"pk": 4119118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "He also captured Jazer and its villages. Then he went back to Judea."}, {"pk": 4119119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Then the Gentiles in Gilead gathered together against the Israelites who lived in their territory, planning to destroy them. So the Jews fled to the fortress of Dathema."}, {"pk": 4119120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "They sent a letter to Judas and his brothers: The Gentiles around us have gathered to destroy us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "They are making preparations to come and capture the fortress to which we\u2019ve escaped, and Timothy is leading them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Please, come and rescue us from them because many of us have died already. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Our people who were in the land of Tob have been killed. The enemy captured their wives, children, and goods. They killed nearly a thousand people there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "While the letter was still being read, other messengers from Galilee, with torn clothing, said similar things."}, {"pk": 4119125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "They related that the people of Ptolemais, Tyre, Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles had gathered together \u201cto annihilate us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "When Judas and the people heard all this, a great assembly was called to decide what they should do to assist their people who were in distress and were being attacked by enemies."}, {"pk": 4119127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Then Judas said to Simon his brother: \u201cChoose your men and go rescue your people in Galilee. My brother Jonathan and I will go to Gilead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "He left Joseph, Zechariah\u2019s son, and Azariah, a leader of the people, with the rest of the forces in Judea to guard it."}, {"pk": 4119129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "He commanded them, \u201cTake charge of this people, but don\u2019t engage in battle with the Gentiles before we return.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Three thousand men were assigned to Simon to go to Galilee, and eight thousand were to go with Judas to Gilead."}, {"pk": 4119131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "So Simon went to Galilee, fought several battles with the Gentiles, and crushed them."}, {"pk": 4119132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "He pursued them to the gate of Ptolemais. As many as three thousand Gentiles died, and he plundered their possessions."}, {"pk": 4119133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Then he took the Jews of Galilee and Arbatta, together with their wives and children and all they owned, and led them to Judea with great rejoicing."}, {"pk": 4119134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Judas Maccabeus and his brother Jonathan crossed the Jordan and traveled for three days into the wilderness."}, {"pk": 4119135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "They encountered the Nabateans, who greeted them in peace and related all that had happened to their people in Gilead:"}, {"pk": 4119136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cMany of them have been cornered inside Bozrah and Bosor, in Alema and Chaspho, in Maked and Carnaim.\u201d These were strong and large towns."}, {"pk": 4119137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cSome have been confined in other towns in Gilead. The enemy is getting ready to attack the fortresses tomorrow. They intend to capture and destroy all these people in a single day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "So Judas and his army turned back quickly to Bozrah by the wilderness road. He took the town and killed every male by the sword. He seized all their goods and burned down the town."}, {"pk": 4119139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "He left there by night and went all the way to the fortress."}, {"pk": 4119140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "At daybreak they looked around and saw a large company, too many to count, carrying ladders and war engines to use to capture the fortress. They were attacking those inside."}, {"pk": 4119141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "So Judas saw that the battle had already begun and that the cries of the townspeople went up to heaven. There were trumpet blasts and loud shouts."}, {"pk": 4119142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "He said to his forces: \u201cFight today for your people!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "He came up behind them in three companies. They sounded their trumpets and cried out in prayer."}, {"pk": 4119144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "When Timothy\u2019s army realized that it was Maccabeus, they ran away. But Judas dealt them a heavy blow. As many as eight thousand of the enemy died that day."}, {"pk": 4119145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "Judas turned next to Maapha. He fought against it and took it. He killed every male in it, plundered it, and burned it with fire."}, {"pk": 4119146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "After that he marched ahead and took Chaspho, Maked, Bosor, and the other towns of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4119147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "Following this, Timothy assembled another army and encamped opposite Raphon, on the other side of the stream."}, {"pk": 4119148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "Judas sent spies to observe the camp, and they reported: \u201cAll the Gentiles around us have gone over to him \u2014 it\u2019s a very large force."}, {"pk": 4119149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "They have also hired Arabs to help them. They\u2019re camped across the stream, and they\u2019re ready to come and fight against you.\u201d So Judas went out to meet them."}, {"pk": 4119150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "As Judas and his army were drawing near to the stream of water, Timothy told the officers of his forces, \u201cIf Judas crosses the water first, we won\u2019t be able to resist him, and he\u2019ll surely defeat us."}, {"pk": 4119151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "But if he hesitates out of fear and camps on the other side of the river, then we\u2019ll cross over and defeat him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "When Judas came to the stream of water, he stationed the scribes of the people there and issued this command: \u201cDon\u2019t let anyone start to make camp. Instead, force them all to enter the battle.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "He then crossed over against them first, and the whole army followed him. All the Gentiles were defeated. They threw down their weapons and ran away into the sacred grounds at Carnaim."}, {"pk": 4119154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 44, "text": "But Judas took the town and burned the sacred grounds with fire, together with all who were hiding there. Even Carnaim was conquered, and they couldn\u2019t oppose Judas any longer."}, {"pk": 4119155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 45, "text": "Then Judas gathered all the Israelites in Gilead to go to the land of Judah. It was a very large group, both small and great, with all their wives, children, and goods."}, {"pk": 4119156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 46, "text": "They came to Ephron, a large and secure town along the way. They couldn\u2019t go around it on either side. They had to go through it."}, {"pk": 4119157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 47, "text": "But the townspeople shut them out and blocked up the gates with rocks."}, {"pk": 4119158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 48, "text": "Judas sent them a peaceful message: \u201cLet us pass through your land to get to ours. We won\u2019t do you any harm. We\u2019ll just pass through by foot.\u201d But they still refused to open to him."}, {"pk": 4119159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 49, "text": "So Judas ordered that the army camp wherever they were,"}, {"pk": 4119160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 50, "text": "and the forces did so. All that day and night he fought against the town, and it was handed over to him."}, {"pk": 4119161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 51, "text": "He killed every male by the edge of the sword, and he demolished and plundered the town. Then he passed through it, walking over the dead bodies."}, {"pk": 4119162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 52, "text": "After that they crossed the Jordan and came into the large plain in front of Beth-shan."}, {"pk": 4119163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 53, "text": "Judas kept rallying those who fell behind and encouraged the people all along the way until he came to the land of Judah."}, {"pk": 4119164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 54, "text": "They went up to Mount Zion with joy and gladness. They made entirely burned offerings, because they had returned safely. Not one of them had died."}, {"pk": 4119165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 55, "text": "Now this is what happened while Judas and Jonathan were in Gilead and their brother Simon was in Galilee in front of Ptolemais."}, {"pk": 4119166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 56, "text": "Joseph, Zechariah\u2019s son, and Azariah (the commanders of the forces that had remained behind) heard about their brave deeds and the war they had fought."}, {"pk": 4119167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 57, "text": "So they said, \u201cLet\u2019s make a name for ourselves too. Let\u2019s go and make war on the Gentiles around us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 58, "text": "They gave orders to the troops who were with them and marched against Jamnia."}, {"pk": 4119169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 59, "text": "Gorgias and his troops came out from the town to engage them in battle."}, {"pk": 4119170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 60, "text": "Joseph and Azariah were decisively defeated, and they were pursued to the borders of Judea. As many as two thousand Israelites died that day."}, {"pk": 4119171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 61, "text": "As a result, the people of Israel suffered a great defeat because, wanting to do a brave thing, they didn\u2019t obey Judas and his brothers."}, {"pk": 4119172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 62, "text": "Furthermore, they didn\u2019t belong to the family of those men through whom deliverance was given to Israel."}, {"pk": 4119173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 63, "text": "All Israel and all the Gentiles greatly esteemed Judas and his brothers, wherever their name was heard."}, {"pk": 4119174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 64, "text": "People gathered to them and praised them."}, {"pk": 4119175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 65, "text": "At that time, Judas and his brothers headed out and fought Esau\u2019s descendants in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages, tore down its fortress, and burned its towers all around."}, {"pk": 4119176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 66, "text": "He then set out to enter the land of the Philistines and passed through Marisa."}, {"pk": 4119177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 67, "text": "That day some priests who wished to do a brave deed died in battle because they had gone out to battle unwisely."}, {"pk": 4119178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 5, "verse": 68, "text": "But Judas turned aside to Azotus in the land of the Philistines. Judas tore down their altars, and he burned the carved images of their gods with fire. He plundered the towns and returned to Judah."}, {"pk": 4119179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "King Antiochus was traveling through the upper provinces when he heard that Elymais, a city in Persia, was famous for its great quantities of silver and gold."}, {"pk": 4119180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Its temple was very rich and contained gold shields, breastplates, and weapons that Alexander (the son of Philip, the first Macedonian king to rule over the Greeks) left there."}, {"pk": 4119181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "So he went and tried to take the city by force and plunder it. But he was unsuccessful because the city\u2019s inhabitants knew about his plan."}, {"pk": 4119182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "They resisted him in battle, and he fled. With great disappointment, he planned to return to Babylon."}, {"pk": 4119183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "While King Antiochus was in Persia, someone came to him and reported that the armies that had gone into the land of Judah had been thoroughly defeated."}, {"pk": 4119184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Lysias, who had gone first with a strong force, had turned and run from the Jews. The Jews then grew stronger when they took weapons, supplies, and abundant spoils from the armies they defeated."}, {"pk": 4119185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "They had taken down the disgusting thing that he had set up on the altar in Jerusalem. Furthermore, they had surrounded the sanctuary and also Lysias\u2019 town Beth-zur with high walls like before."}, {"pk": 4119186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "When the king heard this news, he was stunned and badly shaken. He took to his bed, sick from grief. Things hadn\u2019t turned out for him as he had planned."}, {"pk": 4119187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "He lay there for many days because he was deeply depressed. He realized that he was dying."}, {"pk": 4119188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "He called his closest political advisors <sup>[1]</sup> and said to them, \u201cSleep has left my eyes. I\u2019m depressed from worrying.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "I say to myself, What distress I\u2019ve come to! What a great flood I\u2019ve now been plunged into! Once I was kind and was loved in my power."}, {"pk": 4119190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "But now I recall the wrongs I did in Jerusalem. I seized all its silver and gold equipment. I ordered the destruction of the inhabitants of Judah without good reason."}, {"pk": 4119191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "I know it\u2019s because of all this that these misfortunes have come on me. I\u2019m here, dying of bitter disappointment, in a foreign land.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Then he called for one of his advisors named Philip and made him ruler over all of his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4119193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "He gave him the crown, his robe, and the seal so that he might guide his son Antiochus and prepare him to be king."}, {"pk": 4119194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Then King Antiochus died there in the year 149."}, {"pk": 4119195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "When Lysias found out that the king had died, he arranged for the king\u2019s son Antiochus, whom he had brought up from childhood, to rule. Lysias named him Eupator."}, {"pk": 4119196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the elevated fortress kept surrounding the Israelites in the sanctuary. They were trying every way they could to harm them and strengthen the Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4119197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "Judas decided to destroy them. He brought all the people together to besiege them."}, {"pk": 4119198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "They assembled together, built siege towers and other war engines, and attacked the Gentiles in the year 150."}, {"pk": 4119199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "However, some of the enemy forces escaped from the blockade, joined by a number of sinful Israelites."}, {"pk": 4119200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "They went to the king and said: \u201cHow long will you hold back from acting justly to avenge our people?"}, {"pk": 4119201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "We happily served your father. We did what he said, obeying his commands."}, {"pk": 4119202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "Because of this, some of our people have laid siege to the citadel and are hostile to us. Furthermore, they\u2019ve killed as many of us as they could catch. Now they\u2019ve taken our wealth."}, {"pk": 4119203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Judas and his forces haven\u2019t lifted their hands against us alone. They\u2019ve also attacked all the neighboring lands."}, {"pk": 4119204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Look, today they\u2019ve camped against the elevated fortress in Jerusalem to capture it. They\u2019ve fortified both the sanctuary and Beth-zur."}, {"pk": 4119205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Unless you do something soon to prevent them, they\u2019ll do even worse things. Then you won\u2019t be able to stop them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "The king was enraged when he heard this. He gathered all his chief political advisors, <sup>[2]</sup> the commanders of his troops, and those with authority.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Mercenary forces from other kingdoms and the Mediterranean islands also joined him."}, {"pk": 4119208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "The total number of his forces was one hundred thousand army troops and twenty thousand cavalry, with thirty-two elephants trained for war."}, {"pk": 4119209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "They came through Idumea and camped against Beth-zur. For many days, they fought and constructed war engines. But the Jews would go out and burn the war engines with fire and continued to fight bravely."}, {"pk": 4119210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "Then Judas marched away from the elevated fortress and camped at Beth-zechariah, opposite the king\u2019s camp."}, {"pk": 4119211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "Early in the morning the king marched out, taking his army on a forced march along the road to Beth-zechariah. His troops readied themselves for battle, and they sounded their trumpets."}, {"pk": 4119212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "They aroused the elephants using grape and mulberry juices, to get them ready for battle."}, {"pk": 4119213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "They distributed the animals among groups of soldiers. With each elephant, they stationed one thousand infantry wearing armor and brass helmets. Five hundred select cavalry were also assigned to each animal."}, {"pk": 4119214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "The troops positioned themselves wherever the animal was. Wherever it went, they went; and they never left it."}, {"pk": 4119215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "Strong covered wooden towers were set on top of the elephants. Special harnesses were fastened on each animal. On each were four armed men who fought from there, and an Indian driver also."}, {"pk": 4119216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "The remaining cavalry were stationed on either side of the elephants, to harass the enemy while being protected inside the two flanks of the army."}, {"pk": 4119217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "When the sun shone on the gold and brass shields, the hills looked like they were on fire from their reflection and glowed like burning torches."}, {"pk": 4119218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "Part of the king\u2019s army was spread out on the high hills, and some troops were on the plain. They held their ranks and steadily moved forward."}, {"pk": 4119219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "Everyone who heard the noise of marching feet and clanking arms trembled because the army was very large and powerful."}, {"pk": 4119220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "Nevertheless, Judas and his army went forth to do battle. Six hundred of the king\u2019s soldiers died."}, {"pk": 4119221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 43, "text": "Eleazar, called Avaran, saw that one of the animals was taller than all the others and was equipped with royal armor. He figured that the king must be on it."}, {"pk": 4119222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 44, "text": "So he gave his life to save his people and to secure an everlasting name for himself."}, {"pk": 4119223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 45, "text": "He ran courageously into the midst of a group of soldiers to reach it, killing men right and left so that they had to give way to him on both sides."}, {"pk": 4119224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 46, "text": "He got under the elephant and stabbed it from underneath. He killed it, but it fell to the ground on top of him, and he died there."}, {"pk": 4119225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 47, "text": "As the Jews experienced the might and the fierce attack of the king\u2019s forces, they turned away and fled."}, {"pk": 4119226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 48, "text": "The king\u2019s army went up to Jerusalem against them. The king camped in Judea and at Mount Zion."}, {"pk": 4119227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 49, "text": "He made peace with the people of Beth-zur. They evacuated the town because they lacked sufficient resources there to withstand a siege (it was a sabbatical year for the land)."}, {"pk": 4119228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 50, "text": "So the king took Beth-zur and positioned a guard unit there to hold it."}, {"pk": 4119229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 51, "text": "Then he camped in front of the sanctuary for many days. He set up siege towers, war engines that threw fire and rocks, machines to shoot darts, and catapults."}, {"pk": 4119230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 52, "text": "The Jews made war engines to match theirs, and they battled for many days."}, {"pk": 4119231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 53, "text": "But they had no food in storage since it was the seventh year. Those people who had found safe haven in Judea from the Gentiles had eaten the last of the food."}, {"pk": 4119232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 54, "text": "Only a few people remained in the sanctuary. The famine was so intense that the others had scattered to their own homes."}, {"pk": 4119233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 55, "text": "Then Lysias heard that King Antiochus, before he died, had appointed Philip to bring up Antiochus his son to be king."}, {"pk": 4119234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 56, "text": "Philip had returned from Persia and Media with the forces that had gone with the king, and he was trying to seize control of the government."}, {"pk": 4119235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 57, "text": "So Lysias quickly gave orders to withdraw and told the king, the commanders of the forces, and the troops, \u201cWe\u2019re growing weaker every day because our food supply is scarce. The place we\u2019re fighting against is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom are pressing urgently on us."}, {"pk": 4119236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 58, "text": "Let\u2019s come to terms now with these people and make peace with them and their nation."}, {"pk": 4119237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 59, "text": "Let\u2019s agree to let them live by their laws like they used to do. It was because of their laws, which we abolished, that they got angry and did all these things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 60, "text": "This speech pleased the king and the commanders, so he sent the Jews an offer of peace, which they accepted."}, {"pk": 4119239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 61, "text": "The king and his commanders gave their word, so the Jews left the fortress."}, {"pk": 4119240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 62, "text": "However, when the king went into Mount Zion and saw how securely the place was built, he went back on his word and ordered that the wall be torn down all around."}, {"pk": 4119241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 6, "verse": 63, "text": "Then he set off in a hurry to return to Antioch. He found that Philip was in control of the city, so he fought against him and took the city by force."}, {"pk": 4119242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "In the year 151, <sup>[1]</sup> Demetrius the son of Seleucus set out from Rome. He sailed with a small group to a town by the sea and claimed the kingship there.", "comment": "[1] 161 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "As he entered the royal palace of his ancestors, the army seized Antiochus and Lysias, intending to bring them to him."}, {"pk": 4119244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "But when he learned about this act, he said, \u201cDon\u2019t let me see their faces!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "So the soldiers killed them. Demetrius then took his seat on the throne of the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4119246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "All the immoral and sinful Israelites came to him. Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest, led them."}, {"pk": 4119247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "They made an accusation to King Demetrius against the people, \u201cJudas and his brothers have destroyed all your political advisors <sup>[2]</sup> and have driven us out of our land.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Now send someone that you trust to go and see all the ruin that Judas has brought on us and on the king\u2019s land. Let that person punish them and all who help them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "The king selected Bacchides, one of the king\u2019s chief political advisors and governor of the province called Beyond the River. He was a powerful man in the kingdom and was loyal to the king."}, {"pk": 4119250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "The king sent him and sent the wicked Alcimus along with him. He made Alcimus high priest and authorized him to take vengeance on the Israelites."}, {"pk": 4119251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "So they marched forward and came with a large force into the land of Judah. Bacchides sent messengers to Judas and his brothers using peaceful but deceitful words."}, {"pk": 4119252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "But they ignored the messengers because they saw that they had come with a large military force."}, {"pk": 4119253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "Then a group of legal experts came before Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for just terms."}, {"pk": 4119254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "The Hasideans were the first among the Israelites to seek peace with them."}, {"pk": 4119255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "They said, \u201cA priest who is descended from Aaron has come with the army, and he won\u2019t harm us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Alcimus spoke peaceably to them and made a pledge to them: \u201cWe won\u2019t seek to injure you or your friends.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "So they trusted him. But he seized sixty of them and killed them in one day. This was in keeping with the written word:"}, {"pk": 4119258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "<b>The flesh of your faithful ones\u2026</b> <br><b>and their blood they poured out</b> <br><b>all around Jerusalem;</b> <br><b>there was no one to bury them.</b> <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/19/79/2-3'>Ps 79:2\u20133</a>"}, {"pk": 4119259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "Then fear and dread came over all the people. They said, \u201cThey are not truthful or just, because they broke the promise they made.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "Bacchides retreated from Jerusalem and camped in Beth-zaith. He captured many of the soldiers and some of the people who had deserted to his side. He killed them and threw them into a great pit."}, {"pk": 4119261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "He put Alcimus in charge of the country and left a force to assist him. Then Bacchides went back to the king."}, {"pk": 4119262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "Alcimus struggled to maintain the high priesthood."}, {"pk": 4119263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "All the troublemakers joined him. They gained control of Judah and did great damage in Israel."}, {"pk": 4119264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and those with him had done among the Israelites, exceeding what the Gentiles had done."}, {"pk": 4119265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "So Judas went into the surrounding Judean highlands and took vengeance on those who had deserted. He prevented them from going out into the country."}, {"pk": 4119266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "When Alcimus saw that Judas and his companions had grown strong, he knew he couldn\u2019t resist them. So he returned to the king and brought spiteful charges against them."}, {"pk": 4119267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "Then the king sent for Nicanor, one of his honored princes who hated and despised Israel, and the king commanded him to destroy the people."}, {"pk": 4119268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "So Nicanor went to Jerusalem with a large force. He deceitfully sent a peaceful message to Judas and his brothers:"}, {"pk": 4119269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cLet there be no fighting between you and me. I\u2019ll come with a few men to see you personally in peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "So he came to Judas, and they greeted each other peaceably. But the enemy was preparing to kidnap Judas."}, {"pk": 4119271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "Judas found out that Nicanor had come to him with treacherous intentions. He was afraid of him and wouldn\u2019t meet with Nicanor again."}, {"pk": 4119272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "When Nicanor learned that his plan had been discovered, he went out to meet Judas in battle near Caphar-salama."}, {"pk": 4119273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "About five hundred of Nicanor\u2019s soldiers died. The rest fled into David\u2019s City."}, {"pk": 4119274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "After these events, Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some priests from the sanctuary and some of the elders of the people came out to greet him peacefully. They pointed out to him the entirely burned offering that was being offered on behalf of the king."}, {"pk": 4119275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "But he mocked, ridiculed, and defiled them, and spoke in an arrogant way."}, {"pk": 4119276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "Angrily, he swore, \u201cUnless Judas and his army are handed over to me this time, I will burn down this house if I return safely in the future.\u201d And he departed in great fury."}, {"pk": 4119277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "Then the priests went inside and stood before the altar and the temple. They wept out loud and said:"}, {"pk": 4119278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "You, heavenly one, chose this house <br>to be called by your name <br>and to be a house of prayer <br>and petition for your people.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "Take vengeance on this man <br>and on his army! <br>Make them die by the sword. <br>Remember their evil slander. <br>Don\u2019t let them live any longer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "Now Nicanor, along with the Syrian army, left Jerusalem and camped in Beth-horon."}, {"pk": 4119281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "Judas camped in Adasa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed:"}, {"pk": 4119282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "When the messengers <br>from the king of the Assyrians <br>insulted us with words, <br>your angel went out and struck down <br>one hundred eighty-five thousand.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "So crush this army before us today. <br>Let the rest learn <br>that he has spoken against <br>your sanctuary in an evil way, <br>and judge him for this wickedness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "So the armies met in battle on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. <sup>[4]</sup> Nicanor\u2019s army was crushed, and he himself was the first to die in the battle.", "comment": "[4] February\u2013March, 160 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "When his army saw that Nicanor had died, they threw down their weapons and fled."}, {"pk": 4119286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "The Jews pursued them a day\u2019s journey, from Adasa to Gazara. As they followed them, they kept blasting the battle call on the trumpets."}, {"pk": 4119287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "People came out of the surrounding Judean villages. They outflanked the enemy and drove them back toward their pursuers so that they all died by the sword. Not a single one of them was left alive."}, {"pk": 4119288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "Then the Jews seized the spoils and the goods left behind. They cut off Nicanor\u2019s head and his right hand, which he had arrogantly stretched out. They brought them and displayed them just outside Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "The people rejoiced greatly and celebrated that day as a day of great happiness."}, {"pk": 4119290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "They established this day as a day of annual celebration on the thirteenth day of Adar. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4119291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "And the land of Judah enjoyed peace for a while."}, {"pk": 4119292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Judas heard about the Romans\u2019 reputation for being strong and loyal to all who made an alliance with them. They pledged friendship to those who came to them."}, {"pk": 4119293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "They were very powerful. Judas had been told of their wars and of the brave deeds that they were doing among the Gauls \u2014 how they had defeated them and forced them to pay tribute."}, {"pk": 4119294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "He was told what they had done in Spain to get control of the silver and gold mines there."}, {"pk": 4119295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "They gained control over the entire region through their planning and patience, even though the place was a great distance from them. They also subdued the kings from the ends of the earth who fought against them, until they crushed them and inflicted heavy casualties on them. The rest paid annual fines to them."}, {"pk": 4119296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "They crushed in battle and conquered Philip and King Perseus of the Macedonians, <sup>[1]</sup> as well as others who rose up against them.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Kittim</i>"}, {"pk": 4119297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "They also defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with one hundred twenty elephants, with cavalry, chariots, and a very large army. They crushed him,"}, {"pk": 4119298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "but they took him alive. They declared that he, and those who succeeded him, should pay a heavy fine and turn over hostages as well as some of their best territories."}, {"pk": 4119299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "These included the countries of India, Media, and Lydia. They took them from Antiochus and gave them to King Eumenes."}, {"pk": 4119300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "The Greeks thought about coming to destroy them."}, {"pk": 4119301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "But the Romans became aware of this, so they sent a general against the Greeks and attacked them. Many Greeks were wounded and died. The Romans took their wives and children captive. They plundered them, conquered their land, tore down their fortresses, and enslaved them to this day."}, {"pk": 4119302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "They destroyed and enslaved many of the remaining kingdoms and islands that opposed them."}, {"pk": 4119303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "But the Romans have kept friendship with their allies and those who rely on them. They have subdued kings far and near, and as many as have heard of their reputation have feared them."}, {"pk": 4119304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Those whom they wish to help come to power, they make kings. Those whom they wish, they bring down. The Romans have been greatly exalted."}, {"pk": 4119305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Yet even with all this, not one of them has put on a crown or worn purple as a mark of pride."}, {"pk": 4119306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Instead, they built for themselves a senate chamber. Daily, three hundred twenty senators plan constantly concerning their people in order to govern them well."}, {"pk": 4119307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "They trust one man each year to rule over them and to control all their land. All listen to this one man, and there is no envy or jealousy among the Romans."}, {"pk": 4119308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "So Judas chose Eupolemus son of John and grandson of Accos, and also Jason, Eleazar\u2019s son. He sent them to Rome to establish friendship, alliance,"}, {"pk": 4119309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "and also to free the Jewish people from oppression. They observed that the Greek kingdom was completely enslaving Israel."}, {"pk": 4119310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "They took the long journey to Rome. They entered the senate chamber, and they spoke:"}, {"pk": 4119311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cJudas, called Maccabeus, along with his brothers and the Jewish people, has sent us to you to establish alliance and peace with you. We seek to be enrolled as your allies and friends.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "This proposal pleased the Romans."}, {"pk": 4119313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that they wrote in reply on bronze tablets, which they sent to Jerusalem to remain with them there as a memorial of peace and alliance:"}, {"pk": 4119314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land forever. May sword and enemy stay away from them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "If war comes first to Rome or to any of their allies throughout their territory, <br>"}, {"pk": 4119316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "the Jewish nation should act as their allies wholeheartedly, as the occasion may indicate to them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "They will not give or supply grain, weapons, money, or ships to an enemy that makes war on them. This is Rome\u2019s decision. And they will keep their obligations without compensation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "In the same way, if war comes first to the nation of the Jews, the Romans will willingly act as their allies, as the occasion may indicate to them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "They will not give to their enemies any grain, weapons, money, or ships, just as Rome has decided. And they will keep these obligations and do so without deceit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "On these terms, the Romans make a treaty with the Jewish people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "If after these terms are in effect and either party determines to add or delete anything, they will do so at their discretion. Any addition or deletion that they may make will be valid. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "Regarding the bad things that King Demetrius is doing to them, we have written to him, \u201cWhy have you made your yoke so heavy on our friends and allies the Jews? <br>"}, {"pk": 4119323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "If they appeal now again for help against you, we will defend their rights and fight you on both sea and land.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4119324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "When Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had been defeated in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judah a second time. The right wing of the army was with them."}, {"pk": 4119325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "They went by the road that leads to Gilgal <sup>[1]</sup> and prepared for battle against Mesaloth in Arbela. They captured it and killed many people.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Galilee</i>"}, {"pk": 4119326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "In the first month <sup>[2]</sup> of the year 152, <sup>[3]</sup> they camped against Jerusalem.", "comment": "[3] 160 BCE<br>[2] March\u2013April, Nisan"}, {"pk": 4119327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Then they marched off and went to Berea with twenty thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry."}, {"pk": 4119328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Now Judas was camped at Elasa with three thousand handpicked soldiers."}, {"pk": 4119329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "When they saw the huge number of enemy forces, they became afraid. Many of them slipped away from the camp, until no more than eight hundred of them remained."}, {"pk": 4119330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "When Judas saw that members of his army had slipped away and the battle was coming close, he was dejected because he had no time to assemble more troops."}, {"pk": 4119331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "He felt weak, but he said to those who stayed, \u201cLet\u2019s get up and move against our enemies. We may be able to fight them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "They tried to change his mind: \u201cWe don\u2019t have the strength. Let\u2019s save ourselves now and come back later with our people to fight them. We are too few.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "But Judas replied, \u201cDon\u2019t even consider running from them. If our time has come, then let\u2019s die bravely for our people. Let\u2019s leave no reason to question our honor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "Then the enemy army marched out from the camp and took its positions to fight. The cavalry was divided into two companies. The slingers and the archers went ahead of the army, as did all the best warriors."}, {"pk": 4119335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Bacchides was on the right wing. Flanked by the two companies, the military force advanced to the sound of the trumpets. Those with Judas also blew their trumpets."}, {"pk": 4119336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "The earth shook from the noise of the armies. And the battle raged from morning till evening."}, {"pk": 4119337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Judas saw that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right. Then Judas\u2019 most courageous soldiers went with him."}, {"pk": 4119338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "They crushed the right wing and pursued them as far as Mount Azotus."}, {"pk": 4119339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "When those on the left wing saw that the right wing had been crushed, they turned and followed close behind Judas and his men."}, {"pk": 4119340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "The battle became frantic, and many on both sides were wounded and died."}, {"pk": 4119341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Judas himself died, and the rest fled."}, {"pk": 4119342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Then Jonathan and Simon took their brother Judas, buried him in their ancestral tomb at Modein,"}, {"pk": 4119343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "and wept for him. All Israel expressed deep sorrow for him and mourned for many days. They said,"}, {"pk": 4119344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "\u201cWhat a mighty one has fallen, saving Israel!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Now the rest of Judas\u2019 achievements \u2014 his wars, the brave things that he did, his greatness \u2014 haven\u2019t been recorded, but they were many."}, {"pk": 4119346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "After Judas\u2019 death, renegades appeared throughout Israel. All the immoral people reappeared."}, {"pk": 4119347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "There was also a very great famine at that time, and the country went over to the enemy\u2019s side."}, {"pk": 4119348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Bacchides chose the godless and put them in charge of the country."}, {"pk": 4119349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "They hunted down Judas\u2019 friends and brought them to Bacchides. He took vengeance on them and treated them terribly."}, {"pk": 4119350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "So there was great distress in Israel, the worst since the time when prophets ceased to appear among them."}, {"pk": 4119351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Then the other friends of Judas assembled and said to Jonathan,"}, {"pk": 4119352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cSince your brother Judas died, there hasn\u2019t been anyone like him to fight against our enemies and Bacchides, and to deal with those among our people who hate us."}, {"pk": 4119353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "So we\u2019ve chosen you today to take his place as our ruler and leader to fight our battle.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Jonathan accepted the leadership at that time in place of his brother Judas."}, {"pk": 4119355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "When Bacchides learned about this development, he tried to kill Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4119356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "But Jonathan, his brother Simon, and all those with him heard about it and fled into the Tekoa wilderness. They camped beside the water of the pool of Asphar."}, {"pk": 4119357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Bacchides found out about this on a Sabbath day, and he and his army crossed the Jordan River."}, {"pk": 4119358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "Jonathan sent his brother John, as leader of a large contingent, to beg his friends the Nabateans for permission to store with them the large amount of baggage that they had."}, {"pk": 4119359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "But the family of Jambri from Medeba came out and captured John and everything he had. And they left with it."}, {"pk": 4119360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "After this Jonathan and his brother Simon were told, \u201cThe family of Jambri is celebrating a great wedding. They are bringing the bride, a daughter of one of the great officials of Canaan, from Nadabath with a large escort.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "Remembering how their brother John had been killed, they went out and hid under cover of the mountain."}, {"pk": 4119362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "They looked out and saw a rowdy procession with a large amount of baggage. The bridegroom came out with his friends and his brothers to meet them with tambourines, musicians, and many weapons."}, {"pk": 4119363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "Then those who were with Jonathan ambushed them and began killing them. They wounded and killed many. The rest fled to the mountain, and the Jews took all their goods."}, {"pk": 4119364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "So the wedding turned into mourning, and the sound of their musicians into a funeral hymn."}, {"pk": 4119365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "After they had fully avenged their brother\u2019s death, they returned to the marshes of the Jordan."}, {"pk": 4119366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "When Bacchides heard about this, he came with a large force to the banks of the Jordan on the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4119367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 44, "text": "Jonathan said to his companions, \u201cLet\u2019s get up now and fight for our lives. Today things are not like they were before."}, {"pk": 4119368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 45, "text": "Look! The battle is in front of us and behind us. The water of the Jordan is on this side and on that, with marsh and thicket. There\u2019s no place to turn."}, {"pk": 4119369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 46, "text": "Cry out now to heaven so that you may be rescued from our enemies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 47, "text": "So the battle began. Jonathan reached out his hand to strike Bacchides, but he escaped and went to the rear."}, {"pk": 4119371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 48, "text": "Then Jonathan and his forces jumped into the Jordan and swam to the other side. The enemy didn\u2019t cross the Jordan to attack them."}, {"pk": 4119372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 49, "text": "About one thousand of Bacchides\u2019 soldiers died that day."}, {"pk": 4119373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 50, "text": "Then Bacchides returned to Jerusalem and built strong cities in Judea: the fortress in Jericho, Emmaus, Beth-horon, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, all with high walls and gates and bars."}, {"pk": 4119374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 51, "text": "He placed soldiers in each of them to harass Israel."}, {"pk": 4119375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 52, "text": "He also fortified Beth-zur, Gazara, and the elevated fortress. He put soldiers and stores of food in them."}, {"pk": 4119376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 53, "text": "He took hostage the sons of the leading citizens and put them under guard in the elevated fortress at Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 54, "text": "In the second month of the year 153, <sup>[4]</sup> Alcimus gave orders to tear down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary \u2014 to tear down the work of the prophets. But he only initiated the project.", "comment": "[4] April\u2013May, Iyar, 159 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 55, "text": "Right at that moment Alcimus had a stroke, and his work was stalled. He was paralyzed and couldn\u2019t speak or give commands concerning his house."}, {"pk": 4119379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 56, "text": "Alcimus died a painful death shortly thereafter."}, {"pk": 4119380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 57, "text": "When Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, he returned to the king. The land of Judah was quiet for two years."}, {"pk": 4119381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 58, "text": "Then all the people who did not live by the Law developed a plan and said, \u201cLook! Jonathan and his people are living in quiet and confidence. Now let\u2019s bring Bacchides back \u2014 he\u2019ll capture them all in one night.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 59, "text": "They went and talked it over with him."}, {"pk": 4119383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 60, "text": "He came with a large military force. Secretly, he sent letters to all his allies in Judea. He told them to seize Jonathan and his followers. But they weren\u2019t able to do it because their plan was discovered."}, {"pk": 4119384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 61, "text": "Instead, Jonathan\u2019s followers captured approximately fifty people who were leaders in this treachery and killed them."}, {"pk": 4119385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 62, "text": "Then Jonathan, his followers, and Simon withdrew to Bethbasi in the wilderness. He rebuilt the parts of it that had been demolished and fortified it."}, {"pk": 4119386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 63, "text": "When Bacchides found out about this, he assembled all his forces and gave orders to the Judeans."}, {"pk": 4119387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 64, "text": "Then he came and camped against Bethbasi. He made war machines and fought against it for many days."}, {"pk": 4119388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 65, "text": "But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the town while he went out into the country. He took only a few men and"}, {"pk": 4119389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 66, "text": "struck down Odomera and his people, as well as the people of Phasiron in their tents. Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces."}, {"pk": 4119390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 67, "text": "Simon and his group left the town and set fire to the war machines."}, {"pk": 4119391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 68, "text": "They fought Bacchides, and he was crushed by them. They put so much pressure on him that his plan and invasion came to nothing."}, {"pk": 4119392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 69, "text": "So he was very angry at the renegade Jews who had advised him to return to the country. He killed many of them before he decided to go back to his own land."}, {"pk": 4119393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 70, "text": "When Jonathan learned about this, he sent ambassadors to make peace with him and to gain release of captives."}, {"pk": 4119394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 71, "text": "Bacchides agreed and kept his word. He swore to Jonathan that he wouldn\u2019t try to harm him for the rest of his life."}, {"pk": 4119395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 72, "text": "He returned the captives he had taken previously from the land of Judah. Then he turned and went back to his own land and didn\u2019t come again into their territory."}, {"pk": 4119396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 9, "verse": 73, "text": "So war had ended for Israel. Jonathan settled in Michmash and began to govern the people. He destroyed the godless who were in Israel."}, {"pk": 4119397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "In the year 160, <sup>[1]</sup> Alexander Epiphanes, Antiochus\u2019 son, landed and occupied Ptolemais. They welcomed him there, and he began to rule.", "comment": "[1] 152 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "When King Demetrius heard about it, he assembled a very large army. He marched out to meet Alexander in battle."}, {"pk": 4119399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Demetrius sent a friendly letter to Jonathan to honor him."}, {"pk": 4119400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Demetrius thought to himself, We should make peace with Jonathan before he aligns with Alexander against us."}, {"pk": 4119401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "If we don\u2019t do so, he will recall all the wrongs that we did to him, his brothers, and his nation."}, {"pk": 4119402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "So Demetrius gave Jonathan authority to recruit troops, to arm them, and to become his ally. He ordered that the hostages in the elevated fortress be released to Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4119403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in front of all the people and those inside the elevated fortress."}, {"pk": 4119404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "These people were very concerned when they heard that the king had given him authority to recruit troops."}, {"pk": 4119405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "The inhabitants in the elevated fortress released the hostages to Jonathan, and he returned them to their parents."}, {"pk": 4119406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "Jonathan took up residence in Jerusalem and began to rebuild and restore the city."}, {"pk": 4119407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "He directed the workers to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with squared stones for better reinforcement, which they did."}, {"pk": 4119408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Then from the fortress that Bacchides had built, the foreigners fled."}, {"pk": 4119409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "All of them left their places and returned to their own lands."}, {"pk": 4119410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Only in Beth-zur did some Jews remain who had neglected the Law and the commandments, because Beth-zur was a place of refuge."}, {"pk": 4119411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Now King Alexander heard about all the promises that Demetrius made to Jonathan. He also heard about the battles that Jonathan and his brothers had fought, the brave deeds they had done, and the troubles they had endured."}, {"pk": 4119412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "He said to himself, Will we find another man like this? We should make him our friend and ally."}, {"pk": 4119413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "So he wrote a letter to Jonathan:"}, {"pk": 4119414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "King Alexander to his brother Jonathan. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "We have heard about you \u2014 that you are a mighty warrior and worthy to be our friend. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "So we have appointed you today to be the high priest of your nation. You are to be named the king\u2019s political advisor. <sup>[2]</sup> You should take our side and keep friendship with us. <br> He sent also a purple robe and a gold crown.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friend</i>"}, {"pk": 4119417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "So Jonathan put on the sacred garments in the seventh month of the year 160 <sup>[3]</sup> at the Festival of Booths. He recruited troops and equipped them with abundant weapons.", "comment": "[3] September\u2013October, Tishrei, 152 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "When Demetrius heard about these things he was distressed. He said,"}, {"pk": 4119419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cWhat have we done? Alexander has moved more quickly in forming a friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself."}, {"pk": 4119420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "I\u2019ll also write them words of encouragement and promise them honor and gifts so that I may gain their help.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "So he sent a message to them: King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "We have heard and rejoice that you have kept your agreement and have continued your friendship with us, and have not sided with our enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "Now continue to keep faith with us, and we will repay you in kind according to the good you do for us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "We will grant you many exemptions and give you gifts. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "I now free you and excuse all the Jews from payment of tribute as well as salt and royal taxes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Instead of collecting a third of the grain and half of the fruit of the trees as I should, I release you from payment from now on. I will not collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts added to it from Samaria and Galilee, from this day on and for all time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Jerusalem and its surroundings, its tenth-part gifts and its revenues, will be holy and free from tax. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "I will also give up my control of the elevated fortress in Jerusalem and give it to the high priest. He may station people of his own choice to guard it. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "I set free, without payment, all of the Jews who have been taken captive from Judah into any part of my kingdom. Furthermore, let all officials also cancel taxes on their livestock. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "All the festivals will be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom, including sabbaths, new moons, appointed days, and the three days before and after a festival. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "No one will have authority to demand anything from them or annoy any of them about anything. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "Let Jews be enrolled in the king\u2019s forces to the number of thirty thousand. And let the privileges be given them that are due to all the forces of the king. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "Let some of them be stationed in the king\u2019s great fortress. Let some of them be placed in trustworthy positions in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders come from their own people, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "As for the three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be annexed to Judea so that they may be considered under one ruler and obey no other authority than the high priest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "I give Ptolemais as a gift and the land adjoining it to the sanctuary in Jerusalem, to provide the necessary expenses of the sanctuary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "I also grant fifteen thousand silver shekels annually out of the king\u2019s revenues from appropriate places. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "All the additional funds that the government officials haven\u2019t paid as they used to, they will give from now on for the service of the temple. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "Moreover, the five thousand silver shekels that my officials have received annually from the income of the services of the temple, this too is canceled, because it belongs to the priests who minister there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 43, "text": "As for all who have taken refuge on the grounds of the temple in Jerusalem because they owe money to the king or are in debt, they are released from debt and I will restore all their property in my kingdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 44, "text": "Let the cost of rebuilding and restoring the structures of the sanctuary be paid from the king\u2019s revenues. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 45, "text": "And let the cost of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and revitalizing it all round, and the cost of rebuilding the walls in Judea, also be paid from the king\u2019s revenues. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 46, "text": "When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they didn\u2019t believe or accept them. They remembered vividly the great wrongs Demetrius had done in Israel and how much he had oppressed them."}, {"pk": 4119443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 47, "text": "They preferred Alexander because he had been the first to speak peaceful words to them. So they remained his allies all of his days."}, {"pk": 4119444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 48, "text": "Now King Alexander assembled large forces and camped opposite Demetrius."}, {"pk": 4119445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 49, "text": "The two kings met in battle, and the army of Demetrius fled. Alexander pursued him and outmaneuvered them."}, {"pk": 4119446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 50, "text": "He pressed the battle hard until sunset, and on that day Demetrius died."}, {"pk": 4119447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 51, "text": "Then Alexander sent ambassadors to Egypt\u2019s King Ptolemy, and they delivered the following message:"}, {"pk": 4119448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 52, "text": "I have returned to my kingdom and taken my seat on the throne of my ancestors. I have established my rule by crushing Demetrius to gain control of our country. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 53, "text": "I met him in battle, and we crushed him and his army. I have taken my seat on the throne of his kingdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 54, "text": "Therefore, let us establish friendship with each other. Give me your daughter to be my wife, and I will become your son-in-law. I will give gifts to you and to her in keeping with your position. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 55, "text": "Ptolemy the king replied, Happy was the day on which you returned to the land of your ancestors and took your seat on the throne of their kingdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 56, "text": "Now I will do for you as you wrote, but meet me at Ptolemais so that we may see each other, and I will become your father-in-law, as you have said. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 57, "text": "So Ptolemy set out from Egypt \u2014 he and his daughter Cleopatra \u2014 and came to Ptolemais in the year 162. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] 150 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 58, "text": "King Alexander met Ptolemy, who gave him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage. He celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with much ceremony, as kings do."}, {"pk": 4119455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 59, "text": "King Alexander then wrote to Jonathan to come and meet him."}, {"pk": 4119456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 60, "text": "So he went with majestic apparel to Ptolemais and met the two kings. He gave silver and gold and many other gifts to them and their chief political advisors, <sup>[5]</sup> and he found favor with them.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 61, "text": "A group of troublemakers from Israel gathered together to slander him, but the king paid no attention to them."}, {"pk": 4119458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 62, "text": "Instead, he gave orders to take off Jonathan\u2019s garments and to clothe him in purple. And they did so."}, {"pk": 4119459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 63, "text": "The king also seated him at his side, and he spoke to his officers: \u201cGo with him into the middle of the city and announce that no one should bring charges against him about any matter. Furthermore, let no one annoy him for any reason.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 64, "text": "His accusers saw the honor that was paid Jonathan in keeping with the proclamation. They saw him clothed in purple, so they all fled."}, {"pk": 4119461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 65, "text": "In this way, the king honored him and enrolled him among his chief political advisors, and made him general and governor of the province."}, {"pk": 4119462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 66, "text": "And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem in peace and gladness."}, {"pk": 4119463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 67, "text": "In the year 165, <sup>[6]</sup> Demetrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete to the land of his ancestors.", "comment": "[6] 147 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 68, "text": "When King Alexander heard, he was greatly distressed and returned to Antioch."}, {"pk": 4119465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 69, "text": "Demetrius appointed Apollonius the governor of Coele-Syria, who assembled a large force and camped against Jamnia. Then Apollonius sent the following message to the high priest Jonathan:"}, {"pk": 4119466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 70, "text": "You are the only one to oppose us. I have fallen into ridicule and disgrace because of you. Why do you assume authority against us in the highlands? <br>"}, {"pk": 4119467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 71, "text": "Now if you have confidence in your military forces, come down to the plain to meet us. Let\u2019s match strength against strength there, because I have with me the forces of the cities. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 72, "text": "Discover who I am and who the others are that are helping us, and you will learn that you cannot stand before us. Twice before, your ancestors were forced to flee in their own land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 73, "text": "Now you will not be able to stand up against my cavalry and my army in the plain, where there is no stone or pebble, or place to escape. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 74, "text": "When Jonathan heard Apollonius\u2019 words, a fire was lit under him. He chose ten thousand men and set out from Jerusalem. His brother Simon met him to assist."}, {"pk": 4119471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 75, "text": "He camped in front of Joppa. But the people of the city closed its gates because Apollonius had a defense force there. So they fought against it."}, {"pk": 4119472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 76, "text": "And the people of the city became frightened and opened the gates. So Jonathan gained possession of Joppa."}, {"pk": 4119473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 77, "text": "When Apollonius heard the news, he assembled three thousand cavalry and a large army. He went to Azotus and acted as if he were going farther. At the same time, he advanced into the plain, because he had a large troop of cavalry and had confidence in it."}, {"pk": 4119474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 78, "text": "Jonathan pursued him to Azotus, and their armies engaged in battle."}, {"pk": 4119475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 79, "text": "Apollonius had secretly left one thousand cavalry to the rear."}, {"pk": 4119476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 80, "text": "Jonathan found out that there was an ambush behind him. They surrounded his army and shot arrows at his soldiers from early in the morning until late in the afternoon."}, {"pk": 4119477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 81, "text": "But his soldiers stood steady, as he had commanded. Eventually, the horses of the enemy got tired."}, {"pk": 4119478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 82, "text": "Simon led his force forward and engaged the foreign enemy in battle since the cavalry was exhausted. He overwhelmed them, and they fled."}, {"pk": 4119479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 83, "text": "The cavalry was dispersed in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered Beth-dagon, the temple of their idol, to seek safety."}, {"pk": 4119480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 84, "text": "But Jonathan burned Azotus and the surrounding towns and plundered them. He burned down the temple of Dagon and those who had taken refuge in it."}, {"pk": 4119481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 85, "text": "The number of those who died, either by the sword or by fire, came to eight thousand."}, {"pk": 4119482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 86, "text": "Then Jonathan left there and camped against Ashkelon, and the people of the city came out to meet him with great ceremony."}, {"pk": 4119483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 87, "text": "He and his companions returned to Jerusalem with a large treasure."}, {"pk": 4119484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 88, "text": "When King Alexander heard about all this, he honored Jonathan even more."}, {"pk": 4119485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 10, "verse": 89, "text": "He sent to him a gold buckle, such as is the custom to give to the king\u2019s kindred. He also gave him Ekron and all its surroundings as his possession."}, {"pk": 4119486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Then King Ptolemy of Egypt gathered a great army, numbering like the sand by the seashore, and many ships. He tried to gain possession of Alexander\u2019s kingdom by trickery to add it to his own kingdom."}, {"pk": 4119487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "Ptolemy set out for Syria, speaking peaceful words. The people of the towns opened their gates to him. They went to meet him because King Alexander had commanded them to do so, since Ptolemy was his father-in-law."}, {"pk": 4119488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "But when Ptolemy entered the towns, he stationed forces as a garrison in each one."}, {"pk": 4119489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "When he approached Azotus, they showed him that Dagon\u2019s temple had been burned. Azotus and its suburbs had been destroyed. Corpses were lying about, the charred bodies of those whom Jonathan had burned in the war. They had piled them in heaps along his route."}, {"pk": 4119490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "They also told the king what Jonathan had done, throwing blame on him. But the king kept silent."}, {"pk": 4119491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Jonathan met the king at Joppa with great ceremony. They greeted each other and spent the night there."}, {"pk": 4119492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "Jonathan went with the king as far as the Eleutherus River, and then he returned to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "So King Ptolemy gained control of the coastal cities as far as Seleucia by the sea. He kept devising evil plans against Alexander."}, {"pk": 4119494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "He sent envoys to King Demetrius to say, \u201cCome, let\u2019s make an agreement with each other. I\u2019ll give you my daughter to marry, Alexander\u2019s wife. Then you will rule over your father\u2019s kingdom."}, {"pk": 4119495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "I now regret having given him my daughter since he tried to kill me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "He cast blame on Alexander because he desired to take his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4119497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "So he took his daughter away from Alexander and gave her to Demetrius. Ptolemy was estranged from Alexander, and their hostility was obvious to all."}, {"pk": 4119498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and put on the crown of Asia. Thus he claimed two crowns for his head, those of Asia and Egypt."}, {"pk": 4119499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "King Alexander was in Cilicia at the time, because the people of that region were in revolt."}, {"pk": 4119500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "When Alexander heard about it, he came against Ptolemy in battle. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force and caused him to retreat."}, {"pk": 4119501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "So Alexander fled into Arabia to seek protection there. King Ptolemy was triumphant."}, {"pk": 4119502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Zabdiel the Arab cut off Alexander\u2019s head and sent it to Ptolemy."}, {"pk": 4119503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the fortress were killed by the inhabitants of the towns."}, {"pk": 4119504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "So Demetrius became king in the year 167. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] 145 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "In those days, Jonathan assembled the Judeans to attack the elevated fortress in Jerusalem. They built many engines of war to use against it."}, {"pk": 4119506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Certain renegades who hated their nation went to King Demetrius and told him that Jonathan was attacking the elevated fortress."}, {"pk": 4119507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "When he heard this, he was angry and set out immediately to go to Ptolemais. He sent an order to Jonathan not to continue the attack but to meet him instead for a conference at Ptolemais as soon as possible."}, {"pk": 4119508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "When Jonathan heard this, he gave orders to continue the siege. He chose some of the elders of Israel and some of the priests and put himself in danger"}, {"pk": 4119509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "because he went to the king at Ptolemais. He took silver and gold as well as clothing and numerous other gifts. Fortunately, he won his favor."}, {"pk": 4119510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Certain renegades from Israel kept making complaints against Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4119511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "But the king treated him as those before him had done. He praised Jonathan in the presence of all his chief political advisors. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "He confirmed him in the high priesthood and in as many other honors as he formerly had. He made him one of his leading political advisors."}, {"pk": 4119513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "So Jonathan asked the king to free Judea and the three Samaritan districts from the payment of taxes. And he promised him 17,100 pounds of silver."}, {"pk": 4119514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "The king agreed. He wrote a letter to Jonathan about all these things:"}, {"pk": 4119515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan and to the nation of the Jews. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that we wrote about you to our advisor Lasthenes. We\u2019re sending it to you also so that you may know what it says. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Greetings from King Demetrius to his father Lasthenes. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "We have decided to treat the nation of the Jews well. They are our friends and keep their obligations to us. They show goodwill toward us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "We have confirmed, as their possession, the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema, Lydda, and Rathamin. The latter districts, with the entire region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Furthermore, we grant them release from all other payments due to us from the tenth-part gifts, the taxes, the salt pits, and the crown taxes from now on. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "These exemptions are never to be canceled. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "Therefore, be sure to make a copy of this letter. Give it to Jonathan and display it in a prominent place on the holy mountain. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet and that there was no opposition to him. So he dismissed his troops and sent them back to their homes. He kept only the foreign troops that he had recruited from the island nations. All the troops who had served under his predecessors hated him."}, {"pk": 4119524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "Now Trypho had formerly been one of Alexander\u2019s supporters. He realized that the troops were grumbling against Demetrius. So he went to Imalkue the Arab, who was bringing up Antiochus the young son of Alexander."}, {"pk": 4119525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "Imalkue watched over Antiochus carefully until he might hand him over to become king in place of his father. Trypho also reported to Imalkue what Demetrius had done and told him about the hatred of the troops toward Demetrius. He remained there many days."}, {"pk": 4119526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "Now Jonathan sent to King Demetrius the request that he remove the troops in the elevated fortress from Jerusalem, as well as the troops in the fortress, because they continued fighting against Israel."}, {"pk": 4119527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "Demetrius sent this message back to Jonathan: \u201cNot only will I do these things for you and your nation, but I will confer great honor on you and your nation if I get an opportunity."}, {"pk": 4119528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "In return, you would do well to send me some soldiers to help me, because my troops are in revolt.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "Jonathan sent three thousand strong men to him at Antioch. When they came to the king, he rejoiced at their arrival."}, {"pk": 4119530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "At that time, the people of the city assembled, one hundred twenty thousand in number, and they wanted to kill the king."}, {"pk": 4119531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 46, "text": "But he fled into the palace. Then the people took control of the main streets of the city and began to fight."}, {"pk": 4119532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 47, "text": "So the king called the Jews to his aid. They rallied around him and spread out through the city. They killed about one hundred thousand people that day."}, {"pk": 4119533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 48, "text": "They set fire to the city, ravaged many goods, and saved the king."}, {"pk": 4119534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 49, "text": "When the people saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed. They made a request of the king:"}, {"pk": 4119535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 50, "text": "\u201cGive us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 51, "text": "They threw down their weapons and made peace. So the Jews received honor from the king and all the people in his kingdom. They returned to Jerusalem with a large amount of treasure."}, {"pk": 4119537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 52, "text": "So King Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was peaceful before him."}, {"pk": 4119538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 53, "text": "But he broke his word about all that he had said. He became estranged from Jonathan and didn\u2019t repay the favors that Jonathan had done him. Instead, he treated him harshly."}, {"pk": 4119539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 54, "text": "After this, Trypho returned, accompanied by the young boy Antiochus, who put on the crown and began to rule."}, {"pk": 4119540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 55, "text": "The troops that Demetrius had dismissed gathered to fight against Demetrius and routed him, so he fled."}, {"pk": 4119541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 56, "text": "Trypho captured the elephants and gained control of Antioch."}, {"pk": 4119542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 57, "text": "Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, \u201cI confirm you in the high priesthood, set you over the four districts, and make you one of the king\u2019s chief political advisors.\u201d <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 58, "text": "He also sent him gold plates and table utensils, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups, dress in purple, and wear a gold buckle."}, {"pk": 4119544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 59, "text": "He appointed Jonathan\u2019s brother Simon governor from the peaks of Tyre to the borders of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4119545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 60, "text": "Jonathan traveled through Beyond the River and among the towns. All the Syrian army gathered to him as allies. When he came to Ashkelon, the people of the city met him and honored him."}, {"pk": 4119546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 61, "text": "From there, he went to Gaza, but the people shut him out. So he attacked Gaza and burned and plundered the areas surrounding the city."}, {"pk": 4119547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 62, "text": "Then the people of Gaza pleaded with Jonathan, and he made peace with them. He took the sons of their rulers as hostages and sent them to Jerusalem. And he passed through the country as far as Damascus."}, {"pk": 4119548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 63, "text": "Then Jonathan heard that Demetrius\u2019 officers had come to Kadesh in Galilee with a large army, intending to remove him from office."}, {"pk": 4119549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 64, "text": "He went to meet them but left his brother Simon in the country."}, {"pk": 4119550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 65, "text": "Simon camped before Beth-zur and fought against it for many days, hemming it in."}, {"pk": 4119551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 66, "text": "Then they asked Simon to grant them terms of peace, and he did so. He removed them from there and took possession of the town. He appointed troops to guard it."}, {"pk": 4119552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 67, "text": "Jonathan and his army camped by the waters of Gennesaret. Early in the morning they marched to the plain of Hazor,"}, {"pk": 4119553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 68, "text": "where the foreign army met him. They had set an ambush against him in the mountains, but they themselves met him face-to-face."}, {"pk": 4119554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 69, "text": "Then the men waiting to ambush emerged from their places and joined the battle. All the men with Jonathan fled."}, {"pk": 4119555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 70, "text": "Not one of them was left except Mattathias, Absalom\u2019s son, and Judas, Chalphi\u2019s son, commanders of the army forces."}, {"pk": 4119556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 71, "text": "Jonathan tore his clothes, put dust on his head, and prayed."}, {"pk": 4119557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 72, "text": "Then he turned back to the battle against the enemy, routed them, and they fled."}, {"pk": 4119558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 73, "text": "When his men who were running away saw this, they returned to him. They joined him in the pursuit as far as Kadesh, where they camped."}, {"pk": 4119559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 11, "verse": 74, "text": "As many as three thousand foreigners died that day. Finally, Jonathan returned to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "When Jonathan felt that the time was favorable, he chose envoys and sent them to Rome in order to confirm and renew friendship with them."}, {"pk": 4119561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "He also sent letters in the same vein to the Spartans and to others."}, {"pk": 4119562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "The envoys went to Rome and entered the senate chamber. They said, \u201cJonathan the high priest and the Jewish nation have sent us to renew our former friendship and alliance.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "The Romans provided letters for them to give to various people to ask them to assure the envoys safe passage back to Judah."}, {"pk": 4119564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:"}, {"pk": 4119565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "The high priest Jonathan, the senate of the nation, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people. To their brothers the Spartans. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "In the past, your king Arius sent a letter to the high priest Onias, stating that you are our relatives as the appended copy shows. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "Onias welcomed the envoy with honor and received the letter, which contained a clear declaration of alliance and friendship. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "Generally, we have no need of these things, since we have the holy scrolls as encouragement. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "Yet we have desired to renew our family ties and friendship with you so that we may not become estranged from you, because considerable time has passed since you sent your letter to us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "We remember you constantly on every occasion \u2014 at our festivals and on other appropriate days, at the sacrifices that we offer, and in our prayers \u2014 as it is right and proper to remember relatives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Furthermore, we rejoice at your success. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "As for us, we have experienced many trials and many wars. The kings around us have waged war against us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "We have not wanted to bother you and our other allies and friends about these wars <br>"}, {"pk": 4119574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "because we have the help that comes from heaven. So we have been delivered from our enemies, and they have been humbled. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, we chose Numenius, Antiochus\u2019 son, and Antipater, Jason\u2019s son, and sent them to Rome to renew our former friendship and alliance with them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "We have told them to go to you as well and greet you and deliver to you this letter from us concerning the renewal of our family ties. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "So please send us a reply. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that they sent to Onias:"}, {"pk": 4119579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "King Arius of the Spartans. To the high priest Onias. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "It has been discovered in a written record that the Spartans and the Jews are relatives and are both of the family of Abraham. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "Since we have learned this, please let us know how you are. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "On our part, we write to let you know that what is yours \u2014 your livestock and property \u2014 belongs to us, and ours belongs to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you in keeping with this. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Jonathan heard that Demetrius\u2019 commanders had returned with a larger force than before to wage war against him."}, {"pk": 4119584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "So he marched away from Jerusalem and met them in the region of Hamath. He didn\u2019t allow them any opportunity to invade his country."}, {"pk": 4119585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "He sent spies to their camp. They returned and reported to him that the enemy was lining up in battle formation to attack the Jews at night."}, {"pk": 4119586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "When the sun had set, Jonathan commanded his troops to be on alert. They were to keep their weapons at hand so they could be ready through the night for battle. He also stationed guard posts around the camp."}, {"pk": 4119587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "When the enemy heard that Jonathan and his troops were prepared for battle, they were extremely terrified. So they lit fires in their camp and retreated."}, {"pk": 4119588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "Jonathan and his troops didn\u2019t know about this until morning because they saw the fires burning."}, {"pk": 4119589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "Then Jonathan tried to pursue them, but he couldn\u2019t catch them since they had already crossed the Eleutherus River."}, {"pk": 4119590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "So Jonathan turned aside against the Arabs, who are called Zabadeans, and he crushed and plundered them."}, {"pk": 4119591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "Then he broke camp and went to Damascus and marched throughout that region."}, {"pk": 4119592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "Simon also marched through the country as far as Ashkelon and the fortresses in the area. He turned aside to Joppa and took it by surprise,"}, {"pk": 4119593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "because he had heard that they were ready to hand over the fortress to people that Demetrius had sent. So he stationed a force there to occupy and guard it."}, {"pk": 4119594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "When Jonathan returned to Jerusalem, he assembled the elders of the people and planned with them how to build fortresses in Judea."}, {"pk": 4119595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "They also discussed how to build the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and to erect a high barrier between the elevated fortress and the city to separate them. This was to isolate the elevated fortress so that its troops couldn\u2019t buy or sell things."}, {"pk": 4119596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "So they gathered together to rebuild the city. Part of the wall toward the valley to the east had fallen, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha."}, {"pk": 4119597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "Simon also built Adida in the western foothills. He secured it and installed gates with bolts."}, {"pk": 4119598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "At that time, Trypho attempted to rise up against King Antiochus, put on the crown, and become king in Asia."}, {"pk": 4119599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "He feared that Jonathan might not permit him to do this, making war on him. So he kept trying to capture and kill him. He marched out and came to Beth-shan."}, {"pk": 4119600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand select warriors. He also came to Beth-shan."}, {"pk": 4119601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "When Trypho saw that he had come with a large army, he was afraid to lift a hand against him."}, {"pk": 4119602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "So he received Jonathan with honor and commended him to all his chief political advisors. <sup>[1]</sup> He gave him gifts and told his advisors and troops to obey him as they would himself.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "Then he said to Jonathan, \u201cWhy have you put all these people to so much trouble when we\u2019re not at war?"}, {"pk": 4119604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "Tell them to go back to their homes. Pick for yourself a few men to stay with you, and come with me to Ptolemais. I\u2019ll hand it over to you as well as the other fortresses and the remaining troops and officials. Then I\u2019ll turn around and go home. That\u2019s why I\u2019m here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "Jonathan trusted him and did what he said. He sent away his troops, and they returned to Judah."}, {"pk": 4119606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "He kept with himself three thousand troops \u2014 two thousand of whom he left in Galilee, while one thousand accompanied him."}, {"pk": 4119607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 48, "text": "But when Jonathan entered Ptolemais, the people there closed the gates and captured him, and killed with their swords all those who had entered with him."}, {"pk": 4119608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 49, "text": "Trypho then sent infantry and cavalry into Galilee and the great plain to destroy Jonathan\u2019s soldiers."}, {"pk": 4119609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 50, "text": "But Jonathan\u2019s forces believed that Jonathan had been seized and had died along with his troops. They encouraged each other and kept marching in tight formation, ready for fighting."}, {"pk": 4119610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 51, "text": "When their pursuers saw that they would fight for their lives, they turned back."}, {"pk": 4119611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 52, "text": "So they all reached the land of Judah safely. They mourned for Jonathan and his companions, and they were very anxious. All Israel mourned deeply."}, {"pk": 4119612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 12, "verse": 53, "text": "All the nations around them tried to destroy them, saying, \u201cThey have no leader or helper now. Let\u2019s make war against them and blot out their memory from humanity.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "Simon heard that Trypho had assembled a large army to invade the land of Judah and destroy it."}, {"pk": 4119614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "He saw that the people were trembling and afraid, so he went up to Jerusalem and gathered the people together."}, {"pk": 4119615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "He encouraged them by saying, \u201cYou yourselves know what great things my brothers and I, and our father\u2019s family, have done for the laws and the sanctuary. You also know about the wars and the difficulties that we have seen."}, {"pk": 4119616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Because of this, all my brothers have died for Israel\u2019s sake. I alone am left."}, {"pk": 4119617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "Now, far be it from me to spare my own life at any time of distress. I\u2019m not better than my brothers."}, {"pk": 4119618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Instead, I will avenge my nation and the sanctuary, your wives and children. All the nations have gathered to destroy us out of hatred.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "The spirit of the people was renewed when they heard these words."}, {"pk": 4119620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "They answered loudly, \u201cYou are our leader in place of Judas and Jonathan your brothers. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>brother</i>"}, {"pk": 4119621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "Fight our battles, and all that you tell us we will do.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "So he assembled the warriors and rushed to complete the walls of Jerusalem and secured it on every side."}, {"pk": 4119623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "He sent Jonathan, Absalom\u2019s son, to Joppa with a sufficient army. He drove out its occupants and remained there."}, {"pk": 4119624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Trypho left Ptolemais with a large army to invade the land of Judah, taking Jonathan with him under guard."}, {"pk": 4119625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Simon camped in Adida, facing the plain."}, {"pk": 4119626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Trypho learned that Simon had taken the place of his brother Jonathan and that he was about to battle against him. So he sent envoys to Simon who said,"}, {"pk": 4119627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cWe are detaining your brother Jonathan because of the money he owes the royal treasury in connection with the offices he held."}, {"pk": 4119628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "Send now 5,700 pounds of silver and two of his sons as hostages, to ensure that when he is released he won\u2019t revolt against us, and we will release him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Simon knew that they were speaking deceitfully to him, but he sent for the money and the sons so that he wouldn\u2019t arouse hostility among the people."}, {"pk": 4119630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "He was concerned that they might say, \u201cJonathan died because Simon didn\u2019t send the money and his sons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "So he sent the sons and 5,700 pounds of silver. But Trypho broke his word and didn\u2019t release Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4119632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "After this, Trypho came to invade and destroy the country. He circled around by the way to Adora. But Simon and his army kept marching opposite him, every place he went."}, {"pk": 4119633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "Now the men in the elevated fortress kept sending messengers to Trypho, urging him to come to them by way of the wilderness and to send them food."}, {"pk": 4119634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "So Trypho got all his cavalry ready to go, but that night a very heavy snow fell so he didn\u2019t go. Instead, he marched into the land of Gilead."}, {"pk": 4119635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "When he approached Baskama, he killed Jonathan and buried him there."}, {"pk": 4119636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Then Trypho returned to his own land."}, {"pk": 4119637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Simon sent someone to get the bones of Jonathan his brother, and he buried him in Modein, the city of his ancestors."}, {"pk": 4119638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "All Israel mourned Jonathan with great expressions of grief for many days."}, {"pk": 4119639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "Simon built a monument over the tomb of his father and his brothers. He made it high so that all might see it. It had polished stone at the front and back."}, {"pk": 4119640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "He also set up seven pyramids, opposite each other, for his father and mother and four brothers."}, {"pk": 4119641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "He devised an elaborate site for the pyramids, setting up great columns around them. On the columns, he put suits of armor for a permanent memorial. Beside the suits of armor, he carved ships so that all who sail the sea might see them."}, {"pk": 4119642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "This is the tomb that he built in Modein, which remains to this day."}, {"pk": 4119643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "Trypho dealt dishonestly with the young king Antiochus and killed him."}, {"pk": 4119644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "He put on the crown of Asia and became king in his place. He brought great disaster on the land."}, {"pk": 4119645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "But Simon built up the fortresses of Judea and put protection all around them with high towers, great walls, gates, and bolts. In addition, he stored food in the fortresses."}, {"pk": 4119646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "Simon also sent messengers to King Demetrius with a request to grant relief to the country, because Trypho had stolen many of their goods."}, {"pk": 4119647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "King Demetrius sent a reply to this request, and wrote him a letter:"}, {"pk": 4119648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "King Demetrius. To Simon, the high priest and advisor of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "We have received the gold crown and the palm branch that you sent. We are ready to make a general peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you release from tribute. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "All the exemptions that we have made to you remain valid. Let the fortresses that you have built be in your possession. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 39, "text": "We pardon any errors and offenses committed to this day. Plus, we cancel the crown tax that you owe. Whatever other tax has been collected in Jerusalem will not be collected any longer. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 40, "text": "If any of you are qualified to be enrolled in our bodyguard, let them be enrolled. Finally, let there be peace between us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 41, "text": "In the year 170, <sup>[2]</sup> the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel.", "comment": "[2] 142 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 42, "text": "The people of Israel began to write in their documents and contracts, \u201cIn the first year of Simon the great high priest, commander and leader of the Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 43, "text": "In those days, Simon camped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine and brought it up to the city. He battered and captured one tower."}, {"pk": 4119656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 44, "text": "The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose."}, {"pk": 4119657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 45, "text": "Together with their wives and children, the men went up on the wall with their clothes torn. They cried out loudly, asking Simon to make peace with them."}, {"pk": 4119658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 46, "text": "They said, \u201cDon\u2019t treat us according to our wicked acts but according to your mercy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 47, "text": "So Simon reached an agreement with them and stopped fighting. But he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses in which the idols were located. He then entered it with hymns and praise."}, {"pk": 4119660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 48, "text": "He removed all pollution from it and settled people there who observed the Law. He also strengthened its defenses and built a house for himself there."}, {"pk": 4119661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 49, "text": "Those who were in the elevated fortress at Jerusalem were prevented from moving around to buy and sell in the country. So they were very hungry, and many perished from famine."}, {"pk": 4119662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 50, "text": "They appealed to Simon to make peace with them, and he did. But he expelled them from there and cleansed the elevated fortress from its pollutions."}, {"pk": 4119663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 51, "text": "On the twenty-third day of the second month, <sup>[3]</sup> in the year 171, the Jews entered it with praise and palm branches, with harps and cymbals and stringed instruments, and with hymns and songs. A great enemy had been crushed and removed from Israel.", "comment": "[3] April\u2013May, Iyar, 141 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 52, "text": "Simon declared that they should celebrate this day annually with rejoicing. He strengthened the defenses of the temple hill alongside the elevated fortress, and he and his soldiers lived there."}, {"pk": 4119665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 13, "verse": 53, "text": "Simon saw that his son John had become a man, and so he made him commander of all the forces. And John lived at Gazara."}, {"pk": 4119666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "In the year 172, <sup>[1]</sup> King Demetrius gathered together his military forces. He marched into Media to find help, in order to wage war against Trypho.", "comment": "[1] 140 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "When Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had invaded his territory, he sent one of his generals to capture him alive."}, {"pk": 4119668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "The general went and defeated the army of Demetrius. He arrested Demetrius and took him to Arsaces, who put him under guard."}, {"pk": 4119669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "The land of Judah enjoyed peace all the days of Simon. <br>He sought what was good for his nation. <br>His rule was agreeable to them, <br>as was the honor shown him <br>all his days.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "His crowning achievement <br>was to take Joppa for a harbor, <br>opening the way to the sea <br>with its islands.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "He also extended his country\u2019s borders. <br>He gained full control of the land;<br>"}, {"pk": 4119672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "he took a great number of captives. <br>He ruled over Gazara, Beth-zur, <br>and the elevated fortress. <br>He removed the impurities <br>from the elevated fortress. <br>There were none to oppose him.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "People worked their farmland in peace. <br>The ground was fertile, <br>and the trees of the plains <br>were fruitful.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Old men sat along the sides of the streets and talked about good things. <br>The young put on <br>impressive military uniforms.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "Simon supplied the towns with food <br>and with the means for defense. <br>His fame spread to the ends of the earth.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "He established peace <br>throughout the land, <br>and Israel had great joy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "All the people sat under their own vines and fig trees. <br>No one made them afraid.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "No one was left in the land to fight them, <br>because foreign kings had been crushed in those days.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "He gave help to all the humble ones among his people. <br>He sought lawful ways. <br>He did away with evil people <br>and those who sinned against the Law.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "He made the sanctuary glorious, <br>and added to its holy equipment. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "The people in Rome, and those who were as far away as Sparta, learned that Jonathan had died, and they were all very sad."}, {"pk": 4119682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "They also heard that Simon his brother had become high priest in his place and that he was ruling over the country and its towns."}, {"pk": 4119683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "So they wrote to him on bronze tablets to renew with him the friendly alliance that they had established with his brothers Judas and Jonathan."}, {"pk": 4119684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "The tablets were read before the assembly in Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "This is a copy of the letter that the Spartans sent: The rulers of the Spartans, with the city. To the high priest Simon, the elders, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people, our brothers and sisters. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "The envoys who were sent to our people have told us about your glory and honor, and we rejoiced when they came. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "We made this record in our public decrees concerning what they said: \u201cNumenius, Antiochus\u2019 son, and Antipater, Jason\u2019s son, Jewish representatives, have come to renew their friendship with us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Our people were pleased to receive them with respect and to maintain a copy of their words in the public archives so that Spartans may have a record of them. They have also sent a copy of this to Simon, the high priest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Following this exchange, Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a large gold shield weighing one thousand manehs, to confirm the alliance with the Romans."}, {"pk": 4119690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "When the people heard these things they said, \u201cHow should we thank Simon and his sons?"}, {"pk": 4119691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "He and his brothers, and his father\u2019s family, have stood firm. They have fought and repelled Israel\u2019s enemies and established our freedom.\u201d So they made a written record on bronze plaques and put it on pillars on Mount Zion."}, {"pk": 4119692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "This is a copy of the document: On the eighteenth day of Elul, <sup>[2]</sup> in the year 172, the third year of the great high priest Simon. <br>", "comment": "[2] August\u2013September, 140 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "In the great assembly of the priests, the people, and the rulers and elders of the country, the following was proclaimed to us. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "Wars occurred often in our country. Simon, Mattathias\u2019 son, a priest of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers bravely faced danger and fought against the enemies of their nation. They preserved the sanctuary and the Law, and they brought great honor to their nation. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "Jonathan rallied the nation and became their high priest, and was gathered to his people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "Their enemies decided to invade their country and take hold of their sanctuary. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "Then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent great amounts of his own money to arm soldiers of his nation and give them pay. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "He fortified the towns of Judea and Beth-zur on the borders of Judea, where enemy weapons had been stored in the past, and placed a group of Jewish soldiers there. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "He also fortified Joppa by the sea, along with Gazara on the borders of Azotus, where enemies formerly lived. He settled Jews there and provided whatever was needed to restore the towns. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "The people saw Simon\u2019s faithfulness and the honor that he had resolved to win for his nation. So they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things and had acted toward his nation with justice and loyalty. He sought in every way to lift up his people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "In his days, things prospered under his leadership so that the Gentiles were driven out of the country, as well as those in David\u2019s City in Jerusalem, who had built themselves an elevated fortress. Gentiles used to leave the elevated fortress and defile the sanctuary area, doing great damage to its purity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "He settled Jewish troops in the elevated fortress and fortified it for the safety of the country and of the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "In light of all these things, King Demetrius confirmed him as high priest. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "He also made him one of the leading political advisors, <sup>[3]</sup> and paid him other high honors. <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "For he had heard that the Jews were considered friends, allies, and brothers by the Romans, and that the Romans had welcomed the ambassadors of Simon with honor. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "The Jews and their priests have resolved that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "He should govern them and take charge of the sanctuary, appointing officials to oversee its tasks and the weapons and the fortresses of the country. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "Everyone should obey him. All contracts in the land should bear his name. In addition, he should be clothed in royal purple and wear gold. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "None of the people or the priests can annul these decisions or oppose what he says. They cannot convene an assembly without his permission. No one else can be clothed in purple or put on a gold buckle. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "Whoever fails to follow all of these decisions or acts contrary to them will be punished. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 46, "text": "All the people agreed to give Simon the power to act in keeping with these decisions."}, {"pk": 4119712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 47, "text": "Simon accepted and agreed to be high priest, to command and rule the Jews and the priests, and to protect them all."}, {"pk": 4119713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 48, "text": "Also they gave orders to write this decision on bronze plates and to set them up in a public place in the sanctuary grounds."}, {"pk": 4119714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 14, "verse": 49, "text": "Finally, they were to place copies in the treasury so that Simon and his sons would have access to them."}, {"pk": 4119715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Antiochus the son of King Demetrius sent a letter from the sea islands to Simon, the priest and ruler of the Jews, and to all the nation:"}, {"pk": 4119716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and ruler, and to the nation of the Jews. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Some troublemakers have gained control of our ancestors\u2019 kingdom. I intend to take command of the kingdom so that I may restore it to the way it used to be. I have recruited a large number of foreign troops and have equipped warships. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "I am going to come to the country so that I can move against the people who have destroyed our country and devastated many cities in my kingdom. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Therefore, I confirm all of the favorable tax exemptions that previous kings have given you. Also, I consent to any agreements you had with them to release you from other payments. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "You have my permission to mint your own coins to use in your country. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Furthermore, I give freedom to Jerusalem and the sanctuary. All the weapons you made and the fortress you built will remain in your possession. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "I cancel any debts you owe to the royal treasury now or in the future. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "When I gain control of the kingdom, I will give you great rewards. I will honor you, your nation, and the temple. Your reputation will become evident in all the earth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "In the year 174, <sup>[1]</sup> Antiochus invaded the land of his ancestors. All the troops went over to his side. Trypho had only a few remaining.", "comment": "[1] 138 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Antiochus pursued him, and Trypho fled to Dor, which is by the sea."}, {"pk": 4119726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "He knew that things looked bad for him and that his troops had deserted him."}, {"pk": 4119727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Antiochus camped against Dor with one hundred twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry."}, {"pk": 4119728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "He surrounded the town, and ships joined the battle from the sea. He pressured the town from land and sea, and he didn\u2019t let anyone leave or enter it."}, {"pk": 4119729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome with letters to the kings and countries:"}, {"pk": 4119730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Lucius, consul of the Romans. To King Ptolemy. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4119731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Jewish messengers came to us as our friends and allies to renew our ancient friendship and alliance. The high priest Simon and the Jewish people sent them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "They have brought us a gold shield weighing one thousand manehs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Because of this, we have decided to write to the kings and countries to tell them that they should not seek their harm or make war against them, their cities, or their country, or make alliance with those who war against them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "We are pleased to accept the shield. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "Therefore, if any troublemakers have run away to your lands from their country, hand them over to the high priest Simon. Then he can punish them according to Jewish law. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "The consul wrote the same thing to King Demetrius and to Attalus, Ariarathes, and Arsaces."}, {"pk": 4119737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "He also wrote it to all the countries \u2014 to Sampsames, the Spartans, Delos, Myndos, Sicyon, Caria, Samos, Pamphylia, Lycia, Halicarnassus, Rhodes, Phaselis, Cos, Side, Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene."}, {"pk": 4119738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "They also sent a copy of these things to Simon the high priest."}, {"pk": 4119739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "King Antiochus besieged Dor for a second time, continually making war engines and throwing his forces against it. He forced Trypho to stay inside and restricted his movement."}, {"pk": 4119740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "Simon sent two thousand select troops to fight for Antiochus. He also sent silver, gold, and a large amount of military equipment."}, {"pk": 4119741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "But Antiochus wouldn\u2019t accept them. He broke all the agreements that he had made with Simon in the past and became like a stranger to him."}, {"pk": 4119742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "He sent Athenobius, one of his leading political advisors, <sup>[2]</sup> to talk with Simon: \u201cYou hold control of Joppa and Gazara and the elevated fortress in Jerusalem. They are cities of my kingdom.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4119743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "You have devastated their territory. You have done great damage in the land. You have taken possession of many places in my kingdom."}, {"pk": 4119744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Now hand over the cities that you have captured and the money you have received from the places you have conquered beyond Judea\u2019s borders."}, {"pk": 4119745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "Or you can pay me 28,500 pounds of silver for the destruction you have caused and another 28,500 pounds for the tribute money of the cities. Otherwise, I will come and make war on you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "So the king\u2019s advisor Athenobius came to Jerusalem. When he saw the magnificence of Simon, including his special cupboard that had gold and silver on it, all representing his considerable position, he was amazed. But he delivered the king\u2019s message."}, {"pk": 4119747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "Simon replied, \u201cWe haven\u2019t taken foreign land or property. We\u2019ve taken only our ancestors\u2019 inheritance, which was unjustly stolen by our enemies."}, {"pk": 4119748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Now that we have the opportunity, we will hold on firmly to their inheritance."}, {"pk": 4119749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "As for Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, they were causing a lot of problems for our people and land. But we\u2019ll give you 5,700 pounds of silver for them.\u201d Athenobius didn't say a word."}, {"pk": 4119750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "Instead, he returned with great anger and told the king what Simon had said. He also reported on Simon\u2019s wealth and all that he had seen, and the king was enraged."}, {"pk": 4119751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "Meanwhile, Trypho escaped on a ship and went to Orthosia."}, {"pk": 4119752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "The king made Cendebeus supreme commander of the coastal lands, and he gave him infantry and cavalry."}, {"pk": 4119753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "He commanded him to camp against Judea, to secure Kedron and its gates, and to wage war against the people. Then the king went to hunt down Trypho."}, {"pk": 4119754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "Cendebeus came to Jamnia and bothered the people. He invaded Judea and killed the prisoners of war."}, {"pk": 4119755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "Following the king\u2019s orders, he fortified Kedron. He stationed cavalry and troops there so that they could go out and raid along the roads of Judea."}, {"pk": 4119756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "John went up from Gazara and reported to his father Simon what Cendebeus had done."}, {"pk": 4119757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Simon summoned his two oldest boys, Judas and John. He said to them, \u201cMy brothers and I, and my father\u2019s family, have fought Israel\u2019s wars from our youth until this day. We have prospered and have delivered Israel many times."}, {"pk": 4119758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "But now I\u2019ve become old. By heaven\u2019s mercy, you are mature in years. Take my place and that of my brothers, and go out and fight for our nation. May the help that comes from heaven be with you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "So John chose twenty thousand warriors and cavalry from across the country. They marched against Cendebeus, camping overnight in Modein."}, {"pk": 4119760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "They started out early in the morning and marched into the plain, where a large force of infantry and cavalry was advancing to meet them. A stream lay between them."}, {"pk": 4119761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Then John and his army lined up against them. He saw that his soldiers were afraid to cross the stream, so he crossed it first. When his troops saw his action, they crossed over after him."}, {"pk": 4119762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Then he divided up the army, placing the cavalry in the middle of the infantry, because the enemy had a large number of cavalry."}, {"pk": 4119763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "They sounded the trumpets and decisively defeated Cendebeus and his army. Many of them were killed, and the rest headed into the fortress."}, {"pk": 4119764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "During the battle, John\u2019s brother Judas was wounded, but John pursued them until Cendebeus reached Kedron, which he had built."}, {"pk": 4119765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "Some also fled into the towers that were in the fields of Azotus. John burned them down, killing about two thousand. Then he safely returned to Judea."}, {"pk": 4119766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "Now Ptolemy, Abubus\u2019 son, had been appointed governor over Jericho. He had a large amount of silver and gold"}, {"pk": 4119767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "because he was the high priest\u2019s son-in-law."}, {"pk": 4119768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "He became arrogant and was determined to gain control of the country. He made devious plans against Simon and his sons to do away with them."}, {"pk": 4119769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Now Simon was out visiting the towns in the countryside and attending to their needs. He went down to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas. It was the eleventh month, the month of Shevat, <sup>[1]</sup> in the year 177.", "comment": "[1] January-February, 134 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Abubus\u2019 son welcomed them deceitfully in the little fortress called Dok, which he had built. He threw a great banquet for them, but he hid men in the hall."}, {"pk": 4119771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "When Simon and his sons became drunk, Ptolemy and his men took their weapons. They rushed forward against Simon, and killed him and his two sons in the banquet hall, as well as some of his servants."}, {"pk": 4119772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "So he committed an act of great treachery, returning evil for good."}, {"pk": 4119773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Ptolemy wrote a report about these matters and sent it to the king. He asked him to send troops to aid him and to turn over the towns and country to him."}, {"pk": 4119774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "He sent other soldiers to Gazara to kill John. And he sent letters to the captains asking them to come to him so that he could give them silver and gold and gifts."}, {"pk": 4119775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "He sent other troops to capture Jerusalem and the temple mount."}, {"pk": 4119776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "But someone ran ahead and told John at Gazara that his father and brothers had died, and also said, \u201cHe has sent men to kill you also.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "When he heard this news, he was greatly shocked. He detained the men who had come to destroy him and killed them because he had learned about their intentions."}, {"pk": 4119778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "The rest of John\u2019s actions, his wars, the brave deeds that he did, his achievements, and the building of the walls that he completed \u2014"}, {"pk": 4119779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 74, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "these are written in the records of his high priesthood, dating from the time when he became high priest after his father."}, {"pk": 4119780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "To our Jewish brothers and sisters in Egypt. Greetings! Your Jewish brothers and sisters in Jerusalem and in the country of Judea wish you prosperous peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "May God do good for you and remember the covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "May God give to all of you the passion to worship him and to do his will with a whole heart and a willing spirit. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "May God open your heart to his Law and commands, and give you peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "May God listen to your prayers and be reconciled with you and not abandon you in an evil time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "We are praying for you here. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "In the year 169 <sup>[1]</sup>, during the rule of Demetrius, we Jews wrote to you during a critical period of suffering that happened to us in the years after Jason and his followers revolted from the holy land and the kingdom.", "comment": "[1] 143 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "They burned down the gate and murdered innocent people. We pleaded to the Lord, and the Lord heard us. We offered sacrifices and fine flour, lit the lamps, and set out the sacred loaves."}, {"pk": 4119788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "So now you should keep the Festival of Booths in the month of Kislev,"}, {"pk": 4119789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "in the year 188. <sup>[2]</sup> <b>The second letter</b> </pb> The citizens of Jerusalem and Judea, the council of elders, and Judas send greetings and wishes of good health to Aristobulus, teacher of King Ptolemy and a member of the family of the anointed priests, and to the Jews in Egypt.", "comment": "[2] November\u2013December, 124 BCE"}, {"pk": 4119790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "God saved us from great danger when we were battling against the king. So we greatly praise God"}, {"pk": 4119791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "because he forced those fighting in the holy city to leave."}, {"pk": 4119792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "The ruler and his armed forces that went into Persia seemed invincible. But they were slain in the goddess Nanea\u2019s temple, when Nanea\u2019s priests tricked them."}, {"pk": 4119793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Since Antiochus came in order to marry the goddess, he and his political advisors <sup>[3]</sup> came into the temple <sup>[4]</sup> to take the great wealth as payment for her dowry.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>Friends</i><br>[4] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4119794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "When the priests of Nanea had set it out, the king entered with a few men into the enclosed space of the shrine. After closing off the temple as Antiochus entered,"}, {"pk": 4119795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "and opening the hidden door of the ceiling, they threw stones that struck down the ruler like a bolt of lightning. After dismembering and beheading the bodies, they tossed the heads to those outside."}, {"pk": 4119796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "May our God who gave up the immoral to death be praised in every way!"}, {"pk": 4119797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Since we are about to celebrate the cleansing of the temple on the twenty-fifth of Kislev, we thought it right to notify you so that you yourselves might also celebrate the Festival of Booths and Fire, when Nehemiah offered sacrifices after he had built the temple and the altar."}, {"pk": 4119798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "When our ancestors were taken as captives into Persia, the holy priests secretly took the fire of the altar and hid it in a dry pit. They were careful that no one knew the place."}, {"pk": 4119799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Many years later, when it seemed good to God, Nehemiah, who was commissioned by the king of Persia, sent the descendants of the priests who had hidden the fire to retrieve it. After they explained to us that they didn\u2019t find the fire, but rather a thick liquid, he ordered them to bring the liquid."}, {"pk": 4119800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "When they brought up the provisions for the sacrifice, Nehemiah commanded the priests to sprinkle the liquid on the wood and on the items lying there."}, {"pk": 4119801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Some time after they did this, as the sun shone brightly from behind the clouds, a great fire flared up and astonished everyone."}, {"pk": 4119802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "While the sacrifices were burning, the priests prayed, the priests and all the people. Jonathan took the lead while the others, including Nehemiah, responded."}, {"pk": 4119803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "The prayer went like this: Lord, Lord God, creator of all, <br>you are fearsome, mighty, <br>just, and merciful. <br>You are the only king <br>and only generous one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4119804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "You are the only provider, <br>the only just, almighty, and eternal one. <br>You save Israel from all evil. <br>You chose the patriarchs <br>and made them holy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "Receive this sacrifice on behalf of all your people Israel. Guard your portion and make it holy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Gather together our scattered people, free the ones enslaved among the nations, watch over those who are despised and loathed, and let the nations know that you are our God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Punish the oppressors and those who commit arrogant acts of violence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4119808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Plant your people in your holy place, just as Moses said. <sup>[5]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[5] Cf <a href='/CEB/2/15/17'>Exod 15:17</a>"}, {"pk": 4119809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The priests sang the hymns."}, {"pk": 4119810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "When the elements of the sacrifice were consumed, Nehemiah commanded them to pour the remaining liquid on larger stones."}, {"pk": 4119811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "When this happened, a flame flared up on these stones. But it went out in the presence of the light shining from the altar."}, {"pk": 4119812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "When this situation became known, it was reported to the king of the Persians that in the place where the exiled priests hid the fire, a liquid appeared from which Nehemiah\u2019s followers purified the elements of the sacrifice."}, {"pk": 4119813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "After fencing off the place and declaring it holy, the king examined the matter."}, {"pk": 4119814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "The king showed favor to those involved and presented many excellent gifts to them."}, {"pk": 4119815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Nehemiah\u2019s circle called this liquid <b>nephthar</b>, which means \u201cpurification,\u201d but most people call it nephthai."}, {"pk": 4119816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "One finds in the records that the prophet Jeremiah commanded those who were deported to take some of the fire, which is the story I\u2019ve just related."}, {"pk": 4119817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Having given them the Law, the prophet commanded those who were deported not to forget the Lord\u2019s commands or to be led astray in their thoughts when they saw gold and silver idols and how they were decorated."}, {"pk": 4119818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "With these kinds of words, he urged them not to forget the Law."}, {"pk": 4119819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "The same document also states that the prophet commanded, with a solemn divine pronouncement, that the meeting tent and the chest containing the covenant should go with him. The documents reported that he went to the mountain that Moses ascended to see the inheritance that God promised."}, {"pk": 4119820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "When Jeremiah arrived, he discovered a cave where he deposited the meeting tent, the covenant chest, and the incense altar. He blocked up the opening."}, {"pk": 4119821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Some who had accompanied him went along to mark the way but couldn\u2019t find it again."}, {"pk": 4119822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "When Jeremiah found out, he rebuked them and said: \u201cThe place will remain unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy."}, {"pk": 4119823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "Then the Lord will disclose these things. The Lord\u2019s glory will appear with the cloud, as they were revealed in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the place might be made holy.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "It was also made clear that, since Solomon possessed wisdom, he offered up a sacrifice for the inauguration and completion of the temple."}, {"pk": 4119825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Just as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down from heaven and consumed the components of the sacrifice, so also Solomon prayed and fire came down to consume the entirely burned offerings."}, {"pk": 4119826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Moses said, \u201cBecause the purification offering had not been eaten, it was destroyed by fire.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Likewise, Solomon observed the eight days. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Cf <a href='/CEB/11/8/65-66'>1 Kgs 8:65\u201366</a>"}, {"pk": 4119828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Nehemiah also narrated the same things in his writings and journals. He also told how, when Solomon established a library, he gathered the scrolls concerning the kings and prophets and the scrolls of David and letters of kings regarding offerings for solemn promises."}, {"pk": 4119829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "In the same way, Judas also gathered together all the scrolls that went missing because of the war, so that those documents are now in our possession."}, {"pk": 4119830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "So if you need them, send messengers to carry them back."}, {"pk": 4119831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Now as we are about to celebrate the Purification Festival, we write to you. Act honorably by observing the days."}, {"pk": 4119832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "God has saved all of his people and restored to all the inheritance, even the kingdom, the priesthood, and the holy place,"}, {"pk": 4119833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "as he promised through the Law. We have hope in God that he will quickly extend mercy and gather us from everywhere under heaven into the holy place. He has brought us out of great evils and purified the place."}, {"pk": 4119834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "This scroll is about the stories of Judas the Maccabee and his brothers, the purification of the great temple, and the restoration of the altar."}, {"pk": 4119835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "It will tell of the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and his son Eupator,"}, {"pk": 4119836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "and the appearances from heaven to those who had gloriously performed brave deeds for Judaism. Though they were few in number, they took back the whole country, chased off the barbaric hordes,"}, {"pk": 4119837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "regained the temple renowned throughout the whole inhabited world, freed the city, and restored the laws that were almost abolished \u2014 because the Lord with all kindness was merciful to them."}, {"pk": 4119838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "Jason of Cyrene recorded all of these things in five scrolls, which we will attempt to condense into one."}, {"pk": 4119839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "Jason\u2019s scrolls contain an abundance of material and pose serious difficulty for those wanting to plunge into the historical accounts because of the amount of detail."}, {"pk": 4119840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "We aimed, therefore, to provide something amusing for those who want to read, to make it easy for those inclined to commit facts to memory, and to offer something useful to all those who happen to pick up the scroll."}, {"pk": 4119841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "For those of us who engage in the strenuous task of abbreviation, it isn\u2019t easy but involves sweat and loss of sleep,"}, {"pk": 4119842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "just as it isn\u2019t easy to prepare a banquet for the enjoyment of others. Nevertheless, in order to gain the praise of many, we endure the task cheerfully."}, {"pk": 4119843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "Leaving the responsibility for accuracy in the details to the original writer, we must follow the guidelines for preparing a summary."}, {"pk": 4119844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Just as the builder of a new house must give thought to the foundation of the whole, so also the one attempting to paint and decorate must investigate what is suitable for its own decoration. This I think also applies to us."}, {"pk": 4119845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "The duty of the first author of the history is to occupy the ground, to explore the subject fully, and to inquire closely into the details in particular."}, {"pk": 4119846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "The one retelling the shorter version should be allowed to pursue conciseness of expression and to be excused from an exhaustive treatment of the matter."}, {"pk": 4119847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "From this point then we will begin the narrative, not adding further to what was already said. After all, it would be absurd to prolong the preface but then cut short the history."}, {"pk": 4119848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "When the holy city was living in harmony, and people observed the laws rigorously because of Onias the high priest, who was devoted to God and hated evil,"}, {"pk": 4119849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "the kings used to honor the place and glorify the temple by sending the best gifts."}, {"pk": 4119850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "Seleucus the king of Asia even supplied all expenses for the sacrificial service from his own revenues."}, {"pk": 4119851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "But a certain Simon from the tribe of Benjamin, who had been appointed administrator of the temple, had a difference of opinion with the high priest about the management of the city market."}, {"pk": 4119852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Since he wasn\u2019t able to overcome Onias, he went to Thraseas\u2019 son Apollonius, who was governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia at that time."}, {"pk": 4119853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Simon told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was filled with untold riches and that it was full of uncounted cash, which didn\u2019t belong to the accounts for the sacrifices, but potentially fell under the king\u2019s authority."}, {"pk": 4119854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Apollonius met with the king and told him about the funds. The king chose his chief administrator Heliodorus and sent him with orders to confiscate the funds in question."}, {"pk": 4119855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Heliodorus immediately made the journey, supposedly to inspect the cities of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia but actually to put the king\u2019s plan into effect."}, {"pk": 4119856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "When he arrived in Jerusalem and was received in a friendly manner by the high priest of the city, he revealed the information that had been reported and stated plainly why he had come. Then he asked whether these things were true."}, {"pk": 4119857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The high priest informed him that these were the deposits of widows and orphans,"}, {"pk": 4119858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "and also some deposits of Hyrcanus the Tobiad, an exceedingly prominent man. He also said that there were only 22,800 pounds of silver and 11,400 pounds of gold, and that the ungodly Simon had given a false report."}, {"pk": 4119859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "It was wholly unthinkable, he added, to commit such an injustice against those who trusted in the holiness of the place and in the dignity and sacredness of the temple that is honored throughout the whole world."}, {"pk": 4119860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "But Heliodorus, because of the royal commands, was firm that in any case the king could take these funds."}, {"pk": 4119861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "So he set a date and proceeded to inspect these funds. This caused great agony throughout the whole city."}, {"pk": 4119862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "But the priests threw themselves down before the altar in their priestly robes and called to heaven to the one who had given the laws about such deposits, that he should keep the deposits safe."}, {"pk": 4119863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "Anyone seeing the outward appearance of the high priest would have been heartbroken, because his expression and changed color revealed his inner anguish."}, {"pk": 4119864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "Fear and trembling seized the man, making the grief lodged in his heart clear to observers."}, {"pk": 4119865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "People burst from their houses in crowds to plead for help because the temple <sup>[1]</sup> was about to be dishonored.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4119866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "With mourning clothes wrapped beneath their breasts, women filled the streets. The virgins, who usually remained indoors, ran together to the gates and some to the walls, while others peeped through their windows."}, {"pk": 4119867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "But all raised up their hands to heaven and pleaded for help."}, {"pk": 4119868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "To see the whole crowd on its knees and faces and the great suffering and dread of the high priest was a pitiful sight."}, {"pk": 4119869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "So they called on the almighty Lord to protect the deposits for those who had entrusted them."}, {"pk": 4119870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "But Heliodorus carried on with what had been decided."}, {"pk": 4119871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "When he and his spearmen approached the treasury, however, the ruler of all spirits and all authority made an awesome display, so that all those daring to come with Heliodorus fainted, terrified and awestruck by God\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4119872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "A horse appeared to them with a fearsome rider and decked out with a beautiful saddle. While running furiously, the horse attacked Heliodorus with its front hooves. The rider appeared to be clothed in full body armor made of gold."}, {"pk": 4119873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "Two young men also appeared before him \u2014 unmatched in bodily strength, of superb beauty, and with magnificent robes. They stood on either side of Heliodorus and beat him continuously with many blows."}, {"pk": 4119874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "When he suddenly fell to the ground unconscious, his men grasped him and placed him on a stretcher."}, {"pk": 4119875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "This was the same man who had just entered the treasury with a large group of men and a full bodyguard. Now they carried him away helpless, despite his weapons, and they publicly acknowledged God\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4119876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "While he was being cut down and left speechless through the divine power and deprived of all hope of recovery,"}, {"pk": 4119877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "the people were praising the Lord for acting miraculously on behalf of his holy place. And the temple, which had been weighed down with fear and disturbance a short time earlier, was now filled with delight and joy because the almighty Lord had publicly appeared."}, {"pk": 4119878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "Some of Heliodorus\u2019 companions rushed to ask Onias to pray to the Most High to give life to the one who was about to draw his last breath."}, {"pk": 4119879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "The high priest, fearful that perhaps the king might think that the Jews had done something evil to Heliodorus, offered a sacrifice for the man\u2019s recovery."}, {"pk": 4119880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "While the high priest was making the sacrifice for reconciliation, the same two <sup>[2]</sup> young men, dressed in the same clothing, appeared again to Heliodorus. They stood by him and said, \u201cYou owe Onias the high priest your gratitude. Because of him the Lord has graciously given life to you.", "comment": "[2] Gk lacks <i>two</i>"}, {"pk": 4119881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "But you who suffered a beating from heaven must proclaim the great power of God to all.\u201d Once they said these things, they disappeared."}, {"pk": 4119882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "Heliodorus offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made many solemn promises to the savior for sparing his life. After thanking Onias, he took his military force back to the king."}, {"pk": 4119883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "He testified to everyone about the works of the great God that he had seen with his own eyes."}, {"pk": 4119884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 37, "text": "When the king asked Heliodorus who would be the right sort of person to send again to Jerusalem, he said:"}, {"pk": 4119885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cIf you have an enemy or someone plotting against your government, send him, and he will come back badly beaten if he should come back at all, because some divine power truly surrounds the temple. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4119886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 39, "text": "The one who lives in heaven watches over that place and will strike and destroy anyone coming with evil intent.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 3, "verse": 40, "text": "So this is how matters turned out concerning Heliodorus and the guarding of the treasury."}, {"pk": 4119888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "This Simon, who had informed about the wealth of the temple and acted as an informer against his native land, slandered Onias."}, {"pk": 4119889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He accused the latter of threatening Heliodorus and becoming a perpetrator of evil. He dared to label the benefactor of the city, the protector of his fellow citizens, and a passionate advocate for the laws, as a traitor against the government."}, {"pk": 4119890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "His hatred was so intense that one of Simon\u2019s men had even attempted to commit murders."}, {"pk": 4119891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "Seeing the danger of the dispute \u2014 including how Menestheus\u2019 son Apollonius, the governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, encouraged Simon\u2019s evil \u2014"}, {"pk": 4119892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Onias went to the king not to accuse his fellow citizens but to safeguard the public and private welfare of the people."}, {"pk": 4119893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "He recognized that without royal attention pubic affairs would not return to a peaceful state, and Simon would not cease from his madness."}, {"pk": 4119894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "After Seleucus died and Antiochus (who was called Epiphanes) received the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias gained the high priesthood by corruption."}, {"pk": 4119895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "He offered the king, in private communication, 20,520 pounds of silver, and an additional 4,560 pounds from another source of revenue."}, {"pk": 4119896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "He also promised to pay another 8,550 pounds of silver if he were permitted to set up, under his own authority, a gymnasium and a place for training the young people, and to enroll those living in Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch."}, {"pk": 4119897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "When the king had granted this and Jason had taken possession of his office, he immediately made his fellow citizens change to the Greek way of life."}, {"pk": 4119898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "He set aside the customs established for the Jews by royal generosity, negotiated through John the father of Eupolemus (the one who had made the official journey to secure friendship and alliance with the Romans). He abolished the lawful government and introduced customs contrary to the law."}, {"pk": 4119899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "He eagerly founded a gymnasium right below the elevated fortress <sup>[1]</sup> and induced the most honorable of the trainees to wear the traditional Greek hat.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>acropolis</i>"}, {"pk": 4119900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "So the Greek way of life caught on very quickly, and the adoption of foreign customs increased because of Jason \u2014 an excessively wicked and ungodly man who was no high priest."}, {"pk": 4119901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "Even the priests were no longer devoted to the service of the altar, but they treated the temple with contempt. By neglecting the sacrifices, they hurried to participate in the lawless wrestling spectacles in the arena as soon as the discus-throwing event was announced."}, {"pk": 4119902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "They ignored their ancestral honors and sought after Greek status symbols instead."}, {"pk": 4119903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "For this reason a dangerous situation engulfed them. Those same people to whom they were devoted and whose way of life they wished to imitate became their enemies and inflicted punishment on them."}, {"pk": 4119904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "To be ungodly in the face of the divine laws isn\u2019t a light matter, as the following events would reveal."}, {"pk": 4119905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Once when the king was present at the athletic games they held every five years in Tyre,"}, {"pk": 4119906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "the evil Jason sent residents of Jerusalem who were now citizens of Antioch as his envoys, carrying three hundred silver drachmen <sup>[2]</sup> for the sacrifice to Hercules. Because it was inappropriate, the envoys didn\u2019t think it was right to use these funds for sacrifice. Instead, they applied the expense to something else.", "comment": "[2] A drachme is equivalent in value to a typical day\u2019s wage."}, {"pk": 4119907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "So although Jason designated this sum for a sacrifice to Hercules, the envoys spent it on equipping warships."}, {"pk": 4119908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "After Menestheus\u2019 son Apollonius was sent to Egypt for the coronation of Ptolemy Philometor as king, Antiochus thought about his own security because he had received a report that the Egyptian king was hostile toward his government. So after sailing to Joppa, he came to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4119909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "Jason received him magnificently, and the people of the city welcomed him with torches and shouts. Then Antiochus took his army to Phoenicia."}, {"pk": 4119910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "Three years later, Jason sent Menelaus (brother of the previously mentioned Simon) to bring funds to the king and settle the accounts of some urgent business matters."}, {"pk": 4119911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "When he was introduced to the king, he honored him with an air of authority and bought the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by 17,100 pounds of silver."}, {"pk": 4119912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "When he received the king\u2019s assent, he turned up holding no qualifications of the high priesthood but instead displaying the temper of a cruel tyrant and the wrath of a savage beast."}, {"pk": 4119913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "So Jason, who had replaced his brother in an unjust manner, was now displaced by another and forced to escape to Ammonitis."}, {"pk": 4119914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Menelaus took authority but didn\u2019t send any of the promised money to the king."}, {"pk": 4119915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "Sostratus the commander of the elevated fortress <sup>[3]</sup> demanded settlement of the debt, for he had the responsibility of collecting payment. Finally, the two were summoned by the king.", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>acropolis</i>"}, {"pk": 4119916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "Menelaus left behind as deputy of the high priesthood his own brother Lysimachus, and Sostratus left Crates, who was commander of the troops from Cyprus."}, {"pk": 4119917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "While these things were happening, the people of Tarsus and Mallus rebelled when their cities were given as a gift to Antiochis, the king\u2019s secondary wife."}, {"pk": 4119918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "The king swiftly set off to restore order to the situation, leaving Andronicus, one of his high-ranking officials, as his deputy."}, {"pk": 4119919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "Menelaus recognized an opportunity, seized some of the temple\u2019s gold equipment, and made them a gift to Andronicus, though he had already sold some of them in Tyre and the surrounding cities."}, {"pk": 4119920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "When he became aware of what was happening, Onias made accusations against Menelaus after arriving at a safe and sacred place in Daphne near Antioch."}, {"pk": 4119921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "So Menelaus took Andronicus aside and urged him to do away with Onias. Andronicus came to Onias and <sup>[4]</sup> persuaded him by deception, extending his strong hand with solemn pledges, <sup>[5]</sup> to come out of safety despite his fear. Then with no regard for justice, he did away with him on the spot.", "comment": "[5] Correction; Gk uncertain<br>[4] Correction; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4119922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "For this reason, not only Jews but also many other people were grieved and angry over the wicked murder of this man."}, {"pk": 4119923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "When the king had returned from the region of Cilicia, the Jews in the city and some Greeks, feeling hatred for the senseless killing of Onias, obtained an audience with him."}, {"pk": 4119924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "Antiochus was deeply grieved, moved to pity and tears, because of the modest behavior and good conduct of the dead man."}, {"pk": 4119925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "Burning with anger, he immediately stripped off Andronicus\u2019 purple robe, tore off his clothes, and dragged him around the whole city to the place where he had wrongfully killed Onias. There he rid the world of the murderer, giving him the punishment he deserved from the Lord."}, {"pk": 4119926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "With Menelaus\u2019 approval, Lysimachus committed many sacrilegious acts against the city. There was a report that he smuggled much of the temple\u2019s gold equipment abroad, so the populace gathered together against Lysimachus."}, {"pk": 4119927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "Because the crowds were aroused and furious, Lysimachus armed three thousand men and incited cruel force under the leadership of a certain Auranus, a man as senseless as he was old."}, {"pk": 4119928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "When the people saw Lysimachus\u2019 assault, they grabbed stones and blocks of wood \u2014 some even took handfuls of ashes \u2014 and they hurled these at Lysimachus\u2019 men, causing great confusion."}, {"pk": 4119929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "In the end, they wounded many, killed some, and forced all of them to flee. They overpowered and killed the temple plunderer Lysimachus near the treasury."}, {"pk": 4119930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "The people brought charges against Menelaus regarding these matters."}, {"pk": 4119931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "When the king arrived in Tyre, the council of elders sent three men to present the case before him."}, {"pk": 4119932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "But Menelaus, without an ally, promised enough money to Ptolemy, Dorymenes\u2019 son, to gain the king\u2019s support."}, {"pk": 4119933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "So Ptolemy took the king aside into a royal porch area, as though to get some fresh air. He convinced the king to change his mind."}, {"pk": 4119934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "So Menelaus, the cause of all the evil, was allowed to leave court acquitted of all charges, but the wretched envoys, who would have been found innocent even had they pleaded their case before Scythians, were falsely condemned to death."}, {"pk": 4119935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "As a result, these men, who had spoken in defense of the city, the people, and the temple equipment, were abruptly subjected to an unjust penalty."}, {"pk": 4119936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "For this reason, to show their hatred at such twisted justice, even the Tyrians gave generously so that the men could have an impressive funeral."}, {"pk": 4119937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 4, "verse": 50, "text": "But, through the greed of those in power, Menelaus remained in office and persisted in evil as a great conspirator against the citizens."}, {"pk": 4119938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "At about this time, Antiochus made his second invasion of Egypt."}, {"pk": 4119939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "For about forty days, there were visions of soldiers on horses running through the air around the city. They wore gold garments and were armed with spears and"}, {"pk": 4119940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "with drawn swords. They organized companies of cavalry, each attacking and counterattacking, wielding shields and spears and shooting arrows. Gold ornaments and armor gleamed brightly."}, {"pk": 4119941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "As a result, everyone hoped that the visions were a good sign."}, {"pk": 4119942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "When a false rumor spread that Antiochus had died, Jason took no fewer than a thousand soldiers and made an unexpected assault on the city. When the troops on the wall had been defeated, and the city had been seized at last, Menelaus fled into the elevated fortress. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>acropolis</i>"}, {"pk": 4119943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "Jason mercilessly slaughtered his own citizens. He failed to realize military success against one\u2019s own people is the greatest misfortune but thought that he was winning trophies from his enemies and not from his fellow citizens."}, {"pk": 4119944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "But he didn\u2019t gain the government; instead, he received shame as a result of his plot and again fled as a fugitive into Ammonite country."}, {"pk": 4119945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Finally, he came to a miserable end. Brought up on charges before Aretas the Arab tyrant, he fled from city to city, chased by everyone. Hated as a traitor to the laws and loathed as the murderer of his native land and citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4119946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "He, who had exiled many from their homeland, died in a foreign land after he sailed to the Spartans to seek protection because of their kinship."}, {"pk": 4119947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "So the one who had cast out a crowd of corpses to lie unburied died without mourning and received no funeral or place in his ancestral burial plot."}, {"pk": 4119948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "When the news of these events reached the king, he thought Judea was in revolt. So he broke camp and marched from Egypt while wild with emotion, and took the city by force."}, {"pk": 4119949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "He commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy anyone they met and to slaughter those fleeing into their houses."}, {"pk": 4119950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "They killed young and old, murdered adolescents, women and children, and slaughtered virgins and infants."}, {"pk": 4119951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "Over a three-day period, eighty thousand people\u2019s lives were ruined. Forty thousand were killed in hand-to-hand fighting, and no fewer than those slaughtered were sold as slaves."}, {"pk": 4119952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Not content with these measures, he dared to enter into the holiest temple of all the earth, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor to the laws and to his native land."}, {"pk": 4119953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "Clutching the holy equipment with polluted and unclean hands, Antiochus made off with them and the things donated by other kings to increase the prestige, glory, and honor of the holy place."}, {"pk": 4119954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Antiochus was really pleased with himself, not realizing the Lord had become angry for a short time because of the sins of those who lived in the city. For this reason, he had shut his eyes to the holy temple. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4119955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "If they hadn\u2019t previously been involved in so many sins, Antiochus would have been forced to abandon his rashness and been defeated at once when he attacked, just like Heliodorus (the one King Seleucus sent to inspect the treasury)."}, {"pk": 4119956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "But the Lord didn\u2019t choose the nation because of the place, but the place because of the nation."}, {"pk": 4119957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "So the temple <sup>[3]</sup> also shared the misfortunes of the nation, but afterward it also shared in its good fortunes. That which the almighty abandoned in his wrath would again be restored with all glory when the nation was reconciled to the great Lord.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4119958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "Antiochus carried away 102,600 pounds of silver from the temple and hurried back to Antioch, imagining in his pride and arrogance that it was possible to sail across the land and march across the sea."}, {"pk": 4119959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "He left governors who mistreated the people. In Jerusalem there was Philip of the Phrygians, who had a manner more barbarous than that of the man who appointed him."}, {"pk": 4119960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "In Mount Gerizim there was Andronicus, and in addition there was Menelaus, who treated the citizens worse than the others. In his hostility against the Jewish citizens,"}, {"pk": 4119961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Antiochus sent Apollonius, a Mysian leader of twenty-two thousand soldiers, with the command to slaughter all adult men but to sell the women and children into slavery."}, {"pk": 4119962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "When Apollonius arrived in Jerusalem, he pretended to be peaceable. He waited until the holy Sabbath day to take advantage of the Jewish rest from work, and then he led an armed parade of his troops."}, {"pk": 4119963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "He suddenly killed with swords all those who had come out to see the spectacle. While running into the city with his foot soldiers, he slaughtered a large number of the crowd."}, {"pk": 4119964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "But Judas, also known as the Maccabee, and about ten men with him, fled into the highlands where he (along with those accompanying him) managed to avoid defiling themselves by living like wild animals: they ate grass for food."}, {"pk": 4119965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Shortly afterward the king sent out an Athenian elder <sup>[1]</sup> to force the Jews to turn away from their ancestral laws and stop living according to God\u2019s laws.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Geron</i>, an Athenian"}, {"pk": 4119966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "He was also ordered to defile the temple in Jerusalem and to rename it for Zeus Olympus, and to rename the temple in Mount Gerizim for Zeus, Friend of Strangers, <sup>[2]</sup> just as the people living there requested.", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>Xenios</i>"}, {"pk": 4119967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "The onslaught of this evil was severe and hard for all to bear."}, {"pk": 4119968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "The Gentiles filled the temple with wild partying and sexual indulgence. They were entertaining themselves with prostitutes and having sex with women in the priestly chambers. In addition, they carried in unfit things,"}, {"pk": 4119969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "and the altar was illegally covered with offerings forbidden by the laws."}, {"pk": 4119970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "It was impossible to keep the Sabbath or the ancestral festivals, or even simply to profess to be a Jew."}, {"pk": 4119971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Instead, out of bitter necessity, they had to observe the birthday of the king each month by eating the organs of sacrificial animals. When the Festival of Dionysus arrived, they were forced to take part in a procession honoring Dionysus, holding ivy wreaths."}, {"pk": 4119972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "At Ptolemais\u2019 suggestion, <sup>[3]</sup> a decision was announced to the neighboring Greek cities that they should adopt the same policy against the Jews and that they should be made to eat the sacrificial portions,", "comment": "[3] Or <i>At the suggestion of the people of Ptolemais</i>"}, {"pk": 4119973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "and that those who refused to change to Greek practices should be slaughtered. At that point it was easy to see the miserable state that had arrived."}, {"pk": 4119974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "For instance, they brought forward two women who had circumcised their sons, with their infants hanging from their breasts. They dragged them around the city publicly, then hurled them down from the city wall."}, {"pk": 4119975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Others gathered secretly into caverns nearby to keep the seventh day, but they were betrayed to Philip. They were all burned together because they were reluctant to defend themselves, out of respect for the most sacred day."}, {"pk": 4119976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "So I urge those stumbling upon this scroll not to shrink back because of these misfortunes but to understand that these punishments weren\u2019t for the destruction of our people but for their discipline."}, {"pk": 4119977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "It is a sign of great kindness that those Jews who acted immorally weren\u2019t left alone for very long but experienced punishments immediately."}, {"pk": 4119978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "With other nations the Lord patiently delays punishment until they fill up the full measure of their sins, but with us he decided to deal differently, and is exacting retribution on us before"}, {"pk": 4119979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "our sins reach their peak."}, {"pk": 4119980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Therefore, he never withdraws his mercy from us. Although disciplining us with misfortunes, God doesn\u2019t forsake his own people."}, {"pk": 4119981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "Only let this be said to us as a reminder. After this brief digression, it is necessary to go on with the narrative."}, {"pk": 4119982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "A certain Eleazar, one of the leading scribes, elderly in age and with a most dignified outward appearance, was being compelled to open his mouth and eat pork."}, {"pk": 4119983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "But preferring death with honor to life with religious defilement, he proceeded voluntarily to the torture instrument,"}, {"pk": 4119984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "spitting out the meat. In this he showed how everyone ought to stand fast and reject what isn\u2019t lawful to taste despite the intense desire to live."}, {"pk": 4119985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "But those in charge of the unlawful sacrifice, because they had known the man for a long time, took him aside in private and urged him to bring meat that was lawful, prepared beforehand by himself, and then pretend to eat the meat from the sacrifice that the king commanded."}, {"pk": 4119986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "By doing this he might escape death and attain friendly treatment because of his old friendship with them."}, {"pk": 4119987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "But adopting a dignified perspective worthy of his seniority, his distinguished old age and the gray hair he had acquired, and worthy of his excellent conduct from childhood, and, moreover, worthy of the holy and God-created laws, he declared to them to send him to the grave <sup>[4]</sup> immediately:", "comment": "[4] Gk <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4119988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s not worthy of our old age to act out such a role. Otherwise, many of the young would assume wrongly that Eleazar the 90-year-old had changed to a foreign way of life."}, {"pk": 4119989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "If I acted out this charade for the sake of living a moment longer, I would mislead them, and I would be defiled and dishonored in my old age."}, {"pk": 4119990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Even if I escaped the punishment of human beings for the moment, I would certainly not escape the hands of the almighty \u2014 whether alive or dead."}, {"pk": 4119991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "So I give up my life courageously now to show myself worthy of my old age,"}, {"pk": 4119992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "and to leave a fine example for the young people of how to die a good death with eagerness and dignity for the revered and sacred laws.\u201d After he spoke he immediately approached the torture instrument."}, {"pk": 4119993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> Those who had shown goodwill toward him earlier now felt hostility toward him, <sup>[6]</sup> because the words he had spoken seemed insane to them.", "comment": "[6] Correction; Gk uncertain<br>[5] Correction; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4119994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "When his life was about to end from the beating, he groaned, \u201cIt is clear to the Lord with his sacred knowledge that, although I could have been saved from death, I endure in my body harsh pain from this beating, yet in my soul I cheerfully suffer these things because I respect him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "In this manner he died, and his own death left behind a most noble and memorable example of virtue not only for the youth but also for the majority of his nation."}, {"pk": 4119996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "There were also seven brothers who were arrested along with their mother. The king was trying to compel them to eat the forbidden pork by torturing them with whips and cords."}, {"pk": 4119997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "One of them, speaking on behalf of the others, said, \u201cWhat do you hope to ask and learn from us? We are prepared to die rather than sin against our ancestral laws.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4119998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "The king became angry and commanded frying pans and cauldrons to be heated."}, {"pk": 4119999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "As soon as they were hot, he commanded that the one acting as spokesman have his tongue cut out, be scalped, and have his hands and feet cut off while the rest of his brothers and his mother watched."}, {"pk": 4120000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "After the brother was maimed and utterly helpless, the king commanded him to be brought to the fire and fried alive. Although the smoke from the pan had spread widely, the brothers and their mother encouraged each other to die honorably, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cThe Lord God truly watches over us and will come to our aid. Moses testified to this in his song against them, saying, \u2018God will have compassion on his servants.\u2019\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] See <a href='/CEB/5/32/36'>Deut 32:36</a>"}, {"pk": 4120002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "After the first brother died in this manner, they led forward the second one with mockery. They ripped off the skin of his head along with the hair and demanded, \u201cWill you eat before every part of your body is punished limb by limb?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "But he answered in his native language, \u201cNot at all.\u201d Therefore, this brother also received in turn the same punishment as the first."}, {"pk": 4120004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "With his last breath he said, \u201cYou, who are marked out for vengeance, may take our present life, but the king of the universe for whose laws we die will resurrect us again to eternal life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "After this, the third one was mocked. When it was demanded, he put out his tongue quickly, extended his hands courageously,"}, {"pk": 4120006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "and stated with dignity, \u201cI have received these limbs from heaven, and I give them up for the sake of God\u2019s laws. But I hope to recover them from God again.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The king and those with him marveled at the young man\u2019s spirit, since he considered his agonies nothing."}, {"pk": 4120008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "After this one had died, the tormenters tortured the fourth brother as well."}, {"pk": 4120009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "When the end was approaching, he said, \u201cDeath at the hands of humans is preferable, since we look forward to the hope that God gives of being raised by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Immediately afterward, they led the fifth brother forward and began to torture him."}, {"pk": 4120011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "While looking at the king he said, \u201cYou, though human, have power among human beings and do what you want. But don\u2019t think that God has abandoned our people."}, {"pk": 4120012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Just wait and observe his great strength, when God will torture you and your children.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "After him they brought forward the sixth brother. As he was about to die, he said, \u201cDon\u2019t deceive yourself in vain. We suffer these things because of our own sins against our God. Things worthy of wonder have happened."}, {"pk": 4120014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "But don\u2019t think you will escape unpunished after trying to fight against God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "The mother was particularly amazing and worthy of an honorable memory. She watched her seven sons die in the course of a single day but accepted it with a stout heart because of her hope in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4120016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "She encouraged each of them in their native language. Filled with noble thoughts, she fired up her womanly reasoning with manly courage, saying to them,"}, {"pk": 4120017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cI don\u2019t know how you grew in my womb, nor did I grant the breath of life to you or arrange what makes you who you are."}, {"pk": 4120018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "For this reason, the creator of the world \u2014 who brought about the beginning of humanity and searched out the origin of all things \u2014 will again mercifully give you both spirit and life, since you disregard yourselves because of his laws.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "Antiochus thought that he was being treated with contempt and was suspicious of the tone of her voice. So he appealed to the youngest son, since he was still alive, not only through words but also through solemn pledges. If the young man turned from his ancestral practices, Antiochus promised him, he would make him both rich and prosperous, he would be considered a political advisor, <sup>[2]</sup> and he would be entrusted with public affairs.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friend</i>"}, {"pk": 4120020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "When the young man wouldn\u2019t accept the offer by any means, the king appealed to the mother to counsel the boy to save himself."}, {"pk": 4120021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "After a great deal of urging, she agreed to try to persuade her son."}, {"pk": 4120022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "By leaning toward her son and mocking the savage tyrant, she spoke in their native language: \u201cSon, pity me who carried you in the womb nine months, nursed you for three years, nurtured you, and brought you into this stage of life with care."}, {"pk": 4120023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "I beg you, child, to look at heaven and earth. See everything that is in them and know that God made these things from nothing, and created humankind in the same way."}, {"pk": 4120024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t fear this killer but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death so that in God\u2019s mercy I should recover you with your brothers.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "Just at the moment when she finished speaking, <sup>[3]</sup> the young man said, \u201cWhat are you all waiting for? I don\u2019t intend to obey the king\u2019s order, but I hear the command of the Law given to our ancestors through Moses.", "comment": "[3] Correction; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4120026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "But you, King, who have invented all sorts of evil against the Hebrews, will by no means escape God\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4120027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "We are suffering because of our own sins."}, {"pk": 4120028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "If our living Lord is angry for a short time in order to rebuke and discipline us, he will again be reconciled with his own servants."}, {"pk": 4120029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "But you, unholy man, the most bloodstained of all people, don\u2019t be so proud without having cause. Bloated by futile hope, you raise up your hand against the children of heaven."}, {"pk": 4120030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "You haven\u2019t at all escaped the judgment of the almighty God, who oversees all."}, {"pk": 4120031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "Now our brothers, who endured pain for a short time, have been given eternal life under God\u2019s covenant, but you will suffer the penalty of your arrogance by the righteous judgment of God."}, {"pk": 4120032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "Just like my brothers, I give up both body and life for the ancestral laws. I call upon God to be merciful to the nation without delay, and to make you confess, after you suffer trials and diseases, that only he is God."}, {"pk": 4120033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "Also I hope through me and my brothers to stop the anger of the almighty, who is justly punishing our entire nation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "Bitterly annoyed at the young boy\u2019s contempt, the king grew angry and treated him worse than the others."}, {"pk": 4120035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "And this brother then died with integrity, trusting entirely in the Lord."}, {"pk": 4120036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "Last, after her sons, the mother died."}, {"pk": 4120037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "So then with regard to the eating of sacrificial meats and the extreme tortures they suffered, let this account be sufficient."}, {"pk": 4120038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "Judas, also named the Maccabee, and his companions went secretly into the villages and called together their relatives and those who continued to follow Judaism, enlisting a force of about six thousand soldiers."}, {"pk": 4120039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "They called on the Lord to look on the people who were oppressed by all, to take pity on the temple that was degraded by ungodly people,"}, {"pk": 4120040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "and to have mercy on the city that was being destroyed and about to be leveled. They called on the Lord to listen to the shed blood of those who had appealed to God for help,"}, {"pk": 4120041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "to remember the needless massacre of innocent infants, and to show his hatred of the evil things said against his name."}, {"pk": 4120042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Once he organized his army, the Maccabee couldn\u2019t be stopped by the Gentiles, because the Lord\u2019s wrath had turned into mercy."}, {"pk": 4120043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "He would come suddenly into towns and villages, set them ablaze, capture a number of the strategically important places, and put many of the enemy to flight."}, {"pk": 4120044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "He especially found the night advantageous for such attacks. Talk of his good courage spread everywhere."}, {"pk": 4120045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Philip saw how Judas was progressing little by little and gaining ground with each success, so he wrote to Ptolemy the governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia to come to the aid of the royal government."}, {"pk": 4120046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "Nicanor, Patroclus\u2019 son, one of the king\u2019s most important political advisors, <sup>[1]</sup> was immediately chosen and sent with a military unit of no fewer than twenty thousand men of various nationalities to eliminate Judea\u2019s entire population. He also sent with him Gorgias, a general experienced in military affairs.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4120047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "Nicanor agreed to raise the payment that the king owed the Romans \u2014 114,000 pounds of silver \u2014 by selling the Jewish prisoners of war."}, {"pk": 4120048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Immediately, he sent a message into the coastal cities, summoning them to purchase Jews as slaves, setting the price at fifty-seven pounds of silver for every ninety persons. But he didn\u2019t anticipate the judgment that was coming from the almighty."}, {"pk": 4120049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "When news of Nicanor\u2019s plan reached Judas, he told those with him about the imminent appearance of the military force."}, {"pk": 4120050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "The cowardly and those who didn\u2019t trust God\u2019s judgment ran away and hid themselves."}, {"pk": 4120051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Some were selling all they possessed while at the same time calling on the Lord to rescue those whom Nicanor had sold even before they met."}, {"pk": 4120052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "They asked that God do this, if not for their sake then for the sake of the covenants with their ancestors, and because he had called them by his revered and glorious name."}, {"pk": 4120053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "The Maccabee gathered around him approximately six thousand men. He encouraged them not to be terrified by their enemies nor to fear the great number of Gentiles coming at them unjustly. Rather, they were to fight honorably"}, {"pk": 4120054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "and keep before their eyes the outrage committed unlawfully in the holy place, the torture of the scorned city, and the overthrow of their ancestral way of life."}, {"pk": 4120055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cThey rely on weapons and daring,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we trust in the almighty God, who is able to strike down with a single nod those coming against us \u2014 and even the whole world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "He also gave them examples of when God helped their ancestors, such as when one hundred eighty-five thousand of the enemy died during the time of Sennacherib,"}, {"pk": 4120057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "or the battle with the Galatians in Babylonia. A total of eight thousand Jewish troops went into action along with four thousand Macedonians, who got into severe difficulty, yet the eight thousand Jewish forces, with the assistance they received from heaven, killed one hundred twenty thousand of the enemy and took the spoils of war."}, {"pk": 4120058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "With such words he so encouraged them that they were prepared to die for their laws and homeland. He divided the army into four parts and"}, {"pk": 4120059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "appointed his brothers as commanders of each unit. Simon, Joseph, and Jonathan each commanded fifteen hundred men,"}, {"pk": 4120060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "while Eleazar was publicly to read aloud the holy scroll. Giving the watchword of \u201cGod\u2019s help,\u201d Judas took command of the first military unit and attacked Nicanor."}, {"pk": 4120061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "With the almighty as their ally, they slaughtered more than nine thousand of the enemy, wounding and disabling many of Nicanor\u2019s army and driving them all to flight."}, {"pk": 4120062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "They seized the funds of those who came to buy them. After pursuing them a long way, they returned while there was still time"}, {"pk": 4120063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "because it was the day before the Sabbath. For that reason they didn\u2019t continue to pursue them."}, {"pk": 4120064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "After collecting the arms of the enemy and stripping them of their spoils, they kept the Sabbath, praising and giving thanks to the Lord for saving them that day and for giving them this initial sign of mercy."}, {"pk": 4120065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "When the Sabbath had ended, they shared the loot with those who had suffered torture, with the widows, and with the orphans. They divided up the rest with their children."}, {"pk": 4120066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "When they had completed these final tasks, they made a common appeal and prayed for the merciful Lord to be reconciled finally with his servants."}, {"pk": 4120067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "In close combat with the supporters of Timothy and Bacchides, they killed more than twenty thousand men and easily took control over some high fortresses. The war spoils that they took they divided equally between themselves and those suffering torture: the orphans, the widows, and also the elderly."}, {"pk": 4120068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "They carefully placed the captured armor all together in strategic places, but the rest of the spoils they carried into Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4120069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "They killed the commander of Timothy\u2019s troops, a most ungodly man who had caused grief to many Jews."}, {"pk": 4120070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "While celebrating victory in their homeland, they burned alive those who had set on fire the sacred gates, including Callisthenes, who had fled into a small house, so that he received the just reward for his sin. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Correction; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4120071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "But the utterly corrupt Nicanor, who had invited one thousand merchants for the sale of the Jews,"}, {"pk": 4120072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "was humiliated with the Lord\u2019s help by those he despised the most. He stripped off his stately uniform and traveled into Antioch by the inland road like a lone fugitive, having succeeded only in destroying his own army."}, {"pk": 4120073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "The one who accepted the mission to collect the tribute for the Romans from the Jerusalem prisoners of war announced publicly that the Jews had a defender and that, as a result, the Jews couldn\u2019t be defeated because they followed God\u2019s ordained laws."}, {"pk": 4120074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "About this time Antiochus retreated in confusion out of the region of Persia."}, {"pk": 4120075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "When he had come into Persepolis, he attempted to loot the temple and take over the city. However, he was decisively beaten when the populace took up arms. Antiochus fled from the inhabitants and had to make a shameful retreat."}, {"pk": 4120076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "News reached him at Ecbatana of what happened to Nicanor and to Timothy\u2019s forces."}, {"pk": 4120077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "Swelling with rage, he planned to make the Jews pay for his own calamity when he was recently forced to flee. So he ordered his chariot driver to keep driving without stopping in order to complete the journey, but the judgment of heaven was already on him. He had said in his arrogance, \u201cWhen I get to Jerusalem, I will turn it into a mass grave for the Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "But the all-seeing Lord God of Israel struck him with a deadly and invisible blow. As soon as he had uttered this statement, he developed a pain in his stomach and a cruel torment in his internal organs from which he could find no relief."}, {"pk": 4120079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "This was altogether just, since he had tortured the inner organs of others with many extraordinary torments."}, {"pk": 4120080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "By no means, however, did it put a stop to his arrogance. In his contempt, a fiery anger against the Jews still filled him, and he issued a command to increase the speed of the journey. Then he fell from the chariot as it rushed along, and he suffered a severe accident that caused him pain all over his body."}, {"pk": 4120081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Only a short time earlier, he had thought in his superhuman arrogance to command the waves of the sea and to be able to place the mountain peaks in a pair of scales. Now he was thrown down to the ground and was carried in a stretcher <sup>[1]</sup> for the remainder of his journey, demonstrating God\u2019s power to all.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>litter</i>"}, {"pk": 4120082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Worms issued from the eyes <sup>[2]</sup> of this ungodly man. While he was living in pain and in agony, his flesh was rotting away, and the whole camp stank of rottenness from his smell.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>body</i>"}, {"pk": 4120083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "The one who had formerly thought that he could touch the stars of heaven couldn\u2019t be transported by anyone because of the intense, unbearable stench."}, {"pk": 4120084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "From this point on, he began to lose arrogance. He felt devastated and became aware of the divine punishment, suffering intense pain every moment."}, {"pk": 4120085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "Unable to put up with his own odor, he said, \u201cIt is fair to submit to God and for humans to stop thinking that they are God\u2019s equals.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "This repulsive individual solemnly promised to the Lord (although God no longer had mercy on him), declaring that"}, {"pk": 4120087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "the holy city, to which he was rushing to knock down to the ground and turn into a mass cemetery, was now free."}, {"pk": 4120088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "And he would make all Jews equal to the Athenians, even though previously he had considered them unworthy of burial but fit only for bird food, and their infants fit for animals to prey upon."}, {"pk": 4120089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "He would adorn the holy temple, which he had formerly looted, with the most beautiful offerings. He would restore the temple equipment many times over and would give liberally from his own revenues to the expenses for the sacrifices."}, {"pk": 4120090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "In addition, he would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place, announcing publicly God\u2019s power."}, {"pk": 4120091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "When his pains didn\u2019t diminish in any way \u2014 for God\u2019s judgment had come upon him justly \u2014 and he had given up hope, he wrote to the Jews a letter of appeal. This was the content:"}, {"pk": 4120092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "To the worthy Jewish citizens, from the king and governor Antiochus. Greetings and health and prosperity. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "If you are in good health and your children and affairs are prospering, I give thanks to God with great joy, having hope in heaven, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "remembering with affection your honor and goodwill. <sup>[3]</sup> After returning from Persia and falling ill, which created a serious situation, I regarded it as necessary to think of the common safety of all the people. <br>", "comment": "[3] Correction <a href='/CEB/75/9/20-21'>9:20\u201321</a>; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4120095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "I haven\u2019t abandoned my situation as hopeless but rather hold on to hope that I might recover from the illness. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "I have also considered, however, that my father (on the occasions when he fought in the upper regions) used to appoint a successor to rule. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "He did this so that if anything should happen contrary to expectation or even if there should be some unwelcome news, people throughout the country would know that someone was left behind to govern and wouldn\u2019t be deprived of their peace of mind. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Moreover, observing how neighboring dynasties and kingdoms wait for the right moment and look forward with anticipation to what might happen next, I appoint my son Antiochus as king. Many times when I had to hurry to the upper provinces, I entrusted and commended him to most of you. I have written these orders to him as well. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "I call on you then, and request each one of you \u2014 remembering my benefits both public and private \u2014 to be faithful toward me and my son. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "I firmly believe he will follow my example closely, acting with kindness and generosity, with the intention of accommodating himself to you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "Then the murderer, who also showed God the greatest disrespect, suffered the worst things, just as he had treated others. His life ended pitifully in a foreign area in the mountains."}, {"pk": 4120102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Philip, who was his close friend, transported his body home. But he was suspicious of the king\u2019s son Antiochus, so he fled to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4120103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "The Maccabee and his companions, with the Lord leading them, recovered the temple and the city."}, {"pk": 4120104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "They demolished the altars that the foreigners built near the marketplace, as well as the sacred precincts."}, {"pk": 4120105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "They cleansed the temple and made another altar. Then they struck flints to make fire and they offered up sacrifices after a lapse of two years, and they prepared incense, lamps, and the sacred loaves."}, {"pk": 4120106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "After they had done these things, they bowed to the ground and pleaded with the Lord that they would not experience such misfortunes again, but if they should ever sin, they would be disciplined by him with fairness and not turned over to slanderous and barbaric nations."}, {"pk": 4120107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "On the anniversary of the temple\u2019s defilement by foreigners, on that very day, the sanctuary was purified, on the twenty-fifth of the month, which is Kislev. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] November\u2013December"}, {"pk": 4120108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "They celebrated eight days with cheer in a manner like the Festival of Booths, remembering how during the previous Festival of Booths they had been roaming about in mountains and caverns like animals."}, {"pk": 4120109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "So they held ivy wands, beautiful branches, and also palm leaves, and offered hymns to the one who had made the purification of his own temple <sup>[2]</sup> possible.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>place</i>"}, {"pk": 4120110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "They voted and issued a public decree that all Jews should celebrate these days each year."}, {"pk": 4120111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "And so the matters concerning Antiochus called Epiphanes came to an end."}, {"pk": 4120112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "We will now report about what occurred under Antiochus Eupator, that ungodly man\u2019s son, summarizing the distressful events of the dreadful wars."}, {"pk": 4120113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "When this man received the kingdom, he appointed a certain Lysias as supreme governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia."}, {"pk": 4120114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Ptolemy, called Macron, took the lead in showing justice to the Jews because of the wrongs done to them, and he tried to handle matters concerning them peacefully."}, {"pk": 4120115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "Because of this, the king\u2019s political advisors <sup>[3]</sup> accused him before Eupator and branded him a traitor. They accused him of abandoning Cyprus after Philometor had entrusted him with it, and of going back to Antiochus Epiphanes. Because Ptolemy no longer commanded the respect of his high office, <sup>[4]</sup> he poisoned himself and died.", "comment": "[4] Correction; Gk uncertain<br>[3] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4120116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "Gorgias, who became governor of the region, maintained a mercenary army and waged constant war against the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "In addition to him, the Idumeans who controlled some strategic fortresses harassed the Jews. They gave safe harbor to those who were driven from Jerusalem and tried to keep the war going."}, {"pk": 4120118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "The Maccabee and his followers were praying and calling on God to help them. They rushed against the Idumean fortresses."}, {"pk": 4120119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "After mounting a vigorous attack, they gained control of all the sites and held off those fighting on the wall. They slaughtered all those they encountered, killing at least twenty thousand."}, {"pk": 4120120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "When no fewer than nine thousand fled into two towers well equipped for a siege,"}, {"pk": 4120121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "the Maccabee departed to other places that needed his urgent attention, leaving Simon, Joseph, and Zacchaeus with a sufficient force for the siege of these towers."}, {"pk": 4120122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "Some men in the towers bribed greedy people around Simon. These people in turn, after receiving seventy thousand drachmen, <sup>[5]</sup> allowed some of the enemy to slip away.", "comment": "[5] A drachme is equivalent in value to a typical day\u2019s wage."}, {"pk": 4120123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "When the Maccabee found out what happened, he gathered the leaders of the people and accused them of selling their brothers for silver by setting free the enemy."}, {"pk": 4120124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "He executed the traitors and then quickly took the two towers."}, {"pk": 4120125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "He was successful in all things relating to war and killed more than twenty thousand men in the two towers."}, {"pk": 4120126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Timothy, who was defeated by the Jews earlier, assembled a large number of foreign troops and brought many horses from Asia. He arrived intending to fight against Judea."}, {"pk": 4120127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "As he approached, the Maccabee\u2019s followers prayed to God for help. Sprinkling their heads with dust, wrapping themselves with mourning clothes,"}, {"pk": 4120128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "and falling down opposite the foundation of the altar, they begged God to be gracious to them, to be hostile to those hostile to them, and to be an opponent of their opponents, just as the Law promises. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] See <a href='/CEB/2/23/22'>Exod 23:22</a>."}, {"pk": 4120129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "After praying, they took up arms and moved out some distance from the city. They drew near to their enemies and then halted."}, {"pk": 4120130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "At dawn, each side attacked. As an assurance of success and victory, the Jews had their courage and their trust in the Lord, but the Greeks made rage the driving force of their struggles."}, {"pk": 4120131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "When the battle became fierce, five magnificent men from heaven appeared to the enemy, riding on horses with gold bridles and leading the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "Two of them took the Maccabee between them, completely protecting him against harm with their own armor, and they shot arrows and thunderbolts into the ranks of their opponents. Thrown into confusion by blindness, the enemy then ran off in different directions, filled with terror."}, {"pk": 4120133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "Twenty thousand five hundred foot soldiers and six hundred cavalry were cut down."}, {"pk": 4120134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "But Timothy himself fled into a fortress called Gazara, a secured area commanded by Chaereas."}, {"pk": 4120135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "The followers of the Maccabee eagerly attacked the area for four days."}, {"pk": 4120136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "Because the place was strongly fortified, those inside verbally insulted the enemy, uttering unlawful words."}, {"pk": 4120137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "As the fifth day began, twenty of the young men among the Maccabee\u2019s followers burned with anger because of the verbal insults, and they bravely attacked the wall. In savage fury, they cut down anyone they found."}, {"pk": 4120138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "As this destruction occurred, others also went up after them against those inside, set the towers on fire, stoked the flames, and burned the offenders alive. When others tore down the gates, letting in the rest of the army, they took the city."}, {"pk": 4120139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "They slaughtered Timothy, who had hidden himself in a cistern, as well as his brother Chaereas and also Apollophanes."}, {"pk": 4120140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "With these things accomplished, they praised the Lord with hymns and thanks for showing kindness to Israel and giving victory to them."}, {"pk": 4120141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "Lysias, the guardian and relative of the king, was in charge of the government. After a very short time he became extremely displeased at what happened."}, {"pk": 4120142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "He led eighty thousand troops and all his cavalry against the Jews. He intended to make the city a Greek territory,"}, {"pk": 4120143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "to make the temple subject to tribute like the sacred sites of other nations, and to put the high priesthood on sale every year."}, {"pk": 4120144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "He gave no thought whatsoever to the power of God but was inflated by his tens of thousands of foot soldiers, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants."}, {"pk": 4120145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "He entered Judea, drew near to Beth-zur (a strongly fortified town about a half mile <sup>[1]</sup> from Jerusalem), and attacked it.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>five stades</i> or 3,021 feet; a stadion is a linear measure of approximately 607 feet."}, {"pk": 4120146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "When the Maccabee\u2019s followers received information that Lysias was surrounding the fortresses, they and all the people begged the Lord with laments and tears to send a good angel to save Israel."}, {"pk": 4120147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "The Maccabee was himself the first to take up arms, and he urged the others to run risks as he did and to come to the aid of their brothers. They dashed out at once, ready for action."}, {"pk": 4120148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "While they were still near Jerusalem, a horseman in white garments and wearing full body armor made of gold appeared to them and led them."}, {"pk": 4120149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "All together they praised the merciful God, and their souls were strengthened. They prepared themselves to attack not only men but also the most fierce animals and even the iron walls."}, {"pk": 4120150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "They proceeded in battle order, having a heavenly ally thanks to the Lord\u2019s mercy toward them."}, {"pk": 4120151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "Charging like lions against their enemies, they took down eleven thousand foot soldiers and sixteen hundred horses, and they put all the rest to flight."}, {"pk": 4120152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "Most of them escaped wounded and naked, while Lysias himself escaped by disgracefully running away."}, {"pk": 4120153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "Showing intelligence, Lysias pondered the reality of this defeat and realized that the Hebrews, assisted by God\u2019s power, couldn\u2019t be defeated. So he sent a messenger"}, {"pk": 4120154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "and persuaded them to come to a just settlement in all issues concerning civil rights. He also persuaded <sup>[2]</sup> them that he would convince the king to become their friend.", "comment": "[2] Correction; Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4120155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "The Maccabee consented to Lysias\u2019 proposals, thinking it was best for all involved. Whatever the Maccabee presented in writing to Lysias concerning the Jews, the king granted."}, {"pk": 4120156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "This is what Lysias\u2019 letter <sup>[3]</sup> to the Jews said:", "comment": "[3] Or <i>letters</i>"}, {"pk": 4120157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "Lysias to the Jewish community. Greetings! John and Absalom, the men you sent, gave me the administrative document copied below and made a request concerning its contents. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "Whatever needed to be presented in person to the king, I stated plainly; and whatever was feasible, he has granted. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "If then you will preserve goodwill toward the government, in the future I will attempt to promote your well-being. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "But concerning the details, I commanded these men to confer with you, along with my representatives. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Farewell! Year 148, the twenty-fourth day of the month of Dios Korinthos. <sup>[4]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[4] December, 164 BCE"}, {"pk": 4120162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "This is what the king\u2019s letter said:"}, {"pk": 4120163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "King Antiochus to his brother Lysias. Greetings! After our father joined the gods, it was my desire that those who want calm be left alone to tend to their own business. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "We heard that the Jews haven\u2019t agreed to change to the Greek way of life, as our father wanted, but preferred their own way of life and asked to be permitted to have their own law. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "Since we would choose for this nation to be free from unrest, we have decided to restore to them their temple and to let them conduct their life according to the customs of their ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "You would do well, then, to send a message to them and assure them of friendship, so that they might know our policy and be at ease and live cheerfully, achieving their own goals. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "This is what the king\u2019s letter to the nation said: King Antiochus to the Jewish council of elders and to all other Jews. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4120168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "If you are well, it is what we wish. We are also in good health. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "Menelaus has informed us that you want to return home to take care of your own affairs. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "Those who return by the thirtieth of Xanthicus <sup>[5]</sup> will have our pledge of friendship with no need for fear. <br>", "comment": "[5] March\u2013April; also in <a href='/CEB/75/11/33'>11:33</a>, <a href='/CEB/75/11/38'>38</a>"}, {"pk": 4120171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "We will allow the Jews to follow their own dietary laws and other laws just as they used to do, and not let anyone bother them concerning any crime committed in ignorance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "I have also sent Menelaus to comfort you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "Be well! Year 148, the fifteenth day of the month of Xanthicus. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "Also the Romans sent a letter to the Jews that said: Quintus Memmius, Titus Manius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews. Greetings! <br>"}, {"pk": 4120175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "Lysias the king\u2019s relative has handed rights over to you, and we agree. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "But give consideration immediately to whatever he decided to bring to the attention of the king; you should consider and then send someone immediately concerning your views, so that we might make suggestions to you, as is appropriate. We are approaching Antioch, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "so hurry and send someone so that we might also know of your opinion. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "Be in good health! Year 148, the fifteenth day of the month of Xanthicus. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "Having reached these agreements, Lysias returned to the king while the Jews went back to farming."}, {"pk": 4120180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "But some of the regional governors \u2014 Timothy and Apollonius (Gennaeus\u2019 son), Hieronymous and Demophon, as well as Nicanor the commander from Cyprus \u2014 wouldn\u2019t permit them to live in peace."}, {"pk": 4120181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "Some men from Joppa committed a horrible act. After calling together the Jews living among them with their wives and children, they invited them to go sailing in boats that they provided. They acted as if they had no hostility against them at all."}, {"pk": 4120182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "This was a decision made by the city as a whole. The Jews accepted the invitation because they desired to live together with them peaceably, and the Jews had no suspicions. But they took them out to sea and drowned them \u2014 no fewer than two hundred people."}, {"pk": 4120183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "When Judas received news of the cruelty that had happened to his fellow Jews, he gave orders to his troops."}, {"pk": 4120184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "After calling out to God the righteous judge, he moved against the murderers of their brothers, setting fire to the harbor by night, burning the boats, and killing those who took refuge there."}, {"pk": 4120185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "Because a large area of the city was secured against his attack, he departed, intending to return and root out the entire citizen community of Joppa."}, {"pk": 4120186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "He learned that the people of Jamnia were also planning to finish off the Jews living among them in the same way."}, {"pk": 4120187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "So Judas mounted a night attack against Jamnia and set its harbor and fleet on fire, so that the gleams of light shone in Jerusalem twenty-eight miles <sup>[1]</sup> away.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>two hundred forty stades</i>; a stadion is a linear measure of approximately 607 feet."}, {"pk": 4120188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "When Judas withdrew about a mile <sup>[2]</sup> away from Jamnia, in pursuit of Timothy, Arabs attacked him with no fewer than five thousand men and five hundred cavalry.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>nine stades</i>"}, {"pk": 4120189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "A fierce battle took place, but Judas\u2019 followers were successful because of God\u2019s help. The defeated nomads asked Judas for a pledge of friendship, promising to give them some livestock and to be of service to them in other ways."}, {"pk": 4120190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "Judas agreed to make peace because he thought that they might truly be useful to them in many ways. After pledging friendship to each other, the Arabs <sup>[3]</sup> departed into their tents.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4120191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Judas also made an attack on a city named Caspin, whose defenses included a fortified bridge and surrounding walls. It was inhabited by people from many nations."}, {"pk": 4120192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Because the walls had been solidly secured and there was plenty of food for future use, the inhabitants acted disrespectfully. They not only spoke in an insulting way to Judas\u2019 men, they were even uttering unlawful insults against God."}, {"pk": 4120193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Calling out to the great mighty one of the universe who caused Jericho to fall in Joshua\u2019s time even without battering rams or war engines, Judas\u2019 forces attacked the wall furiously."}, {"pk": 4120194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "They took the city by God\u2019s will and killed so many men that a nearby lake a quarter of a mile <sup>[4]</sup> wide appeared to be filled with blood.", "comment": "[4] Or <i>two stades</i>"}, {"pk": 4120195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "Withdrawing from there, they made a journey of ninety-four miles <sup>[5]</sup> to Charax, to those Jews who are called Toubians.", "comment": "[5] Or <i>seven hundred fifty stades</i>"}, {"pk": 4120196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "They didn\u2019t find Timothy in the area because he left the region without any success, except that he left behind one military force in a well-secured place."}, {"pk": 4120197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "But the Maccabee\u2019s commanders Dositheus and Sosipater marched out and destroyed those Timothy left in the fortified place, killing more than ten thousand men."}, {"pk": 4120198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "The Maccabee, dividing the army around him in units, set men in command over the units and moved quickly against Timothy, who had with him one hundred twenty thousand foot soldiers and twenty-five hundred horses."}, {"pk": 4120199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "After receiving information about Judas\u2019 approach, Timothy sent the wives and children and their belongings ahead to a village called Carnaim. He did this because the place was difficult to surround or attack on account of the narrowness of the approaches."}, {"pk": 4120200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "After Judas\u2019 first tactical unit appeared, the enemy was afraid, especially when the \u201cone who sees all things\u201d appeared to them. They took flight, running here and there, so that many were injured by their own comrades and pierced by the tips of their own swords."}, {"pk": 4120201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "Judas pursued them vigorously. Stabbing sinners left and right, he killed as many as thirty thousand men."}, {"pk": 4120202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "Timothy himself fell into the hands of Dositheus, Sosipater, and their men. He skillfully argued that he should be set free, persuading them that he held many parents and other relatives as prisoners who might not receive any consideration."}, {"pk": 4120203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "After he promised repeatedly to return them unharmed, they released him for the benefit of the safety of their relatives."}, {"pk": 4120204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "Next Judas attacked Carnaim and the temple of Atargatis, killing twenty-five thousand people."}, {"pk": 4120205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "After overturning and destroying these places, he made war also on Ephron, a fortified city with a mixed population, where Lysias made his home. Strong young men fought bravely, however, in front of the walls where there were also many war engines and arrows."}, {"pk": 4120206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "Calling on the Lord who crushes the strength of the enemy, the Jews took control of the city and killed about twenty-five thousand people."}, {"pk": 4120207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "Then breaking camp and marching from there, they moved swiftly against Scythopolis, seventy-five miles <sup>[6]</sup> from Jerusalem.", "comment": "[6] Or <i>six hundred stades</i>"}, {"pk": 4120208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "But the Jews who lived there reported that the citizens of Scythopolis showed kindness and a civil attitude toward them even in times of misfortune."}, {"pk": 4120209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "They thanked them and encouraged them also to be well-disposed toward their people in the future as well. Then they returned to Jerusalem since the Festival of Weeks was about to begin."}, {"pk": 4120210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "After the Festival of Pentecost they moved against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea."}, {"pk": 4120211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "He came out with three thousand foot soldiers and four hundred horses."}, {"pk": 4120212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "A small number of Jews fell during the battle."}, {"pk": 4120213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "Dositheus, one of Bacenor\u2019s men, a strong man on horseback, had seized Gorgias. Holding on to the governor\u2019s robe, he dragged him down roughly, trying to take the horrible man alive. But one of the Thracian cavalry men assaulted Dositheus, crushed his shoulder, and Gorgias escaped into Marisa."}, {"pk": 4120214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "The men around Esdris were fighting fiercely but became weary. Judas called out to the Lord to show himself as their ally and to lead the battle."}, {"pk": 4120215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "Beginning to sing hymns in the native language with a loud voice, he suddenly made an attack against Gorgias\u2019 men and defeated them."}, {"pk": 4120216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "Judas took his army and came into the city of Adullam. When the seventh day arrived, they purified themselves according to custom and observed the Sabbath."}, {"pk": 4120217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "On the next day, it was necessary for Judas and his men to recover the bodies of the fallen and to bury them with their relatives in the ancestral tombs."}, {"pk": 4120218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "They found sacred charms, idols from Jamnia that the Law forbids Jews to wear, under the clothing of each of the dead. It became clear to all why these men had fallen."}, {"pk": 4120219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "Then they all praised the Lord, the righteous judge who makes hidden things visible."}, {"pk": 4120220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "They appealed to God and prayed for the sin that had been committed to be completely wiped out. The honorable Judas called on the people to keep themselves free from sin, since everyone had seen what had happened because of the sin of those who fell."}, {"pk": 4120221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "After taking a collection from each man, he sent the sum of two thousand silver drachmen <sup>[7]</sup> to Jerusalem to provide for a sin offering. He was acting honorably and appropriately, thinking about the resurrection.", "comment": "[7] A drachme is equivalent in value to a typical day\u2019s wage."}, {"pk": 4120222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "If he hadn\u2019t been looking forward to the resurrection of the dead, then it would have been unnecessary and frivolous to pray for them."}, {"pk": 4120223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "He was looking, however, to that best reward laid up for those who die in godliness, and so this was a pious and holy thought. Thus he made an offering of reconciliation so that the dead would be forgiven of their sin."}, {"pk": 4120224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "In year 149 <sup>[1]</sup> the news reached Judas\u2019 followers that Antiochus Eupator was moving against Judea with a large army.", "comment": "[1] 163 BCE"}, {"pk": 4120225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "With him was Lysias, Antiochus\u2019 guardian and head of the government. Each one had a Greek force of one hundred ten thousand foot soldiers, fifty-three hundred cavalry, and twenty-two elephants, as well as three hundred chariots armed with scythes."}, {"pk": 4120226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "Menelaus also joined them and encouraged Antiochus with many lies, not out of a concern for the safety of his homeland but because he expected that he would be set over the government."}, {"pk": 4120227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "The king of kings, however, aroused Antiochus\u2019 anger against the sinner. When Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of all the evils, Antiochus commanded that Menelaus be brought to Beroea and executed according to the custom there."}, {"pk": 4120228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "That place has a tower seventy-five feet tall and full of ashes with a steep rim on all sides leading into the ashes."}, {"pk": 4120229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "Here anyone guilty of temple robbery or other similar crimes is thrown down to their death."}, {"pk": 4120230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "In this manner the lawless Menelaus died. He didn\u2019t receive a proper burial."}, {"pk": 4120231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "This was completely just, since he had committed many sins against the altar whose fire and ashes were holy, so in ashes he died."}, {"pk": 4120232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "The king became barbaric in his thoughts and intended to show the Jews far worse things than his father did."}, {"pk": 4120233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "When Judas learned of these things, he commanded the community to call on the Lord day and night \u2014 now if ever \u2014 to help those soon to be deprived of the Law, the homeland, and the holy temple."}, {"pk": 4120234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "They were to pray that the people who had recently enjoyed temporary relief not be permitted again to come under the control of slanderous nations."}, {"pk": 4120235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "After everyone had prayed in the same manner together \u2014 pleading with the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting and lying facedown for three days \u2014 Judas called them together and commanded them to report for duty."}, {"pk": 4120236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "In consultation with the elders, Judas decided to march out to determine the matter by God\u2019s help before the army of the king could enter Judah and take control of the city."}, {"pk": 4120237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "He left the decision to the creator of the universe and called on his men to fight to the death for the laws, temple, city, country, and citizenship. He made the region of Modein his headquarters"}, {"pk": 4120238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "and gave his men the watchword \u201cGod\u2019s Victory.\u201d He chose the best of the young men, and attacked the king\u2019s quarters in the enemy camp at night. They killed nearly two thousand men as well as the lead elephant, stabbing its rider."}, {"pk": 4120239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "After they filled the camp with fear and panic, they departed in good spirits."}, {"pk": 4120240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "This had happened just as the day was dawning because the Lord\u2019s protection had come to Judas\u2019 aid."}, {"pk": 4120241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "Having received a taste of the Jews\u2019 courage, the king made an attempt on their military positions through other tricks."}, {"pk": 4120242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "He moved against a well-protected watch-post of the Jews at Beth-zur, but he was pushed back. He struck again, but this time he was defeated."}, {"pk": 4120243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Judas sent necessary supplies to those inside."}, {"pk": 4120244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "But Rhodocus from the Judean ranks gave military secrets to the enemies. When it was discovered, he was caught and imprisoned."}, {"pk": 4120245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "The king negotiated again with those in Beth-zur. They shared tokens of friendship. Then he went away, mounted an attack against Judas\u2019 men, and was defeated."}, {"pk": 4120246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "Meanwhile, he received news that Philip (left in charge of the government in Antioch) had rebelled. He was entirely caught off guard, and so offered reconciliation to the Jews, accepted their terms, swore to respect all their rights, and reached a settlement. He also offered a sacrifice, honored the temple, and was generous toward the place."}, {"pk": 4120247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "He welcomed the Maccabee and made Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais to Gerar."}, {"pk": 4120248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Then he went to Ptolemais. The people of Ptolemais found it hard to accept the agreement. They became very angry and wanted to annul the terms of the treaty."}, {"pk": 4120249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "In defense Lysias spoke publicly as well as he could and convinced and appeased them. After gaining their support, he marched into Antioch. So this is how the advance and withdrawal of the king occurred."}, {"pk": 4120250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "Three years later it was reported to Judas\u2019 followers that Demetrius, Seleucus\u2019 son, had sailed into the harbor at Tripolis with a strong army and a fleet."}, {"pk": 4120251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "It was also reported that he had taken possession of the country, killing Antiochus and his guardian Lysias."}, {"pk": 4120252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "A certain Alcimus, who had become high priest earlier but had willingly defiled himself during the revolt, became aware that he was no longer safe and that he would no longer have access to the holy altar."}, {"pk": 4120253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "He approached King Demetrius in the year 151, <sup>[1]</sup> bringing him a gold crown, a palm tree, and some customary gifts of olive branches from the temple. He kept quiet that day", "comment": "[1] 161 BCE"}, {"pk": 4120254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "but waited for the right opportunity to accomplish his folly. Finally, Demetrius called him into the council to ask him about the condition of the Jews and their frame of mind. He replied,"}, {"pk": 4120255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cThe Jews called Hasideans, whose leader is Judas the Maccabee, maintain a warlike policy and rebel frequently, not permitting the kingdom to have peace."}, {"pk": 4120256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Deprived of my ancestral glory \u2014 I speak of course of the high priesthood \u2014 I have now come here,"}, {"pk": 4120257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "first out of a sincere concern for the king\u2019s interests and second out of regard for my fellow citizens. Through the recklessness of those mentioned earlier, the entire nation is in a state of misfortune."}, {"pk": 4120258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "But, King, since you have knowledge of these things, take thought for both the country and our oppressed nation with the same generosity you have had for all."}, {"pk": 4120259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "As long as Judas lives, the government is powerless to establish peace.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Alcimus had no sooner finished speaking when the rest of the political advisors, <sup>[2]</sup> who strongly disliked Judas, further enraged Demetrius.", "comment": "[2] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4120261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Immediately choosing Nicanor the commander of the elephants and appointing him governor of Judea, the king sent him out"}, {"pk": 4120262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "with written orders to kill Judas and scatter those with him, and to install Alcimus as high priest of the greatest temple."}, {"pk": 4120263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "The Judean Gentiles who had fled from Judas joined Nicanor in large numbers, thinking that they would benefit from the misfortunes and calamities of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "When they heard about Nicanor\u2019s advance and the support he had from the Gentiles, the Jews sprinkled themselves with earth. They prayed to the one who had established his own people forever and who always helped them by intervening on their behalf."}, {"pk": 4120265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "At the command of their leader Judas, they immediately broke camp, marched from there, and met the enemy at the village of Dessau."}, {"pk": 4120266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Simon, Judas\u2019 brother, met Nicanor in battle but was slowly losing ground because of the unexpected confusion caused by their enemies."}, {"pk": 4120267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "Nevertheless, when Nicanor heard that Judas\u2019 troops were fighting bravely and courageously as they struggled for their homeland, he was somewhat afraid to decide the matter through bloodshed."}, {"pk": 4120268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "So he sent Posidonius, Theodotus, and Mattathias to develop a peace agreement."}, {"pk": 4120269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "When the Jews had carefully inspected the proposal, and their leader Judas had informed the community, who appeared to give unanimous consent, they accepted the terms of the agreement."}, {"pk": 4120270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "They set a day on which the leaders from each side would come to the same place in private, a chariot coming from each side, with chairs set out for the meeting."}, {"pk": 4120271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "Judas placed armed men in appropriate places, in order to prevent unexpected treachery from the enemies. So they held successful negotiations."}, {"pk": 4120272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "Nicanor lived for a time in Jerusalem and did nothing improper. He dismissed the crowds of ordinary people who gathered there."}, {"pk": 4120273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "He kept Judas continually in his presence since he became strongly attached to the man."}, {"pk": 4120274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "He encouraged him to marry and to have children. So Judas married, enjoyed tranquillity, and began to live a normal life."}, {"pk": 4120275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "When Alcimus noted the goodwill that Nicanor and Judas had toward each other, he obtained the documents of agreement drawn up between them and went to Demetrius. He claimed that Nicanor was disloyal to the government because he had appointed Judas, who plotted against the king, as his successor."}, {"pk": 4120276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "The king was furious and, provoked by the accusations of the thoroughly depraved Alcimus, wrote to Nicanor. He forcefully asserted that he was displeased with the terms of agreement and ordered him to send the Maccabee as a prisoner to Antioch immediately."}, {"pk": 4120277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "When this order reached Nicanor, he was upset and found it difficult to revoke the agreements, seeing how the man had done no wrong."}, {"pk": 4120278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "But he couldn\u2019t defy the king, so he watched for an opportune time to set a trap."}, {"pk": 4120279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "But the Maccabee noticed that Nicanor was becoming more reserved toward him, conducting customary meetings in a less courteous manner. Sensing that this new rudeness wasn\u2019t for the best, he gathered a large number of men and hid from Nicanor."}, {"pk": 4120280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "When Nicanor realized that Judas had completely outwitted him, he went to the great and holy temple where priests were offering up the appropriate sacrifices and ordered them to hand over the man."}, {"pk": 4120281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "When they asserted with solemn pledges that they didn\u2019t know where he was,"}, {"pk": 4120282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "he stretched out his strong hand against the temple and made the following pronouncement: \u201cIf you don\u2019t turn Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level the sacred area of God, tear down the altar to the ground, and build here a great temple to Dionysus.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "With these words, he left. But the priests, stretching out their hands to heaven, called on the one who always fights in defense of our nation, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cYou, Lord, who need nothing, made the temple your dwelling among us."}, {"pk": 4120285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "Now, holy one, Lord of all holiness, keep your newly purified house free from all defilement forever.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "A Jerusalem elder named Razis was denounced to Nicanor as someone who loved the citizens, was well spoken of, and was called \u201cFather of the Jews\u201d because of his kindness."}, {"pk": 4120287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "Early on in the revolt, he had been put on trial for Judaism and risked body and soul for its cause."}, {"pk": 4120288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "Wanting to make public the hatred he had toward the Jews, Nicanor sent a group of more than five hundred soldiers to take him,"}, {"pk": 4120289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "because he thought that by arresting him, he would create a problem for the Jewish people. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>them</i>"}, {"pk": 4120290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "When the mob was about to take the tower, forcing open the door of the courtyard, they commanded that the door be set on fire. Razis was surrounded on every side, so he fell on his own sword."}, {"pk": 4120291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "He wanted to die bravely rather than fall into the hands of sinners and suffer outrages unworthy of his own high birth."}, {"pk": 4120292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "But the blow didn\u2019t strike its mark because of the haste of the struggle and the surge of the mob through the doors. Running with honor out onto the wall, he courageously threw himself down into the mob."}, {"pk": 4120293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "When they suddenly drew back, a space opened up, and he landed in the middle of it."}, {"pk": 4120294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "While still breathing and burning with anger, he rose up, ignoring the gushing blood and the terrible injuries, and made his way through the crowd to stand on a pile of rubble."}, {"pk": 4120295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 14, "verse": 46, "text": "Entirely drained of blood, he tore out his intestines, took them in both hands, and threw them at the mob. As he did this, he called out to the one with authority over life and spirit to return his insides to him, and in this manner he died."}, {"pk": 4120296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "Nicanor learned that Judas\u2019 forces were in the region of Samaria, so he wanted to attack them on the day of rest when there would be no risk."}, {"pk": 4120297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "But the Jews who were compelled to follow him said, \u201cNo! Don\u2019t destroy with such cruelty and savagery, but respect the day that is honored with holiness above all others by the one who observes all.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "The repeat offender asked if there was in heaven some mighty one who commanded the keeping of the Sabbath day."}, {"pk": 4120299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "They declared, \u201cThe living Lord himself, the ruler in heaven, commands us to keep the seventh day.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Nicanor replied, \u201cAnd I am the ruler on earth who commands you to take up arms and to carry out the royal orders.\u201d Nevertheless, he didn\u2019t succeed in carrying out his terrible plan."}, {"pk": 4120301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "Nicanor, holding his head high with all his boasting, decided to build a public monument marking the defeat of Judas\u2019 forces."}, {"pk": 4120302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "But the Maccabee was fully confident in his hope of obtaining the Lord\u2019s help."}, {"pk": 4120303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "So he encouraged his troops not to fear the Gentiles\u2019 attack but to remember the aid they had previously received from heaven and to look for victory from the almighty now."}, {"pk": 4120304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Reassuring them with words from the Law and the Prophets, and reminding them of the struggles they had overcome, he made them even more eager."}, {"pk": 4120305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Stirring up their spirits, he gave them orders and pointed out at the same time the treachery of the Gentiles and their violation of solemn pledges."}, {"pk": 4120306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "He armed each of them not so much with the security of shields and spears as with the encouragement of good words. He also told them about a trustworthy dream \u2014 a kind of waking vision \u2014 which raised everyone\u2019s morale."}, {"pk": 4120307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "In his vision, Judas saw Onias, who had been high priest and was virtuous, good, modest in all things, gentle of manners, and well-spoken. From childhood he had learned all things that properly belong to a good moral life. This man had his hands extended to pray for the entire nation of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Then in the same manner, another man, noteworthy for his gray hair and dignity, appeared with astonishing and splendid glory."}, {"pk": 4120309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Onias said, \u201cThis man is one who loves his brothers and sisters and prays many prayers for the people and the holy city: God\u2019s prophet Jeremiah.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "Jeremiah extended his strong hand and gave to Judas a gold sword, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cTake this holy sword as a gift from God, and with it you will destroy your enemies.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Judas\u2019 eloquent and powerful words urged them on to courage and made the young men\u2019s spirits brave. They determined not to prepare for a long campaign but to attack honorably and fight hand-to-hand with all courage. In this way the matter would be decided, as danger faced their city, the holy things, and the temple."}, {"pk": 4120313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "They weren\u2019t as concerned for their women and children, or their brothers and relatives, as they were for the holy temple."}, {"pk": 4120314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "Those trapped in the city were also very anxious, fearful of an attack in the open."}, {"pk": 4120315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Everyone was waiting for the upcoming conflict, with fighting units already formed, soldiers drawn up in battle order, beasts sent to strategic positions, and cavalry arranged on either side."}, {"pk": 4120316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "The Maccabee saw the masses that were before him, the diverse sorts of equipped military arms, and the fierceness of the elephants, so he extended his hands to heaven and called on the wonder-working Lord. He knew that it isn\u2019t through arms that God decides to award victory but he gives it to those who deserve it."}, {"pk": 4120317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "He prayed like this: \u201cYou, my Lord, sent your angel to Hezekiah king of Judah and he killed one hundred eighty-five thousand from Sennacherib\u2019s camp."}, {"pk": 4120318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "Now ruler of the heavens, send a good angel in front of us to cause fear and trembling."}, {"pk": 4120319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "May your mighty arm terrify those who come with verbal insults against your holy people.\u201d With that he stopped speaking."}, {"pk": 4120320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Nicanor\u2019s forces advanced with trumpet calls and battle cries."}, {"pk": 4120321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "But Judas\u2019 men battled against their enemies with appeals and prayers."}, {"pk": 4120322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Fighting with their hands but praying to God with their hearts and rejoicing in God\u2019s appearance, they killed no fewer than thirty-five thousand soldiers."}, {"pk": 4120323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "When they returned from the battle to their camp with joy, they found Nicanor lying dead in full armor."}, {"pk": 4120324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "With shouts and excitement, they praised the ruler in their native language."}, {"pk": 4120325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "Their leader, who had always fought for the citizens with body and soul and had carefully preserved the goodwill toward his fellow citizens from his youth, commanded that Nicanor\u2019s head and arm be cut off and carried to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4120326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "After arriving there, Judas called together his fellow citizens, stationed the priests at the altar, and sent for those from the elevated fortress. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>acropolis</i>"}, {"pk": 4120327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "He displayed the head of the repulsive Nicanor and the slanderer\u2019s hand, which he had extended against the almighty\u2019s holy house while uttering great boasts."}, {"pk": 4120328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "He cut out the tongue of the ungodly Nicanor and ordered that it be given to the birds in pieces, and he hung the rewards of his stupidity in front of the temple."}, {"pk": 4120329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Looking to heaven, everyone praised the Lord, who had made himself known, saying, \u201cBlessed is the one who kept his own holy place pure.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "Judas hung Nicanor\u2019s head from the elevated fortress in plain sight of all, as a clear sign of the Lord\u2019s help."}, {"pk": 4120331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "The people decided to issue a regulation forbidding anyone to forget this day but reminding all to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, called Adar <sup>[2]</sup> in the Syrian language, the day before Mordecai\u2019s day.", "comment": "[2] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4120332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "After things turned out this way with Nicanor, the Hebrews controlled the city from that time on. So at this point I will stop."}, {"pk": 4120333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "If the story was told effectively, this is what I wanted. But if it was told in a poor and mediocre fashion, this was the best I could do."}, {"pk": 4120334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 75, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "Just as it is harmful to drink wine or water alone while wine mixed with water is delightful and produces joy, so also may the writing of this story delight the ears of those who encounter this work. The end."}, {"pk": 4120335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Now Ptolemy Philopator learned from those who had returned that Antiochus had captured some of Ptolemy\u2019s territory. Ptolemy gave orders to all his forces, foot soldiers and mounted soldiers, to break camp. Along with all his forces, and accompanied by his sister Arsino\u00eb, he set out for the region of Raphia where Antiochus\u2019 troops had set up camp."}, {"pk": 4120336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Now a certain Theodotus made up his mind to carry out a plot to kill Ptolemy. He took the best of the weapons that had been assigned to him from Ptolemy\u2019s own arsenal. He crossed over by night to Ptolemy\u2019s tent, intending to put an end to the war by killing him single-handedly."}, {"pk": 4120337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "But Dositheus, known as Drimylus\u2019 son, had led Ptolemy away and arranged for an unimportant person to sleep in the king\u2019s tent. This person then met the fate intended for Ptolemy. (Now this Dositheus was a Jew by birth, but he had changed his mind about their customs and had turned away from the teachings of his ancestors.)"}, {"pk": 4120338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "When a fierce battle arose, and things were going rather well for Antiochus, Arsino\u00eb went out to Ptolemy\u2019s army with pathetic cries and with her hair all in disarray. She urged them to rescue themselves and their children and wives, and bravely promised to give to each man two manehs of gold if they won the battle."}, {"pk": 4120339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "And so it turned out that the enemies were destroyed in hand-to-hand combat, and many were taken prisoner."}, {"pk": 4120340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "After overcoming the plot, Ptolemy decided to visit the neighboring cities to encourage them."}, {"pk": 4120341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "By doing this and by distributing gifts for their sacred shrines, he reassured his subjects."}, {"pk": 4120342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The Jews had sent elders and members of the council to greet him, to bring gifts of friendship, and to congratulate him on recent events. As a result he was even more eager to come to them as soon as possible."}, {"pk": 4120343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "So he traveled to Jerusalem, sacrificed to the supreme God, made thank offerings, and did what was appropriate for the temple. As he entered the temple, he was struck with amazement at its brilliance and beauty."}, {"pk": 4120344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "And as he admired the orderly arrangement of the temple, he conceived a notion to enter into the holy place."}, {"pk": 4120345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "But they said that it wasn\u2019t right to do this since even those of their own nation weren\u2019t permitted to enter it. Not even all the priests were allowed, but only the chief priest, who was in charge over all, and he could do so only once a year. But Philopator wasn\u2019t at all persuaded."}, {"pk": 4120346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Even after the law was read to him, he continued to claim that it was necessary for him to enter, saying, \u201cEven if those persons are denied this honor, I shouldn\u2019t be.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "He asked why, when he was entering every other sacred place, none of those present prevented him."}, {"pk": 4120348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "And someone said (without thinking) that he was wrong to speak of this as a sign."}, {"pk": 4120349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cBut even if for some reason this were true,\u201d Philopator replied, \u201cwhy should I, of all people, not enter, whether they are willing or not?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "But the priests fell to the ground, still in their sacred robes. They filled the temple with crying and tears, praying to the supreme God to help them and to change the mind of the one who was wrongly imposing himself."}, {"pk": 4120351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who were left in the city were troubled and hurried out, thinking something mysterious was happening."}, {"pk": 4120352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The young girls who had been kept secluded at home rushed out with their mothers. They sprinkled their hair with dust and began to fill the streets with weeping and groaning."}, {"pk": 4120353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Even the young women who had just been adorned for their weddings left the bridal bedrooms that had been prepared for the marriage night. Neglecting all proper modesty, they came together in the city in a wild rush."}, {"pk": 4120354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "Mothers and nurses left newborn children here and there, some in houses, some in the streets, and crowded together into the most high temple without looking back."}, {"pk": 4120355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "The people who assembled offered all kinds of prayers on account of the evil plot of the king."}, {"pk": 4120356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Some of the bolder citizens weren\u2019t going to put up with his intended plan or fulfill what he had in mind."}, {"pk": 4120357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "They rallied each other to attack with weapons and to die courageously for the sake of the law of their ancestors, creating a great uproar in the holy place. The old men and the elders were barely able to restrain them, but turned them at last to the same stance of prayer."}, {"pk": 4120358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Now the crowd in front of the temple was occupied in praying,"}, {"pk": 4120359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "but the elders standing near the king tried in many ways to turn his arrogant mind from the scheme that he had conceived."}, {"pk": 4120360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "But he, being made bold and ignoring all their arguments, began to make his approach, determined to carry out his plan."}, {"pk": 4120361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "So when those who were near him saw this, they turned together with the people to appeal to the one who was fully able to come to their aid and not to overlook this insolent transgression."}, {"pk": 4120362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "An immense roar went up from the intensity and passion of the crowd\u2019s concerted shouting."}, {"pk": 4120363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Indeed it seemed that not only the people but also the walls and the entire land were echoing, because at that time all were prepared to accept death instead of making the holy place impure."}, {"pk": 4120364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Then the high priest Simon knelt in front of the temple, extended his hands, and offered this prayer in a dignified manner:", "comment": "[1] Some manuscripts lack <a href='/CEB/76/2/1'>2:1</a>."}, {"pk": 4120365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cLord, Lord, king of the heavens and master of all creation, holy among the holy ones, only ruler, almighty: Pay attention to us. We are being crushed by an evil and impure man, caught up in his own arrogance and power. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "You are the creator of all things and the just master who rules over all. You judge those who act with violence and arrogance. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "You destroyed those who did evil in the past, even giants. The giants trusted in their bodily strength and boldness, but you destroyed them in a great flood. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "The people of Sodom acted arrogantly and were notorious for their wicked deeds. <sup>[2]</sup> You destroyed them with fire and sulfur, making them an example to others for all time. <br>", "comment": "[2] Some manuscripts read <i>secretive in their wicked deeds</i>."}, {"pk": 4120369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "When the arrogant ruler of Egypt enslaved your holy people Israel, you tested him with many, varied punishments. You made your power known; indeed, you made known your great strength. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "When the ruler of Egypt pursued Israel with chariots and a multitude of people, you overwhelmed him with the depth of the sea. But those who trusted in you, the one who holds power over all creation \u2014 these people you brought safely through the sea. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "And when they saw your powerful work, they praised you, the almighty. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cAlthough you, King, created the whole wide earth, you chose this city and set this place apart for your name, though you don\u2019t need anything. You made it wonderful, giving it a splendid appearance, and established its order for the reputation of your great and honored name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Because you love the house of Israel, you promised that you would hear our prayer if we came to this holy place and prayed whenever we experienced a setback or were overwhelmed with distress. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Indeed, you are faithful and true. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "Whenever our ancestors were hard-pressed or humiliated, you helped them and rescued them from great hardships. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "See now, Holy King, how we are being afflicted and have been subjected to our enemies and are weakened to the point of helplessness because of our many and great sins. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "But in the midst of our calamity this arrogant and unholy man is determined to insult the holy place dedicated on earth to your glorious name. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "For human beings can\u2019t enter your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "But since you were pleased for your glory to rest among your people Israel, you set this place apart. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t take vengeance on us because of the impurity of these people. Don\u2019t call us to account because of their pollution, so that the lawless don\u2019t boast in their hearts or rejoice in the arrogance of their tongues, saying, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cWe trampled the house of holiness just as the houses of idols are trampled.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4120382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Wipe away our sins and scatter our faults to the winds, and reveal your compassion in this hour. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Let your mercies quickly overtake us. Put praises in the mouths of those who are downcast and crushed in their spirits, granting us peace. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the God who watches over all things, the first father of all, holy among the holy ones, heard this lawful prayer and scourged the one who had claimed too much for himself in his violence and arrogance."}, {"pk": 4120385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "God shook him this way and that as a reed is shaken by the wind, with the result that he lay helpless on the ground. His limbs were paralyzed, and he was unable to speak, since he was struck by a just judgment."}, {"pk": 4120386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "His friends and bodyguards saw that the punishment that had seized him was severe. Fearing that even his life might fail, they quickly dragged him out, since they were terror-stricken."}, {"pk": 4120387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "After a while, the king recovered, and even though he had been punished, he didn\u2019t change his heart and mind at all, but went away issuing bitter threats."}, {"pk": 4120388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "When he had returned to Egypt, he added to his evil deeds with the assistance of his drinking companions and friends, who were strangers to everything just."}, {"pk": 4120389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "He wasn\u2019t satisfied with his innumerable indecent acts, but he also advanced to such a degree of impudence that he circulated false reports in the various districts. Many of his friends took note of the king\u2019s purpose and followed his lead."}, {"pk": 4120390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "He proposed to spread blame publicly against the Jewish nation. He set up a stone near the tower in the courtyard with the following inscription carved upon it:"}, {"pk": 4120391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "None who refuse to sacrifice are to enter into their sanctuaries. In addition all the Jews are to be registered and their property cataloged. Those who object are to be taken by force and put to death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who are registered are to be branded on the body by fire with the ivy leaf sign of Dionysus and are also to be assigned to their former, limited civic status. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "But so as not to seem hateful to all, he added: But if any of them should prefer to join those who have been initiated into the mysteries, these are to enjoy political rights equal to the Alexandrians. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "Now some Jews, while pretending to detest the steps to be undertaken for the city\u2019s religion, readily surrendered themselves to share in great fame through the association they would have with the king."}, {"pk": 4120395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "But the honorable majority were strong and didn\u2019t depart from their religion. They bravely tried to save themselves from being registered by resorting to bribes in exchange for their lives."}, {"pk": 4120396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "They remained hopeful of obtaining help, and they looked with contempt on those Jews who had deserted them. They considered those who gave in to be enemies of the Jewish nation, and no longer associated with them or offered them assistance."}, {"pk": 4120397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "When the godless Philopator learned of this, he became so enraged that not only was he angry at those Jews in Alexandria but he also was very bitterly opposed to those living in the countryside. He gave an order that they should all be gathered together at once into one place and killed by the most brutal means possible."}, {"pk": 4120398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "While these plans were being put into action, some people plotted to injure the Jewish nation by circulating a hostile report against them on the pretext that the Jews were hindering others from practicing their own customs."}, {"pk": 4120399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "But the Jews were maintaining goodwill and unswerving loyalty toward the royal house."}, {"pk": 4120400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "While they worshipped God and conducted their lives according to God\u2019s Law, they kept themselves separate in the matter of foods. For this reason they appeared hostile to some people."}, {"pk": 4120401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "But they had established a good reputation with everyone through their lifestyle of doing the right thing."}, {"pk": 4120402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "Now even though the Jews\u2019 good deeds on behalf of the nation were commonly talked about by everyone, those of other races didn\u2019t take these into account."}, {"pk": 4120403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "Instead, they kept harping on the differences in worship and diet, and claimed that the Jewish people were loyal neither to the king nor to the authorities, but were hostile and strongly opposed to the royal administration. And so they placed significant blame on the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "But the Greeks in the city, who hadn\u2019t been injured in any way, saw the unexpected turmoil surrounding these people and the purposeless mobs that were forming. Although they didn\u2019t have the power to offer assistance, for they lived under tyranny, they tried to encourage the Jews. They were grieved and assumed that these circumstances would change for the better,"}, {"pk": 4120405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "because so great a community shouldn\u2019t be left to its fate in this way, since it had done nothing wrong."}, {"pk": 4120406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Already some neighbors and friends and business associates secretly drew them aside and promised that they would fight by their side and make every effort to assist them."}, {"pk": 4120407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "But the king took pride in his present success and disregarded the authority of the supreme God. Assuming that he would continue in the same plan without hindrance, he wrote this letter against the Jews:"}, {"pk": 4120408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "King Ptolemy Philopator to his generals and soldiers in Egypt and in every place. Greetings and good health. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Both I myself and our affairs prosper. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "After our campaign against Asia Minor came to a successful conclusion, as you yourselves are aware, with the gods fighting alongside us, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "we thought that we should care for the nations inhabiting Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, not with the violence of the spear but with fairness and much kindness, eagerly treating them well. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "After we had distributed generous funds to the temples in every city, we proceeded also to Jerusalem. We went up to honor the temple of those wretched people who never cease from their folly. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "They spoke as if they welcomed our presence, but in fact they acted in a way that was dishonest. When we wanted to enter their sanctuary and to honor it with the most extraordinary and beautiful gifts, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "they were carried away by their traditional arrogance and prevented us from entering. They were spared a display of our power because of the kindness that we have toward all people. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "But they made clear their ill will toward us, as the only one of the nations showing such stiff-necked defiance to kings and to their own benefactors. They aren\u2019t willing to receive anything as sincere. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "But we showed indulgence toward the folly of these people and returned to Egypt in triumph. We treated all the nations in a kindly way and acted in a manner that was proper. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "Among other things, we made known to everyone our policy of amnesty toward their fellow Jews here because of our alliance with them and the countless matters sincerely entrusted to them from the beginning. We bravely decided to make a change, to consider them worthy of Alexandrian citizenship and to make them partners in the regular religious rites. <sup>[1]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[1] Other manuscripts read <i>partners with the regular priests.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "But they received it in a disagreeable manner and rejected what is good in line with their natural, spiteful character. Turning continually to what is worthless, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "they not only rejected the priceless offer of citizenship but also showed their contempt, by what they said and by their silence, for those few Jews among them who favored us with honor. In every case they suspected, in keeping with their most shameful way of life, that we would swiftly reverse the policy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "We were fully persuaded indeed by such proofs that these people were ill-disposed toward us in every way. Therefore, we took care so that, if a sudden rebellion should arise against us later, we won\u2019t find that we have these evil people at our backs as traitors and uncivilized enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "We have given an order that as soon as this letter arrives, you are immediately to send to us those Jews who live among you, together with their wives and children, to suffer a certain and shameful death appropriate for enemies. Treat them harshly and abusively, and bind them on all sides in iron chains. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "We are sure that, when these people have all been punished, the affairs of our state will be established more securely and in a more excellent condition for the future. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "But whoever shelters any of the Jews, from an elderly person to a child to nursing infants, will be tortured, household and all, with the most horrible punishments. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "But the one who is willing to give information will receive the property of the person falling under judgment. They will also be given two thousand drachmen <sup>[2]</sup> from the royal treasury, and will be rewarded with their freedom. <br>", "comment": "[2] A drachme was equivalent to a typical day\u2019s wage."}, {"pk": 4120425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "But every place, without exception, where a Jew is discovered to be sheltered, will be laid waste and burned with fire. It will become utterly useless to every living creature for all time. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "And so the form of the letter was committed to writing."}, {"pk": 4120427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Wherever this decree was read, a feast was arranged for the Gentiles at public expense with shouts of joy. Their deep, long-standing hatred was now openly being revealed."}, {"pk": 4120428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "But among the Jews, there were constant grief, lament, and crying. Everywhere their hearts were on fire as they groaned and bewailed the unexpected destruction that the king had suddenly inflicted on them."}, {"pk": 4120429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "What district or city, or what inhabited place of any kind, or what streets weren\u2019t filled with grieving and weeping for them?"}, {"pk": 4120430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "They were being sent off together by the generals in every city in a merciless and cruel manner. At the sight of these unusual punishments, even some of the Jews\u2019 enemies wept over their most miserable expulsion, for they saw their pitiable state and reflected on the uncertain outcome of life."}, {"pk": 4120431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "A multitude of gray-haired, elderly men were being led away, bent over with age, their feet plodding along under the distress of a forced, swift march, with no consideration given to their age."}, {"pk": 4120432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "Young women, who had just entered the bridal bedroom for the sharing of life, exchanged joy for weeping and sprinkled dust on their hair that was still wet with perfume. They were led away with their heads bare and began to sing a funeral song together in place of a wedding song, as they were roughly handled by the cruel treatment of a foreign nation. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Some manuscripts read <i>as though torn asunder by the lion\u2019s whelps of a foreign nation</i>."}, {"pk": 4120433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "These captives were violently dragged away in public view to be put on board ship."}, {"pk": 4120434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "Their husbands, in the prime of their youth, had ropes tied around their necks instead of festive garlands. They spent the remaining days of their wedding festivities weeping rather than celebrating and enjoying youthful amusements, seeing the grave already yawning at their feet."}, {"pk": 4120435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "They were driven like animals, constrained by the power of iron chains. Some were fastened by the neck to the ship\u2019s benches; some were secured by their feet with unbreakable shackles."}, {"pk": 4120436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "Moreover, they were plunged into total darkness due to thick planks positioned above them so that they would receive the treatment due traitors throughout the entire voyage."}, {"pk": 4120437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "When these people had been brought to the place called Schedia, and the voyage was finished, just as the king had decreed, Ptolemy ordered the captives to be encamped on the outskirts of the city in the racecourse. This stadium had been built with an immense perimeter and was very well placed for providing a public spectacle to all those returning home to the city and to those setting out from the city into the country for a trip abroad. The captives had no communication at all with the king\u2019s forces, nor were they considered worthy of the protection of the city wall."}, {"pk": 4120438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "When this was done, the king heard that their fellow Jews were frequently going forth from the city in secret to express sympathy for the shameful misery of their kindred."}, {"pk": 4120439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "He became very angry and gave an order to deal with these people in exactly the same thorough fashion as the others, not leaving out any part of their punishment."}, {"pk": 4120440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "The entire tribe was to be registered by name \u2014 no longer for the service of hard labor described earlier, but to be tortured with the prescribed punishments and, in the end, to be killed within a single day."}, {"pk": 4120441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "So the process of drawing up a list of these people was carried out with cruel eagerness and intense diligence from the rising of the sun until its setting, coming to an end, though still incomplete, after forty days."}, {"pk": 4120442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Filled with constant joy, the king organized banquets at the sites of all his idols. With a mind that had strayed far from the truth and with a polluted mouth, he praised objects that were deaf and unable to speak or give aid, but he spoke improper words against the supreme God."}, {"pk": 4120443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "At the end of the forty days, the clerks reported to the king that they were no longer able to complete the task of drawing up a list of all the Jews because of their countless number."}, {"pk": 4120444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "Though the majority were still in the country, some still in their homes, and some even on-site, <sup>[2]</sup> the job had become impossible for all the generals in Egypt.", "comment": "[2] Other manuscripts have <i>on the way.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "After the king had threatened the clerks severely, claiming that they had accepted money to arrange a plan of escape, he came to be convinced"}, {"pk": 4120446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "when they explained and offered proof that both the paper supply and the reed pens that they were using had already run out."}, {"pk": 4120447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "But this happened by the invincible providence of the one who was giving the Jews help from heaven."}, {"pk": 4120448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the king, completely stubborn and filled with extreme rage and bitterness, called for Hermon the elephant keeper."}, {"pk": 4120449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "He ordered him to drug all the elephants \u2014 five hundred in number \u2014 with heaping handfuls of frankincense and much unmixed wine on the following day. When the abundant quantity of drink had driven them wild, Hermon was to bring them in so that the Jews might meet their doom."}, {"pk": 4120450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "When Ptolemy had given these commands, he went back to his partying, having gathered those of his friends and of the army who were especially hostile toward the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "But Hermon the elephant keeper promptly began to carry out the orders."}, {"pk": 4120452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "The servants in charge of the Jews went out in the evening, bound the hands of those enduring this distress, and arranged for their continued custody through the night. They expected that the entire race would come to a ruinous end."}, {"pk": 4120453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "To the Gentiles it seemed that the Jews were entirely without refuge, since in their chains, distress surrounded them on every side."}, {"pk": 4120454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "But with persistent cries and tears they all called upon their almighty Lord and merciful God and father, who rules over every power. They continued to pray"}, {"pk": 4120455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "that he would turn away the evil plot against them and rescue them with a glorious display of power from their impending fate."}, {"pk": 4120456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "So their prayer rose earnestly to heaven."}, {"pk": 4120457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Now when Hermon had made the savage elephants drunk so that they were full of a great quantity of wine and drugged with frankincense, he came to the palace courtyard early in the morning to report to the king."}, {"pk": 4120458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "But God sent to the king a portion of sleep, the precious creation from before recorded time, granted night and day by the one who gives it generously to whomever he wishes."}, {"pk": 4120459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "By the Lord\u2019s doing, the king was overcome by a most pleasant and deep sleep, <sup>[1]</sup> such that he utterly failed in his unlawful purpose and was completely cheated out of his stubborn plan.", "comment": "[1] Some manuscripts read <i>deep sleep from evening until the ninth hour.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "And the Jews, having escaped the announced hour, praised their holy God and again prayed that the one who is quickly reconciled to his people would show the might of his exceedingly strong hand to the arrogant Gentiles."}, {"pk": 4120461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "When it was almost the middle of the tenth hour, the person in charge of the invitations, seeing that the guests were gathered, approached the king and nudged him"}, {"pk": 4120462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "After waking him with some difficulty, he informed him that the time of the banquet was already slipping by, and gave him an account concerning the matter."}, {"pk": 4120463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "The king, after considering this, returned to his drinking and commanded those who were present at the banquet to recline across from him."}, {"pk": 4120464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "When this had been done, he urged the guests to give themselves over to feasting and to make up for the lost time by celebrating all the more now."}, {"pk": 4120465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "After the party had been going on for some time, the king called Hermon in and asked him, with angry threats, why the Jews had been permitted to remain alive through the present day."}, {"pk": 4120466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "But Hermon pointed out that he had fully carried out the orders at night, and his friends confirmed his story."}, {"pk": 4120467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "So the king, with a savagery worse than the tyrant Phalaris, said that the Jews could be grateful for today\u2019s sleep, but \u201cTomorrow,\u201d he said, \u201cwithout delay, prepare the elephants in the same way for the destruction of the unseemly Jews.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "So the king spoke, and when all those present gave their unanimous approval readily and joyfully, they all departed for their own homes."}, {"pk": 4120469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "But they didn\u2019t spend their night sleeping so much as devising all kinds of insults for those who seemed to be doomed."}, {"pk": 4120470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "By dawn, when the roosters began to crow, Hermon had outfitted the beasts and started them moving along in the great colonnade."}, {"pk": 4120471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "Crowds of people from throughout the city gathered for the most sorry spectacle and were eagerly awaiting the early morning."}, {"pk": 4120472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "The Jews were at their last gasp, since time was short. With tearful prayer and mournful sounds, they stretched out their hands to heaven and begged the supreme God to help them again quickly."}, {"pk": 4120473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "Before the rays of the sun were scattered across the sky, while the king was receiving his friends, Hermon approached him and invited him to come out, indicating that the king\u2019s desire was ready to be put into action."}, {"pk": 4120474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "When he heard this, the king was surprised at the unusual invitation to come out from the palace. He was completely overcome by confusion, and he asked what it was that they had worked so hard to prepare for him."}, {"pk": 4120475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "Now this was God\u2019s doing, the God who is Lord over all things, who had placed in the king\u2019s mind forgetfulness of the schemes that he had previously devised."}, {"pk": 4120476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Hermon and all the king\u2019s friends pointed out, \u201cThe beasts and the forces have been prepared, Your Majesty, according to your careful plan.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "But at these words the king was filled with extreme wrath because the providence of God had scattered every thought of his concerning these matters. He glared threateningly at Hermon and said,"}, {"pk": 4120478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cIf your parents or children were here, I would have them prepared <sup>[2]</sup> as a lavish meal for wild animals instead of the Jews. They are blameless as far as I\u2019m concerned, and have demonstrated constant loyalty above all others toward my ancestors.", "comment": "[2] Some manuscripts read <i>they would have prepared</i> or <i>you would have prepared.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "Indeed, if it weren\u2019t for the affection of our common upbringing and your service, you would\u2019ve been deprived of life instead of them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "So Hermon endured an unexpected and dangerous threat, and his eyes and face showed his dismay."}, {"pk": 4120481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "One by one the king\u2019s friends slipped away sullenly, and the guests were dismissed, each to his own business."}, {"pk": 4120482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "Now when the Jews heard about what the king had said, they praised God, the Lord, the king of kings, who had made his power apparent in giving them this assistance."}, {"pk": 4120483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "Now the king resumed the entire banquet, according to the same rules, and began inviting the guests to return to their celebration."}, {"pk": 4120484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "He summoned Hermon and said with a threat, \u201cHow often, you sorry creature, must I command you concerning these same matters?"}, {"pk": 4120485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "Equip the elephants yet again for the destruction of the Jews tomorrow.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "But the king\u2019s officials, who were reclining at the table with him, were taken aback by his unstable mind and began to protest as follows:"}, {"pk": 4120487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "\u201cYour Majesty, how long will you test us, as though we were fools, giving an order a third time to destroy the Jews and again reversing your decisions?"}, {"pk": 4120488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "As a result, the city is in an uproar because of its expectation. It is already swarming with mobs and is very much at risk of being plundered.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "At that point the king, a Phalaris in every way, was filled with madness and gave no thought at all to the change of heart that had come about in him concerning the punishment of the Jews. He firmly swore an irrevocable pledge that he would send these people to the grave <sup>[3]</sup> without delay, mangled by the knees and feet of the beasts.", "comment": "[3] Gk Hades"}, {"pk": 4120490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "He swore he would march against Judea and swiftly burn it to the ground with fire and spear. Their temple, which he hadn\u2019t been allowed to enter, he would level with fire, ridding it forever of those who performed sacrifices there."}, {"pk": 4120491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 44, "text": "Then the friends and officials departed with joy and confidently assigned the armed forces to the places in the city that were best for keeping watch."}, {"pk": 4120492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 45, "text": "Now the elephant keeper drove the beasts almost to a state of madness with the most fragrant drinks, namely, wine mixed with incense, and he equipped them with frightful trappings."}, {"pk": 4120493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 46, "text": "Around dawn, when the city was already filled with countless crowds moving toward the racecourse, he entered the palace and urged the king on to the matter at hand."}, {"pk": 4120494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 47, "text": "So the king, filled with rage, rushed out with all fierceness to join the beasts. He wanted to witness with steely heart and with his own eyes the painful and miserable destruction of the previously mentioned people."}, {"pk": 4120495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 48, "text": "The Jews saw the dust cloud created by the elephants going out at the gate, the armed force following them, and the marching of the crowd, and they heard the noisy ruckus."}, {"pk": 4120496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 49, "text": "Thinking that this was their final moment of life, the fulfillment of their most wretched fear, they gave themselves over to pitiful wailing and weeping. They began to kiss each other, embracing their families and throwing themselves upon each other\u2019s shoulders, parents to children and mothers to daughters. Other women had their newborn infants at their breasts drawing their last milk."}, {"pk": 4120497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 50, "text": "Nevertheless, when they took into consideration the assistance that they had previously received from heaven, they took their infants away from their breasts and all together bowed down."}, {"pk": 4120498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 5, "verse": 51, "text": "They cried out with a very loud voice, pleading with the Lord of all power to have mercy on them by intervening, since they now stood at the gates of death."}, {"pk": 4120499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "Now a certain Eleazar was a distinguished person among the priests from the country. He had attained an advanced age, and throughout his life he had displayed every virtue. He restrained the elders around him from calling on the holy God, while he prayed as follows:"}, {"pk": 4120500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "Dear King, mighty in power, almighty God Most High, you govern the whole creation with mercy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "Look upon the descendants of Abraham, upon the children of sacred Jacob, father, a people set apart as your inheritance, who are strangers perishing in a strange land. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "Pharaoh, the former ruler of this land of Egypt, with his multitude of chariots, showed great presumption with his arrogant actions and proud boasts. But you destroyed him along with his arrogant army. You drowned them in the sea and showed forth the light of your mercy to your people Israel. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "Sennacherib, the cruel king of the Assyrians, prided himself in his innumerable forces and had already subdued the entire earth by the spear. He rose up against your holy city, speaking fierce words with arrogant boasting, and you, Lord, shattered him, displaying your power openly to many nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "Daniel\u2019s three friends in Babylon voluntarily gave their lives to the fire in order not to serve worthless things. You rescued them, sprinkling the fiery furnace with dew, such that not a hair on their heads was harmed, while you sent the flames forth upon all their enemies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "Because Daniel was envied and slandered, he was thrown down into the earth to lions as food for the beasts. But you led him back up into the light unhurt. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "And you, Father, looked upon Jonah, when he was wasting away in the belly of a sea monster from the depths, and you restored him unharmed to all his family. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "So you who hate arrogance, most merciful defender of all things, reveal yourself quickly to those of the people of Israel who are being spitefully mistreated by vile and lawless Gentiles. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "If we\u2019ve gotten tangled up in sins during our exile, rescue us from the hand of our enemies, Lord, and destroy us by whatever fate you choose. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t let these empty-headed people praise their empty gods for the destruction of your dearly loved people, saying, \u201cNot even their God rescued them!\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4120510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "But you, who have all might and all power, eternal one, look upon us now. Have mercy on us who, by the senseless arrogance of lawless people, are being deprived of life as if we were traitors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Let the Gentiles tremble in fear today at your matchless power, honored one, you who possess the power to rescue the people of Jacob. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "The entire multitude of infants and their parents is begging you with tears. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "Let it be shown to all the Gentiles that you are with us, Lord, and you haven\u2019t turned your face away from us. But just as you have said, \u201cNot even when they were in the land of their enemies did I neglect them,\u201d <sup>[1]</sup> so bring it to pass, Lord. <br>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/3/26/44'>Lev 26:44</a>"}, {"pk": 4120514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Now as Eleazar was concluding his prayer, the king arrived at the racecourse with the beasts and all the arrogance of his power."}, {"pk": 4120515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "When the Jews saw this, they cried out to heaven so loudly that even the nearby valleys echoed, putting the army into a panic."}, {"pk": 4120516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "Then the most glorious, almighty, and true God showed forth his holy face and opened the heavenly gates. Two glorified angels of frightful appearance descended, visible to all except the Jews."}, {"pk": 4120517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "They opposed the power of the enemies, filled them with confusion and dread, and made them freeze in their tracks as with shackles."}, {"pk": 4120518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "Even the body of the king gave a slight shudder, and he forgot his sullen arrogance."}, {"pk": 4120519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "The elephants turned back on the armed forces that were following them, and they began to trample and destroy them."}, {"pk": 4120520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "The king\u2019s anger was changed into pity and tears because of the schemes that he had previously devised."}, {"pk": 4120521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "When he heard the loud cry and saw the Jews all lying on the ground awaiting destruction, he wept and violently threatened his friends, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "\u201cYou have used your power badly and acted more savagely than tyrants. You are now attempting to rob even me, your benefactor, of my rule and my life. Secretly you devise things that are of no advantage to the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4120523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Who has driven from their homes those who have faithfully commanded the fortresses of our country? Who has senselessly gathered them all in this place?"}, {"pk": 4120524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Who has so unjustly rewarded those who from the beginning differed from all the nations in their goodwill toward us in every way, and who often have taken upon themselves the worst human dangers by mistreating them on every side?"}, {"pk": 4120525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "Release them from those undeserved chains! Send them in peace back to their homes, and seek forgiveness for the deeds that have been done."}, {"pk": 4120526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Free the children of the almighty, living God of heaven, who from the days of our ancestors until now has given our kingdom constant and notable stability.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "So the king said these things, and the Jews, who were released immediately, praised their holy God and savior, since they had just now escaped death."}, {"pk": 4120528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "Then the king went back into the city and called for the official in charge of the treasury. He ordered him to supply the Jews with wines and everything else needed for a seven-day festival. The king decided that the Jews should celebrate their rescue with all joy in the same place where they thought they would meet destruction."}, {"pk": 4120529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "So the people who previously had been disgraced and stood near death \u2014 at its very brink! \u2014 prepared for a festival of deliverance instead of a bitter and most mournful fate. The place that had been prepared for their ruin and burial was joyfully divided up among people in celebration."}, {"pk": 4120530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "They stopped singing their sad songs of lament and took up an ancient hymn in praise of their rescuer, the wonder-working God. <sup>[2]</sup> They threw aside all weeping and wailing and instead sang songs in organized groups as a sign of peaceful joy.", "comment": "[2] Some manuscripts read <i>praising Israel and the wonder-working God.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "The king also assembled a huge banquet because of these events. He kept giving generous praise to heaven for the remarkable rescue that he <sup>[3]</sup> had experienced.", "comment": "[3] Some manuscripts read <i>they had experienced.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "Those who had previously believed that the Jews would be destroyed and would become food for the birds, and who had drawn up the lists of their names and goods with delight, now groaned. For they were clothed with shame, and the fire of their boldness had been thoroughly doused."}, {"pk": 4120533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "The Jews, as we said before, organized singing groups and spent their time in celebration with cheerful thanksgiving psalms."}, {"pk": 4120534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "They decided that this would be a holiday to be observed for generations to come by the Jewish community living in exile there. The festival would be kept in a spirit of celebration, not as an excuse for overeating and getting drunk but because of the rescue that God had accomplished for them."}, {"pk": 4120535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "They appealed to the king, asking for his permission to return to their homes."}, {"pk": 4120536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "The drawing up of the lists of names was conducted from the twenty-fifth of Pachon <sup>[4]</sup> to the fourth of Epiphi, <sup>[5]</sup> over a period of forty days; and their destruction was planned for the fifth of Epiphi until the seventh, a period of three days.", "comment": "[4] Possibly May, Egyptian calendar<br>[5] Possibly June, Egyptian calendar"}, {"pk": 4120537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "But also during those days the Lord of all gloriously displayed his mercy and brought them through without harm, each and every one."}, {"pk": 4120538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "So being well supplied by the king, they feasted until the fourteenth day, on which day they made the petition concerning their return."}, {"pk": 4120539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "The king granted it to them and wrote the following letter on their behalf to the generals in every city, generously stating his deep concern: <br>"}, {"pk": 4120540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "King Ptolemy Philopator to the generals throughout Egypt and to all those put in charge of affairs. Greetings and good health. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "We ourselves and our children also enjoy good health since the great God guides our affairs, as is our desire. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Certain of our friends, by frequently urging us out of spite, persuaded us to gather the Jews from throughout the kingdom together in one place and to torment them with unusual punishments as traitors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "They insisted that our government would never be stable until this was accomplished, due to the hostility that these people were said to have toward all the nations. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "These friends also drove them along in chains, treating them harshly as slaves, or rather, as traitors. Without any investigation or trial they attempted to destroy them, displaying a cruelty more savage than the barbarians from Scythia. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Now we threatened them sternly for these actions, but we granted them their lives (but just barely!) in keeping with the patience that we show toward all people. Because we have learned that the heavenly God surely shields the Jews and fights alongside them as a father for his children, <br>"}, {"pk": 4120546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "and because we have considered the constant goodwill that they have shown toward us and our ancestors, we rightly hold them innocent of every charge of whatever kind. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "We have ordered them all to return, each and every one, to their homes. No one anywhere is to harm them at all, or cast any blame on them regarding these senseless events. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "You should be aware that, if we ever devise any evil against these people or trouble them in any way, we won\u2019t have a human being as our enemy but rather the Most High God, who is Lord over every power. It is he who will enforce the punishment for our actions in every way, and from him there is no escape. Farewell. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "When the Jews received this letter, they didn\u2019t rush to depart. Instead, they petitioned the king that they might carry out the punishment deserved by those Jews who had voluntarily turned aside from the holy God and God\u2019s Law."}, {"pk": 4120550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "They insisted that those who had broken divine laws for the sake of the belly would never be reliable subjects under the king\u2019s government either."}, {"pk": 4120551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "The king recognized and agreed that they were speaking the truth. So he gave them a free hand to utterly destroy those who had violated God\u2019s Law in every place within his kingdom, and to do so with confidence and without needing royal approval or supervision."}, {"pk": 4120552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "Then they applauded him, as was fitting, and their priests and all the crowd shouted the Hallelujah joyously and departed."}, {"pk": 4120553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "On their way they punished and killed any fellow Jews they came upon who had polluted themselves, making a public example of them."}, {"pk": 4120554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "On that day they killed more than three hundred persons, a day that they also observed as a joyous festival since they had subdued the renegades."}, {"pk": 4120555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "But those who had held fast to God to the point of death, having obtained the complete reward of deliverance, set out from the city crowned with all kinds of the most fragrant flowers, celebrating and shouting, giving thanks with praises and beautiful hymns to the God of their ancestors, the eternal savior of Israel."}, {"pk": 4120556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "The Jews arrived at Ptolemais, named \u201cRose-bearing\u201d because of a distinctive feature of the place, where the fleet waited for them for seven days in line with their common desire."}, {"pk": 4120557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "There they toasted their rescue, since the king had generously supplied them, each and every one, with all things they needed until their arrival at their own homes."}, {"pk": 4120558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "When they had reached their land in peace, there too, in like manner with appropriate expressions of thanks, they decided to observe these days as a festival for as long as they lived in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4120559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "They inscribed the record of these events on a pillar and dedicated a place of prayer at the site of the festival. Then they departed unharmed, free, and overjoyed, being safely returned by land, sea, and river to their own homes, by the king\u2019s command."}, {"pk": 4120560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "They gained more influence among their enemies than they had had previously, and were held in honor and awe. No one at all kept back their possessions from them."}, {"pk": 4120561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "The Jews recovered all their property in keeping with the lists that had been previously drawn up, with the result that those who held anything of theirs returned it to them with the greatest deference, for the supreme God had perfectly performed mighty deeds for their salvation."}, {"pk": 4120562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 76, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Bless the rescuer of Israel from now to eternity! Amen."}, {"pk": 4121041, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "The second scroll of the prophet Ezra son of Saraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Shallum son of Zadok son of Ahitub"}, {"pk": 4121042, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "son of Ahijah son of Phinehas son of Eli son of Amariah son of Aziah son of Maraimoth son of Arna son of Uzziah son of Borith son of Abishua son of Phinehas son of Eleazar"}, {"pk": 4121043, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "son of Aaron from the tribe of Levi. Ezra was a captive in the region of the Medes during the rule of King Artaxerxes of the Persians."}, {"pk": 4121044, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "The Lord\u2019s word came to Ezra, Chusi\u2019s son, in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar:"}, {"pk": 4121045, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Go and announce to my people their crimes. Tell their children about the sins they committed against me. Let their children also announce this to their own children,"}, {"pk": 4121046, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "because the children have added to their parents\u2019 sins. They forgot me and offered sacrifices to foreign gods!"}, {"pk": 4121047, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Didn\u2019t I bring them out of the land of Egypt where they lived in slavery? Why then have they angered me and rejected my advice?"}, {"pk": 4121048, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, the Lord says: Tear out your hair and hurl every kind of disaster at them, because they haven\u2019t obeyed my Law. Undisciplined people!"}, {"pk": 4121049, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "How long will I put up with them \u2014 and after I granted them so many favors?"}, {"pk": 4121050, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "I have overthrown many kings for their sakes. I plunged Pharaoh together with his servants and his whole army into the sea!"}, {"pk": 4121051, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Didn\u2019t I destroy the city of Bethsaida for your sake? Didn\u2019t I burn up two cities south of you, Tyre and Sidon, with fire and kill those opposing you? <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/77/1/12'>1:12</a>, Bensly\u2019s edition <i>But you speak to them, saying: The Lord says this</i>"}, {"pk": 4121052, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "Didn\u2019t I bring you through the sea, and make walls to your right and left? I gave Moses and Aaron to you as leaders."}, {"pk": 4121053, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "I gave you a column of lightning for light. These are the many wonderful deeds that I performed among you, but you have forgotten me, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121054, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The Lord says this: The quails were a sign for you. I gave you safe places to camp, and there you grumbled."}, {"pk": 4121055, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "I sank your pursuer along with his army, and yet the people grumble about their own destruction."}, {"pk": 4121056, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "What kind of return is this for the favors I granted you? <sup>[2]</sup> When you were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, you called out to me,", "comment": "[2] Lat <i>Where are the favors I granted you?</i>"}, {"pk": 4121057, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cWhy did you lead us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this desert.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121058, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Therefore, I felt sorry for your groans. I gave you manna, and you ate."}, {"pk": 4121059, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "When you were thirsty, I split open the rock so that water flowed in abundance. Because of the hot sun, <sup>[3]</sup> I created trees covered with leaves for you.", "comment": "[3] Lat <i>heat</i>"}, {"pk": 4121060, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "I gave you fertile lands. I drove out Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, and their children before you. What more can I do for you?! says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121061, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "The Lord says this: In the desert when you were thirsty at the bitter river and insulting my name,"}, {"pk": 4121062, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "I didn\u2019t become angry. Instead, I cast wood into the water and made the river sweet."}, {"pk": 4121063, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "What will I do to you, Jacob? <br>Judah, you wouldn\u2019t obey me. <br>I will turn to another nation <br>and give them my name. <br>They will certainly keep my ordinances.<br>"}, {"pk": 4121064, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "When those who abandoned me <br>beg for mercy, <br>I won\u2019t have mercy on them.<br>"}, {"pk": 4121065, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "When they call upon me, <br>I won\u2019t hear them <br>because they have stained their souls, <br>and have hands stained with blood. <br>Your feet aren\u2019t slow to commit murder.<br>"}, {"pk": 4121066, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "You haven\u2019t abandoned me; <br>rather, you have abandoned yourselves, says the Lord. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121067, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "The Lord says this: Didn\u2019t I plead with you like a father with his sons, like a mother with her daughters, and like a nurse who loves her little one,"}, {"pk": 4121068, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "that you should be my people and I your God, and that you should be my children and I your Father?"}, {"pk": 4121069, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "I gathered you as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But what will I do with you? I will throw you out of my presence."}, {"pk": 4121070, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "When you bring me offerings, I will turn my eyes away from you. I didn\u2019t command you to observe <sup>[4]</sup> festival days, new moons, sabbaths, and circumcisions.", "comment": "[4] Lat lacks <i>to observe.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "I sent my servants the prophets to you. You took them, mangled them, and slaughtered those who had been sent. <sup>[5]</sup> But I will make you pay for their deaths, says the Lord.", "comment": "[5] Lat <i>the apostles</i>"}, {"pk": 4121072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "The almighty Lord says this: Your house is left empty. I will scatter you as the wind scatters straw."}, {"pk": 4121073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "Your children will have no children, because they have neglected my commandment, and have done evil in front of me."}, {"pk": 4121074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "I will hand over your houses to a people who will come from far away. Those who didn\u2019t know me will believe me, and those to whom I showed no signs will do what I commanded."}, {"pk": 4121075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "They didn\u2019t see prophets but are mindful of the prophets\u2019 antiquity."}, {"pk": 4121076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "The apostles will joyfully testify to the coming people. Those who didn\u2019t see me with their physical eyes believe in their spirit. They have heard the things I said and believe me."}, {"pk": 4121077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Now, Father, look with pride and see the people coming from the east."}, {"pk": 4121078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "I will give them authority, together with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Elijah and Enoch, Zechariah and Hosea, Amos, Joel, Micah, Obadiah, Zephaniah,"}, {"pk": 4121079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "Nahum, Jonah, Malachi, Habakkuk, and twelve angels carrying flowers."}, {"pk": 4121080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "The Lord says this: I led forth a people to whom I gave commandments. But they were unwilling to listen, and they ignored my advice"}, {"pk": 4121081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "The mother who bore them says to them: \u201cGo, children, because I am widowed and abandoned."}, {"pk": 4121082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "I brought you up with joy, but I will send you away with mourning and sadness, because you have sinned in the presence of the Lord God and have done bad things in his sight."}, {"pk": 4121083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "But now what will I do for you? I am a widow and abandoned by my children. Go, children, and seek mercy from the Lord,"}, {"pk": 4121084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "for I am left all alone.\u201d I call upon you, Father, concerning the mother of those who were unwilling to keep your covenant:"}, {"pk": 4121085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Throw them into confusion and their mother into ruin. May they leave no descendants,"}, {"pk": 4121086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "but be scattered among the nations! May their names be wiped out from the earth because they despised my covenant!"}, {"pk": 4121087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "How terrible it will be for you, Assyria \u2014 you who are hiding the wicked in your midst! Evil city, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah,"}, {"pk": 4121088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "whose land was dragged down all the way to hell. I will do the same to those who haven\u2019t obeyed me, says the almighty Lord."}, {"pk": 4121089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The Lord said this to Ezra: Announce to my people that I have prepared a feast for them, and I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I was about to give to Israel."}, {"pk": 4121090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "I will take Israel\u2019s glory for them and give to them the eternal dwelling places I had prepared for Israel."}, {"pk": 4121091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "The tree of life will provide them with fragrant ointment, and they won\u2019t labor or grow tired."}, {"pk": 4121092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "Ask and you will receive; ask for yourselves just a few days so that your days may be shortened. Already my kingdom is prepared to come, so be watchful in spirit."}, {"pk": 4121093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "I call heaven and earth as witnesses: I have dismissed evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "Good mother, embrace your children. Give them joy, like a dove that brings up its children. Make their feet steady, for I have chosen you, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "I will raise the dead from their places and from their tombs, for I have recognized that my name is in them."}, {"pk": 4121096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t fear, mother of the children: I have chosen you, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "I will send my servants Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Daniel to help you. It was on their advice that I have made you holy. I will prepare twelve trees with various kinds of fruit for you,"}, {"pk": 4121098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "and seven springs full of milk and honey, and huge mountains bearing roses and lilies, which I have prepared for you and your children. I will fill your children with joy."}, {"pk": 4121099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Defend the widow\u2019s rights. Judge in favor of the fatherless. Provide for those who are in need. Protect the orphan. Clothe the naked."}, {"pk": 4121100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "Care for the broken and the weak. Don\u2019t mock the lame, but protect them instead. Help the blind to see a vision of my glory."}, {"pk": 4121101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "Gather the old and the young within your walls. Watch over your infants. Let your servants and employees rejoice, and your whole community will have good morale."}, {"pk": 4121102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "When I find your dead, I will raise them. I will watch for signs, and I will give them the front seat at the resurrection I will bring about. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Lat <i>at my resurrection</i>"}, {"pk": 4121103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "Wait a little; your rest will come."}, {"pk": 4121104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 25, "text": "Good nurse, nourish your children. Strengthen those whom you bore and make their feet steady,"}, {"pk": 4121105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 26, "text": "because none of those whom I have given you will perish. I will require them from your number."}, {"pk": 4121106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 27, "text": "Give it your all! <sup>[2]</sup> Strengthen them! Days of pressure and anguish will come; others will weep and be sad, but you will be happy and have plenty.", "comment": "[2] Lat <i>Be unwilling to just do enough</i>"}, {"pk": 4121107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 28, "text": "All the nations will be jealous of you, but they won\u2019t be able to do anything against you, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 29, "text": "All things tremble before me; my eyes see the pit of hell. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Lat <i>Gehennam</i>"}, {"pk": 4121109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 30, "text": "Rejoice, mother, with your children, and I will rescue you, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 31, "text": "I will remember your children who sleep, because I will seek them out from the breadth of the earth. Strengthen them in the abundance of your glory and show mercy, because I am merciful, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 32, "text": "Embrace those born from you until I come, and show mercy to the others, because my springs will overflow and my favor won\u2019t fail."}, {"pk": 4121112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 33, "text": "I, Ezra, received a command from the Lord on Mount Horeb for Israel, but they rejected this commandment."}, {"pk": 4121113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 34, "text": "I say to you who hear and understand: Wait for your shepherd. I will give you your eternal rest, because the end of the age and the decline of humankind are near."}, {"pk": 4121114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 35, "text": "Be prepared for the kingdom\u2019s rewards, for everlasting light will shine on you, and eternity is prepared for you."}, {"pk": 4121115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 36, "text": "Run away from this world\u2019s shadow that holds your glory captive. I testify that my savior has been commissioned by the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 37, "text": "Receive the joy that comes from your glory, all of you, giving thanks to him who has called you to heavenly kingdoms."}, {"pk": 4121117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 38, "text": "Rise, stand, and see the number of those sealed at the feast,"}, {"pk": 4121118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 39, "text": "those who have transferred themselves from the shadow of this world and received bright garments from the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 40, "text": "Welcome your full number, Mount Zion. Receive the full tally of your white-robed people who serve you in obedience, because they have fulfilled the Lord\u2019s Law."}, {"pk": 4121120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 41, "text": "Since you have long wished for your children to come, fill up their number. Ask the Lord\u2019s sovereign power that your people may be honored as holy, since they were called from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4121121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 42, "text": "I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great crowd, which I couldn\u2019t number. They were all praising the Lord together with songs."}, {"pk": 4121122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 43, "text": "In their midst was a tall young man, standing above all the rest. He placed crowns on each of their heads, and they were further honored. I began to wonder,"}, {"pk": 4121123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 44, "text": "and I asked an angel, \u201cWho are these people?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 45, "text": "The angel answered me, \u201cThese are the ones who took off the mortal garment and put on the immortal and confessed the name of God. Now they are being crowned, and they are receiving palms.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 46, "text": "I said to the angel, \u201cWho is that young man who gives them crowns and palms?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 47, "text": "The angel answered, \u201cThat is God\u2019s Son, whom they confessed in the mortal world.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 2, "verse": 48, "text": "<sup>[47]</sup> I began to praise and celebrate the Lord. The angel said to me, \u201cGo announce to his people how many wonders the Lord God has shown you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> In the thirtieth year after our city was destroyed, I, Salathiel, who am also Ezra, was in Babylon. I was disturbed as I lay on my bed, and my thoughts kept welling up inside me,", "comment": "[1] Chaps 3\u201314 = Fourth Ezra"}, {"pk": 4121129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "because I saw how Zion lay in ruins and how those who lived in Babylon enjoyed abundance."}, {"pk": 4121130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "I was deeply disturbed, and I began to speak reverently to the Most High:"}, {"pk": 4121131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "\u201cSupreme Lord, didn\u2019t you speak in the beginning, when you fashioned the earth, and did this alone? Didn\u2019t you command the earth, <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Syr, Eth <i>dust</i>"}, {"pk": 4121132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "and it gave you <sup>[3]</sup> Adam, a lifeless body? But it was the work of your hands, and so you breathed into him the breath of life, and he came to life in your presence.", "comment": "[3] Correction; Lat <i>you gave</i>"}, {"pk": 4121133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "You led him into paradise, which your strong hand had planted before earth came to be."}, {"pk": 4121134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "You gave him one command, and he disobeyed it, and so you immediately appointed death for him and for his descendants. Nations, tribes, peoples, and families without number were born from him."}, {"pk": 4121135, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Each nation lived by its own will, and people acted without giving you a thought. They acted with scorn, and you didn\u2019t prevent them."}, {"pk": 4121136, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "But again, in time you brought the flood over the world and upon those who live in it <sup>[4]</sup> and destroyed them.", "comment": "[4] Syr, Eth; Lat <i>those inhabiting the age</i>"}, {"pk": 4121137, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "Their fate was all the same: as death came upon Adam so the flood came upon them."}, {"pk": 4121138, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "But you left one of them, Noah, with his household, and all the righteous descended from him."}, {"pk": 4121139, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "\u201cWhen those who lived on earth began to multiply (and multiply they did \u2014 children, peoples, and many nations), they began again to act wickedly, even more so than the previous ones."}, {"pk": 4121140, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "When they committed iniquity before you, you chose one from among them whose name was Abraham."}, {"pk": 4121141, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "You loved him and showed him alone the end of times, secretly by night."}, {"pk": 4121142, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "You made an eternal covenant with him, and you told him that you would never abandon his family line. You gave him Isaac, and you gave Jacob and Esau to Isaac."}, {"pk": 4121143, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "You set Jacob apart for yourself, but you set Esau aside, and Jacob became a great multitude."}, {"pk": 4121144, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "When you brought his descendants out of Egypt, you led them to Mount Sinai."}, {"pk": 4121145, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "You bent down the heavens; you shook <sup>[5]</sup> the earth; you moved the world; you made the abyss tremble; you made the whole cosmos shudder.", "comment": "[5] Syr; Lat <i>you established</i>"}, {"pk": 4121146, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "Your glory passed through the four gates of fire, earthquake, wind, and ice so that you would give the Law to Jacob\u2019s descendants, the rules to be observed to Israel\u2019s offspring."}, {"pk": 4121147, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cBut you didn\u2019t take away from them the inclination to do evil <sup>[6]</sup> so that your Law might bear fruit in them.", "comment": "[6] Lat <i>wicked heart</i>"}, {"pk": 4121148, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "The first Adam, burdened with this inclination, disobeyed you and was overcome, but so were all those descended from him."}, {"pk": 4121149, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 22, "text": "The disease became permanent; the Law was in the people\u2019s heart along with the wicked root, and that which was good departed and the wickedness remained."}, {"pk": 4121150, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 23, "text": "Times passed and years were completed, and you raised up for yourself a servant named David."}, {"pk": 4121151, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 24, "text": "You told him to build a city to your name and to bring you offerings in it from what is yours."}, {"pk": 4121152, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 25, "text": "This was done for many years. But those who inhabited the city sinned,"}, {"pk": 4121153, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 26, "text": "doing in every matter just as Adam and all his descendants had done, for they too exercised their inclination to do evil."}, {"pk": 4121154, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 27, "text": "So you handed your city over to your enemies."}, {"pk": 4121155, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cI said then in my heart, Are the lives of Babylon\u2019s inhabitants any better? Is that why Babylon has gained dominion <sup>[7]</sup> over Zion?", "comment": "[7] Correction; Lat <i>will gain dominion</i>"}, {"pk": 4121156, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 29, "text": "But when I came here, I saw their countless godless acts. I have seen many sinners during these thirty years. <sup>[8]</sup> Then my heart failed,", "comment": "[8] Eth; Lat <i>in this thirtieth year</i>"}, {"pk": 4121157, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 30, "text": "because I saw how you sustain these sinners and have spared those who act without giving you a thought. I saw how you destroyed your people and preserved your enemies,"}, {"pk": 4121158, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 31, "text": "and haven\u2019t given anyone any clue as to how to make sense of these ways. <sup>[9]</sup> Does Babylon do better than Zion?", "comment": "[9] Syr; Lat <i>how to abandon this way</i>"}, {"pk": 4121159, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 32, "text": "Has any other nation known you besides Israel? What tribes have believed your covenants as have these tribes of Jacob,"}, {"pk": 4121160, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 33, "text": "whose reward hasn\u2019t appeared and whose labor hasn\u2019t borne fruit? I have traveled widely among the nations and seen them enjoying abundance while not giving your commandments a thought."}, {"pk": 4121161, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 34, "text": "Now then put our sins on one side of a pair of scales, and put the sins of those who live in the world on the other side. Let\u2019s see then which way the scales tip."}, {"pk": 4121162, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 35, "text": "When have those who live on earth not sinned in your sight, or what other nation has observed your commandments as has ours?"}, {"pk": 4121163, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 3, "verse": 36, "text": "You will find individuals who have kept your laws, but nations you will not find.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121164, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "Then the angel who had been sent to me, whose name was Uriel, replied:"}, {"pk": 4121165, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cYour mind <sup>[1]</sup> has utterly failed with regard to this world, and do you think you can understand the way of the Most High?\u201d", "comment": "[1] Lat <i>heart</i>"}, {"pk": 4121166, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "I said, \u201cYes, my Lord.\u201d He answered: \u201cI am sent to show you three ways and to set three problems before you."}, {"pk": 4121167, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "If you can say anything to me about one of these, I will show you the way you want to see, and I will teach you why the heart leans toward evil.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121168, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "I said, \u201cSpeak, my Lord.\u201d He said to me, \u201cGo, weigh for me the weight of fire, or measure for me a blast of wind, or call back for me the day that is past.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121169, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "I answered, \u201cWho alive can do this? How can you ask me these things?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121170, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Uriel said to me: \u201cIf I had asked you, \u2018How many dwellings are in the depths of the sea, or how many springs are in the source of the abyss, or how many paths are there above the dome, or which are the exits of paradise,\u2019 <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Lat; other versions have <i>exits of the netherworld and entrances of paradise</i>."}, {"pk": 4121171, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "you would perhaps have said to me: \u2018I haven\u2019t descended into the abyss nor as yet into hell, nor have I ever ascended to heaven.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121172, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "But I\u2019ve only asked you here about fire and wind and the day you have passed through, things you can\u2019t exist without, and you haven\u2019t answered me about them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121173, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "He said to me: \u201cYou can\u2019t even understand the things that are yours, which you have grown up with."}, {"pk": 4121174, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "How then can your mind <sup>[3]</sup> contain the way of the Most High? How can a person who is already corrupted by the corrupt world understand the realm beyond corruption?\u201d I fell on my face", "comment": "[3] Lat <i>cup</i>"}, {"pk": 4121175, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "and said to him, \u201cIt would have been better not to have come into being than to come here, live in the middle of wickedness, suffer, and not understand why.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121176, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "He answered me: \u201cI went forth to a forest of trees on the plain, <sup>[4]</sup> and they devised a plan", "comment": "[4] Lat; Syr <i>Once upon a time the forests of trees on the plain set forth</i>"}, {"pk": 4121177, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "and said: \u2018Come, let\u2019s go and make war on the sea so that it may recede before us, and let\u2019s make for ourselves more forests.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121178, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "And likewise, the waves of the sea also formed a plan and said, \u2018Come, let\u2019s go up and subdue the forest on the plain so that there too we may complete another region for ourselves.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121179, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "But the plan of the forest came to naught, for fire came and consumed it."}, {"pk": 4121180, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Likewise also the plan of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood firm and prevented it."}, {"pk": 4121181, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "If then you were judge of these, which would you begin to justify and which to condemn?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121182, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "I answered, \u201cEach made a stupid plan, for land is given to the forest, and the sea is the appointed place for its waves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121183, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "Uriel answered me: \u201cYou have judged well. So why haven\u2019t you judged well in your own case?"}, {"pk": 4121184, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "As the land is given to the forest and the sea to the waves, so also only those who live on earth can understand the things that are on earth, and only those who live above the heavens can understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121185, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "I answered, \u201cI beg you, Lord, why has the sense of understanding been given to me?"}, {"pk": 4121186, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "It wasn\u2019t my purpose to ask about the ways above but about the things that we see every day. Why has Israel been handed over to the Gentiles to our shame? Why has the people you loved been given over to godless tribes? Why has the Law of our ancestors been invalidated and the written ordinances come to nothing?"}, {"pk": 4121187, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "Why do we pass from the world like locusts and our life like a mist? Why aren\u2019t we worthy to obtain mercy?"}, {"pk": 4121188, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "What will God do for the sake of his name, which is bestowed on us? About these things I have asked.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121189, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "He answered me: \u201cIf you remain alive, you\u2019ll see. If you live, you will often be amazed, because the world is indeed rushing to its end."}, {"pk": 4121190, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 27, "text": "Indeed, it can\u2019t bring the things that are promised to the just during this age, because this world is full of sadness and sickliness."}, {"pk": 4121191, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 28, "text": "The evil about which you asked me has been sown, and its full harvest hasn\u2019t yet come."}, {"pk": 4121192, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 29, "text": "If that which was sown isn\u2019t reaped, and the place where evil has been sown hasn\u2019t departed, the field where good is sown won\u2019t come."}, {"pk": 4121193, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 30, "text": "A grain of evil seed was sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much godlessness it has produced until now and will produce until the time for threshing comes!"}, {"pk": 4121194, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 31, "text": "Calculate for yourself how much godless fruit the grain of evil seed will have produced!"}, {"pk": 4121195, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 32, "text": "When the innumerable ears of grain are sown, how great a threshing floor will they begin to make!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121196, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 33, "text": "I answered: \u201cWhere and when will these things be? Why are our years few and evil?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121197, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 34, "text": "He answered: \u201cDon\u2019t be in a greater hurry than the Most High. You hurry only for yourself, but the Most High on behalf of many."}, {"pk": 4121198, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 35, "text": "Didn\u2019t the souls of the just in their resting places ask about these things, saying, \u2018How long are we to remain here, <sup>[5]</sup> and when will the harvest of our reward come?\u2019", "comment": "[5] Syr, Aram; Lat <i>How long must I hope for this</i>?"}, {"pk": 4121199, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 36, "text": "Then Jeremiel the angel answered them, \u2018When the number of those like you <sup>[6]</sup> is complete, for God has weighed the world in a balance", "comment": "[6] Syr; Lat <i>when the number of seeds is completed for you</i>"}, {"pk": 4121200, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 37, "text": "and measured the times by measure and numbered the times by number, and he won\u2019t move or arouse himself until the prescribed measure is fulfilled.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121201, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 38, "text": "I answered: \u201cSupreme Lord, we all are also full of impiety."}, {"pk": 4121202, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 39, "text": "Is it perhaps because of us, and because of the sins of those who live on earth, that the harvest of the just is delayed?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121203, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 40, "text": "He answered me, \u201cGo ask a pregnant woman whether her womb can keep the baby inside her when she has completed her nine months.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 41, "text": "I said, \u201cIt can\u2019t, Lord.\u201d He said to me: \u201cThe underworld <sup>[7]</sup> and the resting places of the souls are like the womb.", "comment": "[7] Lat <i>inferno</i>"}, {"pk": 4121205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 42, "text": "As the one who gives birth hastens to escape the distress of giving birth, so these also hasten to give back those things that were entrusted to them from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4121206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 43, "text": "Then you will be shown the things you want to see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 44, "text": "I answered, \u201cIf I have found favor with you, if it is possible, if I am worthy,"}, {"pk": 4121208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 45, "text": "show me this also, whether there is more time yet to come than has past or whether the greater times have passed over us,"}, {"pk": 4121209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 46, "text": "for I know what has passed, but I don\u2019t know what is to come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 47, "text": "He answered me: \u201cStand off to the right, and I will show you the interpretation of a parable.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 48, "text": "I stood aside and looked, and right there a burning furnace passed before me, and when the flame had passed, I looked and the smoke remained."}, {"pk": 4121212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 49, "text": "And after this a cloud full of water passed before me, and it poured down much rain with force, and when the rainstorm had passed there remained drops in the cloud. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Lat <i>in it</i>"}, {"pk": 4121213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 50, "text": "He said to me, \u201cConsider for yourself: as the rain is greater than the drops and the fire is greater than the smoke, so the measure that has passed is greater, but drops and smoke remain.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 51, "text": "I prayed and said, \u201cDo you think I will live until those days? Who will be alive in those days?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 4, "verse": 52, "text": "He answered me: \u201cI can tell you in part concerning the signs you ask about, but about your own life I\u2019m not sent to tell you. I don\u2019t know."}, {"pk": 4121216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cBut about the signs: Look, the days will come when those who live on earth will be seized with great terror. <sup>[1]</sup> The way of truth will be hidden, and the land will be barren and devoid of faith.", "comment": "[1] Syr; Lat uncertain"}, {"pk": 4121217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "Injustice will be multiplied beyond what you yourself see and beyond what you have heard of formerly."}, {"pk": 4121218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "The land that you now see holding sway will have no one left to walk upon it, and people <sup>[2]</sup> will see it desolate.", "comment": "[2] Lat <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4121219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "But if the Most High grants that you live, you will see it thrown into confusion after the third period of time. <sup>[3]</sup> The sun will suddenly start shining by night and the moon by day.", "comment": "[3] Lat uncertain"}, {"pk": 4121220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Blood will drip from wood, and stones will speak out. Peoples will be troubled, and natural courses will be changed."}, {"pk": 4121221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "A person no one on earth expected will come to power, and birds will migrate together."}, {"pk": 4121222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "The sea of Sodom will cast up fish; it will utter sounds in a voice that many don\u2019t know, but all will hear its voice."}, {"pk": 4121223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Chasms will open up in many places, and fire will be shot forth frequently. Wild beasts will roam beyond their territory, and women will give birth to monsters."}, {"pk": 4121224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "Salt waters will be found in sources of freshwater. Friends everywhere will begin to fight each other. Reason will be hidden, and intelligence will go into hiding."}, {"pk": 4121225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Many will look for it, but they won\u2019t find it, and injustice and lust will be multiplied on earth."}, {"pk": 4121226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "One country will ask its neighbor, \u2018Has justice passed through you, doing what is right?\u2019 and the answer will be no."}, {"pk": 4121227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "At that time people will hope but not get what they hoped for; they will labor, but they will make no progress."}, {"pk": 4121228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "I am permitted to tell you these signs, and if you pray again and continue to weep as you are now doing and fast for seven days, you will again hear greater things than these.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "I awoke, my body shuddered greatly, and my spirit labored so that it fainted."}, {"pk": 4121230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "The angel who came and talked to me held me, comforted me, and set me on my feet."}, {"pk": 4121231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "On the second night, Phaltiel a leader of the people came to me and said, \u201cWhere were you, and why is your face sad?"}, {"pk": 4121232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "Don\u2019t you realize that Israel has been entrusted to you while it is in exile in this land?"}, {"pk": 4121233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "Arise then, and take some food so that you may not abandon us like a shepherd who leaves his flock in the power of cruel wolves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "I said to him, \u201cLeave me and don\u2019t come near me again for seven days. After that, you will come to me.\u201d He heard how I spoke and withdrew from me."}, {"pk": 4121235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "I didn\u2019t eat food for seven days, wailing and weeping, as the angel Uriel had commanded me."}, {"pk": 4121236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "After seven days, my deepest thoughts were again very troubling to me."}, {"pk": 4121237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "Then I recovered my wits and I began again to speak words before the Most High:"}, {"pk": 4121238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "Supreme Lord, you chose one vine from every forest on earth and from all its trees,"}, {"pk": 4121239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "and from all this world\u2019s lands you chose for yourself one region, <sup>[4]</sup> and from all the world\u2019s flowers you chose for yourself one lily,", "comment": "[4] Syr, Eth; Lat <i>pit</i>"}, {"pk": 4121240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "and from all the ocean\u2019s depths you filled for yourself one river, and from all cities that have been built you dedicated for yourself Zion,"}, {"pk": 4121241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "and from all the created birds you named for yourself one dove, and from all the flocks that have been made you provided for yourself one sheep,"}, {"pk": 4121242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "from all the peoples that have multiplied you acquired for yourself one people, and to this people that you desired you gave the Law celebrated by all."}, {"pk": 4121243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "Now, Lord, why did you give the one to the many? Why dishonor <sup>[5]</sup> the one root above all the rest, and scatter your only one among the many?", "comment": "[5] Lat <i>prepare</i>, apparently because of a corruption in the Gk"}, {"pk": 4121244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "Those who have denied your promises have trampled those who believed in your covenants!"}, {"pk": 4121245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "If you really hate your people, they should be punished with your own hands."}, {"pk": 4121246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "When I had said these words, the angel who had come to me on the previous night was sent to me."}, {"pk": 4121247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "He said to me: \u201cListen to me, and I will instruct you; pay attention to me, and I will tell you more.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "I said, \u201cSpeak, my Lord.\u201d He said to me, \u201cAre you really more deeply disturbed over Israel, or do you love him more than the one who made him does?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "I said: \u201cNo, Lord, but I spoke in grief. My heart torments me every hour while I try to make sense of the Most High\u2019s ways and investigate his decisions.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "He said to me, \u201cYou can\u2019t.\u201d And I said: \u201cWhy, Lord? Or else why was I born, and why did my mother\u2019s womb not become my tomb so that I might not see the toil of Jacob and the exhaustion of the line of Israel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "He said to me: \u201cCount for me those who haven\u2019t yet been born, gather for me the scattered raindrops, make the withered flowers bloom again for me,"}, {"pk": 4121252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "open for me the closed warehouses and bring forth for me the winds shut up in them, or show me what a voice looks like. Then I will show you what you ask to see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "I said: \u201cSupreme Lord, who can know these things except one who doesn\u2019t live among human beings?"}, {"pk": 4121254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 39, "text": "But I\u2019m ignorant. How can I speak of these things that you asked me about?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 40, "text": "He said to me: \u201cAs you can\u2019t do one of these things that were mentioned, so you can\u2019t comprehend my judgment or the goal <sup>[6]</sup> of the love I have promised to my people.\u201d", "comment": "[6] Lat <i>limit</i>"}, {"pk": 4121256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 41, "text": "I said: \u201cLook, Lord, you\u2019ve made promises concerning these who are alive at the end, but what will those who are before us do, or we, or those who come after us?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 42, "text": "He said to me, \u201cI will compare my judgment to a crown. <sup>[7]</sup> Just as there is no delay for those who come last, so there is no rushing for those who come before.\u201d", "comment": "[7] Lat, Syr; some versions <i>circle</i>"}, {"pk": 4121258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 43, "text": "I replied, \u201cCouldn\u2019t you have created all at once those who have been and those who are and those who will be so that you might show your judgment more quickly?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 44, "text": "He replied to me, \u201cThe creation can\u2019t run ahead of its creator, nor can the world sustain all at one time those who are created in it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 45, "text": "I said: \u201cHow then could you say to your servant that you will certainly give life to the creation created by you at one time? If, therefore, they will live at one time <sup>[8]</sup> and the creation will sustain them then, couldn\u2019t it sustain them at one time now?\u201d", "comment": "[8] Lat omits <i>if, therefore, they will live at one time</i>."}, {"pk": 4121261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 46, "text": "He said to me: \u201cAsk a woman\u2019s womb: If you bear ten children, <sup>[9]</sup> why do you only do it over time? Ask it then to produce ten at once.\u201d", "comment": "[9] Latin omits <i>ten</i>."}, {"pk": 4121262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 47, "text": "I said, \u201cSurely it can\u2019t, but only over time.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 48, "text": "He said to me: \u201cI also have given the earth\u2019s womb for those who have been sown on it over time."}, {"pk": 4121264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 49, "text": "As an infant doesn\u2019t give birth and a woman who has become old doesn\u2019t give birth any longer, so I have set in order the world I created.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 50, "text": "I asked: \u201cSince you have given me opportunity, let me speak before you. Is our mother, of whom you spoke to me, still young? Or is she already approaching old age?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 51, "text": "He responded to me: \u201cAsk one who gives birth, and she will tell you. Say to her,"}, {"pk": 4121267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 52, "text": "\u2018Why are those you have borne now not like those whom you bore before, but are smaller in stature?\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 53, "text": "She herself will tell you, \u2018Those who are born in youth\u2019s vigor are different from those who are born in the time of old age, when the womb is failing.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 54, "text": "Therefore, consider that you yourself are smaller in stature than those who were before you,"}, {"pk": 4121270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 55, "text": "and those who come after you will be even smaller than you, as born of a creation that is already aging and past the strength of youth.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 5, "verse": 56, "text": "I said: \u201cI ask, Lord, if you look favorably on me, show your servant through whom you will visit your creation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "He said to me: \u201cIn the beginning of the earthly world \u2014 <sup>[1]</sup> before the world\u2019s exits were made, <br>before the gathered winds blew,<br>", "comment": "[1] Lat <i>in the beginning, the earthly world</i>; Syr and other versions <i>The beginning is through man and the end is through me.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "before the voices <br>of the thunders sounded, <br>before the flashes of lightning shone, <br>before paradise\u2019s foundations <br>were made firm,<br>"}, {"pk": 4121274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "before beautiful flowers were seen, <br>before the powers of movement <br>were established, <br>before the innumerable heavenly armies of angels were assembled,<br>"}, {"pk": 4121275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "before the heights of the air <br>were lifted up, <br>before the measures <br>of the firmament were named, <br>before Zion\u2019s footstool was established,<br>"}, {"pk": 4121276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "before the present years <br>were reckoned, <br>before the imaginations of those <br>who now sin were alienated, <br>before those who stored up faith <br>as a treasure were sealed \u2014 <br>"}, {"pk": 4121277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "then I planned these things. As they were done by me and not by another, so also the end will come by me and not through another.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "I answered, \u201cWhat separates the times? When is the end of the first and the beginning of that which follows?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "He said to me: \u201cFrom Abraham to Abraham, because Jacob and Esau were born from him, but Jacob\u2019s hand held Esau\u2019s heel from the outset."}, {"pk": 4121280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Esau represents the end of this age, and Jacob represents the beginning of the following."}, {"pk": 4121281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "The beginning of the one man is his hand, and the end of the other man is his heel. <sup>[2]</sup> Don\u2019t look for anything else between heel and hand, Ezra.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Syr; Lat uncertain"}, {"pk": 4121282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "I answered: \u201cSupreme Lord, if only you looked so favorably upon me"}, {"pk": 4121283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "that you would show your servant your final signs, <sup>[3]</sup> which you showed me in part on a previous night.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Lat <i>the end of your signs</i>"}, {"pk": 4121284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "He answered: \u201cGet up on your feet. You\u2019ll hear a loud, echoing voice."}, {"pk": 4121285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid if the place on which you stand is greatly moved"}, {"pk": 4121286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "while the voice is speaking. Since the word concerns the end, and since the foundations of the earth will understand"}, {"pk": 4121287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "that the speech is about them, the place will tremble and shake, because it knows that it is destined to be transformed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "When I heard, I rose on my feet and listened. There was a voice speaking, and its sound was like the sound of deep waters."}, {"pk": 4121289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "It said: \u201cLook! The days are coming when I will begin to come near to visit those who live on earth,"}, {"pk": 4121290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "when I will begin to examine those who unjustly inflicted harm in their cruelty. When the humiliation of Zion is complete,"}, {"pk": 4121291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "when the seal is placed on the age that begins to pass away, I will perform these signs: Scrolls will be opened in view of the firmament, and all will see together."}, {"pk": 4121292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "Infants a year old will speak with their voices, and pregnant women will give birth to premature babies of three and four months, but they will live and dance."}, {"pk": 4121293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "Fields that were not sown will suddenly appear sown, <sup>[4]</sup> and full warehouses will suddenly be found empty.", "comment": "[4] or <i>the reverse</i>; Lat uncertain"}, {"pk": 4121294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "A trumpet will sound with a blast; when all hear it they will suddenly be terrified."}, {"pk": 4121295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "In that time friends will make war on friends like enemies, the earth along with those who live on it will be terrified, and the sources of rivers will stand still so that they don\u2019t run for three hours."}, {"pk": 4121296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "Then everyone who is left after all these things that I have foretold to you will be saved. These will see my deliverance and the end of my age."}, {"pk": 4121297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "They will see <sup>[5]</sup> the people who have been taken up and who haven\u2019t tasted death from their birth. The hearts of those who live on earth <sup>[6]</sup> will be changed and converted to a different spirit,", "comment": "[5] Antecedent unclear; or the verb should be passive <i>and those who were taken up will be seen.</i><br>[6] Lat omits <i>on earth.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "for evil will be erased and grief extinguished."}, {"pk": 4121299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Faith will flourish, and corruption will be overcome. Truth that was without fruit for so long will be displayed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "While he was still speaking with me, the place on which I stood was shaken, <sup>[7]</sup> little by little.", "comment": "[7] Correction of Lat by other versions"}, {"pk": 4121301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "He said to me: \u201cI came to show you these things this night. <sup>[8]</sup>", "comment": "[8] Syr, Eth; Lat uncertain"}, {"pk": 4121302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "If you ask further and fast again for seven days, I will again declare daily <sup>[9]</sup> to you greater things than these,", "comment": "[9] Lat; other versions lack <i>daily</i>."}, {"pk": 4121303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "because the Most High has listened to your voice. The mighty one has seen your virtue and perceived the humility you have had from your youth."}, {"pk": 4121304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "Because of this he sent me to show you all these things and to say to you: Trust confidently, and don\u2019t be afraid."}, {"pk": 4121305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "Don\u2019t be hasty to think empty thoughts about the former times, lest you be hasty about the last times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "After all this I wept again and abstained from food for another seven days, to complete the three weeks that had been prescribed for me."}, {"pk": 4121307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 36, "text": "Then on the eighth night my heart was disturbed within me again, and I began to speak before the Most High."}, {"pk": 4121308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 37, "text": "My spirit was greatly agitated, and my soul was troubled."}, {"pk": 4121309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 38, "text": "Then I said: \u201cLord, you spoke from the beginning of creation on the first day, \u2018Let heaven and earth be made,\u2019 and your word accomplished the deed."}, {"pk": 4121310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 39, "text": "Then the spirit was hovering, darkness was spread around, and there was silence. There was as yet no sound of a human voice. <sup>[10]</sup>", "comment": "[10] Lat <i>from you</i>"}, {"pk": 4121311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 40, "text": "Then you commanded that a ray of light be brought forth from your treasuries so that your works might be seen."}, {"pk": 4121312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 41, "text": "\u201cThen on the second day you created the spirit of the firmament and commanded that it divide and make a division between the waters so that a certain part might recede upward and another part remain below."}, {"pk": 4121313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 42, "text": "\u201cOn the third day you commanded the waters to be gathered together in a seventh part of the earth, but you made six parts dry and preserved them so that some of these might be sown and cultivated, to be of service before you."}, {"pk": 4121314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 43, "text": "Your word went forth, and the work was immediately accomplished."}, {"pk": 4121315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 44, "text": "Suddenly, fruit blossomed in great abundance in an infinite variety of flavors, and flowers with matchless color and scents of unspeakable fragrance. These things were done on the third day."}, {"pk": 4121316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 45, "text": "\u201cOn the fourth day you commanded the sun\u2019s splendor to be made, the moon\u2019s light, and the arrangement of the stars."}, {"pk": 4121317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 46, "text": "You commanded them to serve the human being who was about to be formed."}, {"pk": 4121318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 47, "text": "\u201cOn the fifth day you commanded the seventh part where the water was gathered to produce animals, birds, and fish."}, {"pk": 4121319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 48, "text": "The silent and lifeless water, as it was commanded, brought forth animals so that peoples might recount your wonders."}, {"pk": 4121320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 49, "text": "You kept two living creatures <sup>[11]</sup> in reserve; one you named Behemoth, and the second you named Leviathan.", "comment": "[11] Syr, Eth; Lat <i>two souls</i>"}, {"pk": 4121321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 50, "text": "You separated them from each other, for the seventh part where the water was gathered couldn\u2019t contain them."}, {"pk": 4121322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 51, "text": "You gave Behemoth one part of the land that had been dried on the third day, where there are a thousand mountains so that he might live there."}, {"pk": 4121323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 52, "text": "To Leviathan, however, you gave the watery seventh part. You kept them to be eaten by whomever you wish, and whenever you wish."}, {"pk": 4121324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 53, "text": "\u201cOn the sixth day you commanded the earth that it create before you cattle, beasts, and reptiles,"}, {"pk": 4121325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 54, "text": "and over these you set Adam, the leader over all the things you had made. From him we all, the people you have chosen, have been brought forth."}, {"pk": 4121326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 55, "text": "\u201cI have said all these things before you, Lord, because you have said that you created the oldest age <sup>[12]</sup> for our sake.", "comment": "[12] Lat <i>world</i>"}, {"pk": 4121327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 56, "text": "You have said that the other nations born of Adam are nothing, that they are like spit, and you have compared their abundance to a drop from a pitcher."}, {"pk": 4121328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 57, "text": "But look now, Lord! These nations that are valued as nothing rule over us and devour us,"}, {"pk": 4121329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 58, "text": "while we, your people, whom you have called your oldest offspring, your one and only child, those who are zealous for you, your dearest ones, are handed over to them."}, {"pk": 4121330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 6, "verse": 59, "text": "If the world was created for our sake, why don\u2019t we possess our world as an inheritance? How long will this situation last?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "When I finished speaking these words, the angel who had been sent to me on the previous nights was sent to me again."}, {"pk": 4121332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "He said to me, \u201cRise, Ezra, and hear the words I have come to speak to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "I said, \u201cSpeak, my Lord.\u201d He said to me: \u201cA certain sea is set in a spacious place so that it can be deep and vast,"}, {"pk": 4121334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "but its entrance is set in a narrow place, like a river."}, {"pk": 4121335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "If anyone wants to go to the sea to see it or to rule over it, how can he come into the broad place unless he passes through the narrow?"}, {"pk": 4121336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Another instance: A city is built and positioned on a broad plain, full of all good things."}, {"pk": 4121337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "Its entrance, however, is narrow and located on a precipice so that there is fire on the right and deep water on the left."}, {"pk": 4121338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "There is a single path located between them, between the fire and the water, and the path has only room for human footprints."}, {"pk": 4121339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "If that city is given to someone as an inheritance, if the heir doesn\u2019t pass through the danger, how will the heir receive the inheritance?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "I said, \u201cIndeed, Lord.\u201d He said to me: \u201cSo also is Israel\u2019s portion. I indeed made the world on account of them."}, {"pk": 4121341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "When Adam transgressed my ordinances, what had been made was judged,"}, {"pk": 4121342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "and the entrances of this world were made narrow, sorrowful, and troublesome. They are few and bad, full of dangers and involving people in great hardships."}, {"pk": 4121343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "The entrances of the greater world, however, are spacious and secure, and they generate the fruit of immortality."}, {"pk": 4121344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 14, "text": "If those who live don\u2019t enter these narrow and empty places, they can\u2019t receive the things that are in store."}, {"pk": 4121345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, why are you disturbed, being corruptible, and why are you upset, being mortal?"}, {"pk": 4121346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "Why haven\u2019t you focused your mind on what is still to come, rather than on what is present?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "I answered: \u201cSupreme Lord, you ordained in your Law that the just will inherit these things, but the impious will perish."}, {"pk": 4121348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "The just then can tolerate the narrow, hoping for the spacious, but those who have acted impiously endure the narrow and won\u2019t see the spacious.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "He said to me: \u201cYou aren\u2019t a higher judge than God, nor more intelligent than the Most High."}, {"pk": 4121350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "Better that many of those now alive should perish than that the Law of God, which is laid out before them, be disregarded."}, {"pk": 4121351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "God commanded those who come into the world, after they came, what they needed to do to live, and what laws they should observe to avoid punishment."}, {"pk": 4121352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "But they weren\u2019t persuaded and opposed him. They filled their heads with worthless thoughts,"}, {"pk": 4121353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "and they invented excuses for their sins. They emphatically denied that the Most High exists, and they didn\u2019t learn his ways."}, {"pk": 4121354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 24, "text": "They despised his Law and rejected his covenants. They weren\u2019t faithful to his statutes, and didn\u2019t perform the works he prescribed."}, {"pk": 4121355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 25, "text": "Therefore, Ezra, empty things are for the empty and full things for the full."}, {"pk": 4121356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cLook! The time is coming when the signs appear that I told you about in advance, and the city will appear, appearing as a bride, and the land that is now hidden will be openly displayed."}, {"pk": 4121357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 27, "text": "Everyone who is rescued from the evils foretold will see my wonders."}, {"pk": 4121358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 28, "text": "My Son the anointed one <sup>[1]</sup> will be revealed along with those who are with him, and those who remain will rejoice for four hundred years.", "comment": "[1] Lat <i>Jesus;</i> other versions <i>anointed one</i> or <i>messiah</i>"}, {"pk": 4121359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cAfter these years, my Son the anointed one and all who have human breath will die."}, {"pk": 4121360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 30, "text": "The world will be turned back to primeval silence for seven days, as in the earliest beginnings so that no one is left alive."}, {"pk": 4121361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 31, "text": "After seven days, the world that isn\u2019t yet awake will be roused, and the corrupt world will die."}, {"pk": 4121362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 32, "text": "The earth will give back those who sleep, and the dust will give back in silence those who dwell in it, and the resting places will give back the souls that have been entrusted to them."}, {"pk": 4121363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 33, "text": "The Most High will be revealed on the throne of judgment, and mercy will pass away. Patience will be withdrawn,"}, {"pk": 4121364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 34, "text": "and only judgment will remain. Truth will arise, faith will recover strength,"}, {"pk": 4121365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 35, "text": "and works will have their consequences. Reward will come about, righteous deeds will awake, and unrighteous deeds won\u2019t sleep."}, {"pk": 4121366, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 36, "text": "\u201cThe lake <sup>[2]</sup> of torment will appear, and across from it will be the place of rest. Hell\u2019s <sup>[3]</sup> furnace will be displayed and across from it the delightful paradise.", "comment": "[2] Lat manuscripts read <i>place</i> (<i>locus</i> instead of <i>lacus</i>).<br>[3] Lat <i>Gehennae</i>"}, {"pk": 4121367, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 37, "text": "Then the Most High will speak to the nations that have been raised: \u2018Look and understand whom it is you have denied, whom you haven\u2019t served, and whose ordinances you have despised."}, {"pk": 4121368, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 38, "text": "Look to one side and the other: Here is delight and rest, and over there are fire and torments.\u2019 He will say these things to them on the Judgment Day,"}, {"pk": 4121369, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 39, "text": "a day that has no sun or moon or stars,"}, {"pk": 4121370, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 40, "text": "no cloud or thunder or lightning, no wind or water or air, no darkness or evening or morning,"}, {"pk": 4121371, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 41, "text": "no summer or spring or heat, no winter or frost or cold, no hail or rain or dew,"}, {"pk": 4121372, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 42, "text": "no noon or night or early dawn, no shining or brightness or light, but only the splendor of the light of the Most High. All will then begin to see what things are in store for them."}, {"pk": 4121373, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 43, "text": "It will take a period of about a week of years."}, {"pk": 4121374, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 44, "text": "This is my judgment and the arrangements made for it. I have shown this to you alone.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121375, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 45, "text": "I replied: \u201cI said before, Lord, and I say now: Privileged are those now living who observe what you have commanded."}, {"pk": 4121376, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 46, "text": "But what of those who were the subject of my prayer? Who is there of all the living who hasn\u2019t sinned, or who among those who have been born hasn\u2019t transgressed your covenant?"}, {"pk": 4121377, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 47, "text": "Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few but torment to many."}, {"pk": 4121378, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 48, "text": "The inclination to do evil <sup>[4]</sup> grew in us. It alienated us and led us into corruption and the paths that lead to death. It showed us the way to damnation and removed us far from life \u2014 and this happened not to a few people but to nearly all who were created.\u201d", "comment": "[4] Lat <i>evil heart</i>"}, {"pk": 4121379, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 49, "text": "He replied to me: \u201cListen to me, and I will instruct you and will advise you yet again."}, {"pk": 4121380, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 50, "text": "Because of this the Most High made not one world but two."}, {"pk": 4121381, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 51, "text": "Regarding what you said about the just being not many but few and the wicked being numerous, think about this:"}, {"pk": 4121382, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 52, "text": "If you have very few choice stones, will you add lead and clay to their number?\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Lat <i>lead and clay abound</i>"}, {"pk": 4121383, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 53, "text": "I said, \u201cLord, who would do such a thing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121384, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 54, "text": "He said to me, \u201cNot only this, but ask the earth and it will inform you; flatter it and it will tell you."}, {"pk": 4121385, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 55, "text": "Say to it: You create gold, silver, bronze, iron, and also lead and clay."}, {"pk": 4121386, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 56, "text": "But silver is more numerous than gold, and bronze than silver, and iron than bronze, lead than iron, and clay than lead."}, {"pk": 4121387, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 57, "text": "Decide yourself then which things are precious and desirable, what is abundant or what is rare.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121388, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 58, "text": "I said, \u201cSupreme Lord, that which is abundant is cheaper, because what is more rare is valuable.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121389, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 59, "text": "He replied to me: \u201cReflect on what you have thought. One who has what is scarce rejoices more than one who has what is abundant."}, {"pk": 4121390, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 60, "text": "So also will be the judgment <sup>[6]</sup> I have promised. I will rejoice over the few who will be saved, because they are the ones who made my honor to prevail now and through whom my reputation is celebrated.", "comment": "[6] Syr, Eth; Lat <i>creation</i>"}, {"pk": 4121391, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 61, "text": "I will have no regrets over the multitude who perish, for they are even now like vapor, the equivalent of flame or smoke; they burn and flare up and are quenched.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121392, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 62, "text": "I replied: \u201cEarth, what have you brought to birth? If consciousness is made of dust like other creatures,"}, {"pk": 4121393, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 63, "text": "it would have been better that the dust itself had never been born, so that consciousness shouldn\u2019t be made from it."}, {"pk": 4121394, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 64, "text": "But now consciousness grows with us, and due to this we are tortured, because we perish and are aware of the fact."}, {"pk": 4121395, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 65, "text": "Let the human race lament and let the wild beasts rejoice. Let all people who are born lament, but let four-footed animals and flocks be happy!"}, {"pk": 4121396, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 66, "text": "It is much better for them than for us. They don\u2019t expect judgment. They don\u2019t know about either the torments or the deliverance that you promise after death."}, {"pk": 4121397, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 67, "text": "But what does it profit us that we will be preserved, only to be tortured with torments?"}, {"pk": 4121398, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 68, "text": "All who are born are mixed up with violations, full of sins, and weighed down with crimes."}, {"pk": 4121399, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 69, "text": "If we were not to come into judgment after death, it would perhaps have been better for us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121400, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 70, "text": "He replied to me: \u201cWhen the Most High made the world and Adam and all who are descended from him, he first prepared the judgment and the things that pertain to the judgment."}, {"pk": 4121401, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 71, "text": "Now understand on the basis of your own words \u2014 because you said, \u2018Consciousness grows with us.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121402, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 72, "text": "Those who sojourn on earth will be tormented precisely because, although they were aware, they committed violations. Although they received the commandments, they didn\u2019t keep them. When they did follow the Law, they falsified its contents."}, {"pk": 4121403, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 73, "text": "What will they have to say in the judgment? How will they respond in the last times?"}, {"pk": 4121404, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 74, "text": "How long a time the Most High has put up with those who inhabit the world! But this wasn\u2019t for their sakes; rather for the sake of the schedule that he has established for the unfolding of the times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121405, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 75, "text": "I replied: \u201cIf I have found favor with you, Lord, show this also to your servant: After death, as soon as each person gives up his or her soul, will we be kept asleep until the time comes for you to begin to renew creation, or will we be tormented right away?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121406, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 76, "text": "He replied to me: \u201cI will show you this too. But don\u2019t associate yourself with those who have shown contempt, and don\u2019t count yourself among those who are tormented."}, {"pk": 4121407, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 77, "text": "You have a treasure of works stored up with the Most High, but it won\u2019t be shown to you until the last times."}, {"pk": 4121408, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 78, "text": "\u201cNow a word about death: When the final sentence goes forth from the Most High that a person should die, when the spirit recedes from the body so that it may be sent again to him who gave it, the first thing is to stand in awe before the glory of the Most High."}, {"pk": 4121409, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 79, "text": "If the spirit belonged to one of those who showed contempt and didn\u2019t keep the Most High\u2019s way, if it was one of those who despised his Law and who hates those who fear God,"}, {"pk": 4121410, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 80, "text": "these spirits don\u2019t go into their dwellings but will immediately wander about in torments. They will constantly grieve and be sorrowful for seven reasons: <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Lat <i>ways</i>"}, {"pk": 4121411, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 81, "text": "The first reason \u2014 because they despised the Law of the Most High. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121412, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 82, "text": "The second reason \u2014 because they can\u2019t now effectively change their hearts and lives so that they might live. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121413, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 83, "text": "The third reason \u2014 because they will see the reward laid up for those who have believed the Most High\u2019s testimonies. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121414, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 84, "text": "The fourth reason \u2014 because they will consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121415, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 85, "text": "The fifth reason \u2014 because they will see the dwelling places of others, guarded by angels in great silence. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121416, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 86, "text": "The sixth reason \u2014 because they see the torment coming upon them from now on. <sup>[8]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[8] Syr and other versions; Lat <i>they see that torment is passing away from them</i>, that is, from those the angels guard."}, {"pk": 4121417, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 87, "text": "The seventh reason, which is greater than all the previously mentioned reasons \u2014 because they will melt away in confusion and be consumed in disgrace. <sup>[9]</sup> <br> \u201cThey will wither in fear when they see the glory of the Most High, before whom they sinned when they were alive and before whom they are to be judged in the last times.", "comment": "[9] Lat uncertain and reads <i>in honors,</i> omitting the negative prefix"}, {"pk": 4121418, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 88, "text": "\u201cThe arrangement for those who kept God\u2019s ways is this when they begin to be separated from the corruptible body. <sup>[10]</sup>", "comment": "[10] Or <i>vessel</i>"}, {"pk": 4121419, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 89, "text": "In the time of their exile here they labored hard to serve the Most High. Every hour they endured danger so that they might keep the Law of the lawgiver perfectly."}, {"pk": 4121420, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 90, "text": "Therefore, this is the word about them:"}, {"pk": 4121421, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 91, "text": "First, they will see with great joy the glory of him who receives them. They will have rest on account of seven orders:"}, {"pk": 4121422, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 92, "text": "The first order \u2014 because they have struggled hard to overcome the evil thought fashioned within them so that it wouldn\u2019t lead them astray from life to death. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121423, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 93, "text": "The second order \u2014 because they see the panic in which the souls of the wicked wander and the punishment that awaits them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121424, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 94, "text": "The third order \u2014 seeing the testimony that their maker has testified on their behalf, because when they were alive, they kept the Law that was given through faith. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121425, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 95, "text": "The fourth order \u2014 understanding the peaceful rest that they now enjoy, gathered in their resting chambers, guarded by angels in deep silence, and understanding the glory that awaits them in their last days. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121426, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 96, "text": "The fifth order \u2014 rejoicing at how they have now escaped the corruptible and how they will have a future inheritance; moreover, seeing the narrow space, full of labor, from which they have been freed, and the spacious place they are about to receive and enjoy, now that they are immortal. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121427, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 97, "text": "The sixth order \u2014 when they are shown how their face begins to shine like the sun and how they begin to be like the stars, as beings of incorruptible light. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121428, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 98, "text": "The seventh order, which is greater than all those mentioned \u2014 because they will rejoice with confidence and will trust without being disappointed and will rejoice without fear; for they hasten to see the face of him whom they served when they were alive and from whom they are about to receive a reward now that they are glorified. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121429, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 99, "text": "\u201cThis is the order of the souls of the just, as is announced immediately, and those previously mentioned are the ways of torment that those who paid no heed will suffer.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121430, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 100, "text": "I answered: \u201cWill time, therefore, be given to souls after they are separated from the bodies to see what you told me?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121431, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 101, "text": "He said to me: \u201cThey will be free for seven days so that they may see in those seven days the things <sup>[11]</sup> that have been foretold. After this, they will be gathered in their dwelling places.\u201d", "comment": "[11] Lat <i>words</i>, a Hebraism"}, {"pk": 4121432, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 102, "text": "I answered: \u201cIf you look on me with favor, show your servant further whether on the Judgment Day the just will be able to seek mercy for the wicked or intercede for them with the Most High."}, {"pk": 4121433, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 103, "text": "Will parents be allowed to intercede <sup>[12]</sup> for children, children for parents, siblings for each other, relatives for those close to them, faithful ones for those most dear to them?\u201d", "comment": "[12] Versions lack <i>can intercede.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121434, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 104, "text": "He replied to me: \u201cBecause I do indeed favor you, I will also show you this. The Judgment Day is decisive. <sup>[13]</sup> It reveals the seal of truth to all. Even in the here and now a parent doesn\u2019t send a child, or a child the parent, or a master his servant, or a faithful friend a dear confidant, so that the one should understand or sleep or eat or be taken care of in the other person\u2019s place.", "comment": "[13] Eth <i>sudden</i>"}, {"pk": 4121435, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 105, "text": "Just so, no one will ever intercede for another; everyone will then bear his or her own deeds of justice or injustice.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121436, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 106, "text": "I answered: \u201cHow then do we find that Abraham first interceded for the people of Sodom; and Moses for our ancestors who sinned in the desert;"}, {"pk": 4121437, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 107, "text": "and Joshua, who came after him, for Israel, in the days of Achan;"}, {"pk": 4121438, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 108, "text": "and Samuel in the days of Saul; <sup>[14]</sup> and David for the plague; <sup>[15]</sup> and Solomon for those in the sanctuary;", "comment": "[15] Lat <i>breach</i> or <i>rupture</i><br>[14] Syr, Eth; Lat omits <i>in the days of Saul.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121439, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 109, "text": "and Elijah for those who received the rain, and for a dead person that he might live;"}, {"pk": 4121440, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 110, "text": "and Hezekiah for the people in the days of Sennacherib, and many for many people?"}, {"pk": 4121441, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 111, "text": "If, therefore, the just prayed for the wicked when corruption had increased and injustice had multiplied, why won\u2019t it be the same then?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121442, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 112, "text": "He answered me: \u201cThe present world isn\u2019t the end. Glory does not <sup>[16]</sup> continuously remain in it, and so those who were able prayed for the weak.", "comment": "[16] Syr, Eth; Lat omits <i>not.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121443, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 113, "text": "But the Judgment Day will be the end of this time and the beginning of the future, endless time in which decay is no more,"}, {"pk": 4121444, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 114, "text": "indulgence is undone, unbelief is cut off, but justice is fully grown, and truth arisen."}, {"pk": 4121445, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 115, "text": "Therefore, no one will then be able to have mercy on someone who has been condemned in the judgment, nor to overwhelm one who has conquered.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121446, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 116, "text": "I answered: \u201cThis is my first and last word: It would have been better if the earth hadn\u2019t brought forth Adam, or when it had brought him forth, that it had forced him not to sin."}, {"pk": 4121447, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 117, "text": "What does it benefit everyone to live in sadness during the present time, and when dead to expect punishment?"}, {"pk": 4121448, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 118, "text": "Adam, what have you done?! If you sinned, the downfall wasn\u2019t yours alone but also ours who are descended from you."}, {"pk": 4121449, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 119, "text": "What benefit is it to us that we are promised an immortal time, but we have done works that bring death?"}, {"pk": 4121450, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 120, "text": "What good is it to us that everlasting hope has been predicted for us, but we have utterly failed?"}, {"pk": 4121451, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 121, "text": "What good is it that safe and healthy dwelling places are reserved, but we have behaved badly?"}, {"pk": 4121452, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 122, "text": "What good is it that the glory of the Most High will protect those who have conducted themselves decently, but we have conducted ourselves indecently?"}, {"pk": 4121453, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 123, "text": "What good is it that paradise will be revealed, whose fruit remains uncorrupted, in which there is plenty and healing,"}, {"pk": 4121454, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 124, "text": "but we won\u2019t enter it, for we have visited unseemly places?"}, {"pk": 4121455, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 125, "text": "What good is it that the faces of those who practiced abstinence will shine brighter than stars when our faces are blacker than darkness?"}, {"pk": 4121456, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 126, "text": "While we were alive and doing evil, we didn\u2019t think about what we would suffer after death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121457, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 127, "text": "He answered: \u201cThese are the rules for the contest in which everyone born on earth takes part:"}, {"pk": 4121458, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 128, "text": "Those who are defeated will suffer what you said, but those who conquer will receive what I say."}, {"pk": 4121459, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 129, "text": "This is the path that Moses declared when he was alive, speaking to the people, <b>Choose life for yourself\u2026</b> <b>so that you may live.</b> <sup>[17]</sup>", "comment": "[17] <a href='/CEB/5/30/19'>Deut 30:19</a>"}, {"pk": 4121460, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 130, "text": "But they didn\u2019t believe him or the prophets who came after him. They didn\u2019t even believe me when I spoke to them."}, {"pk": 4121461, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 131, "text": "There won\u2019t be sadness over their destruction, as there will be joy over those for whom salvation is sure.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121462, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 132, "text": "I answered: \u201cI know, Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, since he has mercy on those who haven\u2019t yet come into the world. He is called"}, {"pk": 4121463, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 133, "text": "gracious, since he has mercy on those who convert to his Law,"}, {"pk": 4121464, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 134, "text": "and patient, because he shows patience to those who have sinned, since they are his own creation."}, {"pk": 4121465, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 135, "text": "I know that he is called generous, because he wants to give gifts rather than demand them,"}, {"pk": 4121466, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 136, "text": "and very merciful, because he multiplies mercies more and more to those now alive and those who went before and those who are to come in the future."}, {"pk": 4121467, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 137, "text": "If, indeed, he hadn\u2019t multiplied them, the world with those who live in it would not now exist."}, {"pk": 4121468, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 138, "text": "He is called <sup>[18]</sup> giver, because if he didn\u2019t give out of his own goodness some relief from their sins to people who committed sins, not one ten-thousandth part of humanity could live.", "comment": "[18] Versions omit <i>he is called.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121469, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 139, "text": "He is called judge, because unless he forgave those created by his word and wiped out the multitude of their offenses,"}, {"pk": 4121470, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 7, "verse": 140, "text": "perhaps only a very few would be left from the innumerable multitude.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121471, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "He answered me: \u201cThe Most High made this world for the sake of many but the future world for the sake of few."}, {"pk": 4121472, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "But I will tell you a parable, Ezra. Just as when you ask the earth and it tells you that it provides much clay to make earthenware, but little dust from which gold comes to be, so the present world also works."}, {"pk": 4121473, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Many indeed are created, but few will be saved.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121474, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "I replied: \u201cTherefore, take delight <sup>[1]</sup> in understanding, my soul, and drink your fill of knowledge. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Syr and other versions; Lat <i>dismiss</i><br>[2] Syr and other versions; Lat <i>let the soul feed on what it knows</i>"}, {"pk": 4121475, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "You came into the world <sup>[3]</sup> unwillingly, <sup>[4]</sup> and against your will you depart, and you are given but a little while to live.", "comment": "[3] Versions lack <i>into the world.</i><br>[4] Versions; Lat misread the Gk."}, {"pk": 4121476, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "Lord above us \u2014 if you will permit your servants to pray before you \u2014 give us seed for the heart and cultivation for the understanding that there may be fruit from which every mortal who bears the form of a human being may live."}, {"pk": 4121477, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "You alone exist, and we are your handiwork, as you have said."}, {"pk": 4121478, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Because you give life to the body that is now fashioned in the womb and give it members, your creation is preserved in fire and water. For nine months the womb you have fashioned endures what is created in it."}, {"pk": 4121479, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "But both the container and its contents will be conserved by your care. And when the womb at last gives forth what is created in it,"}, {"pk": 4121480, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "you have commanded that from the members themselves; that is, from the breasts, milk (the fruit of the breasts) should be provided."}, {"pk": 4121481, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "By this means, that which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, and afterward you will dispose of this person in your mercy."}, {"pk": 4121482, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "You nourished him with your justice, tutored him in your Law, and reproved him in your wisdom. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Syr; Lat <i>intelligence</i>"}, {"pk": 4121483, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "You will cause him to die as your creation and give him life as your work."}, {"pk": 4121484, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "If, therefore, you will destroy with a simple command one who was fashioned at your command with so much labor, why was he made?"}, {"pk": 4121485, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Now I will surely speak: You know best about the sum total of humanity, but what about your people who grieve me,"}, {"pk": 4121486, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "and about your inheritance because of which I lament, and about Israel, on whose account I am sad, and about the seed of Jacob because of which I am disturbed?"}, {"pk": 4121487, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, I will pray before you for myself and for them, because I see the defects of we who live on earth,"}, {"pk": 4121488, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "but I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come."}, {"pk": 4121489, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Therefore, hear my voice and consider my words, and I will speak before you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121490, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "The beginning of the words of Ezra\u2019s prayer before he was taken up. <sup>[6]</sup> He said: Lord, you live in eternity. <sup>[7]</sup> The highest heavens are yours, and your upper chambers are in the air. <br>", "comment": "[6] Lat text has two forms for <a href='/CEB/77/8/30-38'>8:30\u201338</a>, with minor differences between them.<br>[7] Lat <i>live forever</i>"}, {"pk": 4121491, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Your authority <sup>[8]</sup> is beyond estimation, and your glory is beyond our power to comprehend. The armies of angels wait on in fear, <br>", "comment": "[8] Lat <i>throne</i>"}, {"pk": 4121492, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "and at your command they are changed into wind and fire. Your word is true, and what you say lasts forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121493, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "Your command is powerful, and your precept is fearsome. Your gaze dries up the deeps, and your threat makes mountains melt. Your truth is acknowledged. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121494, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Hear your servant\u2019s voice and listen to my request, the request of one whom you formed, and listen to my words. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121495, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "But me! I will speak as long as I live, and while I still have understanding, I will respond. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121496, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Don\u2019t pay attention to your people\u2019s sins but to those who have served you in truth. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121497, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Don\u2019t consider those who do evil by sinning but those who have kept your covenants in the midst of torments. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121498, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "Don\u2019t think about those who have conducted themselves wickedly in your presence but of those who have made it their purpose to know what it means to revere you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121499, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Don\u2019t set your mind to destroy those who have lived as mindlessly as cows, <sup>[9]</sup> but look on those who showed forth your glorious Law. <br>", "comment": "[9] Lat <i>had the ways of cattle</i>"}, {"pk": 4121500, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 30, "text": "Don\u2019t be angry at those who are esteemed lower than animals, but love those who have constantly hoped to honor you. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121501, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 31, "text": "We and those before us have followed ways that lead to death, but it\u2019s on account of us sinners that you are said to be merciful. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121502, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 32, "text": "If you desire to have pity on us who have no good deeds to our credit, then you will be called compassionate. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121503, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 33, "text": "The righteous who have many works laid up with you will receive a reward for their own works. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121504, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 34, "text": "What are human beings that you should be angry with them, or a corrupt race that you should be irate with them? <br>"}, {"pk": 4121505, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 35, "text": "In truth, no one born has not violated your commands, and no one who grew up has not sinned. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121506, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 36, "text": "But this shows your goodness, Lord, when you have pity on those who have no stockpile of good works. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121507, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 37, "text": "He answered me: \u201cYou have said some things correctly, and according to your words it will be done."}, {"pk": 4121508, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 38, "text": "Indeed, I won\u2019t think about the formation of sinners or their death or judgment or damnation,"}, {"pk": 4121509, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 39, "text": "but I will rejoice over the creation of the righteous, their journey also, and their deliverance and receipt of a reward."}, {"pk": 4121510, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 40, "text": "As I\u2019ve said, then so it is."}, {"pk": 4121511, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 41, "text": "Just as a farmer sows many seeds on the land, but in time not all seeds that are sown will be saved nor will all the planted things take root, so also not all of those who are sown in the world will be saved.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121512, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 42, "text": "I answered: \u201cIf I have found favor with you, let me speak,"}, {"pk": 4121513, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 43, "text": "because the farmer\u2019s seed doesn\u2019t grow up, perhaps because it didn\u2019t receive your rain in season; or if it was spoiled by abundance of rain, it perishes."}, {"pk": 4121514, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 44, "text": "But human beings, who are shaped by your hands and named in your image, because they are made in your likeness, for whom you created all things \u2014 have you compared them to a farmer\u2019s seeds?"}, {"pk": 4121515, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 45, "text": "No, Lord above us, but spare your people and have mercy on your inheritance, for you have mercy on your own creation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121516, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 46, "text": "He answered me: \u201cThe present things are for those who now are, and the future things for the future."}, {"pk": 4121517, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 47, "text": "You are a long way from loving my creation more than I do. But you have often associated yourself with the wicked. Never do so!"}, {"pk": 4121518, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 48, "text": "But even in this respect the Most High will admire you,"}, {"pk": 4121519, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 49, "text": "because you have humbled yourself, as befits you, and didn\u2019t count yourself among the righteous so that you may be glorified the more."}, {"pk": 4121520, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 50, "text": "Many miseries will afflict those who inhabit the world in the last times because they will walk in great pride."}, {"pk": 4121521, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 51, "text": "But think of yourself and ask about the glory of those like you."}, {"pk": 4121522, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 52, "text": "For you, paradise is opened, the tree of life is planted, the future time is prepared, abundance is made ready, the city is built, rest is appointed, goodness is perfected, and wisdom is perfected in advance."}, {"pk": 4121523, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 53, "text": "The root of evil <sup>[10]</sup> is sealed off from you, weakness is abolished from you, and death is hidden; the netherworld <sup>[11]</sup> and decay have fled into oblivion.", "comment": "[10] Versions lack <i>of evil.</i><br>[11] Lat <i>infernum</i>"}, {"pk": 4121524, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 54, "text": "Sorrows have passed, and the treasure of immortality is displayed to the end."}, {"pk": 4121525, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 55, "text": "Therefore, don\u2019t continue to ask about the great many who perish."}, {"pk": 4121526, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 56, "text": "They also received freedom, but they despised the Most High, spoke ill of his Law, and abandoned his ways."}, {"pk": 4121527, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 57, "text": "Moreover, they also trampled his righteous ones."}, {"pk": 4121528, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 58, "text": "They said in their heart that there is no God, even though they knew that they would have to die."}, {"pk": 4121529, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 59, "text": "Just as the things that are predicted will receive you, so also the thirst and torment that are prepared will receive them. The Most High didn\u2019t intend for human beings to be destroyed,"}, {"pk": 4121530, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 60, "text": "but those who were themselves created defiled the name of their creator and were ungrateful to him who prepared life for them."}, {"pk": 4121531, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 61, "text": "Therefore, my judgment draws close,"}, {"pk": 4121532, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 62, "text": "which I haven\u2019t disclosed to all, except to you and to a few like you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121533, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 8, "verse": 63, "text": "I answered, \u201cLook now, Lord, you have shown me a multitude of signs that you are about to perform in the last times, but you haven\u2019t shown me when they will take place.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121534, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "He answered me: \u201cMeasure carefully within yourself, and when you see that a certain part of the signs that were predicted have passed,"}, {"pk": 4121535, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "then you will understand that the time has come in which the Most High will begin to visit the world that he made."}, {"pk": 4121536, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "When the movement of places, tumult of peoples, plotting of nations, inconstancy of leaders, and confusion of princes appear in the world,"}, {"pk": 4121537, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "then you will understand that it was about these things that the Most High spoke from former days, from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4121538, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "Just as with everything that has happened in the world, the beginning is known from the end, <sup>[1]</sup> and the end comes to be seen,", "comment": "[1] Syr <i>its beginning is known</i>"}, {"pk": 4121539, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "so also are the times of the Most High. The beginnings are manifest in prodigies and mighty works, and the end is evident in deeds and in signs."}, {"pk": 4121540, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "All this \u2014 who will be saved, who will be able to escape through their works or through the faith with which they believe \u2014"}, {"pk": 4121541, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "will survive the predicted dangers and will see my salvation in my land and within my borders, which I have made holy for myself for a long time."}, {"pk": 4121542, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Then whoever has now abused my ways will be astonished, and whoever rejected them in contempt will linger in agony."}, {"pk": 4121543, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "Those who didn\u2019t acknowledge me when they were alive, even though they received benefits;"}, {"pk": 4121544, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "those who despised my Law while they were enjoying freedom"}, {"pk": 4121545, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "and didn\u2019t come to their senses but continued to scoff while the opportunity for a changed life was still open to them \u2014 these people must acknowledge me in torment after death."}, {"pk": 4121546, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "But don\u2019t be curious any longer about how the wicked will be tortured. Instead, inquire how and when the righteous, to whom the world belongs and because of whom the world exists, will be saved.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121547, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "I answered,"}, {"pk": 4121548, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cI said before and now will say again that those who perish are more numerous than those who are saved,"}, {"pk": 4121549, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "just as a wave is greater than a drop.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121550, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "He answered me: \u201cAs the field is, so is the seed; and as the flowers, so also the colors; as the labor, so also the product; <sup>[2]</sup> and as the farmer, so the threshing floor.", "comment": "[2] Other versions <i>judgment</i>"}, {"pk": 4121551, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "There was a time in this world \u2014 when I was preparing for those who now are, before the world in which they would dwell was made for them \u2014 no one opposed me, because no one existed yet."}, {"pk": 4121552, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "Now, however, those who have been created in this world \u2014 a world furnished with both an inexhaustible table and an endless pasture <sup>[3]</sup> \u2014 have become corrupt in their habits.", "comment": "[3] Lat <i>law</i>, misreading Gk"}, {"pk": 4121553, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "I considered the earth \u2014 and, observe, it was ruined. I considered my world, and, observe, it was in danger because of the intrigues of those who had come into it."}, {"pk": 4121554, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "I saw and spared them with great difficulty; I saved for myself one grape out of a cluster and one plant out of a great forest. <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Syr, Eth; Lat <i>tribe</i>"}, {"pk": 4121555, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Therefore, let the multitude that was born without purpose perish, and let my grape and my plant be preserved, because I perfected these with much effort."}, {"pk": 4121556, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "But let seven more days pass. Don\u2019t fast during this time,"}, {"pk": 4121557, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "but go into a field of flowers, where no house is built, and eat only of the flowers of the field. Don\u2019t taste meat, and don\u2019t drink wine, but eat only flowers."}, {"pk": 4121558, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "Pray to the Most High without pause, and I will come and talk to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121559, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "I went out as he told me into the field that is called Ardat. I sat there among the flowers, I ate of the plants of the field, and their food satisfied me."}, {"pk": 4121560, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "After seven days I was lying on the grass, and my heart was disturbed again as before."}, {"pk": 4121561, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "My mouth was opened and I began to say before the Most High:"}, {"pk": 4121562, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cLord, you revealed yourself to us, to our ancestors in the wilderness, when they were going out from Egypt and when they were coming into the desert that no one crossed and that bore no fruit. You said:"}, {"pk": 4121563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "Listen to me, Israel! Offspring of Jacob, pay attention to what I say!"}, {"pk": 4121564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Look, I am sowing my Law in you, and it will bear fruit in you, and you will be glorified in it forever."}, {"pk": 4121565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Though our parents received the Law, they didn\u2019t keep it and didn\u2019t observe what was lawful. The fruit of the Law didn\u2019t perish, nor could it, since it was yours."}, {"pk": 4121566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 33, "text": "Yet those who received it perished, not keeping what was sown in them."}, {"pk": 4121567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 34, "text": "Normally, when the ground receives seed or the sea a ship or some other container food or drink, and when it happens that what was sown or what was sent or what was received is destroyed,"}, {"pk": 4121568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 35, "text": "those things themselves are destroyed, but the containers remain. But this hasn\u2019t been so in our case."}, {"pk": 4121569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 36, "text": "We who received the Law sinned and will perish, along with our hearts that received it;"}, {"pk": 4121570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 37, "text": "yet the Law doesn\u2019t perish but remains in its glory.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 38, "text": "While I was saying these things in my heart, I looked with my eyes and saw a woman to my right. She was lamenting and crying with a loud voice, and she was experiencing deep grief. Her clothes were torn, and there were ashes on her head."}, {"pk": 4121572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 39, "text": "I dismissed my own thoughts, turned to her, and said,"}, {"pk": 4121573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 40, "text": "\u201cWhy are you weeping, and why do you grieve so deeply?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 41, "text": "She said to me, \u201cLeave me alone, sir, so that I may weep for myself and continue in my grief, because I am very bitter inside, and I am depressed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 42, "text": "I said to her, \u201cWhat have you suffered? Tell me!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 43, "text": "She said to me: \u201cI, your servant, was infertile, and I hadn\u2019t given birth, although I had a husband for thirty years."}, {"pk": 4121577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 44, "text": "Hour after hour and day after day during these thirty years I pleaded with the Most High by night and day."}, {"pk": 4121578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 45, "text": "After thirty years God heard your servant and saw how dejected I was. He attended to my distress and gave me a son. I rejoiced greatly over him, as did my husband and all my fellow citizens, and we greatly honored the mighty one."}, {"pk": 4121579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 46, "text": "I nourished my son with much labor,"}, {"pk": 4121580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 9, "verse": 47, "text": "and when he grew up, I came to take a wife for him and set the day of the marriage feast."}, {"pk": 4121581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cBut it happened that when my son went into his wedding chamber, he fell down and died."}, {"pk": 4121582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "We extinguished all our lamps, and all my fellow citizens rose to console me. I was quiet until the next day, until nightfall."}, {"pk": 4121583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "But when all ceased consoling me so that I would be quiet, I got up at night and fled, and I came into this field, as you see."}, {"pk": 4121584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 4, "text": "Now I plan not to return to the city but to stay here, and I will neither eat nor drink but lament and fast without ceasing, until I die.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "I abandoned the thoughts that had preoccupied me and responded to her in anger:"}, {"pk": 4121586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cMost foolish of all women, don\u2019t you see our grief and what has befallen us?"}, {"pk": 4121587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "Zion the mother of us all is afflicted in sadness and utterly dejected. Grieve mightily"}, {"pk": 4121588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "now because we all grieve, and be sorrowful because we are all sorrowful. But you are mourning only for one son! <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Syr adds <i>but we, the whole world, for our mother.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "Ask the earth, and she will tell you that she is the one who should mourn, since so many have sprouted upon her."}, {"pk": 4121590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "From her, from the beginning, all have been born and others will come. Look, nearly all go to ruin, and their multitude is doomed to destruction."}, {"pk": 4121591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "Who then ought to mourn the more? Shouldn\u2019t she who has lost such a great multitude rather than you, who grieve for one?"}, {"pk": 4121592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "Perhaps you say to me, \u2018My lamentation isn\u2019t like that of the earth, because I lost the fruit of my womb, which I bore with pains and brought forth with sorrows."}, {"pk": 4121593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "The earth, however, is just following the way of the earth; the multitude that is present on it goes as it came.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "I would then say to you, \u2018As you gave birth with grief, so also from the beginning the earth yielded its fruit, humanity, to him who made it.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "Therefore, keep your grief to yourself, and bear valiantly whatever misfortunes befall you."}, {"pk": 4121596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "If you declare the decree of God to be just, you will receive your son back in due time and also be praised among women."}, {"pk": 4121597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "Therefore, go into the city to your husband.\u201d She said to me,"}, {"pk": 4121598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cI will not, and I will not go into the city, but I will die here.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "I spoke again to her:"}, {"pk": 4121600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t say this, but let yourself be persuaded because of Zion\u2019s fate and be consoled because of Jerusalem\u2019s grief."}, {"pk": 4121601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "You see that our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar is demolished, our temple is destroyed,"}, {"pk": 4121602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 22, "text": "our harp is brought low, our hymnody has been silenced, our joy is undone, the light of our lampstand is extinguished, the chest containing our covenant has been taken as plunder, our holy things have been defiled, and the name that is invoked over us has been dishonored. Our free citizens <sup>[2]</sup> have suffered abuse, our priests have been burned to death, our Levites have gone into captivity, our virgins have been defiled, our wives have been raped, our righteous men have been snatched away, our little ones have been given over, our youths have been enslaved, and our strong men have been deprived of strength.", "comment": "[2] Lat <i>children</i>"}, {"pk": 4121603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 23, "text": "Even more than all this, the seal of Zion (for she has now loosed the seal of her glory) is handed over to those who hate us."}, {"pk": 4121604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 24, "text": "Shake off your great sadness then, and put away the multitude of your sorrows so that the mighty one may show you favor and the Most High may give you peace and rest from your labors.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 25, "text": "While I was speaking to her, look! Suddenly her face shone brightly and her countenance became a flashing splendor. I became afraid of her, and I wondered what was happening."}, {"pk": 4121606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 26, "text": "Without warning she let out a noise, a great voice full of fear, so that the earth itself shook with the sound."}, {"pk": 4121607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 27, "text": "I watched, and she no longer appeared to me as a woman, but there was a city built, and a place with great foundations appeared. I was afraid, and I shouted with a great voice,"}, {"pk": 4121608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cWhere\u2019s the angel Uriel, who came to me from the beginning? He\u2019s the one who\u2019s brought me to the end of my wits! My end has turned into decay and my prayer into a reproach.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 29, "text": "While I was saying these things, the angel who had come to me in the beginning came to me again and looked at me."}, {"pk": 4121610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 30, "text": "I was laid out like a dead man, and I had lost my mind. He held my strong hand, comforted me, set me on my feet, and said to me,"}, {"pk": 4121611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 31, "text": "\u201cWhat has happened to you? Why are you agitated? Why are your mind, your intellect, and your understanding all in turmoil?\u201d I said,"}, {"pk": 4121612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 32, "text": "\u201cBecause you abandoned me. I followed your instructions, and I went out into the field, and look here, I saw and see what I can\u2019t describe.\u201d He said to me,"}, {"pk": 4121613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 33, "text": "\u201cStand up like a man, and I\u2019ll remind you.\u201d I said,"}, {"pk": 4121614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 34, "text": "\u201cSpeak, my Lord, only don\u2019t abandon me so that I may not die for nothing."}, {"pk": 4121615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 35, "text": "I can\u2019t make sense out of what I saw, and I don\u2019t understand what I\u2019ve heard."}, {"pk": 4121616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 36, "text": "Or is my mind deceived and my soul dreaming?"}, {"pk": 4121617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 37, "text": "Now then I beg you to explain this bewildering sight to your servant.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 38, "text": "He answered me: \u201cListen to me. Let me teach you, and I will speak to you about what you fear, for the Most High has revealed many mysteries to you."}, {"pk": 4121619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 39, "text": "He saw that you walk the straight way, because you grieve for your people without ceasing and you mourn greatly over Zion."}, {"pk": 4121620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 40, "text": "\u201cHere then is the meaning of the vision. This is the explanation of the woman who appeared to you a little while ago,"}, {"pk": 4121621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 41, "text": "whom you saw mourning and whom you began to console"}, {"pk": 4121622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 42, "text": "(though now you don\u2019t see a woman, but a fully constructed city has appeared to you),"}, {"pk": 4121623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 43, "text": "and who told you about the fate of her son."}, {"pk": 4121624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 44, "text": "This woman whom you saw is Zion, whom you now see built as a city."}, {"pk": 4121625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 45, "text": "As for what she said to you, that she was infertile for thirty years, it is because there were three thousand <sup>[3]</sup> years in the world when offerings weren\u2019t yet made in her.", "comment": "[3] Lat omits <i>thousand</i>."}, {"pk": 4121626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 46, "text": "After three thousand <sup>[4]</sup> years, Solomon built the city and made offerings. That is when the infertile woman bore a son.", "comment": "[4] Lat omits <i>thousand.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 47, "text": "As for what she said to you, that she nourished him with labor, this was the time that Jerusalem was inhabited."}, {"pk": 4121628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 48, "text": "And as for what she said to you, that her son came into his wedding chamber and died and that misfortune happened to her, this is the destruction that happened to Jerusalem."}, {"pk": 4121629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 49, "text": "Indeed, you saw her likeness, how she mourns her son, and you began to console her over these things that had happened. (These things were to be shown to you. <sup>[5]</sup> )", "comment": "[5] Lat; other versions omit <i>(These things were to be shown to you.)</i>"}, {"pk": 4121630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 50, "text": "Now the Most High, seeing that you are sincerely saddened and that you suffer for her with all your heart, has shown you the splendor of her glory and the beauty with which she is adorned."}, {"pk": 4121631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 51, "text": "For this reason I told you to remain in the field where no house is built:"}, {"pk": 4121632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 52, "text": "I knew that the Most High was about to show you these things."}, {"pk": 4121633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 53, "text": "Therefore, I told you to come into the field where there is no building\u2019s foundation,"}, {"pk": 4121634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 54, "text": "for no work of human construction could survive in the place where the city of the Most High was about to be made manifest."}, {"pk": 4121635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 55, "text": "Therefore, don\u2019t fear, and don\u2019t let your heart be afraid. Go inside and see the splendor and greatness of the building, insofar as you are capable of seeing with your eyesight."}, {"pk": 4121636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 56, "text": "After this you will hear as much as the hearing of your ears can hear."}, {"pk": 4121637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 57, "text": "You are privileged more than many and are called into the presence of the Most High, as few are."}, {"pk": 4121638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 58, "text": "Tomorrow night you will remain here,"}, {"pk": 4121639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 59, "text": "and the Most High will show you in dream visions what the Most High will bring about for those who live on earth in the last days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 10, "verse": 60, "text": "So I slept that night and the next, as he had told me."}, {"pk": 4121641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "On the second night I had a dream. I saw an eagle, with twelve feathered wings and three heads, rising up from the sea."}, {"pk": 4121642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "As I looked, it spread its wings over the whole earth, and all the winds of heaven blew toward it, and the clouds <sup>[1]</sup> gathered around it.", "comment": "[1] Syr and other versions; Lat omits <i>clouds.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "Out of its wings grew opposing wings. These became small, tiny wings."}, {"pk": 4121644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Its heads were at rest. The middle head was larger than the other heads, but it was also at rest with them."}, {"pk": 4121645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "I kept looking and saw the eagle flying with its wings to rule over the earth and over those who lived on the earth."}, {"pk": 4121646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "I saw how everything under heaven was made to submit to it, and no one opposed it, not a single creature that lives on the earth."}, {"pk": 4121647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 7, "text": "I looked and saw the eagle rise on its talons and call out to its wings, saying,"}, {"pk": 4121648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 8, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t all watch together. Let each one sleep in its place and take turns watching,"}, {"pk": 4121649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "but the heads will be kept for the end.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "I looked and saw that the voice didn\u2019t come from its heads but from the middle of its body."}, {"pk": 4121651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "I counted its opposing wings, and there were eight of them."}, {"pk": 4121652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "A wing arose on the right side, and it ruled over the whole earth;"}, {"pk": 4121653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "and while it was ruling, it came to an end and disappeared so that its place vanished. The next one rose up and ruled, and it held sway a long time."}, {"pk": 4121654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "While it was exercising its rule, it came to its end, so that it disappeared like the previous one."}, {"pk": 4121655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "Then a voice rang out, saying to this wing,"}, {"pk": 4121656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cListen, you who have held sway over the earth all this time. I announce <sup>[2]</sup> this to you before you begin to disappear.", "comment": "[2] Syr"}, {"pk": 4121657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "No one after you will hold sway as long a time \u2014 not even half as long.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "A third wing raised itself up, and it also exercised rulership like the previous ones, and it too disappeared."}, {"pk": 4121659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "And so it happened to each of the wings in turn, to come to power and then never to be seen again."}, {"pk": 4121660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "I looked, and indeed the wings that followed on the right side also rose up in time so that they too might rule, but some of those who came to power disappeared immediately,"}, {"pk": 4121661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "while others of them rose up but didn\u2019t succeed in establishing their rule."}, {"pk": 4121662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "After all this, I looked again, and the twelve wings and two of the little wings had disappeared."}, {"pk": 4121663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "Nothing remained on the body of the eagle except the three heads that were at rest and six little wings."}, {"pk": 4121664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "I looked and noticed that two of the six little wings were set apart and remained under the head on the right side, but four remained in their place."}, {"pk": 4121665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "I watched as these little wings plotted to rise up and take power."}, {"pk": 4121666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "One was raised up, but it immediately disappeared,"}, {"pk": 4121667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "and then a second, but this one disappeared more quickly than the previous one."}, {"pk": 4121668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 28, "text": "I saw the two that were left plotting among themselves that they too should rule,"}, {"pk": 4121669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 29, "text": "and while they were making their plans, one of the heads that had been at rest, the one in the middle, woke up. This one was bigger than the other two heads."}, {"pk": 4121670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 30, "text": "I saw how it formed a partnership with the two other heads,"}, {"pk": 4121671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 31, "text": "and then how the head turned with those that were with it, and it ate the two little wings that had planned to rule."}, {"pk": 4121672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 32, "text": "Moreover, this head gained power over the whole earth and dominated those who lived on it, inflicting great distress. It had greater power over the whole world than all the wings that had gone before."}, {"pk": 4121673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 33, "text": "After all this, I watched as the middle head, just like the wings, suddenly disappeared."}, {"pk": 4121674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 34, "text": "There were two heads left, however, which also ruled over the earth and over those who live on it."}, {"pk": 4121675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 35, "text": "I looked and watched as the head on the right side devoured the one on the left."}, {"pk": 4121676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 36, "text": "I heard a voice saying to me, \u201cLook in front of you and consider what you see.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 37, "text": "I looked and saw something like a lion being roused, roaring out of the forest. I heard how he spoke in a human voice and said to the eagle,"}, {"pk": 4121678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 38, "text": "\u201cListen, you, and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,"}, {"pk": 4121679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 39, "text": "\u2018Aren\u2019t you the last of the four beasts that I made to rule in my world so that I might bring about the end of my times through them?"}, {"pk": 4121680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 40, "text": "You, the fourth that has come, conquered all the beasts that came before you, ruling over the world with much terror and over the whole world with harsh oppression. You have lived in the world with deceit for so long!"}, {"pk": 4121681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 41, "text": "You judged the earth, but not in truth,"}, {"pk": 4121682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 42, "text": "for you have oppressed the meek and injured those who caused no unrest. You hated those who spoke the truth and loved liars. You destroyed the dwellings of those who bore fruit and tore down the walls of those who had done you no harm."}, {"pk": 4121683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 43, "text": "Your insolence has ascended to the Most High and your pride to the mighty one."}, {"pk": 4121684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 44, "text": "The Most High has reviewed his times. Look! They are finished, and his ages are complete."}, {"pk": 4121685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 45, "text": "Therefore, eagle, you must utterly vanish, you and your terrifying wings, your dreadful little wings and your evil heads, and your dreadful talons and all your worthless body."}, {"pk": 4121686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 11, "verse": 46, "text": "Then the whole earth will be refreshed and restored, set free from your violence, and will hope for the judgment and mercy of him who made it.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "While the lion was saying these words to the eagle, I looked"}, {"pk": 4121688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "and saw that the head that had prevailed disappeared, and the two wings that had gone over to it rose up so that they might rule, but their rule was weak and chaotic."}, {"pk": 4121689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "I watched as they disappeared, and the whole body of the eagle was burned; the earth was filled with fear. I woke up because my mind was racing and full of fear. I said to myself,"}, {"pk": 4121690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "Look, you\u2019ve brought all this on yourself with your probing into the ways of the Most High."}, {"pk": 4121691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "Look here! I\u2019m emotionally exhausted and barely alive. I don\u2019t have even a little strength left in me because of the great fear that has shaken me this night."}, {"pk": 4121692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "Now, therefore, I will pray to the Most High that he may strengthen me to the end."}, {"pk": 4121693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "I said, \u201cSupreme Lord, if you do look upon me favorably, if you consider me to be among the more righteous, and if my prayer has indeed risen into your presence,"}, {"pk": 4121694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "strengthen me, and show me, your servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrible vision. Console my soul,"}, {"pk": 4121695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "since you have thought me worthy to be shown the end of times and the last events of the times.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "He said to me, \u201cThis is the interpretation of the vision that you saw."}, {"pk": 4121697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "The eagle you saw rising from the sea is the fourth kingdom. It appeared in a vision to your brother Daniel,"}, {"pk": 4121698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "but it wasn\u2019t interpreted for him as I now interpret it for you or have shown it to you."}, {"pk": 4121699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "Look, the days are coming when a kingdom will rise on earth that will be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that came before it."}, {"pk": 4121700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "Twelve kings will rule in it, one after the other."}, {"pk": 4121701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "The second one to rule will have a longer time than the rest of the twelve."}, {"pk": 4121702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "This then is the interpretation of the twelve wings that you saw."}, {"pk": 4121703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "As for the fact that you heard a voice that spoke, coming not from its heads but from the middle of its body,"}, {"pk": 4121704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "this is the interpretation: In the midst of this kingdom\u2019s time, great conflicts will arise. It will be in danger of falling; it won\u2019t fall then but will be restored again to its beginning."}, {"pk": 4121705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "\u201cAs for the fact that you saw eight little wings clinging to its wings,"}, {"pk": 4121706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 20, "text": "this is the interpretation: Eight kings will arise in it. Their rules will amount to nothing, and their years will be swift. Two of them will perish"}, {"pk": 4121707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 21, "text": "when the middle of the time draws near, but four will be reserved until the time approaches for its end. Two will be preserved until the very end."}, {"pk": 4121708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cAs for the fact that you saw three heads at rest,"}, {"pk": 4121709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 23, "text": "this is the interpretation: In the last period the Most High will raise up three kings, <sup>[1]</sup> and he will renew many things in it, and they will rule the earth", "comment": "[1] Lat <i>kingdoms</i>"}, {"pk": 4121710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 24, "text": "and greatly oppress those who dwell on it, more than all the rest who were before them. Therefore, they are called the heads of the eagle,"}, {"pk": 4121711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 25, "text": "because they will sum up its acts of impiety and complete its last deeds."}, {"pk": 4121712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 26, "text": "\u201cAs for your seeing the biggest head disappear, one of the kings will die on his bed, though in agonies."}, {"pk": 4121713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 27, "text": "As to the two who are left, the sword will destroy them."}, {"pk": 4121714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 28, "text": "The sword of one of them will destroy the one who is with him, but he too will fall by the sword in the last days."}, {"pk": 4121715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cAs for your seeing the two small wings passing over to the head on the right, this is the interpretation:"}, {"pk": 4121716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 30, "text": "The Most High is keeping these for the eagle\u2019s end. This rule will be weak and full of upheaval,"}, {"pk": 4121717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 31, "text": "as you saw. The lion whom you saw rousing itself from the forest and roaring and speaking to the eagle and rebuking it for its deeds of injustice, as for all the words that you heard him speaking,"}, {"pk": 4121718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 32, "text": "this is the anointed one. The Most High has kept him for the end of days. He will arise from the line of David, and he will come and speak <sup>[2]</sup> to them. He will denounce their wicked acts and indict them for their injustice. He will set before them their despicable deeds.", "comment": "[2] Lat omits <i>of days, who will arise from the line of David, and who will come and speak.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 33, "text": "He will put them on trial while they are still alive, and after he has convicted them, he will destroy them."}, {"pk": 4121720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 34, "text": "Yet he will mercifully liberate the remaining few from my people who are saved throughout my territory. He will make them joyful until the end comes \u2014 the Judgment Day, of which I have spoken to you from the beginning."}, {"pk": 4121721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 35, "text": "\u201cThis is the dream that you saw, and this is its interpretation."}, {"pk": 4121722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 36, "text": "You alone were counted worthy to know this secret of the Most High."}, {"pk": 4121723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 37, "text": "Therefore, write all these things that you saw in a scroll and hide it away."}, {"pk": 4121724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 38, "text": "Teach these matters to the wise among your people, whose minds you know can grasp and keep these secrets."}, {"pk": 4121725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 39, "text": "But wait here yet another seven days so that you may be shown whatever it pleases the Most High to show you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 40, "text": "Then he left me. When the whole people heard that seven days had passed and I hadn\u2019t returned to the city, they all gathered, from the smallest to the biggest. They came and said to me,"}, {"pk": 4121727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 41, "text": "\u201cHow have we sinned against you? What wrong did we do to you that you abandon us and sit in this place?"}, {"pk": 4121728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 42, "text": "You are the only one of all the prophets left to us, like a cluster of grapes from the vineyard, and like a lamp in a dark place, and like a harbor for a ship saved from a storm."}, {"pk": 4121729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 43, "text": "Or are the disasters that have befallen us not enough for us?"}, {"pk": 4121730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 44, "text": "If you abandon us now, it would have been better for us to have been burned up along with Zion!"}, {"pk": 4121731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 45, "text": "We are no better than those who died there.\u201d They wept with a loud voice."}, {"pk": 4121732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 46, "text": "I answered them: \u201cHave confidence, Israel! Don\u2019t be sad, house of Jacob."}, {"pk": 4121733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 47, "text": "The Most High keeps you in memory. The mighty one hasn\u2019t forgotten you in your struggle."}, {"pk": 4121734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 48, "text": "I haven\u2019t abandoned you, nor have I gone away from you. I came to this place to pray because of Zion\u2019s desolation, in order to seek mercy for the humiliation of your sanctuary."}, {"pk": 4121735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 49, "text": "Now go home, each of you, and I will come to you in a few days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 50, "text": "So the people went into the city as I told them,"}, {"pk": 4121737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 12, "verse": 51, "text": "but I sat in the field for seven days as he had commanded me, <sup>[3]</sup> and I ate only the flowers that grew in the field, and plants were my food in those days.", "comment": "[3] Syr; Lat <i>as I had commanded</i>"}, {"pk": 4121738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "After seven days, I had a dream during the night."}, {"pk": 4121739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "I looked and saw a wind rising from the sea and stirring up all its waves."}, {"pk": 4121740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "As I watched, this wind made something like the figure of a man come up out of the heart of the sea. <sup>[1]</sup> That man was flying among the clouds of heaven. Wherever he turned his face to look, everything that fell under his gaze trembled.", "comment": "[1] Lat omits <i>this wind\u2026 heart of the sea.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "Wherever an utterance came from his mouth, all who heard his voice melted as wax melts when it feels the fire."}, {"pk": 4121742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "I kept watching these things, and an innumerable multitude of people came together from the four winds of heaven to fight against the man who had come up from the sea."}, {"pk": 4121743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "I watched as he carved a great mountain for himself and flew onto it."}, {"pk": 4121744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "I tried to see the region or place from which the mountain was carved, but I couldn\u2019t."}, {"pk": 4121745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "After this I looked and I saw that all who had gathered to do battle against him were sorely afraid, yet they dared to fight."}, {"pk": 4121746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "When he saw the rush of the multitude coming, he didn\u2019t raise his hand or hold a spear or any weapon of war. Rather, I saw"}, {"pk": 4121747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "something like a wave of fire shoot forth from his mouth, and a breath of flame from his lips, and a storm of sparks from his tongue. All these things \u2014 the wave of fire, the breath of flame, and the mighty storm \u2014 mixed together"}, {"pk": 4121748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "and fell upon the crowd that was rushing forward, prepared to fight. It burned them all up so that suddenly nothing was seen of the innumerable mob except the dust of ashes and the smell of smoke. I saw this and was amazed."}, {"pk": 4121749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "After these things I saw the same man coming down from the mountain and calling to himself another crowd \u2014 a peaceful one."}, {"pk": 4121750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "Many people came to him. Some were rejoicing and some were sad, some were even tied up, while some were bringing other people as an offering. I woke up in great fear and pleaded with the Most High. I said,"}, {"pk": 4121751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cFrom the beginning you showed your servant these wonders, and you considered me worthy that you should receive my prayer."}, {"pk": 4121752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "Now show me also the interpretation of this dream."}, {"pk": 4121753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "As I turn it over in my mind, I think: How terrible it will be for those who will be left in those days, and how much worse for those who aren\u2019t left!"}, {"pk": 4121754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "Those who aren\u2019t left will be full of sorrow,"}, {"pk": 4121755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "since they now know what lies in store for the last days, but they won\u2019t live to see them. But how terrible it will be also for those who are left,"}, {"pk": 4121756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "for that very reason! They will see great dangers, and there will be many kinds of distress, as these dreams show."}, {"pk": 4121757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "Yet it is better <sup>[2]</sup> to encounter these things, even incurring danger, than to pass from the world like a cloud and not see what happens at the end.\u201d", "comment": "[2] Syr; Lat <i>easier</i>"}, {"pk": 4121758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "He answered me, \u201cI will tell you the interpretation of the dream as well, and I will explain to you the things you spoke about."}, {"pk": 4121759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "As to what you said about those who are left, this is the interpretation:"}, {"pk": 4121760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "He who brings the danger at that time will himself guard those who fall into danger, who have works and faith in the most mighty one."}, {"pk": 4121761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "Know, therefore, that those who are left enjoy greater privilege than those who have died."}, {"pk": 4121762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "The interpretations of the vision are as follows: \u201cIn that you saw a man going up from the heart of the sea,"}, {"pk": 4121763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "that is the one whom the Most High has been keeping for many ages. He will liberate God\u2019s creation all by himself, and he will put in order those who are left."}, {"pk": 4121764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cIn that you saw something like wind and fire and storm go out of his mouth,"}, {"pk": 4121765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 28, "text": "and that he didn\u2019t hold a spear or weapon of war, yet destroyed the rush of that multitude that had come to fight him, here is the interpretation:"}, {"pk": 4121766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 29, "text": "Look, the days are coming when the Most High will begin to rescue those who are on the earth."}, {"pk": 4121767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 30, "text": "Those who live on earth will go out of their minds."}, {"pk": 4121768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 31, "text": "They will plan to wage war against each other, city against city, place against place, nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom."}, {"pk": 4121769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 32, "text": "When these things happen, and the signs that I showed you before take place, then my Son will be revealed, whom you saw as a man rising up."}, {"pk": 4121770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 33, "text": "When all the nations hear his voice, then each one will leave its own region and will leave off the wars they were waging against each other."}, {"pk": 4121771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 34, "text": "An innumerable mob will be gathered together, as you saw, wanting to come and fight against him."}, {"pk": 4121772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 35, "text": "But he will take his stand on the summit of Mount Zion."}, {"pk": 4121773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 36, "text": "Zion will come and will appear to all, built and ready, as you saw a mountain carved without hands."}, {"pk": 4121774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 37, "text": "My Son himself will indict the assembled nations for their impious deeds \u2014 these things were indicated by the storm. He will scold them for their evil plans and reveal the torments with which they are about to be tortured. These things correspond to the flame."}, {"pk": 4121775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 38, "text": "He will destroy them without effort by the Law, which was indicated by the fire."}, {"pk": 4121776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 39, "text": "\u201cAs to the fact that you saw him collecting to himself another peaceful multitude,"}, {"pk": 4121777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 40, "text": "these are the ten tribes that were taken captive from their land in the days of King Hoshea, whom King Shalmaneser of the Assyrians took across the river as a captive. They were taken into another land,"}, {"pk": 4121778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 41, "text": "but they made this plan for themselves: They would leave the multitude of the nations and go into a more remote region, where the human race had never lived."}, {"pk": 4121779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 42, "text": "There they would be able to observe their customs, which they hadn\u2019t kept in their own region."}, {"pk": 4121780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 43, "text": "They went in through the narrow passages of the Euphrates River."}, {"pk": 4121781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 44, "text": "Then the Most High gave them signs and stopped the flow of the river until they had passed."}, {"pk": 4121782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 45, "text": "They made a long journey through that region for a year and a half, and that region is called Arzareth."}, {"pk": 4121783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 46, "text": "They lived there until the last time, and now they begin again to return."}, {"pk": 4121784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 47, "text": "The Most High will once again stop the flow of the river so that they can cross. These people make up the multitude gathered in peace,"}, {"pk": 4121785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 48, "text": "along with those who are left of your people, who are found within my holy boundaries."}, {"pk": 4121786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 49, "text": "Then when he begins to destroy the multitude of the nations that are gathered, he will protect the people who have survived."}, {"pk": 4121787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 50, "text": "Then he will show them many more signs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 51, "text": "I said, \u201cSupreme Lord, show me why I saw a man rising up from the heart of the sea.\u201d He said to me,"}, {"pk": 4121789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 52, "text": "\u201cJust as no one can seek out or know what is in the depth of the sea, so no one on earth can see my Son or those who are with him, except in that time when his day has come."}, {"pk": 4121790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 53, "text": "This is the interpretation of the dream that you saw, which has enlightened you alone of all people."}, {"pk": 4121791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 54, "text": "You have abandoned your own affairs and occupied yourself with mine, and you have sought out my Law."}, {"pk": 4121792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 55, "text": "You have given your life to wisdom, and have called understanding your mother."}, {"pk": 4121793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 56, "text": "Because of this, I have shown you these things, for you have a reward with the Most High. After three days I will tell you more and explain to you weighty and wonderful things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 57, "text": "I went out from there into a large field, glorifying and praising the Most High for the wonders he performed over time,"}, {"pk": 4121795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 13, "verse": 58, "text": "and because he governs the times and all that comes about in its time. I stayed there for three days."}, {"pk": 4121796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "On the third day I was sitting under an oak tree"}, {"pk": 4121797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "when a voice came out of a bush opposite me and said, \u201cEzra, Ezra!\u201d I said: \u201cI\u2019m here, Lord!\u201d and I got up on my feet. He said to me:"}, {"pk": 4121798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cI revealed myself in a bush and spoke to Moses when my people were enslaved in Egypt."}, {"pk": 4121799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "I sent him and brought my people out of Egypt, and I led him to Mount Sinai, and I kept him with me for many days."}, {"pk": 4121800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "I told him many wondrous things and showed him the secrets of the times and the end of the times. I commanded him, saying,"}, {"pk": 4121801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "\u2018You will make these words public, but you will keep these other words secret.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4121802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "Now I say to you,"}, {"pk": 4121803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "the signs that I showed you, the dreams that you saw, and the interpretations you heard \u2014 place them in your heart!"}, {"pk": 4121804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "You will be taken from among human beings, and you will associate from now on with my Son and with those who are like you until the times are finished."}, {"pk": 4121805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "The age <sup>[1]</sup> is no longer young, and the times are beginning to grow old.", "comment": "[1] Lat <i>world</i>"}, {"pk": 4121806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "The age is divided into twelve parts. Nine <sup>[2]</sup> parts and half of the tenth part have already passed.", "comment": "[2] Correction; Lat and other versions read <i>ten</i>."}, {"pk": 4121807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "Two parts in addition to half of the tenth part remain."}, {"pk": 4121808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "Now then put your house in order; give solemn instruction to your people. Console the humble among them, and instruct those who are wise. <sup>[3]</sup> Renounce now this corruptible life,", "comment": "[3] Syr, Eth; Lat lacks <i>instruct those who are wise.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "put away short-lived thoughts, cast off from yourself human burdens, strip off your weak nature, push aside the thoughts that most trouble you, and hasten to depart from these times."}, {"pk": 4121810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "As for the evils that you have now seen happen, people will yet do worse than these."}, {"pk": 4121811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "The weaker the world <sup>[4]</sup> becomes because of old age, the more will evils multiply upon those who dwell in it.", "comment": "[4] Lat <i>the age</i>"}, {"pk": 4121812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "Truth will depart and falsehood will come near. Even now the eagle, which you saw in your vision, hastens to come.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "I answered: \u201cI will speak in your presence, Lord!"}, {"pk": 4121814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "Look, I will go as you commanded me and warn the people who are now living. But who will warn those who will be born in the future?"}, {"pk": 4121815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "The world is in darkness. Those who live in it have no light,"}, {"pk": 4121816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 21, "text": "because your Law has been burned, and so no one knows what things you have done or what works are about to come to pass."}, {"pk": 4121817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 22, "text": "If then I have found favor before you, send a holy spirit into me, and I will write everything that has happened in the world from the beginning, the things that were written in your Law, so that human beings can find the path, and those who want to live in the last days may live.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 23, "text": "He replied to me: \u201cGo, gather the people and say to them that they shouldn\u2019t seek you for forty days."}, {"pk": 4121819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 24, "text": "Gather up many writing tablets, and take with you Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ethanus, and Asiel, these five, who are trained to write fast."}, {"pk": 4121820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 25, "text": "Come here, and I will light in your heart the lamp of understanding. It won\u2019t be extinguished until you have written everything down."}, {"pk": 4121821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 26, "text": "When you are finished, you will make some things public, others you will transmit secretly to the wise. You will begin to write tomorrow at this time.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 27, "text": "I did as he commanded me. I gathered all the people and said,"}, {"pk": 4121823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 28, "text": "\u201cHear these words, Israel."}, {"pk": 4121824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 29, "text": "At first our fathers lived as strangers in Egypt, and they were liberated from there."}, {"pk": 4121825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 30, "text": "They received the Law of life, but they didn\u2019t keep it, and you also transgressed after them."}, {"pk": 4121826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 31, "text": "You were given land by allotment in the region of Zion. You and your fathers did evil and didn\u2019t keep the ways that the Most High had commanded you."}, {"pk": 4121827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 32, "text": "Since he is a just judge, in time he took away from you what he granted."}, {"pk": 4121828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 33, "text": "Now you are here, and your relatives live even farther away. <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] Latin uncertain; Syr <i>are farther in than you in the last land</i>"}, {"pk": 4121829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 34, "text": "If then you will rule your mind and instruct your heart, you will be kept alive, and after death you will attain mercy."}, {"pk": 4121830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 35, "text": "Judgment comes after death, when we are restored to life, and then the names of the just will appear and the deeds of the wicked will be exposed."}, {"pk": 4121831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 36, "text": "But let no one approach me now or come looking for me for forty days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 37, "text": "I took the five men, as he had commanded me, and we went out into the field and remained there."}, {"pk": 4121833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 38, "text": "So it happened to me on the next day that a voice called me: \u201cEzra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 39, "text": "So I opened my mouth, and a full cup was set before me. It was full of something like water, but its color was like fire."}, {"pk": 4121835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 40, "text": "I took it and drank, and when I had drunk it my heart poured forth understanding, and wisdom increased in my heart, for my spirit retained memory."}, {"pk": 4121836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 41, "text": "My mouth was opened and wasn\u2019t shut anymore."}, {"pk": 4121837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 42, "text": "The Most High, moreover, gave understanding to the five men, and they wrote in turns what was dictated, in characters that they didn\u2019t know, and they sat for forty days. They wrote by day,"}, {"pk": 4121838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 43, "text": "but by night they ate bread; however, I spoke by day and wasn\u2019t silent by night."}, {"pk": 4121839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 44, "text": "Ninety-four scrolls were written in the forty days."}, {"pk": 4121840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 45, "text": "Then when the forty days were completed, the Most High said to me, \u201cMake public the ones you wrote first so that the worthy and unworthy may read them."}, {"pk": 4121841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 46, "text": "But keep the last seventy so that you may transmit them to the wise among your people."}, {"pk": 4121842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 47, "text": "In these are the fountains of understanding, the source of wisdom, and the river of knowledge.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 14, "verse": 48, "text": "And so I did."}, {"pk": 4121844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Look here, speak in my people\u2019s ears the words of the prophecy that I place in your mouth, says the Lord.", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/77/15/1-16'>2 Esdras 15\u201316</a> = Sixth Ezra."}, {"pk": 4121845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "See to it that they are written down on paper, because they are reliable and true."}, {"pk": 4121846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "Don\u2019t be afraid of conspiracies against you, and don\u2019t be confused by what unbelievers say,"}, {"pk": 4121847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "because every unbeliever will die in his unbelief."}, {"pk": 4121848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "Look, I am bringing disasters over the whole earth \u2014 the sword, hunger, death, and destruction, says the Lord,"}, {"pk": 4121849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "because wickedness has covered the whole earth, and their deeds are complete."}, {"pk": 4121850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "Therefore, says the Lord,"}, {"pk": 4121851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "I will no longer be silent about their wicked deeds, which they do in their godlessness, nor will I tolerate any longer the things they do wickedly. Look, innocent and righteous blood calls out to me, and the souls of the just cry out constantly."}, {"pk": 4121852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "I will surely avenge them, says the Lord, and I will receive all their innocent blood to myself."}, {"pk": 4121853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "Look, my people are led like sheep to slaughter. I will no longer permit them to live in the land of Egypt,"}, {"pk": 4121854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "but I will bring them out with a great display of my power, <sup>[2]</sup> and I will strike Egypt with plagues as before, and I will destroy all its land.", "comment": "[2] Lat <i>a mighty hand and an arm upraised</i>"}, {"pk": 4121855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Let Egypt howl from its very foundations because of the plague of beating and punishment inflicted by the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Let the farmers who work the ground howl, because they won\u2019t have enough seed, and their trees will be devastated by blight, hail, and terrible storms."}, {"pk": 4121857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "How terrible it will be for the world and those who live in it!"}, {"pk": 4121858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "The sword and distress draw near, and nation will rise against nation to fight with spears in their hands."}, {"pk": 4121859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "Human beings won\u2019t be able to trust each other. As they grow strong against each other, they will pay no respect to their king or to the powerful chief of their great men."}, {"pk": 4121860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "Someone will want to go into the city and won\u2019t be able."}, {"pk": 4121861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "Cities will be thrown into confusion because of their pride. Houses will be destroyed; <sup>[3]</sup> people will be afraid.", "comment": "[3] Lat <i>households will be exposed</i>"}, {"pk": 4121862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "People will have no mercy on their neighbors. They will cause their neighbors trouble by breaking into their houses with swords, to pillage their property, because they are hungry for bread and in great distress."}, {"pk": 4121863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "Look, says the Lord, I am calling together all the kings of the earth, those from the north and from the south, from the east and from Lebanon. I am stirring them up to make them return and restore whatever my people <sup>[4]</sup> gave them.", "comment": "[4] Lat <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4121864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "As they have done to my chosen ones even to this very day, so I will do to them: they will suffer full payback. <sup>[5]</sup> This is what the Lord God says:", "comment": "[5] Lat <i>I will pay it back into their own lap.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "My strong hand won\u2019t spare sinners, nor will my sword stop fighting against those who spill innocent blood on earth."}, {"pk": 4121866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "God\u2019s anger has gone forth like fire to devour the earth\u2019s foundations and sinners like kindled straw."}, {"pk": 4121867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "How terrible it will be for those who sin and don\u2019t keep my laws, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "I won\u2019t spare them. Go away, faithless children! Don\u2019t defile my sanctuary!"}, {"pk": 4121869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "God knows all who sin against him. Therefore, he will hand them over to death and slaughter."}, {"pk": 4121870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "Even now disasters have swept over the world, and you will have to endure them. God won\u2019t deliver you because you sinned against him."}, {"pk": 4121871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "Look! A terrible sight is appearing from the east!"}, {"pk": 4121872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "The nations of the serpents of Arabia will go out with many chariots. From the day they begin their journey, their hissing will echo over the earth so that all who hear them fear and tremble."}, {"pk": 4121873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "The Carmonians will go forth from the forest <sup>[6]</sup> in furious rage. They will come with great force and engage them in battle, and they will destroy part of the Assyrians\u2019 land with their teeth.", "comment": "[6] Some manuscripts add <i>like boars.</i>"}, {"pk": 4121874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "After this, the serpents will remember their origin and become strong. They will turn, united in great strength, to pursue them."}, {"pk": 4121875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "Their enemies <sup>[7]</sup> will be confused and silent because of their power, and they will turn around and run away.", "comment": "[7] Lat <i>they</i>"}, {"pk": 4121876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 33, "text": "From the Assyrians\u2019 land an enemy will attack them in an ambush and will kill one of them. Their army will fall into fear and terror and their kings into indecision."}, {"pk": 4121877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 34, "text": "Look! Angry storm clouds from the east and from the north to the south \u2014 their appearance is very terrible."}, {"pk": 4121878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 35, "text": "They will collide with each other and unleash a mighty tempest on the earth, their own tempest. Blood will flow as high as the belly of a horse,"}, {"pk": 4121879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 36, "text": "a man\u2019s thigh, and a camel\u2019s hock because of their swords. Great fear and terror will be on earth."}, {"pk": 4121880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 37, "text": "Those who see that wrath will be horrified and seized by fear."}, {"pk": 4121881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 38, "text": "After this, the mighty clouds will be moved from the south and the north, and another portion from the west."}, {"pk": 4121882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 39, "text": "But the winds from the east will prevail and will stop them, together with the cloud it had stirred up in wrath. The tempest that was to cause destruction will be driven violently from the east to the west."}, {"pk": 4121883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 40, "text": "Great, angry storm clouds will be raised up so that they may destroy the whole earth and its inhabitants, and they will unleash over every high and lofty place a terrible tempest \u2014"}, {"pk": 4121884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 41, "text": "fire and hail, flying swords, and much water \u2014 so that all the fields and all the streams will be filled with the great quantity of those waters."}, {"pk": 4121885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 42, "text": "They will destroy cities, walls, mountains and hills, trees in the forests, grass in the meadows, and their grain."}, {"pk": 4121886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 43, "text": "They will proceed steadily to Babylon to destroy it."}, {"pk": 4121887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 44, "text": "They will come to it, surround it, and pour out their tempest and all their wrath over it. Dust and smoke will go up to heaven, and all around will mourn it."}, {"pk": 4121888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 45, "text": "Those who survive will serve those who destroyed it."}, {"pk": 4121889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 46, "text": "You, Asia \u2014 you who share in Babylon\u2019s splendor and the glory of the mask it wears \u2014"}, {"pk": 4121890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 47, "text": "how terrible it will be for you, wretched one, because you have become like Babylon. You dressed up your daughters for sexual immorality, to please and take pride in your lovers, who have always lusted for you."}, {"pk": 4121891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 48, "text": "You have imitated that repulsive one in all her works and devices. Therefore, God says,"}, {"pk": 4121892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 49, "text": "I will send disasters upon you \u2014 widowhood, poverty, hunger, sword, and disease \u2014 to desolate your houses, to bring you to devastation and death."}, {"pk": 4121893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 50, "text": "Your glorious strength will dry up like a flower when the heat that is sent against you rises."}, {"pk": 4121894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 51, "text": "Plagues will leave you weak and impoverished, wounded by whips, so that you can\u2019t receive your powerful lovers."}, {"pk": 4121895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 52, "text": "Would I have been so jealous of you, says the Lord,"}, {"pk": 4121896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 53, "text": "if you hadn\u2019t constantly killed my chosen ones, rejoicing, clapping your hands, and talking about their deaths when you were drunk?"}, {"pk": 4121897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 54, "text": "Make yourself beautiful!"}, {"pk": 4121898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 55, "text": "The fee due a prostitute is in your lap. Because of this, you will get what\u2019s coming to you."}, {"pk": 4121899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 56, "text": "As you will do to my chosen ones, says the Lord, so God will do to you and will give you over to disasters."}, {"pk": 4121900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 57, "text": "Your children will die of hunger, and you will fall by the sword. Your cities will be laid waste, and all your people will fall by the sword in the open field."}, {"pk": 4121901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 58, "text": "Those who are in the mountains will perish by hunger. They will be so hungry for bread and so thirsty for water that they will eat their own flesh and drink their own blood."}, {"pk": 4121902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 59, "text": "Already made miserable by the earlier disasters, you will come to suffer even more troubles."}, {"pk": 4121903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 60, "text": "As they return from Babylon, passersby will strike the repulsive city and will destroy her. They will destroy another portion of your glory and your land as they return from Babylon."}, {"pk": 4121904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 61, "text": "You will be mown down by them like hay, and they will come upon you like fire."}, {"pk": 4121905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 62, "text": "They will devour you and your cities, your land, and your mountains. They will burn all your forests and fruit-bearing trees with fire."}, {"pk": 4121906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 15, "verse": 63, "text": "They will take your children captive, plunder your wealth, and put an end to your beautiful face."}, {"pk": 4121907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "How terrible it will be for you, Babylon and Asia! How terrible for you, Egypt and Syria!"}, {"pk": 4121908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "Dress yourselves in mourning clothes. Howl over your children and grieve for them, because distress has drawn near to you."}, {"pk": 4121909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "The sword has been sent against you, and who can turn it away?"}, {"pk": 4121910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "Fire has been sent against you, and who can extinguish it?"}, {"pk": 4121911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Disasters are sent against you, and who can ward them off?"}, {"pk": 4121912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "Can anyone ward off a hungry lion in the woods? Or put out a fire in dried hay, once it has begun to burn?"}, {"pk": 4121913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "Or repel an arrow shot by a strong archer?"}, {"pk": 4121914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "The Lord God sends disasters; who can ward them off?"}, {"pk": 4121915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "His anger blazes like fire; who can extinguish it?"}, {"pk": 4121916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "When lightning flashes, who isn\u2019t afraid? When it thunders, who doesn\u2019t feel fear?"}, {"pk": 4121917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "The Lord threatens, and who isn\u2019t shaken to the core in his presence?"}, {"pk": 4121918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "The earth and its foundations shake. The sea heaves from the deep; its waves and fish are sent into turmoil when the Lord shows his face and reveals the glory of his power."}, {"pk": 4121919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "The one who shoots the arrow is mighty in glory; the tip of the arrow he releases is sharp and won\u2019t miss when it\u2019s shot to the ends of the earth."}, {"pk": 4121920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Look, disasters are sent forth, and they don\u2019t turn back until they fall upon the earth."}, {"pk": 4121921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "Fire is lit and not extinguished until it consumes the foundations of the earth."}, {"pk": 4121922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "As an arrow that is shot by a powerful archer doesn\u2019t turn back, so the disasters that will be unleashed upon the earth won\u2019t turn back."}, {"pk": 4121923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "I am doomed! I am doomed! Who will save me when those days arrive?"}, {"pk": 4121924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "The beginning of groaning and an abundance of sighing! The beginning of famine, and many will perish; the beginning of wars, and powerful ones will be afraid; the beginning of disasters, and all will be terrified."}, {"pk": 4121925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "What will they do when the disasters come?"}, {"pk": 4121926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "Look! A plague of famine has been sent out, and the distress it inflicts is like a whip, a punishment for discipline."}, {"pk": 4121927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "But in the midst of all these, they won\u2019t turn from their sins and won\u2019t keep the plagues in mind."}, {"pk": 4121928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "Look! In a short time provisions will be so cheap on earth that people will think that peace has been established for them, but then disasters will blossom all over the earth \u2014 the sword and famine."}, {"pk": 4121929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "They will lack life\u2019s necessities, and the sword will scatter those who survive the famine."}, {"pk": 4121930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "The dead will be tossed out like dung, and there will be no one to console them, for the earth will be left abandoned, and its cities will be cast down."}, {"pk": 4121931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "No farmer will be left to till the ground or to sow seed upon it."}, {"pk": 4121932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 26, "text": "Trees will yield fruit, but who will harvest them?"}, {"pk": 4121933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 27, "text": "Grapes will ripen, but who will gather them? There will be vast, empty wastelands."}, {"pk": 4121934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 28, "text": "A person will want to see another human being and hear his voice."}, {"pk": 4121935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 29, "text": "Ten will survive out of an entire city; out of a field only two who have hidden themselves in dense groves and fissures in the rocks will be left."}, {"pk": 4121936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 30, "text": "As three or four olives are left on individual trees in an olive orchard,"}, {"pk": 4121937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 31, "text": "or as in a vineyard that has been harvested a few clusters are left by those who diligently search the vineyard,"}, {"pk": 4121938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 32, "text": "so in those days three or four will be left by those who search house to house with the sword."}, {"pk": 4121939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 33, "text": "The earth will be left desolate, and its fields will be taken over by thornbushes, and its roads and all its paths will sprout thorns, because sheep won\u2019t pass on them."}, {"pk": 4121940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 34, "text": "Virgins will mourn, having no bridegrooms; women will mourn, having no husbands; their daughters will mourn, having no support."}, {"pk": 4121941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 35, "text": "Their grooms will be killed in war, and their husbands will perish from famine."}, {"pk": 4121942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 36, "text": "Listen to these things and understand them, you servants of the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 37, "text": "Here is the Lord\u2019s word. Accept it. Don\u2019t disbelieve the things that the Lord speaks about."}, {"pk": 4121944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 38, "text": "Look, the disasters are approaching and won\u2019t be delayed."}, {"pk": 4121945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 39, "text": "A woman in the ninth month of pregnancy, when the hour for giving birth arrives, experiences great pains around her womb for two or three hours beforehand, but when the infant is ready to come forth from the womb she doesn\u2019t delay for a moment."}, {"pk": 4121946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 40, "text": "In the same way, these disasters won\u2019t delay to come forth on the earth, but the world will groan and pangs will envelop it."}, {"pk": 4121947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 41, "text": "Hear the word, my people. Prepare yourselves for battle, and in the midst of disasters be like strangers on earth."}, {"pk": 4121948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 42, "text": "Let the person who sells be like a person who is about to run away, and let the person who buys be like a person who is about to lose."}, {"pk": 4121949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 43, "text": "Let one who does business be as one who makes no profit; one who builds as one who won\u2019t get to live in the building;"}, {"pk": 4121950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 44, "text": "one who sows as one who will not reap; one who prunes as one who will not harvest;"}, {"pk": 4121951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 45, "text": "those who get married as people who will have no children; and those who don\u2019t marry as though they were widowed,"}, {"pk": 4121952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 46, "text": "because those who toil, toil for no reason."}, {"pk": 4121953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 47, "text": "Foreigners will gather their fruits, plunder their wealth, knock down their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and hunger they will produce their offspring."}, {"pk": 4121954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 48, "text": "Those who transact business do so only to be plundered. The longer they adorn their cities and houses, possessions and persons,"}, {"pk": 4121955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 49, "text": "the more I will be enraged against them on account of their sins, says the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 50, "text": "Just as a proper and good woman is enraged at a woman who is promiscuous, <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Bensly; Bergren <i>Just as a whore strives very zealously against a dignified and good woman</i>"}, {"pk": 4121957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 51, "text": "so justice will be enraged against sin when it tries to make itself beautiful, and will accuse it to its face since he who defends will come, hunting up sins on the earth."}, {"pk": 4121958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 52, "text": "Therefore, don\u2019t be like it or its ways."}, {"pk": 4121959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 53, "text": "Look, just a little longer and sin will be removed from the earth and justice will rule over us."}, {"pk": 4121960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 54, "text": "Let sinners not deny that they have sinned, for God will burn coals of fire over the head of those who say, \u201cI haven\u2019t sinned before God and his glory.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 55, "text": "Look, the Lord knows all the works of humanity, their devices, their plotting, and their hearts."}, {"pk": 4121962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 56, "text": "He said, \u201cLet the earth be made,\u201d and it was made; \u201cLet heaven be made\u201d and it was made."}, {"pk": 4121963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 57, "text": "At his word the stars were established, and he knows their number."}, {"pk": 4121964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 58, "text": "He examines the abyss and its treasuries. He measures the sea and its contents."}, {"pk": 4121965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 59, "text": "He shut up the sea in the midst of the waters and suspended the earth over the waters by his word."}, {"pk": 4121966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 60, "text": "He stretched out the heaven like a vaulted ceiling and sank its pillars into the waters."}, {"pk": 4121967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 61, "text": "He put springs of water in the desert and lakes on the tops of mountains to send forth rivers from on high so that the earth might drink."}, {"pk": 4121968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 62, "text": "He formed the human being and put a heart in the middle of his body and gave him spirit, life, and intelligence"}, {"pk": 4121969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 63, "text": "and the breath of God almighty, who made all things and examines the things that are hidden in dark corners."}, {"pk": 4121970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 64, "text": "He certainly knows your designs and what you think in your hearts. How terrible it will be for those who sin and want to hide their sins."}, {"pk": 4121971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 65, "text": "The Lord will certainly examine all their works and will put you all on parade."}, {"pk": 4121972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 66, "text": "You will be put to shame when your sins are paraded before people; your own sins will stand up as your accusers on that day."}, {"pk": 4121973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 67, "text": "What will you do? How will you hide your sins before God and his glory?"}, {"pk": 4121974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 68, "text": "Look, God is judge. Fear him. Stop sinning and forget your wicked practices, never again to commit them. Then God will lead you out and deliver you from all tribulation."}, {"pk": 4121975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 69, "text": "Look, the rage of a large crowd will be stirred up against you. They will take some of you and try to feed you meat that was sacrificed to idols."}, {"pk": 4121976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 70, "text": "Those who consent to this will be mocked and disgraced by them and trampled underfoot."}, {"pk": 4121977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 71, "text": "There will be great uprisings against those who fear the Lord in many places and in neighboring cities."}, {"pk": 4121978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 72, "text": "People will be like maniacs on account of their own distress. They will spare no one, seeking to plunder and destroy those who still fear the Lord."}, {"pk": 4121979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 73, "text": "They will destroy and rob their possessions and throw them out of their own homes."}, {"pk": 4121980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 74, "text": "In that time, the genuine commitment of my chosen ones will be shown, as gold that is tested by fire."}, {"pk": 4121981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 75, "text": "Listen, my chosen ones, says the Lord, the days of distress are at hand, and I will deliver you from these."}, {"pk": 4121982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 76, "text": "Don\u2019t fear or hesitate, for God is your leader."}, {"pk": 4121983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 77, "text": "You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, don\u2019t let your sins drag you down, and don\u2019t let wickedness get the upper hand over you."}, {"pk": 4121984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 77, "chapter": 16, "verse": 78, "text": "How terrible it will be for those who are choked by their sins and covered over by their iniquities, as a field is choked by overgrowth and its paths are covered over by thorns so that a human being can\u2019t pass through. It is shut off and consigned to destruction by fire."}, {"pk": 4116071, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "A man named Joakim once lived in Babylon."}, {"pk": 4116072, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "His wife Susanna, Hilkiah\u2019s daughter, was very beautiful and honored the Lord."}, {"pk": 4116073, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Her parents were good people, and they taught their daughter according to the Law from Moses."}, {"pk": 4116074, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Joakim was very rich, and he had a large private garden next to his home. The Jews came to him because he was the most honored among them."}, {"pk": 4116075, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Two elders among the people had been appointed as judges that year. It was about them that the Lord had spoken: \u201cLawless disorder <sup>[1]</sup> has come out of Babylon, from elders, from judges who were supposed to guide the people.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Or <i>lawlessness</i>"}, {"pk": 4116076, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "These men spent a lot of time at Joakim\u2019s house, and all the people with lawsuits came to them."}, {"pk": 4116077, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "When the people went away in the middle of the day, Susanna would walk around her husband\u2019s private garden."}, {"pk": 4116078, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Every day the two elders would see her coming in and walking around, and they desired her sexually."}, {"pk": 4116079, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "They ceased thinking clearly, neither looking to heaven nor caring about justice."}, {"pk": 4116080, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Both of them thought about her and nothing else, but they didn\u2019t tell each other their craving,"}, {"pk": 4116081, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "because they were ashamed to admit how they desired her and wanted to be with her."}, {"pk": 4116082, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But they were on the lookout every day, eager to get a glimpse of her."}, {"pk": 4116083, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "One said to the other, \u201cIt\u2019s time for lunch. Let\u2019s go home.\u201d They split up and left,"}, {"pk": 4116084, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "but doubling back, they met again at the same place. They started asking each other for an explanation, and so each confessed his desire. Then they plotted together for a time when they would be able to find her alone."}, {"pk": 4116085, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "When they were watching closely for the right moment, Susanna came by, just as she had the day before and the day before that, alone with her two female servants. She wanted to bathe in the privacy of the garden, since it was hot."}, {"pk": 4116086, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "No one was there except the two elders, who were hidden and spying on her."}, {"pk": 4116087, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "She said to her female servants, \u201cPlease bring me some olive oil and lotion and lock the gates so I can bathe.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116088, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "They did just what she said. They locked the gates to the garden and went through the side doors into the house to fetch the things she had wanted. They didn\u2019t see the elders, since they were hiding."}, {"pk": 4116089, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "When the female servants went out, the two elders stood up and ran at her."}, {"pk": 4116090, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "They said, \u201cLook, the gates are locked, and nobody can see us. We desire you, so do what we want and have sex with us."}, {"pk": 4116091, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "If you don\u2019t, we\u2019ll swear that you were meeting with a young man, and that\u2019s why you sent your female servants away.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116092, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Susanna groaned. \u201cI\u2019m trapped! If I do this, it\u2019s death; but if I don\u2019t, I still won\u2019t escape your plotting. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>hands</i>"}, {"pk": 4116093, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "But I\u2019d rather not do this and fall into your hands, than sin in the Lord\u2019s sight.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116094, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "So Susanna screamed, and at the same time the two elders called out."}, {"pk": 4116095, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "One of them ran and opened the gates to the garden."}, {"pk": 4116096, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "When people in the house heard the shouting in the garden, they ran out through the side doors to see what had happened to Susanna."}, {"pk": 4116097, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "When the two elders had their say, the servants were very ashamed because nothing like this had ever been said about Susanna."}, {"pk": 4116098, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "The next day when the people came to her husband Joakim, the two elders came too, full of their immoral scheme to have Susanna killed. They said in front of the people,"}, {"pk": 4116099, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cCall Susanna, Hilkiah\u2019s daughter, who is married to Joakim.\u201d So they called her in."}, {"pk": 4116100, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "She came with her parents, her children, and all her relatives."}, {"pk": 4116101, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Now Susanna was elegant, beautiful in appearance."}, {"pk": 4116102, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "The criminals ordered the veil that she was wearing to be removed so they could soak in her beauty."}, {"pk": 4116103, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "But her household and all who saw her were crying."}, {"pk": 4116104, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "Upon taking the stand in front of everybody, the elders laid their hands on Susanna\u2019s head to give testimony. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] Gk lacks <i>to give testimony.</i>"}, {"pk": 4116105, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "But she looked up to heaven while crying because she trusted the Lord."}, {"pk": 4116106, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "The elders said, \u201cWhile we were walking around the large garden by ourselves, this woman came in with two female servants. She locked the gates of the garden and sent away the female servants."}, {"pk": 4116107, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Then a young man, who had been hiding, came and lay with her."}, {"pk": 4116108, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "We were in a corner of the garden, and when we saw this lawless act, we went running to them."}, {"pk": 4116109, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "We saw them having sex, but we couldn\u2019t hold on to the man because he was stronger than we were. He opened the gates and ran away."}, {"pk": 4116110, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "So we grabbed this woman and asked who the young man was,"}, {"pk": 4116111, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "but she wouldn\u2019t tell us. To this we swear.\u201d The assembly believed them because they were the people\u2019s elders and judges. So they sentenced Susanna to death."}, {"pk": 4116112, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "Susanna screamed out: \u201cEternal God, you know what is hidden; you see everything before it happens."}, {"pk": 4116113, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "You know they\u2019ve lied in this court about me! Look, I\u2019m going to die, although I didn\u2019t do any of the things these men accuse in their malice!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116114, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "The Lord heard her cry."}, {"pk": 4116115, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "As she was being led away to die, God stirred up the holy spirit of a young man named Daniel."}, {"pk": 4116116, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "He shouted out loud, \u201cI\u2019m innocent of this woman\u2019s blood!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116117, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "All the people turned to him and asked, \u201cWhat are you saying?!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116118, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "He stood among them and said, \u201cAre you so stupid, Israelites, that you\u2019ve sentenced an Israelite woman to death without cross-examining or finding the facts?"}, {"pk": 4116119, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "Go back to court: these men have given false testimony against her.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116120, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "Everyone rushed back. The other elders said to Daniel, \u201cSit here with us and advise us, since God has given you the status of an elder.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116121, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "Daniel told them, \u201cSeparate them from each other, and I\u2019ll cross-examine them.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116122, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "When they had been separated from each other, he called in one of the judges and said to him, \u201cThe sins you did earlier are catching up to you now at the end of a long evil life."}, {"pk": 4116123, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "You judged unfairly, sentencing the innocent to death, and letting the guilty go, even though the Lord says, \u2018You will not sentence innocent and good people to death.\u2019"}, {"pk": 4116124, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "Now then, if you really saw this woman, tell me this. Under what tree did you see them having sex?\u201d He said, \u201cUnder a clove tree.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116125, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 55, "text": "Daniel said, \u201cRight! You lied! It\u2019s on your own head! Already God\u2019s angel has orders to cleave you down the middle!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116126, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 56, "text": "Then setting that one aside, he ordered them to bring in the other judge. He said to him, \u201cYou\u2019re a Canaanite and not from Judah. Beauty seduced you, and sexual desire twisted your mind."}, {"pk": 4116127, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 57, "text": "You treated women from Israel this way, and they had sex with you because they were afraid of you. But this woman from Judah wouldn\u2019t tolerate your lawless immorality."}, {"pk": 4116128, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 58, "text": "So tell me now: Under what tree did you catch them having sex with each other?\u201d He said, \u201cUnder a yew.\u201d <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] Or <i>evergreen oak</i>"}, {"pk": 4116129, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 59, "text": "Daniel said to him, \u201cRight! You lied too! It\u2019s on your own head. God\u2019s angel waits with his sword to hew you down the middle, to destroy both of you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4116130, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 60, "text": "Then the whole assembly started shouting out praises to the God who saves those who hope in him."}, {"pk": 4116131, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 61, "text": "They rose up against the two elders, because Daniel had shown from their own words that they were false witnesses. They treated them in the same way that they had plotted to treat their neighbor."}, {"pk": 4116132, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 62, "text": "By following the Law from Moses, they killed them. Innocent blood was saved that day."}, {"pk": 4116133, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 63, "text": "Hilkiah and his wife gave thanks that their daughter Susanna had not been found guilty of a shameful crime. Her husband Joakim and all their relatives also gave thanks."}, {"pk": 4116134, "translation": "CEB", "book": 78, "chapter": 1, "verse": 64, "text": "From that day Daniel was honored among the people."}, {"pk": 4117764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "When King Astyages was buried with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian took over his kingdom."}, {"pk": 4117765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "Daniel was a companion of the king, honored above all Cyrus\u2019 political advisors. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>Friends</i>"}, {"pk": 4117766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Now the Babylonians had an idol named Bel. Each day they supplied it with twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and sixty gallons <sup>[2]</sup> of wine.", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>metretai</i>, a liquid measure of approximately ten gallons"}, {"pk": 4117767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "The king honored Bel and worshipped it daily, but Daniel worshipped his own God. So the king said to him, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you worship Bel?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "He said, \u201cI don\u2019t honor idols made by humans, rather the living God who created heaven and earth and has authority over all living things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The king said to him, \u201cYou believe Bel is a living god, don\u2019t you? Haven\u2019t you seen how much he eats and drinks every day?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Daniel laughed and said, \u201cDon\u2019t be taken in, Your Majesty! This is clay on the inside and brass on the outside. It hasn\u2019t eaten or drunk anything, ever!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Furious, the king called for his priests. He said to them,\u201cIf you don\u2019t tell me who eats these provisions, you die! But if you can prove that Bel eats them, Daniel will die for insulting Bel.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "Daniel said to the king,\u201cThat\u2019s fair enough.\u201d Now Bel had seventy priests plus their wives and children."}, {"pk": 4117773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "The king went with Daniel to Bel\u2019s temple."}, {"pk": 4117774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Bel\u2019s priests said, \u201cWe\u2019re going outside now. Your Majesty, you set out the food and mix the wine. Lock the door and seal it with your own seal. Early tomorrow, if you don\u2019t find that Bel has eaten everything, you can kill us. Otherwise, kill Daniel for lying about us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "<sup>[11]</sup> (The priests weren\u2019t worried because they had made a hidden entrance under the table, which they regularly used to enter to eat everything.)"}, {"pk": 4117776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "When the priests went out, the king set out Bel\u2019s food."}, {"pk": 4117777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "But Daniel ordered his servants to bring ashes and sprinkle the whole temple, with only the king watching. Then everyone went out, locked the door, sealed it with the king\u2019s seal, and left."}, {"pk": 4117778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "The priests came that night, as usual, with their wives and children, and ate and drank everything."}, {"pk": 4117779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "The king and Daniel got up very early the next morning."}, {"pk": 4117780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "The king said,\u201cAre the seals unbroken, Daniel?\u201d He answered,\u201cUnbroken, Your Majesty.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "As soon as the doors were opened, the king looked at the table and yelled,\u201cYou are great, Bel! There\u2019s nothing fake about you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "But Daniel laughed and held the king back from going in. He said,\u201cLook at the floor. Whose tracks are these?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "The king said,\u201cI see the footprints of men, women, and children!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Then the king became angry. He arrested the priests, their wives, and children. They showed him the hidden doors through which they regularly entered to eat what was on the table."}, {"pk": 4117785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "The king killed them and handed Bel over to Daniel, who tore it and its temple down."}, {"pk": 4117786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Now there was a big snake that the Babylonians worshipped."}, {"pk": 4117787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "The king said to Daniel,\u201cYou can\u2019t say that this one isn\u2019t a living god. So worship it!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "Daniel said,\u201cI will keep worshipping the Lord my God, because he is a living God. But, Your Majesty, just give me permission, and I\u2019ll kill the snake without using a sword or stick!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "The king said,\u201cI give you permission.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "Then Daniel took tar and cooking grease and hair. He boiled them down, made patties, and put them into the snake\u2019s mouth. The snake swallowed them and burst open. Daniel said,\u201cLook at what you have been worshipping!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "When the Babylonians heard what happened, they were very angry. They came together as a mob and started toward the king, saying,\u201cThe king has become a Jew! He\u2019s torn down Bel, killed the snake, and murdered the priests!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "When they reached the king, they said,\u201cHand Daniel over to us! If you don\u2019t, we\u2019ll kill you and your family!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "The king saw that he was in a bind and was forced to hand Daniel over to them."}, {"pk": 4117794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "They threw Daniel into a pit of lions. He was there six days."}, {"pk": 4117795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "There were seven lions in the pit. Usually they were fed two bodies and two sheep daily, but now they were fed nothing so that they would devour Daniel."}, {"pk": 4117796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "At the same time, the prophet Habakkuk was in Judah. He had boiled a stew, put some bread in a bowl, and was carrying it to the people harvesting the field."}, {"pk": 4117797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "But the Lord\u2019s angel said to Habakkuk,\u201cTake this lunch to Babylon, to Daniel in the lions\u2019 pit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "Habakkuk said,\u201cLord, I\u2019ve never seen Babylon, and I\u2019m not familiar with that pit.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "So the Lord\u2019s angel lifted Habakkuk by his hair and brought him in a rush of wind <sup>[3]</sup> to Babylon, right above the pit.", "comment": "[3] Or <i>in the rush of his spirit</i>"}, {"pk": 4117800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "Habakkuk yelled,\u201cDaniel! Daniel! Take the lunch that God has sent to you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "Daniel said,\u201cGod, you remembered me! You don\u2019t abandon the people who love you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Daniel got up and ate, while God\u2019s angel took Habakkuk instantly back to his own place."}, {"pk": 4117803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "On the seventh day the king came to the pit to grieve for Daniel. He looked in, and there was Daniel, sitting there!"}, {"pk": 4117804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Then the king shouted out loud, \u201cYou are great, Lord, Daniel\u2019s God! There\u2019s no other but you!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4117805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 79, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "He pulled Daniel out. But he threw the ones who had planned Daniel\u2019s destruction into the pit, and they were eaten instantly, right in front of him."}, {"pk": 4120563, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "I\u2019m about to prove a most important philosophical principle: godly thinking <sup>[1]</sup> is supreme over emotions and desires. I would be giving you good advice then to pay close attention to philosophy.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>pious reason</i>"}, {"pk": 4120564, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "This principle is essential for knowing what to do in every situation, and it also includes the praise of the highest moral trait \u2014 I\u2019m talking about good judgment."}, {"pk": 4120565, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Therefore, if clear thinking is shown to control the emotions that prevent self-control, such as the tendency to overeat and rampant desire,"}, {"pk": 4120566, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "then it is clear that it also rules the emotions that prevent us from acting in a just way, such as ill will, and those emotions that prevent us from acting with courage, such as anger, fear, and pain."}, {"pk": 4120567, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "Perhaps some people would object: \u201cIf clear thinking can control emotions, why doesn\u2019t it do away with memory loss and ignorance?\u201d But that\u2019s just ridiculous."}, {"pk": 4120568, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "The mind doesn\u2019t have control over such things, but it controls the emotions and desires that resist justice, courage, and self-control. And it does this so that we won\u2019t surrender to the emotions, not in order to destroy them."}, {"pk": 4120569, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "I could show you that clear thinking has power over emotions and desires in any number of ways."}, {"pk": 4120570, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "However, I can do this best by showing you the heroic courage of those who died to preserve their moral character: Eleazar, the seven brothers, and their mother."}, {"pk": 4120571, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "By ignoring their pain to the point of death, all of these persons showed that clear thinking had complete control of their emotions."}, {"pk": 4120572, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "On the anniversary of these events, it is appropriate for me to praise the moral achievements of those who died along with their mother to preserve their virtuous character. I would also call them fortunate because of the honor in which they are held."}, {"pk": 4120573, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "All people, including the ones who tortured them, were amazed at their courage and patient endurance. What\u2019s more, they caused the defeat of the tyranny that had oppressed their nation. They conquered the tyrant by their endurance. As a result, their homeland was purged of its filth through their actions."}, {"pk": 4120574, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I will say more about this shortly. First I will begin with my main point, as is my custom, and then I will return to their story, giving glory to God, who possesses all wisdom."}, {"pk": 4120575, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "So we are exploring the question of whether clear thinking has full power over the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120576, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "We need to define what careful reasoning is, what we mean by emotion, how many different kinds of emotions there are, and whether clear thinking has full power over all these things."}, {"pk": 4120577, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "Clear thinking then is the mind-set that uses plain logic to choose the life of wisdom."}, {"pk": 4120578, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Next, wisdom is the knowledge of divine and human behavior and what causes the behavior."}, {"pk": 4120579, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "This knowledge in turn comes from the instruction provided by the Law, through which we learn about divine matters reverently and human matters to our advantage."}, {"pk": 4120580, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "The different kinds of wisdom are good judgment, justice, courage, and self-control."}, {"pk": 4120581, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Good judgment is the ruler among these kinds of wisdom, because clear thinking controls the emotions with it."}, {"pk": 4120582, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "There are two general categories of emotions: pleasure and pain. Each of these shows up in different ways in the body and in the soul."}, {"pk": 4120583, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Several other emotions accompany pleasure and pain."}, {"pk": 4120584, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Desire comes before pleasure, and joy follows it."}, {"pk": 4120585, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Fear comes before pain, and grief follows it."}, {"pk": 4120586, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Anger is a mixture of both pleasure and pain, as anyone who thinks about the experience would agree."}, {"pk": 4120587, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "With pleasure there is a tendency to form bad habits, and this is the most varied of the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120588, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "In the soul, bad habits show up as pride, love of money, thirst for honor, delight in conflict, and envy."}, {"pk": 4120589, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "In the body, they show up as eating anything and everything, the tendency to overeat, and indulging in binge eating in private."}, {"pk": 4120590, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Just as pleasure and pain are two plants growing from the body and the soul, so there are many branches shooting off from each of these plants."}, {"pk": 4120591, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "But clear thinking, like an expert gardener, pulls out the weeds, trims, supports, waters, and cares for the plants in every way. So it tames the jungle of habits and emotions."}, {"pk": 4120592, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "Clear thinking is the guide of moral character, but it has full power over the emotions. <b>clear thinking and the Law</b> </pb> Consider first the way in which clear thinking shows that it is supreme over the emotions through the exercise of self-control."}, {"pk": 4120593, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Self-control means having control over your desires."}, {"pk": 4120594, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "Some desires come from the inner person, and others come from the body. Clear thinking obviously has control over both."}, {"pk": 4120595, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Otherwise, how is it that when we are attracted by foods that we aren\u2019t allowed to eat, we can walk away from the pleasure that we would get from them? Isn\u2019t it because clear thinking is in control over our desires? I think so."}, {"pk": 4120596, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "We keep our distance when we crave any of the foods that are forbidden to us by the Law, whether it is seafood, birds, animals, or anything else, because of the self-control that comes from clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120597, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "The sensible mind curbs the drives of the appetite, keeping them in check, and clear thinking silences the impulses of our bodies."}, {"pk": 4120598, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "So why is it surprising when the soul\u2019s desire to join with something beautiful is defeated?"}, {"pk": 4120599, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "Joseph, an example of self-control, is praised for this very thing.He had full control over his sexual desire through mental effort."}, {"pk": 4120600, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Although he was a young man in his sexual prime, he defeated his sexual urges <sup>[1]</sup> with clear thinking.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>he swatted the gadfly of his urges.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120601, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Clear thinking isn\u2019t just being able to have control over strong sexual urges but over every other desire as well."}, {"pk": 4120602, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "So the Law says, \u201cYou will not desire your neighbor\u2019s wife or anything that belongs to your neighbor.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120603, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "Since the Law commanded us not to desire, I should be able to convince you even more that clear thinking is able to control desires. This also proves true in the case of emotions that prevent justice."}, {"pk": 4120604, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "It is obvious that clear thinking is in charge of the emotions \u2014 otherwise, how could someone who always indulges in binge eating in private, or a person who tends to overeat, or a person who tends to get drunk, learn a better way?"}, {"pk": 4120605, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "As soon as people who love money decide to live according to the Law, they are forced to change their way of life, lending to those who ask without charging interest and canceling all debts in the seventh year."}, {"pk": 4120606, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "If people are greedy, they are forced by the Law through clear thinking, so they don\u2019t pick up the grain in the field that they missed the first time or go back through the vineyard to pick the last clusters of grapes. In every other matter we can also see that clear thinking controls the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120607, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "The Law even controls affection for parents so that a person does not desert moral values because of them."}, {"pk": 4120608, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "It exercises control over a husband\u2019s love for his wife so that he corrects her if she ignores the Law."}, {"pk": 4120609, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "It rules love for children by punishing them when they do wrong."}, {"pk": 4120610, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "It comes before the affection for friends, and it challenges them if they are doing evil."}, {"pk": 4120611, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "Don\u2019t think it\u2019s strange that clear thinking should have control over hatred between enemies. Because of the Law, we don\u2019t cut down an enemy\u2019s orchard in war, but instead we try to keep an enemy\u2019s property safe from destruction and help rebuild what has fallen down."}, {"pk": 4120612, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "clear thinking even keeps the more violent emotions in check, like the thirst for power, desire for glory, pride, self-importance, and jealousy."}, {"pk": 4120613, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "The sensible mind rejects these destructive emotions, along with anger, because it rules over that emotion as well."}, {"pk": 4120614, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "When Moses was angry at Dathan and Abiram, he didn\u2019t act against them in anger. Instead, he controlled his anger with clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120615, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "The sensible mind, as I have said, is able to get the upper hand over the emotions, transforming some and defeating others."}, {"pk": 4120616, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "If this were not the case, why did Jacob our wise ancestor denounce the households of Simeon and Levi for the unreasonable killing of the whole nation of Shechem, saying, \u201cTheir anger is cursed\u201d?"}, {"pk": 4120617, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "If clear thinking couldn\u2019t control anger, he wouldn\u2019t have said this."}, {"pk": 4120618, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "When God formed human beings, God planted emotions and character traits inside them."}, {"pk": 4120619, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "At that time, God also set the mind on the throne in the middle of the senses, to function as a holy governor over them all."}, {"pk": 4120620, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "God gave the Law to the mind. Whoever lives in line with the Law will rule over a kingdom that is self-controlled, just, good, and courageous."}, {"pk": 4120621, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 2, "verse": 24, "text": "Someone might say, \u201cThen why doesn\u2019t clear thinking control memory loss and ignorance, if it is in charge of the emotions?\u201d But that argument is completely ridiculous."}, {"pk": 4120622, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "clear thinking doesn\u2019t appear to have control over its own tendencies, but it does control those emotions that come from the body."}, {"pk": 4120623, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "None of us can eliminate that kind of emotion, but clear thinking makes it possible for us not to be slaves to our emotions."}, {"pk": 4120624, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "None of you can eliminate anger from your soul, but clear thinking can help you deal with your anger."}, {"pk": 4120625, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "None of you can completely eliminate meanness, but clear thinking can fight alongside you so that you don\u2019t have to give in to your cruel tendencies."}, {"pk": 4120626, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "Clear thinking does not uproot the emotions, but it is their opponent."}, {"pk": 4120627, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "This can be shown more clearly by the story of when King David was thirsty."}, {"pk": 4120628, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "David had been attacking the enemy <sup>[1]</sup> all day long, and he had killed many of them with the help of his nation\u2019s soldiers.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>the foreigners</i>"}, {"pk": 4120629, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "When it was evening, he returned to his royal tent, dripping with sweat and completely exhausted. The whole army of our ancestors was camped around it,"}, {"pk": 4120630, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "and all the others were eating dinner."}, {"pk": 4120631, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "However, the king was extremely thirsty. Even though there were plenty of water springs in the camp, he couldn\u2019t quench his thirst with them."}, {"pk": 4120632, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "Instead, he was obsessed with an unreasonable desire for water from the enemy\u2019s camp."}, {"pk": 4120633, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "His guards began to complain bitterly about the king\u2019s desire. Then two strong young soldiers, embarrassed because of the king\u2019s craving, put on their armor, grabbed a pitcher, and went behind the enemy lines."}, {"pk": 4120634, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "They sneaked past the guards at the gate and began searching through the whole camp."}, {"pk": 4120635, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "They found the spring and courageously brought the king a drink."}, {"pk": 4120636, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "But even though he was on fire with thirst, David understood the terrible danger that this drink posed to his soul. It had equal value to the blood of the men who risked their lives to fetch it. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Gk omits <i>of the men who risked their lives to fetch it.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120637, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 16, "text": "So he pitted clear thinking against his desire, and he poured out the drink as an offering to God."}, {"pk": 4120638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 17, "text": "The sensible mind can overcome the pressures of the emotions and put out the flames of undisciplined desires."}, {"pk": 4120639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 18, "text": "It can overcome the most intense pain in the body and reject the emotions\u2019 attempts at gaining control with the dignified character of clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 19, "text": "But the present occasion invites us to give an illustration from history that demonstrates the power of self-controlled clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 20, "text": "Our ancestors were enjoying peace and success because of their obedience to the Law. Even Seleucus Nicanor, king of Asia, set apart money to help support the temple worship and recognized the Jewish constitution."}, {"pk": 4120642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 3, "verse": 21, "text": "At that time, certain people attempted to overthrow the government. They upset the nation\u2019s harmony and caused a lot of trouble."}, {"pk": 4120643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "A man named Simon was a political opponent of Onias, who held the office of high priest for life. Onias was an honorable and good man. Simon was unable to injure Onias, even though he falsely accused him of all kinds of crimes, pretending to act on the nation\u2019s behalf. He went into exile and planned to betray his nation."}, {"pk": 4120644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "So Simon came to Apollonius, the governor of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia, and said,"}, {"pk": 4120645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cSince I am devoted to the king\u2019s interests, I have come here to report that several tons of silver <sup>[1]</sup> in private funds have been deposited in the temple treasuries. These funds are not temple property but belong to King Seleucus.\u201d", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>talantas</i>"}, {"pk": 4120646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "When Apollonius learned these things, he praised Simon for watching out for the king. Then Apollonius went to Seleucus to tell him about the stash of treasure."}, {"pk": 4120647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "When Apollonius received authority to take action, he quickly advanced into our nation, bringing along the villain Simon and heavily armed troops."}, {"pk": 4120648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 6, "text": "He said that he was commanded by the king to come and confiscate the private funds that were stored in the treasury."}, {"pk": 4120649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "The people angrily protested. They thought it would be terrible if the people who had deposited money in trust in the sacred treasury were robbed. They did whatever they could to prevent it."}, {"pk": 4120650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "However, Apollonius went on to the temple, making threats."}, {"pk": 4120651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "The priests stood in the temple, together with their wives and children, begging God to protect the holy place that was being treated so shamefully."}, {"pk": 4120652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "While Apollonius was approaching with armed soldiers to seize the money, angels on horseback appeared from heaven with flashing weapons. Apollonius and his soldiers were shaking with fear."}, {"pk": 4120653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "Apollonius fell down half dead in the temple court that was open to people of every nation and lifted his hands up to heaven. With tears, he begged the Hebrews to pray for him and to intervene with the heavenly army."}, {"pk": 4120654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "He admitted that he had committed a sin for which he deserved to die, but he promised that, if he were spared, he would tell people everywhere about the divine favor that shelters the holy place."}, {"pk": 4120655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "The high priest Onias was touched by these words, but he was also aware that King Seleucus might assume that Apollonius was killed by human plots rather than by God\u2019s justice. Therefore, Onias prayed for him."}, {"pk": 4120656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "When he was unexpectedly delivered from danger, Apollonius left and told the king everything that happened."}, {"pk": 4120657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "After King Seleucus died, his son Antiochus Epiphanes came to power. He was a proud and horrible man."}, {"pk": 4120658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "Antiochus removed Onias from the office of high priest and installed Onias\u2019 brother Jason in his place."}, {"pk": 4120659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "Jason had agreed to pay the king 208,620 pounds of silver every year if he were made high priest."}, {"pk": 4120660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 18, "text": "So Antiochus appointed Jason to the office of high priest and made him the ruler of the nation."}, {"pk": 4120661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 19, "text": "Jason changed the nation\u2019s culture and the government so that they completely contradicted the Law."}, {"pk": 4120662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 20, "text": "He constructed a Greek school and athletic complex in the heart of the city and abandoned the care of the temple."}, {"pk": 4120663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 21, "text": "God\u2019s sense of justice was provoked by these things, so God caused Antiochus himself to start a war against the nation."}, {"pk": 4120664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 22, "text": "While Antiochus was at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that the people in Jerusalem had celebrated when they heard a rumor about his death. So Antiochus rushed off to attack them."}, {"pk": 4120665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 23, "text": "After he had defeated them, he gave an order that anyone who was caught following the traditional Jewish Law should be put to death."}, {"pk": 4120666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 24, "text": "However, his orders had no effect on the people\u2019s commitment to keep the Law. He saw that they simply ignored his threats and punishments."}, {"pk": 4120667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 25, "text": "Even women were thrown down from a cliff headfirst along with their infants because they continued to circumcise their sons, though they were fully aware that they would suffer the consequences."}, {"pk": 4120668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 4, "verse": 26, "text": "When Antiochus saw how his orders were despised, he himself tried to use torture to force each and every person in the nation to give up Judaism by eating foods that were unacceptable to Jews."}, {"pk": 4120669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 1, "text": "The tyrant Antiochus was sitting in a high place surrounded by his advisors and armed guards."}, {"pk": 4120670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 2, "text": "He ordered his soldiers to bring the Hebrews forward one by one and to force them to eat pork and meat from animals sacrificed to idols."}, {"pk": 4120671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "If anyone refused to eat the forbidden meat, they were supposed to be tortured to death by being stretched on a wheel."}, {"pk": 4120672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "When they rounded up many people, the guards dragged Eleazar forward as the first from the herd to stand in front of the king. He was a man from a priestly family, a legal expert, and quite old. He was known to many in the tyrant\u2019s court because he had been around for so long."}, {"pk": 4120673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "Antiochus looked at him and said,"}, {"pk": 4120674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cOld man, before I begin to have you tortured, I would advise you to eat the pork and save yourself."}, {"pk": 4120675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "I respect your old age. Even though you have had gray hair for a long time, you don\u2019t seem to have a mature understanding of things, since you observe the Jewish religion."}, {"pk": 4120676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "Why are you disgusted by eating this animal\u2019s delicious meat? It\u2019s a gift that nature has given to us."}, {"pk": 4120677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "It\u2019s stupid not to enjoy pleasant things that aren\u2019t shameful, and it\u2019s wrong to refuse nature\u2019s gifts."}, {"pk": 4120678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "I will think that you are even more stupid if you continue to disobey me to your own disadvantage for the sake of your brainless ideas about the truth."}, {"pk": 4120679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Come on! Wake up from your silly philosophy, and get rid of your brainless thinking! Adopt an attitude that is more appropriate for a mature person, and adopt a philosophy that is to your advantage!"}, {"pk": 4120680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Take pity on your old age, and respect my generous advice."}, {"pk": 4120681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "Think about this: if there is some power watching over you and your religion, it will excuse you for any action against the Law if you are compelled to do it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "When the tyrant had finished pressuring Eleazar to eat forbidden food, Eleazar asked to say something."}, {"pk": 4120683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 15, "text": "Antiochus gave him permission, and Eleazar began to give the following speech:"}, {"pk": 4120684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cAntiochus, we are persuaded to live our lives in line with the divine Law! We think that nothing is more compelling than our obedience to the Law."}, {"pk": 4120685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 17, "text": "That\u2019s why we don\u2019t think it\u2019s right to disobey the Law under any circumstances."}, {"pk": 4120686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 18, "text": "\u201cEven if, as you assume, our Law were not truly divine and we were wrong to think it is divine, even then it would be wrong for us to ruin our reputation for our godly way of life. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>religion</i>"}, {"pk": 4120687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 19, "text": "So don\u2019t think it\u2019s a minor sin for us to eat forbidden foods."}, {"pk": 4120688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 20, "text": "Whether we disobey the Law in a small matter or a big one, it is equally important,"}, {"pk": 4120689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 21, "text": "because we are showing equal contempt for the Law itself."}, {"pk": 4120690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 22, "text": "\u201cYou look down on our way of life as though living this way were unreasonable."}, {"pk": 4120691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 23, "text": "However, our way of life teaches us self-control, so that we can have control over any pleasure or desire. It trains us to be brave, so that we willingly bear any suffering."}, {"pk": 4120692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 24, "text": "It educates us about justice, so that it is always our custom to treat everyone fairly. It educates us in the godly way of life, so that we worship with due respect the only God who really exists."}, {"pk": 4120693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 25, "text": "\u201cSo we don\u2019t eat forbidden foods. We believe that God gave us the Law. The creator of the cosmic order has shown us compassion by giving us the Law in accordance with nature."}, {"pk": 4120694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 26, "text": "He has allowed us to eat what is most appropriate for our lives, but he has forbidden us to eat meat that would interfere with our welfare."}, {"pk": 4120695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 27, "text": "You are acting like a tyrant, trying not only to force us to break our Law but you are trying also to make us eat forbidden food that we hate just so you can make fun of us."}, {"pk": 4120696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 28, "text": "You won\u2019t have a chance to laugh at me."}, {"pk": 4120697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 29, "text": "I\u2019m not going to break the sacred promises my ancestors made to keep the Law,"}, {"pk": 4120698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 30, "text": "not even if you dig out my eyes and set my guts on fire."}, {"pk": 4120699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 31, "text": "I\u2019m not so old and cowardly that I can\u2019t exhibit youthful strength in my mind out of respect for God."}, {"pk": 4120700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 32, "text": "Get your torture devices ready, and build up the fires to make them burn hotter."}, {"pk": 4120701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 33, "text": "I don\u2019t pity my old age so much that I will tear down the Law of my ancestors by my actions."}, {"pk": 4120702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 34, "text": "I won\u2019t prove disloyal to the Law that made me who I am today. I won\u2019t renounce the virtue of self-control that I value so dearly."}, {"pk": 4120703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 35, "text": "I won\u2019t put my own philosophical principle to shame, nor renounce the honor of my priestly office or my knowledge of the Law."}, {"pk": 4120704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 36, "text": "But as for you, King, you won\u2019t pollute my mouth that I have kept pure all of my life nor my long life of living under the Law."}, {"pk": 4120705, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 37, "text": "My ancestors will welcome me as pure: as a person who isn\u2019t afraid of your violence, even to the point of death."}, {"pk": 4120706, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 5, "verse": 38, "text": "You may intimidate a person who has no sense of God, but you won\u2019t dominate my religious principles with either your words or your actions!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120707, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "When Eleazar had answered the tyrant\u2019s arguments, the soldiers who were standing by hauled him off to the instruments used for torture."}, {"pk": 4120708, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "First they tore off the old man\u2019s clothes, though he was still decently dressed by his respect for God."}, {"pk": 4120709, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "They tied his arms behind him and began to whip him from both sides"}, {"pk": 4120710, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "while an official kept calling out, \u201cObey the king\u2019s orders!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120711, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "But Eleazar was dignified and generous. He experienced the truth of his name <sup>[1]</sup> and seemed like a person being tortured only in a dream. He didn\u2019t change his resolve in any way.", "comment": "[1] Eleazar means <i>God helps.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120712, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The old man kept his eyes raised toward heaven while the whips tore into his flesh, ripped his sides, and made his blood flow."}, {"pk": 4120713, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "His body fell to the ground because it couldn\u2019t stand the pain, but he kept his thinking upright and unbending."}, {"pk": 4120714, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "One of the cruel guards rushed up to him and started kicking him in his side to make him stand up again."}, {"pk": 4120715, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "But Eleazar endured the pain, ignored the agony, and put up with the suffering."}, {"pk": 4120716, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Like an honorable athlete in the games, the old man defeated his torturers while they were beating him up."}, {"pk": 4120717, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "His face dripping with sweat and gasping for breath, he amazed even the torturers with his courage."}, {"pk": 4120718, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Some members of the king\u2019s staff were moved by Eleazar\u2019s situation, partly out of pity for his old age,"}, {"pk": 4120719, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "partly because of their previous relationship with him, and partly out of admiration for his endurance. These people came to him and said,"}, {"pk": 4120720, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cEleazar, why are you throwing your life away so thoughtlessly in the midst of these torments?"}, {"pk": 4120721, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 15, "text": "We will set some cooked meat in front of you. Save yourself by pretending that it is pork and eat it.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120722, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 16, "text": "Eleazar screamed out as if this advice were even more painful than the whips:"}, {"pk": 4120723, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cMay we who are Abraham\u2019s children never think so wickedly that we would pretend to act this inappropriately because we are cowards!"}, {"pk": 4120724, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 18, "text": "To change our ways now would be the truly thoughtless thing to do. We have lived in line with God\u2019s truth well into old age and earned a reputation for keeping the Law."}, {"pk": 4120725, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 19, "text": "We would become an example of ungodly behavior for the younger people, and pave the way for them to eat forbidden food."}, {"pk": 4120726, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 20, "text": "It would be a disgrace for us to become a joke for our lack of courage, just to survive a little longer."}, {"pk": 4120727, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 21, "text": "This tyrant would look down on us as cowards because we weren\u2019t willing to defend the divine Law to the point of death."}, {"pk": 4120728, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 22, "text": "For all these reasons, children of Abraham, die well for the sake of showing God proper respect!"}, {"pk": 4120729, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 23, "text": "As for you, soldiers of the tyrant, what are you waiting for?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120730, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 24, "text": "When the king\u2019s advisors saw that he remained confident in the face of torture and didn\u2019t appreciate their compassion, the guards carried him to the fire."}, {"pk": 4120731, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 25, "text": "They burned his body with diabolical devices, and then they threw him on the ground and poured disgusting liquids into his nostrils."}, {"pk": 4120732, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 26, "text": "Eleazar was now burned down to his bones and on the edge of death. He raised his eyes toward God and said,"}, {"pk": 4120733, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 27, "text": "\u201cGod, you know that I could have saved myself; instead, I am being burned and tortured to death for the sake of your Law."}, {"pk": 4120734, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 28, "text": "Have mercy on your people. Make our punishment sufficient for their sake."}, {"pk": 4120735, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 29, "text": "Purify them with my blood, and take my life in exchange for theirs.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120736, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 30, "text": "When he said this, the holy man died with dignity from the torture. By thinking clearly, he resisted even while facing the pains of death for the sake of the Law."}, {"pk": 4120737, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 31, "text": "So without question, godly thinking rules over the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120738, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 32, "text": "If the emotions had overpowered clear thinking in these events, we would have given evidence of their superior strength."}, {"pk": 4120739, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 33, "text": "But as it is, since clear thinking conquered the emotions, we are correct to affirm its authority to rule."}, {"pk": 4120740, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 34, "text": "It\u2019s only right for us to affirm that clear thinking has greater power when it has gained control over the response to physical pain. It would be ridiculous to say anything else."}, {"pk": 4120741, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 6, "verse": 35, "text": "So I am showing that clear thinking maintains control not only in the face of physical pain but also in the face of pleasure, without giving way to any of these things."}, {"pk": 4120742, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "Our father Eleazar\u2019s godly thinking was like a skilled captain, steering the ship of godly living over the sea of the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120743, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "Although the tyrant\u2019s storms beat against the ship and the powerful waves of torture crashed over its decks,"}, {"pk": 4120744, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Eleazar kept the rudder of godly living straight until he sailed into the harbor of immortal victory."}, {"pk": 4120745, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "No city under siege and attacked by every kind of cleverly devised machine has ever held out like that completely holy man did. Torture and racks ravaged his holy soul, but he conquered his opponents by using godly thinking to protect his commitment to godliness."}, {"pk": 4120746, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "Our father Eleazar made his mind up so it was like an overhanging cliff that broke the raging waves of the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120747, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Eleazar, you are a priest who is worthy of the office. You didn\u2019t pollute your teeth; you didn\u2019t contaminate your stomach by eating the forbidden foods. Your stomach had room only for godly behavior and purity."}, {"pk": 4120748, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "How you were in harmony with the Law and a philosopher of the divine life!"}, {"pk": 4120749, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "Whoever has the occupation of administering public affairs in line with the Law should be a person like you. They should protect the Law with their own blood and with genuine tears, and suffer to the point of death!"}, {"pk": 4120750, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Father, you confirmed our commitment to obey the Law through your endurance that brought you honor. You didn\u2019t desert the holy way of life that you had praised so sincerely. Your actions made your words about divine philosophy convincing."}, {"pk": 4120751, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "Old man, you had greater force than torture! Elder, you are more powerful than fire! Eleazar, you are supreme ruler over passions!"}, {"pk": 4120752, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 11, "text": "Our father Aaron ran into the midst of the people, armed with a container of burning incense, and had the victory over a fiery angel."}, {"pk": 4120753, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 12, "text": "In the same way, Aaron\u2019s descendant Eleazar, though eaten up by fire, kept his thinking straight."}, {"pk": 4120754, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 13, "text": "<sup>[13-14]</sup> The most remarkable thing is that he became young again in spirit through clear thinking, though he was an old man whose body was no longer hard and strong \u2014 his muscles were soft, and his joints were weak. He made the many devices of torture ineffective with clear thinking, such as Isaac had shown."}, {"pk": 4120755, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 15, "text": "How honorable is old age, respected gray hair, and a law-abiding life that the faithful seal of death made complete!"}, {"pk": 4120756, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 16, "text": "So if an old man thought nothing of being tortured to death for the sake of showing God proper respect, without question godly thinking is the commander of the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120757, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 17, "text": "Some people might object, \u201cNot everyone has command of the emotions, since not everyone uses wisdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120758, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 18, "text": "But the people who are fully committed to give God proper respect from the heart are alone able to control the sensations of the body."}, {"pk": 4120759, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 19, "text": "This is because they believe that they don\u2019t die to God but rather continue to live for God like the ancestors of our nation, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."}, {"pk": 4120760, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 20, "text": "So there is no contradiction in the fact that some people seem to be completely controlled by their emotions because of weak thinking."}, {"pk": 4120761, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 21, "text": "If a person lives by the complete rule of philosophy, trusts God,"}, {"pk": 4120762, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 22, "text": "and knows that it is a privilege to suffer anything for the sake of their moral character, that person will be able to control the emotions through godly practice."}, {"pk": 4120763, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 7, "verse": 23, "text": "Only the wise and courageous rule their emotions."}, {"pk": 4120764, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "By following a philosophy consistent with godly thinking, young boys have held out against even more cruel instruments of torture."}, {"pk": 4120765, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "When the tyrant was publicly defeated in his first attempt by failing to force an old man to eat polluting food, he was overwhelmed by a violent rage and ordered other Hebrew prisoners to be dragged forward. Anyone who ate the polluting meat would be released, but anyone who refused would be tortured even more severely."}, {"pk": 4120766, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "After the tyrant had given these instructions, seven brothers together with their mother were brought before him. These young men were handsome, modest, well-born, and charming in every way."}, {"pk": 4120767, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The tyrant looked at them as they stood grouped around their mother like a chorus, and was pleased with them. He was struck by their physical appearance and obvious dignified character, and so he smiled at them and invited them to come closer. He said,"}, {"pk": 4120768, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cYoung men, I feel nothing but admiration and favor for each and every one of you, and I have great respect for the size and beauty of your family. Not only would I counsel you not to express the same insanity as that old man who was just tortured, but I would encourage you to obey me now and so enjoy the privileged life <sup>[1]</sup> I can offer you.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>friendship</i>"}, {"pk": 4120769, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "I can be generous to those who obey me in the same way as I can punish those who disobey me."}, {"pk": 4120770, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "Trust me! Abandon your traditional way of life, and I will give you positions in my government."}, {"pk": 4120771, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Enjoy your youth by changing your customs and adopting the Greek way of life."}, {"pk": 4120772, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "However, if you disobey me and make me angry, you will force me to destroy each and every one of you with terrible punishments and tortures."}, {"pk": 4120773, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "So take pity on yourselves, since I feel sympathy for your youth and handsome appearance even though I am your enemy."}, {"pk": 4120774, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Bear in mind that if you disobey, you have nothing to look forward to except to die on these devices of torture!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120775, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "As he said these things, he gave orders for the instruments to be brought forward in order to frighten them into eating the polluting food."}, {"pk": 4120776, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "The guards laid out the instruments in front of them: wheels and machines for pulling joints apart, racks, clubs, and instruments for applying heavy tension, grills and extremely large frying pans, tools to crush fingers, iron claws, wedges, and burning coals. The tyrant continued:"}, {"pk": 4120777, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "\u201cYoung men, be afraid. Whatever justice you respect will have mercy on you, since you are being forced to break the Law.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120778, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "The brothers heard the promises and saw the terrible instruments, but they weren\u2019t afraid. Instead, they resisted the tyrant\u2019s arguments with their own philosophy and defeated the power of his tyranny through clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120779, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "But let\u2019s think about what arguments they might have used if they had been cowardly and unmanly. Wouldn\u2019t they have argued like this?"}, {"pk": 4120780, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "\u201cWhat pitiful and stupid people we must be! When the king has invited and urged us to accept his favor,"}, {"pk": 4120781, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 18, "text": "why are we happy to make useless resolutions? Why should we dare to disobey when death will be the outcome?"}, {"pk": 4120782, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 19, "text": "Men and brothers, shouldn\u2019t we be afraid of what these instruments can do and carefully consider the threats of torture? We should run away from our useless beliefs and from our pride that will lead to our destruction!"}, {"pk": 4120783, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 20, "text": "Let\u2019s have compassion on our youth, and show pity for our mother\u2019s old age as well."}, {"pk": 4120784, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 21, "text": "Let\u2019s take seriously the fact that, if we disobey, we are dead men!"}, {"pk": 4120785, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 22, "text": "Divine justice will not blame us because we were afraid of the king and his power over us."}, {"pk": 4120786, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 23, "text": "So why should we deprive ourselves of this pleasant life and cheat ourselves out of this sweet world?"}, {"pk": 4120787, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 24, "text": "Let\u2019s not fight against fate or take hollow pride in being tortured."}, {"pk": 4120788, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 25, "text": "The Law itself would have difficulty giving us the death penalty since we sin out of fear of these instruments."}, {"pk": 4120789, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 26, "text": "Why are we eager to fight a losing battle or so interested in being stubborn when we know it will kill us? We can enjoy a trouble-free life if we just obey the king!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120790, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 27, "text": "Even though these young men were about to be tortured, they didn\u2019t say or even think about such things."}, {"pk": 4120791, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 28, "text": "They held their emotions in check and had full control over their pain."}, {"pk": 4120792, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 8, "verse": 29, "text": "Therefore, as soon as the tyrant finished giving them advice about eating the forbidden food, they said together with one voice and with the same mind:"}, {"pk": 4120793, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "\u201cWhat are you waiting for, tyrant? We are ready to die rather than sin against the commandments handed down by our ancestors!"}, {"pk": 4120794, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "We would be a disgrace to our parents if we didn\u2019t maintain our commitment to the Law and to Moses our chief advisor."}, {"pk": 4120795, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "You, tyrant, advise lawless behavior. In your hatred for us, don\u2019t pity us more than we pity ourselves!"}, {"pk": 4120796, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "We consider your pity, which offers safety at the cost of breaking our Law, to be more bitter than death."}, {"pk": 4120797, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 5, "text": "You are trying to frighten us with threats of torture and death as if you\u2019ve learned nothing from Eleazar just a short while ago."}, {"pk": 4120798, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "If the old men among the Hebrews fulfilled their duty toward God by enduring torture for the sake of godly character, it would be even more appropriate for us who are young to die with contempt for the same torture that our aged teacher defeated."}, {"pk": 4120799, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "So put us to the test, tyrant! Even if you are able to kill us because of our godly character, don\u2019t think that you can truly harm us by these tortures."}, {"pk": 4120800, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "We will gain the awards of moral character through this suffering, and we will be with God, for whose sake we suffer."}, {"pk": 4120801, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "You, however, will be tortured forever by divine justice, as your cruel thirst for blood deserves.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120802, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "When they had said these things, the tyrant was not only upset by their disobedience but was also infuriated by their ungratefulness."}, {"pk": 4120803, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "He gave the word, and the soldiers brought the oldest brother forward. They tore off his clothing and tied his arms and hands on each side with leather straps."}, {"pk": 4120804, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "The soldiers beat him with whips until they were completely tired out, without accomplishing anything. So they tied him to the wheel."}, {"pk": 4120805, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "They stretched the honorable young man around this instrument until all his limbs were pulled out of joint."}, {"pk": 4120806, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "Although every part of his body was broken, he spoke out against the tyrant, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120807, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "\u201cYou bloodstained tyrant, you are an enemy of divine justice, and you have the mind of a savage! You don\u2019t abuse me like this because I have murdered someone or acted in a way that wasn\u2019t godly but because I protect God\u2019s Law!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120808, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The guards said, \u201cSay that you will eat pork so that you can be set free from these tortures!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120809, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "But he replied, \u201cYou dirty thugs! The wheel is not stretched tight enough to choke off my mind! Keep cutting my limbs, burning my flesh, and twisting my joints."}, {"pk": 4120810, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "Through all of this suffering, I will persuade you that the Israelites alone can\u2019t be defeated when it comes to moral character!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120811, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "While he was still saying these words, they spread fiery coals below him. They fanned the flames and tightened the wheel even more."}, {"pk": 4120812, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "By this point, the wheel was covered in blood, the burning coals were being put out by the gory drippings, and chunks of flesh were falling off parts of the machine."}, {"pk": 4120813, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "Even with all the ligaments of his bones severed, the dignified son of Abraham didn\u2019t cry out loud."}, {"pk": 4120814, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "Instead, he endured the torture with honor, as if he were transformed by the fire into a life without end. He said,"}, {"pk": 4120815, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "\u201cImitate me, brothers. Don\u2019t desert your post in this contest or deny the courage we share as brothers!"}, {"pk": 4120816, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "Fight the holy and dignified battle for our godly way of life. The just providence that watched over our ancestors might become merciful toward our nation and might punish this cursed tyrant through that battle!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120817, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "After he had said these words, the devout youth died. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>snapped the thread of life</i>"}, {"pk": 4120818, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "While everyone was still in awe over the oldest son\u2019s strong will, the guards dragged forward the next-oldest son. They put on iron gloves with sharp claws and tied the young man to the torture device."}, {"pk": 4120819, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "Before they began to torture him, they asked if he would eat pork. When they heard his courageous answer,"}, {"pk": 4120820, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "they acted like wild leopards. They ripped out his muscles with their iron claws, tore his flesh all the way up to his chin, and tore his scalp off. He bore the pain with difficulty and said:"}, {"pk": 4120821, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "\u201cAny kind of death is sweet for the sake of the godly way of life of our ancestors!\u201d Then he said to the tyrant,"}, {"pk": 4120822, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 30, "text": "\u201cYou are the most barbaric tyrant of all. Don\u2019t you think that you are being tortured worse than I am, since you are seeing the proud logic of tyranny defeated by our endurance for the sake of our godly way of life?"}, {"pk": 4120823, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "I ease my pain with the pleasure that comes from godly character."}, {"pk": 4120824, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "But you are tortured by the threats that hang over your head, because you have no respect for God. You bloodstained tyrant, you won\u2019t escape the revenge of divine wrath!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120825, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "When the second brother had also endured a heroic death, the third brother was brought forward. Many people urged him again and again to taste the pork in order to save himself."}, {"pk": 4120826, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "He shouted out in response: \u201cDon\u2019t you know that I come from the same father as those who have just died, that the same mother gave birth to me, and that I was raised with the same teaching?"}, {"pk": 4120827, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "I won\u2019t deny these dignified family ties!\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Some manuscripts add <a href='/CEB/80/10/4'>10:4</a> <i>Apply whatever torture devices you have to my body; you can\u2019t reach my will, no matter how much you wish.</i>"}, {"pk": 4120828, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 5, "text": "The guards were furious at his bold speech. They used their instruments to pull his hands and feet out of joint, and dislocated his arms and legs."}, {"pk": 4120829, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 6, "text": "Then they broke his fingers, arms, legs, and elbows."}, {"pk": 4120830, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 7, "text": "In spite of this, they weren\u2019t strong enough to break his will, so they put away their tools and tore off his scalp the way the Scythians do it \u2014 they used their fingernails."}, {"pk": 4120831, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 8, "text": "Then they dragged him to the wheel. As they were pulling his spine apart, he saw his own flesh falling off his bones and his blood pouring out."}, {"pk": 4120832, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 9, "text": "When he was on the edge of death, he said,"}, {"pk": 4120833, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 10, "text": "\u201cYou bloodstained tyrant, we are suffering these things because of our godly training and moral character."}, {"pk": 4120834, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 11, "text": "But you will endure endless torture because of your lack of respect for God and your cruel thirst for blood!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120835, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 12, "text": "After he died like a true brother, they dragged the fourth one forward. They said,"}, {"pk": 4120836, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 13, "text": "\u201cDon\u2019t show the same craziness as your brothers. Obey the king and save yourself!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120837, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 14, "text": "He replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t have a fire hot enough to turn me into a coward."}, {"pk": 4120838, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 15, "text": "I swear by the privileged deaths my brothers have suffered, by the eternal curse that will come on the tyrant, and by the everlasting life of those who love God: I will not deny my ties with my dignified brothers!"}, {"pk": 4120839, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 16, "text": "Think up some new tortures, you tyrant, so that you can learn that I am a brother of those you have already tortured!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120840, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 17, "text": "When Antiochus heard this, the blood-sucking, murderous, and completely disgusting man ordered them to cut out the man\u2019s tongue."}, {"pk": 4120841, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 18, "text": "But he said, \u201cTear out my tongue! God still hears those who are silent."}, {"pk": 4120842, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 19, "text": "See? Here\u2019s my tongue! Cut it off. You won\u2019t make my mind quiet by doing that!"}, {"pk": 4120843, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 20, "text": "For God\u2019s sake we gladly allow our bodies to be cut to pieces."}, {"pk": 4120844, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 10, "verse": 21, "text": "God will quickly hunt you down for this, because you are cutting out a tongue that has been musical when it praised God with hymns!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120845, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 1, "text": "When the fourth brother had died from cruel torture, the fifth rushed forward and said,"}, {"pk": 4120846, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 2, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m not about to refuse to be tortured for the sake of moral character, you tyrant!"}, {"pk": 4120847, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 3, "text": "I\u2019ve come forward of my own free will so that by killing me, you will receive even more severe punishment at the hands of God\u2019s justice for more crimes!"}, {"pk": 4120848, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 4, "text": "Enemy of moral character! Enemy of the human race! For what crime are you destroying us in this way?"}, {"pk": 4120849, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 5, "text": "For honoring the creator of all things and living according to his moral Law?"}, {"pk": 4120850, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 6, "text": "Such things deserve honor, not torture!\u201d <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Some manuscripts add <a href='/CEB/80/11/7-8'>11:7\u20138</a> <i>If you had feeling for your fellow human beings and any hope of salvation from God\u2014but as it is you are a stranger to God and mistreat God\u2019s servants</i>."}, {"pk": 4120851, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 9, "text": "While he was still speaking, the guards tied him up and dragged him to the catapult."}, {"pk": 4120852, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 10, "text": "They forced him down onto his knees, bound him to the machine, and placed iron clamps on his thighs. They began to work the wheel, drawing him backward around a wedge until he was curled back all the way like a scorpion. With all his bones pulled out of joint,"}, {"pk": 4120853, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 11, "text": "gasping for air and racked by pain in his body,"}, {"pk": 4120854, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 12, "text": "he said: \u201cTyrant, you are doing us a huge favor without intending to, because you are giving us the chance to show our firm commitment to the Law through this honorable suffering.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120855, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 13, "text": "After he had died, the sixth brother, still just a boy, was brought forward. The tyrant asked him if he was willing to eat pork and so be set free."}, {"pk": 4120856, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 14, "text": "He replied, \u201cI may be younger than my brothers in age, but I\u2019m their equal in understanding."}, {"pk": 4120857, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 15, "text": "We were born and raised to live by these principles, so we should die together for their sake."}, {"pk": 4120858, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 16, "text": "If you think torturing me for not eating polluting food is the right thing to do, then torture away!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120859, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 17, "text": "When he said this, they marched him up to the wheel."}, {"pk": 4120860, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 18, "text": "They stretched him tight until his back broke, and they roasted him from underneath with fire."}, {"pk": 4120861, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 19, "text": "They ran sharp spits, which they had heated in the fire, through his ribs and burned through his guts."}, {"pk": 4120862, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 20, "text": "In the middle of this torture he said, \u201cThis contest is suitable for our godly way of life. So many of us brothers have been called to an arena of suffering because we respect God and we remain undefeated! We haven\u2019t been defeated in this contest!"}, {"pk": 4120863, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 21, "text": "Godly knowledge can never be beaten, you tyrant."}, {"pk": 4120864, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 22, "text": "I will die with my brothers also because I\u2019m fully armed with moral character."}, {"pk": 4120865, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 23, "text": "I myself will call for an avenger to come against you. You invent new ways to torture people, and you are an enemy of those who are truly devout!"}, {"pk": 4120866, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 24, "text": "The six of us boys have brought your tyranny to an end."}, {"pk": 4120867, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 25, "text": "You haven\u2019t been able to make us change our minds or to force us to eat polluting food. Isn\u2019t this a sign that your rule of tyranny is over?"}, {"pk": 4120868, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 26, "text": "Your hot fires feel cold to us; your catapults are painless; your violence has no real power."}, {"pk": 4120869, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 11, "verse": 27, "text": "The guards of the divine Law are set over us, not the guards of a tyrant. Because of this, our clear thinking remains undefeated.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120870, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 1, "text": "When the sixth brother also died a privileged death after being thrown into a burning-hot kettle, the seventh and youngest of all came forward."}, {"pk": 4120871, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 2, "text": "When he saw that the boy was already in chains, the tyrant felt pity for him, despite the verbal abuse he had endured from the boy\u2019s brothers. He called the boy closer and tried to encourage him, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120872, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cYou see the result of your brothers\u2019 lack of sense. They died in terrible pain because they disobeyed."}, {"pk": 4120873, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 4, "text": "If you don\u2019t obey me, you too will experience horrible torture and die long before your time."}, {"pk": 4120874, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 5, "text": "But if you listen to me, you will be my friend, and you will be put in charge over the affairs of the kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120875, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 6, "text": "After giving his advice, Antiochus sent for the boy\u2019s mother to take pity on her after she had lost so many sons and so she could persuade her remaining son to obey and save himself."}, {"pk": 4120876, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 7, "text": "After his mother encouraged him in Hebrew (as we will discuss later),"}, {"pk": 4120877, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 8, "text": "he said, \u201cLet me go. I want to speak to the king and all his friends.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120878, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 9, "text": "They were very happy with the boy\u2019s announcement, so they quickly let him go."}, {"pk": 4120879, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 10, "text": "He ran to the nearest container of burning coal"}, {"pk": 4120880, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 11, "text": "and said, \u201cYou unholy tyrant! Of all evil people, you are the farthest from God! You received your kingdom and all good things from God. So why have you felt no shame for murdering God\u2019s servants and torturing the champions of the godly way of life?"}, {"pk": 4120881, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 12, "text": "For these actions, justice is waiting for you with a stronger and everlasting fire and torture, from which you will never, ever be released!"}, {"pk": 4120882, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 13, "text": "As a human being weren\u2019t you ashamed? You are a wild animal! You cut out the tongues and abuse and torture people who have feelings just like you and who are made of the same flesh and blood as you."}, {"pk": 4120883, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 14, "text": "By dying honorably, they fulfilled their religious duty to God. You, however, will howl bitterly for killing without reason these champions of the godly way of life.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120884, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 15, "text": "Then, since he also was about to die, he said,"}, {"pk": 4120885, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cI\u2019m not going to desert the good example of my brothers."}, {"pk": 4120886, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 17, "text": "I call on the God of our ancestors to show mercy to our nation."}, {"pk": 4120887, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 18, "text": "On you, however, he will take revenge both now while you are alive and after you are dead.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120888, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 12, "verse": 19, "text": "After praying against the tyrant, he threw himself into the container of burning coal and so gave back his life."}, {"pk": 4120889, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 1, "text": "So if the seven brothers rose above suffering to the point of death, everyone should recognize that godly thinking is supreme over the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120890, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 2, "text": "If they had shown that they were slaves to their emotions by eating the polluting food, we would have admitted that they were conquered by the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120891, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 3, "text": "But it didn\u2019t turn out that way at all. Instead, they dominated the emotions through the kind of clear thinking that deserves praise in God\u2019s opinion."}, {"pk": 4120892, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 4, "text": "We can\u2019t fail to notice the mind\u2019s leadership because they had power over both emotions and pain."}, {"pk": 4120893, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 5, "text": "How can anyone not recognize the ability of good thinking to govern the emotions in such people as these, since they didn\u2019t turn away from the severe pain of fire?"}, {"pk": 4120894, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 6, "text": "The towers at the entrance of harbors hold back the crashing waves and make a calm place for sailors entering the harbor."}, {"pk": 4120895, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 7, "text": "In the same way, these youths\u2019 ability to reason correctly was seven towers beating back the storm of the emotions and defending the harbor of their godly way of life."}, {"pk": 4120896, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 8, "text": "Standing together like a holy chorus of the godly way of life, they encouraged each other, saying,"}, {"pk": 4120897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cBrothers, let\u2019s die together like brothers for the sake of the Law! Let\u2019s imitate the three young men in Assyria who refused to back down when facing the same fiery test."}, {"pk": 4120898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 10, "text": "Let\u2019s not be cowards when we are called to demonstrate religious devotion to God.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 11, "text": "One said, \u201cHave courage, brother!\u201d Another said, \u201cKeep going with honor!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 12, "text": "Still another reminded them, \u201cRemember where you came from. Remember the father by whose hand Isaac was ready to be killed because of his devotion to God!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 13, "text": "All of them were looking at each other with faces that were bright and full of courage, and said, \u201cLet\u2019s set ourselves apart for God with all our hearts. He gave us our lives, so let\u2019s use our bodies as guards around the Law."}, {"pk": 4120902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 14, "text": "Let\u2019s not be afraid of the one who wants to kill us;"}, {"pk": 4120903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 15, "text": "because the soul\u2019s contest is great, the danger of eternal punishment prepared for those who break God\u2019s command is severe."}, {"pk": 4120904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 16, "text": "So then, let\u2019s arm ourselves fully with the power that clear thinking gives for the control of the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 17, "text": "If we die this way, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will give us a warm welcome, and all the ancestors will praise us.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 18, "text": "The brothers who were left behind were calling out to each one as he was being dragged away, \u201cDon\u2019t let us down, brother, or be disloyal to the brothers who have died before us!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 19, "text": "No doubt you are aware of the powerful love that exists between brothers and sisters. Divine and wise providence gives this kind of love through the father and plants it in the mother\u2019s womb."}, {"pk": 4120908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 20, "text": "These brothers all spent the same length of time in the same womb. They were formed over the same period of time. They grew from the same blood, and they were brought to full term with the same life."}, {"pk": 4120909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 21, "text": "They were born after the same amount of time, and drank milk from the same fountains. The same fond embraces nurtured brotherly love in their souls."}, {"pk": 4120910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 22, "text": "They grew more fervent as they were brought up together enjoying each other\u2019s company day after day, and being shaped by the same education, particularly their training in God\u2019s Law."}, {"pk": 4120911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 23, "text": "So it is clear, when such mutual sympathy and love for each other had been established, these seven brothers had even more sympathy for each other."}, {"pk": 4120912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 24, "text": "They loved each other so much because they had been educated in the same Law, held the same moral values, and were raised together to live a life that is just."}, {"pk": 4120913, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 25, "text": "Their affection for each other and harmony grew even more because they shared a common passion for good character and conduct."}, {"pk": 4120914, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 26, "text": "Family love for each other was made even more desirable to them by their godly behavior."}, {"pk": 4120915, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 13, "verse": 27, "text": "Still, even though nature, custom, and good habits made their love toward their brothers stronger, the brothers who were left alive put up with seeing their brothers tortured to death because of their godly way of life."}, {"pk": 4120916, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 1, "text": "More than this, they encouraged them to put up with abuse, not only ignoring their own pain but also controlling the feelings of brotherly love."}, {"pk": 4120917, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 2, "text": "How clear thinking is more royal than a king, and it is freer than a free person!"}, {"pk": 4120918, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 3, "text": "How holy and harmonious was the symphony of the seven brothers for the sake of their godly way of life!"}, {"pk": 4120919, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 4, "text": "None of the seven boys gave in to fear or hesitated in the face of death."}, {"pk": 4120920, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 5, "text": "Instead, all of them rushed to face death by torture, as if they were running a race toward immortality."}, {"pk": 4120921, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 6, "text": "They were like our hands and feet that move together in harmony, led by the mind. So also these holy boys moved together in harmony toward death as if they were moved by the spirit of respect for God that lasts forever. They were moved to make an agreement with death for the sake of that life."}, {"pk": 4120922, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 7, "text": "How holy was this group of seven, these brothers in harmony! They were like the seven days of creation that danced together around the godly way of life."}, {"pk": 4120923, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 8, "text": "So also these boys surrounded and destroyed their fear of torture when they danced in a circle of seven."}, {"pk": 4120924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 9, "text": "Now we tremble when we hear about the trials of these young men. They not only saw what was going on but heard the threats directed against them and had to bear the suffering, and this included the pain of being burned by fire."}, {"pk": 4120925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 10, "text": "What could possibly be more painful than this? The power of fire is strong and fast. It destroys bodies quickly."}, {"pk": 4120926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 11, "text": "Don\u2019t think it\u2019s surprising that clear thinking had full control over these men during their torture, since even a woman\u2019s mind held contempt for even more varied suffering."}, {"pk": 4120927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 12, "text": "The mother of these seven young men endured the torture of each one of her children."}, {"pk": 4120928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 13, "text": "You see how a mother\u2019s love for her children is a very complex feeling. Everything is focused on a sympathy that she feels for them deep down inside."}, {"pk": 4120929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 14, "text": "Even animals without understanding have sympathy and love for their young, just as human beings do."}, {"pk": 4120930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 15, "text": "For example, birds do this. The tame ones protect their young by building their nests on the roof of a house."}, {"pk": 4120931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 16, "text": "Other birds build their nests on mountain peaks, in steep canyons, and in the holes of trees or treetops, so they can hatch the baby birds and stop anything from coming too close."}, {"pk": 4120932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 17, "text": "If they can\u2019t stop something from coming too close, they do whatever they can to help their young. They fly in circles around their young driven by anguished love, warning their young with their calls."}, {"pk": 4120933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 18, "text": "But why is it necessary to demonstrate the fact that animals without understanding have sympathy for their young?"}, {"pk": 4120934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 19, "text": "When it is time to build their hive, even the bees defend themselves against those who come too close. They sting like an iron dart anyone who comes near the hive, and fight even to the death."}, {"pk": 4120935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 14, "verse": 20, "text": "But the young men\u2019s mother wasn\u2019t moved by sympathy for her children. She had the same heart as Abraham."}, {"pk": 4120936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 1, "text": "How the clear thinking of these children was a tyrant over their emotions and how respecting God was more precious to the mother than her own children!"}, {"pk": 4120937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 2, "text": "The mother had two options in front of her: the godly way of living, and saving her seven sons for a while, as the tyrant promised."}, {"pk": 4120938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 3, "text": "She preferred the path of respect for God, saving her sons for eternal life, as God promised."}, {"pk": 4120939, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 4, "text": "How can I describe the emotions of parents who love their children? We stamp a remarkable similarity in heart and in appearance on the character of small children. This is especially true of mothers, who have even more sympathy than fathers toward the feelings of their children because they gave birth to them in great pain."}, {"pk": 4120940, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 5, "text": "To the extent that mothers are weaker and give birth to many, that\u2019s how much more they love their children."}, {"pk": 4120941, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 6, "text": "And this mother of seven loved her children more than any other mother. Through seven pregnancies, she planted profound love toward them within herself."}, {"pk": 4120942, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 7, "text": "She was forced to have sympathy for each one through the multiple pains of giving birth."}, {"pk": 4120943, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 8, "text": "Yet she ignored her concern for her children\u2019s temporary safety because of her respect for God."}, {"pk": 4120944, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 9, "text": "Not only that, but the character and conduct her sons showed in the way they were ready to obey the Law only increased her profound love toward them."}, {"pk": 4120945, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 10, "text": "They showed themselves to be just, self-controlled, brave, high-minded, and devoted to each other. Moreover, they showed how much they loved their mother as they obeyed her by staying true to God\u2019s commands even to the point of death."}, {"pk": 4120946, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 11, "text": "Though so many forces were pulling against the mother to feel her children\u2019s pain out of her love for them, none of the many tortures they suffered were strong enough to undermine her clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120947, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 12, "text": "Rather, the mother urged them individually and all of them together to a death for the sake of their godly way of life."}, {"pk": 4120948, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 13, "text": "Sacred nature, a love spell cast over parents, devotion to children, tender care, and the unyielding passion that mothers show \u2014 how powerful they are!"}, {"pk": 4120949, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 14, "text": "Even though this mother watched her children tortured and burned up one after another, she kept her resolve firm for the sake of their godly way of life."}, {"pk": 4120950, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 15, "text": "She watched as the fire devoured her children\u2019s flesh, their fingers and toes scattered all over the ground, the flesh of their faces torn off like masks down to their chins."}, {"pk": 4120951, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 16, "text": "How the mother was tested by pains far worse than the labor pains she suffered for them!"}, {"pk": 4120952, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 17, "text": "How the woman gave birth alone to such perfect devotion!"}, {"pk": 4120953, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 18, "text": "You didn\u2019t change your direction when your oldest son took his last breath, or when your second son was in torment and looked at you pitifully, or when the third son died."}, {"pk": 4120954, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 19, "text": "You didn\u2019t cry out loud when you looked into each one\u2019s eyes, gripped by their own pain, or when you saw on the faces the signs of death approaching."}, {"pk": 4120955, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 20, "text": "You didn\u2019t burst into tears when you saw the burned flesh of one child piling up on the burned flesh of the others, severed hands on severed hands, severed heads beside severed heads, bodies piled up on bodies, or when you saw the place filling with many spectators of their torture."}, {"pk": 4120956, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 21, "text": "The children\u2019s voices calling out to their mother from the midst of their torture held her attention more strongly than the Sirens\u2019 singing or the song of swans captures the attention of those who hear them."}, {"pk": 4120957, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 22, "text": "How great was the pain that this mother suffered while her sons were being tortured by wheels and hot irons!"}, {"pk": 4120958, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 23, "text": "However, godly thinking strengthened her to ignore her natural love for her children. Godly thinking created in her a masculine courage in the middle of this suffering."}, {"pk": 4120959, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 24, "text": "Even though she saw the destruction of seven children and the various devices of torture, the excellent mother ignored all these things because of her faithfulness toward God."}, {"pk": 4120960, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 25, "text": "Her life was like a courtroom, and many powerful voices were speaking out \u2014 nature, family, a parent\u2019s love, and the instruments of torture set out for her children."}, {"pk": 4120961, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 26, "text": "This mother held two ballots in her hand: the first sentenced her children to death; the second rescued them."}, {"pk": 4120962, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 27, "text": "She chose not to seek the kind of rescue that would keep her seven sons safe for a short time."}, {"pk": 4120963, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 28, "text": "This daughter of devout Abraham remembered her ancestor\u2019s endurance."}, {"pk": 4120964, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 29, "text": "You are the mother of the whole nation. You stood up for the Law, defended the godly way of life, and won the contest that was raging deep inside you."}, {"pk": 4120965, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 30, "text": "You were better than men when it came to determination, and braver than men when it came to endurance!"}, {"pk": 4120966, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 31, "text": "Noah\u2019s ark, which carried the future of the whole world inside of it during the flood that swallowed up creation, steadily endured the waves. In the same way, you, the guardian of the Law, endured the storms honorably for the sake of the godly way of life,"}, {"pk": 4120967, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 15, "verse": 32, "text": "though you were battered from every side by the flood of the emotions and by the strong winds of your children\u2019s torture."}, {"pk": 4120968, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 1, "text": "So if a woman who was an elderly mother of seven sons put up with seeing her children tortured to death, then without question godly thinking is the master of the emotions."}, {"pk": 4120969, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 2, "text": "I have shown that not only men have control over their emotions but also a woman scorned the greatest torture."}, {"pk": 4120970, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 3, "text": "The lions that surrounded Daniel weren\u2019t as wild, and Mishael\u2019s fiery furnace wasn\u2019t as burning hot as this mother\u2019s natural love for her children. Her love was stirred up inside her as she saw her seven sons tortured in so many ways."}, {"pk": 4120971, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 4, "text": "But the mother put out the fire of her feelings that were so many and so strong with clear thinking."}, {"pk": 4120972, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 5, "text": "Think about this too: If this woman, even though she was a mother, had been weak-spirited, she would have mourned for them. Maybe she would have said something like this:"}, {"pk": 4120973, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 6, "text": "\u201cLook at how miserable I am with one sorrow piled on another! I gave birth to seven children, and now I\u2019m nobody\u2019s mother!"}, {"pk": 4120974, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cLook at how I gave birth seven times all for nothing! Seven pregnancies, without anything to show for it! Years of fruitless childcare and years of miserable nursing!"}, {"pk": 4120975, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 8, "text": "My sons, I bore the long pains of labor for you and even more stress in raising you for no reason!"}, {"pk": 4120976, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 9, "text": "\u201cLook at my children! Some aren\u2019t married, others are married, but none of them have children! Now I will never see your children or have the pleasure of being a grandmother."}, {"pk": 4120977, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 10, "text": "I had so many and such beautiful children, and now I\u2019m a widow and left all alone in my many sorrows."}, {"pk": 4120978, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 11, "text": "When I die, I won\u2019t have any of my sons to bury me.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4120979, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 12, "text": "But this holy and devout mother didn\u2019t cry for any of her sons with funeral songs. She didn\u2019t try to talk any of them out of dying, and she didn\u2019t grieve for those who were already dying."}, {"pk": 4120980, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 13, "text": "Instead, she had a mind that was as tough as nails. <sup>[1]</sup> She gave all of her sons a second birth into a life without end. She encouraged them, urging them on to death for the sake of respect for God.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>as firm as adamant</i>"}, {"pk": 4120981, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 14, "text": "Mother, you were a soldier for God in the cause of the godly way of life, though you were old and a woman! You even conquered a tyrant with your resolution. You have proved to be stronger than a man in both speech and action!"}, {"pk": 4120982, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 15, "text": "When you and your sons had been arrested and you were watching Eleazar being tortured, you began to say to your children in the Hebrew language:"}, {"pk": 4120983, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cMy sons, you have been summoned to an honorable contest, in which you will give evidence that will prove your nation\u2019s worth. Compete willingly for the Law of our ancestors. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120984, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 17, "text": "It would really be a disgrace if you young men lost your nerve in the face of this torture after an old man endured so much suffering out of respect for God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120985, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 18, "text": "Remember that you have had a place in this world and enjoyed life only because of God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120986, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 19, "text": "Because of this, you owe it to God to put up with any distress for his sake. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120987, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 20, "text": "This is why our father Abraham moved quickly to sacrifice Isaac his son, who was supposed to become the father of a nation. Isaac also didn\u2019t shrink back when he saw the sword in his father\u2019s hand bearing down on him. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120988, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 21, "text": "Daniel, that righteous man, was thrown to the lions and Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael were flung into the blazing furnace and endured it for God. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120989, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 22, "text": "So you must show the same faithfulness toward God and not be angry. <br>"}, {"pk": 4120990, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 23, "text": "After all, it isn\u2019t logical for people who truly know and serve God to not hold out against pain.\u201d <br>"}, {"pk": 4120991, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 24, "text": "By encouraging them with these words, the mother of the seven brothers persuaded each one of her sons to die rather than disobey God\u2019s commandment."}, {"pk": 4120992, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 16, "verse": 25, "text": "They knew very well that those who die for God will also live in God\u2019s presence, just like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the ancestors of the nation."}, {"pk": 4120993, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 1, "text": "Some of the guards reported that, just as they were about to grab the mother and put her to death as well, she threw herself into the fire before anyone could touch her body."}, {"pk": 4120994, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 2, "text": "Mother, together with your seven sons, you made the tyrant\u2019s violence look like nothing! You defeated his evil plans, and displayed dignity and bravery by your faithfulness."}, {"pk": 4120995, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 3, "text": "You were set with honor like a roof on top of seven pillars, your sons. You held them firm without moving as you endured the earthquake of their torture."}, {"pk": 4120996, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 4, "text": "So therefore be confident, holy-minded mother! Keep firm that hope in God that fueled your endurance."}, {"pk": 4120997, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 5, "text": "The moon that is in heaven with the stars is not as royal as you. You lit the path of respect for God for your seven sons who are like stars, and you now stand in front of God in honor, firmly set in heaven along with them."}, {"pk": 4120998, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 6, "text": "Your sons were true descendants of our father Abraham!"}, {"pk": 4120999, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 7, "text": "If we had the skill of an artist to paint a picture showing the story of your commitment to God, wouldn\u2019t those who viewed the painting tremble to see a mother enduring the experience of seven children being tortured to death in so many ways?"}, {"pk": 4121000, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 8, "text": "What would be an appropriate message that could be carved on their tomb to remind our nation\u2019s people? Perhaps these words:"}, {"pk": 4121001, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 9, "text": "HERE LIE BURIED AN OLD PRIEST, AN OLD WOMAN, AND SEVEN CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE OF A TYRANT WHO WISHED TO DESTROY THE HEBREW WAY OF LIFE. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121002, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 10, "text": "THEY WON JUSTICE FOR THEIR NATION BY FIXING THEIR EYES ON GOD AND ENDURING TORTURE TO THE POINT OF DEATH. <br>"}, {"pk": 4121003, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 11, "text": "The competition in which they were engaged was truly divine."}, {"pk": 4121004, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 12, "text": "Moral character itself handed out awards that day, having proved their worth through their endurance. Victory brought immortality through an endless life."}, {"pk": 4121005, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 13, "text": "Eleazar was the first competitor. The mother of the seven children and the brothers competed also."}, {"pk": 4121006, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 14, "text": "The tyrant was the opponent, and the world and the human race were the audience."}, {"pk": 4121007, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 15, "text": "Respect for God won the day and crowned its champions."}, {"pk": 4121008, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 16, "text": "Who wasn\u2019t amazed at the athletes who were competing in the name of the divine Law? Who wasn\u2019t astonished?"}, {"pk": 4121009, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 17, "text": "The tyrant himself, along with all his political advisors, was amazed at their resistance,"}, {"pk": 4121010, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 18, "text": "for which they now stand in front of God\u2019s throne and live a blessed life forever."}, {"pk": 4121011, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 19, "text": "Moses says, \u201cAll those who have set themselves apart for you are in your care.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4121012, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 20, "text": "These people who have dedicated themselves to God are honored, therefore, not only with this privilege but also because they kept our enemies from ruling our nation."}, {"pk": 4121013, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 21, "text": "The tyrant was punished, and our nation was cleansed through them. They exchanged their lives for the nation\u2019s sin."}, {"pk": 4121014, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 22, "text": "Divine providence delivered Israel from its former abuse through the blood of those godly people. Their deaths were a sacrifice that finds mercy <sup>[1]</sup> from God.", "comment": "[1] Or <i>a propitiation</i>"}, {"pk": 4121015, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 23, "text": "When he saw their extraordinary courage and their commitment in the face of torture, the tyrant Antiochus held up their endurance as an example to his own soldiers."}, {"pk": 4121016, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 17, "verse": 24, "text": "This made them dignified and brave when they fought battles or destroyed villages, and so they conquered and raided all of their enemies."}, {"pk": 4121017, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 1, "text": "Israelite children, all you who are descended from Abraham, obey this Law and worship God in every situation."}, {"pk": 4121018, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 2, "text": "Don\u2019t doubt that godly thinking rules over the emotions. This includes not only desires and the feelings that come from the inside but also the suffering that comes from the outside."}, {"pk": 4121019, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 3, "text": "Because of this, those who gave up their bodies to suffering for the sake of the godly way of life not only won human admiration but were also judged to be worthy of a divine reward."}, {"pk": 4121020, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 4, "text": "The nation was at peace again because of them. Once obedience to the Law had been revived across the nation, they slaughtered their enemies."}, {"pk": 4121021, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 5, "text": "The tyrant Antiochus was punished on earth, and he continues to be punished after death. By no means could he force the Israelites to adopt a foreign way of life and to change the customs of their ancestors in any way, and so he left Jerusalem and marched out against Persia."}, {"pk": 4121022, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 6, "text": "The mother of the seven sons also shared these moral principles with her children:"}, {"pk": 4121023, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 7, "text": "\u201cI was a virgin who was sexually pure: I didn\u2019t go outside of my father\u2019s house, but I carefully took care of the body that was formed from a rib."}, {"pk": 4121024, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 8, "text": "No man who takes advantage of women ever tempted me to have sex in an isolated field. The destructive, lying snake didn\u2019t ruin my innocence either."}, {"pk": 4121025, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 9, "text": "When I was in my prime, I lived with my husband. He died when my children had grown up. He was privileged to have lived his life enjoying good children, and to have been spared the pain of losing them."}, {"pk": 4121026, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 10, "text": "While he was still with you, he used to teach you the Law and the Prophets."}, {"pk": 4121027, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 11, "text": "He read to you about Abel, who was killed by Cain, and about Isaac, who was offered as an entirely burned sacrifice, and about Joseph in prison."}, {"pk": 4121028, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 12, "text": "He used to tell you about Phinehas\u2019 total commitment, and to teach you about Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael in the fire."}, {"pk": 4121029, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 13, "text": "He used to praise Daniel in the lions\u2019 den \u2014 he called Daniel privileged."}, {"pk": 4121030, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 14, "text": "He kept reminding you about the scripture in Isaiah that says, <b>Even if you go through fire, the flame will not burn you up.</b> <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] <a href='/CEB/23/43/2'>Isa 43:2</a>"}, {"pk": 4121031, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 15, "text": "He used to sing to you the songs of David the psalmist, who said, <b>The righteous person is bothered by many trials.</b> <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] <a href='/CEB/19/37/16'>Ps 37:16</a>"}, {"pk": 4121032, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 16, "text": "He used to quote Solomon\u2019s proverb: <b>There is a tree that gives life for those who do what God wants</b>. <sup>[3]</sup>", "comment": "[3] <a href='/CEB/20/3/18'>Prov 3:18</a>"}, {"pk": 4121033, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 17, "text": "He reinforced the truth of Ezekiel, where it says, <b>Will these dry bones live?</b> <sup>[4]</sup>", "comment": "[4] <a href='/CEB/26/37/3-5'>Ezek 37:3\u20135</a>"}, {"pk": 4121034, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 18, "text": "And he didn\u2019t forget to teach you the song that Moses taught, which says,"}, {"pk": 4121035, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 19, "text": "<b>I kill and I bring things to life: this is your life and the length of your days.</b>\u201d <sup>[5]</sup>", "comment": "[5] <a href='/CEB/5/32/39-40'>Deut 32:39\u201340</a>"}, {"pk": 4121036, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 20, "text": "How that day was bitter and yet not bitter! That was when the bitter Greek tyrant smothered fire with more fire in his cruel copper pots. That was when he dragged those seven sons of that daughter of Abraham back and forth in his furious anger between the catapult and other torture devices."}, {"pk": 4121037, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 21, "text": "That was when he skewered their eyes through the pupils, cut out their tongues, and put them to death with all kinds of torture."}, {"pk": 4121038, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 22, "text": "Because of these acts, divine justice pursued and will pursue the cursed tyrant."}, {"pk": 4121039, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 23, "text": "The sons of Abraham together with their prizewinning mother have been joined with the chorus of their ancestors and have been given pure and immortal souls by God,"}, {"pk": 4121040, "translation": "CEB", "book": 80, "chapter": 18, "verse": 24, "text": "to whom belongs the glory forever and always. Amen."}, {"pk": 4106204, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "In the second year of the rule of Artaxerxes the Great, on the first day of Nisan, <sup>[1]</sup> Mordecai had a dream. He was Jair\u2019s son, Shimei\u2019s grandson, and Kish\u2019s great-grandson, from the tribe of Benjamin. <sup>[2]</sup> He was a Jew living in the city of Susa, an important man serving in the royal court. <sup>[3]</sup> He was one of the prisoners of war whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had brought from Jerusalem along with Judea\u2019s King Jeconiah. <sup>[4]</sup> This was his dream: Look! Noise and confusion, thunder and earthquake, and chaos on the earth. <sup>[5]</sup> Look! Two mighty dragons came forward, both ready to fight, and they roared loudly. <sup>[6]</sup> At their roar every nation got ready for battle, to make war on the righteous nation. <sup>[7]</sup> Look! A day of darkness and gloom, misery and suffering, distress and chaos on the earth. <sup>[8]</sup> The entire righteous nation was thrown into a state of panic, dreading the evil that was coming against them. <sup>[2]</sup> They expected to die. <sup>[9]</sup> So they cried out to God. Their cry was small at first, like a little spring, but soon it became loud as a mighty river, an abundance of water. <sup>[10]</sup> Then the sun with its light shone, the lowly were raised up high, and it devoured those who were held in honor. <sup>[11]</sup> Then Mordecai, who had this dream and saw what God had planned to do, woke up and kept it secret. He wished to examine it in every detail before nightfall. <sup>[12]</sup> Mordecai was relaxing in the courtyard with Gabatha and Tharra, two castrated men, <sup>[3]</sup> attendants of King Artaxerxes who were guarding the courtyard. <sup>[13]</sup> He overheard their plans and investigated their intentions. He learned that they were preparing to attack King Artaxerxes, so he informed the king about them. <sup>[14]</sup> The king questioned the two eunuchs. Once they had confessed, they were taken away <sup>[4]</sup> to be executed. <sup>[15]</sup> The king wrote these matters down so they would be remembered, and Mordecai also wrote about them. <sup>[16]</sup> The king appointed Mordecai to serve in the court and gave him gifts for his service. <sup>[17]</sup> But Haman, Hammedatha\u2019s son, a Bougaean who was greatly respected by the king, sought to injure Mordecai and his people for the sake of the king\u2019s two eunuchs. <b>Queen Vashti</b> </pb> After these events, this is what happened back during the rule of Artaxerxes, the very one who ruled as far as India, one hundred twenty-seven provinces in all.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April<br>[2] Or <i>dreading their own evils</i><br>[3] Gk <i>eunuchs;</i> also throughout Esther<br>[4] Gk <i>led off</i>"}, {"pk": 4106205, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "At that time, Artaxerxes ruled the kingdom from his royal throne in the city of Susa."}, {"pk": 4106206, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "In the third year of his rule he hosted a feast for all his officials and those from other nations. The leaders of Persia and Media attended, along with his provincial dignitaries and officials."}, {"pk": 4106207, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "He showed off the awesome riches and beautiful treasures of his kingdom as a reflection of how great he was. The event lasted a long time \u2014 six whole months, to be exact!"}, {"pk": 4106208, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "When the days of the wedding feast were over, the king held a six-day wine festival for everyone who remained in the city. They all met in the walled garden of the royal palace."}, {"pk": 4106209, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "White linen and cotton curtains hung from shining white and red-purple ropes tied to gold and silver rings and marble posts. Gold and silver couches sat on a mosaic floor made of emerald, marble, and mother-of-pearl."}, {"pk": 4106210, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "The cups were made of gold and silver. There was a miniature cup made of ruby, worth 1,710,000 pounds of silver. <sup>[5]</sup> The king made sure there was plenty of the best wine, which he himself also drank.", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>talantas</i>"}, {"pk": 4106211, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "The wine festival had no established rules, so the king ordered everyone serving wine in the palace to offer as much as each guest wanted."}, {"pk": 4106212, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "At the same time, Queen Vashti also held a wine festival of her own for women in King Artaxerxes\u2019 palace."}, {"pk": 4106213, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "On the seventh day, when wine had put the king in high spirits, the king gave an order to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbonah, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkass, <sup>[6]</sup> the seven eunuchs who served King Artaxerxes personally.", "comment": "[6] Gk <i>Haman, Bazan, Tharra, Boraze, Zatholtha, Abataza, and Tharaba</i>"}, {"pk": 4106214, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "They were to bring Queen Vashti before him so that he could introduce her as queen and place the royal crown upon her head. She was gorgeous, and he wanted to show off her beauty to his important guests and to the general public."}, {"pk": 4106215, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "But Queen Vashti refused to come with the eunuchs. The king was furious, boiling with anger."}, {"pk": 4106216, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "So he said to his political advisors, \u201cThis is what Vashti has said, so give your ruling and make a decision on this situation.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106217, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "So Arkesaeus, Sarsathaeus, and Malesear, the rulers of the Persians and Medes who were closest to the king and his chief advisors, came to him."}, {"pk": 4106218, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "They told him what was appropriate, according to the law, since the queen had disobeyed the king\u2019s order."}, {"pk": 4106219, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Then Memucan <sup>[7]</sup> spoke up in front of the king and the officials. \u201cQueen Vashti,\u201d he said, \u201chas done something wrong not merely to the king himself. She has also done wrong to all the officials and the governors of the king.\u201d", "comment": "[7] Gk <i>Mouchaios</i>"}, {"pk": 4106220, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "(The king had reported to them the queen\u2019s words and how she defied the king.) \u201cJust as she defied King Artaxerxes,"}, {"pk": 4106221, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "after today the important women of Persia and Media who hear about the queen\u2019s actions will dare to dishonor their own husbands."}, {"pk": 4106222, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Now, if the king likes this suggestion, he might send out a royal order and have it written into the laws of Persia and Media. It shouldn\u2019t be applied differently for anyone. It should say that the queen should never again be allowed to come before the king. It should also say that King Artaxerxes will give Vashti\u2019s royal place to someone better than she."}, {"pk": 4106223, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "When the king\u2019s order becomes public through the whole empire, however he decides to put it, all women will treat their husbands properly, whether from an important family or not.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106224, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "The king liked the plan, as did the governors, and he did just what Memucan <sup>[8]</sup> said.", "comment": "[8] Gk <i>Mouchaios</i>"}, {"pk": 4106225, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "He sent written orders throughout the kingdom. Each country received the orders written in its own language. Fear and respect were established in every home."}, {"pk": 4106226, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 1, "text": "Sometime later when King Artaxerxes was less angry, he no longer remembered Vashti, what she had done, or what he had decided about her."}, {"pk": 4106227, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 2, "text": "His servants said, \u201cPerhaps the king could have a search made for beautiful young women who haven\u2019t yet had sex with a man."}, {"pk": 4106228, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 3, "text": "Perhaps the king could choose certain people in all the royal provinces to lead the search. They could bring all the beautiful young women together to the city of Susa, to the women\u2019s house, under the care of the king\u2019s eunuch in charge of the women, and supply them with bath oils and anything else they might need."}, {"pk": 4106229, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 4, "text": "Perhaps the young woman who pleases you the most could take Vashti\u2019s place as queen.\u201d The king liked the plan and put it in place."}, {"pk": 4106230, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 5, "text": "Now there was a Jew in Susa whose name was Mordecai, Jair\u2019s son. He came from the family line of Shimei and Kish; he was a Benjaminite."}, {"pk": 4106231, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 6, "text": "He had been taken into exile away from Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon."}, {"pk": 4106232, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 7, "text": "Mordecai had a foster child named Esther, a daughter of his uncle Aminadab. When her parents died, Mordecai had taken her and raised her to become his wife. The girl was lovely to look at."}, {"pk": 4106233, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 8, "text": "When the king\u2019s order and his new law became public, many young women were gathered into the city of Susa under the care of Hegai. <sup>[1]</sup> Esther was also taken to Hegai, the one in charge of the women.", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>Gai</i>"}, {"pk": 4106234, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 9, "text": "The young woman pleased him and won his kindness. He eagerly began her beauty treatments and gave her carefully chosen foods. He also gave her seven female servants selected from among the palace servants and provided well for her and her female servants in the women\u2019s house."}, {"pk": 4106235, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 10, "text": "Esther hadn\u2019t told anyone her race or family background because Mordecai had ordered her not to."}, {"pk": 4106236, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 11, "text": "Each day Mordecai walked back and forth along the wall in front of the women\u2019s house to learn how Esther was doing."}, {"pk": 4106237, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 12, "text": "According to the rules for women, there were twelve months of preparation before the time arrived for each young woman to see the king. She had six months of rubbing treatment with oil from myrrh and six months with fragrant oils and cosmetics."}, {"pk": 4106238, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 13, "text": "So this is how the young woman would go to the king: They gave her anything that she asked to take with her from the women\u2019s house to the palace."}, {"pk": 4106239, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 14, "text": "In the evening she would go in, and the next morning she would return to the second women\u2019s house under the care of Shaashgaz. <sup>[2]</sup> He was the king\u2019s eunuch in charge of the secondary wives. She would never go to the king again unless she was called by name.", "comment": "[2] Gk <i>Gai</i>"}, {"pk": 4106240, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 15, "text": "The time came for Esther daughter of Aminadab, Mordecai\u2019s uncle, to go to the king. She didn\u2019t refuse anything that Hegai, the king\u2019s eunuch in charge of the women, told her to take along. Esther kept winning the favor of everyone who saw her."}, {"pk": 4106241, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 16, "text": "Esther went in to see King Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, the month of Adar, <sup>[3]</sup> in the seventh year of his rule.", "comment": "[3] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106242, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 17, "text": "The king fell in love with Esther, and she gained more favor than all the other young women. He placed the royal crown on her head."}, {"pk": 4106243, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 18, "text": "The king sponsored a wine festival for all his political advisors and important officials for seven days. He celebrated Esther\u2019s wedding ceremony and canceled debts for many under his rule."}, {"pk": 4106244, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 19, "text": "Meanwhile, Mordecai was working for the king in the court."}, {"pk": 4106245, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 20, "text": "Esther still wasn\u2019t telling anyone her family background and race. As Mordecai had ordered her, she continued to worship God and obey God\u2019s commands just as when she was in his care. Esther didn\u2019t change the way she lived."}, {"pk": 4106246, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 21, "text": "But two eunuchs, the king\u2019s two main bodyguards, became very upset because Mordecai was promoted. They secretly planned to kill King Artaxerxes."}, {"pk": 4106247, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 22, "text": "When Mordecai got wind of it, he reported it to Esther, who spoke to the king about the plan."}, {"pk": 4106248, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 2, "verse": 23, "text": "The king questioned the two men and hanged them. Then the king ordered a record of the event to be placed in the royal archive to remember Mordecai\u2019s loyalty."}, {"pk": 4106249, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 1, "text": "Sometime later, King Artaxerxes honored Haman, Hammedatha\u2019s son, a Bougaean, by promoting him above all other political advisors."}, {"pk": 4106250, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 2, "text": "Everyone at the court would kneel and bow down to Haman because the king had so ordered. But Mordecai didn\u2019t kneel or bow down."}, {"pk": 4106251, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 3, "text": "So the people at the king\u2019s court said to him, \u201cMordecai, why don\u2019t you obey the king\u2019s command?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106252, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 4, "text": "Day after day they tried to speak to him, but he didn\u2019t listen to them. So they let Haman know that Mordecai was disregarding the king\u2019s order. Earlier Mordecai had explained to them that he was a Jew."}, {"pk": 4106253, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 5, "text": "When Haman himself became aware that Mordecai didn\u2019t kneel or bow down to him, he became very angry."}, {"pk": 4106254, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 6, "text": "So he planned to wipe out all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Artaxerxes."}, {"pk": 4106255, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 7, "text": "He made a decision in the twelfth year of Artaxerxes\u2019 rule, and he threw lots to determine the day and month on which Mordecai\u2019s people would be destroyed in a single day. The lot fell on the fourteenth <sup>[1]</sup> day of the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] MT <i>thirteenth day</i><br>[2] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106256, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 8, "text": "Then Haman said to King Artaxerxes, \u201cA certain group of people exist in pockets among the other peoples throughout your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of everyone else, and they refuse to obey the king\u2019s laws. It is against the king\u2019s interests to put up with them any longer."}, {"pk": 4106257, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 9, "text": "If the king wishes, perhaps a written order could be sent out that they should be destroyed, and I will contribute ten thousand big sacks <sup>[3]</sup> of silver to the king\u2019s treasury.\u201d", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>talantas</i>"}, {"pk": 4106258, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 10, "text": "The king removed his royal ring from his finger and handed it to Haman to put a seal on the orders he would write against the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106259, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 11, "text": "The king said to Haman, \u201cKeep the silver. Do as you wish to the people.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106260, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 12, "text": "So in the first month, on the thirteenth day, royal scribes were summoned to write down everything that Haman ordered in the name of King Artaxerxes. The orders were sent out to the governors and rulers in charge of each province, from India to Ethiopia, to one hundred twenty-seven regions in their own language."}, {"pk": 4106261, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 13, "text": "Fast runners carried the order throughout Artaxerxes\u2019 kingdom. The order commanded people to wipe out all the Jews on a single day of the twelfth month, the month called Adar, and to seize their property. <b>Addition B</b> <b>Artaxerxes\u2019 decree</b> <b>B</b> </pb> The following is a copy of the letter: The Great King Artaxerxes writes as follows to the governors of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia, and to the district governors subject to them: <sup>[2]</sup> I rule over many nations and have conquered the whole world. Nevertheless, I am not carelessly driven by power; rather, I have always conducted my affairs with moderation and gentleness. I am committed to providing a calm and stable environment for my subjects, and to restore the peace that all people desire. In this way, the kingdom will be at peace and safe for travel throughout its borders. <sup>[3]</sup> I have, therefore, asked my advisors how this might be accomplished. Haman stands out among us for his moderation. He has demonstrated goodwill and firm loyalty in equal measure, and has attained the second-highest honor in the kingdom. <sup>[4]</sup> He pointed out to us that there is a certain hostile group scattered among all the peoples of the world. These people are at odds with every nation because of their peculiar laws. They constantly ignore the king\u2019s decrees, so that the government, although well managed by us, is never secure. <sup>[5]</sup> We see that this nation stands alone in its constant hostility toward everyone. They follow a strange manner of life because of their law code, and they don\u2019t think well of our actions. They carry out the worst evils so that the kingdom is not at peace. <sup>[6]</sup> We have therefore commanded that this people \u2014 pointed out to you in the letters written by Haman, who has been appointed over the government and is like a second father to us \u2014 should be destroyed one and all by the swords of their enemies, without pity or restraint. Their wives and children should also be destroyed, all on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, <sup>[4]</sup> in the current year. <sup>[7]</sup> In this way, these people who have always been hostile to us, and remain so, will all go straight to the grave in a single day. Then our affairs will be stable and peaceful.", "comment": "[4] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106262, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 14, "text": "Copies of the order were posted in each region, and the people were to be ready for this day."}, {"pk": 4106263, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 3, "verse": 15, "text": "The matter proceeded quickly and became public in the city of Susa almost immediately. While the king and Haman got drunk together, the city of Susa was full of unrest."}, {"pk": 4106264, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 1, "text": "When Mordecai learned what was going on, he tore his clothes, dressed in mourning clothes, and put ashes on his head. Then he went out into the heart of the city and cried out loudly, \u201cAn innocent nation is being destroyed.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106265, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 2, "text": "He went only as far as the king\u2019s gate and stood there because it was against the law for anyone to pass through it wearing mourning clothes and ashes."}, {"pk": 4106266, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 3, "text": "In every region wherever the orders were posted, the Jews gave themselves over to crying and wailing out loud. They clothed themselves in mourning clothes and ashes."}, {"pk": 4106267, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 4, "text": "When Esther\u2019s female servants and eunuchs came and told her, the queen was noticeably shaken after hearing the news. She sent someone to clothe Mordecai in regular clothes instead of mourning clothes, but he couldn\u2019t be persuaded."}, {"pk": 4106268, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 5, "text": "Esther then sent for Hathach <sup>[1]</sup> the royal eunuch who served her. She sent him to discover from Mordecai what was going on. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Gk <i>Hachratheus</i><br>[2] <a href='/CEB/81/4/6'>4:6</a> is absent from the LXX; MT <i>Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square in front of the king\u2019s gate.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106269, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 7, "text": "Mordecai told him everything that had happened, how Haman had promised to contribute ten thousand sacks <sup>[3]</sup> of silver to the royal treasury in exchange for the destruction of the Jews.", "comment": "[3] Gk <i>talantas</i>"}, {"pk": 4106270, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 8, "text": "He also gave Hathach a copy of the king\u2019s order made public in Susa concerning the Jews\u2019 destruction so that Hathach could show it to Esther. Through him, Mordecai ordered her to go to the king to beg his help for her people: \u201cRemember your more humble days when I raised you. Haman, a leader second to the king, has spoken against us to put us to death. Call on the Lord now and speak to the king about us. Deliver us from death!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106271, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 9, "text": "Hathach came back and told Esther what Mordecai had said."}, {"pk": 4106272, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 10, "text": "In reply Esther ordered Hathach to tell Mordecai:"}, {"pk": 4106273, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 11, "text": "\u201cAll the nations of the empire know that there is no deliverance for the man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without an invitation. Only the person to whom the king holds out the gold scepter will be safe. In my case, I haven\u2019t been called to come to the king for the past thirty days.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106274, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 12, "text": "When Hathach told Esther\u2019s words to Mordecai,"}, {"pk": 4106275, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 13, "text": "he responded, \u201cGo and tell Esther, \u2018Don\u2019t think for one minute that, unlike all the other Jews, you alone will be safe."}, {"pk": 4106276, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 14, "text": "If you don\u2019t speak up at this very important time, relief and protection will appear for the Jews from another place, but you and your family will die. Who knows? Maybe it was for a moment like this that you were made queen.\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106277, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 15, "text": "Esther sent back word to Mordecai:"}, {"pk": 4106278, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 16, "text": "\u201cGo, gather all the Jews who are in Susa and tell them to fast from eating for my sake. They aren\u2019t to eat or drink anything for three whole days, and I myself will do the same, along with my female servants. Then, even though it\u2019s against the law, I will go to the king, even if it means my death.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106279, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 4, "verse": 17, "text": "So Mordecai left and did exactly what Esther had ordered him. <b>Addition C</b> <b>Mordecai and Esther pray for deliverance</b> <b>C</b> </pb> Then, calling to mind all the works of the Lord, Mordecai pleaded with the Lord, <sup>[2]</sup> saying, \u201cLord, Lord, you are the king who rules over all things. The universe is in your power, and there is no one to stop you when you have resolved to save Israel. <sup>[3]</sup> You made the heavens and the earth, and everything that is wonderful under heaven. <sup>[4]</sup> You are Lord of all, and there is no one who will oppose you, Lord. <sup>[5]</sup> \u201cYou know all things. You know, Lord, that it wasn\u2019t out of disrespect, pride, or self-importance that I didn\u2019t bow down before proud Haman. <sup>[6]</sup> To save Israel, I would have been glad to kiss the soles of his feet. <sup>[7]</sup> Rather, I did this to avoid setting the honor of any human being above God\u2019s honor. I won\u2019t bow down before anyone except you, my Lord. Nor will I do these things out of pride. <sup>[8]</sup> \u201cNow, Lord God, King, God of Abraham, spare your people, because the enemy seeks our ruin. They desire to destroy what has been your possession from the beginning. <sup>[9]</sup> Don\u2019t neglect your people, whom you delivered out of Egypt. <sup>[10]</sup> Listen to my appeal, and have mercy on the people who are your lot. Turn our mourning into feasting, that we might live and sing praises to your name, Lord. Don\u2019t silence the voice of those who praise you.\u201d <sup>[11]</sup> And all Israel cried out with all their might, for death was staring right at them. <sup>[12]</sup> Queen Esther, overcome by this contest with death, turned to the Lord for protection. <sup>[13]</sup> She took off her royal garments and put on mourning clothes. Instead of the finest spices, she smeared her head and body with ashes and dung, and humbled herself. Each place she had once joyfully beautified, she now covered with her tangled hair. <sup>[14]</sup> Then she begged the Lord God of Israel: \u201cMy Lord, you alone are our king. Help me! I have no one to help me but you, <sup>[15]</sup> and I am in great danger now. <sup>[16]</sup> From my birth, Lord, I have heard how you chose Israel from among the rest of the nations, and our fathers from their ancestors, to be an everlasting inheritance. I have heard how you did for them all that you had promised. But now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the power of our enemies <sup>[18]</sup> because we worshipped their gods. You are just, Lord. <sup>[19]</sup> Yet the enemies weren\u2019t satisfied with our bitter slavery, so they shook hands with their idols in partnership. <sup>[20]</sup> They plan to set aside the promises you made, to rob you of your inheritance, to silence those who praise you, and to stamp out the honor of your temple and your altar. <sup>[21]</sup> They want to open the mouths of the nations to praise the wonderful deeds of useless idols <sup>[4]</sup> so that a human king might be honored forever. <sup>[22]</sup> \u201cDon\u2019t surrender your scepter, Lord, to things that don\u2019t exist. Don\u2019t let them mock our downfall. Instead, turn their scheme against them and make an example of the one who started this against us. <sup>[23]</sup> Remember us, Lord, and reveal yourself in the time of our distress. Give me courage, king of the gods and ruler of every authority. <sup>[24]</sup> When I speak, let my words be persuasive before the lion, and turn the king\u2019s heart to hatred toward the one who is fighting against us, to bring his life to an end along with those who agree with him. <sup>[25]</sup> Deliver us by your actions, and help me, I who am alone and have no one except you, Lord. \u201cYou know all things. <sup>[26]</sup> You know that I hate the honor of those who don\u2019t follow your Law. I detest sharing the bed of this uncircumcised king or indeed of any foreigner. <sup>[27]</sup> You know my trouble: I hate the crown <sup>[5]</sup> that is on my head when I appear in public. I despise it as I would a menstrual rag, and I don\u2019t wear it when I am in private. <sup>[28]</sup> I, your servant, didn\u2019t dine at Haman\u2019s table. Nor did I honor the king\u2019s banquet or drink wine that had been offered to the gods. <sup>[29]</sup> From the day of my crowning until now, your servant hasn\u2019t had any joy except in you, Lord, God of Abraham. <sup>[30]</sup> All-powerful God, listen to the voice of those who despair, and deliver us from the hands of those who do wrong, and deliver me from my fear!\u201d <b>Addition D</b> <b>Esther appears before the king</b> <b>D</b> </pb> On the third day, when she had finished praying, she removed her mourning clothes and put on her royal robes. <sup>[2]</sup> Calling on the all-seeing God and savior, she appeared in full view of the court. She took along with her two female servants, <sup>[3]</sup> delicately leaning on the one, <sup>[4]</sup> while the other followed behind, carrying her train. <sup>[5]</sup> She was blushing in the full bloom of her beauty, and her face was delightfully cheerful, but her heart was tense with fear. <sup>[6]</sup> When she had passed through all the doors, she stood in the presence of the king. He was seated on his royal throne, clothed in all his majesty \u2014 all in gold and precious stones \u2014 and was terrifying. <sup>[7]</sup> He lifted his face, which blazed gloriously, about to explode in anger, and looked at her. The queen collapsed. Her color turned pale, and she fell face forward onto the female servant who was walking ahead of her. <sup>[8]</sup> Then God changed the king\u2019s spirit to tenderness. He leaped anxiously from his throne, and took her up in his arms until she was calm. He tried to comfort her with reassuring words, <sup>[9]</sup> saying to her: \u201cWhat is it, Esther? I\u2019m your brother. <sup>[6]</sup> Take heart! <sup>[10]</sup> You won\u2019t die, for the order only holds for ordinary people. <sup>[11]</sup> Come with me!\u201d <sup>[12]</sup> He then lifted his gold scepter and placed it on her neck. He embraced her and said: \u201cSpeak to me.\u201d <sup>[13]</sup> She said to him, \u201cI saw you, Master, as if you were one of God\u2019s angels, and my heart was struck with terror at the sight of your glory. <sup>[14]</sup> You inspire awe, Master, and your face is full of divine grace.\u201d <sup>[7]</sup> <sup>[15]</sup> But while she was speaking, she collapsed again. The king was distressed, and all his servants tried to comfort her.", "comment": "[4] Gk <i>useless things</i><br>[7] Gk <i>full of graces</i><br>[6] <i>Brother</i> is a term of endearment between married couples.<br>[5] Or <i>symbol of my pride</i>"}, {"pk": 4106280, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 3, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Then the king said to her, \u201cWhat is it, Queen Esther? What do you want? I\u2019ll give you anything \u2014 even half the kingdom.\u201d", "comment": "[1] In LXX, Addition D replaces <a href='/CEB/58/5/1-2'>Heb 5:1\u20132</a>."}, {"pk": 4106281, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 4, "text": "Esther answered, \u201cToday is a special day for me. If the king wishes, please come today with Haman for a special dinner that I will prepare.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106282, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 5, "text": "\u201cHurry, get Haman,\u201d the king ordered, \u201cso we can do what Esther says.\u201d So the king and Haman came to the dinner that Esther spoke about."}, {"pk": 4106283, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 6, "text": "As they sipped wine, the king asked, \u201cNow, what is it you wish, Queen Esther? I\u2019ll give it to you, if you just ask.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106284, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 7, "text": "Esther answered, \u201cThis is my wish and this is what I want:"}, {"pk": 4106285, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 8, "text": "If I have pleased the king, I\u2019d like the king and Haman to come tomorrow to another special dinner that I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will prepare the same things.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106286, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 9, "text": "That day Haman left the king\u2019s court happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai in the king\u2019s gate, Haman became very angry."}, {"pk": 4106287, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 10, "text": "Haman went on home and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh."}, {"pk": 4106288, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 11, "text": "Haman told them about his wealth and the great honor the king had given him by promoting him to the highest office in the kingdom."}, {"pk": 4106289, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 12, "text": "Haman said, \u201cQueen Esther has invited no one else but me to join the king for dinner, and I\u2019m supposed to go tomorrow!"}, {"pk": 4106290, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 13, "text": "But none of this gives me any pleasure as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king\u2019s gate.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106291, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 5, "verse": 14, "text": "So his wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, \u201cOrder preparation of a pole that is seventy-five feet high. In the morning, speak with the king about having Mordecai impaled on it. Then you can go with the king to the feast in a happy mood.\u201d Haman liked the idea and had the pole prepared."}, {"pk": 4106292, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 1, "text": "That same night, the king simply couldn\u2019t sleep. He told his secretary to bring the official records and to read them to him."}, {"pk": 4106293, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 2, "text": "He came across the report about Mordecai, how he had informed the king about the two royal eunuchs who were planning to assault the king while on guard duty."}, {"pk": 4106294, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 3, "text": "\u201cWhat did we do to honor or show favor to Mordecai for this?\u201d the king asked. His servants replied, \u201cYou have done nothing for him.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106295, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 4, "text": "While the king was asking about the goodwill that Mordecai had displayed, Haman showed up in the courtyard. The king asked, \u201cWho is that out in the courtyard?\u201d Haman had come to speak with the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole that he had set up for him."}, {"pk": 4106296, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 5, "text": "The king\u2019s servants answered, \u201cThat\u2019s Haman standing out in the courtyard.\u201d So the king said, \u201cCall him in.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106297, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 6, "text": "The king asked Haman, \u201cWhat should I do for a person whom I really want to honor?\u201d Haman thought to himself, Whom would the king really want to honor, except me?"}, {"pk": 4106298, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 7, "text": "So Haman said to the king, \u201cRegarding the person whom the king really wants to honor,"}, {"pk": 4106299, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 8, "text": "have your servants bring out a fine linen robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden."}, {"pk": 4106300, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 9, "text": "Have one of your most honored officials place the robe upon the person whom the king so loves, and let him help that person mount the horse. Have him shout through the city streets, \u2018This is what the king does for the person the king honors!\u2019\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106301, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 10, "text": "Then the king said to Haman, \u201cDo all that you said for Mordecai the Jew who serves at the king\u2019s gate. Don\u2019t leave out a single thing that you\u2019ve said!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106302, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 11, "text": "So Haman took the robe and the horse and put the robe on Mordecai. He led him on horseback through the city square, shouting, \u201cThis is what the king does for the person the king really wants to honor!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106303, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 12, "text": "Then Mordecai returned to the king\u2019s gate, while Haman hurried home, feeling great shame, his head covered."}, {"pk": 4106304, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 13, "text": "Haman told his wife Zeresh and his friends about everything that had happened to him. Both his friends <sup>[1]</sup> and his wife said to him, \u201cYou\u2019ve begun to lose face to Mordecai. If Mordecai belongs to the Judean people, and you\u2019ve been humiliated before him, you will indeed fall. You will never be able to hold your own against him, because the living God is with him.\u201d", "comment": "[1] LXX; MT <i>wise ones</i>"}, {"pk": 4106305, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 6, "verse": 14, "text": "They were still discussing this with him when several royal eunuchs arrived. They quickly hurried Haman off to the feast that Esther had prepared."}, {"pk": 4106306, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 1, "text": "The king and Haman came in for the banquet with the queen."}, {"pk": 4106307, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 2, "text": "On the second day of the party the king said to Esther, \u201cWhat\u2019s the reason for all this? What\u2019s your purpose and your request? What do you want? I\u2019ll do it for you, even to the point of giving you half the kingdom.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106308, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 3, "text": "Esther answered, \u201cIf I please the king, grant my request that my life be spared \u2014 and my petition that the lives of my people be spared as well. That\u2019s my desire,"}, {"pk": 4106309, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 4, "text": "because my people and I have been sold out to be killed, plundered, and enslaved \u2014 we and our children, to become slaves and female servants. The man who accuses us is not worthy to be in the king\u2019s court!\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106310, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 5, "text": "The king said, \u201cWho is this person who dares to do such a thing?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106311, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 6, "text": "Esther replied, \u201cThe enemy is this wicked Haman!\u201d Haman was overcome with terror in the presence of the king and the queen."}, {"pk": 4106312, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 7, "text": "The king got up and left the banquet for the palace garden, and Haman began to plead with Queen Esther, because he found himself in dire straits."}, {"pk": 4106313, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 8, "text": "When the king returned from the palace garden, Haman had thrown himself upon the couch, pleading with the queen. The king said, \u201cWill you even molest the queen in my own house?\u201d Upon hearing this, Haman turned his face away in shame."}, {"pk": 4106314, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 9, "text": "Bugathan, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, \u201cLook, sir! Haman even prepared a pole for Mordecai, the man who gave information about the king. It\u2019s standing at Haman\u2019s house \u2014 seventy-five feet high.\u201d \u201cCrucify Haman on it!\u201d the king ordered."}, {"pk": 4106315, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 7, "verse": 10, "text": "So they hanged Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai, and the king\u2019s anger went away."}, {"pk": 4106316, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 1, "text": "That same day King Artaxerxes gave Queen Esther everything that had belonged to Haman the accuser. Mordecai was summoned before the king because Esther told the king that he was family to her."}, {"pk": 4106317, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 2, "text": "The king took the royal ring that he had removed from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther put Mordecai in charge of what Haman had owned."}, {"pk": 4106318, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 3, "text": "Esther spoke further to the king. She bowed at his feet and asked him to overturn the evil plot of Haman and whatever evils he planned to do to the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106319, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 4, "text": "The king held out the gold scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before him."}, {"pk": 4106320, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 5, "text": "Esther said, \u201cIf the idea seems right to the king, and if I still please him, revoke the written decrees sent out by Haman, ordering the destruction of the Jews living within your kingdom."}, {"pk": 4106321, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 6, "text": "How can I bear to watch the terrible evil about to sweep over my people? And how can I be delivered from the destruction of my people?\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106322, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 7, "text": "The king said to Esther, \u201cI\u2019ve given you everything Haman owned: I\u2019ve favored you and impaled him on a pole because he planned to attack the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106323, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 8, "text": "Write to the Jews in the king\u2019s name whatever seems best to you and seal the letters with my royal ring. Anything written in the name of the king and sealed with the king\u2019s royal ring can\u2019t be revoked.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106324, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 9, "text": "So the royal scribes were summoned on the twenty-third day of the first month (that is, the month of Nisan <sup>[1]</sup>). They wrote out Mordecai\u2019s orders regarding the Jews for the officials and governors of the provinces from India to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven in all. They wrote in the alphabet of each province and in the language of each people.", "comment": "[1] March\u2013April"}, {"pk": 4106325, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 10, "text": "They wrote in the name of the king and sealed the order with the king\u2019s royal ring. They sent the letters out by messengers on horseback."}, {"pk": 4106326, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 11, "text": "Mordecai ordered the Jews to live according to their own laws and to defend themselves. He allowed them to do as they wished to their attackers and opponents"}, {"pk": 4106327, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 12, "text": "throughout Artaxerxes\u2019 entire kingdom, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar <sup>[2]</sup>). <b>Addition E</b> <b>Artaxerxes\u2019 second decree</b> <b>E</b> </pb> Written below is a copy of the letter: The Great King Artaxerxes writes to the governors in the one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia, and to those who are loyal to us. Greetings! <sup>[2]</sup> Many people who are greatly honored, owing to the immense generosity of their benefactors, become overly ambitious. <sup>[3]</sup> Not only do they seek to harm our subjects, but they even attempt to scheme against their own benefactors since they are unable to manage their pride. <sup>[4]</sup> Not only do they fail to exhibit gratitude among people, but encouraged by the boasts of people who know nothing of goodness, they even suppose they will escape the judgment of the God who sees all. <sup>[5]</sup> Often, many people in positions of authority become accessories to the shedding of innocent blood because of the influence of friends they trusted to manage their affairs. They suffer terrible misfortunes <sup>[6]</sup> as a result of the cruel lies of those who take advantage of the innocent goodwill of rulers. <sup>[7]</sup> Now this can be seen, not so much from older accounts that we have inherited but from what is right before your eyes. <sup>[3]</sup> Consider the ungodly things that have been done as a result of the corruption of those not worthy to hold power. <sup>[8]</sup> But looking to the future, we will make the kingdom peaceful and secure for all people, <sup>[9]</sup> adopting changes and settling those matters that come to our attention with a fair reply. <sup>[10]</sup> As for Haman, Hammedatha\u2019s son, a Macedonian, he was not Persian, and was far removed from us in kindness. Yet we warmly welcomed him. <sup>[11]</sup> He gained the goodwill that we have for every nation to such an extent that he was publicly proclaimed our father. All worshipped him as the person second only to the royal throne. But when he could no longer hold his pride in check, he made it his business to rob us of our leadership and our life. <sup>[13]</sup> With lies and tricks he called for the destruction of Mordecai, our savior and constant benefactor, and Esther, our innocent partner in the kingdom, together with their whole nation. <sup>[14]</sup> He thought that, by these methods, he could render us helpless and turn the Persian Empire over to the Macedonians. <sup>[15]</sup> But we find that the Jews, whom this accursed man wanted to destroy, are not criminals but are governed by just laws. <sup>[16]</sup> They are children of the most high, most great, living God, who has guided the kingdom on the best course for us and for our ancestors. <sup>[17]</sup> You would do well, therefore, not to act on the letters sent by Haman, Hammedatha\u2019s son. <sup>[18]</sup> Haman, who devised these things, has been impaled at the gates of Susa together with his entire household. The God who holds power over all things swiftly passed this fair judgment on him. <sup>[19]</sup> And you should publish a copy of this letter in every place for all to see, to allow the Jews to live by their own customs, <sup>[20]</sup> and to assist them so that they can defend themselves against their attackers in the time of distress, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar. <sup>[4]</sup> <sup>[21]</sup> God, who rules over all things, has made this a joyous day for his chosen line rather than one of destruction. <sup>[22]</sup> As for you, celebrate it with feasting <sup>[23]</sup> as a special holiday among your festivals so that it will be for us, and for all Persians of goodwill, a memorial of deliverance, both now and in the future. But for those who plot against us, it will be a memorial of destruction. <sup>[24]</sup> Any city or region, without exception, that does not act accordingly will be completely destroyed by fire and spear. This city will be made uninhabitable not only to humans but also to wild animals and birds for all time.", "comment": "[2] February\u2013March<br>[3] Or <i>alongside your feet</i><br>[4] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106328, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 13, "text": "Let copies of this decree be displayed publicly throughout the kingdom so that all the Jews may be ready on this day to do battle with their enemies."}, {"pk": 4106329, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 14, "text": "Messengers on horses sped off to do as the king said, and the law was made public in the city of Susa."}, {"pk": 4106330, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 15, "text": "Mordecai went out dressed in a royal robe, wearing a gold crown and a turban made of purple linen. The people of Susa rejoiced to see him,"}, {"pk": 4106331, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 16, "text": "and light and gladness came to the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106332, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 8, "verse": 17, "text": "In every city and region \u2014 wherever the king\u2019s order was posted and the decree proclaimed \u2014 the Jews had happiness and joy, feasts and a holiday. Many of the Gentiles had themselves circumcised and became Jews themselves, out of fear of the Jews."}, {"pk": 4106333, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 1, "text": "On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar <sup>[1]</sup>), the letters written by the king were to be enforced.", "comment": "[1] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106334, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 2, "text": "On that day, the Jews\u2019 enemies perished. Out of fear for the Jews, no one stood in their way."}, {"pk": 4106335, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 3, "text": "All the leaders of the provinces, the governors, and those in charge of the king\u2019s business respected the Jews. They were afraid of Mordecai,"}, {"pk": 4106336, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 4, "text": "because the king decreed that Mordecai\u2019s name was to be honored throughout the kingdom. <sup>[2]</sup>", "comment": "[2] Some manuscripts add as <a href='/CEB/81/9/5'>9:5</a> <i>The Jews struck all their enemies with sword blows, killing, and destruction. They did whatever they wanted with those who hated them.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106337, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 6, "text": "In the city of Susa, the Jews killed five hundred people."}, {"pk": 4106338, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 7, "text": "They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,"}, {"pk": 4106339, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 8, "text": "Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,"}, {"pk": 4106340, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 9, "text": "Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,"}, {"pk": 4106341, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 10, "text": "and they plundered their houses. These were the ten sons of Haman the enemy of the Jews, the son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean."}, {"pk": 4106342, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 11, "text": "That same day, a report concerning the number killed in Susa reached the king that it was five hundred people."}, {"pk": 4106343, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 12, "text": "So the king said to Esther in the city of Susa, \u201cThe Jews have killed five hundred people in Susa as well as the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? What more do you wish now? I\u2019ll give it to you.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106344, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 13, "text": "Esther said to the king, \u201cGive the Jews leave to do likewise tomorrow so that they may hang Haman\u2019s ten sons.\u201d"}, {"pk": 4106345, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 14, "text": "The king ordered that this be done, and he allowed the Jews in the city to hang the bodies of Haman\u2019s ten sons."}, {"pk": 4106346, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 15, "text": "The Jews in Susa joined together again on the fourteenth day of Adar. <sup>[3]</sup> They killed three hundred people, but they didn\u2019t take anything the people owned.", "comment": "[3] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106347, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 16, "text": "The rest of the Jews throughout the kingdom also came together and helped each other. They found rest from their enemies, for they had destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth of Adar, and they didn\u2019t take anything their enemies owned."}, {"pk": 4106348, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 17, "text": "They rested on the fourteenth day of the same month. They spent it as a day of rest, with joy and celebration."}, {"pk": 4106349, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 18, "text": "The Jews in Susa joined together for self-defense on the fourteenth day and did not rest. But they rested on the fifteenth day with joy and celebration."}, {"pk": 4106350, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 19, "text": "This is why Jews out in the country celebrate the fourteenth of Adar as a holiday, sending gifts of food to their neighbors, but those who live in the big cities celebrate the fifteenth of Adar as a holiday, sending gifts of food to their neighbors."}, {"pk": 4106351, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 20, "text": "Mordecai wrote these things down in a scroll and sent copies to the Jews throughout Artaxerxes\u2019 kingdom, both near and far away."}, {"pk": 4106352, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 21, "text": "He made it a rule that Jews keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar <sup>[4]</sup> as special days each and every year.", "comment": "[4] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4106353, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 22, "text": "They are the days on which the Jews found rest from their enemies. The whole of Adar, the month in which sadness was turned into joy and mournful weeping into a holiday, was to be celebrated as a special time for weddings, for parties, and for sending gifts of food to friends and to the poor."}, {"pk": 4106354, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 23, "text": "The Jews accepted what Mordecai had written to them \u2014"}, {"pk": 4106355, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 24, "text": "how Haman, Hammedatha\u2019s son, the Macedonian, declared war on the Jews, how he made an edict and cast lots to destroy them,"}, {"pk": 4106356, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 25, "text": "and how he went to the king to have Mordecai impaled. But whatever evils Haman tried to bring upon the Jews turned back on him instead, and he and his sons ended up impaled."}, {"pk": 4106357, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 26, "text": "This is why people call these days Purim \u2014 on account of the lots, which are called <b>purim</b> in the Hebrew language. Mordecai established the festival on the basis of the contents of this letter, on the basis of what the Jews suffered because of all these events, and on the basis of how it all turned out for them."}, {"pk": 4106358, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 27, "text": "The Jews took it upon themselves, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, as well as all non-Jews who become Jews, to celebrate these two days <sup>[5]</sup> and never do otherwise. These days are a commemoration to be observed generation after generation in every city, land, and region.", "comment": "[5] Gk lacks <i>to celebrate these two days.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106359, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 28, "text": "These days of Purim will be observed for all time, and the events they commemorate will never be forgotten."}, {"pk": 4106360, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 29, "text": "Queen Esther, Aminadab\u2019s daughter, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote about all they had done and confirmed the letter about Purim. <sup>[6]</sup>", "comment": "[6] <a href='/CEB/81/9/30'>9:30</a> in Heb is omitted in Gk <i>Peaceful and honest words were sent by letter to every Jew in one hundred twenty-seven provinces in Ahasuerus\u2019 kingdom.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106361, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 31, "text": "Mordecai and Queen Esther established this ruling by their own authority, at the same time that they secured their own well-being and plan. <sup>[7]</sup>", "comment": "[7] Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4106362, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 9, "verse": 32, "text": "Esther\u2019s order made this decree binding for all time, and it was written down for posterity."}, {"pk": 4106363, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 10, "verse": 1, "text": "The king instituted a toll on all the land and sea routes of his kingdom. <sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] Or <i>The king levied a tax on his kingdom by land and by sea.</i>"}, {"pk": 4106364, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 10, "verse": 2, "text": "His strength and courage, wealth and fame, are all recorded for posterity in the official records of the Persian and Median kings."}, {"pk": 4106365, "translation": "CEB", "book": 81, "chapter": 10, "verse": 3, "text": "Mordecai was second only to King Artaxerxes, and he was a great man in the kingdom. He was held in honor by all the Jews and loved by his whole nation for his conduct. <b>Addition F</b> <b>Mordecai interprets his dream</b> <b>F</b> </pb> Mordecai said, \u201cThese things came from God. <sup>[2]</sup> I remember the dream that I had about these things. Not one aspect of it failed to come true. There was the little spring that became a great river, and there were light and the sun and an abundance of water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen. <sup>[4]</sup> The two dragons are Haman and myself. <sup>[5]</sup> The nations are those who gathered to wipe out the very name of the Jews. <sup>[6]</sup> \u201cAs for my nation Israel, it cried out to God and was saved. The Lord saved his people, and the Lord delivered us from all these evils. God has done signs and great wonders that have not happened among the nations. <sup>[7]</sup> For this reason God made two lots, one to represent God\u2019s people and one to represent the nations. <sup>[8]</sup> These two lots came before God for the hour and season and day of decision in the presence of all the nations. <sup>[9]</sup> God remembered his people and affirmed the just cause of his inheritance. <sup>[10]</sup> \u201cThe fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar <sup>[2]</sup> will be observed among God\u2019s people Israel with a gathering, with joy and feasting in the presence of God, from generation to generation forever.\u201d <sup>[11]</sup> In the fourth year of the rule of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who affirmed that he was a priest and Levite, and his son Ptolemy brought the preceding letter concerning Purim. They verified its genuineness. Lysimachus, Ptolemy\u2019s son, a resident of Jerusalem, translated the letter.", "comment": "[2] February\u2013March"}, {"pk": 4129924, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, <br>God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, <br>and their righteous children,<br>"}, {"pk": 4129925, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "you made heaven and earth <br>with all their beauty.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129926, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "You set limits for the sea <br>by speaking your command. <br>You closed the bottomless pit, <br>and sealed it by your powerful <br>and glorious name.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129927, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "All things fear you and tremble <br>in your presence,<br>"}, {"pk": 4129928, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "because no one can endure <br>the brightness of your glory. <br>No one can resist the fury <br>of your threat against sinners. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129929, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "But your promised mercies <br>are beyond measure and imagination,<br>"}, {"pk": 4129930, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "<sup>a</sup>because you are the highest, Lord, <br>kind, patient, and merciful, <br>and you feel sorry over human troubles. <b>Syriac</b> </pb> <br> <sup>b</sup>You, Lord, according to <br>your gentle grace, <br>promised forgiveness to those <br>who are sorry for their sins. <br>In your great mercy, <br>you allowed sinners to turn <br>from their sins and find salvation.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129931, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "Therefore, Lord, <br>God of those who do what is right, <br>you didn\u2019t offer <br>Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, <br>who didn\u2019t sin against you, <br>a chance to change their hearts and lives. <br>But you offer me, the sinner, <br>the chance to change my heart and life,<br>"}, {"pk": 4129932, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>a</sup>because my sins outnumbered <br>the grains of sand by the sea. <br>My sins are many, Lord; they are many. <br>I am not worthy to look up, <br>to gaze into heaven <br>because of my many sins. <b>Syriac</b> </pb> <br> <sup>b</sup>Now, Lord, I suffer justly. <br>I deserve the troubles I encounter. <br>Already I\u2019m caught in a trap.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129933, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "I\u2019m held down by iron chains <br>so that I can\u2019t lift up my head <br>because of my sins. <br>There\u2019s no relief for me, <br>because I made you angry, <br>doing wrong in front of your face, <br>setting up false gods <br>and committing offenses. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129934, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "Now I bow down before you <br>from deep within my heart, <br>begging for your kindness.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129935, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned, <br>and I know the laws I\u2019ve broken.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129936, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "I\u2019m praying, begging you: <br>Forgive me, Lord, forgive me. <br> Don\u2019t destroy me along with my sins. <br>Don\u2019t keep my bad deeds <br>in your memory forever. <br>Don\u2019t sentence me to the earth\u2019s depths, <br>for you, Lord, are the God <br>of those who turn from their sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4129937, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "In me you\u2019ll show how kind you are. <br>Although I\u2019m not worthy, <br>you\u2019ll save me according <br>to your great mercy. <br>"}, {"pk": 4129938, "translation": "CEB", "book": 83, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "I will praise you continuously <br>all the days of my life, <br>because all of heaven\u2019s forces praise you, <br>and the glory is yours <br>forever and always. Amen. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115638, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego <sup>[2]</sup> walked around in the flames, singing hymns to God, blessing the Lord.", "comment": "[1] Appears in Gk between <a href='/CEB/27/3/23'>Dan 3:23</a> and <a href='/CEB/27/3/24'>3:24</a><br>[2] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego equal Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (<a href='/CEB/27/1/7'>Dan 1:7</a>)."}, {"pk": 4115639, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "While standing and praying in the middle of the fire, Azariah spoke like this:"}, {"pk": 4115640, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "Blessed are you, <br>Lord God of our ancestors. <br>You deserve to be praised <br>and honored forever!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115641, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Everything you\u2019ve done to us is fair. <br>All your actions are right, <br>your ways consistent; <br>all your decisions are sound.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115642, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "You judged us fairly <br>in all the things you\u2019ve done to us <br>and to Jerusalem, <br>our ancestors\u2019 holy city. <br>You were honest and fair <br>in doing all these things <br>to us because of our sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115643, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "We sinned and broke the law <br>by turning from you; <br>we sinned in everything we did.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115644, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "We didn\u2019t obey your commands; <br>we didn\u2019t keep them or do as you ordered us, <br>although the orders were <br>for our own good.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115645, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": "All that you\u2019ve brought upon us, <br>all that you\u2019ve done to us, <br>has been fair.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115646, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "You handed us over to our enemies, immoral rebels who hate God\u2019s laws, <br>and to an unjust king, the most evil one in the whole world.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115647, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "Now there\u2019s nothing that we can say. <br>Shame and blame cover your servants and those who worship you.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115648, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "For the sake of your own reputation, <br>please don\u2019t hand us over permanently! <br>Don\u2019t set aside your covenant!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115649, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "Don\u2019t turn your mercy away from us! Hold to it <br>for the sake of Abraham, <br>whom you loved, <br>and Isaac, your servant, <br>and Israel, your holy one.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115650, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "You told them <br>you would give them descendants, <br>as many as the stars of the sky <br>and the grains of sand beside the sea.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115651, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "Look, Lord, we have become smaller than any other nation. <br>We are disgraced now in front of everybody because of our sins.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115652, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "In this time we have no ruler <br>or prophet or leader, <br>no entirely burned offering or sacrifice, no special gift or incense, <br>no place to bring gifts to you <br>and find mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115653, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "Accept us, please, with our crushed souls and humble spirits, <br>as if we brought entirely burned offerings of rams and bulls, <br>as if we brought tens of thousands <br>of fat lambs.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115654, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 17, "text": "May this be the kind of offering we make in your presence today, <br>and may we follow you completely, <sup>[3]</sup> <br>since no shame will come to those who come to terms with you.<br>", "comment": "[3] Gk uncertain"}, {"pk": 4115655, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 18, "text": "Now we follow you with our hearts, <br>honor you, and seek your presence.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115656, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 19, "text": "Don\u2019t put us to shame! <br>Instead, deal with us in line <br>with your kindness and great mercy.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115657, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 20, "text": "As you have worked wonders before, <br>so rescue us now! <br>Build up your reputation, Lord!<br>"}, {"pk": 4115658, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 21, "text": "Let all who mistreat your servants <br>be humiliated. <br>Let them be put to shame <br>and lose all their authority; <br>may their strength be smashed.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115659, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 22, "text": "Let them know that you alone <br>are the Lord God, <br>more honored <br>than anyone else in the world. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115660, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 23, "text": "Now the king\u2019s aides, who had thrown them into the furnace, were constantly feeding the fire with petroleum, tar, kindling, and dry sticks."}, {"pk": 4115661, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 24, "text": "Flame shot out of the furnace to a height of more than seventy feet,"}, {"pk": 4115662, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 25, "text": "spreading out and burning the Babylonians who stood near the furnace."}, {"pk": 4115663, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 26, "text": "But the Lord\u2019s angel came down among Azariah and his friends and waved the fiery flames out of the furnace."}, {"pk": 4115664, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 27, "text": "He made the middle of the furnace seem like a cool breeze was blowing through it. The fire didn\u2019t touch them at all; it didn\u2019t hurt or upset them."}, {"pk": 4115665, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 28, "text": "Then with one voice the three began singing hymns, praising and blessing God right there in the furnace. They said:"}, {"pk": 4115666, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 29, "text": "Blessed are you, <br>Lord God of our ancestors. <br>You are worthy of praise and raised high above all others forever. <br>Blessed is your glorious <br>and holy reputation, <br>worthy of praise and raised high above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115667, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 30, "text": "Blessed are you in your glorious, <br>holy temple, <br>worthy of hymns and honored <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115668, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 31, "text": "Blessed are you, <br>sitting on the winged creatures, <br>looking down into the farthest depths, <br>worthy of praise and raised high above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115669, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 32, "text": "Blessed are you on your royal throne, <br>worthy of hymns and raised high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115670, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 33, "text": "Blessed are you in the dome of the sky, <br>worthy of hymns <br>and honored forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115671, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 34, "text": "All works of the Lord, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115672, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 35, "text": "Heavens, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115673, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 36, "text": "Angels serving the Lord, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115674, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 37, "text": "All you waters above the sky, <br>bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115675, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 38, "text": "All you heavenly powers, <sup>[4]</sup> bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>", "comment": "[4] Gk lacks <i>heavenly</i>."}, {"pk": 4115676, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 39, "text": "Sun and moon, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115677, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 40, "text": "Stars of the sky, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115678, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 41, "text": "Rainstorms and dew, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115679, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 42, "text": "All you winds, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115680, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 43, "text": "Fire and burning, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115681, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 44, "text": "Cold and heat, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115682, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 45, "text": "Dew drops and falling snow, <br>bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115683, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 46, "text": "Nights and days, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115684, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 47, "text": "Light and darkness, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115685, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 48, "text": "Ice and winter, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115686, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 49, "text": "Frost and snow, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115687, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 50, "text": "Lightning and clouds, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115688, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 51, "text": "Let the earth bless the Lord. <br>Let it sing hymns and lift God high above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115689, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 52, "text": "Mountains and hills, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115690, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 53, "text": "All you things that grow in the earth, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115691, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 54, "text": "Oceans and rivers, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115692, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 55, "text": "Running waters, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115693, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 56, "text": "Sea monsters and all you things that swarm in the water, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115694, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 57, "text": "All birds of the sky, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115695, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 58, "text": "Wild and tame animals, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115696, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 59, "text": "You human beings, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115697, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 60, "text": "Israel, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115698, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 61, "text": "Priests, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115699, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 62, "text": "You who serve the Lord, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115700, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 63, "text": "Spirits and souls of good people, <br>bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115701, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 64, "text": "You people who are holy and have humble hearts, bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever. <br>"}, {"pk": 4115702, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 65, "text": "Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, <br>bless the Lord, <br>sing hymns, and lift God high <br>above all others forever, <br>because he rescued us from <br>the grave, <sup>[5]</sup> <br>and saved us from death. <br>God pulled us out of the middle <br>of the scorching furnace, <br>and pulled us out <br>of the middle of the fire.<br>", "comment": "[5] Gk <i>Hades</i>"}, {"pk": 4115703, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 66, "text": "Tell people that the Lord is good, <br>because his mercy lasts forever.<br>"}, {"pk": 4115704, "translation": "CEB", "book": 88, "chapter": 1, "verse": 67, "text": "All you who worship the Lord, <br>the God of gods, bless him, <br>sing hymns, and tell people <br>that God\u2019s mercy lasts forever! <br>"}, {"pk": 4109897, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 1, "text": "I was the smallest of my brothers, <br>the youngest of my father\u2019s sons. <br>He made me shepherd of his flock, <br>ruler over their young. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109898, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 2, "text": "My hands made a flute, <br>my fingers a lyre. <br>Let me give glory to the LORD, <br>I thought to myself. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109899, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 3, "text": "The mountains <br>cannot witness to God; <br>the hills cannot proclaim him. <br>But the trees have cherished <br>my words, <br>the flocks my deeds. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109900, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 4, "text": "Who can proclaim, <br>who can announce, <br>who can declare the LORD\u2019s deeds? <br>God has seen everything; <br>God has heard everything; <br>God has listened. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109901, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 5, "text": "God sent his prophet to anoint me; <br>Samuel to make me great. <br>My brothers went out to meet him, <br>handsome in form and appearance: <br>"}, {"pk": 4109902, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 6, "text": "Their stature tall, <br>their hair beautiful, <br>but the LORD God <br>did not choose them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109903, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 7, "text": "Instead, he sent and took me <br>from following the flock. <br>God anointed me with holy oil; <br>God made me leader for his people, <br>ruler over the children <br>of his covenant. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109904, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 8, "text": " <sup>[1]</sup> I went out to attack the Philistine, <br>who cursed me by his idols. <br><sup>[1]</sup>", "comment": "[1] The Heb manuscript is damaged. The translation here follows the Syriac."}, {"pk": 4109905, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 9, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> But after I uncovered his own sword, <br>I cut off his head. <br>So I removed the shame <br>from the Israelites. <sup>[2]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[2] Or <i>children of Israel</i>"}, {"pk": 4109906, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 10, "text": "<sup>[1]</sup> I was small among my brothers, <br>and the youngest of my father\u2019s sons. <br>I was shepherd of my father\u2019s sheep. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109907, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 11, "text": "<sup>[2]</sup> My hands made a musical instrument; <br>my fingers strung a lap harp. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109908, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 12, "text": "<sup>[3]</sup> Who will tell my Lord? <br>The Lord himself, the Lord hears me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109909, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 13, "text": "<sup>[4]</sup> The Lord himself sent his messenger, <br>and took me away <br>from my father\u2019s sheep. <br>He put special oil on my forehead <br>to anoint me. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109910, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 14, "text": "<sup>[5]</sup> My brothers were good-looking and tall, <br>but the Lord didn\u2019t take <br>special pleasure in them. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109911, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 15, "text": "<sup>[6]</sup> I went out to meet the Philistine, <br>who cursed me by his idols. <br>"}, {"pk": 4109912, "translation": "CEB", "book": 232, "chapter": 1, "verse": 16, "text": "<sup>[7]</sup> But I took his own sword out of its sheath <br>and cut off his head. <br>So I removed the shame <br>from the Israelites. <sup>[3]</sup> <br>", "comment": "[3] Or <i>children of Israel</i>"}]